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Harassment of any kind is never permitted at LCC. Whether it is sexual harassment, discrimination, harassment because of a disability or just general harassment, it will not be tolerated. General discriminatory harassment is any conduct which has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or education performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for work or learning.
Sexual misconduct has been more specifically defined by state and federal law and regulations to generally mean unwelcome conduct, based on sex or on gender stereotypes, which is so severe or pervasive that it unreasonably interferes with a person's College employment, academic performance or participation in College programs or activities and creates a working, learning, program or activity environment that a reasonable person would find intimidating, hostile or offensive. Examples include:
Did you know that certain types of harassment are against federal law?
Did you know that harassment violates the Student Code of Conduct?
Do you know where you can go to report harassment or discrimination on campus?
- Physical sexual violence;
- Direct or implied threats that submission to sexual advances will be a condition of employment, work status, promotion, graduation, or letters of recommendation;
- Direct unwelcome propositions or advances of a sexual nature
- Requests for sexual favors
If you believe you have been sexually harassed or discriminated against, you should report that behavior as soon as possible, so that the college can conduct a thorough investigation.
PDF File Prohibited Sex or Gender Based Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct policy
Student Sexual Misconduct Complaints
Student Title IX Discrimination Complaint Form
You can submit a complaint regarding a student.
Procedure for Student Sexual Misconduct Complaints
You can download the Procedures for Student Sexual Misconduct Complaints.
Sexual Misconduct Complaints Against An Employee, Guest, or Vendor of LCC
Employee Title IX Discrimination Complaint Form
You can download the Employee Discrimination Complaint Form.
Investigating Title IX Complaints for Employees/Visitors
You can download the Employee/Visitor Procedure.
Contact a Title IX Coordinator
To report a student:
Christine Thompson, Director of Student Compliance
Gannon Building
411 N. Grand Avenue
Lansing, MI 48933
Student Title IX Coordinator
Tel.: 517-483-9632
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Lori Willett, Title IX Coordinator
Administration Building
610 N. Capitol Avenue
Lansing, MI 48933
Tel: 517-483-1979
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To file an EEO complaint:
(harassment based on race, religion, disability, or other non-gender based issues)
JR Beauboeuf, Director of Risk Management & Equal Opportunity Officer
Washington Court Place
309 N. Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48933
Tel.: 517-483-1730
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OddsMiner API - Followers
OddsMiner is an online betting marketplace where individuals can access information on betting odds for different sports/teams. OddsMiner provides users XML feeds for live scores and results for major sports i.e. soccer, football, tennis, basketball,.. Data found on OddsMiner is supplied by TXOdds and XScores. With the OddsMiner API, developers will be able to integrate OddsMiner's database into their applications.

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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's volleyball team is set to host "Meet the Bobcats" night at Zaxby's, including the on-location sports radio show, "The Prowl".
Tuesday, from 5-8 p.m. members of the volleyball squad will be at Zaxby's on North Columbia Street signing posters, hanging out with fans, and taking part in the latest installment of "The Prowl" GC Athletics radio hour on Sports Radio 1450.
Ten percent of all sales from 5-8 p.m. at Zaxby's will be donated to the soccer program. Kids meals will also be free with an adult meal purchase.
The night will feature interviews with various Bobcat volleyball players, head coach Gretchen Krumdieck and other member of Bobcat athletics. GC Athletics Hall of Fame Broadcaster Scott MacLeod will be on hand to conduct the interviews and talk all things Bobcat sports.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Navigate and utilize the reports in Microsoft 365 usage analytics
Navigate and utilize the reports in Microsoft 365 usage analytics
The dashboard provides you with a quick overview of the main usage and adoption metrics. By selecting the top level metrics you can access reports which provide more details and insights. Each report tab contains data visualizations specific to an aspect of usage and adoption for your organization. The data collected is explained in the title of each report and also a tile that contains further information about the visualizations on the report tab that you are viewing.
To get started with your reports, here are some tips:
Use the navigation tabs on the bottom of the dashboard to navigate to different reports.
Many reports contain a slicer where you can filter to the product, or activity you want to view. These can be either single-select, or multi-select.
Hover over data points to view a callout that contains details.
The user who has instantiated the content pack will have the ability to edit the report to customize it to their needs. To customize the content pack:
Select the Edit report button at the top of the report,
Create your own visuals by using the underlying datasets.
Use PowerBI Desktop to bring in your own data sources.
To share your reports, just select the share button on top of the page.
To learn how to customize the reports, see Customizing the reports in Microsoft 365 usage analytics.
You can find lots of additional information in the Power BI help documentation:
Learn about dashboard, datasets, reports and other Power BI concepts.
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|System: Xbox 360, PS3*, PC
|Dev: Rebellion
|Pub: 505 Games
|Release: May 1, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language
There were certainly enough hype sniping moments to make up for it though. You can do cool things like shooting grenades on enemy soldiers in order to make them explode. You can also shoot fuel tanks to make vehicles explode and assassinate enemy leaders to induce panic in the rest of the troops. However, this still causes the game to feel a little repetitive. Sniping is cool, but eventually the standard pattern—snipe targets, move to next area, and so on—just gets a little too much for an extended play session.
Aside from the single-player mode, there are co-op modes to take part in a well. Sniper Elite V2's take on Horde Mode is probably the most fun to be had in the game. You'll be tasked with defending against wave after wave of enemy soldiers, of course, but the focus on sniping and trap setting makes it almost feel like a tower defense. The game also offers competitive multiplayer, though this is only available on the PC version.
Sniper Elite V2 was a decent game, but I wouldn't call it a work of art. Its dedication to the nuances of sniping is interesting, but that's unfortunately all it has going for it. Unfortunately, a game that only does sniping well really feels like only half of a game. In fact, it feels like the designers spent more time designing the gruesome kill cam than the non-sniping portions of the game. If you absolutely love sniping in first-person shooters, then you might want to check this out. Similarly, if you get a kick out of Mortal Kombat's blood and gore, this game certainly delivers the same experience in a shooter format. However, there are simply better shooters on the market right now, making Sniper Elite V2 little more than a diversion. It's a pure and well-crafted sniper simulation, but that just isn't enough to carry a full game.
Angelo M. D'Argenio
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When the October Daring Baker challenge was announced, I was so excited! I've always looked at pics of stunning macarons on other sites and wondered if I would ever try my hand at baking them. If you know anything about making macarons, they have a reputation of being quite tricky to master, but if you keep at it, you'll find it very rewarding when you see those macaron feet appear!
Drying macarons before bakingMacarons need to be flavoured with dry ingredients which can be seen as limiting, but if you think a little outside the box, you'd be surprised at what you can use to flavour these little bites of heaven.
Baked macarons I had the idea for a rather... um... pleb... way to flavour the meringue but kept it to myself for a while 'cause I didn't want to be laughed at if I'd asked if it was possible in the Daring Baker forum. Eventually I thought, "what the heck!" and put my question forward. "Could I substitute some of the icing sugar with flavoured Nesquik (milk flavouring powder)?" I was quite happy when the response I got from Audax was something along the lines of "That's a good idea! Give it a try!"
Have another one & blame it on the bunny!
The reason I said substitute as opposed to adding, is that I wanted the flavour quite strong, and
- You can't add too much dry flavourings to the batter
- Macarons are already very sweet without adding more sugar on top of it
I gave it a go and it was fantastic! The smell, the taste, exactly what I was after :D If you like your flavoured milk, you need to give these a try. I've done these with a white chocolate ganache filling but they'd also be fantastic with vanilla swiss buttercream.
90g Egg Whites, aged & at room temp
30g Granulated Sugar
135g Confectioners/Icing Sugar
65g Strawberry Nesquik (or similar)
110g Ground Almonds
1/2tsp - 3/4tsp Candy Pink Powdered Food Colouring
- Process the confectioners sugar, almond meal & strawberry Nesquik until the almond meal is fine then sift into a medium bowl.
- Tip: If grinding your own nuts, combine nuts and a cup of confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a food processor and grind until nuts are very fine and powdery.
- Beat the egg whites in the clean dry bowl until foamy.
- Slowly add the granulated sugar and beat until the mixture is glossy and holds stiff peaks.
- Tip: If you turn the bowl upside down they should make no move to fall out
- Fold half of the almond flour mixture and powdered colouring into the meringue, starting quite vigorously then folding more carefully.
- Add the remaining almond meal mixture and fold in carefully. Do not overfold.
- Tip: A good way to tell if the batter is ready is when you fold it onto itself, it should blend back into itself in about 30seconds
- Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain half-inch tip. You can also use a Ziploc bag with a corner cut off.
- Tip: It's easiest to fill your bag if you stand it up in a tall glass and fold the top down before spooning in the batter.
- Pipe 1 1/2 inch mounds of batter onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Tip: I don't recommend using a silicon mat, I had trouble taking the macarons off each time I used it. Once piped, bang the sheet down on a counter top a couple times to flatten any mounds and bring up air bubbles, also to settle the almond meal to the bottom giving smooth tops.
- Leave the unbaked macarons out to dry, between 30min - 1 1/2 hours.
- Tip: If you have a fan assisted oven you can dry them in less time by just having the fan turned on with the macarons in the oven.
- While the macarons are drying, preheat the oven to 140°C/280°F (120°C Fan Assisted)
- Once dry, bake for 15-22mins depending on their size
- Tip: They're ready when you push them and they move very slightly on their feet
- Cool on a rack before removing from the parchment, 15-30mins
- Pipe or spoon with filling and sandwich
White Chocolate Ganache
250g White Chocolate
125ml Double Cream
- Finely chop/grate the chocolate and put into a heat resistant bowl.
- Put the cream into a saucepan and heat until just about to boil.
- Remove from heat and pour hot cream over the chocolate, using a whisk stir the cream and chocolate together making sure all the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Refrigerate and stir with a fork every now and then so that it's all the same consistency until thick enough to spread (about 2 - 3 hours)
- Tip: Basically, the longer you allow it to cool, the thicker the ganache, cooling it in the fridge speeds up the process but make sure to stir the ganache so that it cools evenly, also, keep an eye on it because it can become too thick for spreading if left too long in the fridge. If that does happen, allow to soften up at room temperature or using a water bath. The macaron shells are very delicate so rather have the ganache on the softer side, then pop in the fridge to firm up
Pink milk, pink macaron. Yum!
Macaron recipe adapted from Tartelette
Other Tips:
You'll find that most serious macaron bakers swear by using aged egg whites, and I did notice a difference with the feet between using fresh & aged. Some say 3 days is best, some say up to 5 days is best. To age your egg whites, leave them in the fridge (or if in a cool climate) on the counter covered with a paper towel to stop anything from getting inside, and allow to stand between 3-5 days. If aged in the fridge, leave out until room temperature before using.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge but sit out for an hour or two before eating


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SARAH Hanson-Young has appealed directly to Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, urging him to personally intervene in the case of Omid, an Iranian man on his 48th day of hunger strike on Nauru.
Omid was readmitted to hospital on Wednesday.
An immigration spokeswoman said the department was taking advice from medical staff, and would act on whatever that advice was. She declined to say whether Omid was being forcibly fed, saying it would be inappropriate to give details of an individual's medical treatment.
Senator Hanson-Young said Omid's condition was ''getting worse by the day''.
''I'm calling directly on Minister Bowen to intervene and bring this man to the Australian mainland to ensure he has appropriate medical assistance,'' she said.
''And whatever people want to say about the politics on this issue here in this place [parliament], whatever people may think about the no-advantage test, the fact is we have a man who is very close to losing his life. And he is a human being.''
Senator Hanson-Young said the issue was above politics. But she would not say whether he should be fed against his will.
Mr Bowen's office has been contacted for comment. But Mr Bowen told Labor MPs this week the man would not be transferred to Australia, saying he was receiving the best care possible in the circumstances.
There have been 10 episodes of self-harm at the Nauru processing centre in 24 hours, and Nauru detainees say they were a direct response to the government's decision to release thousands of recently- arrived asylum seekers into the community.
The Immigration Department confirmed that four acts of self-harm on Tuesday night were followed by another two episodes on Wednesday, saying some of the men received treatment for superficial injuries at the centre and none were transferred to the island's hospital.
Another four incidents followed late in the afternoon, according to an asylum seeker. ''I cannot express what is happening here,'' the man said. ''Everyone is crying and saying, 'Why am I here?'''
Other asylum seekers said they could not accept they were being treated differently to those whose claims were to be processed on the mainland, when they arrived at the same time, and even on the same boats. ''Why are other friends going to the city [to] take visa while we are here in this worst conditions?'' one asked.
The incidents came as a customs vessel intercepted the 142nd boat to attempt to come to Australia since the government accepted all recommendations from its expert panel, including re-opening the centres on Nauru and Manus.
Some 13 people were on the boat, bringing the number to arrive since the announcement on August 13 to 8218.
Detainees on Nauru acknowledged concerns about the conditions of bridging visas that will be offered to those who arrived after August 13, but who cannot be accommodated at centres on Nauru or Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. But they could not understand why they were selected to go to Nauru.
They also asserted that those hurting themselves were suffering depression after being confined to the Nauru centre.
A department spokesman said the 387 asylum seekers living in tents in the centre were receiving ''appropriate medical care''.
On Thursday morning, the Coalition failed in its bid to bring on a debate about temporary protection visas.
Coalition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison tried unsuccessfully to suspend parliamentary proceedings to debate his private members bill to reintroduce TPVs for asylum seekers.
He argued it was crucial the issue be discussed before parliament rises for the year, noting that the imminent monsoon season across South-East Asia was ''the most dangerous period of the year for people to travel on boats to Australia".
But the government moved a gag motion, ensuring the time for debate ran out.
"It's the most dangerous time of the year for boat journeys to Australia and the Coalition's bill would put the crucial policy of Temporary Protection Visas back in the toolkit in the fight against people smugglers to deter them,'' Mr Morrison said.
"Despite the necessity of this measure the government opposed the bill before they even saw it.''
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On the eve of the release of her first novel, "Revenge," British television personality Sharon Osbourne has written a powerful new first person editorial for the UK's Daily Mail, on the ramifications of fame in modern society.
Sharon's piece begins with an account of a time when she and husband Ozzy first met Andy Warhol in the '80s. "Of course, Andy Warhol is most famous for saying: 'In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes,'" she recalls.
She then adds, "These days I'd put that figure closer to five minutes."
The essay segues into her opinions on the nature of fame in the 21st century. "Today, though, young people regard fame as a birthright. They have a sense of entitlement the size of one of my houses," she states. "I recently heard about the work of an American psychologist who discovered that in the Fifties only 12 per cent of youngsters agreed with the statement, 'I am an important person'. By the end of the Eighties, that figure had risen to 80 per cent. I think we can all guess what it is now… Children leaving school today no longer want to be doctors or lawyers or architects. All I ever hear is 'I wanna be famous', or ' I wanna be a celeb'."
Sharon touches on her experiences dealing first hand with our post-modern culture's odd relationship with fame; both as the star of her own hugely successful reality show, "The Osbournes," and as a host of Britain's "The X Factor, and the U.S.'s "America's Got Talent."
"Fame has been on my mind a lot recently. My debut novel, Revenge, is about two fame-hungry sisters and how their quest for celebrity impacts upon their lives in negative ways that they never anticipated. And my second novel will focus on a popular TV talent show and look at what really happens behind the scenes… For all of my life I have either been around famous people or have been well-known myself."
Sharon then goes on to explain the important differences between fame, success, and happiness, something which she points out is all too often lost upon many young people today. She reminds readers that talent plus hard work is the recipe for success. She also gives examples of several celebrities whom she admires, including – Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet – who deal well with fame, never letting it go to their heads.
Sharon concludes with some sage advice for young budding reality competition television contestants. "If you are prepared for it, and it makes you happy, do it. It's a great opportunity for a very rich life experience, a chance to meet interesting people, and travel. Why not take a roll of the dice? If you win, fantastic. You'll have one hit record - maybe more if you're very lucky… But don't expect a career with the longevity of, say, Ozzy's. He has had 40 years in the business and it's still a struggle. (Of course, it helps if you marry your manager.)"
However, she also warns, "Just as power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, so fame corrupts and megastardom can destroy."
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I was messing around with Google Earth last night on my phone, seeing how well it can now render 3D spaces. As you can see above, it can do New York City pretty damn well. If it weren't for the icons, in fact, you could probably confuse that shot for a low-res photo. It didn't do such a good job on my street, in Canberra, Australia.
Which Google Earth seems to think is the ground in a late-90s flight simulator. And this is, I'm guessing, the SVGA version! I'd hate to see what the VGA terrain looks like.
What about you guys? Have you got the fancy 3D treatment where you live, or are you wishing your local council wold upgrade from their 486 SX33?


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To understand high blood cholesterol
(ko-LES-ter-ol), it is important to know more about cholesterol.
Blood is watery, and cholesterol is fatty. Just like
oil and water, the two do not mix. To travel in the bloodstream, cholesterol is
carried in small packages called lipoproteins (lip-o-PRO-teens). The small
packages are made of fat (lipid) on the inside and proteins on the outside. Two
kinds of lipoproteins carry cholesterol throughout your body. It is important
to have healthy levels of both:
Too much cholesterol in the blood, or high blood
cholesterol, can be serious. People with high blood cholesterol have a greater
chance of getting heart disease. High blood cholesterol on its own does not
cause symptoms, so many people are unaware that their cholesterol level is too
Cholesterol can build up in the walls of your
arteries (blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the
body). This buildup of cholesterol is called plaque (plak). Over time, plaque
can cause narrowing of the arteries. This is called
(ath-er-o-skler-O-sis), or hardening of the arteries.
The illustration shows a normal
artery with normal blood flow (figure A) and an artery containing plaque
buildup (figure B).
Special arteries, called coronary arteries, bring
blood to the heart. Narrowing of your coronary arteries due to plaque can stop
or slow down the flow of blood to your heart. When the arteries narrow, the
amount of oxygen-rich blood is decreased. This is called
heart disease (CHD). Large plaque areas can lead to chest pain called
(an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh). Angina happens when the heart does not receive
enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina is a common symptom of CHD.
Some plaques have a thin covering and can burst
(rupture), releasing cholesterol and fat into the bloodstream. The release of
cholesterol and fat may cause your blood to clot. A clot can block the flow of
blood. This blockage can cause angina or a
Lowering your cholesterol level decreases your
chance for having a plaque burst and cause a heart attack. Lowering cholesterol
may also slow down, reduce, or even stop plaque from building up.
Plaque and resulting health problems can also occur
in arteries elsewhere in the body.
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XD400/4: 4 Ch. Class D Full-Range Amplifier, 400 W
4-Channel Class D Full-Range Amplifier, 100 W x 4 @ 2 Ω / 75 W x 4 @ 4 Ω - 14.4V
This tiny amplifier packs a serious full-range punch, delivering a staggering 100 watts to each of its four channels into 2 ohms (14.4V, 1% THD). The breakthrough that makes this much power possible in such a small chassis is our NexD™ ultra-high-speed switching design, which allows for full bandwidth Class D operation with extremely low distortion and outstanding efficiency.
Use the XD400/4 in combination with our XD600/1 monoblock to build a 1000 W amplification system to power four satellites and a subwoofer... and fit the whole thing under a seat. Or, use the XD400/4 by itself to power two satellites, plus a subwoofer. With XD's, the possibilities are endless.
The XD400/4 includes a 12 dB / octave filter for each channel bank, which can be configured as a low-pass or high-pass filter and offers continuously variable cutoff frequency selection from 50-500 Hz. With the addition of an HD-RLC remote level control (sold separately), the amplifier's Ch. 1 & 2 level or overall level can be directly controlled from the driver's seat.
This amplifier features a black powder-coat finish and a gasketed, brushed aluminum cover for the controls.


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The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) is reporting substantial progress in the trade organization's efforts to facilitate the involvement of U.S. RV companies in the growth and development of the Chinese RV industry following a fourth trade mission to China.
According to a press release, RVIA President Richard Coon, RVIA Vice President and General Counsel Craig Kirby and RVIA Vice President of Standards and Education Bruce Hopkins visited Shanghai and Beijing June 19 to July 1 for a series of meetings with Chinese governmental agencies and other companies and organizations to discuss further establishing and growing the RV market within China.
One of the key achievements of the trip was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between RVIA and the China Automotive Technology and Resource Center (CATARC) to work together on RV standards issues. As a technical administrative body in the auto industry and a technical support organization to the Chinese government, CATARC assists the government in such activities as auto and RV standards development and product certification testing.
The group met with RVIA in Beijing on June 24 to discuss the current voluntary minimal RV standard developed by CATARC and to receive a briefing from Hopkins on the NFPA 1192 standard.
"This Memorandum of Understanding with CATARC is a significant step toward developing a more formal RV standard for China that is harmonized with our North American standards, which would be a boost to U.S. RV manufacturers and suppliers interested in doing business in the Chinese RV market," said Coon.
In other key meetings, RVIA met with:
"¢ The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers to discuss RVIA's role on a new RV committee formed by the organization.
"¢ The China Ministry of Transport to discuss road use regulations pertaining to RVs.
"¢ The Shanghai Tourism Administration to discuss their RV and campground projects and to visit a potential campground site.
China Travel Services, the country's leading travel services provider which operates an expansive campground near Beijing (which RVIA toured), to explore how the company can work with RVIA and its member companies.
"¢ China National Tourism Administration representatives who are planning to establish an RV association and would like for RVIA to participate.
"These were very productive meetings that allowed us to begin addressing some of the regulatory and market barriers limiting the involvement of U.S. companies in the Chinese RV market," said Coon. "We were also able to further develop relationships with key contacts to lay the groundwork for future efforts. And, we added to our knowledge of the Chinese RV market and business culture. It was a very successful trip."
In addition, RVIA also met with foreign commercial services officers from the U.S. Embassy to enlist their support of RVIA's efforts and scouted potential office locations while in Beijing.


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Latest News
F-35 fighter program will feel impact of Pentagon budget cuts
The stealth design of the F-35 joint strike fighter is supposed to make it nearly invisible to enemy radar, but the super high-tech combat aircraft may not be able to avoid the bull's-eye of Pentagon budget-cutters.
Congress' failure last month to agree on $1.2 billion in additional deficit reduction measures means the Defense Department is facing enormous funding cuts mandated by law.
Without new congressional action to restore funding, experts say, the Pentagon will be forced to make big cuts in spending on new weapons.
And the F-35 is easily the biggest target for cuts because it has a large and growing price tag, rising from a planned $7 billion in new orders in 2012 to $14 billion-plus in 2016.
"When you look at cutting back on programs to save money, you're going to start with the biggest programs," said Todd Harrison, defense budget analyst with the influential Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments think tank.
Lockheed Martin officials conceded as much Thursday. Speaking at an investment conference in New York, Bruce Tanner, Lockheed's chief financial officer, said it is unlikely the F-35 can evade the coming budget cuts.
When the biggest funding cuts take effect in 2013, "I have to believe F-35 would build at a lower rate," Tanner said in response to questions at the Credit Suisse conference.
That could be bad for employment at Lockheed's plant in west Fort Worth, where the F-35 is being built.
Lockheed now has 6,100 people working directly on the F-35 program there, spokesman Joe Stout said, about 3,000 of them production workers and the rest in development or other support activities.
Without stepped-up production, employment at the Fort Worth plant won't grow and may decrease. As F-35 development and engineering work begins to wind down, Lockheed may cut workers in those fields without the once-expected, offsetting increases in production jobs.
There is virtually no scenario under which the Pentagon and Congress would kill the F-35 program, analysts say. But under the Budget Control Act of 2011 enacted in August, the defense budget will be cut about $12 billion in 2012, $60 billion more in 2013 and then be nearly frozen through 2021.
To read the complete article, visit www.star-telegram.com.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
A video instructional series on art history for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 9 one-hour video programs and coordinated books
This series has been discontinued due to rights expiration.
1. The Classical Ideal
Part I: Traces the origins of humanism and the immortal classical style to Ancient Greece. Part II: The genius of Roman engineering and architecture was used to build an empire, while portrait sculpture exalted its rulers.
2. A White Garment of Churches — Romanesque and Gothic
Part I: With the fall of the Roman empire, Christianity flourished with the Church as patron of monumental Romanesque architecture and sculpture.
Part II: The origin of Gothic architecture is found in the choir of the Abbey Church of St. Denis and the Chartres Cathedral serves as a model of High Gothic style.
3. The Early Renaissance
Part I: The rebirth of classical themes and humanistic ideas marked the Renaissance in Italy, as seen in Florentines Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Ghiberti, and Botticelli. Part II: Glowing color — made possible by the new medium of oil paint — and minute detail set the work of the Flemish masters Van Eyck and Grunewald apart from the Florentines.
4. The High Renaissance
Part I: Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael displayed extraordinary talent working in a variety of media and elevated the status of the artist in Italian society. Part II: Venetians like Titian, Tintoretto, and Palladio readapted the classical style with a theatrical flourish.
5. Realms of Light — The Baroque
Part I: The Church's campaign to counter the Reformation relied on dramatic depictions of religious scenes, such as those of Caravaggio and Bernini. Part II: The royal courts in Spain and the wealthy burghers in the Netherlands commissioned major paintings by Velazquez and Rembrandt and shaped their content.
6. An Age of Reason, An Age of Passion
Part I: The playful fantasy and provocative subjects of the Rococo style practiced by Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher gave way to strict Rationalism, which insisted on morality in art and the purity of classical form, as seen in the works of David. Part II: Striving for individual expression, Romantic painters Goya, Gericault, and Delacroix demonstrated a range of styles and subjects.
7. A Fresh View — Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Part I: Courbet and his followers rejected the standard academic themes and techniques, Manet shocked Paris, and Impressionists represented the world bathed in color and changing light. Part II: Post-Impressionists Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne broke new ground with daring and imaginative use of color and approaches to form.
8. Into the Twentieth Century
Part I: With modernity came new energy and forms in Viennese building and painting. Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves, and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstraction. Part II: Modernism spawned not only Cubism, but also the abstract and the surreal. Le Corbusier and Wright applied the abstract principles to buildings. Dada responded to the devastation of WWI with nihilism; surrealists Dali, Magritte, and Miro showed Freudian influence.
9. In Our Own Time
Part I: The Abstract Expressionist movement established New York as a center for the visual arts. Works by Pollock, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and the sculptor Oldenburg are examined. Part II: With many of the rules tested and discarded, the art world has become international. Art is now accessible to everyone to create and appreciate. Host Michael Wood looks over the past and forward to implications for the future.
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Moroccan tennis star Hicham Arazi was among opening round winners in Tuesday's action at the AXA Cup Tennis Tournament in London.
Arazi, the tournament's eighth seed, defeated American Jan-Michael Gambill, one of his county's most promising young players, 6-4, 7-5. Arazi must feel comfortable at this tournament. He reached the semifinals last year and is striving to progress even further this week. Next in line for Arazi is Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, who ousted Russia's Marat Safin 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Among those opponents Arazi will not have to worry about facing is second seed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany, who fell quietly to Swiss teenager Roger Federer 6-2, 6-3. Kiefer was coming off his first ATP victory of 2000 two weeks ago in Dubai, but appeared unfocused at times against Federer. Kiefer's match record for the year now stands at 14-4.
The AXA Cup features some of the tour's top servers. Marc Rosset and Goran Ivanisevic, two rocket launchers who are past the prime of their careers, both benefited from the fast indoor surface. Rosset eliminated unheralded Croat Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4, while Ivanisevic routed Zimbabwe's Wayne Black 7-5, 6-2. Hometown hero Greg Rusedski, who possesses the most dangerous serve in the men's game today, swept aside Arnaud Clement of France 6-3, 6-4. Rusedski became an instantaneous hero in Britain several years ago when he abandoned his home country of Canada and took residence in England. Since making this controversial move, Rusedski has achieved his greatest professional results.
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The one-time Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals once famously quipped that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. That quote comes to mind in thinking about the fact that the UN General Assembly — the same august body that welcomed Yassir Arafat at its podium while he wore a handgun strapped to his side and that declared the yearning of the Jewish people for self-determination to be racism — is poised today to recognize a "state" of Palestine.
What does and what will the UNGA's action actually mean in practice? Professor Barry Rubin provides what, in my view, is one of the most accurate and dispassionate analyses:
Twenty-four years ago, almost to the day, in 1988, I stood in a large hall in Algeria and saw Yasir Arafat declare the independence of a Palestinian state. And that was forty-one years, almost to the day, after the UN offered a Palestinian state in 1947. Twelve years ago Israel and the United States officially offered a Palestinian state as part of a compromise at deal in the Camp David summit of 2000.
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Now the UN will probably give Palestine the status of a non-member state. The only thing that will change is to convince people even more that they are following a clever and successful strategy. They aren't.
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Is keep watching enough definition for "looking over the shoulders of?" I have checked the Free Dictionary and the forum, but I am confused. Shouldn't I exclude "for danger or threats to oneself."
He means '...when considering the lives and problems of some very rich men...'
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Well, I thought it was about time that I reported on my biggest race of 2010, the 8 day No Finish Line in Monaco.
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who has sponsored me, the money has been taken to Kiyindi and will be put towards the building of the orphanage.
I flew out to Nice with my good friends Alan Young (from Dundee) and Richard Gurd (from Horsham). Alan has been to this event several times but it was Richards first time. I went in 2009 but only to 'watch and learn' and jog a few training runs as I had a Marathon in the U.K. the following Sunday. I loved it so much that I decided to take part in the full 8 days in 2010. Richard normally only runs Marathons so this was a whole new experience for him.
From Nice we took a bus to Monaco enjoying the ride round the mountains in nice sunny weather. Alan was sharing a portacabin for accommodation but Richard and I decided to take tents (bought from Tesco's for a tenner each!). On arrival we pitched our tents underneath the shelter of the harbour wall and this was to become our home for the next 9 nights. That evening we went to a nice restaurant for a pizza to enjoy our last 'civilised' meal for several days.
Unfortunately the good weather was not to last as it became wetter and colder as the week went on.
We met several runners from previous multiday events and lots of new faces also. Great camaraderie amongst these guys.
The race was started by Princess Stephanie at 2-00pm on Saturday 20th November with not only the 50 or so 8 day competitors but also loads of local runners, joggers and walkers. The object of this event now in it's 11th year, is to raise vast amounts of money for a local childrens hospital. All competitors hire an electronic 'chip' and every time they cross the mat on the 1km circuit a euro is paid to the charity by the sponsors (Royal family and banks etc). Every man, woman, child and dog (with chip on collar) seemed to be on the circuit which became quite congested. At the end of the day Richard decided that a van should come along, round everyone up, and take them to the 'funny farm'. Little did he know that by the end of the week he would also be 'hooked' and wanting to complete as many laps as he could each day! Every evening we were given a hot meal and a beer but the rest of the time we were self catering. There was a 'cookhouse' for our use in a small tent that had a fridge freezer, two ring cooker, microwave and kettle. The supermarket was 15 mins walk away so we didn't go hungry.
My target was at least 50km a day but I had all day to do it so I was hopeful of reaching my target. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too good and I struggled to run in the torrential rain. It was also cold and I had not taken sufficient warm kit so I eneded up walking rather than running to avoid having to wash clothes daily. This was a challenge as the wash hand basins did not have plugs. After a few days a very kind ex. pat lady offerred to take some clothes home and wash them in her machine for me. Very kind of her and she delivered them back to me the following day. One of the things I love about this event is that the locals are all so friendly and supportive.
Richard got completely into the spirit of the event and ended up doing at least a Marathon everyday. Things didn't go so well for poor Alan who tripped on the 'chip' mat on the 3rd lap of day one and tore his hamstring Ouch! He rested for a while, took some photos, crewed a bit then decided he was getting bored. He then walked/jogged around but was obviously in some pain.
One of the things I like about this event is the groups of children that come out each day from the school which is situated on the circuit. The teachers just send them on their way with a chip on their shoes and a different class come out each day. For the second year running (excuse the pun) I met up with young Hugo Hakkinen who tells me his dad is a racing driver! We did a few laps together with some of his chums talking about school etc. Such well behaved and friendly children and great to be able to chat to them without worrying about the consequences!
At the end of the week my good friends Elaine Oddie and Heather Foundling-Hawker arrived to take part in the 24 hour race that started at 9-00am on the Saturday together with Abichal Watkins who had come to help Alan crew for Heather. I had promised Elaine I would go round the entire 24 hours with her day and night so we trotted off together soon to be reduced to a walk but enjoying each others company. Heather set off at a good pace looking to run 200km to qualify to run for England in the Commonwealth championships in September.
As I was behind on my daily target I assumed I would be able to make it up during the last 24 hours. Wrong! I was so tired that by the early hours of the morning I was flagging and so decided to take a couple of hours sleep at 5-00am so as to keep Elaine company for the last 2 hours of her race. When I woke up it was pouring with rain so we walked together until the end when Elaine went back to her hotel for a bath, some food and a rest before coming back to see us finish at 2-00pm. The rain eased off towards the end and after the finish we all walked one lap with Prince Albert and his entourage. Wine and snacks were served and we all congratulated each other on our achievements over the last 8 days. It was quite emotional as we had literaly lived, ate, slept and competed together which is what I love about the multi day fraternity.
I was pleased with my result of 360.844 km considering I had run very little and walked a lot but Elaine was a bit disappointed that she didn't mange her 100km target even though she kept going for the full 24 hours and Heather also did not make her 200km. Richard clocked up 401.688km and I think he enjoyed the experience.
After the race I was blessed by being able to go with Elaine to her hotel where I had a lovely bath and a couple of hours sleep before returning to the harbour to meet the others for a meal. I then returned to Elaines Hotel with her for my last night. After Elaine went home the next morning I went back to dismantle my tent and head off to the airport with Richard, Alan and our Swiss friend Freddi. Heather had already left.
Well, it was a great event and I am really looking forward to going again next year.
I raised over £500 for Advance International Ministries and shall contine my JustGiving.com site until after the Virgin London Marathon.
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Well, I thought it was about time that I reported on my biggest race of 2010, the 8 day No Finish Line in Monaco.


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Ms. Librarian Goes to Washington, Part 2
Last night I was honored and privileged to attend the official White House State of the Union Tweet-Up. To read more about how that happened, see Part 1. I am so thankful to @ks44, @macon44, and @brianforde for organizing the event on behalf of the President's staff and including regular folks in the State of the Union event. It means a lot to those of us rather disillusioned with politics…gives me hope that things can modernize, change, and be just a tad more inclusive.
50 or so of us met up at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and were escorted to a small auditorium where we watched the State of the Union address live (the super-awesome enhanced version with stats, graphs, etc.). The experience of watching the speech live with a group of engaged, smart people was really great. I think it would be spectacular for local libraries to hold SOTU Tweet-Ups (for other major local and national political events too).
The whole lot of us had our phones, tablets, and laptops out and were live-Tweeting the event. You can see the #whtweetup Tweets. The live stream was fascinating. The biggest laugh happened after the President made his pretty bad milk joke and was smiling big, and the cameras cut to a row of Republicans looking as sour as all get out. Whoever was directing the cut-edits should get an award, because that was priceless. Several of his comments got "oohs" and "aahs" from the audience, some elicited muttered grumbling, and others got full on rounds of applause (e.g. the statement that women should get equal pay). I just tried to Tweet out what mattered to me, what stuck out in my mind.
After the State of the Union, Macon Phillips (@macon44) served as MC for the event. A dozen or so questions got asked and answered–sent in by either people online or asked by those of us in the audience. Lots of interesting questions, tons of engaged people in that audience, and some good stuff from people online too. The event was live broadcast on whitehouse.gov/sotu and you can see the archived version here (and below). Although I never got picked to ask my question (I raised my hand repeatedly, as did many others), I did get on camera several times (inc. right around the 24 minute mark where the guy behind me asked his question).
If I'd gotten to ask my question, here's what it would have been (cribbed in large part from the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Susan Hildreth's, suggestion):
The President mentioned in his address that local institutions like community colleges and schools are essential to training a successful future workforce for America. Libraries are also critical to these local efforts because our entire mission is to democratize information and expertise. Nowhere else can anyone in any community get free access to books and periodicals, computers and the internet, and technology and skills training, to either pursue education or find a job. We librarians have a lot of great ideas about how communities can support and leverage libraries to meet the administration's goals. How can we best collaborate with you on this?
So hey, if anyone wants to answer that question we're all still listening. 🙂
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In a random point cloud in Rn, say d1 <= d2 <= ... dk are the distances of the k points nearest the origin — I know only their distances, not their coordinates. What's a "good" estimate of the point density near 0 ?
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Added, re convex hull: can't say — 0 might not even be in the convex hull (cf. Wendel's formula). So there are two related but separate questions: estimating volume (answered by Joseph O'Rourke's reference), and estimating density.
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Wonder what you would find if you frisked the Democrats' latest political campaign strategy?
Answer: Go after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) in an attempt to tie him to lobbyists.
Over the past week, President Obama has clearly made it a point to go after Rep. Boehner (Watch here and here). To put more emphasis on the House Minority Leader, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) released the new political advertisement posted above. Unfortunately for Rep. Boehner, this is not the only attack he is receiving. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used his Twitter account the other day to tweet about Rep. Boehner's so-called "lobbyist friends.":
Unfortunately for the White House, they must not have looked into themselves and their own beloved Democratic Party. Take a gander at the members of Congress who received the most money from lobbyists this campaign cycle:
Hmm… That's odd! I don't see GOP House Minority Leader Boehner's name on that list anywhere. Also, if you're color blind, 15 out of the 20 are Democrats. Shucks, it appears the Democrats' new attack strategy might be a little hypocritical and doesn't work out too well.
Here's another interesting point:
If you concentrate on the House of Representatives where John Boehner serves the story is just as bad for Gibbs and the progressive Democrats. There are 60 Members of the House who accept more lobby money than Bohner, 45 of them (75%) are members of the President's party. Boehner's $39.5 thousand in lobbyist donations (the red bar) pale on comparison to that of the Democratic house leadership.
You can see that comparison here:
Plus, let's not forget about all that handy-dandy organized labor union/special interest money the Democratic Party is extremely addicted to. After all, $40.3 million (out of the total $43.2 million) in union campaign contributions was given to House Democrats. As for the top recipients of that money, here you go:
😯 Well, would you look at that! That graph appears to be bluer than the ocean! Talk about outside influence…
Go ahead President Obama, Robert Gibbs, and the rest of the Democratic Party. Keep on pushing your new narrative and demonization approach, because you just look completely desperate and insanely hypocritical.


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Welcome to Holiday Inn Beijing ChangAn West
Stay at the elegant Holiday Inn Beijing Chang An West for meetings in the Haidian District and easy downtown subway links.
A dramatic glass facade guides you into our spacious Lobby for your warm welcome to our hotel in your trip to Beijing, China. If you're arriving from the 4th Ring Road, 1km away, leave your car in our ample car park. It's the same distance to Wukesong subway station for direct Line 1 links to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Beijing Capital International Airport is 45km from us.
Choose a spacious Executive room and enjoy complimentary breakfast, as well as use of the Business Centre in our 7th-floor Executive Lounge. We're 12km from Beijing Universities and Academies Zone and 10km from the Zhongguancun High-Tech Zone, home of companies like Intel and Hitachi. The General Hospital of Armed Police Forces is 2 minutes' walk, while seminars at the Chinese People Liberation Army General Hospital are 10 minutes' walk away.
We're near to the Summer Palace's lake and hilltop pavilions, 13km, the Xidan shopping district, 10km, and Beijing West rail station, 8km away. International basketball teams clash at Wukesong Arena, 1km from Holiday Inn Beijing Chang An West.
You can unwind on loungers beside the indoor pool and work out in the Fitness Centre at Holiday Inn Beijing Chang An West. Catch up with complimentary wireless Internet in all public areas.
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Kids ages 12 and under stay for free when sharing their parents' room. Up to four kids ages 12 and under eat free any time of the day in any Holiday Inn® on-site restaurant.
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The federal government's fiscal position continues to deteriorate with new data showing a $22 billion deficit in the six months to December 2012.
The Australian government monthly financial statement released on Friday showed an underlying cash deficit of $22.252 billion to December, down from $17.962 billion in November.
It was worse than the $19.816 billion deficit for December that was forecast in the mid-year budget update released in October.
The new data showed a $3.85 billion shortfall in underlying cash receipts in the six months to December, compared with the budget update, while spending was $1.414 billion less over that period.
The drop in revenue was due to lower tax revenue and interest income.
The government originally forecast a $1.077 billion surplus for 2012/13.
But Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan said in December that it was unlikely that would be achieved due to the slowdown in revenue.
The department of finance also released the monthly statement for November on Friday.
Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb said the December data showed revenues were not collapsing as the government had claimed.
"The latest Australian government monthly financial statements reveal revenue was $12.2 billion higher than at the same stage last year, exposing Labor's dishonest `woe is me' routine," he said in a statement on Friday.
Mr Robb said the government was on the path to deliver a $1.4 billion deficit for this financial year instead of the $1 billion surplus forecast by Treasury.


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I have two Adventure Time characters going up today, one of them is in chibi form, and the other is an animal. To start I will show you "how to draw Tree Trunks", step by step. This characters name is so weird because it's after the trunks of trees. Tree Trunks is actually a female elephant that is a lime green color, has a bunch of wrinkles on her skin, and she wears a red bow on her tail. For an elephant she is small, but she is friends with both Finn and Jake. One of the thinks that Trunks likes to do is pick apples and hang out with her friends. Supposedly she is in love with Mr. Pig, but I'm not too sure about that. Anyways, this is going to be a very easy lesson to tackle, which means you will enjoy yourself when you do. I shall return with more stuff to do so keep those pencils in hand. Adios mi amigos!
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Connor Hill scored 19 points, including 4 of 6 baskets from 3-point range, to pace Idaho to a 77-64 victory over Texas-Arlington on Saturday night.
Idaho (7-10, 3-4 Western Athletic) was 8 of 19 from 3-point range, and converted 19 of 22 free throws.
Idaho had three other players score in double figures. Stephen Madison scored 15, Kyle Barone 14 and Robert Harris 10. Barone also pulled down 18 rebounds.
UT Arlington (8-8, 3-4) trailed by only four points at halftime, but could not get much closer.
Kevin Butler was UT Arlington's top scorer with 15 points, and Shaq White-Miller had 10.
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Tasty salad that provides two fruit and veggie servings.
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SALAD: In a medium bowl, combine turkey, apple pieces, orange, cranberries, and walnuts.
DRESSING: In a small bowl, mix cranberry sauce and orange juice concentrate.
Arrange lettuce leaves among four plates. Just before serving gently toss turkey mixture with dressing. Garnish with kiwi slices.
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The Optimize Minneapolis Book Launch last night was a great success! I would like to personally thank everyone in attendance for coming, interacting, and sharing your feedback about our event online.
I had an opportunity to speak with most of the people in attendance and based on their stellar feedback it sounded like the #OptimizeBook event was just what they needed. A healthy dose of laughs, refreshments, and learning compliments of Lee Odden (@LeeOdden).
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Puig Destroyer
Awww, Yeaahh!! Since being called up, Dodgers phenom Yasiel Puig has been breaking necks and cashing checks. Now he's trying something new. Inspiring incredible music. Riley Breckenridge (who's also know as the drummer for the band Thrice) has started a new baseball-themed band and dubbed it "Puig Destroyer."
That's right, all you rock and roll heathens, Puig's exploits have now led to the creation of what is sure to be the best baseball music since "Homer at the Bat" was released on Blue Vinyl. The Album is being recorded right now and is already well on its way to music masterpiece accompanied by this incredible artwork. Only one question remains: will Yasiel Puig use a "Puig Destroyer" song as his walk-up music?


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Sen. Claire McCaskill leaps hurdles to overhauling wartime contracting
When Claire McCaskill set out to crack down on waste and fraud in wartime contracting six years ago, the newbie senator from Missouri figured that finding ways to save taxpayer dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan would be a no-brainer project, even in the highly partisan halls of Congress.
"Like most who come to Washington for the first time, I assumed that this would not be a heavy lift," McCaskill said in a recent interview with McClatchy. "I assumed that cleaning up war contracting and profiteering would be a consensus item that would fly through the process, and I learned quickly that that was very naive."
This month – after half a dozen years of hearings, reports, overseas fact-finding trips, painful compromises and some last-minute, round-the-clock negotiating – the first substantial overhaul of the federal government's wartime contracting practices since World War II finally became law, with McCaskill as its chief architect. The president signed it Jan. 2 as part of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, the day before McCaskill, a Democrat, was sworn in for her second Senate term.
In the end, McCaskill didn't get everything she wanted. Some of her proposals were dropped or scaled back, and she acknowledges that one consequence of the new law will be additional paperwork for the federal bureaucracy – without any additional funding. But she said the bill was among the most satisfying accomplishments of her Senate career.
Among the worst examples of waste, fraud and abuse that the new law was designed to prevent were an ineffective water plant that Iraqis couldn't operate or maintain, a still-unfinished highway in Afghanistan that's wildly over budget at $176 million and a $300 million power plant near Kabul that Afghans can't afford to operate because the diesel fuel required to run it is too costly.
The power plant was a project by Black & Veatch, an engineering and construction firm based in Overland Park, Kan.
Black & Veatch referred questions about the feasibility of the plant to the U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded the project.
"Afghanistan is a very difficult place to work. We put our lives on the line for the government and the people of Afghanistan every day and we are proud of the work we've done in the region," the company said in a statement.
The plant typically runs at less than 10 percent capacity, according to USAID. Sheikeb Nesar, the head of operations for Afghanistan's national power utility, said the plant was used only during emergency situations when other power sources to Kabul were cut off.
"It is a big, hulking, overpriced, oversized generator, and you don't pay almost $300 million for a generator," McCaskill said.
But the senator defended Black & Veatch, a company that contributed $6,000 to her campaign in 2006 through its political action committee, and $1,000 in 2008. The PAC didn't donate to her 2012 campaign.
"They didn't do anything wrong," McCaskill said. "What was wrong was the analysis in the first place. . . . There was not an adequate sustainability analysis prior to the decision to build it."
Such an analysis is mandated by the new law, which should help prevent flawed ventures such as the plant, McCaskill said.The law requires government agencies to prove that taxpayer dollars won't be wasted on futile or ill-conceived projects before they allocate funds, strengthens the powers of inspectors general who investigate cases of fraud and abuse, and establishes a clear chain of authority for contracting oversight in the Defense Department, the State Department and USAID.
"Now someone has to take responsibility for the contract at the front end, so that if things go badly we know who to call on the carpet," McCaskill said.
The law also requires the three agencies to conduct risk assessments to evaluate their use of contractors, to reduce reliance on private security firms and to establish databases to better track contractors' performance and pricing.
Some of the measure's provisions got watered down over time or cut entirely. The final version dropped language that would automatically refer companies accused of violating the law for suspension from government contracts, as well as a provision that would have forced firms that use subcontractors for more than half the work to identify the subcontractors in writing.
McCaskill had hoped to restrict the use of subcontracting, which can make it difficult to trace problems or pin blame. It also can add to costs, as primary contractors hire subcontractors who hire more subcontractors in turn, expenses ballooning with each new layer.
McCaskill said lobbyists for large contractors had successfully fought to exclude those provisions, however. The Obama administration also opposed a provision that would have required the president to provide Congress with a financial plan for any future war, and it threatened to veto the bill in part because of the language that mandated automatic suspension referrals for contractors charged with wrongdoing.
"Sometimes it's boxing shadows," McCaskill said of the push-back she encountered. "There's big money in these contracts and there's a lot of people who have made big money off these contracts, and clearly we are trying to stop the gravy train and I'm sure that there are people who wanted to keep it going."
Ultimately, the changes appear to address many of the contracting irregularities that hampered America's war efforts in the past decade, said Michael O'Hanlon, the director of research for the foreign policy program at the center-left Brookings Institution, a research center in Washington.
"Certainly the emphasis on competition, the emphasis on transparency with subcontractors, the emphasis on inspectors general, these are all welcome ideas," O'Hanlon said. "I guess the hard part is going to be implementation."
One unintended consequence might be to make it harder for the U.S. government to hire local companies for contracting work in war zones, a key counterinsurgency strategy, he said.
"Developing the intelligence on local subcontractors is actually fairly hard to do initially if you're in a place you didn't expect to go," O'Hanlon said. "Those are the kind of practical issues that I would want to at least see if there could be ways to consider, assess or redress if it turns out in a future mission that they prove to be problems."
Another criticism McCaskill acknowledged is that the revisions add red tape without adding funding, meaning that military commanders and other federal officials will have more paperwork to complete during wartime, but no new resources with which to do it.
"What we had in place wasn't working, so having to cross a few T's and dot a few I's is a very small price to pay to save billions for taxpayers," McCaskill said.
For the largest contractors, the new regulations probably will be "a little bump in the road," but extra bureaucracy could harm small or midsize contractors, said Simon Brody, a spokesman for the National Association of Government Contractors, a trade group.
"There is a need for these regulations because there has been abuse, but more regulation always hurts smaller contractors first," Brody said. "It's off-putting, especially for businesses that are trying to get into government contracting."
The new law also skirts the problem of cost-plus contracting. Under a cost-plus contract, a contractor bills the government for expenses and is given a margin as profit. That means the more money a contractor spends, the more profit it makes.
Primary contractors with cost-plus contracts frequently hire subcontractors on fixed-price contracts to do most of the work, said Paul Hinks, the chief executive officer of Symbion Power, a Washington-based company that has experience on projects in Iraq and Afghanistan, including as a subcontractor hired by Black & Veatch to build the Kabul power plant.
"They shouldn't even be giving out cost-plus contracts to do this type of construction work in a war zone. It's just madness," Hinks said. "There's no incentive to save any money."
McCaskill's crusade to overhaul contracting dates to her first Senate campaign, when she cultivated a thrifty image based on her identity as a former state auditor who was determined to curb Washington's wasteful spending habits.
As a freshman senator in 2007, McCaskill led a Senate delegation to Iraq to scrutinize the management of defense funds. She returned to Capitol Hill shocked by lax oversight and convinced that what she saw as the Pentagon's over-reliance on private contractors in the war zone was squandering billions of taxpayer dollars.
McCaskill joined forces with then-Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., to create the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, a bipartisan panel modeled after President Harry Truman's campaign to curb war profiteering during World War II.
In a report published in 2011, the commission revealed that as much as $60 billion had been lost to contract waste and fraud. It concluded that the U.S. government no longer can conduct large or sustained military operations or respond to major disasters without over-relying on contractors.
McCaskill and several other senators drafted a bill, the Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act, based on the commission's recommendations. Major components of the act were included as an amendment to the defense authorization bill that the president signed recently.
The revisions mean that at least some lessons have been learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, despite resistance to change from powerful interests in the contracting community, said commission member Charles Tiefer, a professor of government contracting law at University of Baltimore.
"The contractors would have been very happy to keep the status quo, and they would have been very happy if this bill had not gone through," he said. "I'm much more impressed by what got into the law than what didn't."
McCaskill said she knew that laws on the books weren't going to be enough. Continued scrutiny from Congress is necessary to ferret out bad contractors and poor performers, she said.
"I'm not going away," McCaskill said. "I've got six more years to stay on these guys about the way they spend money."
McClatchy correspondent Rezwan Natiq contributed reporting from Afghanistan.


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Erie County Democrats on Wednesday evening officially endorsed Kevin P. Gaughan, who is widely known in Western New York for leading efforts to downsize local government, in the race for Erie County comptroller.
In a closed-door vote at the Larkin Center of Commerce, members of the Democratic committee interviewed Gaughan and ultimately approved him as the party's choice to challenge Republican incumbent Stefan I. Mychajliw. Gaughan's potential candidacy surfaced last week, when Democratic Chairman Jeremy J. Zellner announced he had asked the longtime political activist to consider running after original nominee Lynn M. Szalkowski withdrew from the race for "health reasons."
Gaughan cited his history as a finance attorney with expertise in securities, his reputation for political independence and his considerable knowledge of Erie County's local governments as reasons he would make a better comptroller than Mychajliw, a former television reporter and public relations man.
"I know this business, and I don't enter into this race lightly," Gaughan said. "I have much respect for my worthy competitor, but I feel that I'm much more qualified and able to be a very effective taxpayer advocate."
Gaughan led efforts to downsize town governments in West Seneca, Orchard Park, Alden, Evans, Hamburg and Amherst; the Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua county governments; and the village government in Lancaster. He said that he has saved taxpayers $5.2 million annually and that he has put more proposals before voters than anyone in the history of the state.
Gaughan called the comptroller's office one of Western New York's "most serious and vital" positions and, referring to himself as a "factivist," said the post is perhaps the best political fit with his work as a private citizen.
Zellner, citing Gaughan's independence, said the vote "wasn't easy" for the committee, indicating that some have been adversely affected in the political arena by Gaughan's activism.
"We didn't reach to find what would run that was best for our organization," Zellner said. "We found a candidate that can run who is best for Erie County and who taxpayers can trust to be their watchdog."
Zellner called Mychajliw "the most political comptroller we've ever had."
Short-lived opposition to the Gaughan candidacy within the party began Wednesday morning, when Zone 4 Chairman Gregory B. Olma said he would nominate at the meeting retiring Legislator Thomas J. Mazur of Cheektowaga to oppose Gaughan.
"To come up with Kevin Gaughan is a desperate move that will only backfire," Olma said Wednesday morning. "I will speak against him and offer an alternative candidate."
But Mazur said Wednesday afternoon he would not oppose Gaughan, adding he had told Democratic officials he would accept the nomination rather than leave the ballot line vacant against Mychajliw.
A Democratic committee member said after the meeting that the "overwhelming majority" of the committee supported Gaughan.
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