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North American fracking leader Halliburton saw its revenues jump nearly 30 percent from a year ago as it reported a small overall profit for the second quarter.
As the U.S. onshore oil and gas business booms again in West Texas, Halliburton is taking advantage by growing its hydraulic fracturing and drilling businesses. Halliburton's $4.96 billion in second-quarter revenues are up 29 percent from the same time last year and 16 percent from the first quarter of 2017.
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According to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigeria has the world's 9th largest natural gas reserves (192 TCF of gas reserves). As at 2018, Nigeria exported over 1tcf of gas as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to several countries. However domestically, we produce less than 4,000MW of power for over 180million people.
Think about this – imagine every Nigerian holding a 20W light bulb, that's how much power we generate in Nigeria. In comparison, South Africa generates 42,000MW of power for a population of 57 million. We have the capacity to produce over 2 million Metric Tonnes of fertilizer (primarily urea) per year but we still import fertilizer. The Federal Government's initiative to rejuvenate the agriculture sector is definitely the right thing to do for our economy, but fertilizer must be readily available to support the industry. Why do we import fertilizer when we have so much gas?
I could go on and on with these statistics, but you can see where I'm going with this so I won't belabor the point. I will leave you with this mental image: imagine a man that lives with his family on the banks of a river that has fresh, clean water. Rather than collect and use this water directly from the river, he treks over 20km each day to buy bottled water from a company that collects the same water, bottles it and sells to him at a profit. This is the tragedy on Nigeria and it should make us all very sad.
Several indigenous companies like Nestoil were born and grown by the opportunities created by the local and international oil majors – NNPC and its subsidiaries – NGC, NAPIMS, Shell, Mobil, Agip, NDPHC. Nestoil's main focus is the Engineering Procurement Construction and Commissioning of oil and gas pipelines and flowstations, essentially, infrastructure that supports upstream companies to produce and transport oil and natural gas, as well as and downstream companies to store and move their product. In our 28 years of doing business, we have built over 300km of pipelines of various sizes through the harshest terrain, ranging from dry land to seasonal swamp, to pure swamps, as well as some of the toughest and most volatile and hostile communities in Nigeria. I would be remiss if I do not use this opportunity to say a big thank you to those companies that gave us the opportunity to serve you. The over 2,000 direct staff and over 50,000 indirect staff we employ thank you. We are very grateful for the past opportunities given to us, and look forward to future opportunities that we can get.
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Headline crude prices for the week beginning 15 July 2019 – Brent: US$66/b; WTI: US$59/b
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Unplanned crude oil production outages for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) averaged 2.5 million barrels per day (b/d) in the first half of 2019, the highest six-month average since the end of 2015. EIA estimates that in June, Iran alone accounted for more than 60% (1.7 million b/d) of all OPEC unplanned outages.
EIA differentiates among declines in production resulting from unplanned production outages, permanent losses of production capacity, and voluntary production cutbacks for OPEC members. Only the first of those categories is included in the historical unplanned production outage estimates that EIA publishes in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
Unplanned production outages include, but are not limited to, sanctions, armed conflicts, political disputes, labor actions, natural disasters, and unplanned maintenance. Unplanned outages can be short-lived or last for a number of years, but as long as the production capacity is not lost, EIA tracks these disruptions as outages rather than lost capacity.
Loss of production capacity includes natural capacity declines and declines resulting from irreparable damage that are unlikely to return within one year. This lost capacity cannot contribute to global supply without significant investment and lead time.
Voluntary cutbacks are associated with OPEC production agreements and only apply to OPEC members. Voluntary cutbacks count toward the country's spare capacity but are not counted as unplanned production outages.
EIA defines spare crude oil production capacity—which only applies to OPEC members adhering to OPEC production agreements—as potential oil production that could be brought online within 30 days and sustained for at least 90 days, consistent with sound business practices. EIA does not include unplanned crude oil production outages in its assessment of spare production capacity.
As an example, EIA considers Iranian production declines that result from U.S. sanctions to be unplanned production outages, making Iran a significant contributor to the total OPEC unplanned crude oil production outages. During the fourth quarter of 2015, before the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action became effective in January 2016, EIA estimated that an average 800,000 b/d of Iranian production was disrupted. In the first quarter of 2019, the first full quarter since U.S. sanctions on Iran were re-imposed in November 2018, Iranian disruptions averaged 1.2 million b/d.
Another long-term contributor to EIA's estimate of OPEC unplanned crude oil production outages is the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Production halted there in 2014 because of a political dispute between the two countries. EIA attributes half of the PNZ's estimated 500,000 b/d production capacity to each country.
In the July 2019 STEO, EIA only considered about 100,000 b/d of Venezuela's 130,000 b/d production decline from January to February as an unplanned crude oil production outage. After a series of ongoing nationwide power outages in Venezuela that began on March 7 and cut electricity to the country's oil-producing areas, EIA estimates that PdVSA, Venezuela's national oil company, could not restart the disrupted production because of deteriorating infrastructure, and the previously disrupted 100,000 b/d became lost capacity.


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A brave little girl fighting cancer had a singer in tears with an adorable video of her dancing on her hospital bed.
The unnamed youngster giggled as she danced opposite a group of clowns dressed in white 'doctors' coats to popular song Despacito.
The heartbreaking reality of girl's fragile condition is clear in the video as she dances in a locked quarantine room – while her companions are kept on the other side of a glass window.
Footage of the tear-jerking moment, at a hospital in Puerto Montt, Chile, caught the eye of Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi after it went viral this week.
The singer, who was born in Chile, admitted watching the girl dancing about to his song melted his heart, as he shared it on his Instagram.
"This is the power of music! This makes things be in perspective, what the real important things are in life: health, love, faith, family. how many things children teach us."
A frustrated resident's online rant about a council's "draconian" two-bag rubbish limit every fortnight has gone viral.
Darren James said he posted the 1,100-word rant on Facebook after his council nor its contractor could tell him what to do if residents recycle everything they can but still had more than two bags.
Since it went up on Wednesday, the post has been shared 1,500 times and received more than 100 comments from fellow residents, some of who described it as "brilliant".
In the post which starts "Dear Bridgend Refuse Collection Department", Darren branded the new scheme – designed to help Bridgend county reach the Welsh Government's recycling target of 70% by 2025 – "draconian".
He likened the list of new rules on what should be recycled in which box to the Tolstoy epic War and Peace.
He said the council has also made it clear "that the refuse tips will be guarded in future by a Moses-type figure with a staff, who will not allow you to pass if you have any waste that has been failed to be sorted or is not recyclable".
Darren, 45, from Bryncethin, Bridgend, said with three adults and one "grown-up teenager" in the house, he fails to see why they should be "capped" at two bags per fortnight, the same as the "little old lady who lives next door".
"There should be very little left to go into waste bags once you consider that the new system enables households to recycle cardboard, egg boxes, birthday cards, waxed drinks cartons and tetra packs, paper, newspapers and magazines, telephone directories, catalogues, shredded paper, junk mail and envelopes, plastic bottles including milk, drink or shampoo bottles, food containers including yoghurt pots and margarine tubs, plastic cups, non-black food trays, punnets, aerosols, foil trays and containers, food tins, drink cans, cooked and uncooked food including meat, fish, bones, peelings, tea bags and pet food, glass bottles, jars and more.
"It will also be possible for householders to recycle textiles, shoes, small electrical items, batteries, mobile phones and spectacles by placing them in a plastic bag at the kerbside, and there will be a separate collection for nappies and absorbent waste, plus an optional garden waste collection scheme."
When one mum heard her toddler daughter screaming from the back seat of her car, she turned around thinking something terrible had happened.
But she discovered three-year-old Layla's epic meltdown had been sparked by finding a HAIR on her arm.
Mobile phone footage shows the tot screaming and wailing at the unwanted discovery during a trip in Guildford, Surrey, on April 22.
Her mum, who shared the clip on social media, told Get Surrey : "I was just about to start the engine and go out with my three children when Layla started screaming.
"I turned around thinking something awful had happened and then fairly quickly realised she had a hair in her arm.
"She had a similar meltdown a few days before when there was a small spider on her window on the outside.
"I wanted to capture another meltdown to show her when she's older, I then decided to film this.
"We have had similar instances since with things freaking her out."
This feisty toddler may only be two, but she certainly knows her own mind when it comes to putting boys in their place.
Mila Stauffer is filmed angrily claiming she saw her 'boyfriend', Sawyer, playing in the park with another girl.
Refusing to let things go, she then uses her fake phone to call him and let him know exactly how she feels.
Mila says she is "so mad" she plans to "call him right now" – and she sticks to her word.
Picking up her pink phone, the tough toddler pretends to call him and berate him for playing with another girl.
In a hilarious chat, she says: "I saw Sawyer at the park with another girl, I was mad."
Then, directly addressing her young love, she says: "This is ridiculous. What are you doing? Sawyer I saw you. Don't go to the park with her."
She says firmly: "I'm done with it" and almost hangs up the phone.
In an all too common occurrence as she vents her frustration, Mila also shouts "are you listening to me?"
Mila, from Arizona, adds: "I saw you", before stating some ground rules for the future.
The dinky diva then ends the rant by sternly saying "Never ever mess with Mila".
A London docks worker has been hailed a hero for saving a cat from drowning after it fell into a Thames canal in a fight with a fellow feline.
CCTV shows Felix – the Royal Docks Management Authority's office cat – being chased by a rival before plunging "into the drink".
Worker Scott Derben, who witnessed the clash, quickly runs over to Felix's aid as the other feline makes a quick getaway.
As Felix splashes around in the Thames, Mr Derben gets down on his stomach and grabs the cat by the scruff of her neck and hauls her to safety.
One user wrote on Twitter : "Top man. Didn't stop to think and didn't wait around for plaudits. Always good to remember that most people are kind and generous."
Another added: "I'll stand him 2 pints at the public house of his choosing."
In the video Felix, a female cat, is chased out of an alleyway by the rival feline before they tussle near the water's edge.
Felix then rolls over a couple of times before falling into the water.
"But as if to prove just how well the waters are maintained by the staff of the Royal Docks Management Authority, Felix the RoDMA cat ended up in the drink while bravely engaging in a hostile territorial battle (ie running away) from another cat.
"We can happily report that Felix suffered no injury or trauma. She also seems to be completely unaware that the rest of the RoDMA team have been laughing behind her back after the blase 'nothing to see here' routine that followed her dunking."
A newsreader has reportedly resigned weeks after an embarrassing gaffe live on air saw her go viral around Australia and the world.
Natasha Exelby had been presenting the news when the show had cut away from the studio to a pre-recorded video tape.
Without her knowledge, the camera cut back to her unexpectedly, broadcasting her looking distracted and frowning at her pen.
When she realised she was actually on air, she jumped up in her seat and her jaw dropped.
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Thank U all for ur generous support. Not my finest hour. Myself and my mesmerising pen honourably salute you!
She even won an Australian TV award.
An ABC spokesman told Yahoo7 News: "Natasha Exelby has chosen not to do some casual shifts she was rostered for.
"Natasha was not taken off-air because of a 'blooper' and ABC News has been clear that we're open to working with her again, including the possibility of future presenting shifts."
Exelby declined to comment on the matter when approached by Yahoo7.
A stray dog left for dead after being covered in glue and dragged through mud is now unrecognisable after settling in with a new family.
Heartbreaking footage showed the pooch Pascal looking terrified and in pain following the sickening act of violence at the hands of cruel kids.
The poor mongrel could hardly move and looked to be already dead after enduring the terrible abuse which caused rigor mortis to begin to set in.
New pictures posted by a charity show the dog running and leaping on a beach in Spain with the caption: "'HAPPY TIMES AFTER EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH FINALLY !!! PASCAL is spending the week-end with his family in Spain by the beach! Breathtaking view!"
A Chinese artist demonstrated a lesson in treading carefully with this painful-looking stunt in which he jumps up and down repeatedly on shards of broken glass.
The performer leaps into a pit filled with shattered glass and drags his feet over the shards for 10 excruciating seconds.
He then jumps back out of the pit and not a drop of blood is visible.
The artist who pulled off the agonising feat belongs to southern China's ethnic Miao people, and the stunt is only possible to achieve by trained professionals.
Singer Jade Helliwell was enjoying a night out in Leeds when she spotted the street musician and asked if she could join him for an ad hoc duet.
The busker got quite a surprise when he found Jade was not just a Saturday night reveller showing off to friends for a bet.
And fans think the pair should now team-up for a talent show .
One Facebook user wrote: "They need to go on X Factor new series. Awesome, the pair of them."
A video of the collaboration has been shared on Facebook and viewed nearly 6 million times.
Jade said she decided to join in after she heard the busker's "beautiful voice."
Sharing the clip, which has now gone viral , on her Facebook page, Jade wrote: "After chatting he let me sing a song with him.
"I only knew the chorus and a verse but we had a good time singing together."
"The beauty of music – you can cross paths with someone you've never met and come together for a few (minutes) and just enjoy the performance."
Beyonce might be heavily pregnant with twins – but that doesn't stop her making edgy fashion choices.
The pregnant star skipped the red carpet at the Wearable Art Gala in LA last night but she showed off her incredible outfit on her website today.
Wearing a huge flower crown adorned with butterflies, she was glowing.
She teamed the extravagant headpiece with a figure-hugging red dress that compliment her every curve.


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Pictured: Linda Hunt (Henrietta "Hetty" Lange). The NCIS: LA team finds themselves in danger while investigating a kidnapping case of a man claiming to be Callen's father, on the 100th episode of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Oct. 15 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Description: Day dress of brown silk damask in fine diamond pattern. The dress is in wrap-around style, with asymmetric neckline with wide, shawl collar on the left. Street length. Opening buttons on bodice at left with 4 circular, brown buttons and bound buttonholes, hook & eye at natural waist and two snaps where skirt attaches to peplum. Peplum is asymmetric and longer on left. Long dolman sleeves with underarm gussets and folded back cuffs. With matching belt.
Date: Autumn 1949
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BELMONT � Fireworks could be heard booming in the distance late Friday as the city of Belmont celebrated the final �Friday Night Live� concert series of 2013.
Earlier on Friday at South Point High�s Lineberger Stadium, a huge crowd got to see a different kind of fireworks display as the homestanding Red Raiders twice overcame 10-point deficits and a record-setting passing performance by Shelby junior R.J. George in a 35-24 victory.
In the end, it was simply a matter of South Point�s thunderous �Red Bone� triple-option running game defeating Shelby�s lightning quick passing scoring strikes.
�We needed to be challenged � and we were,� said South Point coach Mickey Lineberger, whose team had rolled up an 84-16 point differential in its opening two victories. �It was two teams with great traditions playing good, hard football. We were fortunate that we were the ones that came out on top.�
In the first meeting between the longtime rivals since 1996, it was underdog Shelby (1-2) that came out firing in each half in a game in which George shattered the school single-game passing record by 44 yards; George�s 323 yards passing Friday surpassed the previous mark of 279 set by Daylan Fuller in the 2011 season in a game against East Rutherford.
Before many had gotten comfortably seated, George completed the first of his three touchdown passes � a 78-yarder to Antwan Wright on the game�s first play from scrimmage.
Then, after South Point had cut a 17-7 lead that came on Luke Hayek�s 51-yard field goal to 17-14 at the half, George�s fifth throw of the second half � also to Wright � went for 38 yards and a touchdown that helped Shelby take a 24-14 lead with 3:44 to play in third quarter.
But despite that late deficit, South Point simply reverted to what it does best � consume yardage and time with three straight clinching scoring drives.
Quarterback Jaquan Brooks (136), fullback Tyler Bray (130) and wingback Trey Crenshaw (135) each finished with 100 or more yards rushing � and each tallied touchdowns in a five-minute burst that improved South Point to 3-0 on the season.
Brooks capped an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a six-yard keeper with 14.8 seconds left in the third quarter. Crenshaw raced untouched on a 56-yard run with 9:57 left to play. And Bray bulled in from one yard out with 7:12 left.
�We�ve been around here long enough to just concern ourselves with what we do,� Lineberger said. �Our coaching staff has about 300 years experience, so there was no panic.�
During South Point�s scoring burst, Shelby�s offense sputtered behind a running game that could never get untracked and by six second-half dropped passes that stunted what could�ve been an even better passing performance by George.
�We told them before the game that we wanted to play physical on defense,� Shelby coach Lance Ware said. �You�re not going to shut them down, but we had some chances to score more points and we just made some key mistakes at critical times.
�Credit South Point: They really stopped our running game and made us a little one-dimensional on offense.�
Both teams had defensive standouts, as Shelby�s Tyrone Allen, Rashawn Petty and Robert Brown made eight solo or first-hit tackles and South Point�s Deion Jones had seven and Daishon Davis five. Jones also intercepted a pass on Shelby�s final offensive play of the night.
Led by George�s 323 yards and three touchdowns passing as he completed 14 of 28 throws, Shelby finished with 378 yards total offense.
Led by its trio of 100-yard rushers, South Point finished with 485 yards total offense.
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If you can't find the perfect spring wreath to decorate with, here are some gorgeous ideas to try out
The changing of seasons brings forth new styles and fashion both in clothing trends and in home décor. However, we're not always lucky enough to find one style that fits our preferences perfectly. If you can't seem to find a spring wreath that will complement the design of your home, why not try making your own? Here are some ideas to get you started:
Fantastic Blooms
If there is one thing that makes spring more alive, it's the presence of blooming flowers everywhere. Wouldn't it be just divine if you can display all the beautiful blooming flowers as a wreath in your home? To do this, prepare scissors, hot glue, a few bouquets of your favorite flowers, and a wreath base that is preferably made of twigs. First, separate the stems and remove the leaves. Next, begin inserting the stems between the twigs and secure them in place using hot glue. Do this until the entire base is covered with flowers. Finish your wreath by inserting some of the leaves as added accents. You can also check out the Copy Cat Looks blog for detailed instructions on how to create a gorgeous spring wreath made of tulips.
Recycled Wreath
Have you ever looked around your home and think you have too much used paper just about everywhere? Here's great news for you: you can recycle all those paper and turn it into a wonderful wreath! If you are gifted in the art of paper folding, also known as Origami, put your skills to good use by folding up a variety of paper flowers to be placed on your wreaths. Wrap your wreath base with colored ribbon and use hot glue to secure the paper flowers in place. If you don't know how to turn colored paper into something other than a crumpled ball, take a look at these instructions from Jen of tatertots & jello as she shows everyone how to make use of those sheets of paper by turning it into lovely Spring Paper Wreaths.
Ribbons Galore
During Christmas, we sometimes receive gifts with lovely wrappings and fancy ribbons, which are just too cute to throw away. Make use of these ribbons in your next wreath project. All you need are a circular base, scissors, hot glue, and your collection of ribbons. First, wrap the circular base with the thickest ribbon you have until the entire thing is covered. Next, use your imagination to strategize how you want your ribbon wreath to turn out. Apply hot glue on the area where you want your ribbons and carefully place them on that spot. Make sure everything is securely in place before hanging the finished wreath.
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If you want to make a wilder or fluffier wreath, using feathers is definitely a good option! There are two ways to go about this. If you want something more challenging, you can use a bag of feathers, and manually and strategically glue them onto the circular base. Next, use hot glue to securely place some small eggs around your wreath. You can check out the detailed instructions on how to make this Easter Egg & Feather Wreath on Heather Bea's Fake it Frugal blog. For those who want an easier time, you can use a feather boa instead of a bag of feathers. Just wrap the entire wreath base with the boa. After that, simply add bits and pieces and secure them in place using hot glue. Manuela's A Cultivated Nest blog breaks down the steps on how to efficiently design your spring wreath using a feather boa.
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, a number of travelers would visit the United States from the Near or Middle East, such as "Sheick Shedid Allhazar," (usually referred to simply as 'Sheick Sidi'), said to have been an 'Emir' or Prince of Syria, who visited New York & Pennsylvania, and was said to have received from the Society of Friends, "one hundred pistoles," during his Philadelphia visit in 1739.
A strange undated, undeciphered document of unknown origin, is found within the papers of Samuel Clarke Perkins (1828-1903), written partially in the Farsi dialect of Persian or Iranian, and including selections as well from the Quran, written in Arabic.
(Samuel Clarke Perkins Collection: #494, 'Miscellaneous Undated File & Folder')
A number of slaves in bondage within the United States during the 19th-century, had originally been of the Islamic faith, and were literate. One such famous individual of which much has been written, was Abduhl Rahman, who was freed under the express directions of Pres. John Quincy Adams and his Secretary of State, Henry Clay, in 1828.
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori had been taken in battle at the age of 26 and sold into slavery, eventually arriving in the Americas, where he served in bondage on a plantation at Natchez, Mississippi. Known by the honorific, 'Prince of Slaves,' Rahman had been educated in the famed city of Timbuctoo in Mali, West Africa.
After gaining his freedom, Rahman would make his way to Philadelphia on the way to Liberia, celebrating the New Year's celebration of 1829 in the city, as recorded by Henry Clay in his diary. A PBS documentary has been produced about the 'Prince,' as well as the biography published by Terry Alford entitled, 'Prince Among Slaves,' now available in paperback.
Two fascinating hand-written notes in Arabic, penned personally by the 'Prince of Slaves,' are found at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, within the Simon Gratz & John F. Watson collections of manuscripts, the latter giving significant biographical detail on Abduhl Rahman's life, who would later die in 1829 at Monrovia, in Liberia.
('Abduhl Rahhaman', 'Simon Gratz Collection, Alphabetical Series, September 1, 1828)
('Abduhl Rahahman', John F. Watson's 'Annals of Philadelphia,' Mss. Am .301, Vol.1 (1829): 130)
One "autograph of a slave of General Owen," of Wilmington, North Carolina, was the son of an Arabian merchant, sold into slavery. He later became a Christian while enslaved in the United States, and was known locally as "old Uncle Monroe" by many who came to know him. This is also a part of the Simon Gratz Collection at HSP.
('Arabian,' Simon Gratz Collection, Alphabetical Series)
The Arabic texts and accounts of the lives of the above individuals, are another example of the rich and diverse materials which may be found, within the manuscript collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.


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The organization recently wrapped up a "Luau Fundraiser," and the "Helping Hunter Party in the Park" is planned from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at Roane County Park.
A silent auction, bake sale and children's games are planned.
Hunter suffers from autism, and his family is working with Wilderwood Service Dogs in Maryville to purchase a service dog trained to assist children in Hunter's situation.
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Macalester students hug dogs before final exams
Stressed out students at Macalester College in St. Paul will get a change for some doggie therapy on Saturday when alumni and faculty are being encouraged to bring their dogs to campus.
It's called the Macalester Dog Day Afternoon and it comes just as students are about to begin their final exams for the semester. The event is set for 1 p.m. on Bateman Plaza on the St. Paul campus.
College spokeswoman Barbara Laskin says the liberal arts college has had the event twice a year since December 2006. She says about a dozen dogs usually show up. They all get name tags shaped like bones.
She says the event is a big hit with students, who often say one of the pets reminds them of their dog back home.
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Burien's Para Los Niños will be holding a fundraiser dinner this Saturday, Nov. 10 at Burien Little Theatre, located at 425 SW 144th Street.
The event is to raise funds for the Aprendamos Juntos program for the 2012-13 school year.
"By raising $10,000 we will be able to reach out students and support them in reaching their dream of becoming doctors, winders, astronauts, teachers or presidents," reads an announcement.
Cost is $50 per person.
Please RSVP by making your payment online at www.plnwa.org/donate, or send a check to 425 SW 144th Street, Burien WA 98166.


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The Met Office forecast for today, Friday, February 26 is for a cold but dry day with some sunshine.
It will be a cold start with a fairly widespread frost.
It should stay dry through the day with patchy cloud and some sunshine.
Winds will remain light but it will be chilly.
Maximum Temperature 6 °C.
It will be dry this evening with clear periods allowing frost to develop in places.
One or two wintry showers might clip north-east Lincolnshire late in the night.
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WELCOME to our Friday blog. Every Friday we hand over to Carl and Alex Smith – known online as simply Carl & Alex. These super keen youngsters have a passion for making a variety of fishing videos, and provide a youth dimension to our new blogging mix.
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LAST Saturday I spent most of my day filming and editing short "how to" videos for our new website I'm working on… But come Sunday I was itching to get on the bank.
Alex was out with a friend so I thought I would spend a few hours by my local Sussex Ouse. We were originally going to fish the Thames with a friend we met back in the summer but, due to all this rain we have had lately, it was pretty full and we had to postpone for another time!
Dad dropped me off by the river around mid-day; I took a glance over the bridge and noticed that the water had dropped considerably. I also noticed there was an angler in the weirpool which was where I originally wanted to fish. "Oh well," I muttered to myself, there are plenty of chub downstream.
I carried my gear to the first swim after the pool. I have caught numerous chub from here, including my PB, so when I was biteless an hour later I was a little confused!
A switch of swim and bait resulted in a pristine little chub. It seemed that the pellet would not catch a thing but the Bait-Tech Polony was getting bite on every cast! I put this down to the Polony being the stinkiest meat I've ever used. Far softer and smellier than spam.
Two chub later, the bites started to dry up. I texted my friend and asked him what he would do in my situation. He reminded me of a swim I had discovered last year. "Ah yes, I'll go there now," was my reply.
I set up my chair a little way back from the water and unzipped my bag. I planned to feed little and often for half an hour, then eat my lunch and once I was full, cast out! My feed was mainly hempseed but I had added some 3mm pellets and squirted some Fish Frenzy Injuicer over it to add attraction. I personally think that smell is the most important factor when it comes to bait in a coloured river. When the river is murky I normally use a bigger bait, but in this particular swim I used a trimmed down 10mm pellet and then wrapped it in some halibut pellet paste. Once I had cast out, the paste gradually dissolved and pieces drifted down river.
I had only had my bait in the water for around a minute when the tip whizzed round and line was pulled from my reel. I grabbed the rod and pulled back but felt nothing whatsoever. Strange, I thought but decided to cast to the other side of the swim incase I had spooked the barbel. This time round I was ready, eyes glued to the rod tip. Bam! The classic three foot twitch nearly had my rod in the river! I held on for dear life and gradually gained a little line before the fish turned and disappeared under the far bank snags.
This is why I was using 15lb mainline and 12lb hooklink. The fish made run after run, everytime heading further downstream. I saw the fish's tail flap over on the surface 7 yards downstream so I put my hand to the spool to slow it down. Eventually I stopped the fish. Luckily it decided to swim back up towards me where I scooped it up in my net.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I was jumping up and down with joy until I noticed the group of people standing behind me. "Oh hi," I said. They were quite impressed by the size of the fish and one woman even said she thought it was a freshwater shark. I explained it was a barbel and that I had to rest it in the water so it could regain its strength.
Once they had walked on, I lifted it out and quickly weighed and photographed it. My barbel went 8lb and 8oz and was definitely a different fish to the 8lb barbel my friend had caught from the same spot last year.
As it swam off I was incredibly pleased and decided it was time to return to the now empty weirpool until dusk. I didn't even have a bite but did get a shock when a tractor, which had been clearing the muddy road with water, drove across the bridge getting me, my phone, my camera and all my gear absolutely soaked!! When I arrived home all of it went in the airing cupboard to dry out. My camera still works as does my phone, well at least it does now as I type this on my way to college.
It was an eventful few days as, on returning to the same river on Tuesday, I had a dog eat a whole tin of my Polony meat…..
I had to fish the rest of the session with my pellet hookbaits but still somehow managed this PB chub of 5lb 8oz. And before you say, "Doesn't look it," I also thought it was going to be a good 4 but was quite surprised when on the scales it went 5lb 8oz. It was however a very muscly, broad fish which fought like a barbel at first!
NEW VIDEO NOW LIVE! Check out the video below about a session I did a couple of weeks back where my mate Michael and I both get a bite at the same time!
Tight lines to you all this week. Here's hoping the weather gets a little better. If it stays this chilly, I might be getting out my pike gear soon!
>>> MORE TO WATCH!! If you want to see more of the lads' videos for free, now, just browse the Carl & Alex channel in this website's new TV player.
Here's the list of all our exclusive new daily blogs and when they go live:
MONDAY: Carp crews on rotation – Korda, Fox, Nash and ACE.
TUESDAY: Steve Collett, Mail contributor and ultimate all-rounder.
WEDNESDAY: Angler's Mail HQ – yes, us!
THURSDAY: Specialists from Pike Anglers Club, Korum, Marukyu and Pallatrax, on rotation
FRIDAY: Carl & Alex, Angler's Mail juniors and video diary makers.
SATURDAY: The Angling Trust – guys at the governing body.
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Apologies for getting a little inside baseball here, but I figured it was worth it. Games writer Taylor Cocke has started up a site called Fuck This Stupid Game, where notes taken while reviewing (or previewing) video games are displayed in blessed isolation.
I'm sharing them here because I feel his pain. I'll never say that reviewing games is a shitty job—it's not even a major part of my role here—but it can sometimes be a trying one. That's why many people in the trade take notes, to help them record their thoughts on standout moments in a game so they can be referenced 10-20 hours later when your memory may have faded.
Sometimes those are useful! Other times you look down at a page and all you see is the word BULLSHIT scrawled densely for three pages (which was the majority of my notes for Bionic Commando Rearmed). Cocke's excerpts are more of the latter.
They're a little NSFW, though, so maybe check back later if the boss/kids are around.


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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Who Remembers Cherry Chocolates?
6 comments:
- Ann said...
You were doing great until the last line.
But you are right about the feeling of awe that always surrounded Christmas, even for me, who never knew the hardship of having Dad gone, as you three older siblings did. All of my memories include Dad being home all the time. I am thankful Mom and Dad were able to find a way to solve that challenge.
Christmas in Penrose was magical. That magic happened each year, even when our numbers kept decreasing. The love of family, the safety of our little haven, the clear night sky so full of stars we had to look hard for the brightest star on Christmas Eve when we took our nightly journey before going to bed - they are all part of the magic that helps keep me warm on cold winter days.
Thank you Dwight, for writing your thoughts so perfectly. It is nice to have you back.
- December 26, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- Steve Blood said...
It is truly a great Christmas rememberance. At least we were not labled, "villans."
- December 27, 2009 at 3:56 AM
- Elizabeth said...
This brings up a myriad of thoughts and recollections. By the way, some years chocolate drops were included in the stockings, and there were favorite flavors. And, Louise would always hoard her stocking contents longer than anyone else, and then would eat in front of the rest of us, as we watched in total envy.
And in Penrose, sometimes, there would be extra candy and nuts on the kitchen table - as Dad would come in from milking, he would comment that Santa must have had more than he needed for others. I don't know when the knowledge that Santa was more about the Spirit of Christmas than a real person, but it never mattered - I wrote letters to him until I left home for good. Once, in Washington, out in the garage-shop, as Dad and I were working on the big picture, we were shuffling through some boxes of veneer pieces, and came across a pattern with Mother's writing on it. Dad got a little teary, and commented on how much he missed her. Somehow, from that, we got on the subject of Christmas and Santa Claus. He disclosed that Mother was the force behind the Santa fun, although he participated. I told him that one Christmas in Penrose, I stayed awake, watched the light go off in the shop, and heard Mother come in and go to bed. I peeked out our bedroom door, and there was nothing under the tree except what we had put there before going to bed (our annual "gift exchange"). Louise and Judy were asleep in our bedroom, and I suppose Dwight and Steve and Ann were, too. I tried so hard to stay awake, but finally drifted off. Lo, and behold, in the morning, there were the full stockings, and more gifts under the tree. Made a total believer out of me!
- December 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Shannon Blood said...
A-ha! Hillarie and I (Mark was yet too little) now know where the hole-in-the-stocking-resulting-in- a-pile-of-coal-below idea comes from. Dad did just that one Christmas when we were wee things. We've teased him about it ever since for greediness. We hadn't realized the roots of this habit were to right a wrong of such proportion.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Judy said...
Hi Shannon Marie! Good to have you aboard! It is so easy to see how traditions, etc. get passed on to the next generation.
- December 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Judy said...
I still love chocolate cherries. If I am going to cheat and eat some chocolate, let it be this way!
- December 28, 2009 at 1:48 PM


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Allegations the Framingham School Department ignored two reported sexual assaults at the high school last year are baseless, the school principal said on Friday.
Allegations the Framingham School Department ignored two reported sexual assaults at the high school last year are baseless, the school principal said on Friday.
In a letter addressed to the "Faculty, Staff, And Parents of Framingham High School," Principal Michael Welch said the school acted appropriately.
Welch said in the letter that earlier this school year he met with representatives of the district attorney's office, the Framingham police and several other administrators to review how the situation was handled.
"The review confirmed that the appropriate protocol was followed and the district attorney's office was the correct agency to guide the investigation and subsequent disposition," said Welch.
He said, after District Attorney Gerry Leone's office "completed a very thorough investigation of the incident, the District Attorney's office, in conjunction with the family, concluded they would not move forward with any charges." Details of the DA's investigation are "not available to the public or the school." Welch said.
Although the investigation is over, Welch said, "it is clear to me that we have more work to do in improving the educational message toward our students, families, and entire community about these issues."
Welch issued the letter on Friday. On Wednesday about 25 students and now-former high school social worker Kevin Fox had protested Leone's appearance at a high school event that promoted the prevention of violence against women. Fox resigned Wednesday, saying it was because of how the assault report was handled by the school administration.
The protesters claimed that Welch did not investigate the sexual assault of a freshman in April 2012 by a then-18-year-old junior and did not punish him.
They also claimed the same student sexually assaulted a second girl in the same school year and his only punishment was a five-day suspension at the end of the 2012 school year. He was allowed to play football the following year. Fox said he questioned Welch about it
The student was never charged, and in the letter on Friday, Welch did not discuss disciplinary action.
Welch denied there was any inaction on the part of school administrators. He said that once he was notified about a possible sexual assault, he notified Framingham police and they notified Leone's office.
Welch said that whenever allegations of an assault are made, the school tries to respond, "based on the severity of the incident."
He said the school would review current rules with the staff and students to define the zero tolerance policy when it comes to harassment, sexual assaults and other issues.
"We are committed to improving and will continue our efforts to become a better school," he said. "This is important work and requires investment from all parts of the Framingham community. It is a message that deserves our constant attention."
Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or email@example.com. For up-to-date crime news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter at @Norman_MillerMW.


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Falcons come up short in barnburner
- Written by Don Mann
Down 8-5 in its final at bat, Inglemoor stormed back to score four runs and Viking senior Eric Rodgers – the fifth pitcher employed by the visitors – set down Woodinville in order as the Vikings bounced the Falcons from the KingCo tournament 9-8 at WHS on Tuesday.
In a wild and wooly contest that featured nine combined pitchers, Woodinville's Shea Donlin, who was cruising over three and two-thirds relief innings with two hits, no walks and no runs allowed, took the ball in the seventh with a three-run lead and three outs to get.
Not so fast.
Blake Wilson tripled to dead center over T.C. Florentine's head.
Emmett Maki, removed from the game after failing to get an out in the first inning, reentered and doubled into the left field corner to score Wilson. Viking sophomore Brandon Edwards slapped a single to right – his fourth hit of the game – to move Maki to third. Then Obie Taylor scorched a wicked line drive through the legs of third baseman Sean Sellers to score Maki to make it 8-7 and put runners on first and third with no outs.
Cody Bauman came on in relief of Donlin, and was greeted by Adam Mosebar's sacrifice fly to tie it up. Garrett Vandiver was safe on a nubber toward shortstop, and Connor Savage drilled a double down the left field line to score Taylor with the go-ahead run before Bauman retired the last two outs.
Rodgers, who pitched four innings all season, took over for Sean Howard on the hill with a one-run lead. Clarke Bader led off with a deep drive to left center that was run down by Vandiver for the first out.
Rodgers got Beau Vintertun on a grounder, and then caught Nate Wilham looking with a curve to end the marathon – and Woodinville's season.
The Falcons finished 14-7-1 overall.
Marty Luckenbach started on short rest for Woodinville and the junior failed to get out of the first inning, issuing four walks while absorbing three Falcon errors – including one of his own. Inglemoor scored four runs in the frame on one hit.
Woodinville came right back with three runs and chased Viking starter Maki before the left-hander recorded an out.
Inglemoor's Peter Meiusi blasted a moon shot homer off of Kalei Kovar to lead off the second to make it 5-3, yet Woodinville scored twice in the third, twice in the fourth and once in the fifth to make it 8-5 and the Vikes looked dead in the water before late game heroics.
Donlin, who took the loss, went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Howard pitched two and two-thirds innings, permitting one hit and striking out four, to notch the win.


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Prospect Q&A: Marisnick taking off
Marlins' No. 3 prospect talks defense, offseason trade, dinner
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | March 7, 2013 5:17 AM
Jake Marisnick was one of a few new names penciled into the Marlins lineup this month at Spring Training. He had instantly become one of Miami's top prospects following a busy offseason in which the Marlins traded veteran Major Leaguers for younger talent.
The Blue Jays' 2009 third-round pick, Marisnick came to Miami with a defensive pedigree and a chance to challenge Christian Yelich for outfield supremacy in the Miami system. The 21-year-old enjoyed a breakout year in 2011 when he hit .320 with 14 homers, 77 RBIs and 37 steals with Class A Lansing, but after a pair of promotions last summer, his numbers slid.
Now with a taste of Double-A under his belt, the right-handed California native hopes to make a good first impression, both in Spring Training and in the Marlins' Minor League system. He took a few minutes to chat with us this week:
MiLB.com: Let's talk about your defense first. Marlins manager Mike Redmond recently said that you and Christian Yelich are ready to play center field in the Majors right now. How flattering is that and do you agree?
Jake Marisnick: That's something that's good to hear, coming from him. It's something I've prided myself on. That's what I like to work on -- being the best defender I can be -- working hard out there and putting in the effort. Just getting good routes and being a good player.
MiLB.com: The trade was a big part of your offseason. Tell me about that experience, of finding out you're not only leaving the organization that drafted you, but also being apart of such a blockbuster deal with big-name talent?
Marisnick: It was definitely a little shocking, I was with the Blue Jays for so long, and for the first time, I'd be heading somewhere else. Once I heard the details of the trade, it was kind of an honor to be in the trade with those caliber of players. It's definitely going to be a good opportunity for myself, coming over to this young team, and we'll see what happens.
MiLB.com: Take me back to Draft Day in 2009. You were given a pretty nice signing bonus by the Blue Jays in the third round -- how exciting was it all? Did you have any idea which team might select you?
Marisnick: I didn't have a good idea -- I was set on going up to Oregon to play up there and found out the Blue Jays were going to take me. That was a big relief, knowing I was getting the chance to go play baseball and not worry about anything else. Just go out and chase my dream to play in the Majors. It was an awesome day that I won't forget.
MiLB.com: Was it at all a hard decision to bypass college? Were you parents pushing you one way or the other?
Marisnick: I think they left it up to me, they knew I'd choose what was right for me. I feel like that was the best thing for me -- just start playing. That's what I've always wanted to do since I was a kid -- I wanted to play ball.
MiLB.com: You've lived in both Florida and California growing up. Where is home for you, and does it feel like something of a homecoming being with Miami?
Marisnick: [I] spent a lot of time in Riverside, Calif., that's where I was born. I've spent a decent amount of time in Tampa, so it's definitely cool to be out there. I was out here with the Blue Jays too.
MiLB.com: Do you remember your first day in the Minors?
Marisnick: I remember my first at-bat, I hit a ball pretty hard, the third baseman (Maikel Franco) made a diving play and kicked it around and I beat it out for my first hit. I think I might have had an error in that game -- I was a little antsy in the outfield, hadn't settled in, hadn't played much with that caliber of players, so I was a little nervous.
MiLB.com: Fans following you know about your big 2011 season, but the numbers shrunk a little last year as you moved up to Double-A. Was it just a matter of being on the move and getting adjusted to better pitching?
Marisnick: I think it was kind of just trying to do too much, trying to do more instead of doing the same thing. I'm just staying within myself, and down here, the couple first games [in Spring Training], it feels really good. You get caught up, you get promoted and you try to do more instead of what I've done my whole life. That's what played into last year.
MiLB.com: What did you learn that you needed to improve on? Do you think pitchers tried to exploit some of your swing mechanics or your eagerness to do too much?
Marisnick: My swing is long when I try to do too much. I try to stay short and get a good pitch to hit, and when I stay within myself and keep a simple approach, I feel great. It's when I get up there and feel like I'm trying to hit a homer, that's when I get in trouble.
MiLB.com: Baseball America ranked you as being the best athlete and best defensive outfielder in the Marlins system. Does that sound about right?
Marisnick: There's definitely a lot of good outfielders out here. I have no place to say that I'm the best out there, but it definitely something I've always worked on. Ever since I was a kid, I've loved running around out there. It's a natural place for me.
MiLB.com: You said recently you wanted to golf with Yelich this winter, but he turned you down. What's up with that?
Marisnick: [Laughs] I guess he doesn't golf much, but I definitely tried to get him out there a few times.
MiLB.com: Was that pretty much your offseason: working out and playing golf?
Marisnick: Working out, golfing, I went to the beach a few times and just hung out -- nothing too crazy. Just relaxed.
MiLB.com: You and Yelich should form a pretty solid duo in Double-A Jacksonville to start the year. What's your relationship like with him since the trade?
Marisnick: It's been awesome. He's kind of showed me the ropes since I came over here. I didn't know any people, and my locker is next to his. It's been a good relationship in terms of working out and pushing each other and just keeping a friendly competition going.
MiLB.com: A few quick questions: Favorite baseball player growing up?
Marisnick: Torii Hunter. My mom works for Reynolds Sports Management, and he's with them too, so I had a chance to get to know him growing up.
MiLB.com: What number do you want to wear in the Majors?
Marisnick: That's something I'm trying to nail down, I'm not sure. I might look at 11 or 12 -- that's what I wore in high school.
MiLB.com: Did you ever go to Minor League games as a kid?
Marisnick: I went to a few in California, I think it was the [Lake Elsinore] Storm.
MiLB.com: Favorite postgame meal?
Marisnick: Pulled pork, we had some the other day and I loved it. Mashed potatoes and some kind of vegetables -- that's up there for me.
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Statement by Paul Barnes,
Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources,
Social Security Administration
before the House Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Social Security
July 24, 1998
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
I wish to thank the Chairman and the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to discuss the issue of union activities and the conduct of union business on official time at the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Since President Clinton issued Executive Order 12871 on October 1, 1993, a new spirit of cooperation has emerged between SSA and its union partners that has brought real gains for this Agency and for the millions of Americans that we serve every day. Although our relationship is still maturing, partnership efforts between labor and management have had a very positive impact on our ability to serve the American public. Today I would like to discuss SSA's efforts in forging effective relation ships with its union partners; how partnership activities have made significant contributions to many of the successes we have achieved in enhancing customer service; and why SSA believes that many of the conclusions drawn by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in its recent three reports reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of partnership and the relationship of activities arising out of partnership to the business of SSA.
History of Official Time and Partnership
In 1962, President Kennedy issued an executive order that established a framework for Federal agencies to bargain with unions over working conditions and personnel practices. This executive order, along with a series of subsequent executive orders, was codified in the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) of 1978, which established official time as an integral part of Federal labor-management relations and the Federal sector collective bargaining process.
During the Reagan Administration, the first consolidated SSA-AFGE collective bargaining agreement to recognize agency payment of official union time from both the trust funds and general revenues was signed by then-SSA Commissioner John A. Svahn on Jun 11, 1982.
SSA employees who serve as representatives of the unions use what is referred to as "official time" when performing union representational activities. Under the law governing union activities, the Labor-Management Relations Statute, (which was part of the CSRA), official time is defined as time employees spend acting as union representatives which they would otherwise spend in duty status and for which an agency pays the employees as if they were performing their normal duties.
Official time granted to union representatives to engage in activitie s on behalf of the union is deemed to be Agency work. SSA, like other Federal agencies and many firms in the private sector such as Ford, Chrysler, Inland Steer and Armco Steel, pays for approved time spent by its employees on official time.
The costs associated with union activities and the use of official time are an administrative expense charged to the Agency. In accordance with Public Law 105-78, the trust funds are reimbursed from general tax revenues for any expenditures made for official time and for facilities and support services for labor organizations.
Tracking Official Time Usage
Tracking the use of official time is important to both SSA management and the unions. SSA recognizes past problems in accurately tracking and managing official time and has taken decisive steps to improve the tracking of official time usage.
SSA has continually worked with its components and regions to collect accurate up-to-date listings of union representatives on a quarterly basis. These lists also show the percentage of official time used by each person.
We work diligently to ensure that the lists accurately reflect union representatives and the amounts of time used. The Office of Labor-Management and Employer Relations (OLMER) is responsible for maintaining a list and for making changes based on information provided by the unions or reported by labor relations staff in the regions.
In addition, in February 1998, SSA implemented the new automated Official Union Time Tracking System (OUTTS). OUITS is an automated system that tracks use of official time and official bank time balances at the union representative level. It will enable SSA to monitor time spent on union activities by individual union representatives and ensure that total time spent on certain activities is not excessive.
Users will be able to query the system for account balances and will be able to reallocate hours among representatives. The system will alert users when certain preset conditions arise; e.g., when a union representative is within 20 percent of exhausting his or her allocation of official time. OUTTS will also identify active and inactive union representatives.
In future releases, OUTTS will enable SSA to make customized queries from the system. For example, an upcoming release will enable SSA to conduct an internal check on official time recording activities by differentiating between non-reporting field offices and reporting field offices. In a different OUTTS release to follow, a menu of administrative reports will be available. This menu will allow users to limit reports to specified regions or union locals.
The OUTTS system applies only to the tracking of official time of union representatives in SSA's field components. This covers 75 percent of the union representatives in the Agency. For components other than field offices, SSA is considering alternative methods for ensuring accurate reporting. For example, a recent automation effort undertaken by OLMER has provided the capability for summarizing official time information on spreadsheets. Once finalized, this process should prevent duplication andminimize mathematical errors.
Handling Requests for Official Time
The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute provides that any employee representing a labor organization "shall" be granted offi cial time for negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement, including any impasse proceedings . The statute also provides that, except for certain specifically restricted activities, offic ial time must be granted in any amount the union and management agree to be necessary, reasonable, and in the public interest. However, managers can, and do, request postponement of the use of official time due to workload considerations.
The case law establishes the fundamental criteria for management and labor in substantiating requests for official time. SSA is in full compliance with both the statute and case law.
The law does prohibit the granting of official time for union activities involving internal union business, such as soliciting membership, conducting elections of union officials, and collecting dues. Thus, SSA does not pay for union expenses related to these activities.
In addition, SSA and the unions have negotiated collective bargaining agreements which set guidelines for the amount of official time allowable for management-in itiated and union-initiated activities. Union officials and SSA must agree on the amount of official time and the number of union representatives which are allowed for labor-management relations. These agreements are accomplished through mutual agreement or negotiations. If the parties disagree, the matter may ultimately be resolved by third parties such as arbitrators, the Federal Service Impasse panel (FSIP), the FLRA, or the courts. Thus, either the parties mutually agree on the number of full-time representatives or a third party will make the final decision. In fact, many issues such as the amount of official time a union representative may use, the number of full-time union representatives, and access to agency facilities have often been decided by third parties.
Yet at the same time, as the Commissioner reported to the House Committee on Appropriations on January 27, 1998, in FY 1997 there was a 19 percent decrease in the number of hours of official time that employees spent on union activities as compared with FY 1996. This decrease in reported official time hours is attributable to several factors, including reduced formal bargaining in some components, a decrease in the number of full-time representatives, and a continuing emphasis on partnership activities that have been instrumental in reducing official time usage by $2.3 million.
Importance of Partnership at SSA
Let me now discuss the importance of the partnership between SSA and the unions which represent its employees. One of SSA's three fundamental goals set forth in our Agency Strategic Plan is to create an environment that ensures a highly skilled, motivated workforce dedicated to meeting the challenges of SSA's public service mission. We look on our partnership with the unions as an important means of advancing that goal. By working with the unions, we involve our employees in discussions about things that need to be done and how we will do them.
The national performance review (NPR) recommended the formation of "labormanagement partnerships for success" across government. In October 1993, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12871, which created the national partnership Council, a team of senior union, management, and neutral leaders in support of the NPR's goal of encouraging labor-management cooperation and partnership throughout the federal government. SSA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents about 50,000 SSA employees, signed an agreement on June 21, 1994, for the purpose of implementing and maintaining such a cooperative working relationship between labor and management in order to identify and solve problems, and to improve the day-to-day operations of SSA, especially those affecting service to the public. In this respect, it is in SSA's best interest to support the union's continued participation by fundin~ certain activities, since the ultimate success of our efforts to improve our operations rests with the employees who put them into practice every business day.
In the past, official time has traditionally been used in litigious, adversarial, costly third party matters such as arbitrations, and unfair labor practice complaints . Under our partnership agreement, our relationship with the union has shifted away from litigation to more joint activities, such as involving union representatives in the decision making process to help craft solutions to better serve our customers and creating labor-management partnership councils and committees at the national and local levels of SSA, includ ing health and safety and security committees. This shift has made SSA a better agency and a better provider of services to the American public.
To address SSA issues at the national level, SSA formed its own National Partnership Council which meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Also, Partnership Councils have been fanned by many components at the Deputy Commissioner level in SSA's Central Office and in many of SSA's Regional Offices.
The Partnership Councils charter workgroups and committees to handle special projects or long term initiatives. Since the implementation of the partnership agreement, SSA management and the union have participated in over 1,537 partnership projects at the national, regional, and local levels. These partnership projects have been used for a variety of purposes, primarily involving customer service initiatives and operational efficiencies, labor-management relations, and quality of work life.
Earlier this year SSA was the first Federal agency to conduct and complete a thorough evaluation of partnership at the national level. This evaluation detailed numerous benefits of partnership within SSA. For example:
In the area of customer service, partnership has facilitated numerous improvements in customer service, several of which directly impact upon the 800-number services. Partnership also helped to facilitate SSA's customer service improvement initiatives such as "one-stop shopping".
In the area of productivity and efficiency, partnership facilitated the disability redesign process, work sharing from one component to another, and efforts to reduce the backlogs in the office of Hearings and Appeals. Partnership also was involved in developing and implementing recommendations that improved SSA's use of management information.
In the area of employee empowerment, partnership replaced traditional management-controlled processes with processes involving the direct participation of employees, involving them as key stakeholders in workplace issues which affect them profoundly.
In the area of work life , partnership has been found to enhance the work environment by helping to create developmental and growth opportunities for employees which had not previously exis ted. The Benefit Authorizer Intern program in the Kansas City Region is an example of job growth, opportunities, and hope for career advancement.
In the fiscal area, partnership activities have helped SSA save money and avoid expenditures as compared to traditional labor-management processes. Significant savings have resulted from reduced litigation costs, reduced relocation and renovation costs, re-missioning of employees and the upgrade of computer systems including the installation of Intelligent Work Station/Local Area Network equipment.
In the area of labor relations, partnership has replaced the traditional adversarial role with an emphasis on cooperation. Disputes have been settled effectively and at a lower cost through the utilization of Interest-Based Bargaining.
OIG Reports on Partnership
Now, let me discuss the three reports recently issued by SSA's Office of the Inspector general (OIG) relating to labor-management issues at SSA. SSA respects the OIG's views expressed in the reports but, quite frankly, I believe that many of the conclusions drawn by the OIG in these reports reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of partnership and the relationship of activities arising out of partnership to the business of SSA.
The OIG's conclusions and recommendations reflect a rigid concept of partnership activities, such as meetings and training. One of SSA's goals is to deliver customer responsive, world-class service, and our relationship with the unions is an important means of advancing that goal. Issues that would have been previously dealt with in confrontational settings, such as grievances and unfair labor practices, can now be addressed by workgroups or during the normal course of business in an atmosphere of cooperation engendered by partnership. The report concluded that projects under interest-based bargaining should not have been included in the partnership activities inventory. However, the Executive Order itself specifies that agencies should train participants in interest-based bargaining as part of their implementation of Partnership.
In its report on official time, the OIG attempted to determine whether official time usage at SSA was in compliance with laws, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements, and whether SSA produces reliable information to determine the costs of official time. However, the report took into account only SSA's past manual official time collection system -without recognizing the new automated QUITS system which will eliminate the errors that OIG identified in the manual system. SSA has implemented actions to deal with some of the issues raised in the QIG report prior to its investigation such as conducting a pilot on the OUTTS tracking system. SSA has been proactive in ensuring that it captures official time, as well as partnership time, in an accurate and timely fashion. In addition, the report did not acknowledge the impact of decisions made by arbitrators and the FLRA. This case law defines the parameters under which SSA must operate.
The OIG's report on Council 220 Union Representative and manager observation on the Use of Management of Official Time at SSA is a collection of observations and is not an audit report. The survey represents an unscientific sample of opinions and perceptions, and interpretations of survey data, with no supporting evidence to verify any information given in the responses. Thus, the survey can only be of limited value in actually assessing the effectiveness of official time management at SSA.
Nevertheless, the perceptions and opinions on union time are of value. Responses from small offices indicate that the managers and union representative work closely to foster trusting relationships. Survey responses show overwhelmingly that managers knew that there was an office where they could consult on official time issues, and nearly all of the managers described the assistance they had received as accurate, timely, and helpful. Information presented in the report show that there is communication and a common understanding of official time in Council 220 offices, providing the basis for a foundation for continuing, effective labor-management relationships.
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, let me state that SSA is committed to a new spirit of cooperation between management and its union partners to bring about real gains for SSA and for the millions of Americans that SSA serves every day. I can assure you that SSA's policies and practices regarding the use of official time fully comply with applicable labor laws.
SSA has been proactive in forging effective relationships with its union partners and was the first federal agency to conduct an evaluation of partnership at the national level. Partnership activities at SSA have greatly contributed to many of the successes we have achieved in enhancing customer service, such as improvements in our national, toll-free 800 number service. I believe that many of the conclusions drawn by the OIG reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of partnership and the relationship of activities arising out of partnership to the business of SSA. Although our partnership is still maturing, and we expect further progress in the future, partnership efforts between labor and management have been nothing less than a success story at SSA.
SSA is committed to design, implement, and maintain within SSA a constructive working relationship between labor and management. Our emphasis is on developing an organizational culture in which labor-management relations are based on trust, mutual respect, common goals, and shared accountability. While we realize this will take time, we must take the long-term view and make these investments now that are vital to ensure future success. The American people deserve no less.


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Construction was due to start today [Tuesday] at the 97,500m2 Monks Cross retail development on the outskirts of York but work has been put on hold after the wet summer led to the newt population on the site growing from just 3 to 300.
Greater crested newts are protected by law. Natural England rules require the contractors to apply for licenses for the removal and rehoming of the species. This process will only be considered complete once no newts have been found on the site for 5 consecutive days. But currently the newts are in hibernation and any work to move them is unlikely to be possible before the spring.
Planning permission has been granted for a wildlife habitat across the road from the shopping centre site, where the newts will be rehomed.
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The Homeland Security Department and a U.S. espionage satellite agency are moving highly sensitive data to the cloud, through a project with CIA venture funding arm In-Q-Tel and Web startup Huddle.
On Wednesday, officials with the London-based company said the effort also involves other undisclosed intelligence agencies. Huddle's online collaboration service enables personnel to locate and create files with colleagues internally as well as externally at partner departments.
Huddle officials were not at liberty to discuss whether DHS, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency or the others are using the software to share documents with one another. CEO Alastair Mitchell would say only that "Huddle is a collaborative tool designed to work between agencies, and where that is allowed, we would seek to deliver that."
He added, "this is really happening. It's a combination of the demand being there from customers [and firms] like Huddle being mature enough to deliver across agencies."
The In-Q-Tel win marks the Microsoft SharePoint rival's first major federal work. About 80 percent of U.K. government agencies have contracts with Huddle, according to the company.
To support the U.S. intelligence community, Huddle had to meet requirements beyond those mandated by the 2002 Federal Information Security Act and the new governmentwide cloud accreditation program, called the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, Mitchell said. Huddle is one of many Web services companies, including Microsoft, applying to obtain the first-ever FedRAMP certifications at the end of 2012.
Mitchell said In-Q-Tel eased the complex and lengthy process of meeting every agency's security demands.
The new partnership is In-Q-Tel's second cloud investment in less than a month. On Aug. 22, the tech incubator announced a deal with cloud company Adaptive Computing to develop software for back-office data management within the intelligence community.
DHS and NGA are using a Huddle public cloud that enables sharing unclassified files across departments, as well as a private cloud for highly classified exchanges, Mitchell said.
Huddle officials would not disclose the amount of funding received or product pricing. The firm's private sector products cost between $20 and $40 a month for each computer user, according to Mitchell.
"We are excited about Huddle's technology platform and the opportunities for secure collaboration it has the potential to provide for our intelligence community customers," Robert Ames, a senior vice president at In-Q-Tel, said in a statement.
An eventual governmentwide shift to the cloud is expected to shave off $5 billion from the annual $80 billion federal computing budget. The General Services Administration announced on Aug. 30 a blanket purchase agreement with 17 cloud email providers that likely will prompt a number of agencies to move to Web-based email systems.
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Stella's Stinger/
Something that's often lost in the modern-day cocktail frenzy are these certain categories or types of drinks where the base liquor isn't the potation's (love that word!) defining characteristic. Consider, for example, the very word cocktail; in its nascence, it had a rather strict interpretation, but what made it strict wasn't which type of liquor you used, but what else you put in the glass: A mixture of any liquor, sugar, water and bitters.
As another example, I've done a couple of swizzles on this site, and as I've discussed before, a swizzle means any drink made with a liquor, a liqueur, fruit juice and crushed ice. Some of these (categories? subgenres? I wish I knew better nomenclature for what I'm talking about -- one of my cocktail books lists them in the back as "Versatile Cocktails") you do find at places like Death & Company, which has the Robert Johnson Swizzle, and Employees Only, which makes a Ginger Smash. (A smash begins as a julep does, with muddled mint and sugar in the bottom of the glass, then ice. Some folks then say you just put in whatever liquor and you're done; I've also seen that a little club soda with an orange-and-cherry garnish is needed to make it a proper smash. Having said all that, Employees Only pretty much just muddles and ices and calls theirs a smash.)
Smashes, shrubs, fizzes, swizzles, slings, flips, rickeys, fixes -- I love this stuff! Today, we are going to talk about another Versatile Cocktail category/subgenre, the Stinger. A stinger is basically made by adding a half-ounce of white creme de menthe to a shot of liquor... I will wait a moment to allow for any unintended gag reflexes. I know it sounds bad, but really it's not!
I've found recipes for a Brandy Stinger, a Tequila Stinger, a B&B Stinger, but today I want to share the one I like best, Stella's Stinger, which does things a little differently. In turn, I've done things a little differently from the recipe as I originally found it.
Stella's Stinger
(Adapted from The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks And Everything You Need To Know To Set Up Your Bar by Gary Regan)
1 1/2 ounces Espolon Tequila Blanco
1/2 ounce Sauza Anejo Conmemorativo
Splash of white creme de menthe
Splash of Pernod
Coat the insides of a highball glass with the Pernod. Fill glass with ice and combine all other ingredients into the glass. Stir briskly. Garnish with lemon twist (optional).
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The Espolon is a 100% agave tequila, if that means anything to you. It's got a very sweet and pleasant nose. I'm not sure how much I'd trust this recipe with rail tequila or Jose Cuervo.
I reduced the white creme de menthe down from a teaspoon to a splash. I have a theory that the reason Stingers are no longer popular is that we as a drinking culture really don't care for creme de menthe anymore, and I didn't want the drink to taste overpowered. It's really good the way I wrote it, promise!


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