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Summer is around the corner and teens and college students, or recent graduates, are seeking summer internships to gain knowledge and job experience in an area of interest or study.
At the same time, many nonprofits are hoping to engage interns to accomplish projects, often in areas staff don't have skills in, while offering the intern a chance to experience the nonprofit's day-to-day operations and mission-driven activities.
So, it's a win-win, right? It certainly can be as long as employment laws are followed. When deciding the scope of intern engagement, whether and/or how to pay them, and whether or not they are added to your employee ranks, consider the Department of Labor (DOL) guidelines for interns, or as they call them, 'trainees.'
The intern or 'trainee' must meet these six criteria (all of them) to be an intern and not an employee:
All criteria are important, but number 4 is a key area the DOL looks at in determining if the 'intern' is, indeed, an employee. Employees must be paid at least minimum wage, on the regular payroll schedule, with all required employee taxes withheld and deposited.
To qualify as interns, their engagement needs to: be primarily related to their own benefit through mentoring and/or training; include credit for a course or major with required reports to the sponsoring educational institution; not include work done by regular employees; not guarantee future employment.
To learn more about this important topic, read the entire article from which this information was taken. Classifying interns mistakenly can lead to penalties as well as having to pay back wages and employment taxes. Classifying them correctly benefits everyone.
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Faceless Men
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- "I've seen a man who could change his face, the way that other men change their clothes. "
- ―Doreah
The Faceless Men are an organization based in the Free City of Braavos, though their members range far and wide across both Essos and Westeros. They are reportedly a guild of assassins who command exorbitant fees, but have a reputation for success that is unmatched by any comparable organization.
The Faceless Men possess the ability to physically change their faces, shapeshifting so that they appear as an entirely new person.
Known members
- "Jaqen H'ghar"[1]
- Lyoto Machida
- Adam Wootton
In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Faceless Men are based at the House of Black and White, a temple in Braavos dedicated to the "Many-Faced God" that everyone will face - a reference to death, as every religion either has a god of death, or in monotheistic religions, a god with dominion over death. While they are indeed a guild of assassins, they have philosophical and religious motivations that will lead them to rejecting commissions that clash with those motivations.
The Faceless Men are a fairly old organization, predating even the Doom of Valyria. Their founders were slaves who worked in the mines under the Fourteen Fires, the great volcanic mountain chain whose eruption destroyed the Valyrian Freehold four centuries ago.
The Faceless Men charge exorbitant fees, but their reputation for success is unparalleled. The cost increases relative to the importance of the target and the difficulty of the objective. In the first book it is said that hiring a Faceless Man to kill Daenerys Targaryen would cost more than it would to hire an entire army. Further, the Faceless Men will reject a contract if killing the target clashes with their religious beliefs. Their fee is for a precise assassination, and the death of anyone other than the intended target is avoided whenever possible. They usually go so far as to try to make their assassinations look like accidents, adding to the mystery surrounding their order. For example, in the TV series, Jaqen kills the Tickler by sneaking up, snapping his neck, and then throwing him off a castle wall and then slipping away, leaving witnesses unsure if he was actually murdered. Jaqen did kill Amory Lorch with a poison dart, but only because he was pressed for time to kill him immediately.
Faceless Men aren't complete shapeshifters, i.e. they can't violate the law of conservation of mass and suddenly grow drastically taller or shorter, though they can dramatically change their appearance within these parameters. Either men or women can become "Faceless Men". The abilities of Faceless Men are not genetic or peculiar to a specific race: anyone can become a Faceless Man with the proper training in the arcane knowledge of their order. It is debatable whether the abilities of the Faceless Men could be considered "magic": they use a variety of tools, potions, and special training to shapeshift, rather than the outright incantations and spells.
See also
- The Faceless Men at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (major spoilers from the books)


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NAMI National's Position on the House Parity Bill
March 3, 2008
The effort to enact a comprehensive mental illness insurance parity bill has made tremendous progress over the past year. The Senate unanimously passed S 558 on September 18, 2007. A separate House bill (HR 1424) has 273 cosponsors and cleared 3 separate
NAMI continues to press for insurance parity as a top legislative priority. It is especially important for the more than 82 million Americans in self-insured employer health plans that are beyond the reach of the 42 state parity laws now on the books. Comprehensive parity legislation will ensure that health plans cover treatment for mental illness on the same terms and conditions as all other diseases – free of discriminatory limits on coverage and with equal cost sharing and deductibles.
NAMI greatly appreciates the efforts of the chief sponsors of the House bill, Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D., RI) and Jim Ramstad (R., MN) to elevate parity as a priority issue in Congress. NAMI continues to believe that the Senate bill (S. 558) offers the best hope for achieving comprehensive federal parity this year.
NAMI continues to press leaders in the House to pass the Senate bill (S 558) and send it on to President Bush so it can be signed into law. This has been complicated by an effort to pass the separate House bill (HR 1424). NAMI remains concerned that a long drawn out effort to resolve differences between the two bills would likely doom parity in an election year with a short legislative calendar. In addition, there are strong indications that there are major provisions in HR 1424 that are unacceptable to both the Senate and Bush Administration.
NAMI therefore believes that the best chance for passage of parity in 2008 is for movement of a final bill similar to S 558 so that any final bill can get through the Senate and be sent to the President and be signed into law this year.
Potential Impact of Federal Parity on State Laws Requiring Minimum Coverage of Mental Illness
In addition to procedural concerns about the potential impact of separate passage of the House parity bill, NAMI has also expressed substantive concerns with the required minimum benefit provision in HR 1424. Both S 558 and HR 1424 contain requirements for group health plans to cover mental illness treatment at parity when it is offered (i.e., equal treatment limits and financial limitations). However, the House bill goes further in mandating coverage of the broadest list of conditions if mental health benefits are offered.
NAMI is concerned that this "triggered" coverage mandate (separate from the underlying equitable coverage requirement) has the potential to place mental health benefits at risk as the bill forces employers and health plans to make an "all or nothing" choice between covering all mental health disorders in the APA Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) and completely eliminating all mental health benefits. In other words, if a health plan or employer elects to cover major disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, severe anxiety disorders (including PTSD), then they would be legally compelled to cover every disorder and condition in the DSM, including substance abuse and the V-codes (conditions that not deemed mental disorders). The only option for a health plan or employer not wanting to offer coverage for the entire DSM would be to entirely drop all mental health coverage.
It is important to note that this "triggered" coverage mandate for the entire DSM is NOT included in the Senate bill. As a result, S 558 does not preempt any state law that requires offering or coverage of serious mental illness, or any state law that limits a parity requirement to serious mental illness. Further, it should be noted that NAMI views the Senate bill as strong legislation that would end all forms of insurance discrimination including limits on inpatient days and outpatient visits, as well as financial limitations such as higher cost sharing, deductibles and out-of-pocket limits.
By avoiding any new coverage mandates, the Senate bill keeps coverage affordable. Attempts to characterize S 558 as "weaker" or "watered down" are simply false. The Senate bill provides comprehensive protections against unfair or arbitrary limits in coverage for mental illness, while avoiding new requirements that could result in loss of mental health coverage.
Would HR 1424 Supersede Existing State Laws Requiring Minimum Coverage for Severe Mental Illness?
In all likelihood, yes. HR 1424 contains specific language (page 14, lines 10-17, and page 28 lines 1-8) requiring federal law to supersede any state law that does not provide "greater consumer protections" than the federal standard for BOTH equitable coverage and the DSM mandate. As a result, HR 1424 would supersede any state law that requires minimum coverage for severe mental illness that is LESS than the entire DSM. NAMI's review of state minimum benefit laws (based on information from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) indicates that the following states would likely see their required minimum benefit laws displaced:
Under HR 1424, what Federal Standard Would Displace State Laws Requiring Minimum Coverage or Offering of Serious Mental Illness?
In the case of preemption of these mandated minimum benefit laws, what federal standard would displace state law? The "triggered" coverage mandate in HR 1424. In other words, a state imposed requirement to cover (or offer coverage of) serious mental illness would give way to optional mental illness coverage, with an inherent disincentive for an employer to mental health coverage entirely. As a result, existing requirements for offering of coverage for severe mental illness would likely be displaced by a new federal standard that while broader in scope (the entire DSM rather than serious mental illness), would nevertheless allow health plans to eliminate mental health benefits entirely.
Further, such preemption would likely occur in states that have enacted parity laws restricted to serious mental illness. As a result, there could be individuals and families enrolled in health plans that currently must meet a standard for parity under state law, that would lose that parity level coverage. How? The scope of their state parity requirement would be displaced by a federal standard that makes offering of mental health benefits entirely optional.
Budget "Offsets" in HR 1424 Raise Concerns
There are an additional set of concerns raised by provisions in the House bill that are required to "offset" revenue lost to the Treasury as a result of enactment of parity. Under recently revived budget rules Congress must "pay for" any change in federal law that results in higher entitlement spending or lost revenue with an "offsetting" cut in another program. In the case of parity tax revenue will be lost to the government as health spending that is now made by families with after tax dollars shifts to before tax dollars.
This occurs as spending now excluded from health plan coverage (e.g. because of arbitrary limits on inpatient psychiatric care that would not be allowed under parity) is covered by health plans with pre-tax dollars. The House bill is projected to result in nearly $3.8 billion in lost revenue and additional spending over the next decade. Under the congressional "pay-go" rules, all of this $3.8 billion must be offset. The bill the House will take up this week proposes to take nearly half of this total offset from the Medicaid program.
Specifically, the House bill proposes to increase rebates paid by pharmaceutical manufacturers as part of the Medicaid program. NAMI remains concerned about the potential impact of these increased rebates on broad access to medications prescribed to treat serious mental illness in Medicaid programs across the nation. Payment of these rebates is directly linked to decisions by states to impose access restrictions such as prior authorization and step therapy on specific medications that are needed by the most vulnerable Medicaid beneficiaries. NAMI is very concerned about any attempt to use a cut in Medicaid to finance parity. NAMI will continue to press for alternative budget offsets to "pay for" parity.


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Social Media Working Group
From Joomla! Documentation
- 1 Welcome to the Tweet & Fbing Team
- 2 Facebook
- 3 Twitter
- 3.1 List of known channels
- 3.2 The Team wants to tweet & fbing!
- 3.3 The plan for the future
- 3.4 Send us your tweet proposal :)
Welcome to the Tweet & Fbing Team
it's me, Hagen Graf, and I want to invite you to join the Joomla! Tweet Team! It started July 28th as simple 'one tweet a day job' and now we are trying to clean up a bit. First we collect information ...
The team is actually 16 people and I'm (Sully) loathe to expand it. It's most of the CoC (Community oversight committee), a lot of OSM, a few from CLT, a few from the Forum global mods and that's it.
- No politics or governance at all.
- One post per weekday except in unusual circumstances.
- Priority goes to Joomla! releases--if there's a security or new version release, we post that and only that for 24 hours.
- Do not "Like" our own posts.
- We normally avoid mentioning about products or services developed by companies.
- We do mention great sites built with Joomla.
The challenge with FB is that we need to moderate discussion, encourage newbies and take out the spam
List of known channels
The"official ones"
as far as I/we now
- Twitter: @joomla - Follow us
- Twitter: @joomlaevents - Follow us
- Facebook: is http://www.facebook.com/joomla - Like us
There are lists of accounts related to Joomla too
unknown or a bit dubious ... for us in the tweet team
Do you know more? We want to get in contact with you to join forces! Join the chat!
- Twitter: @JoomlaDeveloper <- an old, official account but the password has been lost.
- Twitter: @JoomlaCLT
The Team wants to tweet & fbing!
"We" are at the moment
There are more people which are not in the tweet team but able to tweet from the @joomla account. We try to collect all of them.
We want to tweet @joomla
- retweet interesting tweets about Joomla! in general
- tweet each day one or more interesting links from joomla.org
We want to tweet @joomlaevents
- retweet interesting tweets about Joomla! events (Joomla Days/Joomla User Groups)
- tweet each day one or more interesting links from joomla.org
Therefor we need your help to find the real cool links/tweets.
Informal Skype Chat
I created a Skype Chat called "Joomla! Tweet Team #joott" Skype was the easiest solution so far
We have five rules:
- no biting or scratching - translated, this means play nice!
- Sander, Javier and me are allowed to tweet (I don't know whether we have more users with the permission to tweet)
- In case of lack of consensus, any of us 3 have the final decision
- We normally avoid tweeting about products or services developed by companies.
- We do mention great sites built with Joomla. Tweet us @joomla to bring them to our attention.
tweet about the Joomla! Tweet Team
hashtag: #joott
Join the Skype chat too
Amy Stephen, Ana Frade, arvind, Gary Brooks, Hils Cheyne, Isidro Baquero Jacques Rentzke, Jon Neubauer, Kendall Cabe Peter Bui, Mark W. Bender, Sandra Ordonez, Saurabh Shah, Simon Wells-k2joom, Brian 'Sully' Sullivan , Tess Neale, already joined the chat
How to join?
- send me your Skype user via twitter or add me on Skype (user hagengraf) and I'll add you to the chat
- ask someone mentioned above to add you to the chat
The plan for the future
- most important: Tweet as described above
next steps:
- collecting the existing 'structure' of social media in Joomla!
- having an ongoing chat to discuss
- edit this page if we have a cool idea
- making the world a better place using Joomla! to do it!
Send us your tweet proposal :)


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Alexander Tabarrok on 3 City Gun Buy-Back Event
Recorded: Friday, February 22, 2013
Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director at the Independent Institute, speaks with Lyanne Melendez of KGO-TV on city gun buy-back programs.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: TelevisionIssues: Culture/ Society, Gun Control, Law Enforcement, Public Health/ Consumer Protection
Tabarrok on Debt and Imprisonment
Recorded: Friday, April 20, 2012
Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director at the Independent Institute, speaks with Alyona Minkovski of RT's "The Alyona Show" on increasing criminal justice fees applied to those convicted or charged of a crime and time served due to debt.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Taxes
Alex Tabarrok: Launching the Innovation Renaissance
Recorded: Friday, December 9, 2011
C-FIRE Deputy Director R.J. Lehmann interviews Independent Institute Research Director Alexander T. Tabarrok about his new book, Launching the Innovation Renaissance: A New Path to Bring Smart Ideas to Market Fast.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Education, Free Market Economics, Litigation, Privatization, Property Rights
Alex Tabarrok on Organ Donors
Recorded: Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Alex Tabarrok on CSPANs Washington Journal discusses how to increase the amount of organs available for organ transplant surgery.
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North Carolina officials watching an ever-encroaching ocean on the state's delicate coastline are planning for a wetter future.
The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday that a North Carolina science panel is predicting the sea level will rise by 1 meter by 2100.
That means about 2,000 square miles of coastline that is a meter or less above water is at risk. On that land is some of the state's most expensive real estate that economists say is worth a total of almost $7 billion.
Some warn that higher sea levels will make coastal storms more devastating.
Ocean encroachment has already had a visible effect the coast when the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was moved away from the Atlantic in 1999 because of an 8-inch rise in sea levels.
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News 12 First at Five / Tuesday, March 19, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ga. (WRDW) -- You could find cleanup crews on nearly every street in Louisville Tuesday, cleaning up damage left behind by Monday night's storm.
Felicia Coward says, "We've been sawing trees all morning. We've got trees everywhere. All over the city."
Several power lines were torn down and hundreds of trees around the city were splintered, tossed to the ground like toothpicks.
It was the aftermath of a scary night for a lot of people like Anna Kelly.
"The lights were flickering, and my mama told me to get in the closet, and then a tree fell right in our living room!" Kelly said.
You can see light through their roof where a massive tree came through.
It was a similar story a few blocks away after the top of a tree fell about 50 feet right through the roof of another home.
Roosevelt Atkins was in the house when it happened.
"About the time I got to the bedroom, I heard something coming down, boom!"
His wife, Susie Atkins, said, "I heard a loud noise and then something fell on me, but I couldn't see, I didn't know what it was."
It was a massive tree limb that fell right on top of her.
"I couldn't move, and I was hollering for my husband, and he was hollering for me. He was on the other side of the house," she said.
It was a terrifying night the Atkins family won't soon forget.
"I was more scared last night than I've ever been. In my whole life," Susie said.
Even though they have a huge mess to clean up, they are thankful they
made it through the storm safely.
"We will find somewhere else to stay, but thank God, we have our life," Susie said.
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Beethoven: Fidelio Op. 72 / Elder, Kennedy, Milne, Sherratt, Kampe, et al
2 CD / Glyndebourne / 2009-03-31Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Interview with Ivan Eland on Saudi-Iran Tensions
Recorded: Monday, January 4, 2016
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow of the Independent Institute, is interviewed by TRT World about the tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran following the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi Arabian government.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy
Senior Research Fellow Ivan Eland on the Syrian Situation
Recorded: Wednesday, November 4, 2015
CCTV Americas Mike Walter spoke with Ivan Eland, senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, about American and Russian roles in the Syrian Crisis and about what can be done to resolve the situation.
Nov. 4, 2015
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Defense and Foreign Policy
Myths of Immigration, Ben Powell on Stossel
Recorded: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Are immigrants taking our jobs and living off the taxes we pay? Are they criminals? Television personality John Stossel (Host of Stossel on Fox Business Network) interviewed Benjamin Powell, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, and Editor of the book, The Economics of Immigration.
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Drugs (Illicit), Government Power, Immigration, Labor and Employment, Politics, Social Security, Taxes, Welfare
Unintended Consequences of Military Air Strikes
Recorded: Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland was interviewed on CCTV America. He discusses the impact, both intended and unintended, of military air strikes in the Middle East and Asia. Eland elaborates the difference between air strikes from aircraft carriers and land-based air strikes. He also analyzes how countries such as China react to the US show of force around the world.
The Fight Against ISIS in Iraq
Recorded: Monday, May 25, 2015
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland appears on RT Television to discuss comments by Defense Secretary Ash Carter who stated that Iraqis just dont have the will to fight ISIS. Eland talks about the history of the Iraq war and what is needed to stabilize the region.
Crisis in Yemen
Recorded: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland appears on CCTV to discuss the latest on the situation in Yemen. The Arab League announced it would like to form an Arab joint military force to fight ISIS.
Ivan Eland on Ranking US Presidents
Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on Fox & Friends to discuss his updated version of "Recarving Rushmore."
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Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation, Terrorism and National Crises, Trade
Ivan Eland on RT Television: Coalition of the Killing
Recorded: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland appears on RT Television to discuss the recent US-led bombing Syria. Eland says the US is backing into an intervention in Syria, where the US is heading for disaster.
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The Master Tourbillon Dualtime housing an automatic movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 978B, displays a second time-zone on a dial testifying to a degree of aesthetic perfection that is inseparable from technical genius. On this model equipped with a reworked tourbillon carriage, the watchmakers of the Manufacture have made no compromises regarding its performance, reliability and sturdiness. The titanium tourbillon regulator accompanies a high-precision automatic precision.
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Get a taste of the Natural History Museum's upcoming exhibition Mammoths: Ice Age Giants by watching this comical video. Visitors can come face-to-face with some of the largest mammals ever to have walked Earth at this family-friendly exhibition which runs from 23 May until 7 September.
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As a Map Maker I have to say that is very original and well done, as an Optometrist I have to say EXCELLENT !!!
So, one day I noticed that my irises are a little peculiar: there's an irregularly shaped ring of brown around the pupil, a wide area of blue around that, and the outer ring of my iris is a darker blue. I soon figured out that this is something called central heterochromia iridum, but more importantly, it was the perfect basis for an island map! Eyeland map?
I took a close-up picture of my eye and started working on it. Using my eye as the basis came with some oddities: for example, there's a gaping hole in the middle of my land. I took this to be something between a sinkhole and volcano and looked at some maps of volcanic islands for inspiration.
This is the result. It's the second map I've ever brought to completion, and the first time I've attempted something with more texture to it. Critique is very welcome!
In lieu of a WIP thread, here is a very brief overview of what I did. I selected a colour range, refined the edge of that selection, manually added and removed some bits, and then it was just drawing and more drawing. Only used Photoshop's standard brushes with custom settings. The "waves" around the island were also generated, not hand-drawn. I might eventually remove the rest of the eye and replace it with a more typical "map" layout.
As a Map Maker I have to say that is very original and well done, as an Optometrist I have to say EXCELLENT !!!
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A well executed idea and interesting island! I like how you've painted the mountains in particular, masterful that!
That is more than a tad bit wild, I like it!
Upon the Creation of the World the First Dragons cast their seed in the light of a Sun and a Thousand Suns, beneath the Moon and a Thousand Moons, on a World and a Thousand Worlds.
I love this! The mountains are phenomenal - it must have taken awhile to hand-paint those so beautifully. I'll have to give it a try one of these days.
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Thank you all very much! I was a bit nervous to post this, but the Guild seems to be a very nice community.
Bogie - Now you know what to do when you find a client with particularly interesting eyes!
Kestrelgrey - Yes, painting the mountains took quite some time, especially because I had not drawn anything like a mountain range before. I'm not sure how technically correct they are, but I'm content with their final shape
Awesome eyedea! I love the originality of it. Regarding the center you could shrink that down by having your picture taken while in brighter light but that's just if you wanted a smaller black area in the center.
Thank you very much for posting this. Excellent execution. Rep incoming.
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This is so awesome! I love the eyedea! The mountains are so beautifully painted, and the center looks so threatening... Very curious and wonderful map. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your works!
Very creative. You did a really wonderful job in your brush work as well.


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A Canon City man allegedly attempted to hold his girlfriend captive during a domestic dispute, ultimately cornering her in a room after he set it on fire.
According to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, 29-year-old Steven Patrick Collins disabled 26-year-old Maria Atencio's car and threw her purse onto the roof to trap her in the home. He then allegedly took her cell phone to keep her from calling for help.
As Atencio tried to gather clothes from the laundry room, the Sheriff's Office says Collins poured gasoline on the floor in the laundry room/kitchen area and ignited a fire. Atencio managed to escape the flames by climbing over a counter.
Atencio's 3-year-old son was in the home during the incident, but was unharmed. The Sheriff's Office says Atencio and her son share the home with Collins.
Collins has been charged with first-degree arson, false imprisonment, criminal mischief, child abuse, harassment, obstruction of telephone service and domestic violence. He is being held at the Fremont County Detention Center without bond.
The incident occurred Friday morning on the 1500 block of Willow Lane in Canon City.
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Colorado Springs police say an attentive neighbor caught a crook red-handed. Chris Willner knew his neighbors were out of town and when he saw three strangers walking in front of their door, he knew something wasn't right.
It happened on Christmas Eve on the southeast side of Colorado Springs near Power and Astrozon.
Willner approached them. "I said, what were you doing inside this house?" he told 11 News.
He crossed the street where two of them were sitting in a car with the engine running. Willner said the two men got out when he told them to, but they ran when he pulled the keys from the ignition.
Willner ultimately caught Klarissa Watson, 19 and held her until police got there. The other two suspects got away.
Police say the suspects allegedly broke into his neighbor's home through the back door. It appears they planned to drive off in Willner's neighbor's car using some keys they found inside. The homeowner did not want to go on camera but was very grateful for Willner's actions.
Although there is no established neighborhood watch on the street, everyone that lives there is paying more attention and watching out for suspicious activity.
"It makes you look at things a little differently," Willner said. "Now I walk out of my house prepared for anything out of the ordinary."
Willner was armed with a handgun but he never pointed it at or fired at the suspects.
Investigators are still looking for the other two suspects. If you know anything about the crime, you are asked to call CRIMESTOPPERS at 719-634-STOP. You do not have to give your name.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Alex Morgan scored twice in the second half and
Sydney Leroux added a third goal as the United States women's national team
rolled to a 3-0 victory over Canada on Sunday at BMO Field.
The match marked the first time the sides have met since the semifinal match
in last summer's Olympics when Morgan netted the winner in stoppage time to
hand the U.S. a dramatic 4-3 result en route to the gold medal.
But both teams had difficulty generating quality scoring chances in the
opening 45 minutes and went into the locker room on level terms at 0-0.
After the break, the first great chance came for the United States in the 56th
minute when Abby Wambach put a shot on frame with a diving header in the
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goalkeeper Erin McLeod to the far post for the 1-0 lead.
Morgan finished her brace two minutes later when she took down a long ball
over the top and got in behind the Canada defense before putting the ball past
McLeod in the same spot as her first tally.
Leroux finished it off with a goal in stoppage time as the U.S. preserves it
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Monique Ganderton is the actress who portrays the role of the Cold Woman in Eclipse. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ganderton was discovered at a local shopping mall in Edmonton by a modeling agent and agreed to give it a try. She moved to Toronto at 18 to pursue modeling. A few days on set watching a stunt woman triggered an internal passion for action. Ganderton soon pursued stunt work adamantly. Her first stunt gig came on The Recruit, where she met Bridget Moynahan and Al Pacino. The job secured Ganderton as an up-and-coming stunt actor. Ganderton then relocated west to the ocean and has been working full time as a stunt woman for the last seven years.
Ganderton has stunt doubled Sigourney Weaver, Tricia Helfer, Bridget Moynahan, Leelee Sobieski, Darryl Hannah, Famke Jensen, Rebecca Romijn, Karen Cliché, Stacy Keibler, Amanda Tapping, Mandy Moore, Monica Schnarre, Amelia Cooke and Jane Lynch.
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Ganderton has two sisters, Christine and Angela. She has a dog named Rocky that she adopted from the SPCA shelter, a cat named Apollo that she found in a box in an alley, and a horse named Baby that she rescued from a run-down farm on a mountain side.
Ganderton has always had a passion for sports and adventure. She achieved high levels of track and field, equestrian show jumping and is also a certified snowboard instructor. She was involved in diving, gymnastics, softball, skating and dabbled in martial arts. Ganderton has always been an avid writer and artist and thought about going into journalism prior to performing. In the future, she hopes to use her writing and performing experience to create projects.


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Why do we even need to classify "mobile" at all? A camera is a camera is a camera... I get the concept of digital vs. analog since the media and workflow is different but...
If someone wishes to discriminate photos based on what camera they were shot with then they have serious problems. Is that same individual concerned with what brand and model typewriter Hemingway used or what type of quill Shakespeare used? Does anyone ask what kind of brushes that Da Vinci or Monet used?
A camera is merely a tool. What you produce with the tool is what you should be concerned with.
BTW, I do like the color scheme. The "other" DPreview is hard to read and I admit I spend as little time there as necessary because of the color scheme.


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New Optical Image Stabilization Gyroscope from STMicroelectronics Targets Tiny Smartphones and Cameras
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world's top MEMS manufacturer, and the leading supplier of MEMS sensors for consumer and portable applications1, has introduced a new 2-axis gyroscope specifically optimized for optical image stabilization in smartphones and digital still cameras. Benefiting from compact dimensions of just 2.3x2.3x0.7mm, the L2G2IS can be easily integrated into the next generation of stabilized camera modules, where the dimensions of the components are critical. At a size 50% smaller than the previous generation by area and 60% smaller by volume, the L2G2IS still provides the high performance demanded by the applications and consumers.
Key technical features of the new device include ±100dps / ±200dps full-scale range, 3- and 4-wire SPI interface, and integrated low- and high-pass filters with selectable bandwidth. The L2G2IS operates with a supply voltage range of 1.7V to 3.6V.The first company to exceed $1-billion in MEMS revenue2 and the one-stop MEMS supplier of choice, ST offers a comprehensive portfolio of micro-machined accelerometers, gyroscopes, pressure sensors, magnetic sensors, and microphones, and has the capability to integrate these in multi-sensor combos with on-board signal processing, control functions, sensor-fusion algorithms, and wireless connectivity. Not only the clear market leader, ST is also at the forefront of MEMS technology development with more than 900 MEMS-related patents granted or pending worldwide.
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The D.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club is pleased to announce endorsements in the April 1, 2014 primary election for the D.C. Council.
Council Chairman: Phil MendelsonPhil Mendelson has been an outstanding ally in protecting the environment. He has previously been given early endorsements and has been our champion on the Council. Over his sixteen years of service as a legislator Phil has been one of the most consistent environmental voters on the Council.
Council At-Large: Nate Bennett FlemingNate Bennett Fleming impressed us with his knowledge and agreement on the issues. Although he will be new to the Council, he is not new to the voters. He is currently the Shadow Representative.
Council Ward 1: Jim GrahamJim Graham has been a consistent supporter with a 100% voting record. We know we can count on him.
Council Ward 3: Mary ChehMary Cheh has been instrumental in the introduction and passage of numerous environmental bills and moving them through the Council. She is the Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Environment.
Council Ward 5: Kenyan McDuffieKenyan McDuffie has been a stand out on the Council, most recently in successfully defending the Brookland Green and saving the park and it's trees from development. Last year, he moved the Community Renewables Energy Act through committee and passage by the D.C. Council.
Council Ward 6: Charles AllenCharles Allen is a new candidate, but not new to the council or the Sierra Club. As Chief of Staff to Tommy Wells, Charles Allen drafted the bill to ban burning coal in D.C. and he was the coordinator of the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act, the bag law.
The D.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club is pleased to announce early endorsements in three races for the D.C. Council.
Council Chairman: Phil MendelsonPhil Mendelson has been an outstanding ally in protecting the environment. He has been our champion time after time.
Early endorsements, by National Sierra Club rules, are only given to incumbents who have been endorsed before and have good voting records on environmental rules. Each candidate must receive a 2/3rds super majority vote from both the Political Committee and the Executive Board o be endorsed.
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DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - A pioneering driver in American race-car driving will be honored next month with the dedication of a historical marker in his native Danville.
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has scheduled the dedication in honor of Wendell O. Scott for April 5. Fifty years ago, Scott became the first African-American to win a race in what is now called the NASCAR Sprint Series Cup.
In honor of the dedication, Danville Mayor Sherman Saunders will declare April 5 Wendell O. Scott Day. Officials say speakers will include NASCAR president Mike Helton.


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Professor Ajay Chandak is the founder of Prince India, a non-governmental organisation in Dhule, India.
We have completed an ambitious project that consisted of the manufacture, transport, installation, and commissioning for 300 community cookers at tribal schools in the Indian state of Maharashtra. These are 2.3 m diameter parabolic cookers designed by us. The order was placed by the state government on 14 February 2007 and the project was completed by 31 March 2007. M/s Essential Equipments, one of our trainees, executed the project. This is the single largest solar cooking project in the world, for dish cookers, with the installation of over 1200 m2 of aperture area in just 45 days.
We conduct many training programs for developing manufacturers of parabolic cookers and our efforts are succeeding. I believe that the technology will propagate faster if we can make it accessible to all.
I am teaching in a private engineering college in Dhule. During one meeting with the college management recently, I persuaded the chairman to organise an international renewable energy festival. He promised to contribute some 30-40% of funds for such an event. My idea for the festival are as follows:
- To organise solar cooker design competition: We will keep all the technical details and many designs and design plans available on our website. Many good resources are already available on our website, www.solarcooking.org, and will be augmented. We will ask all prospective participants (most of them are likely to be engineering students) to refer to this literature and design some solar cookers of their own. All these cookers will be displayed and will be tested during the conference event and prizes will be given for the good designs. Criteria for awards will be like efficiency, cost, convenience, capabilities etc. Prizes will be awarded for the commercial and amateur categories. Separate prizes will be given for panel, oven and concentrating cookers.
- To have project presentation competition: Prospective participants will be encouraged to visit good sites like 'Tirupati', 'Shirdi', 'Smoke free village', etc. These participants are expected to prepare a story on the project including photographs, videos, interviews, etc., and present the same during the competition. I am expecting many engineering students to get involved in the competition. It will encourage them to study good renewable energy sites in detail and present the material at the competition. Such an exercise can generate interest in renewable energy in the minds of the young.
- To conduct a training program and present lectures by experts: As all participants coming for the event are expected to be budding engineers and science students, we plan to conduct a training program on 'Entrepreneurship opportunities in Renewable Energy' for them. I am already conducting such program for some students with fair success. Lectures from experts like Deepak Gadhia and others will also be organised during the event.
International solar cooker evaluation: July 2011 - June 2012
- Originally announced as a one-time event Oct. 11-13, 2011 with a related conference, the solar cooker competition has been cancelled, and instead there will be a year-long opportunity for having solar cookers and fuel stoves tested free, starting this month. India's Promoters and Researchers in Non-Conventional Energy (PRINCE) group have updated standards for solar cookers, developed in conjunction with input from SCWNet members. These universal testing standards will be used to evaluate the cookers by simulating real world conditions. Designers, manufacturers, NGOs and individuals are invited to submit solar cookers for testing, and need not be present for the tests. While there will be no cash prizes, solar cookers will be rated on thermal performance, cost of manufacture and transport, and user convenience. Send cookers anytime between now and June 2012 to: Prof. Ajay Chandak, PRINCE, Shamgiri, Opp Swagat Lodge, Agra Road, Deopur, Dhuli – 424005, Maharashtra, India. Include your usual instructions for consumers. If you wish your cooker returned, please arrange to cover return shipping costs. After testing, entrants will be contacted with results, and have the option of omitting their information in the publicly listed ratings. No reply from entrants within two weeks or so after receiving their results will be taken as consent to publish. Other questions? Email: email@example.com.
News and recent developments
- December 2013: On December 9, 2013 Professor Ajay Chandak, a global leader in the solar thermal cooking sector, was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Chandak will represent "Solar Heating and Cooling". ISES is a UN-accredited NGO that is active in over 110 countries.
- November 2013: PRINCE solar cookers packed for Solar Trek 2013 - The PRINCE - 15 and the PRINCE - 40 parabolic solar cookers, designed by Ajay Chandak, were taken along to prepare meals on the first ever Solar Trek through the Himalayas in Nepal.
- November 2013: Solar cooking receives a new platform to speak from - The second edition of Sun Focus, a quarterly magazine devoted to concentrated solar heat has just been released. The new publication from India was founded by Dr Farooq Addullah. He explains that the magazine will focus on off-grid applications of concentrated solar technologies (CSTs) for the purpose of saving fuel oil, firewood, and LPG in industrial and commercial establishments using heat between 80 °C and 250 °C. Solar cooking plays a major role in the content. This latest edition's cover article is devoted to the latest developments of the Scheffler Community Kitchen, written by noted solar cooking designer and advocate for solar cooking education in public schools, Ajay Chandak. Read his article on page 11. Scheffler Solar Concentrators in India - Sun Focus
- January 2013: Parabolic community solar cookers used for midday meals in rural schools - WOTR is a nonprofit organization that has been operating in five Indian states since the early nineties. They have untaken a unique solar cooking project targeting Zilla Parishad primary schools in the Sangamner and Akole taluka of the Ahmadnagar district. The objective was to find ways to help prepare their midday meal. Currently, twenty-three solar cookers are in service. After a careful study of all options, it was decided to deploy the PRINCE - 40 parabolic solar cooker, designed by Ajay Chandak, for the pilot installation in fifty-three villages across three states – Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Most of the schools where these cookers are installed are using them as main source of energy for the mid-day meals. Read more about the project at: A Report on Deployment of Parabolic Community Solar Cookers for Midday Meals in Rural Schools
- December 2011: We are getting amazing feedbacks from end users for installations carried out for the PRINCE-40 solar community cookers, with the help of NGOs like WOTR and MPSSS. It looks like these organizations will expand the program and we should see few hundred systems in schools in next year. You will find a few more models of community solar cookers from us in coming year.
- October 2011: The latest PRINCE newsletter announces a scheduled training for Scheffler Reflector Solar Cookers coming January 21 -27, 2012. Next, PRINCE founder Ajay Chandak has received an Energy Conservation Award from the Government of Maharashtra. Also, PRINCE has organized a networking workshop for all stakeholders in the renewable energy business on January 25 - 26, 2012. PRINCE Biogas Plants now approved by MNRE. Read more about these items: PRINCE newsletter, Fall 2011
- June 2011:The International Center for Networking, Ecology, Education and Re-Integration (ICNEER) has announced that Ajay Chandak is one of four recipients of the 'Dr. Shirin Gadhia Sustainability Award' to be presented on June 19, 2011 for his work in renewable energy. Dr. Shirin Gadhia Sustainability Award to Ajay Chandak Congratulations Ajay.
- March 2009: Energy day was celebrated in a unique way in city of Dhule, India, by a voluntary organization PRINCE (Promoters & Researchers In Non Conventional Energy). With the help of around 100 students of mechanical engineering from SSVPS BSD College of Engineering a solar canteen was set up by Prof. Ajay Chandak, Prof. Sham Patil and Prof. Deepak Dubey. Three SK-14, solar dish cooker, one square PRINCE design of dish cooker and one Community solar cooker of 2.3 m dia. were used in the canteen. On these gadgets almost 1000 snacks were cooked and sold by the students. Staff and students of the Institute and invited guests from the city enjoyed solar food. Guests had fun watching the food being cooked in front of their eyes in the solar cookers and to taste the same as any other methods of cooking. Snacks cooked and sold on large scale were Idlis and coffee. However other snacks like Khichadi, Cakes etc. were also prepared for demonstration to the visitors. Many students, staff and visitors showed great interest in the solar cooking demonstrations and local manufacturer, M/s Essential Equipments, reported sell of around ten solar cookers in next two days, which is welcome outcome of such event.
- Many students were thrilled with the experience of this event for the first time in their life and have shown great interest to organize such events at different locations in the city, next year. Principal of the Institute Dr. Jahagirdar has promised to support such events in future.
- Other programs for energy day celebrations included demonstrations of energy efficient technologies for lighting, fans and domestic appliances. All these equipments were demonstrated to visitors. Many visitors reported having changed their copper and aluminum ballasts with electronic ballasts in next week. After all seeing is believing.
- One workshop was also organized for local masons, hoteliers and interested people to teach them skills of installation of biogas plants working on food waste. Chairperson of PRINCE, Prof. Ajay Chandak, has given up LPG since last four years and fuel requirement for his family comes up from the solar cookers and biogas plant working on food waste. PRINCE group has come up with a special cost effective design of biogas plant. After the workshop five people have shown interest in installation of the biogas plants.
- November 2006: Professor Ajay Chandak of Promoters and Researchers In Non-Conventional Energy (PRINCE) won a "Renewable Energy Award 2005" from the Maharashtra Energy Development Agency. Of the state-level award for excellence in renewable energy, Prof. Chandak says, "Such awards are small milestones on our way and keep us pushing forward." He thanks friends from around the world for their contributions, adding, "They are equal partners in the award."
- January 2006: Professor Ajay Chandak of Promoters & Researchers In Non-Conventional Energy (PRINCE) led a workshop titled "Manufacturing Parabolic Solar Cookers and an introduction to renewable energy technologies." Twenty people from eight states participated in the workshop, mostly renewable energy professionals. Mr. Chandak hopes that several of them will consider manufacturing parabolic solar cookers in their own states. Large community-size cookers, two meters or more in diameter, proved quite popular. These cookers can cook meals for 30-50 people. Smaller, family-side cookers were also shown, as were related technologies like solar food dryers.
- January 2009: Design of multistage evaporators for integrating with Scheffler Solar concentrators for food processing applications - Prof. Ajay Chandak & Dr. Sunil K. Somani
- January 2009: Design of Solar Dryer with Turboventilator and fireplace - Prof. Ajay Chandak & Dr. Sunil K. Somani
See also
- Parabolic solar concentrator for industrial heating
- Solar Energy for Quality Improvement in the Food-Processing Industry
- Innovative Balcony Model of Concentrating Solar Cooker
- Prince India
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Community Chorus show is Feb. 1-3
The Humboldt Community Chorus, under the direction of Terry Nelson, are rehearsing for their annual show. The chorus will present their annual variety show entitled, "Rise Up and Sing," Feb 1-3. Show times are 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3. The show will be performed at the R. Wesley Carlson Auditorium at Humboldt High School. The chorus consists of 70 chorus members and a 20 piece jazz band. The jazz band starts one-half hour before each show. The show consists of four sets of main chorus accompanied by the jazz band and comprised of pop, gospel, 50s medley and patriotic selections. Tickets are $8 for adults and $3 for children under age 18. Tickets go on sale Jan. 2 from any chorus member, or at The Bootery on Humboldt's Sumner Avenue, or by calling Terry and Barb Nelson at (515) 379-1072.


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Wedding of James Potter I and Lily Evans
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The wedding of James Potter and Lily Evans took place sometime between the summer of 1978 and the autumn of 1979.[1] Their close friend Sirius Black served as best man. Lily's sister Petunia did not attend for she was highly against Lily being a witch and marrying a wizard. It is highly likely that Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew attended, as they were good friends of James. They had a quiet wedding, as this was during the First Wizarding War. Neither of James's parents attended the wedding as both were deceased; it is unknown as to whether either of Lily's parents attended the wedding.
Following their marriage, James and Lily moved into Godric's Hollow. They then defied Lord Voldemort three times. On 31 July, 1980, James and Lily had their only child; Harry James Potter. Albus Dumbledore put the Fidelius Charm on the Potters' house to protect them. Their first secret Keeper was Sirius Black, but this was shortly changed to Peter Pettigrew after Sirius convinced them to change, as little Peter would be a less likely target for Voldemort to assume. James and Lily made Sirius Harry's godfather. Peter betrayed the Potters' location to Lord Voldemort out of cowardice. On the night of 31 October, 1981, Voldemort went to the Potters' house to kill them all, Harry especially, as he believed he filled a Prophecy told to him. He murdered James, then Lily. Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse, while Voldemort's powers were destroyed and his mangled soul fled the scene.
- James Potter - Groom
- Lily Evans - Bride
- Sirius Black - Best Man
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33, Dumbledore refers to James as Lily's "husband" in the scene where Snape asks him to protect Lily. This scene can be determined as having occurred in autumn 1979, based on the description of the setting ("...the sound of the wind in the branches" and "Though leaves and branches still flew through the night air around them..."), and J. K. Rowling's statement during her 2007 Carnegie Hall appearance that the Potters went into hiding when Lily was pregnant. James and Lily must have thus married sometime between leaving Hogwarts in June 1978 and autumn 1979.


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Episode Plot
With Nimbasa City drawing closer than ever, in a winding mountain, Ash and co. find a lost and weak Cubchoo who actually lives with the other group of Cubchoos and Beartics on the summit of the mountain, and some wild Beartics that lives in the foot of the mountain. Meowth manages to talk to the Beartics, which obviously fails. As those Beartics are fuming, they are saved by a Mienfoo, which belongs to a ranger named Cliff. After trying again, Meowth and Cubchoo fall down with Axew, Pikachu, Oshawott and Tepig down into the forest below. Can they find their way back? And what are Jessie and James planning with the subway system in Nimbasa City?
Pokémon Characters
- Cubchoo
- Mienfoo
- This is the first time in the episode that Meowth ever said Ash's name in Japan. Jessie did it during Ash's first tournament in English in Season 1. James said his whole name in DP009 Gymballiar.
- The Subway Twins are shown in the middle of the episode.
- Meowth gets frozen three times in one episode.
- This is the last time Meowth is with Ash, Iris and Cilan.
- This marks the third attempt that Meowth gets captured with a Poké Ball but failed to capture him completely.
- Meowth almost blasts off when he get's frozen by the Beartic but recovers by getting unfrozen quickly off screen.
- Professor Oak's Live Caster: Gothita
- Who's That Pokemon?: Cubchoo (US)
- When Cilan was carrying Cubchoo it was very similar to how Misty carried her Togepi.


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31 U.S. Code § 9105 - Audits
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(1) The financial statements of Government corporations shall be audited by the Inspector General of the corporation appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or under other Federal law, or by an independent external auditor, as determined by the Inspector General or, if there is no Inspector General, by the head of the corporation.
(2) Audits under this section shall be conducted in accordance with applicable generally accepted government auditing standards.
(3) Upon completion of the audit required by this subsection, the person who audits the statement shall submit a report on the audit to the head of the Government corporation, to the Chairman of the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives, and to the Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(4) The Comptroller General of the United States—
(A) may review any audit of a financial statement conducted under this subsection by an Inspector General or an external auditor;
(B) shall report to the Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of the Government corporation which prepared the statement, regarding the results of the review and make any recommendation the Comptroller General of the United States considers appropriate; and
(C) may audit a financial statement of a Government corporation at the discretion of the Comptroller General or at the request of a committee of the Congress.
An audit the Comptroller General performs under this paragraph shall be in lieu of the audit otherwise required by paragraph (1) of this subsection. Prior to performing such audit, the Comptroller General shall consult with the Inspector General of the agency which prepared the statement.
(5) A Government corporation shall reimburse the Comptroller General of the United States for the full cost of any audit conducted by the Comptroller General under this subsection, as determined by the Comptroller General. All reimbursements received under this paragraph by the Comptroller General of the United States shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(b) Upon request of the Comptroller General of the United States, a Government corporation shall provide to the Comptroller General of the United States all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, workpapers, and property belonging to or in use by the Government corporation and its auditor that the Comptroller General of the United States considers necessary to the performance of any audit or review under this section.
Source(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1043; Pub. L. 100–86, title IV, § 403,Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 609; Pub. L. 100–233, title VII, § 703,Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 100–399, title VI, § 602,Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1006; Pub. L. 101–73, title V, § 511(b)(2),Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 101–576, title III, § 305,Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2853; Pub. L. 103–82, title II, § 202(e)(2),Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 888.)
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|31:850(1st sentence 1st–16th, 30th–46th words, 4th–last sentences).
|Dec. 6, 1945, ch. 557, § 105, 59 Stat. 599; Aug. 30, 1964, Pub. L. 88–518, § 2(a), 78 Stat. 698; Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93–604, § 601(a), 88 Stat. 1962.
|31:857(1st sentence 1st–26th, 39th–last words, 4th–last sentences).
|Dec. 6, 1945, ch. 557, § 202, 59 Stat. 600; Aug. 30, 1964, Pub. L. 88–518, § 1(a), 78 Stat. 698; Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93–604, § 601(c), 88 Stat. 1962.
|31:866(a)(last proviso), (b).
|Dec. 6, 1945, ch. 557, § 301, 59 Stat. 601.
|31:850(1st sentence 17th–29th words, 2d, 3d sentences).
|31:857(1st sentence 27th–38th words, 2d, 3d sentences).
|31:850(1st sentence proviso).
|31:866(a)(words before 1st comma, 1st proviso), (d).
|31:866(a)(words between 1st comma and 1st proviso).
In the section, the words "Comptroller General" are substituted for "General Accounting Office" for consistency.
In subsection (a), the words "rules and . . . of the United States" are omitted as surplus. The words "United States" are added for consistency. The text of 31:850(4th sentence) and 857(4th sentence) and the words "Effective July 1, 1974" are omitted as executed.
In subsection (b)(1), the words "pursuant to law" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "may make a contract" are substituted for "is authorized in his discretion to employ by contract" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words "at the place or places" and "of the respective corporations" are omitted as surplus. The words "A Government corporation shall" are added for clarity. In clause (1), the words "make available . . . for audit all records" are substituted for "The representatives of . . . shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers" for consistency and because of the restatement. The words "things, or" are omitted because they are included in "property". In clause (2), the word "full" is omitted as surplus.
Subsection (d) is substituted for 31:850(1st sentence proviso words before 7th comma) because of the restatement.
In subsection (e), the words "The Comptroller General shall pay the cost of an audit" are substituted for "The expenses of auditing the financial transactions of wholly owned and mixed-ownership Government corporations as provided in sections 850 and 857 of this title shall be borne out of appropriations to the General Accounting Office" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "full" and "otherwise . . . funds of any . . . be used to . . . of the offices" are omitted as surplus. The words "except the cost of such audits contracted for and undertaken prior to April 25, 1945" are omitted as executed.
Subsection (g) is substituted for 31:866(a)(words between 1st comma and 1st proviso) for clarity and consistency.
References in Text
The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 95–452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1993—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–82inserted ", or under other Federal law," before "or by an independent".
1990—Pub. L. 101–576amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required Comptroller General to audit financial transactions of Government corporations at least once every 3 years, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and Federal home loan banks each year, the Federal Asset Disposition Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation as necessary; suggested that Comptroller General in conducting an audit use reports of examinations of Government corporation by supervising administrative agency and authorized Comptroller General to contract for professional services; required audits to be conducted consistent with principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions; set forth responsibility for payment of audit cost, and authorized appropriations.
1989—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–73struck out "Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and" after "The Comptroller General shall audit the" and inserted sentence at end requiring the Comptroller General to audit the Resolution Funding Corporation annually.
1988—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 100–399substituted "Corporation" for "Association" in subpar. (B)(i).
Pub. L. 100–233added par. (4).
1987—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100–86added par. (3).
Change of Name
Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of Senate, effective Jan. 4, 2005, by Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Oct. 9, 2004.
Committee on Government Operations of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives by section 1(a) ofPub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 202(i) ofPub. L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date note under section 12651 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399effective as if enacted immediately after enactment of Pub. L. 100–233, which was approved Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(a) ofPub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
Deposit of Funds Reimbursed to Comptroller General to Appropriation of Government Accountability Office
Pub. L. 106–57, title II, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 426, as amended by Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b),July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814, provided in part: "That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of the Government Accountability Office then available and remain available until expended".
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 105–275, title II, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2450.
Pub. L. 105–55, title II, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1196.
Pub. L. 104–197, title II, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2411.
Pub. L. 104–53, title II, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 534.
Pub. L. 103–283, title II, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1440.
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