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1.7: Safety in the Life Sciences
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If a substance is corrosive, it can eat through objects. Many scientists have to work with chemicals that are corrosive or otherwise dangerous. That's one reason that following safety precautions in the laboratory or field is very important.
Safety in the Life Sciences
There can be some very serious safety risks in scientific research. If researchers are not careful, they could poison themselves or contract a deadly illness. The kinds of risks that scientists face depend on the kind of research they perform. For example, a scientist working with bacteria in a laboratory faces different risks than a scientist studying the behavior of lions in Africa, but both scientists must still follow safety guidelines. Safety practices must be followed when working with the hazardous things such as parasites, radiation and radioactive materials, toxins, and wild animals. Also, carcinogens, which are chemical that cause cancer, pathogens, which are disease-causing virus, bacteria or fungi, and teratogens, which are chemical that cause deformities in developing embryos, are extremely hazardous, and extreme care must be used when working with these items as well. For example, scientists studying dangerous organisms such as Yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic plague, use special equipment that helps keep the organism from escaping the lab.
A biohazard is any biological material that could make someone sick, including disease-causing organisms. Therefore, a used needle is a biohazard because it could harbor blood contaminated with a disease-causing organism. Bacteria grown in a laboratory are also biohazards if they could potentially cause disease.
Science laboratory safety and chemical hazard signs.
Laboratory Safety
If you perform an experiment in your classroom, your teacher will explain how to be safe. Professional scientists follow safety rules as well, especially for the study of dangerous organisms like the bacteria that cause bubonic plague (Figure below).
Sharp objects, chemicals, heat, and electricity are all used at times in laboratories. Below is a list of safety guidelines that you should follow when in the laboratory:
- Be sure to obey all safety guidelines given in lab instructions and by your teacher.
- Follow directions carefully.
- Tie back long hair.
- Wear closed toe shoes with flat heels and shirts with no hanging sleeves, hoods, or drawstrings.
- Use gloves, goggles, or safety aprons when instructed to do so.
- Broken glass should only be cleaned up with a dust pan and broom. Never touch broken glass with your bare hands.
- Never eat or drink anything in the science lab. Table tops and counters could have dangerous substances on them.
- Be sure to completely clean materials like test tubes and beakers. Leftover substances could interact with other substances in future experiments.
- If you are using flames or heat plates, be careful when you reach. Be sure your arms and hair are kept far away from heat.
- Alert your teacher immediately if anything out of the ordinary occurs. An accident report may be required if someone is hurt. Also, the teacher must know if any materials are damaged or discarded.
Scientists studying dangerous organisms such as Yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic plague, use special equipment that helps keep the organism from escaping the lab.
Field Research Safety
Scientists who work outdoors, called field scientists, are also required to follow safety regulations. These safety regulations are designed to prevent harm to themselves, other humans, animals, and the environment. If scientists work outside the country, they are required to learn about and follow the laws and restrictions of the country in which they are doing research. For example, entomologists following monarch butterfly (Figure below) migrations between the United States and Mexico must follow regulations in both countries. Before biologists can study protected wildlife or plant species, they must apply for permission to do so. This is important to protect these fragile species. For example, if scientists collect rare butterflies, they must first get a permit. They must also be careful to not disturb the habitat.
A monarch butterfly.
- biohazard: Any material that could carry disease.
- carcinogen: Chemical that can cause cancer.
- field scientist: Scientist that works outdoors.
- pathogen: Disease causing agent, such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, or protozoan.
- teratogen: Chemical causing deformities in a developing embryo.
- There are serious risks in scientific research, including carcinogens, biohazards, and toxins.
- You need to carefully follow all safety rules while working in the laboratory.
Use the resources below to answer the questions that follow.
- FSU Chemistry Lab Safety at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv9imJzZWrY (6:51)
- Should you apply cosmetics in a lab? Why or why not? Do you think this differs between a biological lab and a chemical lab?
- What should you do if there is an accident?
- How should you dispose of waste?
- Science Lab Safety Rules at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yclOrqEv7kw (2:24)
- List the lab safety rules covered in the video.
- What kind of clothing should you wear in a science lab?
- What should you wear in a science lab that you would not wear usually outside a science lab?
- List three hazards found in scientific research.
- List three safety guidelines that you should follow in the laboratory.
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U.S. State Department Discussion on the Role of Religion in US Foreign Policy, January 2012
Suzan Johnson Cook, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, presided in this interview on the role of religion in foreign policy, with interviewees Cheryl Benton (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs) and Dr. Chris Seiple (President of the Institute for Global Engagement), in Washington, DC on January 23, 2012.
MS. BENTON:Hello and welcome to the U.S. Department of State. This is Conversations with America, a discussion between top State Department officials and NGO leaders, where you can watch and participate in the dialogue. I'm Cheryl Benton, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs. Today we will discuss the role of religion in U.S. foreign policy. We've received questions and comments on today's topic from around the world through our blog, DipNote, and have selected several for this broadcast.
Now let's meet our guests. Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook is the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and Dr. Chris Seiple. We want to thank both of them for joining us. Dr. Seiple is president of the Institute for Global Engagement, a research, education, and diplomatic institution that builds sustainable religious freedom worldwide through local partnerships. Welcome, Dr. Seiple. Thank you for joining us and for this very timely discussion.
DR. SEIPLE: Thank you.
MS. BENTON: Ambassador Johnson Cook, some of our viewers may be unfamiliar with the work of the State Department, the work that we do on religious freedom. Can you tell us about your position and the work you are doing?
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Well, the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom is the principal advisor both to the Secretary of State and the President of the United States on issues of religious freedom. We are to promote religious freedom around the world using diplomacy, public outreach and diplomacy. We have an annual report that's given on 199 countries now around the world about how they are dealing with religious freedom, and also there are grants to help those advance religious freedom. So I'm the principal advisor. I'm one of three who have served in this position. We serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. It's a political appointment. And so there was one, Ambassador Bob Seiple, and then Ambassador John Hanford, and now I'm under President Barack Obama and Secretary Hillary Clinton.
It is an honor to serve. We travel the world, the globe literally. I'm from Harlem, and so I now say that I'm a Harlem globetrotter because I literally am around the world. (Laughter.) So it's a pleasure to serve, and most of all it's a pleasure to be able to engage with my colleagues in the nongovernmental organizations who are doing such great work. And so it's an honor to really be with Chris Seiple.
MS. BENTON: Perfect. Chris, tell us a little bit about your organization before we kind of get started here with the conversation.
DR. SEIPLE: Sure, and thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to be working with the ambassador on the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group, which I'm sure we'll talk about shortly.
But the Institute for Global Engagement is not an international dating service – (laughter) – but it is a religious freedom organization that works transparently through local partners, as you said in your opening statement. And we try to find ways to build religious freedom in a way that's consistent with culture, consistent with the best of faith, at the intersection of culture and the rule of law. We're a think-and-do tank, try to think before you do, old-fashioned like that. And we publish the world's best journal, the Review of Faith in International Affairs, because it's the only journal. This is still an emerging topic. We publish books and then we do the religious freedom stuff overseas in East Asia but also in the Muslim-majority world.
MS. BENTON: Wow, great. Now, I understand that both of you do quite a bit of international travel to engage with religious leaders and promote religious freedom. Can you tell me a little bit about some of your most important, I guess, and memorable trips? Have you been successful in your engagement with religious leaders, Ambassador Johnson?
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Very much so. I am a former faith leader, actually. I'm pastor of two congregations and also head of the largest African American clergy group in the world, the Hampton Ministers Conference. So it's an important opening, because what we look for in diplomacy is pragmatic openings where we can find common ground to talk to leaders of all faiths and those who don't believe. And having been a faith leader, we find that common ground; the doors open automatically because there's a respect for everyone's religion or faith no matter what.
I've had some exciting trips. Some of the most – all of them have been successful because we've been received and the doors have been opened. But I think one of the most memorable is my most recent trip to Morocco and to the Vatican. I was part of the Pope's Day of Assisi, which was an interfaith day of looking at peace around the world, and there were more than 300 pilgrims, believers and nonbelievers, who dealt with religious freedom. And the Pope really emphasized both our President and our Secretary's message that religious freedom is so important.
We are fortunate here in the United States to have it, but many places don't have it. So what it allows us to do is really be on the pulse of new democracies that are forming and really to start conversations where perhaps there have not been any conversations about faith.
So when you think about more than 80 percent of the world believes in some form of religion and more than 700,000 a day are persecuted because of that, then faith is really an important topic to put on the table. So we're very, very thankful that this government and the United States really puts it on the table. It's an important aspect, and it cannot be ignored.
MS. BENTON: Great. Chris, what about you? I know you travel quite extensively, and you mentioned Asia and Muslim communities. What's been one of the most memorable trips you've taken?
DR. SEIPLE: Two stories come to mind, one from each. And I think what the ambassador just said is so important. The International Religious Freedom Report gives hope to people around the world, a voice for the voiceless, that somebody out there understands that they are being persecuted for their faith. And that just – hope is a precious and tangible thing, actually, and they need to know that and see that when it's being recorded by the U.S. Government – irrespective of administrations, by the way. This is a part of the American DNA and who we are as a people.
MS. BENTON: Exactly.
DR. SEIPLE: Two stories come to mind, though, and they really speak to how you engage people and how you're received, because one time I was in a communist country, and they asked me about American foreign policy. And they said, "Help us understand." And I said, "Well, we think we're David, but we're received as Goliath." (Laughter.)
MS. BENTON: That's great. Yeah.
DR. SEIPLE: Well, I thought it was clever, right? Their response was, "Who's David, and who's Goliath?" (Laughter.) And so but it makes you think, especially in a communist context, religion has been intentionally educated out of the world view.
MS. BENTON: Exactly.
DR. SEIPLE: How do you find a way to reach them and say, you know what, religion can be a part of the solution? An example from the Middle East – we have worked in Syria, in Hama, and there is a woman there who is our partner. She established an all-women's Islamic college in Hama, Syria, which is right at the epicenter of all the issues going on right now. And I said, "Well, how did you get started in all this? You're a woman in a Muslim culture." And I was engaging in some of these stereotypes we have of Islam, where there's some truth to some of that; but on the other hand, there's a truth of the example that I'm about to share. And she said, "Well, I took the Holy Qu'ran and I went to the mullahs in our town and I said, 'Show me in the Holy Qu'ran where it says I can't have an all-women's college, where I can't empower women and educate them.' And they couldn't do it."
MS. BENTON: No answer, right?
DR. SEIPLE: No answer.
MS. BENTON: Yeah.
DR. SEIPLE: Which is to say some of the putdown against women is sometimes cultural and not just – it's not in the Qu'ran. So the key point there is that the best of faith can defeat the worst of religion, and there are people in every context and every faith going back to their scriptures to say, actually, this is what it means to be equal, this is what it means to love your neighbor, those kinds of things. And that's the point where we're received as faith leaders from America. Sometimes it doesn't matter what our position is.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Exactly. And I think key to all faiths is love thy neighbor as yourself, and that's the question that arises. I think a couple of things you said was that, first, religious freedom is part of the American DNA. And so it's not a partisan issue. It's a human issue. And that's why we're housed in the Democracy, Rights, and Labor, where it's a human rights issue.
But the other pieces that we saw exactly what you were speaking about with women and leadership in Morocco. And actually, part of – the King actually appointed women to be leaders both in the faith community but also in government. And so we're seeing a lot of the emerging voices now are women and people of faith. So you can't ignore it. And Secretary Clinton says half the population are female, so those are voices that need to be heard. But also much of the population are faith leaders, and so we have to be able to hear all these voices, which is why it's so wonderful really working together on this Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy. It's part of the Secretary's strategic dialogues for government and civil society working together. Imagine a room filled with not just government leaders but – they are important to the conversation – but you have scholars and you have faith leaders and you have private sector all talking together so that the government can hear what outside of the government is dealing with.
And what's exciting is that so many of our faith leaders and NGO leaders are passionate about religious freedom. I mean, this is their life. They've been doing it. And we need to hear from them and collectively now we can bring recommendations to the Secretary. So it's a brilliant move, and we thank Secretary Clinton for engaging us and really introducing us as partners now for religious freedom.
MS. BENTON: Yeah, that's great. There are a lot of people outside of government – nongovernmental organizations, students, professors, faith leaders often have ideas and are engaged around these issues. So I wonder – you talked a little bit about the Religious Freedom Report. Can you tell us a little bit about that?
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: It's an annual report that comes out every year. It was 198 countries but now with South Sudan there's 199 countries. And we look at – we work with the embassies and we work with the consulates to share with us what's happening in their particular nation about religious freedom. Where there are places where it's continuingly egregious acts against religious freedom, some of those countries are placed on what we call the Countries of Particular Concern. That's designated by the Secretary of State at any time of year.
But the report is an important tool for us to always make sure – because we're mandated by Congress, and so this report goes to Congress. In 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act was formed and signed. President Bill Clinton was President at the time. Secretary Madeleine Albright was the Secretary of State. And so since that time, we are mandated by Congress to have this annual report, and Congress – it allows us to engage with them as well as the countries abroad. So it's an exciting opportunity or tool to be used throughout the years and ongoing.
Would you not agree?
DR. SEIPLE: Absolutely, absolutely. It is a voice for the voiceless and it provides the documentation. Even scholars have no way of thinking about how to engage the issue, so they go to this report and they say this is our basis for our data, for thinking about this, for taking this field to another level. So it's needed. And actually, it's being replicated now. Canada is thinking about an office of international religious freedom. The European Union is thinking about these kinds of things. So this is a global phenomenon that people are taking seriously.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And cannot be ignored. So it's – absolutely. And what – in addition to the written word, now we're online in terms of the report. But we're also using new tools. We're trying – I have an acronym map, because you know in the government everything's an acronym, so I had to learn a new language. (Laughter.) But media and messaging – how are we getting it out? And we're trying to use all the social media that's available to us, and so I have a Facebook page. We also have humanrights.gov. I'm on Twitter now. And so it allows us to technologically get the word out. We're starting to do webchats in places that we cannot physically get to. It allows the multiplication effect to happen.
So Chris Seiple, myself, Bill Vendley, who's one of the other co-chairs for FACA, and Joe Grieboski -- we did a webchat on – and Ambassador Diaz, who's the ambassador to the Holy See, we did a webchat about the launch of the strategic dialogue. About 30 different consulates and embassies around the world were able to tune in, ask their questions just like this show does. So it allows the multiplication effect to happen. It allows more people to be talking about religious freedom, which then leads to countries like Canada and the European Union thinking about should we form a religious freedom component as well. And many are starting to do that. So we're a model.
MS. BENTON: Right. I was struck by the fact that you both commented that religion was part of America's DNA. So when you hear that other countries are starting to recognize and move in the direction that America has always been, it must be quite gratifying when you're going around the world and that is happening. So –
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: So, I mean, and we're not perfect. I mean, my own faith tradition born out of the black church, we suffered under religious persecution. But we've learned as a people how to model that and go forward in that. I mean, I come from New York City, which is the most diverse city on earth, where there are 105 different ethnic groups and maybe a hundred different religious groups. And so we have had to learn how to live together, and that begins to be a model for others. So we're not perfect. We're not saying we're perfect, but we are working towards it.
MS. BENTON: Oh, absolutely.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And it's a wonderful, wonderful model. I lived in an apartment building, a high-rise in the Bronx, New York, near Yankees Stadium, and on my floor there were 17 apartments, 11 different ethnic groups. And we grew up as citizens of the world, learning to respect one another, to be tolerant of one another. And then I was also on the front lines of 9/11, where my passion for religious freedom really was birthed as a chaplain for New York City Police Department, having to say, look, we have to live together. Because what happens after 9/11? We have to live together. And so this is a wonderful opportunity to have this conversation.
MS. BENTON: Good deal. We're fortunate to be joined by viewers from all around the world, and some of whom have submitted questions for you via the State Department's blog, DipNote. So why don't we take a few of those questions now.
Chelsea in Georgia writes: How does a lack of freedom halfway around the world impact us here in the United States?
Chris, I want to have you go ahead and field that question first.
DR. SEIPLE: Sure. Well, to see if I remember it right, but Dr. Martin Luther King said if one's not free, none of us are free.
MS. BENTON: That is right. Yes.
DR. SEIPLE: It's that simple. And the other – so that's the right thing to do, right, to think about it, whether it's theologically based or secular humanism, there's a motivation to understand that about what you're for. On the other hand, we're all minorities someplace.
MS. BENTON: Right. Exactly right.
DR. SEIPLE: And so how we treat a minority in our cultural context, where I happen to be a majority, Christian or as a white American, it might be a different place – context someplace else. And so it's in our self-interest, is what I'm getting at, for us to treat each other with respect. It's what we should do, according to the best of our faith, but it's also in our self-interest. And then you tie in the element of 9/11, which is this is a security issue. Religious freedom – and religious freedom is not about tolerance. Tolerance isn't good enough. We have to have mutual respect.
MS. BENTON: Respect. Yes.
DR. SEIPLE: Mutual respect is preemptive peace.
MS. BENTON: Right, right.
DR. SEIPLE: And if there's a space where people can respect each other, then we're less likely to have extremists and terrorists. And that's the key to the future. That's the key to the 21st century.
MS. BENTON: Right.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And we've found where religious freedom is operative that their countries are more stable, communities are more stable. And where there's the absence of it, there's chaos and there's the lack of peace. And so it affects us around the world. It's really what we call the domino effect; one affects one. Martin Luther King also said darkness can't drive out darkness, but only light can do that. So hopefully, we're trying to bring light to places where it's been very dark. Yes.
MS. BENTON: I'm struck by the mutual respect piece. I know we have a representative who is out there fighting against anti-Semitism, and that's special representative always talks about the mutual respect aspect. So I think it crosses all barriers, what we're trying to do with the important issues of the day.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Very much so. I mean, we're from different places –
MS. BENTON: Exactly.
AMBASSDOR JOHNSON COOK: -- and even in America we're from different places. But we find respect for one another and we find common ground and we say, "How do we go forward together?" And I think that's really what we're modeling around the world: How do we go forward together creating peace?
MS. BENTON: Exactly, exactly. Well, we have another question I'd like to get to. Audrey (ph) in Washington, D.C., writes: Religious freedom is obviously something which the U.S. Government cares about a lot, but why does it matter? I mean, I think you've already talked a lot about that, but that's interesting that that question still is on the minds of young people, because they've grown up in a different kind of era, so it does matter.
DR. SEIPLE: Well, in some ways, it's an indication of how far we've come. So if you're asking that question, then you perhaps – I don't want to ascribe anything to her, but for – maybe she's never had any of these experiences.
MS. BENTON: That's right.
DR. SEIPLE: But if you go back to our founding, I mean, it was – in Massachusetts, it was Anglicans against what became Baptists with Roger Williams going to Rhode Island to establish Rhode Island as a place where Quakers and Jews could practice faith, and not just in an Anglican ecclesiastical way set up by the order there, and John Winthrop. So – or take Virginia, which – I'm a Virginian. It was Baptists and Anglicans, now Episcopalians, fighting each other, and that's what led to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison working on religious freedom for Virginia.
So it's a part of who we are, but we kind of forget it sometimes because – not that life is easy, but we're not – we don't suffer that kind of assault of any kind – psychological, emotional, spiritual, or physical. Seventy percent of the world has their faith restricted in how they practice faith.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And we're very fortunate in the United States because it's written into our Constitution to have freedom of expression, and so it's the right for people to believe or not to believe. That's what religious freedom is. And so we're very fortunate to have that written and engraved in our society. But also, perhaps we've been practicing it all along. I think the phraseology of religious freedom has just come to the forefront since there were so many incidents in the last few years – 9/11 one, and then the burning of the Qu'ran in Florida. I think that the phrase "religious freedom" kind of came to the forefront, but we've been practicing it as a nation as long as we've been in existence. And so it's very important.
And particularly for the new generation, because they're growing up as citizens of the world. They're growing up in dormitories beside every ethnic group. They're in classes with every ethnic group. And so we can't live separately. We have to really live respecting one another and tolerant of one another's right to believe or not to believe.
MS. BENTON: Right, right. Good. We have a question from S.B. in North Carolina, who actually has two questions. He writes: In what capacity do you recommend faith communities to get involved in foreign policy? So let's go with that one first.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Okay. Well, S.B., this is S.J. (Laughter.) Faith communities are an important voice to be heard, and that's why this strategic dialogue with civil society is so important because faith communities are leaders in our communities. Most people listen to their imam, their rabbi, their pastor, their priest, because it's not just religion; it's a relationship. And so we're talking about faith communities being an integral part of that alongside scholars and academicians, alongside government, alongside private sector. All voices need to be collectively be heard because we're collectively living together.
But the faith community is an important voice that sometimes had not been heard as loudly, but I think this Administration and – is really making sure that it's at the forefront. And I think it's no accident you have a faith leader who is in this role. I don't think it's any accident that many of the places that we go to, faith is, like, at the top of their list. They're like, "We've been waiting for you to come. Thank you for at least lifting faith instead of sweeping it under the rug." It's a real viable issue that has – religion was around before governments were around. And so how do we now use that as part of the conversation for peace?
DR. SEIPLE: Absolutely, and I think that's a great point, especially Christianity and Islam. We invented globalization. The church was the original international NGO. And so the point of faith – good faith – is that you're serving your local community. And you cannot serve your local community and not engage somebody unlike yourself, so that's the starting point. And then you need to, more broadly, steward your citizenship. If you're an American faith community, you have to take care of those in your own neighborhood.
But we have a responsibility. For better or for worse, we are the world's greatest power. And whatever your views are on declinism or this, that, or the other, there's a lot of people who look to us as a beacon of hope and read this report and they want to know how they can be engaged. And so not just Baptists looking after Baptists or Hindus looking after Hindus, but in this multiethnic, multi-religious fashion where we respect differences. And I think that's the key.
It's not an interfaith era. Without being too glib, interfaith is kind of touchy-feely, let's cooperate and graduate, all roads lead to heaven. Okay. That's okay. I'm not against it. But multi-faith is saying there are very deep differences – irreconcilable, theological differences about how we worship something greater than ourselves. Let's acknowledge that – I'm not going to call you a bigot because you believe there's only one way to heaven, or multiple ways – and then come together around our common values. And this is what we're seeing in our communities here.
Just as one example, Northwood Church in Fort Worth, Texas, a friend of mine, Bob Roberts, he has the rabbi and the imam from that area, Keller, Texas, and they get together and they worship their own god in their own way in each of the sacred sanctuaries. But more important – not more importantly, but as a function of that, then they serve together – sweat equity serving their fellow Americans as Muslims, Jews, and Christians. That's the way it's got to go.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Yeah. Similar to that, in New York City, prior to coming to government was the Partnership of Faith of New York City, which actually was birthed right after 9/11. Again, the imams, pastors, rabbis working together, worshipping together, exchanging pulpits, and also socially having families come together so that we can understand each other's culture before Sunday or Saturday morning or Friday night, what is it that makes you tick. And as we're going forward into these new cultures around the globe, we have to understand what makes you tick. And faith is a big part of that.
So we have a course now that's offered at the Foreign Service Institute. It's four modules now. But as Foreign Service officers are going to be going abroad, some – you have to understand not just the government, not just the entrepreneurial side of it, but what is the culture? And sometimes, that culture includes their faith community. And they may call it sectarian, but it's definitely inculcated, ingrained in that society. So you have to understand what – why do they have Friday off? Why do they stop five times a day to pray? And so you don't schedule a meeting in their prayer time.
All of that is very important. When I travel abroad, sometimes they'll tell me, "Friday, we're not going to host you because in this country, that's a sacred day." And Sunday is our sacred day. So understanding what makes a culture tick is very important to the respect level of that culture.
MS. BENTON: So I want to get S.B.'s second question: Some faith communities are overwhelmed with issues in their local communities. How would you encourage the leaders of these faith communities to still engage their participants in international matters?
DR. SEIPLE: Well, again, we don't know his context. But I would say if you're overwhelmed, all the more reason to engage, all the more reason to share the burden. I mean, that's the one thing we know about this era, is that we don't have the money to pay for it. So that means we're going to have to be more creative and we're going to have more partnerships to solve complex challenges that no single state or non-state government or non-government can solve themselves.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And we also have faith leader roundtables so that the leadership of different faith communities – and we've had, across the board, almost every faith and nonbelievers – we have agnostics and atheists as well – at the table so that they can share with us what the concerns are that the government needs to hear, and that perhaps we can partner together and help them. That's where our grants program comes in. But it's important that – part of my task is not just letting you know what I do, but it's also informing them as to what religious freedom is and how they can participate. And part of participating is "Let us hear from you."
President Obama said early in his Administration we have to listen to and learn from one another, and so listening to is part of the job. And we have the faith leader roundtables to do that.
MS. BENTON: That's excellent. Todd Tee (ph) in Alaska writes: I see that President Obama declared January 16th as Religious Freedom Day. How is that different than any other day? Shouldn't we be able to have the free exercise to practice and express our faith any day of the year?
DR. SEIPLE: Well, 16 January 1786 is when the Religious Freedom Statute was passed by the Virginia General Assembly by a guy by the name of Thomas Jefferson. And Jefferson was in a fight with Patrick Henry, the guy who said, "Give me liberty or give me death." We're all fans. But Patrick Henry wanted to pay Anglican priests through the state, and Anglicans and Baptists didn't get along, and there were sometimes fights and all these kinds of things, and it was – as a function of that, they passed this Religious Freedom Statute. That's why January 16th is that day.
Now it also speaks to how do you think about religious freedom. Jefferson called it the first freedom. I believe – it's basically, I believe; therefore, I am. I believe in a greater being who gives me the right to think and to choose freely – freedom of conscience or belief.
Now, if you're a secular humanist or something like that, you can say, hey, I think; therefore I am, and God is a function of my own thinking. I don't care where you're coming from, but the point is that you're thinking about it and believing it, and then through that, all the other freedoms take place – freedom of assembly, freedom of speech. Now, some other people would say, hey, if you have freedom of speech or assembly, religious freedom is a result of that. I don't think that way. I think religious freedom is the first freedom, because it's foundational to a society being civil according to the best of its multiple faith traditions, and that's why that day is so important, and that's why that day was chosen, because it came out of the Virginia experience.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And see, S.J. gave that question to C.S., because I knew he would understand – he knew the dates.
MS. BENTON: He has that one. That's good. That's good.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: While I'm learning acronyms, he knows the dates that – (laughter) – these things happen. So thank you, C.S.
MS. BENTON: Chris, Chuck in Louisiana writes: Why does it seem that China's shortcomings in religious freedom is being ignored by the Department of State? I'm actually going to ask Ambassador Cook if she'll respond to that.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Thank you. No country is ignored, and that's why 199 countries are reported on. No country is ignored. In fact, China was designated a country of particular concern. I plan to visit China in a few weeks, and so it's part of the conversation. It's – religious freedom is one part of the conversation with China. Certainly there are many that the Administration is involved in. There's the Strategic and Economic Dialogue that happens there as well. I will be going specifically to deal with religious freedom issues. I sit with ambassadors and members of the government and designees here that are in the states, and we also will have a faith leader roundtable with Chinese officials that are here. And then when I go there again, it's about building relationships. So no country is being ignored. In fact, the government is very, very important to target and make sure that we have conversations with all that have pragmatic openings. And so we hope the opening is there. I plan to visit.
MS. BENTON: That's right.
DR. SEIPLE: Well, it also speaks to broader issues. How do you institutionalize in the track one, government-to-government relations? How do you institutionalize a human rights dialogue and then allow for, what they call track two, people-to-people to have inputs. So which track – government and grassroots, track one and track two, how do they come together in a track 1.5 fashion? That's the question that we're all thinking about in terms of diplomacy. So for example, in Vietnam, the U.S. has a bilateral relationship with Vietnam and talks about human rights in that dialogue, and the U.S. Government and the Vietnamese Government invited our organization to participate in the human rights dialogue. That's a structure to talk about these things and allow religious communities and NGOs to speak into this in a way that will be more sustainable. Because governments can talk, but if people aren't involved –
MS. BENTON: Can you tell us what exactly is the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group? What's the structure, and how does it fit into the historic context?
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: It would be my delight to share with you. It's part of the Secretary's vision for civil society working with government. The Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy is co-chaired by Under Secretary Maria Otero; Joshua DuBois, who is the director of the White House's faith-based initiatives; and myself. Under our Working Group for Foreign Policy and Religion, there are three subgroups. Chris Seiple and I chair – co-chair together the religious freedom subgroup. He'll share with you kind of the context of this historical importance, but it's an exciting time for civil society sitting together with government, top down, bottom up, being able to talk to one another. Imagine scholars and faith leaders and NGO – nongovernmental organization leaders sitting together with government officials and talking about religious freedom. That's the excitement of the vision.
DR. SEIPLE: I'll say the same thing in a different way. In February of last year, I believe, Secretary Clinton had this vision of including civil society in a strategic dialogue to have a better foreign policy, a foreign policy more relevant. So she created – by law, for her recommendations from civil society, people not in government, she had to have – there's a Federal Advisory Committee Act, call the FACA. We always have an acronym in Washington, as the ambassador knows.
So the Federal Advisory Committee has five working groups – Empowering Women, Labor, Human Rights and Democracy, Religion and Foreign Policy, and Governance. There are government and civil society co-chairs to each of those working groups. The five co-chairs of the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group are myself, Dr. Bill Vendley with Religions for Peace out of New York – those are the civil society co-chairs, and the three government co-chairs are Josh DuBois from the Office of White House Neighborhood Partnerships, Under Secretary Otero, and Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook.
Within our working group, there are three subgroups – Religion, Stability, and Democracy; Religion and Conflict Prevention and Mitigation; and Religion and Development. So that's the structure, and so that's how we convene the scholars and the academic – and the practitioners to all be at the same table, all faiths, all backgrounds from America and around the world to gather their input and then form that as recommendations that will go from the subgroup to the Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy to the Federal Advisory Committee, where we sit with the co-chairs from the other four working groups. And then it goes to Secretary Clinton for an up or down vote on the recommendations.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: And it's a year-long project. We launched October 18th formally. We had a webchat with consulates and embassies around the world. And then next year – now in this year at the end of the year, we will present those recommendations in that order to the FACA and then to the Secretary to vote up and down. So it's exciting for us to sit at the table together. So it's wonderful. It's a really great vision.
MS. BENTON: Right. I think it's wonderful when you were talking about all of our issues in foreign policy, we're talking about working around a set of shared values and what the goal is, and so it's nice to know that the whole piece around religious freedom is based on that as well.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Exactly.
MS. BENTON: So this has been a good conversation.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: It has. Lively. (Laughter.)
MS. BENTON: Yes, lively. And I am sad that it's over, but Suzan, could you share some final thoughts with us, and then I'd like to ask Chris to just do that, too. Just –
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON COOK: Thank you. Well, it's a privilege and an honor, number one, to have been appointed by the President and Secretary Clinton to serve in this historic wonderful role. It is important. I'm passionate about religious freedom based on my own history, but also those who are around me who I've served for these 32 years. It is a priority of this Administration. I am the voice – the poster child, if you will, for religious freedom to go all into the world to really have openings, pro-democratic societies, places where they will listen and hear, and places that will allow me to listen to them. So it's a wonderful opportunity to be at this point in history to really put this on the map – messaging, media, accessibility, advocacy, policy, presence. I'm present to be at the table.
MS. BENTON: Wow. That's excellent.
DR. SEIPLE: Yeah. Sign me up. (Laughter.) Well, it's like the ambassador alluded to earlier. This conversation is demonstrative of what we're talking about. We happen to be of the same faith and even Baptists, but we're coming from different sides of the political aisle, and we're here because this is not bipartisan, but nonpartisan. It's DNA and who we are as Americans. And what does that really mean? Tolerance is not enough. Mutual respect. Don't be defined by what you're against; be defined by what you're for. Go out there and listen so you can demonstrate that you understand your own holy text. If God said in my tradition – Jesus said, "Love your neighbor," well, what does that really mean? Are you going to only love people who look and vote like you, or are you going to love people who don't look and vote like you.
It's got to start at home. That gets back to that earlier question from SB. If it doesn't start here, don't you dare go abroad. Don't you dare go abroad and take your ideas there. So think about those things, and as you do, walk in other people's shoes. It doesn't mean you have to agree with them. Sometimes people think this dialogue stuff is all touchy feely. No. Walk in their shoes so you can understand where they're coming from so you can relate to them, and it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice one bit of your identity or your theology. But as a function of your theology and your identity, love them and do things together for the common good. And any government's going to be excited to that and being able to tap into that power.
MS. BENTON: Very much. Perfect. Well, thank you so much, both of you, Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, Dr. Chris Seiple, for just sharing your work and knowledge of this issue with us. And I'd also like to thank each of you for joining us today. Please note the video and transcript are available on State.gov. We hope that Conversations with America will continue to inform citizens about this Administration's efforts to address the challenges of the 21st century. Thank you and we look forward to engaging with you again very soon.

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Well, I'm not sure if this counts as a momentous occasion, but this is the 100th post in this here thread. I really wish someone else from Delaware would join in. :lonely:
Anyway, was in WM today and found the Ewok Glider. They were also fairly well stocked in the Saga gold cards, too bad none of them were new fig's, just recarded.
[goes to fridge and opens a beer] Here's to the next 100! [takes drink]


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Sadly I don't need anything. Well, I need something but nothing I can afford or will ever be able to find. I will list it all anyway.
1. Vlix
2. 63rd POTF Coin
3. Telescoping Vader
4. Telescoping Ben
5. - ? All the Droids and Ewoks Prototypes
Other than that I have everything I need and want. I have all the POTF coins, all the figures and variants, all the vehicles I want, Lili Ledy 12' Tusken Raider, Walking Wind-Up R2-D2. I really can't think of anything I may need.
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A Few K-1 Updates: Zambo Out, Stream is Now Free
- Written by Dave Walsh
The K-1 World MAX 2013 Final 16 is just a matter of days away now and there are still some gears in motion in the K-1 machine. The big news from a few days ago was that K-1 has signed a deal with Thai Airways International, who will be sponsoring the event and have made it feasible for the stream, available here on LiverKick.com as well as Epicentre.tv, to be available free of charge to all. Of course, that all comes with a catch, as countries like Canada and Belgium, which have exclusive television deals in place, will not be able to view the stream. So everyone say thank you to Thai Airways International then, they just saved you $20!
The other news is that Mike Zambidis has pulled out of the K-1 World MAX 2013 Final 16. I won't lie, this was shaky from the start here, in part due to Zambo's management being the promoters from last year's tournament in Greece and some of the fallout from that. If you have been curious as to why everything like fighters and matches were announced so late, it was in part because Zambidis changed his mind just a few weeks away from the tournament and negotiated to get into the tournament again. Then there was talk of him not wanting to fight in the tournament anymore and being unhappy with drawing Elam Ngor. His pulling out is a disappointment, but it seems like getting Zambidis on board was too much of a hassle for K-1 at this point, anyway.
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Carey and Tobey converse.
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See what I mean about the clothing?
Carey and Tobey converse.
Handsome Leo, smoking.
I would take this house as well.
Emotional torment.
Ah, that wounded Gatsby stare!
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It's hard to believe sometimes how time flies…
We had a Troop committee meeting today, and as I sat and listened to the committee conduct it's business, I realized that it is November. Now before you think I am a total dope…
Realizing it's November was a contextual thing.
Here we are, a few short weeks from Thanksgiving, a month from the Christmas rush, and we are already into the 2009 plan for the Troop.
Summer Camp reservations are in, monthly camp outs are planned and as we looked forward tonight to Scout Sunday in February and our annual Red and Green Dinner for Scout week, it only took a few flips of the calendar to get there. Wow..time flies. It seems as though we just home from summer camp at Baldwin. It seems as though the group of Webelos that crossed over in March just got here, but looking at them now.. they have grown a lot.
I suppose the moral of story is don't blink… Time seems to just fly by, and if we are not careful, it will pass you by.
There is too much in our Scouting lives that just seem to pass by. We need to stop sometimes and see what we are doing, catch the moment and enjoy it.
Tonight my sons and I were talking about National Jamboree and how quickly it is approaching.
We reminded ourselves that there is much to do before we go…
My youngest son was not that worried about the preparation, he was excited about the event.
He said that once we get there, it will be like summer camp… it will go quickly.. and he wanted to make the Jamboree last.
I thought about how smart that was, and that we need to take advantage of the time that we do have and make everything we do last.
There are so many opportunities within Scouting that we should take this approach on. So many times I have been to an event and the objective turns to how fast we can "get out of there".
How quickly we can get it cleaned up and get home. How fast we can get through a meeting.
But what happens when we do that?
We rush, we forget, we leave things out. That, and we loose focus on the reason we do it. To have fun, build those lasting memories, and make a difference.
I know that with the upcoming National Jamboree it will be all about just that. Lasting memories, fun, and making a difference in the Scouts that we take to A.P. Hill. Two of which live in my house.
So time flies.. remember that and let it guide you to slowing down and getting the most out of everything.
Have a Great Scouting Day!… All Day… Every Day!


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Gabon suspends 2 newspapers critical of government
New York, August 6, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Friday's decision by Gabon's state-run media regulator to suspend two private newspapers for six months over criticism of top officials.
In a press statement obtained by CPJ, the National Communications Council accused weeklies Ezombolo and La Une of disrespecting public institutions "and the personalities that embody them." Local journalists told CPJ that the council appeared to be singling out critics of the government.


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Bowfinger was pretty good.
I watched Final Destination 3 last night. It was a typical Final Destination movie...
Up, up, and OKAAAAY!!!
Watched The Last Kiss today. Pretty good movie, had some funny parts.
thanks Chux Turbo LBC Bobafrett Mtriv73 Rjarvis JF96 JT JMG FB Rogue2 Tycho Slicker Deoxy Caesar JontheJedi JJReason Brandon Solo JMS UK for great deals.
SSG Pro Football Pick em and Bowl Pick em Champ 2006. 2007 NCAA Bracket Champ
#24 - Gone but not forgotten
Watched An Unfinished Life today. It stars Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman (the reason I kept watching), and Jennifer Lopez.
Nothing I'd normally watch but the roomie watches movies he's never heard of before for some reason. Glad he did because this was a very good movie.
It's tough to explain but a good movie. Just use Slickipedia and you'll see what it's about.
Up, up, and OKAAAAY!!!
Watched HollywoodLand yesterday. Thought it was pretty good...although seeing Ben Affleck in the old Superman suit kind of turned my stomach.
"You know I love the guy but I swear he writes like freaking Yoda."-Dean Winchester
R12:2-Be Transformed
I had a Six Feet Under marathon yesterday and today. Yesterday I watched around 5 episodes and today I have watched 6 (so far). I've only got a few episodes left on season two then I'll move to season three. Man, this show is outstanding, really addicting too; I can't watch just one episode.
"That's the best deal you're gonna get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't."
Finished up SFU season two yesterday, and started season three... and it is in Widescreen format now!!! WooHoo!!!
"That's the best deal you're gonna get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't."
Watched Maximum Overdrive on one of the cable channels last night for some weird reason. That has to be one of the best terrible movies of all-time.
[FONT=Book Antiqua]He passes to Moses - He shoots, he scores![/FONT]
Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop.
I watched Talledega Nights and Beerfest the other day.
It's a blacked-out blur but I'm pretty sure it ruled.


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April 2011 — GAO's Comments on Sixth Round of Recipient Reporting
What GAO Found
Analysis of Sixth Round Recipient Reporting Data Shows Data Quality Remains Relatively Stable
According to Recovery.gov as of January 30, 2011, recipients reported on over 209,400 awards across multiple programs indicating that the Recovery Act funded approximately 585,654 jobs during the quarter beginning October 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010[1]. This included 2,051 prime reports associated with EECBG recipients. As reported by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, job calculations are based on the number of hours worked in a quarter and funded under the Recovery Act—expressed in FTEs (Full Time Equivalents.)
In examining recipient reports, GAO continued to look for progress in addressing limitations it noted in its prior reports. In those prior rounds, GAO reviewed data logic and consistency and reviewed unusual or atypical data. Data logic and consistency provide information on whether the data are believable, given program guidelines and objectives; unusual or atypical data values indicate potential inaccuracies. As with previous quarterly report rounds, these reviews included (1) the ability to link reports for the same project across quarters and (2) concerns in the data logic and consistency, such as reports marked final that show a significant portion of the award amount not spent. GAO continued to see minor variations in the number or percent of reports appearing atypical or showing some form of data discrepancy. For example, GAO continued to find a small number of prime recipient reports for which there were potential linkage issues across quarters. For this latest round, there was a slight increase from 1.5 percent to 2.2 percent in the number of prime reports appearing across all quarters showing a skip in reporting for one or more quarters. This may impact the ability to track project funding and FTEs over quarters. The number of reports marked "final" for which there appeared to be some discrepancy, such as reports marked "final" but for which project status was marked as less than 50 percent completed, continued to be quite small and unchanged from the previous round.
GAO continued to examine the recipient reports' agency review flag field as part of its examination of data logic and consistency, since GAO has noted inconsistencies between agencies' accounts of their review process and the data shown in that field. Prime recipient report records include a review flag indicating whether or not a federal agency reviewed the record during the data quality review time frames. Prior analyses suggested that, for some agencies, the data in this field might not correctly reflect the extent of their review process. However, this did not seem to be the case for the EECBG program. EECBG program data in this field in this sixth round showed that 93 percent of the prime recipient reports were marked as reviewed by DOE, which was generally consistent with accounts of agency officials about their review process. However, GAO continues to observe some inconsistency when another data field on recipient reports, which shows whether or not a correction was initiated, is considered in conjunction with agency and recipient review flags. A correction could be initiated by either the prime recipient or the reviewing agency. Logically, one might expect that if a correction was made, it would have been initiated by a reviewer, and therefore the review flag should also be set to "yes." In this sixth round, as in the prior round, 10 percent of all prime recipient reports for all programs had this correction flag set to �yes' even though the review flags indicated that neither the agency nor prime recipient had reviewed those reports.
For this report, GAO has chosen not to show the count of EECBG FTEs reported, out of concern about the comparability and reliability of the figures across quarterly reporting periods. As GAO noted in its September 2010 report, its field work had shown that the FTE calculations continued to be difficult for some recipients. This concern, while still present, based on information gathered from DOE officials in headquarters and DOE project officers in the field, continues to be addressed by DOE officials at all levels. As GAO noted in September, some confusion may have existed about the acceptability and use of some methods for calculating FTEs over the course of the reporting periods. This decision is also based on some irregularities and inconsistencies GAO observed in its analyses of the FTE data across quarters and the relationship of the hours worked, as reported to DOE by recipients, with the FTE values the recipients directly reported to FederalReporting.gov. DOE officials indicated that they continue to assess compliance with and encourage recipients to follow the DOE and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on how to correctly report FTEs. Moving forward, as these issues in reporting methods are addressed, it is likely that the comparability and reliability of the figures may improve.
Quality Reviews Performed on EECBG Data by DOE and Prime Recipients Included a Focus on Updated OMB Guidance Requirements
Each quarter, DOE performs quality assurance steps on the data that recipients provide to FederalReporting.gov, including checks that are performed centrally across all their Recovery Act programs and reviews done by EECBG project officers at the program level. Based on these reviews, DOE officials reported that most recipients of Recovery Act funds have reported to FederalReporting.gov in previous rounds and now understand the reporting process, resulting in the reporting proceeding more smoothly.
As in previous rounds, DOE performed several checks of the data centrally as information became available. For example, officials compared the amount recipients reported as funds awarded with agency internal records. They also compared jobs data from DOE's PAGE reporting system with FTEs reported to FederalReporting.gov. When discrepancies were found, project officers were instructed to contact recipients to make the necessary corrections. DOE followed up with grant recipients who did not report to FederalReporting.gov. For the sixth round, DOE reported 36 recipients to OMB as not in compliance. Of these, 34 are EECBG grant recipients. Several are tribal recipients that are in remote locations where reporting online is particularly challenging.
EECBG project officers' efforts also helped ensure the quality of information recipients reported to FederalReporting.gov. For example, one group of project officers GAO interviewed reported spending a large portion of time helping recipients complete reporting requirements and ensuring the quality of reports. Project officers cited helping recipients understand terminology, such as distinguishing between vendors and recipients of subawards. They reported taking steps, including following up when large increases in job numbers were reported, reports were missing, a recipient in a remote location had difficulty submitting reports, or recipients had questions about definitions.
DOE officials notified both recipients and reviewers, such as project officers, of the need to ensure that narrative descriptions met requirements laid out in OMB's September 2010 guidance. On September 29, 2010�a few days after OMB's guidance was released but before recipients started reporting for the quarter�DOE e-mailed both recipients and project officers instructions related to the guidance. The e-mail to recipients informed recipients of the need to provide sufficiently clear descriptions to facilitate the public's understanding, and stated that overly general or unclear award descriptions could be considered material omissions. Similarly, the e-mail to reviewers restated the guidance. It instructed reviewers to make sure they read the descriptions in the narrative data fields, and provide a comment to the recipient if they believed clarification was required. DOE also included this information in its webinars on recipient reporting designed for grant recipients and contractors. Further, it included a step in the reviewers' checklist to determine if the narrative descriptions provided clear and complete information on the award's purpose, scope, and activities.
DOE officials also reported that during the last three quarters' reviews they have focused on ensuring that reports marked "final" correctly reflect that status. They have reached out to educate recipients on what that designation means and to ensure that those marked "final" are correctly identified. This includes looking at the amount reported as spent. DOE's quality assurance process flags reports in which it appears the designation may not be correct based on financial analyses, and encourages recipients to make needed corrections during the continuous corrections process.
What GAO DidBack to top
The recipient reporting section of this report responds to the Recovery Act's mandate that GAO comment on the estimates of jobs created or retained by direct recipients of Recovery Act funds. For its review of the sixth submission of recipient reports, covering the period from October 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010, GAO built on findings from its five prior reviews of the reports, covering the period from February 2009 through September 30, 2010.
To understand how the quality of jobs data reported by EECBG grant recipients has changed over time, GAO compared the six quarters of recipient reporting data that were publicly available at Recovery.gov on February 2, 2011. GAO performed edit checks and other analyses on EECBG grant recipient reports, which included matching DOE-provided data from iPortal and PAGE information systems on EECBG recipients. As part of that matching process, GAO also examined the reliability of recipient data contained in these DOE information systems. GAO's assessment activities included reviewing documentation of system processes, Inspector General reviews of the systems and conducting logic tests for key variables. GAO's matches showed a high degree of agreement between DOE recipient information and the information reported by recipients directly to FederalReporting.gov. However, the magnitude of the differences or lack of agreement with regard to the full-time equivalents (FTE) are not insignificant. In general, GAO considers the data used to be sufficiently reliable, with attribution to official sources for the purposes of providing background information and a general sense of the status of EECBG recipient reporting.
- [1] Under the continuous corrections period, recipients were allowed to modify submissions from February 2, 2011, to March 21, 2011. The final update of this round of recipient reported data should occur on March 23, 2011.


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Everyone at work was surprised that the move went fairly well. My team was responsible for moving networking and servers etc and although there were hickups, everything turned out well.
Weasels at Work
Why do suits always insist on stuffing things up? Just because you have a degree in marketing it doesn't stand to reason that you would be good at making decisions about building security.
I am screwed. It is all over. Everyone is intent on destroying Russia.


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This Vegas motorsports bar has come off the track thanks to an inept owner & a staff of busty cougars. Can Jon create a new & classy concept to tap into the largest single & divorced MILF population in the country?
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Jon and his team set their sights on The Alibi, and what he sees is terrible food, terrible service, and even worse food. That is all before you even mention the blow-up doll. Can he save the day?
After watching the staff of The Alibi, Jon Taffer confronts the staff about their drinking, foul language and poor managerial practices. In doing so, he gets so angry that he silences the staff before storming off. Let's see if the staff...
If you don't clean out ice trays, a filthy bacteria-laden sludge will soon coat the bottom of the tray, and spread germs throughout the bar. The Alibi needs to be thoroughly cleaned.
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MAIS AA Championship Game
Marshall Academy (11-2)
vs. Brookhaven Academy (10-4)
at Millsaps College, 5:30 p.m. today
LAST WEEK: Marshall 23, North Delta 21; Brookhaven 21, Simpson 17
THE BUZZ: Marshall has won six straight games since losing Sept. 28 to North Delta, the team it beat last week in the North finals. … The Patriots have never won a state championship in football, but have played in finals twice before – the last time in 2007. … Marshall QB Dakota Dailey has passed for 1,966 yards and rushed for 872 yards. … Pats RB Devin McGregor, a sophomore, has rushed for 1,365 yards, 13 TD. … WR/DB Aaron McAlexander has 1,521 yards receiving, 20 TD. He's intercepted 11 passes from his safety spot, 31 in three seasons. … LB Matt Rappa leads defense with 162 tackles. … DL Zack Pritchett has 13 sacks. … Brookhaven QB Gage Posey has completed 189 of 312 passes for 2,828 yards, 22 TD. He has rushed for 738 yards, 17 TD. … RB Landon Nettles has rushed for 1,043 yards, 15 TD. … WR Seth Rushing has 69 receptions for 1,159 yards, 7 TD.
THE SKINNY: Marshall's success will depend on how well its offense controls the ball and keeps BA's no-huddle attack off the field. Patriots defense needs to limit Posey's big plays. Marshall's playmakers – Dailey, McAlexander and McGregor – need to have big days.
PREDICTION: Marshall Academy
MHSAA Class 2A State Semifinals
Bruce (11-3) vs. Eupora (13-1)
at Eupora, 7 p.m. today
LAST WEEK: Bruce 14, West Bolivar 12; Eupora 35, Calhoun City 13
THE BUZZ: All three of Bruce's losses have come on the road this season. … Both Bruce and Eupora were beaten by Calhoun City. …Bruce quarterback Davis Brown (6-foot-3, 185) has thrown for 2,736 and 35 TDs. …Shaq Bush and Rashad Turner each have 10 TD receptions. … Bruce DB Donta Armstrong has five interceptions. … Bruce senior Zay Armstrong has rushed for team highs of 672 yards and 8 TDs on 113 carries. … Eupora has won nine straight games since losing at home against Calhoun City on Sept. 14. … Eagles WR Derrick Jones is an Ole Miss commitment with 36 catches for 729 yards and 10 TDs. … Nine different players have scored Eupora's 35 rushing touchdowns. … The teams last played in 2010, a 40-28 win for Eupora at home. … Eupora coach Junior Graham will serve as head coach for the Mississippi team in December's Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in Montgomery.
THE SKINNY: The winner of this game will have to overcome a stout defense. Bruce allows 10 points per game. Eupora gives up 11. Both teams have vertical passing threats and balanced run games.
PREDICTION: Bruce
MHSAA Class 5A North Final
West Point (11-2) vs. Starkville (10-3) at Starkville, 7 p.m. today
LAST WEEK: West Point 56, Ridgeland 21; Starkville 28, Oxford 7
THE BUZZ: Starkville coach Jamie Mitchell called West Point junior running back Aeris Williams an "SEC" back. Williams has 1,519 yards on 268 carries. … West Point QB Tez Lane has rushed for 1,261 yards on 191 carries. … West Point's 11.8 points per game allowed is the same number it allowed in the 2010 championship season. … The Green Wave won the 5A championship in 2009 as well. …Starkville QB Gabe Myles, a Mississippi State commitment, has rushed for 542 yards and 9 TDs. … Starkville backs Preston Baker and Jacquez Horsley share similar stats. Baker has 101 carries for 748 yards and 9 TDs. Horsley has 104 carries for 749 yards and 8 TDs. … Starkville coach Jamie Mitchell is playing in the ninth North State game in his career and has been to Jackson twice, losses with Pontotoc and Starkville. … This is the fifth time the rivals have met in three seasons. They've split the last four meetings.
THE SKINNY: Starkville must figure out how to stop a rushing game that went for 271 yards and five TDs in the season's first meeting. West Point will face a healthy Starkville QB in Myles, who had just returned from an ankle injury.
PREDICTION: West Point


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Is the upcoming Boba Fett at all new? Find out in Hasbro's answers to SSG questions for June 2nd, 2010.
Thanks again to Hasbro for the answers, to all the folks who sent in questions and especially those who voted on them. Here come Hasbro's answers.
Hasbro Q&A for the week of June 2nd, 2010SSG: At Toy Fair, you revealed a Boba Fett figure for the Vintage Collection. There is some confusion about this figure though. The carded sample shows the Evolutions ESB version, while the in-booth display shows the 2004 vintage-style ROTJ figure. In a recent Q&A answer, Boba was left off of your list of Greatest Hits repacks, which would lead one to believe he has been updated in some way similarly to how the Vader figure is not on the Greatest Hits list because it has been changed a little. Has this TVC Boba Fett indeed been changed, and if so, how? If not, then which version will see release?
Hasbro: The sculpt is the same ESB sculpt from the Evolutions pack, but we have improved the deco to match our recent fact-finding visit to the Lucasfilm Archives. While it is not a new tool, we should have really considered it a "Greatest Hits" when we made that list because we don't consider relatively small deco changes alone enough to consider a figure a must-have, all new purchase. Sorry about that. For the Fett-ishists among the fans, we hope that this one is an improvement in detail over previous versions.
SSG: As you now know, the recent Commander Cody figure has left the factory with his belt upside-down, an occurrence which has proved far too common over the last 5 years of ROTS phase 2 trooper armor figures. This is a relatively small thing, but common enough that it warrants asking about. Would it be possible for you to redesign the trooper belt system so that there was some sort of offset notch or directional block which forces assembly on the belts to work only in the proper orientation? That way, the factory workers wouldn't need to see the visual minutiae that defines the belt as right-side-up or not. On a similar note, many later uses of the R4-G9 tooling (such as R2-T0 and the recent battle pack R2-D2) seem to be assembled asymmetrically so the center foot rests at too shallow an angle thus incapable of standing flat, perhaps caused by a very slight mismatch or variance cavity to cavity. Could something be redesigned in the foot to ensure the correct angle and range of travel for the center ankle joint?
Hasbro: We did not know about the Commander Cody issue - thanks for bringing it to our attention. Your suggestions are good to improve both the belt issue as well as the R4-G9 issue. These are small details, but we agree they can be niggling. Thanks for the thoughts and bringing our attention to the Cody issue.
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hi guys. i work in my lfs and have been quite content in my own little world of coldwater and tropical community systems for some time. today i was asked to take care of our 2 discus systems full time, the owners pregnant wife today found out she was having triplets, 6 weeks before her due date, with totally free reign and a reasonably modest budget to do as i see fit. our discus are in ok condition but it seems they take turns being unhappy and some attention is always required. i would love all help suggestions and advice on what i should tackle first, things to be doing and what to look out for to turn my discus from a box to be ticked to a shop show stopper and a reason for people to make the trip.
our shop water is ph 6.8, slightly soft, declorinated,and stable. i have a system(3x 48x15x12, with dividers to give me 332 for one, and 322 for the other, plus 2 48x15x12 tanks as is in isolation. the 2 systems being sump filtered) of asian discus, and one of stenkler. i dont want to over load you guys with data so feel free to ask. thanks. the lion
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Class of 2005 pre-orientation
Posted August 20, 2001; 06:38 p.m.
Freshmen entering Princeton University next month can get more information about two popular pre-orientation programs through the Web. Click Community Action and Outdoor Action to get the details.
For the past 25 years more than 9,000 incoming first year students have started their Princeton experience with the Outdoor Action Frosh Trip Program. Many students say it was the best part of their first year at Princeton.
Community Action, a program of about 100 students, focuses on community service, helping introduce freshmen to Princeton's unofficial motto, "In the Nation's Service and In the Service of All Nations."
Both programs, which required an application and are scheduled for the week prior to Freshmen Orientation Week, are designed to help Princeton students get to know each other better before studies begin.
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Another Carp Story (non-flyfishing)
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Another Carp Story (non-flyfishing)
On the last weekend in June each year, my friend Bill and I usually go to New York to take advantage of the free fishing weekend (no license required
). Last year, at Saratoga Lake, I watched a big carp follow and eat my floating/diving Rapala after I reeled it past the carp's nose. It took half of my line and then snapped the 6 lb test line when I tried to turn it away from a bouy. I was using spinning gear because I hadn't started fly fishing yet.
We went back to Saratoga Lake again this year. I didn't bring the fly rods because Bill doesn't fly fish and my boat is too small for me to fly fish if I have a passenger. This time it was Bill's turn. He hooked into a big carp while blind-casting a floating/diving Rapala on 6 lb test spinning gear. He had just casted, pulled the lure under and said, "Got one." I looked over to see a small swirl, and then a bathtub-sized swirl as the fish started peeling line from his reel. We didn't see the fish when it hit the lure, but because of the way it hit we thought it was a big pike or maybe a huge bass. I began to row after the fish, then started the motor. We chased the fish around for 5 or 10 minutes trying to regain line and periodically pausing to clear weeds from the line. Every time we got close the fish would make another run. By this time we figured out that it was probably a carp, but we still wondered if it had eaten the lure or gotten foul hooked. We finally got close enough for Bill to pull the fish up so we could see it. It had definitely eaten the Rapala. The fish was at least 25 lbs
and Bill thought that he'd never get his lure back! The fish made a couple shorter runs and we caught up to it again after it hunkered down in the weeds. Bill pulled the fish up again and I snapped a photo before it dove back down. Then he handed the rod to me and said, "I'm tired, wanna fight it for a while?" The fish was beat too, and I was able to pull it up to the surface to get another photo and try to land it. Knowing that we weren't likely to get the fish into the boat, Bill said, "See if you can get the lure out." As soon as I grabbed the lure the hook came loose and the fish swam slowly out of sight, none the worse for wear and perhaps a little smarter.
We hadn't even seen a carp before Bill hooked up, but then we started seeing them everywhere. That place is absolutely loaded with them! We didn't catch any more, but knowing that they are there and that they might actually hit your lure, even if you're blind casting, certainly adds another dimension to the game!
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Gourmet Chef Tilakraj demonstrates his wholehearted devotion to Indian food by bringing his unique and talented skills to the Bombay kitchen. From lusciously spiced curries to succulent meats cooked in the tandoori ovens, you will be assured of a truly outstanding insight into Indian cuisine. Specially imported from India, spices include melonin massala and jawatri powder for sauce-based dishes such as carachi gosht with tender lamb. The menu includes vegetarian dishes.
The newest restaurant in Sham El Sheikh is the hottest. Authentic Thai cuisine is served in an appealing Oriental setting. Choose from spicy appetizers, including famous Tom Yum shrimp and chicken soup and various salads to start the meal. Then feast your eyes over a delicious selection of entrées. They include delicious fish, meat and vegetable curries, noodle dishes and rice. Desserts come with a special Thai taste.
The finest Middle Eastern dishes from Lebanon to Morocco together on a single menu as selected by our own Syrian Master Chef Adnan. His knowledge of traditional and Mediterranean dishes is second to none. All offer very unique ways of cooking, ingredients and combinations. Begin with a Lebanese appetizer of a mixed mezzah. Main courses include Lebanese chicken musaka and barbouk tajine – stewed leg of lamb with dried plums, sesame and almonds. There's a variety of very popular vegetarian dishes and a large range of desserts including Moroccan sweets.
Traditional Cantonese meals are created with Oriental herbs and spices that have been imported especially for SOHO Square guaranteeing a distinctive and authentic flavour that places Zen's cuisine in a league of its own. The dishes are from land-locked provinces to coastal regions made with natural ingredients that stimulate the senses of taste, sight and aroma. From the kitchen to the table, from the plate to the guest, Zen provides the authentic atmosphere of China.
L'Entrecôte offers the finest imported beef cooked on an open grill in the classic French-style brasserie restaurant. The finest beef imported from Australia, America and Japan is cooked on an open grill to your liking, served with Chef's secret recipe sauces or steak butters. Add the largest restaurant wine selection in Sinai, and choose from a balcony, or spacious booth seating, and attentive service and you will enjoy a continental-styled evening.
The fabulous Sushi Bar offers a huge range of Sushi and leaves it to you to choose as the delicacies come past you on a special conveyor belt. The menu includes sushi and sashimi from the freshest fish, including salmon, prawns, tuna and mackerel in a very convivial atmosphere.
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Spain arrests woman with cocaine breast implants
Border police noticed fresh scars and blood-stained gauze on her chest as well as pale patches beneath her skin
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MADRID — Spanish authorities say they have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at Barcelona airport with 1.38 kilograms (3 pounds) of cocaine concealed in breast implants.
The Interior Ministry said Wednesday that border police noticed fresh scars and blood-stained gauze on her chest as well as pale patches beneath her skin.
The woman said she had recently had breast implant surgery. The statement said police were suspicious and sent her to a local hospital where the implants were removed and found to contain cocaine.
The woman arrived in Spain from Bogota, Colombia.
European authorities routinely submit passengers arriving from Latin America to stringent checks to combat drug smuggling.
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Postdoctoral Breakfast
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This breakfast presents an opportunity for postdoctoral members of the Society to meet and discuss the issues they face in their current career stage. Members of the Early Careers Committee will discuss the transition from postdoc to faculty. They will also be available to answer questions about how the Committee serves postdocs in the biophysical community and to recruit new Committee members.
Limited to the first 100 attendees.
Sunday, February 3, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Panelists that have served on faculty search committees will discuss the hiring process from their vantage point. This panel discussion, sponsored by the Early Careers committee, will complement the discussions at the postdoc breakfast, where those that have recently gone through the process will share their experiences.
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A leading expert in infectious diseases will offer his experience in communicating the science behind the vaccine-autism controversy and the media's role in that process, and a seasoned science journalist will explore the challenges in making science accessible to the general public. Attendees also will learn strategies on communicating their own science and working with journalists effectively at this session organized by the public affairs committee.
Paul Offit, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, author of Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
Derrick H. Pitts, Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director, The Franklin Institute
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This panel discussion, sponsored by the Publications Committee, will focus on the practical issues involved in publishing a scientific paper. The panelists have extensive experience in writing, reviewing, and editing papers, and will provide information on the 'dos and don't's of submitting research manuscripts. Discussions will likely focus on strategies to avoid common pitfalls, how to prevent and fix problems before submission, and how to respond to critiques and even rejection of a paper. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions during the session.
Moderator: Da-Neng Wang
Catherine Royer, Editor, Biophysical Journal
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Rong Li, Professor, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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