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Women's Championships BracketsThe USBC Women's Championships offers participants a wide variety of optional brackets. The entry fee is $5 or $10 for most options, so brackets are a great way to add more excitement to your tournament experience and possibly pick up additional prize money.HOW DO BRACKETS WORK?A "bracket" is set up using eight randomly-selected bowlers on your squad during team, doubles and/or singles events. You need to bowl a higher game than the bowler you are paired against to advance out of each round. If you win all three matches, you win your bracket.At the Women's Championships, there are several types of brackets available, including scratch, handicap and senior (age 50 and older) handicap. Handicap for brackets is 80 percent of 220.REVERSE BRACKETSReverse Brackets work like traditional brackets, but instead of using your scores in order (Game 1, Game 2 and Game 3), they are used in reverse order (Game 3, Game 2 and Game 1). The cost for Reverse Brackets is $5. First place pays $25, while second place pays $10. This year, there will be scratch and handicap Reverse Brackets available during team, doubles and singles.SECOND CHANCE BRACKETSFor $10, the Second Chance Brackets are similar to regular brackets but four of the eight bowlers will have a chance to at least win back their entry fee. There will be handicap Second Chance Brackets available during all three events.Bowlers who lose the first game will advance to a losers' bracket. Bowlers who lose again will be eliminated. Bowlers whose first loss comes in the second game will advance to a second sub-bracket. The bowler who loses again will be eliminated.The person who makes it through the initial bracket undefeated will win $30. Two wins and a loss in the final will earn the bowler $20. A win in the first game, followed by a loss in the second and a win in the third will earn the bowler $15. The winner of the initial losers' bracket will earn $10.3-6-9 STRIKE JACKPOTThe 3-6-9 Strike Jackpot entry fee is $5 and puts bowlers in the jackpot for all three events (team, doubles and singles) for the one entry fee. The concept is simple: strike in the third, sixth and ninth frame of each game in a series and hit the jackpot. You also can cash for hitting eight of the nine strikes in the series or just for striking in the third, sixth or ninth frame of any single game. Payouts will come after the conclusion of the tournament.HANDICAP AND 60+ MULLIGANThe Handicap Mulligan and 60+ Mulligan will give bowlers the chance to forget about their bad games and only use their highest scores in this new yearlong product for 2015.Entrants in either the Handicap Mulligan or 60+ Mulligan will use their three highest games of the 2015 Women's Championships to determine their Mulligan series. The handicap for both events is 80 percent of 220.With their score posted, competitors will have to wait and see how their series holds up for the duration of the tournament. Both events feature a prize-fund-style payout with a cash ratio of 1:4. The entry fee is $10.All bowlers are welcome to give the Handicap Mulligan a try, while entrants in the 60+ Mulligan must be age 60 or older on the day they compete.CENTURY DOUBLESFor a $10 entry fee, Century Doubles pairs two bowlers who are a combined 100 years or older on the date of participation. Bowlers may only enter with other competitors on their squad (up to five partners) in this tournament-long event. For example, a bowler who is 35 years old must find a bowler on her squad who is 65 or older in order to enter the event and vice versa. Bowlers will use their combined doubles scores to determine the winner at the end of the tournament's run in June. The handicap for Century Doubles is 80 percent of 220.Prize money goes to the bowler who signs up the pair, but the two bowlers can enter with each other and share the place in the standings. For example, Bowler A can sign up with Bowler B, and Bowler B can then pay her own $10 to sign up with Bowler A. SIDE POTSSide pots reward bowlers who are the best on their squads. These handicap pots pay out for the highest game (each game) among those who are entered. The entry fee for Side Pots during each event is $10. The handicap for this product is 80 percent of 220.TEAM USA QUALIFYINGWomen's Championships bowlers are encouraged to use their nine-game all-events totals as qualifying scores to earn paid entries into the USBC Team USA Trials, an event that gives bowlers a chance to earn a spot on Team USA.For a $35 entry fee, one out of every 10 entrants earns a paid Team USA Trials entry. In addition to a chance to represent the United States in international bowling competition through the optional qualifying program, USBC donates $1 from each all-events entry fee to support the Team USA program. Bowlers interested in a chance to qualify for the Team USA Trials can register when they sign up for brackets before team event.SENIOR AND SUPER SENIOR TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS QUALIFYINGEarn the chance to represent the United States at the 2015 Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas, scheduled for July 26-Aug. 1 in Sunrise, Florida.The top two finishers in each category (based on their nine-game all-events totals) automatically will earn spots on the team that will represent the U.S. in this international competition. The cost for this will be $35. Team USA will pay for the TOA entry, hotel and uniform but competitors will be responsible for their own travel and meal expenses.Senior entrants must be at least 45 years of age and Super Senior entrants must be at least 55 years of age before the first day of competition at the 2015 Tournament of the Americas. If a bowler age 55 or older would like to sign up in both divisions, she can do so by paying both entry fees. Should she qualify in both, she will choose which division to compete in at the TOA. Women only will be eligible to qualify through the 2015 USBC Women's Championships.


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Honda Motor Company recently announced a round of upgrades and new construction at facilities located in Ohio's electric cooperative territory.
Planned improvements include new powertrain technology and a technical training center at the engine plant in Anna, which is served by Pioneer Electric Cooperative.
Additionally, construction is already underway on a new 160,000-square-foot building in Marysville. The facility will include new office space for Honda North America Services, an entity relocating from California. It will have about 500 employees, Honda said. The company's Marysville operations are served by Union Rural Electric Cooperative.
The $180 million in improvements slated for Anna will expand the plant's aluminum die-casting and engine parts production capabilities. Honda is producing its next generation Earth Dreams Technology engines and transmissions at Anna and Russells Point. The company's total investment at Anna in the past three years will surpass $500 million.
The Marysville facility will include a technical training center and a heritage center highlighting Honda's 30-plus-year history in Ohio and North America. The new building in Marysville is projected to cost $35 million and open in the fall of 2014.
Honda in Ohio has exported more than 90,000 vehicles to other countries in 2012, a figure expected to climb to 200,000 annually in the coming years. Parts exports are expected to increase 70 percent, according to the company.
Honda will have invested almost $1 billion in Ohio in the last three years counting the new projects. It has more than 13,700 employees in the state.

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Companies Partner to Provide Digital Security
Digimarc Corp. (Beaverton, OR; DMRC) and AlpVision (Vevey, Switzerland) have formed a worldwide strategic license agreement to drive product security. Digimarc supplies digital watermarking technologies and solutions, and AlpVision offers brand protection and anti-counterfeiting solutions. The agreement enables Digimarc to benefit from AlpVision's expertise in brand protection security solutions and enhances AlpVision's access to the U.S. market.
"We are pleased to partner with AlpVision in support of their efforts to provide brand protection and anticounterfeiting solutions for customers in pharmaceuticals and other industries," said Digimarc's CEO, Bruce Davis, in a press release. "AlpVision is a leader in commercializing invisible digital marking to detect counterfeiting, and has an impressive list of customers and partners across a wide range of industries. We look forward to working with them in the launch of their U.S. office and marketing initiatives."
"Digimarc's patent portfolio features a number of very valuable approaches to support our goal of providing novel, innovative technologies, products, and services to our customers in the United States and around the world," said Fred Jordan, CEO of AlpVision, in the press release. "We look forward to a long, successful relationship with Digimarc, working together to strengthen our position in the market for anti-counterfeiting applications and services."
Digimarc offers technologies that create digital identities for all forms of media and many common objects. Embedded digital IDs are imperceptible to humans, but not to computers, networks, and devices. Mobile phones, for instance, can use cameras and microphones as sensory inputs to "see, hear, and understand" the world around them within the context of their environment.
AlpVision S.A develops digital invisible marking technologies for brand protection. In 2001, the company invented authentication technology that has since been used worldwide in the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries.
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Taft was the only team to defeat Summit Country Day's boys' basketball team last year, but failed to repeat the upset as Summit won 94-70 Tuesday to improve to 20-1.
Ranked first in the Division II-IV Enquirer area coaches' poll, Summit was led by senior guard Kevin Johnson, who scored a game-high 25 points. Junior guard Antonio Woods also hit double-digits with 21 points. Sophomore guard MaCio Teague scored 20 points and junior center Michael Barwick added 13 points.
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WALLA WALLA -- The trial scheduled this week for a man accused of raping a teenage girl at his residence in January 2008 has been postponed in Walla Walla County Superior Court.
Bryan M. Harvey, 24, had been expected to face a jury Monday. But the proceedings have been reset to begin Feb. 23 to allow a recently hired defense attorney more time to investigate and prepare.
Harvey is charged with second-degree rape and furnishing liquor to minors.
Officials allege that Harvey bought beer the night of Jan. 26, 2008, and took it to an East Chestnut Street party that was attended by juveniles. He later left with the girl, who was 15 years old, and her boyfriend. They drove to the mountains where they drank beer that Harvey supplied, according to a police report filed in court.
After midnight, they reportedly went to Harvey's then-apartment in the 400 block of South Seventh Avenue where the girl passed out on Harvey's bed next to another girl who was with the group. Harvey allegedly forced the girl's boyfriend to leave about 3 a.m., and Harvey then raped the girl, officials said.
The girl claims to have struggled with Harvey for about an hour before she left with the other girl. Police were notified later that day.
Harvey previously faced identical charges, but they were dropped in June 2008 at the prosecution's request because officials were unable to locate the victim at the time, according to the motion for dismissal in that case.
Harvey, of 1154 Ruth St., was booked into the County Jail on Aug. 26, but was released Sept. 22 on house arrest.
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Office of Government Ethics02 x 5Letter to Department of Energy andNuclear Regulatory CommissionEthics Officialsdated July 31, 2002
Your offices have requested advice concerning the application of 18 U.S.C. § 207(a) to former employees of your respective agencies who might represent private parties in potential adjudicatory proceedings before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The administrative adjudication would concern a construction authorization application (license application) that may be submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE). The licensing proceedings would pertain to DOE's proposed construction of a disposal facility for high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The focus of recent discussions among DOE, NRC, and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has been on the question of whether certain pre-licensing matters should be viewed as part of the same particular matter involving specific parties as the licensing proceedings or whether there is more than one particular matter involving specific parties. It was agreed that OGE would address this question in one document for both agencies, which is the purpose of this letter.
The history of the Yucca Mountain project is long and complicated. To the extent possible, we have attempted to set out the facts essential to our analysis in an abbreviated form. These facts have been gleaned primarily from numerous discussions and correspondence with officials of DOE and NRC over the course of several years, as well as our review of various documents. DOE and NRC officials have reviewed the description of the facts in this letter and have confirmed its accuracy.
Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Act), 42 U.S.C. § 10101, et seq., Congress directed DOE to find and characterize three sites for potential underground disposal of nuclear waste. In 1987, Congress amended the Act and mandated that DOE characterize only one potential site for suitability for this purpose: Yucca Mountain, in the State of Nevada. If DOE found the Yucca Mountain site to be suitable--and recommended and designated the site for development--then the agency was to proceed to file a license application with NRC. If a license application were approved by NRC, DOE would construct and operate an underground storage facility at Yucca Mountain.
DOE embarked on the process of "site characterization," during which the many features of the Yucca Mountain site and the related technologies were examined to determine whether the site was indeed suitable. An important purpose of this process was to identify potential safety issues and propose measures to address those issues. In 1987, after Congress directed that all site characterization efforts be focused on Yucca Mountain alone, a site characterization plan (SCP) was developed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), pursuant to a contract with DOE. DOE subsequently awarded a contract to TRW, Inc., to manage the site characterization studies and to provide other assistance in moving forward with the project. After 10 years, the contract was re-competed and awarded to Bechtel-SAIC Corporation, L.L.C., which concluded the site characterization work and other work to support the site recommendation decision of the Secretary of Energy (discussed below). Bechtel-SAIC also has begun work on other aspects of the Yucca Mountain project, which will include assistance in the preparation of a license application for submission to NRC.
It was always understood that the construction of any waste repository at Yucca Mountain would require NRC approval. The site characterization process was intended to "provide the data required for evaluation of the suitability of such site for an application to be submitted to [NRC] for a construction authorization for a repository." 42 U.S.C. § 10133(c)(1). The Act requires regular pre-application consultation between NRC and DOE, and NRC made site visits, received informational reports, and participated in numerous briefings with personnel from DOE and DOE contractors. See 42 U.S.C. § 10133(b). NRC provided numerous comments on the SCP and other documents concerning safety issues and the possible resolution of such issues, with a view toward assessing whether the "at-depth site characterization analysis and the waste form proposal for such site seem to be sufficient for inclusion in any application to be submitted by the Secretary for licensing of such site as a repository." 42 U.S.C. § 10134(a)(1)(E). We have been advised by DOE that any license application will use a vast quantity of material developed during the site characterization process and that many of the issues addressed in the site characterization process will be the subject of the NRC licensing proceedings.
It was also known from the very beginning that the State of Nevada, certain local governments, and certain Indian tribes had distinct interests in the potential selection and licensing of Yucca Mountain as a waste disposal facility. For example, NRC regulations require the Commission to provide timely information to, and make NRC staff available to consult with, representatives of Nevada, affected units of local governments, and Indian tribes as appropriate, concerning the status of site characterization and other aspects of the Yucca Mountain project. 10 C.F.R. §§ 63.61, 63.62.1 During the site characterization process, DOE and NRC officials had meetings with representatives of Nevada, local governments, and various Indian tribes. In addition to meetings, these entities have submitted comments to DOE concerning various safety and other concerns. DOE and NRC expect that Nevada, local governments, and the relevant tribes will be recognized as formal "parties" in any NRC licensing proceedings, which will be formal adjudicatory hearings before administrative judges.
Furthermore, Congress gave Nevada specific rights in the process leading up to any decision to submit a license application to NRC. If the President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Energy, determined that Yucca Mountain was suitable for an application to NRC, he was required first to submit a recommendation to Congress. Once Congress received the President's recommendation, Nevada had the right to disapprove this recommendation. Only if Congress acted to approve the President's recommendation, over the objection of Nevada, could DOE proceed with the submission of a license application to NRC. Specifically, the Act gave Congress "90 calendar days of continuous session," after receipt of Nevada's notice of disapproval, in which to pass a joint "resolution of repository siting approval." 42 U.S.C. § 10135(c).
On February 14, 2002, the Secretary of Energy recommended the Yucca Mountain site to the President. The President submitted his recommendation of the site to Congress the next day. On April 8, 2002, Nevada notified Congress of the state's disapproval. Then, on July 9, 2002, Congress passed a joint resolution of approval, which was signed by the President on July 23. DOE is now authorized, therefore, to proceed with a license application to NRC.
DOE expects to submit a license application to NRC some time in 2004 for construction authorization.2 The NRC adjudicatory proceedings will involve extensive scientific reviews and hearings. Because of the magnitude and complexity of the issues, NRC for several years has already been developing a "licensing support network," which provides access to the relevant documentary materials--including documents prepared by DOE contractors during the site characterization process--in order to make them available for discovery by parties to the eventual licensing hearings. Parties to the proceedings ultimately will have the opportunity to file "contentions" with one or more licensing boards, each composed of three administrative judges, which will be assigned to resolve issues posed by the license application. The decisions of the licensing boards are to be made after formal evidentiary hearings, and they are subject to review by the full Commission.
To summarize, since 1987, numerous DOE and NRC employees have been involved in various aspects of the site characterization process and related issues pertaining to the possible licensing of a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain. In many cases, these employees were working in conjunction with contractor personnel who were evaluating various issues concerning the safety and suitability of the site for this purpose. The scientific and regulatory issues were legion, and it took many years before they were resolved to the extent that DOE and ultimately the President recommended the site as suitable for a license application. Now, DOE and NRC need to determine whether former employees who were involved in this process--either personally and substantially, or as supervisors with official responsibility--are prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 207(a) from representing persons other than the United States in connection with any licensing proceedings concerning construction authorization for a depository at Yucca Mountain.3
Application of 18 U.S.C. § 207(a)
Section 207(a) restricts representational activity only in connection with a particular matter involving specific parties. The particular matter must involve specific parties "both at the time that the Government employee acts in an official capacity and at the time in question after Government service." 5 C.F.R. § 2637.201(c)(4).4 Furthermore, it must be the same particular matter involving specific parties at both times, although it is well established that "the same particular matter may continue in another form or in part." Id.
Our recent discussions with your offices have involved a two-part inquiry: (1) Did the site characterization process (and any other efforts pertaining to the decision to proceed with a license application) constitute a particular matter or matters involving specific parties? (2) If so, is such matter or matters part of the same particular matter involving specific parties as the eventual licensing proceedings? We believe that the answers to these questions are interrelated.
There is no doubt that the license application and the formal NRC adjudication constitute a particular matter involving specific parties. Until 1989, section 207(a) specifically included "application" as an example of a particular matter involving specific parties: "any judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, investigation, charge, accusation, arrest, or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties." Pub. L. No. 95-521, § 501(a) (1978)(emphasis added). When the statute was restructured in 1989, primarily for readability purposes, the list of examples was dropped from section 207(a) and moved to a general definition of "particular matter" in section 207(i)(3), which again includes "application"; it is clear that no substantive change was intended and that applications continue to be particular matters involving specific parties.5 Indeed, license application hearings, in particular, may be viewed as quintessential "party matters," having as they do a quasi-judicial character involving formal parties who have formal procedural rights and obligations. See OGE Informal Advisory Letters 99 x 21 (license application is particular matter involving specific parties) and 82 x 7 (same); Presidential Memorandum, Preventing Conflicts of Interest on the Part of Special Government Employees, 28 Fed. Reg. 4539, 4543 (May 7, 1962)("judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings"); cf. Attorney General's Manual on the Administrative Procedure Act 41 (1947)("licensing proceedings constitute adjudication by definition"). DOE, as the license applicant, as well as Nevada, certain local governments, affected Indian tribes, and other persons who can demonstrate standing will likely be afforded formal status as parties to the NRC adjudication, with specific procedural rights under the rules and statutory provisions governing NRC licensing hearings. See 42 U.S.C. § 2239(a)(1)(A).
Having established that the NRC licensing proceedings constitute a particular matter involving specific parties, we also find these proceedings to be a continuation of the same particular matter that involved the earlier site characterization process, as well as other efforts that were in anticipation of a potential license application. Two particular matters are viewed as the same, for purposes of section 207(a), if they share a common "nucleus of operative facts." United States v. Medico Indus., Inc., 784 F.2d 840, 843 (1986); see also EEOC v. Exxon Corp., 202 F.3d 755, 757 (5th Cir. 2000)(facts "substantially overlapping"). In making such determinations, it is appropriate to consider "the extent to which the matters involve the same basic facts, related issues, the same or related parties, time elapsed, the same confidential information, and the continuing existence of an important Federal interest." 5 C.F.R. § 2637.201(c)(4).
In the present case, the basic facts, issues and parties involved in the licensing adjudication coincide significantly with the facts, issues and parties involved in the site characterization process. See Medico, 784 F.2d at 843. Indeed, one of the fundamental purposes of the site characterization process was to determine whether Yucca Mountain was suitable for DOE and the President to recommend that a license application be submitted to NRC. To this end, NRC officials reviewed and commented on important documents pertaining to site characterization, with a view toward helping DOE identify issues that would have to be addressed before a license could be issued. See OGE 99 x 21 (submission of product for agency approval part of same particular matter as pre-submission discussions with agency). As noted above, we have been advised that large quantities of documentary material generated in connection with the site characterization will be used to support DOE's license application. In addition, for several years, NRC has been preparing a system that will make available a large volume of documents generated during the pre-licensing period in order to make them available for discovery by the parties in any licensing proceedings. Moreover, we cannot say that any confidential information developed during the pre-licensing period, including information pertaining to agency deliberative processes, would be irrelevant to issues in the licensing proceedings. Clearly, the licensing proceedings involve the same continuing Federal interest in ensuring that Yucca Mountain is a safe repository for nuclear waste. While there has been some passage of time since Yucca Mountain first became the focus of DOE's site characterization efforts, under these circumstances, the time elapsed is not reason enough to conclude that the licensing proceedings should be viewed as a separate matter from all the pre-licensing efforts that are so demonstrably related to the licensing proceedings. See, e.g., OGE Informal Advisory Letter 93 x 32 (same particular matter despite 10-year lapse).6
Finally, we conclude that this same particular matter involved specific parties as of the time that Congress narrowed the site characterization focus to Yucca Mountain. Section 207(a) is implicated once the Government identifies parties to a particular matter, either where persons have expressed an interest in participating in the matter or where other circumstances indicate that persons have an obvious and distinct stake in participating in the matter. See, e.g., OGE Informal Advisory Letter 96 x 21. After Congress mandated the characterization of Yucca Mountain alone, it was apparent that DOE was a potential license applicant for Yucca Mountain, that the State of Nevada would be a participant in any licensing proceedings, and that the affected local governments and Indian tribes also were likely participants. During the ensuing years, moreover, DOE and NRC officials met with each other, and they also met with (and received correspondence from) representatives of Nevada, local governments, and the tribes concerning various issues that would be of significance in any licensing proceedings. See OGE 99 x 21 ("Where a company was involved in discussing the development of its technology and a specific product with a view toward submitting a product for approval, those discussions would be part of a particular matter involving specific parties").
Based on the foregoing, we have determined that former employees who participated personally and substantially in the site characterization or any other efforts pertaining to the licensing of Yucca Mountain are permanently barred from representational activity in connection with the license application and the related NRC adjudication. 18 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). Any former employees who did not participate personally and substantially but had official responsibility for such pre-licensing matters during their last year of Government service will be barred from representational activity in connection with the licensing proceedings for two years after they left Government. 18 U.S.C. § 207(a)(2).
Depending on the circumstances, former employees may be able to take advantage of exceptions to these prohibitions. Among others, there are exceptions for representational activity on behalf of the United States, for certain kinds of testimony under oath or statements under penalty of perjury, and for certain scientific and technological communications made under specific conditions. See 18 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1) & (2), (j). Former employees should consult with ethics officials at their former agency concerning the potential application of any exception.
Prior Guidance
In the early 1990's, NRC, in consultation with OGE, determined that several different aspects of site characterization, as well as certain miscellaneous pre-licensing matters, were different particular matters from each other. At that time, any licensing of the facility appeared to be remote in the future and subject to numerous political and other intervening factors. Furthermore, in the experience of OGE, NRC, and DOE, the Yucca Mountain project was unprecedented in magnitude and complexity. Absent any imminent or reasonably certain licensing proceedings, it made practical sense to divide the massive and complex work of site characterization into several discrete particular matters, especially since the work on many of these separate matters involved specialized technical areas relatively separate from each other (e.g., cask certification, hydrology, exploratory shaft design and construction, geochemistry, etc.).
Now, however, the executive branch has determined to proceed with a license application, and Congress has approved that determination. To the extent that it once may have been appropriate to view certain aspects of site characterization and other pre-licensing issues as being separate from each other, it is clear now that these matters will converge in one license application and the ensuing adjudication. See OGE Informal Advisory Letter 99 x 12 (previously separate claims may become part of same particular matter when joined in class action). Where the facts and issues involved in various pre-licensing efforts become the subject of the same licensing proceedings, there is no justification for treating any issues or subject areas covered by those proceedings as being separate particular matters. See United States v. Trafficante, 328 F.2d 117, 119 (5th Cir. 1964)(test not whether former employee participated in "same specific issues"); OGE Informal Advisory Letter 94 x 13 (fact that different issues may be involved does not mean there are separate matters). OGE long has held that each stage in an administrative adjudication "involves the same particular matter," and "we do not foresee that any such adjudication would be divisible into separate particular matters for purposes of section 207(a)." OGE Informal Advisory Letter 81 x 23.
Additionally, DOE has informed us that there may be some uncertainty, among certain former employees, stemming from the fact that DOE has had three different management and operating (M & O) contracts to support its Yucca Mountain project since 1987. As discussed above, DOE operations--including the SCP, site characterization studies, and other pre-licensing work--were carried out in conjunction with SAIC, TRW, and Bechtel-SAIC, successively. In some cases, former employees were involved in Yucca Mountain solely during the pendency of a different contract or contracts than the one now in force. Of course, it is frequently the case that successive contracts are viewed as being different particular matters from each other. See 5 C.F.R. § 2637.201(c)(4)(Example 1)(explaining circumstances in which "follow on" contract is new particular matter). Consequently, DOE advises us, some former DOE employees may question whether their involvement during the pendency of a prior contract should disqualify them from representing persons in connection with the licensing proceedings now. It is unnecessary, however, for us to determine whether the three M & O contracts may have been separate matters from each other at any given time or with respect to any particular part of DOE's Yucca Mountain operations. The fact remains that any site characterization or other efforts related to the decision to proceed with a license application are inseparable from the licensing proceedings, regardless of which support contract was in force at the time.7 In determining whether a former employee may represent private parties in connection with the NRC licensing proceedings, the relevant consideration is not who was the M & O contractor at any particular point, but whether the former employee was involved in operations anticipating the licensing proceedings.
I understand that your offices will make a concerted effort to contact any former employees who may have been advised that various pre-licensing matters were deemed to be separate from each other. Your offices will provide those individuals with a copy of this letter and will explain the implications of section 207(a) for any former employee who was involved in pre-licensing matters that are now embraced by the licensing proceedings. In that connection, this letter is intended to provide advice only about the current limits on representational activities that former employees may undertake, now that the previously separate matters have converged in a single particular matter involving specific parties, i.e., the licensing proceedings. It is not intended to cast doubt on the advice in which we previously concurred, prior to this convergence, to the effect that certain aspects of site characterization and other pre-licensing matters could be viewed as being separate particular matters from each other. Former employees legitimately may have participated in representational activities consistent with that view, and the legality of those activities is not being called into question by the guidance contained in this letter.
Amy L. ComstockDirector
1. The State of Nevada and ten units of local government (nine Nevada counties and one California county) have special status under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. No Indian Tribes have been similarly designated as "affected" under the Act. However, both DOE and NRC have made efforts to work with interested tribes.
2. In addition to construction authorization, DOE also will have to obtain an operating license from NRC in order to operate the facility and actually receive nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. Pursuant to NRC regulations, 10 C.F.R. § 63.41, once construction is substantially complete and DOE has amended its license application under 10 C.F.R. § 63.24, NRC may issue a license for DOE to receive and possess nuclear waste at the repository. The timing of such a license is uncertain, but is expected by 2010.
3. In addition to construction authorization, DOE also would have to obtain an operating license from NRC, as explained in the previous footnote. We do not view the post-employment issues concerning any operating license proceedings to be ripe. The circumstances and issues involved in a possible operating license adjudication are as yet unclear, and it would be speculative for OGE to venture an analysis at this time.
4. Section 207 was amended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, Pub. L. No. 101-194 (November 30, 1989). These amendments became effective on January 1, 1991, and apply to all employees retiring from Government on or after that date. The regulations at 5 C.F.R. part 2637 predate these amendments. However, part 2637 still provides useful guidance concerning those elements of section 207 that remain essentially unchanged from the prior version of the statute.5. The leading Senate proponent of the 1989 amendments stated that many of the changes to section 207 "simply reflect an effort to make the statute more readable," and he entered into the record a section-by-section analysis stating that section 207(a)(1) is "similar to current law." 135 Cong. Rec. S 15954 (November 17, 1989)(remarks of Sen. Levin).
6. There may be certain Yucca Mountain matters, apart from the site characterization process, that are sufficiently distinct from the licensing proceedings that they constitute different particular matters. Such matters will have to be evaluated by your offices on a case-by-case basis, utilizing the factors set out in 5 C.F.R. § 2637.201(c)(4). OGE is ready to assist you, as needed, in making such determinations.
7. One could analogize, for example, to a former employee who participated for the Government in an enforcement action: even if the Government used several different support contractors during the course of the investigation and any enforcement proceedings, the former employee would be disqualified from representing private parties in connection with the same action, regardless of which support contract was in effect at the time of his or her Government service.


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Meredith Shimek has been volunteering with Children's Hospital for a year, playing with children and sharing her time on the inpatient units. As a senior in high school, Meredith is writing about her volunteer experience for class and was kind enough to share her story with us, as well!
"In the summer of 2009, I went to see my pediatrician for my 14-year physical. I come from a tall Minnesotan family, and with a brother towering over 6'5", when I had stopped growing at 4'11", it became apparent that something was a little off. My pediatrician began running blood tests, and a couple of weeks later, I was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome. A month later, after an Upper GI Endoscopy, I was also diagnosed with celiac disease. As a teenager, I didn't really know what to think about this new information, but now I do know that if not for my many appointments at Children's Hospital, I never would have become a volunteer, or become interested in medicine.
As a kid, I never had an interest in the medical field. I was squeamish about blood and notorious for fainting when I'd get a flu shot- in short, the hospital was a place that I dreaded going to and had no interest in. After being diagnosed with Turner Syndrome, I went to Children's Hospital many times for echocardiograms or blood draws. I can't remember a time that I wasn't eager to leave, but I would see other kids, younger than me, being wheeled into a room connected to IVs, and I would notice the dedication and tact of the Children's staff. Everyone worked together to help these young people, and that was something I wanted to be a part of. I became increasingly interested in the medical field and wanted to help foster the environment that makes Children's such a welcoming hospital.
As I started my junior year of high school, I began volunteering in the Pediatric Epilepsy Unit at Children's. During my first month of volunteering, I spent my shifts with a little girl. At first, she would talk about how she missed her dog, or how she was distracted by her IVs, but in the following weeks, she would actually have a good time with me. We'd spend our time making friendship bracelets or discussing People magazine articles. She left the hospital happy, healthy, and excited to tell her 4th grade class all about the games she played, the people she met, and the artwork & scrapbook that we'd put together.
After a couple months of volunteering, I was already eager to be trained in other areas of the hospital. The first day of summer vacation, I started my shifts on an inpatient unit. I ended up spending the entire morning with a little boy, having our own little "bedside party" blowing bubbles and party blowers to help his lungs. On a day when his parents couldn't visit him, it was great knowing that he didn't have to be lonely.
There are a couple of reasons why I have loved my time at Children's. It is a place that has inspired me so much as I see these kids become physically healthy. It also means so much to be able to help them through their time at the hospital. Now I know that I am more open to changing my mind, and more eager to make a difference and dedicate myself to something that matters to me."
Thanks, Meredith, for the time and energy that you've shared with the kids and families here at Children's! We are so glad to have you here!


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This is a belated xmas present for a girlfriend, who is a quilter. She commented once that she really loved my biscornu pincushion, so I thought I would make her one of her own, only a wrist one. Biscornu normally have a button in the centre, but as you don't look at your pincushion very much when you are stabbing the pins in, I really think a hard button right in the middle, isn't a wise move. And I prefer the shape without anyway.
Its really hard to photograph these well ..... but the embroidery consists of skeins, button, cotton reels, a pair of scissors and needle and thread ...... and then a florid A,B,C (no idea why). Hearts feature on the underside, and I added my tiny little signature that I put on every piece of embroidery I make.
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That's beautiful! I tried to make myself a ladybug wrist pincushion this past weekend and it was a complete failure. I still think it was the worst instructions I ever encountered.
This is really nice and you have a lucky friend! I don't know what I would do without my wrist pincushion and could use a spare. Want my address? lol
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I love it! I recycled an old sock top that was a perfect fit- wide and comfortable on my wrist. I sewed it to my wrist pincushion. What an improvement over the elastic and plastic bands they all come with.
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Download the Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP 2 package now
From Brian Harry's blog post [highlighting added by me]:
Today we released the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2). It's exciting to see the next update of VS working it's way to completion. There's going to be a ton of cool new capabilities in Update 2. Not all of them are available in this CTP but many are. Below, I've described the significant improvement's that you'll find in this CTP and I've grouped them into 4 categories:
This CTP is NOT a "go-live" CTP. It is for evaluation only. We're trying to learn from Update 1 and get feedback earlier in the cycle. We will be having "go-live" pre-releases of Update 2 in order to facilitate that but not quite yet.
Brian's post has some great stuff in it with plenty of screenshots.
You also can get more detail here from the KB article found here:
I've reproduced some of the information from the KB article verbatim with a little formatting to make it easier to read:
PLEASE NOTE: Technology Previews have not been subject to final validation and are not meant to be run on production workstations or servers. Since installation of Visual Studio CTPs and installation of Team Foundation Server CTPs work differently, please read the recommended upgrade approach for each product carefully.
For Visual Studio: The recommended approach for upgrading Visual Studio on developer workstations is installing the latest Visual Studio Update CTP on top of an RTM release or a previous CTP build of that Update. Visual Studio CTPs can be upgraded to a different build.
For Team Foundation Server: Do not install a Team Foundation Server Update CTP on a production server, as it could put the server in an unsupported state. Unlike with Visual Studio CTPs, installing a Team Foundation Server CTP fully replaces the current release on the server with the CTP. Team Foundation Server CTPs cannot be upgraded to future CTPs or releases nor "downgraded" to a previous release.
Note Both of the projects target the .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Phone 8 and the .NET for Windows Store apps.
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Officials with ISOC and AMSOIL have unveiled the new AMSOIL Championship Snocross (ACS) logo.
"Tighter with bolder lines and greater representation of the sport's biggest sponsor – AMSOIL – the confident and edgy logo is set to pop when the prestigious series opens for action this Nov. 23-25 at Duluth's (Minn.) Spirit Mountain," the series says in a release.
"Everyone at ISOC and AMSOIL are always looking for ways to make this series better in every aspect. We feel we've come a long way in the past couple years – and to signify this we wanted a new and upgraded look for the series logo as well," says Carl Schubitzke, director of operations and racing for ISOC. "We feel the new ACS logo best represents the series' most generous supporter – AMSOIL – along with being an iconic symbol representative of the great people involved with this great sport."


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Diné Citizens and Members of the 22nd Navajo Nation Council:
As Speaker Pro Tem of the 22nd Navajo Nation Council, I feel that it is imperative to provide an update to the Navajo people and to my fellow Council colleagues regarding ongoing circumstances with the Navajo Nation Legislative Branch.
First and foremost, I want to make it very clear to Diné Citizens throughout our Nation that the legislative branch, Council, and its standing committees continue to function at an effective level. There has been no standstill to the administrative functions or legislative processes.
This continuity is evident by Thursday's Naabik'iyátí' Committee meeting in which 15 delegates took quick and efficient action to address several key legislations that may have a profound impact on our Nation and our Diné people.
For example, Naabik'iyátí' Committee members on Thursday approved two legislations seeking to override two separate vetoes. One of which is the "Healthy Diné Nation Act" which seeks to impose a 2 percent sales tax on "junk food" and another which seeks to eliminate the 5 percent sales tax on the purchase of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables sold within the Navajo Nation. Both override attempts will be addressed by the Council.
Issues such as these remain at the forefront of the concerns and actions of this Council and its standing committees and we look forward to addressing these critical issues at the upcoming Spring Council Session.
Over the course of this week, I have met with the interim Chief of Staff, legislative financial advisor, and the Office of the Controller to begin assessing the current financial state of the legislative branch to ensure that the legislative branch has the availability of funds to effectively carry out the administrative functions and services for Diné Citizens.
In closing, I respectfully ask our Diné people and my Council colleagues to remain respectful to all at this time.


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Mike Vellucci is still going to work for Peter Karmanos Jr., but no longer as the coach and general manager of the Plymouth Whalers.
Vellucci, 47, was named assistant general manager and director of hockey operations of the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. Karmanos owns both the Hurricanes and the Whalers.
Vellucci, a native of Farmington Hills, ran the Whalers for the past 14 seasons and had a record of 468-322-36. ...


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We're constantly adding TV programmes and films to the Netflix catalogue, so we've decided to add a "Recently Added" row to the Netflix experience in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Latin America. This feature, already available on Netflix in the US and Canada, gives members who have been with Netflix for more than one month an easy way to find all of the titles that have been added during the past month. The "Recently Added" row appears not only on the web, but also on game consoles, tablets, phones and all other devices that stream Netflix. Enjoy!
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A Call to Create: The Manifesto Workshop
In conjunction with Culture Days, the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance (SAA) and the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild (SWG) are proud to bring you two free manifesto writing workshops.
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BlueArc, a San Jose, Calif.-based startup that specializes in network storage systems has pulled off its IPO due to bears running loose on the Wall Street. This makes BlueArc the 38th Venture Back firm and 86th over all to do so in 2008, according to VentureBeat. BlueArc has raised around $200 million in VC funding to date.
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Raffle to Benefit Carroll Springs School Memorial Fund
Release Date: 12/7/2010 3:29:30 PM
Carroll Springs School is selling raffle tickets for an Official NFL #52 Ravens Jersey autographed by Ray Lewis to benefit the school's Memorial Fund. The jersey is mounted in a 32" by 24" frame with a photograph taken at signing. Tickets are $5 each and only 500 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held on Monday, December 20, 2010. For tickets, please contact the main office at Carroll Springs School at 410-751-3620 or send a check (made payable to Carroll Springs School). Include your name, address, phone number, and the school or office where you work.


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- Cartoon Characters: Batman/Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Catwoman, Riddler, Joker, Mr. Freeze, Icy (Henchman).
- Voice Actors: Olan Soulé, Casey Kasem, Jane Webb, Ted Knight, Cliff Owens.
- Directed By Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou Zukor.
- Produced By Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer, Allen Duconvy.
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Point guard, Darren Collison – His parents were both elite track & field athletes. His mother represented Guyana at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and his father represented Guyana at the Pan-American Games. Collison led UCLA to three consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History.
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Student, administrator, worker, counselor and friend. Many words come to mind when describing Tate McCollum, who is one of the most recognizable faces in the Ingomar community. From the hallways at school to any and every sporting event, McCollum is there shaking hands and hugging everyone he sees.
McCollum has been a facet at Ingomar sporting events for the last six years, most notably seen on the bench at basketball games with coaches Norris Ashley and Richard Byrd. When talking to both coaches and Ingomar principal Kenny Roberts, stories flood from the trio about the help and inspiration McCollum brings to the athletic program.
"We couldn't do without him. He doesn't get loud or anything, he just sits there and he helps you out with who has how many fouls and how many time outs we have left," Ashley said.
"He's a very positive influence on everyone, the players and kids. You can't feel bad when you see Tate, and if you do, you'll feel better once you see him," Byrd added.
Ashley notes one story in particular that is often told by his son, Jonathan that involved a nine-year old McCollum running a junior high basketball scrimmage in Jonathan's absence.
"Jonathan saw Matt Purvis, who was then a seventh grader, and asked him what they did in gym that day," Ashley explained. "Matt told him, 'Well we ran a scrimmage.' Jonathan asked him why the did that, and Matt said 'Cause Tate told us to.'"
And the coaches have rubbed off on McCollum over the years, as the 15-year old can be seen mimicking his mentors on the bench.
"Coach Ashley will put his hands behind his head and lean back. If something's going bad, Tate's going to be doing the same," Roberts said. "He does a lot of things that Coach Ashley and Coach Byrd do, but he hasn't thrown a clipboard yet."
"That's because we won't give him one," Ashley laughed, "but Coach Byrd is the only one that does that anyway."
McCollum's work is seen on more than just gameday, as he picks up absentees during school, along with helping in the school store.
"It's real fun to me," McCollum said. "Mr. Roberts has been really nice to me, and gave me this opportunity."
Also an athlete himself, McCollum plays Top Notch T-Ball at the New Albany Sportsplex, but he is quick to say which sport is his favorite.
"What I love about Ingomar is basketball," McCollum said. "I love sports. It's just a lot of fun"
His love for the game runs so deep that McCollum was given the honor of presenting the Falcons with the Union County Championship trophy two weeks ago, a tribute that Roberts said was well deserving.
"I think that meant as much to the kids and the people in the stands as it meant to Tate," Roberts said. "That's just Tate. He's our goodwill ambassador."
McCollum has a few more years before graduating from Ingomar, but even then a spot is sure to be made for him, making him a permanent fixture in the school he loves. Ashley best described the atmosphere of the school with McCollum around.
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Library to pay it forward by thanking benefactor
With the season of spring peeking around the corner, it is difficult not to think about cleaning and giving. In the spirit of paying it forward, we would like to thank one man who wanted to pay homage to the Carnegie Free Library of Connellsville every year for the past 35.
In 1977, Louis Simons opened a trust in memory of his sister Devora Leah Simons, a graduate of Connellsville High School, to use the interest of the monies each year to purchase New York Times bestsellers in her name. At the end of 35 years, Simons wanted the trust to dissolve and the remaining balance to be used to purchase reference materials; however, he could not have foreseen the way in which his intended charitable purpose for the library would need to be fulfilled today.
According to Marilyn McDaniel, chief executive officer of the Community Foundation: "This grant is made possible from an original gift to the library in 1977. We have been making annual payments to the library since the Community Foundation began managing the funds in 2007. Now, to comply with Mr. Simons' original instructions, we are granting the remaining balance of approximately $12,000 to the library for this exciting purchase."
On Simons' behalf, we will honor his sister's memory on our website through the purchase of the premier genealogical database, Ancestry.com. Every patron will have free access to this resource on site at the library at the computer stations and through the wireless Internet IP address. In addition to purchasing the library edition of this resource, we also purchased a copy for the staff to use in-house to search the local Connellsville Daily Courier newspaper archives for a nominal fee to complete research on family lineage. Finally, we also plan to purchase print and media reference materials to add to the collection to be used in the library and for circulation as well.
Thinking about springing ahead an hour and your schedule, be sure to mark yours with these upcoming events: Out with the old and in with the almost new, used books, entire bag full for only $5 at the FRIENDS of the Library book sale on March 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Save the date — May 5 from noon to 6 p.m. The Carnegie Free Library of Connellsville Board of Trustees extends to every current and future patron a cordial invitation to be present at the open house exercises for the library's 110th Birthday Celebration. The festivities will include live music, children story hours, refreshments, birthday cake, 110 minutes of reading the written word, etiquette of the day, and more! Ongoing events to join and attend include: Scrapbooking club on Saturdays, March 16 and 23, from noon to 3 p.m. For registration and more information, call 724-323-4567 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Come and relax at yoga three days a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays or learn about pediatric first aid on March 23, and keep an eye out for additional child care trainings offered for a nominal fee through Keystone STARS.
For children, the library is offering another round of Bedtime Stories, sponsored by Pinky Toes of Connellsville, to be held every Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. They began March 4. Preschool story time is every Wednesday at 11 a.m.
March into the library and check out our awesome resources or give back to the many different public libraries across Fayette County. Help save our free libraries in Fayette County by volunteering or donating your time and resources. Like us on Facebook, check out our websites, and utilize our free or low-cost services and programs.
Casey Sirochman is the director/head librarian at the Carnegie Free Library. She can be reached at 299 S. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, or by calling 724-628-1380.
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Manufacturer: L'apogee (View all products by L'Apogee)
Category: Dressage Saddles
Purchase: Bought this from LA saddles for $495. Wanted to try something new because I was having a hard time finding a saddle that would fit my horse and me...and I didn't mind bareback and thought this bareback saddle would be good...being that it was advertised to fit ANY horse and would provide the utmost comfort for both horse and rider.
Likes: It looked nice in the ad on the website. I was able to return it within 7 days in new condition for a full refund.
Dislikes: A lot of things. Way overpriced for what it is. The "medical grade" sheepskin is cheap and tufts already started falling out when I opened the bag. The "bareback saddle" was nothing more than a glorified saddle pad. It was really floppy, sheepskin very poor quality and thin on both sides. They advertise it as medical grade, plush/thick comfort for horse and rider. I used a short dressage girth as directed and it didn't work. The pad slipped back and forth on my horse and I almost fell while mounting from a mounting block. *VERY DANGEROUS MOUNTING INTO THIS SADDLE PAD*. I have an easier time getting on my horse bareback than using this "bareback saddle". Was very disappointed and the cruper and d-rings were nothing more than plastic. The quilted flaps looked somewhat worn and flimsy.
Quality: Cheap sheepskin that looked and felt like it was made/came from China, NOT Austria. Tufts fell out from the sheepskin when I took it out of it's case. Very cheap hardware on the pad that looked like it would fall apart in a heartbeat. Leather billets were sewn on with nylon. Leather billets were of excellent quality though. Billets didn't have enough holes or space to punch more holes in them to fasten securely to the horse when using a short dressage girth or any girth for that matter. No stability in how the billets were placed. Has a CHEAP piece of foam as a "cantle" which their description advertises as "supportive"...and it IS NOT. The foam "cantle" just flimsies back and doesn't provide any support whatsoever! Says this bareback saddle has the ability to use stirrup leathers/irons with it...not the case. They are just stainless steel rings under the flaps which are tied on with nylon and the position of these stirrup rings are in an odd position and the stirrup leathers don't lay right for riding. The buckles on your stirrups fall down to where your lower legs are and you can't use webbers with the ring design. There is no stirrup strap holder for the excess stirrup leather which gets in the way of riding and can literally hit the rider and horse unnecessarily. Sheepskin wasn't thick and plush like advertised...very thin. MATTES PADS are BETTER quality and thick and plusher than this "bareback saddle"!!
Summary: BEWARE of this pad. Very DANGEROUS and impractical. Would NOT recommend this to anyone! Would cause back pain for horse.
Rating: 1
Author: it is what it is
Date: 2011-04-30
Usefulness Rating: 3.33333 out of 5.
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Last updated: March 2014
The Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project is funded by a $80 million IDA grant approved in November 2012 and is the World Bank's first project in Myanmar in 25 years.
Why Community Driven Development?
Community Driven Development (CDD) programs devolve decision making to communities, by putting them in charge of what to do with and how to manage development resources. This type of intervention helps match scarce resources to priority needs by turning spending decisions over to those who understand their needs and aspirations best – local communities themselves. By empowering communities to identify priority interventions and providing the funds to implement them, CDD allows for context-specific aid delivery that is responsive to citizen demands. Moreover, by channeling funds directly from central-level government to communities, CDD approaches minimize leakages. International evaluations indicate that CDD methods enable delivery of small scale infrastructure and essential services more cheaply and at a better quality than similar projects implemented by regular government service delivery channels.
CDD approaches can thus be an important element of an effective rural poverty reduction strategy. Over the last decade, the World Bank has used CDD approaches in a diverse range of settings to help national governments and communities address a variety of urgent needs, including water supply and sewer rehabilitation, school and health post construction, nutrition programs for mothers and infants, building of rural access roads, and support for micro-enterprises. Experience in countries such as Indonesia, Philippines and Afghanistan have also shown the potential of CDD approaches to work at national scale, operate in conflict-affected areas, to serve as platforms for natural disaster recovery.
What does the Myanmar National Community Development Project aim to achieve?
The development objective is to enable poor rural communities in Myanmar to benefit from improved access to and use of basic infrastructure and services through a people-centered approach. Approved in November 2012 using an $80m IDA grant, this six year project is empowering rural communities in 15 townships to identify and implement investments they need most, such as roads, bridges, irrigation systems, schools, health clinics or rural markets. The Project is an element of the operationalization of President Thein Sein's vision of "people-centered development", a significant shift in the way that Government interacts with communities in rural areas, and a beginning to reach poor and historically underserved areas.
The project is financing small-scale, community-identified infrastructure methods. In the first year of operations in a given township, the project uses a "closed menu", with financing available for rehabilitation or minor extension of selected public assets such as health centers, school buildings, roads, water supply, electrification, community centers, markets, small scale irrigation and sanitation facilities. In subsequent years, communities will be able to choose from an open menu the type of public infrastructure they would like to build, rehabilitate or upgrade.
How does the project help poor rural communities?
Assets constructed under the Project should help to address key community needs and aimed at reducing poverty rates in beneficiary villages. In addition, the project empowers villagers to manage and participate in their own development, with communities making decisions in project design and being responsible for implementation. The project has four components: (i) block grants to communities; (ii) capacity building; (iii) knowledge and learning; and (iv) implementation, including monitoring and evaluation. A fifth component allows the use of project resources to respond to emergency needs, for example in the wake of natural disasters.
Who is benefitting from the project?
The project is financing three annual block grants of on average $27,000 each for about 640 village tracts in 15 poor rural townships—one in each of the 14 States and Regions, plus the Union Territory. Eventually over 3,000 villages, which are home to approximately 2.5 million people, will benefit from the project across the country. Participating townships are selected by a union-level based on the following criteria: high levels of poverty, absence of external funding, and the commitment by regional government to the objectives of the project.
How the project is financed?
The total cost of the project is currently $86.3 million. It is financed by an $80 million IDA grant, as well as a government contribution of $6.3 million. The design of the project allows easy scaling up, and other donors are currently considering financing the expansion of the project to cover additional townships.
Who manages the project?
Ultimately, local communities manage sub projects at the village level, with decisions being made at the village tract level. The Foreign Aid Management Central Committee (chaired by the President, and composed of Ministers from a range of line ministries) acts as steering committee and provides project oversight and policy guidance. The Department of Rural Development is the implementing agency that also provides capacity building at union and township levels. Experienced international NGO's have been contracted to provide technical assistance at the township level. The World Bank, in its turn, supports the Myanmar Government in project implementation, as well as monitoring and evaluation.
How is the project ensuring the participation of marginalized groups and ethnic minorities?
The project includes a range of measures to ensure the full participation of vulnerable groups and ethnic minorities, including: the recruitment of village volunteers elected from among ethnic groups; free, prior and informed consultations for village and village tract development plans; the involvement of ethnic minorities in community decision-making and monitoring and evaluation; and the use of local languages. There are also strong gender components to ensure that women have an equal voice in decision-making.
How does the project engage with civil society?
The project design benefited from multiple consultations with a range of civil society partners in Myanmar, to learn from the experience in particular of those groups that had been engaged in grass-roots level community work in the country for a long time. During implementation, the project includes provisions for social audits at the village tract level, as well as an annual national-level multi-stakeholder review that provides opportunities for interested civil society organizations to engage with and provide feedback on the project and its implementation. The project will also organize an annual Development Marketplace to showcase innovation around rural poverty reduction in Myanmar – including initiatives from within and beyond the project.
How is the use of funds being monitored? How are complaints or misuse of funds tackled?
Project monitoring happens in several ways: 1) At the community level, through social accountability mechanisms that include the public display of expenditures incurred for community sub-projects, and through a complaints mechanism accessible to villagers; 2) At the project level, through clear procedures for financial management and procurement and a management information system that tracks the flow of funds and disbursements; 3) Through independent financial and technical audits of a sample of sub-projects as well as annual external audits of the union-level government accounts by the Office of the Auditor-General.
The project contains strong measures to mitigate possible governance and corruption risks, including a robust management information system and a grievance redress mechanism to monitor and respond to complaints relating to the project and the potential misuse of funds. Furthermore, the project will finance regular technical audits to ensure the quality of the community works.
What are the roles for NGOs in this project? How will these NGOs be identified?
The Department of Rural Development is in charge of technical assistance at the township level to support project implementation, including in the area of community facilitation. The contracts for the first three townships were awarded to the International Rescue Committee (for Chin State) and Mercy Corps (for Shan State and Thanintharyi Region) following a competitive and open tendering process. Additional township-level technical assistance will be procured in years 2 and 3 of the project, in keeping with the project's gradual rollout schedule (see below).
What is the project current status?
As of March 2014, the project is under implementation, with activities underway in the first three townships (the project employs a gradual rollout model, with three townships participating in the first year, five being added in the second, and seven in the third year). Community consultations have been held, village committees and volunteers identified, village tract development plans formulated and approved, and subproject implementation now underway.
Where can I find official documents about this project?
In accordance with the Bank's Access to Information policy, the full project paper was made available on our website immediately following approval by our Board. All other relevant project documents, including regular Implementation Status Reports, have also been posted on our website, in accordance with all applicable policies. Upcoming project documents will continue to be made available on the National Community Driven Development Project webpage, as well as at the Department of Rural Development in Myanmar webpage dedicated to the project. Translations into Myanmar may take a bit longer to be published than their corresponding English originals.


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MANITOWOC - BayCare Clinic has added Orthopaedic Associates to its practice. Its two locations in downtown Manitowoc on North 10th Street and on Memorial Drive in Chilton will remain. Drs. Carl DiRaimondo, David Kuester and Craig Olson will join BayCare Clinic's current team of orthopaedic surgeons.
DiRaimondo stated patients "will benefit as we can focus more on them and their needs, and not worry how we can keep up with the changing healthcare landscape. That fits with us, and our practice model, which is very patient focused."
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