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Destination Guatemala
December 2009 - January 2010
In December 2010 a group of Cottey students, faculty, and staff set off on a 12-day journey to Guatemala. Our objectives: get immersed in the culture, learn about some of the social justice issues in the country, do some service work, and have a great time!
day1 - volcan paycaya
We arrived in Antigua late the first night. The next morning, the first full day, we left at dawn for Volcan Pacaya, an active volcano. We hiked, with a guide of course, up the volcano. We couldn't go the to very top, but we went very close. High enough that we got to an active lava flow coming out of the side of the volcano. Most years the group takes marshmallows and sticks and toasts them over the lava, but our leader forgot them this time. Darn it. I have some awesome lava photos though!
After, we returned to Antigua and had a late lunch at the Cafe Condessa. From there, we loaded into vans for a 3-hour drive to San Lucas Toliman, right on lake Atitlan. We met the staff at the parish mission there, were given our rooms in the Hotel Iquitiu a block away, and had dinner in the mission dining hall. That night we had our first reflection meeting. Recording our reflections was part of the trip so we'd meet most nights to discuss our observations and changing perceptions about developing countries and social justice. There was a lot of personal introspection too.
I really liked journaling at night in San Lucas Toliman. I would sit on the second story of our hotel, enjoy being outside and write about my day. It was peaceful and was an excellent time for me to do some self-reflection.
days 2-8 - san lucas, toliman
Over the next week, we visited the different projects the mission sponsored and do a few hours work at most of them. The clinic being the notable exception as none of us were trained medical personnel. We filled bags with soil at the reforestation project so seedlings could be transplanted; we moved heavy rocks by hand to build a road between the coffee roasting facility and the drying pads; we helped level ground around the women's center for a playground; and we spent a morning picking coffee beans so we could learn how labor intensive the process is. We also had a morning lecture on human rights and Guatemalan history from Father Greg Shaffer, a diocesan priest from Minnesota who has been at San Lucas for the last 47 years.
We ate our meals in the mission dining hall and took our turns serving food and doing dishes. That was part of our service work.
We also had lots of opportunities to get out and meet local people. Several of the store owners are good friends of the parish, and we had a great time visiting with them and shopping at the same time. The local people were very warm and accepting, and I loved learning about their culture.
The students liked to visit Maria and Martha who sold clothing. I was partial to Antonio and Crusanto who were woodcarvers. We also made sure we visited the local bakery and the ice cream shop.
One of my favorite memories was playing with the children that Saturday afternoon. It was so great to see everyone come together and combine our cultures to play calles and abenidas! Seeing those children smile means so much to me and made me feel very happy! The entire trip was a good memory, it was amazing!
We all learned from each other while having fun and laughing. It was a great experience, and I truly hope we left a lasting impression on those young children and teenagers because they definitely left a strong impression on me.
One night, we all attended a local soccer match as well. I loved that night. Though the field was short and surrounded by a fence, it was still an enthusiastic game. Especially, when the intercom speaker called GgggggggggOoooooAaaaaaaaaLLLLLLLLLL! (Goal) :)
We also met three girls from San Lucas who are being sponsored by the Cottey student group Change in Action, and, possibly, the first Guatemalan Cottey student. She will be the first recipient of the Friends of Peace Scholarship from Cottey, established specifically to bring Guatemalan girls to Cottey College.
new year's eve
New Year's Eve we all went to a local cantina to celebrate. They played lots of great Latin music and the occasional disco hit.
new year's day trip to santiago and panjachel
Since it was a holiday, we took a boat ride across lake Atitlan to visit Santiago and Panajachel. In Santiago we visited the church and saw the chapel where an American priest was martyred during La Violenca-the civil war. Panajachel was just for fun. We shopped and snacked before getting back on the boat.
I loved the boat ride. The lake was beautiful, and I loved hearing stories from other people on the trip.
day 9 - guatemala city
After a week, we left San Lucas and drove to Guatemala City where we spent the night.
day 10 - tikal national park
We left for the airport and took a small plane to Flores and then drove to Tikal National Park, where the ancient Mayan Ruins are. We took a guided tour of the ruins and climbed a couple of temples and one pyramid. We had the chance to see coatamundis, spider monkeys, and howler monkeys in the rain forest. We ate dinner at a very rustic local restaurant inside the national park, and spent the night in grass-thatched bungalows where the electricity was only on for a few hours in the evening.
day 11 - rain forest
We took a canopy tour of the rain forest via zip lines. It was great fun and we even saw a couple of toucans in one of the same trees we were in. After that it was back to Flores for a flight to Guatemala City.
day 12 - home
One last night in Guatemala City where we reflected on the journey, what we learned, and what we enjoyed, then we wer off to the airport for the flight home. Interestingly enough, in the Guatemala City airport, Amy Sue was walking around wearing her Cottey College shirt, and was stopped by a woman who was a P.E.O. and knew of the college. She came back with Amy Sue and had her photo taken with our group. It really is a small world.


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Before Scarlett OHaras local legacy can be shown off for tour participants, someone has to pitch it to the people who can bring those visitors to the county.Those people would be officials from the Clayton County Convention and Visitors Bureau. They have been spending the last few years pitching the countys tourist destinations, such as Stately Oaks Plantation, the National Archives at Atlanta and Clayton County International Park, to metro-Atlanta tour operators. The operators are taken on tours of these sites, and the goal, officials said, is to convince them to bring church groups, student groups, reunions and convention attendees to these sites in the future. We host about a dozen [tour operators] a year, said Beth Bailey, the visitors bureaus vice president of sales and promotions. Some are looking for new places to take visitors. Some are looking specifically for Gone With the Wind-related locations. Sometimes, we partner with other counties, or cities to pitch ourselves as a package to tour operators. Clayton County Convention and Visitors Bureau officials boast that the number of group motor-coach tours that have been booked by their sales staff members has taken off, with a 125-percent increase in tours seen in the last year. While county tourism and economic development officials were not able to provide specific figures for how much of an economic impact is generated just from these tour groups, they did say tourism, in general, is big business for the county. Tourism products and services had an economic impact of $956.45 million on the county, in 2010, according to Clayton County Convention and Visitors Bureau Spokesperson Rebekah Cline. She added that it takes time for tours to be set up, after tour operators visit the county, so the impact now being seen from tour groups came after a few years of planning. We introduce them to these sites, and then they have to repackage these destinations and pitch them to the clients, she said. So, we may not see our efforts come to fruition for about 18 months. The increase were seeing now is the result of work that we did in 2009, and 2010, to attract these tour operators to our county. Bailey said virtually every tour operator that is brought in to visit a site in the county ends up adding that site to his or her list of offerings. If they are at the point where they are here, taking what we call familiarization tours, then they are pretty serious about bringing tours here, she explained. Clayton County Economic Development Director Grant Wainscott said Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport plays a significant role in the importance of tourism on the local economy. The airport is located in the northwest corner of the county, and it is regularly dubbed the Worlds Busiest Airport. Wainscott explained that the convention and visitors bureaus efforts to introduce tour operators to sites in the county are important, because of the large number of people who pass through the area, via the airport. People may choose to stay an extra night [in the area], and check out some of our local attractions, he said. Wainscott, who also runs the National Museum of Commercial Aviation, in Forest Park, recently played host to one of these tour operators. Convention and Visitors Bureau officials brought Lamplight Tours of Atlanta Owner Lee Klaer to the museum on Nov. 18. We wanted to be able to get a reaction to what we had, and to see if they felt we were ready to host large group tours, Wainscott said. According to their [Klaers and other Lamplight officials] feedback, we are ready. Klaer, in a written statement, praised the museum for its educational and nostalgic opportunities, adding that the visitors bureau-arranged visit had opened his eyes to its existence. Prior to my visit to the National Museum of Commercial Aviation, I was not aware anything like this existed in such close proximity to the Atlanta area, Klaer said. The museum provides an opportunity for an educational experience for student groups and a walk down memory lane for our leisure travelers, he added. Pitching the local sites that extend beyond the traditional image of Scarlett, on a hill overlooking her familys Tara plantation, will be key to further success in bringing more group tours to Clayton County, according to Wainscott. We are certainly blessed to have the Civil War history, and several historic sites, to bring visitors to the county, he said. Its important, also, to have other offerings other than the Civil War history to provide for people who are looking for something to do while they are in the area ... There are so many great assets in the county that we can showcase to tour operators.
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|On the relevance of "ideal" occlusion concepts for incisor inclination target definition.
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|INTRODUCTION: The concept of "ideal" occlusion in harmony with craniofacial structures is often proposed as an ultimate goal of orthodontic treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of slight variations in posterior occlusion and the history of straight-wire orthodontic treatment on the predictability of incisor inclination and third-order angles.
METHODS: Axial incisor inclinations, third-order angles, and craniofacial relationships were assessed on lateral headfilms and corresponding dental casts of 75 healthy white subjects, 16 to 26 years old, selected by the general inclusion criterion of a good interincisal relationship. Four groups were formed: group A (n = 17), Angle Class I occlusion subjects with no orthodontic treatment; group B (n = 20), Angle Class I occlusion subjects treated with standardized straight-wire orthodontics; group C (n = 20), up to a half-cusp distal occlusion after straight-wire treatment; and group D (n = 18), up to a half-cusp distal occlusion and no orthodontic treatment. Regression analysis was used to insert predictor angles into selected regression equations of the subjects with "ideal" occlusion, and the absolute differences between predicted and observed response angles were determined.
RESULTS: Small differences in incisor inclination were found between subjects with "ideal" occlusion and those who slightly deviated from "ideal" with a mild occlusion of the Angle Class II category. Posterior occlusion was not relevant to the validity of the vast majority of predictor-response pairs. Straight-wire treatment produced incisor inclination that was slightly protruded compared with subjects who had good natural occlusion.
CONCLUSIONS: The "ideal" posterior occlusion concepts as a general orthodontic treatment goal should be reconsidered.
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By the time you read this, Mists of Pandaria should be out and playable in Europe (coming soon to the US), and there's probably even a few of you who will have hit level 86 or 87. With the new talent and specialization system, I expect figuring out how to level will be easier than ever, if only because it's a lot more difficult to go wrong. Still, there's a few recommendations to make that may help you hit level 90 just a bit faster, and we'll go ahead and dispense some of that advice today. Note that all advice here is for leveling only, and may not apply to end game dungeon running or raiding.
Choosing your leveling spec
I would recommend you choose either two-handed frost or blood as your leveling spec. Blood is strong enough and has enough self-healing and emergency defense tools that will probably never die. That said, your DPS won't be as high as you might like. Frost will allow you to kill things faster but still gives you some decent survivability options in the form of Death Strike and, if you talent in to it, the Lichborne heal trick. If you do level as blood, make sure you are either queuing for dungeons as a tank, or have a secondary frost or unholy spec ready to switch to when you DPS a dungeon. Blood is still not great DPS, and your dungeon group will need better than what you can put out as blood.
While unholy can technically do the Lichborne heal trick too, it suffers from having Death Strike completely throw off its damage rotation, and it doesn't have as much clutch burst damage as unholy and frost. It also does relatively more damage via disease, and you'll be killing mobs too fast to make applying diseases worth it. You do get the advantage of the speed boost from Unholy Presence, which is a plus, but it'll still be much more challenging to level.
Doing damage
You won't really have to straight up pull off a picture perfect damage rotation to level. You'll mostly want to focus on burst damage. That means putting up diseases isn't as important. If you have Unholy Blight or Outbreak up, use it, if not, no sweat. Frost will probably want to throw out a Howling Blast for some extra frost damage and physical vulnerability, of course. Other than that, focus on getting your most damaging strikes up. That means Obliterate for two-handed frost, while blood should focus on spamming Heart Strike after using Death Strike to make unholy runes. If you're AoEing a lot of mobs, you'll mostly focus on spamming Howling Blast or Blood Boil, depending on your spec.
You will also want to use Death Grip smartly. If you can use Death Grip to avoid running to another mob, do it. Leveling is the time you use Death Grip with wild abandon. The presence you use will be the one with the same name as your chosen spec.
Grabbing gear
For the most part, your gear choices are easy-peasy. Mists of Pandaria primarily offers gear rewards based on your spec, so just take the strength gear, and you'll be good to go. If you're given a choice, blood should go for mastery and parry gear, while frost should focus on haste and mastery gear and unholy should grab haste and critical strike gear.
For the most part, you shouldn't worry about enchanting or gemming leveling gear, as you'll replace it too quickly for the money to be worth the relatively marginal power gain. One exception is Runeforging. It costs us nothing, so don't be afraid to cast Death Gate and apply Rune of the Fallen Crusader. That extra strength and healing is nothing to sneeze at.
The well glyphed death knight
While glyphs aren't really set up for extra DPS these days, some of them offer some key help for the leveling death knight. Glyph of Dark Succor is just the thing for chain-pulling quest mobs, whether you're blood or frost. If you're down a bit after killing a mob, don't sit and drink, pull the next one and apply death strike. Glyph of Unholy Command is just the thing for chain-pulling quest mobs. Grab it. I would also recommend Glyph of Path of Frost. Since you won't be able to fly until you hit level 90, having some insurance against long drops while you're exploring or heading to your next questing area will be useful..
Talents: Choose 'em and use 'em
While talent choices are a lot more free form this time around, there are some that will provide you will superior utility for the leveling process, but only if you use them correctly.
At Tier 1, you'll probably want to choose between either Roiling Blood or Unholy Blight. Roiling Blood may be useful for chain pulls as a blood or unholy death knight, since you can do damage and spread diseases while wasting as few runes as possible, but Unholy Blight provides the most versatility as a clutch disease application method when you can't spare the runes for other methods.
At Tier 2, Go for Lichborne. You'll want the Lichborne heal trick. Be sure to set up a macro like so:
#showtooltip Lichborne
/cast Lichborne
/cast [target=player] Death Coil
With this macro, you can press a single button over and over. The first press will cast Lichborne, and every other press after will heal you with Death Coil. If you can, hold off on using it until you have a lot of runic power saved up.
At Tier 3, go for Death's Advance. Having some extra speed to chase down monster or run between monsters means you level that much faster.
At Tier 4, I'd recommend Death Pact. It gives you the most healing bang for your buck. Death Siphon might also be useful, but, especially while leveling, it'll be less healing, and you'll give up a little damage while you use it. Still, it's less damage given up than Death Pact.
At Tier 5, you probably want to go for something simple. Playing rune tetris just isn't worth it for the leveling game. You can choose any of the 3 choices, really, but gaming them isn't worth your time. If you're looking to macro Blood Tap, try the following macro:
#showtooltip Rune Strike
/cast Blood Tap
/cast Rune Strike
Rune Strike, of course, is for blood death knights only. Replace Rune Strike with Frost Strike for frost or Death Coil for unholy. Then, use that macro as your default button press whenever you're spending runic power. Since Blood Tap isn't on the global cooldown, you'll use it automatically, no mess, no fuss.
Note that above I originally had the tier names listed by their traditional levels, that is, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 75. Technically, however, death knights are slightly different in that we start at level 55 and get our talents over the next couple levels. As this is technically a level 85-90 leveling guide, it may not make one difference, but I have renamed the levels to "tiers" in order to avoid any confusion.
Learn the ropes of endgame play with WoW Insider's DK 101 guide. Make yourself invaluable to your raid group with Mind Freeze and other interrupts, gear up with pre-heroic DPS gear or pre-heroic tank gear, and plot your path to tier 11/valor point DPS gear.


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Kimberly Parker Green as Simone and Sara Surrey as Michaela in Molly Smith Metzler's "Elemeno Pea" at the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. (Photo by Joe Geinert)
Elemeno Pea'
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Where: Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 W. Main St.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald opened his 1925 short story The Rich Boy with the famous declaration, Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. Nearly a century later, Molly Smith Metzler proves him still right. The sharply funny and surprisingly emotional Elemeno Pea, her play about class, wealth and life-changing decisions, marks the beginning of Metzler's professional playwriting career.
If this world premiere at Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays is any indication, she has many more bright openings to come.
Directed by Davis McCallum, the production bursts forth in rapid-fire real time with no intermission, unfolding a succession of secret truths in a brutal dissection of significant moments and how they can launch or derail a life.
Simone (Kimberly Parker Green), a personal assistant to a wealthy woman, has plans to play host to her older sister Devon (Cassie Beck) for the weekend at her boss's beach estate. Simone has taken to her new surroundings like a duck to the infinity pool, showing off her Lilly Pulitzer sundress and lecturing Devon on the difference between pink and Nantucket red. But Devon's not having it. As she so bluntly reminds Simone, Girl, you are from Buffalo.
While Simone believes she's found her true home and is so blinded by the lifestyle that she can overlook her ridiculous boyfriend's pink pants and passé slang, Devon has been nursing a broken heart in their mother's basement.
When a marital crisis brings Simone's employer, Michaela (Sara Surrey), crashing back into the beach house, much to the dismay of Devon and incredulous caretaker Jos-B (Gerardo Rodriguez), the three women begin to take hammers to each other's defenses.
Beck and Green give an authentic and touching portrayal of the sisterly bond, dancing and mugging together in one moment and drawing blood the next. It may be a few more performances before they learn how to hold a line until the audience finishes laughing, but they'd better start practicing, because their scenes are the funniest.
Surrey sucks the life out of the room as the imperious drama queen Michaela, so much so that her moment of truth is the play's most cathartic and sympathetic. In upstairs/downstairs fashion, Rodriguez gets off the best lines as he speaks truth to power, but Daniel Pearce is also hilarious as Simone's louche boyfriend, Ethan, a wealthy scapegoat straight out of an updated Fitzgerald story.
Michael Raiford's off-white, beachy clean set is practically a page out of Architectural Digest's Martha's Vineyard issue, complete with envy-green accents to remind us of what Simone has within her reach and what it well may do to her in the long run.
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, the hands-free stereo system reminds her, and while Fitzgerald may echo throughout the play, the sage words of Bronx-born philosopher Jennifer Lopez do also give pause.
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According to the SEC report, Icahn began to purchase these shares on Sept. 25 and since then has built up a 5.97% stake in the company.
Talisman Energy is a Canadian-based oil and gas producing company. Its primary businesses are exploration, development, production, transportation and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids.
Talisman Energy's historical revenue and net income:
Icahn has had a busy year thus far. The guru lost the fight for Dell (DELL) to the computer company's CEO Michael Dell, and even more recently Icahn announced his new position in Apple (AAPL) and his pursuit to get CEO Tim Cook to award a $150 billion buyback. Icahn has also seen great success in Netflix and has become one of the largest shareholders of Herbalife.
According to Forbes, Icahn has bought into a company with a market cap "under $15 billion, with falling revenues and earnings, and a decently sized $5.2 billion debt load."
The company has been struggling as of late and could use Icahn's influence and direction. President and CEO Hal Kvisle has made several noble attempts at financially restructuring the company, but so far they have not really made any noticeable positive impact towards the company.
So far in his attempts, Kvisle has sold down Talisman's interests in oil and gas plays in Canada as well as in the North Sea. This generated $3 billion which then went to help the company's capital spending habit, and has ultimately outstripped the company's free cash flow from operations. Kvisle has also attempted to spend more carefully by focusing on projects with faster cycle times.
Christopher Helman of Forbes reports that the problem with his strategies thus far is that "turning a big company around takes time, but investors are impatient," and they get even more impatient when the company's earnings are not up to par.
The CEO told the Globe & Mail: "I have two objectives here: One is to revamp the company, to reset the strategy, to adjust the cost structure, to get everything going in the right direction. The second objective I have is to assist in getting a new CEO in place. Then I'm out."
The analysis on Talisman reports that the company's revenue has been in decline, its dividend yield is at a one-year low, it's had an operating loss over the past three years and its P/E ratio is at a 10-year high.
Talisman Energy has a market cap of $12.7 billion. Its shares are currently trading at around $12.27 with a P/E ratio of 95.30, a P/S ratio of 2.00 and a P/B ratio of 1.30. The company's dividend yield is currently at 2.20%. Talisman had an annual average earnings growth of 0.8% over the past ten years.
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$8.7M Penalty Proposed Against i-wireless for Lifeline Violations
Download OptionsReleased: November 1, 2013
Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554In the Matter of
File No.: EB-IHD-13-00010656
i-wireless, LLC
NAL/Acct. No.: 201432080003
Adopted: November 1, 2013
Released: November 1, 2013By the Commission:
In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL), we continue our commitment
to combatting waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline program (Lifeline) by taking action and proposing
monetary forfeitures against a company that apparently has ignored our rules and exploited a program
dedicated to providing low-income Americans with basic telephone service. Specifically, we find that i-
wireless, LLC (i-wireless), apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 54.407, 54.409, and
54.410 of the Commission's rules1 by requesting and/or receiving support from the Lifeline program of
the Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund) for ineligible subscriber lines between the months of October
2012 and April 2013. Based on our review of the facts and circumstances surrounding these apparent
violations, we propose a monetary forfeiture in the amount of eight million, seven hundred and fifty-three
thousand and seventy-four dollars ($8,753,074).
Lifeline Service. Lifeline is part of the USF and helps qualifying consumers have the
opportunities and security that phone service brings, including being able to connect to jobs, family
members, and emergency services.2 Lifeline service is provided by Eligible Telecommunications Carriers
(ETCs) designated pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act).3 An ETC may seek
and receive reimbursement from the USF for revenues it forgoes in providing the discounted services to
eligible customers in accordance with the rules.4 Section 54.403(a) of the Commission's rules specifies
that an ETC may receive $9.25 per month for each qualifying low-income consumer receiving Lifeline
service,5 and up to an additional $25 per month if the qualifying low-income consumer resides on Tribal
lands.6 ETCs are required to pass these discounts along to eligible low-income consumers.7
2 Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
27 FCC Rcd 6656, 6662–67, paras. 11–18 (2012) (Lifeline Reform Order); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.400–54.422.
3 47 U.S.C. § 254(e) (providing that "only an eligible telecommunications carrier designated under section 214(e) of
this title shall be eligible to receive specific Federal universal service support"); 47 U.S.C. § 214(e) (prescribing the
method by which carriers are designated as ETCs).
4 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a).
5 Lifeline provides a single discounted wireline or wireless phone service to each qualifying low-income consumer's
household. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.401; see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.400(h) (defining "household" as "any individual or
Federal Communications Commission
The Commission's Lifeline rules establish explicit requirements that ETCs must meet to
receive federal Lifeline support.8 Section 54.407(a) of the rules requires that Lifeline support "shall be
provided directly to an eligible telecommunications carrier, based on the number of actual qualifying low-
income consumers it serves."9 Pursuant to Section 54.407(b) of the rules, an ETC may receive Lifeline
support only for qualifying low-income consumers.10 A "qualifying low-income consumer" must meet
the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 54.409 of the rules, including the requirement that he or she
"must not already be receiving a Lifeline service,"11 and must, pursuant to Section 54.410(d) of the rules,
certify his/her eligibility to receive Lifeline service.12
Section 54.410(a) of the Commission's rules requires further that ETCs have procedures
in place "to ensure that their Lifeline subscribers are eligible to receive Lifeline services."13 As explained
above, such eligibility requires that a consumer seeking Lifeline service may not already be receiving
Lifeline service. This obligation therefore requires, among other steps, that an ETC search its own
internal records to ensure that the ETC does not provide duplicate Lifeline service to any subscriber (an
"intra-company duplicate").14
The Commission's rules further prohibit an ETC from seeking reimbursement for
providing Lifeline service to a subscriber unless the ETC has confirmed the subscriber's eligibility to
receive Lifeline service.15 In accordance with Section 54.410, before an ETC may seek reimbursement, it
must receive a certification of eligibility from the prospective subscriber that demonstrates that the
subscriber meets the income-based and program-based eligibility criteria for receiving Lifeline service,
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group of individuals who are living together at the same address as one economic unit"); Lifeline Reform Order, 27
FCC Rcd at 6760, para. 241 (noting that the costs of wireless handsets are not supported by the Lifeline program).
6 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a). Tribal lands include any federally recognized Indian tribe's reservation, pueblo, or
colony, including former reservations in Oklahoma. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.400(e).
7 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a); Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6681, para. 53.
8 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.400–54.422.
9 47 C.F.R. § 54.407(a).
10 47 C.F.R. § 54.407(b). In 2011, the Commission took action to address potential waste, fraud, and abuse in the
Lifeline program by preventing duplicate payments for multiple Lifeline-supported services to the same individual.
See Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 9022–23, 9026, para. 1 (2011)
(Lifeline Duplicates Order); see also Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Order, 28 FCC Rcd 9057
(Wir. Comp. Bur. 2013); 47 C.F.R. § 54.410(a). Specifically, the Commission amended Sections 54.401 and 54.405
of the rules to codify the restriction that an eligible low-income consumer cannot receive more than one Lifeline-
supported service at a time. See Lifeline Duplicates Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 9026, para. 7. In the Lifeline Reform
Order, this codified restriction was moved from Section 54.401(a) to revised Section 54.409(c). See Lifeline Reform
Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6689, para. 74, n.192. The Commission reiterated this limitation in the Lifeline Reform
Order. See Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6689, para. 74; 47 C.F.R. § 54.405.
11 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.400(a), 54.409(c).
12 47 C.F.R. § 54.410(d).
13 47 C.F.R. § 54.410(a).
14 See Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6691, para. 78. In June 2013, the Wireline Competition Bureau on
delegated authority underscored these obligations, prohibiting ETCs from activating "a service that it represents to
be Lifeline service, even on an interim basis while the consumer's application is being processed, before verifying
eligibility," including that a consumer's household does not already subscribe to Lifeline service. Lifeline and Link
Up Modernization and Reform, Order, 28 FCC Rcd 9057, 9059, para. 6 (Wir. Comp. Bur. 2013); see also 47 C.F.R.
§ 54.410(a).
15 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.410(b).
Federal Communications Commission
FCC 13-148and that the subscriber is not already receiving Lifeline service.16 As the foregoing discussion reveals,
when an ETC seeks Lifeline service support reimbursement for a low-income consumer who already
receives Lifeline service from that same ETC, that ETC has violated its obligation under the
Commission's rules to confirm the subscriber's eligibility for Lifeline service.
ETCs that provide qualifying low-income consumers with Lifeline discounts file an FCC
Form 497 with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), either quarterly or monthly, to
request support that reimburses them for providing service at the discounted rates. An ETC's FCC Form
497 documents the number of qualifying low-income customers served and the total amount of Lifeline
support claimed by the ETC during the specified time period. Section 54.407(d) provides that an ETC
may receive reimbursement from the Fund, however, only if it certifies as part of its reimbursement
request that it is in compliance with the Lifeline rules.17 An ETC may revise its Form 497 data within 12
months after the data are submitted.18
In addition to reviewing claims submitted by ETCs, USAC conducts in-depth data
validations (IDVs) to further ensure compliance with the Lifeline rules.19 When a company is selected for
an IDV, USAC will send the company a letter requesting subscriber data for a prior month or months.
Once USAC receives the company's data, it analyzes the company's subscriber information to determine
whether there are any duplicate subscribers and sends the company another letter with its initial results.
USAC provides the company with an opportunity to submit a revised subscriber list to correct subscriber
data or to remove subscribers that are no longer receiving service. If USAC determines that a low-income
consumer is the recipient of multiple Lifeline benefits from that same ETC, it will send another letter to
the ETC identifying the instances of intra-company duplicative support, seek a recovery, and notify the
ETC that it must commence the deenrollment process for those duplicates.20
i-wireless, LLC. i-wireless, a North Carolina limited liability company headquartered in
Newport, Kentucky, is equally owned by two members, Genie Global, Inc. and The Kroger Co., which is
a large grocery retail chain.21 i-wireless has been designated an ETC and offers Lifeline service in a
number of jurisdictions including, but not limited to, Illinois,22 Indiana,23 New York,24 North Carolina,25
Ohio,26 South Carolina,27 Tennessee,28 and West Virginia.29
16 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.410(b), (c); see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.410(d).
17 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.407(d).
18 See Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd 6788, para. 305. Subsequent revisions, however, do not vitiate violations
of an ETC's duty to verify the eligibility of the subscribers that are reflected on any of its previously filed Form
19 See Lifeline Duplicates Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 9026, para. 7.
20 Although USAC recovers the duplicative support payments for the month at issue in the IDV examination
(generally a single month), it does not at present always seek to recover the duplicative support that the ETC may
have received for the same duplicates for the preceding and following months. We therefore direct USAC, when it
determines that an ETC has sought support from the Fund for an intra-company duplicate, to require the ETC to
report to USAC (a) the month in which the ETC began requesting and/or receiving duplicative support for each such
subscriber, and (b) the month the ETC stopped requesting and/or receiving duplicative support for each such
subscriber. We further require that, after receiving such information, USAC shall recover from the ETC all of the
duplicative support it has received for such subscribers.
21 See State of North Carolina Department of State, Corporations Division,
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/corp.aspx?Pitemid=8039285 (last visited Oct. 22, 2013).
22 Illinois Commerce Comm., File No. 11-0073 (granted Apr. 15, 2011).
23 Indiana Util. Reg. Comm., Cause No. 41052 ETC 56 (Aug. 3, 2011).
24 See In The Matter Of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Support, i-wireless, LLC Amended
Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the States of Alabama, Connecticut,
Federal Communications Commission
USAC conducted IDVs of the Lifeline support requested by i-wireless for its subscribers
in the following eight states for the months specified: Ohio (October 2012); North Carolina (November
2012); Illinois (November 2012, December 2012, and January 2013 through April 2013); Tennessee
(December 2012); West Virginia (December 2012); New York (January 2013); Indiana (February 2013);
and South Carolina (February 2013). Based on USAC's analysis, i-wireless apparently had 1,684
individual intra-company duplicate lines for which i-wireless improperly sought Lifeline support
reimbursement.30 According to USAC, i-wireless requested $24,358 in overpayments from USAC over
the months covered by the IDVs.
Under Section 503(b)(1) of the Act, any person who is determined by the Commission to
have willfully or repeatedly failed to comply with any provision of the Act or any rule, regulation, or
order issued by the Commission shall be liable to the United States for a forfeiture penalty.31 Section
312(f)(1) of the Act defines "willful" as the "conscious and deliberate commission or omission of [any]
act, irrespective of any intent to violate" the law.32 The legislative history to Section 312(f)(1) of the Act
clarifies that this definition of willful applies to both Sections 312 and 503(b) of the Act,33 and the
Commission has so interpreted the term in the Section 503(b) context.34 The Commission may also
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Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the
District of Columbia, Amended Petition of Cricket Communications, Inc. for Designation as an Eligible
Telecommunication Carrier, Order, 27 FCC Rcd 6263 (2012) (FCC June 13, 2013 ETC Designation Order). The
Commission also designated i-wireless as an ETC in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
25 Id.
26 Ohio Pub. Util. Comm., File No. 11-571-TP-UNC (Granted Nov. 22, 2011).
27 South Carolina Pub. Service Comm., Docket No. 2011-107-C, Order No. 2011-766 (Oct. 31, 2011).
28 See FCC June 13, 2013 ETC Designation Order, 27 FCC Rcd 6263.
29 West Virginia Pub. Service Comm., Case No. 11-0501-C-PC (granted July 12, 2011).
30 An "intra-company duplicate line" is any line for which i-wireless sought and/or received reimbursement in
violation of the Commission's one line per household rule. See 47 C.F.R. § 54.409(c). For the purposes of applying
the second prong of our three-part forfeiture framework (a base forfeiture of $5,000 per duplicate), given the unique
circumstances presented by Lifeline intra-company duplicate cases involving multiple months of duplicate service,
we have counted each intra-company duplicate line once, regardless of the number of months in which i-wireless
sought and/or received reimbursement for that line. We account for the duration of each intra-company duplicate
line (i.e., the number of months that i-wireless sought compensation for each intra-company duplicate line) in the
first and third prongs of our forfeiture calculation. See infra paras. 14-15.
31 See 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(a)(1).
32 47 U.S.C. § 312(f)(1).
33 H.R. Rep. No. 97-765, 97th Cong. 2d Sess. 51 (1982) ("This provision [inserted in Section 312] defines the terms
'willful' and 'repeated' for purposes of section 312, and for any other relevant section of the act (e.g., Section
503) . . . . As defined[,] . . . 'willful' means that the licensee knew that he was doing the act in question, regardless
of whether there was an intent to violate the law. 'Repeated' means more than once, or where the act is continuous,
for more than one day. Whether an act is considered to be 'continuous' would depend upon the circumstances in
each case. The definitions are intended primarily to clarify the language in Sections 312 and 503, and are consistent
with the Commission's application of those terms . . . .").
34 See, e.g., So. Cal. Broad. Co., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Rcd 4387, 4388 (1991), recons. denied, 7
FCC Rcd 3454 (1992) (Southern California Broadcasting).
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FCC 13-148assess a forfeiture for violations that are merely repeated, and not willful.35 "Repeated" means that the act
was committed or omitted more than once, or lasts more than one day.36 To impose such a forfeiture
penalty, the Commission must issue a notice of apparent liability, and the person against whom the notice
has been issued must have an opportunity to show, in writing, why no such forfeiture penalty should be
imposed.37 The Commission will then issue a forfeiture if it finds, based on the evidence, that the person
has violated the Act, or a Commission Rule or Order.38
Based on the record evidence developed in this investigation, we conclude that i-wireless
apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 54.407, 54.409, and 54.41039 of the rules by
concurrently requesting Lifeline support reimbursement for 1,684 individual intra-company duplicate
lines. Based on the facts and circumstances before us, we therefore conclude that i-wireless is apparently
liable for forfeiture penalties totaling $8,753,074.
For the violations at issue here, Section 503(b)(2)(B) of the Act authorizes the
Commission to assess a forfeiture against a telecommunications carrier of up to $150,000 for each
violation or each day of a continuing violation, up to a statutory maximum of $1,500,000 for a single act
or failure to act.40 In determining the appropriate forfeiture amount, we consider the factors enumerated
in Section 503(b)(2)(E) of the Act, including "the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the
violation and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability
to pay, and such other matters as justice may require,"41 as well as our forfeiture guidelines.42
35 See, e.g., Callais Cablevision, Inc., Notice of Apparent Liability for Monetary Forfeiture, 16 FCC Rcd 1359,
1362, para. 10 (2001) (Callais Cablevision) (proposing a forfeiture for, inter alia, a cable television operator's
repeated signal leakage).
36 Southern California Broadcasting, 6 FCC Rcd at 4388, para. 5; Callais Cablevision, 16 FCC Rcd at 136, para. 9.
37 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(4); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(f).
38 See, e.g., SBC Communications, Inc., Forfeiture Order, 17 FCC Rcd 7589, 7591, para. 4 (2002).
39 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.407, 54.409, 54.410; see also supra paras. 3–6 (discussing these rules and observing that when an
ETC seeks Lifeline service support reimbursement for a low-income consumer who already receives Lifeline service
from that ETC, that ETC has failed in its obligation to confirm the subscriber's eligibility for Lifeline service in
violation of the rules).
40 See 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(2)(B); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(2). These amounts reflect inflation adjustments to the
forfeitures specified in Section 503(b)(2)(B) ($100,000 per violation or per day of a continuing violation and
$1,000,000 per any single act or failure to act). The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Pub.
L. No. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-134,
Sec. 31001, 110 Stat. 1321 (DCIA), requires the Commission to adjust its forfeiture penalties periodically for
inflation. See 28 U.S.C. § 2461 note (4). The Commission most recently adjusted its penalties to account for
inflation in 2013. See Amendment of Section 1.80(b) of the Commission's Rules, Adjustment of Civil Monetary
Penalties to Reflect Inflation, DA 13-1615, 2013 WL 3963800 (Enf. Bur. 2013); see also Inflation Adjustment of
Monetary Penalties, 78 Fed. Reg. 49,370-01 (Aug. 14, 2013) (setting Sept. 13, 2013, as the effective date for the
increases). However, because the DCIA specifies that any inflationary adjustment "shall apply only to violations
which occur after the date the increase takes effect," we apply the forfeiture penalties in effect at the time the
violation took place. 28 U.S.C. § 2461 note (6). Here, because the violations at issue occurred before September
13, 2013, the applicable maximum penalties are based on the Commission's previous inflation adjustment that
became effective on September 2, 2008. See Inflation Adjustment of Maximum Forfeiture Penalties, 73 Fed. Reg.
44,663, 44,664 (July 31, 2008).
41 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(2)(E).
42 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(8); Note to Paragraph (b)(8): Guidelines for Assessing Forfeitures.
Federal Communications Commission
If an ETC violates our rules and submits a request for Lifeline support that it knew or
should have known includes ineligible subscribers, and thus requests and/or receives more reimbursement
from the Fund than the amount to which it is properly entitled, it undermines the low-income support
reimbursement mechanism. The Commission believes that the imposition of a significant forfeiture
amount is a necessary response to Lifeline overcollection violations. Lifeline ETCs must expend the
necessary company resources to ensure compliance with the Commission's Lifeline rules, especially the
rules and procedures requiring that providers request and/or receive federal universal service support only
for service provided to eligible consumers. Imposing a significant forfeiture on such rule violators should
deter those service providers that fail to devote sufficient resources to ferreting out company practices
resulting in overcollection violations. In addition, a significant forfeiture should achieve broader industry
compliance with Lifeline rules that are critically important to the effective functioning of the Fund.
To eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, maintain the integrity of the Fund, and protect the
consumers who contribute to the Fund, the Commission has implemented a three-part forfeiture
framework for Lifeline overcollection violations that imposes: (1) a base forfeiture of $20,000 for each
instance in which an ETC files an FCC Form 497 that includes ineligible subscribers in the line count,
which is a violation of the certification requirement contained in Section 54.407(d) of our rules;43 (2) a
base forfeiture of $5,000 for each ineligible subscriber for whom the ETC requests and/or receives
support from the Fund in violation of Sections 54.407, 54.409, and 54.410 of our rules;44 and (3) an
upward adjustment of the base forfeiture equal to three times the reimbursements requested and/or
received by the ETC for ineligible subscribers.45
Based on the facts and record before us, we have determined that i-wireless has
apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 54.407, 54.409, and 54.410 of the rules.46 As
documented above, over the course of seven months, and in connection with the submission of thirteen
FCC Form 497s, i-wireless requested Lifeline support reimbursement of $24,358 for customers who were
receiving more than one i-wireless Lifeline service. Accordingly, with respect to the first component of
the structure articulated by the Commission, we propose a base forfeiture of $260,000 for the submission
of the FCC Form 497s that included the ineligible intra-company duplicate subscribers in the line counts.
With respect to the second component, we propose a base forfeiture of $8,420,000 based on the 1,684
individual intra-company duplicate lines for which i-wireless requested and/or received compensation
from the Fund. Finally, with respect to the third component, we propose an upward adjustment of
$73,074, which is three times the amount of support i-wireless requested and/or received for ineligible
consumers. We therefore conclude that a total proposed forfeiture of $8,753,074 against i-wireless for its
apparent violations of the Commission's Lifeline rules is warranted.
This NAL will in no way foreclose the Commission or any other governmental entity
from taking additional enforcement action and imposing additional forfeitures for other violations of the
Lifeline rules. Moreover, the Commission clarifies that the penalties that result from this NAL are
separate from any amounts that an ETC may be required to refund to USAC in order to make the Fund
IT IS ORDEREDthat, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Act, and 1.80 of
the rules,47 i-wireless, LLC, is hereby
NOTIFIEDof this
43 47 C.F.R. § 54.407(d).
44 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.407, 54.409, 54.410; see Easy Tel. Servs. d/b/a Easy Wireless, File No. EB-IHD-13-00010590,
Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, FCC 13-129, at 5–7, paras. 13–18 (Sept. 30, 2013) (Easy Wireless).
45 See Easy Wireless, FCC 13-129, at 5–7, paras. 13–18.
47 47 U.S.C. § 503(b); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80.
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FORFEITUREin the amount of eight million, seven hundred and fifty-three thousand and seventy-four
dollars ($8,753,074) for apparently willfully and repeatedly violating Sections 54.407, 54.409, and 54.410
of the rules.48
IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat, pursuant to Section 1.80 of the rules,49 within thirty
(30) calendar days of the release date of this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, i-wireless
SHALL PAYthe full amount of the proposed forfeiture or
SHALL FILEa written statement seeking
reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture.
Payment of the forfeiture must be made by check or similar instrument, wire transfer, or
credit card, and must include the NAL/Account number and FRN referenced above. i-wireless shall also
send electronic notification of payment to Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, at firstname.lastname@example.com and to
Pam Slipakoff at firstname.lastname@example.com on the date said payment is made. Regardless of the form of
payment, a completed FCC Form 159 (Remittance Advice) must be submitted.50 When completing the
FCC Form 159, enter the Account Number in block number 23A (call sign/other ID) and enter the letters
"FORF" in block number 24A (payment type code). Below are additional instructions you should follow
based on the form of payment you select:
Payment by check or money order must be made payable to the order of the Federal
Communications Commission. Such payments (along with the completed Form 159) must be
mailed to Federal Communications Commission, P.O. Box 979088, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000,
or sent via overnight mail to U.S. Bank – Government Lockbox #979088, SL-MO-C2-GL, 1005
Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.
Payment by wire transfer must be made to ABA Number 021030004, receiving bank
TREAS/NYC, and Account Number 27000001. To complete the wire transfer and ensure
appropriate crediting of the wired funds, a completed Form 159 must be faxed to U.S. Bank at
(314) 418-4232 on the same business day the wire transfer is initiated.
Payment by credit card must be made by providing the required credit card information on FCC
Form 159 and signing and dating the Form 159 to authorize the credit card payment. The
completed Form 159 must then be mailed to Federal Communications Commission, P.O. Box
979088, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, or sent via overnight mail to U.S. Bank – Government
Lockbox #979088, SL-MO-C2-GL, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.
Any request for making full payment over time under an installment plan should be sent to: Chief
Financial Officer—Financial Operations, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W.,
Room 1-A625, Washington, D.C. 20554.51 If you have questions regarding payment procedures, please
contact the Financial Operations Group Help Desk by phone, 1-877-480-3201, or by e-mail,
The written statement seeking reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture, if any,
must include a detailed factual statement supported by appropriate documentation and affidavits pursuant
to Sections 1.16 and 1.80(f)(3) of the rules,52 and may include any data or information demonstrating that
the IDV results referenced in this NAL are materially erroneous or anomalous or that the forfeiture
50 An FCC Form 159 and detailed instructions for completing the form may be obtained at
51 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.
52 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.16, 1.80(f)(3).
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FCC 13-148proposed is otherwise inappropriate. 53 The written statement must be mailed to Theresa Z. Cavanaugh,
Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission,
445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and must include the NAL/Acct. No. referenced in the
caption. The written statement shall also be emailed to Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, at
firstname.lastname@example.com and to Pam Slipakoff at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Commission will not consider reducing or canceling a forfeiture in response to a
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Last fall, artist Tara Remington became a guest teacher in the sixth- and seventh-grade art classes at Western Middle School. One of the first things Remington recalled telling the nearly 50 students: "You're going to see the Blue Man Group, but first you've got to work."
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A Richmond teen died Sunday evening near the Humpback Rocks on the Blue Ridge Parkway after losing her footing and falling from a cliff, the National Park Service reported.
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Mathematical modeling of capillary formation and development in tumor angiogenesis
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We present a mathematical model for the tumor vascularization theory of tumor growth proposed by Judah Folkman in the early 70's and subsequently established experimentally by him and his coworkers. In the simplest version of this model, an avascular tumor secretes a tumor growth factor, (TGF) which is transported across an extracellular matrix (ECM) to a neighboring vasculature where it stimulates endothelial cells to produce a protease that acts as a catalyst to degrade the bronectin of the capillary wall and the ECM. The endothelial cells then move up the TGF gradient back to the tumor, proliferating and forming a new capillary network.
In this, we include two mechanisms for the action of angiostatin. In the first mechanism, substantiated experimentally, the angiostatin acts as a protease inhibitor. A second mechanism for the production of protease inhibitor from angiostatin by endothelial cells is proposed to be of Michaelis- Menten type. Mathematically, this mechanism includes the former as a sub case.
Our model is different from other attempts to model the process of tumor angiogenesis in that it focuses (1) on the biochemistry of the process at the level of the cell; (2) the movement of the cells is based on the theory of reinforced random walks; (3) standard transport equations for the diffusion of molecular species in porous media.
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So here's how my day typically goes. Wake up, get the kid breakfast, check email, check Facebook, eat some cereal, check Twitter, do some work, check Twitter again, do some more work, check Facebook, back to work…you get the point. Some people might look at this pattern and say, "Hey lady, get to work, check Facebook on your own time." Fair enough. Except if you look at my list of friends, the majority of them are coworkers, and while learning what my coworkers have going on outside of work isn't entirely work-related, it's great for morale and really makes me feel a lot closer to the people I work with. And we all know that understanding the personalities of team members leads to a more functional team, right? (Thanks Myers-Briggs!)
Anyway my point here is that, for better or worse, social networking is clearly pervasive in my life, blurring the lines between work and home. I'm sure the same can be said for many of you.
One interesting conversation that I saw going on recently on Twitter was around the idea of using these social networking tools for project communication. Frankly, I've got some mixed feelings about that. On the one hand, many of us are already tapped into Twitter/Facebook/whatever, so there's the efficiency factor: if my teammate is tweeting about a dependency slipping, and my kid is tweeting about how much she hates her math homework, I can quickly get caught up on both fronts using a single tool. Sweet. There's also the camaraderie factor: my teammate updates her Facebook status to indicate her general displeasure with how a vendor relationship is going, and I can comment on that, saying that I totally agree and it totally blows…now we're communicating at a watercooler level, and we both feel a little better knowing that we're both in the same boat.
However, the flip side is consideration of privacy. If you're tweeting about a dependency slipping, A) you'd better be careful not to inject too much emotion, in case the owner of that dependency sees your tweet, and B) you'd better watch what you disclose about your project, in case the rest of the world isn't supposed to know about Feature X, let alone that it's slipping.
So while I do see the merit in social networking for work purposes, I'm not sold on social networking for project purposes. Seems like it's a little too easy to get yourself in hot water unintentionally. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Do you use any social networking tools for your projects? What kinds of guidelines do you follow, if any? If you're not using social networking tools for your projects right now, why not? What's on that "flip side" for you?
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I have read your post with great interest.
I actually do not use any social networking tools for my projects.
Being a FB member my initial comment would be:"definitely no!"
You are right in pointing out how easy would be to get yourself in hot water unintentionally.
Also, it may happen you are involved in managing more than one project at a time (very frequent on my case), and not always you may want the others to know where you are heading.
That's a great point, Pino. As helpful as it might be to use things like Twitter or Facebook to communicate, some projects really require communication to stay within the team itself.
Of course, there are ways to help streamline project communication using tools like Outlook or SharePoint. I'm thinking of things like using rules in Outlook, or using discussion boards in SharePoint. Would love to hear other tips from anyone who has them...
Info on rules in Outlook:
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Using rules in Outlook to help streamline project communication.
This sounds Yummy (if it makes sense). I have no experience in this and I look forward to reading any contribute on this matter.
Something to explore and develop.
Thank you Sonia for this idea
Hi Sonia,
Great post, and well worth considering. I've actually been thinking about this situation a lot myself, and I really do feel that social networking tools (SNT) could serve an extremely beneficial role in managing projects. However, in order for them to serve the purposes of good and not evil for your project (or your career), they should be used intentionally rather than in an ad-hoc manner.
FWIW, here are some considerations that may help reduce the risk of career limiting moves with Facebook, Twitter, or other SNTs.
1. Don't use a personal account to collaborate on your project. It's easy to create multiple accounts, and you could have both a work and personal account. Heck, you can create an account that is used just for one project. By separating accounts, you're able to *focus* on what's relevant at the time, rather than being distracted by your kid's latest tweet. Keeping up with multiple accounts may seem a drag; however, the ability to focus is worth it. Plus, there are a range of tools that allow you to manage multiple accounts, such as these 25 tools available for Twitter (http://tinyurl.com/pefxku).
2. Consider and gain consensus among your project stakeholders on how to use the tools as part of your project, and document that methodology in your project's communications plan. If everyone agrees on what tools will be used, when and how communication will take place, and what sort of messages/content should be shared, there's the likelihood of greater value.
3. Utilize the privacy features available in these tools so that your project information isn't shared with the world. Twitter and Facebook accounts can be closed to only the friends of the person. Tools like www.yammer.com (a Twitter clone that's tweaked for corporate use) allow more restrictions on participation and use, along with guarantees on privacy and security. Tools like www.ning.com allow the creation of social networks that could be used specifically for projects. I use SharePoint for a lot of projects now as well: the announcements, discussion lists, wikis, are great for real time updates, and collaborative requirements gathering and statusing.
Thanks again for a juicy topic!
Bud Ratliff, MVP Project
A friend tweeted your blog. Very interesting. I agree that social network sites and project management should not be used together.
I have recently ran across a product that Microsoft offers for this exact purpose that kind of works along the lines of sharepoint.
Its called office live. I believe it is in beta testing now but is available free to the public.
I would be interested in hearing your comments on this product.
It has been interesting to track the latest Project Management buzz about Twitter during the past few


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This past Saturday evening, we were presented with yet another impressive display of visuals and power that The Division will be bringing to players' living rooms next year.
Massive Entertainment's director of communications Martin Hultberg did take the time to speak a little bit about the game's world, what it's about and how difficult it was to come up with an idea for the Tom Clancy series that hadn't been done before.
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Sept. 28, 2011 – African Americans are more likely to be both diagnosed with certain forms of cancer and to die from them than other racial and ethnic groups. In this Breakthroughs in Cancer Research podcast, Bettina Drake, PhD, MPH, evaluation co-leader for Siteman Cancer Center's Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD ), discusses Siteman's efforts to discover the reasons for the disparities and what it would take to reduce them. Through a research program Drake leads, PECaD is working with African-American males ages 40 to 80 to uncover the barriers that keep them from participating in tissue research for prostate cancer. Drake says that through such research and outreach programs, PECaD partners with the community to discover new solutions.
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill: I think you're confusing multithreading and multitasking. yield() only promises to offer to cede control to another runnable thread in the same JVM, not in some other process. sleep(1) does nothing for a millisecond, so yes, CPU utilization will go down.
Originally posted by Jeff Langr: I think you're right, but I'm still not understanding. Why would I ever want to use yield over sleep(1), since sleep should also cede control to another thread (or does it not?)?
Originally posted by Peter Chase: If you sleep(), the sleeping thread will do nothing for the duration of the sleep, even if no other thread is runnable. If no other process wants the CPU, either, then the CPU will go idle. In contrast, if you yield() when no other thread is runnable, the yielding thread will carry on processing almost straight away. By the way, it is unlikely that sleep(1) does actually sleep for only 1 millisecond. The operating system, unless it's a proper real-time one, probably doesn't have such fine resolution. Thus, sleep(1) will probably suspend your thread for several milliseconds, which is a really long time.


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ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGSThe information provided here is intended to answer frequently asked questions and should not be interpreted as legal advice or to serve as a complete guide as to what is required in an adversary proceeding. This information is subject to change without notice.
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An adversary proceeding (or "AP") is a lawsuit filed separate from but related to the bankruptcy case. It is an action commenced by one or more Plaintiffs filing a Complaint against one or more Defendants and resembles a typical civil case. The Plaintiff is the person, partnership or corporation initiating the lawsuit. The Defendant is the person, partnership or corporation being sued. Certain types of disputes cannot be handled in the bankruptcy case, but instead require the commencement of an adversary proceeding. These types of actions are found in Rule 7001 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION
The laws pertaining to bankruptcy are very complex. Like many lawsuits, an adversary proceeding can involve complicated factual circumstances and legal questions. The Clerk's Office staff, the judge, the judge's staff and the trustee appointed to oversee the bankruptcy case are not permitted to answer legal questions or provide legal advice. It is strongly recommended that you retain legal counsel to represent you in an adversary proceeding.
Any individual who is a Plaintiff or Defendant may represent themselves pro se (without legal counsel). Corporations, partnerships and other business entities must be represented by an attorney. [See Rule 2090-1 of the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Northern District of Florida.] All litigants involved in an adversary proceeding must comply with the Local Rules, the United States Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as well as observe traditional and customary rules of decorum. Failure to do so can result in dismissal of the case or other sanctions.WHO TYPICALLY FILES AN ADVERSARY PROCEEDING?
Common adversary matters often involve dischargeability of a particular debt or denial of a discharge of all debts, preference payment (an action to recover money paid to a creditor just prior to filing bankruptcy), violation of the automatic stay, or fraudulent transfer issues. An adversary proceeding is typically filed by a creditor, a trustee, or the debtor.REQUIREMENTS TO INITIATE AN ADVERSARY PROCEEDING
An adversary proceeding is commenced by the filing of a Complaint. A Complaint is a formal, written statement in which the initiating party, (i.e., the Plaintiff) presents the facts as he or she believes them to be and demands relief to which he or she is entitled under the law. Each Complaint is unique and there is no specific or official form provided by the court.The Complaint usually consists of five main parts:
- The case caption which identifies the Court, bankruptcy case, and party information for the adversary.
- The narrative statement identifying the name and location of the parties involved in the adversary proceeding as well as description of the transaction or other relationship between the parties that gives rise to the complaint.
- The jurisdiction or reason your case is being filed in this bankruptcy court.
- The allegations or claims that you are making against the Defendant.
- The relief you are seeking from the Court. This can be money or something you want the judge to make the Defendant do or stop doing. This information is usually written in the last paragraph of the Complaint.
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A filing fee is required in most instances when filing an adversary proceeding unless the Plaintiff is the debtor in a chapter 7 or 13 case and the adversary proceeding is related to the debtor's discharge. Please refer to the current fee schedule for the filing fee amount.
Plaintiffs who are not debtors in a pending bankruptcy case may pay filing fees by credit card, cash (exact amount), check, money orders, or cashier's checks. Personal checks or credit cards from the debtor, two-party checks, or post-dated checks will not be accepted.
The bankruptcy case must be open at the time the Complaint is filed. If the bankruptcy case is closed, you must file a Motion to Reopen and pay the filing fee (if applicable) to reopen the case. The reopening fee is in addition to the adversary proceeding filing fee.PRIVACY INFORMATION
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Failure to comply with any of the requirements may result in the Plaintiff's Complaint being dismissed or may result in a judgment being entered against the Defendant(s). An Order to Show Cause may also be entered which requires the party to appear in Court and explain the lack of compliance. The information contained herein is not intended to be a complete guide as to what is required in an adversary proceeding.


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New York Police, Firefighters to Picket NYC's Republican Convention
The Republican National Convention is still more than a month away, but firefighters, police officers and teachers have begun the demonstrations at Madison Square Garden.
On Monday morning, the unions representing the three groups of city workers launched 10 days of what they are calling "informational picketing" about their stalled negotiations for new contracts. The demonstrations are scheduled to continue around the clock, coinciding with the beginning of preparations for the GOP Convention.
"We need to get a contract for our members," said Pat Lynch, the head of the city"s largest police union. "It's been two years since New York City police officers and our firefighters had a contract, and teachers have been without one for a year. That's just absolutely unfair. There has not been one negotiating session in which the city came to the table prepared to talk realistically with these unions. That needs to be changed, and we need the public to know that."
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the Uniformed Firefighters Association and the United Federation of Teachers are all seeking raises and better benefits. The three unions also staged a joint rally outside City Hall last month.
"Now, on a national level, the Republican National Convention is coming New York, and we intend to inform the whole country that the heroes of 9/11, who risked their lives and died in record numbers, don't have a contract," said Steve Cassidy, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association. "And people around the country can't understand how there is no contract with a Republican mayor in a Republican-controlled state with a Republican governor with the Republicans coming to town."
The Republican National Convention will take place at Madison Square Garden from August 30 to September 2.
"The mayor wants to bring the convention here to put the spotlight on the city, but he refuses to pay the cops and the firefighters, which would give him the right to put that spotlight on it," said another picketer.
Police officers and firefighters say they deserve better compensation, adding that a new contract is necessary to prevent colleagues from leaving the city.
"In the wake of 9/11, the job that we do every day is dramatically different," said one of the protestors. "There are terror alerts and things of that nature. We do more, and we"re doing it with less. We're losing people everyday to outside agencies that are paying much more money than New York City."
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