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United States, Department of the Air Force, 72ND Mission Support Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma (Agency) and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 916 (Union)
[ v60 p432 ]
60 FLRA No. 85
November 19, 2004
Before the Authority: Dale Cabaniss, Chairman, and
Carol Waller Pope and Tony Armendariz, Members
I. Statement of the Case
This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator William L. McKee filed by the Agency under § 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Union filed an opposition to the Agency's exceptions.
The Arbitrator denied a grievance alleging that the Agency disciplined the grievant without just cause, but found that the Agency improperly denied the grievant leave during his incarceration. The Arbitrator ordered the Agency to correct the grievant's records to reflect either annual leave, and pay him for that leave period, or leave without pay (LWOP), if the grievant did not have any annual leave available.
For the following reasons, we deny the Agency's exceptions.
II. Background
The grievant has been employed by the Agency for 15 years and works as an aviation technician with regularly scheduled work Monday through Friday. Award at 2. The grievant was arrested before work when he was stopped at a roadblock and found to be intoxicated. Id. The grievant was incarcerated for three workdays. The grievant missed work while incarcerated, but also missed work the day before his incarceration and the first four hours of his shift the day after his incarceration. Id.
While incarcerated, the grievant called a friend who then contacted the grievant's supervisor to inform the supervisor that the grievant was incarcerated and could not report to work. Id. at 2-3.
Upon returning to work, management informed the grievant that it "intended to discipline him for violations of attendance and reporting requirements." Id. at 3. As a result of the incident, the grievant was suspended for five days and charged as absent without leave (AWOL) and with a failure to adhere to the call-in procedures. Award at 4; Exceptions at 2 and Enclosure 2; Article 5, Section 5.04. In the Agency's Notice of Proposed Suspension, the Agency stated that the suspension was a result of both the failure to request leave and the unauthorized absences. [n1] Exceptions, Enclosure 2.
The Union filed a grievance alleging that there was no just cause for the discipline. The parties were unable to resolve the grievance and the matter went to arbitration. Id. The parties stipulated that the matter was properly before the Arbitrator and that the issue was "[whether] the five-day suspension of the [g]rievant [was] for just cause? If not, what is the proper remedy?" Id. at 1.
The Agency argued that the grievant missed four and one-half days of work without requesting leave under the call-in procedures contained in the parties' agreement. [n2] Id. at 4. According to the Agency, the grievant had been disciplined a year earlier for leaving work without permission. Id.
The Union asserted that during the grievant's incarceration he only had two opportunities to make a phone call. Award at 5. The first opportunity came early the first morning, before supervisors report for duty and the second opportunity did not arrive until the afternoon of the day the grievant was released. Id. Finally, according to the grievant, the Agency will not accept a collect call. Id.
According to the Arbitrator, the central issue of the grievance was whether the grievant, given his circumstances and his attempts to contact his supervisors, satisfied [ v60 p433 ] the requirements of the parties' agreement regarding call-in procedures. [n3] Id. at 5. The Arbitrator found that the grievant's circumstances were not normal, as being incarcerated places severe limitations on communication. Id. The Arbitrator also determined that the grievant had tried, but failed to leave a message at work the first opportunity he had to use a telephone. Award at 5. The Arbitrator concluded that the telephone call from the grievant's friend notifying the Agency of the grievant's situation satisfied the requirements under the parties' agreement that someone notify the Agency of the grievant's status. Id. Because the grievant was incarcerated, the Arbitrator reasoned, the friend could not inform the Agency of the anticipated duration of the absence or a telephone number where the grievant could be reached. Id. The Arbitrator stated that the grievant "did the best he could to notify the Agency of his status." Id.
After determining that the grievant followed the parties' requirements for requesting unscheduled leave during his incarceration, the Arbitrator addressed the grievant's absences during the period when he was not incarcerated. The Arbitrator explained that the grievant could not offer an explanation for his absence the day before his arrest. Id. at 6. In addition, the Arbitrator found that the grievant did not offer a justification for failing to follow reporting requirements the day he returned to work but missed the first four hours of his shift. Id.
Based on his factual findings, the Arbitrator concluded that the absences during incarceration were due to abnormal circumstances and that annual leave or LWOP should have been granted. Id. As for the other twelve hours of unscheduled absence, the Arbitrator found that those absences warranted appropriate discipline. Id. The Arbitrator considered the Agency's discipline in light of his finding that the grievant had twelve hours of unscheduled absence and determined that the decision to suspend the grievant for five days was warranted. [n4] Id. The Arbitrator denied the grievance, finding that there was just cause for the discipline, but that the Agency did not have cause to deny the grievant's leave for the period of his incarceration. Award at 7. The Arbitrator ordered the Agency to correct the grievant's records to "reflect either annual leave or [LWOP] if he had no annual leave available at the time" and stated that the grievant should be paid for the "days of annual leave, for a total of three days or for any part of a day, according to the amount of his unused leave balance, if any, at the end of the appropriate reference period." Id.
III. Positions of the Parties
A. Agency's Exceptions
The Agency argues that the grievant was absent from work and no leave had been previously requested or was requested or approved during the absence. Exceptions at 2. According to the Agency, the issue submitted to arbitration was only whether the five-day suspension was appropriate. Id. at 2-3. The Agency alleges that the Arbitrator exceeded his authority when he went beyond the resolution of that issue and found that the Agency did not have cause to deny the grievant leave during his incarceration. Id. at 3. Recognizing that an arbitrator "must sometimes resolve factual or interpretation issues other than the ultimate issue upon which he is authorized to issue a binding award in order to make a proper decision in a case[,]" the Agency maintains that the issue of how much leave should have been granted to the grievant during his incarceration was not before the Arbitrator. See id.
In addition, the Agency asserts that the Arbitrator exceeded his authority by ordering relief on an issue not submitted to arbitration. Id. at 3. The Agency argues that the "Arbitrator lacked the authority to order the Agency to retroactively grant the [g]rievant leave or pay him backpay . . . ." Id.
The Agency also argues that the award "directs" the Agency to pay the grievant for three days of annual leave. Id. As such, the Agency contends that the award violates the Back Pay Act. Id. The Agency alleges that in order to award backpay, an arbitrator must find an employee was affected by an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action which resulted in a reduction or loss of pay. Exceptions at 3. According to the Agency, the Arbitrator did not make the necessary findings in this case. Id. Specifically, the Agency contends that the Arbitrator did not make a finding that had the grievant requested annual leave, it would have been granted. Id. [ v60 p434 ] In fact, the Agency argues, the grievant did not have any annual leave available when he was incarcerated. Id.
B. Union's Opposition
The Union asserts that the Arbitrator correctly considered the AWOL charge in this arbitration. Opposition at 4. According to the Union, the Agency's policy is to arbitrate issues only once and not split a cause of action. Opposition at 2-3. The Union maintains that when the grievant was charged AWOL for his absences, the matter was not yet resolved and the grievant could not file a grievance. Id. at 4. The Union argues that the Agency's own regulations prohibit an employee from grieving a notice of proposed action. Id. (citing AFI 36-704, July 22, 1994). The Union contends that the Agency is attempting to request that the cause of action be split, the opposite of its past policy. Id. at 4.
The Union argues that the Arbitrator found that the Agency improperly denied the grievant leave during his incarceration and that the only action the award requires the Agency to take is to change the grievant's leave status during his incarceration from AWOL to LWOP. Id. at 5. According to the Union, the grievant did not have any annual leave available to cover the period of incarceration and that the benefit to the grievant is that his record will reflect fewer hours of AWOL time. Id.
IV. Analysis and Conclusions
A. The Arbitrator did not exceed his authority.
In this case, the Agency alleges that the Arbitrator resolved an issue not submitted to arbitration, i.e., whether the grievant should have been granted leave for the period of his incarceration. Under Authority precedent, arbitrators exceed their authority when they fail to resolve an issue submitted to arbitration, resolve an issue not submitted to arbitration, disregard specific limitations on their authority, or award relief to those not encompassed within the grievance. See AFGE, Local 1617, 51 FLRA 1645, 1647 (1996). Arbitrators do not exceed their authority by addressing any issue that is necessary to decide a stipulated issue, or by addressing any issue that necessarily arises from issues specifically included in a stipulation. See NATCA, MEBA/NMU, 51 FLRA 993, 996 (1996); United States Dep't of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Serv., Honolulu Dist. Office, Honolulu, Haw., 43 FLRA 927, 935 (1992) (citing United States Dep't of Health and Human Servs., Austin, Tex., 40 FLRA 1035, 1041 (1991) (HHS)); Air Force Space Div., L.A. Air Force Station, Cal., 24 FLRA 516, 519 (1986) (Air Force Station).
The parties stipulated that the issue was whether there was just cause for disciplining the grievant and if not, what the proper remedy was. The Agency disciplined the grievant for two alleged instances of misconduct, being AWOL over a period of four and one-half days and for failing to follow call-in procedures provided for in the parties' agreement. [n5] Award at 3; Exceptions at 2; Article 5, Section 5.04. Therefore, the question of whether there was just cause for the discipline necessarily includes the propriety of both the AWOL allegation and the charge that the grievant failed to follow call-in procedures. See NATCA, MEBA/NMU, 51 FLRA at 996. In order for the Arbitrator to determine whether or not there was just cause for the suspension, he had to determine if the Agency correctly designated the grievant as AWOL for the entire duration of his absence.
The Arbitrator, interpreting the procedures for requesting unscheduled leave set forth in the parties' agreement, concluded that the grievant had followed those procedures during his incarceration and therefore, was not AWOL and there was no just cause to discipline him for his absence during that period of time. Award at 6. Because the issue of the grievant's AWOL status was directly before the Arbitrator, the Arbitrator did not exceed his authority by determining that the Agency improperly designated the grievant as AWOL. NATCA, MEBA/NMU, 51 FLRA at 996.
The Agency's exception also concerns whether the remedy awarded by the Arbitrator exceeded the arbitrator's authority. We note, in this regard, that the Authority grants the arbitrator broad discretion to fashion a remedy that the arbitrator considers to be appropriate. See United States Dep't of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Nat'l Mapping Div., Mapping Applications Ctr., 55 FLRA 30, 33 (1998); AFGE, Local 916, 50 FLRA 244, 246-47 (1995) (citing Air Force Station, 24 FLRA at 519). In addition, the stipulated issue gave the Arbitrator the authority to fashion a remedy if he found the discipline was not based on just cause. The Arbitrator ordered the Agency to change the grievant's status to annual leave, if available, or LWOP for the period of his incarceration. Award at 7. The Arbitrator fashioned a remedy that was directly responsive to his finding that the Agency improperly designated the grievant as AWOL. United States Dep't of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wash., D.C., 59 FLRA 533 [ v60 p435 ] (2003) (arbitrator did not exceed authority because the remedy was responsive to the issue of arbitration and fell within the broad discretion afforded an arbitrator to fashion an appropriate remedy); AFGE, Local 2382, 58 FLRA 270, 271 (2002) (Authority found that in the absence of any agreement provisions limiting the Arbitrator's discretion, his action of reducing the suspension to a warning clearly fell within the broad discretion the Authority gives to an arbitrator to fashion a remedy that the arbitrator considers to be appropriate); United States Dep't of Housing and Urban Development, 47 FLRA 1053, 1063 (1993) (Authority found that the arbitrator's award was "directly responsive" to the issue before the arbitrator and therefore the arbitrator did not exceed his authority); HHS, 40 FLRA at 1041 (The arbitrator acted within his authority when he determined that part of the disciplinary action was not based on just cause and reduced the penalty.)
Based on the above, we find that the Arbitrator did not exceed his authority when he ordered the Agency to change the grievant's leave status from AWOL to LWOP for the time period covering his incarceration. United States Dep't of the Navy, Navy Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 59 FLRA 698, 698-99 (2004) (The arbitrator, stating that an Agency must show that the grievant engaged in action warranting discipline, did not exceed authority when he upheld the suspension, but ordered the disciplinary action to be expunged in six months if the grievant's record remained clear, because the remedy was directly responsive to the issue.) Although the Arbitrator found that there was no just cause for the discipline based on the period of the grievant's incarceration, the Arbitrator upheld the five day suspension because it "[was] not improper, given that the violations committed in the instant matter involved [twelve] hours of missed work." [n6] See Award at 6.
B. The award is not inconsistent with the Back Pay Act.
The Agency also challenges the award's consistency with the Back Pay Act. An award is deficient under § 7122(a)(1) of the Statute if it is contrary to the Back Pay Act. See, e.g., United States Dep't of Justice, Fed. Bureau of Prisons, Fed. Corr. Complex, Beaumont, Tex., 59 FLRA 466, 467 (2003). We review the question of law raised by the exception de novo. See, e.g., United States Dep't of the Navy, Commander, Military Sealift Command, Wash., D.C., 57 FLRA 930, 931 (2002); AFGE, Local 1203, 55 FLRA 528, 530 (1999). In applying a de novo standard of review, the Authority assesses whether an arbitrator's legal conclusions are consistent with the applicable standard of law. See NFFE, Local 1437, 53 FLRA 1703, 1710 (1998). In making that assessment, the Authority defers to the arbitrator's underlying factual findings. See id.
The Authority has long held that, under the Back Pay Act, an award of backpay is authorized only when an arbitrator finds that: (1) the aggrieved employee was affected by an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action; and (2) the personnel action has resulted in the withdrawal or reduction of the grievant's pay, allowances, or differentials. See, e.g., United States Dep't of Health and Human Servs., 54 FLRA 1210, 1218-19 (1998).
Although the Agency states that the award "directs the Agency to pay the grievant for three days of annual leave[,]" the Agency misconstrues the award. The Arbitrator stated in the award that "[a]nnual leave, or [LWOP] if annual leave was not available, should have been authorized for this period [of incarceration]" and ordered the Agency to correct the grievant's records to "reflect either annual leave or [LWOP] if he had no annual leave available at the time" and to pay the grievant "for the days of annual leave, for a total of three days or for any part of a day, according to the amount of his unused leave balance, if any, at the end of the appropriate reference period." Exceptions at 3; Award at 6-7.
According to the Arbitrator's award, if the grievant did not have any annual leave available, then the Agency must only correct the grievant's records to reflect his status as LWOP during the period of his incarceration. The parties agree that the grievant did not have any annual leave available for the time period in question. Exceptions at 3 (citing Transcript at 82-83 (The grievant agreed that he had a negative leave balance during the period in question)); Opposition at 5. In these circumstances, the Agency is not directed to pay the grievant for the period of his incarceration because the Arbitrator ordered the Agency to pay only if annual leave was available.
Therefore, the award is not inconsistent with the Back Pay Act because the Agency is not directed to restore any pay, allowance or differentials to the grievant. As a result, we deny the Agency's contrary to law exceptions.
V. Decision
The Agency's exceptions are denied. [ v60 p436 ]
Article 5, Discipline and Counseling
Section 5.04: Notice of Proposed Actions and Notices of Final Decisions
a. The employer will give Notices of Proposed Action for disciplinary actions taken under Section 5.06 of this Agreement. Said notices will advise the employee of his/her right to make a reply . . . .
c. The decision to take action must be based on the charge(s) stated in the Notice of Proposed Action.
Award at 3.
Article 23, Annual Leave
Section 23.06: Call-in Procedures for Requesting Annual Leave
Employees should request emergency/unscheduled annual leave by contacting their immediate supervisor, or other persons designated to receive such requests, by telephone at the beginning of or as soon as possible after the start of their regular shifts and provide reasons for the request. Under normal circumstances, this call will be no later than two hours after the shift begins. . . . If the employee is not able to make the call, someone else may make it on their behalf and will state the reason(s) the employee was unable to call as well as the anticipated duration of the absence, and telephone number where the employee can be reached. The supervisor will contact the employee within two hours of the tel

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Aliases for RPL17-C18orf32 Gene
External Ids for RPL17-C18orf32 Gene
- Entrez Gene: 100526842
- Ensembl: ENSG00000215472
Previous GeneCards Identifiers for RPL17-C18orf32 Gene
Summaries for RPL17-C18orf32 Gene
This locus represents naturally occurring read-through transcription between the neighboring RPL17 (ribosomal protein L17) and C18orf32 (chromosome 18 open reading frame 32) genes. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. The encoded isoforms share sequence identity with the RPL17 protein, but they include frameshifted C-terminal regions derived from the downstream gene exons. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]
GeneCards Summary for RPL17-C18orf32 Gene
RPL17-C18orf32 (RPL17-C18orf32 Readthrough) is a Protein Coding gene. Among its related pathways are CFTR translational fidelity (class I mutations). An important paralog of this gene is RPL17.


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"White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart" features the work of artists engaged with clothing, adornment, and self-presentation to highlight the inventive design, tactical implementation, or sartorial sense by which we multiply and complete our personalities. ICA. Info: 215-898-7108 or www.icaphila.org.
"La Tauromaquia: Carnicero, Goya, Picasso and the Bullfight" features 70 exceptional prints by Antonio Carnicero (1748-1814), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). This exhibition reveals founder Arthur Ross' passion for master prints and honors his vision for a university gallery that presents exhibitions of art and artifacts from around the world. Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 South 34th St. Info: 215-898-2083 or www.upenn.edu/ARG. Exhibit on display through July 28.
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A blunt force/precision slice pairing between fighters
A subtrope of Red Oni, Blue Oni that could also be related to the Battle Couple. This particular trope emphasizes the Red Oni, Blue Oni relationship by having a fighting style or weapon that reflects the user's personality. This often results in having a blunt force powerhouse and a precision cutter.
- "The Force" is blunt, straightforward, and relies on sheer power to get through his battles. More often than not this guy would either use his bare fists or a really big sword to get the job done. He's probably on the slow side, but holy hell does he crush his competition. Expect this guy to be Unskilled, but Strong, at least relative to everyone else.
- "The Finesse" is much more coolheaded and strategic in combat. He will often use a katana or an equally elegant weapon to slice through his opponents with deadly precision, or if he's unarmed he would prefer the use of karate chops or precision finger strikes. He's much faster than his hotheaded partner and likely weaker in terms of power, which emphasizes his Weak, but Skilled status.
- Scryed has Kazuma and Ryuhou. Kazuma's Alter gives him a big metal fist while Ryuhou has a stand with blades.
- Asura's Wrath uses this dynamic with Asura and Yasha. Asura uses his fists for everything while Yasha prefers to use Razor Wind.
- Fist of the North Star has Kenshiro's fists and Rei's slicing techniques.
- Guilty Gear contrasts Sol Badguy's BFS with Ky Kiske's more traditional longsword
- Rurouni Kenshin exhibits this with Kenshin's precision reverse-blade and Sanosuke's BFS. Sanosuke later ditches his sword and relies on his fists, further enhancing this trope.
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Improving basic and translational science by accounting for litter-to-litter variation in animal models
- Stanley E LazicAffiliated withIn Silico Lead Discovery, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Email author
- , Laurent EssiouxAffiliated withBioinformatics and Exploratory Data Analysis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Animals from the same litter are often more alike compared with animals from different litters. This litter-to-litter variation, or "litter effects", can influence the results in addition to the experimental factors of interest. Furthermore, sometimes an experimental treatment can only be applied to whole litters rather than to individual offspring. An example is the valproic acid (VPA) model of autism, where VPA is administered to pregnant females thereby inducing the disease phenotype in the offspring. With this type of experiment the sample size is the number of litters and not the total number of offspring. If such experiments are not appropriately designed and analysed, the results can be severely biased as well as extremely underpowered.
A review of the VPA literature showed that only 9% (3/34) of studies correctly determined that the experimental unit (n) was the litter and therefore made valid statistical inferences. In addition, litter effects accounted for up to 61% (p <0.001) of the variation in behavioural outcomes, which was larger than the treatment effects. In addition, few studies reported using randomisation (12%) or blinding (18%), and none indicated that a sample size calculation or power analysis had been conducted.
Litter effects are common, large, and ignoring them can make replication of findings difficult and can contribute to the low rate of translating preclinical in vivo studies into successful therapies. Only a minority of studies reported using rigorous experimental methods, which is consistent with much of the preclinical in vivo literature.
KeywordsAutism Experimental design Litter-effects Mixed-effects model Multiparous Nested model Valproic acid
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- Improving basic and translational science by accounting for litter-to-litter variation in animal models
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Dinner was especially lively tonight than any other night. Mostly, the girls were talking about that stupid ball that was in less than three weeks away. The guys, however, were talking about how nervous they were to ask the girl they wanted; giving dirty looks to different guys around the tables. Whatever. Padfoot and I were just going through our daily routine of counting how many students we could prank in a single hour. He counted a few names off the list and looked to me. I was just going through my plate of steak and biscuits quickly; every once in a while I looked toward the door of the Great hall, where all the students who were just recently in their dorms were now flooding into the great hall. James stopped his counting and looked with me.
"Padfoot? What are you looking for?" James said
"Wha-? O-Oh...Nothing, Prongs..." I sighed, shoving my head back into the folds of my shirt
"Oh yeah, I haven't seen (y/n) or Evans come down for di
Marauder Unexpected Romance - Chapter 1Marauder Unexpected Romance - Chapter 1 by AstaLaAlchemist
(Sirius Black x Reader)
You were in your third year at Hogwarts, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Your grades were at least above average which made you the teachers favorite in almost all your classes. Unfortunately, that also made you the target of bullying and teasing. People would often call you ugly and a 'teachers pet'. You tried your best to ignore them and just be on your way, however--though they only stopped for a short amount of time-- you were introduced to a different sort of problem. One very handsome, very annoying, very persuasive and mildly cunning wizard.
"No." you said firmly, turning and visibly walking away from your pursuer
A tall ravenette shuffled quickly behind you, making you walk even faster with your head up.
"Come on, (y/n)! It'll be fun!" Sirius tried to grab your shoulder "I promise this isn't a joke, love. Besides, why would I ever joke around with a pretty girl like you?" he took a strand of your hair and kissed it.
You didn't know what came over you,
Thin Ice"Sirius, please come back here."Thin Ice by StarryHunter
"Yeah, c'mon, Pads. This is a really bad idea."
Sirius let a smirk form as he turned to peer over his shoulder at his friends. All three were huddled together, watching him with a mix of worry, apprehension and awe. He chuckled, turning to face them fully as he folded his arms over his chest.
"You were the one that suggested it, Prongs."
"Yes, well... I guess I didn't think you were daft enough to try it. Come back." James was frowning, looking much more serious than was normal for him. That in itself should have made Sirius walk back to where his friends stood, but--
"I'm already committed, Mate." He shrugged, then bounced where he was standing. "Besides. It's solid enough!"
Remus winced. "For now, yeah." He shook his head. "No. I'm asking you, as a friend, to come back here. But I'm telling you, as a Prefect, that if you don't, I'll take further measures."
That even caused James to look at the werewolf with a surprised sort of look. Remus glanced at a
The Unexpected GiftIt wasn't exactly uncommon for him to remain at Hogwarts for Christmas. Since starting, since being sorted into Gryffindor and becoming the sore disappointment of his family that he was, he spent nearly every Christmas at the castle. Occasionally, James remained with him, one year Remus had. Peter had tried, but had been convinced to go home by his parents every time.The Unexpected Gift by StarryHunter
He'd had the offer to go home with James this year. It was, after all, his home now. And, much as he felt more at home there than he ever did at Grimmauld Place, he declined. There had been little to no time to sit and be alone with his thoughts since leaving his family, his entire life, behind. He knew it was a miserable reason, and that, perhaps, James expected this was the case. But he wanted to be alone for Christmas. Alone and somewhere he knew, above all else, that he was safe.
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©2009-2016 AlisaKiss
This was my first Supergirl costume, from the animated version.
I really hope you aren't ticklish; otherwise that costume is exposing an easily exploitable weakness
I hate Super Girl... you do an ok job of fixing that.
My favorite version of Supergirl!
You're cute. do you do requests?
This is my favorite Supergirl costume on you. You are an excellent and beautiful cosplayer!
how cute
Very Sweet and very cute.
what a great real life super girl !
just like the comic but real this time
just like the comic but real this time
I dig it!
your belly is stunningly gorgeous
I've tried this one but you was the the best!
Your Supergirl certainly has ME animated
Cool looking Supergirl!
Best Supergirl ever
Looks good on ya
my favorite supergirl
Oh, wow, my favorite Supergirl, and this is perfect aside from the lack of gloves!
really nice, you look great
Not bad... the insigia should be smaller but hey, it looks freakin cool!!
Wow. Suits you well.
My favorite of the Supergirl costumes!
Alisa, the Supergirl out fit with the white top is my favorite one on you, please wear that costume on SKW, that would be worth watching, but then again you look amazing no matter what you're wearing.
Alisa, this my favorite out fit on you, all that can be said is WOW.
Very pretty.
i recognize you now , I knew I have you before, I go to dragoncon a lot and I remember this costume... cute
i'm fuckin skinnier!!!
You have amazing skills with a needle and thread. Is sewing a profession or is it all hobby?
wow a real super girl (hehehe see what i done there )...smoking body too if i dare say
I love both of your Supergirl costumes but since the cartoon one was my ultimate favorite this was is Awesome and looks Fantastic on you!!!
Very good cosplay, but... my god your belly... so skinny
Not sure whether to say COOL or HOT!
cute and sexy but
where is your belly oo
where where
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nothing irregular
only one flat belly
cute and sexy but
where is your belly oo
where where
aah there it issss
nothing irregular
only one flat belly
I preffered the Supergirl who wore this in the comics as opposed to the one in the cartoon. good job, btw.
Very Pretty!
you look so pretty whit it!!
another amazong job!!
another amazong job!!
O mi O my i like this costume better as SuperGirl
ur a super girl tehehe
ur a super girl tehehe
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Fourth, Benjamin Netanyahu has just become Prime Minister of Israel. He promises action before Iran can achieve its nuclear threat. Israel's Military Intelligence Maj.Gen. Amos Yadlin this week confirmed that Iran has now crossed the technology threshold needed to weaponize. The situation is hair-triggered as Israel and Iran both contemplate pre-emptive action. Therefore, during the past three weeks, the military endgame has become drastically closer.
Hillary Clinton's recent "listening tour" to the Mideast was a great "photo op and a noble beginning with lots of mixed messages, but did nothing to decelerate the Iran nuke crisis.
Yes, Israel continues a massive game of global equipment sabotage, assassinations of Iranian scientists, and diplomacy. But it is not working and Israel is wondering how long it can wait. Days? Weeks? Months?
Remember, Tehran's nuclear partner is Moscow. Russia has provided almost all of the nuclear material for the Bushehr nuclear reactor, along with thousands of technicians. President Vladimir Putin decided to deliver the final phases of the S-300 advanced air defense system which can track scores of Israeli airborne intruders simultaneously and knock them down. The S-300 will not be fully operational for several months. A nervous and narrow window exists for Israel's forces to act. Sensing this, Moscow just quietly agreed to pause missile deliveries to Iran fearing it would only accelerate an Israeli attack.
President Ahmadinejad incessantly promises to counter or preempt any Israeli move by shutting the Strait of Hormuz, and destroying the indispensable Ras Tanura gulf oil terminal and the Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq. Tehran can easily achieve this by missile or bomber. According to author Black, any of these three moves would immediately stop 40 percent of all sea borne oil, 18 percent of global oil, and some 20 percent of America's daily needs.
Low gas prices are irrelevant to an oil interruption. If it stops, it stops—at any price. Pump prices would become astronomical. Russia and Saudi Arabia would love to see pump prices zoom to more than $15 per gallon. That would make economic recovery completely impossible. No one could even afford the gas to look for work. America would be forced to go to war.
Actually, America has dangerously increased its oil vulnerability because of oil's precipitous drop to about $35 per barrel. Canada, supplying about ten percent of our 20 million barrel daily use, requires $70 per barrel of oil to produce. At $35, much of Canada's fast expansion has been shut down. America's strategic petroleum reserve carries only two months worth of unrefined oil. According to The Plan, a protracted interruption would throw us into a Mad Max scenario.
Yet the Obama administration has developed no contingency plan. What must it do? To survive, America must retrofit much of its 250 million gas guzzling vehicles along with a surge of alt fuels. We have the compressed natural gas (CNG), hydrogen, electric, biofuel, non-agrifuel ethanol, methanol and other alt fuel technology right here right now.
We can compel Detroit to convert and retrofit now. We must lift EPA sanctions against converting vehicles off oil. Take some of those billions, Mr. President, and help this country survive both its economic and petro political vulnerability. In other words, get a plan.


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There's also an another thing I'm worried about; me and my travel agent haven't settled yet with the package we've been discussing since March. I'm also getting worried that we might not settle the deal before I go in April 18. If we don't, that means no vacation; crap. Well, there's only 8 days left, so we really need to settle this ASAP.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. (NYSE: HGR) announced today that it will provide a live, listen-only webcast of the management presentations taking place at its Analyst Day on Thursday, December 2, 2010. Thomas F. Kirk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hanger Orthopedic Group, will be the lead presenter, followed by senior management presentations, among others, related to the Company's operating units. The presentations will begin at 8:45 a.m., ET, and continue until approximately noon, ET. The webcast may be assessed by going to the Investor Relations link on the Company's web site at www.hanger.com. A replay of the Analyst Day webcast will be available for 90 days.About Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services. Hanger is the market leader in the United States, owning and operating in excess of 675 patient care centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia, with more than 3,800 employees, including over 1,100 practitioners, as of September 30, 2010 Hanger is organized into four units. The two key operating units are patient care, which consists of nationwide orthotic and prosthetic practice centers, and distribution, which consists of distribution centers managing the supply chain of orthotic and prosthetic componentry to Hanger and third party patient care centers. The third is Linkia, which is the first and only provider network management company for the orthotics and prosthetics industry. The fourth unit, Innovative Neurotronics, introduces emerging neuromuscular technologies developed through independent research in a collaborative effort with industry suppliers worldwide. For more information on Innovative Neurotronics, Inc. or the WalkAide®, visit http://www.ininc.us. For more information on Hanger, visit http://www.hanger.com. SOURCE Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
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I am hoping you are getting the drift of my thinking and can move right along with me. We cannot simply tolerate small business, because as you know, small is always less than large and to make this work out, we need larger businesses to employ more people and earn more money (we needn't worry about losses anymore) and pay more taxes. Therefore, we penalize those whose proclivity is to run a small operation.
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Large quantities of hydrogen are needed for the synthesis of ammonia. One preparation of hydrogen involves the reaction between carbon monoxide and steam at 300°C in the presence of a copper-zinc catalyst:
CO(g) + H2O(g) ⇌ CO2(g) + H2(g)
Calculate the equilibrium constant (KP) for the reaction and the temperature at which the reaction favors the formation of CO and H2O. Will a larger KP be attained at the same temperature if a more efficient catalyst is used?