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text: Veterans' Preference: Data on Employment of Veterans (Letter Report, 02/01/95, GAO/GGD-96-13). Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other federal agencies have given veterans hiring preference, focusing on: (1) OPM implementation of its veterans' preference oversight responsibilities; (2) whether the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) authority over veterans' preference appeals has been weakened by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978; and (3) how reductions-in-force (RIF) have affected women and minorities when veterans' preference was applied. GAO found that: (1) veterans' preferences given to OPM and governmentwide new hires has increased since 1990; (2) OPM policies encourage the employment and career enhancement of veterans; (3) OPM guidance explains veterans hiring policies and the responsibilities of OPM veterans program coordinator; (4) OPM routinely reviews veterans preference hiring procedures at various agencies to determine if veterans receive the percentage points to which they are entitled; (5) the Civil Service Reform Act has not weakened MSPB authority over veterans' preference appeals; and (6) women and minorities are disproportionately separated during a RIF because they rank lower than white males in areas such as veterans' preference. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: GGD-96-13 TITLE: Veterans' Preference: Data on Employment of Veterans DATE: 02/01/95 SUBJECT: Veterans employment programs Reductions in force Veterans benefits Hiring policies Personnel management Women Minorities Labor statistics IDENTIFIER: OPM Central Personnel Data File Senior Executive Service SES OPM Recruitment and Special Programs Handbook ****************************************************************** ** This file contains an ASCII representation of the text of a ** ** GAO report. Delineations within the text indicating chapter ** ** titles, headings, and bullets are preserved. Major ** ** divisions and subdivisions of the text, such as Chapters, ** ** Sections, and Appendixes, are identified by double and ** ** single lines. The numbers on the right end of these lines ** ** indicate the position of each of the subsections in the ** ** document outline. These numbers do NOT correspond with the ** ** page numbers of the printed product. ** ** ** ** No attempt has been made to display graphic images, although ** ** figure captions are reproduced. Tables are included, but ** ** may not resemble those in the printed version. ** ** ** ** Please see the PDF (Portable Document Format) file, when ** ** available, for a complete electronic file of the printed ** ** document's contents. ** ** ** ** A printed copy of this report may be obtained from the GAO ** ** Document Distribution Center. For further details, please ** ** send an e-mail message to: ** ** ** ** <[email protected]> ** ** ** ** with the message 'info' in the body. ** ****************************************************************** Cover ================================================================ COVER Report to the Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives February 1996 VETERANS' PREFERENCE - DATA ON EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS GAO/GGD-96-13 Veterans' Preference (966677) Abbreviations =============================================================== ABBREV DOD - Department of Defense MSPB - Merit Systems Protection Board OPM - Office of Personnel Management RIF - reduction-in-force SES - Senior Executive Service VRA - Veterans Readjustment Appointment Letter =============================================================== LETTER B-265702 February 1, 1996 The Honorable Bob Stump Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Under federal law, agencies are to give preferential hiring consideration to eligible veterans as a measure of national gratitude for their military service. Agencies are also to give preference to veterans in retaining their jobs during a reduction-in-force (RIF). This report responds to your request for information on the veterans' preference practices of executive branch agencies. As agreed with your office, we are providing information on whether statistics indicate that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other federal agencies have given veterans hiring preference; how OPM has implemented its veterans' preference oversight responsibilities; whether the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) authority over veterans' preference appeals was weakened by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-454); and how RIFs have affected women and minorities when veterans' preference was applied. RESULTS IN BRIEF ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :1 Veterans represented a generally increasing share of the new hires made by OPM in recent years. In fiscal year 1994, for example, over 18 percent of OPM's new hires had veterans' preference, up from 6.6 percent in fiscal year 1990. The increased representation of veterans among new hires at OPM was generally reflected governmentwide. Among all agencies, the percentage of new hires with veterans' preference increased from 12 percent in fiscal year 1990 to 14.8 percent in fiscal year 1994. OPM's policies encourage the employment and career enhancement of veterans. OPM's guidance explains the various ways veterans can be hired and details the responsibilities of OPM's veterans program coordinator. In terms of OPM's oversight of agencies' implementation of veterans' preference regulations, our prior work found that veterans' preference procedures were being properly applied in virtually all of the hiring instances we examined.\1 We did not examine whether agencies were correctly applying veterans' preference during RIFs. With regard to MSPB's authority over veterans' preference appeals, we believe the current legal framework to protect veterans' rights was not weakened by the Civil Service Reform Act. While the act extended appeal rights to other competitive service employees, veterans' rights to appeal RIFs and adverse personnel actions were not affected. In our prior work on how women and minorities were affected during a RIF at three Department of Defense (DOD) installations, we found that women and minorities were disproportionately separated, in part because they ranked lower than white males in one of three retention factors, including veterans' preference.\2 -------------------- \1 Federal Hiring: Does Veterans' Preference Need Updating? (GAO/GGD-92-52, Mar. 20, 1992). \2 Federal Personnel: The EEO Implications of Reductions-In-Force (GAO/T-GGD-94-87, Feb. 1, 1994). BACKGROUND ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :2 To help reward veterans for their military service, the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended, requires that eligible veterans be given enhanced consideration for federal jobs. This is done by adding either 5 or 10 points to the passing examination scores of honorably discharged veterans meeting certain military service requirements. The basic preference to which applicants are entitled is the 5-point preference. The 10-point preference is given to disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients, as well as to the eligible spouses, unmarried widows and widowers, and mothers of disabled or deceased veterans. Candidates are listed on civil service registers in order of their examination ratings augmented by their preference points, except that disabled veterans who have compensable service-connected disabilities of 10 percent or more automatically rise to the top of civil service registers for nonprofessional, nonscientific positions below GS-9. Federal agencies have discretionary authority to give noncompetitive appointments to any veteran who has a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more. Federal law also gives eligible veterans certain protections that help them retain their jobs during a RIF. These protections are discussed in greater detail in a later section of this report. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :3 Data on OPM's veterans' preference employment statistics were provided by OPM's Personnel Programs and Systems Division. Governmentwide data on veteran employment was obtained from OPM's Central Personnel Data File. The file includes information on federal workers in most agencies, the major exclusions being Members of Congress and employees of Congress, the Judicial Branch, and the Postal Service. The time period covered by both sets of data was fiscal years 1990 through 1994. We did not verify the accuracy of the OPM data. To obtain information on OPM's oversight of veterans' preference regulations, we used our prior work that examined whether OPM and other executive agencies were giving veterans the preference to which they were entitled.\3 In producing this report, we reviewed 1,136 randomly selected certificates (lists of eligible candidates) and 1,862 federal job applications submitted by persons on those certificates. We determined whether the applicants received appropriate preference points and certificate rankings and whether they were hired. The applications included 342 from veterans and 1,520 from nonveterans. OPM and other executive agencies prepared the certificates between July 1990 and June 1991. To obtain information on OPM's current role in monitoring agencies' implementation of veterans' preference hiring procedures, we interviewed OPM's Associate Director for Employment. To obtain information on MSPB's authority over veterans' preference appeals, we analyzed applicable laws, regulations, and other pertinent documents. We also interviewed an official from MSPB's Office of Policy and Evaluation. To determine how RIFs affect women and minorities when veterans' preference is applied, we used our earlier work that focused on RIFs at DOD, the only federal agency to have significant RIFs in fiscal year 1991.\4 For that analysis, we selected for review one location each from the Army, Navy, and Air Force. We performed our review from July 1995 through September 1995 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. We obtained comments on a draft of our report from OPM and MSPB. These comments and our evaluation are discussed in the Agency Comments section. -------------------- \3 GAO/GGD-92-52. \4 GAO/T-GGD-94-87. EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS SHOW VETERANS COMPRISE AN INCREASING SHARE OF NEW HIRES AT OPM AND GOVERNMENTWIDE, BUT A SMALLER SHARE OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE AS A WHOLE ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :4 The percentage of new hires with veterans' preference at OPM has generally increased in recent years, even as the agency has scaled back its hiring because of downsizing. As shown in figure 1, in fiscal year 1994, 18.4 percent of OPM's new hires had veterans' preference, compared with 6.6 percent in fiscal year 1990. The proportional increase in veteran hires at OPM was generally reflected governmentwide. Among all agencies, the percentage of new hires with veterans' preference (including dependents of veterans with veterans' preference) increased overall from 12 percent in fiscal year 1990 to 14.8 percent in fiscal year 1994 (see fig. 1). According to an official from OPM's Employment Service, one reason for this increase could be that, as the demand for new employees has diminished, agencies have not needed to go as far down on employment registers as they have in the past. Because candidates at the top of registers are more likely to have veterans' preference, a larger proportion of these new hires would be veterans. Another factor suggested by OPM is the popularity of the Veterans Readjustment Appointment (VRA) authority, which allows agencies to directly hire veterans.\5 In comparing OPM's performance in hiring preference eligibles with that of other agencies, the comparatively large percentage of employees claiming preference hired by OPM in fiscal year 1994 is noteworthy because OPM has generally lagged behind other agencies in previous years. Figure 1: Agencies Are Hiring Proportionately More Candidates With Veterans' Preference (See figure in printed edition.) Note: Data includes dependents of veterans with veterans' preference. Source: OPM's Central Personnel Data File. Defense agencies, led by the Army and Navy, hired a higher percentage of veterans with preference than did non-Defense agencies in fiscal years 1990 through 1994. In fiscal year 1994, for example, 20 percent of the Army's new hires and 21.4 percent of the Navy's new hires had veterans' preference. Among non-Defense agencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs had the largest proportion of veterans in its new hires. In fiscal year 1994, nearly 18 percent of its new hires had veterans' preference. -------------------- \5 VRA is a special authority by which agencies, at their discretion, can appoint an eligible veteran without competition. VRA employees are initially hired for a 2-year period, after which they are eligible for a permanent appointment. THE PROPORTION OF VETERANS IN THE OPM WORKFORCE HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY BUT REMAINS LOWER THAN IN OTHER AGENCIES ---------------------------------------------------------- Letter :4.1 Over the last several years, OPM has substantially reduced the size of it workforce, going from 7,023 employees at the end of fiscal year 1992 to 5,618 employees at the end of fiscal year 1994. During this period, veterans with preference, as a share of all OPM employees, slightly increased their representation. At the end of fiscal year 1992, employees with veterans' preference made up 17 percent of OPM's workforce compared with about 18 percent at the end of fiscal year 1994. While veterans with preference now comprise a larger share of OPM's workforce than in previous years, their representation is still lower than in many other agencies. Governmentwide, 27 percent of the workforce had veterans' preference at the end of fiscal year 1994. VETERANS AND NONVETERANS WERE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS LOWER AND MIDDLE GRADE LEVELS AT OPM ---------------------------------------------------------- Letter :4.2 As shown in figure 2, no pattern existed with regard to the distribution of veterans and nonveterans across grade levels (GS and GS-equivalent) and pay plan (general schedule or wage grade) at OPM. Both groups were almost equally concentrated at grade levels 1 to 4 and 9 to 12. At the same time, there were proportionately more veterans at the higher grade levels--GS-13 to Senior Executive Service (SES)--compared with nonveterans, and a larger percentage of veterans than nonveterans were blue collar employees. Figure 2: Distribution of OPM Employees Across Grade Levels and Pay Plans by Veterans' Preference Status, Fiscal Year 1994 (See figure in printed edition.) Note: Percentages are based on 1,035 employees with veterans' preference and 4,583 employees without veterans' preference. Source: OPM. With regard to the type of preference claimed by veterans at OPM, as shown in figure 3, of the 1,035 OPM employees that had veterans' preference at the end of fiscal year 1994, the vast majority claimed a 5-point preference. This is the basic veterans' preference to which eligible employees are entitled. Figure 3: Types of Veterans' Preference Claimed by OPM Employees, Fiscal Year 1994 (See figure in printed edition.) Note 1: Percentages are based on 1,035 OPM employees with veterans' preference. Numbers may not add due to rounding. Note 2: 10-point (other) preference is that granted to the widow/widower or mother of a deceased veteran or to the spouse or mother of a disabled veteran. Source: OPM. OPM'S POLICIES ENCOURAGE THE HIRING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF VETERANS ---------------------------------------------------------- Letter :4.3 OPM's policies on its internal employment of veterans are described in its Recruitment and Special Programs Handbook. The chapter on employment programs for veterans, for example, lists the various mechanisms and legal authorities through which veterans may be hired. OPM also has a veterans program coordinator who is responsible for recruiting, placing, counseling, and helping to develop veterans' careers at OPM. Because of the sporadic need for the program coordinator's services, the position is a collateral responsibility of an employee in OPM's Employment Service. To help veterans find employment at OPM, the agency publishes a pamphlet that describes its general career positions, including how candidates can qualify for either the VRA authority or the 30-percent-disabled veterans program. It also lists the forms applicants would need to complete in order to be considered for the various veterans programs. THE PROPORTION OF VETERANS IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IS DECLINING ---------------------------------------------------------- Letter :4.4 As noted earlier, preference-eligible veterans comprised 27 percent of the federal workforce as of September 30, 1994. This continued a downward trend in veteran employment that had been ongoing for a number of years. According to OPM data, preference-eligible veterans made up about 39 percent of the federal workforce at the end of fiscal year 1983, and 34 percent of the workforce at the end of fiscal year 1987. A likely reason for the decline is that preference-eligible veterans are leaving the workforce in greater numbers than they are entering it, as a result of the aging of the veteran workforce and the shrinking of the pool of preference eligibles. For example, while veterans with preference accounted for 14.8 percent of all hires in fiscal year 1994, they accounted for nearly 49 percent of all retirements. Throughout the 1980s, much of the decline in the number of veterans in the federal workforce could be attributed largely to the shrinking pool of preference eligibles. While Operation Desert Storm added to this pool, it is not known how many of these veterans are interested in applying for federal employment. Thus, whether the downward trend in veteran employment will be reversed in future years is unclear. HOW OPM HAS IMPLEMENTED ITS VETERANS' PREFERENCE OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :5 To ensure that eligible veterans receive the preference due them, federal law requires that applicants for many federal positions be hired according to specific scoring, ranking, and selection procedures. These procedures are to be carried out either by OPM or by agencies when OPM delegates hiring authority to them. According to OPM, as part of its oversight of veterans' preference, its various offices routinely review returned certificates to determine whether agencies properly gave veterans preference in hiring, periodically audit agency-delegated examining units to assess whether they are applying veterans' preference properly, decide whether to allow agencies to pass over disabled veterans or to object to the qualifications of a disabled veteran for medical reasons, address issues on veterans' reemployment rights, and respond to agency and employee inquiries on RIF policies and procedures. OPM's Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness has oversight responsibility for veteran employment programs and authorized demonstration projects that test alternative veterans' preference hiring procedures. According to OPM, the oversight--done in response to specific complaints--is performed by OPM's service centers located in various cities across the country. OPM maintains that very few violations are found because hiring officials are good at seeing that veterans get the points and other preference to which they are entitled. While we did not assess OPM's oversight practices for this assignment, in our March 1992 review of veterans' preference hiring procedures at OPM and other executive agencies, we found that veterans received the preference points to which they were entitled in nearly all cases. Of the 1,862 applications we examined, veterans' preference points were properly awarded in all but 6 instances. Moreover, veterans were properly placed on all but 1 of the 1,136 hiring certificates we reviewed. However, we also found that, at the time of our review, agency managers had returned a greater percentage of certificates without making a selection when a veteran appeared at the top (71 percent) than when a nonveteran did (51 percent).\6 As a result, we recommended, and OPM implemented, a tracking system to identify and correct problems related to veterans' preference and the nonuse of certificates. OPM does not believe that there is a problem with agencies' implementation of veterans' hiring procedures at this time. OPM meets quarterly with representatives of veterans service organizations to discuss veteran employment issues. According to an official from OPM's Employment Service, the lack of complaints from veterans at these meetings indicates to OPM that agencies are properly following veterans' preference hiring procedures. -------------------- \6 GAO/GGD-92-52, pp. 27-28. THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT AUTHORIZED MSPB TO HEAR CERTAIN VETERANS' PREFERENCE APPEALS ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :6 Based on our review of pertinent laws and regulations and interviews with an official from MSPB's Office of Policy and Evaluation, we believe that the Civil Service Reform Act did not weaken MSPB's authority to protect veterans' employment rights. Veterans are still entitled to appeal certain personnel actions to MSPB, and in some cases they are afforded special rights of redress that nonveterans lack. Sections 12 and 14 of the Veterans Preference Act of 1944 gave veterans certain procedural and appeal protections for RIF actions, as well as for adverse personnel actions such as removals, suspensions of more than 14 days, reductions in grade or pay, and furloughs of 30 days or less. Under the act, veterans were to appeal their cases to the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Later, these protections were extended to nonveteran competitive service employees by executive order. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created MSPB, which was established to hear appeals previously taken to the Civil Service Commission. The act also granted all competitive service employees, not just veterans, a statutory right to appeal adverse personnel actions to MSPB. Thus, while the act created some new appeal rights that did not previously exist, it did not change the existing actions that could be appealed or the kinds of employees who could file those cases. Moreover, in some instances, preference-eligible veterans have appeal rights not granted to others. For example, at certain agencies, such as the Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, the Panama Canal Commission, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, preference-eligible veterans can appeal RIFs and adverse actions to MSPB while other employees of these agencies generally cannot. And, while both veterans and nonveterans may appeal RIF procedures,\7 under RIF regulations, employees with veterans' preference have significantly greater retention rights. As a result, they have greater substantive rights in their appeals to MSPB. While MSPB has authority over certain types of appeals by preference-eligible veterans, the extent to which veterans actually appeal cases to MSPB is unclear. MSPB does not keep data on whether appellants were preference eligible. -------------------- \7 RIF procedures that can be appealed include, for example, agency failure to make a reasonable offer of assignment, failure to properly apply veterans' preference, and improper determination of an employee's tenure group or length of service. THE EFFECT ON WOMEN AND MINORITIES WHEN VETERANS' PREFERENCE IS APPLIED DURING A RIF ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :7 Federal law gives eligible veterans certain protections that help them retain their jobs during a RIF. As set forth in 5 U.S.C 3501-3504, whether an employee is retained depends on the following factors (listed in order of priority): (1)tenure (i.e. career, career conditional, or temporary); (2)veterans' preference; and (3)seniority (adjusted for performance ratings). Using these factors, agencies are to rank each employee where jobs are to be eliminated and record this ranking in a retention register. Within each tenure group, disabled veterans are listed first, followed by veterans. Nonveterans are ranked last. Employees are separated starting at the bottom of a retention register. As positions are abolished, incumbents of those positions may have assignment rights to other positions depending on their retention status and qualifications. According to OPM, while agencies may consider the impact RIFs may have on women and minorities, employees in these categories are not afforded the statutory protections given to veterans during a RIF. Thus, unless the women and minorities are veterans, they may be separated at a rate that is unintentionally disproportionate to their numbers. In our February 1994 testimony on the demographic impacts of RIFs that occurred at three locations in 1991--Alameda Naval Aviation Depot, Kelly Air Force Base, and Watervliet Army Arsenal--we found that, at all three sites, minorities were separated at a rate disproportionate to their numbers, and that women were separated disproportionate to their numbers at Watervliet and Alameda.\8 In some cases, these disproportionate separations occurred because women and minorities ranked lower than white males in one of the three retention factors, including veterans' preference. In other cases, the disproportionate separations occurred because minorities occupied a large proportion of the positions abolished and the employees had no assignment rights to other positions. For example, at Alameda, although 73 of 147 (50 percent) of wage grade 10 (WG-10) machinists were minorities, 9 of 13 (69 percent) of those separated were minorities. Similarly, at Watervliet, although only 15 of the 182 (8 percent) WG-8 machine tool operators were women, 13 of 56 (23 percent) of those separated were women. Overall, minorities at Alameda had slightly lower career tenure status (87 percent compared to 88 percent for nonminorities); 39 percent had veterans' preference status compared to 46 percent of nonminorities; and 42 percent had above average performance-adjusted seniority compared to 52 percent of nonminorities. A variation among the groups in even one of the three retention factors could markedly affect separation rates. For example, the 13 women at Watervliet Army Arsenal generally were separated because they lacked veterans' preference. On the other hand, tenure was the most significant factor affecting the separations of the nine minority employees at Alameda. -------------------- \8 GAO/T-GGD-94-87, p. 2. AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION ------------------------------------------------------------ Letter :8 We requested comments on a draft of this report from the Chairman of MSPB and the Director of OPM. On October 6, 1995, MSPB's Deputy Director of Policy and Evaluation provided us with oral comments. MSPB agreed with our findings but suggested some minor changes to help clarify our discussion of RIF procedures and who is eligible to appeal them. On October 11, 1995, we received oral comments from the Associate Director, Employment Service, OPM. OPM agreed with our findings but suggested that we attach several additional oversight activities to those already cited in our report in order to make our discussion of OPM's oversight of veterans' preference more complete. We found both agencies' comments to be reasonable and have incorporated them in our report where appropriate. ---------------------------------------------------------- Letter :8.1 Copies of this report are being sent to the Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, as well as the Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members of the Subcommittee on Civil Service, House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight; the Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; and the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Upon request, copies will be made available to others interested in veterans' preference and employment issues. The major contributors to this report are listed in the appendix. Please call me on (202) 512-3511 if you have any questions concerning this report. Sincerely yours, Timothy P. Bowling Associate Director Federal Management and Workforce Issues MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT ==================================================== Appendix Appendix GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION, WASHINGTON, D.C. Steven J. Wozny, Assistant Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues Robert Goldenkoff, Evaluator-in-Charge OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL Alan Belkin, Assistant General Counsel Robert Heitzman, Senior Attorney DENVER REGIONAL OFFICE Thomas Kingham, Senior Evaluator *** End of document. ***


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Carl Froch beats George Groves to retain his IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles
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Carl Froch settled his rivalry with George Groves in brutal fashion as he knocked his bitter enemy out cold with a crunching right hand in their record-breaking Wembley Stadium rematch.
Froch infamously won their first meeting in Manchester last November, recovering from a first-round knockdown and terrible start to stop Groves controversially in the ninth round.
He once again retained his IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles and answered any remaining questions with a breathtaking eighth-round punch which knocked Groves out in front of 80,000 baying fans.
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This Christmas, shopping season is shaping up to be the worst in decades. There are only ten shopping days left and luxury sales are down more than 34 percent compared to this time last year. Stores are offering big discounts to get customers in the doors, and now some people are cashing in next year's tax returns to take advantage of the bargains.
Local H and R Block employees say they find dozens of people waiting in line to apply for loans before they even open the doors.
Shelby Brewster is applying for a loan and says, "For Christmas shopping, we need to make sure my kids have a good Christmas."
Erma Engle, the manager of a Hazard H & R Block says, "Everybody's needing money for their children. All of them don't have any money right now. People have been laid off, and we just never have the money for extras when it comes to Christmas."
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Many people applying for the loan say Christmas would be a lot different without the extra money.
Brewster says, "I already told my girls it might be different this year because of the way things are. And they're okay with that. Not with will be better okay!"
"The more money you can get, the more you spend on them. that may be a bad thing, but for them it's good! It's all about the kids anyway," says Rhonda Campbell who is applying for a loan this for Christmas.
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Owner of The Decorating Center, Judy Campbell says, "Our shopping trends have been a little more picky, people have just been a little more conservative."
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A hotel worker was killed on Friday morning after a US national,who worked in the same hotel and was fired, opened fire inside the lobby of Leonardo Club Hotel in the Israeli southern resort city of Eilat. According to the reports he managed to grab the firearm from one of the hotel's security guards.
Large police forces and emergency services were called to the scene.
The Police Counterterrorism Unit was given command of the situation and once it was made clear that the shooter had barricaded himself in the hotel, special forces stormed the premises. The shooter was killed during the operation.
Initial reports suggesting he had taken hostages were quickly proven false.
The gunman is believed to be in his 20s. According to available information he arrived in Israel as part of an Israeli-American exchange project.
Available details suggest that the shooter had an altercation with another hotel employee. A hotel security guard tried to intervene, at which point the man grabbed his weapon and opened fire.
Hotel guests were instructed to stay inside their rooms while the event was in progress, for their own safety.
Alon Raz, a guest at the hotel, told Ynet Radio that "As far as we know, the shooter was a man who was fired from the hotel.
"Hotel staff told us that he walked into the dining room and started shooting... Everyone began screaming and running outside and up to the room," he recounted.
The police are questioning witnesses.
Eilat Police Spokesman Chief Inspector Lior Ben-Simon told Ynet that, "Eilat's security forces are on high alert because of the holiday. The response time to the incident was quick."
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The Chromatin Landscape of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
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AbstractKaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is an oncogenic γ-herpesvirus that causes latent infection in humans. In cells, the viral genome adopts a highly organized chromatin structure, which is controlled by a wide variety of cellular and viral chromatin regulatory factors. In the past few years, interrogation of the chromatinized KSHV genome by whole genome-analyzing tools revealed that the complex chromatin landscape spanning the viral genome in infected cells has important regulatory roles during the viral life cycle. This review summarizes the most recent findings regarding the role of histone modifications, histone modifying enzymes, DNA methylation, microRNAs, non-coding RNAs and the nuclear organization of the KSHV epigenome in the regulation of latent and lytic viral gene expression programs as well as their connection to KSHV-associated pathogenesis.
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It's week 5 of Courtney's Summer Challenge! Your challenge this week: get some sleep! Repeat for each day this week.
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Well follow up today on the sleep not going so well sleeping to much is not so good when you sleep 12 to 13 hours a day there is a problem and I know there is hopefully I can kill this sleep bug and get moving and get out of this depression and know i GOT TO LIVE for ME no matter what happens in my LIFE I will keep on trying and push forward
Love the 'Sleep' reminder!! Life gets sooo busy sometimes and us 'Mom's' ourselves last on our own 'todo' list...so this week i decided to move 'myself' up on my 'todo' list..and just get some good zzzz's in so I can keep doing what I do! Great reminder Marci!! Thank you!
Had a great 7 hours of sleep and up to walk the dog at 6. :) Have a great day everyone!
I went to bed a half hour earlier each night. I have so much more energy during the day, I love it.
After a hard cardio workout in the morning + weight training at night, I listened to this AMAZING piece of advice and got 8 hours of sleep! I feel great and I am ready for another productive day, thanks so much courtney and marci :)
monday i slept for 10 hours, tuesday i slept for 7 hours and last night ... well lets just say i'm ready for this heat to go away at night!! maybe 4 to 5 hours (it was SO HOT!)
Slept AMAZING last night. I got 7 1/2 hours of sleep and woke up at 5 am refreshed and ready to go!!!
I got 7 hours a good sleep last night and I took the dog for a long walk this morning about 65 minutes really early. I love that fresh morning air! Have a great day everyone!!
Got 9 very interrupted hours last night. For whatever reason my left arm was absolutely killing me last night and kept waking me up.
SLEEEP! YES! It is so important. I suffered from sleep deprivation when I had my gall bladder removed a few years ago and boy was I cranky! Its so very important and now I get at least 7 hours night. Without it, its scary quite honestly! This is a great challenge!
I slept great. I hvae two yong children so getting a good nights sleep sometimes is not in the cards.
oh that felt good - usually I get caught up in the reality shows and only get about 6 hours of sleep but thankfully last night there wasn't much on so I went to bed early. Got up early and hit the gym before work with no problem ;) Amazing!!!
I think my body listened to you.. after watching the weeks challenge, my body has been tired same time every night and I get a good 7-8 hours of sleep...
Great stuff Courtney... and Marci, you are ALWAYS welcome to guest star!!! Maybe one you both can be on???... Anywhoo.. love what ya both are and have done!!!
I have found a couple of weight loss hypnosis apps for my iPhone. While I am not sure it helps my weight loss, but I know for sure it helps me get to sleep quickly and I sleep so well all night long. I have been trying to make sure I don't stay up too late.
i slept fantastic last night! Went to bed before 11 and woke up at 6:30. I didn't even wake up to tinkle during the night :-) I try my best to get 7-8 hours of sleep a night and I am usually successful! I love me some good rest!
So, I watched EMWLE last night and still got my sleep in....just not my morning workout....made up for it at lunch though....walked with a co-worker. Felt GREAT!
I slept fantastic last night. I was in bed before 11 pm and was up at 6:30 this morning. I didn't even wake up to tinkle during the night. I always make sure to do my best to get 7-8 hours of sleep each night.


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Several "Freedom Riders" gathered in Jackson today to watch a film about their involvement in the civil rights movement.
Jackson State University hosted the first documentary in the Sundance Institute's "Film Forward" program.
The film recounts the activists' struggle for the integration of public transportation.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom rides.
Mary Lee said she was just 21 when she took part. She said she was arrested before she could get on a bus in Jackson.
"I got involved because they were recruiting riders to prove to Mississippi that everyone were not outside agitators, that the people in Mississippi were not satisfied with the laws," Lee said
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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star hotel with free breakfast and free area shuttle
Situated in the business district, this hotel is 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Aspen Grove Park and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from CoolSprings Galleria. Goofballs Family Fun Center and The Factory are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an indoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Free cooked-to-order breakfast is provided, as well as free self parking, a free area shuttle, and a free shopping center shuttle. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a sauna are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Embassy Suites Nashville South/Cool Springs provides a spa tub, a sauna, and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning as well as a complimentary manager's reception. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
This 3.5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 16000 square feet (1486 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. An area shuttle within 5 mi and a shopping center shuttle are complimentary for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Embassy Suites Nashville South/Cool Springs is a smoke-free property.
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Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.
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The Saturday article about Dale Hansen's career at WFAA-Channel 8 was a delight, about a very delightful fellow.
Dale calls a spade a damned shovel, and I feel that when he opens his mouth, I am hearing the truth. His honesty directed at the Cowboys organization is right on and refreshing. Certainly he hasn't endeared himself to Jerry Jones, but that's OK. Dale doesn't get his check from Jerry, nor does he back-slap those in ownership for favors.
I have written the management in the past about Dale. I believe that he and Pete Delkus could take their bit on the road. They bring joy to the news. I'm happy that WFAA has been smart enough to extend his contract. Life would be just a little more dull without Dale around.
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The Shadow of the Mosque
- Padma wants to get married. Saleem knows it's not possible, but she still hopes. He wants to talk to her, but he has to finish the story.
- Saleem also discovered patriotism in Parvati's basket. He wants to save the country. He tumbles out into the ghetto of magicians. Almost as soon as he appears, a woman called Resham Bibi tries to shoot them away because he's bad luck.
- He only stays with the magicians a couple of days, but during that time they have the best luck. The police don't even come to raid them!
- Saleem wants to leave though. He goes to his uncle Mustapha, hoping that he will help him with that dream about saving India.
- Parvati tries to get him to stay, even telling him about meeting Shiva (she doesn't know that Saleem is afraid of him) and about having a Midnight's Children get together. But it doesn't work.
- Saleem doesn't exactly get a warm welcome from his aunt Sonia. She doesn't really like him. You can read it yourself, but suffice it to say that Mustapha and his family are not very memorable.
- Did you even remember that he had an uncle Mustapha? Neither did we.
- Mustapha and Sonia tell Saleem that everyone died, and he decides to stay with them for the 400-day mourning period. The whole time they think he's crazy and are just waiting to kick him out.
- After 418 days, Parvati comes to visit Saleem. It turns into more than a visit, and when his aunt Sonia finds them in bed together, she kicks him out of the house.
- Honestly, he's a little glad that she interrupted them because he was seeing a vision of a rotting Jamila Singer instead of Parvati.
- So, with no more family, Saleem returns to the magicians. They are communists and gradually Saleem becomes a communist too. But, just like in the Indian Communist Party, there are conflicts in the magician's ghetto.
- That's okay though, because Picture Singh is the boss around here, and he makes everyone play nice.
- Parvati has to hide her magic from the magicians, since they don't believe in the supernatural. She shows Saleem her powers in secret.
- She doesn't just want to show him her powers, though—she loves him. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't get him to stop picturing his sister when he is with her.
- Since she can't get what she wants, Parvati develops a permanent pout. This makes all the people in the ghetto worry about her until Resham Bibi realizes that she must want to get married. They ask nearly every eligible bachelor in town, but Parvati rejects them all.
- Finally, Picture Singh asks Saleem if he wants to get married. He says he can't because he can't have children. He's lying, and it reminds us of another time this happened. Remember when Musa lied? Dude got leprosy.


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Thanks Diana, fingers crossed. Up to 12 miles on long run at mo, Got a 20 mile race early March, so at least should have bit of company for that, rather than doing long runs on my own.
Diana, may just take you up on that offer, maybe when you are back? Will need to build up a bit more distance though
Welcome km10 - you should easily hit sub 5 with those times! As Diana said though take it easy in your build up so you don't get any injuries. Those long training runs, when you get up around the 20 mile mark are tough, especially if you are doing them on your own. Keep us up to date with how you are doing and pop in for a 'natter' anytime
Hi km10 and welcome.
I didn't feel too bad yesterday and ran home from work last night as planned It was very slow tho lol
But today I feel absolutely crap. I thought I was going to throw up on the tube this morning and haven't eaten much all day Feel really sick now
And yes I was tempted by the Yorkshire marathon Trying to get my older son to do it too as he has started running again........ I still have a faster marathon time than him lol
Thanks everyone, is anybody else doing blackpool? And is there anyone on here at that sort of pace who lives anywhere near Lincoln and wants some company for the long runs?
Some days when I train I feel great. On these days should I stick to running the plan or put in some extra miles?
Currently up to 10 miles for London.
All hilly routes too as I live/train in the Wye Valley
I would stick to the plan, maybe a mile or so here or there not too bad, but too much too soon can cause injury which could set you back. It is very easy to feel that things are great and run faster and/or longer then suddenly you start to get twinges ...
Evening everyone
Welcome km10 and LeeB
Just done another 45 minutes run/walk and have now equalled my total mileage for the whole of 2012 Onwards and upwards as they say
32 miles to go then Tracey
Welcome LeeB
Well, I felt so ill last night I thought I would have to take today off As well as the sick feeling, I was getting dizzy spells. So I dosed myself up with nytol and went to bed (my sleeping pattern is shot at the moment too ) and I woke up this morning feeling so much better. I didn't have dinner last night as I felt so rough and I didn't eat til around lunchtime today but everything seems good now. Thankfully.
I'm off work tomorrow so I'll do a 3 miler in the morning before I go out for the day. I'm off to see my ex-husband's wife; he left her a few months ago for a younger model. We've become good friends over the years
Then I need to do a long slow run on Sunday - about 8 miles if I can
Hope you feeling better roobarb, good luck with long run, i've got a 10 mile on sunday
I'd better Tracey, but have you heard about the weather that's supposed to be coming our way. Bliddy snow for THREE weeks. Typical, just when I'm getting going
Seems a bit strange at the moment because I'm running by time and not distance so I wear both my Garmins, one set at intervals and the other to tell me my pace, distance and time
Glad you're feeling better Roobs, have a lovely day out today x
Think i'm going to move long run to Saturday this weekend, as Met office has given weather warning for snow on Sunday with us too and live in small village so all long runs are out in the open countryside on quite country paths and roads.
km, I remember well those days when I had to check the weather to see which was the best day to run. I remember missing one long run completely, I think around the 15 mile mark, when it was such dreadful weather that neither day was any good. I don't mind getting caught in the rain, but setting off in it, especially for a long run is a no no for me
Lyndy, you won't get snow in Brighton! Might be across your way in the next week or so. We are planning to go see a US immigration attorney and he has offices in Brighton.
Glad you're feeling better Rooobs, hope your long run goes OK
Might have to do a run on Sunday, unless I get up early in the morning. we have lunch with friends organised and it always ends up lasting until evening.
km10, I don't think any of us are over your way, unfortunately. A lot of us have actually met up at various times at races, but otherwise don't see each other.
TopSec, get in touch as & when. I suppose it's hardly worth getting together for a couple of miles, but that is often all I do! Not sure what I'll try on Sunday. I intend to finally do a Parkrun tomorrow - will see if I can get up in time!
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As Costa Rica's rainy season ("green season" in tourism terminology) intensifies, peaking in September and October, tourism slows to a crawl. Though the warm and jungled beaches may not be packed with sun lovers, however, the huge tropical moon shines over a far older migration.
For more than 130 million years—since Central America was an island archipelago and dinosaurs ruled the earth—mother sea turtles, who spend most of their lives at sea, have climbed laboriously back to the beach where they were born. Between the ages of about 15 and 45, these lovely ladies will lay several clutches of eggs each year; perhaps one in 5000 tortugitas, or hatchlings, will reach adulthood.
Six of the world's eight species of sea turtle nest in Costa Rica, the most famous and photogenic of which is the olive Ridley. These smallish sea turtles arrive by the thousands in arribadas ("arrivals"), which cover Nancite Beach in Santa Rosa National Park and Ostional Wildlife Reserve day and night.
More independent ladies do make solitary nests elsewhere on the Pacific Coast, including Playas Caletas, Estilleros, Hermosa, Nosara, Matapalo, and Camaronal. But "mass nesting is nature's way of ensuring that after the turkey vultures, feral dogs and raccoons have eaten all the fresh eggs they want, there will be enough left over to produce a sustainable population," as John Burnett explained to NPR.
Arribadas occur six or seven times each year, between June and December, and last about five days apiece. Though these are traditionally predicted according to lunar cycles (and tour operators who'll invariably tell you that the turtles are "arriving tonight, for sure!"), most scientists and park rangers rely on reports from fishermen, who see gathering groups of turtles in the water.
Other species of sea turtles visit Costa Rica throughout the year, including endangered leatherbacks, or baulas, the world's largest reptile and among its most threatened. These nest in rapidly dwindling numbers on Pacific beaches between September and March, and Caribbean shores from February through July. Even rarer are hawksbills, harvested for their beautiful shells, which are used to make illegal jewelry; they nest primarily on the Caribbean between May and January.
Green turtles, though hunted for meat , still arrive in great numbers to Caribbean shores from February through July, most famously to Tortuguero National Park, home of the venerable Sea Turtle Conservancy, and isolated Parismina, where they are monitored by Save the Turtles. Smaller numbers nest from March through September on the Pacific Coast, primarily Playas Naranjo, Cabuyal, Carate, and Río Oro.
Though sea turtles ruled the seas for millions of years before the first human walked upright out of Oldavai Gorge, their numbers have fallen fast over the past 30 years. Despite the ready availability of Viagra (sildenafil), and strict laws against harvesting the eggs (except at Ostional Wildlife Refuge, with a limited legal take), poaching continues. It has worsened in recent years due to growing popularity among Chinese men, who suffer from erectile dysfunction so severe that some pay more than US$100 per egg.
There are scores of sea turtle conservation programs around Costa Rica and the world that need volunteers to patrol beaches and protect these threatened nests from poachers. Prices and facilities vary widely; as with all volunteer programs in the developing world, it's worthwhile to do online research before committing.
Even if the poaching miraculously stopped, however, sea turtles face many other threats. The meat, a traditional favorite throughout Central America, is also illegally harvested, particularly on the Caribbean Coast. Global overfishing not only depletes their food supply, but also entangles them infishing nets, where they often drown. If turtles accidentally consume plastic, which resembles tasty jellyfish, they also may die. And global warming scientists worry because baby sea turtles sex according to the temperature of their nest; if the sand hits 32°C (90°F), all newborn turtles will be female.
The reason why Costa Rica has become a leader in sea turtle protection, despite their traditional use of eggs and meat, and rising prices paid by unfortunate Asian consumers, is because of tourism. Travelers willing to pay for tours and volunteer programs have offset lost income and inspired local conservationists, in Costa Rica and beyond. Thank to their success, there are now sea turtle protection programs in Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and around the world, all seeking to save the species and earn a decent living while doing it.
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The coin's obverse (heads side) features a portrait of Letitia Tyler by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill. Inscriptions on the obverse include IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY and 1841-1842, the period during which she was the spouse of the President. The coin's reverse (tails side) depicts Tyler and her two oldest children behind their Cedar Grove Plantation, with the plantation building and fields visible in the distance. Inscriptions on the reverse are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $10, 1/2 OZ. and .9999 FINE GOLD. The reverse was designed by Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Susan Gamble and executed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Norman E. Nemeth.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Bomb-sniffing dogs being used for a TOPOFF exercise in northeast Portland on Thursday detected the real thing, prompting police to cordon off a hotel, close nearby streets and shut down the MAX.
According to Brian Schmautz with the Portland Police Bureau, as officials were doing a sweep of the Doubletree Hotel located near the Lloyd Center, bomb-sniffing dogs got a hit on several vehicles in the vicinity.
Police immediately cordoned off the area so they could investigate. They later discovered that the dogs had detected traces of explosives in police and military vehicles that were involved in the exercise that was being staged. The bomb residue is something common in those type of vehicles.
Homeland Security Chief In Portland For TOPOFF Exercises
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Portland, OR October 18, 2007 2:09 p.m.
Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff, was in Portland Thursday, to oversee the massive terrorism-preparedness exercise that's been running all week.
As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, Chertoff said the drill has been a success, but he can't divulge what's been learned because of security concerns.
TOPOFF 4 simulated the effect of a dirty bomb exploding in downtown Portland, along with other attacks in Phoenix, Arizona, and Guam. Britian and Austrialia also particpated. All told, it involved about 15,000 people.
Portland's Mayor, Tom Potter, was impressed.
Tom Potter: "I can tell you, for the first two hours of this event, Tuesday morning, I had a hard time convincing myself that this was just an exercise. It felt real. And as you know I'm a former police chief and I've been in critical incidents and this felt like a critical incident."
Potter and other top officials say they learned a lot about how to react to a real-life scenario.
Secretary Michael Chertoff says some general details will be released soon, but nothing specific.
Michael Chertoff: "We don't necessarily want to reveal all of the weaknesses or vulnerabilities we've detected, and put it on the internet because among those who participate in reading the internet are Bin Laden and all his henchmen."
The exercise took several unexpected turns. For example, at one point there was a rumor the governor had had a heart attack.
Ted Kulongoski says the truth is they'd been having a discussion about how a new governor would be selected if there was a problem. He says the law currently dictates the supreme court chief justice, the chair of OHSU, and the director of the state hospital, must vote on the capability of the governor – both to relieve him of office, and to bring him back in.
Ted Kulongoski: "Which brings up the interesting question, if one of them doesn't like you, and says no, and you're all there, what are you going to do, and you don't get the office back, because that's the way the statute reads. And so we wanted to see how it operated."
The last time the succession issue came up was in 1947 when the Oregon governor, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state, all died in a plane trip, coming back from a hunting trip at Klamath Falls.
Most participants agreed exercises like TOPOFF are necessary. But Chertoff was asked, in light of the dozens of such drills run by the feds, state and local jurisdictions, whether running such frequent drills creates an atmosphere of fear – prompting spending on defense rather than on domestic issues like education and health care.
Michael Chertoff: "I think the idea that drilling for events that, like it or not, reflect real threats in the real world, is prudent."
Congress requires a large-scale federal exercise like TOPOFF 4 once every two years, plus many table-top drills. And that, says Chertoff, is just about right.
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