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Of course the thread has gone quiet! I was out of the Country... But I am back now, and you won't believe what happened. The wings snapped!
Took my Son with me again and he wanted to do his "tricks" while I recover. After about minute and a half of flying he managed to do something. I am not sure exactly what it was. The Plane rolled extremely quickly. It was much quicker than the rolls that I do. My guess is that it was some sort of a snap roll and he moved the stick the other way before the roll completed. Like I said I am not sure completely.
Once I recovered his roll I noticed something weird right away even tough we were far and high. The Wing was flexing up and down a lot and the handling was weird. Then I saw that the leading edge of the wing was disconnected from the fuse (i.e. the plastic pin that hold the wing in place). The wing was "resting" on the fuse and flapping up an down.
I immediately killed the motor and made an emergency landing in the middle of the field. I couldn't believe I pulled it off. It was nothing short of a miracle.
When I got to the Plane, at first glance it seemed like it was just the leading edge pin that got disconnected so I went back to the Car to connect it again. Unfortunately, when I unscrewed the Wing I noticed something even more incredible. It was broken! It was literally only hanging by a tiny little piece of foam (see video below). Basically the only thing that was holding the wing is the Carbon wire, the servo wire, and that tiny little piece of EPO foam you see in the video. As you can see that the little "aerobatic" move also snapped the cross bar holder on the wing (that thin plastic extension the bar connects to).
Unfortunately, I don't have it on video. I hate this min-Cam. it is very iffy and seem to have a mind of its own. The one Video I would have wanted to see.
I thought it is going to be a major pain to fix but it was actually really easy. I will post pics later. It is raining here today and windy (17+ mph) so I couldn't take her out to test....
Needless to say my co-pilot is going to concentrate flying his box now...
Sounds like your co-pilot might have done a "snap roll". Stick movement = sudden right and down. Plane pitches up and rolls violently.
You are lucky you got her down with wing about to come off.
Might be time to consider a more aerobatic plane for the co-pilot LOL
Windy here today too
Need an opinion on my new arf 182 cessna. I've had her for a couple months now about 90% ready to go. Still a while before this Michigan weather gets within reason.
The issue is the tail/vertical stab has a slight "bow". Will this cause flying problems? Or just a little trim might dial her in? Or should I attempt to straighten it out? If so, what would be the best way without destroying the tail?
Thanks in advance...
Mine has a slight bow too - doesn't seem to affect flight much. I think yours will fly OK as is with a little trim adjustment.
If you want to straighten it out, heat up the foam with a hair dryer. Keep the hair dryer moving and not closer than a couple inches from the foam - that usually works.
Do you mean the tail or the vertical stabilizer? From the pics it looks like it may just be the vertical stabilizer? If so, some on this forum suggested to heat the foam with various methods to straighten parts out. I found that I can do so with very little constant pressure for a minute or two. I straightened both the vertical and the horizontal stabilizer without applying heat this way. Obviously just be careful becuase no heat + too much pressure = . The plane flew just fine before I straightened it (but with Trim of course). After I straightened it, I was able to take quite a bit of Trim off.
crash pics
well here are the pics as promised. it is not bad, going to fix the wing using carbon strips and epoxy. I bent the prop shaft. shattered the wood firewall. crushed the cowl. nothing I havent repaired before. The only problem is that I have used all of my spare parts so I am waiting again. again no video and I crash.
Well hopefully you won't have to wait too long for the parts you need. I hate bending prop shafts.
Hey SM, now you have another two hobbies!! Crashing and fixing the bumblebee!!
The little plastic nubs on the LE of the wing are woefully short, and can pop out fairly easily, which is, apparently, what happened in that maneuver. I lengthened mine with a pair of short screws, with the heads ground down to a matching cylinder. You have to carefully drill the nubs so that turning the screws in doesn't crack them. Very little of the threads will actually bite into the plastic. I used epoxy to fill the portion of the threads which don't bite into the plastic, to increase the shear strength. I had a wing from a previously crashed 182, which had separated the same way in the crash while inverted, to practice with. I then deepened the matching holes, so the extended nubs would fit in and lock. Now, when/if the fuse bends under the wing, the nubs don't pop out.
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IMHO, I think you should try flying it before spending a lot of time trying to heat and twist things to compensate.
If you've not flown much, it might be a good plan to get an experienced guy to do the maiden flight. (And be sure to tell him about the "bow" you've discovered beforehand so that he doesn't have any unpleasant surprises on the maiden.)
Good luck with your plane!
-- Rod
Looking at that vertical stab you wont have much of an issue at all. Probably two clicks of rudder trim would resolve it. Foamies will always change trim, flex and warp it little no matter what. The weather temp changes and sun can heat the foam on one side while leaving the other side cooler. EPO will expand very slightly to the warm side. Flying in the desert I get this all the time. Just a little re-trim then it seems to equalize in flight after a couple of minutes.
Regards aerobatics and issues. I snap roll this sucker all of the time. I also put it through aggressive rolls, spits, four points etc. The key is to keep the G's from loading up to much on entry and exits etc. This means fly smooth and all will be well.
The wing hold screws and base are a lousy design so I made a plastic plate that fastens across the wing center with holes drilled that helps spread the wing loading for the screws. The plate also helps keep the wing halves together.
Just thought you may like to see what your Cessna sounds like with a sound system installed. These systems can be acquired from MrRCFlying on Youtube etc
Got in 2 more batteries on this one at the City Field just at dusk today. Wanted to see how the lights looked as it was getting dark. They look good, but I don't think they are enough to navigate by in a true dark situation. I would have trouble staying oriented I think.
The City Field is short grass and I had no real trouble with the landing gear, other than the nose wheel swiveled out of line a little, but it did that on the paved runway at the club too. Both landings were pretty good ones - she touched down easy with no bounce and the main LG touched down before the nose wheel, so that probably helped. She sure comes in to land nice with the flaps down.
That sound system sounds great, I'd like to get it onto my 1/5 scale nieuport bipe.
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Employee Training Data Have Not Improved Enough to Determine Training Cost or Effectiveness
September 29, 2006
Reference Number: 2006-10-176
This report has cleared the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration disclosure review process and information determined to be restricted from public release has been redacted from this document.
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September 29, 2006
FROM: Michael R. Phillips /s/ Michael R. Phillips
Deputy Inspector General for Audit
SUBJECT: Final Audit Report – Employee Training Data Have Not Improved Enough to Determine Training Cost or Effectiveness (Audit #200510032)
This report presents the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) implementation of the Enterprise Learning Management System (ELMS) to determine whether the anticipated functionality and benefits expected from the System were achieved. This audit was conducted as part of our Fiscal Year 2005 annual audit plan and serves as a follow-up review to a prior audit on training conducted in Fiscal Year 2003.[1]
Impact on the Taxpayer
The ELMS is the system of record for employee learning and is used for managing all aspects of training activity in the IRS. Incorrect and incomplete training data from the ELMS limit the IRS' efforts to fully evaluate the effectiveness of its training efforts. This makes it more difficult to determine if any particular training program(s) should be expanded or reduced and to determine which employees may need additional or different training, so they can provide the quality service taxpayers expect from the IRS.
The IRS had implemented some of the corrective actions proposed in response to our prior audit of training information and made the new training system, the ELMS, available to all IRS employees in January 2005. However, the IRS has declined to build validity checks into the ELMS to prevent errors, and some of the functionality expected to be delivered in December 2004 has yet to be implemented for use by the IRS business units, which has delayed some of the benefits. In addition, the new System still does not enable the IRS to generate reports of cost data or reports to fully assess IRS training efforts. As of July 2006, the ELMS had not been fully implemented and was unable to deliver some of the functionality and benefits that had been expected by December 2004. The delays resulted from a significant increase in new requirements for the ELMS. The increase in the number of requirements caused the percentage of customizations[2] and configuration changes[3] to the standard software to increase from less than 10 percent to about 40 percent. Furthermore, the IRS did not capture and report all of the costs associated with implementation of the ELMS. These conditions, in addition to the discontinuation of the IRS' previous training data system, leave the IRS with limited ability to manage and track its training programs.
We recommended the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) add validity checks to the ELMS and work with the Chief Financial Officer to identify a practical solution that will enable the Integrated Financial System[4] to track IRS training costs. In addition, we recommended the CHCO provide a revised schedule, based on the maximum benefit provided to the IRS, for the System functionalities that have not been made available yet and develop a process for tracking all costs for developing and implementing new systems so the full cost of the project can be reported.
The CHCO agreed with all of our recommendations. The CHCO will identify ELMS fields that could be customized or configured to support point-of-entry data validation and will work with the Chief Financial Officer to identify training costs and determine how those costs would most appropriately be captured. Furthermore, the CHCO will review and update the ELMS Master Project Plan to ensure critical IRS business requirements not previously implemented are prioritized in coordination with the business units. This action is subject to IRS and Department of the Treasury Governance approval and resource availability. Lastly, the CHCO will work with the Chief Financial Officer organization to identify all statute-required project costs for nonmajor IRS Internal Management Systems. If sufficient funds are available and agreement is reached to capture the cost in the Integrated Financial System, a development and release strategy will be in place by December 31, 2007. Management's complete response to the draft report is included as Appendix IV.
Copies of this report are also being sent to the IRS managers affected by the report recommendations. Please contact me at (202) 622-6510 if you have questions or Nancy A. Nakamura, Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audit (Headquarters Operations and Exempt Organizations Programs), at (202) 622-8500.
Most Recommended Corrective Actions Were Implemented; However, Validity Checks Were Not Built Into the System, and Cost Data to Assess Training Efforts Fully Are Still Incomplete
Significant Functionality Expected in the Enterprise Learning Management System Has Been Delayed, and Development Costs Have Been Understated
Appendix I – Detailed Objective, Scope, and Methodology
Appendix II – Major Contributors to This Report
Appendix III – Report Distribution List
Appendix IV – Management's Response to the Draft Report
Administrative Corporate Education System
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Human Capital Officer
Enterprise Learning Management System
Fiscal Year
Human Capital Office
Integrated Financial System
Internal Revenue Service
Learning Management System
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Management and tracking of employee training within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) involve a significant number of records because the IRS can have as many as 105,000 employees with training histories and must track an estimated 4.4 million training courses that have been taken by these employees. Training data are also an important part of the IRS' Human Capital Strategy because the data help the IRS ensure employees stay current in their job skills, develop new skills to move to other business units, and have skills needed for higher grades with more responsibility. The IRS training management information system has maintained training data for the IRS, including courses taken by employees, since the 1990s. The IRS Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 training budget was $140 million. Historical training cost data for prior years are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: IRS
Training and Training Travel Budgets for
FYs 2003 – 2006
Fiscal Year
Training Travel (in millions)
Source: IRS Chief Financial Officer (CFO). * Data are through March 2006.
Previously, we reported[5] that the Administrative Corporate Education System (ACES) was used to schedule training, document the training that has been provided, and assist in budget tracking and projection for all IRS employees. However, the IRS business units did not use the ACES consistently to assist in budget tracking and projection, the Office of Chief Counsel generally did not use the ACES, and there were errors in and omissions from the ACES. Additionally, the Office of Strategic Human Resources[6] staff did not have the cost data needed to assess training efforts. Based on these issues, we recommended all IRS units use the same training tracking system with built-in validity checks and the IRS use a course numbering system that prevented duplications. We also recommended the IRS develop the cost data needed to report on its training efforts.
At that time, the IRS was in the process of procuring and developing a new Enterprise Learning Management System (ELMS) that would replace the ACES. The ELMS was intended to address most of the issues we had raised and to provide learning delivery, instructor-led course tools and resources, content, performance, competency management,[7] and collaborative learning.[8] The IRS retired the ACES in March 2005 because it determined the ELMS had the capability to perform all of the functions of the ACES.
The ELMS consists of two primary commercial off-the-shelf applications: the Learning Management System (LMS) and the Learning Content Management System. The LMS is expected to provide comprehensive learning management capabilities for employees, managers, and training specialists including tailored instruction, competency management, training administration, and launching of e-learning content.[9] The Learning Content Management System is expected to provide a structured environment to develop, store, maintain, and reuse content.
In Calendar Year 2003, the Office of Management and Budget noted that both the IRS and the Office of Personnel Management were requesting funds for their individual e‑learning[10] projects. Consequently, the Office of Management and Budget designated the Office of Personnel Management as the executive agent responsible for developing a Government-wide e-learning program as one of several E-Government initiatives under the President's Management Agenda. The IRS was required to combine its ELMS development effort with the Government-wide project and work under the direction of the Office of Personnel Management. Additionally, the application and data associated with the ELMS would reside on computer systems maintained by the Office of Personnel Management. Within the IRS, the Learning and Education function in the Human Capital Office (HCO) is responsible for the management of employee training.
Section 201 of the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004[11] requires that each Federal Government agency, on a regular basis, assess how each of its training plans accomplishes or effectively promotes the agency's specific performance plans and strategic goals. Agencies should modify those training plans or programs to ensure they continually meet and support specific agency-established performance plans and strategic goals. While implementing procedures for this law have not yet been published by the Office of Personnel Management, we believe the IRS should start tracking accurate data showing not only the type of training provided but the direct and related support costs of each course. The IRS should also develop some systemic method(s) to assess course quality to effectively evaluate its training efforts. The data taken together should allow the IRS to compute a return on training investment and aid the IRS in deciding which courses or training methods provide appropriate value in support of the IRS' overall strategic plan.
This audit was conducted as part of our FY 2005 annual audit plan and serves as a follow-up review to our prior audit on training conducted in FY 2003. This review was performed in the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) at the IRS National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and the Dallas, Texas, post-of-duty during the period October 2005 through July 2006. The audit was conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards. Detailed information on our audit objective, scope, and methodology is presented in Appendix I. Major contributors to the report are listed in Appendix II.
Most Recommended Corrective Actions Were Implemented; However, Validity Checks Were Not Built Into the System, and Cost Data to Assess Training Efforts Fully Are Still Incomplete
Although the IRS purchased the ELMS and made it available to all IRS employees in January 2005, all of the planned functionality has not yet been fully implemented for use by the business units and it does not enable the IRS to address some of the recommendations we made in a prior report. These conditions leave the IRS with a limited ability to track and evaluate its training efforts. ELMS deficiencies include the lack of built-in validity checks to prevent errors and the inability to produce cost data or to generate reports to assess IRS training efforts. To produce cost data and to generate reports to assess IRS training efforts would require a manual collection and review of the data.
Validity checks were not built into the System
The IRS has completed some of the corrective actions recommended in our prior report. For example, the ELMS course numbering system eliminated the use of general course numbers,[12] and the old ACES course numbering pattern is not a part of the ELMS. Although the ELMS is able to generate unique course catalog numbers (so duplication of course numbers is prevented), the IRS did not modify the ELMS to include systemic validity checks as we recommended. The IRS Learning and Education function staff declined to develop validity tests and advised us the ELMS required fewer manual entries, which they believed would reduce the risk of input errors. In addition, they planned to design reports to assist with ensuring the accuracy of data entry.[13]
With the new ELMS, quarterly "item compliance reports" on key data are to be issued to the business units by the HCO staff. The business units will have 15 workdays to update and correct the data. These reports are expected to identify instances in which required data are missing and should find other errors, such as the input of a travel cost over $5,000 for a 1-day class or an unreasonable start date (e.g., April 26, 1990). However, the reports developed as of July 2006 address only the accuracy of the information in the training course catalog, not the accuracy of employee training data.[14]
We reviewed a copy of an item compliance report dated June 30, 2006, that identified 1,475 courses with incomplete information. The most common errors involved some type of missing data. For example, 361 courses (24 percent) did not identify the audience (types of employees) for whom the training courses are intended, and 813 courses (55 percent) did not include a contact person from whom employees could get additional information about the course. Validity tests to ensure data fields are not blank when added to the ELMS can prevent incomplete information from being entered.
Historically, the HCO has made IRS employees responsible for reviewing their training histories. If they find any errors, employees have been instructed to prepare and submit an ELMS Learning/Teaching History (Form 12201) to their business unit training administrators, who will make corrections to the training histories. However, if an employee does not review and submit changes to the business unit training administrator, the information will remain inaccurate in the ELMS. For example, as many as 10,000 employees in one of the IRS business units entered information about a particular course in the ACES. In some cases employees entered the course multiple times and in other cases employees entered the course number as training hours (4 hours was the maximum that should have been claimed), which further compounded the errors. The cumulative effect of these errors is that as much as 90 percent of the hours associated with that category of training may be inaccurate and has been carried over to the new ELMS.
While the new System is expected to limit the amount of manual data entry required, relying on a manual review of individual training records by employees is the least effective internal control. We believe it will benefit the IRS to have in place a systemic mechanism that detects data errors before they are posted to the ELMS rather than relying on compliance reports and employee reviews to identify errors that have been entered into the System.
Cost data to assess training efforts are still incomplete
The HCO staff experienced delays in the following areas: (1) addressing concerns we previously raised about the IRS' inability to provide (in a reportable form) cost data needed to assess its own training efforts fully and (2) developing a methodology to allocate overhead costs. We reported that the IRS cannot provide detailed cost information down to the course or student level. This cost information is important because the IRS uses a number of vendor contracts in its training efforts, and, without detailed information, the IRS cannot validate the contract costs by tracing costs to the specific training courses or students. These costs include:
To address our concerns, the IRS planned to ensure its Integrated Financial System (IFS)[15] and the new LMS collectively would provide appropriate cost data. Corrective actions were to be completed by October 2005. However, as of May 2006, the HCO staff were still working to produce the required reports. The HCO staff stated that the detailed cost information needed must be obtained from systems controlled by the IRS CFO, the most important of which is the IFS. Although the CFO is working with the HCO to identify which capabilities currently in the IFS may assist in extracting training cost data, the CFO had indicated as of July 2006 that, according to the information available at the time, the IFS will not be reprogrammed or interfaced with the ELMS.
Recommendation 1: The CHCO should ensure that, to the extent possible, validity checks are built into the ELMS to ensure the data entered into the System are accurate.
Management's Response: IRS management agreed with our recommendation. The CHCO will identify ELMS fields that could be customized or configured to support point-of-entry data validation. A cost/benefit analysis will be conducted and completed by April 30, 2007. If justified by the analysis and supported by the business divisions, the ELMS Master Plan will be revised to reflect a development and release strategy by September 30, 2007. However, this will be subject to coordination with the Department of the Treasury LMS Governance Committee if it is determined that potential changes would affect the consolidated LMS Architecture.
Recommendation 2: The CHCO should work with the CFO to identify a practical solution that will enable the IFS to track IRS training costs. The solution should be used IRS-wide and be accessible to all business units. Training costs should be assigned to the individual course level, if possible.
Management's Response: IRS management agreed with our recommendation. The CHCO will work with the CFO and the IFS Program Office to identify additional training costs and to determine how those costs would most appropriately be captured. The CHCO has submitted a Change Request to the Office of the Associate CIO for Business Systems Modernization to initiate this effort. If an agreement can be reached to capture the cost in the IFS and funding is available, the CHCO will have a development and release strategy in place by December 31, 2007.
Significant Functionality Expected in the Enterprise Learning Management System Has Been Delayed, and Development Costs Have Been Understated
The ELMS is the enterprise e-learning infrastructure[16] for the IRS; it is expected to provide comprehensive learning management capabilities for employees, managers, and training specialists including tailored instructions, competency management, training administration, and launching e-learning content. The IRS has reported that the ELMS has achieved functionality in managing the areas of curriculum and certification, registration, standard reporting, training event management, training records, and parts of content management. We selected a sample of 32 of the 165 functional requirements scheduled for ELMS Releases 1 and 2 and verified that 31 of the requirements were implemented. The other requirement could not be verified because it was not fully implemented. As of July 2006, the functionality of competency management and most of the content management and custom reporting had not yet been realized. In addition, the IRS has not identified when it will address competency management, and the Learning Content Management System project is handling most of the content management.
In Calendar Year 2002, the HCO, with vendor support, prepared an LMS Statement of Work that was submitted to multiple vendors to find a company that could provide an LMS for the IRS. The IRS business units provided input on the functionality requirements the System should offer. The business units' input resulted in the creation of an LMS functional requirements traceability matrix[17] (RTM) that was comprised of 241 requirements. Through a series of releases, the following six areas originally were expected to be produced by the LMS:
At that time, the IRS expected to implement a commercial off-the-shelf system with little or no customization. The IRS received a proposal from the eventual winner of the LMS contract indicating a commercial off-the-shelf product typically could be installed and implemented in 2 months to 5 months, although the contract ultimately required the ELMS to be fully implemented by December 2004.
An analysis of the February 2005 RTM indicated the number of requirements had increased from 241 to 466 (93 percent increase)[18] between October 2002 and February 2005. The significant increase in requirements, and the resultant design changes based on the new requirements, were identified through a series of workshops that involved the ELMS staff, the HCO, the IRS business units, the ELMS vendor, and other stakeholders. The increase in the number of requirements caused the percentage of customizations[19] and configuration changes[20] to the standard software to increase from less than 10 percent to about 40 percent and added to the time needed to implement the System. As a result of the increase in vendor customizations and IRS internal configurations, every time the IRS upgrades the ELMS application, these requirements will need to be upgraded individually, resulting in additional time and costs.
Additionally, the project team explained that the decision by the Office of Management and Budget to direct the IRS to combine its project with the Government-wide e-learning initiative contributed to the project's overall delay. The requirement to place IRS data in servers outside of the IRS' own domain added about 3 months to the project as the team worked to address security concerns that resulted from this decision.
In July 2006, the IRS reported that three releases of the ELMS had been implemented. However, we were unable to determine the exact extent of the functionality that had been implemented because the ELMS staff had not kept the RTM current. The ELMS staff advised us that IRS resource constraints prevented them from keeping the RTM current. The last known independent validation of the RTM was conducted in July 2005.
In July 2005, an IRS subcontractor completed a validation of all the ELMS requirements (324) that were scheduled for implementation in Releases 1 and 2. At that time, Release 3 had not been implemented. We reviewed the number of functional requirements (165) in Releases 1 and 2 to determine what the IRS expected from the ELMS and whether the functionality had been achieved. The subcontractor validated 133 of the 165 (81 percent) functional requirements to ensure they were implemented as planned. The other 32 requirements (19 percent) had not been validated due to one of the following reasons:
The ELMS was expected to increase the number of e-learning hours delivered to 30 percent of total training in FY 2003 and to 40 percent in FY 2005. Additionally, the System was to reduce travel costs associated with training. Neither goal has been accomplished. Since FY 2002, the number of e-learning hours delivered has increased by only about 3 percent from FY 2002 through FY 2004 (the last full year of data available), and travel costs have increased. Figure 2 shows the number of training hours counted as e-learning and the total number of all training hours incurred over the 3½ years from FY 2002 to the middle of FY 2005.
Figure 2: Total Training
Hours Compared to e-Learning Hours Delivered for
FY 2002 – February 2005
(as of 2/05)
Total Training Hours
e-Learning Total Hours
Percentage of e-Learning to Total
Source: The ACES.
Actual travel expenses associated with training have increased by about $7 million over the last 4 years and are budgeted at $96 million in FY 2006. Figure 3 shows the amount of training travel expenses incurred over the last 4 years.
Figure 3: Actual Training Travel Expenses for FYs 2002 – 2005
Source: IRS CFO.
An important anticipated benefit of the ELMS is its ability to provide the HCO and business unit management with training data through the design, development, and implementation of custom reporting. Many of the custom reports included in the System's development (such as a report showing the numbers and percentage of training hours delivered and their methods of delivery) have not been implemented. The IRS expects it will need to purchase a third-party report writing application and will then need to train some number of IRS employees in the use of the application to generate custom reports as needed.
Another significant anticipated benefit of the ELMS that has not been implemented is the ability for the training staff to better evaluate employee competencies. Competency is determined by comparing the measurable skills, abilities, and personality traits that identify successful employees against defined roles within an organization. Defining competencies and then measuring an employee against them aids in determining potential gaps in an individual's skills and possible gaps in IRS training plans. Obtaining the tools needed to assess competencies and skills gaps is a significant goal of the HCO, as noted in the IRS Human Capital Strategic Plan.
The creation and delivery of online content[21] was to be addressed in the new LMS. However, some of the requirements under content management have been included in the LMS, while others associated with content authoring are expected to be part of a second system called the Learning Content Management System that is expected to be fully integrated with the ELMS. Widespread use of the System by subject-matter experts to create online content has not been achieved because the IRS is still training employees to use the content authoring features.
Development costs have been understated
The overall cost to implement the ELMS was estimated at about $20 million through 2009 and included budgetary resource expenditures associated with development and implementation of the System. Although these budgeted costs were identified in the final ELMS cost/analysis Business Case,[22] the actual resource expenditures incurred on the ELMS project have not been tracked or recorded by the HCO. As many as 95 employees worked on various ELMS implementation subteams from January 2004 to January 2005. Some of the team members worked part time on the ELMS project and had other duties outside the team. However, the amount of time these employees worked on the ELMS was not formally tracked or recorded. Total salaries for 9 full-time team members amounted to over $726,000 during the development period, and none of their salaries or travel costs have been recorded as a cost of the ELMS project. The ELMS Project Offices estimated that the 86 part-time team members spent about one-third of their time that year working on the project. We estimate one-third of their salary costs would total $ 2.4 million. Furthermore, after January 2005, 15 employees worked part time on the ELMS implementation. The Enterprise Life Cycle[23] document states the project manager is responsible for managing performance, expenditures, schedule, and communications of the project. In addition, the project manager must collect and update performance statistics for technical solutions, costs, resources, and schedule activities.
Because all the costs were not tracked, it is difficult for the IRS to determine the total development cost and to know whether it is complying with Section 5122 of the Clinger-Cohen Act.[24] This Act requires that the project ". . . provide the means for senior management personnel of the executive agency to obtain timely information regarding the progress of an investment in an information system, including a system of milestones for measuring progress, on an independently verifiable basis, in terms of cost, capability of the system to meet specified requirements, timeliness, and quality."
Recommendation 3: The CHCO should propose a revised schedule for implementation of ELMS System functionalities that were not made available to IRS business units by July 2006. Per the Exhibit 300 cost justification submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, all functionality was to be implemented by December 2004. The revised schedule should be prioritized based on the maximum benefit provided to the IRS and in coordination with business units' requirements.
Management's Response: IRS management agreed with our recommendation. The CHCO will review and update the ELMS Master Project Plan to ensure critical IRS business requirements not previously implemented are prioritized in coordination with the business units and will be scheduled for implementation in future ELMS Releases, following completion of the Learning and Education Redesign technology upgrades and the Department of the Treasury LMS Consolidation. Reprioritized requirements will be subjected to IRS and Department of the Treasury Governance approval and will be incorporated in future releases based on resource availability. After approval is granted, the CHCO will prepare a reprioritized Master Plan by December 31, 2007, reflecting a development and release strategy.
Recommendation 4: The CHCO should develop a process for tracking all costs for developing and implementing new systems, including salary and travel costs incurred by IRS employees as well as any contractor costs and hardware/software costs, so the full cost of the project is apparent to IRS executives and other stakeholders.
Management's Response: IRS management agreed with our recommendation. The CHCO will work with the CFO organization to identify all statute-required project costs for nonmajor IRS Internal Management Systems. If sufficient funds are available and agreement is reached to capture the cost in the IFS, a development and release strategy will be in place by December 31, 2007.
Appendix I
Detailed Objective, Scope, and Methodology
The overall objective of this audit was to evaluate the effectiveness of the ELMS[25] implementation by assessing whether the anticipated functionality and benefits were achieved. In addition, we followed up on the IRS corrective actions taken in response to recommendations made in a prior audit report.[26] To accomplish this objective, we:
I. Determined whether training data and costs were reflected in the ELMS accurately.
A. Determined that the IRS has officially retired its training system (the ACES)[27] and replaced it with the ELMS, as planned. From the ACES, we selected a random sample of 30 IRS employees with training histories from a population of 293 with training histories (these are the same employees reviewed in the prior training audit with training histories established on the ACES as of September 18, 2002). We used a random sample to ensure each employee had an equal chance of being selected.
B. Determined how the IRS keeps track of training costs to ensure they are all accounted for.
C. Determined whether the data provided by the ELMS allow the IRS to more accurately report on training, its effectiveness, and its costs.
II. Identified the IRS' original expectations for the ELMS and compared them to the System's functionality as of July 2006.
A. Determined the basis for the IRS developing the ELMS.
B. Determined if any System functionality has not been implemented and assessed the impact on the IRS' ability to produce complete, accurate, and timely training data. We selected a judgmental sample of 32 LMS[28] functional requirements from a population of 165 functional requirements expected to have been implemented in ELMS Releases 1 and 2 to determine their functionality. We used judgmental sampling because of limited resources and because we were drawing conclusions only about the sampled items.
III. Determined whether the ELMS project is being developed on schedule and on budget.
A. Determined whether the ELMS development and rollout are on schedule.
B. Determined whether IRS management is reporting effectively the cost of implementing the ELMS project.
C. Determined whether management decisions have affected the implementation plan.
IV. Determined whether the benefits anticipated when the project was approved have been realized.
Appendix II
Major Contributors to This Report
Daniel R. Devlin, Assistant Inspector General for Audit (Headquarters Operations and Exempt Organizations Programs)
Nancy A. Nakamura, Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audit (Headquarters Operations and Exempt Organizations Programs)
Carl L. Aley, Director
Kevin P. Riley, Audit Manager
Ken Henderson, Lead Auditor
Charles Ekunwe, Senior Auditor
Michael Della Ripa, Auditor
Stephen E. Holmes, Auditor
James Allen, Information Technology Specialist
Appendix III
Commissioner C
Office of the Commissioner – Attn: Chief of Staff C
Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support OS
Chief Financial Officer OS:CFO
Chief Counsel CC
National Taxpayer Advocate TA
Director, Office of Legislative Affairs CL:LA
Director, Office of Program Evaluation and Risk Analysis RAS:O
Office of Internal Control OS:CFO:CPIC:IC
Audit Liaisons:
Chief Financial Officer OS:CFO
Chief Human Capital Officer OS:HC
Appendix IV
Management's Response to the Draft Report
The response was removed due to its size. To see the response, please go to the Adobe PDF version of the report on the TIGTA Public Web Page.
[1] Information on Employee Training Is Not Adequate to Determine Training Cost or Effectiveness (Reference Number 2003-10-212, dated September 2003).
[2] Customizing requirements requires the assistance of the vendor and results in additional costs.
[3] Configuration changes to requirements can be performed by the IRS.
[4] The Integrated Financial System is the IRS financial management system that provides detailed financial, cost accounting, property accounting, and procurement data to authorized users.
[5] Information on Employee Training Is Not Adequate to Determine Training Cost or Effectiveness (Reference Number 2003-10-212, dated September 2003).
[6] The Office of Strategic Human Resources was replaced by the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer in February 2004.
[7] Competency management is the process that allows an organization to track an employee's skills, behavior, and knowledge and assess their competency gaps, to help improve employee performance as well as meet the business goals of the organization.
[8] Collaborative learning is the process of learning through the exchange and sharing of information and opinions among individuals.
[9] This is course or instructional material that can be used and reused that is distributed by a learning management system or learning content management system.
[10] This is learning that is facilitated and supported using information and communication technologies like the Internet and email.
[11] Pub. L. No. 108-411 [S.129] (2004).
[12] Courses are assigned a unique number for tracking purposes and are logged into a catalog.
[13] September 24, 2003, Memorandum for Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration From the IRS CHCO.
[14] Our review of a random sample of 30 IRS employees with training histories from a population of 293 did not reveal any errors or obvious omissions in the training histories.
[15] The IFS is the IRS' core accounting system of record; when fully implemented, it is expected to provide budget preparation, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial reporting, and purchasing functions.
[16] The infrastructure addresses the organization's existing culture, governing principles, processes, and structures (including technical architecture) that will contribute to e-learning success or failure.
[17] A functional RTM serves as the tracking mechanism to ensure requirements are fully tested and incorporated into the appropriate implementation phase.
[18] The requirements are grouped into six categories, and functional requirements make up the majority.
[19] Customizing requirements requires the assistance of the vendor and results in additional costs.
[20] Configuration changes to requirements can be performed by the IRS.
[21] Online content refers to commercial off-the-shelf products, custom development, testing, integration, and maintenance services.
[22] Business cases are also known as Exhibit 300, Capital Asset Plan and Business Case Summary.
[23] The Enterprise Life Cycle defines the processes, products, techniques, roles, responsibilities, policies, procedures, and standards associated with planning, executing, and managing business change.
[24] Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 (Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996), Pub. L. No. 104-106, 110 Stat. 642 (codified in scattered sections of 5 U.S.C., 5 U.S.C. app., 10 U.S.C., 15 U.S.C., 16 U.S.C., 18 U.S.C., 22 U.S.C., 28 U.S.C., 29 U.S.C., 31 U.S.C., 38 U.S.C., 40 U.S.C., 41 U.S.C., 42 U.S.C., 44 U.S.C., 49 U.S.C., 50 U.S.C.).
[25] The ELMS was intended to provide learning delivery, instructor-led course tools and resources, content, performance, competency management, and collaborative learning.
[26] Information on Employee Training Is Not Adequate to Determine Training Cost or Effectiveness (Reference Number 2003-10-212, dated September 2003).
[27] The ACES was used to schedule training, document the training that has been provided, and assist in budget tracking and projection for all IRS employees.
[28] The LMS is expected to provide comprehensive learning management capabilities for employees, managers, and training specialists including tailored instruction, competency management, training administration, and launching of e-learning content.


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the land-grant institution of the Commonwealth, to conduct engineering, science, management and defense training programs in York. Classes met at the William Penn Senior High School. The first graduates, fourteen men, completed the program in the summer of 1941. A polio epidemic in the York area caused classes to be canceled during the fall of 1941, but classes resumed in February 1942
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External Dimension: Parliament and Commission in agreement
(23/11/2012) On 22 November, the European Parliament plenary session adopted Swedish MEP Isabella Lövin's report on the European Commission's Communication on the external dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy.
With all the essentials passed, Parliament has subscribed to the Commission's proposal which sets the same sustainable fishing objectives for international as for European waters.
While pleading for a broadening of the Communication's scope and an integrated view encompassing European trade and development policies, the report by Isabella Lövin, MEP (ALDE group) backs most of the topics covered in the Communication. These include an elaboration of a 'global catch and traceability documentation scheme' to fight against illicit fishing, strengthening the capability of the regional fisheries management organisations and increasing the contribution from ship owners to the financial compensation paid to the benefiting countries of partnership agreements.. The Council adopted its general approach on this Communication in March 2012, and also globally backed the Commission's policy.


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A Boy's Tragic Death Comes to Light After the Friends Who Witnessed It Break a Long Conspiracy of Silence
Only that wasn't it for Steve Rodriguez. While Miguel and his friends (aged 13, 14 and 17) went on with their lives, their silence plunged Rodriguez, a 34-year-old single father from Chicago's largely blue-collar Southeast Side, into months of uncertainty and anguish. On the afternoon during Easter break when Ricky disappeared, Steve at first dismissed his tardiness as spring fever. But his son was not the type to stay out late without calling, Steve says, so as evening approached, he became frightened. By midnight he was in a police patrol car searching for Ricky. "Something told me he was dead," he says. Distraught, he went to the home of Ricky's mother, Phyllis, 34, who had given Steve custody of the boy several years earlier while she battled her addiction to cocaine. The two of them sat up all night, waiting for news. When none came, Steve returned home and wandered the neighborhood, at first chasing rumors, then chasing ghosts.
In the days that followed he ran down alleys, across railroad viaducts, anywhere he saw a child who might have been Ricky. He distributed 500 photographs in the Chicago area and offered a $5,000 reward for information. A national missing-children's organization worked with a direct mail company to put Ricky's face on millions of mailers, and America's Most Wanted put his picture on television. The leads that followed proved not merely false, but deeply disturbing. "Ricky was supposedly sighted next to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, being forced into sex acts with three men," says Steve. "Another time a kid fitting Ricky's description was seen being made to pick up glass at a carnival with his bare hands. I couldn't sleep. It tore my heart out."
The authorities could provide little solace. Acting on an anonymous tip received just days after Ricky's disappearance, the police searched the silos at the old Falstaff malting plant on Lake Michigan just blocks from the Rodriguez home. Steve stood by as a German shepherd sniffed the grounds for the scent of decomposed flesh. "It was impossible to find anything," says Chicago police officer Eileen Guest. "We'd have had to open up the bottoms of a hundred silos." Later, Coast Guard helicopters circled the plant and cruisers combed the lake, all to no avail.
In the end, had it been left to the boys who saw him fall, Ricky's body might never have been found. "I just forgot about it," Miguel later told TV's Inside Edition. "I got it out of my head. I don't know, I just forgot easy." But what his conscious mind could dismiss, his subconscious could not. Nightmares plagued Miguel, and by mid-September, nearly five months after Ricky's fall, the guilt-stricken boy finally confessed to his 12-year-old girlfriend. Two days later the girlfriend's mother was sitting on a friend's porch, when she overheard Miguel talking with some other neighborhood kids about being with Ricky the night he disappeared. When Miguel came to visit his girlfriend the next day after school, a youth officer was waiting. A short time later Miguel led police to one of the old Falstaff silos, where they smashed through a metal plate in the wall and found Ricky's crumpled body.
In a small white casket ("white because he was pure," says his father), Ricky was finally laid to rest four days later. Not one of the four boys who had been with him—who now claim they kept quiet out of fear of Steve, Ricky's 17-year-old stepbrother, Michael, and gang members rumored to be friends of another stepbrother, Gerardo, 13—attended Ricky's funeral. (Although the case remains technically open, none of the boys has ever been charged with a crime.) Two weeks later, three of the boys arrived at Steve's home to express their sorrow. Only Miguel, to Steve's dismay, stayed away. "I'm sorry about your brother," Miguel managed to tell Ricky's 9-year-old brother, Stevie, as the boy waited for his father outside their home on the day before the funeral. But when Steve approached, Miguel paled and walked away. "I could tell him I'm sorry," he explains, "but what is he going to think?"
Not even Steve can answer that question. "I still have doubts," he says. He wonders whether Ricky died immediately, if his life could have been saved had the boys gone for help—even if his death was really an accident. "Something happened up there that terrified them," says Steve. Whatever went on, Rodriguez believes that, "as a parent I have to forgive, to let the anger go." But as a father, he cannot rid himself of the pain. "An emptiness is setting in that is unnerving," he says. "A great love of my life has gone."
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World Leaders Challenged to Address Climate Change by NYC March
(3BL Media and Just Means) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to march alongside environmentalist Bill McKibben in New York City on September 20 and 21st. In a recently published article he wrote in Rolling Stone, "A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change," McKibben invited all to join him to make a 'loud movement,' lifting banners that say "CLIMATE/JOBS. TWO CRISES, ONE SOLUTION."
This 'call to arms' coincides with the United Nation's climate summit in NYC where many of the world leaders will come together to talk about why plans to end climate change have not progressed. Rather, 'turn-off-the-lights' plans have failed and today, humanity faces an environmental crisis that is bigger than when the world leaders met in 2009.
McKibben says, "the "world's leaders" haven't been leaders on climate change – at least not leaders enough. Like many of us, they've attended to the easy stuff, but they haven't set the world on a fundamentally new course. Barack Obama is the perfect example. Sure, he's imposed new mileage standards for cars, but he's also opened vast swaths of territory to oil drilling and coal mining, which will take us [the USA] past Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's biggest petro producer."
And he's right. Humanity is responsible: our transportation, our manufacturing plants, our technologies. And, perhaps most importantly, how we have failed to acknowledge that we are one part of Earth's systems and every choice we make impacts in some way our home. Many of our choices have affected Earth's temperatures. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), scientists predict that 'the earth's temperatures are expected to rise between 2 and 12 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100." What does that really mean for humanity? The EPA says that for about every 2°F of warming, we can expect to see:
● 5—15% reductions in the yields of crops as currently grown
● 3—10% increases in the amount of rain falling during the heaviest precipitation events, which can increase flooding risks
● 5—10% decreases in stream flow in some river basins, including the Arkansas and the Rio Grande
● 200%—400% increases in the area burned by wildfire in parts of the western United States (EPA)
And, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Or, what's left of them… But, deep breath, all is not lost. There is still hope. McKibben is calling us to march so that we can remind the world's leaders that there is still time and that we, the people, demand leadership and change that matters.
"You can watch the endgame of the fossil-fuel era with a certain amount of hope. The pieces are in place for real, swift, sudden change, not just slow and grinding linear shifts: If Germany on a sunny day can generate half its power from solar panels, and Texas makes a third of its electricity from wind, then you know technology isn't an impossible obstacle anymore. The pieces are in place, but the pieces won't move themselves. That's where movements come in. They're not subtle; they can't manage all the details of this transition. But they can build up pressure on the system, enough, with luck, to blow out those bags of money that are blocking progress with the force of Typhoon Haiyan on a Filipino hut. Because if our resistance fails, there will be ever-stronger typhoons. The moment to salvage something of the Holocene is passing fast. But it hasn't passed yet, which is why September is so important."--Bill McKibben, "A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change."
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"He has lost the love of his life," Monjack says of her son, the British screenwriter Simon Monjack, in an interview with The Jewish Chronicle.
"It's very hard for everybody, especially Simon and Brittany's mother," she said. "I've spoken to her mother, and she is distraught. Brittany was an only child, and her mother was living with them."
Brittany's mother, Sharon Murphy, has not spoken publicly since her daughter, 32, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. The death is under investigation, and autopsy results are pending.
Monjack, a hypnotherapist in England, said she met Brittany "right at the beginning" but did not know her "terribly well."
"We're just completely devastated," she said.
Funeral plans are still not pinned down, a source tells PEOPLE. "The working plan is to have a small private family service in the next few days and then a larger memorial service for a larger group early in the new year."
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In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault. The fate of the world is at stake and Heroes from a variety of legendary factions must stand up to defend their causes.Read full description
"What it lacks in technological flash it makes up for in smart, well-balanced gameplay. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a kingdom to conquer…" - GameChronicles.com
"I am truly spellbound by the splendor of this game, hooray to Nival for bringing back Heroes of Might and Magic." - StrategyInformer.com
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay.
In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault. The fate of the world is at stake and Heroes from a variety of legendary factions must stand up to defend their causes. Live their fate, lead their forces to victory, and unveil the secret goal of the Demon lords.
Become a strategy gaming legend by raising unique hero characters, assembling armies, and defeating enemies using the brand new active-time battle system both offline or online.
Cutting edge visual technology: for the first time, experience the world of Might & Magic in a full breathtaking 3D animated world supported by a consistent and modern graphic style.
Modern sophisticated fantasy universe: includes all features which brought success to the series in a complete revamped and more mature universe with six unique factions and over forty different creatures and over 200 spells.
Complete strategy experience and RPG gameplay: during six campaigns and over thirty missions, explore and conquer territories, manage your cities, recruit armies, raise and upgrade your heroes through a user friendly yet deep turn-based system.
Complete scalable turned-based battle system for challenging and tactical combat: find out the combat system that made the success of the Heroes series or experience the brand new Dynamic Battle system for transforming a chessboard into a lively battlefield.
Competitive and addictive intense multiplayer parts: Five multiplayer modes including the new Ghost Mode.
Multiplay: Broadband internet connection
UPLAY client required to play.
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: NVIDIA GeForce 4 / FX / 6 / 7 families (GeForce 4 MX NOT supported), ATI Radeon 8500 / 9000 / X families, Matrox Parhelia
© 2005 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Heroes, Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Developed by Nival Interactive.
Heroes of Might and Magic V is the first 3D version of the series, and it's a big step up, with fantastic looking castles and environments, sadly this comes at the cost of performance, with general slow down and very long turn times (these are massively improved via patches/expansions). This game without the expansions is still good, some of the units rendered in beautiful 3D are recognisable from previous Heroes games, others are new. Me and my brother have spent a fair few hours playing local hot seat on this game but I would highly recommend getting the expansions as well, since not only do they add new factions and missions, they improve performance massively as well.
Heroes of Might And magic is a long standing and one of the best turned based strategy games. For all the fans of the heroes franchise, this might be a great leap forward or a huge disappointment. This is by far the most beautiful Heroes game that I ever played. The models and designs are stunning and the animation and effects are amazing. Every unit in the game is filled with details and carefully "crafted". With that said, there is also a bad side to this game. If you play it with more than 2 opponents, it is nearly unplayable. The time between your turns is very long and it is totally ruining the experience. If you have nerves of steel or just play against 1 or 2 players, than it is pretty much okay. The campaign is fine and there are no long turns during most of it. Overall a great game, if you can overlook the crazy long time between turns on some sessions.
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Court budget cuts and the resulting overwhelmed justice system make settling out of court an attractive option for attorneys and clients alike. Without this option, very little would get done because high profile court cases would take up all the resources and leave those with smaller matters hanging.
Please join the ADR Section and Alameda County Judge Paul Herbert (Dept 14 Small Claims Settlement) for a discussion on little known secrets to settling cases. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from Judge Herbert about his experience as a small claims and settlement conference judge. Judge Herbert will offer tips for new and experienced practitioners alike on what works and doesn't work to settle out of court.


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(no pun intended) and I came even faster and it was more satisfying.
I'll end up just watching porn again, I'm sure, it was just a nice change of pace.
I'll end up just watching porn again, I'm sure, it was just a nice change of pace.
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When I can't use the computer, I used to just pretend to go to sleep and fap under the covers. Usually to some girl in real life I've seen. I like seeing people and thinking,"Why aren't you fingering your friend while sucking m- oh wait"
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I've done that alone for years dude, it's 100x better thinking about porking a girl of your choice
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But the girl of my choice IS in porn. I feel left out.


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7/28/2006 —
John W. Dawson, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Penn State York has retired after 34 years of service to the University. Dawson retired effective June 30. He has been honored with Emeritus status.
Dawson joined the Penn State faculty in 1972 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. He came to Penn State York in 1975 as an assistant professor of mathematics and was promoted to full professor in 1985. Dawson earned outstanding evaluations throughout the years from both students and peers.
He was honored in April with the James H. Burness Award for Excellence in Teaching given to an outstanding full-time faculty member based on nominations by students and other members of the campus community. The award is named in honor of the late James H. Burness, in recognition of his outstanding teaching and service to the campus. He taught the full range of undergraduate courses available and initiated Math 35, general view of mathematics at Penn State York. In 1984 he taught one of the earliest honors sections offered at the campus in any discipline.
An internationally recognized authority on the life and work of Kurt Gödel, Dawson is the author of Logical Dilemmas, The Life and Work of Kurt Gödel, the definitive biography of this logician and philosopher. The book, published in 1997, has been translated into German, and some of Dawson's papers have been translated into Bulgarian, Czech, Italian, and Japanese.
During the years 1982 to 1984 Dawson catalogued Gödel's papers at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, and he has served as the co-editor of Gödel's Collected Works since the inception of that ongoing editorial project. He has lectured aspects of Gödel's work at international conferences in Salzburg, Austria; Druzhba, Bulgaria; Paris, France; and Uppsala, Sweden. Dawson is the author of numerous articles on axiomatic set theory and the history of modern logic.
Dawson is also an accomplished flutist and an expert on mushrooms. He resides in York with his wife, Cheryl.


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But suppliers must also provide configurable or unique systems at the same quality level as standardized products, which requires extra effort from vendors. "It's easy to tell customers 'it's just a bag, put it together.'" Assemblies consisting of 20 bags, tubing, and connectors, however, must be prototyped for usage and packaging. "It becomes an R&D or engineer-to-order project," Priebe explained.
To standardization, scale, and GMP-worthiness, Jeff Craig, life sciences global marketing director at ATMI described industrialization as the ability to deploy production-scale single-use equipment at the global level. "New technologies go through a cycle of innovation, early adoption, commercialization, and then finally, industrialization," he said. "Single use is now in the middle stage of commercialization, and there are similar, predictable industrialization cycles from other industries that we can learn from."
Supply chain is Craig's pet subject. "The discussions are no longer whether single use works, but whether biomanufacturers can get enough product efficiently, on time, and economically."
If judged by uptake, then single use is already fully industrialized. "The percentage of companies employing disposables is very, very high," Craig said. "There are already some approved products using disposables, and many in clinical stage." Furthermore, he noted that limiting the term "industrialization" to processes that employ disposables end-to-end is a mistake. Some unit operations are perfectly suited, he said, while others are not.
Over the last five years Thermo Fisher Scientific, has filled out its single-use BioProcess Container (BPC) bioreactor and mixer product lines to cover volumes from benchtop to 2,000 L. Its experience in expanding its product line is reminiscent of how disposable processing itself came into being. In the early days, HyClone, which Thermo Fisher acquired to enter the disposable bioprocessing business, shipped its preformulated media and buffers in flexible plastic containers.
According to Hutchinson, "Customers began thinking that they might use these BPCs in similar fashion to the containers we were using to ship media and process liquids for collecting downstream process fluids." Before long customers were commercially using "dry" BPCs for media storage and transport, and, finally, for cell culture.
Integration of single-use equipment has become a buzzword, but one that is quite useful for understanding evolving customer needs and how vendors can satisfy them. Thermo Fisher's systems integration initiatives are part of a more general trend toward greater functionality in single-use bags, particularly with respect to controls, automation, and single-use sensors. The industry is asking for these sensors to monitor and control parameters such as carbon dioxide levels, conductivity, temperature, and pressure as well as more common pH and dissolved oxygen.
Mixing has been problematic for the single-use equipment industry. If a bioreactor or mixing vessel is to be truly disposable and sterile at all points of use, then that must include everything inside the bag. Disposable bioreactor manufacturers must watch for shear stress on cells while avoiding mechanisms that rub against plastic fluid contact surfaces and possibly release polymer shards or leachable chemicals.
PBS Biotech (www.pbsbiotech.com) employs U-shaped bioreactors that incorporate an Air-Wheel™, which spins and agitates cell cultures through the buoyancy of rising gas bubbles. As bubbles percolate through the culture they turn the Air-Wheel and avoid the need for external actuation. According to the company this results in rapid, homogeneous mixing and a high mass transfer rate with extremely low shear stress on cells.
"Gas is required for all bioreactors, so our bioreactor kills two birds with one stone," said Brian Lee, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO.
PBS offers scalability from three liters for lab work, and 80 liters for preclinical and clinical batches. In targeting full-scale GMP production, the company plans to produce a 500 L system later this year, and a 2,500 L bioreactor in 2012.
These volumes, which are fairly common these days, speak to where biomanufacturing is heading in the coming years.
"Due to personalized medicine and rising titers, we believe that 2,500 liters is probably the sweet spot for single-use bioreactors. The game could change, of course, depending on the market." In any case he claimed the Air-Wheel is not limited by scale. "Stirred-tank single-use systems have problems overcoming torque requirements to remain truly disposable. A larger Air-Wheel is actually easier to turn with a smaller quantity of gas."
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I'll forgo my sentiments on whom the Redskins should draft in the first round (Okung, please!) or what position should be addressed in the second round (our offensive line play last season was depressing).
Enough articles have delved into these topics and thoroughly explored the various scenarios that might play out in rounds one and two.
I'm going to concentrate my efforts on the meat of the NFL draft: the middle to late rounds that can produce great talent at a sliver of the price. The middle to late rounds are where lame duck GMs can become football Einsteins.
There have been considerable success stories to emerge from these later rounds. There are second day heroes turned teammates Tom Brady (sixth round) and Matt Cassel (seventh round).
Pro Bowl wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh was a seventh rounder. Running backs Marion Barber and Brandon Jacobs were back-to-back draftees in the fourth round of the 2005 draft.
After the first and second rounds, the Redskins have a pick in the fourth, fifth and seventh round. With a new regime in town, maybe the 'Skins will value these picks and draft accordingly unlike years past.


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NYC Coalition Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the NYC Smoke-Free Air Act Event
March 30, 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of the NYC Smoke-Free Air Act that ensured no New Yorkers would be forced to breathe toxic, secondhand smoke in the workplace, regardless of whether they work in a high-rise office or neighborhood restaurant or bar.
March 27th Celebration & Awards Ceremony
The NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City along with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association of the Northeast, Campaign for a Tobacco-Free Kids and Public Health Solutions are hosting a celebratory event on March 27, 2013 to mark the anniversary of this landmark legislation and honor the Mayor, City Council, and other champions of public health who persevered to make this policy happen. As we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Smoke-Free Air Act, we also recognize our work is far from over.
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Ottawa recalls Hoffman from Binghamton
The Ottawa Senators today recalled forward Mike Hoffman from the club's American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators.
Hoffman, 23, was one of 27 players who participated in the Senators' abbreviated training camp this past January. In 41 AHL games with Binghamton this season, the Kitchener, Ont., native has recorded 28 points (13 goals, 15 assists) and 38 penalty minutes. He currently ranks third among active B-Sens in goals and is tied for third in overall team scoring.
Originally selected by Ottawa in the fifth round (130th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Hoffman has skated in one NHL contest for the Senators and was held scoreless in a 2-1 setback at Carolina on Dec. 23, 2011.
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- Barons' Davidson values health, hockey
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Protecting Citizens and Their Speech: Balancing National Security and Free Speech When Prosecuting the Material Support of Terrorism
Brandon J. Smith
The George Washington University School of Law
March 13, 2012
Federal law criminalizes a variety of terrorist activities, including the use of violence or certain weaponry such as chemical or biological weapons. Yet, these laws do not provide prosecutors with the necessary tools to prosecute those terrorists who die in the attacks, evade capture. Nor does it empower law enforcement to go after the supporters of those committing acts of terrorism. Moreover, the nature of law and policy in the post 9/11 world implicates fundamental questions about strategy, tactics, criminal justice, and the ontological nature of the war on terror. Due in part to these challenges, Congress criminalized the act of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Resulting laws and regulations have led to restrictions and limits on the freedom of speech. Looking to the First Amendment analysis of various campaign finance law challenges provides a comparable framework for addressing freedom of speech concerns in the context of national security. Moreover, borrowing from campaign finance law provides assistance in addressing obstacles faced by prosecutors, defense attorneys, and practitioners seeking to advise clients on their potential criminal liability.
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The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency said satellite images of an Iranian nuclear facility and military site indicate that weapons research may be taking place there.
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano expressed concern last week over images of activities at the site, Reuters reported.
A U.S. security institute specializing in nuclear proliferation, said it now has satellite imagery that backs up the IAEA's concerns.
"The new activity seen in the satellite image occurred outside a building suspected to contain an explosive chamber used to carry out nuclear weapons related experiments," the Institute for Science and International Security, said on its website in a May 8 report.
Iran has repeatedly refused to allow the IAEA inside the Parchin plant, a point inspectors plan to raise at the second round of P5+1 talks in Baghdad on May 23. The P5+1 is made of the U.S., U.K., China, Russia, France and Germany.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli officials met with E.U. Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton Wednesday in Jerusalem. At the meeting, Netanyahu said "Iran is using these talks to play for time."
"There is no evidence whatsoever that the Iranian government has any intention to cease its aggressive pursuit of nuclear weapons," Netanyahu told Ashton during her one-day visit to Israel.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz were among the senior officials who met with Ashton.
Israel said in order for diplomacy to succeed, Iran must agree to stop producing enriched uranium, get rid of its stockpile, and dismantle its uranium enrichment facility at Qoms, all of which it has repeatedly refused.
Israel on Iran: Military Option 'Remains on the Table'
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Irving ISD Board of Trustees fills District 6 spot
Update: Lee Mosty was the lone trustee to vote against Necessary's appointment.
The Irving Board of Trustees voted 5-1 at its Monday meeting to appoint Irving resident Randy Necessary to the District 6 school board seat.
Necessary replaces Norma Gonzales. Gonzales resigned in August after a shoplifting arrest.
Necessary will serve on the Board of Trustees until May 2014.
Necessary graduated from Irving High School in 1968. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and finance from East Texas State University in 1972. His wife and two daughters are also graduates of Irving ISD.
Necessary has served as vice chairman of the city's Board of Adjustments and Appeals. He also served on Irving High School's campus improvement committee, athletic committee and band boosters club in addition to AMBUCS.


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Brooks Brothers Event Raises Funds for Scholarships in FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
BOCA RATON, Fla. (June 17, 2013) – Shoppers at the Brooks Brothers store at Town Center at Boca Raton helped raise funds for scholarships for Florida Atlantic University's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters during a recent special event. Twenty-five percent of sales made during the event were donated to the College. The funds will help support scholarships and research activity.
"We are thrilled to have Brooks Brothers' generous support," said Marny Glasser, president of the Advisory Board for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. The Board organized the event, as one of many events in support of the College.
Established in the summer of 2012, the Advisory Board is comprised of community and business leaders who provide assistance with strategic planning, community outreach, and garnering financial support for education, research, and public programs. To date, the Board has raised more than $78,000 for the college, including more than $23,000 for student scholarships.
"We are very happy to support this effort and the students at FAU, many of whom are working with us today," said Jon Wagstaff, manager of the Brooks Brothers store at Town Center at Boca Raton.
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If you bought multiple copies of Oblivion, would the coupons for Skyrim stack?
No as they require you to send in the actual barcode and not a scan. That and the coupon, rumored, makes you buy Skyrim for $59.98 or more and makes you purchase the guide also. Sadly the coupon is horrible for most.


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Investigators identify suspect in nightclub shootingUPDATED 8:02 PM CST Nov 27, 2013
Oklahoma investigators named the suspect in an August 2012 nightclub shooting.Video Transcript
A MOTHER IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER THE ARREST OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER SON. "CIAR PIERCE" WAS SHOT OUTSIDE A SPENCER NIGHTCLUB LAST SUMMER. OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATOR ARRESTED THIS MAN, DEONTAE THOMAS'. K-O-C-O'S NAVEEN DHALIWAL IS LIVE WITH DETAILS. NAVEEN...? THE NIGHTCLUB IS NOW CLOSED...BUT THIS SIGN HANGS ON THE FRONT DOOR IT'S BEEN 15 MONTHS SINCE CIAR PIERCE DIED.... NO ONE CAME FORWARD UNTIL NOW. Clip 2 Sarah Burdine - mother 49:33 it's been very difficult but we knew this day was going to come. SARAH BURDINE HAS BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE TO FIND HER SON'S KILLER. CIAR PIERCE WAS SHOT AT SPENCER NIGHTCLUB IN AUGUST OF 2012. WE MET BURDINE LAST YEAR... PREVIOUS PKG SOT 6PM 27 IF PEOPLE STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH ME...I WILL BE THE LAY PERSON I WILL PASS THE INFORMATION ON. BURDINE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA....AND KEPT IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH DETECTIVES ON CASE. TODAY THE NEWS SHE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. CLIP 1 45:44 We recently received information that led to other information from a witness COVER THIS PART OF SOT WITH MUG that has lead to the arrest of deontae dejuan thomas. DETECTIVES SAY HE'S A MAN WITH A CRIMAL PAST WHO WAS CELEBRATING HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON THE NIGHT WHEN GUNFIRE ERUPTED AT THE CLUB. HE'S BACK IN JAIL. AND THIS FAMILY'S 52:44 this has meant so much to my family, I don't know if me being vocal had anything to do with it, but I do appreciate the response from the public THOMAS IS ARRESTED FOR MURDER. BUT THIS CASE ISN'T CLOSED. DETECTIVES ARE ASKING OTHER WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD. LIVE IN SPENCER. NAVEEN DHALIWAL KOCO 5 NEWS. NEW INFORMATION IN A CHILD PORN
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Dr. Oz says that a serving of brussel sprouts will get to work cleaning out our livers. That sounds like a great idea so I'm eating them once each week. (Hey, I don't want to overdo this.)
Last week I featured a chicken dish with apricots in my blog and on the side of the plate were brussel sprouts.(Pictured at left.) I had merely steamed them and served them naked (the veggies, not me), so I didn't give them any more attention in my blog post. http://www.nanaclareskitchen.com/2012/01/18/apricot-almond-and-chicken-stir-fry/
However, several people saw the picture and commented that they loved brussel sprouts and offered ways to "dress them." Thanks to Amy and Glenn, (and to Bobby for encouragement) I gave the sprouts center stage this time.
Brussel sprouts – about a pound – fresh or frozen
1 TBS olive oil (Amy says you can also use the spray olive oil)
Herbs – I used basil, but oregano, sage or thyme would all be delish.
Garlic salt – a sprinkling
Preheat oven to 350
Drizzle the olive oil in a small baking or roasting pan.
Add herbs
Add brussel sprouts and let them roll around in the herbs and oil to coat them.
Sprinkle with garlic salt.
Put in oven and roast about 10 – 15 minutes.
They're done when they're fork tender.
Naturally, if you serve them with a pat of butter, they will be even better, but then you have to answer to Dr. Oz. Your call…
Notes: If you have frozen sprouts, you may want to microwave them for a minute before roasting – or roast longer.
You could also add a clove of crushed garlic to the oil and skip the garlic salt.
Glenn said that when he roasts brussel sprouts this way his 13 yr old grandson can't get enough of them. Isn't that music to our ears!