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Testimony on the Activities of the Federal Acquisition Institute
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Voinovich, and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Karen Pica and I am the Director of the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss the activities of the FAI. Created in 1976, FAI has a long and proud history of promoting the development of a strong and agile workforce, the foundation for an effective acquisition system. Under the leadership of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), the Chief Acquisition Officers Council (CAO Council) and a Board of Directors, FAI builds coalitions and partnerships to coalesce the resources agencies need to support a professional acquisition workforce. We leverage expertise in such key organizations as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for strategic human capital issues and the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) for training. We lead an interagency working group of Acquisition Career Managers to ensure solutions are shaped by the needs of the Federal community at large.
Our activities to foster a professional acquisition workforce are wide and varied. While comprehensive training is one of our critical functions, we do much more, including the development of competency and skills standards for acquisition personnel and the implementation of career management programs to help agencies recruit and retain top talent.
The Federal acquisition workforce, much like the national and global workforce, is facing challenges associated with demographic shifts, philosophical changes toward work, and expectations of organizations and employees. The disparities among different workforce segments along these lines combined with the want of information available about careers in Federal acquisition bring us together here today.
Statistics regarding the pending retirement of Federal acquisition employees are well known, what is not known is how many of the expected 50 percent actually plan on retiring. OFPP and Federal agencies now have this information based on the recently completed contracting competency survey. For the past few years, the Government has successfully brought in more contracting professionals than we have lost. As a result of the competency survey, we can now analyze in more detail how well we are doing at replacing key skills not just people. Creating more awareness about contracting and acquisition as careers and structured development programs will help attract and retain more talent.
The Acquisition Advisory Panel made some key recommendations regarding acquisition human capital issues such as focus, planning, data management, definition and certification. Legislation recently passed or being considered provides more focus and resources to help the Government meet these challenges.
OFPP leadership has developed a vision and strategic objectives that mature current acquisition workforce efforts and activities aligned with the AAP recommendations.
Today, I would like to highlight a number of our key initiatives and explain how we are making the vision outlined by OFPP Administrator Paul Denett a reality.
- Workforce Shaping Developing a structured approach using common processes and tools across the Federal acquisition community focused on developing the characteristics of the workforce which are important for meeting current and future needs. Workforce shaping includes developing and managing competencies, strategic human capital planning, collecting and managing appropriate workforce data, and recognizing skill and experience achievements through a standard certification.
- Developing and Managing Competencies The foundation of successful recruiting, training, and performance in acquisition depends on identifying the right skills needed for the job, providing training and development opportunities for those skills and hiring and retaining professionals with those skills. FAI has partnered with the Government's leading expert in competency management, the Office of Personnel Management, to develop, update, and assess the competencies of acquisition professionals. Since FAI developed the first set of contracting competencies through an interagency working group in 1985, we have aligned competency management with the recommendations and best practices of the OPM. Recently, FAI and DAU have partnered in developing, managing, and updating competencies for acquisition professionals, with each organization alternating as the lead entity for interagency re-validation of competencies so there is one set of baseline competencies across the Government that can be specialized by agencies as needed.
Currently, standard competencies exist for acquisition workforce professionals in multiple areas, including contracting, acquisition program and project management, contracting officer technical representatives, and architect and engineering professionals. In line with OPM's best practices, FAI will be revalidating the Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (COTR) competencies in 2008. The contracting competencies were revalidated in 2003 through an FAI- led effort and again in 2007 through a DAU-led effort.
In Spring 2007, OFPP launched a contracting workforce competency survey that achieved a 50 percent response rate from the target audience. To support this initiative, FAI collaborated with the CIO IT workforce committee, adapting their existing IT survey tool to meet the needs of the contracting community. The IT workforce tool had been successfully administered to over 80,000 IT professionals Government-wide on three separate occasions. Starting with this existing tool, we have saved resources, avoided redundancy, and expedited the process.
FAI collaborated with OPM and private sector partners in modifying the tool and developed a communication strategy for reaching acquisition professionals that reduced work requirements for agency management. Fifty agencies ended up using the tool for their acquisition workforces. As a result of this collaboration, OFPP now has a tool that can be easily modified for use in other acquisition career fields. FAI is in the process of modifying the tool to allow agencies to add agency or community specific competencies and also a supervisor endorsement if they so choose. This will provide agencies a more robust competency management capability. More information about this is available at www.fai.gov.
Over one million data points were collected via the contracting workforce competency survey. As agencies analyze this data, FAI continues to provide support and forums for sharing information that reduce redundant efforts and share best practices among agencies. The survey also provides details on areas for improvement Government-wide, and FAI is currently analyzing existing core training for contracting professionals against the required competencies to ensure coverage and develop solutions for identified gaps.
- Strategic Human Capital Planning Strategic planning is essential for building and retaining a workforce capable of supporting an agency's mission. Successful planning is needed to ensure adequate personnel resources are in place, training is available, and organizational structures match agency needs. FAI supports agency human capital planning in a variety of ways including development of templates that agencies can use, leading workforce forums to share best practices, supporting OFPP in representing the needs of the acquisition workforce community with OPM and key partners, and answering the call when agencies need help, advice, or recommendations in particular aspects of acquisition workforce planning.
Drawing from OPM's best practices, and input from multiple agencies, in spring 2007 FAI provided the agencies with a template for an acquisition workforce strategic human capital plan. The template contains information for designing a broadly defined plan as well as a very detailed, operational plan depending on the agency's needs and resources. The appendices for the document were developed in support of the OPM skill gap reporting requirements.
The contracting workforce competency survey and the annual demographic report work in concert to provide agencies multiple data points that can be used in building strategic plans for the acquisition workforce. These data points will not provide all the information an agency needs, but they are a good start and can be matured as we receive more information from agencies on what they need. For example, the demographic report provides agencies with information on the workforce eligible for retirement, and the contracting results provide information on when that workforce actually plans on taking retirement and the skills resident in that portion of the workforce. Agencies can now target specific skills for expediting knowledge capture or for recruiting and career development purposes. FAI is also using this information to support the OFPP initiatives on recruiting and retention Government-wide and for identifying solutions to capture essential knowledge or develop mentoring programs across agencies.
- Workforce Data Management Another key to successful planning efforts is accurate data. OFPP Policy Letter 97-01 required agencies to collect and maintain specific data elements on acquisition workforce professionals. In support of the requirement and to avoid redundancy across agencies, FAI developed the Acquisition Career Management Information System (ACMIS) in 1999. FAI has adapted the system to continue to meet the needs of the acquisition workforce as OFPP has matured the vision and requirements for professionals. Currently ACMIS contains information on over 25,000 acquisition professionals across the civilian agencies including 10,000 contract specialists, 7,000 contracting officers (not all GS-1102), 900 program managers, and 11,000 contracting officer technical representatives.
Information in ACMIS is currently used to build future FAI training plans, report education waivers for GS-1102s to OFPP and track the number of certified professionals in accordance with OFPP certification policies. Currently for the contract specialists (GS-1102), 50 percent of agency users are current with three agencies in the process of migrating existing data into ACMIS. When these new migrations are complete by summer 2008, the rate of verified data will reach at least 60 percent. FAI is working with agencies to identify challenges in verifying data and has corrected ACMIS deficiencies to facilitate data verification. We will continue to work with agencies so we can achieve a 95 percent verification rate in 2008.
To reduce redundancy and work load for the acquisition career managers and acquisition professionals, FAI is partnering with OPM to integrate the ACMIS data into the OPM Enterprises Human Resource Integration effort. Under this arrangement, OFPP will retain the flexibility needed to include new data elements and agencies will have the ability to obtain all workforce information, including information specific to each agency's acquisition workforce, from one source. FAI and OPM are working towards a fall 2009 deadline for this effort.
- Certification Programs Structured programs to recognize essential skills and knowledge obtained through training, work experience and education are necessary for a Government-wide acquisition system and beneficial to both Government agencies and professionals, as these programs eliminate the need for duplicate training by recognizing a unique standard. Since 2005, OFPP has identified certification requirements for three sets of acquisition professionals, and FAI has supported implementation through developing competency standards, deploying training, supplying standard templates, and creating a mechanism (ACMIS) to capture information.
OFPP aligned the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) of January 2006 with the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act standards for contracting professionals. FAI has supported implementation through design and dissemination of templates and application materials agencies can use to implement the program for all new warrant holders after January 2007. In January 2008, ACMIS data reports 560 FAC-C holders.
To help agencies increase the number of certified contracting professionals, in addition to providing training classes, FAI will implement a data analysis and consulting process to assist agencies in identifying and certifying eligible professionals in 2008. FAI has also dedicated resources to an automated certification tool that will allow electronic processing of applications once applicable training and experience criteria have been met. This tool will reduce agency workload by linking available electronic information to facilitate the certification process. This tool is modeled after a similar one developed and used by the United States Navy. FAI will be enhancing the tool in the future to align the automated certification process with information obtained from future competency efforts so supervisors can consider application of knowledge gained through training when approving certification.
In developing Federal Acquisition Certification programs for program managers and COTRs, OFPP directed FAI to review existing standards and provide recommendations. FAI led an interagency working group with professionals from 15 agencies, including DoD, through a two-year effort to determine the appropriate program elements, competencies, training, and experience standards that would facilitate a baseline standard for program and project managers across the Government. The group achieved consensus with all participating agencies concurring on the final report and recommendations as forwarded to OFPP.
In April 2007 Mr. Paul Denett, Administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy signed out the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers. As of January 2008, 900 program managers have been identified in ACMIS with 35 currently certified. OFPP also introduced the Federal Acquisition Certification for COTRs in November 2007. Currently there are over 11,000 COTRs identified through ACMIS and as agencies implement the newest certification, ACMIS is ready to capture these date for use in workforce analysis as well.
- Developing and Managing Competencies The foundation of successful recruiting, training, and performance in acquisition depends on identifying the right skills needed for the job, providing training and development opportunities for those skills and hiring and retaining professionals with those skills. FAI has partnered with the Government's leading expert in competency management, the Office of Personnel Management, to develop, update, and assess the competencies of acquisition professionals. Since FAI developed the first set of contracting competencies through an interagency working group in 1985, we have aligned competency management with the recommendations and best practices of the OPM. Recently, FAI and DAU have partnered in developing, managing, and updating competencies for acquisition professionals, with each organization alternating as the lead entity for interagency re-validation of competencies so there is one set of baseline competencies across the Government that can be specialized by agencies as needed.
- Talent Supply To retain essential knowledge and skills necessary for successful acquisition management, an organized process is needed for attracting new employees at all levels through recruiting and retention strategies, education and diversity alliances, and incentives. FAI is partnering with OPM, Federal agencies, and key non-Government organizations such as the Partnership for Public Service to gather existing resources under one umbrella and create a facilitated environment for increasing awareness and interest in Government contracting as a career of choice and reduce redundant and competing efforts across agencies. This environment respects the unique nature and needs of individual agencies while building a collaborative space that can serve as a unique entry point for those seeking Government careers in acquisition.
OFPP and OPM launched the first phase of the Federal Acquisition Intern Coalition on January 30, 2008. Through an interagency working group that included all agencies with existing intern programs as well as agencies desiring programs, FAI collected information and suggestions on what would constitute an ideal program for acquisition workforce recruitment and retention. FAI presented the recommendations to OFPP and the CAO Council and received funding to initiate the activities in phases.
The first phase includes an Internet presence (www.fai.gov/drupal/resources/careers-acquisition) that serves as the focal point for job seekers, explains what a career in contracting is, what to expect from Federal employment, and what jobs are currently open. The information in this effort was gathered through best practices at OPM, the Partnership for Public Service and focus groups of age appropriate individuals. This one-stop-contracting career shop includes information and points of contact for all agencies having contracting intern programs, a questionnaire to see if a career in contracting is of interest, information on salary and benefits and written testimonials and video clips from current contracting professionals sharing information on how they support their agencies.
The information provided to agencies includes a listing of potential recruiting events, outreach points of contact for understanding hiring authorities, special program for veterans, and information on diversity organizations. FAI maintains an electronic brochure and fact sheet agencies can tailor with their agency logo or agency specific information. FAI will be developing additional materials and talking points agencies or individuals can use when talking about careers in contracting. One of the goals is to make contracting professionals comfortable sharing their story so each professional can become a recruiter.
The next phases of the program include a shopping list for rotation assignments, workshops on relevant acquisition and career development topics, and certification training through FAI classroom courses.
- Career Management To facilitate career planning and retention in the Federal acquisition environment, professionals need a structure providing opportunities for interaction with other professionals and tools which allow management of one's career.
FAI supports career management by gathering information from the workforce through interagency working groups, analysis of customer service calls for assistance, discussions on communities or practices, and feedback at FAI events.
Every two months FAI hosts an interagency meeting where acquisition career managers gather to express concerns about what isn't working, what they'd like to see happen, or what is working well. FAI collects this information, provides recommendations to OFPP and the CAO Council and takes action to make improvements. FAI also conducts outreach to education partners and non-Government organizations to leverage existing education, training, and certification programs for the benefit of the Federal acquisition professionals. For example, the OFPP contracting certification is aligned with elements of the National Contract Management Association certification program and the program management certification is aligned with elements of the Project Management Institute certification.
FAI is leveraging the career path research done by OPM to update current information available to acquisition professionals on career paths and develop new material as needed based on needs existing across multiple generations.
- Corporate University A Government-wide approach to integrate training and development, capability tracking and mapping, experiential assignments and knowledge transfer is an optimal solution to make resources and information available to support OFPP initiatives in workforce shaping, talent supply, and career management. FAI facilitates relationships and partnerships across existing organizations, providing training to acquisition professionals on a variety of topics, from building 508 compliant requirements to green procurements. The FAI outreach and partnering efforts include experts such as GSA's Center for Acquisition Excellence and 508 Universe, the Defense Acquisition University, and the Treasury Acquisition Institute. As well as the green procurement resources of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Agriculture.
Through the Acquisition Workforce Training Fund provided for under the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 and reauthorized in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, FAI provides training opportunities to Federal acquisition professionals through a web of partnerships that include private sector vendors.
FAI uses workforce data, competency analysis information, feedback from agencies, and reviews of audits and reports to identify potential needs for training. Once the need is identified, FAI reviews existing resources available across the Federal spectrum and then determines if partnering on an existing resource is possible or if new opportunities need to be developed. For example, the recent contracting competency survey identified performance-based acquisition, negotiation, and project management as areas in which the workforce both needed and desired training. FAI is providing opportunity for agencies to meet this need through classroom training, workshops and seminars delivered at upcoming conferences, and online material.
In 2007, FAI managed 40,000 training completions through classroom training, online training, conference sessions, and seminars. FAI continues a strong partnership with the Small Business Administration by being the lead organization providing small business training to the Federal Government requirements and contracting community. Currently over 75 percent of those taking FAI small business training are in the DoD, which demonstrates the benefits of the current partnership between FAI and DAU. FAI currently has seven training modules available in small business and will be adding two more in 2008. The new modules are focused on the requirements community and will provide information and tools for designing small business-friendly procurements.
FAI is supporting the CAO Council emergency contracting cadre through a dedicated training class designed to meet the needs of emergency response and recovery professionals under the CAO Council umbrella. This class is a capstone course and
supplements training through the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency. The pilot course was based on an existing DAU course, and the new training will be available next month, March 2008.
FAI continuously analyzes workforce data and reports, agency feedback, and information from our customer to remain current on challenges in the acquisition workforce and how we can provide better support and recommendations to senior leadership. FAI has additional work to do in the areas of recruitment and retention, capturing and sharing existing knowledge in ways that more members of the workforce will be able to access, and supporting agencies' human capital planning.
Under the leadership of OFPP, the Chief Acquisition Officer Council, and GSA, FAI receives input and feedback from all corners of the Federal Government's acquisition community as well as key private and public sector partners. I believe the challenges facing the acquisition workforce are not unique, but mirror larger national and global workforce challenges. The dedicated focus that OFPP, GSA, and the CAO Council are directing to the acquisition workforce and the coalition of Government and private sector organizations with which FAI has built partnerships will benefit the acquisition community. I am optimistic the leadership direction provided to FAI and the partnerships built in support of our mission will provide the recruiting edge we need as a community.


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Town Square
Supervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ayres
Original post made by Lurker, another community, on May 18, 2013
This is a long time coming. Victims and other citizenshave been asking the Board to rescind the award to Ayres for years and their requests have been ignored.
Back in October , 2011 I personally spoke with Rich Gordon , who nominated Ayres for the award back in 2002 , at the Palo Alto Farmer's Market about rescinding the award. I got a very frosty reaction.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 5:37 am
Here is a letter received by Dave Pine yesterday from "David Doe", a victim of Dr. Ayres, asking that the award be rescinded.
Board of Supervisors:
I am a victim of William Ayres, a psychiatrist who worked in and contracted with San Mateo County agencies for many years evaluating juveniles for court cases, and who recently (May 16th, 2013) was found guilty of 8 counts of child molestation with special circumstances. There are at least 45 KNOWN victims of this child molester, most of them out-of-statute for criminal prosecution. There are likely scores of other victims.
It is known that police and other county agencies received complaints about Ayres in 1987 and two in 1994.
On January 15, 2002 this body (The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors) approved:
Resolution (1945) honoring William H. Ayres, M.D. for his lifetime of achievement in the field of Psychiatry, service on the Children and Families First Commission, and for his tireless effort to improve the lives of children and adolescents (Supervisor Rich Gordon)
Web Link
I now implore you, the current Board of Supervisors, that given William Ayres' May 13, 2013 admission that the facts of the criminal complaints against him are true and correct, to rescind the inappropriate Lifetime Achievement Award given to this child molester by the County of San Mateo.
I hope to see this item on a very near future Board Meeting Agenda.
I also hope you understand that I prefer to remain anonymous in my request.
Thank you for your time in considering this very important, and yet easily resolved matter.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 6:47 am
Thank You Supervisor Dave Pine, This is the right thing to do.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 7:14 am
Mr. Stogner,
Can you suggest anyone else who should be nominated for their work on the Ayres case? Don Horsley suggested someone back in 2009 before he ran for Supervisor.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 8:01 am
The reason this plea was entered has nothing to do with Melissa McKowan, Steve Wagstaffe, Karen Guidotti, or the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, but everything to do with the tenacity of victims' advocate Vicky Balfour.
She should not have had to fight Wagstaffe to get him to take this prosecution seriously, but she did.
She should not of had to have endured being ejected from a court room by McKowan and Wagstaffe when she traveled here at her own expense to help victims, but she did.
The Almanac should do an in-depth piece on how Balfour had to fight for these victims' rights, and how Wagstaffe tried to stand in the way of justice proceeding, instead of assisting with it.
In addition to rescinding Ayres' award, the board should censure Wagstaffe and commend Balfour in public.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 8:12 am
I also like to add that residents of San Mateo County, and the victims, owe a debt of gratitude to supervisor Dave Pine.
Instead of just towing the party line, Pine took the pleas of victim seriously, and effectively intervened to get Wagstaffe to move off the dime in trying to stymie this prosecution.
This is very unique, since the way things usually work in San Mateo County is for supervisors to simply sanction and encourage the actions of someone like Wagstaffe, without regard to the true propriety of them.
Thus Pine put people before politics, which is the best attribute any politician can have.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 8:48 am
I am in total agreement. In addition to Mr. Stogner's numerous requests that the Award be rescinded, victims have also asked the Board for this over the years.
About three years ago, before Pine was a Supervisor, two mothers of Ayres victims read a letter to the Board at a meeting, asking that the award be rescinded. There was no response.
In the last six years, victims have also asked Jerry Hill, and Rich Gordon- who nominated Ayres for the award - to help rescind the award or at least put out a statement on the matter. All requests were met with stony silence.
Thank you, Supervisor Pine.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 18, 2013 at 9:24 am
Great job Mr. Pine. Now lets see how our corrupt board of supervisors vote on this resolution.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 2:04 pm
Almanac Editors:
It is strongly suggested that you do a story about Supervisor Dave Pine's role in the Ayres case.
He is the ONLY Supervisor who has met with or spoke to victims' families since 2011. He is the ONLY one who has hounded Wagstaffe for the last two years about his concerns about the misconduct by prosecutor Mckowan.
It was Pine who put the pressure on Wagstaffe after Mckowan was disciplined by the California Bar in March of this year. When Wagstaffe was not inclined to do anything, Pine kept the pressure on. There was a closed meeting between the Supervisors and Wagstaffe, where the Supervisors expressed their concern about Mckowan, the Bar discipline, and her failures on the case.
It was because of Pine that Wagstaffe finally caved to pressure and put on two other prosecutors on the case.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2013 at 4:55 pm
I can say this about Supervisor Dave Pine and his interest in this case every since he was elected, and that is he has been interested, he is the only Supervisor who has asked me on at least 2 occasions how the victims and families were doing. Not one of the other Supervisors to my knowledge have asked anybody anything. It is important to make sure the other 4 Supervisors know how the residents want them to vote on this issue.
Let's do the right thing.
a resident of another community
on May 19, 2013 at 5:43 am
In recent months, inmates who were convicted in San Mateo have come forward with horrifying stories about what Ayres did to them when they were juveniles. In one case, the prosecutor on a juvenile case sent the boy to Ayres. The boy was assaulted by Ayres. This prosecutor ended up being one of the judges on the Ayres case.
Ayres told the boy that if he told anyone about the assault, that he would "make sure the boy would get locked up forever."
The Ayres case should NEVER have been tried in San Mateo County. Wagstaffe knows how deep the ties run between Ayres and his office as well as the judges.
It has just come out recently that Wagstaffe assisted in prosecuting at least one case where the juvenile was assaulted by Ayres.
The names of the inmates have been turned over - NOT to the DA's office but to the Civil Rights section of the Special Litigation section of the Justice Department. This office investigates violations of juveniles and inmates. We need a full investigation as to how San Mateo County sent boys to Ayres for forty years, despite complaints going back as far as 1966, at least. As some of the inmates who were assaulted by Ayres were convicted in high profile cases, there is no way Wagstaffe would work to help these boys.
Let the lawsuits against San Mateo County begin.
a resident of another community
on May 20, 2013 at 8:36 am
Michael Stogner has just alerted us that the Palo Alto Daily Post has done a story today about Dave Pine asking for the Lifetime Achievement award to be rescinded.
"Ayres may lose 'achievement award"
"San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine said last night that he wants the county to rescind a lifetime achievement award it gave to Dr. William Ayres, who has pleaded no contest to eight counts of felony child molestation...
Pine said he was contacted by the families of some of the victims, who said the award has caused them "great distress."
"This is a really sad chapter for San Mateo County and I do think it's appropriate to rescind the award," he said.
The resolution honoring Ayres was introduced by then- Supervisor Rich Gordon, now a state assemblyman.
Pine plans to bring forth legislation to rescind the award at a supervisors meeting on June 4."
Might I add that some victims and their families contacted Rich Gordon on this matter before they reached out to Pine. Gordon never responded.
a resident of another community
on May 20, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Looks like the San Mateo Board of Supervisors doesn't give out actual Lifetime Achievement Awards. They do, however, as they did in Ayres' case, pass resolutions to honor various citizens for their lifetime achievement in the community.
Can one rescind a resolution?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 20, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Rich Gordon is a worthless sack of skin.
a resident of another community
on May 20, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Menlo Voter:
In October 2011, after reading that Rich Gordon was going to be "taking questions from voters" at the Palo Alto Farmer's Market, I rode my bike over to the market to speak with him.
My goal was to ask Gordon to rescind the "Award" that he had nominated Ayres for back in 2002. But as soon as he heard the word "Ayres," the body language got frosty. He folded his arms, struck a rigid pose and frowned. .He told me to email his office on the matter. I did so, but I never heard from him.
Wonder what he thinks now about Ayres pleading guilty? Will he ever make a public statement about it?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 20, 2013 at 5:19 pm
NO. Gordon will never make a statement about it unless somehow forced to. The putrid, self serving garbage emails I get from him promoting himself tell me that will be the case. The man is a union stooge. Worse than that, he is a "professional" politician. Wonder what office he'll run for next when he terms out?
You should go to his next "taking questions" and ask your question again and when he tells you to email his office tell him you did, but never received an answer that's why you're there asking again.
a resident of another community
on May 20, 2013 at 5:35 pm
Menlo Voter:
True story: Rich Gordon banned an Ayres victim from his Facebook page after the victim asked him to rescind the Lifetime Achievement Award.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 20, 2013 at 6:16 pm
Doesn't surprise me at all Lurker. Not at all.
a resident of another community
on May 21, 2013 at 5:02 am
I sent in a request to Gordon in November 2011 asking that he work to rescind the award.
Here is his response:
Gordon, Richard <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Dr. Ayres was recognized by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors upon his retirement from the First Five Commission and prior to any knowledge of the allegations against him. I have no role in this issue as a member of the State Assembly. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors could consider rescinding the resolution, but it would be highly unlikely that this would occur given that the resolution was presented prior to the surfacing of other facts.
But numerous victims had been going to the police, to Children's Services, to Ayres' partners, to the California Medical Board about Ayres since the 1960's!
a resident of another community
on May 21, 2013 at 7:17 am
Good letter, Mr. Stogner!
Web Link
Letter: San Mateo County: Time to start healing
May 21, 2013, 05:00 AM Letter
Supervisor Dave Pine has taken the lead by putting the Lifetime Achievement Award that was issued to Dr. William Ayres in 2002 by the Board of Supervisors on the agenda. He is asking Adrienne Tissier, Carole Groom, Warren Slocum and Don Horsley to vote in favor of rescinding it immediately. I support this issue. For some reason, former supervisor Rich Gordon felt this was the right thing to do. I have always disagreed with him on this issue. This last week, William Ayres put an end to almost 50 years of suffering for the victims and families and admitted to eight felony counts of child molestation. There were more than 45 men prepared to testify. We San Mateo County can say how sorry we are to the victims and families by sending a letter, email, phone call or show up in person at the board meeting to tell the four supervisors how to vote on this issue. This is your county. Nobody has been looking out for the children or the families. Get involved, say something, this is a great opportunity to say I'm sorry.
Michael G. Stogner
San Carlos
Meeting is on June 4, 2013 at 9:00 am.
Individual emails for Supervisors:
a resident of another community
on May 21, 2013 at 7:55 am
Excellent editorial today by Michelle Durand, San Mateo Daily Journal on rescinding award.
She takes Ayres, the Board, the County and the DA's office to task.
Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 21, 2013 at 8:55 am
it didn't really seem like she took teh DA's office to task. In fact, she kind of gave them a pass. She could have and should have nailed Wagstaffe to the cross. Good editorial otherwise.
a resident of another community
on May 21, 2013 at 10:14 am
I liked Michelle Durand's article today.
The 5 Supervisors are the Gatekeepers for the 720,000 of us who live here. They are supposed to represent us, not the few people that get them elected.
Time to get involved, send a communication.
a resident of another community
on May 28, 2013 at 1:10 pm
Back in 2011, the victim who runs the Dr. Ayres blog got an unsolicited email from Rich Gordon, asking for feedback. The victim posted a comment on Gordon's Facebook page about Gordon nominating Ayres for the Lifetime Achievement award, and asked whether Gordon's attitude towards Ayres had changed? Gordon deleted the Ayres victim's comment, and he deleted similar comments posted by the victim on two subsequent occasions.
The Ayres victim wrote about this incident on Gordon's Facebook page:
Web Link
Here's an excerpt:
The question that I posed to Rich Gordon on his facebook page was as follows:
Supervisor Gordon:
I would be interested to know your current position on Dr. William H. Ayres, M.D. currently charged with many counts of molesting young boys who were under his "psychiatric care."
It is clear that in 2002, you thought very highly of him when you nominated him for a lifetime achievement award: [Resolution (1945) honoring William H. Ayres, M.D. for his lifetime of achievement in the field of Psychiatry, service on the Children and Families First Commission, and for his tireless effort to improve the lives of children and adolescents (Supervisor Rich Gordon)]
This despite the fact that there are at least FOUR separate complaints on the record in San Mateo County PRIOR to your 2002 nomination of Ayres for his "tireless efforts."
Has your position changed?
a resident of another community
on May 30, 2013 at 2:04 pm
The rescission of the Lifetime Achievement Award that was given to Dr. William Ayres back in 2002 has been officially placed on the Board of Supervisor's agenda at their meeting on June 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM.
Web Link
Given that Ayres victims and their families have been asking the Board for YEARS to rescind the award, it's a pretty big deal.
Please think about attending!
And thank you, Supervisor Dave Pine for having the guts to do this.
a resident of another community
on Jun 4, 2013 at 2:39 pm
At the Supervisor's meeting today. Atherton resident Jon Buckheit's criticism of the Ayres prosecutor and Wagstaffe's refusal to discipline her despite her being disciplined by the California Bar for lying to victim's families was not just spot on but eloquent. And he doesn't even have any connection to the Ayres case. The victims and families were thrilled with Buckheit's statement and couldn't stop talking about it afterward.
a resident of another community
on Jun 5, 2013 at 4:04 am
The Ayres victims want to express their profound gratitude to Supervisor Dave Pine for his efforts and his emotional and eloquent speech at the meeting yesterday. Carol Groom was another Supervisor who seemed to be having an emotional reaction to statements from a friend of an Ayres victim who committed suicide. Perhaps the other Board members will take more of an interest in this case should more misconduct occur by Wagstaffe and his crew.
a resident of another community
on Jun 5, 2013 at 1:51 pm
The Ayres blog has posted videos of Dave Pine, Jon Buckheit and others who spoke after the Board voted to rescind Ayres' award. The blog has high praise for both men's remarks
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Remember when Prince William told the Queen he was not in love enough to marry her? What does that mean? The Queen is never jealous of her… what for? She is the Queen and she is the BOSS of them all. She owns everything fame and fortune besides born royal.
Her mum was a royal too. Camilla has blue blood too. Kate has to curtsy to them all born royals which is the rule.
Taiwo-Abdul Bukola
Posted at 8:16 AM on July 4, 2012
Happy birthday willy, have a wonderful birthday party! Please be a man a stand up for your wife. Dont let history repeat itself, this is 21st century, leave your life dont allow third party interference in your marriage not even the Queen(with all dew respect) remember your mum she would have been alive if your dad stood up for her then! Love you both.
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Apartment Berlin Mitte, terrace, budget 22
Size85 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Elevator in building
- Lockable room
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Prinzenallee, 13359 Berlin, Germany
|Property type
|Property ID
This bright apartment is 85 square meters and it is located on the 4th floor. It has a large terrace facing south-east where you can enjoy the sun without others watching and have great views over the surrounding area. The apartment has been designed as a retreat area with art and kitsch, it is functional and we attach great importance to cleanliness.
The apartment has 2 separate bedrooms, one with 3 beds and one with 2 beds 90x200. The living room has two beds 90x200, which are used as a couch with pillows and a large table for all guests. The kitchen is well equipped with a dishwasher, a coffee maker, a kettle, a microwave, etc. and there is another small table with chairs. In the rooms there are shelves and cabinets. The large bathroom has a tub and shower curtains. For the little ones a crib or a child seat can be provided upon request.
Sleep: 7 Quality beds 90x200
Kitchen: 4 ring stove, oven, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, washing machine, dishes
Entertainment: DVD player, stereo, CD player, radio, television
Centrally located in the lively district of Mitte in the multicultural district of Wedding, these apartments are also easily accessible by public transport. The M27 MetroBus stops a few meters away and runs day and night. The underground station Bornholmer Straße and the train station Pankstraße are only approximately 600 meters away. Also on the A100 motorway is within easy reach. From here you can access various attractions easily such as Hackescher Markt, Alexanderplatz and the Bundestag.
For further questions, I will be happy to help.
House rulesChildren welcome, suitable for seniors but not no elevator, pets allowed, smoking only on the balcony, in front of the house there is free public parking.
The corresponding bed linen and towels are included.
No parties or visitors, no loud music in the night´s rest from 22.00 till 6.00.
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Marc is a very attentive and welcoming host ...
Marc est un hôte très attentif et accueillant...
Apartment was very central, bus stop right outside the door, Baker directly underneath. Unfortunately, a lot of stairs to climb, but was not really a problem for us. Apartment overall was very neat. This weekend can be drying for a short trip to Berlin recommend your
Wohnung war sehr zentral, Bushaltestelle direkt vor der Tür, Bäcker direkt unten drunter.
Leider viele Treppen zusteigen, aber war für uns eigentlich kein Problem.
Wohnung war insgesamt sehr ordentlich.
Diese Wochnung kann man für einen Kurztrip nach Berlin gerne weiterempfehlen
Lovely large and bright apartment. We were 4 adults and 3 children - absolutely perfect, without extra bed in the living room. Good location with plenty of transport options. It took 20 min. by bus from Tegel and quickly by bus and U-bahn to the city. Supermarket open till 23.30 opposite.
Dejlig stor og lys lejlighed. Vi var 4 voksne og 3 børn - helt perfekt, uden opredning i stuen. God beliggenhed med masser af transportmuligheder. Det tog 20 min. med bus fra Tegel, og hurtigt med bus og U-bahn til city. Supermarked åbent til 23.30 lige overfor.
Apartment was great - clean, well equipped and many sleeps. Everything was working. Organization was impeccable. The only small drawback: Something a lot of stairs.
Wohnung war super - Sauber, gut ausgestattet und viele Schlafmöglichkeiten. Alles funktionierte.
Organisation war tadellos.
Einziges kleines Manko: Etwas viele Treppen.
We were very satisfied with the apartment, large, spacious, comfortably accommodate 3 couples. From here we could achieve all of our great attractions and have 4 wonderful days spent.
Wir waren mit dem Appartement sehr zufrieden, groß, geräumig, bequem Platz für 3 Paare.
Wir konnten von hier aus alle unsere Ausflugsziele super erreichen und haben 4 schöne Tage verbracht.
Central apartment. Was neat and clean.
Zentrales Appartment. War gepflegt und sauber.
Unfortunately had to cancel at short notice, so no info on Wohnng, but very understanding hosts.
Mußte leider sehr kurzfristig absagen, daher keine Info zur Wohnng, aber sehr verständnisvoller Gastgeber.
The apartment is fully in the descriptions on Wimdu and we all felt - THANKS
Die Wohnung entspricht absolut den Beschreibungen bei Wimdu und wir haben uns alle wohl gefühlt - DANKE
perfectly flat, a lot of stairs to climb, the bus stops right outside.
prima appartement, wel veel trappen beklimmen, de bus stopt voor de deur.
An excellent opportunity which may seem a bit worn. There were neat and clean when we arrived. Some noise from the disco in the basement on Friday and Saturday night. Is happy that we had over 20 degrees when we were in Berlin for the room with 2 beds are window so leaky that we thought we had forgotten to close it - so we could hear the noise from the street.
En udmærket lejlighed som godt kan virke lidt slidt. Der var pænt og rent da vi ankom. En del støj fra diskoteket i kælderen fredag og lørdag nat. Er glad for at vi havde over 20 gr da vi var i Berlin, for i værelset med 2 senge er vinduet så utæt, at vi troede vi havde glemt at lukke det - dermed kunne vi også høre støjen fra gaden.
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XIII Century: Death or Glory is an RTS game which immerses players in the Middle Ages. This is a world of noble knights and ruthless nomads, a world of courageous deeds and internal wars.
As one of the famous military leaders of the 13th Century, gamers are able to test their steel against the neighboring nations and carve their names into history. Among the playable factions are the English, the French, the Mongols, the Germans and Kievan Rus' (Russians). The game consists of 5 campaigns which cover the most well-known battles of that period.
XIII Century: Death or Glory features large-scale battles, with thousands of units located on a battlefield at the same time, and offers players a chance to test their skills as military leaders in medieval Europe.
XIII Century: Death or Glory thoroughly reconstructs not only units and their behavior during a fight, but such important features as setting and landscape of a battlefield.


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There was a University of Colorado Boulder alumni reunion of sorts on the Feb. 1 edition of CNBC's financial show "Squawk Box."
CU-Boulder alumnus and CNBC reporter Carl Quintanilla interviewed Chancellor Philip DiStefano live Tuesday morning from the Boulder Beer Company. Joe Kernen, a 1978 graduate of CU-Boulder, anchors the show and the show's producer, Bill O'Reilly, also graduated from CU-Boulder.
Boulder is one of the cities featured in the show's "Opportunity USA" weeklong road trip across America that highlights areas of the country that are making money.
Chancellor DiStefano talked about the job outlook for graduating students, state budget funding and cuts, financial aid and the university's role in helping to foster an entrepreneurial environment in the Boulder area.
The show also included interviews with Sen. Mark Udall and CEOs from companies in the Boulder area.
To watch the interview visit www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1775326977&play=1.


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Most pregnant women are always worried on the issue of weight gain during pregnancy. Well, one thing is sure, when once you're pregnant, weight gain becomes inevitable. However, if you're disturbed on how much weight you should gain, you can find out as you read through this write-up.
In the first place, you have to know that weight gain during pregnancy depends mainly on two factors: how much you weighed before the conception period and how appropriate your pre-conception weight is to your height. Now, the relationship between your weight and height is usually expressed in a number known as "Body Mass Index" (BMI). This is usually calculated in medical institutions. Bear in mind that the appropriate guideline for weight gain during pregnancy is usually issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Recently, in May 2009, the institute came up with latest recommendations as follows:


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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
Spreading out his cap hit.
I wish Reese would do this with Eli instead of restructuring the crap out of him.
Somewhere right now Ryan Mallett is punching something.
"You killed my family, and I don't like that kind of thing."
This was a success for the Patriots team. With this new extension, Tom Brady will be paid around or less than the cost of the franchise tag for a QB, every year of his contract. Tom Brady will never be able to make Drew Brees money under this contract.


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Barnard News
New curriculum provides flexibility and innovation while reaffirming commitment to the liberal arts.
"Athena Pledge" calls on startup incubators and accelerators to support more women entrepreneurs
Barnard senior helps lead Columbia archery team to victory in national competition
Ambassador Samantha Power delivers keynote speech for Commencement 2015. Barnard Medal of Distinction also presented to disability activist Simi Linton, pioneering middle school principal Nadia Lopez, and record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad.
Members of Barnard's faculty are honored each year for their outstanding commitment to teaching.
As they prepare to retire, education professor Lee Anne Bell and history professor Herbert Sloan reflect on their careers.
Barnard students quoted in New York Times article about the recent research presentation
In a letter to The New York Times, a Barnard junior says many students are more academically engaged than some faculty believe.
Scholarship dinner raises record-breaking $5.6 million and honors Joan Rivers '54, Lida Orzeck '68 and John Studzinski.


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commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.
Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down.
You can sign-in using OpenID credentials, or register a traditional username and password.
First-time OpenID users will be automatically assigned a username which can be changed after signing in.
Every new command is wrapped in a tweet and posted to Twitter. Following the stream is a great way of staying abreast of the latest commands. For the more discerning, there are Twitter accounts for commands that get a minimum of 3 and 10 votes - that way only the great commands get tweeted.
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Wow, didn't really expect you to read this far down. The latest iteration of the site is in open beta. It's a gentle open beta-- not in prime-time just yet. It's being hosted over at UpGuard (link) and you are more than welcome to give it a shot. Couple things:
This starts a very basic X session, with just a simple xterm. You can use this xterm to launch your preferred distant session.
ssh -X [email protected] gnome-session
Try also startkde or fluxbox or xfce4-session.
To switch between your two X servers, use CTRL+ALT+F7 and CTRL+ALT+F8.
When you've got a list of numbers each on its row, the ECHO command puts them on a simple line, separated by space. You can then substitute the spaces with an operator. Finally, pipe it to the BC program.
I'm pretty sure everyone has curl and sed, but not everyone has lynx.
apt-get is pretty aggressive when it downloads, potentially hogging the bandwidth of your network. The 25 is in KB, change this to your needs.
Useful when you have some wrong on a server (nfs freeze/ immortal process)
The command could show you all conecctions if you skip "grep ESTABLISHED"
Create a bunch of random files with random binary content. Basically dd dumps randomly from your hard disk to files random-file*.
Query Wikipedia by issuing a DNS query for a TXT record. The TXT record will also include a short URL to the complete corresponding Wikipedia entry.You can also write a little shell script like:
$ cat wikisole.sh
dig +short txt ${1}.wp.dg.cx
and run it like
./wikisole.sh unix
were your first option ($1) will be used as search term.
Display the amount of memory used by all the httpd processes. Great in case you are being Slashdoted!
A simple "ls" lists files *and* directories. So we need to "find" the files (type 'f') only.
As "find" is recursive by default we must restrict it to the current directory by adding a maximum depth of "1".
If you should be using the "zsh" then you can use the dot (.) as a globbing qualifier to denote plain files:
zsh> ls *(.) | wc -l
for more info see the zsh's manual on expansion and substitution - "man zshexpn".
works on Linux and Solaris. I think it will work on nearly all *nix-es
The initial version of this command also outputted extra empty lines, so it went like this:
This happened on Ubuntu, i haven't tested on anything else.
slashdot.org webserver adds an X-Bender or X-Fry HTTP header to every response!
Open a ssh session opened forever, great on laptops losing Internet connectivity when switching WIFI spots.
Due to the recent dynamic update vulnerability with bind, I was forced to dig a little deeper into dig...
Get details about an ISO image , without burning it or mounting it .
bnd-ips.txt is a list of IP adresses that is concenated for use as regular expression. Yes, this is still very speedy ;=)
use find to grep all .c files from the target directory, cat them into one stream, then piped to wc to count the lines


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Cop on Top: raising money for Special Olympics
|Old Belk Building
|135 Barber Blvd., Waynesville
|Daniel Blagg
|Apr 27, 2013
Haywood County Law Enforcement agencies are hosting their first-ever Cop on Top fundraising event for the Special Olympics. Haywood County Deputy Daniel Blagg will station himself on top of the old Belk building rooftop (in the Ingles plaza) and remain there around the clock for an entire weekend.
He will be sleeping in a tent and staying on the lookout for people who wish to donate to the cause by placing money in a bucket that he will lower from the roof by a rope and pull back up.
The event begins at 4 p.m. Friday, April 26 and lasts until 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28.
On Saturday, April 27, there will be plenty of activities in the old Belk parking lot, with food, raffle ticket items and entertainment.


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The L'Auberge Lounge will be closed to the public due to a private event beginning at 3 pm on Monday April 24, 2017 and ending at 12 pm on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
L'Auberge overlooks the Atrium at the Inn, and serves a range of light snacks and dinner items.
L'Auberge has a relaxed sports-bar atmosphere with large screen televisions, and pool tables. A full bar with a wide selection of beers, cocktails, spirits, and wines is available.
A small stage and sound system provide long time musician and saxophone player Melvin Banks the opportunity to perform a variety of live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
Melvin Banks plays a variety of live music Friday & Saturday Nights 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.
L'Auberge Lounge Menu
All menus are subject to change and availability.
L'Auberge Cocktail Menu
All Cocktails $12
French 75
Gin, Fresh squeezed lemon juice, Chateau Elan Brut
L'Auberge Gimblet
Gin, lime juice, St. Germain Eldeflower liqueur with a hint of mint
Bourbon & Honey French 75
Choice of bourbon, fresh squeezed orange juice, house-made honey syrup, lime juice, bitters topped with Chateau Elan brut
Rue Cler
Peach Vodka Apple Juice and House-made Simple Syrup
Sparkling French Martini
Vodka, Chambord and pineapple juice, Chateau Elan Brut, Garnished with Raspberries
Kir Royale
Crème de Cassis, Chateau Elan Brut with a Lemon twist
French Monaco
House-made pomegranate syrup, House-made lemonade topped with Stella Artois
French Connection
Cognac and Amaretto
Cognac, Cointreau and Lime juice
Champs Elysees
Brandy, Yellow Chartreuse, Fresh Squeezed lemon juice, bitters, and house made simple syrup
An extensive wine list is also available..
Artisan Cheese Plate
Fairy wood Thicket Jam, Savannah Honeycomb, Crostini
Smoked Chicken Lollipops
White BBQ Sauce and Pickled Vegetables or Served Buffalo Style
Calamari Fries
Fresh Okra, Fresno Peppers, Basil Aioli
Smoked Salmon Chips
House Smoked Salmon, Chive Cream Cheese, Everything Bagel Streusel, Pickled Red Onion
Blackened Fish Tacos
Blackened Grouper, Corn Tortilla, Shredded Cabbage,
Corn and Pablano Salsa, Cilantro Sour Cream, Cotija Cheese
Lamb Sliders
Basil Aioli, Feta Cheese, Pickled onion, Confit Tomato
Sandwiches & Burgers
*Lump Crab Roll
Shaved Radish, Celery Leaves, Tarragon, Served with Sweet Potato Chips
*L'Auberge Burger
Double Stack with Grafton Cheddar, Arugula, Caramelized Onions, Pickled Zucchini, Tomato and Elan Sauce, Served with Shoestring Fries
Short Rib Sandwich
Shredded Beef Short Rib, Texas Toast, Pimento Cheese, Fried Egg
Full Bar and Large Wine and Drink Selection Available
Menu subject to change or availability.
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
We can always honor special requests due to allergies, modify dishes to ensure your satisfaction. This includes Gluten Free requests, Vegan requests or any other dietary restrictions.
All menus subject to change or availability.
|Open 7 Days a Week
Saturday & Sunday: Open 5 p.m.
Subject to private functions.
L'Auberge is Non-Smoking.
Reservations: Not required.
Phone Number: 678-425-0900 Ext. 6866
Please be aware that L'Auberge Lounge is frequently used for private functions, call ahead if you wish to check availability during your visit.


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How to Apply Nail Wraps
Application Instructions
- Clean unpolished nails with alcohol wipe and push back the cuticles.
- Match nail (finger or toe) to the nail wrap that best fits.
- Peel off nail wrap and warm with a mini heater or blow-dryer for 3-5 seconds or until soft and flexible.
- When warm, press the wrap onto the nail. Apply firm pressure around edges to adhere the wrap to the nail. Use rubber cuticle pusher to seal the wrap around the base of the cuticle.
- Trim the top with scissors and file off remaining wrap using a downward motion to remove excess.
- Apply heat and pressure to the wrap again until it is bonded to the nail.
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There are 2 removal options for Jamberry Nails wraps. For nail wraps that have been worn for more than 10 days, we recommend following the Gentle Removal Process.
Heat the wraps with a blow-dryer for 15 seconds. Then break the seal by getting under the edge of the wrap with your opposite thumbnail. Slowly peel the wrap from side to side. If the nail wraps are not peeling easily or the adhesive is still bonded to the nail bed, then follow the Gentle Removal Process.
Soak the nail wraps in nail polish remover for 20-30 seconds and gently rub them off. Soaking will break down the adhesive bond and allow them to easily slide off the nail bed.
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April 19, 2013
CHICAGO - Loyola University Chicago has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference it was announced today by University President Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., and Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics Dr. M. Grace Calhoun. The Ramblers will begin participation in all sports with the exception of men's volleyball, which remains a member of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA), for the 2013-14 season. Loyola's membership takes effect July 1, 2013.
"I am pleased to announce that Loyola University Chicago will be joining the Missouri Valley Conference," Garanzini said. "The MVC has a great reputation and a strong competitive profile both in athletics and academics. I believe this partnership with the Missouri Valley Conference will enhance our national visibility and have a positive impact on the experience of our student-athletes."
"We are very honored to have received this invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the most historic and competitive conferences in the country. We look forward to reestablishing nationally competitive programs and growing Loyola's modern athletics brand," Calhoun said. "I am confident Loyola will not only be a strong and valued new member of the conference athletically, but will also enhance the reputation of the conference through the addition of a world-class university in a world-class city with student athletes who excel academically, athletically, and in life."
"This is a historic moment for the Missouri Valley and for Loyola University, and we strongly believe in the commitment and the potential that is very evident with this institution," said MVC Commissioner Doug Elgin. "Their University leadership has made a very significant investment in athletics facilities and in staffing in recent years, and we are confident that Loyola is going to be a great competitive fit in our Conference."
Loyola's athletics program, which is known for its storied traditions in men's basketball and cross country/track and field, has achieved unprecedented growth in the last few years and this year the University celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic achievements of the 1963 men's basketball team which won the NCAA championship. Since 2005, five Rambler programs have advanced to at least one NCAA Championship and entering the 2013 spring season, Loyola ranked No. 1 in the Horizon League's all-sports standings as it strives to win the McCafferty Trophy for the first time in program history.
Founded in 1907, the Missouri Valley Conference is the nation's second-oldest NCAA Division I athletics conference, second only to the Big Ten Conference. In its first 106 years, the Valley has had 32 members, but Loyola is the league's first member from the city of Chicago.
The change in conference affiliation for Loyola comes after 34 years in the Horizon League, of which it was the only remaining charter member from its inception in 1979. Likewise, the Missouri Valley Conference has been known for its stability and prior to Creighton University's announcement last month that it would be departing the league, has not had a change in membership since 1996 when Tulsa left for the Western Athletic Conference.
Other members of the Missouri Valley Conference (as of July 1, 2013) include Bradley University, Drake University, the University of Evansville, Illinois State University, Indiana State University, Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University, the University of Northern Iowa, and Wichita State University.


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Settlers of Catan has introduced millions of people worldwide to the joys of quality board games. But eventually, even a near perfect board game runs its course, and now, addicted board gamers need to find a new game to play. For those who are new to board games, a simple trip to the game store can be overwhelming and confusing. Yesterday, I talked about three different ways to find out about board games, and before I move on to today's topic, I need to cover one clear oversight on my part.
Among the online means of learning about board games, I did not mention the board game equivalent to Reddit — Boardgamegeek.com. Mea Culpa! This is a trove of board game information unlike any other on the internet. If it is information you need, then this is the place to go.
However, there are times in the age of the internet when we don't actually need more information. What we need are fewer choices. So as promised, here is a list of games I like, plus a few others as well. It is neither comprehensive or complete, nor is it completely organized. Not all of them are classics either. Some of these are quite new, and I believe one may even be out of print. (Sorry about that! I couldn't resist.)
The hope is to shrink the size of the game store and allow a person new to board games a place to start. After trying or purchasing a number of games on this list, you can develop your own tastes and start to have an idea of what you want when you walk in the doors of your local game shop.
Continue Reading "What to Do When Settlers Isn't Enough: Part 2″ »


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Business as usual – festive fun at Fort Nelson this Christmas - Thursday, 16 December 2010
The Royal Armouries has lined up plenty of festive fun at historic Fort Nelson this Christmas – despite the museum's £3.5m revamp.
Kids can enjoy fun-packed holiday sessions in both the run up to Christmas and during the traditional lull between the 'Big Day' and the New Year.
Fort Nelson, near Fareham, will continue to be open every day throughout December (excluding Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day), even though work is now well underway to transform the museum into a visitor attraction fit for the 21st Century.
There's no need to book – just drop in. Events run as follows:
Tuesday, December 21 – Festive Fun at the Fort. Lots of seasonal activities, including Punch and Judy shows, and Christmas craft activities.
Thursday, December 23 – Off with their Heads. Dress up as Tudor lords and ladies – but watch out for the executioner!
Tuesday, December 28 – Commando Kids. Join the Army and practise commando skills, including a junior assault course, radio-controlled tank driving, firing range and more.
Thursday, December 30 – Roundheads and Cavaliers. Learn how to swing a sword and fight for King or Parliament – but watch out for the gruesome surgeon.
Operations Manager Mark Selwood said, "Kids can get very over excited in both the run up to Christmas and the New Year and the Fort is an ideal place for them to let off steam, get some fresh air, and enjoy stimulating events that have nothing to do with the latest "must have" presents."
Tickets cost £2.50 for the over fives and £1 for adults, or buy a family ticket for £5 (two adults and up to four children). Under fives are free.
For more information regarding these, and all Royal Armouries events, visit our "website:"http://www.royalarmouries.org
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- The Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson houses the national collection of historic cannon and big guns. The museum houses one of the world's finest collections with over 350 cannon dating back over 600 years. The collection originated at HM Tower of London and has been on display in Hampshire since 1995.
- The Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson also tells the story of the Palmerston Forts, built to protect Portsmouth from a feared French invasion in the 1860's.
- Every day, visitors can see one of the big guns fired in salute, watch our resident actors bring to life characters from 1,000 years of history, explore secret underground tunnels and enjoy incredible views from the ramparts. An extensive programme of special event spectaculars takes place throughout the year.
- Fort Nelson is open every day except 24-26 December. April to October 10am –5pm (Wed 11am-5pm), November – March 10.30am – 4pm (Wed 11.30-4pm).
- Admission to the Royal Armouries is FREE.
- Admission charges apply to some events.
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- The Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour with sites at Fort Nelson, Leeds, HM Tower of London and Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- The Royal Armouries Museum should not be confused with Royal Armouries International plc, the private sector corporate hospitality business.
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TV talent show rules ban children from the studio audience ... but they're allowed in if they want to be performers
They can perform in it, watch it from home and even vote if their parents agree, but children under 12 are banned from being in the studio audience for filming of the semifinals for New Zealand's Got Talent.
The talent show's producers say the age limit was imposed to limit disruptions by fidgety children who might not be able to be sit still and quiet for long periods of time.
Erin Lauder, 9, was devastated to learn she and a friend were not able to attend a New Zealand's Got Talent semifinal because she was not old enough, especially when one of the finalists, Wellington singer Jessie Hillel, is only 11.
Erin's mother, Sharon Sweeney-Lauder, was given free tickets for a semifinal on November 9 and said Erin had been ecstatic because she thought she might see her hip-hop teacher perform.
But a day later the St Joseph's School student was in tears when a friend of her mother's went onto the booking website eventopia.co.nz and discovered children aged under 12 couldn't attend, and those under 16 had to be accompanied by an adult. Mrs Sweeney-Lauder said the age restrictions were not shown on the tickets.
"When she (Erin) found out she was very, very upset. When her father came home from work he pulled into the drive and she went out to the car and said, 'oh dad I've got really bad news' and then burst into tears."
Mrs Sweeney-Lauder said the age restriction was baffling when the target audience and some contestants included children.
"They (Erin and her friend) were kind of stunned they would be considered too young to be there. Let's be honest they are the ones that are watching it ...
It just seems a bit bizarre."
Another of Erin's friends was to attend on Thursday for her older sister's 12th birthday but missed out, while her sister attended.
Erin's 11-year-old sister, Aisling, was in a school class in which some pupils who had turned 12 were able to go to the show while those who were still 11 were barred.
Imagination Television said the age restriction was imposed to ensure the smooth filming of the show which took about four hours, and was in the children's interest - it was a standard rule for filming of that nature.
The company said watching the show on set was completely different to children watching it on TV and any contestants under the age of 12 had to be accompanied by an adult on the set or backstage.
The third of the six semifinals was held on Thursday night at City Impact Church in Albany, north of Auckland.
A member of the studio audience told the Weekend Herald she saw several children at the venue who looked to be under 12.
The rules
Children must be at least 12. People under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Guests must arrive to be seated no later than 6.30pm, otherwise seats may be re-allocated.
Each show recording takes about four hours.
No food or drink are allowed inside the venue.
No cameras or recording devices are allowed, and all phones must be switched to silent during the filming.
Tickets are free on application.


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2 Canutillo ISD board members meet with TEA commissioner behind closed doors
EL PASO, Texas - The president and vice president of the Canutillo Independent School District board of trustees both spoke with Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams behind closed doors early Thursday afternoon.
Their conversations came just hours before the board's special meeting on the future of Superintendent Damon Murphy.
The closed-door meeting with Williams, which also included State Rep. Marisa Marquez, took place at Region 19 headquarters after Williams held a news conference to announce he was appointing a board of managers to oversee El Paso Independent School District.
After the meeting, Canutillo ISD School Board President Armando Rodriguez declined to say what he spoke to Williams about and would not say if the conversation had to do with any previous communications he may have had with Williams. He did say this is the first time he has spoken to Williams in Williams' four visits to El Paso.
"I wanted to personally see what information he was going to provide," Rodriguez said of why he attended Williams' news conference.
As for Thursday night's Canutillo ISD meeting, Rodriguez said he expects for the district to listen to the report.
"From there (we will) go into executive session and see if there are any personnel issues that we have to address," Rodriguez said.
He added he expects Canutillo ISD to make the right decisions, as it has in the past.
The Canutillo Independent School District will have a special board of trustees meeting tonight to discuss the superintendent's contract and possible action on his employment.
Murphy's contract of employment with Canutillo ISD, and possible action, will first be discussed in executive session and then in open session, according to the agenda that was posted Monday night.
"The Canutillo Independent School District has received preliminary information from its legal counsel and internal auditor staff regarding certain matters," Canutillo Rodriguez said in a statement on Monday. "We expect an audit report on those issues to be completed and presented to the Board on Thursday. The agenda posted (Monday night) is written in a manner that will allow the Board to act accordingly if it is determined action is necessary. Until that time, I cannot comment any further on this matter."
Murphy has been superintendent of the Canutillo ISD since Feb. 2010 and his contract is scheduled to end on Feb. 28, 2013 unless it is extended. He earns $170,000 a year.
Also on Thursday's agenda is "discussion with and receive report from Internal Auditor regarding review of transfer credit process, procedures and student cohort information."
It is not immediately clear if the report, which is to be given before discussion on the superintendent's contract, has to do with Murphy.
The special meeting will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Canutillo ISD Administration Office, 7965 Artcraft, El Paso, Texas.
In September, the school board evaluated Murphy's performance. Board members told ABC-7 at the time of the September meeting that the board was going to take into consideration Murphy's work at the El Paso Independent School District when he was Associate Superintendent for Secondary and Priority Schools
In April, EPISD revealed that a federal investigation had uncovered a four-year-old email from Murphy's account that gave principals and administrators a directive to make incoming foreign high schoolers and high school freshmen be placed in ninth grade even if they deserved to be placed higher than the ninth grade.
"I have no comment about what happened two years ago in a different district. I have no idea what Dr. (Terri) Jordan put forth in that press conference," Murphy told ABC-7 in May at a Canutillo ISD board meeting.
Murphy maintains he did nothing wrong.
In the Aug. 12, 2008 email from Murphy to Bowie High School Principal Jesus Chavez and other principals and directors, Murphy said, "A student coming in from out-of-country should be placed in 9th grade regardless of out-of-country transcript notations. The student may accelerate to a higher grade level based upon those out-of-country transcript notations, but not during the initial year of U.S. enrollment in EPISD."
"Ladies and gentleman, that is a stunning and deeply troubling directive from a former top official of this school district," Jordan said in a statement in April, while she was interim superintendent of EPISD. "Such an order disregards district policy and causes great harm to children who have received some education in another country and who should be immediately placed in the correct grade. To order such students held in the 9th grade for an entire year is unconscionable. The email directive from Murphy is especially troubling when considered in light of the district's own internal audit and the ongoing federal investigation into whether students were improperly retained in ninth grade or promoted to the 11th grade to avoid being tested in 10th grade and counted as part of the school's rating Adequate Yearly Progress under the federal No Child Left Behind education law."
EPISD's former superintendent, Lorenzo Garcia, this year, pleaded guilty to steering an expensive, no-bid district contract to his then mistress. He also pleaded guilty to manipulating the district's test scores by not allowing who he perceived as low performing students to enroll or forcing them to skip or be held back a grade. Garcia would get bonuses when the district met state and federal standards that included passing the tests.
Murphy, who has worked in the education field more than 20 years, worked at EPISD for four years as Associate Superintendent for Secondary and Priority Schools.
"He led the charge to turn-around many of the district's failing schools," according to Murphy's bio on the Canutillo ISD website. "When he began, EPISD had over 25 campuses in some sort of state or federal sanction. Under his direct supervision, that number was significantly reduced. As a result, Dr. Murphy and his team were awarded a "Top 10" school improvement program designation by the Texas School Business Organization. Dr. Murphy has become well-known around the entire state of Texas as a leader who knows how to improve schools and turn-around school systems."


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Home › Forums › General Forums › Hammock Camping › Dutchware products, titanium is cool
Oct 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm #1294993
Chris PeichelMember
@momoLocale: Eureka
Has anyone here tried the whoopie hooks made by Dutchware? I know they are talked about on hammockforums.
I have some on order, they look pretty sweet. Since I am a sucker for titanium I also had to order some of his tarp flyz too, and some more poly webbing to make up new tree huggers (tree sap sucks).
Check out his site, didn't know if members on this site were aware of this stuff.
The whoopie hooks are 3.4 grams each, are rated to hold 1000lbs and work with 7/64th amsteel. No more toggles or carabiners. They should also make a great water drip stop.
The tarp flyz are 2 grams each, work with 1.75mm zing-it and allow for a quick way to attach your tarp to trees with only a very minor weight penalty. I have used 1.75mm zing-it for 2 years for my tarp lines, I have had luck knotting it but knots have slipped at times and with cold fingers can be a bear to untie.
It looks like my set-up will lose a little weight overall and increase speed of setup and simplicity.Oct 13, 2012 at 7:53 pm #1920969
William RoddeyBPL Member
@draickinLocale: Southeast
I use the whoopie hooks on my hammocks with amsteel and dynaglide, the tarp flyz and Dutch hooks on my tarps, and the Dutch clips on my tree straps.
No hammock setup is complete without Dutch bling.Oct 13, 2012 at 8:54 pm #1920983
Eric LundquistBPL Member
@cobbermanLocale: Northern Colorado
I've been looking at getting a set of the Whoopie Hooks for my hammock suspension and some of the regular hooks for a single line tarp setup. He's definitely got some pretty cool stuff.Oct 15, 2012 at 6:29 am #1921380
Kevin BabioneBPL Member
@kbabioneLocale: Pennsylvania
The Whoopie Hooks look really cool, but they would take away one part of my hammock adjustment: I use my tree strap and the location of my marlin spike hitch to adjust where my whoopie slings start.
I normally carry a 6-foot and an 8-foot tree strap because I've found that the trees in PA vary substantially. One night I might be wrapping my 8-foot strap around a tree close to 24" in diameter and the next night around a tree only 8" in diameter. that obviously leaves a big difference in the amount of strap hanging down.
Because I can choose where the whoopie attaches to the tree strap (by adjusting where I put my marlin spike hitch) this is never a problem, but I'm afraid the Whoopie Hook would, especially when I'm using younger trees, force me to choose trees further apart.Oct 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm #1922273
I ordered some yesterday.
Kevin, the Whoopie Hooks don't mean you take away a Marlin Spike Hitch from the tree straps… they make the Whoopie Slings detachable from the hammock.
The Whoopie Hook is in the long adjustable end of the Whoopie sling and attaches to a fixed Amsteel chain link at the end of the hammock. The other end of the Whoopie Sling is the fixed loop which you just slip over your Marlin Spike Hitch on the tree straps.
At least that's how I'll use it. I've got 8 foot long tree huggers that are tensioned around the tree with a titanium Dutch clip. On that strap is a Dutch Buckle which serves as an easily adjustble blinged-out Marlin Spike Hitch. The fixed end of the Whoopie sling slips over that Dutch Buckle and the other adjustable loop of the Whoopie Sling with the Whoopie Hook attaches to the hammock. So you can adjust the suspension length both on the tree hugger strap via the Dutch Buckle and on the Whoopie Sling.
Here's why this is an advantage… if you have trees close together, like 12' or so, then you don't even need the Whoopie Slings. You just disconnect the Whoopie Slings via the Whoopie hook. THEN you loop the Amsteel fixed chain link at the end of the hammock around the Dutch Buckle (Marlin Spike Hitch).Oct 17, 2012 at 3:11 pm #1922276
I think because on Dutch's site it shows the Whoopie Slings with Whoopie Hooks attached directly to the tree hugger, it looks like that's how you have to hook the Whoopies to a tree. You can hook the Whoopies to the tree any way you want… in my case (and yours) by slipping the end over a Marlin Spike Hitch.Oct 19, 2012 at 3:40 am #1922760
Kevin BabioneBPL Member
@kbabioneLocale: Pennsylvania
Thanks for the explanation. It's certainly overkill (especially since there are now whoopie hooks) but for each of my five hammocks I have:
- 1 6-foot 1" strap with loops at both ends (and a toggle attached)
- 1 8-foot 1" strap with loops at both ends (and a toggle attached)
- 6 foot whoopie slings (7/64" Amsteel) on each end of the hammock
- A dynaglide adjustable ridgeline
Doing the math a simple pair of whoopie hooks would have saved me four sets of my whoopie sling/strap combinations – hmmm…That's enough for another hammock!Oct 19, 2012 at 6:10 am #1922781
Eddy WalkerMember
@ewkerLocale: southeast
I will keep my straps and whoopie slings on each hammock we have. The thought of grabbing the hammock without it attached and not finding out until I am ready to hang the hammock up isn't good.Oct 19, 2012 at 9:16 am #1922842
I'm really enjoying how many gizmos and gadgets there are for hammocks.
We had a Boy Scout campout a few weeks ago where it rained non-stop. Once the tent floors were underwater we had to leave. A hammock is the logical solution to get out of the water.
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My bees have filled up the top box with comb, in fact, they filled the top box quite quickly. However, they don't seem to be going down into the bottom box - I have been expecting them to start drawing comb in the bottom box for a couple of weeks. the hive is real active, and seems to be doing well.
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Is Kozuka trying to outflap Evan? yea, not as obvious with his short arms - but he was flapping them all over the place,
It would be nice if his character out there fit the music for more than 3 seconds.....
A dull SP IMO with mediocre choreo....
He is capable of much more...
Clunky 3A landing. Not digging his step sequence. Kozuka 1st wit 77.64 (SB). Aww he gets a little kiss.
Was that little hop Brian's attempt to do a combo on his first jumping pass?!
Poor landing on quad. Does a 4-1. Steps out of 3A. Powerful, clean lutz though. He had more fire back in Beijing. Still love his costume though!
Yeah, not Brian's night, jumping-wise.
Brian's still no God of Artistry or anything, but I respect that he's trying something new with his programs...
The Rossini arrangement that Mroz is skating to is unbelievably ugly. Such charming music too. Makes me hate his program. He seems like another Lysacek, but with quads and without the drive.
Bravo Kozuka. Much more personality and beautiful style. Love one of his spins but don't know the name - bent leg camel w nice arm position.
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Oops, I don't think Brian did a combo.!?! He really has to rise to the occasion like Zhenya does when pushed, especially by this new younger generation like Amodio & Mroz. Brian's the king, they are only pretenders. He definitely UR the quad, then stepped out of his shakey 3A, with the only good clean jump being the 3L.
Brian, get your cajones back, and bring down the house with your LP!
I don't understand, why didn't Brian tack on the combo on his 3Lz?
Brian makes a "I don't know what happened" face to his coach. Heard he had really good practices. Wonder what happened. Gets 66.95.
66.95 for Brian Joubert.
Fifth place.
Not surprising, but I'm surprised he wasn't held up more.
Brian's SP is honestly my favorite. Amodio is skating to the same music as Brian, really trying to threaten him as #1 in France, and Brian has to answer the challenge!
Come on, Brian, you honestly have ALL the goods, you just need to rise to the occasion!


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This colorful salad makes a fine prelude to a hearty dinner. Walnut oil's distinctive flavor delivers a rich hit to the dressing.
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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 30 min.
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To prepare dressing: Whisk shallot, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil.
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Cook haricots verts (or green beans), uncovered, in a large pot of boiling water until crisp-tender; 3 to 4 minutes for haricots verts, 4 to 6 minutes for green beans. Drain, refresh under cold water and pat dry.
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