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State Property Manager
Matthew Moore
This State Property Control Handbook is a guide for Department Property Officers and Property Custodians within executive branch departments and agencies of State government. It describes your responsibilities and your authority in the management of State property. It includes detailed information about particular property management procedures and issues. A separate and larger guide, the State Property Control Manual is more in-depth and has examples of completed forms.
This is intended as a quick reference for Property Custodians in need of summary information.
This Handbook sets forth minimum requirements established by the Department of Administration. Individual departments and agencies have authority to establish additional internal controls and those departmental policies and procedures must also be consulted.
The Department of Administration, Information Technology Group is responsible for communications equipment. Official use vehicles and heavy equipment are the responsibility of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, State Equipment Fleet. The Department of Fish and Game, Game Division is responsible for hides, pelts and animal parts that become State property. We encourage you to contact these agencies for more detailed information. Further, the Department of Public Safety is responsible for the storing and disposition of evidence and the Department of Education is responsible for the storage and handling of artifacts. All other State property is the responsibility of Property Management Officers and Custodians.
Maintaining accountability for the multi-billion dollar inventory of state-owned and controlled property is by far the most important responsibility of the Property Management Office (PMO). With the help of Department Property Officers and Property Custodians, the PMO exercises this responsibility in a variety of ways, including:
PROPERTY CONTROL MANAGEMENT: helping state agencies with accurate, effective property control management when property is acquired or excessed;
ANNUAL INVENTORY: establishing procedures for an annual inventory;
PROPERTY TRANSFERS: overseeing inter-agency property transfers;
EXCESS STATE PROPERTY DISPOSAL: selling state property which is excess to the needs of any state department;
PROPERTY CONTROL SYSTEM: coordination and oversight of the computerized property lists.
Excess State Property Disposal is the one function that most often causes Property Officers and Custodians to turn to the PMO for help. However, effective property control on an on-going basis is the best way for agencies to fulfill their duty to account for the public property they use or control and for which they have an obligation to protect.
The PMO's goal is to assure that state agencies get the maximum benefit from the property the state owns and controls. Accordingly, priority is given to property management decisions that provide for the re-use of state property and, where cost-effective, the salvage of usable items or parts.
1-1. Overview
The State of Alaska owns or controls several billion dollars worth of fixed and moveable property within its eighteen departments and numerous agencies or commissions. The Department of Administration has statutory authority for directing all property transactions statewide and for maintaining accurate records of all state property.
Management of vehicles in the State Equipment Fleet is delegated to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Telecommunications-related property is managed by the Information Technology Group within the Department of Administration. All other non-expendable property -- referred to as "controlled property" -- is managed by the Property Management Office (PMO), Division of General Services, Department of Administration.
This handbook, along with the State Property Control Manual and specific property accounting forms are the major tools used by the PMO to implement its management responsibility with respect to controlled property. Working through Department Property Officers and Property Custodians, the PMO staff maintains property records on the State mainframe computer, conducts an annual physical inventory, controls inter-agency property transfers, directs the disposals of excess state property and operates Alaska's Federal Surplus Property Program.
1-2. Department Property Officers
Department Property Officers implement each department's property control program and are charged by state regulation with full knowledge of all property transactions within their department. Specific responsibilities include:
- developing policies and procedures
- controlling and monitoring computerized property accounting files
- providing data and technical assistance to their designated property custodians and other employees of the department
- auditing receiving reports, property transfers, surplus property and supplies, property disposal and physical inventories
- conducting field inventory audits
1-3. Property Custodians
Designated Property Custodians help Department Property Officers to fulfill their property management responsibilities on a day-to-day basis. The duties of a Property Custodian vary depending upon their department, but in general they include:
- initiating transactions when controlled property is purchased, loaned, borrowed, traded or transferred
- originating excess (surplus) property transactions
- completing an annual inventory of all controlled property in their designated area
The PMO can assist Property Custodians to understand the specific requirements of a particular procedure, but since departments may have additional requirements above the minimums set by the PMO, Property Custodians should work through their Department Property Officers.
When surplus property is offered for sale in a location other than those regularly used by the PMO to conduct sales, the departments with property for sale will be asked to designate a Property Custodian to assist with pre-sale publicity; preparation of items for sale; assisting prospective bidders; and sale wrap-up.
1-4. Definition of Controlled Property
The rest of this handbook deals with property management as it applies to controlled property. Controlled property includes non-expendable personal property and equipment valued at more than $1,000, FOB final destination, regardless of the funding source or means of acquisition. Note: Shipping costs are calculated only for the first destination in Alaska. Some items, regardless of value, must be controlled. These items are listed on the "Mandatory Control List" maintained in the Property Control System.
Controlled property also includes items which are loaned, leased or rented items in the care of custody of the State, even though owned by another entity. Such items must be treated as controlled property if the value is more than $1,000 or the item is on the mandatory control list.
Items that, when installed, become an integral part of another unit of property or a building are not considered controlled property, e.g., the hard drive in a personal computer or the heating system for a building. Artwork and artifacts under the control of the State Museum are not controlled property.
1-5. Property Identification (Tags or Decals)
Most controlled property is assigned a Property Control Number, designated by a Property Tag or Decal. If a Property Control Number is assigned, it must be affixed to the item by decal or other approved method.
It is important that the decal be placed where it can be easily seen and that decal placement be uniform for ease in locating and reading the number, regardless of the property's location or placement. (If a decal is hidden, it is recommended that "dymo" tape or other suitable material be used to show the Property Control Number in a visible location.)
The assignment of Property Control Numbers is the responsibility of the Department Property Officer and questions about whether a number is issued and whether a decal should be used to mark the property should be directed to the Property Officer.
If a Property Control Number is issued, but the item is marked by any means other than decal, the decal must be destroyed. Decals for leased or rented items should be affixed with scotch tape so the tag can be moved if the item is exchanged or the lease expires. (Some leased or rented items will be controlled by serial number and no Property Control Number assigned.)
Where necessary, a Department Property Officer may direct that a Property Control Number be relocated or replaced. If a number of outdated decals have accumulated, they may be removed if removal will not deface the item. A new decal may be placed over an outdated decal. Make note of the outdated decal before you cover it. If removal of an obsolete decal would deface the item, mark the old decal to make it obvious it is no longer valid.
All weapons and some electronic and computer components are controlled by manufacturer's serial number and require no Property Control Number. All vehicles and heavy equipment are controlled by the "V" number assigned by State Equipment Fleet. When license plates are applicable, the number following the prefix is the "V" number except for certain law enforcement vehicles.
1-6. Property Control Number Decals
Decals must be ordered from Department of Administration, General Services, Forms Management, Juneau. Please contact the supply office in Juneau at 907-465-2291. A Department must maintain a decal record including:
- Property Control Number decal in numerical sequence
- Division to which decals are issued
- Date of issue to Division
- Location of property to which decals will be affixed
click here for a sample Property Control Number Decal Record
Additional information may be included in the decal record, but as a minimum, the format in the linked sample is recommended.
2-1. New Property
Property management and inventory control procedures should begin when a new item is purchased. The person who maintains the inventory records needs the number of the purchasing document as well as other information. The Property Control Data Collection Form (02-623) is used by some departments to assure that all necessary information is available. The Department Property Officer is ultimately responsible for property management and inventory accuracy.
2-2. Used Property
Departments may notify the PMO of their need for surplus items. If the items are not available immediately, the their request will be entered on the "Want List" and they will be notified on a first-come, first-served basis when requested items become available. Requests for buildings and mobile units should be submitted in writing to Leasing and Facilities Management, Department of Administration.
2-3. Trade-ins
Departments may replace or upgrade equipment through a trade-in of a like item. Trade-ins are required to be approved in writing, in advance by the PMO. A trade-in will be approved only when the PMO has determined that it is in the best interests of the State.
Other agencies' needs will take priority over a trade-in request.
If the item is actually excess to the agency, the PMO may recommend a direct transfer to another agency or that the item be turned in for reissue to another agency.
State agencies must follow the appropriate procurement process established in 2 AAC 12 or the Administrative Manual based on the total estimated sales price, including trade-in credit, for the equipment to be purchased.
A proposed trade-in is initiated by memorandum from the Property Custodian, approved by the Department Property Officer. The memo must include:
- equipment description including Property Control and Serial Numbers
- equipment condition and current estimated value
- statement of need and significant program impacts (if any) should the trade-in be denied
- description of new equipment desired, including proposed method of purchase, estimated purchase price, and estimated trade-in allowance
2-4. Leased or Rented Property
Controlled property includes items which are loaned, leased or rented items in the care of custody of the State, even though owned by another entity. Information concerning the criteria for designation as controlled property and property identification are applicable to leased or rented property.
3-1. Lost-Stolen-Damaged
An item which is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed must be reported by the Department Property Officer on Form 02-627, "Lost-Stolen-Damaged Property Review." In addition, the Division of Risk Management, Department of Administration, must receive written notice of the loss as soon as it is known; a completed copy of the Form 02-627 should be provided to the Division as well.
Departments have the authority to establish the degree of responsibility and liability, as well as appropriate punitive measures for negligence or misuse of state property by an employee. Employees should be advised of any liability they might incur due to their custody of state property and the procedures to follow when an item is being reported as lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
Suspected theft of equipment or supplies should be reported immediately to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Any law enforcement report should be included with the Form 02-627.
3-2. Property Salvage/Destruction
State property which can not be repaired economically or is not marketable should be destroyed or salvaged for parts. PMO approval is required before destruction or salvage and is requested on Form 02-610, "Property Salvage/Destruction Request."
The destruction of junk items is both appropriate and necessary for effective property management and control. The PMO is not intended to serve as a dumping ground for junk items and is not able to do so. Although approval is required before property can be destroyed, the approval process is intended only to document that the destruction is authorized and appropriate.
The Department Property Officer may establish internal procedures for determining that destruction or salvage is appropriate; once those conditions have been satisfied, the From 02-610 should be submitted to the PMO.
3-3. Loaned Property
Property may be loaned to another department for a period less than six months without approval of the PMO. Property control of items which are loaned remains with the "loaning" department. (Such loans may be subject to internal approval by the appropriate Department Property Officers.)
Form 02-657, "Property Receipt" allows the Property Custodian of the "loaning" department to maintain a record of such items and is the only record acceptable to an auditor in documenting the location of items not physically present at the time of an audit. The Property Receipt may be destroyed once all items on it have been returned.
Custodians may also find this form useful in keeping track of non-controlled items loaned as well as items "issued" for field use. If an item will be on loan for six months or more, a permanent transfer must be considered.
3-4. Barters
Departments may replace equipment through a barter for equipment or services of equal value with another government entity or a non-state entity. Such transactions are reviewed on a case by case basis and are required to be approved in advance by the PMO.
Barters are not considered a typical property transaction, but they are a tool that can be used under certain circumstances if the PMO determines that the proposed barter is in the best interests of the State.
Other agencies' needs will take priority over a barter request and the PMO may recommend a direct transfer to another department or that the item be excessed for reissue to another department. Approval or denial of a barter request would occur only after taking into consideration such things as cost of shipping and the practicality of moving the equipment to another site.
A proposed barter is initiated by memorandum from the Property Custodian, approved by the Department Property Officer. The memorandum must include the following information:
- equipment description including Property Control and Serial Numbers
- equipment condition and current estimated value
- statement of need and significant program impacts (if any) should the barter be denied
- brief description and estimated value of the equipment or services the State will gain through the barter
4-1. Intra-departmental Transfers
A Department Property Officer is authorized to transfer property within the Officer's own department and may establish internal procedures for documenting such transfers and updated the computerized Property Control System. Some departments use the "Inter-Departmental Property Transfer Authorization and Report," Form 02-622, in lieu of creating their own form.
4-2. Inter-departmental Transfers
Property may be transferred to another department only after approval of the PMO. The "releasing" Department Property Officer and the "receiving" Department Property Officer can approve the request on Form 02-622, "Inter-Departmental Property Transfer Authorization and Report" and forward it to the PMO. The property may not actually be moved until the transfer has been approved by the PMO. The "Want List" maintained by the PMO can be helpful to departments with excess property as well as those which need particular items.
5-1. Excess Property (Surplus) Re-utilization
Property in useful or serviceable condition, but excess to actual need, must be reported on Form 02-622, "Inter-Department Transfer Authorization and Request (TAR)." Once an item is reported as excess, it cannot be further used, cannibalized or moved from its reported location without prior written approval from the Property Management Office.
Prior to surplus of electronic media, all data must be removed/deleted from systems.
- Computers, Hard-Drives, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): all programs without accompanying licenses must be deleted prior to surplus; all official/personnel files data files must be removed; if in doubt, remove it.
- Fax machines and copiers: all headers and history files must be deleted; remove and retain paper if it is letterhead.
- Phones & Answer machines (cell, satellite, and system): Cancel cell/satellite service; remove numbers from speed dial, caller i.d., etc.; delete greetings and messages from answer machines.
- Bottom line—reconfigure or erase all functions, including electronic functions, of the property or equipment as necessary to prevent the property or equipment from producing indicators that the property or equipment, or a product generated by the property or equipment, is property of the state or is generated by a state agency.
The PMO compares property reported as available on TAR reports to the "Want List" it maintains on behalf of state agencies to determine whether it is in the State's best interest to transfer the excess property or to sell it. The reuse of excess property by other State Agencies is the PMO's highest priority; the PMO may recommend that the excessing department transfer property directly to another agency, rather than to the Anchorage or Juneau warehouse.
When a department is instructed to deliver property to a warehouse, a delivery appointment must be made.
Items received at the surplus warehouses in fair or better condition are placed in a reutilization section. Items in this section are available to state agencies at no cost or to non-profit organizations for fair market value. Non-profit organizations may also be able to purchase items in the reutilization area through Fixed Price, Negotiated Sale or Donation.
5-2. Hazardous Surplus
The PMO does not assume responsibility for hazardous or toxic materials, including such materials which may be part of a state building; the surplus warehouses will not accept such materials from departments. Information regarding the proper disposal of hazardous materials can be obtained from the chart below or from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
The PMO does not accept paint, oil, batteries, solvents, asbestos, cleaning agents, flammable materials, toxic materials or explosives.
General information on using, storing and handling hazardous material:
- read the label!
- buy only what you need.
- use only the recommended amount.
- substitute less hazardous material when possible.
- wear proper clothing and protective gear.
- avoid mixing products.
- store in a safe, secure place in original containers.
- be familiar with the Hazardous Waste Disposal Chart.
AUTOMOTIVE Waste Oil Your local landfill, transfer station, or recycling center will likely take a few gallons, or consult Yellow Pages under Oil-Waste. Do not mix with antifreeze, solvents, gasoline, etc. Antifreeze Take to hazardous waste collection site. Flush small quantities (less than 5 gallons) down drain with large quantities of water. Do not dispose of in storm drains or on ground. Keep away from animals. Batteries (Car) Take to hazardous waste collection site or recycle through retail outlets. Batteries contain lead. Battery acid can cause serious burns. Fuels Take to hazardous waste collection site. Store safely, fumes ignite. Gasoline may be the most dangerous product in your home.
PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES Bring pesticides to hazardous waste collection site. Banned pesticides may also be returned to manufacturer or retailer Poisonous. Store safely. Do not dispose of in garbage or sewer. Avoid skin contact and breathing fumes.
PAINTS, SOLVENTS, ETC. Latex Paint: Take to hazardous waste collection site. Do not dispose of in garbage or sewers. Other Paints: Take to hazardous waste collection site. Flammable. Do not dispose of in garbage or sewer. Thinners/Preservatives/Solvents: Take to hazardous waste collection site. Flammable. Do not dispose of in garbage or sewer. Avoid skin contact and breathing fumes.
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS Cleaners: Take to hazardous waste collection site. Avoid skin and breathing fumes. Batteries: Take to hazardous waste collection site. Corrosive and contains heavy metals. Avoid contact with contents. Medicines & Drugs: Flush small quantities of some medicines and drugs down toilet. Take larger quantities and liquids to hazardous waste collection site. Don't assume any medicine or drug is not poisonous. Store out of reach of children. Smoke Alarms: Return to manufacturer or retailer if directed on instructions or put into garbage. May contain radioactive materials. Don t break open or remove battery.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICALS Take to hazardous waste collection site. Photographic wastes can contain silver, ferrocynadie, and chromium.
ART AND HOBBY SUPPLIES Most art and hobby supplies should be taken to hazardous waste collection site. Art and hobby supplies can contain dangerous materials.
EXPLOSIVES & AMMUNITION Call your local law enforcement agency Do not attempt to handle or detonate.
ASBESTOS Call your hazardous waste collection site. Asbestos can cause cancer and should be handled only by trained personnel. There are strict requirements for packaging, transport, and disposal.
CORROSIVES Acids and Caustics: Take to hazardous waste collection site. Never add water to acids or caustics or mix with other products.
RESINS AND ADHESIVES Take to hazardous waste collection site. Flammable. Do not dispose of in garbage or sewer.
FLUORESCENT LIGHT BALLASTS Unless marked "No PCB," take to hazardous waste collection site. Do not dispose of in garbage. Call for cleanup instructions in case of spills. Avoid skin contact.
Handling information adapted from the Municipality of Anchorage hazardous waste guidelines
5-3. Mandatory Transfer
The PMO may initiate a mandatory transfer when it becomes apparent that an agency possesses items that appear to be in excess of existing needs and a need exists in another agency. A Report of Apparent Excess, prepared by the PMO, provides notice to the Department Property Officer that a mandatory transfer is being considered and offers the Property Officer who desires to retain the property an opportunity to offer information concerning the need for it.
5-4. Sales
The PMO uses five different methods to offer excess, marketable property to the general public:
- Public Surplus (Weekly Sales) Store
- Outcry Auctions
- Sealed Bid Sales
- Spot Bid Sales
- Fixed Price Sales or Negotiated Sales
Public Surplus Store sales are conducted weekly, usually on Wednesday, at the Anchorage and Juneau warehouses. Items for sale include excess property in less than "fair" condition and items in fair or better condition which have been available for at least 30 days, but not selected for reutilization by a state agency or a non-profit organization.
Outcry auctions are scheduled twice yearly in Anchorage; once a year in Fairbanks; and as needed in Tazlina (Glennallen). Anticipated revenue must be sufficient to justify the cost of such an auction. Other auctions may be scheduled as the need arises.
Sealed bid sales are held twice yearly for items that are located in outlying areas, would be uneconomical to ship to a scheduled auction and for which no agency or non-profit interest has been found.
Spot bid sales are scheduled when numerous items have collected in one location, but anticipated revenue is not sufficient to justify an auction.
A fixed price sale is a "stand-alone" sale process conducted for a specific time which requires a reimbursement or for which the price has been fixed by % of value. A department with excess property which it knows to be of use to a non-profit organization or to another government agency may submit a Transfer Authorization Report (TAR) requesting that the property be donated to a particular recipient. A contact name and telephone number should be included. Other agencies' needs will take priority over a donation request, but in the absence of such need, the PMO will contact the recipient named by the department and attempt to negotiate a sale of the property.
5-5. Restrictions on Who Can Purchase
A state employee and family members residing with the employee are not eligible to bid on a surplus sale item if any one of the following applies:
a. The employee is directly involved in the operation or policy making of the Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Property Management Office.
b. The employee is directly involved at any level in the decision making process which ultimately resulted in the item(s) being sold. Under these circumstances, the employee may not make an agreement with another person to purchase the items for the employee. (The employee may bid on other items in which the employee had no part in the excessing process or decision making.)
c. The employee is declared ineligible to bid by the employee's department, for whatever reasons the department makes such declaration. (It is the employee's responsibility to confirm his or her eligibility prior to bidding.)
Alaska's Conflict of Interest (AS 39.50) and Executive Branch Ethics (AS 39.52) laws provide guidelines which apply to an employee's eligibility to bid on a surplus sale item.
Use of Information: No employee shall use information peculiarly within his or her knowledge or purview concerning the property, government or affairs of the State to advance the financial or other private interest of the employee or others.
No employee shall engage in any business or transaction, or shall own a financial or other private interest, direct or indirect, which is in conflict with the proper discharge of the employee's official duties.
State law provides penalties for misuse by employees of confidential (insider) information for personal gain or benefit.
Custodians assigned to assist in a sale are not automatically prohibited from bidding, but must pay particular attention to the possibility of violating the guidelines discussed above or the applicable ethics laws. Whether a custodian or other employee has "insider information" must be determined on a case-by-case basis, and is best known to the individual weighing his or her particular situation.
The Department of Administration cannot confirm any employee's eligibility to bid. In the event of any investigation resulting from complaints or questions regard sale results, each bidder bears sole responsibility for his or her actions.
Under AS 39.52, a system of designated supervisors is established to provide employees with a source of assistance when they have questions about actions they contemplate which might be restricted by the ethics law.
Alaska statutes require the Department of Administration to direct state agencies in the use of inventory records based on a physical inventory (AS 37.05.160). The Department has established through regulation the requirement for a physical inventory report from each state agency at the end of the fiscal year (2 AAC 12.590).
The Department Property Officer has responsibility for planning and supervising the physical inventory, consistent with the record keeping required by the PMO. The general procedure is for each Department to receive a computerized inventory print-out. Items on the current inventory must be located and the information on file verified or corrected. Information to be verified includes Property Control Number (PCN); serial number; and identifying information. Items that are found but do not appear on the list should be noted on a Property Control Data Collection Form (02-623). Lost-Stolen-Damaged reports should be prepared for any items that can not be located.
The Physical Inventory Guide contains detailed information concerning the conduct of the annual inventory.
7-1. Turn-In Procedures
The Anchorage and Juneau surplus warehouses have limited space and limited staff to handle property which is being turned-in by state agencies. Departments should make an appointment for delivering property which has been designated for the warehouse.
Faxing a copy of the "Inter-Department Transfer and Authorization Report," Form 02-622, when arranging the appointment will assure that the necessary staff and equipment is available to handle the incoming items. Departments with large amounts of material may find it necessary to make an appointment well in advance.
7-2. Confiscated Property
Property which has been unclaimed, seized or confiscated which appears to have been abandoned or lost on the premises of a state agency must be treated differently than State-owned property.
The acceptable method of disposing of unclaimed, seized or confiscated property will depend upon the state law under which it was acquired when the agency which took possession of it. A variety of laws may apply.
In most instances unclaimed, seized and confiscated property is required to be sold by public auction. Specific public notice requirements apply is some cases. With others, it may not be clear that the State has the authority to dispose of the item.
The Department of Public Safety has developed detailed evidence handling procedures for the inventory, safekeeping and control of property held in their possession.
Departments in possession of similar types of property -- other than animal hides, pelts or parts -- should use the "Inter-Departmental Property Transfer and Authorization Report (TAR)," Form 02-622, to advise the Property Management Office about the property and the statutory provisions the Department knows to be applicable. All statutory references and any court documents that authorize disposal must also be included.
The Department of Fish and Game, Game Division, has statutory authority for all hides, pelts and animal parts the State is entitled to own (AS 16.05.100 -.110). The Department determines whether such items are sold of disposed of in some other manner. Direct questions to the Game Division.
Lost and Found Property - Department of Transportation: Property left at state Department of Transportation facilities such as Marine Highway Terminals and International airports is handled with procedures outlined in section 7-2 of the Property Control Manual.
7-3. Firearms
The Department of Public Safety Supply Office in Anchorage is responsible for the final disposition of all firearms. The Supply Office will assign an individual as a Firearm Property Custodian. The Supply Office will take custody of all firearms from evidence custodians, investigative officers, and other state agencies. This can include firearms for the Dept. of Transportation, Dept. of Fish & Game, Dept. of Corrections, Airport Safety, Dept. of Natural Resources, etc. An Inter-departmental Transfer (TAR) identifying the firearm serial number and other identifying information must accompany all firearms received from non-DPS employees. The Firearm Property Custodian will verify the accuracy of the serial number before accepting the firearm. After the firearm is received, it will be stored in a secure area pending audit and physical inspection. The audit will indicate the weapons safety status, collectability and legality. Based on the audit findings, firearms will be scheduled for destruction, storage, or transfer to the PMO. Handguns not selected for destruction will be properly tagged and secured for long term storage. Long barreled rifles and shotguns may be transferred to the PMO and considered for competitive sale to qualified licensed firearm dealers.
7-4. Disposal of Excess Buildings
Buildings may be transferred within a department upon approval of the Department Commissioner. Disposal of excess buildings rests with the Department of Administration. An excess building remains the responsibility of the excessing department until disposal is complete or the building is transferred to another state agency. State executive branch needs for an excess building will take priority over any sale. An excess building is reported to the Leasing and Facilities Section, Division of General Services and Supply on Form 02-656, "Notice of Excess Building."
Additional information about excess buildings can be found in the State Property Control Manual. Questions should be directed to the PMO.
The Department of Administration, Division of Information Services is responsible for the inventory and management of communications equipment. All Lost-Stolen-Damaged reports (Form 02-627) and Inter-agency Transfers (Form 02-622) must be submitted to Information Services for approval before being submitted to the PMO.
Information Services also coordinates the physical inventory of communication equipment and the excessing (surplus) process including damage reports and cannibalization requests.
Additional information about communications equipment can be found in the State Property Control Manual. Questions should be directed to the Division of Information Services.
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, State Equipment Fleet (SEF), is responsible for the management of official use vehicles. SEF maintains the central vehicle computer file, the central title file, and issues State license plates.
SEF also coordinates the physical inventory of vehicles and the excessing (surplus) process including damage reports and cannibalization requests. Official use vehicles include all state owned:
- on and off highway vehicles
- heavy construction equipment and attachments
- trailers
- other tow-type units.
Additional information about official use vehicles can be found in the State Property Control Manual and the SEF Policy and Procedures Manual. Questions should be directed to the Statewide Equipment Fleet.
The seven property management forms are described in this section with instructions. The first four are used extensively by the PMO and must be used by departments. Use of the other three forms is discretionary with departments.
Mandatory-use Forms:
"TAR" - Inter-departmental Property Transfer Authorization
and Report - Form 02-622
Used for excessing and transferring property between departments (except buildings)
View: completed form - instructions
"LSD" - Lost-Stolen-Damaged Property Review - Form 02-627
Used to report lost or stolen property and damage or destruction caused by accident or vandalism
View: completed form - instructions
"PSD" - Property Salvage/Destruction Request - Form 02-610
Request approval for the salvage or destruction of property which has no further useful life.
View: completed form - instructions
Notice of Excess Building - Form 02-656
Used to report excess buildings
View: completed form - instructions
Discretionary-use Forms:
Receiving Report and Property Control Data Collection Form - Form
Used by departments to record property transactions
View: completed form - instructions
Property Receipt (See Section 3-3) - Form 02-657
Documents temporary property loans between agencies; used by some agencies
to record property issued to seasonal or permanent personnel
View: completed form - instructions
Controlled Property Inventory Form - Form 02-658
Used by departments to collect inventory data and
as a Property Custodian's field record of inventory responsibility
View: completed form - instructions
Note: The use of electronic forms is permitted providing no changes are made to content of mandatory use forms. Contact the PMO to obtain form-numbering format for forms with controlled numbers.
State agencies and other qualified entities can take advantage of the cost savings to be found through the re-use of federal property that is no longer needed by the federal government. The PMO manages all federal surplus property transactions in Alaska.
11-1. Overview
The PMO administers a self-supporting Federal Surplus Property Donation program in accordance with Public Law 94-519 and the Alaska State Plan of Operations. In Alaska, surplus military supplies and equipment include office equipment, institutional supplies, heavy equipment, vehicles and aircraft. Surplus federal property within Alaska and from areas worldwide is available to you through the PMO, which is the only Alaska agency authorized by the U.S. General Services Administration to handle such transfers. Your ability to acquire federal property is possible because the PMO maintains agreements to operate the Alaska Federal Surplus Property Program in compliance with federal law and a State Plan of Operation.
PMO's responsibilities under those agreements include marketing to increase participation; training to help you locate and obtain property; and monitoring to assure your use complies with federal regulations. As part of its duties with respect to federal surplus, the PMO screens, receives and re-issues the property for a nominal service fee. Transfers may be to state agencies; local governments; political subdivisions; and certain eligible non-profit organizations.
If you know of a qualified entity with a need for federal surplus property, please encourage the organization to request an application form. If your agency needs particular items, please let the PMO know so we may include your request on the "Want List."
11-2. Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Federal Property Assistance Program?
The Federal Property Assistance Program is a program that acquires, warehouses, and distributes surplus federal property to state, local government agencies and non-profit health and educational organizations. The Program saves taxpayer dollars by enabling public sector and non-profit agencies to purchase federal government equipment, vehicles, and supplies for nominal fees.
Congress created the Federal Property Assistance Program in 1949 with the enactment of Public Law 94-519. The law enabled personal property items to be donated to agencies that meet eligibility criteria. Property items are serviceable goods, materials and equipment that the federal government has determined it no longer needs. Some notable examples are heavy equipment, vehicles, construction materials, and office equipment. As part of the Act, state governments are delegated the responsibility for administrating this program through their individual state's "Plan of Operation".
Over the years, organizations that qualify for this program have expanded from governmental agencies to medical institutions, day care centers, and homeless shelters. The State of Alaska is pleased to be a part of this valuable service that enables us to receive, warehouse and distribute surplus property to qualifying organizations.
Who is eligible?
Eligibility may be granted to any governmental entity or public agency that is established by or pursuant to state law, including education, health and public service organizations.
Also, certain non-profit, tax-exempt health or educational organization, including medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, health centers, schools, colleges, universities, schools for the mentally retarded or disabled, child care centers, and programs for the elderly and homeless that are funded or authorized by specific federal legislation. Other non-profit, tax-exempt organizations may also be eligible. Where does the property come from? Representatives of our state agency visit US Government installations to select property that is available for donation. Most of our property comes from military bases and federal offices located in Alaska.
What property is available and how do we find out about it?
Personal property that may be available includes hand and machine tools, office machines and supplies, furniture, hardware, motor vehicles, boats, airplanes, construction equipment, electrical and electronic equipment and many other items.
Unfortunately, property is moving in and out of our warehouse every day so it is difficult to publish a current listing of available property. Participating organizations are welcome and encouraged to visit our warehouse often. We encourage the use of the WANT LIST so we can search for available property that meets your needs. Another way we notify agencies is by Special Notice. Special Notices are used to inform participants of property that is available outside the normal avenues. Notices are sent to agencies that are in the same geography region as the property and to those agencies that have expressed an interest in property of the type available.
Screener's cards are available to enable participants to screen property for themselves. Persons holding a screener's card may go directly to the Federal agency and inspect property. This may be especially advantageous to participants outside the Anchorage area where Federal facilities exist.
Are there any costs associated with this program?
Yes. Service and handling charges are placed on all property that is distributed by this agency. The fees are based on total expenses in acquiring, transporting, warehousing and transferring the property, but are equalized by fair value and other contributing factors. Fees average about 10% of the item's original acquisition cost.
Are there any restrictions on the use of federal surplus property?
- US Federal property cannot be sold, loaned, traded, or torn down for parts during the restricted minimum use period without our prior permission
- Property must be placed into use within 12 months from the date of acquisition
- Property must be used for a minimum of 12 month from the date it is placed into use
- Property valued new at $5,000 or more must be used for a minimum 18-month period. Aircraft and boats have an extended restriction period of 60 months or more
- Federal equipment and supplies are restricted to organizational use, not personal use
- Failure to comply with these terms and conditions may require payment to Federal Government for the value of the property
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HEREFORDSHIRE Council says it is still preparing for a winding up order to be taken out against Hereford United next month – despite an "assurance" from the club that its debt to the council would be paid in full.
The Hereford Times has learned that this "assurance" was offered by Hereford United chairman Andy Lonsdale in a phone call to the council's director of places and communities Geoff Hughes late on Friday.
Around £65k in rent arrears, business rates and legal fees is owed to the council by the club.
As at close of business today (Monday), no payment towards the debt had been made.
A memo has been sent to councillors saying that, following the rejection of the Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), the council's position over the club had not changed.
That position has the council not making any move over the leases on Hereford United's Edgar Street ground until the outcome of the winding up hearing set for September that, at this stage, the council still expects to go ahead.
Despite the rejection of the CVA, and insolvency practitioner Marc Landsman telling United's shareholders last Friday he expected the club to be in compulsory liquidation on September 1, United director John Edwards was still talking up the club's future earlier today with reference to a "meeting with investors over the weekend."
The council is already under pressure from members to hold an "official investigation" into the authority's part in the crisis at Hereford United .
Some councillors say serious consideration has to be given to bringing Hereford United Supporters Trust "to the table" for talks on realistic takeover terms.
There have even been calls for an outside agency to investigate any culpability the council may have.
All councillors have been e-mailed allegations from parties working on behalf of the supporters trust that questioned the validity of the club's share issue and related claims on ownership of the club.
At the centre of these allegations are the club's Articles of Association as a company, with the concern raised being that the share capital of the company could not legally be increased without amending the Articles of Association – effectively the constitution under which the club operates as Hereford United (1939) Ltd.
The allegations outline a restriction placed on the number of shares that may be issued – 40,000 in the case of Hereford United (1939) Ltd.
While the 2006 Companies Act allows companies no restriction on the number of shares, companies such as Hereford Utd (1939) Ltd can operate with these provisions if they adopt updated Articles of Association to include changes introduced in 2006.
The club is accused of not adopting new Articles of Association ahead of the share issue.
In July last year, the club's directors issued documents that announced a proposal to increase the share capital from the existing 40,000 to a figure of around six million.
The allegations raise questions about the accuracy and legal validity of the documentation to the extent that any shares supposedly issued above the existing 40,000 could have their legal basis challenged.
Such a scenario opens up to doubt claims to the ownership of Hereford United (1939) Ltd through a majority shareholding, and the vulnerability of such claims to a legal challenge.
The council has admitted that no "separate" due diligence report was done on the financial state of Hereford United ahead of the ground leases being re-assigned.
In response to members questions, a meeting of the full council was told that an "appropriate level" of due diligence was carried out.
As also reported by the Hereford Times, one of the three people to sign off the Heads of Terms for the re-assigned leases at Edgar Street was the former chief executive of Hereford Futures, Jonathan Bretherton.
Mr Bretherton's signature is the first on the document, with the signatures of Geoff Hughes, Herefordshire Council's director of places and communities, and David Keyte, then owner of Hereford United below.
Mr Bretherton signed on April 26 2012 and Mr Hughes and Mr Keyte on April 30 2012.
Hereford United and Herefordshire Council are closely entwined as tenant and landlord respectively.
The Hereford Times has revealed that the now wound up Hereford Futures (HF) helped Hereford United identify potential development partners for the club's Edgar Street ground.
An HF business plan from 2011 reveals the role of the "arm's length" company set up by Herefordshire Council also played in advising the council over the future for the ground and to lead negotiations with development partners.
The report - confirming a direct link between the council, the club and HF - refers to the ground as "generally in a state of considerable disrepair" with the club constantly facing the challenge of maintenance to a standard required by the Football League and other statutory authorities.
Then, the new owners of the club - David Keyte and Tim Russon - were pitched to the council as "ambitious to realise the club's fullest potential".
That acquisition of the club in 2010 and subsequent buying of debt is said to have "cleared the way" for HF to lead negotiations with the club on the council's behalf over redevelopment.
The report says the club had appointed "professional advisers" with HF supporting the club's work in identifying potential development partners and "suitable uses" for the ground.
As reported by the Hereford Times earlier this year, Herefordshire Council has paid out nearly £3 million in financial support to HF over years.
The council has denied that the sum shows HF as having been "exclusively funded" by the public sector, either directly or indirectly, throughout its existence.
As reported by the Hereford Times, the council is to consider terminating the ground leases with reports on options open to the council to resolve the crisis at the club are being prepared for council leader Tony Johnson to decide on or after July 25.
So far, the council has refused to comment on the detail of termination - or other options that may be under consideration - beyond confirming what information the Hereford Times had.
Behind the scenes at Brockington there is frustration that financial assurances offered by the new owners of the club have not yet been made good.
The Hereford Times has revealed that a senior council officer had met with former Swindon Town chairman Jed McCrory in February to directly "explore" the leases on Hereford United's Edgar Street stadium.
The meeting was set up at the request of former Hereford United chairman David Keyte.
In a statement the council confirmed that Mr McCrory met with one senior officer to "explore" the terms and conditions of the leases on the ground.
As also reported by the Hereford Times, Mr McCrory and Hereford United's former owner Tommy Agombar were involved in a company at Swindon Town called Seebeck 87.
Mr Agombar was subsequently ruled of owning the club for failing the Football Association's "fit and proper" test.
While the council is the landlord of the Edgar Street ground, it does not have any direct control or involvement in the club and its decisions.
Two leases refer to redevelopment of the Meadow End and Blackfriars End and stipulate that any proceeds be re-invested in the ground and its facilities.
The council is considering a request by the new owners for a transfer of those leases to a holding company within their ownership.
Around £65k in rent arrears, business rates and legal fees is owed to the council by the club.
As yet, no related repayments have been made despite the council accepting assurances from the new owners that all outstanding monies will be paid up.
The council was not on the list of Hereford United's creditors put to the previous High Court winding up hearing, and the council says it doesn't know why not.
The High Court adjourned a winding up order sought by United's former manager Martin Foyle and gave the club another three weeks of life to put a Creditors Voluntary Agreement package in place.
Within the council there is a willingness to wait until the latest three week High Court deadline is up before taking further action over what is owed, so the authority will know where it stands.
As renegotiated, the leases on the ground continue to be held by the club. If the club folds the leases would revert to the council.
Assigning the Edgar Street leases – one for 75 years on the ground and terracing to the west, the other for 33 years for the stand and parking area to the east and both dating from 1982 - was one of the last big deals done by the former Hereford City Council.
During the late 1990s, with United facing severe financial problems, the leases were reassigned to property developers in return for a £1m capital injection into the club.
The money was made available through two companies, the BS (Bristol Stadium) Group and Chelverton.
BS and Chelverton took equal ownership of a special purpose company called Formsole Ltd which made the investment and held the leases – as the tenant under both – with the club holding sub-leases.
By August 2001, BS had sold its "loan" to Chelverton which ran into trouble little over a year later when control of the leases passed to Carillion Richardson.
United still owed £1m plus interest to Formsole which stayed solvent when Chelverton went into liquidation.
The reassignment of the leases was supported by Herefordshire Council when it took control of the former city council's affairs.
Getting the leases back was pitched as a political priority when the news broke in April 2010 that then United chairman Graham Turner and vice chairman Joan Fennessy were ready to sell their majority shareholding in the club.
The club began negotiations with Carillion Richardson for the return of the leases almost as soon as the Keyte-Russon takeover was completed in June that year.
That deal was done by December with the club paying £452,000 to secure the return of the leases and settle a £1,069,500 debt to Richardsons Developments, clearing the way for a new single lease and the development opportunities that could bring.
The deal was intended to offer the club security for the next 30 years and ensure future re-entry to the Football League - which requires a 25-year secured tenancy.
It also opened up opportunities for grant funding for any future development - £400,000 in the Conference and £750,000 in the Football League.
The council was ready to allow an extension to the new stadium lease of 250 years once development at either end was underway, with proceeds from the sale of development areas held in a joint escrow account.
That money was intended for the construction of two new stands - one at each end of the ground - and modernisation work on the existing stadium.
The council has conceded the appearance of having "wholly funded" HF since 2012.
HF was set up by the council in 2010 as an "arm's length" company to drive redevelopment in the city.
It was a successor to Edgar Street Grid (Hereford) Ltd.
In May last year, the council confirmed HF was being wound up.
The company – with the council acting as guarantor – was not subject to audit and accountancy obligations that apply to regulated local authority companies, nor was it covered by Freedom of Information regulations.
Figures produced for a council scrutiny report show the council's total contribution to HF from 2004-05 to 2014-15 to be £2,891,556, with a peak annual contribution of £409,405 in 2012-13.
Support over the last financial year is shown as £355,322, reducing to £130,628 in 2014-15.
The council funded a five-figure pension contribution to the chief executive of HF.
In the year ending March 2013, HF made a contribution of £31,392 to chief executive Jonathan Bretherton, compared to £12,667 in the previous financial year.
The council has conceded that as the sole funder, to all intents, of HF since 2012 it had, in effect, funded the payment.
But the payment, the council said, was a decision for HF recommended by the remuneration committee and sanctioned by the HF board.
The council says it was for the HF board to determine how to reward its chief executive, and he had advised officers he exercised a contractual option to waive salary and to take payment as an additional pension contribution instead.
Concerns were raised over any "residual liabilities" in relation to this pension with HF wound up.
Councillors and the council's former chief executive attended HF board meetings, with the council saying that any councillor who attended an HF board meeting would have done so only "in their capacity as a director of the company".
In March, the council effectively ruled out further scrutiny investigations into issues around HF with a tacit acceptance that "things could have been done better."
Meetings and telephone conferences between the council and representatives of Hereford United have gone on since January without minutes being taken.
Amongst those present at these meetings were council chief executive Alistair Neill, leader Coun Tony Johnson, Coun Bramer, Mr Hughes, Mr Bretherton, Mr Lonsdale, Mr Agombar, and Mr Keyte, senior council officers and solicitors.

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Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Salt Lake Tribune's top news stories, photos and opinions you may have missed over the weekend.
Top stories this past weekend
Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Salt Lake Tribune's top news stories, photos and opinions you may have missed over the weekend.
Top stories this past weekend
Why the NSA put a data center in Utah • The rest of the country may think Bluffdale is the middle of nowhere, but the National Security Agency considered this 8,000-person town a source of prime real estate, beating 38 contenders to become the site for a massive new data center when the spy agency input key criteria into a mathematical model.
Judge blocks Utah law limiting federal authority on public lands • A federal judge on Friday blocked Utah's latest anti-federal law, saying HB155, which sought to limit federal police powers on public lands, appears to impose the state's will on federal land management and "creates irreparable harm to the constitutional order."
Jenson's attorneys seek protective order against Swallow, Shurtleff • Attorneys for Jailed businessman Marc Jenson, who has made headline-grabbing allegations against Utah Attorney General John Swallow and his predecessor, Mark Shurtleff, asked a 3rd District judge Friday to issue a protective order banning all contact from the A.G.'s office due to alleged threats and harassment from officials.
Utah House's Swallow probe launches July 3, will look into pre-A.G. years • Utah House Speaker Becky Lockhart will call the House into session July 3 to vote on a resolution giving her authority to appoint a bipartisan, nine-member special committee to investigate embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow a probe that could extend to years before Swallow was elected, including when he still was a Republican candidate, deputy A.G. and, perhaps, as far back as 1990, when he first became a lawyer.
How a boom economy went bust • More tough decisions face government leaders in who have already laid off Tooele County employees and now must look at hiking taxes for the first time in 27 years while continuing to slash services.
Utah Bucket List: Grand Staircase-Escalante offers a unique canyoneering experience • While canyoneering also known as canyoning, gorging and slotting has been done around the world as a matter of daily life for centuries, the activity has seen a major boom in recent years.
Other news of interest
Terry Schow, longtime Utah veterans affairs director, retires
Citing budget cuts, Valley Mental Health will drop 2,200 patients
Music therapy has a new home: Sophie's Place, at Primary Children's (video)
Evanston fireworks stores help Utahns have a blast
Visiting Utah, Interior secretary urges balanced federal land use
Former Utah trooper Lisa Steed to stay fired, judge rules
Porter Rockwells celebrate his birthday in look-alike contest
Utah Jazz: Trey Burke is the star in introduction of draft picks (video)
Pickens in Utah preaches end to U.S. use of OPEC oil
Where We Worship: Utah has its own Lourdes – a vision of simple, elegant beauty
Opinion & commentary
Rolly: Legislature misguided on cutting DUIs
Pyle: Because we've always done it that way
Parker: The N-word vs. "cracker"
Editor column: Some changes you will notice in The Tribune
Editorial: In managing water, Utah needs honest numbers


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"Join or Die"
Why aren't Delaware and Georgia included on the body of Ben Franklin's famous "Join or Die" snake? And why did the artist combine the four northeastern colonies as one?
The "Join, or Die" snake, a cartoon image printed in numerous newspapers as the conflict between England and France over the Ohio Valley was expanding into war—"the first global war fought on every continent," as Thomas Bender recently has written—first appeared in the May 9, 1754 edition of Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette. The image displayed a snake cut up into eight pieces. The snake's detached head was labeled "N.E." for "New England," while the trailing seven sections were tagged with letters representing the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The exhortation "JOIN, or DIE" appeared underneath the image.
Lester C. Olson points out that Franklin might have seen images of snakes divided into two segments that had been published in Paris in 1685, 1696, and 1724 with the similar caption "Se rejoinder ou mourir." The image in the Pennsylvania Gazette followed an article reporting the recent surrender of a British frontier fort to the French army and purported plans of the French, with their Indian allies, to establish a massive frontier presence with which to terrify British settlers and traders. The article ended with the surmise that the French were confident they would be able to "take an easy Possession of such Parts of the British Territory as they find most convenient for them" due to the "present disunited State of the British Colonies" and warned that the French success "must end in the Destruction of the British interest; Trade and Plantations in America."
A longtime advocate of intercolonial union in dealings with Indians, Franklin helped make such a union an important agenda item for the Albany Congress, convened shortly after the snake image was published, on earlier orders from the Board of Trade, the British advisory council on colonial policy, with the goal of establishing one treaty between all the colonies and the Six Nations of Iroquois. As a commissioner to the congress appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania, Franklin was opposed in his efforts to unify the colonies by representatives of some of the colonial assemblies intent on maintaining control over their own affairs.
Robert C. Newbold has speculated that Georgia was probably excluded from the snake image, "because, as a defenseless frontier area, it could contribute nothing to common security." Only three laws had been passed in Georgia since its founding as a colony in 1732, prompting a historian of the colony and state to conclude, "The hope that Georgia might become a self-reliant province of soldier-farmers had not succeeded, and even the early debtor-haven dream had not come to pass." Delaware, Newbold added, "shared the same governor, albeit a different legislature, as Pennsylvania; hence the Gazette probably considered it as included with Pennsylvania."
As with the snake image, the Albany Plan, drafted during the congress, did not include Georgia and Delaware in its proposed colonial union for mutual defense and security, specifying only Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The segmented snake image was revived in a number of newspapers during the 1765 Stamp Act conflict, again without reference to Georgia and Delaware. In 1774, when the segmented snake image, along with the "Join or Die" slogan, was employed as a masthead for newspapers in York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, a pointed tail labeled "G" for Georgia had been added.
Thomas Bender, A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History . New York: Hill and Wang, 2006.
Lester C. Olson, Emblems of American Community in the Revolutionary Era: A Study in Rhetorical Iconology Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.
Albert Matthews, "The Snake Devices, 1754-1776, and the Constitutional Courant, 1765," Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume XI: Transactions, 1906-1907.
Library of Congress. "Join or Die". Accessed February 25, 2011.
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This was very interesting. But I note that it doesn't actually answer the second question, "why did the artist combine the four northeastern colonies as one?" It only indicates that he did so, under "N.E." for New England; it doesn't say why.
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Category: names from French movies
In late 1950s France there emerged a group of young intellectual, experimental filmmakers, including François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol and Jean–Luc Goddard, who became known collectively as La Nouvelle Vague or New Wave, and changed the face of film.
In films like Breathless, they rebelled against traditional French cinema, employing such groundbreaking techniques as using real locations, hand-held cameras, natural lighting and improvised scripts, jump cuts, voiceovers and slanguage, all of which had a profound influence on such later American directors as Martin Scorese, Francis Ford Coppola, John Cassavetes, Robert Altman and Quentin Tarantino.
But though their techniques emigrated across the Atlantic, the names of many of the characters in their films did not, and, looking through the casts of characters in these movies, we find a variety of fresh options, particularly on the female side, with sleek ine-ending choices and feminissima ette names.
- Ambroisine
- Amynthe
- Aricie
- Arlette
- Arsinoé
- Astrée
- Blandine
- Célestine
- Chantal
- Clotilde
- Cyrille
- Delphine
- Edwige
- Fabienne


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Men Take Longer To Get Ready Than Women
What is wrong with men? How can it possibly take us longer to get ready than women? According to a study in the U.K. men take more time to get ready to go out than women do. Men in the U.K. are likely different from men in the U.S. but still, this is nonsense to me. Some other interesting facts in the study include:
42% of men say they use a hair dryer. I can see this if you have longer hair, but if you have short hair, like most men do, just rub it with a towel some more.
88% of men pre-plan what they are going to wear. Men grab whatever doesn't stink, they don't plan.
76% of men try on several different outfits before settling on one. Again, grab and go. If it doesn't have a spaghetti sauce stain or smell like a dead animal, any of the shirts is fine.
Men shouldn't have to take more time than women to get ready. Most of it is the same. You have to shower, shave some things, do your hair, though that normally takes longer for women than men. But there's one thing women have to deal with that men don't: make-up. Unless a guy is Mr. Goth or going to a Halloween party, he doesn't have to deal with make-up.
What could be taking guys so long? I think I have the answer. It isn't actually taking longer for men to get ready. My wife doesn't think I'm "ready" unless I'm sitting in the car with the engine running. If I'm ready but just have yet to put on my shoes or coat, I'm not ready. Therefore it took me longer to get ready than it did for her. At least that's what I'm going to go with.


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Free advice for jobseekers and information about the latest employment opportunities will on offer at a jobs fair today.
Harrow Borough Council will host its Xcite job fair at the Civic Centre in Station Road today, from 11am to 3pm.
It will include workshops, CV surgeries and employers will be available for people to talk to about jobs on offer.
There will also be stalls from Harrow College, Learndirect and Adult Community Learning for people to find out more about training opportunities available.


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Topic: My Husband Frank
My dear much loved husband of 43 years ended his journey here on earth early this morning. It is our belief that he is in heaven with our lord and savior Jesus Christ. Frank was diagnosed with stage 4 intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in November of 2013. He chose to have no treatment and was brave until the end. My heart is broken, but I have many wonderful memories.


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Error-prone Yanks done in by key Rangers rally
Greene commits three of club's five miscues; three-run sixth costly
NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi nicely summed up Monday's 4-2 loss to the Rangers at Yankee Stadium when he called it "an ugly game on our part."
New York did not have much life on offense after the fourth inning and committed five errors, and although none of its runs was unearned, Texas held on in the first of four.
A three-run Rangers rally with two outs in the sixth inning did in the Yankees, snapping their three-game winning streak.
"Our defense was bad," Girardi said. "We didn't swing the bats particularly well. Made the pitcher work hard the first two innings, and then he ends up getting into the eighth inning. Just ... it was an ugly game."
All four Rangers runs were charged to rookie right-hander Shane Greene, who has been inserted into the Yankees' rotation as a result of injury woes.
If any team can relate to the Rangers and the many injuries to their key players, it is the Yankees, who have endured their own constant health issues during the past two seasons. Despite losing so many players, the Yankees remained in playoff contention through most of last season and are on pace to do the same this year.
Texas, however, has not been as fortunate. The Rangers (40-59) entered Monday without key contributors to their lineup (Prince Fielder, Mitch Moreland and Jurickson Profar) and pitching staff (Derek Holland, Matt Harrison, Martin Perez and Alexi Ogando), carrying the Majors' lowest winning percentage.
"I've always said it's an opportunity for other people," Girardi said before the game about dealing with injuries. "It's an opportunity to prove yourself for some younger players. They may get called up a little bit before people expect them to, and then you realize that they're ready."
Greene, who won the first two starts of his career, has been one of the Yankees to take advantage of his chance this year.
But on Monday, Girardi believed the five errors -- including three by Greene -- played a major role in the rookie right-hander's first career defeat.
The miscues forced Greene to throw extra and more strenuous pitches, and by the time he exited the game in the sixth, his pitch count was at 113.
"That's where it killed him," Girardi said.
Greene (2-1) allowed four runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings and became just the fourth Yankees pitcher in history to commit three or more errors in one game. Jack Warhop (1914) had four, while Tommy John (1988) and Bob Shawkey (1921) each had three. The Yankees committed five errors in a nine-inning game for the first time since Aug. 20, 1998, against Minnesota.
Meanwhile, the Yankees could not muster much offensively against right-hander Miles Mikolas, who entered the game with an 0-2 record and a 10.05 ERA. In his fourth career start, Mikolas lasted 7 1/3 innings, surrendered two runs on four hits and picked up his first win since August 2012. It was his first career win as a starter.
"Once he kind of got rolling, that's one of those things where guys get some confidence," Yankees second baseman Brian Roberts said. "They get going and they start feeling better and better about themselves, especially in a place like this. I think that was one of those things for him -- he just kind of got rolling, and we just couldn't really string anything together."
The Yankees struck in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Beltran. In the third inning, Roberts could not handle a throw from shortstop Derek Jeter on a possible double-play ball. Elvis Andrus was safe at second, and the Rangers tied the game at 1.
The Yankees took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Jacoby Ellsbury's leadoff homer, his eighth of the year and fourth in July.
New York's best opportunity for further damage came in the fifth, but Jeter grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to end the threat.
"That was a turning point," Mikolas said. "We turned a great double play, we played good defense tonight. [Pitching coach Mike Maddux] always says, 'No matter what the situation, you are always one pitch away from getting out of it.'"
Greene retired the first two batters in the sixth, but neither he nor left-hander Matt Thornton could get out of the inning. Thornton could not retire either left-handed hitter he faced, allowing both inherited runners to score as the Rangers plated three runs on four singles and a walk.
"I think I was just rushing a little bit," Greene said. "I wasn't making exactly the pitches I wanted to make, and they took advantage of it."
Jamal Collier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jamalcollier. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Dr. Scrubs, a medical uniform company, has moved to the former Shepherds store at 504 N. Dewey and is now called Dr. Scrubs and More.
There is a small womens boutique offering fashions from Los Angeles. There are antique knick-knacks and toys, a collection of beer steins, some jewelry and baked goods as well as Avon products.
The move gives the business more space than the old store. And Schmelzer said the new store is a good fit. The interior was generally the way she wanted it before she arrived.
At the rear of the shop is a comfy seating area and a childrens play area.
Schmelzer has turned her shop into a pleasant stop on a stroll down Dewey St.
Corner Philip and Industrial
At the Industrial Park, 2020 East Philip St., a new self-storage center will be built. The ground work was done last fall.
Matt Ackerman of North Platte is the owner, according to city records.
The lot is directly west of the United Parcel Service.
Burned warehouse cleaned up
The site of a burned warehouse at the north end of the Poplar St. overpass was cleaned up Jan. 8.
Great Plains Asbestos Control of Kearney clened up the rubble, including 250 square feet of asbestos tile. The tile was wrapped in plastic and sealed to contain the asbestos and shipped to the Prairie Hill landfill in Holdrege where it will be disposed of according to federal regulations.
Other debris from the site was taken to the North Platte transfer station.
The building, which stood at Poplar St. and Seventh St., burnt to the ground in the early morning Aug. 24. Firefighters answered the call shortly after midnight and fought the blaze for two hours.
Old files and other papers in the building were apparently used to get the fire going, Fire Marshall George Lewis said, declaring it an arson. He said Tuesday that no suspects have been arrested.
The small warehouse was on railroad property and the former home of Pioneer Chemicals.
In 2000, the city condemned the land beneath Pioneer Chemical to build the Poplar Street viaduct. The viaduct cut off most of the access to the building, preventing semi-trucks from loading and unloading next to the warehouse, which owner Tom Carstensen said was essential to his business.
The city paid Pioneer Chemical $18,750 for the damages. Carstensen said that was not enough and took the city to court. In 2004, District Judge Donald Rowlands cut Carstensens options by limiting his ability to sue for loss of access. He also said that since Carstensen was leasing the property from Union Pacific Railroad, only UP could collect for damage.
Carstensen settled for $18,750 plus interest. Then he moved to Omaha.
Information about Pioneer Chemical is from the Bulletins archives. This report was first published Jan. 9 in the Bulletin's print edition.
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Gingerbread Apple Upside Down Cake
Hubby and I have been hosting quite a few dinner parties since our kitchen is finished. It's nice to not be embarrassed to have people over because of our kitchen. For one of these dinner parties, I let Hubby choose the dessert. I gave him a few to choose from and he said he was in the mood for gingerbread. Hubby even offered to help by peeling and cutting the apples for me.
I didn't have a 10″ pan, so I used a 9″ pan. The cake didn't overflow, but you can see that I have a nice little foot on the bottom of my cake due to using a smaller pan and not adjusting the recipe. That's ok it was still amazing.
I must have cooked my caramel too long because it was not as gooey and flowy as the original pictures show on Smitten Kitchen. I served this at room temperature with some fresh whipped cream on top. Everyone really enjoyed it.
Gingerbread Apple Upside Down Cake
Yield: 12
For the Topping
4 tablespoons butter, plus extra for greasing pan
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
Pinch of salt
4 apples (about 1 3/4 pounds), peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch wedges
For the Batter
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/3 cup dark molasses
1/3 cup honey
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Very softly whipped cream
Make the Topping
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 10-inch cake pan. Melt butter in a small saucepan. Add brown sugar and simmer over moderate heat, stirring, four minutes, then swirl in salt. Remove from heat and pour into the bottom of your cake pan. Make circles of overlapping apple slices on top of the caramel. Chop any remaining slices and place them in the gaps.
Make the Batter
Using a mixer, blend 1/2 cup butter and the sugar on medium-low speed. Increase the speed to high and cream until light and fluffy.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, molasses, honey and buttermilk. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Alternate mixing the flour and molasses mixtures into the butter mixture, adding the next once the last has been incorporated.
Pour the batter into the pan. Bake at least 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool on a rack for 10 to 15 minutes, then turn out onto a platter.
Recipe from Smitten Kitchen
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That looks delicious!! And perfect for the winter weather.
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This looks yummy! Can't wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I made this tonight for a birthday and it was truly *amazing*! We all loved it and all the kids came back wanting seconds. I followed the recipe exactly and it came out incredibly moist and gooey, deliciously sweet, and spiced. I used half Granny Smith apples and half Gala. I also only had a 9″ pan and by the time I filled it up I still had enough batter (and some extra apple slices left) to fill another 9″ pan. I didn't have any extra caramel topping, but decided to just bake the batter with the few left over apple slices. Next time I will double the amount of the caramel topping and cut up two more apples and make two full pans worth. It takes a little bit of time to make, but is not a difficult recipe to follow and is oh-so worth it! Thanks for sharing this!


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KELSEYVILLE ? The seventh annual Wine and Chocolate ... and More will take place Feb. 9, from noon to 4 p.m., at Mt. Konocti Winery and Event Center, located at 2550 Big Valley Road in Kelseyville.
A benefit for Lake Family Resource Center, the event includes pairings of Lake County's premium wines with chocolates and appetizers from Lake County restaurants and caterers. Lake County sommelier Stephanie Green provides the pairing expertise.
The event also includes an auction, workshops on wine and food pairing and olive oil sensory. Chacewater Olive Mill's Emilio De La Cruz will share his secrets in producing extra virgin olive oil and Green will share the secrets of wonderful wine.
Winery participants include recent San Francisco Chronicle award winners.
This year's event will include beer tasting, a fire pit, and a car show, weather permitting. Attendees will be able to purchase bottles of the wines at the on-site wine store.
Tickets cost $35 in advance and $40 the day of the event and at the door. Tickets are available at Lake Family Resource Center, located at 5350 Main St. in Kelseyville, 279-0563; the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, 875 Lakeport Blvd. in Lakeport, 263-5092; the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce, 14106 Olympic Drive, Suite B, in Clearlake, 994-3600; Saw Shop Gallery & Bistro, 3825 Main St. in Kelseyville, 278-0129; most Lake County wineries' tasting rooms or online at www.lakefrc.org.


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The New York Yankees started Derek Jeter at DH and batted Alex Rodriguez fifth in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles tonight.
— Game 4 details: Box score | play-by-play
Jeter left Wednesday's Game 3 win before the ninth inning after bruising a bone on his left foot—the same foot that has hobbled him for weeks.
However, he vowed afterward that he would start tonight. Taking his place at shortstop is Jayson Nix.
In the other big lineup news, Rodriguez was dropped from third in the order to fifth. In Wednesday night's dramatic win, manager Joe Girardi pinch-hit for Rodriguez in the ninth. Raul Ibanez, the pinch hitter, homered to tie the game and then homered to win the game in the 12th inning. Ibanez is not in the lineup for Game 4.
Rodriguez, whose No. 3 spot in the batting order was the subject of much debate prior to Game 3, is 1-for-12 with seven strikeouts in this series.
The Yankees lead the best-of-5 ALDS two games to one and can eliminate the Orioles tonight.
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kachtz1 wrote:thanks! i have a fairway driver now! and man that does make a big difference, as i have trouble throwing the Roc disc i have over 300'
this thing will go up to or around 400 and fly pretty stable...i think the name is a Star TL its 170gm...so this will be my 280-380 disc depending on the wind!
also i started trying to get better form on the drives, and found that if i just faced backwards with my arm out pointing away from the basket, i could just take 2 steps and throw...focusing on pulling the disc in a straight line across my chest and keeping my wrist angled down...just doing that i can throw very straight between 420-460, and feels like i am giving so much less effort that if i were to use my old form and try to throw that far...im letting the disc do the work now i suppose, and i am flipping the discs over a little too easy now, so i had to compensate a lot on my angle of release.
i have started working on the 360 drive thing recently, and hope to break 600 once i can get that figured out.
thanks for your help guys.
kachtz1 wrote:
i dont feel like i can throw any farther really, my goal is 600' in 8 weeks, which will be June 5th...and i dont think its going to happen, unless i go in the mountains in WV and throw at a higher elevation
kachtz1 wrote:played at Dorey park in Richmond, va yesterday..after i played, i went to the soccer fields they had to try some 360 drives haha...
i threw a destroyer disc 12 times, and had 3 best discs land at 540'...not a great improvement over non 360 drives (506), i tried to watch some videos of avery throwing 360 throws, and watching someone do it, and then trying to do it, are way different...probably would be easier to watch in person.
i dont feel like i can throw any farther really, my goal is 600' in 8 weeks, which will be June 5th...and i dont think its going to happen, unless i go in the mountains in WV and throw at a higher elevation
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Irresistible Muffin-Pan Recipes
"This bittersweet, fruit-forward, spiced punch with mild pumpkin notes is a nice way to start ringing in some of those classic winter holiday flavors without the heavy richness normally associated with them. The cookie is also full of warm winter spices, which is then paired with a light ice cream with a hint of vanilla." — Johana Langi, Saul at the Brooklyn Museum
Spiced Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/8 cup molasses
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ginger
2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Demerara sugar, to roll
1 pint vanilla ice cream
In a mixer, whip butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs, molasses, and vanilla extract. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Scoop and roll in sugar. Bake at 350°F until golden brown. Let cookies cool. Take 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream and place in between two cookies. Smoosh together and freeze. When presenting to guest, take cookies out 5 to 7 minutes in advance so the ice cream is the perfect consistency.
Pidgin Punch
14 oz Laird's Applejack
5 1/4 oz Rhum Clement Creole Shrubb
3 1/2 oz aperol
3 1/2 oz cynar
1 3/4 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
7 oz pumpkin ale, chilled
10 1/2 oz prosecco, chilled
Orange wheels, for garnish
Mint sprigs, for garnish
Combine the first 5 ingredients in a quart-size container and refrigerate. Fill a large punch bowl with large format ice, at least 2-inch cubes, and pour in the batch, followed by prosecco and pumpkin beer. Garnish with orange wheels and mint sprigs. Ladle into small ice-filled glasses.
Developed by Johana Langi and Dan Carlson, Saul at the Brooklyn Museum.
"Both are fun for the holidays—a biscotti with pistachios and cranberries and eggnog is a great combination. In my eggnog, I use rum. I separate the eggs and whip them to give them a nice fluff, add some alcohol to that, and then add milk. It's cooked a little bit and chilled down so it's almost like a custard, but I don't make it that thick. You always dip the biscotti in the eggnog." — Tom Colicchio, Craft
Almond Biscotti
3/4 cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 Tbsp aniseed
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 tsp kosher salt
3/4 cup golden raisins
Heat oven to 325°F. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and toast until golden and fragrant, about 10 minutes.
In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter with sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, then add aniseed. Sift flour with baking powder, cornmeal, and salt, then gradually add with mixer running on low. Fold raisins and almonds into the dough.
Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment. Form the dough into 4 8-inch logs, place 2 on each sheet pan, and bake until firm, about 40 minutes. Cool for at least 10 minutes, then slice each log into about 15 biscotti.
Reduce oven temperature to 200°F. Arrange biscotti on a baking sheet and toast until they are dry and golden, about 2 hours. Cool and serve.
Makes 60 biscotti.
Recipe reprinted from the Bing Food and Drink app.
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Pigtail Catheter Versus Chest Tube in the Management of Traumatic Pneumothorax
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified February 2012 by Narong Kulvatunyou, University of Arizona.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
University of Arizona
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Narong Kulvatunyou, University of Arizona
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 9, 2012
Last updated: February 22, 2012
Last verified: February 2012
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Detailed Description:
A small 14-French(F) pigtail catheter (PC) has been shown to work equally well with traditional 32-40F chest tube (CT), especially in traumatic pneumothorax.
There are no clinical data on tube-site pain. The investigators hypothesize that PC tube site pain is less than CT.
|Traumatic Pneumothorax
|Device: Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook) Device: chest tube (28-French)
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Prospective Randomized Study of 14-French (14F) Pigtail Catheters Versus 28F Chest Tubes in Patients With Traumatic Pneumothorax: Impact on Tube-Site Pain and Failure Rate
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: primary spontaneous pneumothorax
MedlinePlus related topics: Collapsed LungU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Narong Kulvatunyou, University of Arizona:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in Tube-site pain, pain medication requirement [ Time Frame: day 0, 1, 2 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- failure rate [ Time Frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks ]
- Insertion-related complication [ Time Frame: day 0 ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|July 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Pigtail catheter
Device: Pigtail catheter insertion (Cook)
insertion of pigtail catheter to decompress pneumothorax
Other Name: Cook Critical Care, Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, IN)
Active Comparator: Traditional chest tube
28-French chest tube
Device: chest tube (28-French)
inserting chest tube to decompress pneumothorax
Other Name: 28-French chest tube
Detailed Description:
Primary outcome: - Tube site pain
- Pain medication requirement
Secondary outcome: failure rate insertion-related complication
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years old and above
- Suffer traumatic pneumothorax that requires chest tube insertion
Exclusion Criteria:
- Emergency chest tube insertion
- patient refuses
- patient is unable to provide or rate pain assessment
- prisoner
- pregnancy
- patient with GCS less than 13
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01537289
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|University of Ariznoa Medican Center, Main campus
|Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
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|Contact: Coy Collins, RN 520-626-2876 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Narong Kulvatunyou, MD
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Narong Kulvatunyou, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
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|NCT01537289 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 9, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 22, 2012
Keywords provided by Narong Kulvatunyou, University of Arizona:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pleural Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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