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The John Taylor Pipers have completed the sweep, becoming just the third school in Manitoba history to win both the Winnipeg High School Hockey League championship and the provincial title.
The Pipers triumphed Monday night in a 3-1 victory against the Oak Park Raiders at the St. James Civic Centre, holding strong during a brisk game that frequently saw the Raiders control the pace.
The Pipers bent but did not break, coming back to open scoring just over four minutes into the third period when Graham Philp knocked in a rebound from a Tyler Kemball shot past Raiders goaltender Tyler Dodd.
Oak Park returned fire under three minutes later to tie the game, when Robbie Cairns slipped the puck past Pipers goalie Brett Bigourdin during a scramble by the net. Dylan Zeke and Jeremy Hope drew assists.
The game threatened to go into overtime, but for a holding penalty to Raiders captain Tyson Bannatyne after he hauled down Pipers forward Nicholas Pierce with 2:59 left in regulation.
The Pipers capitalized on the ensuing power play on a goal by Christian Vallance. Philp and Kemball drew assists.
Just over one minute later, Vallance potted an empty-net goal to seal the Pipers' place in provincial hockey history.
Pipers goaltender Bigourdin was named the tournament MVP. Teammates Vallance and Philp were selected as all-stars, along with Bannatyne, Zeke and Dodd of the Raiders, and the River East Kodiaks' Tyler MacPherson.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad says Iowa is appealing a federal decision to deny disaster aid to four rural electrical cooperatives.
Branstad announced Tuesday that the appeal had been filed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The four cooperatives are located in Northwest Iowa where utility lines were damaged in an ice storm in the spring.
In August, FEMA denied a request for $19 million in funding based on the fact that the utilities had not done enough laboratory testing on the wires.
Branstad says communities need the funding to help them recover. The appeal was filed in conjunction with Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative, Lyon Rural Electric Cooperative, Osceola Electric Cooperative, and Sanborn Electric and Telecommunications Utility.
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I saw this wall display at a stationery store in Chicago recently. Here we have a collection of quotes and sayings written down by different people. The simplicity of this might be the best part. What I found so appealing were the various styles of penmanship and the small details on each card, which give the display personality and character.
*apologies for the photo quality, camera phone was acting up.
You can do this by purchasing blank notecards and having friends, family, coworkers, etc.. write down their favorite quotes and sayings with Sharpie markers. Clip the cards onto a weighted wire and hang on your wall.
This would be a fun activity for a host/hostess to offer party-goers at the next soiree.


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On my new show, My Grandmother's Ravioli, I'm learning how to cook from the experts — grandmothers and grandfathers who let me into their kitchens to share their wisdom. Here are 5 things they've taught me:
1. I learned from Ruth that gefilte fish is not an actual fish. (All you AP bio students out there, quit checking your taxonomy. It ain't there.)
2. I learned from 91-year-old Gaetano Varbero how to fire a shotgun. (How else were we going to make venison stew?) Gaetano drives a pickup truck. He makes his own ammo. As I type this, he's elk-hunting in Colorado. Did I mention he's 91?
3. I learned a really great dirty joke from Tom Napolitano. Three guys from different armies were in a, um, "cathouse." One was running up the stairs, one was running down the stairs. The other was behind a closed door. The first was a Russian, the second was Finnish and the third? Himalayan. (Mary, his wife of 62 years, rolls her eyes at this one.) We also made manicotti.
4. I learned from best friends — and grandmothers — Meena and Mona that the creamy heavy stuff we know as Indian food is Punjabi. Meena and Mona are Maharashtrian (from the region that includes Mumbai). Their food is much lighter, but still spicy and savory. Oh, and calling the cuisine "Indian food" is sort of like lumping German and Spanish food together and calling it "European food."
5. I've learned that being a grandparent is almost all upside. (Being a parent is much more complicated.) Don't get me wrong, I want to have kids. But if there were a way to jump right to the grandparent part? (Figure that one out, AP bio students.)
My Grandmother's Ravioli premieres Wednesday, October 24 at 8:30pm ET.
Meet the grandparents, submit your best family recipe and find out more about My Grandmother's Ravioli.


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Kingston Council could be losing out on £400,000-a-year in rent by not letting out hundreds of its garages, it has been claimed.
A residents' scrutiny panel (Krisp) said the council had "no clear or cohesive plan to manage" its 1,234 garages, of which 474 were rented out, meaning service to residents was "poor" and income less than half what it could be.
A garages manager should be appointed to oversee the stock and rake in more cash, including through advertising, a Krisp investigation panel said.
It added: "Applicants wishing to rent garages experience a poor and disinterested level of service.
"Across all the estates in the borough there was little maintenance being carried out to the garages plus there was a great deal of confusion around policy and areas of responsibility."
The council currently recieves £304,000 a year in garage rent.
Conservative lead member for housing Councillor Ian George said: "It's a lot of money and we obviously need the money. I can assure you we will be looking at it and we will be taking residents' comments seriously."
His opposite number, former lead member Councillor Patricia Bamford, said: "The £400,000 is hugely optimistic because some of the properties they're talking about would be affected by the programme to free up more sites and build affordable homes.
"I would like to say that I agree with the recommendations that they have made. [A garages manager] would pay for itself in no time at all."
Garage reform under the deposed Liberal Democrat administration, in power for 12 years, suffered from time constraints and competition with other policies, she added.
Neighbouring Sutton Council was used as a benchmark by the investigators, who said it earned £500,000 a year by letting 76 per cent of its 1,200 garages, having previously suffered similar problems to Kingston.
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The first stage of the transformation of a seed into a plant is called sprouting. The seed under the soil begins to move and springs to life only by the combination of different factors such as heat, moisture and light. Before that happens, the seed is in a kind of lethargic state. When the time comes, the seed awakens from its sleep and begins to sprout. Sometimes, the sprouts cannot find themselves in a suitable environment to grow. If the sprouts continue to grow in a shady environment, without enough sunlight, photosynthesis will be much more difficult to carry out for them.
So, how does a plant grow in an environment like this?
Phototropism: Sprouts follow the light source
If the sprout finds itself in a shady environment as it emerges on the soil, it immediately changes the direction of its growth towards the source of the light. This process is called Phototropism and shows that sprouts have a photosensitive navigation system. If we compare plants with animals and humans, plants have more advantages for sensing light. The reason for this is that animals and humans can detect light only by using their eyes but the navigation system of the plants is sharper, so they never lose their direction. They can find their direction easily by using their perfect navigation system which is based on light and gravity.
Meristem: Growing parts which make the best use of the nutrition source
Besides their photosensing systems, plants also have special growing parts in which cell division occur. These tissues are called Meristem and can usually be found on the root tips and on the stem tips of the plant.
The shape of each plant is determined according to the growing direction of this Meristem tissue. If the cells in the growing parts of the plant grow in similar shapes with each other during the development of the sprout, this growth ensures the flatness of the stem. If the growth of these cells is more in one edge and less in the other, the stem will grow in a curved shape. If the conditions are suitable, this growth in the plant starts at the same time in all the growing parts.
The plant's stem exiting from the sprout moves immediately towards the light which it urgently requires. On the other hand, the roots which provide the plant with the necessary water and minerals from the soil perform their growth in a most efficient way by using their guiding systems that detect gravity. At first sight the root extensions of these plants seem to spread randomly in all directions into the soil but in reality, with the help of this sensitive system, the root extensions move in a controlled fashion like missiles locked onto a target.
The growth process, which is controlled by this system, may differ from plant to plant because the growth in plants occur according to their different genetic information. As a result of this genetic difference, the maximum growth rates also differ in plants. For example, while the maximum growth time for a cornstalk is "six weeks", for a beech tree it is a quarter of a century. (Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life, USA, Houhton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1978, p.57)
Harmonious effort that causes plants to grow
Germination is the first stage of the formation of a plant which grows into tons of weight and meters of height from the tiniest object. The roots of a plant run along the soil and the branches reach up to the sky slowly. At the same time, different systems inside the plant (systems which will carry the nutrition, lengthen and widen the plants body and the hormones which will stop them when necessary) appear together. No setbacks or delays occur in the appearance of these systems. Everything which is necessary for the plant develops at the same time. This fact is very important. For example, while the reproduction mechanism of a plant develops, the carrier pipes (nutrition or water carrying pipes) also develop at the same time. Otherwise, for example, in a plant where there is no reproduction mechanism, the carrying pipes have no importance. Development of the roots also will have no importance in the absence of the reproduction mechanism. Since a plant like this cannot continue its lineage without a reproduction mechanism, there will be no need for any additional mechanisms. As we can see here, in this perfect structure of the plants, which is interdependent and fully harmonious, there is a plan in their formation which cannot occur by random chance. There is no place for a stage by stage development in this structure which evolutionary scientists claim.
The Special Creation in Seeds
Lets bury a seed and another material which has the same dimensions, weight and molecule mixture of the seed together into a particular depth and wait for some time. We will see that our seed comes out of the earth by penetrating the soil until a certain amount of time passes according to the seed's type. But we can never see the other material coming out from the soil, regardless of how much time we wait for it. The result will never change regardless if you wait for hundreds of years or thousands of years for that material to come out of the soil. The reason for this difference is surely in the special creation of the seed. The necessary information for this process is encoded into the genes of plants. All the systems in the plants proves their Creation clearly. All the details we see above, point out that, forming of the plants can never happen by chance. On the contrary, these details prove that there is a perfect order in the appearence of the plants.
Surely a perfect order like this is one of the proofs of existence of our Lord, Who knows and creates everything with their smallest details. Just the formation of a seed in the first stage of development in the plant clearly shows the inimitable creation of Allah, Who is also our Creator and the Owner of the only true superior power. As a matter of fact, Allah declares this truth in the Qur'an as thus :
"Have you thought about what you cultivate? Is it you who make it germinate or are We the Germinator? If We wished We could have made it broken stubble. You would then be left devoid of crops, distraught" (Surat al-Waqia,63-65)


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Waterproofing the foundation of your Chadds Ford PA home is the best way to prevent water from entering the basement. Basement waterproofing is divided into two major areas, interior basement waterproofing and exterior basement waterproofing. In this article we will discuss about exterior basement waterproofing.
Exterior basement waterproofing involves adopting a number of waterproofing procedures on the exterior of the home to stop water from entering the basement wall. Usually it is done during the construction of a new home, but older homes can be waterproofed by digging up the foundation.
Here are some ways to help you fight water from entering your basement:
–Seal the Foundation Walls– Sealing the foundation of your home with good waterproofing material is the best way to prevent water seepage. The coating of these materials usually fades over time, therefore it is important to make sure that you regularly inspect the exterior walls to see if they are in need of replacement. Buy the best sealer available in the market and take the services of a professional to apply the coating.
–Repair Cracks– If you want a dry basement, it is important not to leave any of the cracks open. Some cracks which are visible on the inside of the basement often continue through the foundation to show on the outside as well. For a long-lasting effect, these cracks should be filled at both ends. You can inject the cracks with epoxy to fix them. All the cracks and inconsistencies in the foundation wall needs to be fixed before waterproofing the area.
–Install External Drainage System– Another way to waterproof your Chadds Ford PA basement externally is to dig the soil next to basement walls and install drainage pipes along the wall. This will help in directing the water away from the walls. This solution works best for the exterior walls which are below ground level.
–Parging– This process involves applying a thin layer of mortar over concrete. This helps in keeping the foundation walls smooth and helps fill voids, gaps and holes, thereby creating a more solid and stable surface.
–Correct Ground Slopes– Correcting the ground slopes which surround the walls will reduce the chances of water pooling. The ground should slope at a distance of 5 feet from the exterior basement walls.
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Rapture Culture
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This semester, I am (again) teaching my course, The Apocalypse in American Culture, in which we interrogate the proliferation of apocalypticisms within religious movements as well as in popular culture. My goal is to help students understand what kind of work millennialism does for various people and groups as well as to understand how the apocalyptic mode of interpretation functions. The course surveys doomsday prophets, Ufology and aliens, conspiracy theorists, white supremacists, punk music, zombies, Jonestown, Marian apparitions, and Left Behind. The course is one of my favorites because I rely on the apocalypse as a mechanism to analyze the ubiquity of the end in religious culture and popular culture. Why the end? Why now (or then)? Why are these ends often catastrophic? This class proves to be particularly poignant after the "Mayan apocalypse" supposedly failed. The course addresses several main questions: Why is the apocalypse, the end, so enduring in the American fascination? What does this longing for the end of the world tell us about American culture more generally? What are the consequences of these perpetual yearnings for the end? What does it mean if the apocalyptic is an American mode of engagement, an interpretative schema, of our world in both the past and the present?
The first unit engages Amy Johnson Frykholm's excellent Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America, an ethnography of the readers of popular Left Behind Series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Frykholm documents the many ways that readers approach the series: how they agree or disagree, how they apply the books to their lives, and how they interpret contemporary events. One of the strengths of the book is that it does not give into the common assumption that readers acquiesce wholeheartedly to this particular form of the end and its political ideology. Frykholm demonstrates how readers contradict, complain, and contest how the books portray the premillennial dispensational view of the end.
My students found the dynamic between ethnographer and conversants to be most intriguing as Frykholm makes clear that she and readers disagree about how to interpret the books. For instance, one of the assigned chapters for the week examined gender in Left Behind, which Frykholm notes interests her but proved not as essential to how readers approached the books. The ethnographer noted the negative portrayal of women while readers suggested that the books were not about gender but faith and witness. This opened up a good discussion of how scholars and adherents might disagree about the interpretation of what really matters, and that this disagreement proves analytically fruitful. To add to our discussion, I also brought in Left Behind: The Movie, which visualizes the gender stereotypes of the books quite effectively. This book proves thought-provoking and useful for students, and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in how evangelicals understand these popular novels. It proves good fodder for discussion of the place of apocalypticism in the lives of believers in an empathetic yet critical fashion.
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- Mark T. Edwards at: February 7, 2013 at 5:30 AM said...
Thanks for this recommendation, Kelly! Rapture Culture sounds like an ideal book for my religion and politics course (I was pretty unhappy with the one I used before; can't even remember the name).
Playing the Left Behind: Tribulation Force video game in class can also be revelatory, although I depended heavily on my students to teach me how to "save" someone from the evil guitar players who apparently will roam the streets during the end times.
- Michael J. Altman at: February 7, 2013 at 7:46 AM said...
Mark's mention of the game piqued my curiosity so I hit the googles. Interesting stuff. I'd be curious to play it, though I can't see paying the twenty bucks for it. Here's a trailer for anyone else interested.
- esclark at: February 7, 2013 at 7:59 AM said...
Rapture Culture is such a fascinating book. I'm happy to hear that it works well in an undergrad classroom, though I can't say I'm surprised.
- Mark T. Edwards at: February 7, 2013 at 8:34 AM said...
I got my copy for 3 bucks using department funds. I guess I'll be left behind for saying this, but I couldn't imagine using any of my own money for it. My students who were big into role-playing games said it didn't really compare to its intended "secular" competitors, even in the freestyle mode when you get to go around and actually shoot at "Global Community" (i. e., the bad guys).
- Kelly J. Baker at: February 7, 2013 at 4:15 PM said...
Mark and Mike, I mentioned the video game in class on Monday, and my students were shocked by its existence. Though in previous semesters, I have had students who mentioned playing the video games alongside reading the books. Left Behind works well for class interest and discussion.
- Tom Van Dyke at: February 9, 2013 at 4:46 AM said...
I remember the first time I heard Hal Lindsey explain the difference between the pre-tribs and the post-tribs. Imagine my surprise to learn that there are different tribes of "tribs." Und so:
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What do you mean?
It's been the subject of an extremely heated debate on the
internet for years. Many believe that is a matter collapser, a
bomb capable of destroying all matter in the universe in a chain
reaction lasting 13 seconds.
But you don't?
No, I am of the firm belief that in reality it is not a matter
killer, but a matter REARRANGER, converting all molecules to the
exact state they existed thirteen seconds previous to activation
thus effecting a thirteen second time jump to the past.
How did you come to that conclusion?
My cousin's boyfriend's sister went out with the screenwriter.
His favorite movie is the Omegaman. He's seen it 13 times...
As you know I strenuously disagree with this theory, Brandon. if
all molecules were rearranged, then everyone would be back in
time 13 seconds rendering the device useless.
Suddenly a BLAST erupts next to Jason's head. He and Gwen turn
to see SARRIS' MEN shooting at them from across the room at the
entrance to the cavern...
I have learned to always consult the classics in these matters, in this case:
- L.D. Burnett at: February 9, 2013 at 2:09 PM said...
Kelly, do you have your syllabus/reading list posted online anywhere? I am interested in what you have them read on UFOlogy, and wonder what the historiography on that is.
- Rocky2 at: March 22, 2013 at 11:39 PM said...
[For dessert here's a web scream I found. Also Google "Pretrib Rapture Pride.]
The Real Morgan Edwards
by George Wilson
In 1995, in a 24-page booklet on 18th century pastor Morgan Edwards, evangelist John Bray claimed that Edwards taught a pretrib rapture in his 1788 book titled "Two Academical Exercises...."
Those echoing Bray include Thomas Ice who wrote "Morgan Edwards: Another Pre-Darby Rapturist." Edwards' 1788 work can be found on the internet.
In order to claim that Edwards held to pretrib, candidates for the I-can-find-pretrib-earlier-in-church-history-than-you-can medal - including Bray, Ice, LaHaye, Frank Marotta etc. - have intentionally covered up Edwards' "historicism," his belief that the tribulation had already been going on for hundreds of years. (How can anyone in the tribulation go back in time and look for a pretrib rapture?)
Here's proof of Edwards' historicism and its companion "day-year" theory which can view the 1260 tribulation "days" as "years."
On p. 14 Edwards described the Ottoman Empire (which was then already 400 years old) as the Rev. 13:11 "beast." On p. 20 he defined "Antichrist" as the already 1000-year-old "popery" and the "succession of persons" known as "Popes" - his other Rev. 13 "beast." He necessarily viewed Rev. 13's 1260-day period as 1260 literal years in order to provide enough time for his two "beasts."
On p. 19, while discussing "the ministry of the witnesses" of Rev. 11, he allotted "about 204 years" for their "years to perform" - years impossible to fit into a 3.5-year period!
What about Edwards' rapture? On pp. 21-23 he wrote about "the appearing of the son of man in the clouds, coming to raise the dead saints and change the living, and to catch them up to himself....The signs of Christ's appearing in the clouds will be extraordinary 'wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes and famines,' &. (Matth. xxiv. 6-8.)....The signs of his coming, in the heavens will be 'the trump of God [I Thess. 4:16], vapor and smoke, which will darken the sun and moon [Matt. 24:29],'...and also cause those meteors called 'falling stars'....
Right after his combined rapture/advent (!), Edwards said: "And therefore, now, Antichrist...will...counterfeit the preceding wonders in heaven...causing 'fire to come down from heaven'....And that godhead he will now assume, after killing the two witnesses....Now the great persecution of the Jews will begin...for time, times, and half a time...."
Thomas Ice's article on Edwards (see first par. above) quoted only the first 27 words in the above quotation, ending with "to himself." This sort of unethical revisionism is constantly employed by many pretrib defenders.
Not only had most of Edwards' historicist tribulation occurred before his combined rapture/advent, but his Antichrist kept raging for 3.5 years even after the Matt. 24 signs! No wonder his tutor advised him to correct his thesis!
To read Edwards' complete work, Google "[PDF] Two Academical Exercises...www.breadoflifebiblestudy.com."
For more info on Edwards, Google "McPherson Page" (click on a reproduction of "Cover-Ups"). Also Google "Deceiving and Being Deceived" by historian Dave MacPherson.


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|Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2007
Financial Section
As of and for the years ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
NOTE 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Reporting Entity
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency of the United States within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The USPTO administers the laws relevant to patents and trademarks and advises the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the United States, and the Administration on patent, trademark, and copyright protection, and trade-related aspects of intellectual property.
These financial statements include the USPTO's three core business activities – granting patents, registering trademarks, and intellectual property protection and enforcement – that promote the use of intellectual property rights as a means of achieving economic prosperity. These activities give innovators, businesses, and entrepreneurs the protection and encouragement they need to turn their creative ideas into tangible products, and also provide protection for their inventions and trademarks.
These financial statements report the accounts for salaries and expenses (13X1006), special fund receipts (135127), customer deposits from the public and other Federal agencies (13X6542), Patent Cooperation Treaty collections (13X6538), and the Madrid Protocol Collections (13X6554) that are under the control of the USPTO. The Federal budget classifies the USPTO under the Other Advancement of Commerce (376) budget function. The USPTO does not have custodial responsibility, nor does it have lending or borrowing authority. The USPTO does not transact business among its own operating units, and therefore, no intra-entity eliminations are necessary.
Basis of Presentation
As required by the Chief Financial Officers' Act of 1990 and 31 U.S.C. §3515 (b), the accompanying financial statements present the financial position, net cost of operations, budgetary resources, and cash flows for the USPTO's core business activities. The books and records of the USPTO serve as the source of this information.
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) and the form and content for entity financial statements specified by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Circular A-136, Financial Reporting Requirements, as well as the accounting policies of the USPTO. Therefore, they may differ from other financial reports submitted pursuant to OMB directives for the purpose of monitoring and controlling the use of the USPTO's budgetary resources. The GAAP for Federal entities are the standards prescribed by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), which is the official body for setting the accounting standards of the Federal Government. Certain prior year balances were reclassified to conform with current year presentation.
Throughout these financial statements, assets, liabilities, revenues, and costs have been classified according to the type of entity with which the transactions are associated. Intra-governmental assets and liabilities are those from or to other Federal entities. Intra-governmental earned revenues are collections or accruals of revenue from other Federal entities and intra-governmental costs are payments or accruals to other Federal entities.
Basis of Accounting
Transactions are recorded on the accrual basis of accounting, as well as on a budgetary basis. Accrual accounting allows for revenue to be recognized when earned and expenses to be recognized when goods or services are received, without regard to the receipt or payment of cash. Budgetary accounting allows for compliance with the requirements for and controls over the use of Federal funds. The accompanying financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting.
Earmarked Funds
Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standard 27, Identifying and Reporting Earmarked Funds, requires separate identification of the earmarked funds on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (Net Position section), Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Position, and further disclosures in a footnote (Note 10).
Earmarked funds are financed by specifically identified revenues, which remain available over time. These specifically identified revenues are required by statute to be used for designated activities, benefits, or purposes, and must be accounted for separately from the Government's general revenues. At the USPTO, earmarked funds include the salaries and expenses fund (13X1006) and the special fund receipts (135127).
Budgets and Budgetary Accounting
Total budgetary resources are primarily comprised of Congressional authority to spend current year fee collections. In FY 2007 and 2006, the USPTO was appropriated up to $1,771,000 thousand and $1,683,185 thousand for fees collected during each fiscal year, respectively. As of September 30, 2007, the USPTO collected $12,189 thousand more than the amount appropriated. As of September 30, 2006, the USPTO collected $25,669 thousand less than the amount appropriated.
The total temporarily unavailable fee collections pursuant to Public Law as of September 30, 2007 are $762,216 thousand. Of this amount, certain USPTO collections of $233,529 thousand were withheld in accordance with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1990, and deposited in a special fund receipt account at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The USPTO receives an appropriation of Category A funds from OMB, which apportions budgetary resources by fiscal quarter. The USPTO does not receive any Category B funds, or those exempt from apportionment.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Revenue and Other Financing Sources
The USPTO's fee rates are established by law and, consequently, in some instances may not represent full cost or market price. Since FY 1993, the USPTO's funding has been primarily through the collection of user fees. Fees that are remitted with initial applications and requests for other services are recorded as exchange revenue when received, with an adjustment to defer revenue for services that have not been performed. All amounts remitted by customers without a request for service are recorded as liabilities in customer deposit accounts until services are ordered.
The USPTO also receives some financial gifts and gifts-in-kind. All such transactions are included in the consolidated Gifts and Bequests Fund financial statements of the U.S. Department of Commerce. These gifts are not of significant value and are not reflected in the USPTO's financial statements. Most gifts-in-kind are used for official travel to further attain the USPTO mission and objectives.
Assets that an entity is authorized to use in its operations are termed entity assets, while assets that are held by an entity and are not available for the entity's use are termed non-entity assets. Most of the USPTO's assets are entity assets and are available to carry out the mission of the USPTO, as appropriated by Congress, with the exception of a portion of the Fund Balance with Treasury, cash, and accounts receivable, as highlighted in Note 3.
Fund Balance with Treasury
The USPTO deposits fees collected in commercial bank accounts maintained by the Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS). All moneys maintained in these accounts are transferred to the Federal Reserve Bank on the next business day following the day of deposit. In addition, many customer deposits are wired directly to the Federal Reserve Bank. All banking activity is conducted in accordance with the directives issued by the FMS. Treasury processes all disbursements.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable balances are established for amounts owed to the USPTO from its customers. As of September 30, 2007, most of the USPTO's public accounts receivable balance consists of a refund due from the European Patent Office for $4,655 thousand. As of September 30, 2006, most of the USPTO's public accounts receivable balance consisted of electronic funds transfer and credit card payments for fees that are in transit and have not been credited to the USPTO's Fund Balance with Treasury for a total of $2,506 thousand.
The remaining portion of accounts receivable is mainly comprised of amounts due from former employees for the reimbursement of education expenses and other benefits. This balance in accounts receivable remains as a very small portion of the USPTO's assets, as the USPTO requires payment prior to the provision of goods or services during the course of its core business activities.
The USPTO has written off, but not closed out, $132 thousand and $91 thousand of accounts receivables that are currently not collectible as of September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These offsets are established for receivables older than two years with little or no collection activity that have been transferred to Treasury, subsequently adjusting the gross amount of its employee-related accounts receivable to the net realizable value. The gross amount of USPTO's employee-related accounts receivable as of September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $555 thousand and $467 thousand, respectively.
Advances and Prepayments
On occasion, the USPTO prepays amounts in anticipation of receiving future benefits. Although a payment has been made, an expense is not recorded until goods have been received or services have been performed. The USPTO has prepayments and advances with non-governmental, as well as governmental vendors.
Total prepayments and advances to non-governmental vendors as of September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $4,183 thousand and $2,708 thousand, respectively. The largest prepayments as of September 30, 2007 were $1,513 thousand for various cooperative efforts with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, the International Intellectual Property Institute, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Travel advances to personnel as of September 30, 2007 were $19 thousand.
Total prepayments and advances to governmental vendors as of September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $1,950 thousand and $1,607 thousand, respectively. The largest governmental prepayments include the USPTO deposit accounts held with the U.S. Government Printing Office to facilitate recurring transactions. Deposit accounts held with the U.S. Government Printing Office as of September 30, 2007 were $1,160 thousand.
Most of the USPTO's cash balance consists of undeposited checks for fees that were not processed at the Balance Sheet date due to the lag time between receipt and initial review. All such undeposited check amounts are considered to be cash equivalents. As of September 30, 2007 and 2006, the cash balance includes undeposited checks of $4,595 thousand and $6,788 thousand, respectively. Of these balances, $29 thousand and $542 thousand were non-entity Patent Cooperation Treaty Account assets as of September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The cash balance also consists of electronic funds transfer and credit card payments for deposits that are in transit and have not been credited to USPTO's Fund Balance with Treasury. As of September 30, 2007, $2,414 thousand was in transit due to the lag time between deposits in commercial bank accounts and the confirmation received from Treasury. Of this balance, $884 thousand were non-entity deposit account assets, $105 thousand were non-entity Patent Cooperation Treaty assets, and $3 thousand were non-entity Madrid Protocol Account assets as of September 30, 2007.
Cash is also held outside the Treasury to be used as imprest funds. As of September 30, 2007 and 2006, the amounts held in an imprest fund by the USPTO were $1 thousand and $2 thousand, respectively.
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net
The USPTO's capitalization policies are summarized below:
Contractor costs for developing custom internal use software are capitalized when incurred for the design, coding, and testing of the software. Software in progress is not amortized until placed in service.
Property, plant, and equipment acquisitions that do not meet the capitalization criteria are expensed upon receipt. The USPTO does not defer to a future period maintenance on property, plant, and equipment.
Injury Compensation
Claims brought by USPTO employees for on-the-job injuries fall under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL bills each agency annually as its claims are paid, but payment on these bills is deferred approximately two years to allow for funding through the budget process. As of September 30, 2007, the USPTO had a $1,777 thousand liability for estimated claims paid on its behalf during the benefit period July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2007. As of September 30, 2006, the USPTO had a $1,492 thousand liability for estimated claims paid on its behalf during the benefit period July 1, 2004 through September 30, 2006.
Post-employment Compensation
USPTO employees who lose their jobs through no fault of their own may receive unemployment compensation benefits under the unemployment insurance program administered by the DOL. The DOL bills each agency quarterly as its claims are paid. As of September 30, 2007 and 2006, the USPTO liability was $49 thousand and $71 thousand, respectively, for estimated claims paid by the DOL on behalf of the USPTO.
Annual, Sick, and Other Leave
Annual leave and compensatory time are accrued as earned, with the accrual being reduced when leave is taken. An adjustment is made each fiscal quarter to ensure that the balances in the accrued leave accounts reflect current pay rates. No portion of this liability has been obligated. To the extent current or prior year funding is not available to pay for leave earned but not taken, funding will be obtained from future financing sources. Sick leave and other types of non-vested leave are expensed as used.
Accrued leave as of September 30, 2007 and 2006 was $51,773 thousand and $43,812 thousand, respectively.
Employee Retirement Systems and Benefits
USPTO employees participate in either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). The FERS was established by the enactment of Public Law 99-335. Pursuant to this law, the FERS and Social Security automatically cover most employees hired after December 31, 1983. Employees who had five years of Federal civilian service prior to 1984 and who are rehired after a break in service of more than one year may elect to join the FERS and Social Security system or be placed in the CSRS offset retirement system.
The USPTO's financial statements do not report CSRS or FERS assets, accumulated plan benefits, or liabilities applicable to its employees. The reporting of such amounts is the responsibility of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), who administers the plans. While the USPTO reported no liability for future payments to employees under these programs, the Federal Government is liable for future payments to employees through the various agencies administering these programs. The USPTO financial statements recognize an expense, which represents the USPTO's share of the costs to the Federal Government of providing pension, post-retirement health, and post-retirement life insurance benefits to all eligible USPTO employees. The USPTO appropriation requires full funding of the present costs of post-retirement benefits such as the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHB) and the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI), and full funding of the CSRS and FERS pension liabilities. While ultimate administration of any post-retirement benefits or retirement system payments will continue to be administered by various Federal Government agencies, the USPTO is responsible for the payment of the present value associated with these costs calculated using the OPM factors.
For the years ended September 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006, the USPTO made current year contributions through agency payroll contributions and quarterly supplemental payments to OPM equivalent to approximately 18.0 percent and 11.2 percent of the employee's basic pay for those employees covered by CSRS and FERS, respectively, based on OPM cost factors.
All employees are eligible to contribute to a thrift savings plan. For those employees participating in the FERS, a thrift savings plan is automatically established, and the USPTO makes a mandatory contribution to this plan equal to one percent of the employees' compensation. In addition, the USPTO makes matching contributions ranging from one to four percent of the employees' compensation for FERS-eligible employees who contribute to their thrift savings plans. No matching contributions are made to the thrift savings plans for employees participating in the CSRS. Employees participating in the FERS are also covered under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), for which the USPTO contributes a matching amount to the Social Security Administration.
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue represents fees that have been received by the USPTO for requested services that have not been substantially completed. Two types of deferred revenue are recorded. The first type results from checks received, accompanied by requests for services, which were not yet deposited due to the lag time between receipt and initial review. The second type of deferred revenue relates primarily to fees for applications that have been partially processed. The deferred revenue calculation is a complex accounting estimate, dependent upon numerous business and administrative processes, workloads, and inventories.
Environmental Cleanup
The USPTO does not have any liabilities for environmental cleanup.
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Five couples are going on honeymoons to five different places where they will participate in five different activities. Determine the first and last names of each couple, where they went honeymooning and what activity they participated in.
1. Ethan, who is not married to Chrissy, admired the photos of Spain that Jacob Brown showed to him.
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HintDominican Republic is shortened to Dom. Repub. in the grid.
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Jacob and Sharon Brown went sailing in Spain.
Matthew and Chrissy Howe went stargazing in Portugal.
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"For me, it's the best moment you have," Encarnacion said of the third walk-off homer of his career. "For any player, to have a walk-off home run ... everyone is happy on the team, and now we have a five-hour, happy flight to take [to Oakland]."
After Jose Reyes led off the ninth with a double to left field, Melky Cabrera was intentionally walked, putting two on with no out. Following a failed sac bunt attempt from Anthony Gose and a strikeout by Darin Mastroianni, Encarnacion came the plate to face Kintzler.
The Brewers reliever said he and catcher Martin Maldonado were trying to pitch around the Blue Jays slugger, hoping to get him chasing an outside pitch. And if they walked him, so be it.
"If anything, we were just trying not to give him anything on the plate. He's not the one you want to let beat you," Kintzler said. "We were trying to let him chase, and if he was going to chase, great. If not, we'll go to the next guy. At 3-1, either I should just bounce a sinker and walk him, or throw a slider away, off the plate. It definitely didn't go where I planned it."
The homer was Encarnacion's 150th with the Blue Jays, moving him past Lloyd Moseby for sole possession of seventh on the club's all-time list.
It was a big day for Encarnacion, who was making only his fourth career start in left field as Toronto manager John Gibbons scrambled to piece together a solid-hitting lineup with Jose Bautista manning the designated hitter's role for the second game in a row. Bautista hit his second solo homer in as many days in the first inning.
Left-handed-hitting Adam Lind, who had a rare day off against a righty on Tuesday, was back in the lineup at first base and hitting cleanup, meaning the Blue Jays' skipper had to find a place in the field for Encarnacion.
The 31-year-old Encarnacion said he was happy his foray into the outfield was an uneventful one.
"I don't want any ground balls or any fly balls, so that's good for the team," Encarnacion said. "I figured I'd just try to do whatever I can do to get the best lineup we can have on the field so we can win games."
The win gives the Blue Jays their fourth walk-off of the season, and the big-hitting club has now hit 19 homers in the past 13 games.
A 4-4 deadlock persisted from the fourth inning, when Juan Francisco swatted a game-tying two run shot to right field.
Toronto looked poised to break the game open in the seventh, when Cabrera led off the inning with a double before Bautista walked to drive Brewers starter Wily Peralta from the game. But with Zach Duke in to pitch, pinch-hitter Mastroianni laid down a bunt that was easily played by Milwaukee catcher Maldonado, and the Brewers went third to first to double up the Blue Jays.
It was one of two poorly executed bunts on the afternoon by Toronto, something that should not have happened, said Gibbons.
"You gotta get those down. if that's what your role is, you gotta get those down," he said.
While Casey Janssen earned the win on the mound, pitching a scoreless ninth for the Blue Jays, it was starter J.A. Happ who did most of the heavy lifting. He went seven innings, giving up six hits and four earned runs without a walk.
Happ allowed a run in the first and was knocked around for three in the third, but he settled in and allowed only one hit in his last four innings.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TOWN'S Australian midfielder, Massimo Luongo and his teammates will not be progressing into the knockout stages of World Cup.
Both the Socceroos and the 2010 champions, Spain, lost their second group games to Holland and Chile respectively. Those results gave the victors six points each and ensure the final round of fixtures in Group B will be for nothing more than pride.
Luongo did not feature as Australia went down to Louis van Gaal's Dutch side. The Socceroos did lead after Tim Cahill's stunning volley and a Mille Jedinak penatly cancelled out, then overtook Arjen Robben's opener.
Robin van Persie and Memphis Depay made sure Holland got the win and left Australia needing a Spanish victory over Chile to retain a slim chance of qualifying for the second round.
The impressive and hard-working Chileans ended Spain's miserable title defence in Brazil, also ensuring that Australia and Luongo will go home early.
Eduardo Vargas' first-half strike put Jorge Sampaoli's side ahead. Then another mistake from the beleagured Spain 'keeper Iker Casillas presented Charles Aranguiz a chance he did not waste to secure the win.


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Samuel Dancey marries Francis Emma Slote
1870 — Fairbury, Il
SAMUEL2 DANCEY (RICHARD1) was born 1829 in Bailieborough, Cavan, Ireland, and died 1911 in Livingston County, IL. He married FRANCIS (FANNY) EMMA SLOTE 1870 in Livingston County, Illinois, daughter of JOHN SLOTE and NANCY COOK. She was born 1854 in Elkhardt, IN, and died 1941 in Wisconsin.
Records of his birth are in the Church of Ireland, Bailleborough, County Caven. His mother died when he was one. He didn't like his stepmother (all he ever said about her was that she was too mean to talk about—according to his sister she was his reason for leaving Ireland). In 1847, he came on a sailing vessel for a voyage of seven weeks. It is believed that he came to North America through New Brunswick and spent a year in Canada. He worked on a farm in Indiana before settling in Illinois. He came from Indiana with another man with one horse—one would ride while the other walked. He bought land in Illinois in 1853.
HIS FAMILY: RICHARD1 DANCEY was born Abt. 1792 in Rakeevan Townland, Bailieborough Parish, County Cavan, Ireland, and died there February 15, 1851. He married MARY. She was born Abt. 1802 in Rakeevan and died in there 1831. She was buried: May 17, 1831, Bailieborough, Cavan, Ireland at the Church of Good Shepherd.
The family is descended from Huguenots who left France in the 16th or 17th century, probably arriving at Dublin. In the late 17th century, an Abraham, Robert, Pockrich, Richard, Patrick and James Dancey appeared on Irish records These men were in Counties Meath or Monaghan in areas that were in a thirty miles radius of Bailieborough. It is seems that there was some familial connection as Dancey is an unusual name (also spelled Dancy).
Pockrich was a surname that appeared in 17th century Monaghan, where a Pockrich was High Sheriff in 1672. The name Pockrich Dancy appeared as a full name about 1690 and reappeared several times later--making it reasonable to assume that there was intermarriage between the two families as early as the 1600's. It was recorded that Patrick Dancy of Inniskene married a Pockrich before 1689.
Edward Dancey was a Tenant of the Manor of Bailieborough in 1805 on the townland of Curkish, making him a likely candidate for Richard's father. Martha Dancy of Rakeevan died at age 86 in 1849. This may have been Richard's mother. Samuel and his siblings appear to have been born in the townland of Rakeevan. Richard and his wife, Mary, are buried there. Richard and Mary's children in addition to Samuel were Richard Edward (1825), Margaret (1827), and Martha (1828).
Griffiths Valuation (1847-1864) reveals that the family leased property in Curkish and Rakeevan from Sir John Young who lived in Bailiebrough Castle. Anne, Richard's second wife, appeared along withRichard's son, Edward.
From a letter by Marcia Dancey Ketchum following a 1974 visit to the area: The house is reached by taking the King's Court Road one mile to the fork and then up the mountain road for 3 miles. It is set back from the road about 35-ft on the right; there is a court and three buildings facing.. It is about 17 acres and the buildings are now used as a stable. It is possible to identify the old parts of the structure but there is lots of patch work. The Dancey family property is on the Lough-an-Lae Mountain on eastern edge of the townland of Rakeevan. When Marcia Dancey Ketcham visited, she found the view from there to be of lovely green hillsides. The last Dancey to live there was Jimmy, who lived alone and was in his 80s when he died.
Samuel's grandchildren returned to Bailieborough to dedicate a window to him in the 1970's. It is in the The Good Sheperd Church of Ireland, Bailieborough, next to one of St. Luke dedicated by the James family to those famous Irish-Americans, William and Henry James. The dedication reads: To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of Samuel Dancey, Rakeevan. Erected by His Grandchildren.
Notes for SAMUEL DANCEY:
Emigration and The Famine in Co Cavan
Emigration commenced on a large scale after the Great Famine. The population of the county dropped dramatically from 250,000 in 1841 to 174,000 in 1851 and by 1901 had dropped to 97,000. These emigrants from County Cavan settled mostly in the eastern United States and in Canada. A large percentage also went to England and Scotland.
Bailieborough is a very mean village in the same barony" (Clonkee). Sir Charles Coote in his Statistical Survey of Co. Cavan prepared for the Royal Dublin Society, 1801. I know of no town more neglected or which has better capabilities than Bailyborough.
Samuel is believed to have come to North America through New Brunswick and possibily spent time in Canada before settling in Illinois.
Records of his birth are in the Church of Ireland, Bailleborough, County Caven. His mother died when he was one. He didn't like his step mother. He immigrated to the United States in 1847 and acquired a land grant from President Franklin Pierce. Marcia Dancey and some of her cousins returned to Ireland to dedicate a window to Samuel in the Church of the Good Sheperd, Anglican Church in Bailleborough.


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Articles containing information from Pottermore are currently marked with a spoiler template. This is definitely a good idea because many readers may not want to be "spoiled" before getting access to the site themselves.
However, header templates aren't aesthetically pleasing, and make articles cluttered when there's more than one. So, my question is, how long should we leave the Pottermore spoilers template up on articles? I think it would be reasonable to leave it up for a two or three months after the site opens to all in October. We would use it again each time a new "batch" of information comes out when another book is added to the site.
What do you think? ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 08:15, August 22, 2011 (UTC)
- Sounds reasonable. Wookieepedia has a one month spoiler period on all new releases (which are quite often) from the date of its American release. Plus, it has a general spoiler template on the main page, just as we do. I think we could go to one month if needed, but two or three would be fine. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 08:19, August 22, 2011 (UTC)
Sounds like a brilliant idea. --Station7 08:23, August 22, 2011 (UTC)


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- As the end of the year approaches, employees nationwide are finalizing their requests for holiday time off. Although for many industries November and December are considered the "slow season," many small businesses are still running at full speed through the New Year, making it difficult to give workers the family time they deserve. Thankfully, remote technologies and creative scheduling have made it easier than ever to keep your company going strong throughout the holiday season. Take a look at the best ways to manage your employees' holiday schedules and improve end-of-year workflow. Encourage working from home "You can't ignore the holidays -- you have to embrace them," says Steven Raz, co-founder and managing partner at executive search firm Cornerstone Search Group. "Time off and work/life balance is a big deal, especially during the holidays." Companies that haven't already investigated work-from-home options would be wise to do so this holiday season, then carry that benefit through into next year if it's effective, Raz says. Some of the best work-from-home tools to keep your office connected include instant messaging, Skype and a frequent back-and-forth of emails and phone calls, he suggests. In the past five years, but especially in the past year, small businesses have been gravitating more toward the cloud, says Shelley Ng, a small business specialist at benefits provider Ceridian. "Today we call it the cloud, but we used to call them Web-based solutions," Ng says. "We're seeing an increasing level of adoption there, with small businesses doing everything from payroll to scheduling staff and tracking their time, and people can collaborate who aren't in the same office -- no one has to be in a specific location." Most employees can accomplish at least 75% of what they would do in the office while working from home, says Mike Pugh, small-business expert at workplace technology company j2 Global. Today, many companies are using Dropbox to store important documents remotely and GoToMeeting to share computer screens and collaborate online. "Every business is different, but now is a great time for companies to realize that they don't need to have their account manager drive an hour and a half to work each way, because he's actually more productive from home than he was from the office."


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Hi all!
Major Nelson just announced the name, release date and cost of the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Fallout: New Vegas add-on (DLC): Dead Money. It will be released on December 21st for 800 Microsoft Points (which is about $10).
Bethesda Blog has a press release with first details about the plot:
November 17, 2010 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that Dead Money, the first downloadable content for Fallout®: New Vegas™, will be available exclusively on Xbox LIVE® for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft beginning December 21, 2010.
"We're pleased to give fans a chance to expand their experience in Fallout: New Vegas this December with Dead Money," said Pete Hines, VP of PR and Marketing for Bethesda Softworks. "The release of Dead Money illustrates our commitment to creating entertaining add-on content for players to enjoy in already massive games like Fallout: New Vegas."
As the victim of a raw deal you must work alongside three other captured wastelanders to recover the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. In Dead Money, your life hangs in the balance as you face new terrain, foes, and choices. It is up to you how you play your cards in the quest to survive.
Fallout: New Vegas, the follow-up to Fallout 3 – the 2008 Game of the Year – brings this beloved franchise to a location only Fallout could do justice: Vegas. Fallout: New Vegas takes all the action, humor and post-apocalyptic grime and grit of this legendary series, and raises the stakes.
Reviews of Fallout: New Vegas have called the game as "an utterly essential purchase" (MSN UK) and as "addictively, rambunctiously fun" (Entertainment Weekly). The Associated Press awarded it a 4 out of 4 stars and said "Bottom Line: It's a Blast", while GameSpy gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars and called Fallout: New Vegas "one of the best games of the year."
Published by Bethesda Softworks and developed at Obsidian Entertainment, Dead Money, has not yet been rated by the ESRB. It will be available for 800 Microsoft points."
I'll certainly be getting it. What about you guys? As with the Fallout 3 add-ons, it will likely only be a timed exclusive, and will eventually be available on the other two platforms as well.


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Important Information for Retired Educators
Attention Retired Educators: If you're still working in public employment, be sure to accurately track your hours! It may impact your retirement.
This important reminder applies to you if you are:
• A PERS retiree and
• Working as a substitute or in some other capacity in an Oregon school district, ESD or any other PERS covered employer.
As background, Oregon statute with some exceptions allows retired educators to work part time for a PERS covered employer but you may not exceed 1039 hours in a calendar year without putting your retirement benefits at risk. Please be sure to track your own hours. Do not rely on your employer to do this for you!
Here are some links to the PERS website which provide more detailed information about when and under what circumstances retirees can return to work for a PERS-covered employer, including the exceptions:
Tier 1 and Tier Two Retirees
OPSRP Retirees
If you have received a notice from PERS regarding your 1039 status, here are some important tips and information to consider:
1. Hire an attorney. Legal counsel can assist you in understanding the law and advocating for you in your claim.
2. Don't miss any deadlines. If you have been notified by PERS of a claim related to your 1039 status, be sure to respond to PERS by the deadline given with any challenge you may have. Failure to respond within that deadline may take away any right to challenge any PERS action.
3. Don't Panic. Please know there are often remedies to these claims which cure or substantially mitigate the problem which may include working with your employer.
4. Talk to PERS. Be assured that PERS, just like you, is looking for solutions to these problems. In fact they have dedicated staff to help you. Here is contact information for the staff designated to assist retirees with this issue: Karen Chavez 503 598 3548, Yvette Elledge 503 603 7685, and Laurel Gallegos 503 603 7628.
An important note, the above points are general tips we hope you consider with your attorney. The Oregon Education Association cannot give you legal advice on this or other retirement issues


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11 Celebrities Who Claim They Were Ugly Ducklings
I think we would all agree that Salma Hayek is one of the most beautiful women alive. But according to her interview in the latest issue of Lucky, she wasn't always a swan. I know, how is that even possible? She claims that when she was a young, struggling actress in LA she battled with bad acne and extra weight. "You want to talk about bad skin? I had acne. And this acne was so bad, it sent me into a severe, severe depression. Like I couldn't leave the house. I'd wake up in the morning and lie there and touch my face before I got up, just to prepare myself to look in the mirror! … The next stage with that sort of depression is food: too little, or too much … I was fat and broken out, I couldn't leave the house and I couldn't pay the rent!" I'm sure she speaks the truth, but you wouldn't know it by looking at her. I want to see the pictures. Click through to see which celebrities swear they were ugly ducklings once upon a time. [Lucky]


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Land Use Governance - 2011 Legislative Program
5. Local land use authority must be preserved, as appropriate community solutions differ significantly from one area of the state to another.
Local government is the level of government best suited to equitably and effectively deal with these issues, ensuring orderly and balanced growth or redevelopment while providing meaningful and the most direct public participation and accountability in this critical process.
Existing local authority to accept cash and in-kind proffers from developers to assist localities in providing the capital facilities and infrastructure needed to serve new development must be retained without restrictions. Any proposal for replacing such proffer commitments with development impact fees must be at the option of each locality. (Reaffirms previous position.)


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 21/11/2012 (1735 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The inquiry into the circumstances of Phoenix Sinclair's death is learning much more than the circumstances of her truncated life.
Testimony on Wednesday revealed some children in Winnipeg's North End were so maltreated in the spring and summer of 2003 that Phoenix and her parents were not a CFS priority. Knowing what we do now about that child's life, how miserable were the lives of children CFS deemed to be at a higher risk?
In 2003, Phoenix was living with her father, Steve Sinclair. The family's CFS file was closed in 2002 because Sinclair said he didn't want any more CFS involvement in his life.
Echo, the second child of Sinclair and Samantha Kematch, died in July 2001. Sinclair was investigated by police and cleared. The baby died of pneumonia. He and Kematch separated in July. Relations between the pair were so poisonous police were called to the baby's viewing. Still, there was no CFS involvement, no one keeping an eye on young Phoenix.
It was a lower risk file, you see.
In February 2003, a stranger identifying himself as Phoenix's godfather took the three-year-old to the Children's Hospital ER. She had something stuck in her nose. It had been there for months, he said, and he'd told her father to get her to a doctor.
A hospital note says Phoenix had "a foul smell, purulent discharge and foreign body in her right nostril."
A new CFS file was opened and intake worker Laura Forrest was put in charge. She went to Sinclair's house and found him in a foul mood, with a black eye. He wouldn't say where Phoenix was.
She was so busy with other files, and Steve Sinclair so difficult to deal with, that she never met Phoenix. She had many resistant clients, she testified, because CFS is rarely welcome in people's homes. She went back to the Sinclair house again on March 31. No one was home. Here's a snippet from her report:
"In the absence of other concerns, and with caseload demands, subsequent fields to the home were only attempted April 17, May 1, and May 9 2003 and all were unsuccessful in establishing contact with Steven and Phoenix."
She would later be lauded for making that much of an effort.
Commission counsel wanted to know why Phoenix was never seen. The case was considered lower risk, Forrest repeated. She testified she was trying to balance her other cases and it was impossible to plan her day and stick to the plan. She testified there was nothing at the time the file was reopened to indicate clear and present danger to Phoenix.
No one in the system knew where the child was and her father wouldn't answer the door. From my seat, a child who gets taken into the ER with a months-old infection is in relative danger. When that child disappears, alarm bells might start to tinkle.
Phoenix was finally seized from her dad in June after sources reported there was a drinking party going on at the house. The toddler was taken to a downtown hotel used as an emergency shelter. A handwritten note in her file says she was wearing a pair of pink panties, a blue-and-white T-shirt and a pair of blue denim jeans. Her father couldn't find her jacket.
Shortly after, Samantha Kematch popped up with a fresh interest in parenting. She hadn't seen her surviving daughter since the spring.
"Samantha has never demonstrated a true interest in her role as mother/parent," a report into Phoenix's death would later conclude. "She has shown a pattern of leaving her children."
Sinclair vanished, not making it to the court appointment that would sign his daughter back into care.
The inquiry heard allegations he was involved with the Indian Posse, drinking heavily and had been leaving Phoenix with other people as often as he took care of her.
Forrest did everything right after Phoenix was brought back into care. There are so many families, she said Wednesday, and their circumstances continue to grow more complex.
When Phoenix's file was transferred from Forrest to a new family services social worker on July 27, 2003, it was categorized as high risk. The next days and weeks will tell us what that really meant.
We can only wonder at the horrors experienced by those children CFS did deem to be at high risk in the summer of 2003.


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The rumours that Hillary Clinton wants to be the next president of the World Bank have now gone public thanks to Reuters, and though they've also been publicly denied by her camp, I can't help keeping my fingers crossed. After all, if she did want/get the post, and Christine Lagarde does succeed in her quest to head the IMF, think what this will do to the image of bankers around the world!
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