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One hour of physical activity per day could offset health risk of 8 hours of sitting
A Lancet study comprising of more than 1 million people has found that the health risks associated with sitting for long periods of the day can be reduced or even eliminated by regular physical activity.
The research, using the data of people from the USA, Western Europe and Australia was carried out in response to rising concerns about the health risks associated with society's shift towards a more sedentary lifestyle. With more and more of the population employed in office based jobs, there's a greater number of people that cannot escape sitting at their desks for prolonged periods of time.
Physical inactivity is linked to higher risks of diabetes, heart disease and some cancers and is associated with more than 5 million deaths per year.
The good news is that the increased risk of death associated with sitting for 8 hours a day can be reduced or even eliminated for those that did a minimum of 1 hour physical activity (such as brisk walking or cycling) per day.
The findings show that people who sat for 8 hours per day but who are physically active had a much lower risk of death compared to those people who sat for less hours per day, but who were not physically active. The greatest risk to health is for people that sit for long periods of time and inactive.
60-75 minutes of moderate activity is ideal to combat the effects of sitting for long periods of time, but if this is not possible, then at least doing some exercise each day can help reduce the risk.
This study therefore underlines the fundamental importance of physical activity to health, no matter how many hours an individual spent sitting.
The World Health Organisation recommend that adults do 150 minutes of physical activity per week, which is much lower then the 60-75 minutes identified in the study. Rather alarmingly, the need for progress has been highlighted by the study however, as it reveals that only 25% of those people analysed were active for an hour or more each day.
The Lancet Physical Activity Series 2012 http://www.thelancet.com/series/physical-activity
Read more about the impact to health from a sedentary lifestyle in my earlier blog:
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One of the biggest fears and doubts that potential students have when I speak to them on the telephone before they sign up for a course, is whether they will "make it" as a personal trainer once they graduate.
Maybe this is what you are thinking right now?
You've read the motivational quotes… "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life" and this idea sounds great. You really want to follow your passion and do something that you love, but what it really comes down to is, "Can I make a career out of training people for money, will clients really pay to train with ME?"
Well, as I said before, I've had this conversation with countless students over the years. It is true, many personal trainers do fall by the wayside and never reach their potential within the industry - they maybe didn't get the results they'd hoped for with their clients, or maybe they struggled to find enough clients...there are many reasons for this, but usually it's because they chose a certification that cut corners, that only offered the minimum in terms of providing an assessment which didn't prepare them for the role of a personal trainer once they had their certificate in hand.

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MADISON, Wisconsin >> Walking around Madison, Wisconsin, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my leg. What was poking me?
Turned out my pocket was full of toothpicks from all the cheese curds I'd sampled at the farmers market. It was one of several "Welcome to Wisconsin!" moments, starting with a display of orange "cheesehead" gear — worn by fans of Wisconsin's NFL team, the Green Bay Packers — that greeted me at Milwaukee's airport. Later in my trip, I got these directions to a cheese store: "Take a right and look for the cow."
I spent as much time admiring the Milwaukee Art Museum outside as I did looking at the art inside. From one angle, the white, winged Santiago Calatrava-designed building on the Lake Michigan waterfront looks like a bird in flight. From another angle, it's a ship setting sail. Inside, white ribs form a futuristic tunnel with a lake view.
But don't forget the art: the spooky hooded figure of "Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb"; an excellent Georgia O'Keeffe collection, including a striking photo of her shot by her husband Alfred Stieglitz; and a suitcase propped open on the floor, an untitled work by Robert Gober that reveals an entire subterranean world.
I bookended my museum visit with two terrific meals: lunch at The National cafe and an outstanding dinner of farm-to-table small plates at Braise, owned by chef Dave Swanson, a James Beard Award nominee.
It's so crowded at the Dane County Farmers' Market that you can't choose which way to walk. You can only flow with the sea of humanity in one direction past tables overflowing with fruits, veggies, flowers, baked goods and of course, cheese curds, those squeaky bits of fresh cheese goodness, in flavors ranging from dill to Sriracha. The market runs Saturdays until 1:45 p.m. through Nov. 5 around the state Capitol, then moves indoors to Madison's Monona Terrace, Saturdays Nov. 12-Dec. 17.
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I peeked inside the Capitol at its beautiful dome, then walked down State Street to the University of Wisconsin campus, stopping at Babcock Hall for ice cream, climbing Bascom Hill and hanging out with the beer-and-bratwurst crowd at the lakeside Memorial Union Terrace.
I drove to nearby Middleton for a quick stop at the National Mustard Museum (free admission, goofy mustard-inspired art and every type of mustard imaginable). Then, with a credit card and app, I rented a bike from a Madison BCycle kiosk and biked 12 miles around Lake Monona. The lake trail often detours from the waterfront and it's hilly (you thought the Midwest was flat?). But the exercise felt good after eating all that cheese.
America's most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, spent his teenage summers working on his uncle's Wisconsin farm. You can see how that landscape of farms and rolling hills influenced Wright's style and aesthetics at Taliesin , his house and estate in Spring Green. Wright set out to replace the vertical boxy shape that dominated home design in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with modernist structures that flowed horizontally like the Midwestern prairie. Taliesin was a lab for his ideas: open floor plans rather than walled-off rooms, large windows with expansive views and a structure built to suit the terrain. House tours are offered daily through Oct. 31 and Friday-Sunday through November.
>>How bitter medicine saved Nelsen's Hall Bitters Pub and Restaurant in Wisconsin
Taliesin was also the site of a shocking crime: A butler murdered Wright's mistress and six others in 1914 and set fire to the house. But Wright was resilient. He rebuilt and kept going. His final work, New York's Guggenheim Museum, was being built when he died at age 89 in 1959.
Nearby Taliesin is the quirky attraction House on the Rock . Its creator, Alex Jordan Jr., amassed a collection of strange artifacts — weird carousel animals, machines that play creepy music — and they're displayed in a series of odd rooms and buildings, some ornate, some musty and dark. An hour here was enough for me, but if you go, don't miss the infinity room, a disorienting cantilevered structure lined with windows, 154 feet off the ground.
I caught the tail end of Oktoberfest in New Glarus, a town so proud of its Swiss heritage that street signs are in German and storefronts are decorated with Swiss flags and cowbells. I downed a Spotted Cow, a popular beer from the New Glarus Brewing Co., and dined at the Glarner Stube restaurant, which serves fondue, raclette, schnitzel and sauerbraten. The Chalet Landhaus Inn provided a good night's sleep, nice breakfast and complimentary Swiss chocolates.
In Monroe, I went hunting for the Emmi-Roth Kase cheese factory. But I couldn't find it. I asked a local for directions and was told: "Take a right and look for the cow."
There was a cow — though not a real one — outside the Alp and Dell Cheese Store , which is connected to the factory. I bought seven types of cheese from the shop's overflowing coolers and bins, including cheese curds, chipotle gouda, Emmi-Roth's award-winning grand cru cheese and a butterscotchy cheese called Prairie Sunset. Then I shipped it all back to my office in New York. When I got back, I gave a Wisconsin cheese party.


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What happen to them, based on what I read on online news, sounds familiar to me.
Even the Singapore situation.
[ Ofcourse, there are significant differences WHICH, I'm too lazy to describe because of… It's been ages ago…it has been his words, their words….my words…. *YAAAAWN! ]
I'd rather be curious, what's behind Veronica Tan's closed lips.
She has 3 sons. IF she really loves that other man ( IF this affair really exist ), what made her so foolish to sacrifice her 3 sons? Does LOVE really can make you sacrifice the most precious thing that ever happened to you?
I compare her with me. I'd die, if I lost my sons. So I definitely will do everything, anything, in order to keep them always with me. Losing child custody for me, feels like a death penalty.
Does love between a man and a woman ( again, IF the affair really exist ) can make a mother ( sort of ) neglect her own flesh and blood?
I understand if a man can do such thing. Meet another woman, divorce his wife, and leave his children to their mother. It happens all the time.
But a mother?
For me , in this world, there is no purest love except from a mother to her child(ren). It's the real form of what they call : unconditional love ( sorry Dads, no matter how good you think you are, but I think you can never compare because it's just the way it is ).
What happened between her and kokoh Ahok my idol?
You see…
In my opinion, there is no right or wrong in marital problem, but always a reason and cause.
Ahok seems like a lovable husband, romantic too. But we never know what's really happen behind their closed door. How he is in front of Bu Vero, vice versa.
A wise man told me, nobody knows better about a person except who is sharing the bed with her/him. And the funniest thing about marriage is, you tend to hold your ego to maintain good name, good image towards everybody, except your own spouse. You don't need to maintain anything to your spouse, because… hey… you already got that certificate or little green/brown book of "ownership", riiiight? <—– and this is so WRONG!


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Q. I've been using a one-time-use film camera for occasional photos of
family get-togethers but it is getting harder to find places to develop
my film. Any suggestions for a digital camera?
A. Digital cameras have come a long way and they will take better photos
as easily as your throw-away camera. While it is easy to get overwhelmed
by all the functions that they offer, all you need to do is to turn the
camera on and push the button, just like your one-time-use camera.
Later, you can learn about the extra functions, if needed. After the
shots are taken, you can take the camera's memory card with your images
to the local drugstore or mart and insert the card into their machine.
It will show you all your photos and you can pick and choose only the
ones that you want which saves you from having to pay for prints of
those not-so-good ones that we all get.
In as little as an hour, they will hand you the package of prints. You
can use your computer to store your images if you want but if you don't
have a computer, you can still get great photos with digital. Since you
said that you only use the camera occasionally, I would suggest that so
you might want to choose a model which uses AA batteries. Rechargeable
batteries are a hassle for only occasional use but AAs are ubiquitous
and can even be found at the convenience store on holidays.
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Archive: Regulation
Comment: Fight For Your Right To Party - how officials are killing off British nightlife
A thriving night time economy is being killed off by overzealous councils and overbearing security
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ABI International Regulation Seminar
Collision or Convergence? A New World Order for the International Insurance Market? The collapse or forced bail-outs of a series of large, financial institutions in 2008 threw both markets and governments into turmoil. Now the fate of some European economies threatens even larger ructions.
FSB: Regulation watchdog needs sharp teeth
The independent body set up to scrutinise new Government regulations needs sharper teeth to defend small businesses against poorly framed regulations, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.
Comment: UK firms need more nudging to respect human rights
Is it time to force UK businesses to implement human rights checks? Thirty per cent of businesses back legal requirements on human rights due diligence.
Comment: How bureaucrats strangled the night-time economy
A thriving night-time economy is being killed off by police and local government
Comment: Criminals are laughing at the government's corporate ownership register
Have you ever seen someone throw themselves into a brave and valuable project, only to neglect details so important that they risk scuppering the entire enterprise?
Comment: Our regulators are as mad and bad as Mussolini
Big business and regulators are in cahoots to fill their pockets.
Councils 'turning to PIs' to dodge surveillance laws
Private investigators operating outside surveillance laws are enjoying a boom period of employment by councils, according to a civil liberties group.
EU law threatens to ban e-cigarettes
New EU regulations being discussed could result in the limited availability, or outright ban, of electronic cigarettes.
Regulate Google: Brits demand greater privacy online
New research shows 66% of Britons want stronger action taken against Google to better regulate online privacy.
We eat horses, do we? Labour blames Tesco horse burger on coalition
Labour has pinned the blame for the discovery of traces of horse DNA in Tesco's beef burgers on the coalition's drive to reduce regulation.
Comment: Cameron's war rhetoric masks a cynical power grab
The prime minister is using the rhetoric of war to justify rolling back a fundamental part of Britain's constitution.
Tories blitz red tape despite Cable's scepticism
Fresh Conservative ministers are embarking on a frenzy of cutting red tape, to the apparent bemusement of business secretary Vince Cable.
Conspiracy: 'US bank regulators are anti-British'
Senior MPs accused New York regulators of an "anti-British bias" today, amid US allegations that Standard Chartered schemed with Iranian clients to avoid sanctions.
Comment: Regulating cosmetic surgery will stop the butchers
New laws must protect the public from rogue cosmetic surgeons and their dangerous procedures.
Coalition 'rushing' banking regulation reforms
Reforms of the way Britain's financial services are regulated are unnecessarily complicated and being rushed through parliament, MPs have warned.
Media watchdog shakeup put back to autumn
Government proposals to shake up the regulation of the internet and other media will be delayed until the autumn because of the controversy engulfing Jeremy Hunt, according to reports.
Cameron's new year's resolution: Kill the health and safety 'monster'
David Cameron offered a new year's resolution of a somewhat more policy-orientated sort today when he promised business leaders he would kill the "health and safety monster".
OFT: Regulator must deal with surcharges, too
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) sums up its recommendations to the government in its report from June 2011 on surcharges:
Clegg vows to take on red tape
The coalition could restrict regulators to just two business inspections a year, Nick Clegg has suggested.
Ex-Ofwat boss wants water regulation watered down
Businesses and public sector organisations would benefit from a deregulated water services market in England and Wales, a former Ofwat director has claimed.
Huhne slams coalition's deregulation agenda
Chris Huhne's attack on Conservative "deregulation zealots" has opened up a new area of tension within the coalition.
Peers demand Big Four probe
The Office of Fair Trading should investigate the Big Four auditing firms, a committee of peers has concluded.
Ofcom 'failing to tackle silent calling'
Ofcom should do more to combat silent calling, according to an influential parliamentary committee.
Google escapes fines over Street View
Google has come under scrutiny after being found in breach of data protection laws over its controversial Street View function - but has avoided heavy penalties.
Thatcher minister handed SME review
David Cameron has tasked a former Thatcher minister with reassessing the government's relationship with small and medium-sized businesses, acknowledging "there is so much more we need to do".
Coalition caps regulatory burden
Businesses and the third sector will not face additional regulatory burdens from September 1st under the coalition government's 'one-in, one-out' rule.


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Ben Swann is as real of a journalist as you can get. He's got a show called "Reality Check," and it's never failed to deliver the facts in as simple a way as possible.
On Thursday, he took on the media's claim that the CIA has ruled that alleged Russian hackers were intent on swinging the election in Trump's favor.
Of course, when you think about that claim, it's rather silly. I mean, Russians allegedly "swung" the election by simply releasing the truth about the DNC and Hillary's campaign machinations. Apparently, it was unfair that these hackers had exposed the truth about Hillary, but not about Donald Trump.
Ben Swann lists 5 problems with the hypothesis that Russian hackers somehow swayed the election:
Trending: No, Hillary Did Not Win the Popular Vote…And Yes, the Electoral College Did Protect America from Corruption at the Ballot Box
1. CIA did not officially release this information. Anonymous sources leaked their conclusions to the Washington Post and New York Times.
The media will scoff at the idea of #Pizzagate, because there wasn't any hard evidence proving such a child prostitution ring existed. But when it comes to what WaPo and NYT reported, it's based off information that was leaked anonymously to them to publish.
No one knows for sure where it came from. Now, when people ask for sources and evidence for the claims that WaPo and NYT made, they're met with derision: "Whoa, whoa whoa…you mean you don't trust our own CIA?"
Oh, please.
2. Anonymous sources did not provide evidence to support their statements.
So, not only did these leaked statements come from anonymous people claiming to be from the CIA (they may or may not have been from the CIA), they didn't even provide evidence for their own conclusions. They just provided their conclusions, some of which have already been proven to be false – such as the claim that the RNC was hacked as well. In fact, it was that false claim that served as the basis for the hypothesis that Russia's alleged hack had as its purpose to sway the election in Trump's favor.
3. The CIA lies.
It would be incredibly naive to think that the CIA – or any other government agency for that matter – truly has our best interests at heart at all times. They're by no means immune from the corruption of politics. Specifically, the CIA has been involved in covert operations domestically and internationally ever since they've been around.
As Ben Swann noted, just a couple years ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee blasted the CIA for fostering an ongoing "culture of misinformation."
Senator Ron Wyden – a Democrat from Oregon – stated in 2014, "That trust has been seriously undermined by senior officials' reckless reliance on secret interpretations of the law and battered by years of misleading and deceptive practices."
Further, a Senate report had found that the CIA had lied repeatedly about its use of torture.
4. Even CIA investigators don't agree on the assessment.
From the Washington Post: "There were minor disagreements among intelligence officials about the agency's assessment, in part because some questions remain unanswered."
What disagreements? They weren't mentioned. And how do we know that they were "minor?" We don't, because those disagreements weren't made known.
5. Assange said it was a leak, not a hack.
Julian Assange has said that emails and documents from the DNC and John Podesta were not obtained from any state actors. He's specifically said it wasn't Russia, and the information was retrieved and transferred to WikiLeaks by a whistleblower with legal access to that information, not from a hacker.
Further, former UK ambassador Craig Murray has divulged – much to the dismay of Julian Assange – that he personally met with the whistleblower in a wooded area in D.C. to procure the documents.
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More than 200 business executives, senior government officials and lead foreign investors in Ireland gathered at the New York Athletic Club on Wednesday March 14 2012 for a cocktail reception celebrating our 15-year anniversary in the U.S.
The event, which was opened by Irish Government Minister Joan Burton, highlighted the close links between the U.S. and Ireland, with attendees including New York City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley.
Welcoming guests to the event, our managing partner Liam Quirke said:
"International companies and financial institutions represent more than 70% of our business including 27 of the world's 50 largest banks and more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. It is how we differentiate ourselves."
In his address at the event, Mr. Quirke also recapped findings from "Investing in Ireland – A survey of foreign direct investors," a recent Economist Intelligence Unit report commissioned by MATHESON, which predicts that global multinationals and foreign investors will invest an estimated $7.5B in their Irish operations over the next three years.
"This survey is about understanding and sustaining Ireland's unique selling proposition as the premier low-tax, pro-business gateway jurisdiction to the European internal market," he said.
The report examines the main factors that bring foreign investment to Ireland and the main challenges in attracting it. It identifies that there are four key cornerstones to Ireland's FDI offering – access to the EU internal market; the overall business tax infrastructure; the ability to supply a skilled pool of labor; and a stable legal and fiscal framework. To access the full report, click here.
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She tells me I'm pretty.
She tells me my coloring is beautiful, and my crafts are wonderful.
She thinks my singing is so, so pretty.
She thinks I can fix anything...an owie, a toy, a torn book, anything...
She thinks I know no fear, and I am "so strong."
She believes me when I tell her there will be no owies at the doctor, and goes with confidence.
She is growing to trust me.
In her eyes I am funny. Hilarious.
In her eyes, I am smart. She thinks I know every stranger's name...
In her eyes, I am powerful. She thinks I am the boss of everyone.
Even though I sometimes need a break, some "me time," she never does...she NEVER gets tired of my company.
She runs to me when she gets an owie.
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Individual Prayer
If you would like individual prayer for your personal needs, your family or simply to support you in your walk of Faith, a small prayer team will be available after weekend Masses. Look for them near the altar.
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When the Horizon political action committee launched earlier this year, several reporters took note that its website featured a large "H," a hint at the candidate the PAC is expected to ultimately back: Jon Huntsman Jr.
"The Web site for the Horizon PAC cleverly opens with a logo of a big letter "H" with the words 'Maybe' and 'Someday' on either side. Is that for Horizon? Or is it for Mr. Huntsman?" wrote The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear.
Well, wonder no more, because the H is gone.
The PAC's website was recently tweaked to remove the large letter and instead now features an all-caps HORIZON with the color of the logo changing from blue at the top to a red, sun-rising-ish swoosh at the bottom.
To be clear, though, the growing team of Huntsman supporters behind the PAC is hopeful that when the former Utah governor returns from serving as the U.S. ambassador to China, Huntsman will mount a presidential bid.
UPDATE: A Horizon PAC spokesman explains the change: "As part of the PAC's evolution as a national organization, we wanted to give it unique, distinct branding. This way if Huntsman decides to run for president and his campaign wants to use the letter H, they could do so without any confusion."
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We had so much fun at the Burberry/Dazed party last week! The photos are funny how they start out quite laid back and then the more champagne we drunk, the louder the photos get. How amazing are the bright Burberry foldable sunglasses too? So good for summer.


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We live in the era where "you are what you eat" and carbohydrates have been termed as the ultimate evil, if present in meals. We have, therefore, found the perfect alternatives to foods rich in carbohydrates. But the real question is, what are carbohydrates, and even more importantly, are they even that bad? Here's a complete breakdown for all your questions related to carbohydrates.
What Are Carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates, or what we commonly call them, carbs, in the most basic sense, are simply hydrated carbons. That's right, just carbon and water. But these biological molecules are not as simple as they sound. They form long chains, called polysaccharides, and attached to the same basic chain structures are certain reactive organic molecules (reactive group), that give these chains distinct properties, and hence, make it a different type of carbohydrate.
And lets not forget the very basic, they're known to be sweet.
Types Of Carbohydrates:
Based on the number on units present in the chain of carbohydrate, they can be divided on monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides.
Monosaccharides are the most basic and simplest forms of carbohydrates, consisting of a single unit. The most common example of this is Glucose, which is the main source of energy for cell.
Disaccharides, as the name suggests, consist of two units of carbohydrates. Common examples of disaccharides are sucrose, which is present in the normal table sugar, and lactose which is present in milk.
Polysaccharides are composed of more than two units of carbohydrates. These may or may not have a branched structure. They are present in different forms in plants and animals. Common example is cellulose, of which wood, paper and cotton are made.
Functions Of Carbohydrates:
So, now that we know what carbohydrates are, and what are it's types, lets shed some light on what function do they exactly serve.
The most important function of carbohydrate in the human body is that it is an important source of energy for all the body cells. Not only in humans, carbohydrates are the basic requirement for energy in all living beings, it is only in it's absence that the body starts breaking down fats for energy.
Carbohydrates also play a structural role, and are an important component of the cell wall present in plants in the form of celllulose. It is also present in the animal cell wall, but in comparatively lesser quantities.
Carbohydrates are also stored in the body as reservoirs of energy, to be utilized when the body needs more energy, in plants, animals and humans alike.
What Foods Contain Carbohydrates?
Given the fact that carbohydrates are a structural component of cells, most, if not all, of the food that we eat contains carbohydrates. But the amounts in which it is present, varies greatly.
Most of the food items have very efficiently been classified into carbohydrate rich foods and those with lower carb content.
Carbohydrate rich foods include dairy products, fruit, grains, legumes, starchy vegetables and sweet sugars. All these contain a high amount of carbohydrate.
Here's a complete list of food rich in carbohydrates.
On the other hand, food items rich in protein and fat such as cheese, meat, fish, egg and green vegetables are all low carb foods.
Here's a complete list of low carb food items.
However, it should be kept in mind that certain carbohydrates such as cellulose and some other complex carbs, are not digested by the human body, and their presence in the food being consumed does not have any nutritional value.
To Eat, Or Not To Eat?
Now here lies the most important question. Should we or should we not include carbohydrates in our diet in equal proportions.
For the longest periods of time, carbohydrates have been associated to diabetes and obesity. But with the evolution of science and researches on the given conditions, it has been proved that carbohydrates alone can not be blamed for either of the conditions. Both, diabetes and obesity have various predisposing factors, and carbohydrates are only one of the many and that too in excessive amounts.
That's that, but, it can't be said that the continued intake of carbohydrates in such cases will have no effect on the existing condition. Once a person falls under the category of obese or diabetic, the carbohydrate intake must be reduced , often from excessive amounts, to lesser than normal in order to attain and maintain proper health.
But intake of carbohydrates cannot be entirely be stopped. That is due to two main reasons. The most important one being the fact that our brain needs glucose. In the absence of carbs, the rest of our body cells can burn fat and protein for energy, but our brain cells are not capable of doing so, and therefore require carbohydrates for their proper functioning. The second important reason is that the undigested carbohydrates play the role of dietary fibre in our body. They make the stool soft and prevent constipation.
To conclude, all of us require atleast some amount of carbohydrates in our diet. So the answer to our question "To Eat, Or Not To Eat" is "Eat, but the right way."
The Right Way?
Nothing, when used within limits, is a bad thing. The very same can be applied to carbohydrates. They are as essential to our body as any other component of food. It is infact a very important part of a balanced diet, which is necessary for a healthy life.
Any healthy individual, who hasn't been advised otherwise by their doctor, should intake carbohydrates in normal quantities. Normal is the keyword here. Excessive intake of carbs should be avoided at all costs for a healthy lifestyle. That includes frequent consumption of junk food and a lot of sweets. A sweet tooth once in a while is acceptable as long as the extra consumed carbohydrates are burned by an active routine and workout.
In case of a medical condition, such as diabetes or obesity, a strict check must be kept on the intake of carbohydrates, but it should also be simultaneously remembered that absolute restriction is never the answer.
To summarize, carbohydrates are not the evil. The excessive intake is. Which can be applied to not only carbs, but all other components of your meal such as fats and proteins. So what needs a check is not the food being eaten, but more importantly, the quantity.


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All eyes in the Far East are on the World Cup . . . so their arrival in Japan couldn't have been better timed.
In the early hours of Friday morning two British ships - the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal - slipped almost unnoticed into the port of Takahama.
Their five-week voyage to the other side of the world had been kept fairly quiet . . . until now. Over the next few weeks, the ships will be loaded with a cargo of nuclear fuel big enough to make 50 bombs.
Their 225kg (496lb) haul of mixed oxide fuel - a fusion of plutonium and uranium known as MOX for short - will then head back across 18,000 miles (29,000km) of ocean . . . to Sellafield in Cumbria.
The ships will travel at a maximum speed of 15 knots on their return journey.
In the wake of the September 11 atrocities in New York, the journey, and the global trade in MOX fuel in general, is being seen as a cause for concern.
Protest groups say the boats are sitting ducks at risk of being attacked or - even worse - hijacked and held hostage by terrorists.
They also claim the security measures taken are woefully inadequate for such a dangerous voyage.
British Nuclear Fuels however, claim that its safety precautions are watertight.
The ships, the first commercial vessels since World War Two to carry guns, are strengthened, armed and guarded by 26 police officers.
Similar trips were made in 1992 and 1999 but this one will be the first since the September 11 attacks forced terrorist threats to the top of political agendas worldwide.
The MOX fuel involved was shipped out to Japan three years ago, but BNFL later admitted faking safety records, prompting the Japanese to insist that it take the fuel back . . . at British taxpayers' expense.
Peter Roache, Greenpeace's nuclear expert, said potential problems could have arisen pretty much as soon as the boats docked. He said: "With the World Cup, we're not really sure whether there are enough policemen in Japan to organise loading the boat quickly.
"We think it'll be the end of July before they leave.
"On the last trip, in 1999, they said both boats were armed and were escorting each other, which doesn't explain anything really." Peter is not convinced that the terror threat has been adequately addressed.
He said: "There are two things that a terrorist group might decide to do.
"First, they could steal the material so that they can extract plutonium to make their own nuclear weapons.
"It's relatively easy to get plutonium out of MOX fuel rods. The phrase `relatively easy' is a direct quote from the Environment Agency.
"Then it's a chemistry undergraduate job to turn it into a nuclear bomb.
"The other thing would be to crash into it - effectively blow it up, so there's a release of plutonium - or try to capture it and use it as a hostage.
"The environmental impact of an explosion would be huge. It only takes a speck of plutonium to cause cancer."
Peter even fears that BNFL's safety - never mind security - precautions aren't up to scratch.
He said: "They say that the container is tested up to 200°C (392°F), but ship fires regularly reach 1000°C (1832°F), so that could even happen without any terrorist involvement.
"And what if the ship sank? There would be a real risk of it bursting with the water pressure."
But BNFL insist that the transportation of nuclear material halfway around the globe is perfectly safe.
Nigel Monckton, a spokesman for the firm, said: "These are among the safest vessels afloat.
"The boats have double hulls with fire-fighting systems and don't have to call into port to refuel.
"For obvious reasons, I cannot say much about security arrangements, but they have been approved by the governments of the US, UK, and Japan.
"They meet all the international standards."
But the Green Party believes the MOX shipments are as needless as they are risky.
Bill Wennington, the party's Teesside spokesman, said: "These two ships are about to embark on the most dangerous and foolhardy voyage in the history of mankind.
"Why then is the journey taking place at all?
"Tony Blair, and presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin agree that the greatest threat to the world is from terrorists acquiring the means to produce weapons of mass destruction."
Search for a safe passage
Bnfl refuses to reveal which route the two ships will take back to Sellafield for "security reasons".
BUT there are three paths - all fraught with problems - that they could follow from Japan.
THE first possibility is going via the Southern Ocean, where the ships would have to battle harsh weather and prevailing currents in the Indian Ocean.
THE second is travelling via Cape Horn, a route that includes many high-risk areas for ships.
THE third and most unlikely route is via the Panama Canal. It would be the cheapest route, but Colombian guerrillas have threatened to target shipping.
Questions over BNFL accounts
Government ministers have been presented with a report raising fears of a black hole in BNFL accounts.
A year ago, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt conceded that the state-owned company was bankrupt.
And now a 145-page report analysing its accounts raises questions about the lack of ministerial control over the firm.
It also claims that cash which should have been invested in a future clean-up is being used to prop up its accounts.
BNFL and the firm's accountants deny any wrongdoing.
The report was written by a top economist for Irish Green Party MEP Nuala Ahern.
Ms Ahern believes the plant is a danger to her constituents in Leinster, eastern Ireland.
She said: "I am horrified that the UK department responsible , as 100 per cent owners of BNFL, do not exercise proper oversight into its activities and the accounts of the company.
They have used money destined to pay for liabilities as a subsidy to prop up loss-making accounts.
"I am asking our own department of finance and Prime Minister to take this up with their UK opposite numbers.
"We have tried with the Department of Trade and Industry and got nowhere."


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The Social Security Administration (SSA), Globe-Miami Residence Station, Globe, Arizona (Employer) and Local 3694, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (Union) jointly filed a request for assistance with the Federal Service Impasses Panel (Panel) to consider a negotiation impasse under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (Statute), 5 U.S.C. § 7119.
After an investigation of the request for assistance, which arose during negotiations over the relocation of the facility, the Panel directed the parties to submit their dispute to the undersigned for telephone mediation-arbitration. The parties were informed that if a settlement were not reached during mediation, I would issue a binding decision to resolve the dispute. On March 3, 2011, telephonic mediation-arbitration was conducted with representatives of the parties but the mediation portion of the proceeding failed to result in a voluntary settlement of all of the issues at impasse. Accordingly, I am required to issue a final decision resolving the parties' dispute. In reaching this decision, I have considered the entire record in this matter, including the parties' final offers and their pre- and post-hearing statements of position.
The Employer's mission is to administer retirement, Medicare, disability, survivor, and supplemental security income programs. Nationwide, the Employer operates approximately 1,300 field offices that serve members of the public. The Union at the national level represents a bargaining unit consisting of approximately 50,000 employees. Currently, there are four bargaining-unit employees in the Globe-Miami Residence Station: one service representative and three claims representatives. The parties are covered by a National Agreement that was scheduled to expire on August 15, 2009, but has been continued until a successor is negotiated and implemented.
The parties' main dispute concerns the number, types and location of workstations that should be included in the floor plan for the Globe-Miami Residence Station. They also disagree over two provisions in their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding potential adverse or disciplinary action taken against employees as a result of the relocation and the office design.
1. The Union's Position
The Union's proposed floor plan for the Globe-Miami Residence Station includes one MA-95 workstation at the barrier wall that would be permanently assigned to the service representative and three K-1 workstations at the barrier wall that claims representatives would use interchangeably when interviewing members of the public. Within the office's interior (away from the barrier wall), there would be three MA-95 workstations permanently assigned to claims representatives where all claims-related duties other than face-to-face interviews would be performed. In addition, its final offers on the two provisions in the MOU are as follows:
8. Management will consider the inaccessibility of claims and/or post-entitlement folders as a result of the relocation in determining whether to impose adverse or disciplinary action.
20. Management will take into consideration the PWBW office design in determining whether to impose adverse or disciplinary action due to an employee's inadvertent disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
The Union has modified the floor plan it proposed earlier in the negotiations to address both parties' concerns.[1]"permanent-workstation-with-a-barrier wall" (PWBW) design proposed by the Employer is privacy, as employees' "personal belongings and pictures of family are in plain view" of the public. As confirmed by the Union's three witnesses at the mediation-arbitration hearing, all of whom had "actual experience working with the PWBW design" and could provide insight on the problems experienced by employees, the public often bypasses the reception counter and knocks on the closed windows of claims representatives. The design also "encourages public complaints of any unexplained activity, such as taking a personal call, working at your desk with the window closed, and eating/drinking at the desk." The only thing the Employer's witnesses could testify to, on the other hand, "was management's perspective as to how employees performed on the PWBW." It offered no direct testimony from any employee who actually worked in an office with the PWBW design that "related to employees' actual experiences on the barrier wall."/ Overall, its compromise floor plan "resolve[s] management's budgetary concern," eliminates the FEI area, and maintains "adequate square footage for the reception area." This "hybrid layout" would permit employees to receive and service the public and to "adjourn to a place to effectively adjudicate" the services and benefits requested "with minimal interruptions, save phone calls." The primary problem with the
As stated in the Union's pre-hearing position statement and asserted throughout the hearing, another "huge problem" with the PWBW design concerns the "privacy of the public" -- specifically, it does not ensure that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) will be kept confidential. Among other things, SSA's PII policy states that employees must "avoid discussing any PII or other sensitive information within earshot of individuals who do not need to know, whether you are speaking to someone in person or over the telephone."[2]/ Violations of the policy can result in adverse actions against employees. Thus, in a world where PII is "the highest priority," the PWBW design "is the worst." Files and papers would need to be kept out of the public's sight, "there is a lack of privacy when consulting with other" service and claims representatives, and "the client's own business is heard by other members of the public." For interviews that occur by telephone, "information that could be used for identify theft would be easily overheard, such as the social security number, the date of birth, place of birth, mother's maiden name, etc." The PWBW design exacerbates this problem "because there is no separate adjudication area to hold these personally identifiable discussions."
The Employer cites expense as a major impediment to adopting the Union's proposed floor plan. The cost comparison it presented, however, "was flawed as no costs given for the Union proposal were exact." In the Union's view, "if the exact cost for the Union's plan had been presented," it "would be less than or equal to those connected to the agency's plan for the PWBW design." A final argument concerning the floor plan issue involves employee security. Given the recent violent activities occurring across the country, the need to be proactive "is greater than ever." Incident reports "are soaring in every field office and attest to the need for employees to be protected." SSA has shown its willingness to forego the PWBW configuration in field offices, as evidenced by the relocation in Flagstaff, Arizona, where a waiver was requested and approved by the head of the agency. This demonstrates that the design proposed by the Employer for the Globe-Miami Residence Station "is neither mandated for all offices nor is it always necessary."
As to the remaining two provisions in the MOU, the parties met to discuss these and additional MOU items on February 24, 2011, and "agreed on the language to be used in the MOU." At the conclusion of the mediation-arbitration proceeding, however, the Employer presented an MOU containing different wording than had been agreed to during the earlier meeting. The Employer's actions and "unwillingness to discuss their unilateral changes regarding the language in the MOU is representative of bad faith bargaining at its worst." From the Union's perspective, the Employer's proposals on the two MOU provisions at issue contain unnecessary wording that "places an undue burden on bargaining unit employees." The Union's language should be adopted because it reflects what was agreed to on February 24, 2011, and "in no way presents any added burden on management []or in any way interferes with management's rights to propose adverse or disciplinary action for cause."
2. The Employer's Position
The Employer proposes a floor plan that uses the PWBW design. There would be five MA-95 workstations located at the barrier wall between the reception area and the interior of the office permanently assigned to service and claims representatives where interviews would be conducted through openings/windows in the workstations. Employees would continue to perform their duties at these workstations when not interviewing members of the public. Concerning the two provisions in the MOU over which the parties continue to disagree, it proposes the following wording:
8. When an employee raises the concern, management will consider the inaccessibility of claims and/or post-entitlement folders as a result of the relocation in determining whether to impose adverse or disciplinary action.
20. When raised as a concern by the employee, management will take into consideration the PWBW office design in determining whether to impose adverse or disciplinary action due to an employee's inadvertent disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
There are a number of reasons for adopting its PWBW floor plan in the Globe-Miami Residence Station. First, employees in that office "have never had, nor do they need, two workstations to perform their duties." It is clear from the current floor plan that two workstations are not provided for each employee. In fact, "employees have interviewed at their permanent workstations for many years." Thus, the PWBW configuration management proposes for the new office "will not present a significant change for the basic approach to how and where the employees perform their interviews and other work." The PWBW design would actually assist employees by allowing them to work in a safer and more comfortable environment. In this regard, when conducting interviews, claims representatives currently escort members of the public into a separate FEI area in the interior of the office. Under its proposal for the new office, employees would be protected by a barrier wall between them and the members of the public they serve.
Second, "there is no evidence that Globe-Miami employees want secondary workstations." As the current Operations Supervisor (OS) of the Globe-Miami Residence Station testified during the mediation-arbitration proceeding, she has not heard "any negative comments or concerns from bargaining unit employees about moving to the new office, or about the PWBW office layout." To the contrary, the OS testified that "employees have stated they are looking forward to the move." In addition, she stated that claims representatives in her office "often use a vacant workstation at the reception window in lieu of interviewing at their workstations." By contrast, the Union "provided no evidence" that directly establishes the opinions of the Globe employees. While management can only "speculate about why no employee from the Globe office testified, despite the fact that the employees were contacted by [the Union]," it believes the reason is that "employees are happy about the impending relocation." Third, consistent with the fact that the extra workstations requested by the Union are unnecessary, they "would represent an inefficient use of public funds." During the hearing, management provided data establishing that the additional cost of implementing the Union's proposed floor plan would be approximately $20,000. In these times of budget uncertainty, "unnecessary expenditures are unwarranted and unwise."
Fourth, the Employer's proposed PWBW layout "will reduce noise, increase privacy, and decrease the risk of loss of [] PII." This was attested to by its two witnesses from a comparable facility, the Phoenix Downtown Social Security Card Center (Card Center), who established that the PWBW workstation and layout "provide a quiet and comfortable environment for employees while protecting against disclosure of PII." The witnesses also testified that, even though the employees in the Card Center had an opportunity to be reassigned back to their original positions after initial 2-year details, none of them have requested to leave the Card Center, which opened in 2007. Both witnesses also described how the workstations are situated "so as to minimize noise and maximize employee privacy." Each has had extensive opportunity to observe operations in the Card Center, and stated the noise level is low, and that employees have not complained to management about noise. Further, their testimony established that each workstation has areas not visible by the public, "enabling employees to place personal items, such as pictures, in areas that will not be noticed." Management's witnesses from the Card Center also established that there is ample space for employees to place their work in the workstation "where PII will not be legible by members of the public."[3]/ Moreover, because MA-95 workstations are equipped with cabinets and drawers, employees have additional means of guarding against disclosure. In this connection, the Card Center "has not reported any loss of PII since it has been in operation."
The Union's concerns regarding noise, privacy, and disclosure of PII, on the other hand, "are over-stated and speculative in nature." Preliminarily, "SSA employees have always worked with PII and have had to be aware of protecting PII when dealing with the public." Although the Union presented three witnesses who testified about noise, privacy, and potential disclosure of PII in their workplaces, "the testimony of two of the three witnesses was not on point." They had worked in the Huntington Beach Field Office, which had an entirely different floor design than what is being proposed for the new Globe-Miami Residence Station. The public service windows "were along a curved line, which created the potential for members of the public to see behind and to the sides of the employees. This affected the privacy of those employees and made SSA documents visible from more angles than will be the case in Globe." In addition, the fact that there was no barrier wall in the field office where they had worked "almost certainly contributed to noise level, as well as the problem of members of the public interrupting employees who were not interviewing." The third Union witness, who testified about noise, lack of privacy, and potential disclosure of PII in the Las Vegas Card Center, acknowledged that she did not know of any complaints filed by employees at that center about noise or lack of privacy. The witness made "contradictory" statements concerning whether there were any areas of the workstation that were not visible to members of the public. Nor is her statement credible that PII placed behind the employee could be visible from the reception window because "the distance from the window to the back of the workstation is too far to enable a member of the public to view details about customers." Moreover, the witness could not state whether the Las Vegas Card Center had been required to report any loss of PII since its establishment. In conclusion on this issue, the Employer's evidence establishes that its proposed PWBW floor plan "provides the best balance of employee/management interests."
With respect to the outstanding issues in the MOU, the parties had reached "tentative agreement" with respect to all of them prior to the mediation-arbitration proceeding. In this regard, the Employer's last best offer on the MOU "reflects substantial compromise by management" as "many of the original proposals made by AFGE were either covered by the AFGE/SSA National Agreement, were non-negotiable under 7106(a), or were permissive subjects of bargaining." At the conclusion of the mediation-arbitration proceeding, however, the parties were not able to come to a final agreement concerning the issues now identified as Items 8 and 20. In the Employer's view, its proposals on these two issues provide "an adequate basis on which to base an agreement." In summary, the Union's concern was that employees should not receive disciplinary or adverse actions because of certain issues related to the relocation. Item 8 would protect employees from punishment who are not able to access packed files. Item 20 would protect employees who inadvertently disclose PII because of the PWBW layout. From management's perspective, its proposals on both items "make it clear that employees who raise inaccessible folders or visible areas of their workstations as defenses will benefit from management's consideration of those factors." The employees need to raise these defenses, however. Otherwise, "management may not be aware of them."
After carefully reviewing the arguments and evidence presented, I have concluded that the Employer's proposed floor plan provides the more reasonable resolution of the impasse. As discussed below, however, the Employer's proposal will be modified to include the provision of additional space in the interior of the office where employees can store clients' files and other Personally Identifiable Information. With regard to the MOU, I conclude that the parties should adopt the Union's proposed language for items 8 and 20.
Floor Plan
Preliminarily, it should be noted that none of the witnesses who testified at the hearing about their experiences working in MA-95 workstations with a PWBW floor plan had worked in an office comparable to the Globe-Miami Residence Station. Accordingly, for most purposes I did not find their testimony dispositive. Two of the three witnesses for the Employer described the Phoenix Card Center, in which service representatives handle more than 600 clients a day, performing mainly enumeration work. The third Employer witness is the Operations Supervisor for the Globe-Miami Residence Station, which does not now have either MA-95 workstations or a PWBW plan. Two of the witnesses for the Union worked as claims representatives in the Huntington Beach Office, in which MA-95 workstations for 35-40 employees were placed back to back in a horseshoe pattern in an extremely busy office. In contrast, there are only three claims representatives and one service representative currently in the Globe-Miami Residence Station, and the record shows that each of the claims representatives interviews approximately five clients per day. Moreover, it was clear from the description given by one of those witnesses that her workstation provided far less privacy to employees and clients than the model that is currently used. The third Union witness had worked for some months at the Las Vegas Card Center, which had the newer MA-95 workstations and a PWBW floor plan, but which employed 17-19 employees and was far busier than the Globe-Miami Residence Station.
The Union's main concerns with the Employer's proposal centers on the failure of a PWBW plan to provide sufficient privacy for both employees and the public. In particular, the Union is concerned about problems in safeguarding clients' PII and the inability of employees to display personal items away from public view. A secondary concern is whether the Employer's plan will ensure employee security.
I am sympathetic to the Union's attempt to gain the maximum amount of personal privacy for the employees, but I find it significant that the record does not show that the Employer's proposal will afford the employees less privacy than they have currently. Under the existing floor plan, the service representative works in an MA-95 workstation and interviews through a window that separates the workstation from the reception area. That setup will not change substantially, except that the workstation will be at a 66-inch high barrier wall and the new reception area will be twice as large, providing more space between the service representative and members of the public. Currently, there is another smaller interviewing station with a window separating the work area from the reception area, which, according to the uncontested testimony of the Operations Supervisor, claims representatives "fight" to use. Granted, the claims representatives also have permanent workstations in the interior of the office, to which clients are escorted for interviewing. Those P-95 workstations are somewhat larger than the MA-95 design but their desks appear to be the same size and configuration. In view of the fact that the claims representatives now do some of their interviews at these interior workstations, it appears that they have no more privacy for their personal effects or PII in the current office than in the relocated office under the Employer's plan. Indeed, the Operations Supervisor testified without contradiction that the claims representatives "can hear everything" during those interviews and that they often prefer to interview and do adjudications at the extra desk at the window. In contrast, under the Employer's proposal, three of the workstations are separated from each other and there is a divider that extends approximately three feet between clients at each of the units to provide a privacy and noise buffer. In this regard, I note that the Employer's plan includes five workstations even though there are currently only four employees at Globe-Miami; in the absence of a fifth employee, each of the employees could be situated at a workstation that does not share a divider. Finally, in response to the Union's concern that claims representatives might be overheard when discussing the details of a claim, the Employer asserted that they can use the "office communicator" to text each other. Moreover, there appears to be ample space in the interior of the office to hold such discussions.
With regard to the Union's security concerns, there was no evidence presented that there have ever been any acts of violence at the Globe-Miami Residence Station. Moreover, a guard will be stationed in the reception area in a kiosk from which he or she will be able to see the entire area, including the five workstations. In addition, the workstations will be equipped with electronically-controlled pull-down shutters for periods when the employees are not engaged in interviewing and with Plexiglas strips that will separate employees and clients during interviews. Although there was testimony that the Plexiglas can be easily cracked or marred, it will clearly provide some additional security for the employees. Finally, insofar as witnesses testified that, in the larger offices or centers where they had worked, members of the public returned to disturb or harass employees at workstations where they had been interviewed, that is highly unlikely to occur in an office as small as this one, especially with a guard on duty at all times.
Taking all of the above into consideration, it is not reasonable to require the Employer to purchase two additional workstations and the necessary accompanying equipment in order to provide three workstations in the interior of the office, as mandated by the Union's proposal. The Employer demonstrated that, in addition to purchasing additional systems furniture to conform to the Union's plan, it would also have to provide additional wall and window framing, roll-down shutters, panic alarms, computers and telephones for each of the additional workstations. I recognize that the total expenditure is not huge when measured against the costs of relocating an office. However, in a time of budgetary constraints I have concluded that requiring such purchases would be inefficient and unwise, in the absence of a clearly demonstrated need for the duplication of employee workstations.
Nonetheless, I am not persuaded that it would be a burden – either financial or in the allocation of space – to require the Employer to provide additional cabinets or other space for the storage of PII or other documents that should remain confidential. The Union contends that a member of the public can view much of the interior of the MA-95 workstations while sitting or standing at the window. The Employer adamantly claims that very little of the interior space can be viewed from the outside of the unit. Without actually viewing the workstation in question, the only determination I feel comfortable in making, based on the record, is that there is at least a corner of the desk and a small area of the wall next to the window where an employee could ensure the privacy of documents or personal items. Although the Employer asserts that it is moving to a paperless office, with all relevant records stored on the computer, the Union persuasively argues that the claims representatives still handle large amounts of documents when doing adjudication work, including paper queries and prior records not available online. From the diagram in the record, it does not appear that the MA-95 units have sufficient storage space for these documents, in addition to purses and other personal items an employee might want to stow away from the public eye. Significantly, the Employer's floor plan indicates that there is space in the interior of the office that could be used for lockers, cabinets or other methods of storing documents. In view of the fact that employees who fail to safeguard PII can be severely disciplined, up to and including removal from Federal Service, and taking into consideration the availability of space in which to store such documents, I conclude that the Employer's proposal should be modified to require the provision of such storage.[4]/
The parties have agreed on 21 items in an MOU, with the exception of items 8 and 20. In both instances, the Employer has added introductory clauses that would condition the Employer's obligation to consider certain matters in determining adverse or disciplinary action on the employee's having raised those concerns. The Employer has made no convincing argument as to why it should not have an affirmative obligation to take those matters under consideration without regard to whether the employee has raised them as a concern. A good collective-bargaining relationship is based on mutual trust; it seems reasonable to require an employer to take the effects of its relocation into account in determining whether to impose adverse or disciplinary action.
With regard to item 20, it is unlikely that there will be an inadvertent disclosure of PII, given the modification of the Employer's proposal discussed above, but in the unlikely event that disclosure is alleged, the Employer would merely have to take the PWBW design into account when deciding whether to take action against the employee. This is not a heavy burden. In contrast, inclusion of the proposed introductory clauses would create ambiguities that would be grist for an arbitrator's pen: most particularly, when and in what manner should the employee raise such concerns and how would they be documented? Insofar as possible, such ambiguities in an agreement should be avoided.
Accordingly, I conclude that the Union's proposed language for both items 8 and 20 provides the more reasonable resolution of this impasse.
1. Floor Plan
The parties shall adopt the Employer's proposed floor plan for the new Globe-Miami Residence Station, with the following modification: The Employer shall provide additional storage space in the interior of the office for all employees to store documents that could constitute PII or should remain confidential for any reason.
2. MOU Item 8
The parties shall adopt the Union's proposal.
3. MOU Item 20
The parties shall adopt the Union's proposal.
Barbara B. Franklin
March 17, 2011
Washington, D.C.
[1]/ The earlier version had a separate front-end-interviewing (FEI) area in the interior of the office where members of the public would be escorted to be interviewed by claims representatives. That floor plan had no interviewing stations at a barrier wall. It contained a total of eight workstations and a smaller reception area than the Union's compromise plan.
[2]/ See page 7 of SSA's "Frequently Asked Questions on Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information at the Social Security Administration," compiled by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, July 30, 2010.
[3]/ In its post-hearing statement of position, the Employer included a photograph to illustrate this point. As this photo was not presented prior to the close of the hearing, I have not considered it in deciding this matter.
[4]/ This should not be read to indicate that proposals in other cases would – or should – be modified to provide document storage. Each case that comes before the Panel is decided solely on the facts and unique circumstances presented in that case.


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Luke 16:19-31 New King James Version (NKJV)
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19 "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and [a]fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with [b]the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 "Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.' 25 But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.'
27 "Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' 29 Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' 30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31 But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' "
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Maine Minutiae: Haunted Maine - Seguin Island Lighthouse
Seguin Lighthouse is situated 186 feet high on the rocky cliffs two miles off the Maine coast at the mouth of the Kennebec River. As the crow flies that's about 50 miles from where I sit. Getting supplies to the island back in the 19th Century was a tedious task. Summers in the area were great, but when Old Man Winter came, not so much.
On one occasion, a guy took a job as the Seguin Island Lighthouse keeper and with him he took his young wife. Needless to say, she became bored in a very short period of time. So, the husband, wanting to keep his wife sane and happy had a piano shipped to the island. This does not end well. Here is where you can read the whole story.
Lighthouses are usually thought of a beacons of hope and guidance, but in some cases, such as the one in the story above, lighthouses become places of loneliness and despair.
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Rather than give you a synopsis of each ghost story related to the Alamo, I'll give you the link to them and let you read them at your leisure. There are several of them and they are fairly short, so reading a couple at a time shouldn't present too much of a problem. After the links, I will have a final word on my thoughts about what the stories have to say.
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