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In 1891, Congress passed the first federal statute governing mine safety, marking the beginning of what was to be an extended evolution of increasingly comprehensive federal legislation regulating mining activities. The 1891 law was relatively modest legislation that applied only to mines in U.S. territories, and, among other things, established minimum ventilation requirements at underground coal mines and prohibited operators from employing children under 12 years of age.
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In 1973, the Secretary of the Interior, through administrative action, created the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) as a new departmental agency separate from the Bureau of Mines. MESA assumed the safety and health enforcement functions formerly carried out by the Bureau to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest between the enforcement of mine safety and health standards and the Bureau's responsibilities for mineral resource development.
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In 2006, Congress passed the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER Act). The MINER Act amended the Mine Act to require mine-specific emergency response plans in underground coal mines; added new regulations regarding mine rescue teams and sealing of abandoned areas; required prompt notification of mine accidents; and enhanced civil penalties.
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Commission Meeting of Thursday April 21
Meeting convened at 9:00 am
CARI M. DOMINGUEZ Chair
NAOMI C. EARP Vice Chair
LESLIE E. SILVERMAN Commissioner
STUART J. ISHIMARU Commissioner
Program Analyst
Director, Office of Research, Information and Planning
Director, Library and Information Services
Chief Financial Officer
Associate Legal Counsel/Parliamentarian
This transcript produced from audio provided by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: This meeting is to discuss and vote on four procurement matters. At this time I'm going to ask Bernadette Wilson to announce any notation votes that have taken place since the last Commission meeting. Ms. Wilson.
MS. WILSON: Good morning, Madam Chair, Madam Vice-Chair, Commissioners; I'm Bernadette Wilson from the Executive Secretariat. During the period March 24th, 2005 through April 20th, 2005, the Commission acted on three items by notation vote: approved litigation on two cases, and approved a resolution honoring Gloria L. Underwood on the occasion of her retirement.
Madam Chair, it is appropriate at this time to have a motion to close a portion of the next Commission meeting in case there are any closed meeting agenda items.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you, Ms. Wilson. Do I have a motion?
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: So moved.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: Second.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Any discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: All in favor, please say aye.
COMMISSIONERS: Chorus of ayes.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: The ayes have it and the motion carries. Okay. We have four procurement or contract matters on today's agenda. The first one is the renewal of our two online research services, LexisNexis and Westlaw. Second is a proposal to establish a new Oracle software license agreement to continue to support EEOC's information system, and a request to lease new mail machines and postage systems. All of these requests are for services or support systems that are essential to the Commission's day-to-day operations.
LexisNexis and Westlaw are critical resources for our enforcement and legal staff. The Oracle software license agreement will enable us to continue running the Commission's primary information system, the Integrated Mission System, or IMS as we know it, as well as other systems, including our financial and human resources systems, our internal website, inSite. Finally, we need to enter into a new mail machine lease contract, and move to a system of digital mail meters and commercial payment in order to meet a government-wide mandate to comply with new GSA and Postal Service requirements by the end of fiscal year 2005.
Under internal procedures, the Commission must approve the obligation of funds for any contract that exceeds $100,000. These matters exceed that threshold. In order to protect the procurement process, Commissioners are reminded that we cannot disclose any government cost estimates during this public meeting, other than to acknowledge that they do, in fact, exceed the $100,00 threshold. The specific amounts, of course, were provided to the Commissioners in the written materials that were circulated for notation vote.
All four of these matters were submitted to the Commissioners for notation vote, and each had received three votes to approve, none against, and one vote, Commissioner Ishimaru's, to place the matter on the agenda, necessitating today's Commission meeting.
The first issues for discussion are the renewal of the LexisNexis subscription services and the renewal of the Westlaw subscriptions. The item is going to be presented by Deidre Flippen, Director of the Office of Research, Information and Planning. She's accompanied by Ms. Susan Taylor, who is Director of the Library and Information Services Division.
These two matters are inter-related, so I'll ask Ms. Flippen to present them together. Following her presentation, we're going to have statements, comments, and deliberations by the Commissioners on these two items. However, each renewal request will require a separate vote, so following our deliberations, we will vote on them one at a time. So, Ms. Flippen, please come forward and make your presentation. Thank you.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Madam Chair, just a point of clarification.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Yes.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Are we going to vote after we talk about each contract?
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Yes.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Thank you.
MS. FLIPPEN: Good morning, Madam Chair, Madam Vice-Chair, Commissioner Silverman, Commissioner Ishimaru, guests, and colleagues. My name is Deidre Flippen, and I am the Director of the Office of Research, Information and Planning for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. With me is Susan Taylor, Director of the Library and Information Services Division.
As the Chair mentioned, we are here today to request Commission approval to renew legal research services with both LexisNexis and Westlaw for fiscal year 2005, and four additional option years. The EEOC has subscribed to both of these research services since the early 1980s, when their use became widespread among the legal profession.
LexisNexis and Westlaw are the two primary legal research services in the United States. Due to the differences in content that these two services provide, and rules governing flat-rate contract access for the federal government, each service contains unique materials not available in the other.
Westlaw is used primarily for case law, statute, and regulations research; whereas, LexisNexis is vital in the areas of company research, public records, and news, as well as being the sole means of access for some of the premiere treatises and loose leafs on the subjects of employment and litigation.
In order for the Commission to accomplish its mission as stated in our 2004 - 2009 Strategic Plan, to promote equality of opportunity in the workplace, and enforce federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, both LexisNexis and Westlaw are necessary resources.
LexisNexis provides a vast array of resources to conduct company research and track down missing parties in cases. Investigating a charge of discrimination against a company often involves research on a company's history, structure, officers, and relationships with other companies. To accomplish this research, LexisNexis has one of the largest collections of public records, news, and business resources offered by any commercial database. This includes resources, such as civil and criminal court filings, incorporation records, "doing business as" filings, bankruptcy filings, asset locators, Uniform Commercial Code filings, plus real and personal property records, and local and national business, and general news resources.
To track down missing parties, LexisNexis offers resources from consumer records, driver's license and vehicle registration, telephone directories, and real property records. LexisNexis also offers access to vital legal encyclopedias, loose leaf services and treatises no longer available in print in the District Office libraries, and in some cases, at the Headquarters libraries due to space concerns. Among them are American Law Reports, Larsen on Employment Discrimination, Moore's Federal Practice, Bureau of National Affairs, Americans With Disabilities Act cases, and BNA's Fair Employment Practices cases.
Westlaw is used primarily for case law, statute and regulations research, and allows fast, easy access to more than 21,000 databases of information. Westlaw includes editorially enhanced cases from all United States courts, statutes, rules, and regulations, and legal periodicals and text. Attorney editors at Westlaw index cases under more than 400 topics, and 100,000 points of law; allowing attorneys to quickly find other cases addressing an exact point of law in any jurisdiction.
Westlaw is used extensively by EEOC legal staff to research and prepare briefs for court cases, to investigate a particular point of law or issue, to develop policies supported by statutes, regulations, and case law.
In addition, EEOC Administrative Judges and Office of Federal Operations Attorneys use as their primary research tool a specialized database Westlaw maintains called Personnet. This unique database is a collection of federal sector administrative decisions by the EEOC and other agencies, such as the National Labor Relations Board, as well as regulations, and specialized treatises, whose sole focus is federal. No other research tool provides the full range of federal sector decisions issued by the EEOC as does Personnet.
Westlaw, also like LexisNexis, offers access to vital legal encyclopedias, loose leaf services, and treatises no longer available in print in the District Office libraries, and in some cases at the Headquarters libraries.
These analytical and secondary source materials are essential resources in the legal research process, particularly when legal staff are examining a new unfamiliar issue, or when comprehensive research is required. Among these are AMJUR, AMJUR Proof of Facts, AMJUR Trials, Employment Discrimination Coordinator, Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, and Rothstein's Employment Law.
LexisNexis and Westlaw are managed by the Library Information Services Division of my office. Each year the librarians review these legal services and based upon feedback from the attorneys and others, select the components which best meet the legal and research needs of the Commission.
Library staff provide LexisNexis and Westlaw passwords to EEOC legal and select research staff, coordinate and provide ongoing training, and disseminate information on new legal resources via the EEOC virtual library on the Commission's intranet, inSite. Access to LexisNexis and Westlaw is not dependent upon the user being in the office. Both can be used anywhere, at any time, as long as the user has a computer and access to the internet. This is invaluable to Commission staff who either work from home or other locations. As print legal sources have been reduced in the Headquarters library, and the District Office libraries, both of these services provide the only means of accessing most legal primary and secondary source materials.
Simply stated, without access to the legal research resources on LexisNexis and Westlaw, the EEOC could not accomplish its mission. Thank you.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you, Ms. Flippen. We're now going to have the opportunity to allow our fellow Commissioners for statements or questions. Let's start with our Vice-Chair. Madam Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: No statement, Madam Chair.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: No statement. Thank you.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Thank you, Madam Chair.
I appreciate your calling this meeting at my request. I believe it's good to have public meetings. I don't believe they're the theater of the absurd. I think that we do our best work in public, and I'm sorry that the only work we seem to be doing are procurement issues, but excellent presentation, and I'll have a few questions.
I have a brief statement that I'd like to make, though. At our last meeting, I made a motion that I and my colleagues be given access to the operational budgets of the agency. As I stated then, this is not information that is secret. Obviously, the various departments and agencies know their budgets; nor is it questioning the Chair's decisions, because these are budget determinations that she has made, and we are not questioning them. This is information on how we spend the public's money; information that I do not think a FOIA request by a member of the public, not a member of the Commission, but a member of the public would protect.
At that meeting, an amended form of my motion was passed over my dissent. The amended form stated that my motion would be stayed pending further discussions with the Chair regarding this information. I'm sorry to say that the information has not been forthcoming.
Last week I got a call from the Chief Operating Officer and the Budget Officer offering me a briefing. They sent a PowerPoint presentation, a nine point PowerPoint presentation, similar to the one that I got much earlier in the process unprompted last year. This PowerPoint presentation, as the Chief Operating Officer acknowledged to me, did not answer my questions, did not come close, was not intended to and we had a very short briefing.
It did not provide any actual amounts provided to the various offices of this agency, and there has not been any discussion, at least none that I've been involved with, regarding whether information like this might be provided in some form.
Meanwhile, my colleagues and I still have to vote on budgetary issues; in this case, budgetary issues of items over $100,000. Do we need all these services that are on the agenda today? Of course. I think the presentation on LexisNexis and Westlaw was excellent, and shows how vital these services are.
Should we be voting on these various contracts without knowing where the rest of our funds are being obligated? As a Commissioner of a public agency, entrusted with the important work of civil rights enforcement, I think the answer is no. I believe we have a fiduciary duty as government officials to get the full picture before we vote on it.
As you may recall, I started to ask for budget plans of various offices after the FEPA allocation was brought to the Commission for a vote a number of months ago. As I mentioned at that meeting, we saw three versions of that allocation, including one that contained a $700,000 discretionary fund that could be used for non-FEPA purposes. When I questioned this fund, suddenly the fund disappeared. Are other programs being tapped to create this fund? I don't know. As Commissioner of a public civil rights agency, I believe that we should.
At our last meeting, it was unfortunate that the Chair may have taken offense at my remarks, because I think she took them to mean that I thought that something was being hidden in the budget. Let me be clear, I do not think that anything improper is being done. Sadly, given the state of some civil rights government agencies, this is actually praise, and it needs to be said.
I've heard horror stories about the historical budget problems we've had here at the agency, where we've run out of money mid-year, and that has not happened under the Chair's watch, and I certainly commend her for that management.
I have every confidence that the bills are being paid, and that the agency will meet its commitments. What I need to know before I cast an informed vote on financial decisions is what those commitments are. Do I trust the Chair? Certainly, I do. Do I want to know what the decisions she has made before I vote on the money? Absolutely.
I recall during the 1980s President Reagan was not talking about budgetary matters, but talking about arms control issues, and he said that he was willing to go forward, but we need to trust but verify, and that sounds like good policy to me.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a couple of questions about LexisNexis and Westlaw. Does everyone in the agency have access to it?
MS. FLIPPEN: There are about 860 users nationwide in the Commission that have passwords.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: And the use, does it vary by various offices or is it fairly consistent across the board?
MS. FLIPPEN: It varies by offices.
MS. TAYLOR: It varies by office, but primarily used by the attorneys. The attorneys have the passwords in the agency.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: And has it gotten easier to use since it's been internet-based rather than a specialized software?
MS. TAYLOR: I think definitely yes.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: And so people can use it from home.
MS. TAYLOR: Yes, without specialized software.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: So if we want a flexible workplace, people can access this.
MS. TAYLOR: Yes.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Oh, great. Thank you very much.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you, Commissioner. Is there now a motion to approve the Westlaw subscription renewal?
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: I so move.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Is there a second?
VICE CHAIR EARP: Second.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: All in favor, or is there any discussion?
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Could we have a roll call vote?
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Certainly. All right. Hearing none, no discussion; all those in favor, and please let's do it individually. Let me begin with the Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: I vote yes, approve.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: Approved.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: I abstain, but I support the contract.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: And I approved, so the motion carries, three in favor and one abstention.
The next issue for discussion is the Oracle �� yes. Thank you very much.
PARLIAMENTARIAN: Madam Chair, we also have to vote on the LexisNexis.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Oh, thank you.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: So we voted on Westlaw now?
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: We voted on the Westlaw. Let's vote independently on the LexisNexis. All right. Is there a motion to approve the LexisNexis renewal?
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: So moved.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Second?
VICE CHAIR EARP: Second.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Any discussion? All right. Let's also do a roll call. Begin with Madam Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: Vote to approve.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: I vote to approve.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: I abstain, but support the contract.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Okay. And I support it, so the motion carries, three votes in favor, and one abstention.
MS. FLIPPEN: Thank you.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you very much. The next issue for discussion is the Oracle licensing, maintenance agreement. This item is going to be presented by our Chief Information Officer, Ms. Sallie Hsieh. Welcome, Ms. Hsieh.
MS. HSIEH: Thank you. Good morning, Madam Chair, Vice-Chair, Commissioners, General Counsel, Legal Counsel. I'm Sallie Hsieh, the Chief Information Officer. I come before you today to discuss the Oracle software license agreement that was submitted to the Commission for approval.
Currently, EEOC has two separate Oracle license agreements, one for supporting EEOC, which will expire in August, and one for supporting FEPAs, which will expire in September. To continue the licenses, ensure continuity of service, we are asking your approval to establish a new license agreement that would incorporate the two existing ones. A single agreement will streamline the process and save staff time, its administration, and acquisition.
The new agreement will have a life cycle of five years, one base year and four option years. This will cover the recurring requirements through the year 2010, fiscal year 2010.
As you know, EEOC's primary information system is an Integrated Mission System, we call IMS, which is being used on a daily basis by our field investigators and attorneys to track and manage charts and case-related activities. This system is also the system from which EEOC management obtains data and information to make critical business decisions; work load management, budget projections, resource allocations, as well as meeting external reporting requirements. The IMS currently consists of several applications, and all of them were developed using the Oracle application software. The Oracle also has a centralized database which contains about three million charge and case records.
Now this database was also developed using Oracle database software. Therefore, to ensure the continued operation of the IMS system, we must have in place an agreement to retain the existing license and the legal rights to use the software. As part of the package, this agreement will also provide EEOC with all upgrades, new release patches, documentation, and technical support that is available 24/7 on line or through the telephone. These software licenses and company services will allow us to support about 4,000 IMS users throughout EEOC, and about 80 FEPA offices.
In addition to IMS, there are other essential information - EEOC does store data on the Oracle servers. Their usefulness are dependent on this acquisition, as well. For example, the Document Management System, the e-Assessment System, the Financial and Human Resource System, and the internal website, inSite. So in closing, I would like to emphasize that the smooth operation of all these information systems is very much dependent on having this agreement in place, so I want to thank you for your time and consideration for this request. And I'll take any questions.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you very much, Ms. Hsieh. We're now going to have the opportunity to allow for statements or questions from the Commissioners. Madam Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: No statement.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: I have no statement and no questions. Thanks.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Thank you.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you very much, Ms. Hsieh.
Is there a motion then to approve the Oracle licensing maintenance agreement?
VICE CHAIR EARP: So moved.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: Second.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor please say aye.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: I would ask that --
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Would you like a roll call?
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Yes.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Definitely. All right. Let's do a roll call. Madam Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: Vote to approve.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: Aye.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: I abstain, but support the contract.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Okay. And I support the contract, so it's three in favor,
and one abstention; therefore, the motion carries. Thank you very much.
The final issue for discussion on the open agenda is the competitive lease
contract for the new mail machine systems. The item is going to be presented
by our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Jeff Smith. Please come forward and make
your presentation.
MR. SMITH: Good morning, Madam Chair, Madam Vice-Chair, Commissioners, General
Counsel, and guests. I'm Jeffrey Smith, Chief Financial Officer and Director
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Administrative Services. Thank
you for the opportunity to present information on the need for a competitive
lease contract for new mail machine systems.
This procurement involves replacing our mail machine systems, which have reached
the end of their useful life. A mail machine system consists of a scale, a postage
meter, and a mail machine. The EEOC purchased the scales and the postage machines
between 1991 and 1998. We lease the postage meters, since the meters are the
property of the United States Postal Service. We have a nationwide maintenance
The annual cost of the lease and maintenance contract is approximately $92,000.
We plan to lease all the components of the replacement mail machine systems
because a lease allows us to upgrade the equipment as mail volume and technology
Two factors require us to replace our mail machine systems. Most important,
the General Services Administration published a regulation on June 6th, 2002,
41 CFR 102-192, which directs federal agencies to move from the current estimated
cost process system under the United States Postal Service Official Mail Accounting
System to a commercial payment process system. The commercial payment process
system means funds must be obligated and transferred to the United States Postal
Service before letters and packages are placed in the mail. The commercial process
requires a new commercial meter which is not a federal special postage meter.
Second, the USPS is requiring that all mechanical meters of the style used at
EEOC be replaced with digital meters.
There is a difference between the current payment process and the commercial
payment process. Under the current system, postage agency use is estimated at
the beginning of each year by the agency. The USPS bills one-twelfth of the
estimated annual cost. At the end of the fiscal year, the exact cost is determined,
and any difference is billed or returned to the agency.
The commercial payment process consists of postage funding being put into an
account for each meter or cost center, and funds must be obligated to transfer
to USPS before mailing letters and packages. The exact cost is determined in
real time, and is directly attributable to the agency's cost centers.
The digital machines and meters offer enhanced security to protect against
revenue loss. The operator must enter a password or enter an account number
to operate it, unlike the old system, by using a key. The digital meters allow
scanning of the postage, which results in a clearer digital printing of the
postage amount, thus improving processing time.
The EEOC, as well as many federal agencies, found that the initial GSA deadline
of October 1st, 2003 for this conversion could not be met. The EEOC was required
to prepare a deviation letter with milestones outlining its plan to meet the
requirement. GSA granted EEOC a deviation on February 13th, 2004 to complete
the migration by September 30th, 2005.
The USPS authorized four vendors to compete for the lease of mail meter systems.
The vendors are on GSA schedule, and have been pre-qualified to provide the
mail machine systems and a nationwide maintenance contract.
With your approval, this competition will begin about May 15th, and result
in the award of a new contract effective September 1st, 2005, the date the current
meter lease and maintenance contract expires.
This concludes my statement. Thank you.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you, Mr. Smith. We'll now have an opportunity for questions
or statements from the Commissioners. Madam Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: Nothing.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: I just wanted to say that earlier in Commissioner Ishimaru's
statement, he talked about how we're not running out of money and things like
that in past years. And I know that you do a fantastic job, and I just want
to take this opportunity to thank you.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Thank you, Madam Chair. I misidentified Jeff in my opening
statement. He is the Chief Financial Officer, and I want to recognize that fact,
and join Commissioner Silverman's praise.
I have a couple of sort of basic questions about mail machines, never having
used one before. You have a scale so you can tell how much something is going
to weigh, and how much postage it is required to have, you have a stamper that
actually puts the postage on the item that's going out. And you said you have
also a mail machine? What does that do? Is there some other component besides
the scale and the stamper?
MR. SMITH: I think rather than try to describe that, I would offer a walk-through
of a system that we have here on the second floor. Technically, it's a good
question, and I just think to see it would be the best way to do.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Actually see it helps. Okay. I was just sort of curious
because I could picture the two things, but beyond that was sort of beyond my
technical expertise.
I also know that in recent years, there's been technological changes for non-commercial
users. You can buy stamps over the computer, get ePostage. Are any of those
vendors within the GSA schedule? Do you know, or are they traditional postage
meter-type operations?
MR. SMITH: The possibility of the next phase or next generation of mail metering
involves the use of the web for commercial purposes, but they're not offering
that to federal agencies right now. We've got to make this step to digital before
we go there.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: And could you talk just a little bit of the differences
between a digital system and, I guess, an analog system, our current system?
What makes digital unique?
MR. SMITH: Well, there's a couple of things. In my statement, I mentioned that
the digital system software will allow a very clear printing of the postage.
When you see postage now, because of the analog machines, you can see it's not
as crisp and clear, so the printing technology is better. But I think the most
important offering that the Postal Service is after, is they're looking to get
working capital at the time that the postage is used. And how they do that is
through an online link to these meters in each one of our offices, so we're
not doing estimates any more. They're seeing real time the actual postage expended,
and digital offers us that.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: I see. And you mentioned four vendors were on the GSA
schedule. Are we limited to those four vendors during the competition?
MR. SMITH: Those four vendors are USPS approved and GSA approved vendors that
were pre-screened, pre-qualified, the due diligence was done on those vendors.
They have very strict controls over what they can offer.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: But under the contracting rules, we're limited to those
four. And if someone else wanted to bid after sending the request for proposal
or whatever the technical term is, someone else could not, a vendor could not
because they were not ��
MR. SMITH: They would have had that opportunity when the Postal Service put
their RFP out, that GSA selected those four vendors.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: Right. Mr. Smith, it's nice to see you. I had questions
at an earlier meeting that I won't ask here, but it's certainly good to see
you, and I appreciate your answers to my questions. Thank you, Madam Chair.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. And I think we would all
enjoy a tour, the technology is changing so much. Now there are no pictures
on these stamps. Right? I understand you can now get stamps with people's pictures
on it, and that kind of thing.
MR. SMITH: George asked me about which ��
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: I know. I was just going to offer my fellow Commissioners
that we could do all kinds of wonderful things to distinguish ourselves from
the other Commissions.
MR. SMITH: No, no pictures, pretty traditional stuff.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Well, I just want to ��
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: How about if we all four get on the stamp together?
Wouldn't that show unity?
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: I just want to join my fellow Commissioners. I know that every
time that we put any kind of a procurement action on the agenda, as we did with
the health unit, and as we have, it really raises the level of anxiety and concern,
because the kinds of things we're voting on are the lifeline of the Commission,
their bread and butter. Our attorneys, our investigators can't function without
the tools LexisNexis and Westlaw, and similarly with our data system. But I
know, I'm speaking on behalf of all our Commissioners, how much we really appreciate
the excellent presentations that all of you have made, and the concerns that
you share. And again, I think that this meeting today reflects - in fact, I
commend Commissioner Ishimaru because I didn't know - I knew we needed the postage
meters, but I didn't know the level of detail, and so it's raised my interest
in that, as well.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: We can join together on that tour on the second floor.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Yes. Absolutely. Okay. Now we'll have an opportunity to vote.
Is there a motion to approve the competitive lease contract for the new mail
machine systems?
VICE CHAIR EARP: So moved.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: Second.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, let's vote
via roll call, beginning with our Vice-Chair.
VICE-CHAIR EARP: I vote to approve.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Silverman.
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: I vote to approve.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Commissioner Ishimaru.
COMMISSIONER ISHIMARU: I abstain, but support the contract.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: All right. And I vote to approve, so we have three votes in
favor, and one abstention, and the motion carries.
Okay. I want to thank everyone for joining us. We really appreciate your being
here. We appreciate your level of interest, and there being no further business
today, do I hear a motion that we adjourn the meeting?
VICE CHAIR EARP: So moved.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER SILVERMAN: Second.
CHAIR DOMINGUEZ: All in favor, please say aye.
COMMISSIONERS: Chorus of ayes.
CHAIR: Opposed? (No Response)
The ayes have it, and the motion carries. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you.
(Meeting adjourned. 9:45 a.m.)
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Progressive Alignment of Geologic Time
Ilyse Resnick, Thomas F. Shipley, Nora Newcombe (PI), Christine Massey, Theodore Wills
Temple University
A portion of this research was published here:
- Resnick, I., Shipley, T. F., Newcombe, N. S., Massey, C., & Wills, T. (2012). Examining the representation and understanding of large magnitudes using the hierarchical alignment model of analogical reasoning. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin. TX: Cognitive Science Society.
How do animals become extinct? How likely is it for another mass extinction to occur? How long have humans been on the Earth, and how does this compare with the presence of other animals?
What is global warming, and is it real? If global warming is real, how are humans influencing it? How am I influencing global warming?
Having an understanding of geologic time is required in order to answer the questions like these. Geologic time refers to the amount of time it has taken for objects like the Earth to form. It is the idea that time is unidirectional, moving from the very distant past through the present (Gradstein and Ogg, 2009). Geologic time is often represented spatially in the Geologic Time Scale (see fig. 1).
Figure 1. Geologic Society of America official Geologic Time Scale, from: http://www.geosociety.org/science/timescale/
The Geologic Time Scale is an important foundational concept across scientific disciplines (Dodick & Orion, 2003), including geology, cosmology, astronomy, ecology, evolutionary biology, as well as in everyday life. Having a clear understanding of geologic time provides a framework for the understanding of current environmental crises (Trend, 2009), such as how rates of natural temperature and greenhouse gases change and how replenishment of renewable resources relate to human consumption (Zen, 2001).
Unfortunately, geologic time appears to be difficult to understand. People have persistent and consistent misconceptions regarding geologic time (e.g. Dodick & Orion, 2003; Libarkin, et al., 2005). While people are able to arrange well-known geologic events in the correct sequence, they struggle assigning absolute ages and relative magnitudes (Petcovic & Ruhf, 2008).
One reason people may have difficulty understanding geologic time is that geologic time may be so far removed from familiar human event scales that it is difficult to reason about and understand. People tend to think in terms of familiar events that range in magnitude, but are bounded by a human lifetime. The current study examines the role of magnitude in understanding geologic time and reasoning about events that extend beyond the range of familiar experience.
An intervention was designed based on the common classroom exercise of aligning time to a spatial representation. The intervention was designed using progressive alignment to give students practice aligning time to space. Progressive alignment is an effective analogical teaching technique that begins with the comparison of two highly similar items then moving to increasingly dissimilar items (Kotovsky & Gentner, 1996; Thompson & Opfer, 2010). Commonalities between the similar items make the corresponding relations salient. Thus, comparing two very similar items will help extend the analogy to the subsequent unfamiliar items (Gentner & Namy, 2006).
Students aligned time to space beginning with a familiar personal time scale, working through different historic and geologic timelines, up to the Geologic Time Scale. For each timeline, students were required to indicate the timeline's length, locate specific events, and locate where all previous timelines would begin on the current timeline (see fig. 2). Half of an undergraduate introductory-level geology class participated in the intervention activity after a stratigraphy lab (the intervention group), and the other half completed only the stratigraphy lab (the control group). All students completed outcome measures one month later after learning about geologic time in regular class instruction.
Figure 2. Example of 3 timelines in the progressive alignment intervention
The intervention group demonstrated a more accurate sense of the relative proportions of geological events than the control group. On an item from the Geoscience Concept Inventory on geologic time (see fig. 3), students were presented with different geologic timelines and asked to choose the most correct one. The intervention group was significantly less likely than the control group to choose the mostly common error. Further, the intervention group was more likely to choose response options that presented dinosaurs appearing, dinosaurs going extinct, and humans appearing appropriately clustered together at the end of the time line. The control group was just as likely to choose the clustered options as the non-clustered options. Thus, the intervention group showed a reduction in the magnitude of temporal location errors compared to the control group (see fig. 3).
Figure 3. Item from the Geoscience Concept Inventory (left) and student responses (right). The graph in the top right-hand corner shows student responses for each response option. The graph in the bottom right-hand corner shows student responses for items where the appearance of dinosaurs, extinction of dinosaurs, and appearance of humans are clustered together at the end of the timeline (clustered) compared to those response items where they are not (spread-out).
The intervention group was also more accurate on a multiple-choice item that required students to identify which duration-based statement was true using a conventional diagram of the Geologic Time Scale. The correct choice is the statement: The Proterozoic Eon lasted much longer than the Phanerozoic Eon. While numerical information is provided in the diagram, the correct choice was hard to see in the diagram because the spatial intervals of the eons do npot match their temporal lengths. The most commonly chosen incorrect response was a statement that is consistent with the visible spatial interval (The Phanerozoic lasted much longer than the Proterozic). This item is a new measure of geologic time developed for use with middle school students. The intervention group was significantly more likely than the control group to choose the correct response.
Importantly, the intervention and control groups did not differ significantly on a third test item that was knowledge-based and did not require an understanding of magnitude. This suggests the intervention affected understanding magnitude of geologic time, and did not merely increase effort or motivation in the intervention group.
In sum, this study found that the progressive alignment of geologic time is an effective way to reduce problems that arise from unfamiliar magnitudes in understanding geologic time. Students who received the progressive alignment intervention were still making some errors. This suggests there are multiple components involved in understanding geologic time. Currently, we are examining the role of qualitative encoding, particularly hierarchical organization of events, in understanding geologic time.
- ♦ Dodick, J. & Orion, N. (2003). Cognitive factors affecting student understanding of geologic time. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (4), 415-442.
- ♦ Gentner, D. and Namy, L. (2006). Analogical Processes in Language Learning. Association for Psychological Science, 15(6).
- ♦ Gradstein, F. M. & Ogg, J. G. (2009). The Geologic Time Scale. In B. Hedges & S. Kumar (Eds.), The Timetree of Life. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ♦ Kotovsky, L., & Gentner, D. (1996). Comparison and categorization in the development of relational similarity. Child Development, 67, 2797-2822.
- ♦ Libarkin, J.C., Anderson, S.W., Dahl, J., Beilfuss, M., & Boone, W. (2005). Qualitative Analysis of College Students' Ideas about the Earth: Interviews and Open-Ended Questionnaires.Journal of Geoscience Education, 53(1), 17-26.
- ♦ Petcovic, H. L. & Ruhf, R. J. (2008). Geoscience Conceptual Knowledge of Preservice Elementary Teachers: Results from the Geoscience Concept Inventory. Journal of Geoscience Education, 56(3), 251-260.
- ♦ Thompson, C., & Opfer, J. (2010). How 15 hundred is like 15 cherries: Effect of progressive alignment on representational changes in numerical cognition. Child Development.
- ♦ Trend, R.D. (2009). The power of deep time in geoscience education: Linking 'interest', 'threshold concepts' and 'self-determination theory'. Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Geologia, 54(1), 7 – 12.
- ♦ Zen, E. -A. (2001). What is deep time and why should anyone care? Journal of Geoscience Education, 49(1), 5-9.


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2/3 lb short pasta, whatever shape you like, i like cavatappi
1 large shallot, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
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The court adopted a plan proposed by Thomas J. Bounds in December 1835 for laying out the site for the Shelby County seat. At the same session the court appointed Bounds commissioner for the seat of justice. After rejecting the first plan for a courthouse, presented in January 1837, the court accepted a second plan, offered at the next session of court in February 1837. This plan called for a forty-foot-square, brick, two-story building. It also called for a roof described as having pediment fronts, apparently crossed gables, containing circular windows in each, and a wooden cornice. The brick was to be painted Spanish brown with mortar joints delineated. Orders for the painting and pediment fronts were later rescinded. Three exterior panel doors opened into the lower story, suggesting a transverse hall plan. Each door was five feet wide with fan windows above. The plan described in the County Court Record also called for a "girdle" across the courthouse supported by two columns. Apparently, this was a small entry, since the floor was to be level with the floor of the lobby.
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Wings appearing in the 1878 Atlas illustration were probably later additions (Figure 1). Fire, which began in the cupola, destroyed this courthouse June 29, 1891. According to news reports, it was no great loss since the structure was in poor condition and unsuitable for county functions. "Peace to its ashes," the article concluded.
Figure 1Shelby County Courthouse, 1837-1891. (From: An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Shelby County, 1878)
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irssi is a modular, ncurses based IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 3 Basic usage
- 4 Script installation
- 5 Freenode SSL and SASL installation
- 6 HTTP Proxy
- 7 irssi with nicklist in tmux
- 8 Virtual hostname (vhost)
- 9 See also
Install irssi, available in the official repositories.
You may also want to install irssi-systemd.
Personal configuration file should be located at
~/.irssi/config. You can start irssi with an alternate config file using the
--config flag.
- You can use
/saveto save your current configuration to the config file.
- You can save the location of your currently opened windows by entering
/layout save
- It sometimes might happen that umlauts are not correctly displayed. To fix this problem you have to set the right encoding with the following commands directly in irssi.
/set recode_autodetect_utf8 ON /set recode_fallback CP1252 /save
/SET autolog ON
Auto-connect to #archlinux on startup
Start irssi and then type the following in it:
/server add -auto -network fn irc.freenode.net
fn is a common abbreviation for the freenode network, but any preferred word can be substituted for it (e.g.
Now to automatically identify your nick for a given password, type:
/network add -nick user -autosendcmd "/msg nickserv IDENTIFY *******" fn
user is the nick with which you registered to nickserv and
******* is the password for that nick, replace
fn with the word that you used in the first command (e.g foo) if that is the case.
/channel add -auto #archlinux fn /channel add -auto #archlinux-offtopic fn /save /quit
Hide joins, parts, and quits
Below are two methods which have the same end result.
Method 1
In order to ignore showing of joining,leaving,quiting of users for all channels type the following in irssi:
/ignore * joins /ignore * parts /ignore * quits /save
Method 2
Alternatively, the same can be accomplished by editing the
~/.irssi/conf file thus
# ignores = ( { level = "JOINS PARTS QUITS"; } );
Basic usage
To start irssi issue the following command in a terminal:
$ irssi
Many people prefer to run irssi within a terminal multiplexer since some scripts like the nicklist.pl script are dependent on a secondary window. Additionally, it allows the user to easily disconnect and reconnect to a session. Therefore, it is recommended that you select a multiplexer (e.g. GNU Screen or tmux) and review how it functions.
|These change the server of the current network.
|These open a new connection to a server. This is what you want to use in order to connect to multiple servers simultaneously (Ctrl+X switches between multiple servers).
|These close the current connection to a server.
|Changes the currently active window. Or use Ctrl+n for the next window or Ctrl+p for the previous window.
/window 1
/w 1
|Takes you to the first window. Windows go from are numbered across the top of your keyboard (1-0) and then start on the next row down (q-p).
/window close
|These close the current window.
/window move 1
/w move 1
|These move the current window to the first window position.
/layout save
|This will save the current window positions for the next time you start irssi.
|This shows a list of all your current settings.
|This provides a helpful description/explanation for whatever parameter provided.
|Lets you create your own shortcuts.
Script installation
As an example, this section will outline the installation of a spell checking script.
Install ispell, an interactive spell-checking program for Unix.
Create a directory to hold your irssi scripts and within that, a directory that contains scripts which will be automatically run when starting irssi:
$ mkdir -p ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun
Download the irssi spell-checking script,
spell.pl into the script directory:
$ cd ~/.irssi/scripts $ wget http://scripts.irssi.org/scripts/spell.pl .
As root run the following command (this will download perl module to
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Lingua::Ispell'
As a root change the path in
ispell.pm to:
If you do not want to use CPAN review [1].
Start irssi and load the spell-checking script:
/script load spell.pl
- - Irssi: Loaded script spell
Alt + s to spell check your current line.
/bind meta-s /_spellcheck
If you want to autorun the script when you start irssi, just link the script into the autorun folder:
$ cd ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/ $ ln -s ../spell.pl .
Freenode SSL and SASL installation
SSL Connection
Freenode uses port 6697, 7000 and 7070 for SSL connections. To connect to Freenode IRC network via SSL you have to setup an new connection. Start
irssi and paste:
/server add -auto -ssl -ssl_verify -ssl_capath /etc/ssl/certs -network freenode irc.freenode.net 6697
Save your new settings with:
If everything works you will see the "Z" mode set. It should look like this: "Mode change (+Zi) for user your-nick"
=== Authenticating with SASL ===
Install the SASL script irssi-script-saslAUR from AUR. Load the script with each start of irssi:
cd ~/.irssi/scripts/ cd autorun ln -s ../cap_sasl.pl cap_sasl.pl
Then open irssi and run the SASL script and enter your SASL settings. Please use your main nick "your-primary-nick" and "your-password" which is registered with nickserv.:
/RUN cap_sasl.pl /sasl set freenode your-primary-nick your-password DH-BLOWFISH /sasl save /save
Restart irssi and have a look for "Irssi: SASL authentication successful".
HTTP Proxy
To use irssi behind a HTTP proxy, the following commands are required:
/SET use_proxy ON /SET proxy_address <Proxy host address> /SET proxy_port <Proxy port> /SET -clear proxy_string /SET proxy_string_after conn %s %d /EVAL SET proxy_string CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.0\n\n
irssi should then alter its config file correspondingly; if the proxy is not required, just set use_proxy to OFF.
Should the proxy require a password, try:
/SET proxy_password your_pass
/SET -clear proxy_password
irssi with nicklist in tmux
The irssi plugin 'nicklist' offers to add a pane listing the users on the channel currently viewed. It has two methods to do this:
- screen, which simply adds the list to the right of irssi, but brings the disadvantage that the entire window gets redrawn every time irssi prints a line.
- fifo, which like the name suggests writes the list into a fifo that can then be continuously read with e. g. cat ~/.irssi/nicklistfifo.
nicklist will use the more efficient fifo with:
This fifo can be used in a tmux window split vertically with irssi in its left pane and the cat from above in a small one in its right. Since the pane is dependent on its creating tmux session's geometry, a subsequent session with a different one needs to recreate it (which also implies a switch in irssi windows to refill the fifo).
E. g., the following script first checks for a running irssi, presumed to have been run by a previous execution of itself. Unless found it creates a new tmux session, a window named after and running irssi and then the pane with cat. If however irssi was found it merely attaches to the session and recreates the cat pane.
#!/bin/bash T3=$(pidof irssi) irssi_nickpane() { tmux setw main-pane-width $(( $(tput cols) - 21)); tmux splitw -v "cat ~/.irssi/nicklistfifo"; tmux selectl main-vertical; tmux selectw -t irssi; tmux selectp -t 0; } irssi_repair() { tmux selectw -t irssi (( $(tmux lsp | wc -l) > 1 )) && tmux killp -a -t 0 irssi_nickpane } if [ -z "$T3" ]; then tmux new-session -d -s main; tmux new-window -t main -n irssi irssi; irssi_nickpane ; fi tmux attach-session -d -t main; irssi_repair ; exit 0
Virtual hostname (vhost)
A vhost can be used to change your hostname when connected to an IRC-server, commonly viewed when joining/parting or doing a whois. This is most commonly done on a server which have a static IP address. Without a vhost it would commonly look like so when doing a 'whois':
The result of a successfull vhost could be like so if you have the domain example.com available:
Keep in mind that not every IRC-server supports the use of vhost. This might be individually set between the servers and not the network, so if you're experiencing issues with one server try another on the same network.
Required preconfigurations
irssi supports using a vhost as long as the required configurations has been set. This includes especially that your host supports Recursive DNS Lookup (rDNS) using Pointer record (PTR). Additionally you should add an appropriate line to your
/etc/hosts file.
To see if this is working, test with the 'host' DNS lookup utility included in dnsutils like so (where ip is a normal IPv4 address):
host ip
If this returns something in the lines of this then you know that your rDNS is working.
ip.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer example.com
Enabling the vhost
There are a couple of ways to connect to a server with a given hostname. One is using the 'server' command with a -host argument like so:
/server -host example.com irc.freenode.org
Another way would be to set your hostname (vhost) with the 'set' command which will save your hostname to
/set hostname example.com /save /server irc.freenode.org
See also
- Official website
- Setting up Irssi - post on helpful Linux tidbits
- Guide to efficiently using Irssi and screen by Matt Sparks
- Official List of Irssi scripts
- IRC notifications with dzen2 by Jason Ryan
- Irssi's /channel, /network, /server and /connect – What it means by Aaron Toponce


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MACON, Ga. (March 27, 2013) – Sophomore Nicole Alexander (Rock Hill, S.C.) of the ETSU women's track & field team was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Alexander earned the honor by turning in a first-place finish in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.82 this past weekend at the Beynon Sports Catamount Classic on the campus of Western Carolina University. The sophomore also recorded a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:05.80 to earn her second trip to the podium at the Classic. These podium finishes came in Alexander's first appearance in competition in this spring's outdoor season.
Overall, these strong performances vaulted Alexander in to the top six in the Atlantic Sun in both the women's 100 and 400m hurdles.
This award is the sophomore's first Track Athlete of the Week honor of her career.
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|2008-07-02, 22:20
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|2008-07-11, 19:22
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Kawaii Shojo
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Away from Japan *sob, sob, weep, weep, cry, cry*
man, I just wrote A NOVEL on how much I like this series, why, my opinions on the anime, questions I have, and it got erased!!!!!! AAAHHHHH! so this will have to be shorter. (sob...)
Skip-beat is the first manga i ever read, and it is currently my favorite! I absolutely love the drawing style, except for how sometimes, things are misproportioned... The series seems to drag on a little bit, but there is a lot of detail, the storyine and characters feel well developed. It's just really hard to wait for the next volume, so sometimes i want more to happen per chapter! I just found out about the anime release reading over this thread, and it's so exciting for me! I'm probably not going to watch it until I finish the manga, just to insure that I have the best reading experience possible! its gonna be hard to restrain myself though... They better get a good voice actor for Kyoko, that's true, her voice will be hard to do, since she is so extreme sometimes. Or else somebody is getting hate mail! (not nakamura of course) This is really a different Shojo, ive never seen anything like it. Nakamura must have a strange imagination... Does any readers of Skip-Beat here like Onegai Teacher? I'm not trying to be off track, but I have a theory...
Skip Beat doesn't have the usual perfect, overly nice guy that exists in so many romantic manga/anime. They all have their problems, which makes them feel more real. Having realistic characters is really something important for an enjoyable manga/anime. In my opinion... I'm not all that experienced... I love the personality and situation of the main character, and Lory always made me laugh. Tsuruga is a great character too, he really creates most of the emotional depth of the story. It is so intense sometimes, even though there's no violence. I love Skip-Beat to pieces!!!
wow, looking at that sort-of paragraph, it is really disconnected. Sorry, I was trying to summarize what i wrote before (four times the above length), while rushing because my mom is forcing me away from the computer, so It doesn't really make any sense... But skip-beat is a great manga, and I would recommend it to any Shojo luvers!!!
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I'm so late on this xD
But yeah, when I heard that the Skip Beat anime was announced, I took interest in the series again ( that and every other shoujo fanatic kept on bragging about the awesome-ness of the manga )
And after volume 4, I think I'm safe to say I'm a fan now.
I didn't hate it before but the first 3 books didn't click for me. It was interesting but the comedy got on my nerves. It was kinda dry and so much was happening X___x
But man, volume 4 was HILARIOUS. I truely laughed at the whole chicken suit scenario. And I finally like Ren. Before I just thought he was a hot stud with a bleak personality but it was really nice to see that side of him.
Of course Sho's a jerk lol.
I'm really liking this series now.
|2008-09-16, 07:23
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In a few more volumes, you'll probably like Ren a bit more - since some of his actions earlier on in the series are explained from his point of view.
|2008-09-17, 00:57
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I love this manga! When I first started this series I didn't care for it. A good friend kept saying read it read it. I put aside for the wall flower. I happen to sneak to the bookstore and bought volumes 4 and 5. Then I was hooked!
At first I was not feeling Rin at all but some where along the line he began to tug at my heart strings.
My fave characters are Kyoko of course and Shou. <--Guy cracks me up. He's REALLY HOT too I ship primarily RenxKyouko but I am not adverse to Kyoko xShou. 128 chapters later...and I am still hooked. I can't wait till it's animated! I just hope the seiyuu for Rin is good match.
|2008-09-17, 10:41
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But is there an anime for it? I'd pick anime over manga anytime. Heh. Love the voices and animation.
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Do you see anything wrong with the first sentence of this story? If not, I'm talking to you.
Grammar has been the subject of several news stories and blog posts lately. Kyle Wiens, the CEO of iFixit, said in a Harvard Business Review blog that he won't hire people who use bad grammar. A recent study found that young people who text are more likely to fall short on grammar tests. The Wall Street Journal reported on the "epidemic" of grammar gaffes in today's workplace. Jon Stewart recently did a whole riff on how Republicans hung an attack on what was essentially a mistake in grammar that President Obama made.
It's been very gratifying to see these stories because bad grammar, especially among people who should know better, makes me cringe. I see it every day on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, where people either don't realize that they're making mistakes or don't care. I also see it in published and supposedly edited work.
I'm not a nut about language, and I enjoy purposeful wordplay. I am certainly not perfect--I'm guessing that the copy editor who reads this column before it is published will correct at least one mistake. But I do try. And I guess that's what bothers me when I see professional, educated people make the same mistakes over and over again. I don't buy that it's OK when it's "just" on social media. (Indeed, I drive my daughters crazy because I use complete sentences and proper punctuation when I text them. "It takes you too long to text!" they say.)
[ Is grammar-phobia a reason why Fortune 500 CEOs Shy Away From Social? ]
I've been an editor for a long time, so it's been my job to correct mistakes in grammar, spelling, punctuation, usage, and syntax, among other things. It's not my place to correct friends and colleagues on social media, but I would like to offer up a list of the mistakes that I see most. I truly believe that respecting the language earns you respect in return.
1. It's and Its: I see people mix up its and it's a lot. People often use it's to convey possession. That would seem to make sense because an apostrophe usually indicates possession, but it's is a contraction for it is. Its is a possessive pronoun. So, "It's time to eat the doughnuts" is correct. "Its fleece was white as snow" is also correct.
2. Your and You're: This one seems to cause people a lot of problems, too (more on "too" later). Your is a possessive pronoun. You're is a contraction for you are. "My mother is smarter than your mother" is correct. "You're the best mother in the world" is also correct.
3. To, Two, and Too: To is a preposition. ("It's a long way to Tipperary.") Two is a number. ("Two roads diverged in the woods.") Too is a synonym for also. ("I, too, am excited about the start of the Olympics.")
4. There, Their, and They're: Homonyms certainly seem to give people a lot of trouble, don't they? There means in or at a place. ("There are miles to go before we sleep.") Their is a plural possessive pronoun. ("They ate their fair share.") They're is a contraction for they are. ("They're shipping up to Boston.")
5. Sentence Starters and Endings: Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Period.
6. Punctuation in General: As author Lynne Truss taught us, "eats, shoots, and leaves" is very different than "eats shoots and leaves." In addition, "Apples iPhone" is wrong; "Apple's iPhone" is right. "Facebook, which recently went public released its first earnings report" is wrong; "Facebook, which recently went public, released its first earnings report" is right. You get the idea.
7. Lose and Loose: This one really drives me nuts. You "lose" your keys. The dog gets "loose."
8. Then and Than: If you drink too much coffee, "then" you will likely be jittery. I like the original Parent Trap better "than" the remake with Lindsey Lohan.
9. Using Apostrophes to Make Words Plural: This is a mistake I have seen on signs all across the country. For some reason, people seem to think that you should use an apostrophe to make a word plural. You don't! You may say "tomato's" and I may say "tomatoes," but unless the tomato owns something, I would be right.
10. I and Me: "I" is the subject pronoun and "me" is the object pronoun. If that means nothing to you (and I wouldn't blame you if it didn't), just use this simple trick to determine which pronoun is correct: Try the sentence with just the pronoun. So, if you have the sentence "Sally and [I/me] went to the store," which sounds right? "I went to the store" or "Me went to the store"? (Hopefully, the former sounds right to you.)
11. Good and Well: Watching Toddlers and Tiaras the other night (yes, I admit it), I was dismayed that every parent said to his or her child after a performance, "You did really good!" Good is an adjective; well is an adverb. The creepily made-up youngsters all did well, not good.
So, did you find any mistakes in my story? Do you think that accuracy and specificity of language matter on social media sites? What are the worst assaults on language you have seen on social media? We welcome your comments below.
Follow Deb Donston-Miller on Twitter at @debdonston.
Every company needs a social networking policy, but don't stifle creativity and productivity with too much formality. Also in the debut, all-digital Social Media For Grownups issue of The BrainYard: The proper tools help in setting social networking policy for your company and ensure that you'll be able to follow through. (Free with registration.)


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New Delhi: `Bhaag Milkha Bhaag` and documentary `The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a Torch for Peace` will be screened as a part of the Green Carpet Premiere at the second edition of Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) to be held at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir next month.
"We are pleased to have renowned filmmakers like Teri McLuhan (`The Frontier Gandhi`) and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (`Bhaag Milkha Bhaag`) at the Green Carpet of LIFF this year," Melwyn Williams Chirayath, founder, LIFF, said in a statement.
While `Bhaag Milkha Bhaag` is a biopic on ace sprinter Milkha Singh, `The Frontier Gandhi...` tells the story of noted freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan aka Badshah Khan.
The fest will be held Sep 13-15.
Its other highlights will include a retrospect on veteran writer-filmmaker Gulzar, curated by the multi-talented Vishal Bhardwaj.
LIFF 2013 will also pay special tributes to legendary film personalities Yash Chopra, Pran and Rituparno Ghosh, who are no more.
A panel discussion by women film personalities on the theme - "Role of Women in Cinema - On and Off Screen, Road Ahead" - will also be conducted.
Some participants for the panel discussion will include names like Teri McLuhan, Aparna Sen, Meghna Gulzar, Rekha Bhardwaj, Hannah Fisher and Deepti Naval.
Carrying forward the focus on women is also a flagship campaign on women called - Campaign Red.


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I'm headin up to the gorge this Friday and would love to have a road partner. I'm thinking about staying a few days, but am playing it by the wind and how good the the sliders are! I'm planning on staying with friends and maybe doing some camping. I have a two passenger truck.
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Trinity Catholic football coach Pete Stokes steps down
STAMFORD -- Throughout his 15 years as a football coach at Trinity Catholic High School, first as an assistant and, for the last four, at the head position, Pete Stokes has always referred to his team as a family.
But it became evident to Stokes a year ago that he had another family he had to prioritize -- his wife Mary Ellen and their four children.
And so, on Tuesday afternoon, Stokes gathered his players to inform them he is stepping down as the Crusaders' coach, exactly two weeks after the team's best season in 19 years came to an end.
"I probably need a little bit of a break," said Stokes, a former quarterback at the school. "The young ones need me for a little while."
Stokes has four children, including a pair of 5-year old twins.
More InformationStokes By Season 20094-6 20103-7 20113-7 20128-3 Total18-23 2012: A Season to Remember Beat New Canaan for the first time in 28 years, in overtime, 31-28 Qualified for the CIAC Class S playoffs for the first time since 1993. Lost to North Branford in the quarterfinals, 49-28.
"One wants to dance and one plays soccer," Stokes said. "I can't keep relying on my wife to guide them. The FCIAC football season goes 12 months a year. With the amount of undue stress, I probably need to recharge the battery. I want to spend the next year with the kids and doing things around the house."
Stokes missed a few games two years ago when he had a pacemaker and defibrillator inserted into his heart. Stokes stressed that his health was not a factor in the decision.
"I'm fine, they told me I have a big heart not an enlarged heart," Stokes said with a chuckle. "I always talk family, family, family, but it is the ones at home I have to worry about."
Stokes said the death of his mother last Dec. 21 was the impetus for a personal reappraisal. He said he decided to throw everything he had into this fall, hoping to finish on a high note.
"We didn't win many games last year," said Stokes of his team's 3-7 record. "I lost my mother. I just decided I would go all out this season and then that would be it."
The Crusaders reached and perhaps surpassed their coach's high hopes. They started the season 7-0 and were the surprise entrant in the race for the FCIAC title. Following a last-second loss to Darien and a rout by St. Joseph, the team regrouped and defeated Wilton on Thanksgiving to qualify for the CIAC Class S playoffs for the first time since 1993.
Trinity ended the year 8-3 following a 49-28 loss to North Branford in the quarterfinal round.
"It was a tremendous season, a tremendous gift from the kids to me and my staff," Stokes said. "They just have to continue it."
Stokes, who replaced Bryan Fox four years ago, leaves with an 18-23 record. This season the Crusaders beat New Canaan for the first time in 28 years -- to the day -- when Stokes was the team's winning quarterback. That season ended with Stokes leading the school then known as Stamford Catholic to the FCIAC title.
Stokes first informed Trinity athletic director Tracy Nichols of his intentions last week. Nichols said he will start an immediate search for Stokes' successor. The job opening, which has to be posted for two weeks, will be put up today.
"Pete did a wonderful job continuing the excellent program that Bryan Fox had put in place," Nichols said. "His devotion to this school's athletic programs is a testament to the outstanding coaching he received when he played here. He wanted to give back and he did so in spades."
Stokes is going to continue in his position as the school's assistant hockey coach.
This could begin a period of transition for the Crusaders. Offensive coordinator Joe Claps, another former player at the school, is also stepping down.
Stokes said he was confident no matter the composition of next year's coaching staff, this season would prove a building point and not an outlier.
"I just know how important this is," Stokes said. "We set the bar high. We said the amount of work by the team and the staff was going to have to be improved. For me to preach that and not be able to do it, I thought that was hypocritical. I didn't know if I could give it my all right now. But there is a lot of talent coming back. Whoever the next guy is, is going to have the pieces to work with."
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Unfortunately, taken with a midget camera without more than 1 pixel but it's still worth saving. I think.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Petersens at Bloods 1974
Labels: Blood Family Photo
3 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
Still trying to figure out everyone. Please give us a roadmap to this picture. (Of course, I can get most, but there are a couple I'm unsure of.)
- February 24, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Judy said...
Weren't the 70's just the cutest time? I think this was during our "drink powdered milk" era.
Back row: Kemp, Judy, Velna, Dad.
Front: Shannon, Jay, Ross, Joleen, Bob and Mom. And of course, Dwight is taking the picture. Thank you.
- February 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Ann said...
Where has the time gone? Fun photo.
- February 25, 2011 at 10:12 AM
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I'm so confused. So even though there's a backstory, it is about the boobies; is that correct?
Another one that would be awesome is Ree-yees. And (just for you Brent), Wicket!!!
I haven't been keeping as close of tabs on the mini bust line lately, so I may have missed it, but I was reading through last week's issue of Amazing Spider-Man that came in the mail this week and it had a Gentle Giant ad within that showed a Farmboy Luke Skywalker mini bust (release in September). I thought I recalled hearing rumors of it, but I don't remember ever seeing pictures of it - unless I was just out of the loop. He was holding the lightsaber straight over his head, similar to the early poster artwork for the original movie. Again, it might be old news, but I just thought I'd pass it along. If it is seeing release, I hope to pick it up to go with the other ANH busts I have.
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