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The somewhat lethargic attempt to replace outgoing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson has come to an end, and Liz Truss has been inaugurated by the current government as the Prime Minister who will replace Boris Johnson.
The result of this selection process concluded yesterday to a varied discourse among the business community and the electorate, however it has been marked by the already flagging British economy having reached an unenviable milestone, this being the British Pound having sunk to its lowest point in 20 years.
Although the value of the Pound against its major peers turned around on Monday, reversing some of its earlier losses to return to the flatline, it still languishes at 1.16 against the US Dollar today, having risen only slightly from the upper end of the 1.15 range yesterday which is its lowest value in two whole decades.
Faced with inflation that may reach 20% by January, and a total lack of confidence in the economic conditions in the United Kingdom by many investors and a large proportion of the cash-strapped public who have seen the national coffers plundered during the period in which Boris Johnson was in office to the tune of hundreds of billions on lockdown-related schemes, green initiatives and his voluntary involvement in the geopolitical turmoil facing Russia and Ukraine.
It appears that the overall global FX market has become used to the similarly escalating levels of inflation across Europe and North America, and have begun to focus on specific differences between these economic centers rather than on a common issue surrounding inflation which affects all of the West relatively equally.
Therefore, the volatility in the currency markets that is surrounding the majors is stemming from another set of metrics, because if it was all about inflation, there would be similar considerations on all currencies and therefore not much volatility..More info: blog FXOpen
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Last week, Spoiler Alert, a B2B tech platform that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory, raised $2.5 million in seed funding in a round led by new agtech fund Acre Venture Partners. The investor line-up included Fresh Source Capital, FTW Ventures, LaunchCapital, and Valley Oak Investments. But one name that particularly popped out was the Fink Family Foundation.
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How did you come across Spoiler Alert and were you looking to make an investment in food waste?
Our family has been focused on creating more sustainable, efficient regional and national food systems for a long time, but in only in the last two years or so has our focus really turned to food waste specifically. As one of the lead sponsors of the ReFED collaborative, we have had the great pleasure of assembling a group of like-minded organizations, including foundations, corporations, non-profits and government leaders, to focus specifically on the issue. Traditionally, our foundation focused only on grantmaking, but we feel a foundation is not living up to its impact potential if it is not leveraging all of the resources at its disposal, which is why we approached this issue as one that would benefit from both grant and investment dollars. The roadmap that ReFED has created has helped to illuminate both areas of opportunity as well specific solutions within the food waste landscape, which is what led us to support Spoiler Alert before they entered Techstars as well as their latest round.
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More broadly, we feel that recovery initiatives like Spoiler Alert will lead to increased levels of sustainability and efficiency in the overall food system. Yes, there are economic benefits to most links in the chain, but we are most excited about the potential for a more equitable and just food system in which food is more accessible and affordable for all, and that future can't be realized with the level of waste we see today.
Have you come across any comparables to Spoiler Alert?
Fortunately, there are a large number of ambitious and talented entrepreneurs focused on the issue of food waste, which is fantastic to see. In this competitive set, we have not seen any others that we think present the same level of potential for scalable systemic change. Many companies focused on food waste are asking for behavior change, either from the consumer or their business partners, which in the long run is needed but presents major hurdles in the short term. We think Spoiler Alert's solution can plug into existing business operations relatively seamlessly.
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We have been involved with a number of different enterprises across the food and agriculture value chain, from controlled environment agriculture to insect production, natural consumer brands and beyond. At the moment, we are excited about the potential for sustainable aquaculture to dramatically change the way humans consume protein, which is why we are exploring potential investments in the space.
More broadly, though, we are interested in inclusive entrepreneurship, and the potential for food and agriculture to be accessible launchpads for new wealth creation in a diverse array of communities. Through our support of CommonWealth Kitchen, a non-profit food incubator in Boston, our model for what a food or ag entrepreneur looks like has changed dramatically, and we look forward to supporting entrepreneurs that help others reimagine what their path to success could look like. As stated before, we want to support efforts that lead to a more sustainable, just food system, both here in the US and abroad, so we would expect entrepreneurs that we work with to have a similar mission focus, regardless of their specific area.


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Case Law Cautions for Workplace Investigations
The following article was authored by our colleagues, Alissa Oduro, Mike Tontillo, and Sean McKinley. Alissa, Mike, and Sean clerked for KWW during the summer of 2020. All three will be joining KWW as attorneys upon completion of law school and passage of the Ohio bar exam. Their article first appeared in the December, 2020 issue of the AWI Journal, the quarterly publication of the Association of Workplace Investigators.
With the permission of the AWI Journal, we are distributing this article to clients and friends of KWW as we believe that this article provides timely information and practical advice to employers regarding recent case law related to workplace investigations. As part of our workforce management practice, KWW professionals regularly assist employers with such investigations … by serving as outside investigators and by assisting with those who conduct investigations on an internal basis with our training programs as well as regular day-to-day advice. We are very proud of Alissa, Mike, and Sean for their publication of this article on such an important topic to such a broad audience.
Workplace investigators know all too well how hard it is to honor their charge to perform consistently accurate, thorough, and lawful investigations. As if the difficulty and the pressure involved in executing proper investigations weren't enough, the legal landscape within which investigations are conducted is continually changing.
Two guiding hallmarks established decades ago in the Cotran case[i] and its progeny remain: effective investigations should be conducted reasonably well and in good faith. Offering help and direction for both investigators and those who hire them, this article has extracted three additional investigation-related takeaways that legal authorities have recently emphasized.
Investigate rumors, but be mindful that a formal investigation is not always necessary.
Assign formal investigations to an unbiased, trained, experienced investigator.
Review policies on confidentiality warnings in ongoing investigations; these are now permissible in some states and cases.
Determine Whether Rumors Warrant Investigation
Deciding whether or not to investigate is particularly difficult when the catalyst for a complaint is a rumor, which can play an important but limited role in workplace investigations. A serious rumor is often enough to launch an investigation or to steer it in a certain direction. However, employers should never take action against an employee based on an unsubstantiated rumor without first investigating its veracity.
The case of Lunneborg v. My Fun Life[ii] presents a cautionary tale. In that case, the sole shareholder of a marketing company confronted his chief operating officer about a rumor that he was performing consulting work for a rival company on the side. Instead of investigating, the employer demanded that the employee immediately resign or be terminated. When the issue went to court, the shareholder's version of events was exposed as false. Further, the employer had no documentation demonstrating that the rumors had ever been investigated. In this case, the employer should at least have launched an informal investigation before taking disciplinary action.
Not all rumors warrant investigating, however. Bain v. Wrend,[iii] for example, featured an antagonistic workplace dynamic between a superintendent and a teacher that arose after the superintendent was promoted to a position the teacher had wanted. After learning that the teacher had spoken disparagingly about her during a meeting with other teachers, the superintendent accused him of having an improper relationship with a student and called for a formal investigation. However, the investigation did not produce any evidence of this claim. In truth, the superintendent's only basis for the allegation was because the teacher once bought the student pizza. The court determined that the investigation was unwarranted and had been used to retaliate against the teacher. As a practical pointer, the superintendent might have informally asked a few questions about the source of the rumor before a full-scale investigation was launched in a way that could potentially tarnish the employee's reputation without any factual basis.
Choose Unbiased, Experienced Investigators
The adequacy of an investigation can potentially hinge on whom the employer chooses as investigator. For the sake of ease or economy, an employer may be tempted to select an investigator with flimsy credentials or who already has some familiarity with the parties. However, as Jameson v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.[iv] illustrates, picking an experienced, neutral, and unbiased investigator can be critical.
In Jameson, the defendant-employer hired an experienced lawyer to investigate a complaint regarding workplace retaliation against an employee who reported safety violations. When the investigator concluded that no retaliation had taken place, the employee attacked the investigation, claiming the process itself had been unfair. The court underscored that the investigator had extensive experience, had interviewed 10 witnesses and provided reasons for not interviewing several more, and had produced a detailed report with her analysis and conclusions. It also noted the employee had been directed to speak to the investigator early in the process. Even though the investigator had conducted investigations for this employer in the past, the court found she could properly be deemed a neutral party and that her investigation was both thorough and fair.
Critical oversights or mistakes may also invalidate an investigation. Such oversights were made in Lietz v. State ex. rel. Dep't of Family Services.[v] In that case, the employer received a tip that an employee was abusing the employer's daycare benefits policy. Rather than hire an experienced outside entity to handle the investigation, the employer assigned the task to the employee's direct supervisor. The supervisor's investigation uncovered that the employee had been receiving benefits for days that she had been absent, resulting in an $196.95 overpayment. However, the supervisor reached this conclusion without first hearing the employee's side of the story. The employee sued, claiming the overpayment was an innocent mistake and that the investigation had been unfair, since she was never afforded an opportunity to explain. The court found in favor of the employee, ordering her reinstatement based solely on this investigatory oversight. Despite overwhelming evidence that the employee had falsified records of her benefits, the court stated that her input should have been sought before concluding that her actions were intentional and deliberate fraud. The necessity of offering employees under investigation notice of the charges against them and the opportunity to refute them cannot be overstated—even where all other evidence points to one conclusion.
A similar pitfall occurred in Kramer v. Wasatch County Sheriff's Office.[vi] That case involved a police officer who alleged that her supervising sergeant had engaged in an escalating pattern of harassment and sexually hostile conduct, culminating in rape. In response to these allegations, the sheriff did not seek an outside, neutral, or experienced party to conduct the investigation, but delegated the task to a detective—later admitting that the detective "was the unfortunate guy that was on-duty on that particular day." When the detective concluded that no wrongdoing had occurred, the officer filed a lawsuit raising multiple claims, including a charge that the sheriff's office failed to reasonably investigate her sexual harassment, rape, and retaliation allegations. The investigator did not explore the claims with the employee, focusing instead on an alleged affair unrelated to the parties involved. The court agreed that the investigation was inadequate, noting that the detective had no training or experience in investigating sexual harassment claims and had known the alleged harasser for more than a decade, even considering him a mentor. In addition, the county's harassment procedures were not known or communicated to the detective. The detective was not an appropriate choice for this important investigatory task.
Before employers delegate investigation-related duties to their own employees, it is absolutely necessary that they first receive adequate training and guidance. Otherwise, the employer may run into problems such as those in EEOC v. Boh Bros. Constr. Co. LLC.[vii] In that case, the court determined that the employer had provided little guidance on how to investigate, document, or resolve sexual harassment complaints—instead offering only five minutes of sexual harassment training per year. As a result, the employees appointed to investigate a sexual harassment complaint conducted only "a belated and cursory twenty-minute investigation," during which no notes were taken and the complainant's questions were ignored. Because this did not constitute an adequate, prompt, and thorough investigation, the employer was held liable for its supervisor's misconduct.
Vandegrift v. City of Philadelphia[viii] further highlights the gap in competency between trained and untrained investigators. To help highlight the insufficiency of her employer's investigation, which had been conducted by a group of untrained and inexperienced employees, the plaintiff recruited a professional workplace investigator to testify as an expert witness. The investigator detailed all of the investigation's deficiencies, including the failure to investigate all possible claims, failure to interview several potentially important witnesses who did not work for the employer, and the failure to make credibility findings. The investigator also referenced the "unreasonably brief and shallow" questioning in the interviews and called into question the decision to use a team of investigators instead of one individual. The court, acknowledging the weight of this expert testimony, found in the plaintiff's favor.
Reconsider Confidentiality Admonitions
In December 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Apogee Retail,[ix] significantly expanding an employer's ability to implement policies requiring employee confidentiality during ongoing investigations. In Apogee Retail, the NLRB declared that for private sector employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act, these types of confidentiality policies are now presumptively lawful and that case-by-case analysis is no longer necessary.[x]
Obviously, maintaining confidentiality is a critically important component of conducting accurate and sufficient workplace investigations. However, requirements about confidentiality, if overly stringent, may be seen as unreasonably restricting an employee's Section 7 rights under the National Labor Relations Act. To illustrate, imagine a policy requiring all employees who have information relevant to any workplace investigation to maintain complete secrecy before, during, and after the investigation, regardless of circumstance. Such a policy might be regarded as inappropriate, because it would prevent employees from discussing the underlying workplace issues that often prompt these investigations, restricting their ability to self-organize.[xi]
In its earlier decision in 2015, Banner Estrella Medical Center,[xii] the NLRB sought to strike a balance between these competing interests. The employer in Banner Estrella had a written policy requiring its employees to maintain complete confidentiality regarding all ongoing investigations. The NLRB struck down the employer's policy, finding this restrictive blanket confidentiality requirement unlawful. Instead, in Banner Estrella, the NLRB placed the burden on employers to weigh these competing interests on a case-by-case basis in order to determine exactly how much confidentiality is legitimately necessary to preserve the integrity of each particular investigation.
However, many employers found it burdensome to provide case-by-case justification for requesting confidentiality because these requests are typically prophylactic or precautionary and are less often motivated by any particular case-specific concern.[xiii]
Motivated in part by these practical difficulties, the NLRB reversed course in Apogee Retail.[xiv] Now, requiring confidentiality during an ongoing investigation is presumptively lawful for many private employers. An employer that wants confidentiality protections to continue after an investigation has concluded, however, must provide a case-specific justification for its decision in the exact manner Banner Estrella previously required.
AUTHOR BIOS
Alissa Oduro is a third-year law student at the University of Akron School of Law. In 2019, she was elected president of the Black Law Student Association and Student Bar Association Representative for the Spring Start Class of 2020. She has been a law clerk with Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC, a firm in Akron, Ohio, representing employers in labor and employment law, workers' compensation, and employee benefits, since the summer of 2019. She can be reached at aoduro@kwwlaborlaw.com.
Mike Tontillo is a third-year law student at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He has spent the last two summers working as a law clerk at Kastner Westman & Wilkins. In addition to his studies, he competes on Moritz's national moot court team and is a member of the University's Labor and Employment Law Association. He can be reached at mtontillo@kwwlaborlaw.com.
Sean McKinley is a third-year law student at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Before joining Kastner Westman & Wilkins in the summer of 2020, he worked in the Office of the City Attorney's Zone Initiative. At Moritz, he is involved in the Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the Black Law Student Association and is on the Diversity Committee of the Student Bar Association. He can be reached at smckinley@kwwlaborlaw.com.
Margaret A. Matejkovic, of counsel at Kastner Westman & Wilkins, and Linda S. Wilkins, of PositivelyHR, LLC, provided oversight and assistance in preparing this article.
[i] Cotran v. Rollins Hudig Hall, 948 P.2d 412 (1998).
[ii] Lunneborg v. My Fun Life, 421 P.3d 187 (2018).
[iii] Bain v. Wrend, 5:15-CV-202, 2020 WL 1316660 (D. Vt. Mar. 20, 2020).
[iv] Jameson v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co., 16 Cal. App. 5th 901 (2017).
[v] Lietz v. State ex rel. Dep't of Family Servs., 2018 WY 127 (Wyo. 2018).
[vi] Kramer v. Wasatch Cty. Sheriff's Off., 743 F.3d 726 (10th Cir. 2014).
[vii] EEOC v. Boh Bros. Constr. Co., 731 F.3d 444 (5th Cir. 2013).
[viii] Vandegrift v. City of Philadelphia, 228 F. Supp. 3d 464 (E.D. Pa. 2017). [Note that the case was decided by a summary judgment rather than a conclusion about liability.]
[ix] Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 N.L.R.B. No. 144 (2019).
[x] Nat'l Lab. Relations Act, 29a U.S.C. §§ 203.1-203.77 (1946).
[xi] See Costco Wholesale Corp. and Teamsters Loc. 592, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters, 366 N.L.R.B. No. 9 (2018).
[xii] Banner Health Sys. d/b/a Banner Estrella Med. Ctr., 362 N.L.R.B. No. 1108 (2015).
[xiii] See e.g. Dish Network LLC, 365 N.L.R.B. No. 47 (2017) and Costco Wholesale Corp. and Teamsters Local 592, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters, 366 N.L.R.B. No. 9 (2018) (the NLRB held in both cases that the employers had violated their employees' Section 7 rights due to an inability to provide adequate justification for why they required confidentiality amid an ongoing investigation).
[xiv] Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 N.L.R.B. No. 144 (2019).
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SBB Cargo and Wascosa present at the "SwissMovers" pavilion the modular applicable wagon technologies developed within ViWaS. In addition to Wascosa's "Flex Freight® Car" that has been designed for various transport purposes, a new superstructure for log wood transport with foldable stanchions will be presented: the "Timber Cassette 2.0". Additionally, SBB Cargo shows the prototype of their "Container Loading Adapter" that facilitates efficient container (un)loading at side ramps in sidings.
Visit the presentation of technological project innovations on Wednesday, 6 Mai 2015, 13-13.45 in the "SwissMovers" pavilion in the open-air site (FGL.804/1). Afterwards, you have the opportunity to meet the development partners at the subsequent networking reception from 13:45 on the "ViWaS wagon".


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Behind the scenes of the new Amasea 84 design
May 29, 2019 7:07 am by content team
Following on from a market presentation in Monaco last March introducing the brand, Amasea Yachts has released further design detailsabout its first 25-metre power catamaran, the Amasea 84.
Difference-maker
Importantly, the Amasea project is distinguished from other catamarans in its class in that it will be built of marine grade 5083 aluminium instead of fibreglass and laid out over three decks instead of two.
This is because it is designed to provide a robust, seaworthy, ocean-going platform for true lovers of the sea who want to explore the world in comfort and safety even in rough weather.
"CFD studies show that compared to a monohull the catamaran configuration offers better hull efficiency and in-built stabilisation," says Jack Wijnants, who set up Amasea Yachts in 2018 when he couldn't find a production catamaran designed for world cruising. "Another advantage is that with a beam of nearly 11 metres it provides much more interior and exterior volume."
With exterior design and naval architecture by Dr Albert Nazarov, a specialist in high-speed catamarans, the Amasea 84 is designed for family use and long-distance passagemaking without re-fuelling and with sufficient dry and cold storage to remain at sea for up to 6 weeks without re-provisioning.
"Having three decks instead of two introduces much more flexibility in terms of layout," says Dr Nazarov. "The master suite, for example, can be on the main or upper deck and the yacht is designed with two galleys: one for guest use and a smaller one for the crew."
Space and functionality
The layout allows for outstanding flexibility. The standard layout provides for a large salon/dining room on main deck of 63 sqm, big enough to fit a lounge and dining area, and two forward cabins of 16.7 sqm each. The guest galley on the same deck level is nearly 16 sqm. Alternatively, clients can choose to have a single large master suite forward. The bridge deck can accommodate two VIP cabins of 20.5 sqm and 17.5 sqm behind the bridge, or the upper deck can be used to house the master suite.
"The interior design is entirely up to the client," says Jack Wijnants. "We are free to engage a designer of his or her choice. The renders that we created are only indications of what the interior could look like and they are truly impressive."
Amasea can also customize other features such as the windows to make them larger or lower bulwarks. The only thing that is fixed is the 3-deck configuration and the exterior styling.
The crew accommodation is located inside the two hulls on the lower deck, along with the two engine compartments, laundry and twin garages for the tender and toys. The forward space in the hulls can be used for additional guest accommodation.
In addition to the generous outside areas on the main and bridge aft, there is also a sundeck with exterior pilot station and enormous lounging area on the main deck forward.
Jack Wijnants is planning to start building the first Amasea 84 at Amasea Yachts' own shipyard in Turkey before the end of the year with delivery scheduled in 2021. The first will take around 20 months to build, but subsequent hulls between 12-16 months. The finishing will take place in the Netherlands to Dutch Quality Yachts standard.
The estimated base price of the Amasea 84 is 6.5 million euro.


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Teams In The Wrong Stadium
By kw11333, August 24, 2015 in Sports In General
Discrim 1,257
is very bendy...and I need a hug
Location:Racine, WI...where I am very proud of my 0-year NFL career
Favourite Logos:Philadelphia Eagles Seattle Mariners Cubs "Cuba" script Fremantle Dockers
Gothamite...duh duh da da da...you make our hearts sing...duh duh da da da...you make everything...GROOVY...c'mon c'mon Gothamite
Speaking of Cleveland, a bit surprised nobody mentioned the Cavs' old arena, given it was almost an hour away from Cleveland.
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FAU played a "home" game at Ford Field in 2010 because there new stadium wasn't finished
Michigan State hosted a basketball game vs Kenucky in 2003
US hosted a Gold Cup game at Ford Field and they tried to lay grass in a dome... (ex. Astrodome)
In the two years between the Omni and Philips Arena, the Atlanta Hawks played their home games at the Georgia Dome and Georgia Tech's Alexander Memorial Coliseum....
Also, thanks to a tornado hitting the Georgia Dome, Georgia Tech's AMC also hosted the back-end of the SEC Tournament, with Tech's arch-rival Georgia just happening to go on a miracle run and winning the tournament
The Atlanta Dream have had to play some playoff games, even WNBA Finals games, at the Arena at Gwinnett instead of their normal home of Philips Arena because of higher revenue events scheduling conflicts
Although there was no home team, seeing Georgia's Sanford Stadium without their famous hedges so the building could host Olympic soccer kinda fits the bill
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Medical Crab
The Mavericks played a home game against the Super Sonics at Moody Colosseum during the 1984 playoffs. Just over 9,000 spectators could fit in.
Moody Madness.
Even being the playoffs, the Mavericks of that era probably had a hard time that arena. Weren't they horrible until the late 90s?
fillmont 18
They actually made the playoffs 6 times in the 80s, although never really amounted to much during any of those runs. The furthest they went was the conference finals in 88 where they lost to the Lakers.
It was the 90s that was the true depths of Mavericks history. Something like 9 years of not finishing higher than 10th in the west.
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IT'S KNIGHT TIME!
Here are two others that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
MLB preseason at the Alamodome in San Antonio from 2013
Dodgers and Diamondbacks opening their 2014 season in Australia
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Doing it the Leon Phelps way!!!
Location:Candler, NC
Favourite Logos:Hartford Whalers Seattle Seahawks Monster Energy UIC Flames 1994-99 Houston Astros 1998-2010 Golden State Warriors San Jose Sabrecats
Would the White Sox-Orioles game from this year count? I mean it's the wrong stadium, a empty one....
RZF 3
But we're talking about stadiums not crowd, so no.
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Looking for evidence of the Sharks playing in Oakland I found this site that listed box scores...
No games in Oakland listed
http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks-team-schedule?season=1992&month=-1&seasonType=
But the Sharks and Rangers played a game at Arco in Sacramento
http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/boxscore?id=1087
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Somebody mentioned the Lightning, so I'll mention their expansion cousins. The Ottawa Senators played their first 3 and half seasons in the Ottawa Civic Centre, which seats about 10,000. They went all out on the opening ceremony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LPzodOcemI
Can't find any pictures, but the Clippers played a few games every year in Anaheim between 1994 and 1999 and drew more fans per game than back in LA. They came close to moving to Anaheim before deciding to move into the Staples Center.
Hockey at the Sleep Train Arena?! That must have been really weird.
No games in Oakland listedhttp://www.foxsports.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks-team-schedule?season=1992&month=-1&seasonType=
But the Sharks and Rangers played a game at Arco in Sacramentohttp://www.foxsports.com/nhl/boxscore?id=1087
There were tons of neutral site games in 93-94 including a few more at Arco
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993–94_NHL_season#Complete_list_of_neutral-site_games
this is all i could find
And three years earlier, the Mavs were eliminated by the Sonics in a game held at Hec Edmunson Pavilion on the Univ. of Washington campus.
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/01/sports/nba-playoffs-mavericks-eliminated-by-sonics.html
Rice Stadium hosted Super Bowl VIII even though the Oilers were playing in the Astrodome
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Location:Calgary... (dramatic pause) Alberta, Canada
Following the move from Atlanta, the Calgary Flames played their first 3 seasons at the 6,500-seat Stampede Corral, while the now-neighbouring Saddledome was being built.
(featuring Wayne Gretzky on colour commentary, for some reason!)
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The arena and stadium behind the scenes guy.
Location:Milwaukee, WI
Favourite Logos:Every Brewers Logo, Montreal Expos, Others I can't think of right now.
The Packers used to play pre-season games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. I know it doesn't fit exactly, but it felt weird because at that time CRS had the old AstroTurf and they didn't change the end zone and midfield logos on the field! So there was a lot of contrast in color.
The Detroit Shock (WNBA) played the WNBA Finals at Joe Louis Arena because of a scheduling conflict at The Palace
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I never knew about the Ottawa Senators starting at that dinky place Combined that with the Lightning's first home, what is it with the NHL starting franchises in small barns?
I feel like this thread could also be "NBA and NHL games played in sub 12,000 seat venues."
My father saw the Bulls play preseason games at high schools. But that was in the early days of the team and really doesn't fit the spirit of this thread.
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Culver City parents get 6 years in prison for dumping their dead baby son in a dumpster
NCMEC / Culver City Police Department
Jacsun Manson, who was last seen on Dec. 31, 2018, is seen in this undated photo released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Adam Manson and Kianna Williams are seen in booking photos released by the Culver City Police Department.
By Marissa Wenzke, KTLA
CULVER CITY, Calif. (KTLA) -- The parents of a baby boy who went missing in Culver City earlier this year were each sentenced to six years in prison for dumping him in a dumpster upon discovering he was dead, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.
Adam Manson, 34, and Kiana Williams, 32, each pleaded no contest to felony child abuse seven months after authorities first said they had reason to believe the pair was involved in the disappearance of their infant son.
Jacsun, who was 5 œ months old, was first reported missing on Jan. 25. He has never been found but is presumed dead.
Manson and Williams were staying at a motel in South Los Angeles with Jacsun while doing drugs on New Year's Eve of last year, according to prosecutors.
At some point, they later found he was dead and placed his body inside a suitcase, placing the boy in a dumpster near the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall.
It remains unclear how the infant died.
Authorities issued arrest warrants for Manson and Williams weeks later and they were each charged with felony child abuse in late February.
MORE: Culver City parents get 6 years in prison for dumping their dead baby son in a dumpster - KTLA
#California #ChildAbuse #Felony #KTLA #LosAngeles #SouthernCalifornia
6-month-old boy still missing weeks after parents' arrest
Parents put missing baby in suitcase, threw it away: D.A.'s Office
Parents accused of killing missing baby; landfill being searched


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This Sunday, millions of Americans will watch the New England Patriots take on the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas. For many football fans, Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial holiday, full of friends, food, and, sometimes, the over consumption of beer, wine, or liquor.
Unfortunately, drunk driving accidents tend to spike around events that involve the consumption of alcohol, and Super Bowl Sunday is no exception. In fact, an article published in Forbes calls Super Bowl Sunday one of the "biggest drinking days of the year." As a result, if you plan to be out and about this Sunday, you should take certain steps to protect yourself from involvement with a drunk driving accident, including the following: Our Miami Car Accident lawyers have some advice.
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With the holiday season and new year upon us, we will unfortunately notice a rise in drunk driving accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has previously reported that on average, there are 36 fatalities every day in the United States that are attributed to drunk driving. During the Christmas holidays, there are 45 per day, and during the New Year holiday, there are 54 per day. Snowy, icy weather in many parts of the country, coupled with champagne toasts, eggnog, and other holiday beverages contribute to the high number of drunk driving accidents that are reported this time of year. In addition, longer periods of darkness in the winter create lower visibility, which also leads to many auto accidents. Miami personal injury attorneys help victims of drunk driving accidents recover monetary damages for the harm they have suffered.
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Music, song, and dance played as important a part in people's lives in the past, as they do nowadays. The crucial difference is that the further back you go the more likely it is that the people had to make their own, rather than listening to, or watching others do it for them. Before recorded sound (i.e. about 1900), if you wanted to hear a song or a tune you had to be in the presence of the performer, or make the music yourself.
People sang and whistled all the time – at home, at work, in the pub – and there was plenty of instrumental music around, too. Not everybody was a maestro musician, of course, but a surprising number could knock out a tune on a mouth-organ, concertina, melodeon, or tin whistle, and many homes had a piano. Many ordinary people became very skilled at providing the music that was needed at local level – and those who wished to take it further could join a brass band, choral society, or the parish choir.
Step dancing was common in pubs and homes, but most villages also had the occasional organised dance (or 'hop') in the village hall, or schoolroom, and there was always dancing at weddings, harvest homes, and other special occasions.
Tradition played an important part in the local scene, but few communities were completely isolated from the popular culture of the time. People travelled to local fairs (where there were dancing booths), and to local towns (where there were theatres and music halls) and the latest hits and fashions filtered through – even if they took a little while to get there.


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THOMAS VASSALOTTI vs. BOARD OF APPEALS OF SUDBURY.
Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.
A landowner entitled as of right under the local zoning by-law and the zoning statute to make a certain use of his land was not entitled to a zoning variance allowing such use since he did not need a variance therefor. [662]
Where it appeared that prior to the adoption of a zoning by-law by a town a subdivision plan showing many lots was recorded at the registry of deeds and three of the lots, contiguous and each having an area of about 2500 square feet and a street frontage of about 25 feet, were conveyed by a single deed, that neither the grantee in such deed nor a subsequent grantee of the three lots ever owned any land adjacent thereto, that the zoning by-law, although requiring for lots in a residential district a minimum area of 40,000 square feet and a minimum street frontage of 180 feet, allowed the erection of a dwelling on a lot having less area and frontage if the lot was "shown on a plan or deed recorded" at the registry, and that the subsequent grantee of the three lots sought to erect one dwelling on the three lots treated as a single lot, he was entitled as of right so to do under the exemption in the zoning by-law and under G. L. c. 40A, Section 5A, as amended through St. 1961, c. 435, Section 1. [661, 662]
BILL IN EQUITY filed in the Superior Court on August 29, 1962.
The plaintiff appealed from a final decree entered after hearing by Beaudreau, J.
Eugene L. Tougas for the plaintiff.
Alan M. Winsor, Town Counsel, for the defendant, submitted a brief.
CUTTER, J. A subdivision plan of a substantial tract of land in Sudbury was filed in the registry of deeds in 1927. A sketch of a part of Block B, one of over twenty blocks of lots appearing on that subdivision plan, is reproduced herewith (omitting some detailed measurements which do not affect the present problem). Lots 11, 12, and 13 (referred
to in the aggregate as the locus), [Note 1] each about twenty-five feet in width and 100 feet in depth, were conveyed to one McPhee in 1932 by the common owner of all the lots shown on the subdivision plan. The deed was recorded. "Since 1932, neither . . . McPhee nor . . . [McPhee's] sole successor in title . . . [Vassalotti, has] ever owned any . . . interest in any lot contiguous to any part of the" locus.
Vassalotti applied in 1962 to the Sudbury board of appeals for a variance for the locus because it "did not comply with the area [40,000 square feet] and frontage [180 feet] requirements of the [Sudbury] zoning by-law." The building proposed by Vassalotti would comply with the side yard, setback, and rear yard requirements of the by-law. [Note 2] The board on August 10, 1962, denied a variance. Vassalotti then filed a bill in equity (see G. L. c. 40A, Section 21, as amended) in the Superior Court, praying that the board's decision be annulled and that the board be ordered to "affirm the use of the . . . [locus] for a single-family dwelling." The case was heard upon a statement of agreed facts. The trial judge declined to annul or modify the board's decision. A final decree was entered accordingly. Vassalotti appealed.
Vassalotti seems no longer to seek, if indeed he ever sought, a variance in the usual sense of that term. Instead,
he wishes to obtain, by what would be essentially a form of declaratory relief, board or court approval of the locus (consisting of three lots shown on the 1927 plan) as a single lot which may be used for residential building. Apparently he now contends that the locus comes within (a) the sentence beginning at point [A] in the quoted portion of Section 17 of the zoning by-law (fn. 2) and (b) the provisions of G. L. c. 40A, Section 5A (as amended through St. 1961, c. 435, Section 1). [Note 3]
We think that the board incorrectly assumes that the original lots 11, 12, and 13 must be viewed as separate from one another for the purposes of this case. The statement of agreed facts shows that these three lots were conveyed to McPhee by a single deed in 1932 and that McPhee and Vassalotti have never owned any adjacent lots. The outside boundaries of these three lots are determinable from the 1927 plan. These circumstances, in the aggregate, sufficiently establish the three lots together as a single lot for purposes of Section 17 of the Sudbury by-law and of G. L. c. 40A, Section 5A. Under Section 5A, the locus meets the definition of a "lot lawfully laid out by plan or deed duly recorded," which under the succeeding italicized clause (1) may be built upon, in the circumstances here presented. Clause (2) of Section 5A, in the view we take of the locus as a "lot," has no present application. Under Section 17 of the by-law, we view the locus as a "lot . . . shown on a plan or deed recorded." See Vetter v. Zoning Bd. of Appeal of Attleboro, 330 Mass. 628, 630 (where two lots owned together were treated as a single lot in the somewhat comparable circumstances there described). See also Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of Wellesley, 345 Mass. 348, 353; Chater v. Board of Appeals of Milton, ante, 237, 241-242, 244, 246. Cf. Clarke v. Board of Appeals of Nahant, 338 Mass. 473, 477-480 (dealing with an unusual by-law and an ambiguous amendment). Cf. also Publico v. Building Inspector of Quincy, 336 Mass. 152, 154-155. We need not consider or discuss what the situation would have been if Vassalotti or any predecessor in title at any time since the adoption of the zoning by-law in 1939 had owned any land adjoining the locus.
In this court, Vassalotti has proceeded essentially as if the proceedings before the board had been an appeal from
the denial of a building permit. If under G. L. c. 40A, Section 5A, and Section 17 of the by-law Vassalotti is entitled to a permit, he is not entitled to a variance (if, indeed, his situation would in all respects meet the requirements for a variance; see Coolidge v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Framingham, 343 Mass. 742, 744-746) since he does not need one. See the Publico case, supra, at p. 155, and the Chater case, supra, at pp. 241-243. His application to the board of appeals does not seem to have been treated (either by the board or by the trial judge) as an appeal from the denial of a permit (G. L. c. 40A, Section 13; cf. Section 15) but rather as a requestthat the board either grant a variance or declare that the locus may be regarded as a single lot and be mentioned on the town records as a single lot.
We think that Vassalotti was entitled to a building permit, so far as the provisions of Section 17 of the zoning by-law and of Section 5A are concerned. We now so state to avoid further litigation. See Wellesley College v. Attorney Gen. 313 Mass. 722, 731. The final decree, however, was correct in holding that Vassalotti was not entitled to a variance. That decree is to be modified (a) to provide simply that the board of appeals did not exceed its authority in denying a variance, and (b) that the decree is without prejudice to any subsequent application for a building permit. As so modified, the final decree is affirmed.
[Note 1] On the original exhibit from which the attached sketch plan was prepared, the external boundaries of the locus were shown by a heavier line than the other lot lines. On the original recorded plan all the lot lines were alike.
[Note 2] In 1939, a comprehensive zoning by-law became effective in Sudbury. Section 17, in effect in 1962 and now, reads in part, "Except as hereinafter provided, no dwelling house and accessory building shall be erected in a [s]ingle [r]esidence [d]istrict unless the area and street frontage of the lot . . . shall conform to the following requirements: In [r]esidence [z]ones `A' 1, `A' 2, and `A' 3, the minimum area of the lot shall be 40,000 square feet, and the minimum frontage of the lot on any street or way shall be 180 feet . . .. [A] A dwelling house and any accessory building may be erected on a lot in any residence district, the area and street frontage of which is less than that prescribed . . . provided, that such lot is shown on a plan or deed recorded . . . [in the r]egistry of [d]eeds and that the minimum area and street frontages of said lot are at least equal to those which were required by the provisions of this section in force on the date of the . . . [recording] of said plan; and that there shall be a full compliance with all the provisions of these . . . [b]y-laws relative to set backs and yards . . ." (emphasis supplied). The letter [A] inserted in the above quotation is inserted for convenient reference to the next succeeding sentence.
[Note 3] Section 5A, as thus amended, reads in part, "Any lot lawfully laid out by plan or deed duly recorded, as defined in . . . [G. L. c. 41, Section 81L] . . . which complies at the time of such recording . . . with the minimum area, frontage, width, and depth requirements, if any, of any zoning . . . by-law in effect in the . . . town where the land is situated, notwithstanding the adoption or amendment of provisions of a zoning . . . by-law in such . . . town imposing minimum area, frontage, width, depth, or yard requirements, or more than one such requirement, in excess of those in effect at the time of such recording . . . (1) may thereafter be built upon for residential use if, at the time of the adoption of such requirements or increased requirements, or while building on such lot was otherwise permitted, whichever occurs later, such lot was held in ownership separate from that of adjoining land located in the same residential district, or (2) may be built upon for residential use for a period of five years from the date of such recording . . . if, at the time of the adoption of such requirements or increased requirements, such lot was held in common ownership with that of adjoining land located in the same residential district; and further provided, in either instance, at the time of building (a) such lot has an area of five thousand square feet or more and a frontage of fifty feet or more, is in a district zoned for residential use, and conforms except as to area, frontage, width, and depth with the applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance or by-law in effect in such . . . town and (b) any proposed structure is to be located on such lot so as to conform with the minimum requirements of front, side, and rear yard setbacks, if any, in effect at the time of such recording . . . and to all other requirements for such structure in effect at the time of building . . ." (emphasis supplied). In G. L. c. 41, Section 81L (inserted by St. 1953, c. 674, Section 7, later amended at various times in respects not relevant), "lot" is defined as "an area of land in one ownership, with definite boundaries, used, or available for use, as the site of one or more buildings."


The Beatles said that love is all we need, while another old saying has it that love makes the whole world go round. But while it may seem that other people are in love everywhere you go, you might be wondering just what in the heck you need to do to find your true love.
It's not easy to wake up on Valentine's Day knowing you're still single, nor is it all that nice to watch all your friends's get married and have kids while you're still getting creepy messages on OK Cupid. Standing on the outside looking in might be fun at first because you're free and single, but eventually it can really start to get to you.
Sure, being single has its plus points, and it can help us to take some time out to discover more about who we really are. It also gives us the chance to have lots of fun without having someone else to answer to. But there eventually comes a time when we have to ask ourselves when will we ever find our soul mate?
Lots of people will tell you that love doesn't just happen if you force it. They'll tell you that you can't go into a bar one night with the aim of finding true love. They say that love comes to when you least expect it, perhaps on a delayed train or a missed flight. While this can certainly be true, the Law of Attraction can help us to find our soul's counterpart in another person. It teaches us how to direct our thoughts in the right way, and can give us the confidence to meet our soul mate. Let's take a look at how to find true love using the Law of Attraction.
You can't find true love if you don't believe that you are even worth of being loved. You might think that this sounds easy enough. Everyone deserves to be loved, right? But ask yourself this: If you feel as though you've been worthy of love all these years, why haven't you found it yet?
It's easy to assume that you're screaming out for love and that you're ready for it. But you might not realise that you've actually got a lot of self-doubts that are blocking the pathways for love to enter. So until right now, you may have unwittingly sabotaged yourself by allowing doubts to hold you back.
Ask yourself what you doubt. Ask yourself whether anyone in your situation has found true love.
Each time you start feeling doubts creep in again, keep asking yourself these two questions.
Remember, everyone around you is rooting for you. They want you to win, so why do you need to doubt yourself?
If you can visualise something, you've got a much better chance of actually achieving it.
Spend some time getting lost in a universe with your ideal partner. Picture yourselves doing things together, going to places, and plotting your future. Listen to the conversation, smell his fragrance, and picture all the sights you see. Immerse yourself 100% in this vision.
It probably sounds like an old cliche right now, but you can't find true love until you start loving yourself first.
If you've still got emotional baggage leftover from your last relationship, you're unconsciously wrecking your chances of finding true love ever again.
To love yourself, you need to free your mind, body and soul from feelings of negativity that are still lingering from your previous relationship. Maybe your last boyfriend cheated on you, and you can't get over it. You feel dirty and even partly guilty. But by feeling like this, you're building up walls of resistance that are stopping you from loving yourself – as well as blockading others from loving you, too.
It's time to look back on past experiences and extract the positives from them. If your boyfriend cheated on you, remind yourself that at least you found out and was able to end the relationship as soon as possible. Moreover, perhaps it taught you valuable lessons about men that you need to learn from. Instead of going for the same type again, you can now look for loyal, dedicated men who are going to love you for who you are.
Turning negatives into positives is a remarkably powerful thing, and it certainly helps us to love ourselves, as well as the whole world.
I once had a friend who had become really frustrated with her love life. One day, she tried hard to focus on finding true love and started to use the law of attraction. I knew good things were going to come her way soon.
Only, she gave up after just a few days. She said that she hadn't seen any evidence that it was working and that she was just wasting her time.
Giving up so early and so easily is like ordering a meal at a restaurant and walking out after five minutes because it still hasn't arrived. True love doesn't just come so easily; you have to be patient. Good things will come, and it's important you don't give up.
It's practically impossible to find true love if you don't even know what you want. If you can't picture your ideal man or where you see both yourselves in five years' time, you may find that you continue to stumble from guy to guy on OK Cupid.
Ask yourself what you want from a man. Do you want him to be athletic, bookish, introverted, extroverted? Do you want him to be geeky, suave, sophisticated, bohemian, outlandish, thrifty?
If you want the Law of Attraction to work, you need clarity. You need to know exactly what you're looking for. Spend some time today or this weekend pinpointing what it is that you want from a partner. Also, think about what you don't want and write it all down. It's actually really easy to focus on the things you don't want (bad hygiene, obnoxious, sporty et cetera), so take some time doing this.
You could also look back on past relationships and identify the things you hated. Maybe you dated an avid video gamer who spent most of his free time killing zombies. You definitely don't want that again!


Everyone should know by now the danger of clicking random URL links, especially short URL links (because you can't tell from the URLs what the links take you to). That's common sense, and I believe most people abide to this common sense when they are using their computers.
But when it comes to mobile devices, a lot of people seem to forget this common sense… It's like 1990s all over again, people clicking on anything and everything sent to their smartphone or tablet web browsers.
Smartphones and tablets are computers too! They certainly can get infected with malware (I don't care what OS you have), or get wipe remotely.
So be cautious of what you're clicking on next time you surf the web on your smartphone or tablet.
Stop clicking random short URL links from people you don't know or trust. Stop.


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Employee Lookup Tool
Occupation Index
Program Manager - Federal Salaries of 2014
Pay Rates for "Program Manager"
How much does a Program Manager in the federal government get paid? $134,555.35* *Based on the 2014 average.
9,757 EMPLOYEES
$1.31B TOTAL SALARY
GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE
Select Year (2014)
Program Manager was the 48th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2014, with 9,757 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.
In 2014, the Internal Revenue Service hired the most employees titled Program Management, with an average salary of $128,174.
Agencies that have hired a Program Manager
Employees Hired
Internal Revenue Service 1,320 $128,173.82
Forest Service 690 $100,843.69
Customs and Border Protection 632 $125,301.72
Veterans Health Administration 596 $90,698.33
Federal Aviation Administration 500 $158,364.50
Department of Energy 394 $155,815.73
Transportation Security Administration 389 $137,263.28
Bureau of Land Management 383 $107,763.10
Environmental Protection Agency 305 $161,493.16
U.S. Agency for International Development 232 $154,231.89
Small Business Administration 216 $141,040.53
Federal Highway Administration 181 $137,857.64
Office of Personnel Management 158 $135,523.07
Federal Bureau of Investigation 153 $147,561.09
Bureau of the Fiscal Service 149 $139,088.42
Veterans Benefits Administration 149 $144,654.73
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 137 $156,039.46
Indian Affairs 134 $114,354.14
Bureau of Reclamation 107 $128,792.42
National Park Service 106 $127,927.24
Citizenship and Immigration Services 98 $147,246.19
Office of the Secretary of the Interior 98 $153,254.41
Federal Emergency Management Agency 95 $129,136.49
Department of State 91 $135,318.96
Food Safety and Inspection Service 83 $144,000.82
Peace Corps 81 $129,722.06
Foreign Agricultural Service 70 $139,994.28
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 69 $130,584.64
Immigration and Customs Enforcement 68 $138,487.60
Selective Service System 66 $120,007.06
Employment and Training Administration 66 $148,545.55
Bureau of the Census 64 $147,087.98
National Protection and Programs Directorate 59 $143,557.20
Food and Nutrition Service 57 $148,899.26
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 57 $154,202.96
Federal Acquisition Service 57 $150,598.88
Offices, Boards and Divisions 52 $139,743.96
Social Security Administration 47 $154,557.68
National Science Foundation 47 $156,172.13
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 43 $160,971.93
U.S. Coast Guard 40 $134,576.18
Public Buildings Service 39 $155,002.49
Goddard Space Flight Center 39 $140,894.26
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 39 $143,038.69
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics 38 $136,722.13
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters 38 $153,606.53
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology 36 $146,797.39
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 35 $146,671.23
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 34 $156,366.38
Geological Survey 32 $140,658.97
Risk Management Agency 30 $123,693.67
National Archives and Records Administration 26 $142,055.42
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 25 $162,222.92
National Labor Relations Board 25 $166,708.84
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Justice) 24 $144,259.46
Program Support Center 24 $126,079.79
Federal Transit Administration 23 $162,349.22
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement 23 $141,419.57
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 22 $144,178.55
Indian Health Service 21 $149,157.19
Departmental Offices 21 $138,851.29
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 21 $135,386.62
National Cemetery Administration 21 $133,542.29
Office of Secretary of Transportation 20 $163,023.25
Office of Justice Programs 19 $146,025.16
Office of Comptroller of Currency 18 $205,295.22
Securities and Exchange Commission 18 $234,916.50
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust) 18 $151,978.11
Science and Technology Directorate 18 $159,299.39
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 18 $142,136.89
Patent and Trademark Office 17 $158,472.29
Office of the Secretary, Research and Technology 17 $162,063.76
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 17 $115,656.41
Food and Drug Administration 15 $159,322.80
Consumer Product Safety Commission 14 $153,708.36
National Transportation Safety Board 14 $176,364.00
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Agriculture) 13 $141,089.62
National Institute of Standards and Technology 12 $152,070.75
Mine Safety and Health Administration 11 $160,089.64
Federal Railroad Administration 11 $164,964.91
Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 11 $159,669.82
Offices of the Regional Administrators 11 $160,000.00
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 11 $161,015.45
Rural Utilities Service 10 $144,521.60
Maritime Administration 10 $160,571.60
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 10 $164,599.80
Community Relations Service 10 $146,418.40
Federal Student Aid 10 $174,858.00
Office of the Secretary (Department of Veterans Affairs) 10 $156,800.60
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner 10 $131,368.90
Presidio Trust 10 $136,087.20
Office Secretary Health and Human Services 10 $163,170.10
Administration for Community Living 10 $150,750.40
Health Resources and Services Administration 10 $170,736.80
Administration for Children and Families 10 $166,270.20
U.S. Secret Service 10 $141,406.50
Headquarters, Nasa 10 $148,368.20
Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement 9 $156,574.00
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 8 $149,455.38
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives 8 $171,706.88
Office of Governmentwide Policy 7 $159,068.29
Federal Labor Relations Authority 7 $161,883.43
U.S. Mint 6 $149,415.67
Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration 6 $147,845.67
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southeast/Caribbean 6 $125,419.50
National Institutes of Health 6 $176,232.50
Executive Office for Immigration Review 6 $155,186.83
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 6 $152,839.17
Denali Commission 6 $92,943.17
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 6 $148,279.17
Departmental Administration 6 $129,579.67
Farm Service Agency 6 $140,399.50
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 6 $161,732.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Homeland Security) 5 $165,051.00
Federal Maritime Commission 5 $154,364.40
Langley Research Center 5 $120,386.60
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management 5 $135,227.40
U.S. Marshals Service 4 $159,876.50
Office of Disability Employment Policy 4 $148,600.00
Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conservation Commission 4 $129,519.00
Veteran Employment Services Office 4 $130,116.00
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 4 $158,134.50
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program 4 $177,450.00
Federal Trade Commission 4 $146,722.50
Government Printing Office 4 $117,294.25
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southwest 4 $138,177.25
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 4 $149,650.25
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Agriculture) 4 $164,639.75
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 4 $126,148.75
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce) 4 $161,676.25
National Telecommunications and Information Administration 4 $136,146.00
Natural Resources Conservation Service 3 $166,265.33
Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration 3 $159,667.33
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Commerce) 3 $166,274.67
National Credit Union Administration 3 $204,813.00
Drug Enforcement Administration 3 $174,652.33
Office of the Director 3 $148,815.33
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration 3 $123,103.67
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance 3 $121,008.67
Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology 3 $153,184.00
Office of Assistant Secretary Public & Intergovernmental Affairs 3 $142,715.67
Office of Senior Coordinator for New York/New Jersey 3 $146,028.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Pacific/Hawaii 3 $135,004.67
Broadcasting Board of Governors 3 $116,006.33
Office of Administrative Services 3 $159,889.00
Office of Inspector General (General Services Administration) 3 $173,080.00
Office of General Services Administration Innovative Technologies 3 $156,835.33
Office of Inspector General (Department of Health and Human Services) 3 $168,470.00
Office of Inspector General (Federal Housing Finance Agency) 3 $226,326.00
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 3 $146,882.67
Dryden Flight Research Center 2 $121,074.50
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center 2 $134,555.00
Office of Secretary of Labor 2 $189,700.00
Veterans Employment and Training Service 2 $154,830.00
Export-Import Bank of the United States 2 $180,000.00
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service 2 $173,065.50
Office of Postsecondary Education 2 $161,364.00
Pretrial Services Agency 2 $175,790.50
Agricultural Research Service 2 $165,746.50
Office of the General Counsel (Department of Agriculture) 2 $155,143.00
Office of Advocacy and Outreach 2 $156,722.00
Homeland Security Staff 2 $156,181.00
Merit Systems Protection Board 2 $180,600.00
Commission on Civil Rights 2 $137,836.00
Recovery Accountability & Transparency 2 $133,663.50
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (General Services Administration) 2 $129,972.50
Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technology 2 $173,860.00
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 2 $164,881.50
Inspector General (Department of Veterans Affairs) 2 $164,151.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs 2 $149,201.50
Office of Senior Coordinator for Mid-Atlantic 2 $144,904.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Midwest 2 $132,662.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Great Plains 2 $116,786.50
Office of Senior Coordinator for Northwest/Alaska 2 $145,458.00
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development 2 $145,518.00
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 1 $176,584.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for New England 1 $139,636.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Rocky Mountains 1 $152,050.00
Office of the Chief Human Capital Office 1 $181,500.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Housing and Urban Development) 1 $145,827.00
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Interior) 1 $155,500.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Interior) 1 $145,827.00
Office of Government Ethics 1 $179,700.00
Valles Caldera Trust 1 $118,701.00
Election Assistance Commission 1 $147,157.00
Immediate Office of the Administrator 1 $165,300.00
Office of Civil Rights (General Services Administration) 1 $171,240.00
Office of the Human Resources Management 1 $115,649.00
Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs (General Services Administration) 1 $145,210.00
Office of Mission Assurance 1 $160,773.00
International Joint Commission: U.S. & Canada 1 $157,053.00
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration 1 $179,700.00
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 1 $179,655.00
U.S. International Trade Commission 1 $169,050.00
Surface Transportation Board 1 $175,644.00
Office Federal Coordinator Alaska Gas Transport Project 1 $165,300.00
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System 1 $120,429.00
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys 1 $161,663.00
Bureau of International Labor Affairs 1 $155,500.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Labor) 1 $179,700.00
Bureau of Labor Statistics 1 $157,100.00
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 1 $167,480.00
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 1 $181,497.00
Employee Benefits Security Administration 1 $155,500.00
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Labor) 1 $155,500.00
Wage and Hour Division 1 $155,500.00
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Education 1 $183,977.00
Office of Management (Department of Education) 1 $168,127.00
Institute of Education Sciences 1 $182,372.00
Trade and Development Agency 1 $165,300.00
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 1 $159,821.00
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 1 $0.00
Corporation for National and Community Service 1 $170,000.00
Marine Mammal Commission 1 $157,100.00
Board of Veterans Appeals 1 $153,327.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Resolution Management 1 $170,000.00
Dean for VA Learning University 1 $127,512.00
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management 1 $128,512.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Emergency Management 1 $165,500.00
Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy & Planning 1 $151,235.00
Agricultural Marketing Service 1 $181,500.00
National Endowment for the Humanities 1 $167,000.00
Arctic Research Commission 1 $156,784.00
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 1 $167,000.00
International Trade Administration 1 $174,362.00
National Technical Information Service 1 $153,371.00
Program Manager Pay Distribution
The average pay for a Program Manager is $134,555.35. The highest paid Program Manager made $268,000 in 2014.
Common Program Manager Payscales
Number of Program Management Employees
GS - General Schedule 5,263
ES - Senior Executive Service 1,820
IR - Irs Broadband Class And Pay System Pos 1,107
FV - Faa Core Compensation Plan 338
SV - Trans Security Admin Emp Other Than Exec 308
EV - Faa Executive Compensation Plan 156
FE - Senior Foreign Service 121
AD - Administratively Determined Rates, Not E 109
FP - Foreign Service Personnel 82
SW - Transportation Security Admin Executives 81
EX - Executive Pay 68
FO - Foreign Service Officers 59
SL - Senior Level Positions 35
ZA - Administrative 34
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule 30
NQ - Nnsa Professional, Technical, And Admin 28
GM - Emp Covered By Pmrs Termination Provisns 28
NB - Ofc Of Comptroller Of The Currency Only 18
EJ - Dept Of Energy Org Act Excepted Service 16
SO - Sec Emp Formerly Under Es Pay Plan 16
SR - Statutory Rates Not Elsewhere Specified 7
IG - Inspectors General 5
PG - Printing Office Grades 4
EH - Advisory Committee Member (5 U.s.c. 3109 3
LL - Executives At Federal Housing Finance Ag 3
SS - Senior Staff Positions 3
EE - Expert (other) 3
SK - Sec Emp Formerly Under Gs, Gm, And Ez 2
FJ - Officials On Noncareer Appointments 2
EF - Consultant (5 U.s.c. 3109) 1
CE - Contract Education--year Long 1
NX - Executive-level And Managerial Positions 1
CN - Bur Of (cfpb) An Indep Ag Within Frs 1
EK - Nat Defense Auth Act 1995 Energy Exc Svc 1
ST - Scientific And Professional 1
ET - Pro Dir Of The Adv Res Prj Ag-en 1
ZZ - Nonapplicable 1
Search for Program Management Jobs
Average Program Management Pay Trend from 2004 to 2021
In 2004, the average pay for a Program Manager was $111,519. Since then, the average pay has increased to $156,885 in 2021.
The information provided on these pages is sourced from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI) dataset. Postal Service data is managed exclusively by the USPS . All information is displayed unmodified and as provided by the source agency.
Federal employee salaries are public information under open government laws (5 U.S.C. § 552). FederalPay provides this data in the interest of government transparency — employee data may not be used for commercial soliciting or vending of any kind. Learn more about the FederalPay Employees Dataset here.
The series code of this occupation is 0340.
Source: www.federalpay.org/employees/occupations/program-management/2014


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Q: How to connect to LinkedIn using LinkedIn API from Power BI? I'm trying to get the number of followers to my company's LinkedIn page by using the following API call from Power BI Desktop, using OData Feed.
https://api.linkedin.com/v2/networkSizes/urn:li:organization:000000000?edgeType=CompanyFollowedByMember
When connecting, I'm asked to choose an access method, which includes Anonymous, Windows, Basic, Web API or Organizational Account. My best guess is that I should use Web API, and when I click this option, it asks me for a Key. Where can I find this key?
Or, am I doing it totally wrong? Any help is highly appreciated.
linkedin

A: As Far as I know there is no API and provided from Linkeding and no out of box connector from PowerBI for Linkedin.
What at most you can do so is download your connections as CSV file and  use that for PowerBI,
Here is an article which will describe you how to achieve this.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-free-linkedin-connection-analytic-power-bi-desktop-pawar/

A: You should first create an app in https://www.linkedin.com/developers
And an id and Key will be generated automatically.
Or you can connect LinkedIn to power bi using A Third-party connector if that helps.

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Authors retract two plant biology papers over duplicated images
Plant scientists have issued two retractions after noticing several images had been duplicated within and across the papers.
The papers both appeared in March 2002 in The Plant Cell and The Plant Journal.
The last author on both papers — Jonathan Jones, a professor and group leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, UK — took responsibility for the duplications. He told us:
As last author I was responsible for checking the papers but did not notice the similarities between figures in the different papers. I regret this and took action as soon as I realized there was an issue. Both papers went through peer review and the issue was not picked up at that point either.
Susana Rivas, the first author on both papers, has collaborated with beleaguered plant scientist Oliver Voinnet — and was a second author on one of his eight retractions (which we covered here).
The editor-in-chief of TPJ Christoph Benning said that, after the authors contacted them, the journals looked into the issue, confirmed the duplications and then retracted the papers:
The authors contacted TPJ and TPC at about the same time. TPJ and TPC launched independent investigations into the matter that led to the findings described in the two retraction notices. TPJ and TPC communicated about their findings prior to publishing their respective retractions and coordinated the timing of the publication of the retractions.
Jones explained that the field has advanced since these papers were published:
The scientific community's understanding of RLP signaling has moved on considerably since these papers were published. Over the ~15 years since the work was reported, it has been eclipsed by other work so I hope the repercussions on our collective scientific understanding in this area will be minimal.
[The Sainsbury Laboratory] has now implemented a robust process to promote scientific integrity http://www.tsl.ac.uk/about-tsl/scientific-integrity/, and insists that for all papers emanating from the lab, every data set is triplicated, and the raw data of each triplicated experiment is stored and readily available. We believe we have thus taken all reasonable steps to ensure these kinds of problems do not arise again for current and future TSL publications. That said, we welcome ongoing scrutiny of our research from the wider scientific community and will always take action where necessary to maintain the integrity of the scientific process.
Here's the retraction notice in The Plant Journal, also reported by Leonid Schneider:
The above article, published online on 26 March 2002 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and in Volume 29, pp. 783–796 has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor-in-Chief, Christoph Benning, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The authors have requested that it be retracted because it contains a substantial number of inappropriate image manipulations. These manipulations consist of the reuse or duplication of images, both within the above article and with another manuscript published previously in The Plant Cell (Rivas et al., 2002b). Specific problems with the manuscripts include:
1. The duplication of immunoblot bands in The Plant Journal Figure 4C and The Plant Cell Figure 3 row 3, The Plant Cell Figure 4A row 1, The Plant Cell Figure 4C. 2. The Plant Journal Figure 4B Cf-9 c-myc band is duplicated in The Plant Journal Figure 4C Cf-9:TAP band under the 475 kDa marker.
2. The first four lanes of Figure 4A row 3 in The Plant Journal are a duplication of lanes 23, 24, 25, and 26 in Figure 4A row 2 in The Plant Cell.
3. The Plant Journal Figure 7B lanes 1&2 and lanes 4&5 are duplicates of each other and are duplicated from Figure 7B lanes 1 and 2 in The Plant Cell.
4. The Plant Journal Figure 7C is a duplication from Figure 7C in The Plant Cell.
"An ~400 kDa membrane-associated complex that contains one molecule of the resistance protein Cf-4" has been cited 27 times since 2002, according to Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, formerly part of Thomson Reuters.
Here's the similar notice in The Plant Cell:
The authors of the above article request that it be retracted from The Plant Cell, because it contains a substantial number of inappropriate image manipulations. These manipulations consist of the reuse or duplication of images, both within the above article and with another manuscript published contemporaneously in The Plant Journal [Rivas, S., Mucyn, T., Van Den Burg, H. A., Vervoort, J. and Jones, J. D. G. (2002), An ∼400 kDa membrane-associated complex that contains one molecule of the resistance protein Cf-4. The Plant Journal. 29: 783–796. doi:10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01254.x].
Specific problems with the manuscripts are as follows. (1) There are duplications of immunoblot bands in The Plant Cell Figure 3, row 3, The Plant Cell Figure 4A, row 1, The Plant Cell Figure 4C, and The Plant Journal Figure 4C. (2) The Plant Cell Figure 4B Cf-9 c-myc band is duplicated in The Plant Cell Figure 4C Cf-9:TAP band under the 475-kD marker. (3) The Plant Cell Figure 4A, row 2, is duplicated in The Plant Journal Figure 4A, row 3. (4) The Plant Cell Figure 6B, left panel, and 6E are duplicated. (5) The Plant Cell Figure 6C, 90 min, and 6D, 0 and 90 min, all appear duplicated. (6) The Plant Cell Figure 7C looks essentially identical to The Plant Journal Figure 7C. (7) The Plant Cell Figure 7B, lanes 1 and 2, is duplicated in The Plant Journal Figure 7B, lanes 1 and 2 and lanes 4 and 5.
All authors agree to this retraction.
"The Cf-9 Disease Resistance Protein Is Present in an ∼420-Kilodalton Heteromultimeric Membrane-Associated Complex at One Molecule per Complex" has been cited 66 times since 2002.
We reached out to first author on the two retracted papers, Susana Rivas, who is now a group leader at the Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Toulouse, France, but haven't heard back.
Jones has also co-authored a paper with Voinnet, which received an erratum in 2016 in Science, citing figure errors for which second author Patrice Dunoyer took responsibility. Voinnet, a high-profile plant scientist who received his doctorate while at The Sainsbury Laboratory, currently has eight retractions and 22 corrections, by our count.
Additionally, Jones was the second-to-last author on 2004 paper in Plant Physiology that was retracted in 2007 after the authors could not replicate their findings. The paper, "Arabidopsis Downy Mildew Resistance Gene RPP27 Encodes a Receptor-Like Protein Similar to CLAVATA2 and Tomato Cf-9," has been cited 31 times.
Hat tip: Rolf Degen
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Posted on June 5, 2017 June 5, 2017 Author Victoria SternCategories duplication retractions, france, image manipulation, olivier voinnet, Plant biology, Plant Journal, society journal retractions, the plant cell, uk retractions, wiley, wiley retractions
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For the first time, MTA New York City Transit brings FASTRACK to the 23 lines in Harlem and the Bronx for two consecutive weeks. Beginning Monday, March 16, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., for four consecutive weeknights, and from Monday, March 23, to early morning Friday, March 27, 2 trains are suspended between 3 Av-149 St and 96 St. 3 service is entirely suspended.
1. Between Wakefield-241 St and 3 Av-149 St. Trains from Wakefield-241 St skip Jackson Av.
2, Between 96 St and Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College.
1. Between 3 Av-149 St and 96 St, making all 2 station stops at 149 St-Grand Concourse, 145 St, 135 St, 125 St, 116 St, and 110 St.
2. Between Harlem-148 St and 96 St, making all 3 station stops at 145 St, 135 St, 125 St, 116 St, and 110 St.
3. Transfer between free shuttle buses and the 2 at 96 St and/or 3 Av-149 St, or the 4 at 149 St-Grand Concourse.
4. 4 trains make all 3 stops in Brooklyn to/from New Lots Av. Transfer between 2 and 4 at Franklin Av.