text:
Witness appeal launched after assault on teenage girl in High Wycombe
Matthew Clark | February 12, 2016
A witness appeal has been launched by Thames Valley Police after a teenage girl was assaulted in High Wycombe.
On Saturday 6th February 2016, at approximately 8.00pm, the teenage victim was walking along Mendy Street, High Wycombe when she was approached by three teenage girls who dragged the female to the floor and kicked her.
The victim sustained bruising to her face and body and didn't require hospital treatment.
Investigating officer PC Christopher Hobbs from High Wycombe station said: 'I would like to ask anyone who saw or heard anything or has any information at all about this assault to please contact me via the non-emergency number 101.
If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.'
Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) in connection with the incident :
A 14 year old from High Wycombe has been arrested and released on police bail until Friday 11th March 2016.
A 14 year old from High Wycombe has been arrested and released on police bail until Saturday 12th March 2016.
« Is it Buy-One-Get-One-Free or Buy-One-Get-Ripped-Off?
Nine year old boy sexually assaulted while walking along a street in Aylesbury »


Over the weekend I had a chance to do some research on James W. Ellsworth, a man whom I believe is hands down the most important figure in Hudson's history – Yes, even more important than founder David Hudson, and the town's rebellious son John Brown.
Born and raised in Hudson, James spent many years of his childhood years working at his father's store on the town green. It was in that hot and cramped general store where he developed not only a strong business mind and work ethic, but a love and dedication to his hometown – one that would later save it from near ruin. Born on October 13, 1849, James William Ellsworth attended Western Reserve College and Prep during the latter parts of the Civil War, including the assassination of Abe Lincoln, and the beginnings of Reconstruction.
In his later years, James liked to recall the story of a suggestion from a teacher to pursue the ministry. Appalled by the suggestion, James' affirmed his strong commitment to the business world. He left Hudson for Chicago at age 20 and turned himself into one of the most successful American businessmen of his generation. Oh, and might I add, his generation included the likes of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.


New research shows that women hospitalized for bipolar disorder are almost twice as likely to deliver premature babies than women with no history of mental illness. The study by Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto compared the health records of women with bipolar disorder and depression to those of the general population. You can read the PsychCentral article here.


June 24 will see nearly 20 teachers from School District No. 34 Abbotsford trained to empower their students with lifesaving CPR and heart health education all year long through the award-winning ACT High School CPR Program.
Teachers from Abbotsford Collegiate, Abbotsford Traditional Secondary School, Rick Hansen Secondary School, Robert Bateman Secondary School, W. J. Mouat Secondary School, Yale Secondary School and St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary School will participate in the ACT High School CPR Teacher Training Workshop at Rick Hansen Secondary School, 31150 Blueridge Drive. This training will enable the teachers to empower over 1,300 local youth with CPR each year.
The Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation in partnership with the British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) and the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (APBC) is working to bring the ACT High School CPR Program to all B.C. youth. In School District No. 34, ACT is receiving funding from Lead Community Partner Envision Credit Union Charitable Foundation. Thanks to a grant of nearly $52,000, each participating secondary school in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Central Okanagan will receive curriculum materials as well as a class set of 30 CPR mannequins.
Teacher training in B.C. is provided by local paramedics, who volunteer their time to prepare teachers to teach the program to their students. The June 24 teacher training is being provided by Paul Linza and Troy Geinger, APBC Paramedics and CPR instructors. The ACT High School Program is supported at the national level by companies in the research-based pharmaceutical industry: AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada, Pfizer Canada and sanofi-aventis.


text:
Integrated Care Boards
Post stroke care
Treating stroke patients in the community reduces the length of stay in hospital, costs and results in better outcomes
NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust are working together to place emphasis on the successful delivery of specialist community-based, fast stream rehabilitation and nursing care following a stroke.
Motivated by the significant national evidence base, health and social care providers and commissioners in Gloucestershire have developed both an early supported discharge rehabilitation service and a specialist nurse assessment and follow-up service for individuals who have had a stroke and who could clinically benefit from fast stream intensive rehabilitation and specialist care. Both services are based in the community and delivered across Gloucestershire.
The early supported discharge service offers an early discharge from an acute hospital following a stroke with intensive rehabilitation delivered in an individual's place of residence.
A proportion of, rather than all stroke patients, will derive clinical benefits and optimum recovery from this type of service depending on their individual conditions.
The evidence concludes that an early discharge to a specialist team can reduce long-term mortality and institutionalisation rates for up to 50% of appropriate stroke patients and lower overall costs.1 To meet these improvements, the evidence also offers that rehabilitation should be provided by a comprehensive stroke specialist and multidisciplinary team in the community, but with a similar level of intensity to stroke unit care.2
Further findings from the Cochrane Review3 of seven completed trials indicate that early supported discharge services can reduce the length of hospital admission in selected stroke patients and provide an outcome at least as good as hospital care.
Assessment and follow-up by specialist nurses in Gloucestershire at home provides a wider specialist multidisciplinary team approach alongside the offer of an early supported discharge service.
The relevant national strategies also reinforce this approach to services. Both the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions3 and the National Stroke Strategy4 echo the recommendations of the Cochrane Review, by suggesting that specialist community stroke services offer:
A reduced length of stay in hospital when compared with conventional rehabilitation.
Decreased health and social care costs.
Better overall outcomes for individuals.
Increased independence when compared to conventional rehabilitation following a stroke.
Increased patient satisfaction.
Specialist healthcare professionals
In Gloucestershire, a countywide approach was adopted, offering specialist nursing staff and therapists with qualifications and experience related to practicing stroke care. There are challenges to providing any community services across Gloucestershire because of the geography.
Gloucestershire is a largely rural county with a population of around 600,000. Around 50% of the population is based in the more urban areas of Cheltenham and Gloucester, with the remaining residents right across the county. This requires flexibility from our community teams who usually work out of a variety of locations.
The early supported discharge team provides individuals with a seamless transfer of care from hospital to home with a discharge plan that has fully involved the individual and their family where appropriate. The service comprises practitioners skilled in stroke rehabilitation including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, rehabilitation support workers, speech and language therapists, and administrative support staff with links to psychology services, social workers and the local intermediate care and re-ablement services.
Early supported discharge provides intensive therapy following hospital discharge and works to promote independence; well-being and self-care and deliver outcome focused therapeutic care. A model of the service can be seen at Figure 1.
The specialist nurses first assess individuals and offer support to their carer and/or families within six weeks following a hospital discharge.
For early supported discharge patients, this is around the time that the intensive period of their clinical therapy will be coming to a close. A follow-up appointment with specialist nurses takes place at about six months post discharge to again review progress and future needs.
At the team's discretion, the support offered can be over a longer period of time if required, and individuals are able to self-refer back into the service.
All support is carried out either over the telephone or via home visits, and the nurses are able to link patients to a variety of services, depending on their needs. The team also acts in an advisory capacity for other community services and training programmes across the county including the early supported discharge team of stroke therapists.
The outcomes
A diagram of the early supported discharge pathway illustrated with 2013/14 data for Gloucestershire is provided at Figure 2.
The diagram at Figure 2 demonstrates that around 41% of stroke patients in Gloucestershire are being treated by the early supported discharge team, which is a considerable number of individuals who are now able to leave hospital earlier and receive specialist rehabilitation in their place of residence. This meets our original expectations for a fully established early supported discharge service where clinically appropriate patients are able to access the service through good links with secondary care.
Both services enter results into the national Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SNNAP) audit for stroke care, which is managed by the Royal College of Physicians. Earlier this year, Gloucestershire Care Services as the provider of both services reviewed their last quarter results for 2014. For the specialist stroke nurses, the findings were as follows:
Two hundred and twenty nine six-month follow up appointments were completed, out of a possible 235 patients (97% as opposed to 19% nationally).
Assessments were completed slightly
sooner than elsewhere.
Face to face assessments were completed for 87% and telephone 13%.
Six patients had a further stroke in line with national figures.
For the early supported discharge team the results were that 46% of stroke patients were treated by the early supported discharge team as opposed to 27% as a national SNNAP average per area; and the majority of individuals had some improvement in their condition following treatment by the team. This is illustrated by the diagram in Figure 3.
Hannah Layton, clinical programme manager, transformation and service redesign directorate, NHS Gloucestershire CCG.
1 Fearon P, Langhorne P, Early Supported Discharge Trialists. Services for reducing duration of hospital care for acute stroke patients. 2012. 12;9:CD000443. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000443.pub3 (accessed 18 September 2015).
3 Department of Health. National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, Department of Health. 2005. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-standards-for-supporting-people-with-long-term-conditions (accessed 18 September 2015).
4 Department of Health. National Stroke Strategy. 2007.
http://clahrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/cms/wp-content/uploads/DoH-National-Stroke-Strategy-2007.pdf (accessed 18 September 2015).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Friends 2014 Reunion Poster 'After 10-year Break' Isn't Real
January 6, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015
A Friends 2014 reunion poster, which claims that the reunion is scheduled for this year for cast members of the popular show "after 10-year break" isn't real–a fan made the poster, probably because the fan wants the reunion to happen.
No reunion is planned at the moment, though cast members Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox were recently vacationing together in Mexico.
The reunion will happen–if Aniston can be convinced to join. The other five primary cast members–Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc–are reportedly on board.
A source said as much to OK Magazine!
"Since the show ended in 2004 it's been rare for all six of them to appear in public together," the source said. "But with next year's 20th anniversary (of the show's launch) it will be unavoidable for them to do something together. It's no secret the whole project will be pinned on Jennifer, who's incredibly busy with her movie career."
But co-creator of the show Marta Kauffman told E! News last year that "it's not happening!" Things may have changed since then.
Fans really want the reunion to happen, as the viral fan-made poster signifies. The poster claims the "Friends" reunion episode will be titled "The One After The 10 Year Break." and will be released sometime in 2014. The original source appears to possibly be from the Twitter account TV Secrets.


Download Odia Full Jatra & Movie.
I love you super hit movie . First movie of anubhav mohanty a big star of ollywood industry . Directed by my one of d favorite director HARA PATTANAIK .
ASUTOSH MOHANTY f.t. DIPTIREKHA PADHI.


text:
Q: Hiding AppBarLayout on RecyclerView Scroll using MaterialDesignComponents I'm trying to collapse the AppBarLayout when I scroll up the RecyclerView. I'm trying this using Material Design Components.
So here's my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/appbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways|snap"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
            <com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textSize="18sp"
                android:text="@string/app_name"/>
        </com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar>
    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/component_recycler_view"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"/>

    <com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.ExtendedFloatingActionButton
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="24dp"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
        android:contentDescription="@string/extended_fab_content_desc"
        android:text="@string/extended_fab_label"
        app:icon="@drawable/ic_plus_24dp"
        app:layout_anchor="@id/component_recycler_view"
        app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|right|end"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@id/component_recycler_view"/>

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

When I scroll up on the recyclerview, it does scroll up but the appbarlayout does not hide itself. Moreover the topmost item of the RecyclerView is partially hidden behind the AppBarLayout.

A: You can use CoordinatorLayout to achieve a CollapsingToolbarLayout, something like this:
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent">

<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
    android:id="@+id/recyclerview"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/appbar"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />

<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
    android:id="@+id/appbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
        android:id="@+id/collapsing_toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:expandedTitleGravity="bottom"
        app:expandedTitleMarginEnd="16dp"
        app:expandedTitleMarginStart="16dp"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed"
        app:title="@string/choose_hero">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/toolbar_image"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:contentDescription="@null"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            android:scaleType="centerCrop" />

        <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat" />
    </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

I am using this type of layout and my app bar is collapsing/expanding without hiding any recyclerView items.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


We all love being told about the good stuff.
• Makes us feel good and gives us the confidence to continue doing it.
However we make our real progress when we find out how we can make things better.
Therefore, we'd love your help!
What Do/Did We Do Well?
friends, neighbours and work colleagues.
If you do, we give them "Mates Rates" if they buy or sell.
We also pay you Referral Rewards (Cash).
Want to Lodge A Complaint?


Vintage Theatre opens its 2017 season with Cindy Lou Johnson's "Brilliant Traces" on January 13 and plays Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. through March 5 at the Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora 80010. Tickets are $24 - $30 and available online at www.vintagetheatre.org or by calling 303-856-7830. Two lost souls meet by chance in the wilds of Alaska.


Diese Studie untersucht die durch die demographische Entwicklung bereits seit Jahren stark betroffenen Sparkassen und Kreditgenossenschaften in Ostdeutschland im Hinblick auf den Grad und die Entwicklung ihrer Effizienz. Sie verfolgt den Entwicklungsverlauf der Effizienzwerte dieser dem Regionalprinzip unterliegenden Institute für den mittelfristigen Zeitraum der Jahre 2007 bis 2012. Anhand von Fallbeispielen werden zusätzlich jeweils ausgewählte "Effizienzgewinner" und "Effizienzverlierer" näher betrachtet. Die Untersuchung stützt sich im Wesentlichen auf die information Envelopment research und die Hauptkomponentenanalyse. Aufgrund der stark korrelierenden enter- und Outputfaktoren ist es möglich, die Effizienzergebnisse in shape von Biplots zu visualisieren. Die Auswertungen zeigen, dass es dem administration in einigen Sparkassen gelingt, ihre Konzentration auf Kostenstabilisierung zu lenken, ohne signifikant im Aktiv- oder Passivgeschäft bzw. bei den Provisionserträgen zu verlieren. Bei den Kreditgenossenschaften conflict nicht die Kostenpolitik, sondern eher die Wachstumspolitik vor allem im Provisionsgeschäft für Verschiebungen in den Effizienzrangfolgen verantwortlich.
Uncomplicated and quickly. Create your final will and testomony and not using a attorney. to be used by way of married and unmarried humans, with and with no young children in all 50 States and Washington, D. C. Written and edited through approved legal professionals. if you happen to have already got the assurance that comes from having an up to date will (last will and testament), you could pass forward and forget about this publication.
This accomplished consultant can serve both as a path complement or as a refresher for individuals of the bar. specialist remark summarizes the legislations and gives severe views at the property, reward, and generation-skipping move taxes, together with lifetime and testamentary transfers, joint-and-survivor tenancies, existence coverage, annuities, and powers of appointment; inclusion and valuation; exemptions and exclusions; deductions; and tax liabilities.
Deftly navigate source of revenue taxes and tax guidance J. ok. Lasser's Your source of revenue Tax: specialist version, 2017 offers person taxpayers and tax execs the most recent, hottest tax details. thoroughly annotated, this authoritative textual content publications you towards the case legislation, IRS code sections, and laws that help the content material, that's provided in an approachable but entire demeanour.


text:
Родатичи () — село в Городокской городской общине Львовского района Львовской области Украины.

Население по переписи 2001 года составляло 1912 человек. Занимает площадь 28,440 км². Почтовый индекс — 81521. Телефонный код — 03231.

Ссылки
 Родатичи на сайте Верховной рады Украины

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
MC-21 with Russian Engines Could Be Certified in 2021
Photo: wikipedia.org
Russia's next-generation Irkut MC-21 narrowbody airliner powered by Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines is scheduled for certification in 2021, the engine-maker UEC – Perm Engines reports.
The company has signed a contract with the airframer Irkut Corporation (part of United Aircraft Corporation, UAC) for the delivery of five engines for the airliner's flight tests.
UEC – Perm Engines has committed to delivering the first powerplants to Irkut by the end of 2018, once the Federal Air Transport Agency has completed the certification procedures on the engine. The first PD-14-powered flight is slated for 2019. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin earlier announced that the fourth prototype of the aircraft would be powered by PD-14s.
"Signing a contract with Irkut is a tangible milestone in our work to put our engines on the wing of the newest Russian airliner," says UEC – Perm Engines CEO Sergey Popov. "Our company is committed to delivering the PD-14 within the agreed timeframe."
The first MC-21 flying prototype is powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1400 engines. Certification with this engine choice is expected to happen before the end of 2019. The second prototype should join the flight tests by late February or early March this year.
In the meantime, the PD-14 has entered the third stage of flight tests. EASA is expected to validate its type certificate in 2019.
Russian airline Red Wings may become the launch operator of the new aircraft. The lessor Avia Capital Services has also placed a firm order for 85 of the type. The MC-21 backlog stood at 315 airframes last year, including 175 firm orders.
Aviadvigatel PD-14 enginesDmitry RogozinEASAIrkut MC-21PD-14sSergey PopovUEC


The passionate punk-pop of Martha began in the bizarrely named Pity Me, a village in County Durham in the North East of England.
The band formed in 2011 by siblings Naomi (bass guitar and vocals) and Nathan Griffin (drums and vocals) alongside childhood friend, Daniel Ellis and Jc Cairns (guitar and vocals). Martha quickly became noted for their four part harmonies, delivered in undeniably North Eastern accents, culminating in a unique soulful brand of punk pop.
The band released their first few singles through their own label and were quickly picked up by Fortuna Pop! (the label behind bands like The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart) who released their first two LP's. In the USA Martha started gaining momentum with the help of Dirtnap Records. Martha's 3rd full length will be released through Big Scary Monsters in April 2019!


text:
Mišković ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Dajana Rajic Miskovic (* 2008), österreichische Kinderdarstellerin
 Meletios Mišković (* 1999), serbisch-griechischer Fußballspieler
 Milorad Mišković (1928–2013), jugoslawischer bzw. serbischer Ballett-Tänzer und Choreograf
 Miroslav Mišković (* 1945), serbischer Geschäftsmann und Manager
 Robert Mišković (* 1999), deutsch-kroatischer Fußballspieler
 Slobodan Mišković (1944–1997), serbischer Handballspieler und -trainer


text:
U.S. Justice Department tells Mueller to limit congressional testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department told former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Monday he should limit his testimony before Congress this week to discussing his public report on the Russia probe.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after delivering a statement on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
In a letter to Mueller, Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer said his testimony set for Wednesday "must remain within the boundaries of your public report because matters within the scope of your investigation were covered by executive privilege."
The letter said "these privileges would include discussion about investigative steps or decisions made during your investigation not otherwise described in the public version of your report."
Mueller completed in March his nearly two-year-long probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department released a redacted copy of his report in April.
In back-to-back, nationally televised hearings before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, Democrats are expected to try to get Mueller to focus his testimony on specific examples of Trump's misconduct.
The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler, said on Sunday he believes there is "substantial evidence" that Trump committed high crimes and misdemeanors .
Nadler's comments are significant because evidence of such crimes would be required if Democrats pursue impeachment proceedings against the president.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and repeatedly slammed the Mueller investigation as a "witch hunt."
Mueller has been using offices at his former law firm WilmerHale and working with a small team from the special counsel's office to prepare for Wednesday's hearings, his spokesman Jim Popkin said.
"He will come well prepared," Popkin said. "His team has been working on this for awhile and they will be ready for whatever comes their way."
Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; writing by Eric Beech; editing by Mohammad Zargham and G Crosse
Tags: congressional, department, justice, limit, Mueller, tells, testimony
Previous Trump tells Pentagon to find better sources of rare earth magnet
Next Deep budget cuts put University of Alaska in crisis mode; 'grappling with survival'
Senate's McConnell eases marathon late-night impeachment schedule
Is WAU's rookie Supercars signing the real deal? January 21, 2020
Senate's McConnell eases marathon late-night impeachment schedule January 21, 2020
Is WAU's rookie Supercars signing the real deal?


I am pleased to announce that I am the selected artist for this amazing project. A warm thank you to Salt Lake City, Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Salt Lake Public Arts Program, and all Stakeholders in this project.
In the summer of 2017, Salt Lake City Corporation conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for construction at the new site of Fire Station 3, the city's second net-zero energy fire station and only the third net-zero energy fire station in the country. This station will replace the current Station 3, located at 1085 East Simpson Avenue.
My vision is to bring additional illumination and a calming environment to the over all experience for the fire fighters and visitors of Fire Station #3. There are several spaces that I will be addressing for art. I would like to create three separate collections for fire station #3.
After meeting with the stakeholders and fire fighters, I came to the understanding that the fire fighters all deal with extreme circumstances regularly and each person deals with this in a different way. In the design of the fire station building I noticed that the architect was careful in creating spaces for the fire fighters to seek out refuge. My intent is to extract more of that feeling through out the building and living spaces.
Meeting with the Sugarhouse Council was helpful to be able to incorporate themes that serve and speak to the Sugarhouse iconic past by using visuals to encompass Sugarhouses' rich past and history.
Also, involving the community by inviting the fire fighters and others members of the community to visit my studio in groups assist with creating a small potion "Parley's Undercurrent". Provide a teaching opportunity to the community giving insights to how the project is fabricated. Including the science behind the making of the glass art.
These two 9" glass disks are the prototypes for the art installation "Parley's Undercurrent", comprised of 300 glass disks.
Ask them to get you a gift card for hand crafted jewelry, art or the experience of a art workshop.
Gift cards can be emailed direct and are ready to use right away.
Click the the link to get yours today.
I am excited to announce that I will be teaching a 3 day workshop on powder glass and enamels at Stouffer Studios in January. This will be a more in-depth workshop to my local class on Powders + Enamels.
A warm thank you to Gail Stouffer for the invitation. Looking forward to creating with you.
Have you been to Maud's Cafe yet?
Maud's is generously hosting my paintings for the next few months and I would love to have you come by and see them.
Here is Maud's website for your pleasure.
Maud's Café is a newly-built coffee shop that will offer an 8-12 week employment training program for the youth from Volunteers of America, Utah's Homeless Youth Resource Center, Young Men's and Women's Transition Homes. Patrons of Maud's will be supporting the Wasatch Front economy by purchasing quality, locally-produced goods. Join us in giving homeless youth the opportunity to contribute to our community, as they stabilize their lives and work toward self-sufficiency.
Please contact me personally for price inquiries and availability.
To See More of this post click here.
This class will introduce you to many of the fundamental concepts of Kiln-Formed glass. Students will make one cellular bowl 8-12 inches.
Students' work will be available for pick up a few weeks after class.
I am so excited to be a participating featured artist in this year's Utah Arts Festival.
For mor information about the festival, music, artists and more check out the festivals website.
You can find me located in booth #90 this year. I will be on the Southside of the "U" driveway on the City County Building.
337 Pocket Park Grand Opening and Dedication.
I was selected by the Salt Lake City Public Design Board as one othe the artists to create 3'x3' designs to be be cut out of steel and placed into a decorative fence lining the 337 Pocket Park.
To celebrate your artwork and the work of the City and Wasatch Community Gardens, Mayor Biskupski will officially announce the opening of the public park to the community on Friday June 29th 3:00 PM.
A two-story residential building once located at 337 South 400 East was under private ownership and scheduled for demolition in the summer of 2007. Prior to being demolished, property owner Adam Price invited over 100 artists of various disciplines to fill the 25,000- square-foot structure with art. The building, full from floor to ceiling with paintings, murals, sculptures and installations, received thousands of visitors and became a visual arts hub before it was destroyed. Later the vacant lot was sold to Salt Lake City Corporation and in 2015 a portion of the land was developed into a community garden managed by Wasatch Community Gardens. Salt Lake City Parks and Public Lands has recently decided to create a pocket park west of the garden that will lead pedestrians from the sidewalk on 400 East to the garden and will also function as an inviting and engaging gathering place for the community. As a nod to the site's art-infused history, the fence that will surround the pocket park has been designed to contain 24, 3'x3', .25" thick, corten steel panels that will be laser cut with artists' designs.
I met Joyce Marder a few months ago in my studio to interview me for this article. She and I met years ago at a workshop that I was teaching in kiln formed glass art.
The article is on page 14 in this digital magazine.


text:
Displaying 21-40 of 2304 results
Colombo Plan
Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia was established following a Jan 1950 meeting of COMMONWEALTH foreign ministers in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to attack the poverty upon which communist political movements in Asia were thought to feed.
Women's Suffrage in Canada
Women's suffrage (or franchise) is the right of women to vote in political elections; campaigns for this right generally included demand for the right to run for public office. The women's suffrage movement was a decades-long struggle to address fundamental issues of equity and justice. Women in Canada, particularly Asian and Indigenous women, met strong resistance as they struggled for basic human rights, including suffrage.
Representative of more than justice in politics, suffrage represented hopes for improvements in education, healthcare and employment as well as an end to violence against women. For non-white women, gaining the vote also meant fighting against racial injustices.
(See also Women's Suffrage Timeline.)
Lunar New Year in Canada
The Lunar New Year — also known as the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year, Tet for Vietnamese Canadians, or Solnal for Korean Canadians — is celebrated in Canada and several other countries. It is one of the largest celebrations for Canada's Chinese population, it is also celebrated by Canadians from Vietnam, Korea and Southeast Asia. Although it is not a statutory holiday in Canada, many Asian Canadian businesses are closed or have reduced hours for the occasion. Since 1 June 2016, this celebration has been recognized as an official holiday in Canada.
Vancouver Feature: Japanese-Canadians Held at Hastings Park
The following article is a feature from our Vancouver Feature series. Past features are not updated.
For a century the Pacific National Exhibition has entertained families each summer with a mix of hair-raising Midway rides, live music and agricultural exhibits. But in 1942 the fun fair was a prison camp for thousands of displaced Japanese-Canadians
Internment of Japanese Canadians
The forcible expulsion and confinement of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War is one of the most tragic sets of events in Canada's history. Some 21,000 Japanese Canadians were taken from their homes on Canada's West Coast, without any charge or due process. Beginning 24 February 1942, around 12,000 of them were exiled to remote areas of British Columbia and elsewhere. The federal government stripped them of their property and pressured many of them to accept mass deportation after the war. Those who remained were not allowed to return to the West Coast until 1 April 1949. In 1988, the federal government officially apologized for its treatment of Japanese Canadians. A redress payment of $21,000 was made to each survivor, and more than $12 million was allocated to a community fund and human rights projects.
This article is the full-length text on Japanese Internment in Canada. For a plain-language summary, see Internment of Japanese Canadians (Plain-Language Summary).
Foreign aid is assistance from rich, industrialized countries to poorer, developing countries. Since the 1950s Canada has been distributing cash, goods and services to poorer nations around the world. In 2012 the federal government's foreign aid spending totalled $5.67 billion (2.
The movement of individuals of one country into another for the purpose of resettlement is central to Canadian history. The story of Canadian immigration is not one of orderly population growth; instead, it has been — and remains one — about economic development as well as Canadian attitudes and values. It has often been unashamedly economically self-serving and ethnically or racially discriminatory despite contributing to creating a multicultural society (see Immigration Policy in Canada; Refugees to Canada). Immigration has also contributed to dispossessing Indigenous peoples of their ancestral lands.
Mexican Peso Slides
While Canada's dollar crisis reached a boiling point last week, Mexican Foreign Minister José Angel Gurria was in Canada for emergency meetings with bankers and senior federal ministers in an effort to shore up confidence in his country's own floundering currency.
Filipino Canadians
Filipinos have been in Canada as early as the late 19th century. Migration from the Philippines to Canada significantly increased from the 1960s onward. (See Immigration to Canada.) In the 2016 Census, 837,130 people reported being of Filipino ethnic origin. Filipino Canadians are the largest group of Southeast Asian Canadians. Among Filipino Canadians, women outnumber men by 56 per cent to 44 per cent. The Philippines was the most common country of birth among people who immigrated to Canada between 2011 and 2016.
SARS in Canada
Canada experienced an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003. Most of the infections originated in Toronto hospitals. The outbreak led to the quarantine of thousands, killed 44 people and took an economic toll on Toronto. It also exposed the country's ill-prepared health-care system. Confusion around SARS fuelled an uptick in anti-Asian racism and anti-immigrant sentiment.
Click here for definitions of key terms used in this article.
Chinese Canadians
Chinese Canadians are one of the largest ethnic groups in the country. In the 2016 census, 1.8 million people reported being of Chinese origin. Despite their importance to the Canadian economy, including the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), many European Canadians were historically hostile to Chinese immigration. A prohibitive head tax restricted Chinese immigration to Canada from 1885 to 1923. From 1923 to 1947, the Chinese were excluded altogether from immigrating to Canada. (See Chinese Immigration Act.)
Since 1900, Chinese Canadians have settled primarily in urban areas, particularly in Vancouver and Toronto. They have contributed to every aspect of Canadian society, from literature to sports, politics to civil rights, film to music, business to philanthropy, and education to religion.
Immigration Policy in Canada
Immigration policy is the way the government controls via laws and regulations who gets to come and settle in Canada. Since Confederation, immigration policy has been tailored to grow the population, settle the land, and provide labour and financial capital for the economy. Immigration policy also tends to reflect the racial attitudes or national security concerns of the time which has also led to discriminatory restrictions on certain migrant groups. (See also Canadian Refugee Policy.)
IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire)
The IODE is a national women's charitable organization in Canada. Founded in 1900, the organization's original intent was to support and promote patriotism to the British Empire. (See Imperialism.) The IODE contributed to the construction of an Anglo-Canadian identity in the image of Britain. Throughout this time, the IODE improved the lives of some women in Canada, and championed various causes, such as improving health care and producing strong Canadian citizens. However, the organization was, at times, complicit in racism and oppression. Increasingly aware of this problem, the organization changed its name to IODE in 1978-9 and became more Canada-centric. Today, IODE focuses on the welfare of children, education and community service.
CANDU Reactor Deal Controversy
Call it the Great Mall of China. Two years ago, Prime Minister Jean CHRÉTIEN led nine premiers and more than 400 business people on a mission to vastly expand trade with the world's most populous market.
Indian Music in Canada
In 1986 in Canada there were approximately 280,000 people of Asian Indian origin, the majority of whom had arrived after 1968. Earlier immigrants from India were mostly Sikh labourers who arrived ca 1905-8 from the Punjab.
Geopolitics refers to a strategy for national identity and development based on a country's geographical characteristics and natural resources.
Sikhism in Canada
Sikhism, a major world religion, arose through the teachings of Guru Nanak (circa 1469–1539) in the Punjab region of India. There are about 27 million Sikhs worldwide, making Sikhism the fifth largest religion. Sikhs (disciple or "learner of truth"), like Jews, are distinguished both as a religion and as an ethnic group. Though in principle universalistic and open to converts regardless of background, Sikhism has been identified primarily with Punjabi people, events and culture.
Japanese Canadian Internment: Prisoners in their own Country
Beginning in early 1942, the Canadian government detained and dispossessed more than 90 per cent of Japanese Canadians, some 21,000 people, living in British Columbia. They were detained under the War Measures Act and were interned for the rest of the Second World War. Their homes and businesses were sold by the government to pay for their detention. In 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney apologized on behalf of the Canadian government for the wrongs it committed against Japanese Canadians. The government also made symbolic redress payments and repealed the War Measures Act.
Lily, common name for members of genus Lilium of the lily family (Liliaceae).
Evangelism and Evangelicals
Evangelism is an English word derived from the combination of the 2 Greek words euangelion and euangelizomai, meaning "good news," or "gospel"] and "to announce, proclaim, or bring good news.


This Assassin's Creed Syndicate collectible guide will show you the locations of all the Secrets of London Music Boxes, Beer Bottles, Pressed Flowers, Historical Poster Illustrations and Royal Correspondences. The Helix Glitches, Letters from the Front and both white and gold chests are not required for any of the trophies in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Assassin's Creed Syndicate has 32 Secrets of London, 20, Beer Bottles, 30 Pressed Flowers, 50 Illustrations & 12 Royal Letters.
The Beer Bottles, Pressed Flowers and Historical Poster Illustrations have maps that you can purchase in the game from a shop. This will mark your map with all of their locations. You can also buy maps of all the white and gold chest locations but these aren't required for any trophies. Total cost of these treasure maps, including the chests will be around 37,000. The Royal Letters and Secrets of London maps can't be purchased (you can buy Secrets of London maps through micro-transations). Here is a vendor that sells the treasure maps.
For the Secrets of London, first go to Reuge's Vault, which is marked on the map. From there you will be sent off to find 32 Music Boxes and take out the precursor discs inside of them. In your progression menu you can access Secrets of London and see a clue of its location through an in game photo. In the following video, you will see maps of each location. Pause the video (make it full screen on YouTube to see it better) for each territory and you'll see the camera icon indicating the location of the secret. Next to it will be a number and you can use that number to reference the photo from the Secrets of London menu. When you are within 5 meters of it, the icon will show up on your in game map. Within 15 meters, you'll hear the music box playing. Don't forget that you can use your Eagle Vision as well to spot them.
If you want to see Secrets of London maps in their own post, click here.
Here is a video (same one as up top) detailing further the Treasure maps you can purchase for the Beer Bottles, Pressed Flowers and the Illustrations. In the video, there will be a map of all the Royal Correspondence, which are all located near the palace in Westminster.
There are no collectibles required for trophies in WWI. With the exception of the Secrets of London, the reward for completing each set are Helix Points. Once you have found all the Secrets of London, you will need to go back to the vault and place them into the pillars and you will then be rewarded with The Aegis Outfit, and you can then craft The Aegis Cape.
how many helix points does completing each set give you?


May 2, 2013 ... Enter a zip below and get matched to top-rated pros near you. ... The type of deck boards you use will also factor into your overall cost. ... Higher decks mean you need to pour concrete pilings for support pillars, and your city or town has rules about ... The price also goes up if you use higher-quality wood.
Jun 13, 2018 ... Average costs and comments from CostHelper's team of ... For example, the Family Handyman magazine provides instructions for replacing broken deck boards, strengthening wobbly ... Top honors go to Costco, it turns out.


30W Electronic switching power supply with an inline rocker switch on the DC cord. Perfect upgrade for HTP systems adding up to six 24" light-bars. Can also run one roll of HTPR or SCR3 ribbon products. For ease of connectivity to pigtail wires purchase of CON-DCF5x2.1TB is recommended.
Need to cut off plug and strip wires for hard-wired connections. While 12VDC supplies are included with many computer devices, few of the computer power supplies are rated for 2.5A, nor do they have inline switches.


When last we left the boat-build, the hull was something like a tortilla, held in form by a pair of belly pans while my favorite skipper puttied and filled gaps in the interior surface. Since a floppy taco of a hull hardly inspires confidence, the next steps involved building structure into the boat.
Enter the bulkhead. I love me some etymology, so ––bulkheads. While there is a military use of the term, the word starts with the Vikings. These nautical types not only handed down some wonderful names for furniture, they were quite interested in carrying home cargo from their travels.
"Bulki" or "bulkr" means cargo in Old Norse.
Bulki might also be the name of a fetching little overstuffed Ikea chair, but let's leave that for a moment.
On a boat a "head" is the leading edge of things. Head of the sail, head of the mast, etc. And the "heads," as in the lavatory, were off the bow. That's because in the swashbuckling heyday of the British Navy, when this use of the word came into play, the bow was most often the downwind end of the boat. Enough said?
Anyway, bulkhead. Sailors quickly noticed that bulkheads not only kept cargo where it was stowed, they also made the hull sturdier and kept water walled up in the likely event of a leak.
So the Boat-That-Is-Presently-Nameless got some bulkheads. The bow has a fore-and-aft bulkhead onto which the headstay will be anchored, there's a side-to-side bulkhead that will support a deck-stepped mast, as well as sealing off the bow so that it will be watertight. And a smaller bulkhead at the aft end of the future centerboard trunk will probably host the mainsheet block.
Great series. As the proud descendant of a long line of Limeys and Squareheads I'd hasten to point out the benefits them bulkheads offer in fightin the gyrations water'll cause a boat due to free surface effect. (think Flyin Scot (or canoe or tiny pram) with that no-bulkhead free communication of water, transom to hood ornament) Swimmin time. Beaucoup de bulkheads - two thumbs up !
Well, you know what they say..."Long oars, big oarlocks."


Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care is committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect from you solely to process payments and to respond to your requests. Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
Will Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care disclose the information it collects to outside parties?
Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
When you place an order at Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care, you can rest assured that the payment information you provide will only be viewed by those with the proper authorization. As soon as you make a payment, our secure server software encrypts all of your personal information, including your credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be read as the information travels across the Internet. On-line bill payment at Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care is both convenient AND safe!
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care.
Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care welcomes your questions and comments about privacy.


Cosm Games is an independent roleplaying game company based in Melbourne, Australia.
We're passionate about roleplaying, and strive to contribute unique games to the community we love.
Our first game, Crucible, is a fantasy RPG focusing on themes of morality and diversity.


text:
Q: PkgConfig - package 'linux' not found I wasnt't sure whether to put it on StackOverflow or AskUbuntu, but decided to post it here.
I have a problem building my app. I'm using CMake for building and one of the PkgConfig packages it depends on is linux. And when I'm trying to build it, it shows this error:
--   package 'linux' not found

When I'm removing the linux package from the dependencies, it complains about some Vala libraries isn't found. And the only way it is working is removing linux from the dependencies, then running cmake, then putting it to the dependencies again, then running make, then everything works fine (I don't know why).
I suppose I don't have some Ubuntu package installed and I don't have linux*.pc file, but I can't figure out what to do with it.
Can you help me with it?
UPD: Here is part of my CMakeFiles.txt file that raises the error:
find_package (PkgConfig)
message(STATUS "PKG_CONFIG_PATH: \"" ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}\")

set (CORE_PKG
  linux
  gstreamer-1.0
  gtk+-3.0
  glib-2.0>=2.32
  gio-2.0
  json-glib-1.0
  webkit2gtk-4.0>=2.6.1
  libxml-2.0
  gdk-x11-3.0
  gstreamer-video-1.0
  libnotify
  libsoup-2.4
  gee-0.8
)

pkg_check_modules (CORE_DEPS REQUIRED ${CORE_PKG})


watch them fall kicking up the dust.
Jump up and down on them.
Words are tough, they can take it.
skip them across the surface.
Let them sink into the muddy bottom.
Among the mushrooms and scorpions.
exploding in the dark and twinkling sky.
Dying embers they disappear in the darkness.
and watch them balloon out of sight.
Sparkling and colorful in the sunlight.
Words are tough they can take it.
As kicking young colts they run.
You will find something else to love.
You are tough, you can take it.


Joan Rasmussen is a writer living in Northern California. As the middle of three children of Danish-American parents, she has learned to roll with the punches and not take herself too seriously, a quality that comes through in her work. She loves to write to both inform and entertain. Her work has been featured in local magazines.
Joan's passions include horses and country living. She shares her mini-ranch in California's Wine Country with her two horses, Cowboy and Dublin, and her two cats, Jasmine and Maxie.


text:
No Justification
The US military does not need more C-17s and seemingly has enough strategic airlift with those C-17s and its modernized C-5s, Pentagon acquisition czar John Young, told Congress March 11. "There is no argument," Young asserted to members of the House Armed Services Committee, "to buy additional C-17s." In fact, Young told the lawmakers during a joint session of the committee's air and land forces and seapower and expeditionary forces panels, "use of funds for this purpose in a constrained budget environment will result in denying other capabilities to our warfighters." The Air Force's program of record is for 190 C-17s; it would like more, but cannot currently afford them. USAF also has 111 larger C-5s, 52 of which will get new engines and avionics under a restructured upgrade plan announced last month. The remaining 59 C-5s, all A models, will just get new avionics. Together those airlift assets, "meet" DOD's standing requirement "with some margin," Young said, noting that there is the capacity to enhance the maintenance of those airplanes "and overachieve that requirement" if the need arises. The Pentagon's leadership is increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps and is studying the extent to which the airlift requirement will change to support the larger ground forces. Implying that DOD already has the answer, Young's written statement to the panels says "it is not clear that substantial changes have occurred" in DOD's need for oversized and outsized cargo capacity. Further, its states that more airlift demand "can be substantially addressed" by the future KC-45A tanker. Accordingly, "the department believes that the C-17 production line should not be kept open," he writes.


Separating is one of the most difficult times of the divorce process. This is when the normalcy of everyday life is flipped upside down and you feel first hand the reality of what divorced life is going to be like. Truthfully, it can be any or all of the following: chaotic, stressful, sad, and lonely. The important thing to remember during this process is to take time for yourself. While it may sound nice to just lock yourself in your room and hideout under the covers all day, you need to get out and do things for you. Getting out and re-establishing your independence can offer you the repair and healing you need to move on and find happiness.
If you have children, it is important that guidelines are established early on that offer both flexibility and structure for both parents to follow during this stressful time.
When you are separating from your spouse, your children may assume that they somehow had some part in it. The key is to engage your children in dialogs where you make it very clear that it was not their fault. This does not mean that you need to get into the intricacies of what went wrong or the fight you two got in last week.
Both of my parents love me and I am proud of myself.
Brian Demidovich primarily focuses in Raleigh family mediation and the other Raleigh lawyers at The Law Corner can help you with a fast and simple no-fault or uncontested divorce. However, we are also there to represent you in the most difficult divorce situations too. With experience in and out of the courtroom, we can help you with your divorce — no matter what.


Abstract A key component of the East Asian climate system is seasonally varying monsoon wind. Its interannual and interdecadal variability, as well as underlying oceanic processes, is the subject of a recent project completed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A series of research progress in the areas of monsoon winds, ocean responses, upwelling and productivity has been made and reviewed by this paper.
GB/T 7714 Sun, C,Zhan, HG,csun@qdio.ac.cn. Interannual and interdecadal variability of East Asian monsoon and its relation to oceanic processes: a review[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,2012,30(6):905-907.
APA Sun, C,Zhan, HG,&csun@qdio.ac.cn.(2012).Interannual and interdecadal variability of East Asian monsoon and its relation to oceanic processes: a review.CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,30(6),905-907.
MLA Sun, C,et al."Interannual and interdecadal variability of East Asian monsoon and its relation to oceanic processes: a review".CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 30.6(2012):905-907.


While the cost of Christmas depends on many factors, experts estimate that the average home owner will spend between $200 and $500 each year installing Christmas lights. Many home owners assume that Christmas lighting can only be used during the holiday season, but taking a more creative approach to your lighting can help you get more mileage out of your Christmas lights each year.
Here are 3 everyday uses for Christmas lights that will help you justify the expense of investing in new lighting during the holiday season.
1. Use a strand of Christmas lights instead of a lamp.
If you are looking for an easy way to get more life out of your Christmas lights and save some money at the same time, then utilizing holiday lights instead of lamps in your home could be the answer. The amount of electricity required to power the average incandescent light bulb can cost you 5 to 10 times the original purchase price of the bulb.
Since most seasonal lights are commercial LED Christmas lights, which require a mere one-third to one-thirtieth the amount of power as their incandescent counterparts, using these holiday strands instead of lamps to create mood lighting can be cost effective.
2. Use Christmas lights to create visual art.
In a study examining the effects of viewing artwork, researchers found that when subjects were shown works of art they considered beautiful, blood flow in the medial orbitofrontal cortex (the part of the brain associated with pleasure and desire) increased by 10%.
This increase in blood flow from viewing art mirrors the effects of gazing at a loved one. Having art installations in your home can help you take advantage of the emotional benefits that art consumption can provide. Strands of Christmas lights can be used to create unique and engaging works of art for you to display in your home throughout the year.
3. Use a strand of rope lights to create a unique floor covering.
Adding more light to a certain area of your home could be accomplished by simply adding a rug to the room. Crocheting around a strand of rope lighting will provide you with a floor covering that has the ability to illuminate your entire room.
Tossing this rope light rug in the bathroom will make those midnight trips less dangerous; and, if you use a soft rope yarn, the rug will be both comfortable and durable.
Keeping your home merry and bright beyond December is simple. You just need to think outside the box and find creative ways to get more mileage out of your holiday decor by incorporating Christmas lights into your home's everyday decor.


text:
Huskies Get Freedom Bid; Tennessee Is Possible Foe
By MIKE PENNER
Depending on the outcome of the University of Tennessee's final two regular-season games, a matchup between the Volunteers and Washington appears set for the second Freedom Bowl, scheduled for Dec. 30 in Anaheim Stadium.
According to Tom Starr, Freedom Bowl executive director, the Freedom Bowl is planning to extend an invitation to Washington (6-4) this Saturday, the first day bowl bids can officially be offered, and will wait to see if Tennessee (6-1-2) loses to either Kentucky or Vanderbilt. The Volunteers are still in contention for a berth in the Sugar Bowl, but have indicated they would choose the Freedom Bowl if they fail to win the Southeastern Conference.
"With Washington, we're looking pretty good," Starr said. "We've wanted them all along. We wanted a Pac-10 team that would draw. Washington will probably finish second and they're the only Pac-10 team to have beaten UCLA this year. It's a giant step for us."
Of Tennessee, Starr said: "If Tennessee wins on out, it will go to the Sugar. But if they slip, Tennessee has told us we are their next choice."
Mike Lude, Washington athletic director, said his school would "most certainly be interested" if tendered a Freedom Bowl bid. "At the University of Washington, our goal every year is to be in a bowl game," Lude said. "If offered the opportunity, we'd go."
Lude said Washington has also considered the Holiday Bowl, the Sun Bowl and the Cherry Bowl. But the Holiday Bowl has reportedly received commitments from Arizona State and Arkansas and the Huskies would like to spend their postseason in Southern California.
"We like the Freedom Bowl," Lude said. "We like the location, the geography and Orange County. It's a new bowl and last year (a 55-14 Iowa victory over Texas), it had some weather problems. But it has the potential to be one of the outstanding bowls in Division I-AA."
Tennessee is currently in second place in the SEC with a conference record of 3-1. The Volunteers trail LSU, which is 4-1-1 in SEC play. LSU has finished its conference schedule, but the Volunteers have games remaining with Kentucky (5-5) and Vanderbilt (3-6-1).
If Tennessee wins its last two games to advance to the Sugar Bowl, Starr will resort to "back-up" list. Included on that list are Arizona, Colorado, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia.
So, Starr finds himself in the position of having to root for one of his game's potential teams to lose.
"You hate to say it that way," Starr said with a laugh. "Maybe they (Tennessee) can tie one of those games. That would still send LSU to the Sugar and give us Tennessee."
Most important, according to Starr, was attracting a team from the West. The first Freedom Bowl drew only 24,093 fans and Starr is hoping that a West Coast team can bolster attendance.
He scouted Saturday's Air Force-BYU game, with the hope of luring the loser. But BYU and Ohio State are tentatively set for the Florida-Citrus Bowl and Air Force has reportedly committed to the Bluebonnet Bowl, against either Baylor or Texas A&M.;
"We thought we had a chance," Starr said, "but you have to understand, 12 other bowls had representatives at those games, too. We were told we were second in both pictures.
"We're happy about Washington. Getting them was the key. We felt we could go out and get anybody, as long as we had a West Coast team."
A look at the probable bowl game matchups:
Rose: UCLA vs. Iowa.
Orange: Oklahoma or Nebraska vs. Penn State.
Sugar: LSU or Tennessee vs. Miami (Fla.)
Cotton: Baylor vs. Auburn.
Fiesta: Michigan vs. Nebraska or Oklahoma.
Holiday: Arkansas vs. Arizona State.
Aloha: Alabama vs. Texas.
Bluebonnet: Air Force vs. Texas A&M.;
Gator: Florida State vs. Oklahoma State.
Florida-Citrus: BYU vs. Ohio State.
Sun: Georgia vs. undecided.
Cherry: Maryland vs. undecided.
All-American: Georgia Tech vs. Michigan State.
Independence: Minnesota vs. Clemson-South Carolina winner.
Peach: Army vs. Illinois.
California: Fresno State vs. Bowling Green.


Pork tenderloin marinated in spices and apple juice to create a mouth-watering barbecued pork that's slightly sweet, spicy, tender and juicy.
Memorial Day is the start of the BBQ season and one of my favorite meats to BBQ is pork tenderloin. It cooks quickly, is juicy and tender and feeds my crowd.
Tree Top sent me some grilling tips and a recipe for Doc's Tenderloin Rub. Since I love tenderloin I decided to give it a try. I adapted the recipe to the spices I had on hand, marinated it 4 hours and the boys and I had a picnic in the backyard. It got a thumbs up from all of us.
Do you like to BBQ on Memorial Day weekend?
Mix together spices (I mixed them in a Ziploc bag.). Rub spice mixture all over tenderloin. Pour apple juice over tenderloin. Rub in so the apple juice wets the dry spices thoroughly, add more apple juice if needed. Put tenderloins in a Ziploc bag and marinate 4 hours or overnight. Keep refrigerated.
Heat grill to high. Place tenderloin on the hottest part of the grill. Cook turning occasionally, until well browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to low and cover with grill lid. Continued to cook pork covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 145º, turning occasionally.
Always take time to clean your BBQ before firing it up, especially for the first time.
Marinades tenderize as well as flavor meat. It's important to season foods before putting them on the grill.
Wash dishes and hands after handling raw meat. Don't reuse the plate that you used for uncooked meat.
Use tongs or a spatula to turn your meat not a fork. Prongs that pierce the meat let the juices escape, making the meat drier and less flavorful.
Apply barbecue or other tomato-based sauces containing sugars during the last 10 of grilling to avoid burning the sauce.
Oil the food, not the grates. The oil burns quickly on the hot cooking grates and becomes sticky, "gluing" uncoated food to the grates. When you oil the food, it keeps the juices inside the food, promotes caramelization and prevents sticking.
This is on my Must Try BBQ list for this summer!
This is my husband's favorite way to have a pork tenderloin prepared. He won't even discuss fixing them any other way.
This looks like the perfect warm-weather meal!
I actually don't think I've ever grilled a pork tenderloin – I need to try this!!
We love to BBQ on Memorial Day to kick off the Summer season. Pork Tenderloin is one of my favorite meats to BBQ, but we had ribs! 🙂 Looks like a fun picnic with your boys. I cant wait to meet them.
There's a pork tenderloin that's been waiting in my freezer for this recipe. Thanks!!
Reading your post was a great reminder to pick up a pork tenderloin at the market. They grill so fast and are SO good. Will pin this recipe for sure!
A perfect BBQ recipe, easy and irresistible! Pork tenderloin is versatile and inexpensive. And I can always find a way to use leftovers. I had planned on grilling this holiday weekend, but we are fogged in. Temps in the high 50's!
Pork tenderloin is a favorite on our grill too! This sounds like another great version to try.


text:
Hăghiac se poate referi la:
 Hăghiac (Dofteana), Bacău, un sat din comuna Dofteana, județul Bacău
 Hăghiac (Răchitoasa), Bacău, un sat din comuna Răchitoasa, județul Bacău

Toponime românești


text:
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 175 (Friday, September 9, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55849-55859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22944]
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 15, 19, 22, 26, 52, and 53
[FAR Case 2009-016; Docket 2011-0090; Sequence 1]
RIN 9000-AM05
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Constitutionality of Federal
Contracting Programs for Minority-Owned and Other Small Businesses
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the impact of the decision in
Rothe Development Corporation vs. the DoD and the U.S. Department of
the Air Force (USAF) on small disadvantaged business concerns and
certain institutions of higher education.
DATES: Interested parties should submit written comments to the
Regulatory Secretariat at one of the addresses shown below on or before
November 8, 2011 to be considered in the formation of the final rule.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in response to FAR Case 2009-016 by any of
the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``FAR Case
2009-016'' under the heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and selecting
``Search.'' Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with
``FAR Case 2009-016.'' Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit
a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any),
and ``FAR Case 2009-016'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), Attn: Hada Flowers, 1275 First Street, NE., 7th
Floor, Washington, DC 20417.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite FAR Case 2009-
016, in all correspondence related to this case. All comments received
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Karlos Morgan, Procurement
Analyst, at (202) 501-2364, for clarification of content. For
information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the
Regulatory Secretariat at (202) 501-4755. Please cite FAR Case 2009-
In November 1998, Rothe Development Corporation (RDC) filed suit
against DoD and the USAF (Rothe), in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Texas. In its complaint, RDC challenged the
constitutionality of section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization
Act of 1987, Public Law 99-661 (10 U.S.C. 2323), alleging that it
violated the right to equal protection under the Due Process Clause of
the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. RDC's initial
complaint against the DoD/USAF focused on the reauthorization of
section 1207 in 1992. On September 25, 2007, the U.S. District Court
for the Western District of Texas entered a judgment in favor of DoD.
However, RDC appealed the court's ruling and on November 4, 2008, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided in its favor
(Rothe Dev. Corp. v. DoD, 545 F.3d 1023 (Fed. Cir. November 4, 2008)).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found 10 U.S.C. 2323
unconstitutional. A District court decision mandated by the U.S. Court
of Appeals was issued on February 27, 2009, enjoining all application
of 10 U.S.C. 2323 (Rothe Dev. Corp. v. DoD, 606 F. Supp. 2d 648 (W.D.
Tex. 2009)).
Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1987,
Public Law 99-661, codified at 10 U.S.C. 2323, established the DoD,
NASA, and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Small Disadvantaged Business
(SDB) Participation Program. The purpose of the program was to ensure
that SDBs could fully participate in the Federal contracting process.
Section 1207 provided the authority for DoD, NASA, and USCG contracting
officers to apply a price adjustment of up to 10 percent to afford SDBs
a competitive price advantage when competing in a full and open
competition and assist in achieving a 5 percent SDB goal. Section 1207
serves as the statutory underpinning for FAR subpart 19.11, Price
Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, as
well as some of FAR subpart 19.12, Small Disadvantaged Business
Participation Program, and certain associated FAR clauses.
A. FAR Revisions
DOD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the FAR to remove
coverage at FAR subpart 19.11, FAR subpart 19.12, corresponding clauses
at FAR 52.219-22, Small Disadvantaged Business Status, FAR 52.219-23,
Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business
Concerns, FAR 52.219-24, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation
Program--Targets, FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business
Participation Program--Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and FAR
52.219-26, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program--
Incentive Subcontracting, and to remove references to FAR subpart
19.11, 19.12, and corresponding clauses in FAR parts 1, 2, 4, 12, 14,
15, 19, 22, 26, 52, and 53.
Certain authorities in FAR subpart 19.12 and supporting clauses
addressing the award of subcontracts to SDBs that are rooted in the
Small Business Act, rather than in section 1207, were not at issue in
the Rothe decision, and therefore retain their legal status. These
include the authority to (1) provide monetary incentives to prime
contractors to encourage subcontracting opportunities to SDBs and (2)
use an evaluation factor or subfactor to evaluate the participation of
small businesses as subcontractors. Because these authorities are not
affected by the Rothe decision, the coverage in FAR subpart 19.12
addressing subcontracting (with the exception of the coverage at FAR
19.1202 on the use of factors or subfactors to evaluate SDB subcontract
participation) has been retained but moved to FAR subpart 19.7, which
already addresses subcontracting issues generally, including the use of
monetary incentives to encourage subcontracting opportunities. As a
result, this realignment consolidates coverage on subcontracting with
small business programs in one place.
With respect to FAR 19.1202, Evaluation factor or subfactor, FAR
subpart 19.7 is currently silent on its use. Nothing in this rulemaking
precludes an agency from using evaluation factors and subfactors for
subcontracting during source selections. The Small Business
Administration's
[[Page 55850]]
(SBA) regulations (13 CFR 125.3(g)) allow the application of evaluation
factors and subfactors to subcontracting with any of the small business
programs, including, but not limited to, SDBs. The Federal Acquisition
Regulatory Council will confer with SBA to evaluate the need for
guidance in the FAR on the use of evaluation factors and subfactors for
subcontracting.
B. Standard Form (SF) 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual
DOD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to revise the SF 294,
Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts to remove references to
DOD and the USCG collecting subcontract award data for Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Instructions
(MIs). In addition, conforming changes are made to reflect that the
threshold for contractors to submit small business subcontracting plans
was increased from $550,000 to $650,000 (from $1.0 million to $1.5
million for construction).
II. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O.
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility.
This is a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was subject to
review under section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning
and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is not a major rule
under 5 U.S.C. 804.
III. Regulatory Flexibility Act
This change may have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because DOD, GSA, and NASA are
proposing to implement changes in the FAR necessitated by the impact of
the decision in Rothe. The court in Rothe found 10 U.S.C. 2323
unconstitutional, thus impacting some SDBs. This rule proposes to
delete FAR subpart 19.11, Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small
Disadvantaged Business Concerns, FAR subpart 19.12, Small Disadvantaged
Business Participation Program, and associated clauses and references,
and reincorporate certain provisions of FAR subpart 19.12 addressing
SDB subcontracting in FAR subpart 19.7. This proposed rule may impact
small entities because the removal of FAR subpart 19.11, Price
Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns and FAR
subpart 19.12, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program may
have an effect on SDBs seeking awards as prime contractors.
Under this proposed revision to the FAR, Federal agencies will no
longer be authorized to apply certain procurement mechanisms (FAR
subparts 19.11 and 19.12) that had offered a benefit for SDB prime
awards. As a practical matter, however, because the price evaluation
adjustment at issue in Rothe had not been used for approximately a
decade before that decision, this change will not alter the status quo
for SDBs. In addition, the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1))
establishes a 5 percent SDB governmentwide contracting goal at the
prime and subcontract levels. Further, prime contractors may continue
to receive a benefit in solicitations that utilize factors or
subfactors during source selection for small businesses and small
disadvantaged businesses, as well as monetary incentives as part of the
incentive subcontracting program (FAR 52.219-10).
An Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) has been
prepared. The analysis is summarized as follows:
1. Description of the reasons why action by the agency is being
This proposed rule implements changes in the FAR necessitated by
the impact of the decision in Rothe Development Corporation vs. the
U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of the Air Force
(545 F. 3rd 1023 (Fed. Cir. November 4, 2008)).
2. Succinct statement of the objectives of, and legal basis for,
the proposed rule.
The Court found 10 U.S.C. 2323 unconstitutional, thus impacting
SDBs and certain institutions of higher education (i.e., HBCUs/MIs).
As a result of the Rothe decision, DOD, GSA, and NASA propose to
revise the FAR to delete FAR subpart 19.11, Price Evaluation
Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, for DoD, NASA,
and USCG. FAR subpart 19.12, Small Disadvantaged Business
Participation Program, is revised to remove considerations
associated with the evaluation factors and subfactors of SDB
concerns with the expiration of section 7102 of the Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) and the Rothe decision. Clauses
associated with FAR subparts 19.11 and 19.12 are either deleted or
revised.
3. Description of, and where feasible, estimated of the number
of small entities to which the rule will apply.
There are approximately 24,702 SDBs currently listed in the
Central Contractor Registration.
4. Description of projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other
compliance requirements of the proposed rule, including an estimate
of the classes of small entities which will be subject to the
requirement and the type of professional skills necessary for
preparation of the report or record.
The rule will impose no new reporting or record keeping
requirements on small entities. This proposed rule may impact small
entities because the removal of FAR subpart 19.11, Price Evaluation
Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns and FAR subpart
19.12, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program may have
an effect on SDBs seeking awards as prime contractors.
Under this proposed revision to the FAR, Federal agencies will
no longer be authorized to apply certain procurement mechanisms (FAR
decade before that decision, this change will not alter the status
quo for SDBs. In addition, the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(g)(1)) establishes a 5 percent SDB government-wide contracting
goal at the prime and subcontract levels. Further, prime contractors
may continue to receive a benefit in solicitations that utilize
factors or subfactors during source selection for small businesses
and small disadvantaged businesses, as well as monetary incentives
as part of the incentive subcontracting program (FAR 52.219-10).
5. Identification, to the extent practicable, of all relevant
Federal rules which may duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the
proposed rule.
The rule does not duplicate, overlap, or conflict with any other
Federal rules.
6. Description of any significant alternatives to the proposed
rule which accomplish the stated objectives of applicable statutes
and which minimize any significant economic impact of the proposed
rule on small entities.
DOD, GSA, and NASA did not identify any significant alternatives
that would accomplish the objectives of the statute of publishing
this proposed rule.
The Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting a copy of the IRFA to
the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. A
copy of the IRFA may be obtained from the Regulatory Secretariat. DoD,
GSA, and NASA invite comments from small business concerns and other
interested parties on the expected impact of this rule on small
entities.
DoD, GSA, and NASA will also consider comments from small entities
concerning the existing regulations in subparts affected by this rule
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 610. Interested parties must submit such
comments separately and should cite 5 U.S.C. 610
(FAR Case 2009-016) in correspondence.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act
The proposed rule does not contain any information collection
requirements that require the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DOD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to remove FAR coverage at FAR
subpart 19.11, FAR subpart 19.12, and corresponding clauses at FAR
52.219-22, Small Disadvantaged Business Status, FAR 52.219-23, Notice
of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business
Incentive Subcontracting. With these changes, the information
collection associated with FAR subpart 19.12, FAR 52.219-22, FAR
52.219-23, and FAR 52.219-25 for OMB Control number 9000-0150 will be
removed, reducing the information collection burden imposed by the
Federal Government on the public by 15,000 burden hours.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 15, 19, 22, 26,
52, and 53
Government procurement.
Dated: September 1, 2011.
Laura Auletta,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of
Acquisition Policy.
Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA propose amending 48 CFR parts 1, 2,
4, 12, 14, 15, 19, 22, 26, 52, and 53 as set forth below:
1. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 15, 19,
22, 26, 52, and 53 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42
U.S.C. 2473(c).
PART 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
1.106  [Amended]
2. Amend section 1.106, in the table following the introductory
text, by removing FAR segments ``19.12,'' ``52.219-22,'' ``52.219-23,''
and ``52.219-25,'' and their corresponding OMB Control Numbers ``9000-
0150.''
PART 2--DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
3. Amend section 2.101 in paragraph (b)(2) in the definition
``Small disadvantaged business concern'' to read as follows:
2.101  Definitions.
(b) * * *
(2) * * *
Small disadvantaged business concern consistent with 13 CFR
124.1002, means an offeror, that is a small business under the size
standard applicable to the acquisition; and--
(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is unconditionally and
directly owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals who are citizens of the United States, the management and
daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals;
(2) Where the concern is owned by one or more disadvantaged
individuals, each individual represents that their net worth does not
exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set
forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and
(3) If it represents in writing that it qualifies as a small
disadvantaged business (SDB) for any Federal subcontracting program, it
believes in good faith that it is owned and controlled by one or more
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and meets the SDB
eligibility criteria of 13 CFR 124.1002.
PART 4--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
4.1202  [Amended]
4. Amend section 4.1202 by removing paragraph (k); and
redesignating paragraphs (l) through (bb) as paragraphs (k) through
(aa), respectively.
PART 12--ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS
5. Amend section 12.301 by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read as
12.301  Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the
acquisition of commercial items.
(2) The provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and
Certifications--Commercial Items. This provision provides a single,
consolidated list of representations and certifications for the
acquisition of commercial items and is attached to the solicitation for
offerors to complete. This provision may not be tailored except in
accordance with subpart 1.4. Use the provision with its Alternate I in
solicitations issued by DoD, NASA, or the Coast Guard.
12.303  Contract format.
(1) Block 10 if an incentive subcontracting clause is used (the
contracting officer shall indicate the applicable percentage);
PART 14--SEALED BIDDING
14.502  [Amended]
7. Amend section 14.502 by removing paragraph (b)(4); and
redesignating paragraphs (b)(5) through (b)(8) as paragraphs (b)(4)
through (b)(7), respectively.
PART 15--CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION
8. Amend section 15.304 by removing paragraph (c)(4); and
redesignating paragraphs (c)(5) and (c)(6) as paragraphs (c)(4) and
(c)(5), respectively.
9. Amend section 15.305 by revising paragraph (a)(2)(v); and
removing from paragraph (a)(5) ``15.304(c)(3)(ii) and (c)(5)'' and
adding ``15.304(c)(3)(ii) and (c)(4)'' in its place.
The revision reads as follows:
15.305  Proposal evaluation.
(a) * * *
(v) The evaluation should include the past performance of offerors
in complying with subcontracting plan goals for small disadvantaged
business (SDB) concerns (see subpart 19.7).
10. Amend section 15.503 by--
a. Revising the introductory text of paragraph (a)(2)(i);
b. Removing paragraph (a)(2)(i)(B); and
c. Redesignating paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(C) through (a)(2)(i)(E) as
paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(B) through (a)(2)(i)(D).
15.503  Notifications to unsuccessful offerors.
(i) In addition to the notice in paragraph (a)(1) of this section,
the contracting officer shall notify each offeror in writing prior to
award and
upon completion of negotiations and determinations of responsibility--
PART 19--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
a. Revising the introductory text of paragraph (a);
b. Removing paragraphs (a)(8) through (a)(10); and
c. Redesignating paragraphs (a)(11) and (a)(12) as paragraphs
(a)(9) and (a)(10), respectively.
19.000  Scope of part.
(a) This part implements the acquisition-related sections of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.), applicable sections of the
Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 2302, et seq.), the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 252), and Executive
Order 12138, May 18, 1979. It covers--
a. Removing paragraph (b);
b. Redesignating paragraphs (c) through (e) as paragraphs (b)
through (d), respectively; and
c. Removing paragraph (f).
19.202-6  [Amended]
13. Amend section 19.202-6 by removing paragraph (a)(3); and
redesignating paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(6) as paragraphs (a)(3)
through (a)(5), respectively.
14. Revise section 19.304 to read as follows:
19.304  Disadvantaged business status.
The contracting officer may accept an offeror's representation that
it is an SDB concern. The provision at 52.219-1, Small Business Program
Representations, or 52.212-3(c)(4), Offeror Representations and
Certifications--Commercial Items, is used to collect SDB data.
19.305  Protests and reviews of disadvantaged business status.
(a) This section applies to protests and reviews of a small
business concern's disadvantaged status as a prime contractor or
subcontractor. An SBA review of a firm's small disadvantaged business
(SDB) status differs from a formal protest at 19.703.
(1) A representation of SDB status on a Federal prime contract will
be deemed a misrepresentation of SDB status if the firm does not meet
the requirements of 13 CFR 124.1001(b).
(2) Any person or entity that misrepresents a firm's status as a
``small business concern owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals'' (``SDB status'') in order to
obtain an 8(d) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) contracting opportunity will be
subject to the penalties imposed by section 16(d) of the Small Business
Act, 15 U.S.C. 645(d), as well as any other penalty authorized by law.
(3) SBA may initiate the review of SDB status on any firm that has
represented itself to be an SDB on a subcontract to a Federal prime
contract whenever it receives credible information calling into
question the SDB status of the firm.
(b) Requests for an SBA review of SDB status may be forwarded to
the Small Business Administration, Assistant Administrator for SDBCE,
409 Third Street, SW, Washington, DC 20416.
(c) Protests of a small business concern's disadvantaged status as
a subcontractor are processed under 19.703(a)(2). Protests of a
concern's size as a prime contractor are processed under 19.302.
Protests of a concern's size as a subcontractor are processed under
19.703(b).
16. Amend section 19.309 by removing paragraph (b); and
redesignating paragraphs (c) and (d) as paragraphs (b) and (c),
17. Amend section 19.703 by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as
19.703  Eligibility requirements for participating in the program.
(2) In connection with a subcontract, the contracting officer or
the SBA may protest the disadvantaged status of a proposed
subcontractor. Such protests will be processed in accordance with 13
CFR 124.1007 through 124.1014. Other interested parties may submit
information to the contracting officer or the SBA in an effort to
persuade the contracting officer or the SBA to initiate a protest. Such
protests, in order to be considered timely, must be submitted to the
SBA prior to completion of performance by the intended subcontractor.
18. Amend section 19.705-1 by removing the second sentence.
19. Amend section 19.708 in paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(3)
by removing ``business, HUBZone small business, and'' and adding
``business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and''
in its place.
Subpart 19.11--[Removed and Reserved]
20a. Remove and reserve subpart 19.11, consisting of sections
19.1101 through 19.1104.
20b. Remove and reserve subpart 19.12, consisting of sections
21. Amend section 19.1307 by revising paragraph (d) to read as
19.1307  Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business
concerns.
(d) A concern that is a HUBZone small business concern shall
receive the benefit of the HUBZone small business price evaluation
preference. The applicable price evaluation preference shall be
calculated independently against an offeror's base offer. The
individual preference shall be added to the base offer to arrive at the
total evaluated price for that offer.
PART 22--APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS
22.1006  [Amended]
22. Amend section 22.1006 by--
a. Removing from paragraph (a)(2)(i)(C) ``52.204-8(c)(2)(iii) or
(iv)'' and adding ``52.204-8(c)(2)(ii) or (iii)'' in its place;
b. Removing from paragraph (e)(2)(i) ``52.204-8(c)(2)(iii)'' and
adding ``52.204-8(c)(2)(ii)'' in its place; and
c. Removing from paragraph (e)(4)(i) ``52.204-8(c)(2)(iv)'' and
adding ``52.204-8(c)(2)(iii)'' in its place.
PART 26--OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS
23. Amend section 26.304 by removing the last sentence.
PART 52--SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
24. Amend section 52.204-8 by--
a. Revising the date of the provision;
b. Revising paragraph (c)(1)(xxi);
c. Removing paragraph (c)(2)(i); and
d. Redesignating paragraphs (c)(2)(ii) through (c)(2)(vii) as
(c)(2)(i) through (c)(2)(vi), respectively.
The revised text reads as follows:
52.204-8  Annual Representations and Certifications.
Annual Representations and Certifications (Date)
(c) * * *
(xxi) 52.226-2, Historically Black College or University and
Minority Institution Representation. This provision applies to
solicitations for research, studies, supplies, or services of the
type normally acquired from higher educational institutions.
b. Removing paragraph (c)(10);
c. Redesignating paragraph (c)(11) as paragraph (c)(10);
d. Removing from the newly redesignated paragraph (c)(10)(ii)
``representation in paragraph (c)(11)(i)'' and adding ``representation
in paragraph (c)(10)(i)'' in its place;
e. Revising Alternate I; and
f. Removing Alternate II.
52.212-3  Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items.
Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (Date)
Alternate I (Date). As prescribed in 12.301(b)(2), add the
following paragraph (c)(11) to the basic provision:
(11) (Complete if the offeror has represented itself as
disadvantaged in paragraph (c)(4) of this provision.)
a. Revising the date of the clause;
b. Removing paragraphs (b)(17), (b)(18), and (b)(19); and
c. Redesignating paragraphs (b)(20) through (b)(49) as paragraphs
(b)(17) through (b)(46), respectively.
52.212-5  Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes
or Executive Orders--Commercial Items.
Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or
Executive Orders--Commercial Items (Date)
27. Amend section 52.219-1 by revising the date of the provision;
and adding in paragraph (c), in alphabetical order, the definition
``Small disadvantaged business concern.''
52.219-1  Small Business Program Representations.
Small Business Program Representations (Date)
Small disadvantaged business concern means a small business
concern--
Not less than 51 percent of which is unconditionally and
directly owned by one or more socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals who are citizens of the United States, the
management and daily business operations of which are controlled by
one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as
defined at 13 CFR subpart B, 124.1002).
28. Amend section 52.219-2 by revising the introductory paragraph
to read as follows:
52.219-2  Equal Low Bids.
As prescribed in 19.309(b), insert the following provision:
29. Amend section 52.219-4 by revising the date of the clause, and
paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:
52.219-4  Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small
Business Concerns.
Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business
Concerns (Date)
(3) A concern that is a HUBZone small business concern will
individual preference amounts shall be added together to arrive at
the total evaluated price for that offer.
in paragraph (c), revising the definition ``Small disadvantaged
business concern'' to read as follows:
52.219-8  Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Date)
concern that represents, as part of its offer that it meets the
criteria--
(1) Consistent with 13 CFR subpart B, 124.1002, and means a
small business concern--
(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is unconditionally and
one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and
(ii) Where the concern is owned by one or more disadvantaged
individuals, each individual represents that their net worth does
not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable
exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or
(2) It represents in writing that it qualifies as a small
disadvantaged business (SDB) for any Federal subcontracting program,
and believes in good faith that it is owned and controlled by one or
more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and meets
the SDB eligibility criteria of 13 CFR 124.1002.
31. Amend section 52.219-10 by revising the date of the clause;
and removing from paragraph (b) ``business, HUBZone small business,
and'' and adding ``business, HUBZone small business, small
disadvantaged business, and'' in its place. The revised text reads
52.219-10  Incentive Subcontracting Program.
Incentive Subcontracting Program (Date)
52.219-22, 52.219-23, 52.219-24, 52.219-25, and 52.219-26  [Removed and
Reserved]
32. Remove and reserve sections 52.219-22, 52.219-23, 52.219-24,
52.219-25, and 52.219-26.
33. Amend section 52.219-28 by revising the introductory paragraph
52.219-28  Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
As prescribed in 19.309(c), insert the following clause:
34. Amend section 52.226-2 by revising the date of the provision,
and in paragraph (a) by revising the definition ``Historically black
college or university'' to read as follows:
52.226-2  Historically Black College or University and Minority
Institution Representation.
Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution
Representation (Date)
Historically black college or university means an institution
determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of
34 CFR 608.2 and includes any nonprofit research institution that
was an
integral part of such a college or university before November 14,
PART 53--FORMS
53.219  Small business programs.
The following standard form is prescribed for use in reporting
small business (including Alaska Native Corporations and Indian
tribes), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned
small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business
(including Alaska Native Corporations and Indian tribes), and women-
owned small business subcontracting data, as specified in part 19: SF
294, (Rev. (Date)) Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts. SF
294 is authorized for local reproduction.
36. Amend section 53.301-294 by revising the form to read as
53.301-294  Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts.
BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP09SE11.021
[FR Doc. 2011-22944 Filed 9-8-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-EP-C