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We do not intend to release any further Stradx executables. All our new developments (eg. elastography) are being implemented in Stradwin, our next generation 3D ultrasound system which runs under both Linux and Windows. Please contact us if you have a particular need for Stradx, we will happily supply custom Linux executables.Welcome to the documentation for Stradx version 7.4g. Stradx is a tool for the acquisition and visualisation of 3D ultrasound using a conventional 2D ultrasound machine. To record qualitative 3D ultrasound data with Stradx you need:
Stradx is a research tool. It is not intended for commercial use. Any commercial use of Stradx potentially violates the intellectual property of a number of companies. Neither is Stradx intended for clinical use. You use it at your own risk. It may not work as documented and, in some cases, it may not work at all!
With this version of Stradx, you can record image sequences (either greyscale or Doppler), or raw RF ultrasound signals, with matching position sensor information. The recordings can be made to memory or to disk. The position information can come from a Polhemus Fastrak or Patriot, Northern Digital Polaris or Ascension MiniBird, LaserBird or Flock of Birds position sensor.
If you do not want to make quantitative measurements from the data, you can dispense with the position sensor altogether. Stradx's proprietary image registration algorithms will estimate the relative locations of the B-scans by analysing the B-scan images themselves.
After recording, you can immediately reslice the data in any plane. The reslicing can even be performed as the data is being acquired. You can create extended field-of-view panoramic displays, similar in appearance to the Siemens Siescape facility. Non-planar reslicing, volume rendering and body-centered visualisation are also possible. You can project all these displays into a 3D window and then interactively adjust the viewpoint to obtain arbitrary views of the scanned anatomy.
You can manually or semi-automatically segment the 3D data into its constituent parts, and visualise the segmented data inside Stradx or using the Geomview 3D visualisation package. Stradx also provides two tools for calculating the volume of the segmented object, and special facilities for dealing with large structures that cannot be completely scanned with a single sweep of the ultrasound probe.
You can visualise and analyse structures moving under the influence of the cardiac pulse (eg. arteries). Stradx includes tools to `freeze frame' the anatomy at whatever phase of the cardiac cycle you like.
You can automatically calibrate the position sensing device using optimisation algorithms built into the Stradx system. Even without a specialised phantom, you can achieve average calibration accuracy. If you obtain our phantom, you will have access to one of the fastest and most accurate calibration tools currently available.
You can post-process the 3D data set to compensate for the effects of varying probe pressure and correct small errors in the position sensor readings, allowing crystal clear 3D reconstructions from even the highest resolution B-scans.
You can take the data recorded by Stradx, register it to any other data using fiducial points, and convert it into a voxel format for comparison, or for use with other visualisation packages such as 3DViewnix (available from the University of Pennsylvania). Also provided is the SelectSX utility, which you can use to edit pre-recorded Stradx data sets.
Click here for the previous release of Stradx (version 7.3), and here for details of the changes and new facilities in version 7.4.
Version 7.4g is almost identical to version 7.4 (there is a workaround for a V4L2 bug that would otherwise stop video acquisition working on recent Linux kernels).
Stradx 7.4g was written by Richard Prager, Andrew Gee and Graham Treece, who lead the Medical Imaging Group in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory at Cambridge University Engineering Department. The authors are grateful for the assistance of Petri Tuomola, Chris Wright, Nicholas Metcalfe and Susan Buchan, who all made valuable contributions to early prototypes of several Stradx modules.


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Sandra Bullock Could Win an Oscar, and other Post-Golden Globes Predictions
So those Golden Globes guesses we made? Um, not so accurate! As we watched Sandra Bullock collect an award and Downey Jr. sweep in there for a win last night, we started thinking: WTF does this mean for the Oscars?
Well, we certainly aren't going to make any 100% absolute predictions about who will win the Academies (well at least not yet), but we can take a look at what's potentially changed for each of the major Oscar categories. Some things haven't changed, and others are suddenly up in the air.
Best Supporting Actress
Before the Globes: Mo'Nique was totally going to win the Oscar and everyone would applaud (for her and for themselves) and that would be Precious' big win.
At the Globes: Mo'Nique won!
After the Globes: Mo'Nique is totally going to win the Oscar and everyone will applaud (for her and for themselves) and that will be Precious' big win. The only new thing we know now is that her acceptance speech will be very serious, will be about touching, and will make little sense.
Best Supporting Actor
Before the Globes: Christoph Waltz was the shoo-in for everything because he's wonderful and weird.
At the Globes: Yep, we were right.
After the Globes: Waltz is still the shoe-in for the Oscar, and he will give a delightfully sprightly little European speech. That's wonderful and weird.
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Before the Globes: Up in the Air looked like the likely winner.
At the Globes: That film did indeed win the Best Screenplay prize at the Globes, which don't make a distinction between adapted and original.
After the Globes: The Oscar will very likely go to Air, especially because it doesn't have to compete with Quentin Tarantino.
Best Screenplay, Original
Before the Globes: Seemed a likely win for Inglourious Basterds.
At the Globes: The categories are smooshed, so Up in the Air edged it out.
After the Globes: The loss at the GG's may have slowed the film's momentum a little bit. Something crowd-pleasing like Up could sneak in there and dash Tarantino's Nazi blood-spattered dreams.
Best Actor
Before the Globes: George Clooney and Colin Firth seemed like possible front runners, with Morgan Freeman and Jeff Bridges getting friendly old man nominations.
At the Globes: Bridges wins.
After the Globes: To us, this pretty much sews it up for Bridges. A four-time nominee who's never been asked to wear the wedding dress, he's certainly due for it. He got a standing ovation at the Globes, gave a charmingly folksy speech, and he's been the quiet darkhorse all along. Academy voters love that shit. He's looking like a lock right now. The thing we care more about: Will Jeremy Renner (from The Hurt Locker) even get a nomination? Because he didn't get one for the Globes.
Best Actress
Before the Globes: Everyone was saying that it will be nice for Sandra Bullock to get her first Oscar nomination. No one was thinking "win."
At the Globes: Meryl Streep gets an unsurprising win for Julie & Julia on the comedy side, Bullock shocks and seemingly angers presenter Mickey Rourke by collecting the Serious Lady trophy for The Blind Side.
After the Globes: Well, this puts us in a pickle. Right now the five likely nominees will be: Streep for J&J, Bullock for My Pet Black Person, Gabourey Sidibe for Precious, Carey Mulligan for An Education, and either Helen Mirren for The Last Station or Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria. At this point Mirren or Blunt haven't the slightest chance of winning. Sidibe probably isn't in serious contention either (first timer, overshadowed by Mo'Nique). We'd expect ourselves to say that it's between Mulligan and Streep then, but we fear former might have lost a lot of her momentum. So could it be? Could Meryl Streep be vying against Sandra Bullock for an Oscar?? And if so, who wins? We'll put early money on Streep, just because she's Meryl Streep and it's been almost thirty years since she last won the prize, but people are reeeally rootin', in a general sort of way, for Sandy this year. Could Blind Side be her Erin Brokovich? It's looking more and more possible. And we're just not sure how we feel about that.
Best Director
Before the Globes: Kathryn Bigelow was a favorite. She'd be the first lady to ever win, and The Hurt Locker was sharp and political.
At the Globes: James Cameron, beloved of the Hollywood Foreign Press, snags the trophy for Avatar. Even he cops to assuming that his ex-wife would be on the stage instead of him.
After the Globes: Cameron could win again for all of his technical wizardry, but we just don't see it happening. Bigelow's chances don't seem as sure as they did before she lost the GG, but we still have faith that voters will want to bestow some kind of award on Locker, and giving the recognition to a female director would be a great way to make Oscar history. Which the voters looove to do. (See: 2001)
Best Picture
Before the Globes: With 10 movies being nominated, it was pretty much anyone's game.
At the Globes: The Hangover wins in the Comedy category, Avatar gets the Drama.
After the Globes: The Hangover's win means it could be make the nominations list, which would be good for Oscar folks because, in theory, that means more people — like ad-valuable young men — could actually watch the Gay Super Bowl this year. Avatar's win means it just has more of a viable chance of actually winning the damn award, though we're guessing that the Academy goes a little more cerebral. We think it'll be a tight race between Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air, but with ten movies diluting the voting pool, the chunky-glasses' love for Up in the Air (and for George Clooney) will give it the necessary advantage.
Or, you know, we could be totally wrong! It's true that the Oscars are usually a bit more predictable than the Globes (the categories aren't split into genres, there's more time to analyze), but it's still a really strange year, with no clear favorites in anything but the supporting categories. That makes it exciting! And it also makes it frustrating.

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Saturday Stitchin' for this month is Saturday 21 November.
(Last Saturday Stitchin' for the year is Saturday 19 December).
Every 3rd Saturday of the month at the Awapuni Community Hall in Newbury St from 9.30am – 4.00pm several Rose City Quilters members have been meeting for a day of sewing, chatting, eating and drinking. This is a great day to bring UFO's and to pick up tips on binding, borders, colours and so on. The hall has heaps of light and plenty of tables to spread out on. There's also a table tennis table, which is ideal for basting large quilts. You need to bring a cup/mug, your lunch and $2.00. If you want to join any Saturday Stitchin' please contact Robin Huxtable, phone 358 5117 or just turn up.
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At the MIX Web developer conference, Windows Phone 7 executives had relatively little to say about the now-unnamed browser on the new mobile operating system. At the same time, the company announced "preview" version of much advanced technology and features in what will eventually be Internet Explorer 9.
At its MIX Web developer conference this week Microsoft had little to say about the unnamed browser in Windows Phone 7, even as it trumpeted a limited "preview" release of desktop Internet Explorer 9.
Windows Phone 7: A sneak peek at the apps
The mobile Web browser featured on Windows Phone 7 devices will be a "vast improvement" over the browser currently running on existing Windows Mobile 6.5 devices.
That older browser, IE Mobile 6, released in 2009, was itself a pretty vast improvement for long-suffering Windows Mobile users. That's because IEM6 was the first to offer a full HTML rendering engine, based on desktop IE6.
And that was also its chief drawback: a technology core that was first introduced in 2001, although it included technology elements from IE7 and from the then-beta release of IE8.
When users get a Windows Phone 7 device sometime this fall, the IE6 core finally will be laid to rest, replaced with an "evolved version" of IE7, according to Todd Brix, senior director, product management, for Microsoft's mobile communications business. Somewhat oddly, Brix and other Windows Phone and mobile executives always referred to "the Windows Phone 7 browser," or "the browser" or, often, just "it."
Microsoft isn't unique in this: Nokia and Google don't have names for their mobile browsers either.
Brix didn't go into technical details but the evolution of "it" presumably means adopting the core elements of IE7, released in late 2006, and some elements from IE8 which was released almost exactly one year ago at MIX09.
Some of the improvements are obvious in demonstrations this week at MIX10, Microsoft's Web-focused developer conference. These include: fully-enabled, four-point multi-touch, zooming in and out by a pinching finger gesture on the screen, so-called "deep zoom" for extreme, high fidelity close-ups, remarkably clear typography and display of text, and very smooth, fast operation.
"We invested heavily in optimizing the browser for mobile," says Charlie Kindel, partner group program manager for the Windows Phone application platform and developer experience at Microsoft.
IE9 will run graphics and text rendering on a separate graphics processing unit (GPU), rather than a CPU, using a dedicated chip to give a big boost to its speed. The Windows Phone 7 visual user interface also exploits a GPU on the phone, part of the hardware specification worked out by Microsoft and its partners. It seems at least possible that the phone's browser also may use that.
Microsoft demonstrated IE9 running H.264 video from YouTube, natively within the browser by means of supporting HTML5, instead of using plugins such as Flash or Microsoft Silverlight. It's not clear yet whether Windows Phone browser will be able to do that: Microsoft has said the initial release will support neither Adobe Flash or Silverlight.
But Microsoft's emphasis on creating a modern, cutting edge user experience in Windows Phone, underlines the technology lag between the desktop and phone browsing experience. Microsoft doesn't see it that way. "It will be not just a very competitive browser but one of the better [mobile] browsing experiences available," Brix says.
Part of the lag has been due to the unsynchronized engineering efforts of various units within Microsoft. This weakness is being corrected in many places and levels inside the company, according to executives. Brix says the Windows Phone and desktop browser engineering groups are working much more closely than in the past and this will continue to improve. Users and developers can expect to see features and innovations emerge on the desktop product and then migrate at a much faster rate than in the past to the mobile browser, he says.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - What is Pohang like? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What is Pohang like? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message necktieJoined: 20 Jan 2003Location: korea Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject: What is Pohang like? I got a pretty good job offer in Pohang. Besides the fact it's a steel town, can anyone tell me what it's like there.? Things to do, shopping, night life, etc...... Thanks! Back to top IconsFanaticJoined: 19 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: I like how Lonely Planet puts it: "Unless you have a particular interest in steel smelters, you are only likely to use Pohang as a transit point..." Keep in mind this is the fifth edition of Lonely Planet's "Korea", which is supposedly now more politically correct, with much of the tongue-in-cheek black humour of the former editions replaced with pro-Korea rubbish so as not to offend the locals. I'd shutter to think what they had written of Pohang previously... Back to top svenskaJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject: p'ohang's population is 550,000 or so. there are a lot of clothing shops in downtown p'ohang as well as restaurants, coffee shops, bars, etc. i don't drink, so i couldn't tell you the quality of those bars or if they are very "happenin'" places. there are nice hiking trails in the mountains right behind my apt. i like hiking so i really enjoy that. the grocery stores are nice, there are also a ton of places to buy electronics (cd players, cameras, computers, etc.) it's 30 or 45 minutes by train to kyongju, "Korea's ancient cultural city" according to the guidebook i have. haven't been there yet but plan to before i leave korea. it's 2 hours by train to daegu if you want to visit a bigger city (which my husband and i do occasionally), only 2,600 won each way. it's a couple hours from busan as well but we haven't been there yet. p'ohang is also 45 minutes or so from homigot, the most eastern tip of korea where you can be the first to watch the sun rise in all of korea. that's a cool place. ferries from p'ohang take you to ullung-do, an island 3 hours east that is supposedly a great place to "get away from it all". there is a small airport here that apparently has flights to other cities in korea (to places outside of korea i'm not sure). i've been told the drive up the eastern coast is beautiful and that the beaches on the east coast are better than the ones on the east coast. i've been here 3 months and i like p'ohang. most of what i've written is from experience and the rest is from talking to koreans or other foreigners here. i'm also happy with the hagwon where i am teaching--great owner and director. i think your workplace in many ways will determine the quality of life you'll have, so make sure you feel good about the school and director you'll be working for. some people on here say they've "heard" p'ohang is the armpit of korea and stuff like that, but i don't see much difference in the look of the city of p'ohang and any other cities i've seen. it doesn't sound like those people have actually been to p'ohang. but i'm also a big believer in the fact that a positive attitude can really help you wherever you are...email me if you have any other questions-i'd be glad to try and help. good luck! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Woman stole dog, had it castrated, and assaulted officer
A BLACKS Beach woman who found a lost dog, claimed it as her own and then got it desexed has been convicted of stealing and injuring an animal in a bizarre court case.
Cassandra Jade Mann may have gotten away with the theft and "maiming" of the animal, had the vet who performed the surgery not stumbled on a registered microchip while implanting a new chip in the small tan and white dog named Ty.
Ty was later euthanased after being returned to his owner, perhaps because he had been desexed, prosecutor Acting Sergeant Duncan Erskine told Mackay Magistrates Court.
Mann, a 61-year-old disability pensioner, faced the court yesterday to hear she'd been found guilty by Magistrate Mark Nolan after a summary trial.
Mr Nolan said Mann told the court she'd found two dogs - Ty and a larger white dog, Cooper - on January 27, 2017 at Blacks Beach.
Mann said she believed both collared dogs "had been abandoned".
She claimed to have repeatedly called a number on dog tags unsuccessfully, Mr Nolan said.
"The defendant also told the court she made up huge signs with the dog's names... which she says she displayed around the area... ," he said.
Several days later, Mann "decided to keep the smaller dog", claiming she was convinced they had been abandoned.
After a call from Mann, a Mackay pound employee retrieved the larger dog and it was reunited with its owner - the partner of Ty's owner.
"As to why the defendant did not tell the person from the pound that she had, in fact, two stray dogs ... the defendant says that by then she decided she was going to keep the dog Ty and chose not to mention that fact," Mr Nolan said.
"She says she did this because she feared the dog would be placed on death row if he went to the pound."
Mr Nolan labelled Mann's evidence as "entirely unconvincing", noting she could have tried to find Ty's owner through the pound.
Days later, Mann took Ty to a vet clinic with a new collar, signing off on a consent form as the dog's owner to get him desexed and microchipped.
Mr Nolan said the vet had the belief "the dog's owner had consented".
"After the surgical procedure was completed a microchip was implanted... the dog was scanned to check the placement of that chip and it was during this scanning that a second microchip was discovered to be already in the dog."
The clinic contacted Ty's owner, and Mann's actions were uncovered.
Mr Nolan said Mann "directly caused maiming of the dog by the castration surgery".
Mann said she suffered mental illness, but Mr Nolan noted little evidence.
Mann also pleaded guilty to assaulting police - for taking her bra from under her shirt and throwing at an officer on July 27, 2017 - and failing to provide a specimen of breath when required to undergo a breath test for suspected drink-driving on August 3, 2017.
Mann was sentenced to nine months probation, and disqualified from driving for nine months for failing to provide a specimen.


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With the International Monetary Fund and other Western financial entities stretched close to the breaking point by the European debt crisis, Asia has decided it is time to act. Policymakers are laying the groundwork to double the region's reserve pool to $240 billion as a hedge against financial shocks.
Bloomberg reported late Tuesday that officials from Asian countries will meet this week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to confer on the doubling of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization agreement to $240 billion.
Wei Benhua, director of the fund's surveillance unit in Singapore, said deputy finance ministers from Southeast Asia, China, Japan and South Korea will discuss the plan this week and submit it to their ministers for a May approval.
Asian nations are not looking for help from Western financial bodies, such as the IMF, which in the 1997-'98 Asian financial crisis bailed out South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand. Instead they are looking to their own fund, a foreign-currency reserve pool created by Japan, China, South Korea and 10 Southeast Asian nations that took effect in 2010. The IMF has estimated that the euro area will consume about 80% of its own total credit in 2014.
Wei, who also heads the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office in Singapore and is a former deputy director at China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said the aim of a larger reserve pool was "crisis prevention."
Tai Hui, the Singapore-based head of Southeast Asian economics at Standard Chartered, was quoted saying, "The global financial crisis and Europe's debt crisis show that when markets become irrational or extremely volatile, countries need all the resources they can get. When there are trillions sloshing around in foreign-exchange reserves in Asia, adding another $120 billion is very small."


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Jamestown High emerged as the 2012 Bay Rivers District girls soccer champion in a tightly contested battle with Tabb and Grafton.
Tabb beat them both en route to the Region I title, before Grafton fared best in the AA state tournament by nearly upsetting eventual champion Woodgrove.
Experience seems to favor a Jamestown repeat this season, although Tabb's second-year coach Kendra Perry feels her team could be better this year than last.
Senior-laden York and rebuilding Grafton will look to make the title race a four-team affair.
1. Jamestown (8-0-1). There's talent and experience everywhere, from Hannah Sams in goal (93 saves), to all-state pick Marissa Segala on defense, to Shelby Foret (nine goals, eight assists) in midfield, to Paige Majdic (11 goals, 12 assists) and Aaliya Lyttle (eight goals, nine assists) in attack.
2. Tabb (7-1-1). Two Tigers went to Division I, but there's firepower in F Alison Harmatz and freshman F Leah Tyson. M Macy Peebles will run the attack superbly, while G Kelsey Hecker, D Hayley Mills and D Marissa O'Brien make it difficult to score on the Tigers.
3. York (5-3-1). Eight seniors include a trio of all-district standouts: F Jennifer Pandolf (21 goals in 2012), M Ashley Pandolf and D Jenna Kinney. M Kisa Reck, and freshman Michelle Shin and Katie Larsen add talent.
4. Grafton (6-0-3). Graduation losses included four first-team all-district selections. G Cassie Heinselman, MF Kaylee Pearce, MF Rachel Curtis and D Jaime Brown will attempt to lead the Clippers back to states under first-year coach Johnny Yu.
5. Warhill (6-3). The talent level isn't as high as when the Lions won the 2011 district and regional titles. With F Vicky Underwood, M Lindsey Williams and freshman Shaye Doherty and Aaliyah Tyler, there's enough to compete for a regional spot.
6. Poquoson (2-6-1). The coach, Steve Butler, is a veteran, but the team is young. He'll count on M Morgan Ayers, F Camile Freeman, D Poppy Crawshaw, transfer Emily Bauman and at least three freshman.
7. New Kent (0-7-2). Cathy Anderson's first game as Trojans' coach was an 8-0 win over Varina as Lelie Schrijber, a transfer from the Netherlands scored five goals. F Taylor James, M Caitlyn McGlaughlin, M Rachel Beyers, M Leigh Cargill and D Megan Kettle will be key.
8. Lafayette (3-6). New coach Emily Nealor began with a 2-0 win over Lakeland thanks to Alicia Lee's two goals. But only three starters return, so MF Peyton Kilgore, D Carson Pokorny, D Casey Fleming, D Hanna Abrahms, M Kate Saverse and others face a challenge.
9. Bruton (1-6-2). Graduating eight starters, including Meredith Baldasere (VMI) and Alli Stauffer (Slippery Rock), to the college ranks makes this a rebuilding season. CM Kayla Copeman, D Kassie Abbinanti and D Amy Shartzer should help ease the transition.
10. Smithfield (0-6-3). The Packers' best player, all-state goalie Tiffany Lennon, has decided to run track and her replacement is recovering from an ankle injury. MF Kiley Machart is a good ball-handler. Katelyn Tucker and Casey Smak are solid defenders.


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No i dont do anythink else :)
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Start with the image matching exercise. Then choose one or more of the other exercises to try.
Most people cook and prepare meals in their kitchen. Do you do anything different in your kitchen?
No i dont do anythink else :)
In my kitchen i do everything because i have free space there and can do what i want........
No i don't do anything different in the kichen ....
In my kitchen, I don't do anything different but a friend loves play football in his kitchen !!!!!
very nice game the best way of learning
nyc game really we can learn a lot
It's really the best way to learn a foreign language!!
hi guys i'm new here and I'm from Sudan I love the British people :D so I hope that I have British friends :)
Welcome to LearnEnglish Teens, jaber!
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It's great and amazing!
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very good game
It's good game
I don't do anything unusual in the kitchen, but my best friend does. She likes to dance, and as her kitchen is really big (I'd even say HUGE) she dances at the kitchen! Sometimes she invites me and we make "Kitchen Party", as we call it. At first I thought that it was a crazy idea, but now I really like our "kitchen parties"!!! :)
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Environments of Nurturing Safety (EONS):
Environments of Nurturing Safety (EONS): Aboriginal Women in Canada Five Year Strategy on HIV/AIDS was released during Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week on Dec. 1-5, 2010. EONS was developed through a consultation process with over 300 Aboriginal women in eleven cities across Canada which included PAW, Aboriginal women 'at risk' or affected by HIV infection and their service providers. EONS highlights the need to increase and strengthen the network of support for PAWs, increase the availability and accessibility of culturally relevant services across all regions, address the structural barriers that impede health and wellbeing, increase the number of prevention programs and address the gaps or make research related to Aboriginal women more accessible. Meaningfully engaging Aboriginal women in the response is vital to the success of this strategy. This strategy is aligned with ASHAC II and will guide the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and its member organizations in this targeted response.
Aboriginal Strategy On HIV/AIDS In Canada
The HIV/AIDS epidemic within the Aboriginal population1 in Canada threatens the ongoing health and stability of our peoples. The complexity of the epidemic demands a strategic and thoughtful response grounded in meaningful and culturally relevant actions. The Aboriginal Strategy on HIV/AIDS in Canada (ASHAC) was first proposed in 2003 based upon consultation and discussion with 173 people and a literature review. The result was a strategy document with two broad goals and nine strategic areas envisioned to set a course for the next five years. As ASHAC is renewed for another five years through 2014, new ideas are presented for consideration and original strategic responses remain relevant. ASHAC II is offered as a resource to all of the stakeholders involved in the response to HIV/AIDS within the Aboriginal community. Strategic areas and related objectives offer direction. All of us share responsibility for its implementation. It is laid out to highlight strategic areas for action with key objectives and overall outcomes. Following the outline of the strategic areas there are suggestions for how various 'sectors' can engage to move the work of the strategy head.
The National Aboriginal Youth Strategy on HIV/AIDS in Canada was launched during Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week on December 1st-5th, 2010.
NAYSHAC was developed with guidance from the National Aboriginal Youth Council on HIV/AIDS (NAYCHA); which is comprised of one Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit or Metis) youth aged 18 to 29 per province/territory in Canada.
NAYSHAC provides visioning, goals, recommended directions and actions that can be undertaken at all levels in order to lower the high HIV/AIDS rates experienced among Aboriginal youth in Canada. NAYSHAC supports culturally relevant and youth-sensitive strategies that empower initiatives to compassionately address the complex HIV/AIDS issues and challenges. It further promotes the right of Aboriginal youth to be educated and to educate themselves and their peers about HIV prevention, care, treatment and support. The ongoing and meaningful involvement of Aboriginal youth in efforts to lower HIV/AIDS will be crucial to the success of NAYSHAC. This strategy will guide the work of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and its national and international partners.
The International Indigenous Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS for Indigenous Peoples and Communities from 2011 to 2017
The International Indigenous Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS for Indigenous Peoples and Communities from 2011 to 2017, is meant to facilitate an international voice and structure that links Indigenous peoples with their governments, AIDS service organizations, cooperatives, and others in a global collective action to lower the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS experienced by Indigenous peoples.
There are six key objectives to the strategy, which are based on the input of the IIWGHA members during the Indigenous Satellite gatherings at the International Conference on AIDS, July 2010 in Vienna, Austria.
- Increase the visibility of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Indigenous communities at the international level;
- Improve meaningful inclusion of Indigenous Peoples, and Indigenous people living with HIV/AIDS, in research, policy and program development at the national, regional and international level;
- Work towards the accurate representation of Indigenous peoples in HIV/AIDS epidemiological data within their own countries or regions;
- Provide capacity building and development to raise HIV/AIDS and Indigenous Peoples as a health priority;
- Promote Indigenous specific approaches to the social determinants of health; and,
- Conduct sustainability planning.
This strategic plan encourages the sharing of wise practices between countries with Indigenous populations. Further, it is strongly encouraged that Indigenous people are supported, through the leveraging of international instruments on human rights and indigenous health, to be meaningfully involved in data collected and reported about them. In particular, the meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples living with HIV/AIDS. This strategic plan will guide the work of the IIWGHA. A next step is ongoing governance and sustainability planning for the IIWGHA.


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From Murrow To Mediocrity…
The Fall From Grace At CBS
Legendary CBS broadcasting giants, including Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Ed Sullivan must be turning over in their graves as a result of their "Tiffany Network", the Columbia Broadcasting System, having its image tarnished by scandal in recent years. The latest (sex) scandal to hit CBS involves David Letterman, his staff, and a CBS Producer named Robert Halderman.
Executives at CBS must regret the day they lured David Letterman away from NBC. And the venerable Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, where CBS tapes the Letterman show, has been forever sullied by the scandal that hit the news Thursday. CBS began broadcasting from CBS-TV "Studio 50" in 1936, and renamed it the Ed Sullivan Theater in 1967. The Ed Sullivan show was broadcast from there during it's 23-year run, from 1948 thru 1971.
In the 1970's, about the time that David Letterman was a weatherman on an Indianapolis, Indiana television station, we were working for a company in New York City that sold equipment to broadcasters. They did business with CBS, and on one occasion our work took us to the Ed Sullivan Theater. We entered that building in awe. We felt extremely privileged to be in that space, where some of the most historic broadcasts in the history of television originated from. Today however, we would be embarrassed to be seen entering the studio where the Beatles made their U.S. debut, and where virtually every notable performer or group from that era appeared, many of them multiple times.
Ed Sullivan would cringe if he heard what David Letterman admitted to this past Thursday, while standing on the same stage that Sullivan's shows were broadcast from. Ed Sullivan was so squeaky clean that it was commonplace for him to ask performers to change objectionable lyrics in the songs they performed on the Ed Sullivan show. Performers that refused to clean up their lyrics would not be broadcast, and those that reneged on their promise to sanitize their lyrics (remember that this was live television), were never invited back to the Ed Sullivan show again.
This past Thursday, in what can only be described as one of the most bizarre broadcasts of the Letterman show (or any television show, for that matter), Letterman delivered his mea culpa, admitting to his sexual indiscretions, to an audience of people who were laughing like hyenas. Apparently, the audience didn't know what to make of the confession, and assumed it was part of his comedy routine. Here's an article published by the New York Daily News on Friday, which identifies a woman who worked for David Letterman, who they believe is involved in the scandal. In any case, Letterman's broadcast confession certainly gives a whole new meaning to the term "Worldwide Pants". You can probably find the confession on YouTube and elsewhere, but we aren't going to link to it, since it seems that CBS has been asking YouTube to pull any excerpts people have been posting from the show, due to copyright infringement, and, no doubt, severe embarrassment. Ya know, maybe CBS should have never broadcast it in the first place.
In the 1970's Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon had his infamous 18- minute gap on the White House tapes. Similarly, in the Letterman scandal, CBS has redacted the ten-minute mea culpa segment of David Letterman's monologue from the official copy that CBS posted on YouTube (read this NY Times article about the missing Letterman segment).
As an aside, we think it's worth noting that technology like cellphones, digital cameras, the VCR, DVDs, computers, the Internet and websites like YouTube have a way of changing the status quo, and making existing law moot in many cases. As many individuals and corporations have learned over the last few years, it is largely an exercise in futility to try and have something that has been posted on the Web taken down. The harder you try to quash something, whether a photo, a video, an MP3 file or a point of view, the faster it propagates. Remove it from one website, and it springs up in 100 other places. The battle to protect intellectual property (IP) has been made infinitely more difficult as technology has made it a trivial matter to make high quality copies of materials such as music, movies, photos, etc. Two events in particular stick out in our mind; The introduction of VCRs in the late 1970's, which had the entertainment industry scared to death about illegal recording of television shows, and the advent of music sharing websites such as Napster. Blogs, personal websites, and the fact that virtually everyone can now have a "printing press" in their home has changed the publishing and newspaper businesses forever. Organizations have learned that a different mindset is necessary to survive. If you can't beat them, join them. As an example of this consider the fact that every major U.S. daily newspaper that has managed to survive also has a website. Newspapers have even begun scrapping their paper editions, becoming Internet-only news outlets, a la The Huffington Post (see this NYTimes article about The Seattle Post-Intelligencer going Internet-only). But we digress.
If we were running CBS, the Letterman show would be pulled faster than you can say "Top Ten List", but for financial reasons, we doubt CBS will pull the show. Moral and ethical standards are simply not what they were when William S. Paley was running CBS. Certainly not at CBS, and not anywhere else in broadcasting, or society in general. If Letterman can continue to do well in the ratings, his job is probably secure. But we expect to see CBS getting hit with lawsuits from Letterman staffers, who will say that his conduct created a hostile work environment.
And of course, the "Top Ten" lists have begun to appear on the Web, in response to the Letterman scandal. A fellow WordPress blogger posted "The Top Ten Reasons Why David Letterman Should Be Fired", while this conservative Christian website posted their own Top Ten list.
– Routing By Rumor
P.S. – According to this article at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, "From Murrow To Mediocrity" was the title of a scathing 1987 New York Times op-ed piece written by CBS newsman Dan Rather.


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B-402229.2, McCarthy/Hunt, JV, February 16, 2010
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
Mark D. Colley, Esq., Emma V. Broomfield, Esq., and Cameron W. Fogle, Esq., Arnold & Porter
LLP, for the protester.
William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., Nicole J. Owren-Wiest, Esq., and Tara L. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Turner Construction Company, Inc., the intervenor.
Connie L. Baran, Esq., Laura J. Arnett, Esq., and Henry R. Richmond, Esq., Corps of Engineers, for the agency.
Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
1. Protest that agency unreasonably determined that awardee did not have an "unequal access to information" organizational conflict of interest is sustained where the record shows that the awardee's design subcontractor, through the firm that was negotiating to purchase it, and in fact did purchase it shortly after contract award, had access to competitively useful, non-public information.
2. Protest that agency unreasonably determined that awardee did not have a "biased ground rules" organizational conflict of interest is sustained where the record shows that the firm that was in negotiations to purchase, and ultimately did purchase, the awardee's design subcontractor, provided procurement development services to the agency that put it in a position to affect the competition in favor of the acquired subcontractor.
3. Protest that agency unreasonably determined that the awardee did not have an "impaired objectivity" organizational conflict of interest is denied where the record demonstrates a lack of prejudice to the protester.
McCarthy/Hunt, JV (MHJV), of Atlanta, Georgia, protests the award of a contract to Turner Construction Company, Inc. and its design partner, Ellerbe Becket (EB) (Turner/Ellerbe), of New York, New York, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912HN-07-R-0112, issued by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, for the design and construction of a replacement hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia. MHJV argues that the agency unreasonably concluded that Turner/Ellerbe did not have or properly mitigated all three types of organizational conflicts of interest.
We sustain the protest in part and deny it in part.
The RFP contemplated a design/build contract for the design and construction of an approximately 700,000 square-foot replacement hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia. The project required site work and the design and construction of the facility and the utilities infrastructure. The procurement was conducted in two phases; under Phase I, the agency would evaluate offerors' past performance and technical capabilities. The agency then would select up to three of the most highly-rated offerors to receive the technical requirements package and provide technical and price proposals for evaluation under Phase II. Four firms responded to the Phase I solicitation. Ultimately, the agency selected MHJV, Turner/Ellerbe, and B.L. Harbert-Brasfield & Gorrie, a Joint Venture (Harbert/Gorrie) to compete in Phase II.
In June 2007, the agency awarded a contract to HSMM/HOK Martin Hospital Joint Venture (HSMM/HOK JV), which was to assist the agency with the preparation of both the design concept for the hospital and a technical review of the proposals submitted. In May 2008, HSMM/HOK JV's parent company, AECOM Technology Corporation (AECOM), executed a confidentiality agreement with EB in support of entering into negotiations for the possible acquisition of EB. [1] On June 24, 2008, the agency issued the Phase I solicitation for the design/build contract. In July 2008, additional funding allowed the agency to expand the scope of the project from an addition to a replacement hospital.
The Corps held an industry forum in August 2008 to inform the public and potential offerors about the upcoming contract. An AECOM senior vice president in charge of HSMM/HOK JV attended the forum and noticed that EB had expressed an interest in the project; according to the senior vice president, he knew that AECOM had been in confidential negotiations to acquire EB since July 2008. After the forum, the principal asked his AECOM supervisor about the potential for a conflict of interest if AECOM acquired EB, but the supervisor indicated that negotiations with EB "had not been productive." AR, Tab 4A, Declaration of AECOM Senior Vice President at para. 6. On this record, this was the first awareness by an AECOM employee that there might be a conflict of interest, given that AECOM was in negotiations to purchase a firm that had an interest in the procurement on which AECOM was advising the agency. AECOM did not communicate any concern to the agency. Within a few weeks of the forum, the AECOM senior vice president recalled, he learned that AECOM's negotiations with EB had been "suspended," and he consequently "was no longer concerned about any potential conflict of interest and did not raise the issue further with the Agency." [2] Id. at para. 7.
The agency's senior project manager for this procurement states that, in February 2009, he and the AECOM senior vice president exchanged emails regarding potential organizational conflicts of interest with the offerors on the design/build contract. According to the senior project manager, the AECOM senior vice president reported to him that he had "inquired with several offices involved in the HSMM/HOK JV and reported only teaming relationships." AR, Tab 3, Declaration of Senior Project Manager at para. 10. The agency made no further inquiry regarding these teaming arrangements.
On or about April 2009, according to the AECOM senior vice president, AECOM concluded its work preparing the Phase II Technical Provisions of the solicitation. He states that, to the best of his knowledge, AECOM was not in negotiations with EB at that time. AR, Tab 4a, Declaration of AECOM Senior Vice President at para. 8.
Contracting Officer's Contemporaneous Assessment of the Organizational Conflicts of Interest
Below is the contracting officer's account of when she first learned of AECOM's negotiations to purchase EB, and her response.
-- On 21 July 2009, [the agency program manager] scheduled a meeting with me to discuss information from [the senior vice president] of AECOM. [The AECOM senior vice president] informed me that AECOM was in negotiations with one of the offerors' subcontractors. [He] indicated he was bound by an AECOM non-disclosure agreement and could not disclose the name of the subcontractor. [The senior vice president] indicated that he was the only person on the AECOM/HOK Technical Evaluation Team who was aware of the confidential negotiations with the subcontractor.
-- I had no information to indicate which subcontractor was the subject of [his] potential conflict. I considered the fact that AECOM's negotiations were with a potential subcontractor for an offeror, not an offeror itself. I discussed the Source Selection Participation Agreements signed by the four AECOM employees with [him]. None of the Agreements revealed any potential conflict. I determined that [he] had not reviewed the proposals and that his recusal from any involvement with the Technical Review Board would avoid any potential conflict of interest.
-- On 21 July 2009, [he] prepared a Memorandum for Record memorializing the meeting and the events of 20 July 2009. [3]
Contracting Officer's Statement of Facts at 2-3. This exchange took place nearly 1 year after AECOM was first aware that the firm it was interested in purchasing, or merging with, was the design subcontractor to a firm competing in a design/build acquisition on which AECOM was advising the agency. The contracting officer did not mention that the information she received from the AECOM senior vice president indicated that AECOM's interest in purchasing EB dated from before the industry forum, and that AECOM learned of the possibility of a conflict of interest at the industry forum. The memorandum prepared by the AECOM senior vice president memorializing this meeting was also sent to agency counsel. AR, Tab 4a, Declaration of AECOM Senior Vice President, Exh. A.
The Technical Review Board, with HSMM/HOK JV's participation and support, completed its work in July 2009, and on or about August 24, 2009, the source selection authority reviewed the source selection evaluation board's recommendation and decided to award the contract to Turner based on its proposal, which included the services of EB as a subcontractor. The Corps made the award September 28, 2009. According to Turner, EB's directors approved the merger with AECOM on October 7, 2009, and obtained shareholder approval for the merger on October 22. EB announced the merger on October 23, 2009. This protest followed.
MHJV alleges that Turner/Ellerbe has each of the three types of organizational conflicts of interest, described below, none of which was properly mitigated.
Organizational Conflicts of Interest
Contracting officials are to avoid, neutralize or mitigate potential significant conflicts of interest so as to prevent unfair competitive advantage or the existence of conflicting roles that might impair a contractor's objectivity. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR ) sections 9.504(a), 9.505.
The responsibility for determining whether an actual or apparent conflict of interest will arise, and to what extent the firm should be excluded from the competition, rests with the contracting agency. Aetna Gov't Health Plans, Inc.; Foundation Health Fed. Servs., Inc., B-254397.15 et al., July 27, 1995, 95-2 CPD para.129 at 12. Because conflicts may arise in factual situations not expressly described in the relevant FAR sections, the regulation advises contracting officers to examine each situation individually and to exercise "common sense, good judgment, and sound discretion" in assessing whether a significant potential conflict exists and in developing an appropriate way to resolve it. FAR sect. 9.505. We will not overturn the agency's determination except where it is shown to be unreasonable. Aetna Gov't Health Plans, Inc.; Foundation Health Fed. Servs., Inc., supra.
The situations in which organizational conflicts of interest arise, as addressed in FAR subpart 9.5 and the decisions of our Office, can be broadly categorized into three groups. The first group consists of situations in which a firm [4] has access to nonpublic information as part of its performance of a government contract and where that information may provide the firm a competitive advantage in a later competition for a government contract. FAR sect. 9.505-4. In these "unequal access to information" cases, the concern is limited to the risk of the firm gaining a competitive advantage; there is no issue of bias.
The second group consists of situations in which a firm, as part of its performance of a government contract, has in some sense set the ground rules for another government contract by, for example, writing the statement of work or the specifications. In these "biased ground rules" cases, the primary concern is that the firm could skew the competition, whether intentionally or not, in favor of itself. FAR sections 9.505-1, 9.505-2. These situations may also involve a concern that the firm, by virtue of its special knowledge of the agency's future requirements, would have an unfair advantage in the competition for those requirements. Aetna Gov't Health Plans, Inc.; Foundation Health Fed. Servs., Inc., supra at 13.
The third and final type of organizational conflict of interest is found in cases where a firm's work under one government contract could entail its evaluating itself, either through an assessment of performance under another contract or an evaluation of proposals. FAR sect. 9.505-3. In these "impaired objectivity" cases, the concern is that the firm's ability to render impartial advice to the government could appear to be undermined by its relationship with the entity whose work product is being evaluated. Id.; see also FAR sect. 9.501 (definition of organizational conflict of interest).
Relationship Between AECOM and EB
As a preliminary matter, the intervenor's argument that there were no organizational conflicts of interests rests, in large part, on its assertion that the relationship between AECOM and EB was too attenuated to give rise to an organizational conflict of interest until the acquisition was completed. We disagree. As the cases cited by Turner/Ellerbe in support of its argument indicate, the nature and extent of the relationship between the firms are relevant to determining the existence of a conflict of interest. [5] See L-3 Servs., Inc., B-400134.11, B-400134.12, Sept. 3, 2009, 2009 CPD para. 171 at 14-15; American Mgmt. Sys., Inc., B-285645, Sept. 8, 2000, 2000 CPD para. 163 at 5-6; Professional Gunsmithing Inc., B-279048.2, Aug. 24, 1998, 98-2 CPD para. 49 at 3-4; International Mgmt. and Commc'ns Corp., B‑272456, Oct. 23, 1996, 96-2 CPD para. 156 at 4-5. Here, in our view, the record shows that, as early as August 2008, AECOM's and EB's interests effectively were aligned as a result of the merger/acquisition discussions sufficient to present at least a potential organizational conflict of interest. The fact that negotiations between the firms may not have been continuous, or may have stretched over an extended period of time, does not allay the potential conflict. The record shows that the negotiations occurred during the active phases of this procurement. Under these circumstances, we think the relationship between the firms was sufficiently close to give rise to an organizational conflict of interest.
Allegations Arising Out of AECOM's Participation in the Procurement Planning Work
· Unequal Access to Information
The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably concluded that Turner/Ellerbe did not have an unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest or properly mitigated it.
In order to ensure that the agency has acted in a manner consistent with the FAR, contracting officers are required to give meaningful, deliberate consideration to information that may shed light on potential organizational conflicts of interest. Toward that end, agencies must not limit their consideration only to information that may have been furnished by a firm. The Analysis Group, LLC, B-401726, B-401726.2, Nov. 13, 2009, 2009 CPD para. 237 at 5. Where a prospective contractor faces a potential unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest, the conflict may be mitigated through the implementation of an effective mitigation plan. Axiom Res. Mgmt., Inc., B‑298870.3, B‑298870.4, July 12, 2007, 2007 CPD para. 117 at 8-9. An agency's reliance on a contractor's self-assessment of whether an organizational conflict of interest exists or a contractor's unilateral efforts to implement a mitigation plan, however, is inconsistent with the FAR. L-3 Servs., Inc., supra at 12; Johnson Controls World Servs., Inc., B-286714.2, Feb. 13, 2001, 2001 CPD para. 20 at 8. In other words, an agency may not, in effect, delegate to the contractor itself complete responsibility for identifying potential organizational conflicts of interest, The Analysis Group, LLC, supra, or mitigating them. Johnson Controls World Servs., Inc., supra.
Competitively useful information giving rise to an unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest includes proprietary information beyond offerors' proposals, such as source selection information and insights into a solicitation's requirements. As discussed below, the record in this protest shows that AECOM, as the design contractor, was familiar with the details of the procurement. Access to such information gives rise to an unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest. See L-3 Servs., Inc., supra at 11.
AECOM's assistant general counsel, who advised AECOM in its negotiations to purchase EB, states:
AECOM was required to maintain the confidentiality of all EB proprietary information and limit its disclosure within AECOM (and to agents of AECOM) on a "need to know" basis. Further, the confidentiality agreement expressly prohibited AECOM and EB from disclosing to any third party, without prior written consent, the fact that any confidential information had been exchanged. . . . To maintain the confidentiality of the parties' discussions, the project would be referred to by its code "Project PACE" designation.
Intervenor's Comments on the AR, Exh. 2, Decl. of AECOM Assistant General Counsel at para. 5. This is the clearest statement in the record of the precautions taken by AECOM to ensure that information regarding its discussions with EB was not widely disclosed.
AECOM's efforts are deficient in several respects. There is no indication as to how many employees fit the "need to know" category, who they were, or how their need to know was determined. The assistant general counsel estimated that approximately 25 to 30 personnel participated in the initial due diligence review, id. at para. 10, and approximately the same number of personnel, and approximately the same personnel, conducted a second review. Id. at para. 16. Five AECOM employees, who may not be included in the approximately 25 to 30, attended a briefing hosted by EB management, id. at para. 8, and the AECOM directors--an undetermined number of individuals--were also aware of the negotiations. However many AECOM employees fit the definition of "need to know," the record contains no evidence of an effective plan, that was disclosed to and approved by the contracting officer and subject to monitoring by her, to ensure that information regarding AECOM's plans to acquire EB was kept confidential.
With respect to the other key factual element of the analysis here--the AECOM employees' work on the design contract--the record is similarly lacking with regard to evidence of a plan to prevent disclosure to EB of competitively useful information derived from that work. In this regard, the agency identified 49 employees who worked on the design contract and who thus may have had access to competitively useful information. After the protest was filed, the agency obtained and submitted declarations from 42 of them; each declaration states that the individual did not have any knowledge of the acquisition negotiations and had no reason to, and made no attempt to, improperly influence the procurement. Only one declarant expressly stated that he did not discuss the procurement with anyone at EB. Of the 49 employees identified by the agency, seven did not submit any declarations. In addition, while presumably all of the 49 used e-mail in their work assisting the agency, there is no mention in the declarations (or evidence elsewhere in the record) of specific efforts to limit access by others to such email. [6]
The agency asserts that, to the extent that AECOM had access to competitively useful information through its work on the design contract, that information was fully disclosed to other offerors. Moreover, the agency argues that the open-ended nature of the procurement prevented AECOM from being able to supply EB with competitively useful information. In our view, it was precisely the breadth of the discretion left to the offerors in the Phase II competition that would have made any competitively useful, non-public information known to AECOM valuable to EB. To illustrate: had the competition been for an automobile, with a particular carrying capacity, towing capacity, and performance characteristics, there would likely have been a minimal chance that AECOM would have competitively useful information; the specifications, if not the precise vehicle, would be largely established and communicated to all the offerors on an equal basis through the solicitation. In such a situation, the range of possible responses would be relatively limited. In this procurement, in contrast, the requirement was to design and build a replacement hospital of 700,000 square feet costing several hundred million dollars. AECOM was in a position to obtain information regarding the agency's priorities, preferences, and dislikes relating to this broadly defined project. AECOM knew what the agency communicated to the offerors about the type of facility that it preferred--as well as what the agency did not communicate. On this record, we think it was unreasonable for the agency to assume that AECOM did not possess competitively useful information based on its role in the procurement.
As noted above, AECOM argues that knowledge of its negotiations to acquire or merge with EB was limited to employees with a "need to know," and that they kept that information confidential. The contemporaneous record contains no indication that that the contracting officer relied on this information from AECOM or even was aware of AECOM's arrangements. In any event, in our view it would be unreasonable for the agency to rely on a de facto mitigation plan--namely, the assurance that the negotiations had and would only involve AECOM employees who would keep that information confidential--when, as discussed above, the efforts to maintain confidentiality were largely undisclosed to, unevaluated by, and unmonitored by the Corps--in a word, self-executing. L-3 Servs., Inc., supra at 12. Similarly with respect to the AECOM employees who worked on the design contract, without credible evidence that AECOM had systems in place to prevent the receipt of competitively useful information by EB, there is no reasonable basis to assume that the information was not made available to EB employees.
· Biased Ground Rules
The protester argues that Turner/Ellerbe also had an unmitigated biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest stemming from its work on the design contract. The record suggests that AECOM had special knowledge of the agency's requirements that would have enabled it to give Turner/Ellerbe an unfair advantage in the competition. AECOM's contract with the agency "consist[ed] of all services necessary in the preparation of design documents, including plans, specifications, supporting design analysis, design narrative, cost estimates, etc. to construct a replacement hospital." AR, Exh. M, App. A to Design Contract at para. 1.
The agency and the intervenor offer several defenses. The agency's senior project manager asserts that the Corps closely supervised AECOM's efforts in drafting the solicitation, AR, Tab 3, Decl. of Senior Project Manager at para. 11, and that the offerors were given the opportunity to review and comment on the draft requirements. The agency did solicit input from the offerors on the draft solicitation, but the record does not establish that the agency closely supervised AECOM in drafting the solicitation. Moreover, even assuming that the agency closely supervised AECOM, it is unclear why it is reasonable to assume that the agency's mere supervision then prevented AECOM from using its special knowledge of the agency's requirements to give Turner/Ellerbe an unfair advantage in the competition. AECOM's contract with the agency called for it to perform "all services necessary" for preparation of the design portion of the procurement, and nothing in the record suggests that it did anything less--supervised or not.
The agency asserts that there is no evidence that AECOM skewed the competition to the benefit of EB. This is not the standard used to resolve allegations of organizational conflicts of interest. Where the record establishes that a conflict of interest exists, to maintain the integrity of the procurement process we will presume that the protester was prejudiced, unless the record establishes the lack of prejudice. See Marinette Marine Corp., B-400697, et al., Jan. 12, 2009, 2009 CPD para. 16 at 28. Nor is the relevant concern simply whether a firm drafted specifications that were adopted into the solicitation; rather, we look to see whether a firm was in a position to affect the competition, intentionally or not, in favor of itself. FAR sections 9.505-1, 9.505-2; L-3 Servs., Inc., supra at 5; Snell Enters., Inc., B‑290113, B-290113.2, June 10, 2002, 2002 CPD para.115 at 3. In short, once an organizational conflict of interest is established, the protester is not required to demonstrate prejudice; rather, harm from the conflict is presumed to occur. See The Jones/Hill Joint Venture, B-286194.4 et al., Dec. 5, 2001, 2001 CPD para. 194 at 14; Aetna Gov't Health Plans, Inc.; Foundation Health Fed. Servs., Inc., supra at 18.
The intervenor argues that at all times during the course of solicitation development, where AECOM might have been able to skew the competition in favor of EB, AECOM and EB were not in fruitful negotiations, and therefore the AECOM employees assisting the agency on this procurement would have had no knowledge of AECOM's interest in EB. [7] Intervenor's Comments at 9-15. Although the protester disputes the intervenor's claim, we need not resolve this issue. Turner/Ellerbe's assertion that limited numbers of AECOM employees were aware of the negotiations and that they kept the negotiations confidential is based solely on the intervenor's post-protest representations. As noted above, the record contains no indication of how AECOM determined which AECOM employees had a "need to know" of the negotiations and how their confidentiality was ensured, or that AECOM had systems in place to wall off AECOM employees with a "need to know" from those AECOM employees uninvolved in the negotiations.
The agency also argues that the FAR precludes a finding that there was a biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest, pointing to FAR sect. 9.505-2(a) and (b), which set out certain circumstances in which contractors who prepare specifications or statements of work may not, regardless of mitigation, provide the product described in the specifications or the services described in the statement of work. Both of these exclusions are subject to limited exceptions. As the protester correctly notes, the exceptions merely prevent the otherwise automatic exclusion of a firm from the competition; they are not an indication that there can be no organizational conflicts of interest under the facts described in the exceptions. In fact, the overarching concern expressed in that section of the FAR is that a firm that prepares the specifications or work statement for a contract should not be allowed to compete, as a prime contractor or a subcontractor, for that contract. See FAR sections 9.505-2. Even if an exception applied, therefore, the contracting officer would still need to exercise sound judgment, independently investigate the circumstances giving rise to the possible organizational conflict of interest, and institute and monitor appropriate measures to mitigate or avoid the organizational conflicts of interest. See FAR sect. 9.505.
Based on the record here, we think that the agency lacked a reasonable basis for its conclusion that AECOM's assistance to the agency did not place it in a position to skew the competition, intentionally or not, in favor of EB, with whom it was in negotiations over the course of the competition, or that the conflict somehow was properly addressed. We therefore sustain the allegation that Turner/Ellerbe had a biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest.
Allegation Arising Out of AECOM's Participation in Proposal Evaluation
· Impaired Objectivity
The third and final type of organizational conflict of interest is found in cases where a firm's work under one government contract could entail its evaluating itself, either through an assessment of performance under another contract or an evaluation of proposals. FAR sect. 9.505-3. In these "impaired objectivity" cases, the concern is that the firm's ability to render impartial advice to the government could appear to be undermined by its relationship with the entity whose work product is being evaluated. Id.; see also FAR sect. 9.501 (definition of organizational conflict of interest). The agency and the intervenor argue that the record demonstrates a lack of prejudice to the protester. We agree.
Where the record establishes that a conflict of interest exists on the part of the evaluators, to maintain the integrity of the procurement process we will presume that the protester was prejudiced, unless the record establishes the lack of prejudice. Marinette Marine Corp., supra at 28. Where an allegedly conflicted entity is relatively more critical of the firm that it is presumed to have favored, we have found a lack of prejudice. Id.
Four AECOM employees participated in the evaluation of Phase II proposals as members of the 34-person technical review board. Two of the AECOM evaluators were mechanical engineers, one was an electrical engineer, and one was a structural engineer. The first mechanical engineer's comments included three positive comments for Turner's proposal, 11 positive comments for Harbert/Gorrie's proposal, and 15 positive comments for McCarthy/Hunt's proposal. The second mechanical engineer identified several mechanical "betterments" proposed by McCarthy/Hunt, a few proposed by Harbert/Gorrie, and none proposed by Turner. The electrical engineer's comments were submitted in combination with those of other reviewers; they commented favorably on McCarthy/Hunt's proposal and noted that Turner's proposal was incomplete. The AECOM structural engineer noted similar structural concerns in Harbert/Gorrie's and Turner's proposals. For each offeror's proposal, he questioned a proposed "betterment." Given that these four AECOM evaluators were relatively critical of the Turner/Ellerbe proposal, there is no reasonable basis on this record to conclude that they were biased in favor of Turner/Ellerbe. The agency has offered evidence of a lack of prejudice that has not been successfully rebutted by the protester. Because the agency has made a reasonable case for lack of prejudice, we deny the allegation that Turner/Ellerbe had an impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest. [8]
We sustain the allegations that Turner/Ellerbe had an unequal access to information and a biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest. With respect to the biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest, the ordinary remedy where the conflict has not been mitigated is the elimination of that contractor from the competition. The Jones/Hill Joint Venture, supra at 22 n.26. Accordingly, we recommend that Turner/Ellerbe be eliminated from the competition and that, consistent with the terms of the RFP, the agency make a new award determination. [9]
We also recommend that MHJV be reimbursed the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing the protest, including reasonable attorneys' fees. 4 C.F.R. sect. 21.8(d)(1) (2009). MHJV should submit its claim for costs, detailing and certifying the time expended and costs incurred, with the contracting agency within 60 days after receipt of this decision. 4 C.F.R. sect. 21.8(f)(1).
The protest is sustained in part and denied in part.
Lynn H. Gibson
Acting General Counsel
[1] The record is unclear as to whether the two firms merged or AECOM acquired EB. Compare Agency Report (AR), Memorandum of Law at 9 (noting that "[o]n 26 October 2009, AECOM and EB publicly announced the acquisition of EB by AECOM") with Intervenor's Comments on the AR at 5 (noting that "as of mid-September 2009, the AECOM/EB merger was still far from a done deal") (emphasis added). For purposes of the decision here, the distinction is not material.
[2] Inasmuch as the record contains no prior communication between the agency and AECOM concerning the negotiations, it is unclear what the AECOM senior vice president meant by "further" raise.
[3] It is not clear from the contracting officer's statement of facts to what events of July 20 she is referring. We assume the intended reference is to the events of July 21.
[4] While FAR subpart 9.5 does not explicitly address the role of affiliates in the various types of organizational conflicts of interest, there is no basis to distinguish between a firm and its affiliates, at least where concerns about potentially biased ground rules and impaired objectivity are at issue. Id. at 13.
[5] Our case law is consistent with the FAR, which defines "organizational conflict of interest" as meaning "that because of other activities or relationships with other persons, a person is unable or potentially unable to render impartial assistance or advice to the Government, or the person's objectivity in performing the contract work is or might be impaired, or a person has an unfair competitive advantage." FAR sect. 2.101.
[6] The AECOM IT manager states that "[e]mployees of other AECOM affiliates outside of HSMM do not automatically have access rights to data on HSMM servers by virtue of their employment." Intervenor's Comments on AR, Exh. 3, Decl. of IT Manager at para. 3. In our view, this broad statement does not address our concern that competitively useful, non-public information was insufficiently safeguarded.
[7] There is no contemporaneous documentation in the record to support the intervenor's account of the negotiations.
[8] We do not agree that the showing of a lack of prejudice with respect to the impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest evidences a lack of prejudice in the procurement generally. As discussed, the limited nature of the AECOM evaluators' participation in the evaluation, and the contemporaneous record of their findings, which were relatively critical of the awardee's proposal, make reasonable the conclusion that these four evaluators were not biased in favor of Turner/Ellerbe. Such a view is in no way inconsistent with our finding that the record fails to support as reasonable a conclusion that Turner/Ellerbe had neither of the other types of organizational conflicts of interest.
[9] The agency has suggested that, if the protest is sustained, it will pursue a waiver of Turner/Ellerbe's exclusion from the competition based on any organizational conflict of interest, pursuant to FAR sect. 9.503. See Agency's Comments, Feb. 2, 2010. We previously have recognized an agency's authority to seek and obtain a waiver under the FAR. See, e.g., L-3 Servs., Inc., supra at 17 n.20. While the parties disagree as to whether waiver would be proper here, any such issues are premature at this point because no waiver has yet been issued.


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SANDY, Utah (Thursday, May 10, 2012) – Real Salt Lake (7-3-2, 23 pts.; 1st in West) puts its current standing on top of both overall league, and Western Conference tables. It travels on Saturday, May 12 to the Pacific Northwest to face the Seattle Sounders (7-1-1, 22 pts.; t-2nd in West) at CenturyLink Field, in a rematch of last year's Western Conference Semifinal series. Real will conclude their third three-game week of the season looking to improve upon its 2-2-2 road mark this season with an 8:00 p.m. MT kickoff, televised live on ABC4, with Bill Riley & Brian Dunseth on the call. Fans can also catch the action via the team's official radio partners: ESPN 700/ESPN700Sports.com and La Gran D 102.3 FM, and by live Twitter updates on Twitter.com/RealSaltLake.
Wednesday's 0-0 draw versus Chicago Fire gave RSL its fourth clean sheet of their 12-game season. In a concurrent match against FC Dallas, Seattle's Fredy Montero scored two goals just three minutes from being off the bench, giving the Sounders a 2-0 victory, and placing them just one point behind RSL. The Claret-and-Cobalt enter Saturday's critical match with a four-game unbeaten streak, but the Sounders' are on to their sixth, including five consecutive wins.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. Seattle Sounders
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RSL History v. Seattle Sounders
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All-time, RSL is 3-4-2 against Seattle, including a perfectly even 2-2-2 in regular-season play. Each team has won a playoff game against the other, with only the 2009 MLS play-in victory by Seattle in a preliminary round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tipping the scales.
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1. Complete any needed revisions of the board game project.
2. Individually or collaboratively, review for the final exam.
Once students have been informed of the goals, the substitute will go through the directions (see below), and students are free to move into their groups.
As always, noting the Daily Holiday is to build a sense of community and trust among the students, as well as "hook" them for the day. The sub plants note to put "House Plant Appreciation Day: Ted the Geranium says, 'Thanks!'" on the board; the artificial geranium has been used as a symbol for nature during our study of Transcendentalism and for various other roles throughout the semester.
The substitute is instructed to share the following:
1. As a Board Game Design Group, read over the Board Games Critiques completed by the group that played the game yesterday. Make any necessary revisions based on players' feedback on the critiques: develop and strengthen the game's rules, questions, and review of the novel by revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most needed based on the critique sheets (W.9-10.5). Students may use the classroom computers if needed. Play through the game an additional time to ensure all of the requirements on the rubric are met.
The purpose of providing students revision ties into the original "Design Process" model addressed when students began the project (see the attached directions). After assessing the success or failure of the game as a review of the novel, students can "tweak" any details needed for "publication" (in this case, grading). Practice of revision skills carry over to essay and to other writing. By working collaboratively, students are able to draw on each others' strengths and perceptions in the revisions.
The substitute is instructed to share the following:
2. When revisions are complete, review for the final exam. Students may review individually or with their groups, the final review has space for students to take notes. The review guide advises that, since the final exam is primarily skills-based, the best way to study is:
A. Know the definition of each term.
B. Know an example of the term from the reading.
C. Be able to explain how or why the term is utilized in the literature.
The semester final exam assesses students ability to read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems (RL.9-10.10), as well as literary nonfiction (RI.9-10.10) in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently. The questions on the final exam are drawn from all material we have studied this semester, with a focus on questions that require students to be able to use the skills we have practiced this semester, rather than require recall of minutiae from the readings. Students are presented with multiple choice and short answer/free response questions at the appropriate level of skill (W.9-10.10) that evaluate their understanding of these skills. The Core Standards focus on practical, skill-based learning, so our summative evaluation follows a benchmark or standardized test format, with passages from the works we have studied or from the same authors, and questions that evaluate their ability to recall, use, and evaluate the skills we study in context. Students are presented with those skills on the above-attached review. As many of the questions are drawn from and adapted from our textbook, they are not reproduced here.
Working individually or collaboratively, students choose the means of study most effective for themselves. Students are given the opportunity to review, giving them the opportunity to focus on that which they find most challenging or on which they feel most comfortable. During this time, they can take note of those ideas they cannot remember, struggle with, or feel confident, bringing these to our next class discussion.
The sub is asked to have students return their desks to rows, to remind students that the board games will be graded on Monday (this class period is a Friday), and we will wrap up "The Catcher in the Rye" that Monday.


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Hello. Over the past nine months I have been working on an album entitled "Item 07:Primordial Matter" [due out the end of this month] which is heavily inspired by the darkness and paranoia of the X-Files as well as more personal subject matter. As a means of leading up to this, I have created a pare of singles I would like to share here that deal with similar themes of the "other".
"Cancer Eater" [released 05.26.18]:
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