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The assistant U.S. attorney who is accused of limiting questions related to President Biden during the federal investigation into Hunter Biden is expected to be deposed at the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning, all while the whistleblowers who made the allegations against her testify at a separate committee.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf was subpoenaed last month for a deposition. She is expected to sit behind closed doors at the House Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Over at the House Ways and Means Committee, the whistleblowers who put Wolf’s work under the microscope will sit for a closed-door hearing during the committee’s executive session on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Gary Shapley, who led the IRS’ portion of the Hunter Biden probe, and Joseph Ziegler, a 13-year special agent within the IRS’ Criminal Investigation Division, are expected to speak to the panel.
Shapley and Ziegler have alleged political influence surrounding prosecutorial decisions throughout the Hunter Biden investigation, which began in 2018.
Shapley alleged that Wolf sought to block investigators from asking questions related to President Biden throughout the years-long federal investigation into his son, Hunter Biden.
Specifically, Shapley alleged that Wolf worked to “limit” questioning related to President Biden and apparent references to Biden as “dad” or “the big guy.”
Wolf allegedly said there was “no specific criminality to that line of questioning” relating to President Biden, which Shapley said “upset the FBI.”
In October 2020, Wolf reviewed an affidavit for a search warrant of Hunter Biden’s residence and “agreed that probable cause had been achieved,” Shapley testified. However, Shapley said Wolf ultimately would not allow a physical search warrant on the president’s son.
Shapley said Wolf determined there was “enough probable cause for the physical search warrant there, but the question was whether the juice was worth the squeeze.”
Wolf allegedly said that “optics were a driving factor in the decision on whether to execute a search warrant,” Shapley said, adding that Wolf agreed that “a lot of evidence in our investigation would be found in the guest house of former Vice President Biden, but said there is no way we will get that approved.”
Wolf also allegedly tipped off Hunter Biden’s legal team ahead of a planned search of his storage unit.
The whistleblowers’ testimony before Ways and Means and Wolf’s deposition at Judiciary comes as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Biden.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., are leading the investigation as the House gathers evidence and considers whether to draft articles of impeachment against President Biden.
The committees are investigating the alleged politicization of the federal probe into Hunter Biden. They are also investigating the Biden family’s foreign business dealings and whether the president was involved or benefited directly from those ventures.
President Biden has repeatedly denied having any involvement in his son’s business dealings.
Hunter Biden defied his subpoena to appear for a deposition at the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Instead, he made a public statement on Capitol Hill, blasting the Republican impeachment inquiry and saying his father was “not financially involved” in his business dealings.
Comer and Jordan have threatened to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress.
Hunter Biden’s public statement Wednesday came just days after he was charged out of Special Counsel David Weiss’ investigation.
Weiss alleged Hunter Biden was engaged in a “four-year scheme” when the president’s son did not pay his federal income taxes from January 2017 to October 2020 while also filing false tax reports. Weiss filed the charges in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
The charges break down to three felonies and six misdemeanors concerning $1.4 million in owed taxes that were since paid.
Weiss also indicted Hunter Biden in September with federal gun charges, to which the president’s son has pleaded not guilty. Biden’s defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, this week moved to dismiss those charges altogether.
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School safety has become a major point of focus for districts across the state this summer.
Perhaps one of the biggest areas that districts have been discussing is the security of school entrances.
Entrances for school buildings are held to a standard set by the School Building Authority (SBA), who has helped update facilities since the School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007.
“Around 2007, the Legislature created a school safety act. The intent was to empower the SBA to facilitate and provide the funds to design construction and upgrade facilities to enhance school safety. That was a one-time funding that was broken up into three years. Once that was established, the SBA in turn established legislative roles and began the process of developing quality development,” said SBA Director of Architectual Services Dana Womack.
“In 2008, the SBA developed what is now called the SBA Quality and Performance Standards (SBAQ&P) and that was in response to the school access safety act. It started out to incorporate safe school design with security foyers, basically entry points,” Womack said.
The SBAQ&P is the standard that all new schools are built with and older facilities are updated to.
“The SBAQ&P was updated in 2011 to add additional items, which included bollards at all entries, cafeteria common areas separate from main office, the use of mechanical doors to shut in case of emergency lockdowns and then security systems at school access,” Womack said.
“Typically these are new school standards when we build new schools, but a lot of these items have been incorporated into renovations of old schools. The counties are trying to upgrade their old schools to these new school safety standards. Since 2009, the SBA has provided funding for roughly 70 new schools and 24 renovations that have included new safe school entrances,” Womack said.
According to a June report from SBA Executive Director David Roach, only just over half of West Virginia’s schools have entrances that are considered safe, according to SBAQ&P standards.
Because of the lack of properly safe entrances, they are one of the most common projects that the SBA funds.
“We fund twice a year, and we typically always see safe school entries. That’s probably the hottest item that we see, trying to upgrade these older facilities with more secure entries. We funded two to three projects with safe school entries in June of this year, but that’s typically what we see,” Womack said.
“I’m not saying there was a greater push through the SBA, but ... the counties are always trying to increase their security systems,” Womack said. “The counties are already doing and asking for these upgrades. They have been since school safety became a norm to our life now.”
Technological upgrades are also constantly being made, including better cameras for entrances, Womack said.
“Video monitoring has kind of gradually upgraded to actually having security cameras instead of just having that one little camera where you basically see a little face picture. Now the schools are going to more upgraded devices with cameras that give you better quality looks,” Womack said.
While physical parts of school security are often focused on, there are also initiatives in West Virginia to help improve school safety for students as a social aspect.
The One Caring Adult program headed by the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) helps students to have role models.
“The One Caring Adult initiative’s goal is to ensure that there is emotional safety in schools. People often think about the physical aspect like bullying and those types of things. While those are of utmost importance, we want to understand that emotional safety is important as well,” said Coordinator of the WVDE Office of Accountability Jonah Adkins.
“Ensuring that each child is connected to at least one caring adult whether that’s a teacher, a principal, a counselor, a custodian, secretary — any adult within the school — lets them know that they have a trusted adult that they can talk to, can share their problems with and get help if necessary,” Adkins said.
Adkins also noted that the One Caring Adult program helps to improve school attendance and graduation rates through improving the culture in schools.
“Improving the school climate and culture, that kind of speaks for itself. If the kids are connected with someone, we’re going to have a positive climate and a cohesive culture,” Adkins said.
“If all the adults in the building are focused on meeting the needs of every child, then the culture and climate of that school will be strong and positive,” Adkins said.
More pointed efforts are also being completed statewide, including organized plans that county schools districts update and review every year.
“The School Crisis Response Plans and Training is required in WV Code 18-9F-9. It requires schools to plan for natural and manmade disasters. Those plans are to be updated annually and submitted to the Division of Homeland Security no later than Aug. 1 of each year,” Adkins said.
“The WVDE Safe Schools Toolkit provides resources to schools and prepares plans for crisis. There are resources for what to do in a weather emergency, an active shooter situation, in the event of a fire, in the event of a medical emergency and the list goes on,” Adkins said.
These plans are incredibly important for districts to have and implement, Adkins said.
“One of the messages that we’re typically sending is that once a school crisis response plan is completed, that doesn’t just go on a shelf,” Adkins said.
“It has to be communicated to the appropriate person involved in the event of a crisis, it needs to be practiced, students need to know what to do in these situations, so we’re encouraging schools to not only create your plan but to communicate, share and practice that plan so that everyone knows what to do in the event,” Adkins said.
In specific situations, schools are also able to assess threat levels of individual students.
“There are also student threat assessments if necessary if a student is exhibiting uncommon behavior — something outside of the normal that means they could be dangerous — that assessment can be done by someone who is trained to do so,” Adkins said.

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International aid agency Oxfam Australia has condemned the Australian Government’s use of sneaky accounting to cut back its support to some of the world’s poorest people.
Oxfam’s acting executive director Alexia Huxley described the Government’s decision to move money from aid in poor countries towards asylum seekers in Australia as a case of juggling the books and playing politics with two groups of extremely vulnerable people.
“Australia needs to support both vulnerable people in poor countries as well as asylum seekers in Australia. Instead, it is making some of the world’s poorest people foot the bill for a bad, expensive policy.
“Australians don’t expect our overseas aid funds to be spent in Australia.
“This money could be used to help build more secure communities in developing countries and possibly avoid more men, women and children resorting to desperate measures to start a new life in Australia.
“This latest diversion of Australia’s aid budget could have a devastating impact on people in the world’s poorest countries – many of whom live in our region.
“With about 19,000 children under five still dying every day around the world from preventable diseases like diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia, we cannot afford to cut back our support.
“Since 1990 we’ve seen global poverty halved, the number of children dying each year has dropped and more kids are going to primary school. We need to continue this important work.”
Oxfam said the decision also calls into question the role the Prime Minister plays as co-chair of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals advocacy group that seeks to mobilise global action to help the world’s poor.
“The Australian Government has in the past demonstrated a strong commitment to helping the world’s poor,” Ms Huxley said.
“This latest move compromises our reputation as a good global citizen and a leader in international fight against poverty.”
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http://annettapowellblog.com - Few years back, you had to go to your local bank to apply for a mortgage. These days, you could apply for a mortgage through a mortgage broker, a trade association, a credit union or even through a professional association which you belong to. With all these available help, you might wonder which is truly the best for you and where and how to begin. Approaching a mortgage banker or broker is a good head start but unfortunately, most people could not distinguish the difference between these two.
A mortgage broker is simply a person who connects a lender and a borrower by acting as a home buyer and a lender’s matchmaker. In most cases, he brings together and completes the mortgage applications and negotiates the terms thereof with the lender on behalf of the borrower. You can think of a broker as a scout who finds and evaluates a home buyer and analyzes the buyer’s credit worth in order to determine the best lender to work with until the loan comes to an approval. The broker is paid once the loan is closed and he has no further responsibilities over it anymore.
A mortgage banker, on the other hand, is the lender himself who releases the loan directly to the borrower. Whether you go through a broker or not, the mortgage banker is still the one who makes the ultimate decision to lend you the money. Mortgage brokers operate with significantly fewer assets than bankers who have to keep a large capital to enable them to meet the needs of their borrowers.
Most homeowners choose bankers when it comes to getting a mortgage while those who fear to not qualify for a mortgage seek the assistance of a broker.
Working with a mortgage banker helps you build a direct relationship which could be beneficial in terms of getting discounts or good payment conditions. The advantages of working with brokers are that they are easy to contact and they could disclose all the information regarding the loan, premiums, rates, etc. while doing almost all the processes for you.
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ATLANTA -- Paul Johnson the myth-buster is at it again. He started this game the same way he did the season -- with a pass. Georgia Tech fans might remember the first play against Jacksonville State was a pass, and Johnson has tried all season to convince people his offense is more than "3 yards and a cloud of dust."
He reiterated that message in the first quarter with a few trick plays for some big yardage, but Miami's defense came up with the stops when it had to -- in the red zone -- and forced the Yellow Jackets into a field goal. There is big-play capability in this offense, and all it takes is one missed assignment to find out, which Miami has. The Jackets are moving the ball well, in large part because of Roddy Jones and Jonathan Dwyer. They're taking some pressure off quarterback Josh Nesbitt.
It's possible we might see more passing than usual in this game if it's an effort to keep Nesbitt from scrambling too much on that less-than-100 percent ankle. Besides, if the officials make a trend out of calling chop blocks every time they run the option, it could be a long night for Tech.
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The Asian American Studies Department at the University of Maryland has published a report called A Portrait of Chinese Americans. This pdf contains information about residential patterns, employment, and demographic and social profiles. To make the data friendlier to the public, it’s full of dorky photos and graphics and little personal blurbs from individual Chinese Americans. Personally, I think this report could have been a LOT more fun — I think I need the kids’ version — But it’s better than reading anything at a .gov website.
For any who don’t want to go through 64 pages (though it’s mostly pictures and white space), there’s a short version called the Snapshot of the Portrait of Chinese Americans.
And if you just want to look at graphics, there are some maps of the areas most highly populated with Chinese Americans.
And for those who don’t want to read beyond this post, here are a few interesting facts from the report:
On Industry and Sector of Employment:
- The vast majority (80.4%) of Chinese Americans work in the private sector rather than in the government sector (13.2%).
- Few Chinese Americans are self-employed proprietors (6.1%). Chinese Americans in the “second generation and beyond” are even less likely to be self-employed (4.2%).
- Chinese Americans are overwhelmingly bilingual. 83.4 percent speak more than one language at home. By contrast, 80.3 percent of the general population speaks only English while 19.7 percent are bilingual.
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United for a Fair Economy joined groups including Power on the Line and Alabama Arise last Wednesday, October 5, to hear the initial arguments at the Supreme Court on an Alabama redistricting case that will have a profound impact on minority voting rights across the nation.
The Black voter community in Alabama has filed a claim challenging Alabam’s congressional map established in 2021 for breaching the Voting Rights Act, which forbids racially discriminatory voting methods, in the case now known as Merrill v. Milligan.
The Supreme Court must uphold and affirm the Voting Rights Act because it remains imperative to democracy. We are standing in solidarity with Albamians and asking the State Legislature to redraw the maps and include two congressional districts to allow Alabama’s nearly 1.5 million Black residents a voice in Congress.
United for a Fair Economy was there to stand up for voting rights and equitable representation. Some members of our staff took it a step further and developed healing spaces for people that attended the rally. Wages and Workers’ Rights Organizer Raul Jimenez and Operations Manager Tomas Aguilar facilitated these supportive services. We were grateful to be able to offer a safe place for reflection, connection, and healing. It was special to see people engaging with our healing spaces and connecting with other people in the rally.
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Uterus is one of the most important parts of the reproductive system of cattle. However there are several odd conditions accounted with the uterus as “METRITIS” which is inflammation of uterine tissue may be due to Bacterial Infection, Injury Etc. Metritis may be postpartum or prepartum.
In normal cases there will be Bacterial Infection, Injury to uterine tissues may be by untrained A.I worker during A.I. Here there is swelling of uterine tissues seen along with mucus discharge which is known as “PYOMETRA” It may influence Heat Cycle, Reproduct Efficiency, Hormonal Balance of the body leading to other reproductive problems. However, Pus Discharge may also be passed on to udder or teat leading to MASTITIS where there is sudden milk drop or swelling of the udder.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone might be great friends these days, but there was a time when the two action icons were huge rivals both onscreen and off, battling for supremacy throughout the 1980s to stake their claim as the biggest movie star in the world. Once the professional animosity died down though, the two worked together in several projects, including the Expendables franchise and Escape Plan.
However, just because Arnie and Sly are friends now, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t above a bit of good-natured ribbing. Stallone recently donated a signed knife that he’d used in one of the Rambo movies to a charity auction, only for Schwarzenegger to one-up him and donate a much bigger blade that the Austrian Oak had wielded in Predator.
Of course, the 72 year-old former Governor of California couldn’t resist poking fun at his one-time adversary and took to social media to drop a new video, which you can see below:
At least Stallone took the joke well, re-posting it on his own Instagram page along with a thank you message for Schwarzenegger. While Arnie’s Crocodile Dundee impression is possibly the worst that’s ever been done, the Terminator star simply can’t control his laughter when indulging in a little d*ck-measuring contest between two of cinema’s most legendary action heroes.
The message also comes with a nice little plug for Rambo: Last Blood, which hits theaters tomorrow, so it wasn’t just a case of the veteran star making fun of his friend for no reason. It would be nice to see this kind of back-and-forth continue between the two as well, as they would have a real chance of eclipsing the back-and-forth battle between Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as Hollywood’s biggest A-list trolls.


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What five things do you always have in your refrigerator? I don’t wonder about the normal things like milk and eggs but about the things that are a little different and are used in the food you especially like to cook.
For me, I always have shallots, pancetta, pine nuts, unsalted butter and hoisin sauce. There is also always wine, but I consider that normal.
I don’t think there’s a recipe that would call for all of these ingredients, but this one calls for two of them. In fact, I depleted my shallot collection and had to restock. I do not like to be shallotless.
Here’s the step by step.
Get the chicken (all thighs, because they are my favourite).
Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then sear them in a frypan.
While the chicken is cooking, get the other ingredients ready.
Gotta have pancetta.
Pancetta gotta be diced.
Gotta have shallots.
Shallots gotta be peeled and halved.
There are carrots.
The carrots are peeled and cut.
Get a fennel bulb…
… and dice it.
Get a clove of garlic and mince it.
If you are timing the prep just so, the chicken should be ready to remove from the pan.
Cook the pancetta.
When the pancetta is cooked, remove it from the pan to drain.
Get the vegetables in the pan.
When the vegetables are lightly browned, add the garlic.
Instead of the herb bundle called for in the recipe, I used a bouquet garni. I always have these around, but not in the fridge.
Add the bouquet garni, wine and chicken stock to the pan with the vegetables.
Put the pancetta back in the pan.
Get the chicken nestled in there too.
After 35 minutes (covered, on top of the stove), the chicken was cooked. It and the vegetables were removed and the liquid was reduced. If I had had a lemon I would have used it, but sadly lemons are not on the list of “Five Things I Always Have in My Refrigerator”. They should be.
Wine-Braised Chicken with Shallots and Pancetta.
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Wine-Braised Chicken with Shallots and Pancetta
In this modern take on coq au vin, Riesling subs for the usual red wine.
1/4 cup olive oil
4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 1-1/2 lb.)
4 chicken drumsticks (about 1-1/2 lb.)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
7 oz. pancetta, cut into 3/4-inch dice (1 heaping cup)
8 medium shallots, lobes separated, large lobes halved through the core
4 medium carrots, cut into 3/4-inch-thick slices, large slices cut in half
1 small bulb fennel, trimmed, cored, and cut into 3/4-inch dice
1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
4 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
4 sprigs fresh thyme
1 bay leaf
2 cups dry fruity white wine, preferably Alsatian or German dry Riesling
3 cups lower-salt chicken broth
1/4 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
1 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Position a rack in the bottom third of the oven and heat the oven to 300°F.
Heat 2 Tbs. of the oil in a 7- to 8-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season the chicken all over with 1 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper. Arrange the chicken skin side down in the pot in a snug single layer and sear, flipping once, until golden brown all over, 10 to 13 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
Cook the pancetta in the pot until well browned all over, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Pour off and discard the fat.
Heat the remaining 2 Tbs. oil in the pot over medium-high heat. Cook the shallots, carrots, and fennel, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until its aroma subsides, 1 to 2 minutes.
Tie the parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs, and bay leaf together with twine (or tie them in a small cheesecloth sachet). Add the herb bundle to the pot, along with the wine. Simmer briskly, scraping the bottom of the pot to loosen the brown bits. Add the broth and return the chicken and pancetta to the pot, arranging the chicken in a single layer. Bring to a simmer, cover and transfer to the oven.
Braise the chicken until the meat is fork-tender and just starting to come away from the bone, 35 to 45 minutes.
Transfer the chicken and vegetables to a serving platter with a slotted spoon and tent with foil. Discard the herb bundle. Bring the sauce to a boil over high heat and reduce to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. Stir in the lemon zest and season with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve sprinkled with the chopped parsley.
Make Ahead Tips
This dish may be made up to 2 days ahead. Let the sauce cool before adding the chicken and vegetables and refrigerating. Reheat gently over medium-low heat before serving.

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text: Since 2005 Carlos Cazalis has been photographing some of the world’s largest cities, Occupy São Paulo being the first chapter in his Urban Meta project. As one of the world’s mega cities reaching a population of 20 million, the city of São Paulo perpetuates a tremendous urban stress to it’s residents, especially in terms of habitat. The bare necessity of finding shelter, a home, is amongst the most economically challenging situations, whether one is rich or poor. For those on the lower end of the spectrum, the idea of a home is a constant process of adding walls, a room, a second floor and a roof over an ex tended period of time. For those wealthy enough to build their dream home, whether as a penthouse on a high rise or as a well guarded house, the fear of leaving the home is as great as the necessity of returning back safely. Cazalis’ images show the chaos, the sense of loss, the daily struggles of the city’s dwellers.

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Murder is murder no matter how you spin it.
Have we become so "simple minded" that all it takes is an attractive-looking woman wearing pink sneakers to grab our attention? Seems so. I was appalled at the outpouring of love and affection Senator Wendy Davis received for the filibuster of a bill that is pro-abortion, that is pro-Murder...that is pro-Satan.
Do we actually live in a country that applauds the killing of babies...that cheers for murder?
On Tuesday, June 25, 2013, Senator Wendy Davis, a woman, a mother, hopped around for hours in her pink sneakers trying to convince her "audience" that killing babies in the second trimester was just "peachy." The scary part? People were cheering for the pro-murder senator. In fact, they were chanting her name.
I am assuming that Senator Davis has read the Constitution...but has she ever read a document that usurps the Constitution...has she ever read The Ten Commandments? I think not, for if she had then she would know that the Sixth Commandment states, "Thou shalt not kill." Perhaps Senator Davis has read the Ten Commandments, but instead of following the Word of God she has decided to ignore It.
As a Christian school teacher, I can no longer stay silent about murder. In fact, I am ashamed for staying silent so long. It terrifies me that Senator Davis's name was being "chanted"--as if she were a hero, as if she were a victorious gladiator in the Roman Colosseum.
Do we actually live in a country that applauds the killing of babies? Are we starting to resemble the heathen nations of the Old Testament--the nations that sacrificed their babies to false gods? Are we that far gone?
We as Christians have to be as zeoulous and outspoken as Senator Wendy Davis! Our voices need to be heard! We have to uphold the Bible and the Ten Commandments as fervently as we uphold the Constitution!
To turn America back to God. To support all Bible-believing and God-fearing leaders and potential leaders.
To reverse Roe v Wade.
To stop the killing of unborn babies.
"Murder is murder no matter how you spin it."
Below: The Bible describes how surrounding heathen nations would sacrifice their babies to false gods. The picture below depicts Ammonites sacrificing their babies to the false god, Molech. *Women were not "allowed" to emote sadness during this horrid ritual.*

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Amoo: 3SC Won’t Give Up Relegation Battle
By Olayinka Olawole
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) head coach, Fatai Folorunsho Amoo is confident his side won’t give up in the fight to stay-up in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after match-day 25 win on Sunday.
In an exclusive with SR Sports shortly after his side recorded a 2-0 win over visiting Abubakr Bukola Saraki (ABS) side in Ibadan, the former Stationery Stores manager insisted that the Oluyole Warriors (as 3SC is fondly called) won’t give up until they are mathematically relegated.
“Am happy for today’s victory, but I know we still have a lot to do. We are working hard to stay out of relegation. Its a tough battle, but am positive we won’t go down,” Amoo told SR Sports after the game in Ibadan.
An header from diminutive midfielder Adebayo Ibrahim and a great volley from super teenage striker, Sunday Faleye gave the Ibadan-based club a vital win that took them away from the bottom of the NPFL log.
With 13 more games to go before the end of the NPFL campaign, Amoo made it clear that his team’s intention is to keep picking points in their remaining games, as they battle Rivers United in Port Harcourt next weekend.


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The Strange Case of the Motor Racing Secret Agent
24 May 2012
Sky Sports have been filming at Brookwood Military Cemetery
- the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the
United Kingdom - to cover the story of British secret agent who was
the first winner of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Grover-Williams - born in France to an English father and
French mother - was working with the French resistance when he was
captured by the Nazis during the Second World War. He was executed
in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Or was he?
one of the most successful racing drivers of the late 20s and early
30s. In 1929 he won the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix, driving a
Bugatti, painted in the colour that went on to become known as
British Racing Green.
During the Second World War, with his fluent French, Grover-Williams was
recruited into the Special Operations Executive to work with French
resistance. For years the official accounts said he was
arrested by the Nazis in 1943, and underwent protracted
interrogation before being killed at Sachsenhausen in the Spring of
But British government documents released in 2003 suggest Grover-Williams may
have survived the war. It's been suggested that the cousin of Grover-Williams's
widow, who lived with her for years after the war, might in fact
have been Grover-Williams himself.
On the weekend of the this year's Monaco Grand Prix, 83 years on
from Grover-Williams's first triumph, Sky Sports's reporter Simon
Lazenby has been looking at the story. His report is being shown in
Saturday's Qualifying programme.
And for the record: Captain William Charles
Frederick Grover-Williams, attached from the General List to
the Special Operations Executive, holder of the Croix de Guerre, is
commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial
- Panel 21, Column 3.
Click here to watch a clip
of Grover-Williams winning the first Monaco Grand Prix.
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Sports Authority on Wednesday announced the promotion of David Campisi to president and CEO.
Campisi succeeds Doug Morton who stepped down from the top position last October, though he remains as chairman at the company. Since that time, Campisi, along with Tom Hendrickson, chief administrative officer and CFO; and COO Greg Waters, have fulfilled the duties of the leadership role while an executive search was conducted.
After joining the sporting goods chain in 2004 as president of merchandising, Campisi was named as president and chief merchandising officer in 2005.
In his new role, Campisi told Footwear News he planned to refocus the organization around the customer experience and delivering value. “We’ve done a lot of research, and it tells us our customers look not for discounting but for great brands and value,” he said. “We’re also about to launch a new training program for our associates, and you’ll see [the effects of] that in our stores at the end of May. You’ll clearly see a change in style and enthusiasm.”
For his part, Morton expressed in a statement his confidence that Campisi would continue to grow the business and build on its recent successes. “Most recently, David has proven to be an instrumental leader by delivering strong fourth-quarter results,” he said. “He has been successful in building a world-class executive team that has developed an inspiring plan to deliver growth in 2010 and beyond.”


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Objective: To assess the long-term impact of implementation intention formation in reducing consultations for emergency contraception and pregnancy testing among teenage women.
Design: Teenage women visiting a family planning clinic were randomly assigned to implementation intention versus control conditions.
Main outcome measures: Objective measures of consultation outcomes were obtained from clinic records at 2-year follow-up (N = 227).
Results: Rates of consultation for emergency contraception and pregnancy testing in the implementation intentions condition were 19% and 33% lower, respectively, compared to the rates observed in the control condition. Pregnancy rates were 43% lower. Intervention participants who consulted for emergency contraception and pregnancy testing at baseline were more than twice as likely to change to consulting for contraceptive supplies over the follow-up period compared to equivalent control participants (19% vs. 9%).
Conclusion: The impact of implementation intention formation on reducing pregnancy risk among teenagers is durable over 2 years. Implementation intentions were successful in changing behavior among precisely those participants who were at greatest risk of becoming pregnant.
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Background: Children are exposed to p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p'-DDT) and p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) through placental and lactational transfer. Some studies have suggested that early-life exposure to these compounds could lead to increased body mass index (BMI) during childhood. Our aim was to assess whether children's exposure during the first 2 years of life is associated with BMI z-score in Japanese children at 42 months of age.
Methods: We used data from a birth cohort (n = 290) of the Tohoku Study of Child Development. p,p'-DDT and p,p'-DDE levels were measured in breast milk samples collected 1 month after birth, and levels in children were estimated using a toxicokinetic model for three exposure periods (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-24 months). Associations between exposure estimates and BMI z-score at 42 months of age were assessed using multivariate linear regression models.
Results: We found no significant association between levels of p,p'-DDT measured in breast milk or estimated in children and BMI z-score. However, we observed associations between estimated p,p'-DDE levels in girls during all postnatal exposure periods and BMI z-score; for each log increase in the estimated p,p'-DDE levels, BMI z-score increased by 0.23 (C.I. 95%: 0.01, 0.45) for the 0-6 months exposure period, 0.26 (C.I. 95%: 0.06, 0.47) for the 6-12 months exposure period, and 0.24 (C.I. 95%: 0.05, 0.43) for the 12-24 months exposure period.
Conclusion: In this study of Japanese children, estimated postnatal p,p'-DDE levels were associated with increased BMI z-score at 42 months of age, mostly in girls. These results are in line with previous studies supporting that early-life exposure to p,p'-DDE may be associated with higher BMI during childhood.
Keywords: Body mass index (BMI); Breast milk; Postnatal exposure; Toxicokinetic modeling; p,p’-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p’-DDE); p,p’-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p’-DDT).


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Sooo… This is Book two in the Curse Keepers Series By the delightful Denise Grover Swank. Is that a cool name or what!?
I read book one back in January a while ago. I found it because one of my fav Authors on Facey said everyone should read it, and like a good little sheep that is exactly what I did! 😉
It was a great read and I’m really glad I followed the leader in this instance. Interesting, creative, out of the box. This series is about North American history come to life! The Lost Colony of Roanoke has always been one of the great American mysteries. This book flashes forward into modern America, but the mystery lives on. Until it magically reappears. The Lost Colony is tied to an ancient curse that should never be broken, for fear of the gods wrath. Two people, curse keepers, are in charged with the mission of keeping the gates of hell closed, and the gods locked up. But after 400 years and many generations later, Ellie (one of the modern-day curse keepers) doesn’t believe in make-believe magic curses.
Two weeks later, one curse broken, one love found, one heart-broken and a whole lot of scary demons, Ellie is a sure believer. That about covers the first book. If you like the sound of this quirky history, action, love packed book, go on and read it and stop reading this!
Now that Ellie believes in the curse, she has so many questions. Collin wont help and with her Dad gone, the task of uncovering the answers to stop of gods seems impossible. Ellie seemingly is left as the mercy of the spirits tormenting her, until an unlikely but terribly handsome man comes into her life, by the name of Prof. David Preston. He is a ‘Native American studies’ professor at a near by university, and just might have the resources and knowledge to help Ellie find the answers. But can she trust him after the havoc Collin wreaked on her heart!?
The book was a great read, I think that this series is going to be a great adventure. But this book I felt was a little bit slow. While finding answers is always a hard and long task, I felt it was a bit dragged out for very little gain. The entire book was geared around finding Ahone symbol so Ellie could protect herself with. As the central idea it wasn’t altogether that interesting, and in my opinion didn’t need as much page time. I know that the Author was trying to demonstrate the character of Ahone, create new friendships, ostracize Collin, and create a platform for the reader/characters to gain more information. However, I thought it could have been a bit faster in delivery.
However, it was still a good read, I think the series as a whole will turn out to be really interesting. I love that this novel in placed and centered around North American history, which is something I know nothing about and a really interesting platform for a YA novel. Characters are pretty classic YA characters. I think these characters are very standard models of what we expect of YA novels. So if you are wanting something fresh in your YA characters, it’s probably not what you are after.
Despite, this I shall be looking out of the next book in the series This Changes Everything which is scheduled to release in August.

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The authorities of Zaporozhye announced that the permanent military base of Russia will become a guarantor of security It will be possible to talk about specific actions for the deployment of a permanent military contingent after the referendum and the entry of the Zaporozhye region into Russia, the CAA said
The authorities of the Zaporozhye region want Russian military bases to be placed on the territory of the region on a permanent basis. This was stated by a member of the main council of the regional administration (operating on the territory occupied by Russian troops) Vladimir Rogov in a conversation with RIA Novosti.
"Permanent deployment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Zaporozhye region will become a guarantor of the security of the region from attempts of external aggression and terror of Ukrainian nationalists»,— he explained.
According to him, it will be possible to talk about concrete steps to deploy permanent Russian military units after the referendum and the entry of the Zaporozhye region into Russia.
Rogov once again pointed out the desire of the region to become part of Russia and expressed confidence that Moscow would not withdraw its troops from the territory of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, said that the Ukrainian president had instructed to recapture the south of Ukraine: the plan for this, according to him, is already is being developed, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine intend to assemble “millions of fighting forces” equipped with Western weapons.
At the end of April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that if referendums were held in the territories occupied by Russian forces, Kiev would withdraw from the negotiation process with Moscow. Now negotiations between the parties are suspended. Russia blamed the Ukrainian side for this.
Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine since February 24. The southern and central parts of the Zaporozhye region, including the cities of Berdyansk, Melitopol, Vasylivka and Energodar, are under the control of Russian forces.
Capital of the Zaporozhye region— the city of Zaporozhye— remains under the control of Ukrainian forces.
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By Fatema Mun, PA Humanities Summer 2022 Intern
Youngsville is a community where people take care of one another.
For example, when a snowplow accidentally ran over a local paperboy’s bicycle and community members found out, the chief of police got in touch with the local Walmart to donate a new bike.
“We presented a brand new bike for this gentleman so that he could continue delivering papers,” borough manager Wendy Wilcox said. “We just take care of each other.”
Youngsville is one of four PA Heart & Soul communities located along Route 6 in northern Pennsylvania. When the Heart & Soul team members announced a logo contest with area schools, they hoped to find an image that really captured that caring spirit. Most of the submissions they received were of sports, or had the Youngsville Eagle mascot on it. But one stood out among the rest: Kinzlea Chase’s drawing of people holding hands around the outline of a heart, with the words, “When we unify as one, the heart and soul of our community can thrive”.
Chase, 13, entered the Youngsville Heart & Soul logo contest inspired by the unity in her community.
“Communities are made up by all ages,” she said, “and regardless of our differences we can all come together as one and live as a happy community.”
She was in sixth grade when she submitted her entry, and was very excited to find out she had won almost a year later. Now, Chase is going into eighth grade, and said that although she didn’t know about Heart & Soul before the contest, she’s learned “how communities can come together and work together and identify common goals and ways to thrive.”
Youngsville is in Phase 2 of the Heart & Soul process, the storytelling phase. They’re engaging the community and finding out what residents love about their town.
“We want to see what they love about Youngsville, what they want to keep here, and how we can keep it here,” said Wilcox, who also serves on the town’s Heart & Soul leadership team. “Whether that’s businesses, or enhancements to our local parks, we want to see what they want.”
Right now, in the local Youngsville grocery store, Heart & Soul has put up questions for the residents to answer. With fun questions like “Do you like pineapples on your pizza?” the Youngsville Heart & Soul team hopes to engage their community members now in order to later get to the essence of what Youngsville means to them.
“The importance is getting the community involved and engaged because we definitely want them to be part of what’s going on,” Wilcox said.
Youngsville Heart & Soul is making sure to hear voices of all ages and involving the young residents of the town in their work. With the logo contest and other fun events, the newest generation of Youngsville residents are able to be a part of the Heart & Soul process.
“When school starts up again, we want to go into the schools and ask them about Youngsville,” Wilcox said. “What do they like about Youngsville? What do they, as young people, want to see in Youngsville? Would they like more activities? Would they want more places to gather? We want to know what they want as well.”
For Wilcox, Youngsville means family.
“It’s a small community where you’re out on the porch, you say hi to your neighbors,” she said. “Everyone knows everybody. We’re like a big family.”
And for Chase?
“It’s a small town and it’s quiet, where most of the people know each other,” she said. “It’s a safe community.”


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Audentes Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BOLD) was downgraded by stock analysts at Guggenheim from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report issued on Tuesday, The Fly reports.
Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Audentes Therapeutics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $48.00 price target on shares of Audentes Therapeutics in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Chardan Capital restated a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 price objective on shares of Audentes Therapeutics in a report on Sunday, October 6th. Robert W. Baird began coverage on shares of Audentes Therapeutics in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $10.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Piper Jaffray Companies reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $55.00 price objective on shares of Audentes Therapeutics in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.00.
NASDAQ BOLD opened at $28.61 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $33.11. The stock has a market cap of $1.33 billion, a PE ratio of -8.41 and a beta of 1.77. Audentes Therapeutics has a twelve month low of $17.95 and a twelve month high of $41.65.
Audentes Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BOLD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 7th. The biotechnology company reported ($1.00) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.07) by $0.07. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.97) earnings per share. Analysts expect that Audentes Therapeutics will post -4.13 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In other Audentes Therapeutics news, Director Louis G. Lange sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.16, for a total transaction of $321,600.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 276,044 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,877,575.04. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Matthew R. Patterson sold 14,426 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total transaction of $432,780.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 127,820 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,834,600. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 5.30% of the company’s stock.
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BOLD. BlackRock Inc. raised its stake in shares of Audentes Therapeutics by 14.2% in the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 3,333,445 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $126,204,000 after acquiring an additional 413,768 shares in the last quarter. Great Point Partners LLC grew its stake in Audentes Therapeutics by 29.2% during the 3rd quarter. Great Point Partners LLC now owns 2,485,000 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $69,804,000 after purchasing an additional 562,063 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Audentes Therapeutics by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,971,206 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $74,629,000 after purchasing an additional 84,659 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Audentes Therapeutics by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 904,221 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $34,233,000 after purchasing an additional 23,620 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC increased its holdings in Audentes Therapeutics by 49.2% during the 3rd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 773,279 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $21,721,000 after purchasing an additional 255,086 shares during the period. 98.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Audentes Therapeutics Company Profile
Audentes Therapeutics, Inc, a clinical stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing and commercializing gene therapy products for patients living with serious, life-threatening rare diseases caused by single gene defects. The company is developing AT132, which is in Phase I/II clinical studies for the treatment of X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM); AT342 that is in Phase I/II clinical studies to treat crigler-najjar syndrome; AT845, which is in preclinical studies for the treatment of pompe disease; and AT307 to treat CASQ2 subtype of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
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Program would focus on curriculum-based cafeterias.
School bus was retrofitted with benches so kids can eat on board.
New school regs bringing unlimited produce
School board looking for ways to boost participation rates.
Prices will increase by 5 cents across the board.
Grant from private donor helped to spur campaign.
Known as the Local Food Dude, Cipriano has made it his mission to bring healthy, sustainable fare to school lunch.
The Renegade Lunch Lady works hard to bring together communities to create a healthy school lunch program.
Tony Geraci isn't afraid to ruffle some feathers to get things in school nutrition done right.
Hayes starting a Facebook page to show people that school lunch had changed.
Obama's Lets Move! campaign is dedicated to solving obesity within a generation.
Students have become the customer of every segment of non-commercial foodservice.
Wickson has made it clear she is an innovator for change.
Students who eat breakfast are more likely to be on track for graduation.
Study determined that 9.8% of city kids have a food allergy, compared to 6.2% in rural areas.
Michelle Obama praises company for ban.
Only one in seven low-income students eating summer meals
The CIA and two school districts provide menu inspiration.
Janey Thornton was was challenged with the Obama administration’s charge to make school meals healthier.
Elementary school children approve of snack during taste testing.


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Beating Ebola requires worldwide cooperation
Ebola in West Africa is becoming a regional and global threat to security, and President Barack Obama and Sen. Lamar Alexander have spoken out forcefully that our nation and the international community must lead in addressing this crisis. They are correct, and such leadership is critical at this moment.
Sen. Alexander noted in the Senate that "Ebola should be considered as serious a threat as the Islamic State. This is an instance where we should be running toward the burning flames with our fireproof suits on. This is an emergency. We need to recognize it, and we need to find and work with other countries in the world that recognize it."
Also, speaking at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obama emphasized the role the United States needs to play now in addressing the Ebola crisis. "This is a daunting task, but here's what gives us hope: The world knows how to fight this disease. It's not a mystery. We know the science. We know how to prevent it from spreading. We know how to care for those who contract it. We know that if we take the proper steps, we can save lives. But we have to act fast. We can't dawdle. We have to move with force."
The president has presented an aggressive plan of action to address this emergency.
These leaders and their statements are correct. Since Ebola re-emerged eight months ago, there have been nearly 3,000 deaths and over 6,000 cases reported. The leadership of President Obama and Sen. Alexander focusing together on this epidemic is very important. In recent years, we have not seen as much cooperation in Washington as is needed. However, this joint approach in addressing this global emergency is encouraging and positive. The lives of thousands are the highest priority, and identifying ways to save these men, women and children is becoming critical.
Ebola has spread so rapidly and affected thousands of individuals for many reasons, including the fact that it has spread to four countries and reached urban centers, the health infrastructure including health care workers, educators and hospitals are limited, and the international community has not acted as rapidly as possible. Mr. Obama noted at the United Nations last week: "This is a global threat and demands a global response. We are not moving fast enough; we are not doing enough."
While Ebola has been known since 1976 in sub-Saharan African nations, the challenges we currently are facing require immediate cooperation. And that is what these leaders are saying. The active leadership of the director of the CDC, Dr. Thomas Frieden, who has visited West Africa and is challenging and leading the global community to do more, is another sign that an international response is being organized. As he recently wrote, "Ebola is a painful reminder that an outbreak anywhere can be a risk everywhere."
We should applaud individuals like President Obama and Sen. Alexander who can lay aside the politics of the moment and recognize that more cooperation and support are needed if we are to address this urgent infectious disease tragedy. Their efforts and leadership will bring hope to tens of thousands of individuals who are living in fear and looking to us and the international community for hope.
George C. Hill, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Emeritus at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.


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Financial Reporting Alert 08-19, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Affected by Turmoil in the Credit Markets
December 4, 2008
This Financial Reporting Alert highlights the impact that the volatile financial markets and the broadening market decline may have had, and could have, on an entity’s pension and other postretirement benefit calculations and disclosures.
Considerations for This Financial Reporting Season
Balance Sheet Impact
In response to the broad market declines, coupled with the requirements in Statement 158 1 that an entity record the funded status of its defined benefit postretirement plan(s) as an asset or liability on its balance sheet, financial statement preparers should focus on the value of an entity’s plan assets this year-end. Because funded status is computed as the difference between plan assets and the postretirement benefit obligation, a decrease in a plan’s assets will result in a dollar-for-dollar pretax decline in funded status. On the other hand, an increase in the discount rate would result in a decrease in the benefit obligation and an improvement in funded status. Accordingly, reductions in the fair value of pension assets and broadening market declines could have a significant effect on an entity’s pension asset or liability. Entities should understand and evaluate the potential effect that an increasing postretirement benefit liability (or decreasing postretirement benefit asset) may have on their debt covenant calculations or capital requirements.
In measuring the pension 2 obligation and recording the net periodic benefit cost, financial statement preparers should understand, evaluate, and conclude on the reasonableness of the underlying assumptions that could be affected by the credit market turmoil and broadening market declines. Paragraph 43 of Statement 87 3 requires that “[e]ach significant assumption used shall reflect the best estimate solely with respect to that individual assumption [as of the measurement date].” Because of the current market conditions, entities should particularly understand, evaluate, and conclude on the reasonableness of the discount rate and the expected long-term return on plan assets.
To support their discount rate, some companies seek advisors for assistance in constructing hypothetical bond portfolios rather than using a yield curve constructed by a third party (e.g., Citigroup or an actuarial firm). Companies that use hypothetical bond portfolios to support the discount rate to measure their postretirement benefit obligations should evaluate the impact of current market conditions on both bond pricing and bond selection.
Hypothetical Bond Portfolios — Bond Yield Considerations 4
The discount rate used to measure postretirement benefit obligations should reflect the rate at which pension benefits could be effectively settled. Use of a model that reflects rates of zero-coupon, high-quality corporate bonds is an acceptable method of deriving the assumed discount rate. Since there are a limited number of zero-coupon corporate bonds in the market, models are constructed with coupon-paying bonds whose yields are adjusted to approximate results that would have been obtained through the use of the zero-coupon bonds.
Paragraph 44A of Statement 87 states, in part:
[A]n employer may look to rates of return on high-quality fixed-income investments in determining assumed discount rates. The objective of selecting assumed discount rates using that method is to measure the single amount that, if invested at the measurement date in a portfolio of high-quality debt instruments, would provide the necessary future cash flows to pay the pension benefits when due. Notionally, that single amount, the projected benefit obligation, would equal the current market value of a portfolio of high-quality zero coupon bonds whose maturity dates and amounts would be the same as the timing and amount of the expected future benefit payments.
Constructing a hypothetical portfolio of high-quality instruments with maturities that mirror the pension obligation is one method that can be used to achieve this objective; other methods that can be expected to produce results not materially different are also acceptable.
Current market conditions have affected the level of trading activity for some bonds, resulting in large spreads between the bid and ask prices. Pricing should reflect the amount at which the pension benefit obligation could be settled. In the current market, bid price (which is often used because of the availability of data) may not necessarily be representative of the cost of acquiring a hypothetical portfolio. Paragraph 31 of Statement 157 5 may assist companies in evaluating the appropriateness of bond pricing used in developing their models:
If an input used to measure fair value is based on bid and ask prices (for example, in a dealer market), the price within the bid-ask spread that is most representative of fair value in the circumstances shall be used to measure fair value, regardless of where in the fair value hierarchy the input falls (Level 1, 2, or 3). This Statement does not preclude the use of mid-market pricing or other pricing conventions as a practical expedient for fair value measurements within a bid-ask spread.
Hypothetical Bond Portfolios — Bond Selection 6
In developing a hypothetical portfolio, companies are required to exclude certain bonds, known as “outliers,” and must also consider whether there is a sufficient quantity of the selected bonds ("capacity") in the market to cover their pension obligations. In other words, the value of the bonds in the hypothetical portfolio must be sufficient to effectively settle the pension obligation.
The discount rate may be affected by the credit market turmoil and broadening market declines as a result of downgrades in the bond instruments that are used to develop the rate. Entities should exclude outliers from the hypothetical bond portfolio when developing their postretirement plan discount rates; discount rates derived from hypothetical bond portfolios, which generally include fewer bonds, are more greatly affected than third party yield curves if outliers are inappropriately included.
Outliers would include bonds that have high yields because:
- The issuer is on review for possible downgrade by one of the major rating agencies. 7
- Recent events have caused significant price volatility and the rating agencies have not yet reacted.
We are currently observing a widening of the range of yields on high-quality bonds at all maturities. Companies should understand and evaluate the bonds in their hypothetical bond portfolios to ensure that all outliers have been identified and excluded. Rating agencies have recently downgraded a number of bonds, including those in the finance sector, and more downgrades may occur. Downgrades from high-quality to less-than-high-quality that occur shortly after the balance sheet date may indicate that a bond was an outlier on the balance sheet date, particularly if the bond was subject to a downgrade watch. Even after identifying and excluding outliers, entities should select a discount rate that is appropriate. Use of an inappropriately high discount rate could result in an understatement of the benefit obligation and, consequently, an understatement of the pension liability (or overstatement of the pension asset).
A company must consider capacity when assembling a hypothetical portfolio. Paragraph 31 of Statement 106 8 states that discount rate assumptions should reflect “the present value of future cash outflows currently expected to be required to satisfy” the obligation, and that the rates of return should reflect “investments currently available whose cash flows match the timing and amount of expected benefit payments” (emphasis added).
In addition, EITF Topic No. D-36, 9 a 1993 SEC staff observer announcement, quoted paragraph 44A of Statement 87 in stating that the “objective of selecting assumed discount rates is to measure the single amount that, if invested at the measurement date in a portfolio of high-quality debt instruments, would provide the necessary future cash flows to pay the accumulated benefits when due. Notionally, that single amount (the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation) would equal the current market value of a portfolio of high-quality zero coupon bonds, whose maturity dates and amounts would be the same as the timing and amount of the expected future benefit payments.”
However, a company need not consider capacity when using a traditional yield-curve approach to selecting discount rates, because though the bonds used in assembling the particular yield curve may not be sufficient to effectively settle the company's benefit obligation, the curve is believed to be representative of the broader market.
Use of Indices in Selecting a Discount Rate
A company may also select a discount rate by referring to index rates as long as the company can demonstrate that the timing and amount of cash flows related to the bonds included in the indices match its estimated defined benefit payments. Companies that use indices to select their discount rate should evaluate and conclude on whether use of the indices is still appropriate. In the current economic environment, companies should consider whether the specific index reflects the market in a manner consistent with other similar indices and whether market conditions have affected the level of trading activity for bonds included in the index (large spreads between the bid and ask prices). As noted above, pricing should reflect the amount at which the pension benefit obligation could be settled.
Expected Long-Term Rate of Return
The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 10 is another component of an entity’s net periodic benefit cost. As with the discount rate, an entity should understand, evaluate and conclude on the reasonableness of the expected rate of return on plan assets.
Companies should evaluate whether there have been changes in a plan’s asset allocation that may affect the expected long-term rate of return. A reduction in the expected return would result in an increase in the net periodic benefit cost in future periods. The expected return on plan assets counterbalances the effect of the other components of net periodic benefit cost (e.g., service cost, interest cost). However, as the name implies, the expected long-term rate of return is intended to be the average rate of earnings expected over the long term on the funds invested to provide future benefits.
Fiscal 2009 Pension Cost
Entities should consider the effect that decreases in plan assets and changes in postretirement benefit obligations could have on the computation of the gain or loss amortization component of fiscal 2009 pension cost. Many entities record the minimum amortization amount (the excess outside the “corridor”). 11 In the current environment, many entities have experienced a decline in both the benefit obligation and the asset value, resulting in a tighter corridor, and accumulated losses may have increased. Accordingly, this component of fiscal 2009 pension cost may be greater than previously estimated.
Measurement Date for Plan Assets and Benefit Obligations
Effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, paragraph 5 of Statement 158 requires that entities measure their plan assets and benefit obligations as of the date of their fiscal year-end.
Measurement of Plan Assets
Preparers should ensure that they use actual market values as of the measurement date (e.g., their fiscal year-end) for assets with readily determinable fair market values.
Entities should value assets without readily determinable fair values (e.g., alternative investments) as of the measurement date by using principles from Statement 157 on estimating the fair value of financial assets in inactive markets, such as the following:
- The objective of fair value measurements is to estimate the price that would be received by the holder of the financial asset in an orderly transaction as of the measurement date. Measurements that do not meet this objective (e.g., do not encompass a market participant’s view) would not be considered fair value measurements.
- Fair value measurements should maximize the use of observable market inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Thus, when an entity has concluded that a single valuation technique yields better fair value hierarchy information than do other techniques (e.g. Level 2 versus Level 3), it should use the higher-level technique. (However, note that observable inputs that require significant adjustment to meet the fair value objective may render such measurement a Level 3 measurement.)
- When using internal assumptions to develop fair value estimates, management must include appropriate risk adjustments that market participants would use when pricing the asset, including risk of nonperformance and liquidity.
- Broker quotes may not be determinative of fair value if they are not based solely or substantially on observable market information for the financial asset being measured, but they should be considered data points. Judgment should be used in determining the appropriate weight to be applied to broker quotes for financial assets based on Level 3 inputs in inactive markets in a fair value measurement.
In addition, on September 30, 2008, the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant and the FASB staff jointly issued a press release containing questions and answers aimed at clarifying fair value measurement practices in the current environment. On October 3, 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-3, 12 which clarifies the application of Statement 157 and includes an example illustrating the key principles for determining fair value in a market that is not active.
Measurement of Benefit Obligations
As noted above, effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, paragraph 5 of Statement 158 requires that entities measure their benefit obligations as of the date of their fiscal year-end. The discount rate used in the calculation of the benefit obligation should be the rate on the measurement date. Because of the volatility in the current markets, it may be difficult for preparers to demonstrate that an adjusted discount rate based on a rollforward of a discount rate from an earlier date would meet the requirements of paragraph 10. In aligning the measurement date with the year-end date, some companies may have changed their method for estimating the discount rate. Under paragraph 10 of Statement 87, an entity may employ computational shortcuts if the results are “reasonably expected not to be materially different from the results of a detailed application.” In addition, Paragraph E57 of Statement 87 states that a company may change its method of selecting discount rates, provided the change results in “the best estimate of the effective settlement rates.” Accordingly, preparers should maintain sufficient support to establish that the requirements of paragraph 10 have been met, including a calculation of the benefit obligation, as of the measurement date, that uses a discount rate that reflects inputs as of the measurement date. Any material difference not recorded by the company would be deemed an error.
Entities should consider the need for additional disclosure (i.e., pursuant to paragraph 5(d)(4) of Statement 132(R)) 13 about the allocation of a postretirement plan’s assets. For instance, entities whose plan asset allocations are heavily weighted in investments affected by the credit market turmoil and broadening market declines should consider disclosing the potential effects on asset values in the notes to the financial statements, management discussion and analysis (MD&A), or both. Such entities should also consider disclosing investments whose fair value has been reduced as an indirect result of the credit market turmoil (e.g., plans that hold investments in entities that are facing liquidity concerns because of their inability to access financing in tight credit markets).
In light of the market’s overall effect on plan asset values, companies should consider disclosing how they calculate the market-related value of plan assets (e.g., fair value or a calculated value, which allows asset-related gains and losses to be recognized over a period of no more than five years).
For a broader discussion of the disclosures that an entity should consider regarding the credit market turmoil and the market declines, see Deloitte’s Financial Reporting Alerts 08-4, Turmoil in the Credit Markets: The Importance of Comprehensive and Informative Disclosures, and 08-10, SEC Advises Registrants to Further Explain Fair Value in MD&A — An Addendum to the March 2008 SEC Letter.
After this financial reporting season, entities should continue to focus on (1) any decrease in the fair value of the pension or other postretirement plan’s assets, since this will affect the entity’s pension or other postretirement asset or liability on the next measurement date and (2) disclosures of a plan’s asset portfolio, including whether the asset allocations are heavily weighted in certain categories. Entities should also continue to scrutinize their underlying assumptions to ensure that such assumptions remain appropriate. If conditions continue to deteriorate, entities will need to challenge whether their assumptions appropriately reflect the impact of a prolonged market decline.
The FASB is expected to issue a proposed FSP shortly that would amend and expand the disclosure requirements for plan assets for defined benefit plans in Statement 132(R). The purpose of the additional disclosures would be to improve transparency regarding (1) investments of plan assets, (2) potential risk concentrations in the investment portfolio, and (3) information about how the fair value of plan assets was determined. The FSP will set forth a principle that entities can apply when categorizing plan assets. It will also incorporate fair value disclosures, including (1) the levels within the fair value hierarchy 14 in which fair value measurements fall and (2) the inputs and valuation techniques used to determine the fair value of plan assets. The FSP is expected to be effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009, with earlier application permitted.
1 FASB Statement No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans — an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R).
2 These principles also apply to obligations measured in accordance with FASB Statements No. 106, Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions, and No. 112, Employers' Accounting for Postemployment Benefits — an amendment of FASB Statements No. 5 and 43.
3 FASB Statement No. 87, Employers' Accounting for Pensions.
4 Discount rates derived from yield curves would not be as sensitive, as they generally include more bonds.
5 FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements.
6 Discount rates derived from yield curves would not be as sensitive, as they generally include more bonds.
7 Only if the downgrade would result in the bond no longer being considered a high-quality bond.
8 FASB Statement No. 106, Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions.
9 EITF Topic No. D-36, “Selection of Discount Rates Used for Measuring Defined Benefit Pension Obligations and Obligations of Postretirement Benefit Plans Other Than Pensions.”
10 As defined in Appendix D of Statement 87, the “expected return on plan assets is determined based on the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets and the market-related value of plan assets.”
11 Paragraph 32 of Statement 87 defines the corridor as 10 percent of the greater of (1) the projected benefit obligation (or accumulated postretirement benefit obligation) or (2) the market-related value of plan assets.
12 FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 157-3, "Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active."
13 FASB Statement No. 132(R), Employers' Disclosures About Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits — an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, and 106.
14 Statement 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that “gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).”


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NEWPORT — At the end of last school year, Sam Case Primary Principal Ryan Relken was one of multiple administrators who announced his resignation from the Lincoln County School District, so that he could move closer to family in Michigan.
It turns out that Relken was just one of 30 Lincoln County educators who resigned – for similar and other reasons, such as heading to a bigger district and facing challenges in a tough local economy.
Now, LCSD is in the process of hiring 63 teaching positions to be filled by 57 newly hired educators, and the permanent hiring of six who’ve had temporary contracts.
In addition to the 30 who have resigned, there have been 8.5 full-time equivalent retirements, three leaves of absences and 15.5 newly added teaching positions, according to Human Resources Director Chelsi Sholty.
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School boards' restrictions on video cameras questioned
What does it say to our children when boards of education want to thwart technology and cut off public access?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A recommendation by the Tennessee School Board Association has some school officials and citizens questioning whether school boards should be allowed to restrict cameras from meetings.
The sample school board policy proposed by the Nashville-based organization expands on an existing policy that gives school boards the right to limit cameras, camcorders or photographic equipment in meetings.
Steve Doremus, a spokesman for the TSBA, says the policy proposal isn't meant to ban media or regular citizens from recording meetings, but to allow boards to limit an excessive number of cameras that may cause a disruption.
TSBA provides school boards with sample policies, which local school boards can choose to adopt.