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The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XVIII No. 13
May 10, 1939
Gospel Teams Active
When the appeal was first made last
September for volunteers to carry on
Bethel's traditional gospel team work,
about ninety students decided to become
active members of teams, while fifty oth-ers
offered part-time service.
The same plan was followed the second
semester except that the number of
teams, which was ten during the first
period, was cut to five.
Robert Peterson has served in the dou-ble
capacity of gospel team chairman and
vice president of the Council of Religious
Activities for the current year and has
been ably assisted by a corps of compe-tent
council officers and gospel team
leaders. All activities have been under
the direction of Rev. Reuben E. Nelson
and Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom, who have
shared the duties of council adviser.
It has been the privilege of each team
to conduct several Friday evening serv-ices
at Linnea Old People's Home during
the course of the year, and each time a
spirit of welcome and congeniality has
reigned there which has caused both the
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Faculty Feted at College Club
On Tuesday, May 16, the College Club
will hold a meeting of special interest.
The entire program will be presented by
the members of our faculty.
This year the College Club plans to
leave some gift with the college. This
gift will be purchased with the money
which is in the treasury. If present plans
materialize, the club plans to change the
name in the block over the front entrance
from "Bethel Academy" to some appro-priate
Tonight the seminary seniors, facul-ty
members, and their wives will be
entertained at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom. The occasion
is the annual reception for graduating
seminary seniors.
In honor of the second-year students
of Bethel Junior College, Dean Emery
A. Johnson will entertain the sopho-mores
and the faculty in his cottage
at Turtle Lake, Tuesday evening, May
23. The evening, as in years before,
will be spent in a social time and pro-gram.
May 10. Dr. Hagstrom's reception.
May 11. Male Chorus Concert.
May 12. Mounds-Midway Graduation.
May 16. College Club.
May 17. Missionary Band.
May 18. B. W. A.
May 19. J. S. Banquet.
May 19-21. T. C. B.Y.P.U. Youth Con-ference.
May 22. Seminary Banquet.
May 23. Dean Johnson entertains
Twin City Youth Conference
The second annual Youth Conference
will be held May 19-20 at Bethel Junior
College with the rally May 21, 3 P. M.
at the First Swedish Baptist Church, St.
Paul. Franklin Nelson will be the speak-er
Friday evening. High school group
classes will meet Saturday morning at
9:30. Speakers are Dr. Moyer, Profes-sors
Adolf Olson and C. E. Carlson. Busi-ness
and college group classes will be
addressed at 2:00 in the afternoon by Dr.
Moyer and Dr. Widen. N. T. Mears will
speak at the fellowship supper at 6:30
Saturday, when there will be election of
officers. Rev. Martin Erikson will be
speaker at the Sunday afternoon rally.
The theme of the conference is "Con-flicts
and Standards in a Christian Life."
Graduation Exercises
for Nurses
Twenty-eight Mounds-Midway nurses
will be graduated on May 12, at 8 P. M.
at the First American Baptist Church of
St. Paul. May 12 is also National Hos-pital
Day and the birthday of Florence
Nightingale, the "mother" of modern
nursing. The speakers will be Dr. D. R.
Sharpe, the Executive Secretary of the
Cleveland Baptist Association at Cleve-land;
and Dr. E. M. Hammes, professor
of Neurology and Psychiatry at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota and Chairman of the
medical staff at Mounds Park Hospital.
Musical numbers will be given by the
Mounds-Midway Glee Club and the Beth-el
Male Quartet.
"Have you heard the latest? is
"No! Is he? Not really! !"
All excitement and interest now cen-ters
around the biggest annual event of
the year, the J. S. banquet which will be
held at the Lowry Hotel on May 19, 1939.
Only a week and a half is left until all
of the students will be making a colorful
parade to a colorful place. The coeds
have been worrying and fussing around
over their formals—dashing from shop to
shop—or writing home to mother. The
fellows are taking their white flannels
out of the moth balls to see if they are
wearable for the festive occasion.
Committees Appointed
The banquet this year promises to be
the best ever given at Bethel. Glenn
Anderson, as frosh president, has ap-pointed
the following committees to take
charge of the banquet: program, Grant
Samuelson, chairman; decoration, Adele
Johnson; menu, Doris Eggleston. The
committees under the supervision of the
sponsor, Miss Platts, are busily at work,
but they do not wish to reveal any of
their plans. The Freshman class, the
largest ever enrolled, has a show of tal-ent
capable of presenting an evening of
first class entertainment.
"Who's Who?" seems to be the main
question now in the air. But we shall wait
and see as we look forward to a gala eve-ning.
Seminarians to Dine
The New Yorkers look with pride at
Flushing, Long Island, the Worlds Fair.
Californians with equal favor regard the
Golden Gate Exposition, Treasure Island.
However all of these attractions are
eclipsed by the coming Seminary ban-quet,
May 22. This occasion marks the
inaugural of the coming graduation fes-tivities
and gives the senior that elated
feeling that there is a probability of his
being graduated.
This year's banquet proves to be the
latest in the fine culinary arts as well as
the presenting of a cultural and unfor-getable
program. This outstanding fea-
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
The Bethel Clarion
1480 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Official School Paper of Bethel Institute Published twice
monthly during school year
Gordon Peterson
Virgil Olson
Carl Young
John Valine
Viola Waihela
Vernon Pearson
Alrik Blomquist Business Manager
Dorothy Drotz Asst. Business Manager
Stanley Rendahl Circulation Manager
Doris Eggleston Asst. Circulation Manager
Grace Widen—Elaine Youngquist Typists
Miss Enid Platts Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
Here is some mental pabulum for the
buoyant, bumptious, Bethel banqueteer.
A number of suggestions as to the "do's"
and "don'ts" are offered by the follow-ing:
"Don't have any 'fixer-uppers' as to
dates for the banquet. I think it is aw-ful."
Margery Ericson.
"No girl should keep a fellow out all
night" George Ohsberg and Bob Per-sons.
"No fellow should go stag as long as
there are girls going alone." Audrey Mar-tin.
"The girls should not expect a fellow
to buy a midnight lunch for them after
the banquet." Wyman Hanson.
"All of the girls should buy their own
corsages, even those that have dates, for
those that don't will have to buy their
own." Jeanne Tretsven.
"As long as there is somebody kind of
;plump and has dimples with me, I don't
care." Warren Johnson.
"Wrong to go to the banquet on the
streetcar." Stanley Rehndahl.
"Fellows ought to wear a tuxedo if the
girl wears a formal gown." Bernice An-derson.
"The fellows should select their dates
from Bethel unless prevailing conditions
do not allow it." Truman Halverson.
Male Chorus In Red Wing
The Red Wing Baptist Church, of
which Maurice Wessman is pastor, were
given a concert (by the Bethel Male Cho-rus,
on the evening of May 4. This was
one of the last two scheduled concerts to
be given this spring. The singers and
their guests enjoyed the fellowship in the
home of one of the members before jour-neying
Behold Thy tAfother
John 19:27. "Behold thy mother."
Canon Westcott remarks upon the four exclamations in this chapter, Behold the
man! Behold your king! Behold thy son! Behold thy mother! as an excellent pic-ture
of what Christ is and what He reveals men to be.
As we view the words of the suffering' Savior in the light of the approaching
"Mother's Day" can there be any stronger argument for the reverence and love due
our mothers? In that last excruciating hour of his life, while the pall of death
hovered over him and the gall of pain permeated his body and mind, his thoughts
were, as they had always been, for others. "Behold, thy mother!"
Can you conceive of that disciple, favored so profoundly by His Master, proving
unfaithful to his charge? No! As he looked yearningly into the Savior's dying eyes,
then entrusting him with such a sacred duty, he must have caught a glimpse of the
divine depths of Christ's sacrificial love and inscrutable heights of His compassion.
God has spoken even so to us today—"Behold thy mother." May we take those
words as . a sacred trust from Him, made living by Christ, and placed in our hands to
guard with sanctity.
A Day for tAfothers
It was at a public meeting in the city of ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that a germ
thought was placed before a large, congregated group. It was the year 1907.
A certain Miss Anna Jarvis arose, and in a fervent plea, projected a thought that
had been in her mind for a long time. The plan was an annual observance for
mothers on a particular Sunday in each year. She proposed that a red carnation be
worn in commemoration of a living mother and a white one for a mother deceased.
In the following year, on May 10, the second Sunday of the month of May was
first instituted as the tender memory for mothers. The city of Philadelphia gave to
the United States a Mothers' Day observance which has ensued for thirty-one years.
It is a living memory!
"Out in Life's Garden, where sympathy grew,
God planted a soul—'twas the soul of you.
Life's wonderful garden, Love went seeking through
'Till he found a heart—'twas the heart of you.
I have sought thru life's garden of roses and rue
And I find one sweet blossom, all jewelled with dew—
Love, sympathy, faith—all changing and true—
Are the heart of my flower—dear mother, 'tis you."
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News Editor
Feature Editor
Sports Editor
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Reggy Sez .. .
deer susie supriz! i iz hear agin so
soon alreadi yit period ya no wat susie
comma we is all wunderin whi randulf
lingrin got all week in tha legs when he
heered tha lovli ladi sing at tha sof pro-gram
las tuesdai period also we is
ashamed to thunk thut our collige fresh-men
kant even count comma sidney
"litel-lord-fauntelroy" carlson fer exam-ple
period their iz a M. L. in tha fresh-mun
klass twat thinks thut yoo iz tha
most ihansome induviclual, delroy peter-son
period Blain ziiluth iz rite proud
thees dais taus her new beau frum across
tha sees outshines all tha bows •v all
tha uther gurls heraboots period babi-fase
Freiburg sure missed hiz callin when
he desided to be a preacher as he pruved
hiz better abiliti ut leeding tha boarding
klub mass korus in tha selibrashun u-v
drip otto's fifteenth birthdai las wensdai
period george dairy let it bee known las
sundai thut he allus gets tha tunnel-ridin
bug when in speshal cumpani ahem
ahem! —reggy.
Swedish Song Service
A capacity crowd greeted the Elim
Swedish Choir of Minneapolis as it ren-dered
an evening of song at the college
chapel on Friday evening, April 28. To
those who appreciate the Swedish, the
old familiar songs by Skoog and others
were a treat to hear. A mixed quartet
from the choir also assisted in the pro-gram.
Mrs. Wyman Malmsten's readings
were well-given and well-received. A
history of the Bethel Institute Women's
Federation was read by Mrs. G. Arvid
Hagstrom. Several charter members
who could recall the beginnings of this
work in 1915 were present at the concert.
An offering was received for the carry-ing
on of the work in Bethel Institute.
Seminarians to Dine
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ture will be held at a "Hotsy-Totsy" or a
"Hasty Tasty" lunch room. No small
amount of effort has been put forth to
make a successful banquet for the most
honorable "Hudor Ballos".
"Know Thyself" is Theme
Introspection will be the theme of the
evening affair and a well-known man or
arts and letters from Chicago will be the
main speaker. Outstanding local talent
will augment the program in word and
music. Mr. Herman Tegenfeldt, presi-dent
of the middlemen, is in direct charge
of the arrangements, while committees
composed largely of freshmen have been
appointed to see to the necessary details.
To this festive event all Seminary stu-dents
look forward with anticipation, for
this program will no doubt give every
evidence of a superb demonstration of
art, pleasure and skill.
Auditorium Crowded
for Visitor's Day
Friday evening, May 5, the annual Vis-itors'
Day program was presented in the
Junior College chapel at 8 p. m. The fol-lowing
program was presented:
Leader Dr. G. A. Hagatrom
Band Selected
J. Gordon Peterson, director
Greetings Dr. G. A. Hagstrom
Male Quartet
"I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Negro Spiritual
"Lord, I Want to be a Christian"
Negro Spiritual
"Keep in the Middle of the Road"
Negro Spiritual
Virgil Olson, Gordon Peterson
Ned Holmgren, John Valine
Scripture Reading, a Psalm....Ruth Fredine
Prayer Prof. A. J. Wingblade
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"....Cain
"Visions" Sjoberg
A Cappella Choir
George Hultgren, director
Original Oration, "The Worth of a Man"
Herschel Rogers
150 Psalm Franck
Ride On, Jesus Negro Spiritual
The Bird in the Linden Tree Grieg
Pastoral (Humorous) Grieg
Studentsangen Prince Gustav
Male Chorus
George Hultgren, director
Benediction Rev. R. A. Arlander
Oratory and Declamation
On Friday, April 28, five Bethel stu-dents
went to Concordia Junior College
of St. Paul, to take part in the Southern
Minnesota Junior College Conference
oratorical and declamatory contests. All
five, including Herschel Rogers, who
placed first in learned oratory, and Bob
Peterson, who placed second in humorous
declamation, did nobly in representing
On the following day, Saturday, April
29, those same five, together with the
forensic coach, Miss Platts, drove up to
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to participate in a
regional contest. Of the five schools
present Bethel was the only Junior Col-lege.
The others were Superior State
Teachers College, River Falls State
Teachers College, Eau Claire State Teach-ers
College, and Hamline University.
Once again Bethel was upheld as Hersch-el
Rogers placed second in original ora-tory;
Bob Peterson, third in humorous
declamation; Alvera Johnson, third in
serious declamation; George Darry,
fourth in learned oratory; and Joyce
Johnson, first in interpretative poetry.
Musical Program
An evening's entertainment of vocal
solos, violin solos, and moments of magic
was presented on Tuesday, May 2, by the
class of '39. Miss Gertrude Ehlen, a
member of the Minneapolis A Cappella
Choir, rendered a group of vocal solos.
Mr. John Dennis captivated the audience
with his violin solos, and Mr. Harry
Bromlay demonstrated the marvels of
Darry Produce
We were all treated to an underside
view of Stan Rendahl's sox during the
game last week. Before he got to second
base after hitting a home run he had cast
both shoes.
Have you heard about the young wife
who put ungentine on the steak because
she burned it?
During the recent flood in the Kentuc-ky
lowlands one family sent its little boy
to stay with an uncle in another part of
the state, accompanied by a letter ex-plaining
the reason for the nephew's sud-den
and unexpected visit. Two days
later the parents received the following
telegram: "Am returning your boy. Send
the flood."
Stan P. came near to getting embraced
when he found Miss Nelson's keys in the
refrigerator. Better look again, Stan.
During the Civil War even some of the
men from slave states donned Union
The steps of bath buildings have been
worn by the tread of many heels.
Gospel Teams Active
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givers and the receivers to be uplifted
and blessed. Then, too, the work at the
various missions has filled a great need
in the lives of those who have attended
and has left with them lasting impres-sions
of Christian living.
Likewise, the hospital visitation and
the conducting of young people's meet-ings
and evangelical services have given
witness of the desires of busy students
to be of help in the great Kingdom work.
Besides the extensive work within the
Twin Cities, several teams have been
fortunate enough to enjoy week-end trips
to various parts of Minnesota and Wis-consin.
The real motive behind Bethel's gospel
team work is, as someone wrote at the
beginning of the year, "The hearty re-sponse
to the call for gospel team 'work-ers
indicates that the students of Bethel
are vitally concerned for lost souls—that
they do care."
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Nine Takes One, Drops One
Bethel vs. Waldorf
In the opening game of the conference
schedule, Waldorf trounced Bethel by the
decisive score of 28-1, at the Waldorf
field in Forest City, Iowa.
Waldorf made a total of 24 hits from
the two Bethel hurlers, but the loose
fielding of the entire Bethel team aided
greatly to the collapse of the pitchers.
In the second inning Waldorf began
the parade around the bases by scaring 4
runs on 2 singles. Once the riot was
started it never ceased completely until
the end of the game. To climax the after-noon
festivities Waldorf scored 10 runs
in the eighth inning on eight hits.
Bethel's one tally came in the eighth
frame. Dahl walked, stole second, and
scored on W. Johnson's single to center
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Pearson cf-c 4 0 0 Barber 7 4 4
Dahl ss 3 1 0 Simonson 7 6 3
W Johnson 3b 4 0 1 Scanlon 6 5 4
Holmberg lb 4 0 0 Shriner 5 2 3
O.Johnson p-cf 4 0 3 Lindgren 7 1 2
Blomquist c 2 0 0 Barg 6 3 3
McOlash cf-p 2 0 0 Mussal 6 2 3
Ferre 2b 3 0 0 Irving 5 3 2
Applequist if 4 0 0 Earl 5 2 0
Nordell rf 4 0 1
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Bethel vs. Concordia
With Bethel one run behind, last half
of the ninth inning, runners on first and
third base, two men out, Rueben Dahl
stepped to the plate and on the third
pitch poled a long double to left-center
field, scoring Holmberg and W. Johnson
with the tying and winning runs of the
ball game.
0. Johnson, who came in the fourth in-ning
to relieve McOlash, received credit
for the win. He pitched superb ball in
the closing innings.
In the fourth inning W. Johnson hit a
long home run with two men on base to
send Bethel ahead, 9-5.
In the sixth inning Nause paled a home
run, with the bases loaded, thus enabling
the Comets to tie the score.
Bethel-12 -
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Ferre 2b 5 0 0 Bentrop rf 6 2 3
Dickau ss 6 2 1 Brandt 3b 5 2 2
Holmberg lb 5 2 2 Boye ss 5 2 3
O.Johnson 3b-p 5 2 2 Nauss c 5 2 3
D.Pet'sn rf-313 4 2 0 Soeldner 2b 5 0 2
W.Johnson if 5 3 2 Kelm lb 4 1 0
Dahl cf 5 0 2 Nieting If 5 1 1
Pearson c 4 0 1 Kaske cf 4 0 0
McOlash p 1 0 0 Lemke cf 1 0 0
Blomquist rf 4 1 3 Jansen p 5 1 1
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Girls Plan Hike
On Tuesday, May 16th, the annual hike
of the girls' physical education classes
will be held. The group led by Coach
Adam will leave the school at 5 a. m.
(note the time, fellows). The group will
hike several miles, and then stop for re-pairs
(breakfast) before making the re-turn
There will be no charge for the mem-bers
of the boarding club that go on the
hike, but for the non-members there will
be a charge of 15 cents.
Seminary, College Clash
As an added attraction to the Visitor's
Day program on May 5th, the baseball
men from the Seminary played the Col-legians.
In another Horatio Alger finish,
the College men nosed out the theologi-ans
by the score of 8-7. McOlash started
on the mound for the College with "Bra-ham
Flash" Hovinen coming in to finish
the game. For the Seminary 0. Johnson
started and was relieved by Young who
was followed by G. Peterson.
Alexis Annal
With Dr. Gordh as its guest of honor,
the Alexis Society held its monthly meet-ing
on May 3 in the Seminary chapel.
The program emphasized New Testa-ment
Greek in keeping with the society's
custom of accenting the honored profes-sor's
favorite subject. Featured on the
program were Rodger Goodman, who
spoke to the subject, "The Value and
Centrality of the Greek Language"; Carl
Lindman, who paid a tribute to Dr.
Gordh; Wilbur Sorley, who gave a bio-graphical
sketch of Dr. Gordh's life; and
Bertil Friberg, Gladys Peterson, Gus
Ferro, Henrietta Carlson, Hans Hanson,
Alrik Blomquist, who presented a humor-ous
skit. The skit was prepared and
written by Carl Young.
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Doug Russell continuously draws praise for his teaching style and devotion to students.
Russell, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Art, received the university's John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. The award was established in 1977 by businessman John P. "Jack" Ellbogen to "foster, encourage and reward excellence in classroom teaching at UW."
Other recipients this year are Peter Parolin, associate professor in the Department of English, and Naomi Ward, assistant professor in the departments of Molecular Biology and Botany.
Russell brings out the best in his students, who say his style makes them want to excel even more.
"Doug does much more than merely instruct students. He mentors, supports and takes time to help them find their own voice as creative artists," says nominator Ricki Klages, head of the UW Department of Art.
Shelby Shadwell, associate professor of art and drawing, adds "He interacts with his students in the most responsive ways, going out of his way to encourage the very promising and talented to reach even greater accomplishments and to encourage those that need more assistance to work with him outside of class to master the technical and material challenges of drawing."
Russell teaches art drawing courses and an international summer course in Turkey.
"The development of international courses in art, that are taught in the summer, has been a huge recruitment tool for the Department of Art. Doug worked ceaselessly since he started teaching in the department to establish an international study abroad opportunity to Turkey," Klages says.
One of Russell's students concurs about the impact of the international course.
"My study abroad experience helped open my eyes to the possibilities and differences that are out there. Professor Russell planned the perfect excursion to teach me those things," says an undergraduate art student.
Such devotion to students doesn't go unnoticed.
"Professor Russell helped me understand the beauty of communicating an experience in an unfamiliar culture through writing and drawing rather than from behind the barrier of a camera or a phone," says an art undergraduate student.
"He is a leader and mentor for many students, and is perceived as having high standards for his own work and his students," Art Professor Mark Ritchie adds. "Doug is engaged with teaching well beyond the scheduled meetings with students. He is genuinely engaged in his own studio practice and brings this passion to the studio classroom, as well as to his interactions with students beyond the classroom."
One of Russell's students praises the high standards that are set for all students in his class.
"Professor Russell is my favorite instructor. He has really high standards and expectations, but gives very clear guidelines on how to meet them. If the students want to succeed, all they need to do is put in the time and effort, and use the tools that he has given," the student says.
A UW faculty member since 2005, Russell earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia and an MFA degree from the University of Iowa.


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Skill Level: Easy
Items Needed:
Cardboard cereal or cookie box
Items Needed:
Cardboard cereal or cookie box
Sewing machine or glue
Average Time: 5 minutes
Average Time: 5 minutes
First, you should head over to Mirkwood Designs for the template.
Grab your empty cardboard
box and cut it in half.
Next print out the template and trace it onto your box.
Not too pretty looking but it's on the inside.
Cut it out.
Score it with the back of your scissors to make folding easier.
Use a piece of the cardboard that you cut as your guide for scoring the rounded part of the box.
Fold it over and glue one side of the box to the tab you cut. Alternatively, you could sew it. I sewed it.
Now would be a good time to attach your label if you have one.
Fold in the ends
Looks good so far
I cut some of the inner flap to make it easier to open.
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Need some help improving your electrical service business? Just ask Mister Sparky (AKA Patrick Kennedy). As the owner of Mister Sparky, Inc. in Atlanta and the president of Electricians' Success International in St. Louis, he knows a thing or two about the industry.
Over the last few years, we've seen a rise in the number of customers that want to supply their own materials. This takes away from our ability to cover overhead and profit. What is a good way to be equitable in billing when a customer only wants our troubleshooting skills or labor to install their materials?
With the rise of the big-box retailers and the recent craze of do-it-yourself home repair and remodeling, it's more popular than ever for homeowners to have their own materials when you show up for a job.
In the past, electricians could depend on making money on the markup of products and materials, which was necessary in the world of time and material pricing. But in today's world, the progressive electrician is offering customers flat rate/up-front pricing on all service work. This pricing method will solve your problem. If you stop and think about it, this is really what the customer wants. They want to know what the job will cost in advance — just like you would. If you look around, you'll notice that most companies in the plumbing, HVAC, and auto service trades already use this approach.
Just remember, when implementing this pricing method it's critical for you to price the job right. Ensure that the flat rate pricing you offer clients is sufficient to cover all overhead and profits based on labor only. If you're able to make additional revenue on a call based on materials, this will provide you with a little additional revenue. But, don't rely on this extra work.
The real factor here is to understand what your labor and expertise is worth. Base your pricing for work off your labor costs, and you won't have to worry as much about the instances when a customer supplies the materials. Be careful not to overestimate your efficiency percentage. Most service companies are only 50% to 55% efficient. Even in the best companies there are a lot of lost hours for tasks such as driving time, training, and restocking material.
It seems like I'm paying more for materials than some of my competitors from the same wholesaler. What can I do to make sure I'm getting a fair price?
When it comes to getting the "best" price on materials, I suggest you follow the old adage, "Better shop around." There really is no good way to know how your price compares to your competitor's unless you shop around.
If you've been doing business with a wholesaler, let them know you value using them, but tell them that you're going to shop around for a lower price. They may suddenly offer you a discount on materials. It never hurts to ask, right? Also, decide which panelboard/breaker manufacturer you want to purchase the bulk of your inventory from in advance, and ask your main supplier to secure a "blanket" pricing agreement from them on your behalf. This gets the manufacturer involved in the game and will help lower your prices.
You can also join an organization or buying group to help get the lowest prices available. The power of a buying group can level the playing field for even the smallest companies.
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The Illinois Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to legalize same-sex marriage.
The Senate president said he wanted to get the same-sex marriage bill up for a vote on Valentine's day.
Supporters are confident they have the votes to pass the bill.
After the Senate vote, the measure would be considered by the House.
Governor Quinn voiced strong support for same-sex marriage during his State of the State address. He's already said he would sign the bill if it passes.
If it's approved, Illinois would be the tenth state, plus Washington, D.C., to legalize same-sex marriage.
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The Montreal Canadiens may have come into the MTS Centre and spoiled the Winnipeg Jets return to the NHL party Sunday night, but the fact of the matter is, Jets fans, en mass, don't seem to mind that much.
Because NHL hockey is now officially back in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Ever seen a team get a standing ovation during the final minute of a home opener when they got beat 5-1?
Chances are, the Jets are in elite company there, and they have their fans to thank for that.
Reality is, Winnipeg fans couldn't care less the score of the game, even though they would have rather seen the five goals come from the boys wearing polar ice blue instead of bleu, blanc, et rogue.
Winnipeg fans have their team back and True North did it in a very classy way.
And boy did they cash in at the same time.
Not only were fans given the opportunity to purchase limited edition game programs at the gate, they were given inaugural game lanyards to be able to keep their ticket stub as a memento of probably the biggest hockey game in Manitoba history.
There was also the salute to the Manitoba Moose and the integral part they played in the return of the NHL during the pre-game ceremonies.
To top the night's festivities off, True North and the 15,004 fans in attendance paid a tremendous amount of respect to former Moose, Vancouver Canuck, and most recently Winnipeg Jet Rick Rypien at puck drop as Rick's mother Shelley Crawford dropped the ceremonial puck at centre ice.
The bottom line after a 5-1 loss to Montreal last night is that Winnipeg has found their heart and soul again and it lies with the hockey team they lost so long ago.
Now that it's back, the city has life, a soul, a spirit, and those fans will hold on to their tickets for as long as they can.
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The one drawback of playing imaginative video games is that they have the inadvertent effect of making you sound like a dingleberry. And I don't mean this in a "playing 24/7, no contact with real-life humans" kind of way.
Just a regular person playing games can sound like he or she is a few tacos short of a combo platter. That's because video games are disturbingly jacked-up. Any time you try to explain something that, in the context of the game, seems perfectly normal, you will sound like a giant weirdo.
For example, let's take a game from my childhood: BurgerTime. Try explaining the gameplay to someone and see how many weird looks you get.
"Okay, so you're a chef, and you have to climb ladders and scaffolding to build giant burgers by walking over each layer so it falls below. Oh, plus you have to avoid the walking hot dogs, pickle chips, and fried eggs, because they will kill you if they touch you. You can stun them by spraying them with pepper, or you can try to walk over a burger layer while they're under it, crushing them."
Katamari Damacy: "Shit! I was so close to getting up to 5 meters. If I had rolled up a few more cars into my ball, I'd have made it."
Fast Food: "Yeah, so I'm a giant disembodied mouth, and I'm trying to eat food that's flying past me. But I gotta make sure not to eat the purple pickles. No, I don't know why I can't eat purple pickles. Maybe it's a dick thing."
Pac-Man: "Check it out: I'm a yellow ball, cruising around a maze, eating a bunch of dots. I'm being chased by multicolored ghosts that can kill me if they touch me, but if I eat a power pill, they all turn blue for a few seconds, and I can eat them. Then their disembodied eyes float around and go to the box in the center of the maze, where they turn back into ghosts."
Even modern games that are pretty normal and straightforward, like Red Dead Redemption, have you saying things that you most likely wouldn't have the need to say.
"Goddammit, I need to find a skunk!"
"Hang on a sec. I gotta hop on top of this train and shoot five flying birds while the train is moving."
What game scenarios sound perfectly normal in-game but make you sound like a jackhole when you try to explain them to a nongamer? Put 'em in the comments below. I know there are tons of them. Crap, just Super Mario Bros. alone is like an acid trip.
Category: Videogames, WTF?


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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Yesterday's Wine
George Jones. Do I really need to say more? This is the man who drove his lawn mower to the liquor store because his wife hid the keys to his car so he wouldn't, well, drive to the liquor store. That's dedication, my friends.
'Course, old George is a Country legend whose range runs far and wide topically. And we give all due respect to The Possum. But this is Barstool Mountain, so we're interested in his more consumptive nature.
Jones placed 3 songs on the Top 100 Drinking Songs list ("White Lightning", "If Drinking Don't Kill Me..", and "The King Is Gone"). Since this round is, as always, on the house, we're gonna pour you a few more shots of George Jones inebriation to go along with your chasers. Or call it a Little Kings 8-pack.
George Jones: White Lightning (mp3)
George Jones: If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) (mp3)
George Jones: The King Is Gone (mp3)
George Jones: Tennessee Whiskey (mp3)
George Jones: Yesterday's Wine (mp3)
George Jones: Bartender's Blues (mp3)
George Jones: Drive Me To Drink (mp3)
George Jones w/Merle Haggard: Must've Been Drunk (mp3)
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9 comments:
- Testify said...
Love George Jones, simply one of the great male voices of all time, but I've got to say he is a man who barely seems in control of his genius and has, thus, recorded some real stinkers e.g. Im A People.I regret to say for me The King Is Gone falls squarely into the stinker camp.
- February 12, 2008 at 1:46 PM
- mandotodd said...
I'm with you all the way, Testify. It's cute, but ... cute does not make a great song. Yadda-dabba-do!
- February 13, 2008 at 5:39 PM
- Greg said...
So what? Every great artist is entitled to a few misses. The body of work is what counts, and George is definitely in the Pantheon. Thanks Bigrock!
- February 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Paul said...
I have to disagree with you guys about The King Is Gone. It's not high art but it's pretty damn funny: "I screwed the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his Pelvis." C'mon! That's some kind of genius...
- February 15, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Thanks so much for all of these beauties! This is as good as it gets. Mind you, I've got it cranked on my computer in the garage while I'm trying to fire up my tractor. Think I'll head on out and by me another deck of smokes...
- February 15, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Man, I loooovve "The King Is Gone," I consider it one of the great underrated songs of all-time. As a kid in the 80's, I only knew mainstream country music ala Alabama,that I considered square, sanctimonious crap. Then I randomly heard the "King Is Gone" on college radio, and was introduced to the idea of country as having humor, irony, wickedness. I realized country could be punk.
- February 16, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- Mark P said...
The way I heard it, ol' George had attached to the back of his lawnmower a cardboard license plate with "POSSUM1" inscribed in black magic marker.
- February 17, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- bigrockcandymountain said...
Sweet! A knock down drag out over "The King Is Gone". I think to fully appreciate the song, you really have to be fully in yr cups, propped precariously on yr barstool. Try the "Yabba dabba doo" line then, and I think you'll be able to realize the sheer drunken brilliance of the tune. Aren't most drinking songs dangerously close to "novelty" by nature? That's not to belittle the drinking song, for god's sake (it's our bread and butter), but the songs do tend to serve a specific purpose. A mighty noble purpose, too.
Thanks for your comments!
- February 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM
- Mark P said...
Hey, it's not "White Lightning" but then what is?
It's charms sure aren't diminished after a few pulls on the bottle.
- February 18, 2008 at 2:53 PM


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Here is a brief timeline of SeaWorld-related incidents:
Sept. 30, 1987: Chris Barlow of Sea World San Diego was rammed in the stomach by a whale during a show. He was hospitalized but survived.
Nov. 21, 1987: John Sillick fractured his vertebrae, femur and pelvis while riding Corky the whale at Sea World San Diego when he was crushed between two whales during a show.
June 12, 1999: Kasatka, a dominant female whale, began acting strangely during a show, grabbed Peters' leg and attempted to throw him out of the pool at Sea World San Diego. Peters was able to get out of the pool.
July 27, 2004: Ky, a killer whale at SeaWorld San Antonio, repeatedly slammed trainer Steve Aibel underwater during a show. Aibel, who was uninjured, had trained Ky for 10 years.
Nov. 29, 2006: Kenneth Peters, Sea World San Diego's most experienced trainer, was dragged to the bottom of a 36-foot-deep pool by a 7,000-pound killer whale named Kasatka during a show at Shamu Stadium. Peters escaped with puncture wounds and a broken foot after he calmed the whale by stroking it.
Sources: Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, Sentinel research
Timeline: Killer whale incidents at SeaWorld
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Police: Mother, man arrested after 14-year-old said she's married and sexually active
They are members of a group that believes they are direct descendants of biblical Israelites
They are members of a group that believes they are direct descendants of biblical Israelites
Authorities have accused a 47-year-old man of sexually assaulting his teenage wife, who is a member of a group that believes they are direct descendants of biblical Israelites, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.
The unidentified 14-year-old girl's mother, another member of the group, also was arrested on charges of endangering a child.
According to the sheriff's office, the 14-year-old female told a doctor that she was married and sexually active. She said she had been "married" since she was 13. Police were notified of the situation on June 5 by Child Protective Services.
Sheriff Troy Nehls said during a Thursday press conference that he found the girl's ordeal to be a "very disturbing, disturbing case."
The sheriff's office identified Steven Carty, 47, as the "husband" and charged him with aggravated sexual assault of a child. The girl's mother, Cherry Jamila Payton, 39, was charged with endangering a child, a state felony.
When CPS officials interviewed both the teen and her mother, they described themselves as Hebrew Israelites, African-Americans who believe they are descendants of ancient Israelites.
The mother apparently supported her daughter's marriage to Carty because of their beliefs, according to Fort Bend Sheriff's Office spokeswomen Caitilin Espinosa.
Espinosa said the young girl did not have a traditional marriage ceremony, but the teen believed she was married because of her cultural beliefs.
"She didn't get married in front of pastor or priest," Espinosa said. "It was a cultural thing that she believes she was married."
There are thousands of people across the country and other parts of the world including the Caribbean, Africa and United Kingdom who consider themselves Hebrew Israelites, according to The Associated Press.
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Things I have learned.
- If your Dreamcast clock battery has failed, there is no way to get past the poweron "set date & time" screen without a controller. Having a bootable CD, ethernet BBA and full keyboard is no help. Strictly speaking I learned this yesterday when I brought everything *except* a controller home. The Dreamcast and I did not end that night on speaking terms
- The console display is 80x30 - the top two lines of which are invisible on the UK Dreamcast (with two blank lines at the base), the bottom two invisible on the Japanese Dreamcast (with no space at the top). Isn't choice wonderful?
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- Dismembering the Dreamcasts to swap power supply boards gets old very quickly
- The sonic characteristics of the fans in the two Dreamcasts are quite different, but both of them rapidly achieve Michael-Bolton-with-fingernails-on-blackboard-backing-sounds levels of annoyance
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The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act creates a uniform procurement system
Details of the New Procurement Law
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act creates a uniform procurement system.
ne of the chief goals of the 1994 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act is to create a uniform procurement system in which civilian and defense agencies are governed by the same statutes.
In general, that has meant extending rules formerly applicable only to defense acquisitions to civilian agencies as well. Civilian agencies, for instance, have new requirements regarding disclosure of evaluation factors in bid solicitations. Contract cost principles newly extended to civilian agencies ensure that activities such as lobbying, advertising and entertaining will not be funded by taxpayers. And whistleblower protections, similar to those already available for employees of DoD contractors, are now in place for company employees working on civilian contracts.
In addition, both civilian and Defense Department agencies now are required to focus on performance-based management concepts for major acquisitions. They have to establish cost, performance and schedule goals and take corrective action when they do not achieve 90 percent of these goals. Annual reports must be produced detailing progress in implementing the goals.
The law requires the Executive Branch to establish a system of incentives-including awards-for exceptional performance in the acquisition workforce. And the Defense Department is required to define in regulations a simplified acquisition program cycle that is results-oriented. Principal provisions of the law are:
Simplified Acquisition Threshold
By modifying 15 statutes, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act removes nearly all restrictions on buys of less than $100,000. Instead of detailed "full and open competition" procedures currently required when making a purchase of over $25,000, agencies now can use simplified procedures for soliciting and evaluating bids. The law, which is expected to affect more than 46,000 contracts a year, will substantially reduce the amount of staff time spent on recordkeeping. It also will reduce costs for both the government and its suppliers.
The law raises the simplified acquisition threshold from $25,000 to $50,000. Once agencies start converting to electronic data interchange (see next section), the threshold can be raised to $100,000. If an agency fails to fully implement EDI after five years, its threshold would revert to $50,000. Full implementation is defined as using EDI for 75 percent of acquisitions above $2,500 and below $100,000.
Agencies using the government-wide EDI network will no longer have to publish notices of procurements in the Commerce Business Daily for contracts up to $100,000. Once an agency is using EDI for at least 75 percent of its eligible contracts, CBD notices will be required only for procurements over $250,000.
The new law also will allow the 83,000 holders of federal Visa cards to charge up to $2,500 worth of goods at a time (up to $20,000 per year), even if they don't work in procurement shops.
By allowing program officials to make such "micro-purchases" without going through contracting offices, the law is expected to speed acquisitions and reduce paperwork. As long as purchase prices are reasonable, such credit-card buys are exempt from competition requirements, small-business set-aside rules and Buy America stipulations. And government executives who make such purchases will not be subjected to complex procurement-integrity rules, such as restrictions on the kinds of jobs they may hold after leaving federal service.
In October 1993, President Clinton issued a memorandum directing agency heads to streamline procurement through "electronic commerce" by January 1997. The central component of electronic commerce is a technology called electronic data interchange (EDI), the computer-to-computer exchange of business data between organizations over telephone lines in a standard electronic format.
By enabling computers to "talk" to each other, EDI allows organizations to generate, receive and process data with little or no human intervention. EDI networks can automatically update inventories, issue material releases against open purchase orders, invoice customers, pay suppliers, generate bills of lading and advise customers about shipping. The Administration predicts that electronic purchasing can cut federal procurement costs by 10 percent by 1997 and speed delivery times by a third.
The new procurement law reinforces the Administration's electronic-commerce initiatives by calling for creation of a government-wide EDI network-the Federal Acquisition Network (FACNET)-within five years. FACNET will enable the government to move from a labor-intensive paper-based procurement system to a cost-effective automated one.
The network also will open up the acquisition process to any business with a personal computer. This increased competition is expected to result in lower prices for goods and services.
Steven Kelman, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, calls progress on electronic commerce an "unprecedented example of intergovernmental cooperation." With every federal agency now tied into EDI architecture, several are already conducting transactions, while others are working on electronic-commerce prototypes. However, more work is to be done in sorting out legal and security issues and in educating senior managers about EDI.
Agencies have a big incentive to hop on the EDI bandwagon: Lawmakers made the use of EDI a prerequisite to raising an agency's simplified acquisition threshold (see previous section) from $50,000 to $100,000.
In fiscal 1994, about 4,000 bid protests were filed with the General Accounting Office, the General Services Administration's Board of Contract Appeals (GSBCA), the district courts and the Court of Federal Claims. Some defend the protests, saying they help keep the procurement system honest by permitting vendors to trigger reviews of acquisitions they believe have been mishandled.
GSBCA chairman Stephen Daniels, for one, believes that protests have made procurements much more fair than they were before the 1985 Competition in Contracting Act gave statutory protest authority to GAO and made GSBCA the principal forum for protests regarding information-technology contracts.
But others in the federal procurement community complain that bid protests cost agencies too much money to defend and delay contract awards for months or even years. During that time, not only must agencies do without needed products or services, but workers in agency procurement shops are forced to focus their energies on defense preparation. Some vendors routinely build litigation costs into their bid-preparation figures-and eventually pass those costs on to federal customers.
As recommended by the National Performance Review, the new procurement-reform law authorizes GSBCA to dismiss frivolous protests and invoke sanctions against those who abuse protest procedures or bring protests in bad faith. It also requires public disclosure of any settlement that provides for a protest's dismissal and involves an agency payment.
OFPP's Kelman urges companies not to get the new law off to a bad start with lots of protests. He recommends a culture change: "Industry must take a stand against this kind of ambulance chasing and help create a system of decent behavior."
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act gives GAO and GSBCA exclusive jurisdiction over objections concerning termination or cancellation of contract awards. The law also makes advisory, rather than mandatory, GAO determinations that an executive branch agency pay a winning protestor's costs, such as fees for attorneys and expert witnesses.
Many believe the historically high volume of protests is due partly to inadequate debriefings to disappointed bidders. Some companies file protests just to get more information on why their offers were not accepted.
The new law requires that agencies notify all unsuccessful offerors of awards within three days of awarding contracts. Offerors then have three days to request debriefings. Within five days of receiving a request, agencies must offer debriefings that include overall rankings of all offerors and evaluated costs and technical ratings of the bids of the winning offer and the offeror being briefed.
Acceleration of the debriefing process is expected to reduce significantly the number of frivolous protests. Kelman suggests that agencies use debriefings as stepping stones to trying out alternative dispute resolution techniques (see box) if vendors have complaints about a contract award.
Following up on recommendations made in the National Performance Review, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act encourages agencies to buy more off-the-shelf products instead of those designed to government-unique design specifications. It does this by expanding the definition of "commercial items" to include not only products customarily used by the general public but certain commercial products and services using evolving technology that may not be currently available in the commercial marketplace.
The law advocates the use of functional specifications in RFPs (requests for proposals)-explaining what the product should do-instead of nitty-gritty detailed specifications spelling out how it should do it.
In the past, many contractors have chosen not to do business with the government because of the burden of providing cost data on civilian contracts over $100,000 and defense contracts over $500,000. Recognizing this, the new law waives requirements that contractors submit certified data justifying prices on competitively awarded commercial contracts.
On non-competitively awarded commercial contracts, agencies can require such data only if price information on similar items sold in the commercial market is unavailable. The law also sets a $500,000 government-wide threshold under which cost data need not be submitted. The threshold is to be adjusted for inflation every five years.
For purchases of commercial products, the law waives prime contractor and subcontractor recordkeeping, reporting and compliance certification requirements under several statutes, including the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act; the Drug-Free Workplace Act; the Clean Air Act; and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Commercial buys also are exempted from procurement-specific statutes enacted in the future unless such laws impose civil or criminal penalties.
The move to more commercial products is expected to slash product costs, minimize acquisition lead times and reduce the need for expensive R&D and product testing.
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act makes clear that it is both relevant and appropriate for an agency to consider a contractor's past performance in evaluating whether that contractor should receive future work. It also requires the Office of Federal Procurment Policy to publish guidance in this area.
Past performance takes into account everything from whether a vendor's products or services from previous federal contracts were delivered on time and within budget to whether a company did a good job of managing subcontractors. In addition to looking at workmanship, past-performance evaluations also include judgments on bidders' reputations for cooperative behavior.
Last January, 20 agencies pledged to make past performance part of evaluation criteria in solicitations on 61 contracts. The supply and services contracts, totalling $2.6 billion, cover everything from computer hardware support to paint brushes and garbage cans. The agencies are testing a variety of past-performance evaluation methods in these contracts to see which work best.
"This program has the potential for really changing the signals we send to suppliers about the expectations we have of them," says OFPP's Kelman. "We're moving the federal government in a much more commercial direction, where we set high standards for good performance from people who sell to us."
The program is expected to improve the quality of products and the timeliness of services, while reducing the amount of resources devoted to contract administration.
Prior to the pilot program, agencies used the past-performance criterion only very informally, and only to determine whether offerors had been responsive and responsible on earlier contracts. The criterion was omitted from official bid solicitations because it was thought to be too subjective. Some have voiced concern that federal program managers-whose jobs depend on the success of the contracts they're running-might not be unbiased in their appraisal of vendors.
In addition, new companies or those that have never held federal contracts have expressed concern that they might be discriminated against under the new criteria. Other companies are worried that they could be penalized for circumstances beyond their control-such as an agency changing its mind on technical specifications after a contract has been awarded. Questions have been raised as to whether companies' reputations could be, in effect, held hostage by agencies trying to cover up their own mistakes.
But Kelman doubts that past-performance programs would turn into modern-day blacklisting. He believes career government executives can be trusted to manage contracts fairly and to objectively rate performance.
To ensure that the government has sound methodology for evaluating vendors, an interagency team has developed a "Best Practices Guide" to explain federal past-performance philosophies and procedures. (See "Resources," page 12A.) In addition to the guidebook, the team is creating a system to collect and record past-performance information for subsequent use in the source-selection process.
Federal agencies spend about $100 billion a year on contracts for services. Thousands of service contracts have been plagued by cost overruns, delays and technical problems.
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act attempts to solve problems associated with "contracting out" by introducing performance-based service contracting, which means defining the work to be performed in measurable, mission-related terms-in contrast to former Statements of Work that defined work in broad, imprecise terms.
Performance-based service contracting is expected to cut prices and improve contractor performance by encouraging innovative and efficient approaches to work. The procurement methodology also is expected to decrease the need for expensive and time-consuming contract audits and allow for the conversion of cost-reimbursement contracts to fixed-price contracts.
Last October, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy launched a pilot project to assess performance-based service contracting. Twenty-six agencies volunteered to convert 87 recompeted contracts worth approximately $1.2 billion to this methodology over the next year. The project was endorsed by four trade associations representing more than 1,000 companies.
The law authorizes the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to test alternative procurement techniques in 13 pilot acquisition programs. Six of them will be run by OFPP itself, five by the Defense Department and one each by the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA. Agencies may apply any of the new law's provisions concerning commercial products to non-commercial products procured under the pilots.
The five DoD programs are for direct-attack munitions, commercially derived aircraft, commercially derived engines, a fire-support tactical trainer and an aircraft training system.
FAA will test alternative acquisition procedures-such as limiting competition to prequalified sources-in implementing one of its modernization programs. NASA, meanwhile, will test alternative notice and publication requirements for procurements up to $500,000.
Several regulations, concerning matters such as prescreening of eligible sources and notice of contracting opportunities, will be waived in the OFPP test programs, which will affect procurements at all agencies. The new law authorizes OFPP to waive specified statutes for up to six additional pilots, which would permit agencies to test alternative and innovative procurement procedures over a four-year period. But OFPP may not implement the waivers until at least three years after enactment of the new law, and no agency will be allowed to participate until it has fully implemented electronic data interchange.
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The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act clarifies and, in some cases, changes procedures for awarding and administering task and delivery order contracts. Because of their flexibility, these contracts are popular vehicles for obtaining support services such as facilities management, computer systems analysis and maintenance. No firm quantities of services have to be specified. And when contract requirements change, agencies can simply issue new orders instead of conducting new procurements.
Some agencies award multiple task and delivery order contracts and then compete particular orders among contractors. The new law allows agencies to define their needs more generally when competing initial contracts and to save specificity for individual orders. This is expected to substantially reduce procurement lead times.
In addition, agencies are no longer required to conduct full and open competition for each order, but may limit the number of offers considered. However, agencies choosing not to conduct open competitions must appoint a senior official to handle contractor complaints and police the competition rules. This ombudsman must be able to act independently of the contracting officer.
The new law caps task and delivery order contracts for advisory and assistance services at five years. If an order increases the scope, period or maximum value of the contract under which it was issued, competitors are allowed to protest. But under no other circumstances are protests of task or delivery orders authorized.
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A unique, intimate history of Australia, featuring colorful illustrations and maps, starts in 1988 and works its way back two hundred years to 1788, telling the history of one particular place through the generations of children who have lived there.
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Still, I admit that on opening a new calendar on the 1st of Janurary and realising this really was the year I'd leave my 20s, I painted my fingernails with purple glitter and dug out some very old CDs.
Luckily, I have a host of friends who have recently passed through the big 3-0 to guide me on my way. I've already blogged about flatmate-Kirsty turning 30. Here are two scarves I made over the Christmas break for other recently-turned-30 friends.
First up, a scarf for my old university friend, Uslan. You'll have to excuse the slightly dodgy iphone pics - I left my camera at home on the only afternoon I had the scarves before I wrapped them up to give them away.
I've made a scarf for Uslan before (Exchequered, which is in Spring '06 Knitty) but that was about five years ago, so I offered a new one. We discussed size, shape and colour and after passing some example photos back and forth, this is the result: four skeins Colinette Point 5 knitted in brioche rib on giant 10mm needles (see ravelry project page). As Kirsty said about the yarn: it's as if Barbie was sick on a sheep.
The resulting scarf is also incredible long. A scarf to wrap yourself in and hide (or possibly just mask your wrinkles, not that Uslan has wrinkles, I'm sure).
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The pattern is Haruni by Emily Ross. This is meant to be entirely lace, but I subbed chart A for a bit of plain knitting, because that's what the cool kids do. However, rather than the stocking stitch most people seem to opt for, I went for garter stitch. I'm on a bit of a garter stitch kick at the moment. I used felted tweed, which is supposed to be a DK weight, but is nearer 4ply so it's quite small, but a pretty little shawlette nonetheless (ravelry project page).
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- yaga said...
I don't know about you, but I like my scarves really long. It kind of gives me a feeling of security (there will always be a possibility of one more wrap in case im cold). maybe thats something you get when you turn old, hehe.^^
Oh and I made exchequered for my bf for xmas this year, it turned out great and he looooves it!!! <3
- Sunday, January 09, 2011
- Daisy said...
Having survived as far as 31 I can report that it isn't too bad. Although I still can't be that old as I STILL get annoyed when people think I'm younger than I am!
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- Julie said...
Those are some seriously awesome scarves! I got a chuckle out of the yarn being described as 'barbie sick on a sheep'. If it makes you feel any better, I love my 30s so far (I'm 32). I feel more at home in my own skin than I did in my 20s, more assured of who I am and what I want from my life.
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- Kara said...
I just want to snuggle up in those big chunky scarves. They look so comfy.
From what I've seen, I think you are going to be an awesome 30 year old.
- Monday, January 10, 2011
- The A.D.D. Knitter said...
Really great projects, both of 'em! I, too, am all about subbing in plain knitting when the pattern veers toward overly busy. Enjoy your year-long celebration of turning 3-0:)
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