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5 Lap Desks That Won't Cramp Your Style
- Guys Superstorage Lap Desk from PBTeen -- If you skip the personalizing on the top, this is a handsome option with lots of storage. $89
- Natural Cherry Lap Desk from Levenger -- The super simple design makes this option quite appealing. $49
- e-Pad Portable Laptop Desk from Brookstone -- This option features a tilted desktop, padded cushion and pencil cup. $39.95
- Lap Desk with Removable Cushion from Nancy Klemm -- This handcrafted option features a beautiful striped wood pattern and a removable cushion. $109.99
- Portable Art Table/Lap Desk from Many Splintered Things -- Use the strap to carry this desk with you or to wear it while standing. $75
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Here's one more reason to love living in the East Bay -- access to outstanding hospitals and physicians right in your own backyard. Eden Medical Center -- part of the Sutter Health family -- delivers comprehensive, award-winning care, offering you the convenience and quality you and your family deserve.
Eden is the regional trauma center for Southern Alameda County and home to the Sutter East Bay Neuroscience Institute. Eden features many centers of excellence, including orthopedics, rehabilitation, breast imaging, childbirth, women's health, stroke care, and cancer care. Eden has been recognized for outstanding quality, including a "Top Performer" designation by The Joint Commission, Superior ICU designation and the Certificate of Excellence award from the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Task Force (CHART), an honor recognizing exceptional performance in health care quality in 50 categories.
With a new facility opened in December 2012, Eden Medical Center brings together patient-centered care, state-of-the-art technology, and sophisticated design in a LEED-certified sustainable and seismically-safe building.


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From next week we begin a great new monthly review column with Megan Appleyard, a self-confessed film buff who is studying for her A levels at North Halifax Grammar School.
Megan, who lives in Halifax, wants to become a film journalist, so we thought it was a great idea to give her a first opportunity here in the Courier.
"My love of film goes back as far as I can remember," says Megan (17), who kicks off next week with a critique of the latest Adam Sandler offering, That's My Boy. And boy does it make interesting reading!
"The film that stands out to me is definitely ET. But my love of cinema has developed to darker yet equally brilliant features like The Shining, Girl Interrupted and Black Swan," she says. "But although I can name my favourite films now, tomorrow they will probably change."


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Up next at ASMC14 is Jacob Ørmen, whose interest is in the processes of news engagement. News has always been conveyed to others through many different channels, importantly also including ordinary political conversations between everyday people. Social media and similar sites facilitate such conversations, but this also needs to be placed in a wider context that also recognises other such conversations.
In which situations, then, do people engage in such conversations about politics? When and where do they do so? Jacob has examined this for the case of Denmark, where political engagement generally is fairly strong; Danes generally like to talk about politics, but do not necessarily do so online. Jacob's approach to researching this has used surveys and interviews to explore how people choose their spaces for political discussion.
He has defined a number of types: mixed sharers, who talk face to face, but mostly on social media; conversationalists who mainly use face to face; news consumers who receive but do not discuss political news; and disengaged citizens. Conversationalists and news consumers receive information via face to face, email, SMS, phone, and social media, but do not themselves further the discussion through electronic media forms; conversationalists tend to be older or of school age, while mixed sharers are largely early to middle-aged adults.
People who do not themselves share much information identify the strong ties in their family and friendship networks as being important in framing and setting the agenda on specific issues. Their approach is not one of lurking, however, but of active audiencing; for them, sharing is a positive network externality, and embodied interaction is important. This is also a process of translation from a public to a personal agenda: discussion of such issues by their friend and family shows these disengaged people how general issues affect them personally, and makes them relevant for them.


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This is the fourteenth in a series of posts that will examine ten insights Community Wealth Partners has uncovered through our research of and experience with initiatives that have created transformational social change.
Sometimes the most powerful thing a leader can do is change the conversation, which ultimately changes the outcome. We found that leaders who are working toward transformational change are especially skilled at this—and they have the courage to do it, when it's most needed. Rather than getting stuck in the weeds of the status quo, they reframe what's being talked about and ultimately this drives behavior change and results.
Here are a few quick tips on changing the conversation:
- When is it time to change the conversation? It's time to change a conversation when behavior isn't changing and/or progress isn't being made. This can be applied at both a micro and macro level. On the micro level, perhaps it's about changing the conversation with a funder whose funding processes aren't conducive to your ability to achieve transformational change. Rather than talk about the funding process, focus with that funder on talking about what's really required for you to achieve that big change you want to see in the world. On a macro level, it might be about reframing the national dialogue around the issue you are working to transform.
- What should be the focus of the new conversation? To successfully engage others in the conversation, you have to talk about something that really matters to people. And, I would argue it has to speak to both their rationale and their emotional sides—the head and the heart.
- How do you really make it happen? The "how" is critical because those who change the conversation will experience resistance. I recently read a blog post by Dan Waldschmidt, who is considered an unconventional business strategist, and he highlights this very point and suggests that the key to success is to pull when you're pushed, rather than push back. He has a nine-step process for how to do this, which is quite clever.
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With the dramatic toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in the middle of Baghdad, the war might as well be over. Was there ever any doubt who was going to win?
Now comes the next challenge: Who will win the peace? And winning the peace in Iraq will be far more difficult than winning the war.
As any student of history knows, Iraq isn't a real country. It was invented after World War I as part of the breakup of the old Ottoman Empire. Decision-makers in Versailles drew new lines on a map, called it Iraq, and tossed in three often warring populations: the Kurds, Shiite Muslims and Sunni Muslims. Each of them would still prefer their own country.
Eventually, Iraq should be governed by Iraqis, elected by their own people. But it will be some time before free elections are possible. After World War II, it took five years before Japan was ready for self-governance. In Iraq, it may take two years. Who governs Iraq in the interim?
The easiest path would be for the U.S. military to run the country. And we deserve it. We beat them fair and square. We sacrificed U.S. lives to liberate the country. Now it's our right and duty to make sure it's put back together. As the Romans used to say, to the victor belong the spoils.
Big mistake. The Roman Empire is just what we don't want to look like. We had a hard enough time convincing the Arab world to accept the U.S. military as an army of liberation. We will never convince them to accept us an army of occupation. It won't take long before cheers for the arrival of U.S. troops in Baghdad turn into jeers for their continued presence.
The next easiest path would be for the United States to put someone in charge of the country. Unfortunately, it looks like that's what we're about to do. While troops were still fighting their way to Baghdad, the U.S. military escorted Ahmed Chalabi, controversial head of the Iraqi National Congress, back into Iraq


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RBA will sit it out - but not much longer
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The next move on interest rates will probably come after the polls, writes John Edwards.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane won't ask his board for a rate rise at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, but he may be thinking about further tightening once the federal election is out of the way.
Annual headline inflation to the March quarter was only 2per cent and GDP growth 3.2per cent, but we think both bounced up in the year to June. When the numbers come out in early September, they will probably show growth has increased to 4.5 per cent and headline inflation to 2.7 per cent.
There are some arithmetical accidents in those numbers, but even so we expect growth over the whole of the financial year which began last week will be 3.7per cent and inflation 2.7per cent.
The RBA will say that because of the impact of higher oil prices, core inflation is somewhat lower, which it is. But that is not quite the issue. When items influenced by international trade prices are taken out of the consumer price index, it has been increasing at an annual rate of more than 4 per cent for each of the past four quarters, and shows few signs of slowing. With the big appreciation of the $A over, the whole index will creep closer to this non-tradables measure.
There is also a wider argument for a tighter stance. Australia last week began its 14th year of uninterrupted expansion and unemployment is approaching a 25-year low. In a thoroughly irresponsible way, the Government last week began handing out lumps of cash to families with children and new babies and urged them to spend it.
Meanwhile, the startling collapse in house prices in the March quarter recorded by Australian Property Monitors (APM) and cited publicly by both Mr Macfarlane and his deputy, Glenn Stevens, has vanished from the front pages. Other than the APM survey, we have seen very little evidence that house prices have actually fallen.
This is hardly astonishing, given that employment and incomes are increasing and the variable mortgage rate remains around the average of the past six years. We think price growth will remain moderate, but the real estate market wouldn't be shattered by another rate rise or two.
In theory, the RBA is sternly oblivious of political considerations, but in practice it cannot ignore the increasing momentum towards a national poll later this year. While a rate increase is required, it is not required urgently. Australian numbers for exports, retail sales and manufacturing activity have been consistent with a steady but not rocketing expansion. That is why we continue to expect the next tightening to occur after the election.
John Edwards is chief economist at HSBC Australia. He was the senior economic adviser to former prime minister Paul Keating.


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Wesson Hearing Aid Center - Ripon
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Douglas B. Wesson, BC-HIS, ACA, is the owner and founder of Wesson Hearing Services. A hearing aid user himself, Doug knows what it's like to have a hearing loss, including how the experience interacts with one's personality, confidence and relationships with others. He also has a great knowledge and experience of hearing aid performance in noisy situations, which allows him to successfully and consistently obtain the best hearing solutions for his patients. Doug Wesson is a Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist, a Certified Audioprosthologist and a California-licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser.
This provider participates in the following insurance and discount plans: Federal Employee Program, AARP-HearUSA, Advanced Hearing Providers, AFE USA, Hearing Care Solutions, Harmony Hearing, MCAS, NEI, TruHearing, UAW, Homelink, Prime Health and OCCM.
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Up for sale is an antique tea cup and saucer in a very ornate Japanese pattern. The set is made by Minton, please see the pictures from Michael Berthaud's 'An Anthology of British Cups'. The mark is barely legible but it's outline is similar to those used by Minton and Boyle partnership in 1836-41. The set is made of felspar porcelain and hand painted.
Cup height: 2 3/8" (6cm)
Cup diameter: 4" (10cm)
Saucer diameter: 5 1/2" (14cm)
Condition: excellent.
This lot is part of a large collection of early 19th century English porcelain that I will be listing over the next weeks. Please check my other sales for more collectable tea cups.
I will pack safely, with lots of bubble wrap and packing peanuts, and will ship in a sturdy box.
A note on international shipping: I SELL TO MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, NOT JUST USA OR AUSTRALIA, AND AS I CANNOT SET P&P FOR EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY MY POSTAGE QUOTE IS AN ESTIMATE ONLY! IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE POSTAGE PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU THE QUOTE TO YOUR PARTICULAR DESTINATION. IT WON'T BE CHEAP AS ROYAL MAIL IS NOT THE CHEAPEST POST IN THE WORLD I'M AFRAID, BUT IT MAY BE LESS THAN MY INITIAL ESTIMATE. I DO NOT MAKE PROFIT ON P&P, PLEASE SEE MY response SCORE FOR SHIPPING, IT REFLECTS MY ACTUAL CHARGES. If the actual Royal Mail postage is less than my shipping quote on I will refund the difference. I will gladly combine shipping whenever possible.
I always reciprocate response but sometimes cannot do it immediately as I travel a lot to antiques fair and sometimes have only limited access to the internet. Please allow some time for the response to be given.
Vintage Minton Plymouth Tea Cup & Saucer Set #b1032 Circa 1925
Vintage Minton Plymouth Tea Cups & Saucers (4 Sets) #b1032 Circa 1925
Vintage Minton Plymouth Cream Soup Bowls & Saucers (5 Pcs) #b1032 Circa 1925
Minton-england-fine Bone China-"edinburgh" Footed Teacup & Saucer
Vintage Minton Plymouth Salad Plates (9) #b1032 Circa 1925
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So this is my first glove. It's a little rough around the edges and all through the middle as well. I didn't bind it off. I just used a life line to tie it off. I need to find (and master) a double knitting bind off that I like. And while I'm on the subject of double knitting, I'd just like to say that copious amounts of information on double knitting are hard to come by. Done by! Gum by! (Apologies to Tolkien...couldn't help it).
I made it for a guy at work who got shot in the hand. (Note to MMario: Another good reason to live out in the country: you're less likely to get shot...unless Dick Cheney is in the area, of course.) As a result of getting shot, his pinky and his ring finger got fused together and he has been wearing the torn off sleeve of a shirt up around his hand. He saw me knitting one day at work and asked me if I could make a fingerless glove for him. So I got on it. I asked him if he wanted it for warmth or just to cover up his hand and he said he wanted the warmth as well so I double knitted it. Twice as warm that way, I figure.
I need/want to spend some time making single layer gloves. There are lots of bits that I need to get more of a grip on: the bit between the thumb and the palm and the bits between the fingers. I want to learn how to make a fully fingered glove too. Anyway that's the latest from this knitter. Stitch on My Hearties!
Beautifully made!!!!
Beautifully made!!!!
Congratulations. A great
Congratulations. A great glove. I hope you are giving yourself lots of pats on the back.
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Nice work! FYI, there are 2
Nice work! FYI, there are 2 bind off techniques shown on P.220 of The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques by Margaret Radcliffe. It's a pretty recent book, so it should be available in book stores.
That looks GREAT Tom and I
That looks GREAT Tom and I love the pattern! I still haven't tackled double knitting, but it's on my list. It's so nice of you to knit the glove for your colleague.
I really like the shading on
I really like the shading on the design.
MMario - I'm not divorced from reality - we're having a trial separation
Beautiful snowflake/star
Beautiful snowflake/star pattern on the glove. I really like large graphic patterns on knits.
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Good resource - thanks.
Good resource - thanks.
Well done!
Well done!
Great job, and they well
Great job, and they well certainly keep his hands warm.
Have been knitting for years. I knit continually then will try another craft, but will return to the needles.
Great work, as always, Tom.
Great work, as always, Tom. And like Andy said, we're missing you Mondays.
cool gloves. you have the
cool gloves. you have the great taste when it comes to design & color.


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Dublin Entertainment Venues
If you are planning a trip to Dublin it's definitely worth checking out what's on and what's happening in the capital during your stay. Dublin plays host to some of Europe's newest and biggest event venues and whether it's a concert, gig, All Ireland final or rugby match, if there is something on while you are visiting Dublin then capture the spirit and magic of the city and the Irish by making sure you attend an event. The Morgan Hotel in Dublin's Temple Bar is central to all of Dublin's top entertainment venues and is located right in the very heart of Temple Bar, perfect for any Temple Bar events you may be attending.
Dublin was recently named as one of the top cities (features third to be precise) in the world to visit by Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2016 list. Venues such as the 3 Arena, Bord Gáis and historical theatres such as The Olympia, Gaiety Theatre host world renowned entertainment shows which come together to make Dublin a must a visit!
Every week Dublin is host to many cultural events taking place in the city and in the greater Dublin area. Gigs, Festivals, Talks, Lectures, Exhibitions and much more for all age groups are included. The vast variety of entertainment events will guarantee your stay in Dublin a memorable one for you and your friends or family.
The Morgan Hotel receptionists will be delighted to help you choose the right venue and entertainment show, when you're checking in to your Morgan Hotel guest room. Our receptionists as locals of Dublin, will be able to give their recommendations as well as any other information you may require. The Morgan is in the centre of Dublin's Cultural Quarter in the heart of the city full of great places to shop, sightsee, experience Irelands culture and it is home to the city's biggest and best traditional Music Festival; The Temple Bar Tradfest.
Performers of all types from around the world take to the stages in Dublin to provide people with something new that you can share with your loved ones on your return from your visit.
Click on any of the venues on the right to get an idea of where the venue is, what type of events they host and a list of upcoming events:
The Morgan Hotel is situated in the heart of Dublin City Centre and is within easy reach of most of Dublin's top entertainment venues.
- Olympia
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- Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship
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Global Latitudinal-Asymmetric Vegetation Growth Trends and Their Driving Mechanisms: 1982–2009
AbstractUsing a recent Leaf Area Index (LAI) dataset and the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4), we investigated percent changes and controlling factors of global vegetation growth for the period 1982 to 2009. Over that 28-year period, both the remote-sensing estimate and model simulation show a significant increasing trend in annual vegetation growth. Latitudinal asymmetry appeared in both products, with small increases in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) and larger increases at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere (NH). The south-to-north asymmetric land surface warming was assessed to be the principal driver of this latitudinal asymmetry of LAI trend. Heterogeneous precipitation functioned to decrease this latitudinal LAI gradient, and considerably regulated the local LAI change. A series of factorial experiments were specially-designed to isolate and quantify contributions to LAI trend from different external forcings such as climate variation, CO2, nitrogen deposition and land use and land cover change. The climate-only simulation confirms that climate change, particularly the asymmetry of land temperature variation, can explain the latitudinal pattern of LAI change. CO2 fertilization during the last three decades was simulated to be the dominant cause for the enhanced vegetation growth. Our study, though limited by observational and modeling uncertainties, adds further insight into vegetation growth trends and environmental correlations. These validation exercises also provide new quantitative and objective metrics for evaluation of land ecosystem process models at multiple spatio-temporal scales. View Full-Text
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It's official. Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat, is running for governor. White's announcement is being broadcast live on his campaign Web site as we speak. Meanwhile, the Texas Republican Party is already attacking White and accusing him of being "too liberal for Texas." The online ad posted above alleges, among other things, that White supports gay marriage. After the jump, the full press release sent moments ago by White's campaign.
For Immediate Release
Friday, Dec. 4, 2009
Bill White seeks to serve Texans as Governor
After listening to thousands across the state, Houston Mayor announces decision
HOUSTON — Today, after listening to thousands of Texans from all backgrounds, Bill White filed to run for Governor, pledging to fight for Texas' future.
"I am proud of the people of Texas, and as Governor I will move us forward as America's great state of opportunity," White said. "I'll be a Governor who challenges Texans to lead, not leave, the United States."
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PAE Government Services, Inc.
B-407818: Mar 5, 2013
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PAE Government Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a task order contract issued by the Department of State (DOS) under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. SAQMMA12F1885 to DynCorp International LLC, of Falls Church, Virginia, for Criminal Justice Program Support (CPJS) in Haiti. PAE argues that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate offerors prices and failed to take into account adverse past performance information concerning DynCorp.
We deny the protest.
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
Matter of: PAE Government Services, Inc.
File: B-407818
Date: March 5, 2013
Robert Nichols, Esq., Susan B. Cassidy, Esq., Anuj Vohra, Esq., Jade C. Totman, Esq., Daniel E. Matro, Esq., Saurabh Anand, Esq., and Michael T. Wagner, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester.
Richard, J. Vacura, Esq., Tina D. Reynolds, Esq., and K. Alyse Latour, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for DynCorp International LLC, an intervenor.
Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
Agency was not required to conduct cost realism or price realism analyses where the solicitation provided for the award of a fixed-price contract, and did not otherwise state that the agency would conduct such analyses.
PAE Government Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a task order contract issued by the Department of State (DOS) under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. SAQMMA12F1885 to DynCorp International LLC, of Falls Church, Virginia, for Criminal Justice Program Support (CPJS) in Haiti. PAE argues that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate offerors prices and failed to take into account adverse past performance information concerning DynCorp.
We deny the protest.
The TORP was issued on March 31, 2012, and contemplated the award of a hybrid fixed price, labor hour and cost reimbursement contract with one base year and three option years.[1] TORP §§ 1.3 and 1.8. The competition was limited to firms that hold one of the multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for CPJS awarded by DOS in 2011.
The solicitation provided that DOS would make award on a low price technically acceptable basis. TORP § 1.3. Technical acceptability would be assessed based on an evaluation of an offerors plan to support the requirements in the statement of work, and the offerors past performance. TORP § 5.4. With regard to past performance, offerors were to provide information regarding no more than three (3) previous contracts/orders of similar size and complexity that show experience in similar tasks and deployment circumstances, including contact information for each referenced task order/contract. TORP §§ 4.2.6, 4.2.7. The TORP stated that the agency would evaluate each offerors past performance on the following basis:
Past performance will be evaluated based on the references provided by the Offeror, as well as contractor performance databases, internet references, former DoS contract/task order performance reports, firsthand knowledge of Government personnel and any other sources available.
TORP § 5.4.1. The agency provided that submissions for [past performance] shall be recent within the past 36 months of proposal submission. TORP, Amend. 1, Questions and Answers (Q&A) No. 130. The solicitation provided that an unacceptable past performance evaluation [would] render the entire proposal unacceptable. TORP § 5.4.1.
The TORP contained a pricing spreadsheet released in Amendment No. 001 which set out five master contract line item numbers (CLINS). The TORP provided that [t]he proposed total price for all CLIN[s] in Section 1 for the base year and all option years will be used for determination of the reasonableness of total price. TORP § 5.5.
DOS received nine proposals in response to the TORP. The agency established a competitive range and conducted discussions with the remaining offerors, including PAE and DynCorp, and received final proposal revisions. The agency found that all offerors in the competitive range were technically acceptable. The contracting officer (CO) then conducted a price reasonableness evaluation and determined that the price proposals of all competitive range offerors were reasonable. The agencys evaluation of the offerors proposals was as follows:
Technical Approach and Past Performance
Agency Report (AR), Tab 7, Selection Decision, at 5. The agency made award to DynCorp, as the lowest-priced, technically-acceptable offeror. This protest to our Office followed.
PAE argues DOS improperly awarded the contract to DynCorp because the agencys evaluation of price proposals failed to include cost and price realism analysis. As discussed below, we conclude that the TORP, when read as a whole clearly established that the offerors were to propose fixed CLIN prices or fixed unit prices and that the agency would conduct only a price reasonableness evaluation. See TORP § 5.5; TORP, Pricing Template. PAE also challenges the award to DynCorp on the grounds that the awardees price is unbalanced, and that the agency failed to consider significant negative past performance by DynCorp.
Because, as explained below, we find that the record reflects that the agencys evaluation of price was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the TORP, PAE is not an interested party to challenge the award to DynCorp on the other grounds. In this regard, PAE is the third-lowest priced offeror, and the protester does not challenge the evaluation of the second-lowest priced offeror with regard to unbalanced pricing or past performance. A protester is not an interested party where it would not be in line for a contract award even if its protest were sustained, since it lacks the direct economic interest required by our Regulations to maintain a protest. Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. §§ 21.0(a), 21.1(a) (2012); Indtai Inc., B-298432.3, Jan. 17, 2007, 2007 CPD ¶ 13 at 4-5.
Price Evaluation
PAE argues that the TORP required DOS to conduct both price realism and cost realism analyses of the offerors proposals, but the agency failed to conduct these analyses. The agency acknowledges that it did not conduct these analyses, but argues that neither analysis was required because the TORP anticipated award of a fixed-price contract, and did not state that the agency would conduct a price realism analysis. We agree with the agency.
First, as discussed above, the TORP stated that an offerors price would be evaluated based on the total for all CLINs for the base and option years, and that [t]his task order will be awarded to the low price, technically acceptable offeror. TORP § 5.5. TORP, attach. 2, at 1. Notwithstanding this language, PAE argues that certain sub-CLINs were cost-reimbursable, which required the agency to evaluate the realism of offerors proposed costs.
When an agency evaluates a proposal for the award of a cost-reimbursement contract, an offerors proposed estimated costs are not dispositive because, regardless of the costs proposed, the government is bound to pay the contractor its actual and allowable costs. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) §§ 15.305(a)(1); 15.404-1(d); Palmetto GBA, LLC, B-298962, B-298962.2, Jan. 16, 2007, 2007 CPD ¶ 25 at 7. Consequently, the agency must perform a cost realism analysis to determine the extent to which an offerors proposed costs are realistic for the work to be performed. FAR § 15.404-1(d)(1). Cost realism is not required when a fixed-price contract is contemplated, because the governments liability is fixed and the contractor bears the risk of any cost escalation. J&J Maint., Inc., B-244366.2, Mar. 7, 1994, 94-1 CPD ¶ 177 at 10.
As relevant to PAEs argument, CLIN X002 concerned labor costs. The instructions for CLIN X002 stated: Per TORP 1.8[2]; cost reimbursable with fixed unit pricing. TORP, attach. 2, at 1. The TORP explained that offerors were required to submit fixed unit prices for labor under various sub-CLINS, such as American citizen labor, third country national labor, and local national labor.[3] Id. The TORP specified a number of hours for each of these categories, meaning that each offeror was required only to propose a fixed rate for these elements.[4]
PAE argues that the following three labor sub-CLINS were cost-reimbursable and required the agency to conduct a cost realism analysis: X002MA, danger pay differential; X002NA, post hardship differential; and X002OA, Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance. TORP, attach. 2, at 1.
CLINs X002MA and X002NA stated that pricing for these premium pay elements would be % of [American citizen] wages. Id. PAE argues that, under the terms of the CPJS ID/IQ contract, offerors were permitted to propose danger pay and post hardship pay as a percentage of the DOS rates paid to its own employees for these elements. Protesters Response to Request for Dismissal (Dec. 10, 2012) at 11. The protester contends that because offerors could propose to pay these rates based on a percentage of the DOS rates, and because the DOS rates could change, the rates paid by the contractor were not fixed--thus requiring the agency to conduct a price realism evaluation.
The CPJS ID/IQ contract, however, stated that offerors could be paid for danger pay and post hardship pay, provided such pay was part of the contractors established compensation plan and the rates for such pay did not exceed the allowable DOS rates. Protest, exh. C, PAE CPJS ID/IQ Contract, at 7-8. The contract did not state, as the protester implies, that contractors were to be reimbursed at a variable rate pegged to the DOS rates. Moreover, as DOS notes, the TORP did not state that offerors were to propose variable rates that would fluctuate based on DOS published rates; instead, the solicitation instructed offerors to propose danger and post hardship pay based on a rates that were a percentage of the pay for an American citizen. TORP, attach. 2, at 1. These percentages were fixed and, thus, were part of the fixed rates required under CLIN X002.
With regard to DBA insurance, the TORP stated that this element was Reimbursable/no fee, TORP, attach. 2, at 1. PAE argues that the agency was therefore required to evaluate the realism of offerors proposed costs for this sub-CLIN. DOS states, however, that DBA insurance is a standard cost for all offerors, at a rate that is set under the terms of CPJS ID/IQ contract and DOS policy. CO Statement (Dec. 19, 2012) ¶ 13. For this reason, the agency argues, DBA insurance is a fixed element of offerors prices, rather than a reimbursable element unique to each offeror. While PAE stresses that the TORP used the term reimbursable, the protester does not expressly dispute the agencys statement that there is a uniform DBA insurance rate for all offerors.
On this record, we conclude that offerors were required to propose fixed prices based on fixed unit or labor prices. Because the solicitation did not require offerors to propose cost-reimbursable elements for purposes of the competition, the agency was not required to conduct a cost realism analysis.[5] See Systems, Studies & Simulation, Inc., B-295579, Mar. 28, 2005, 2005 CPD ¶ 78 at 6.
With regard to price realism, PAE contends that although the TORP did not specifically state that the agency would conduct a price realism analysis of an offerors proposal, the solicitation effectively provided for one by instructing offerors to [c]learly relat[e] cost/price to the statement of work sections, with price information broken out . . . to the lowest detail practical. TORP § 4.3; Protest at 9-10. PAE notes that the TORP also stated that while offerors should attempt to lower their operating costs, they must also assur[e] the Government that [they] can meet the requirement[s] of the contract. TORP § 1.4.
While it is within an agencys discretion to provide for a price realism analysis in awarding a fixed-price contract to assess understanding or risk, see FAR § 15.404-1(d)(3), offerors competing for such an award must be given reasonable notice that a business decision to submit low pricing will be considered as reflecting on their understanding or the risk associated with their proposals. Emergint Techs., Inc., B-407006, Oct. 18, 2012, 2012 CPD ¶ 295 at 5-6. Where there is no relevant evaluation criterion pertaining to price realism, a determination that an offerors price on a fixed-price contract is too low generally concerns the offerors responsibility, i.e., the offerors ability and capacity to perform successfully at its offered price. Flight Safety Servs. Corp., B-403831, B-403831.2, Dec. 9, 2010, 2010 CPD ¶ 294 at 5. Absent a solicitation provision for a fixed-priced contract requiring a price realism analysis, no such analysis is required or permitted. Cherry Road Techs.; Elec. Data Sys. Corp., B-296915 et al., Oct. 24, 2005, 2005 CPD ¶ 197 at 18; Emergint Techs. Inc., supra.
PAE argues that the circumstances here are similar to those discussed in our decision in Science Applications Intl Corp., B-407105, B-407105.2, Nov. 1, 2012, 2012 CPD ¶ 310. In that decision, we found that although a solicitation did not expressly state that the agency would conduct a price realism analysis, the solicitation reasonably advised offerors that the agency intended to do so nonetheless. In Science Applications Intl Corp. the solicitation stated that the agency would evaluate price proposals to determine whether proposed prices were compatible with the scope of effort, are not unbalanced, and are neither excessive nor insufficient for the effort to be accomplished, and that [t]his may be grounds for eliminating a proposal from competition on the basis that the offeror does not understand the requirement. Id. at 10. The protester contends that TORP here similarly advised offerors that the agency would conduct a price realism analysis because offerors were instructed to identify detailed information regarding the proposed prices and to assur[e] the Government that [they] can meet the requirement[s] of the contract. TORP § 1.4. We disagree.
While the TORP here expresses an expectation that the offerors will be able to crosswalk between price information and the statement of work, we note that the solicitation evaluation criteria did not state that the agency would specifically evaluate an offerors understanding of the technical requirements based on its proposed price, nor does solicitation provide for the elimination of a proposal based on a low price. Instead, the evaluation criteria stated that [t]he proposed total price of all CLINs in Section 1 for the base year and all option years will be used for determination of the reasonableness of total price, and that award would be made to the low price, technically acceptable offeror. TORP § 5.5. The TORP, when read as a whole clearly established that offerors were to propose fixed CLIN prices or fixed unit prices, and that the agency would evaluate offerors prices for reasonableness. See TORP § 5.5; TORP, attach. B, at 1. In sum, we find that the agency reasonably determined that the solicitation did not require a price realism analysis.
Unbalanced Pricing and Past Performance Evaluations
Next, PAE argues that DOS failed to evaluate whether DynCorps prices were unbalanced. PAE contends that DynCorps proposed price was front-loaded, in that its proposed price for the base year was higher than in each of the option years. PAE also argues that the agencys evaluation of DynCorps past performance was unreasonable because the agency failed to consider DynCorps work on a DOS contract for Worldwide Protective Services[6], where DOS gave DynCorp a rating of 1 out of 25 total possible points, and concluded that the [c]ontinued use of DynCorp would represent an unjustifiable risk to the Government. Protest, Tab G, Contractor Past Performance Evaluation at 5.
The record shows that PAE is not an interested party to challenge the award to DynCorp on either of these bases. A protester is not an interested party where it would not be in line for award if its protest were sustained. Avondale Tech. Servs., Inc., B-243330, July 18, 1991, 91-2 CPD ¶ 72 at 2. Here, PAE is the third-lowest priced offeror, and the protester does not challenge the evaluation of second-lowest priced offeror. As discussed above, we find no merit to the protesters argument that the agency should have evaluated offerors prices for cost or price realism.[7] For these reasons, we dismiss PAEs arguments concerning unbalanced pricing and past performance.
The protest is denied.
Susan A. Poling
General Counsel
[1] The TORP and agency report referred to the award as both a task order and a contract. For purposes of consistency, we refer to the award as a contract.
[2] The section listed the number of required full-time equivalent personnel. TORP § 1.8.
[3] Additionally, the TORP identified numerous CLINs that were cost reimbursable, but for which no costs were to be proposed for purposes of the competition. TORP, attach. 2, at 1.
[4] PAE does not argue that these sub-CLINs were cost-reimbursable.
[5] To the extent that PAE argues that use of the term cost reimbursable for DBA insurance sub-CLIN X002OA required the agency to conduct a cost realism analysis, the solicitation, at most, created a patent ambiguity. If the protester believed that the term cost reimbursable required offerors to propose costs-- notwithstanding the requirement for fixed rates and the TORPs statement that award would be based on price--the protester was required to challenge this matter prior to the time for receipt of proposals. 4 C.F.R. § 21.2(a)(1).
[6] This requirement was for movement security services in Iraq and the provision of security forces. CO Statement (Jan. 18, 2013) ¶ 29.
[7] PAE raises other collateral issues. We have reviewed all of the protesters arguments and find that none provides a basis to sustain the protest.
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Southwest Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler has been picked to serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, starting next term.
Herrera Beutler notes that the Appropriations Committee will have to work within whatever parameters negotiators come up with during talks aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff.
She says she sees the current debate climate as a chance to fund priorities and trim spending.
Herrera Beutler is one of many Republican representatives who signed a no-tax pledge with Americans for Tax Reform. Still, Herrera Beutler says she's guided not by the standards of independent groups, but by what voters want.
"I made a commitment to them that I'm not going to treat them like a piggybank and I'm not going to raise their taxes to bail out government spending. Our bosses do not reside within the beltway."
Herrera Beutler will be the only Northwest representative on the committee.
She says she's glad to have the chance to step in. Although she acknowledges some colleagues have warned to be careful what she wishes for.


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What do you think of Councilman Josh Stites' comments on Twitter regarding the chamber? Is it OK for a councilman to air such thoughts that way? Is he right or wrong?
Loner, TN does enjoy lower taxes in general. But that doesn't stop everyone from whining. They don't want to pay any...ever.
But, they'll accept Federal money without question, and then look puzzled when someone points out the hypocrisy.
Oh that part. LOL
I agree, Darge, I hope that BHO gets re-elected, just so the right-wingnuts will go berserkers....but seriously, knowing what we now know about the Secret Service... I'd say that Obama will have to double his guard...enemies both foreign and domestic are running out of patience with the man....they hate his guts.
Speaking of "targeted killings" and "extra-judicial killings", the Iranians hanged a convicted Israeli agent, apparently a local traitor, for his role in the killing of an Iranian scientist...the old motorcycle bomb trick....the dude confessed, of course, confessions can be extracted quite easily these days...Gitmo-style....a bit of water-boarding usually gets the desired result...Dick Cheney swears by it.
The Mossad has the "extra-judicial killing" thing down to a science...an art, perhaps....if Netanyahu thinks that Obama is going to be re-elected, anything can happen....the Israelis have enough friends in the Congress and the media to get away with it. The US Evangelicals would forgive them, even if the ugly facts came to light.
You all have a good day. I am going to go to work; there is a gated community in Smyrna that needs attention.
By: dargent7 on 5/17/12 at 7:20
80% of this board has fled. Disbanded. Because of a one, Paul Wade.
aka, "yogi".
He reminds me of a Grand Imperial Wizard of the KKK.
They think they know. But, they know shit.
Just plain crazy. Dangerous people, walking among us.
Wow d7, you and Yogi have the same first name. Did your mom name you after him? Nice.
Loner, Nashville having tax rates lower than other cities is a good thing. Its something that most Nashvillian's want to keep in effect. Recent transplants to Nashville, have your take on it. They say ''you should see the tax rate where I came from.'' Our leaders hired 50 police officers using funds from a federal grant they knew would expire, and now they cry layoffs without a tax increase. Give tax breaks to millionaire speculators. Re-finance the city debt, in an election year. Continue the drama of how they've struggled choosing what to cut. These things piss off taxpayers on fixed incomes. Austerity in a recession is also a good thing.
No state income tax...and dirt cheap property taxes....that's a nice state of affairs, Gd...and you claim that Washington, DC subsidizes the easy ride? And these Tea-baggers want to secede?
You'd be surprised, Loner. Unbeknownst to most TN is that the governor is moving around some state agencies that get Federal funding...not to make them more efficient or save money, but to get more of the funding for themselves.
There's your less government idiots.
By: budlight on 5/17/12 at 8:29
Wow d7, you and Yogi have the same first name. Did your mom name you after him? Nice.
Boy oh boy this makes a lot of sense. This troll monkey gets ever day.
shb dizzer ever day.
I made the point before loner that I'm only looking at about another $600 or so a year here so I can't really understand the fuss about it when no one cares that Obama is racking up around $15,000 a year per family in additional debt burden.
The point: Everyone, 50%, has been piling on Obama since he took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009.
This is after 8 years of Bush & Lon Cheney.
Two useless, illegal wars in tow.
Obama is as smart as it gets. No one's smarter.
Romney? A rich kid from Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook, etc.
And I know. I grew up 2 miles from the place. I know what it is to be born into "privilege".
Romney's a fake, a phoney, a fraud, a liar.
But, in America, he may very well win.
So, what you're saying, Ben, is that the debt burden for families has gone up during an unprecedented economic collapse.
My only response is...duh.
I find it particularly ironic how the party that perfected deficit spending is now crying foul. I say, give them a pacifier and let the grown ups deal with it.
Dargent7.........Romney has absolutely no chance of winning in November. There are just too many people who want the same things Romney and I have. The way they want to get it is not through the lucky sperm club and financial expertise but to take from us through taxation.
Democracy is always fluid and churning. Right now the birth rate is tilted towards those who should not be having children. I think this will continue for another 20 to 25 years. By that time the United States will be a country that none of us recognize. Not the underclass, not the remaining middle class or the upper class.
I will probably be in a nice polished granite private masoleum having an inscription which states. "He believed in the law of self-preservation and practiced it every day of his life."
"He believed in the law of self-preservation and practiced it every day of his life."
So you're into self-embalming?
Bush's deficits were the war supplementals gd. Wars entered into with a substantial consensus of both parties, I'll remind you... so the question at that point is do you finish the job or abandon them to certain Chaos and Civil war. Bush did the only right thing. (which Obama rightly continued after no longer having the luxury of criticism at a distance at his disposal anymore).
Obama's deficits are 4 times what Bush's were and are on-going for all the foreseeable future. It's because of a flawed Keynesian philosophy that doesn't match with real-word experience because there's never any immediate political will to pay down the deficits run up during the down-turns; and the negative pressures of uncertainty, coming tax burden, and the delicate balance of keeping your creditors in a lending mood more than offsets any economic benefit of throwing bundles of hundreds at your favored political cronies and voting constituencies.
Rasp, drinking formaldehyde daily is not self-preservation.
The Mitt gonna win Rasp... get on the train.
Sorry, didn't see your post gdiafante.
Willard Romney is no Millard Fillmore.
LOL, Gd & Slack..."self-preservation".....the ultimate do-it-yourself project......"Auto-Embalming" Cut out the middleman and save thousands!
What have you got Raspy, besides a stinky rented limo?
yada yada yada, Ben. Get an MP3 to replace your broken record.
Or would someone at least give him a tissue?
One would think that somebody in the Grey Poupon league, like the Rasp, wouldn't try to save a few bucks on their "final expenses"....guess that's how those tycoons got so rich in the first place....they keep their wads tight.
I'm betting Rasp has an electrode in his neck, he can go on forever.
You should do a Walt Disney Rasp... you might wake up, like a neurotic Jew, in a few hundred years to a whole new world.
Rasp.. if you start turning green, its time to take the Limo to the mausoleum.
Ben, Rasp should be frozen with a full staff of servants, just in case. Its only right.
The underclass getting cheeky with Rasp again.
And his cat...
Just don't contract it out to the Soylent Corporation Raspy... those guys are a little sketchy.
Yeah.. I think they have Ted Williams head.
Let's do a Fact Check:
Ben Dover wrote: "Bush's deficits were the war supplementals gd. Wars entered into with a substantial consensus of both parties..."
I Googled that and found this:
On the Iraq War Resolution vote, here are the facts:
United States House of Representatives:
Party Ayes Nays PRES No Vote
Republican 215 6 0 2
Democratic 82 126 0 1
Independent 0 1 0 0
United States Senate:
Party Ayes Nays No Vote
Republican 48 1 0
Democratic 29 21 0
Independent 0 1 0
Those figures indicate that the "substantial consensus" certainly existed in the Republican Party....it was nearly unanimous in the GOP fold...only 6 GOP Reps voted "no" and a single, brave GOP Senator voted "no".
Among the Democrats, 126 Reps said, "no", just 82 went along with the GOP agenda. In the Senate, the Dems caved in and went with a 29 vs 21 yes/no vote.
Those who voted to invade were rewarded by AIPAC and its donor networks... the Energy lobby and the Defense lobby also took notes on how these jokers all voted......those few who balked paid the price.
I went ahead and lined up the columns, but all for nothing....I think the charts are still readable, however.
OK...it's time....."Grey Poupon-stained tycoon struts into a gay piano bar...."
Orders a ''Duck Fart''....
Duck Fart recipe:
1/2 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
Layer ingredients in order as listed above.
Read more: Duck Fart recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink554.html#ixzz1v8mpit1o
Conspiracy of the day:
Warren Buffett buying 63 newspapers to promote Obama election.
I've also heard that he's changing the pronunciation of his name to "Boofay"...which is French...who just elected a known Communist...just saying...
What?! No Grey Poupon in that recipe?
Duck Fart....Sounds like something the non-productive class would imbibe....BTW, what does a duck fart sound like?
I Googled it:
It's mercifully short and quick....just like the cocktail....duck's gotta do what a duck's gotta do.
gdiafante on 5/17/12 at 8:03
"Loner, TN does enjoy lower taxes in general. But that doesn't stop everyone from whining. They don't want to pay any...ever.
But, they'll accept Federal money without question, and then look puzzled when someone points out the hypocrisy."
Yes, isn't it interesting how conveniently the right ignores the fact that most red states (you know, the ones that are supposed to be fiscally responsible) routinely balance their budgets using Federal funds?
That Duck Fart sounds good..... pun intended. But that Bailey's®, that's some sneaky shit! That's the kind of stuff you can sit and drink all night and not realize you've been had till you go to get up. :-)
I didn't realize there were that many out-liers in the house, Loner, with all of the leadership of the Democratic party pushing it so hard. It's kinda like when Nancy lets Jim Cooper vote conservative when she doesn't need his vote, I guess.
Someone is getting those federal funds, brrrrk, and it's not the departments that need them. And if a TN politician is rambling on about cutting spending, what they really mean is to increase the net federal funding.
We pay those US states tribute, so they won't rebel again, Brrrrk....it's cheaper in the long run....and a lot less bloody.
Kinda like the case in which we pay Egypt and Jordan, so they won't attack Israel...it's called "tribute", it's the old protection racket.....we pay to keep the bad guys from wrecking the place.
BHO just signed the papers with Pres. Karzai, guaranteeing the Afghan government billions in US aid for decades to come.
We paid off the insurgents in Iraq and now we are exporting US cash to that place...we used to boycott Iraq, now we subsidize it....go figure.
brrrrk, do you think that Mayor Dean could get some more federal grant money, to pay those 50 police officers he hired with temporary federal funds?
It's the natural effect of a typically lower cost of living in places with conservative voters. If you've got a lower cost of living then you have far fewer people in the more punitive tax brackets. We're able to control our own houses but get out-voted by the urbanites who insist on the fiscal liberalism ideal. Then retirees compound it by seeking lower cost of living without the shackles of employment.
As for accepting federal monies; there's no hypocrisy in that. We've made the case for lower taxes and lower spending and lost. If high taxes and high spending are the playing field, do we simply pay up and then cede it all the spending to the left? That's absurd.
What? No comments about Mary Kennedy hanging herself at 52?
Leaving behind 4 kids.
We want to talk and negotiate with "yogi"?
It's hypocritical when you want less government but so willingly accept and redistribute federal money, Ben. Though I'm not surprised you can't see this.
For someone who supposedly wants personal responsibility, you sure do pass the buck, Ben. I'm beginning to think the emperor has no clothes...you're just a well-spoken yogi.
Ben expects the "left" to accede to all right-wing funding requests...now he claims the opposite to be true....he claims it's the "left" who are promoting the "high taxes & high spending" agenda.
Truth is, the Republicans support and defend the "low taxes & high spending" model.
The Democrats are a little more honest about it; if you want government benefits, you gotta collect enough revenue in taxes to pay for them....that's fiscal honesty, Ben.
If this re[public is to ever get out of debt...and that is an enormous "if", we will do it by way of a prolonged period of "high taxes & low spending". They call that an "austerity budget"....it won't fly in Greece and it won't fly here in the USA.....we are on the path to fiscal insolvency as a nation, yet we are supposedly the richest people on earth....how can this be?
The US dollar is buoyed up because the EU is wobbling at this time...and the Chinese have cash to loan.....this creates an illusion of solvency and prosperity. This cannot last forever.
If war breaks out in the ME and fuel prices soar...the sputtering recovery may stall out completely....the end could be sooner, not later.
Four guys decide to go in together and buy a pizza. One if the guys comes up with an idea that they should pay for it in proportion to their relative wealth. The math works out like this ($3, $3, $3, $15).
The guy who has substantially more wealth than the others disagrees and says, 'screw this dudes... ' and walks out. Then the others get together with like minded 'fairness' people, form a government, and pass a law that says the cost of a Pizza is always shared based on wealth. When the rich guy balks, their new government puts a gun to his head and forces him to ante up the $15 bucks.
Then when he goes to grab a slice of the pizza they all scream "HYPOCRITE" and run him away without ANY pizza for what he has contributed.
Loner, the French just elected a commie to get rid of the new austerity program.
The frogs love entitlements. Merkel will end up sending the Wehrmacht in, to slap the Frenchies around. Or maybe dust off those stored guilliotines


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Edwards brings dignity to debate, 1-21-08
The democratic debate was a series of heated exchanges between Clinton and Obama. John Edwards brought the debate back to the issues. Chris Matthews would probably say that women and black folk don't know how to talk civilly. The reality is that Obama and Clinton see each other as the competition because the media has ignored Edwards.
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