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|Dustin Lee Abraham
|Richard J. Lewis
|Original Airdate
|October 12, 2006
|Previous Episode: Toe Tags
|Next Episode: Double Cross
"Fannysmackin'" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
A violent pack of teenagers start savagely beating tourists in Las Vegas, and one of the CSIs finds himself in danger.
A Hispanic man getting off work gets beaten to death in the parking structure of his job. Later in the night, a young woman is ambushed, but she survives.
A third crime scene is investigated at a liquor store. Grissom sends Greg to the crime scene.
Before he arrives at the scene, he finds a group of people beating someone up in an alley.
Greg drives through the alley, beeping his horn and using his sirens to get the people to stop attacking.
One man continues to beat the victim up. He grabs a rock, but instead of finishing off the victim with it, he goes after Greg. Making a split second decision, Greg hits the attacker with his car.
Moments later, Greg is pulled from his car and beaten. At the hospital, Jim Brass interviews the victim, discovering he is a tourist.
Grissom visits Greg, telling him that the victim would be okay, Demetrius (the man he hit) was in surgery.
When Grissom asks Greg if he has told his parents, Greg tells Grissom that they think he is still in the lab.
Greg mentions that his mom is going to freak, and Grissom tells him that she will be happy that Greg saved a man's life.
Catherine interviews one of the people involved in the group beating people up. She tells Catherine that they were 'fannysmackin', which meant they were going around to beat up tourists.
When another member, Tara, is arrested, Nick finds the her wallet and phone in the back of her car.
Using a message written by Tara, the fannysmackin group is lured into a warehouse, where the police trap and arrest the attackers.
Back at the hospital, Greg is thanked by Stanley Tanner (the victim he saved) who shakes Greg's hand and thanks him for saving his life.
After Tanner is wheeled out, a mournful wail comes from the room next door. Greg watches as Demetrius James' mother sobs over Demetrius' lifeless body. Demetrius' brother, Aaron, glares helplessly at Greg.
Main Cast Edit
- William Petersen as Gil Grissom
- Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
- Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
- George Eads as Nick Stokes
- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
- Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
- Louise Lombard as Detective Sofia Curtis
- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
Recurring Roles Edit
Guest Stars Edit
- Lorraine Toussaint as Cynthia James
- Vicellous Reon Shannon as Marshall James
- Kevin Federline as Cole 'Pig' Tritt
- Jim Beaver as Stanley Tanner
- Vicki Davis as Jessica Hershbaum
- Indigo as Cha Cha Romero
- Daniel Franzese as Dean Harden
- Dov Tiefenbach as Anthony Himmer
- Seidy Lopez as Lucita Ruiz
- Siera Casey as Tara Miller
- Willie Macc as Demetrius James
- Greg Sanders reveals that he is an only child.
- Fannysmackin' is a "thug" thing to do, they get a group together and go around beating up tourists.
- The camera Sara uses when photographing the second beating victim is a Nikon.
- When the fannysmackers attack Greg, they smash his car back window out. The next morning, when Warrick and Nick are processing the SUV, Greg's car window is completely intact.
- After the attack on Greg, when Sara rushes to his side, we can see the sun's rays on the ground change at each scene.
- While talking to Sofia and walking, all the victims are in the shade. But as Sara kneels by Greg, his head is directly under the sun's rays while Stanley is fully under it. Though during the close-up of Greg's face, we see that he's in the shade again. Then, when they pull back on the scene, the sun-rays reappear but retreated further.
- Guy said he was beat-up "On the corner of Decatur and Jones." In Las Vegas, the streets Jones and Decatur do not intersect. They run parallel to each other (North/South) and are one city block apart.
- In the locker scene in the end you see Sara take her sunglasses off her shirt and put them on her head, shot changes to Warrick, and Nick, and when it goes back to Sara, her sunglasses are back on her shirt. The shot changes again to Nick, Warrick and Grissom and when it is back to Sara her sun glasses are on her head again.
- Greg (after Grissom assigns him a case): Who's my wingman?
- Grissom: Greg, you're a big boy now. You don't need a wingman.
- Cole Tritt: Man, you're weak, weak, weak, weak. (Nick walks up to him) I'm sorry, you're not weak. You're a joke.
- Warrick: Nick, Nick.
- (Nick looks at Warrick, grinning; Warrick shakes his head; Nick hits Tritt; Warrick runs over and pulls Nick back)
- Cole Tritt: Man, anyone get that on video? (holds up his cell phone) I'll take a picture myself.
- Nick (to Warrick): I am sick of these punks, man. I'm serious, I'm sick of it.
- Warrick: Then you're in the wrong town.
- Nick: Maybe.
- Greg: Sara.
- Sara: I didn't think you could see me.
- Greg: I can't. I know that "Sidle Scent."
- Sara: I'm... going to take that as a compliment.
- Grissom (to Greg): Has someone called your parents? You should let them know...(Greg groans) What's the matter?
- Greg: They still think I'm in the lab.
- Grissom: Why do they think that?
- Greg: When I was in high school I never played any sports, no football, no basketball, definitely no hockey.
- Grissom (sarcastically): I never would have guessed.
- Greg: Well, it wasn't my choice. My mom wanted four kids, ended up with only one. She always made sure I stayed close and if I got a nosebleed she'd take me to the ER.
- Grissom: Well, now would be the time to come clean.
- Greg (beginning to cry): My mom's gonna freak.
- Grissom: You tell her that you risked your life to save someone else's and I think she'll be very proud of you.
- Cole Tritt: Man, there has been an ass whoppin' on every block!
- Nick: There's about to be an ass whoppin' on this one.
- Catherine: Pig and the piglets are in the pigpen.
- Warrick: About time. Finally some good news.
- Catherine: Did you know Pig, a.k.a Cole Tritt, was the only adult? The rest were all under 18. One was 14.
- Warrick: You're kidding. Who raises these kids?
- Catherine: I mean, they weren't all delinquents. Demetrius James was a college student.
- Nick: Hangin' out with the wrong crowd in the wrong town. I'm tellin' ya, havin' a fake I.D in Las Vegas is like havin' a... a free ticket on the hell train. Sex, drugs, gambling, no adult supervision, 24/7 and by the time they're 21, they've done and seen it all.
- Catherine: Make me slit my wrists, why don't ya? I'm raising a teenager here.
- Warrick: Ah, you're doin' a great job. Linds is gonna turn out to be a beautiful young woman. Besides, I grew up in Vegas, I didn't turn out so bad, did I?
- Nick: Yeah. That was pre-Mirage. Back when you were goin' to the casino, playin' the arcade games. Nah, Vegas is a different animal now.
- Warrick: Yeah, these kids need to beat people up in the street to be entertained. They need some good discipline, they need their grandmother whuppin' their ass like I had.
- Nick: Yeah, a good slap.
- Sara: You know, it kinda sounds like you guys are blaming everyone but these kids. I mean, you don't get a bye just because you grew up here or your parents are on drugs or... those kids were perfectly capable of telling the difference between a wild night out and beating somebody to death.
- Grissom: The truth is, a moral compass can only point you in the right direction, it can't make you go there. Our culture preaches that you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you do anymore. And unfortunately, this city is built on the principle that there's no such thing as guilt. "Do whatever you want, we won't tell." So without a conscience, there's nothing to stop you from killing someone. And evidently you don't even have to feel bad about it.
See AlsoEdit
- List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 7
- Category:Images from Fannysmackin'
< Toe Tags
|CSI:Las Vegas Season 7
|Built to Kill, Part 1 • Built to Kill, Part 2 • Toe Tags • Fannysmackin' • Double Cross • Burn Out • Post Mortem • Happenstance • Living Legend • Loco Motives • Leaving Las Vegas • Sweet Jane • Redrum • Meet Market • Law of Gravity • Monster in the Box • Fallen Idols • Empty Eyes • Big Shots • Lab Rats • Ending Happy • Leapin' Lizards • The Good, The Bad, And The Dominatrix • Living Doll


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He asked, and I answered his question. If you want IPSEC then set that
up instead. Here is a link to the IPSEC document.
http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/ipsec.html The ssh.com IPSEC client works
great BTW.
Last time I checked there are no security flaws in PPTP, just
Microsoft's implementation of it. ("What Microsoft, never!" you say....
but it is true!) I believe the patch for MS was issued in late 2002.
But there may be newer stuff as I haven't looked. I personally use
IPSEC tunnels terminated on a Cisco 3030. I just play with the
tunneling on the m0n0wall because it is damn cool frankly. (And you
really can't beat the price.) The MPD thing was fixed, so that isn't an
issue either.
Really from a protocol standpoint PPTP vs. IPSEC only favors IPSEC in
regard to speed and overhead, and of course IPSEC allows you to split
the tunnel sending only data intended for the destination to the VPN
network tunnel. PPTP is slower (more intensive on both ends of the
connection) and pipes all network data into the VPN tunnel making it
hard to limit what is on the vpn tunnel, but comparing it to WEP, which
is faulty because it is easy to decipher, is quite inaccurate. A
better comparison would be a VW Rabbit to a Porsche. They both get you
from point A to point B, one just does it faster and in a cooler looking
vehicle. Also IPSEC can accommodate things like a NATed connection, and
thus get you around firewalls NATing at a remote location that would
otherwise muck up a PPTP connection.
So in conclusion, while IPSEC is faster it requires additional software.
PPTP is a good quick and dirty way to get your visiting friends onto
your WiFi network without having to have them install all kinds of
software. Both offer better data security and authentication to your
local network then WEP so I do recommend using them. (I even suggest
using them in combination with WEP on your WiFi as that will serve to
frustrate the person who spent all day cracking your WEP key only to
find all the data on the frequency is further encrypted.) You could
always go with WPA if your AP and clients can support it. Honestly, for
WiFi Access via a m0n0wall server I would suggest sticking with PPTP for
simple ease of use. The speed difference will be negligable on a LAN
connection, even WiFi. If your users are savvy enough, go with IPSEC
and configure custom clients and do fun tricks like shared group keys
and then personal passwords or even challenged authentication. Your own
paranoia level will dictate what you are most comfortable with.
Quark AV - Hilton Travis wrote:
>Hi Falcor,
>There's a **huge** difference between PPTP and IPSEC as far as security goes
>with VPNs.
>Personally, I'd place PPTP in the same league as WEP - untrustworthy.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Falcor [mailto:falcor at netassassin dot com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, 2 June 2004 12:36
>>To: James Baber
>>Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
>>Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Newbie ? - IPSec via Wireless (like SonicWall)
>>yes it is possible and quite easy to do. see the pptp
>>document at http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/pptp.html
>>James Baber wrote:
>>>I want to configure my W2K/XP laptop to use a VPN tunnel
>>>(IPSec) to my m0n0wall (with Soekris VPN1401 & NetGate
>>>802.11B Prism 2.5) specifically over the wireless network.
>>>Actually I would like to configure all my wireless
>>>devices to do this.
>>>Is this possible? If so, can someone point me to an
>>>archived document with instructions? I can't seem to
>>>find exactly what I'm looking for, nor can I seem to
>>>get it to work.
>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
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Real Reviews
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These are trusted reviews from guests who have actually stayed here. We hope you find them helpful.
Note: we only give a property a rating once it has received a minimum of 3 reviews.
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I post this in case anyone else runs across the same issue. Though, based on recent traffic, those most likely to need this wouldn't search hard enough to find it, so it may be a moot point. But we'll see.
Toshiba Satellite U305-S5077
Internal Wireless card: Atheros AR5007EG
External usb wireless card: ALFA AWUS036H 500mW
When I got the external one in the mail, plugged it in while I had BT running, and it came up on wlan1, as I already had my atheros card working on wlan0. Today, I plugged in the alfa device before bt booted, and I was looking for it on wlan1 as usual, except that ifconfig -a didn't show it, and ifconfig wlan1 up reported no such device. I unplugged it and plugged it back in, but still no wlan1. After a couple of minutes of head scratching, I took a closer look at the mac reported for wlan0 in ifconfig -a, and realized that it was my external alfa device.
It seems that by having it plugged in during boot, alfa grabbed the wlan0 spot, and ndiswrapper wasn't smart enough to move to wlan1 (maybe that's in a config file somewhere. I don't know, and I haven't searched for it yet ). So I unplugged the alfa, issued a rmmod ndiswrapper followed by a modprobe ndiswrapper, and then plugged in the alfa. An ifconfig -a revealed both cards, so all is well. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
Incidentally, I am using ndiswrapper for my internal card because the madwifi drivers don't currently support the AR5007EG. I have another thread on that out there, if anyone is interested.


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Pagan Paths
PaganSquare is a community blog space where Pagans can discuss topics relevant to the life and spiritual practice of all Pagans.
What Odin doesn't stand for
Odin is a god of many, many things: wisdom, inspiration, exploration, shamanism, prophecy, kingship, rune magic, language and expression, expanding and altering consciousness, creativity, death, blood magic, self-sacrifice, and yes, even warfare, savagery and bloodshed at times. But do you know one thing He does not stand for? Racial hate crimes. Seriously people, I defy you to find anything–anything at all–in the northern lore that supports this kind of atrocity. As my friend Heather Freysdottir posted today, hate is not a Heathen value–not in any way, shape or form, and I for one am thoroughly sick and tired of having my God's name used as an excuse for racist violence.
You know why I don't primarily identify as Heathen? Know why I am not able to call myself an "Odinist witch" or "Odinic witch" (the way some of my friends will refer to themselves as "Lokean witches")? This. This is why. Because, thanks to assholes like this (and others like him in the past 100 years or so of history), my God's name is now identified with racially motivated violence. And from these maniacs, the poisonous notion that Odinism=white supremacy and racial hatred seeps into the community, until you can't hold an "Asatru meet-up" without having one or two white-supremacist-leaning individuals show up. (Yes, this truly was my experience when I was still trying to organize meet-ups back east.)
You want to bring up Viking slash and burn raids, blood-eagling, and mass-hangings at the Temple of Uppsala? Yes, those things happened, and many of them even happened in Odin's name. He is not always a nice god, is not easy on His followers, and blah blah blah; all that stuff is true, but in this context it's also irrelevant. Because guess what? We're not back in the year 1,000, and we have to live peaceably in this century, in this society, now, among a much more diverse population than existed around the turn of the last millennium. It's a different world, and although our Gods have adapted beautifully, many of us don't seem capable of doing the same. This is why you won't see a lot of glorification of Odin's more violent side on my blog: most people absolutely lack the skill of discernment (another Odinic value) and are not able to tell what is appropriate from what is not. I am not about to give such individuals further grist for their mill.
I do not know whether this vile individual actually considered himself an Odinist, or whether that's simply more propaganda slapped onto this from those factions that are always eager to tar and feather us by any means that comes to hand, but what I do know is that Odin does not support or approve of this, and neither do any true Heathens I know of. Heathenry is about worshipping the old gods of northern Europe, not pretending we're berserkers in the year 900, or Nazis in the 1940s. Figure out the difference, or shut the f*** up about my Gods. And if you are a hate criminal, I have it on good authority that there's a special place in Helheim waiting just for you.
Want to donate to help the families of the victims of the Kansas City shootings? If you're able, please do! And regardless, please go and sign this petition. And help us spread the message that hate is not a Heathen value.
Friday, 18 April 2014
Thank you for posting this! I am also hesitant to describe myself as an Odinist or Odinic witch for these reasons.· Beth Wodandis likes this comment.
Friday, 18 April 2014
I have never called myself Odinist due to its association with this kind of poison. And I hate that honoring some of the Gods I do might make people think I am like that. Glad you are saying this.· Beth Wodandis likes this comment.
Saturday, 19 April 2014
I have a lot of feelings about people honouring Germanic gods, but declining the label. How will perceptions change, unless people are willing to hold fast to the label and change how Heathens are seen? Are you abandoning people that still use the label? Is it dishonouring to the gods?
I'm not saying these things are true, but they are questions floating through my mind. I've always believed if you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
Then again, if you aren't a Heathen you aren't a Heathen. It is what it is. I don't mean to sound like I'm judging your path. I have gone through similar struggles. I'm just sharing questions my thoughts. Dialogue, right?
Saturday, 19 April 2014
Mike, this was meant to be more a response to the shootings than about what I call myself, or don't. But since you asked about that, I spent years trying to fit into the Heathen community and feeling like a round peg trying to wedge itself into a square hole. Even though I love history and research and am no slouch when it comes to "the lore," my practice is experiential at heart, based on what I would call informed gnosis (and what many others would likely call upg). It is also very, very strongly Odin-centric. As a seidhrkona (both oracular and operational), the term "witch" fits me very well, which is why "Odinic witch" or "Odinist witch" would both be highly appealing, if they didn't come with baggage. I only venture to call myself what I know myself to be. I have had people tell me I am not Heathen, and the label itself doesn't mean enough to me that I'm willing to fight in order to claim it. Does this mean I'm abandoning anyone? How, exactly, would it? I am not a community-style Heathen, but anyone who wants to interact with me, either online or in person, is free to do so if they do so with respect, and this applies across the board, regardless of their religious affiliation. There are many people who honor the northern gods and/or are close to Them who do not choose to label themselves as Heathens, for a plethora of reasons. For me, I am not longer interested in trying to measure up to anyone else's definition of what my practice should be. Is that dishonoring to the gods? Well, if it is, Odin can tell me so anytime He likes--but thus far, He doesn't seem bothered by it.
Saturday, 19 April 2014
I should add that (as it says in the title of this blog) I usually do loosely self-identify as Heathen when I am among a more general mix of pagans, for the sake of clarity. It's when people ask more closely about how I define my path (as you just did) that you get the full dissertation.
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
i was told i was not a heathen because i choose to worship the British celtic deities as well as the Anglosaxon/Norse and i truly don't care . It made sense to me , seeing as i have English , Welsh and Irish blood in me and live in England , to follow the deities that my ancestors would have followed . I call myself a heathen and ingore anyone who says i am not . It is easier for me i think in Britain as most of the white racist nutjobs seem to be both rather thick and mostly christian so I have not been tarred with the same brush .
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Creative Communication will hold its annual Spring 2013 Essay, Poetry and Art Contests for students K-12. Essay deadline is Feb. 19; poetry is due April 11. Prizes and money awarded to the winners.
When • Monday through Friday, Jan. 14-18, 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m.
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Join Sharon Rogers for a storytelling concert: "Jack Still Lives in Them-Thar Hills: An Evening of Appalachian Tales."
When • Monday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m.
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Two poets
Two of Utah's finest poets, Guggenheim Fellow Kimberly Johnson and Utah Poet Laureate Lance Larsen, discuss the craft and art of poetry. Part of the Orem Writes series.
When • Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
Where • Orem Public Library, 58 N. State St., Orem
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When • Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
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Writing panel
Join writer and outdoorsman Michael Rutter, travel writer and KSL.com contributor Grant Olsen and members of the independent student newspaper The Student Review for a discussion on the varied forms of nonfiction writing including personal essays, journalism and ethics in writing.
When • Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
Where • Orem Public Library, 58 N. State St., Orem
Tickets • Free
Guest writer series
Media artist, filmmaker and writer David Clark will speak as part of a monthly Guest Writers Series. Sponsored by the University of Utah English Department Creative Writing Program and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.
When • Thursday, Jan. 17, 7-9 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 18, noon-1 p.m.
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Herald staff
Snohomish County sheriff's detectives spent Sunday investigating a suspicious death a few miles southeast of Lake Roesiger, but released few new details.
Deputies first responded to the rural area along the 7300 block of Woods Creek Road around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Somebody had called 911 to report a body outside a burned-out vehicle, sheriff's Lt. Susy Johnson said. The vehicle had been backed into some trees on a large piece of private property, out of view from the road.
Authorities have not revealed the gender of the body. Deputies were initially unsure whether there was any connection between the vehicle and the property.
The sheriff's office Major Crimes Unit paused their investigation of the scene after dark on Saturday and resumed it Sunday morning, Johnson said. They finished collecting evidence that afternoon.
The scene is in a forested area about four miles south of Lake Roesiger and eight miles north of Monroe.


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Once every spring and fall, Multnomah undergrad and seminary students, along with several faculty members, gather together in the JCA Student Center for Day of Prayer. MU cancels classes so students can devote their whole day to connecting with God. The time is not restricted to prayer, though; students are encouraged to commune with the Lord through meditation, reading, writing and worshiping. Read the rest of this entry »
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Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is when a person who is genetically male (who has one X and one Y chromosome) is resistant to male hormones (called androgens). As a result, the person has some or all of the physical traits of a woman, but the genetic makeup of a man.
Testicular feminization
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is caused by genetic defects on the X chromosome. These defects make the body unable to respond to the hormones that produce a male appearance.
The syndrome is divided into two main categories:
Complete androgen insensitivity prevents the penis and other male body parts from developing. At birth, the child looks like a girl. The complete form of the syndrome occurs in as many as 1 in 20,000 live births.
In incomplete AIS, people have different numbers of male traits.
Incomplete AIS can include other disorders, such as:
Infertile male syndrome is also considered to be part of incomplete AIS.
A person with complete AIS appears to be female but has no uterus, and has very little armpit and pubic hair. At puberty, female sex characteristics (such as breasts) develop. However, the person does not menstruate and become fertile.
Persons with incomplete AIS may have both male and female physical characteristics. Many have partial closing of the outer vagina, an enlarged clitoris, and a short vagina.
There may be:
Complete AIS is rarely discovered during childhood. Sometimes, a growth is felt in the abdomen or groin that turns out to be a testicle when it is explored with surgery. Most people with this condition are not diagnosed until they do not get a menstrual period or they have trouble getting pregnant.
Incomplete AIS is often discovered during childhood because the person may have both male and female physical traits.
Tests used to diagnose this condition may include:
Other blood tests may be done to help tell the difference between AIS and androgen deficiency.
Testicles that are in the wrong place may not be removed until a child finishes growing and goes through puberty. At this time, the testes may be removed because they can develop cancer, just like any undescended testicle.
Estrogen replacement is prescribed after puberty.
Treatment and gender assignment can be a very complex issue, and must be targeted to each individual person.
The outlook for complete AIS is good if the testicle tissue is removed at the right time. The outlook for incomplete AIS depends on the appearance of the genitals.
Complications include:
Call your health care provider if you or your child has signs or symptoms of the syndrome.
Cunningham F, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, et al. Fetal growth and development. In: Cunningham F, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, et al., eds. Williams Obstetrics. 23rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010:chap 4.
Gottlieb B, Beitel LK, Trifiro MA. Androgen insensitivity syndrome. In: Pagon RA, Adam MP, Ardinger HH, et al., eds. GeneReviews. 2014. PMID: NBK1429 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1429.
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The St. Louis Rams expressed interest or at least contacted representatives for retired quarterback Brett Favre after Sam Bradford's season abruptly ended with a torn ACL. Favre later told the press, "It's flattering, but there's no way I'm gonna do that."
Fantasy Analysis:
Brett, can I call you Brett? Brett, let me just speak on behalf of everyone, alive or dead, when I say that we are happy to hear you will remain retired. We are happy to hear that you must be relatively content having moved on with your life. You're 44 years old. You're doing a bunch of those Wrangler Jeans commercials. We've moved on, you've moved on. It's for the best. The Rams will have make due with Kellen Clemens , Austin Davis and Brady Quinn .


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trump-êr-ee • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun, mass (No plural)
Meaning: 1. (Obsolete) Deception, fraud, or trickery. 2. Rubbish, junk. 3. Flashy but trashy finery in the home or on the body.
Notes: Using the plural of today's word, trumperies, is a dubious move. Although some dictionaries list a plural for trumpery, the sense of the noun inclines it toward the status of mass noun.
In Play: Since there is some confusion as to whether a private junk sale is a garage sale, a tag sale, or a yard sale, why not settle this issue with today's Good Word: "We have cleaned out the attic, basement, and garage and this weekend we are holding a big trumpery sale." It will be the talk of the town. Do you know someone who overdresses in cheap clothing, gaudy jewelry and accessories? "Maud Lynn Dresser came to the party in such trumpery we all had a good laugh."
Word History: The original meaning of this word, "deception", is now a bit dated and less frequently used but it explains how the word got into English. It was originally French tromper "to cheat, swindle, deceive". Once it entered English, though, as you can see, its meaning eventually dwindled to "nonsense". The similarity of this word to the verb trumpet explains its gravitation toward the sense of "trashy finery". Trumpery is unrelated to the trumping that goes on in many card games; that trump is an old mispronunciation of triumph! (Today's Good Word was suggested by long-time friend of alphaDictionary, Marilyn MacMillan, who avoids trumpery of any kind but can appreciate the word for it.)
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Police fear the man accused of killing five members of the Lin family will flee to China, where he has significant financial and family connections, if he is granted bail, a court has heard.
The Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing Magistrate John Andrews' decision to grant bail to Lian Bin ''Robert'' Xie, who he committed to stand trial over the alleged murders.
In the Central Local Court on Thursday, Mr Andrews said the Crown case against Xie had been weakened ''substantially'' in DNA evidence about a spot of blood found on Xie's garage floor, heard during the committal proceedings.
"In my view, the case falls well short of being a strong Crown case,'' Mr Andrews said.
But Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC, for the DPP, told the bail appeal hearing in the Supreme Court of NSW on Friday Mr Andrews' conclusion about the case was wrong.
''If your honour considers all the DNA evidence ... the only real conclusion is that there are, deposited on the accused's floor, the blood of at least four of these victims including at least one of the females,'' Mr Tedeschi told Justice Stephen Rothman.
''The learned magistrate's conclusion about the strength of the crown case was based on two incorrect conclusions about the DNA evidence.''
Mr Tedeschi said there was evidence of large sums of money in China, possibly managed by Xie and his sister.
''The significance of that is the sister has offered $200,000 of her own money.
''We submit that is a hollow offer when she has control of large sums of money that belong to him or them both.
''If he fled ... she would be able to reimburse herself from those sums of money.''
The officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Sergeant Joseph Maree, said there was evidence Xie had financial dealings in China.
''It's my belief that if he did decide to leave this jurisdiction, he could do so quite easily and he'd be able to use those connections in China,'' he said.
Mr Tedeschi said much of Xie's family was in China, strengthening that connection.
He said that Justice Derek Price had refused Xie's application for bail in April.
''Since then the only real change is the accused is now much more a risk of a conviction of these five murders than he was at that time because he's since been committed for trial.''
Justice Rothman reserved his decision on bail until Monday.
Xie, 48, is charged with murdering his brother-in-law, Min ''Norman'' Lin, 45, Mr Lin's wife, Yun Li ''Lily'' Lin, 43, her sister, Yun Bin ''Irene'' Yin, 39, and two boys, aged nine and 12, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Their bodies were found in a North Epping house, in Sydney's northwest, on July 18, 2009.
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Doan's Statement Before the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
As prepared for delivery.
Statement of Lurita Doan
U.S. General Services Administration
Before the
House Appropriations Financial Services
and General Government Subcommittee
U.S. House of Representatives
April 18, 2007
Chairman Serrano, Ranking Member Regula, and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee I am Lurita Doan: Administrator of General Services (GSA), and am pleased to have this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss GSA's fiscal year (FY) 2008 budget request.
Great things are happening at GSA. GSA employees are committed to delivering products and services in an effective and efficient manner while ensuring accountability to the American taxpayers through superior performance and prudent financial and budget management. GSA was recently selected as one of the top ten Federal agencies to work for, as determined by our employees. And GSA is everywhere—around the world: In Washington, DC; at 11 regional offices nationwide; and at other satellite locations around the country and abroad. GSA is working internally to integrate project management and externally to simplify how we interact with customers. Our Federal customers no longer have to contact numerous GSA offices and programs if they have multiple workplace needs that both our Public Buildings Service (PBS) and Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) can provide. Now, our customers can work with just one person who will coordinate internally with all the various offices needed to complete the project. Our customers will now hear just one voice at GSA. We are striving for "One GSA-One Voice", which will mean less customer time spent on the phone or the computer and more time for that customer to devote to his or her agency's own mission.
The reorganization of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is successfully underway. GSA has dramatically improved its relationship with the Judiciary and the Department of Defense, our two largest customers. Moreover, important improvements are underway to help us meet the needs of all our clients and provide savings to taxpayers. President Bush has challenged all Federal agencies to find new and smarter ways to do business and move toward a citizen-centered and results-oriented government, and we are rising up to meet the challenge.
GSA has made some difficult, sometimes unpopular, but necessary choices that have strengthened fiscal discipline and internal controls – all in the name of improving service to our customers and providing a better return on taxpayer dollars. As one example, we revised our FY 2007 agency financial plan and placed targeted limitations on spending across GSA. We reduced funding for non-essential administrative requirements – including non-essential travel -- limited service-support contracts, and restricted hiring to critical positions only. These streamlined operations are the basis for our FY 2008 budget request.
Our FY 2008 budget request represents the minimum resources required to continue the transformational changes necessary to make GSA the premier source for cost-effective, timely and compliant Government property and procurement management services. GSA is committed to delivering products and services in an efficient and cost-effective manner while ensuring accountability to the American taxpayer through superior performance and prudent financial management.
GSA's core values are transparency, integrity and accountability in all that we do. These core values are paramount to achieving our highest priorities, which are to:
Affirm GSA's role and status as the premier procurement agency for the Federal Government;
Restore and enhance customer delivery and customer satisfaction by putting the customer at the center of all GSA business transactions;
Improve communication with our customers by expanding outreach to current, previous, and potential new customers;
Ensure the agency's financial stability and return GSA's technology offerings to a full-cost recovery basis;
Enforce sound financial management practices including maintaining our clean audit opinion from FY 2006;
Provide best value for GSA customers, resulting in cost savings for the American taxpayer;
Strengthen our relationship with the Courts, one of GSA's largest customers, resulting in savings to the Judiciary and the American taxpayer;
Make GSA the premier platform for goods and services to support emergency response and recovery;
Facilitate opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses, including our nation's veterans, to ensure participation in Government contracting; and
Lead the nation in environmental solutions to reduce energy consumption.
GSA has business sales volume of approximately $56 billion annually. We operate four revolving funds with 17 lines of business -- charging fees on a full cost recovery basis --with the vast majority of our revenue generated from business with other Federal agencies. If we measure our budget in obligations, GSA's FY 2008 planned expenditures total approximately $20.1 billion. Almost all of GSA's funds (97 percent) become available to GSA from customers through reimbursements for purchases of goods and services or as rent paid for space in GSA-owned and leased buildings.
For FY 2008, we are requesting a total appropriation of approximately $560 million ($442 million in net budget authority). Of this, approximately $344.5 million ($225 million in net budget authority) is for the Federal Buildings Fund (FBF) to support a $1.4 billion capital investment program to construct and maintain Federal buildings, courthouses and land ports of entry. The remaining $217 million appropriation request is for GSA's annual operating activities--about one percent of our total funding.
GSA's Public Buildings Service (PBS) is the steward of most civilian Federal Government real estate holdings. GSA provides workplace solutions to more than 100 Federal agencies representing over a million Federal civilian workers in 2,000 American communities and abroad. Our real estate portfolio practices closely parallel those of the private sector. We focus on customer requirements, financial performance, and asset needs. By law, we are required to charge market-based rents for the space we provide which gives us the added incentive to adopt standard commercial real estate business practices and principles to guide all of our actions. Our primary strategy is to continue to restructure the portfolio of owned buildings so that it consists primarily of high quality, financially viable properties. To implement our strategy, PBS has focused on several key program initiatives, which include but are not limited to:
Expanding and strengthening our workplace delivery offerings;
Improving GSA's leasing program;
Strengthening our relationship with the Federal Judiciary and all of our customers; and
Implementing activities to reduce Government building operating costs through efficiency and innovation.
Overall, our Federal customers are facing increased budget pressures and are seeking ways to reduce workplace costs. I am proud to report that GSA has improved the efficiency of our leasing operations, resulting in cost savings for this program in FY 2008. Beginning in FY 2008, GSA will pass on these savings to our customers by reducing our lease fee by one percent for all customers. The fee for most leased space will decrease from eight to seven percent. The fee charged for unique space in many cases will see a drop from six to five percent.
Not only are we reducing workplace cost, we are perfecting our basic approach to workspace delivery. GSA is currently establishing a new process called "Program of Requirements Plus" (POR+). The goal of this program is to develop a set of requirements that promotes national consistency and quality across transactions and deliver innovative workplace solutions. The spectrum of deliverables is scalable and includes a current assessment of the workplace, a determination of future workplace needs, space program scenarios, and design briefs. POR+ will also contribute to greater consistency in the transactional business processes used in GSA nationwide.
Ongoing customer relationships are paramount to accurate estimation and control of costs, as well as identifying opportunities to utilize workplace solutions principles. We have actively engaged the Judiciary in their evaluation of space requirements and -- as a result -- have reaped the benefits of a new spirit of cooperation and are assisting them in the delivery of efficient Federal courthouse facilities.
GSA's mission includes the commitment to deliver space when the customer needs it and at the best value for taxpayers. The leasing program is a key tool for providing space to our Federal customers. In fact, half of the space occupied by GSA customer agencies is located in leased space. GSA's leasing program is instrumental in continuing our legacy as the premier acquisition agency for the Federal Government. We will implement new strategies to improve our leasing program delivery, including redefining business processes and increasing the level of real estate expertise needed to improve and maintain GSA's leasing program.
Through its National Broker Contract (NBC), GSA is increasingly using contract real estate brokers to perform lease acquisition services. The contract allows GSA to focus more on project management and the needs of the client agency. This new business model will reduce GSA's fixed costs and increase our ability to support a variable business volume. To date, GSA has returned – or is in the process of returning -- nearly $13.9 million to our customers through rent rebates, and has delivered substantially more through reduced lease fees.
Over the last year, we have worked closely with the Judiciary, supporting our client's needs for more efficient space requirements and producing savings to the Judiciary in rent assessments. Consistent with the direction of the President, we have assisted the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Customs and Border Protection in developing a plan to provide greater security at the border without jeopardizing the free flow of trade. This is just one of the many creative ways GSA uses private sector know-how to meet the needs of the Federal Government and the American people.
GSA has an opportunity—and a responsibility —to lead the Federal Government by example and to demonstrate how we can reduce energy consumption by intelligently integrating energy efficiency into building designs while still creating places where people can work effectively. The President challenged all Federal agencies in his recent Executive Order 13423 to reduce energy consumption, increase the use of renewable energy, and continue to find new technologies. GSA is at the forefront of actively managing our buildings to reduce operating costs and energy consumption. We currently operate our buildings at costs 5 percent below private sector comparable buildings, and we pay 12 percent less for utilities. Some of this lower cost is directly attributable to the investments the Congress has authorized and GSA has executed in energy conservation projects over the past 15 years.
GSA is a leader in designing high quality, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly buildings. Through GSA's Design Excellence program, we continue to emphasize integrated design strategies that use recycled and renewable materials and that dramatically reduce energy consumption. This will improve the quality of the work environment and create more productive, healthier workplaces. It will drive down long-term energy and maintenance expenses. It will also enable our agency customers to meet the demanding energy goals established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. We will also apply Design Excellence fundamentals to GSA's design-build and lease-construction commissions. This will result in cost and schedule benefits and allow GSA to consistently deliver high quality, productive workplaces that meet the mission needs of our customer agencies.
Another opportunity for improving energy efficiency is promoting sustainability and use of energy efficient design principles. GSA is a leader in sustainable design and has achieved certification for four government-owned buildings and six build-to-suit leased buildings. The agency has also registered 50 buildings under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building rating system. GSA will continue to lead in sustainable design by advocating for sitting of Federal facilities with consideration for local transportation and enhancing sustainability in communities. The result will be a facility with an optimal balance of cost, environmental, social, and human benefits, while meeting the mission and functional needs of the customer agency. GSA intends that sustainable design will be integrated as seamlessly as possible into the existing design and construction process.
GSA is a leader in "green buildings" and sustainable design. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandated the application of sustainable design principles in the citing, design, and construction of Federal facilities. GSA's FY 2006 Appropriations Act required us to examine the use of multiple "green building" rating systems. Other mandates (including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 6002, Executive Order 13123, and Executive Order 13101) promote the use of products with recycled material content, sustainable design principles, and environmentally preferable qualities. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other stakeholders are focusing on the indoor environment in terms of furnishings and build-outs; they are looking for fewer volatile organic compounds, as well as better natural lighting and light quality, acoustics, and indoor air quality.
By continuously demonstrating and testing these new technologies, we can select strategies for the wide array of buildings in our inventory. GSA will continue to explore and implement new technology and innovation in its new construction program, but some of our best opportunities for improving energy efficiency lie in building modernizations. For example:
We realized a 60% drop in energy consumption following modernization of the Bennett Federal Building in Jacksonville, FL.
At the Duncan Federal Building in Knoxville, TN, we saved approximately 1.7 billion British thermal units (BTUs) in FY 2005 and will save 400,000 gallons of water every year.
Future initiatives include:
Incorporating the sustainable design practice of "green roofs" in our projects. "Green" or "planted" roofs range from small tray systems to entire garden roofs. Green roofs reduce energy costs by insulating buildings and reduce the "heat island" effect associated with large buildings in urban areas.
Incorporating favorable local climates and other conditions into building design in order to minimize energy consumption. For instance, GSA has recently completed a remarkable new Federal building in San Francisco that uses natural ventilation to cool the building. The multi-story tower reduces energy consumption by relying on the low humidity and moderate temperatures of the Bay area rather than mechanical air conditioning.
Deploying Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems, which use the heat from electricity production to heat water and operate air conditioning systems. One example of this technology in practice is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) campus in White Oak, MD. The 5.8 megawatt CHP facility installed there has reduced energy consumption by more than 37 million kilowatt-hours, resulting in savings of $1.4 million in energy costs and $2.1 million in annual operations and maintenance costs.
Our FY 2008 budget requests $8.1 billion in New Obligational Authority (NOA) for PBS. This annual request authorizes GSA's use of the rent paid by our customer agencies for the space they occupy which is deposited into the Federal Buildings Fund (FBF), a quasi-revolving fund established by Congress in 1972. GSA achieves economies of scale for the Federal Government, and the unique structure of the FBF allows us to deliver those savings to customer Federal agencies and the American taxpayer. For FY 2008, we are requesting $615 million in NOA for the Construction and Acquisition program. These funds are needed for critical facility projects for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Judiciary.
Our $615 million request for the Construction and Acquisition program includes:
$377 million for two agency consolidation projects
$319 million DHS Consolidation in Washington, DC (St. Elizabeths Campus)
$58 million FDA Consolidation in Montgomery County, MD
$155 million for seven land ports of entry facilities
$47 million for courthouse construction
$27 million for general infrastructure and development and
$9 million for non-prospectus construction projects.
The Repairs and Alterations (R&A) program remains GSA's top priority for our Capital Investment program. We are requesting NOA of $804 million in order to continue to address the $7 billion backlog of repairs and alterations projects. The R&A program focuses on the highest priority projects based on GSA's continuing effort to evaluate and restructure our real property portfolio.
Our $804 million request for the Repairs and Alterations program includes:
$356 million for three major modernization projects
$171 million for the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in New York, NY
$172 million for the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC
$13 million for the Joint Operations Center in Washington, DC
$76 million for three limited scope projects
$36 million for the Internal Revenue Service Enterprise Computing Center in Martinsburg, WV
$27 million for the Nebraska Avenue Complex in Washington, DC
$13 million for the C. Clifton Young Federal Building and Courthouse in Reno, NV
$350 million for the non-prospectus program, which consists of small projects that maintain the 1,500 Federally-owned buildings between major modernizations.
$15 million for an energy program that will save 140,000 million BTU per year in Federal buildings.
$7 million for the design of a Federal building in Kansas City and a project to repair and modernize the 70-year-old steam distribution system in Washington, DC.
To support our operating programs, GSA NOA request includes: $156 million for the Installment Acquisition Payments program; $4.4 billion for the Rental of Space program, which will provide 183.8 million rentable square feet; and $2.1 billion for the Building Operations program, a $129 million (6 percent) increase over the FY 2007 request which is primarily driven by utility and fuel rate increases ($66 million), other inflationary increases ($24 million), and security charges from DHS for vacant space ($27M).
While only about one percent or $217 million of the total proposed FY 2008 budget is funded through appropriations to GSA's operating accounts, these activities are a vitally important part of GSA's total program. These funds support the development and implementation of Government-wide policies and standards; the automation and consolidation of duplicative Government systems through electronic government projects; the website of the Federal Government, USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov; and a variety of other services, including support of Former Presidents, the GSA Inspector General (IG), and donations of surplus real and personal property to state and local governments and non-profit organizations. And, GSA provides support to more than 1400 Senate State and House District offices through a Memorandum of Understanding with both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Our 19 Congressional Service Representatives (CSRs) are located throughout GSA's 11 regions to assist Members in the areas of office space, procurement, communications, relocation services, and asset management.
The FY 2008 President's Budget requests an increase in appropriation of just $8 million over the FY 2007 full year Continuing Resolution funding level of $209 million.
• Nearly half of this increase represents transfers in from other Federal agencies to support the consolidation of civilian Boards of Contract Appeals (BOCA), pursuant to Public Law 109-163. Consolidation of seven civilian BOCAs into a single organization will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of government-wide operations, as it will promote uniform and standard practices and rulings across most civilian Federal agencies.
Additional funding is requested to fund electronic Government projects and other Government-wide initiatives, such as a Federal Real Property management information system. These solutions improve agency performance and enhance productivity by increasing automation; establishing common, enterprise-wide standards; and reducing the number of providers of common services across the Federal Government.
Funding has been allocated for the IG suspension and debarment team, information technology (IT) network upgrade, and increased payments to the working capital fund.
Our budget also requests increased funding for increases in general pay and inflation.
GSA has changed the relationship citizens have with their Government by making official Government information accessible to the public through multiple channels, including the Internet, telephone, e-mail, and print publications. GSA's USA Services initiatives serve citizens directly by providing easy-to-find authoritative sources of information. Our goal is for USA Services to be the first place citizens, businesses, visitors to the U.S., and other governments turn to for official Government information every day and especially during national emergencies.
GSA's Governmentwide leadership and assistance allows other Federal agencies to provide better service to their constituents by sharing best practices and managing networks across governments. USA Services also develops Governmentwide standards for web content and provides citizen contact centers and Governmentwide contracts for citizen-service activities. USA Services uses the full spectrum of Federal Government communications channels to ensure the public can find up-to-date, consistent, and official Government information quickly and easily. These channels include:
USA.gov -- the Government's web portal (formerly FirstGov.gov);
GobiernoUSA.gov - the Spanish-language website
1-800 FEDINFO - the National Contact Center;
Print publications from Pueblo, Colorado; and
E-mail address available separately and on USA.gov.
By centralizing control of these channels, equipping them with a single comprehensive database of continually refreshed official information, and focusing on the needs of the public, USA Services has dramatically improved the delivery of Government information to citizens.
GSA has always played a prominent role in responding to incidents such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and acts of terrorism. As an active participant in the DHS's National Response Plan, GSA supports prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery functions. GSA stands ready to provide emergency relief supplies, facility space, office equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, contracting services, and personnel as needed by responding agencies.
To better coordinate these efforts, this year, GSA successfully established a new Office of Emergency Response and Recovery (OERR) that reports directly to the Administrator of GSA. Our goal over the next two years is to ensure that we deliver on our commitment to unified disaster response and recovery solutions. Within GSA's Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), we are integrating our logistics and acquisition planning efforts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other agencies with emergency responsibilities. GSA is also maintaining emergency operations space to be used by those agencies as needed. As part of a coalition directed by the Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service, GSA supplies wildfire suppression equipment for strategically located caches around the country, and directly to field units fighting active fires on Federal lands.
During times of disaster, the Government-wide web portal—USA.gov—ramps up to provide the most up-to-date disaster information for citizens and links to other Federal agencies dealing with crises.
We are increasing our focus on state and local governments, to improve our response to natural disasters and other national emergencies. Last year, the passage of Section 833 of the Defense Authorization Act of FY 2007 ensured that state and local government customers certified by DHS as eligible for disaster recovery assistance are authorized to purchase products and services using all of GSA's multiple award schedule contracts. We plan to reach out to these new customers to offer training opportunities on the proper use of schedule contracts.
The FY 2008 President's Budget submission is the first budget submitted since the establishment of FAS on October 6, 2006, pursuant to the GSA Modernization Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-313) ("Modernization Act"). The FAS organization unites the former Federal Supply Service (FSS) and the Federal Technology Service (FTS) organizations. Prior to their consolidation into FAS, FSS provided commercial products and services to Federal customers, while FTS provided telecommunications and IT services. The reorganization equips FAS with the legacy business lines to move toward more standardized and transparent processes, more effective and efficient availability of business products and services, more logical and smoother processes for customers and vendors, and better alignment of the delivery of services in an ever-changing and increasingly complex business environment.
The FY 2008 FAS budget maximizes the flexibilities of the Modernization Act to improve the products and services GSA offers to our Federal customers. During FY 2007, we are moving and refocusing our FAS operations to address the changing Federal marketplace and better meet customer demands.
Acquisition is key to the newly established FAS. From products, services, and technology to vehicles, travel, transportation, and property management solutions, GSA manages widely-diverse offerings and many different methods for acquiring these offerings. GSA will need to provide efficient service delivery of overlapping product offerings and solutions while continuing to promote competition, procurement integrity, and consistent pricing structures. We will assess the various financial models and determine which can best achieve full cost recovery for GSA, as well as ensure rigorous fiscal discipline and best value for our customers.
Achieving financial health in all business models and programs is essential.
GSA is working to refine and better manage a balanced portfolio of acquisition solutions, including the Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program, Strategic Sourcing, Alliant, Networx, Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), Global Supply, and Assisted Acquisition Services. Our multiple channels for marketing will help our customers select the solution and level of service that is right for them. GSA will address diverse customer needs through more vigorous business case and business process improvement practices.
GSA will be a leader in technology-related acquisition. Two prime examples are the Networx and Alliant programs. The Networx program, which includes both Networx Universal and Networx Enterprise, has a combined contract ceiling of $68.1 billion over the 10-year life of the contracts. Networx Universal was awarded on March 29, 2007, and it will provide worldwide continuity of vital mission-critical services that underlie Government operations at the best prices in the marketplace. Networx Enterprise is scheduled for award in May 2007.
Networx Universal increases the number of telecommunication services currently offered on FAS contracts by one third and includes new services that will provide standard compliant, high-speed optical networks that will ease the required transition to the IPv6 protocol. To date, GSA's telecommunications programs have saved the American taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars while enabling higher speed networks with greater security, higher capacity, and enhanced content.
The Alliant acquisition is GSA's new multiple award/indefinite quantity contract vehicle for providing worldwide IT solutions to Federal agencies. Alliant represents the next generation of GWACs for GSA and replaces Millennia and ANSWER, several older GSA programs. Alliant offers the greatest flexibility possible for efficiently and effectively supporting the Federal Government's daily operations, and Alliant Small Business is a set-aside for small businesses. Alliant is scheduled for award in June 2007 and Alliant Small Business is scheduled for award in August 2007.
GSA is dedicated to helping service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses do business with the Federal Government. We have recently launched an effort to help these businesses understand more about contracting with the Federal Government. GSA is also reaching out to help Federal agencies meet their service-disabled, veteran-owned small business socioeconomic goals.
In December 2006, as a result of Executive Order 13360, GSA awarded the first Government-wide contract set aside exclusively for small technology firms owned by service-disabled veterans: the Veterans Technology Services (VETS) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract. GSA issued the first task order on this contract in March 2007 for $495,523. GSA is actively encouraging both the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Veteran's Administration (VA) to support this contracting vehicle.
GSA has made environmental initiatives a priority—especially the use of various types of alternative-fueled vehicles in the GSA Fleet program. The original equipment manufacturers currently are focused on producing only ethanol (E85) and hybrid-electric vehicles, which do not qualify as alternative-fueled vehicles. The future trend is toward more E85 models and the introduction of fuel cell vehicles. We will continue to evaluate which of these options, or mix of options, offers true savings and value for our customers and the taxpayers. GSA is assessing emerging opportunities and has already made leveraged buys of alternative-fueled vehicles. These vehicles are concentrated in six major markets to encourage the development of infrastructure—service stations, service, and resale markets—in the private sector.
GSA Fleet currently provides 51 percent of Federal motor vehicles, excluding the United States Postal Service. Annual growth continues through customer consolidations and wide-ranging management support. Savings are generated through the realignment of customer agency staff and economies of scale. We project that GSA Fleet will grow through consolidation by approximately 3,000 vehicles per year.
Because of the Federal Government's purchasing power, we are able to obtain large volume discounts for our Federal customers. In FY 2006, almost 60,000 vehicles were acquired, averaging 28 percent below commercial pricing for the top ten models. Although it is difficult to forecast the future shape of the automotive industry, we expect to continue to achieve similar results. GSA offers pre-owned automobiles and alternative-fuel vehicles for purchase by the public through GSA Fleet auctions.
Through its managed solutions, GSA is helping agencies achieve their mandated deadlines in a variety of programs:
In October 2007, GSA was the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) managed service office for 40 agencies, assisting them in meeting an October 27, 2006 deadline to provide new employees with HSPD-12 certified credentials.
GSA's E-Authentication program is leading the way for identity management across the Federal Government, international governments, and industry.
The E-Travel initiative estimates a 315 percent return on investment and $380 million in savings are projected over the next ten years. Agencies using the system are complying with the Federal Travel Regulation.
In June 2008, Federal agencies are required to have an IPv6-capable backbone for their networks. GSA is analyzing alternatives as to how to best assist agencies in successfully achieving this milestone.
The Strategic Sourcing program clearly demonstrates the value of GSA. The Ground Domestic Delivery Services Blanket Purchase Agreement was awarded in September 2006 and is being utilized by 32 agencies with discounts ranging from 4.8 percent to 24 percent off the pricing from multiple award schedules.
The GSA Modernization Act of 2006 established the Acquisition Services Fund (ASF) to collect receipts from customer Federal agencies and to finance operations of the FAS organization. The ASF is a full-cost recovery revolving fund that covers both direct and indirect costs (salaries, benefits, and operational costs) through fees charged to Federal agencies for services rendered and commodities provided. The FY 2008 budget reflects $9.9 billion in obligations, representing an increase of $302.3 million from the FY 2007 spending level.
The FY 2008 FAS budget and operating plan are based on a frank assessment of past business performance and realistic assumptions about the future. However, we are not out of the woods yet on implementing the new organization and achieving full cost recovery in our operations. In FY 2006, GSA realized negative operating results in the former FTS organization, due in part to an unexpected downturn in business volumes. The FY 2008 FAS budget reflects these realities in the form of reduced revenue estimates in FY 2007 and inflation-only increases in FY 2008 projected revenue. The FY 2008 budget also reflects GSA's efforts to mitigate these losses.
As part of my overall effort to reduce GSA's operating expenses, we have held the FY 2007 and FY 2008 budgets to minimal requirements to improve customer service. The FY 2008 FAS budget maintains GSA's position as a world-class provider of goods and services in the Federal sector. FAS will not only benefit our client agencies, but the taxpayers as well, by leveraging the Federal Government's considerable buying power to lower costs—providing the best products and services through total, innovative solutions to meet Federal agencies' missions at best value. The new FAS enables us to improve customer service; provide greater business flexibility for acquisition solutions; enhance financial management, accountability and oversight; and increase effectiveness and efficiency.
FAS is now operating in four portfolios to provide integrated solutions to customer acquisition needs, rather than disparate and independent products and services. Those portfolios are:
The Information Technology Services (ITS) portfolio provides Federal agencies with a full range of end-to-end IT and telecommunications solutions. These services were previously provided by FTS with the IT schedules and FSS with their Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs).
The Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) unites three former FTS businesses to create a single organization that effectively compliments the ITS portfolio by providing management services that assist agencies in acquiring and deploying ITS products and services, as well as a full range of other professional services.
The General Supplies and Services (GSS) portfolio consists of three former FSS business lines combined to provide a full line of personal property services, including maintaining stocks of supplies, procuring furniture, managing supply schedules, and disposing of surplus personal property.
The Travel, Motor Vehicle and Card Services (TMVCS) portfolio consists of several former FSS programs that are unified by their highly-leveraged purchases for the benefit of the entire Federal Government.
Services provided include: travel and relocation services, freight management, motor vehicle acquisition, fleet management, and charge card services.
To support the reorganization, the FY 2008 submission contains newly developed and revised performance goals to measure customer satisfaction, access for vendors of all sizes, and GSA operational efficiency. Specifically, the FY 2008 FAS budget includes measures of customer savings in telecommunications, IT solutions, travel, and transportation; new surveys of customer satisfaction in long distance and credit card services; and aggressive goals to drive down operating costs in every portfolio. The FY 2007 and FY 2008 performance targets communicated in the FY 2008 budget reflect GSA's continued commitment to ensure that, with the implementation of FAS, GSA will continue to deliver efficient, effective, more flexible, and compliant processes and services—expert solutions, from the simple to the complex, for all customer needs.
GSA's FY 2008 Budget request aligns with the President's Management Agenda and my vision for GSA. I will continue to fight against wasteful spending and duplicative programs within GSA. While we have made great strides in improving GSA's operations in FY 2006 and FY 2007, many challenges lie ahead. Our task now is to keep moving forward, build on our recent successes, and leverage all our talents, abilities, and energy to provide direct and meaningful savings to taxpayers while maintaining focus on accomplishing the GSA mission. Approval of our budget request for FY 2008 will lay the foundation to achieve our mutual goals.
Mr. Chairman that concludes my formal statement. I look forward to continuing this discussion of our FY 2008 budget request with you, with the members of the subcommittee, and with your staff.


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'Dead' Man Wakes Up - in Body Bag
(NEWSER) – Funeral home workers preparing to embalm a 78-year-old in Mississippi this week were startled when the man's body bag ... started moving. It turns out Walter Williams, um, wasn't as dead as he was supposed to be and was kicking to be unzipped, WAPT reports. Williams was pronounced dead at his home Wednesday night, and "I stood there and watched them put him in a body bag and zipped it up," Williams' nephew says. Just hours later, however, "my cousin called me and said, 'Not yet,' and I said, 'What you mean not yet?' He said, 'Daddy still here.'"
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We are people who share an avid interest in honey and native bees. Most members are small scale beekeepers. We have a wide range of interests, covering bee biology, pollination, survivor stock bee breeding, health aspects of bee products, international beekeeping, and other bee-related topics.
We welcome you to attend our meetings and to become a member.
Monthly meetings are typically on the first Thursday of the month. Meetings usually feature a knowledgeable speaker and/or project and includes informal sharing of information by members throughout the meeting ($5 donation for non-members).
Meetings are a good way to learn about beekeeping.
Please consider becoming a member (whether you have bees or not). Membership costs $20 per calendar year and includes free admission to all meetings, access to the Club's honey and extracting equipment, and subscription to the Club's "MarinBuzz" listserv which facilitates online discussions and a way to notify Club member of local bee swarm information.


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I have read the book "Responsive Web Design - By Ethan Marcotte". There I ahve learnt the forumla "target / context = result"
Those who have read the books, you saw that the main container at first got a width of "960px". But after converting it in percentage, Ethan set that as "90%". But actually, 90% is not equivalent to 960px.
Let us take out the following example:
My screen resolution is 1280x1024. Usually, my browser width in full screen is 1280px. Suppose that I want to design in 960px. So if I want to make it percentage, it would be
960 / 1280 = .75
And if we take the decimal after two numbers, it's 75%. But 75% and 90% is not the same. So if I want to design a fluid grid which is actually equivalent to 960px, what should I do? So to say, Ethan did the same thing in his book, set the main wrapper width 960px and later to 90%. Practically, when I set one of my 960px design in 90%, there was a vast difference; at that time it didn't followed the grid system of 960 (I also tested a grid overlay with Jquery plugin).
Okay, now I suppose that my width is 90%, but what should be the "context" in the target / context formula? - as I need to mention the context in px's to get the rational percentage. It's surely not 960px.
Any suggestions?
A width of 90% means 90% of the viewport (that is, the browser window). So if you are using a small screen like that of an iPhone, you are talking a very small viewport ... so forget about pixels.
Your best option here might be to set a width of 90% but also a max-width of 960px. You still have to account for widths when your viewport is narrower than 960px, though. You could also use ems instead of pixels. They are more flexible.
With all this talk of grids and pixels, it sounds like you want to keep your cake and eat it too. If you are going for a "responsive" design, you have to let go of pixels and grids and what not. Well, I know that's not quite true, but it's how I look at it. You need to allow your content to be flexible and not try to pin it down like a print design.
I have two questions:
You want to say I have to forget about grid and pixels when stepping in responsive design?
What unit should I use about margin and padding in responsive design?
I have no real right to say that, because many people do it. But it may not be needed. It depends on your content, really. I wouldn't just go for a grid system without first checking that it's necessary. (Personally I'd never use a grid system, but that's me ...)
As for px, they are not flexible like % and em, but you can use them. There is no right or wrong ... just what works best in any particular situation.
Any you like, really. Be careful mixing different units, though—such as % when you have px borders etc.
Personally, for responsive layouts I use [Skeleton.js - a nice responsive grid (yes, you can have grids and pixels in responsive design!). I've also [URL="https://github.com/connor4312/Skeleton-with-LESS/blob/master/LESS/skeleton.less"]modified a version](http://www.getskeleton.com/) of it to include a 1280px grid for large screens, and have adjustable margins.
For units, I usually don't touch percents. When you try to add in margin, padding, nesting... things can get messy. They also can make using the occasional <img> element a bit difficult, though I'm sure there are ways to accommodate this. I like pixels for everything except fonts, where I use ems.
Thanks, does Tiny Fluid Grid (a little bit tweaked by me, removed min-width, max-width and added percentage instead) work with skeleton.js?
Ahmed - you can set a max-width:960px; for your main container and then use percentages for everything inside that - using Ethan's formula. That's a nice book. Keep reading and experimenting!
Now you have context. So anything you want to place inside your container can be divided by 960, unless it is nested.
Also, if you are just starting out with responsive design, I would not recommend any frameworks or any boiler plates. Use them as references but write from scratch. Build two to three test pages on your own and then look into boiler plates and frameworks etc.
I want to remember you use Bootstrap. This is CSS framework of Twitter. It support responsive layout.
I hople to help you!


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Kellie Pickler
by Emily Horton
NC Government & Heritage Library, 2012.
Related Entries: Clay Aiken; Fantasia Barrino; Chris Daughtry; Bucky Covington; Scotty McCreery; Anoop Desai
Country music artist Kellie Pickler was born in Albemarle, North Carolina on June 28, 1986. Pickler's mother, Cynthia Morton, left when she was only two years old, and her father, Clyde Raymond Pickler, was incarcerated during her childhood. Her grandparents, Clyde Raymond Pickler, Sr, and Faye Pickler, raised Kellie in Albemarle. During high school at North Stanly High in New London, NC, Pickler was a cheerleader and Miss North Carolina contestant.
Pickler first rose to national fame on the fifth season of the television series American Idol in 2005, coming in sixth place. She has since released three albums: Small Town Girl (2006), Kellie Picker (2008), 100 Proof (2012).
Kellie Pickler is an active United Services Organization (U.S.O) entertainer, recently touring Germany, Iraq, Kosovo, England, and Afghanistan to boost the morale of service members.
Country Music Television, Kellie Pickler Biography. Last modified 2012. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/pickler__kellie/bio.jhtml (accessed March 22, 2012.)
Internet Movie Database, Kellie Pickler. Last modified 2012. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2213728/maindetails (accessed March 22, 2012.)
Kellie Pickler Helps Design Sweater for Animal Charity, Charlottte Observer:Posted January 24, 2012. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/24/2954848/kellie-pickler-helps-design-sweater.html (accessed March 22, 2012.)
Kelly Pickler, Official Webpage. Last modified 2012. http://www.kelliepickler.com/ (accessed March 22, 2012.)
Additional Resources:
Kellie Pickler's audition for American Idol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFQl-rrDryM
Image & Video Credits:
Cunngingham, Alfred. "Country Music Comes to Cherry Point." Photo taken in Havelock, North Carolina. Available from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcascherrypoint/6390154953/ (accessed March 23, 2012).
1 January 2012 | Horton, Emily S.
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Right-Wing Media Use GOP Donor's Report To Downplay Sen. Ayotte Background Check Confrontation
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Right-wing media are trying to downplay a confrontation over gun sale background checks between a woman who lost her mother in the Newtown, CT, shooting and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) by promoting a report from an Ayotte donor whose wife is the former chair of the New Hampshire GOP.
Erica Lafferty, the daughter of Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung, asked Ayotte during an April 30 town hall meeting in Warren, New Hampshire, "why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the halls of her elementary school isn't more important" than Ayotte's claim that conducting background checks would be burdensome for gun store owners. According to NBC News, the meeting "drew more than 100 people who came to condemn or support Ayotte's vote."
Reacting to news reports of the confrontation between Lafferty and Ayotte, Shawn Millerick, editor of the conservative New Hampshire Journal, complained of "liberal media bias" and wrote that reports of Ayotte being confronted over her failure to support expanded background checks were exaggerated by the national media. Millerick also posted photographs of cars with out-of-state license plates that he says belonged to the individuals who opposed Ayotte's background check vote.
Breitbart.com, The Daily Caller, The Blaze, RedState and NewsBusters are all promoting Millerick's report as evidence that the media was dishonest in its coverage of Ayotte's town hall meeting while also characterizing Millerick's online newspaper as a "local" media source and not mentioning its partisan slant. According to Breitbart.com's John Nolte, Millerick's report "expose[d] the leftist national media for the liars they are." The Daily Caller's Alex Pappas framed the issue as a discrepancy between "local" and "national" media:
If you read about the meetings in the national press, you likely went away thinking the Republican lawmaker was overwhelmed by pro-gun control critics. You might think the opposite if you read reports from the local news there.
According to NewsBusters, a project of the conservative Media Research Center, "If you read local newspapers on the ground in the Granite State, it becomes pretty clear that the national media's drive-by attack on Kelly Ayotte is rooted in the liberal media's desire to push gun control, not the actual facts on the ground."
None of these outlets disclosed that, according to Federal Election Commission filings, Millerick donated $500.00 to Ayotte during the 2010 election cycle:
[Federal Election Commission, accessed 5/3/13]
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According to the New Hampshire Journal and the New Hampshire Union Leader, Millerick's wife is a former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party.
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UCLA Entrepreneurship Mixer and Forum: January 23, 2013
Startup UCLA
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
UCLA Entrepreneurship Mixer & Forum!!!!
Are you interested in Entrepreneurship here at UCLA?
Do you have an idea or want to learn more about what organizations and competitions there are here at UCLA?
Then come to the UCLA Entrepreneurship Mixer & Forum!!
DATE: Wednesday, January 23rd
TIME: 5:00pm to 8:00pm
LOCATION: CNSI Lobby
UCLA Students/Faculty/Staff/Alumni/Friends
FREE to attend---RSVP required
If you have an idea and are looking for possible teammates, please email Schaffer Grimm –email@example.com
There will be food and soft drinks available.
This is a great opportunity to learn about the Entrepreneurship resources available here at UCLA and maybe even become part of a team.
One day that team could become its own company!!!
Brought to you by:
Institute for Technology Advancement
Startup UCLA
Anderson Entrepreneurship Association
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When & Where
CNSI Auditorium, UCLA
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles,
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
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Aviation Apps
Related Links
Reading Apps
Research Apps
According to this article from the New York Times[1], the FAA is giving airlines permission to replace the bulky flight bags filled with paper manuals with iPads.
With that in mind, here are some links to the apps listed in the article.
|ForeFlight Mobile Aviation
The app requires a subscription to keep data current, but it provides weather, flight planning, airport facility data, and 15,000+ terminal procedures, FAA IFR & VFR charts, and FAA Terminal Area Charts for use offline.
|Garmin Pilot My-Cast
This apps comes with a 30-day free trial. After that, a subscription is $9.99/month. Garmin a nationally-recognized GPS provider has created an app that allows you to view real-time weather data, the AOPA airport directory, maps, and flight planning utilizing DUATs.
|Jeppesen Mobile TC
Though the app is free, it does require an electronic charting subscription from Jeppesen. If you have one, this app provides arrival, departure and approach procedures; chart change notifications; online updates; full-color, high-quality, vector-based data with amazing details and zoom capabilities; offline access to charting data subscriptions
|WingX Pro7
Download the app for $0.99. It does require an annual subscription of $99.95 for full functionality. It includes A/FD, AOPA Directory, and Maps, approach charts, images, route planning, DUATs, etc. Viewing your aircraft's location on an approach chart requires a ChartData subscription with Seattle Avionics. A 30-day Free Period is available.
Murphy, Kate. "The Paperless Cockpit." New York Times [New York] 4 July 2011: n.pag. The New York Times. Web. 7 July 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/business/05pilots.html >.
If you have other apps to suggest, please let us know.