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Do you know if europian users are using pinterest, and if yes how much?
Is it worth the time to create a new plan exclusive for pinterest marketing for european companies?
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As a very successful marketer once remarked to me, I pick tools in the first few percent or the last few which is to say, be in something when it's very new and you can make a name for yourself or when it's very mature and a requirement. Pinterest has exploded in the last year but we're still talking about all of 15 million visitors a month.... divide that down to locations and numbers get smaller [200k estimated in the UK as of Feb, 2012] be small but that increases the opportunity within that number.
I would say that it would be worth your time. Last month Pinterest was the #3 top referrer site in the US. UK traffic will most likely continue to grow and improve on the site.
If it's a place where your target audience hangs out, then it would be a good use of your time for building your reputation in that social network. Take note: build your reputation. You don't promote stuff right off the bat. You have to interact with people, and share valuable information before you can actually promote your services.
I am wondering, do if and how do web hosts benefit from Pinterest?
Even if Pinterest is the no.1 top referrer site, it doesn't mean that it will help us. Instead of making profile on every social media sites, it is better to stick with any one or two. Of course, pinterest is one of the best site to market, but what if someone has a text-rich site? Anyway having an exclusive strategy for pinterest is a nice idea. Go on with it...
Pinterest seems to be in its infancy at its stage and it would too early to make any form of marketing strategy on such a medium of social media, i would personally suggest that you focus on other forms of social media and other activities since pinterest hasn't attained its true potential.for eg- Pinterest Images have not yet been indexed on Google and it is really surprising to see how much of the content is left ignored by Google, I am sure that sooner or later Pinterest will get to a mature stage which would be the right time to get profitable results
Pinterest may be a huge site in the States but it is a long way from gaining traction in Europe. Many people use it as a display site but the social element of Pinterest hasn't taken off yet. It is also very vulnerable to clone sites eating into its market share. For example, WeHeartIt has been doing Pinterest pinning for much longer. Flickr on the other hand has millions of European users and images hosted there have no copyright problems. For European businesses Flickr is still a much better time investment than Pinterest.
Pinterest is definitely a great tool for exchanging visuals. A pic is worth a 1000 words!
That's one of the things that have bothered me about pin interest, and I'll admit about Facebook as well. Of course Facebook has the money to fight off any copyright suit (or settle if they want) but I really wonder about Pin Interest. I initially thought it was for folks to post their photos of their interests, but I see more and more posts from PinInterest on Facebook with absolutely no attribution of any kind... pictures I have seen elsewhere and I'm sure they are not posted by the copyright holders. If they are, I have some friends who have a whole lot more talented than I have credited them with.
I live in Switzerland and I use Pinterest everyday. In my country, about 5% of internet users use Pinterest.
Statistics, when backed up by sources, always carry a lot of weight. Where did you find that one?
Hi, Looking at the infographics, the active users of Pinterest are girls. Well, seems that most of the men spend too much time on Reddit
I have noticed the same. Heard few months back that Pinterest is worth spending your time and working all this time the pictures have not been indexed by Google. Though Traffic do come from it the website, but it hasn't contributed much in sales, and most of my sales from social media sites comes from Facebook.
Just wondering, is your Facebook page or Twitter account indexed by Google? What about Stumble upon or LinkedIn? Even if you do a Google search for "social media sites" none of them rise to the top. Instead your search results in articles on the top Social media sites. Besides, the photos on Pinterest are already indexed. Where do you think those "interested" people find them to post on their pinterest pages? From looking at some Pinterest pages, it's my hunch that most of them came from other sites.


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text: Hey guys, I am being sent to Kineton for a few weeks in May and rather than miss training for a month I was wondering if anyone knows any good places to train that wouldn't mind someone from another gym coming in for a while? Thanks in advance (oh and before that I am being sent to Swynnerton but think I may have found somewhere a few miles away that will hopefully let me train there too. However if anyone has any suggestions I would be more than grateful.)


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Spring 2012: Accessories for a Night Out
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It is starting to look like the regular time for our fish-in (weekend after memorial day) isn't going to work for me this year. I'm going to be gone for the entire week, so I won't be able to make it at all. We have several options, and I would welcome input from those who attend.
First, we could reschedule. If we made it the weekend before memorial day, I would be able to set things up, and attend for a day or so, but not the whole time. The other option is to have it on the same time that we always do, and someone will have to take over for me on organizing things. I'd rather not push it back later, since things are getting warm by then, and each week will get hotter and make fishing a bit tougher.
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Mother of Woman Who Survived Fatal Hiking Trip Speaks Out
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A man who died and a woman who was injured while hiking off Cold Springs trail were both 22 and from Ventura.
Brenden Vega's body was found Monday afternoon. He died after trying to get help for him and his friend Saylor Guilliams.
Guilliams has been in and out of surgery the last few days, and it wasn't until Wednesday morning that she found out her beloved friend had died.
The mother of Guilliams spoke with NewsChannel 3 on Wednesday. Sandy Lipkin said, Guilliams and Vega have been friends for the past four years. They dated for a few months in 2010 but they have remained friends ever since.
"My daughter said nobody knew him like me. She wants to go the memorial. She wants to talk about him. She wants everyone to know how great he was," said Lipkin.
Lipkin says when her daughter didn't come home Sunday night, that's when she began to panic.
Figuring her daughter was with Vega, an all out search for the two through Ventura and Santa Barbara began.
It wasn't until Lipkin received a text from a hiker that she finally found out where her daughter was. "I got the text message, saying we found Saylor on the trail, she has two broken ankles and a broken arm, she is in pain but she is talking to us. We have called search and rescue and we are keeping her company while we wait," said Lipkin about the text message she had received.
Lipkin's relief knowing that her daughter was found quickly turned back into grief when she realized Guilliams' friend Vega had died while trying to get the two help. "It was devastating. It's still devastating, because you know as a mother I am happy, at least I am not at the morgue but someone else is, I still am very conflicted about it," said Lipkin.
Lipkin is so grateful her prayers were answered and her daughter is OK. She hopes that one day she will be able to thank the hikers who found her daughter. "I would like to meet them. I would like to thank them, and as Jeff said, flowers on their doorstep for the rest of their lives kind of thing because without them it would be a completely different story," said Lipkin.
Guilliams is still in the hospital. She is set to have another surgery Thursday morning. A memorial for her friend Vega is currently being planned by his family.


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Jeff Hartensveld graduated from AGTS in 1989. The article below was originally published in the September 2, 2012 issue of the Pentecostal Evangel.
A Vision to Mobilize — Introducing Jeff and Liz Hartensveld
By Cathy Ketcher
Today Jeff Hartensveld, a missionary church planter in Indonesia for 23 years, begins serving on the Executive Committee as director of AGWM Mobilization. Formerly U.S. Relations, the new department name reflects a redefinition and expansion of the department's primary purpose: helping missionaries raise their budgets to reach the places and ministries of their callings.
"Jeff is a proven pastor, a proven missionary and a proven leader who has a passion to get the gospel out," says Greg Mundis, executive director of AGWM. That kind of passion is what we need in AGWM Mobilization to infuse candidate and veteran missionaries with our purpose: reaching people with the gospel of Christ."
Every week, 1,200 people gather to worship at International Christian Assembly in Surabaya, Indonesia. Since missionaries Jeff and Liz Hartensveld planted ICA 16 years ago, the church has expanded to two locations and is heavily engaged in reaching those who have little or no gospel witness.
From the earliest days of ICA, Jeff stressed the need for believers to reach people where they are. The church initiated several local ministries, including outreaches at a Surabaya garbage dump and an orphanage. ICA is also working toward a goal of building 100 churches across Indonesia in the next 15 years.
"The plan is to build seven churches in Central Kalimantan province," says Jeff. "In addition, ICA is partnering with AGWM to plant six new works among a large unreached people group.
Taking the gospel to unreached areas has always been a passion for the Hartensvelds. Assemblies of God missionaries to Indonesia since 1990, they planted eight churches during their first 10 years there.
While field moderator for Indonesia, Jeff encouraged missionaries and the national church to greatly increase their focus on unreached people groups and church planting. He urged every missionary to adopt an unreached people group, and challenged national pastors to become more aware of the needs of the unreached and what they can do to share the gospel.
"In all the years I've known Jeff, he has been responsive to great needs and challenges," says AGWM Communications Director Randy Hurst. "When the tsunami struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2004, Jeff commuted regularly between Surabaya and Banda Aceh, a distance of nearly 1,500 miles, to reach the hardest hit area. He led the initial relief efforts and organized recovery and rebuilding projects for two years. Teams that Jeff mobilized built 67 public school buildings and made an unprecedented physical and spiritual impact in that area."
As director of AGWM Mobilization, Jeff will continue promoting his passion for church planting in unreached areas.
"There are reasons why unreached people groups are unreached," Jeff says. "The easy places have been taken. The difficult places remain and are calling to us for a witness."
Jeff's passion for reaching the lost remains uppermost as he assumes his new responsibilities.
"My vision is to launch workers into the harvest as quickly as possible so that all people everywhere will hear the good news," says Jeff. "The very nature of the missionary calling is going where no one has gone with the message people have not heard. What a privilege it is to help send those who are called to complete the task the Lord left for us to do."
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Yu Darvish almost perfect in win over Astros
Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Yu Darvish was perfect through 8 2/3 innings and the Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros, 7-0, in an American League West matchup on Tuesday.
Darvish (1-0) seemed unstoppable and was one out away from perfection when Marwin Gonzalez hit a ground ball between his legs and into center field for a single. Darvish was then replaced by Michael Kirkman, and despite not getting to finish out the game, recorded an impressive 14 strikeouts.
"I think my teammates were more disappointed than I was," Darvish said through a translator.
Ian Kinsler hit a two-run home run for the Rangers, who recorded 12 hits. Lance Berkman had two RBI while Nelson Cruz, Elvis Andrus and Mitch Moreland knocked in a run apiece in the victory, Texas' first of the season.
Gonzalez and Jose Altuve were the only two to record hits for the Astros, who saw starter Lucas Harrell (0-1) allow one run on six hits over six innings.
With one out in the top of the third, Craig Gentry hit a ground-rule double. Kinsler followed with an infield single and Andrus was walked, loading the bases. Berkman then singled to left field to put up the first score.
Texas would not score again until the seventh. After a one-out triple by Gentry, Kinsler hit a home run deep into left.
Wesley Wright filled in for the Astros in the eighth, but immediately walked David Murphy, and then allowed Cruz a double to left center, scoring Murphy. A.J. Pierzynski grounded out, but got Cruz to third, allowing Mitch Moreland to hit a sacrifice fly to give them a 5-0 lead.
In the ninth, Veras pitched for Houston, but he also struggled. Kinsler drew a leadoff walk and Andrus followed with an RBI triple to deep right, making it 6-0. Berkman then hit a single, allowing Andrus to score.
Darvish grounded out Jason Castro and Carlos Corporan in the bottom of the inning before Gonzalez ended his night. Kirkman then replaced him, and allowed a single to Altuve and Gonzalez. However, he struck out J.D. Martinez, who was pinch-hitting for Brett Wallace, to end the game.
"I didn't want to be the last out," said Gonzalez. "I was trying to look for a good pitch to hit and put it in play. That's all I was thinking."
Game Notes
Andrus had two triples ... Darvish became the first pitcher to lose a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning since Armando Galarraga on June 2, 2010 ... Had Darvish pitched a perfect game, it would have been the seventh no-hitter in Rangers history and the first since Kenny Rogers threw a perfect game on July 28, 1994.


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I think you've partially answered your own question, but I'll add my 2 cents worth The "best" application is pretty subjective...it depends on your level of skill & preference. For wireless work, I use Kismet for general recon, and use the aircrack suite for detail stuff. I use nmap a lot; it's very versatile & powerful, no matter the network. In terms of password cracking (against hashed passwords), I use rainbow tables.
If you're really wanting to get some wireless pen-test knowledge, I'd take the course offered at Offensive Security.


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This sneaky swap is all over the internet, and for good reason too! Swapping the eggs, water, and oil in a cake recipe with pumpkin is science & nature at it's best =) And it yields impressively delicious results! Have you tried it for yourself yet?
In this particular version, I decided to toss one egg back into the mix for a little extra fluff factor and also because I was missing a few tablespoons from my can of pumpkin. [Where did they go? This recipe!] Here's how it all went down!
What is your favorite baking swap of all time?
And, more importantly, can you teach me how to BAKE bake. For real? =) I'm challenged!


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Tornados fall 70-65 to Bears in SAC match-upJanuary 15, 2011
Brevard was unable to match Lenoir-Rhyne in the 70-65 loss at Boshamer Gymnasium
Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College women's basketball team was downed on Saturday afternoon when they were dropped 70-65 at the hands of the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears. Despite leading for much of the second half, the Tornados were unable to hold off the Bears who moved to 6-7 on the season and 3-2 in conference play. With the loss BC falls to 5-11 in the 2010-11 season and 1-5 in South Atlantic Conference play.
Precious Elkins dominated the first half for the Bears scoring 11 points. Anna Schlobohm (Greensboro, N.C.) led BC in the first half with nine points. Amanda Whitaker wasn't far behind, as she had eight of her own in the first 20 minutes of the game. Whitaker also had four steals in the first half to lead the Tornados. Heading into half-time the Tornados led 34-29 after a buzzer beating three-pointer by Schlobohm.
Brevard held a lead as late as 3:51 left in the game when they were up 62-57. However, the Bears were able to jump on top after Cameron Sealey sparked them with a three-point play. Down the final stretch the Bears were able to hit their free-throws and get on top by as many as eight, 70-62 with three seconds left. Asheley Watkins (Bostic, N.C.) hit a last second half court shot to make the final score 70-65.
Sealey led all-scorers in the game with 22 points. Micheala Watkins (Forest City, N.C.) led the Tornados with 15 points in the loss. Amanda Whitaker ended the game with six steals, while Candice Fritz (North East, MD) had a pair of blocks in the loss. Anna Schlobohm finished the game with 11 points and led Brevard with four rebounds.
The Tornados are back in action on Wednesday night when they travel to Harrogate, Tennessee to take on the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters. Game time is set for 6 p.m. and you can catch all of the action on 1240-AM WSQL or at WSQLRadio.com.


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June 2, 2006
Update on 9/11 Movie Previews and Releases
The preview for 'World Trade Center' will also be shown with 'The Break Up', which opens on June 2nd and with 'An Inconvenient Truth'. It will continue to be shown with 'The DaVinci Code'. Print and television ads will not begin until later this summer and it is scheduled to be released on August 9th. Each viewer's response will be different, so you may want to be aware if the trailer is going to be shown before a film you are planning to attend. If you anticipate that you do not want to see the trailer, don't hesitate to talk to theater staff. Feel free to ask a theater manager about the trailers being shown before the movie you are about to see - this may take some time, so plan appropriately.
'On Native Soil' will premiere on Court TV on Monday, August 21st and it will be released into the DVD marketplace the following day. Previews are likely to start the first week in August.
The decision to view these movies may be difficult for family members, witnesses of the events and survivors of the attacks. We encourage you to talk with loved ones before viewing the movie and to consider ways to help prepare yourself for the types of reactions you may experience.
For mental health and wellness resources, please visit the Wellness section of our website.
Families of September 11 (FOS11) membership is free and open to all 9/11 families, survivors, first responders, and others interested in supporting our mission. Please forward this email to those who you think might like to participate. To register as a member of FOS11, please visit:https://www.familiesofseptember11.org/register.aspx


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Rachel - from Houston, TX
The major difference between gum paste and fondant is that gum paste is only used as a decorating medium. Although it is completely edible, gum paste dries very hard and is generally not eaten. For example, gum paste is wonderful for making beautiful flowers, figurines, and other decorations that would be removed from a cake before serving, but it would not be used as an icing to cover a cake because it would harden and be impossible to cut.
Fondant can also be used to make decorations, including flowers and figurines, but it does not dry as hard as gum paste. This makes it ideal for using as a rolled icing for cakes.
Fondant can be flavored by using flavored extract like vanilla, lemon, etc. I do not suggest flavoring gum paste, as it is rarely ever eaten, but also because adding flavorings or moisture to it will affect its ability to harden completely.


text: Today on this week's episode of Food Makers, a Google+ hangout on air, I'll be talking to Tim Burton, owner of Burton's Maplewood Farm in Medora, Ind. In New England and America's upper Midwest, the sap is starting to flow in maple trees and that means sugaring season is near. Tim will talk about the craft of maple syrup, the tools of the trade, his sought-after barrel aged syrup, and the upcoming National Maple Syrup Festival in Medora. Sounds sweet, doesn't it? Tune in right here at 2pm PST and 5pm EST.


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Protein is required for normal muscle development, function, and recovery after exercise and injury. Resistance exercise, such as weight training, helps build muscle, too, but only if there's enough dietary protein around to replenish muscle protein losses after a workout.
While we know that protein can help boost muscle gain after a single workout, less is known about protein's long-term effects on muscle mass and strength in people who work out regularly.
Researchers from the Netherlands combined the results of 22 trials to examine the effects of protein supplementation on muscle mass and strength in 680 people who took part in prolonged resistance-training programs (two or more exercise sessions per week for six or more weeks). The results were separated by age: "younger" people were about 23-years-old, and "older" people were 62-years-old, on average.
On top of their normal diet, the people supplemented with about 50 grams of additional protein per day during the trials. The studies assessed the people's fat-free mass (includes muscle, bone, and water), muscle fiber size, and muscle strength.
"The greater increase in muscle mass and strength will allow older individuals to more rapidly regain their functional capacity, thereby reducing the risk of falls and fractures and, as such, supporting a more active independent lifestyle," commented the researchers.
Many people, especially seniors, come up short of their daily protein requirements. Most adults need at least 0.8 grams of protein per day for every kilogram of body weight. For a 150-pound person, that's about 54 grams of protein per day. Protein requirements increase with exercise, so ask your doctor about how much is right for you. Here's an easy reference for everyday living:
(Am J Clin Nutr 2012;96:1454–64)
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Sony has introduced three new Bravia LED-backlit LCD TVs with 3D display, the KDL-60NX810, KDL-55NX810 and KDL-46NX810.
The products feature edge-type LED backlighting with local dimming, 1080p resolution with 3D display, 240Hz refresh rate and built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.
All three models will be available in September with pricing of US$4,700 for the 60-inch model (KDL-60NX810), US$3,700 for the 55-inch model (KDL-55NX810) and US$3,000 for the 46-inch model (KDL-46NX810).
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Remarks by Former Deputy Secretary W. Scott Gould
Public Service Recognition Week Kick-Off Event
VA Central Office
May 2, 2011
Good morning and welcome, everyone! This is the time of year we pay tribute to our public servants and recognize your many contributions at every level of government. Celebrating public service is one of my favorite things to do, so I am delighted to be here this morning.
Last year we celebrated some of our most experienced colleagues. This year we are saluting the future of VA. So I want to extend a particularly warm welcome to our special guest colleagues, who although they have five or less years of public service, have already made important contributions to our mission.
Lindsay Bowden is on the core team of the Secretary's Initiative to Improve Veterans Mental Health. In that role she has helped maintain seamless communication among stakeholders in six time zones and has helped identify new processes and ways to improve efficiency in the Office of Mental Health Services.
Allison Calabro is the primary lead for VBA on eliminating homelessness among Veterans. She represents VBA at meetings of the Interagency Council on Homelessness and leads a group of colleagues to identify and create solutions to advance the mission of ending Veteran homelessness. This includes new ways to ensure that homeless Veterans and those at risk understand how to submit claims for benefits and services.
Andre Castillo served as the strategic organizer and co-chair of VA's Task Force on Multi-Generational Recruitment and Retention, under the direction of Assistant Secretary Sepulveda. Andre led the design of its structure, goals, and scope. His work has laid a foundation for the Assistant Secretary's ongoing efforts in this area.
Kristan Higgins is the creative force behind VA's Green Routine, which promotes environmental awareness throughout VA. She established an awards program that recognizes employees whose efforts have encouraged or instilled sustainable practices in their workplace.
Aurelia Lopez played an important role as VA's liaison with DOD to support a Workforce Recruitment Program Summer Awards and Recognition Ceremony. She oversaw all aspects of planning and ensured smooth operations regarding VA's support for the event. She also co-led VA's participation in the Office of Personnel Management's Puerto Rico hiring event.
Each one of you is an inspiration to all of us—doing such great work so early in your careers. On behalf of Secretary Shinseki, thank you for your service. We hope you will have many more years of government service here at VA. I would like to present each of you with a small token of my appreciation. Please join me in congratulating our colleagues!
As we gather here today, men and women in public service are providing important functions all across the country. Here at VA, we're blessed with a clear and noble mission—to care for Veterans.
Because of the employees who come here to work each day, Veterans and their families are pursuing education, courtesy of the GI Bill. Injured Veterans are finding jobs through Vocational Rehabilitation. Deserving Veterans are buying their first home with VA home loans.
Men and women who once wore our Nation's uniform are receiving top-notch healthcare. Our employees mark the passing of each Veteran with dignity and respect in a system of national cemeteries that they lovingly maintain.
The work we all do is second to none. The latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine featured a VA initiative that reduced the incidence of MRSA infections—a global health issue—by more than 60 percent in intensive care units across the country, setting a new standard.
Our Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacy, or CMOP, filled nearly 107 million prescriptions last year and does such a good job that J.D. Power and Associates recently recognized them as one of their 2011 Customer Service Champions. J.D. Power evaluated over 800 brands and CMOP rose to the top as one of only 40 entities in the United States to earn that distinction this year. CMOP's competition included some of the highest-performing companies that deliver service excellence to U.S. customers.
For the fourth consecutive time in 10 years, NCA has received a top rating of 94 out of 100, besting the Nation's top corporations in the prestigious American Customer Satisfaction Index, the only cross-industry measure of satisfaction with the quality and goods of services available in the United States. That means that NCA beat out companies like Nike, Apple, and Mercedes Benz!
At VA, what we do is so much more than a just a job. Our dedicated public servants know that caring for Veterans is a sacred trust. President Obama joined us in this very room a few years ago as we celebrated 20 years as a cabinet-level agency. Speaking of our obligation to Veterans, he said, "that when our fellow citizens commit themselves to shed blood for us, that binds our fates with theirs in a way that nothing else can. And in the end, caring for those who have given their fullest measure of devotion to us—and for their families—is a matter of honor, as a Nation and as a people."
It is an honor and one that requires a lot of people to achieve the mission—over 300,000 of us! To learn more about the work of your colleagues, I encourage you to visit the exhibit set up in C-7, which includes displays from every part of the Department. You will be inspired. Thank you for your service. I am grateful to be serving alongside you.


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The phone call many around the league thought Al Jefferson would receive this year finally came Tuesday.
Coach Tyrone Corbin told the Jazz center he had been traded.
Then, Corbin broke character and, as Jefferson told it, confessed, "That's right, we can't trade you now."
But this was more than just an April Fools' Day joke aimed by the coach at his top scorer. Corbin was calling to say congratulations. Jefferson on Monday received his fifth career Player of the Week honor after leading the Jazz to a 4-0 record and getting them back into playoff position.
"He's a huge part of the success that we've been having here of late," Corbin said. "Along with his teammates, they're doing a great job of understanding where we are and how we have to play to be effective every night."
Jefferson earned the Western Conference honor by averaging 19.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.2 steals in wins over Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Brooklyn.
"It caught me off guard so bad," Jefferson said. "I've been so focused on just trying to get into the playoffs, I haven't really thought about our record this week and what I averaged this week."
Entering Monday's game against the Blazers, Jefferson averaged 17.4 points, 9.1 rebounds through 74 games.
Corbin said Jefferson's contribution to the Jazz has not been limited to offense, where he's known to shine. Instead, he said, Jefferson should receive more credit for his oft-maligned defense.
"For us," Corbin said, "we see where he's giving the effort. Where he may not be as successful in some areas, he's trying. ... I think he's in the right place for the most part, it's just sometimes his speed can catch up with him."
Jefferson was also named Player of the Week in April last year, as the Jazz made their playoff push. He previously won the award twice while with the Minnesota Timberwolves and once in Boston.
Lillard returns
Portland point guard Damian Lillard made his third appearance at EnergySolutions Arena since being drafted sixth overall last spring out of Weber State.
The likely Rookie of the Year is regularly asked about his small alma mater, but this time there was a news hook. The Wildcats, whom Lillard was never able to lead to the NCAA Tournament, will play in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament championship game Tuesday against East Carolina.
"They are having a great season," Lillard said. "I'm not surprised by it at all because I was there with those guys. When they recruited the new guys, I was there. I knew what they were capable of and I'm happy for them."
Weber State can probably expect to see a boost in visibility and recruiting not only due to advancing in the CIT, but also due to Lillard's success.
"He's been great," Corbin said. "You have to admire the guy coming from the area here, at Weber State, and having the success that he had after staying at the school for four years. ... To see him have the success coming from Weber State in the NBA does a lot for the schools in this area."


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Broncos Sign DT Sylvester Williams
Posted by Mike Rice
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos on Thursday signed rookie defensive tackle Sylvester Williams, who was selected by the club in the first round (28th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Williams (6-2, 313 pounds) started all 45 games played during his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina (2011-12) and Coffeyville Community College (2009-10). He was named a first-team All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection following his senior campaign in which his six sacks tied for the conference lead among defensive tackles.
After walking on at Coffeyville C.C. in 2009, Williams went on to open all 20 contests for the school and earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference recognition in 2010.
He played just one season of football at Jefferson City (Mo.) High School, helping lead his team to a No. 12 final ranking in the state and a Freelance Football League title. Williams was born on Nov. 21, 1988.


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One has to wonder how many great collections of recent memory came together thanks to Google. The search engine is never acknowledged in show notes, exactly, but we have to assume that it plays a major role in the modern designer's process. Take Prabal Gurung's new resort collection, for example. While recently in India and in Nepal, where he was raised, Gurung remarked upon the beauty in the sculptural decay of the garbage strewn in the streets, wondering to himself whether there was an artist out there working from that same vision? A couple of quick clicks later and he had his answer: Canadian sculptor Aaron Moran, who works in reclaimed wood, fragments of rubber, and found objects with a rigid, clean-lined precision.
The artist's rigorous geometry influenced not only Gurung's custom-made fractal prints, but the very shape of his clothes, including an electric aqua and red A-line shift with a wedge-cut hem. Likewise, his easy shift was all spliced planes, coming together seamlessly, so to speak, in a warped harlequin pattern. Riffing on those hard edges, he showed an airy peplum top with high-contrast binding paired with a slim skirt done in a digitally enhanced tropical print. "I wanted to bring together a juxtaposition of florals and severe angles," he said. "Not too cute, not too sweet."
And yet, while Moran's work provided some convenient inspiration, Gurung's look—with its bold colors, strong graphics, and exact tailoring—was truly his own, and will delight his customers of many ages and inclinations. They'll have Prabal to thank, of course, but we can also chalk up another behind-the-scenes success to Google's secret algorithm.


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This colourful region, now bisected by the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, was Cherokee Indian territory until 1785, when it was surrendered in a treaty. The county was organized in 1868; it takes its name from a Cherokee word possibly meaning "the place of springs." The Oconee nuclear generating station is located near Seneca. The Savannah River Scenic Highway runs through the southern part of the county.
Most of the farms in Oconee county are small, and eggs and cattle are the chief agricultural products. Textile products, including clothing, are the chief manufacture. Walhalla is the county seat, and Seneca is the largest town. Area 625 square miles (1,619 square km). Pop. (2000) 66,215; (2007 est.2010) 7074,753273.


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Found a photocopy from one of Jack Schaap's books at a Baptist Church website. It's one thing to hear people talking about his strangely sexualized beliefs and quite another to view them for yourself.From Faithful Word Baptist Church website.Comments open … [Read more...]
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Millipede: Part 19
by MillipedeMy story continued; The Final Straw.Spring came and with it came another problem. After having been married so long, I figured that I had seen all of the "issues" that my husband had. The disregard for his health, the laziness, the ability to let his faults put us in dire circumstances. I thought I knew them all. Evidently not.Simply put, my husband had developed an alcohol problem.To backtrack, we had never been teetotalers. Even after having gotten involved in the Patriarchy movement, we never abstained from alcohol completely. While both churches had followed a lot of Fundamentalists doctrines, neither condemned alcohol use. In fact many of our church friends … [Read more...]
Millipede: Part 18
by MillipedeI was willing to let bygones be bygones on the church issue. After all, my husband wasn't going to force the issue on me.There were other problems appearing on the horizon After such a great start following the bariatric surgery old habits were coming back . At first my husband noticed it and would make comments about how he needed to get out and do stuff. He quite going to the support group. It was during the winter and they had quit meeting for a couple of months due to the weather. When the weather got better, he claimed that the group hadn't started meeting and after that he never looked for another one. Worse, his meal portion sizes grew. It got to where the servings … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to Ellie Ponder Woman
by CaluluDear Ellie Ponder Woman– Listen Please!Several days ago I was directed to your blog by a friend and before I knew it I was drawn in. I read every entry, particularly those involving the struggles in your marriage with incidents of domestic violence. You stated that you wanted to glorify God through your postings, testify to His mercy, love, restoration and miracles. Which is fine because every blog author has their own central theme.I know from reading your comments and commenting policy page that any concerns I might post for you there will only be deleted and considered hateful attacks by the enemy. I'm not writing about this out of hate, but concern for another human b … [Read more...]
Who Was That Masked Man Part 13 – Finis
by CaluluLet's recap: Tom Smith has just spent something like nearly fifteen years meddling in my life under the guise of 'Christian Brotherhood' and we'd just left the church we attended with him for a mainstream denomination in our town. He'd led the villagers in a figurative angry mob with torches against us to try and make my husband and myself return to our old church. There was no turning back at this point....The angry emails proclaiming fire, brimstone and angry celestial judgment started to ease off till after a few years there were only a few every six months or so. The rumors getting back to me about myself were becoming very less frequent even if some of those I had … [Read more...]
Bad, Evil Psychology Helped Me
by LatebloomerGrowing up, I heard a lot of scoffing at psychology in my family, homeschooling community, and fundamentalist church. In those circles, the study and application of psychology represented a worthless human attempt to feel happier apart from God and become better without the guidance of the Bible. The anti-psychology sentiment was so strong that even building kids' self-confidence and self-esteem was derided as a "worldly" goal. There was too much "self" in the name. Real True Christian children were to be obedient and humble instead.Looking back, I definitely had the obedience thing handled; in fact, I cannot remember ever purposefully disobeying my parents, even in … [Read more...]
Millipede Part 16
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Do No Harm?
Sometimes a statement in the media really catches your attention. For me, it was the following:
"When policymakers look for new ways to add jobs to the economy, they need to remember the critical role that American coal is already playing in protecting our jobs and helping our economy. Just as the Hippocratic Oath compels doctors to "first, do no harm," so, too, must our elected and appointed officials ensure that any actions they take will not harm coal and, by extension, our nation's economy."
The statement is part of a recent article in EnergyBiz magazine by Steve Miller, President of the American Coalition of Clean Coal Electricity. The article goes on to praise the industry for cleaning up coal-fired emissions and promising that new technologies will make coal even cleaner.
What the article leaves out are the facts. The only reason that coal is now burning cleaner at all is due to EPA regulations, which the coal industry continues to fight. No matter how cleanly coal can be burnt, it still results in massive amounts of mountain top removal mining that devastates communities. The coal ash that results from burning coal is stored in impoundments that threaten communities nationwide. The list of real harms of coal to our economy and health, and the degree to which the industry opposes necessary regulations, could fill pages.
As I wrote recently on this blog, coal is unique in creating the worst cost benefit ratio of a number of polluting industries and causes up to one-half trillion dollars in damage per year to the American economy. If Mr. Miller were being honest, he would quit his day job and advocate for a shift to truly clean energy sources, since these will clearly benefit our economy the most.
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'"I know one of the things management talked about this year was getting some of the guys who are key players on the team into more of a leadership role, the guys who were coming into their prime – the Jay McKees, the Curtis Browns, Miro Satan and Chris Drury, those types of players. I've obviously viewed myself as an older player who always tried to lead by example and push younger guys and be there for them, and to get this opportunity is a great honor and I'm real excited about it."'
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I don't ask for help often, so here goes...
I've been testing out 'non-standard' usage of Ettercap with an application idea I have, but have run into a brick wall with something regarding Etterfilters:
How does one specify a _range_ or IP addresses in an Etterfilter for ip.src?
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- My filter works fine with a single IP
- It doesn't compile when a range is specified in single quotes (such as '18.104.22.168-255' or '18.104.22.168-188.8.131.52')
- The filter does compile when using double quotes (such as "220.127.116.11-5" and "188.8.131.52-188.8.131.52"), but the filter doesn't actually hit on the IP ranges specified.
Very basic testing code for the filter:
The only other idea I have would be to use 256 || operators for the range I'm actually trying to filter, such asCode:if (ip.dst == '188.8.131.52' && ip.src == "126.96.36.199-255") { msg("Test Succeeded \n"); }
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Full cast & pairs of 'Dancing with the Stars' for season 18 announced!
The full "Dancing with the Stars" cast for season 18 was announced "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.
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Danica McKellar, Cody Simpson, Billy Dee Williams, Diana Nyad, NeNe Leakes, James Maslow, Sean Avery, Drew Carey, Candace Cameron-Bure, Charlie White, Meryl Davis, and Amy Purdy.
The cast's dancing partners were also announced (see below). New host Erin Andrews made the announcements with co-host Tom Bergeron. Andrews is replacing Brooke Burke, who was recently fired from the show.
Season 18 of "Dancing with the Stars" premieres on March 17.
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By Capt. Bill Pike
Hey Mars? Venus Calling!
|The following exegesis is going to get me into a whole pile of trouble, but what the heck!
Maybe it's because--to my total surprise--I'm getting a little long in the tooth. Or maybe it's because spending half a century on the water virtually guarantees a guy's gonna have at least something worth contributing to the sum of all seafaring knowledge and expertise. But one way or the other, with increasing frequency these days, I find myself teaching folks how to tie knots and do other useful, marine-related odds and ends.
It's fun mostly. There's something both enjoyable and inspirational about passing knowledge along to other people and seeing how much they appreciate it. And trust me, they do appreciate it. The smile that materializes after they've successfully tied their first bowline is exactly the same whether it appears on the rough, tough visage of an old, retired Air Force pilot or the open, expectant face of a little eight-year-old girl.
But every now and again, something happens in one of my little sessions that's not so dang groovy, something indicative of a marine scene that's still a little goofed up--occasionally a whole helluva lot goofed up. Take, for example, a few weeks ago, when I was showing a group of retired folks gathered at a local marina how to properly coil and throw a mooring line from the foredeck of a boat. The class was mostly comprised of women, many with substantial time afloat. While it was plain that all of them were enjoying either developing new skills or honing existing ones they believed would improve their waterborne lot in life, it was also plain they all had a common beef--their husbands.
Now, get ready for this, ladies! I'm going to say something here that may tick you off, but it's absolutely true, and if you don't think so, drop me a line and tell me about it. The vast majority of people who actually operate recreational powerboats these days are men! Oh I'll admit, there are women out there who operate boats--a woman-friend of mine is a delivery skipper and expert boat handler, as a matter of fact. Another manages a large and prosperous marina, and she's an expert boat handler, too. But by and large, in this supposedly liberated era, way more women are standing on the foredeck holding a mooring line during a docking maneuver than are at the controls on the flying bridge. And it's on the foredeck that the common beef I just mentioned arises. What is it?
Men yell at their wives! In fact, they yell with such frequency during docking and other close-quarters maneuvering situations that I've simply come to expect complaints on this score from just about every long-suffering female significant other who serves, or who's ever served, as a deckhand. Moreover, although I hate to admit it, I was once guilty of this sort of tawdry behavior myself. An incident in a harbor town on Long Island Sound many years ago engendered such acrimony between my wife on the foredeck and me on the bridge that it still figures as one of the absolute rock-bottom low points of our entire marriage.
Next page > Part 2: Yours truly made an absolute fool of himself and his wife. > Page 1, 2
This article originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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When I see the words 'Dream Team' I think of MJ, Bird and magic.
Good Work to everyone working so hard to make this possible.
I hope 4S/iPad 2 jailbreak comes out soon.
Sunday Funday?
Of course. I was forgetting it uses the same exploit - which makes you wonder why they revealed it with the (relatively unpopular) tethered JB.
Surely, it would be better to wait to release the untethered JB - thereby maximising the JB'ing window.
Apple rarely release FW updates without releasing beta's to app developers - which can take several months.


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'Miller held his first major off-ice event Tuesday night. "Catwalk for Charity" raised money for the Miller's Steadfast Foundation that supports kids fighting serious illnesses. The night featured live music, a live auction during which Miller's mask sold for an amazing $55,000, and a fashion show featuring all of Miller's teammates.'
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence are joining Chris Rock in a remake of the ensemble comedy "Death at a Funeral."
Also joining the cast are Loretta Devine, Ron Glass, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, James Marsden, Zoe Saldana and Columbus Short.
Neil LaBute is directing the Screen Games release in which a funeral turns into a debacle of misplaced cadavers and family secrets. When things can't get any worse, a man arrives saying he's the dead man's gay lover and threatens blackmail.
The original 2007 film was directed by Frank Oz and set in Britain.
For Morgan the deal marks a continued push into movies and building on the work he does in "30 Rock"; the actor recently signed on to star opposite Bruce Willis in the buddy action-comedy "A Couple of Cops," which Kevin Smith just signed on to direct. Lawrence last appeared in "College Road Trip."
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GSA Procurement Practices
Good afternoon Chairman Coburn, Ranking Member Carper and other distinguished members of the committee. I am Emily Murphy, Chief Acquisition Officer of the General Services Administration (GSA). Thank you for inviting me here today to testify on GSA's procurement practices and how we at GSA are doing our best to ensure the taxpayer is getting the best deal possible in the procurement process.
GSA's mission is to help Federal agencies better serve the public by offering, at best value, superior workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services, and management policies. As Administrator Perry said, "Excellence in acquisition is a top priority at GSA. There is nothing more important than providing acquisition services to our federal agency customers in a way that delivers best value to support the achievement of their missions of service to the American people, while adhering strictly to federal acquisition policies, regulations and best practices."
GSA's mission and achievements are very important to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal government, and that we make a difference in the process of delivering good government services, and to the well-being of people who live in this country. It is through the dedication, effort and expertise of GSA associates in every Region, every Service and every Office that we are continuing to make good progress in rising to the challenge of providing our customer agencies with the excellent acquisition services they need to achieve their missions of service to the American people at the best value to the taxpayer.
GSA is the premier acquisition agency of the Federal government. The Agency is directly involved with or supporting the process of entering into contracts on behalf of our customer agencies to assist them in acquiring the products and services they need relating to their workspace and workplace solutions.
President Bush's Management Agenda calls on GSA and all Federal agencies to improve their performance in providing services through the use of good management practices. In response to the President's call, GSA has established a rigorous performance management process. Through the use of this process we are becoming much more focused on understanding our customer requirements. Based on those requirements, we are setting challenging, customer-focused goals and detailed action plans necessary to achieve these goals.
We are achieving good results and our customer satisfaction scores are rising. For example, we have made major improvements in managing our federal building assets. Agencies see the improvements in the quality of their workspaces and our tenant satisfaction scores have increased from 81% to 89% being highly satisfied. Additionally, we have cut the number of underutilized and non-performing assets in half and increased the percentage of financially performing assets from 36% to 50%. In so doing, we eliminated 2.2 million sq. ft. of vacant space and achieved a cost avoidance of $207 million in capital reinvestment needs.
We are putting National Broker Contracts in place to leverage our capacity to handle lease procurements. Our long distance telecommunication contracts have saved the government 705 million dollars last year alone due to negotiated rates being below commercial pricing. Additional agencies are coming on board as they realize GSA's contracts provide the best value available.
Our schedule contract vehicles provide agencies with a streamlined approach to acquisitions. This adds value and as a result, their utilization has increased to a projected $40 billion this fiscal year. At the same time that agency utilization is increasing, GSA efficiencies have resulted in a 25% reduction in the cost recovery fee for the GSA Multiple Awards Schedule Program -- from 1% to 0.75%.
Our vehicle acquisition and leasing program are good examples of how GSA provides best value. We acquire vehicles for 33% below commercial pricing and GSA lease rates for vehicles are 32% below commercial lease rates.
Mr. Chairman, I know the committee is interested in GSA's fee structure and while I am not an expert on the matter I will discuss this briefly.
Currently at GSA, FTS, FSS and PBS operate under revolving fund authority. As you are aware, this is different from most Federal agencies that operate with appropriated funding. GSA is authorized to operate revolving funds under specific statutory authority requiring the revolving funds to fully recover all costs for program and operations in their estimated fee rates. These costs include direct costs, such as labor and materials, and indirect costs, such as rent and support services. These fee rates are charged to Federal agencies for space, services and commodities rendered. The fee structures in the various GSA revolving funds are constantly evaluated for adjustment.
Both the General Supply and the Information Technology revolving funds recover costs to GSA for the services and supplies they provide the customer through full cost recovery. For the IT fund, rates are established consistent with the Cost and Capital Requirements Plan (as approved by OMB). A capital reserve provides financing for capital investments and program costs that are one-time or non-recurring in nature, allowing for more stable rates for services. The General Supply Fund also sets appropriate rates based on projections with any additional earnings in excess of expenses and reserve requirements are returned to Treasury
The Federal Buildings Fund (FBF) is an intragovernmental revolving fund that finances PBS real property management and real property related activities. The FBF is financed in large part by income from rental charges assessed occupants of GSA-controlled space (the charges approximate commercial rates) as well as some appropriated funds, typically in the case of new construction. The FBF is subject to annual enactment of new obligation authority by Congress and any balance of the revenue not authorized for use in a particular year remains in the Fund until authorized for use in future appropriation acts.
Frequently GSA's fees are compared to costs associated with other government-wide procurement vehicles. However, based upon GAO's July 2002 report on Contract Management Fees, it was determined that other agency's GWACs and franchise funds do not include all direct and indirect costs (i.e., NASA excludes costs for rent/utilities and NIH excludes costs for support services). Accordingly, this difference makes any comparison of GSA's fees to other agency's fees inequitable.
Of course, some of GSA's performance measures show the need for improvement. For example, while the percentage of construction projects completed on time and on budget is high, we still have some projects which are not on time or on budget. We are taking aggressive corrective action in these cases.
One of the big issues we have been addressing recently is the need to accomplish acquisitions in full compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, GSA policies and best practices. When we found instances of non-compliance, we did the right thing by asking the GSA Inspector General to conduct a nationwide review. Again, we addressed the issue directly and took the necessary corrective action to "Get It Right."
People out there really do rely on the quality of GSA services to make a difference in their organization, and in their ability to deliver excellent government services to the American people.
Excellence in acquisition is the top priority for GSA. Conducting acquisitions the right way is critical to everyone.
The "Get It Right" Plan demonstrates GSA's strong commitment to the proper use of GSA contracting vehicles and services in order to be in full compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and best practices. The "Get It Right" Plan will improve the federal acquisition process, thereby allowing agencies to obtain best value when acquiring products and services needed to accomplish their missions.
The five major objectives of the "Get It Right" Plan are to:
- Secure the best value for federal agencies and American taxpayers through an efficient and effective acquisition process, while ensuring full and open competition, and instilling integrity and transparency in the use of GSA contracting vehicles.
- Make acquisition policies, regulations and procedures clear and explicit.
- Improve education/training of the federal acquisition workforce on the proper use of GSA contracting vehicles and services.
- Ensure compliance with federal acquisition policies, regulations and procedures. Non-compliance is unacceptable!
- Communicate with the acquisition community, including agencies, industry partners, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress, and other stakeholders, regarding the use of GSA contracting vehicles and services.
We're making good progress on this initiative and strengthening our ability to get the best value for the taxpayer. We've traveled to our regions to meet personally with the contracting officers and talk about the Get It Right plan, making the Deputy Administrator or Chief of Staff and the Chief Acquisition Officer or Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer available to answer questions. We've updated policy guidance on doing business with other agencies, increasing the use of competition in the procurement process and raising our own goals for competitive contracting, including small businesses in acquisition strategies and the use of small businesses to achieve socio-economic goals, and we've clarified how to account for other direct costs when ordering from the schedule.
To ensure we're doing things right, we're working closely with our Inspector General's office in reviewing our procurements and developing and providing appropriate guidance for contracting officers out in the field. Additionally, my office has been traveling to each of the regions conducting Program Management Reviews, working with the region to review contracting actions and provide constructive suggestions on how we can be better.
Our workforce will be better prepared through our efforts to provide them with better training. We've begun a thorough assessment of our acquisition workforce as to whether they have the skills needed to "Get It Right" and obtain the best value for the taxpayer as well as our customers. We've updated several of our course offerings, and are working with the Defense Acquisition University on joint training opportunities and a standard curriculum for all government contracting professionals. My office has instituted an "Ask Acquisition" website dedicated to answering questions from contracting officers in the field relating to their work.
President Bush has made improving government performance one of his top priorities. The "Get It Right" Plan is a major step toward achieving excellence in the Federal acquisition process.
The efficient and effective operation of the Federal acquisition process is critical to the performance of each agency of our Federal government and, therefore, critical to our nation. The "Get It Right" Plan calls upon every person who is a part of the Federal acquisition community to focus on proper use of GSA contracting vehicles and to improve the overall performance of the Federal acquisition process.
In February, GAO released a report on GSA's multiple award contracts (MAC) and the opportunities available to make sure GSA is getting the best value for its services. GAO's audit findings were very closely tied to the results of our own internal contract quality reviews. Our reviews found that documenting the contract files was a weakness that needed to be addressed. Immediately after the GSA commented on the draft of the GAO Report, GSA conducted a complete price verification of all 62 contracts identified in the report as lacking the documentation needed to clearly establish that the best price objectives were negotiated." We found that, in 93 percent of the cases in question, GSA had negotiated and received excellent prices equal to or better than the offerors' Most Favored Customer (MFC) prices. Typically, the discounts over MFC pricing were significant and included an Free On Board (FOB) Destination delivery requirement, saving Government customers additional freight charges. Even in the four instances where clear quantification of discounts over MFC pricing was not feasible, price-related factors such as delivery terms and flat discounts were traded-off, strongly indicating that fair and reasonable prices were negotiated.
Also in the report GAO touched on the use of pre and post award audits on Multiple Award Schedule contracts. I think it is important to mention that an internal working group with GSA's Office of Inspector General has been put in place and is working to improve the audit process both in terms of numbers and coordination between the Agency and the Inspector General. While the number of audits has dropped over the past 10 years, there has been a steady increase in the number of audits over the last three years. We've gone from approximately 14 pre-award audits in FY2003, to 40 in FY 2004, to a goal of approximately 70 for this fiscal year and are working with the IG to continue this growth trend in FY 2006. The goal of this process is to reach a certain dollar level of audit coverage each year to determine whether GSA is obtaining reasonable pricing across its contracting vehicles.
As you are aware, Mr.. Chairman, GSA is looking into the issue of post award audits of contracts to see how they can assist the Agency in continuing its efforts to obtain the best value, having issued an advanced notice of proposed rule in April to solicit comments from interested parties. The comment period has closed and we are reviewing all of the comments we have received thus far to decide the best course of action going forward. It should be noted that we still have audit rights to determine contract compliance, just not the right post award to go back and audit pre award negotiation information submitted by the contractor. While we do not currently include post award audit rights in the contracts, we indicated we would increase the number of pre award audits which is finally now happening as mentioned earlier.
As a result of our reviews we have developed a new course aimed at improving documentation entitled, "Building on Acquisition Excellence Workshop." The course was developed in response to the findings expressed in two separate internal reviews of contracts award processes.
Those reviews were the Contract Quality Review and the
Special Order/Stock Program Review. Each review indicated the need for more GSA/FSS internal associate training to encourage consistency in awarding contracts across all business lines.
This 2-day course is now available to all GSA/FSS contracting associates nationwide. The first class is scheduled for August 2-3, 2005 in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Sixteen Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) can be earned and credited towards the 80 CLPs required every two years of the contracting (1102) series.
Finally, we have made the pre-negotiation panels GAO recommended in their February 2005 report mandatory and have already revised our program operating procedures to require reports on pre-negotiation clearance panels. The reports of these panels will then be used to assess progress in the effectiveness of negotiations and will be an opportunity to share best practices.
The acquisition officials at GSA and throughout government take seriously our roles and responsibilities in order to achieve excellence in the Federal acquisition process. We take seriously the trust placed in us by Federal agencies that rely on our acquisition expertise to obtain best value. We must fulfill our missions while complying with Federal acquisition policies and regulations that promote full and open competition. We must adhere to the high principles of ethics and integrity. We must take seriously our professionalism and our accountability to our customer agencies, OMB, Congress and, most importantly, to the American taxpayers. The "Get It Right" Plan is designed to assist the acquisition community in achieving these results.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to testify before you here today. I look forward to working with the committee as we continue in our efforts to get the best deal for the taxpayer. I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.


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Joined: 17 Dec 2002
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 6:01 pm
Post subject: FRS radios
I just bought a pair of Talkabout radios for Perrine and me--does anybody else use them? I tried a search on the forums to find out if there is a particular channel agreed upon for Geocaching use, but didn't have too much luck--I think it's narrowed down to channel 2 or channel 4. Anyhow, I've got both of ours on channel 2, sub-channel 0, and we're going to use this while caching.
There comes a time in every young boy's life when he gets an irresistible urge to seek buried treasure.--Mark Twain
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 9:40 pm
Post subject: FRS
The official channel for geocaching (as listed on the FAQ page) is channel 2 as the primary and 12 as the alternate.
Paul and I have taken our talkabouts geocaching when we were first starting out and have never heard anyone on them (except for 'chatter'). Now I guess we will have to dust them off again and hail you two in St. Paul next time we get down that way.
I would be interested to know how many Geocachers still have a CB radio? (hey - I'm old, gimme a break) We could set a standard channel for that - that might be fun on Saturdays or something.
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 9:51 pm
Post subject: FRS Radios
I've been using the Motorola Talk-Abouts for years. Specifically when we're out riding on our ATVs. They really make it easy to make sure everyone in the group makes the proper choice at intersections.
I've never considered using them for GeoCaching but I suppose if you're working as a team they could come in handy. We really got good use out of them when were at ValleyFair. My son (the A-Bomb) and I went one way with a radio and my wife and daughter went another way with the other radio. It sure made finding each other a lot easier. I suppose they might come in handy at HugeDale (Mall of America by its given name) if we ever went there....
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 7:42 am
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Jillibean and I have some that we've used for paintball and long car trips with multiple vehicles. We'll pull ours out of storage as well. See you on chanel 2!
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 10:20 am
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Ok, bringing this thread back. I gotta question for you folks with FRS/GMRS radios. Mainly on the GMRS license if any of you have it. It says it is a family license. Does that mean if I get the license my dad can use that license? My dad has a gmrs/frs motorola pair. He doesn't really need the gmrs part but I am just curious. I might be getting one as I've think I am going to get hooked into Airsoft (www.airsoftretreat.com,
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:26 am
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I've got a GMRS radio, but don't care to spend the 75 bucks to "legally" use it, not to mention, no one else I know has one, so why should I bother?
Anyways, I do monitor on GMRS once in a while to see if the radio traffic is different, barely ever hear anyone on it anyways. My best guess on the family license is that it should include any of the family, hence "Family License", but who knows, I'd check the official usage rules out with the FCC, they probably have them all online.
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:48 am
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I've read the FCC site, now it's just making sense of the legal talk.
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:32 pm
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Sorry to revive an old thread, but it doesn't make sense to make a new one:
I'm now considering picking up a pair of radios. There are some newer ones on the market since this thread died off... any recommendations on inexpensive yet quality models?
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:05 pm
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I used to sell FRS/GMRS Radios a while back. I would only reccomend NOT buying Midland Brand. They generally advertize much farther usage range then customers actually get. When I was on the sales floor, I probably talked to someone every other day who was unhappy with their Midland. On another note: Motorola, and Cobra are manufactured in the same facility! Generally, Motorola are the "nice" radios, but spendy. I use a nice set of Cobras and have never had problems. They advertize 10 miles, and as long as my battery power is above half, I can usually get it. Keep in mind that the mileage is based soley on #1 perfect atmospheric conditions! #2 good battery power. #3 Direct line of sight. If you have problems with mileage, it is generally due to the air itself. Radios work great in Winter, but of course the batteries die quickly. Oh well. I would reccomend buying Cobra myself. Don't waste money on the name "Motorola"...
As far as the FCC licence goes. We generally told people about it, but brushed it off. It is in fact "Illegal" but isn't policed at all. Keep in mind though that it is only required for the FMS channels. If you stay on channel 2, you will not legally need the FCC licence. I personally had to get the licence for flying, since it is required for international flight. To be honest, I'm not even sure where it is, and couldn't provide it if I were out caching with radios, and was stopped...
CB Radios! Heck yeah! I got my Arkansas Cellphone mounted right into my dash! I bought a little cheapy one that doesn't push much wattage, but works for my purpose. I only purchased it because of the small size. I was able to remove my ashtray (which I don't and will never use - DON'T SMOKE, IT KILLS YOU!!!) and my CB fit right in the open slot!
Good times good times...
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:32 pm
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Thanks for the feedback!!!
I got a Motorola T6250.
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:01 pm
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I got a Motorola T6250.
Just one?!
...formerly 'dachebo'.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:04 am
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SirPoonga wrote:
Ok, bringing this thread back. I gotta question for you folks with FRS/GMRS radios. Mainly on the GMRS license if any of you have it. It says it is a family license. Does that mean if I get the license my dad can use that license?
I know that others on this thread have said that the FCC doesn't police the GMRS channels for unlicensed activity, and that's probably true, but there are GMRS repeater owners who do monitor these channels, and they've been known to turn in people who use them unlicensed. Just something to be aware of.
If you don't want to take a chance, use radios that only utilize the FRS channels, not combination FRS/GMRS radios.
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:37 am
Post subject: Cost & Performance
I saw a reference to the cost of the GMRS license...$75...but just wanted to clarify that the license is good for 5 years, so that comes out to $15/year. It is a family license so if you have 4 in your family it comes out to $3.75/person/year. Besides, then you get to use your cool new call sign. I myself dont' have a GMRS license as I decided I don't use the radios enough to warrant it, and when I do I use the FRS frequencies. BTW, 7 of the FRS frequencies are shared with GMRS.
I'd ignore any claims of range on the packaging of the FRS/GMRS radios. you won't see that range on the best day.
From my experience you're lucky to get a 1/4 mile from car to car. Outside I've gotten maybe a mile of range, but no where near the 3 to 7 miles that the marketing departments claim. 1/2 mile is typical in wood areas. To get better performance, get one with a longer antenna. I've seen little difference between the 0.5 watt FRS models and the 2.0 watt FRS/GMRS models.
These are great, and cheap, little tools though.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:39 pm
Post subject: Multi-Use Radio Service
Just a thought on another option.
In the fall of 2000 the FCC created a new license free VHF Citizen Band Radio Service. This new service is commonly referred to as the Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS). Initially, MURS radios can have 5 channels in the 151.820 to 154.600 MHz frequency range with 2 watts of transmitter power. Unlike the Family Radio Service (FRS) with its limited 1/2 watt output and fixed antennas, MURS applications may use external antennas and can be supplied in mobile, handheld and base configurations. For those unaware of frequency allocations, the MURS frequencies skirt those that are currently used by the professional (licensed) business band radio services.
The MURS transmitter channel frequencies are
151.820 MHz,
151.880 MHz,
151.940 MHz,
154.570 MHz,
154.600 MHz.
These are the radio shack "blue dot" and "red dot" walkie talkies.
Urls are self explanitory.
APRS: Combining Hamradio with a GPSr.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:54 pm
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Hey 27,
Thanks for that input; I completely forgot about MURS! MURS is a good, but still little-known service that is available to the public. I think the main drawback to MURS usage at this point is that few places carry the radios. They're also pricey compared to the bubble-pack models. I hope that more people start using MURS and cause more retailers to start stocking them, which will also hopefully drive down the prices.
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