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How do i get a mobile website made for my website, as my website is currently too heavy to be properly displayed on mobile devices. I fear that i might lose out on a lot of customers since i am based in netherlands and mobile companies typically have a download limit here. Please advice.
One method is to develop a mobile site using something like jQuery.
Another method would be to change your present website into a responsive design such that is will adapt itself in various display sizes.
Hi Phill242. Welcome to the forums.
There are various options, such as adding in extra styles for mobile devices, as PromptSpace said. But that can be unwieldy, especially for large, established sites. Another option is to build a new, mobile-friendly version of your site and redirect mobile devices thither. That could be expensive, though. As a fall back, there are some sites that provide tools for you to knock up your own mobile version of your site that is targeted to mobile devices. This might be a good option for you, at least in the short term, if you want to save time and money. A few examples are:
Instead of building a mobile site I have instead just made sure that everything gracefully degrades in mobile phones with no flash, screen size variations and etc. Very soon more people will surf with mobiles/tablets than with desktops. So you are in essence providing a less functional website to the majority of your users if you provide a mobile website.
Use DudaMobile to set up a mobile site. It's super simple
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October is 18th annual South Carolina Archaeology Month
Tapping into South Carolinians love for history, the 18th annual South Carolina Archaeology Month has a series of community events and programs throughout the state during the month of October.
University of South Carolina staff members in the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) are working with the state's archaeological community to offer the events that will bring the state's past to life for children and adults. Many of the events are held at historic sites, museums, state parks, plantations and cultural centers around the state.
This year's theme is "Expressions of African American Culture." A complete list of S.C. Archeology Month events is available on the SCIAA Web site -- www.cas.sc.edu/sciaa -- and at the Archaeology Society of South Carolina's Web site: www.assc.net.
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South Carolina Archaeology Month is one way SCIAA works to build regional and public support for the preservation of Native American, African, European and other heritages in South Carolina. Each year, a large and colorful poster is printed that depicts the theme and provides educational information on the back. The posters are free and available at the SCIAA offices at 1321 Pendleton Street.
SCIAA, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, was established in 1963 as a University of South Carolina research institute and a cultural-resource management agency for the state of South Carolina.
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If you've been watching the news, you've probably heard that America is going to crumble into the sea in a couple days if the sequester spending cuts go into effect. No less than the President Of The United States has been leading the death knell, as he describes the plagues that will beset our once strong republic should the 2.4% sequester spending cuts ($85 billion for FY2013) be implemented. For prespective, that $85 billion cut would come out of a bloated $3.8 trillion federal spending budget.
Po' big gubmint. Barely gots two nickels to rub together. Hand me dat blues harp.
Even though the 1999-2007 housing bubble and subsequent housing meltdown/financial crisis/recession was a monument to government stupidity and interference in the market, the statist backlash from it was a call for yet more government interference (and likely more stupidity) in the market. This is somewhat akin to hiring Charles Ponzi to fix your financial portfolio, but this is how statists roll. When their interference fails, they think they just haven't interfered enough. To illustrate the point, the aftermath congressional legislation to allegedly fix our financial situation was championed by Barney Frank (D-VT) and Chris Dodd (D-CT), two guys who were up to their eyeballs in the original housing mess, two guys who headed their respective banking committees in the House and Senate as the problem grew, two guys who denied there was a problem until the whole thing blew up in their faces, two guys who then blamed everyone but themselves. Then those same two foxes were charged with guarding the new legislative henhouse. Go figure. Their incompetence was rewarded with more responsibility. You couldn't make this stuff up, nobody would believe it.
Here's the best one-paragraph summation of what caused the housing problem that I've read, from the American Enterprise Institute:
Total government revenue (all levels of government combined) comprises 32.29% of the nation's entire GDP. In simple terms, this means that for every dollar spent or invested, the government takes about 33 cents, one third. That sounds like an awful lot of our hard-earned money going to the government to me, far too much really, but liberals like Pelosi keep telling us the government doesn't have enough revenue. How is that possible ? It sounds crazy, given all the money the government takes from us already.
The alleged revenue shortage is possible because total government spending comprises 41.38% of GDP. Doesn't this make it obvious that the deficit/debt problem lies with too much spending, not a lack of revenue ? It should. Total government spending thus far this year comes to $6.46 trillion and counting. It seems like that should be enough to fix our bridges, but I guess not, according to Obama's State Of The Union (SOTU) address.
Massive debt, high unemployment, rising prices, falling wages, the loss of our manufacturing base, increasing government dependency, unsustainable entitlements....President Obama mentioned some of these things in his State Of The Union address, but I didn't hear much in the way of serious solutions. Instead, I heard the same old "tax the rich" mentality, along with suggestions that the federal government jack up spending, er, I mean, "investing" on practically every issue Obama raised. After saying "the American people don't expect government to solve every problem", Obama recommended more government as the answer to virtually every issue he raised.
A couple months ago, I went to see Steven Spielberg's movie, Lincoln. It took place during the last months of the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln was trying to get the 13th Amendment to the Constitution passed by Congress in order to outlaw slavery. In the movie, two main principles were elicited that prohibited slavery. They are foundational American principles:
1. Freedom
"I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year." - Barack Obama, 2008 (link)
Since our illustrious President made the above promise, health insurance premiums have increased by an average of over $3,000.
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed." - President Obama, in the third presidential debate, Oct. 22, 2012
The Washington Post Fact Checker gave Obama four Pinocchios for the above whopper. It WAS the White House that proposed the sequester as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, and it was enacted into law. For those of you who don't know what the sequester is, it is a round of automatic spending cuts that will take place on March 1st if Congress doesn't act to implement it's own targeted spending cuts. True to form, Congress has not acted, which is why the sequester is looming. To be more specific, it is the Democrat-led Senate that has not acted. The Republican-led House has passed two bills to avoid the sequester. The Senate has become the place where budget proposals go to die. You're doing a heckuva job, Harry !!! Or not.
When President Bush waterboarded three members of Al Qaida after 9/11 to extract information about future Al Qaida activities, Barack Obama disagreed. Here's what Obama said about waterboarding:
"Waterboarding violates our ideals and our values. I do believe that it is torture. I don't think that's just my opinion; that's the opinion of many who've examined the topic. And that's why I put an end to these practices. I am absolutely convinced it was the right thing to do — not because there might not have been information that was yielded by these various detainees who were subjected to this treatment, but because we could have gotten this information in other ways, in ways that were consistent with our values, in ways that were consistent with who we are."
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Allstate Sugar Bowl to Sponsor Bleu Devil Basketball Classic
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Allstate Sugar Bowl will sponsor the 2012 Bleu Devil Classic, a collegiate basketball doubleheader slated for this Saturday, Feb. 25 on the Battlefield in Dent Hall, Dillard University's home gym. The Classic features longtime New Orleans, HBCU and Gulf Coast Athletic Conference rivals Dillard University and Xavier University. The event tips off with the women's teams playing at 5 p.m., followed by the men's game at 7 p.m.


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Gout is a type of arthritis that occurs when too much uric acid builds up in the body, causing crystals to form in joints, and joints to become inflamed and painful. It can be hereditary or the result of another condition. Gout usually affects men over 40 with a family history of gout, but it can occur at any time and also affects women, especially after menopause. Excessive intake of food and alcohol, surgery, infection, physical or emotional stress, or the use of certain drugs can lead to the development of gout symptoms.
The body produces too much uric acid, doesn't excrete enough uric acid, or both, so that the acid accumulates in tissues in the form of needle like crystals that cause pain. Uric acid is formed when the body digests purines, compounds found in some foods and beverages, including dried beans, liver, wine, and beer. Gout generally occurs because of a predisposition to the condition, but it can result from blood disorders or cancers, such as leukemia, or the use of certain drugs. Risk factors include:
Your health care provider will examine the affected joint, evaluate your pain, and may ask if there is any history of gout in your family. Your health care provider may take a sample of fluid from the affected joint, draw blood for a blood test, or take x-rays to rule out other possibilities.
Your health care provider may give you ibuprofen or another nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to help with the pain and swelling. You must avoid alcohol and foods that trigger your attacks. Besides NSAIDs, you may receive other drugs. Colchicine can help treat an acute attack and prevent future attacks but has serious side effects. Corticosteroids, corticotropin and intra-articular corticosteroids are also used, particularly in patients who have contraindications to NSAIDs and colchicine. Most rheumatologists use combination therapy to treat acute gout. In a patient without complications, NSAIDs are the preferred therapy. These drugs help control gout but do not cure it.
A combination of therapies can be very effective at decreasing both the length and frequency of attacks. When choosing complementary and alternative therapies for gout treatment, it is best to work with a knowledgeable provider. Herbs and supplements that may be beneficial for some people, may be harmful for others.
These nutritional tips may help reduce symptoms:
You may address nutritional deficiencies with the following supplements:
Avoid taking extra niacin and vitamin A. Both may play a role in some attacks of gout.
Herbs are generally a safe way to strengthen and tone the body's systems. As with any therapy, you should work with your health care provider before starting any treatment. You may use herbs as dried extracts (capsules, powders, teas), glycerites (glycerine extracts), or tinctures (alcohol extracts). Unless otherwise indicated, make teas with 1 tsp. herb per cup of hot water. Steep covered 5 - 10 minutes for leaf or flowers, and 10 - 20 minutes for roots. Drink 2 - 4 cups per day. You may use tinctures alone or in combination as noted.
Acupuncture may help manage pain associated with gout.
Although few studies have examined the effectiveness of specific homeopathic therapies, professional homeopaths may consider the following remedies for the treatment of gout symptoms (such as pain and inflamation) based on their knowledge and experience. Before prescribing a remedy, homeopaths take into account your constitutional type -- your physical, emotional, and psychological makeup. An experienced homeopath assesses all of these factors when determining the most appropriate treatment for you individually.
Some of the most common remedies used for gout are listed below. A common dose is 3 - 5 pellets of a 12X to 30C remedy every 1 - 4 hours until your symptoms improve.
Nettle tea compress, applied externally. Use 1 - 2 tsp. per cup of hot water.
If you have had several attacks and the joint is damaged, your health care provider may refer you to an orthopedic specialist.
People who have had gout have an increased risk of developing kidney stones, high blood pressure, kidney disease, diabetes, high levels of triglycerides, and atherosclerosis.
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CHICAGO -- The National Automatic Merchandising Association has announced the addition of a panel session on micromarket operations to the educational curriculum at the upcoming Coffee, Tea & Water conference. The event is set for the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN, Nov. 12-14.
The micromarket panel will be moderated by Vistar sales and marketing vice-president Terry Touchton, who will review the hot and iced beverage options presently available to operators of micromarkets. His panelists will consist of micromarket operators, who will describe their experiences and field audience questions.
NAMA noted that a study conducted earlier this year by Bachtelle & Associates found that micromarket installations in the U.S. increased by 170% from 2011 to 2012, and projected that there will be 35,000 micromarkets on location within a decade. | SEE STORY
"Micromarket operators have said that managing the hot and iced beverage program is one of their biggest challenges," said Roger Stewart, NAMA's director of coffee and water service. "I think this panel is beneficial for operators who have micromarkets, as well as anyone interested in this new revenue opportunity."
Stewart added that NAMA has made a substantial commitment to micromarkets. Not only was the topic explored thoroughly at this year's OneShow, but a series of micromarket operational seminars is rolling out across the country. The fourth of these will be held in Las Vegas on Jan. 23-24 at the Mandalay Bay hotel.
This year's NAMA Coffee, Tea & Water conference again will be collocated with the International Bottled Water Association's Annual Business Conference and Trade Show (Nov. 11-15).
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US Small Business Administration Opens SA Office to Help Flood Victims
On Thursday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) set up their 'Disaster Loan Outreach Center' in a temporary office in the San Antonio Central Library.
The SBA is offering low-interest federal disaster loans to Texas residents and business owners affected by the severe weather and flooding that occurred in Bexar County on May 25 to May 27, 2013.
"We know that a loan is not a good fit for everyone but it is a good resource for people who don't have any insurance and any other way to fix their property or get it replaced," said public information officer for the SBA, Yolanda Stokes.
SBA assistance is available in the following Texas Counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina and Wilson.
"Roughly a little less than 300 hundred homes were affected by the floods and approximately 10 businesses were affected," Stokes said. "We anticipate a pretty good stream of people coming in the next few weeks."
The Center will run weekdays and officially close July 2, but if needed the SBA will extend their time in San Antonio to make sure everyone wanting to take advantage of a disaster loan is serviced, Stokes said.
"The positive is that it's a low interest disaster loan for homeowners," she said. "Another benefit is that the payment can be structured such that the term could be up to 30 years."
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Indians unearth safe during renovation01/31/2013 8:06 PM ET
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com
The well-known baseball phrase "safe at home" took on a new meaning for the Spokane Indians earlier this month when construction crews discovered a vintage floor safe hidden within their long-time home of Avista Stadium.
The unexpected find can be attributed to a $3 million renovation project currently taking place at the 55-year-old facility. Workers were in the midst of redoing the concrete floor of the team's administrative building when they discovered a circular metal cap beneath a file folder, which itself had been completely obscured by carpeting. The cap was removed, and beneath it lay a dial safe made by the Los Angeles-based Gary Safe Company.
But as for what's in the safe? That remains a mystery, and probably will do so for quite some time. Otto Klein, the Indians' senior vice president, says that there are currently no plans to bring in a local safe cracker in order to see what treasure (if any) is contained therein.
"Maybe down the line we'll do something locally, where we can get the media involved," he said. "Or maybe it'll just be a private thing. There's part of me that definitely wants to open it up, and part that doesn't. It's the mystery that's intriguing."
Regardless of whether it is opened or not, the safe will not be carpeted over once the renovations are complete for the Rangers' short-season affiliate. Klein calls it a "history piece" that will help remind the community of Avista Stadium's long-standing place within it. The facility opened in 1958 -- hosting the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate after that franchise made the move westward from Brooklyn -- and Klein speculates that the safe dates to this era of Spokane baseball history.
"We're hoping this has something to do with the Dodgers," he said. "When Tommy Lasorda was here he managed the greatest Minor League team of the '70s."
That would be the 1970 Spokane Indians, which featured the likes of Steve Garvey, Bill Buckner, Charlie Hough, Doyle Alexander and even future big league skipper Bobby Valentine. While it's fun to imagine that the safe contains Lasorda's secret family recipes, Garvey's favorite pair of mustache clippers and Charlie Hough's top-secret dissertation on how to master the knuckle ball, the truth is almost certainly far more pedestrian. Klein, noting the safe's cylindrical tube shape, notes that it may have been used for something as humdrum as petty cash storage.
"This whole thing could turn out to be anti-climactic," he conceded. "But it's still a neat baseball story."


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ONTARIO - The near-century-old Ontario-Montclair YMCA will close its doors next week, plagued by facilities that haven't kept up with the times as well as a shortage of money.
Two years ago, the Y at North Laurel Avenue and West C Street ran a $52,000 deficit. Last year, the shortfall was $140,000.
Membership had dropped from 744 to 575 in three years.
"We were spending more than we were bringing in, and toward the end of the year, we needed to do something to stop the bleeding," said Tim Walborn, West End YMCA's branch director.
An announcement about the closure was made Jan. 7. The facility will close by the end of next week.
Debra Anderson, president/CEO of the West End YMCA, said membership at other West End YMCAs - such as fitness and membership facilities in Chino and Upland - has been strong.
However, Ontario wasn't built to be a membership type of fitness facility, it was built 60 years ago for "whatever was necessary at that time," Anderson said.
Upland has an indoor soccer field, large fitness area and a full gymnasium. Chino has an outdoor pool and fitness area and classroom.
"I think Ontario was just a challenge, the building was a challenge, the maintenance was a challenge, the area was a challenge, the way the building was structured, with more meeting-room-based then it was facilities-based ...," Anderson said.
"There were a lot of things that made (the building) a very hard sell. And so, in good times we supported it because we could, but as times have gotten tighter, we just could no longer support that building."
The Ontario-Montclair branch at present provides youth karate, youth basketball, youth flag football programs, as well as day camps and its Camp Oakes resident camp programs.
The facility does have some fitness activities focused on health through its fitness center and low impact aerobic and zumba.
When Ontario-Montclair experienced its shortfall in 2010, it caused some rapid changes by the West End YMCA, which also oversees other Y programs at branches in Chino, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga.
Officials decided a reorganization was needed and eliminated two executive positions in Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga.
"We then named branch directors or program directors who have responsibility of those facilities, and I took over as CEO and I was the branch executive at Chino and we did not fill that position," said Anderson.
"So, in essence, we eliminated three executive positions, and I continued to function as the CEO and branch executive in Chino."
Anderson said the changes allowed the West End YMCA to get its finances under control and significantly change its staffing structure without impacting their participants.
"And up until now, we have been able to do that and not lose any programs. Now with the building closing, we hope that is the last change that we're going to need to make, and we can continue to serve the seven communities that we serve," she said.
But Ontario Councilwoman Debra Dorst-Porada said she's frustrated with the administration of the local Y. With the recent reorganization, the local director and board who did all the fundraising for the organization were let go.
Dorst-Porada said she believes that was a bad move.
"I talked to Debra Anderson and president at the time, `Let us know what's going on,' and here again we don't know about it until it's a done deal," Dorst-Porada said.
"We can't help fix anything when we're not on board to help fix it. I'm frustrated with the lack of communications and the lack of letting us know what's going."
Sue Ovitt, who was on the Ontario-Montclair YMCA board until 2004, said the changes in 2010 led to the closure of the branch.
Ovitt, who resigned when husband Gary ran for a San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors seat, said part of the board's responsibility was creating relationships with the cities of Montclair and Ontario, which included representation on their board from those cities.
"And it was also our responsibility to raise money so that we would be a profit cost center for the West End YMCA. When they dissolved the board in 2010, the West End YMCA made the Ontario-Montclair YMCA just a program center. In my view, they were not a full functioning YMCA as they were in the past," said Ovitt, who is also a member of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District board.
"What they did in that regard is they basically lost their relationships they had with the cities of Ontario and Montclair ... On the West End YMCA Board of Directors, they chose not to have any representation from either of those cities."
Anderson responded saying the decision to close the Ontario-based facility was not made or taken lightly.
"We did everything that we could to try and get it back to a place where we could keep the doors open at Ontario, but ... we just could no longer maintain the facility," she said.
"The financial situation of the Ontario Y has been there, it's not just a one-year problem, it is maybe a 20-year problem, and maybe a 10-year problem. We tried a lot of things over the years to try and maintain and keep the building going, but, in the end, at this point in time, we're just not in a position to support it."
Anderson said the large upkeep of the old building has been tough.
"This is not a small problem: let's go out and raise $10,000. It's a six-figure problem, year after year after year."
She said for a long time, the Ontario-Montclair facility was an important institution in the community, but financially it has always been a struggle.
"Again there are a lot of people that could go back that would suggest this or that, but I believe we've done everything possible to keep this going, I think we made the right decision now to close the building," Anderson said.
"We tried to make a decision that would continue to put the dollars that we have in the community that we know are needed that we want to continue to do, and we've been very honest that this building is not supporting itself."
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PHOTO: Haim models new U.S. soccer uniforms
California rockers Haim are supporting Team USA by donning Nike's new uniform for the Men's and Women's National Soccer teams.
They're among a group of stars modeling the new away kits, which the players will wear during this summer's World Cup in Brazil.
Check them out below!
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Wall Street Journal: No "Loyalists" At Treasury! (Except Under Bush)
President Obama's forthcoming nomination of White House chief of staff Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary is not sitting well [1] with the Wall Street Journal editorial board. The Journal, in an editorial [2] headlined "Team of Liberal Loyalists," criticizes Obama's selection of a "loyalist" for Treasury who will "advance and implement his agenda," rather than a figure who will "offer independent advice."
President Obama is expected to name Jack Lew as his Treasury secretary on Thursday, continuing his cabinet's second-term makeover in his own image. He is assembling a team of personal and ideological loyalists whose job will be less to offer independent advice than to advance and implement his agenda for a larger, more redistributionist government.
What a difference an administration can make. Back in late 2004, as the newly reelected President Bush was mulling Cabinet replacements for his second term, the Journal editorial board weighed in [3] on potential Treasury secretaries. Looking back at his first term, they praised Bush for dumping Paul O'Neill (because he "didn't agree with the President's agenda") and replacing him with John Snow, who "has been loyal and has served honorably."
More than Defense or State, and certainly more than Homeland Security, if there's a single Cabinet post that could ruin President Bush's second term, our choice would be Treasury. So we hope the White House is doing more thinking about the position than it has exhibited so far.
Mr. Bush's first choice, Paul O'Neill, was an unguided missile who didn't agree with the President's agenda and had to be fired. Second choice John Snow has been loyal and has served honorably, though no one we know would describe him as another Andrew Mellon, or even a Robert Rubin, in terms of his clout both inside and outside the Administration. If there was any doubt about this, the nasty recent leak from someone in the White House that Mr. Snow would only be around for a few more months hardly enhanced his stature. Whether he's leaving or staying, the Secretary deserved better treatment.
The Journal did want to see a Bush Treasury Secretary with "the stature to fight the White House tendency to make economic choices for short-term political reasons," but what sort of independent, agenda-free non-loyalist did they have in mind for the position? Donald Rumsfeld. They even wrote favorably of Andrew Card who, like Lew, was chief of staff and ran "a disciplined White House." (They also worried that Card "would be perceived as the choice of the weak-dollar lobby.")
As a bonus let's take a look at Wall Street Journal editorial board member Bret Stephens' November 29, 2004, column [4] on the role of the Cabinet. Per Stephens, the Cabinet is there to be stuffed with loyalists and used as an instrument to enact the president's agenda:
This brings us back to the current administration. George W. Bush is accused of burying cabinet government for good with his appointments of close confidantes Rice, Alberto Gonzales and Margaret Spellings. Nonsense. Contrary to Andrew Sullivan, a cabinet is not something a president governs with; and contrary to Andrew Jackson, it is not something a president governs around. Ideally, a cabinet is what a president governs through. Now that Mr. Bush has moved his own people into the cabinet, he may at last be able to do just that.
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The Bootleg Turn: Moonshine and the Genesis of NASCAR, a new exhibit, is now on display in the Atrium on the fourth floor of the library. Researched and designed by graduate student Jessica Michak, The Bootleg Turn showcases the development of NASCAR and its association with moonshining in Appalachia. This exhibit features materials from the following collections: the Cratis D. Williams Papers, the John T. Shepherd Papers, the Horton Family Papers, the Moonshining in Burke County: The Career of N.C. ABC Officer Fred Hennessee Collection, and the Stock Car Racing Collection.
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The last "trivia" entry makes absolutely no sense. Can someone, who knows what it is supposed to say, rephrase it with correct grammer, please?—This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
- I removed it altogether. It made no sense to me. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 20:04, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
- May I ask why you removed the part about Preta path? In Jiraiyas flashback in chapter 381 page 14, he was seen with a headband with Kusagakure's symbol. Jacce | Talk 20:11, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
- Because that's not really trivia in my opinion. He should be in the list of characters from Kusagakure. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 20:25, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
- May I ask why you removed the part about Preta path? In Jiraiyas flashback in chapter 381 page 14, he was seen with a headband with Kusagakure's symbol. Jacce | Talk 20:11, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
While trivia is being discussed, I believe the part about Zetsu should be either editted or taken out, considering Madara stated he was creating Zetsus.18.104.22.168 (talk) 16:53, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
- Madara never said that. In any case only Shiro-Zetsu was stated to be created by Madara we still don't know of Kuro-ZZetsu's roots. pun :3 --Cerez365™ 16:57, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
Diplomatic Jutsu
According to the first Fanbook, they specialize in diplomatic jutsu.Umishiru (talk) 11:07, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Diplomacy, not diplomatic jutsu. What would a diplomatic jutsu even be? —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 11:19, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
Idk.Should be noted though.Umishiru (talk) 05:32, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
Does that mean the copy other countries Jutsus??????? —This unsigned comment was made by 10tailedJinchurik (talk • contribs) .
Not copy, analyse, there's a difference. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:39, April 12, 2011 (UTC)
I've been letting File:Kusa forest.jpg sit around because it's the only image of any part of Kusagakure we've got. Can somebody upload an anime image of Kusagakure? It's got a couple of different forests and I'm not picky towards any particular one. ~SnapperTo 20:12, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
- File:Kusa Forest.png How's this?--Deva 27 20:35, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
Wait A Minute!!!
IN the Rock Lee's Springtime of youth 03 their are Ksagakure ninja and they say no jutsu works against them and we see on using an earth jutsu ain't that right.—This unsigned comment was made by 10tailedJinchuriki (talk • contribs) .
- And pumping air into your clothing will make you psychically stronger.
- Nothing in that omake should be taken seriously. ~SnapperTo 06:59, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
REEEEEAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy well you might be right but you ain't due to the fact that after what 500 chapters of not mentioning Kusa no OVAS or movies what so ever he desides to o that for fun!!!!!!! and the fact that neji use Byukugan yeah fake huhuhuhuhuhhhu. So man I just give out an idea cause out of all the villages we know almost nothing about this one.—This unsigned comment was made by 10tailedJinchuriki (talk • contribs) .
- I take it you aren't aware that Kishimoto has nothing to do with these omake? ~SnapperTo 07:16, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
WHAT????? of course he is i think?—This unsigned comment was made by 10tailedJinchuriki (talk • contribs) .
- No, he isn't. Another guy's doing it. It's for a quarterly manga magazine intended for a younger age group, unless I'm mistaken.Ryne 91 (talk) 07:21, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
- Snapper2 and Ryne 91 are right. The Rock Lee manga is written by Kenji Taira-sensei, one of Kishimoto-sensei's newest assistants. Kishimoto-sensei's influence on the story is unknown, making their canonicity highly doubted. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 09:08, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
Guys i found this!!!!
http://narutomushrivalry.wikidot.com/01news-files:kusagakure this site tends to write about villages i read about the rest of the villages and all seem to be right check if the information is right cause it looks pretty right to me.D.G 07:58, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
They aren't an official source, and they show no references to such sources meaning its fanfiction.Infact looking at the site it looks like a rp site.Umishiru (talk) 08:02, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
Naruto Shippuden 5: Blood Prison
Guys the movie takes place in Kusa. The main character is a Kusa Nin as well as his son. We saw in the trailer that their were some ninja that attacked naruto Does that mean will see some more kusagakure action?—This unsigned comment was made by 10tailedJinchuriki (talk • contribs) .
- Probably.--Cerez365™ 11:04, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
adding information from the 5 movie??
we must add infromation from the 5 movie that i watching righ now about the two differents groups in the village and the box of blessing used by the village to control the world in the past?? --Nitram86 (talk) 22:22, April 28, 2012 (UTC)
i also think we should add it. however i do feel that we should mention that it only happened in a movie and is not part of the mainstream continuority. what do the rest of you think? i mean we've added what occured in the ova to takigakure. and aren't movies more canon than ova's since kishimoto was involved in some of the movies.184.108.40.206 (talk) 22:31, April 28, 2012 (UTC)
Probably in a split section, so people don't think the movie content is canon. And the only movie Kishimoto has ever been verifiably involved with is the 6th Shippūden one. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 04:04, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
As long as it's made clear that the information from the movie isn't canon. The movies says, among other thing:
- Kusagakure was around during the era of the Sage of the Six Paths, which contradicts the manga since the first hidden village (Konoha) was founded only about a century before the current time in the story
- Kusa used the Box of Ultimate Bliss to take over the world in the time of the Sage
- And that's not even counting the mess with Naruto knowing B, taking place after the Invasion of Pain (Naruto remembers twice about meeting Minato) and A still having his left arm. Non-canon indeed. =| Skitts (talk) 04:51, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
List of Characters fault?
Just checked and the list of characters doesn't show anyone from the 5th movie. Don't know if that's just me, but might be worth looking into if it's a site fault or an overlook on their articles etc. --Hawkeye2701 (talk) 06:51, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
- See big warning in the top of every page. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 03:27, March 2, 2013 (UTC)


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Saint Laurent Fall 2014
Hedi Slimane, man of mystery (he almost never talks to the press), has hit his stride with womenswear at Saint Laurent. It is plain to see what he's talking about, and who he's talking to—a girlfriend and a boyfriend, neither born much earlier than 1990—and his method of putting out that message has become relentless, convincing, mesmeric. Daring to repeat and repeat variations of the same coat, the same cape, the same tiny dress, the same low-heeled knee-high boots and glittery Mary Janes, and by putting them on an army of characterful, head-turning gawky-pretty teens, Slimane stokes irrepressible shopping desires. After you've seen your sixth, seventh, tenth variation on a Saint Laurent boot, it's hard to resist. Same with the reiteration of the coats and the velvet Peter Pan–collared dresses and the skimpy sequined shifts.
Slimane did this, after all, with his menswear show in January—teen boys with cool haircuts, loping along in a mean repertoire of history-of-rock-referenced coats. Their female counterparts are (though they may not realize it) dressed as sixties dolly birds, and channeling the likes of Jane Birkin, Penelope Tree, Betty Catroux, and Marianne Faithfull—their grannies' era. Yves Saint Laurent was their spokesman in fashion, of course. Well, it takes a generation for a style to come around to appreciating the teen years their elders survived by the skin of their teeth. By now, the connection between the historic reference and the target twenty-first-century wearer has probably snapped altogether. But that doesn't mean the kids, with their bangs and long, unglossy hair and striding gaits, don't look compelling. They do, completely.
There's a sense that Slimane has been rejecting the reverent norms of establishment, "luxury" fashion, or at least that he's been wanting to stand apart from everything that a small clique of European insiders regards as admirable. Aiming to escape the system, and refresh things for a new generation, he prefers to live in Los Angeles rather than Paris. Yet funnily enough, Slimane is also an intense intellectual, whose personally cherished connections are with artists and musicians. This season, he commissioned the young L.A. singer Clementine Creevy and her band Cherry Glazerr to write and record "Had Ten Dollarz," and played the one song on a hypnotic loop. Midway through the show, the trio of short sequined dresses that walked in the group, slightly apart from the others, were credited as part of a limited edition of ten, designed as a collaboration with the American conceptual artist John Baldessari.
Still, because he is operating in fashion, Slimane must be judged, like every other fashion designer, by the clothes he produces, and not by the ingeniousness and expense lavished on giving his show audience a fantastic experience. By that measure, he's doing very well. This season's runway was packed with great product, in-depth on every level—as long as you like wearing short.


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The shuffler: Amanda Petrusich, a rock writer who contributes regularly to Pitchfork and Paste—and occasionally to The A.V. Club. She's also written two music-appreciation books. The first was a contribution to the 33 1/3 series about Nick Drake's Pink Moon; the second, It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, And The Search For The Next American Music connects Americana's present and past via Petrusich's first-person accounts of traveling through the country, learning about the history of her favorite music. She was a natural to take her iPod for a spin.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Breakdown"
Amanda Petrusich: I'm super-excited this song is playing, because I fucking love Tom Petty. I sometimes think that Tom Petty's Greatest Hits is my favorite record of all time. One of the funny things I've always enjoyed about this song is that Tom Petty seems to acquire this really weird accent. It's like half Jamaican, half Eastern European. And I don't think it's something he re-creates on any other track, but he definitely does it here, and I always enjoy it. I also really like the way he screams "Baby!" after the second verse. This is just such a good song. I love Tom Petty.
The A.V. Club: Are you a big sing-along-in-the-car person?
AP: Big time. I'm a pounding-the-steering-wheel, hollering-in-the-car kind of driver. Which is unfortunate because I live in New York now, and there's way less opportunities for that sort of thing. But yeah, Tom Petty is great driving music; it's great anything music.
AVC: Can you do that sing-along thing on the subway? People do that, right?
AP: People totally do that. God, there's people always singing along. I'm not one of them, because I get a little embarrassed. But there's definitely a guy at my gym who plays air drums and sings very loudly out loud on the exercise bike while listening to his iPod.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, "Band Introduction"
AP: This is like 24 seconds of introducing the guys in the band. [Laughs.] That's funny. I've always loved that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has a banjo player who they introduce here. This is from Made In New Orleans, which is a very cool box set that came out after Katrina. It includes old Polaroids and Mardi Gras coins and various other ephemera from Sea-Saint Studios. Which was under 10 feet of water or something, and this was a fund-raising effort that they released afterward.
AVC: Have you been to New Orleans many times?
AP: No, actually, miraculously I've never been. Although I'm going this October, which I'm incredibly excited about. I think it's going to be great.
AVC: Why are you going?
AP: I'm writing an article for Preservation Magazine, which is the magazine for the National Trust For Historic Preservation. I'm actually writing about Mississippi hill-country blues, but I'm flying into New Orleans and then I'm going to drive up through Mississippi and kind of do a travelogue thing. But first, I'm going to spend a few days in New Orleans, just for fun.
AVC: That sounds like a fine life.
AP: [Laughs.] I know, I can't complain. I've been very spoiled with opportunities to drive around listening to music. Which is, of course, one of my favorite things to do.
Jerry Lee Lewis, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
AP: This is from Jerry's The Country Collection. This is an incredibly sad song; this song kind of makes me want to die in the way that a lot of Hank Williams songs kind of make me want to die, because they're just so good and so sad. I also really like Elvis Presley's version of this song, which is on the Aloha From Hawaii LP. That record, actually, incidentally, has one of my favorite LP covers. I don't know if you've ever seen it; it's Elvis floating in space to kind of demonstrate the live-via-satellite component. This is a beautiful song, an incredibly sad song. Hank Williams has those, you know, drinking-yourself-to-death songs.
AVC: As a fan and critic of new music, are you of the popular opinion that this old music is in some way inherently better?
AP: I know what you mean. I don't know, I'm kind of a sucker for old music. But at the same time, I think people who say that stuff are sort of crazy. There's something really tragic about that, about not being able to find the new and exciting music that's happening now. So no. I listen to a lot of old songs, but every year, I find like three or four albums that just blow my mind. So I'm all for contemporary music, sure. I do have a lot of old songs on my iPod, though.
Kanye West, "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
AP: All I can think of now when I hear this song is that video parody with Will Oldham and Zach Galifianakis. Have you seen that video? He has "turd" written on his face, and he's driving a tractor, and Will Oldham's wearing those really small orange shorts. It's entirely eclipsed any other impression I had of this song. I do remember, the first time I watched that video on YouTube or whatever site it was posted on, people in the comments being really confused, especially by Will Oldham. There was a lot of speculation about whether he was Amish. "Is that dude Amish?" and then the next person would be like, "I don't know, he's using a chainsaw, so I don't think so." Which I thought was pretty great. This is a great song independent of that video, although that's really all I think about now. Sad.
Red Red Meat, "There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight"
AP: An oldie, an oldie but goodie. I'm a big Califone fan, so I sort of got into Red Red Meat through them. I guess it was Tim Rutili's previous band. This is a weird song. That was a weird record, There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight, but I really love it. Califone, and Red Red Meat too, tapped into a sound that I really like, this tenuous, very scrappy, dirty sound that I'm totally into. That kind of goes back to the old music debate… This sounds otherworldly and sort of dangerous in the way that a lot of early Delta blues does. That's what kind of draws me to that old music too, that sort of tenuous nastiness. I think I like music that's a little scrappy, that sounds like they're about to fall apart.
AVC: They sort of pre-dated the freak-folk thing a little, and were maybe a little bit ahead of—
AP: Yeah, absolutely. In the book, I interviewed Tim Rutili a little bit about that stuff. And he listens to a lot of that music, like The Anthology Of American Folk Music, the blues, some of that really weird North Carolina fiddle music. Califone is a very contemporary-sounding band, but I think very much informed by that. And yeah, sure, that's the exact same thing freak-folk guys are doing.
Jackie DeShannon, "Laurel Canyon"
AP: She wrote with Randy Newman, she dated Elvis, she opened for The Beatles. Underrated, I think in some ways. Someone should write a book about her. She wrote that song "Bette Davis Eyes." I don't know, maybe someone has written a book about her already. But anyway, this is one of her rare solo albums. She's got this kind of effortless, sort of husky voice, it's really lovely. I like this song because I like songs about California.
AVC: What other songs about California can you think of that you love?
AP: Randy Newman, "I Love L.A." That's a great song. There are a lot of Tom Petty songs about California. Oh God… I'll have to make you a mix. I should make you a great California mix, 'cause there's a lot of good ones.
Waylon Jennings, "Sally Was A Good Old Girl"
AP: We are getting a lot of old songs today. This song is hilarious. The first line of this song, at least as Waylon sings it, is "Sally used to carry my friends to school, Sally was a big ol' girl." And I don't think Waylon wrote this song, but I'm almost positive that he wrote that line. Waylon Jennings was an incredibly funny guy, which I think is something country music is lacking in these days, which is too bad. Country music's gotten kind of serious. I feel like it used to be a little bit sillier, maybe a little bit more fun.
Ashlee Simpson, "Little Miss Obsessive"
AP: Okay, this one's a little embarrassing. Actually this is not embarrassing, because it's a good pop song, it has a great chorus. I find Ashlee Simpson to be, in general, a sort of weirdly engrossing public figure. Which is strange, because objectively, I think she's probably not very interesting at all. But I totally watched her reality show when it first came on MTV, and she had this kind of great, petulant little-sister faux-rebellion thing going on for a while. Which seemed at the time very real to me, in an Angela Chase sort of way. You know, "I hate my parents, I'm dying my hair and painting my nails black." I'm not sure that I like the new-wave Ashlee Simpson with that weird guy.
AVC: They dress up like they're strange and rebellious, but really they're incredibly normal.
AP: What do you think—you think they sit around the dinner table at night, watch the local news?
AVC: They probably don't, but that's probably what they want to do.
AP: Yeah, you're probably right.
AVC: That's my theory. I'm working on a book about it.
AP: [Laughs.] I'm looking forward to reading that book. Well. I'm glad that I just admitted that that's on my iPod.
The Stooges, "L.A. Blues"
AP: Look, I've just earned back some of my credibility. This song is insane. Kind of what I love about The Stooges is that they were insane in this really literal way. Like, only insane people would write and perform this song, which I think is the last song on Funhouse. Which also brings up the question, what is the proper context for "L.A. Blues"? What are you supposed to be doing while you listen to this? Because I think it has no structure and is mostly squealing and noise. Considering it's the last track on the album, I feel like you've probably already been up to some mischief, so it's kind of an odd denouement. I don't know. It's a tough place to end, but it's a great song. I love The Stooges.
AVC: Do you ever listen to your iPod on shuffle, or is this an unusual exercise for you?
AP: I never listen to my iPod on shuffle. At the risk of sounding old, I'm not a huge iPod person. I kind of only listen to my iPod on the subway, or occasionally when I'm running. I don't know, when do most people listen to their iPods, probably the same story, right?
Hazel Dickens, "Coal Tattoo"
AP: That's another weird old song. This is from the Harlan County U.S.A. soundtrack. I don't know if you've ever seen that movie, but it's this Barbara Kopple documentary from the '70s about coal mining and union struggle. And it's really heartbreaking. It's one of those movies that, whenever I feel whiny about my job or anything, I think "At least I'm not coal mining." It's really excruciating. There's a scene in the beginning of the movie where they are sending these workers down into the mine, and they're on a conveyor belt. They kind of dive down face-first on this little conveyor belt. If you're at all claustrophobic, it's kind of the worst thing you'll ever see. But Hazel Dickens is great, Hazel Dickens is one of my favorite vocalists, and she sings in this way that's sort of raw and honest. It's almost not singing at all, she's almost just hollering, it's got this field-holler vibe that I sort of miss. Women vocalists, at least, have since moved away from that. Now there's a lot of pretty sounds. Hazel Dickens is kind of an ugly singer. But there's something beautiful about that, of course. I saw her perform a couple of years ago, and it was really amazing.
The White Stripes, "Hotel Yorba"
AP: An oldie but goodie. I like The White Stripes. I think they've been maligned since their beginnings. This is kind of a fun song, I like it a lot. I can't think of anything interesting to say about it. It's good to, you know—it is what it is, it's The White Stripes. Sorry, that's a terrible answer. It's angular. No, just kidding.


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Michael P. Levitt, elected mayor of Seal Beach for the second consecutive year, said his top priority will be setting up a memorial for the eight victims of the October shooting at Salon Meritage.
"We have to determine what it will be, where it will be and what the costs will be," he said this week.
The shooting, which occurred in the 500 block of Pacific Coast Highway, was the deadliest in Orange County history.
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At Affliction Clothing store in Seal Beach, Clark and Cliff Chason, co-owners of the shop, presented the $40,000 check to Lisa Ackerman, founder of TACA.
According to Clark, a percentage from every registrant was donated to TACA. Online registrants could also choose to make a one-time donation on the Rock'n Run website, form a team or fundraiser for TACA while training for the event.
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We've put the Sony SLT-A57, a digital SLR with electronic viewfinder that incorporates a well-known 16Mpix CMOS ASP-C sensor, through its paces at DxOMark. What progress can we expect? How does it compare with its competitors, both reflex and hybrids? Here are our results.
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BELMONT, N.C. – Brevard College freshman Ryan Mcphillps netted his first collegiate goal, but it wasn't enough as Belmont Abbey responded with three unanswered goals to defeat Brevard, 3-1, Wednesday evening in Belmont, N.C.
Brevard (1-1-0) grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Mcphillips bested Belmont Abbey (2-1-0) goalkeeper Kyle Searles in the 5th minute to provide the Tornados with an early advantage.
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For the feline-inclined, it's a familiar scene: the twitching tail, the folded-back ears and then … the pounce.
Watching a cat on the hunt is always exhilarating, but especially when the cat weighs 150 pounds. At the Oregon Zoo, a new device — which involves a zipline, a spring and a frozen salmon — is helping keep cougars Paiute and Chinook fit by bringing out their explosive predatory instincts.
Interchangeably nicknamed the Salmon Slinger, Cougarciser or just spring toy, the contraption — conceived by zoo cougar keeper Michelle Schireman — was designed to mentally stimulate the big cats while encouraging them to work for their food as they would in the wild.
"Cougars are apex predators in the Pacific Northwest," said keeper Michelle Schireman. "In the wild, there's no other animal that hunts for them. Our challenge was to give them a meal that would put up some resistance."
To do that, Schireman attaches a frozen salmon — or some other meaty treat — to a spring-loaded device tethered to a zipline in the cougar habitat. Once the cats are let in, they immediately pounce and will typically bat, bite and pull the salmon until it breaks free.
"Their focus and intensity can be intimidating," Schireman said. "When you see their claws gripping the fish with every muscle flexing to pull it off, you realize how powerful these predators are."
Keepers say Chinook — the female, and the more dominant of the two — usually has first go at the zipline. But Paiute is more of a fish-lover, and will usually pull at the salmon until it comes down, sometimes working at it for more than an hour and a half.
Schireman conceived of the idea after seeing ziplines and spring toys used at other zoos.
"As far as I know, no other zoo has combined the two," she said.
The zipline is the most recent addition to a creative enrichment schedule meant to change up the cats' routines and keep their surroundings interesting. Keepers also hide food under logs and in trees, spray animal scents and even walk goats through the habitat (when the cougars are not in it) to leave "game trails."
Both Paiute and Chinook were orphaned at an early age. Paiute came to the zoo from Idaho after his mother had been shot; Chinook's mother was hit by a car near Sequim, Wash. Because cougar cubs are taught by their mothers to hunt, they typically will starve if left on their own. As the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' species coordinator for cougars, Schireman has placed more than 70 cougar cubs in zoos around the country.
To ensure there are enough homes for discovered cubs, AZA-accredited zoos are not presently breeding cougars.
For Schireman, the big cats offer visitors a glimpse of a rarely seen Northwest carnivore and a take-home lesson.
"Their similarity to housecats is something visitors really connect with," Schireman said. "The zipline is a good reminder that all animals need physical activity and mental stimulation. Cats that get exercise are less likely to be overweight and tend to live longer, healthier lives."
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Belk announced that the company, and its associates, customers and vendors contributed more than $19.3 million to local communities in the fiscal year ending Jan. 31. Of the total amount, Belk corporate dollars funded $6.2 million to more than 250 nonprofit organizations, with a focus on education, breast cancer research and awareness, and community strengthening.
"Being a part of our communities and meeting local needs has been an integral part of the Belk philosophy since our founding in 1888, and it continues to be one of our core values today," said Jessica Graham, Belk VP communications and community relations. "We are grateful to our customers and our associates for their contributions to our efforts, which allow our efforts to have an even greater impact."
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More than $10 million to almost 8,000 local charities through Belk's semi-annual Charity Sale.
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Washington, DC -- GSA scores high marks as a good place to work in the Federal Government, and compares favorably to private industry in a survey released today. Notably, the agency achieved the best scores in government regarding work productivity and flexibility and simplification of travel and charge card use.
In a 1999 survey of Federal employee views on government reinvention and workplace issues sponsored by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR), GSA employees rated the agency above the national average on every question. The agency scored well above average on most. Forty-six Federal agencies participated in the survey.
GSA's scores exceeded the government-wide average in four survey areas: work satisfaction, recognition, supervision and quality of work. In the categories of work satisfaction and recognition, the scores even exceeded comparable private industry scores.
"We are standing tall today because GSA is viewed by its own employees as a great place to work," said GSA Administrator David J. Barram. "The survey results show we are working in new ways, trying new ideas and dismantling barriers to innovation. All this means that we are better positioned to thrill our federal customers."
NPR sent surveys to 750 GSA employees, selected at random. Some 256 responded, answering 32 questions about GSA work life on a five-point scale ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree." The percentage considered favorable included all "agree" and "strongly agree" responses.
GSA scored high in the following areas:
Questions regarding work productivity, flexibility in doing work, simplifying travel regulations and the use of Federal charge cards for small office purchases. These reflected the best scores in government.
Inquiries about rewarding creativity and innovation, rewarding teamwork, recognition for doing a good job, involvement in work decisions, quality of work being done by teams, overall work satisfaction, and making reinvention a priority. GSA scored among the top three agencies regarding these matters.
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Above average ratings were made in the areas of recruitment, performance management and equitable distribution of rewards and recognition.
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