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National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2013
A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation. American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives.
The Unwinding journeys through the lives of several Americans, including Dean Price, the son of tobacco farmers, who becomes an evangelist for a new economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a factory worker in the Rust Belt trying to survive the collapse of her city; Jeff Connaughton, a Washington insider oscillating between political idealism and the lure of organized money; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who questions the Internet's significance and arrives at a radical vision of the future.
Packer interweaves these intimate stories with biographical sketches of the era's leading public figures, from Newt Gingrich to Jay-Z, and collages made from newspaper headlines, advertising slogans, and song lyrics that capture the flow of events and their undercurrents. The Unwinding portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation. Packer's novelistic and kaleidoscopic history of the new America is his most ambitious work to date. Includes bonus content read by the author.
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Faced with mindless duty, when an audio book player slips into a rear pocket and mini buds pop into ears, old is made new again.
George Packer drives a stake into America's heart in "The Unwinding". American anger, fear, and frustration build in the minds of all—whether Republican, Democrat, Tea Partyer, or Libertarian.
Whether an accolade of private enterprise or government, Packer offers stories of Americans that show American' belief makes no difference because America is no longer a land of opportunity but a land of greed; not of the free but of the shackled—a risk noted by Thomas Hobbes in the "Leviathan". The shackles come from society's failure to protect individuals from the tyranny of special interests. One side argues that it is because of ineffective government–the other side argues it is because of too much government.
The unwinding of the financial crises reflected in the dot-com bubble of 2000-2001 and the 2007-08 sub-prime mortgage crises unfolds in stories told by Packer in this disturbing narrative. America has become a nation of extremes with each extreme using whatever means necessary to deny success of either "tea party", "libertarian" or "occupy wall street" followers. The consequence is a "do-nothing" congress, an ineffectual President, and a politicized Supreme Court. One is left with fear, anger, and frustration after completing Packer's diatribe. The only consolation is in history.
America has been in crises before–in 1776, 1789, 1865, 1929, 1941, 1951, 1967-68, 2001. Americans survived before; Americans will survive again but how angry Americans are, and how frustrating it is to watch America muddle along while Congress fails to act.
I am an avid listener. I listen between 75-100 hours per month on my iPhone: 60% fiction to 40% non-fiction.
"Nicely woven threads of contemporary history"
I really like the way Packer has attempted to make his points about how America has unwound. He has chosen to pick out of number of personalities and historical figures that we know and other folks we don't and wind them around each other in a cohesive contemporary history tale.
If you like history, you will like this book. However, if you are a memoir fan you will not because he skims the surface of people and there are personalities you may not like or agree with. Also, if you are fiction reader lover an only tolerate history you should pass.
I think that Robert Fass did a nice job narrating, his voice is pleasant enough. I think this book could have benefited from editing; maybe as much as 1/3 could be lopped off. With all that said, I do recommend this book to the history buff and for both liberals and conservatives.
"Can't understand the low ratings!"
I am not a writer of reviews, but I could not let the low ratings for this book stand unopposed! In "The Unwinding," George Packer follows the lives of a variety of people, as a way to clarify wildly opposing viewpoints about what has happened in American society this last century. Here is history told as vividly as the best fiction, and it won my sympathy for people I would be unlikely to meet. A few high-profile people (like Oprah) come into the narrative. But some of the most revealing chapters cover U.S. citizens who seek meaning and success, work hard, "do everything right," and rarely make the headlines. I would recommend this book wholeheartedly to anyone, with any political belief, who is trying to make sense of what it means to live in the U.S.A.!
"The Best Summary of the Last Decade or Two"
This is a book that simply follows a few people through the years. Some are known, like Oprah, but most are not. It works through the political changes and the Housing Bubble, the loss of good jobs and the rise of corporate power. There are parts I skipped, but it is easy to pick up somewhere down the line. Most of it is not very pleasant, but maybe if people would think this stuff through, we would make better decisions.
"Brilliant! "
Everyone should listen to this book. Right AND left. Perfect description and history of the evisceration of the US middle class by the elected and non-elected powers that be in the US. Makes the solutions obvious. A brilliant, subtle, "come together" theme.
"bleak but beautiful"
A glimpse into the declining and falling of the American Union of state and culture. The bitter seeds that have grown into Trumpism germinate in each chapter.
"A must read"
a graphical portrait of what the destruction of the middle class means for everyday people and how the cards are more and more stacked. The Gulag Archipelago of modern America
"Excellent and disturbing on so many levels"
Fully enjoyed the meandering and story telling at the individual level. Upon completion, felt I was leaving some good souls - and not so good ones - behind.
So disturbing in light of current electoral events stateside.
"A Patriot's Dream"
This book starts off slow and it's a little hard to follow at first but if you stick it out, you won't be disappointed.
"Amazing reportage that approaches high art"
Nostalgia, reality, mean streets ... the cumulative sweep and power of this book knocked me out. Dozens of interwoven characters, themes, as challenging as the best of mysteries. How did we wind up in a landscape of fast food and bad vibes? The clues are all here.
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Columbia, S.C. - The Brevard College volleyball team snapped a 19 match losing streak on Saturday afternoon, defeating the North Greenville Crusaders in the first match of the Columbia Tri-Match, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23.
Jamie Atkinson led the way for Brevard in the match, recording 14 kills and five blocks in the match, while Erin Rollins added eight kills and four blocks in the victory. Bethany Stevenson set up the Brevard attack in the match, leading the way with 31 set assists, while Rebecca Schoonover, Kortney Conner and Stevenson combined for 10 service aces in the match. Schoonover led the Tornados backline with a match-high 19 digs, while Sydney Yeomans had 13 digs. Jordei Osby led the Tornados at the net with eight blocks as the Tornados stopped 13 Crusaders attacks at the net.
The Tornados fell in the nightcap against host Columbia, 16-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-22, despite 10 kills by Ashlie Morrison, as Brevard fell to 3-20 on the season. Conner added eight kills and Erin Cox had five as the Tornados hit 18.5 percent from the field in the match. Stevenson again set up the attack with 27 set assists, while Atkinson, Stevenson and Conner all had two service aces apiece. Defensively, Yeomans led four Tornados in double-figures in digs with 15 in the match, while Lindsey Rogers and Conner both had 13 and Schoonover finished with 10. Brevard continued their dominance at the net, recording 11 blocks in the net as a team, with Osby leading the way with six total blocks in the four set match.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Wingate University Bulldogs (13-9, 9-4) scored two runs in the first inning and never trailed in defeating Brevard College (5-14, 1-12) 3-1 in nine innings in game one of a three game South Atlantic Conference series Friday March 19 at Gil Coan Field.
With one out and one on in the top of the first Bulldog right fielder Dodson McPherson took a 1-0 Brennan Daniels pitch deep over the wall in right field to put Wingate on top 2-0. McPherson finished the day going two for three with two runs scored and two driven in. He has three home runs and 21 RBI in 2010.
The Tornados were held scoreless for the first three innings until Stephen Mullis and Jackie Corn hit consecutive doubles in the bottom of the fourth to bring Brevard within a run. Corn now has 12 RBI this season. Kramer Clark walked and advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt with Corn winding up at third. Bulldog starter Tyler Almond got out of the jam, striking out Kellen Moman and Vance Crook and getting Matthew Pruitt to groundout to the pitcher.
Neither team scored again until Wingate added an insurance run in the eighth inning. With two out and no one on McPherson drew a walk on a full count and stole second. First Basemen Bryan Yeung followed with a double to center to drive him in and provide the final margin.
Moman made the defensive play of the day, robbing Chris Vazquez of extra bases with a diving catch to end the seventh. Corn was stellar behind the plate, throwing out two would-be Bulldog base stealers.
Daniels (0-4) had his best outing of the season in the loss, pitching seven and two thirds innings and striking out three.
Almond (2-0) worked seven innings and allowed five hits and an earned run while striking out six. Justin Somers pitched two scoreless innings to record his third save this season.
Brevard and Wingate conclude their series with a double header Saturday. The first pitch of game one is scheduled for 12 p.m. Game one is scheduled for nine innings while game two is slated for seven innings.


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Shifting Gears States Driving Innovation in Education and Training for Low-Skilled Adults
Jan 31, 2013
By Marcie W.M. Foster
In 2007, the Joyce Foundation launched Shifting Gears, a state policy initiative designed to promote regional economic growth by improving the education and skills training of the workforce in six Midwestern states. These states—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin—were tasked to create more seamless pathways to postsecondary credentials and good jobs for lower-skilled adults. The initiative was developed in the wake of a particularly marked transition in the Midwest from largely industrial economies structured around manufacturing to more diversified economies that promised new growth and new jobs. CLASP played a key role in Shifting Gears as the managing intermediary of the overall initiative and the primary provider of technical assistance.
A recently released evaluation report covering the first five years of the initiative discusses the progress these states have made to date and outlines the activities that contributed most to their success. The report finds that four core activities were critical to the success of the Shifting Gears states:
- Strengthening alignment and collaboration across the adult education, workforce, and community and technical college systems;
- Achieving buy-in and commitment of senior state leadership to advance the chosen state strategy;
- Enacting changes to specific state policies and regulations affecting local programs and delivery, which provided an impetus for local champions to pursue the specified innovative strategy; and
- Engaging the field of local practitioners and administrators intentionally and repeatedly to create local champions.
The report emphasized that the first five years of Shifting Gears were always intended to be foundational—setting the groundwork for longer-term success and scale. To that point, the core activities found critical to their success reflect a state focus on relationship building and policy change in these initial years, rather than taking new approaches to scale. Still, the evaluators found that four states achieved significant progress toward systemic change and together—due to the states' efforts--reached about 4,000 low-skilled students, who may have otherwise been unable to access marketable postsecondary credentials.
States are expected to continue on this positive trajectory. In fact, several are continuing to build upon their Shifting Gears efforts.
- Illinois is expanding its use of bridge programs developed under Shifting Gears through the Accelerating Opportunity initiative and is building bridge programs into manufacturing career pathways through a Workforce Innovation Fund grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Minnesota has received funding from the Joyce Foundation to continue its work under the Shifting Gears initiative into 2013-14 and has recently been selected to participate in an initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to integrate existing career-technical education pathways into broader state system reforms initiated under Shifting Gears.
- Wisconsin has also received funding from the Joyce Foundation for continued Shifting Gears work until 2013-14 and received a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to conduct activities that expand upon the foundation built through Shifting Gears.
- Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are participating in a CLASP-led project, the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, which is bringing together the expertise from leading career pathways states to identify criteria for high-quality career pathways systems and a set of shared performance metrics for measuring and managing their success.
The Shifting Gears initiative was ambitious and one of the first multi-state postsecondary education projects to require states to embark on a process of collaborative and systemic change. To aid them in this ambitious task, the Joyce Foundation provided nearly $8 million in funding to Shifting Gears states, matched by an equal amount from state partners. In addition to CLASP, other partners worked to provide assistance to states: Workforce Strategy Center provided peer learning experiences, Davis Jenkins and Tim Harmon provided assistance on the use of data to inform policy and practice, Douglas Gould and Co. provided communications support and technical assistance, and Brandon Roberts and Derek Price comprised the evaluation team.
View the evaluation report, Shifting Gears: An Evaluation of the First Five Years of Shifting Gears >>
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The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator has issued an autopsy report today in the death of NMSU student Kathryn Jaye Sepich, 22, of Carlsbad. Sepich died by strangulation.
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The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department and the New Mexico State Police will offer a 2003 Citizens' Academy beginning Oct. 14, once again inviting interested residents of Doña Ana County to better understand how rural law enforcement functions.
Doña Ana County Sheriff Juan Hernandez and his department will help host a safety clinic for children on Sept. 13 at the Sisbarro auto dealership.
Chairman Paul B. Curry of the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners has finalized with Las Cruces Mayor Bill Mattiace a series of public meetings to provide updates on the status of Memorial Medical Center and the efforts of the city and county to preserve the hospital as a viable community asset.
Most Dona Ana County offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, 2003, to allow employees to observe the Labor Day holiday.


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CLASP to Present at Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century Conference
Jul 16, 2014
By Manuela Ekowo and Vickie Choitz
On October 15-17, key leaders in workforce development will gather for Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. The conference is sponsored by the Atlanta and Kansas City Federal Reserve Banks and the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.
Participants will explore strategies to expand educational and economic opportunity for job seekers, students, and workers—especially those who face the greatest difficulties in the labor market—while meeting employers' need for a highly skilled workforce. The conference will also discuss how federal, state, and local/regional governments; educational institutions; businesses; and nonprofits can best deliver effective solutions.
Vickie Choitz, CLASP's senior policy analyst and director of the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, will speak at a workshop on emerging strategies that are transforming how individuals are educated and trained.
Improving the skills of lower-skilled, low-income individuals and ensuring our workforce has enough skilled workers for the jobs in demand will require thoughtful action and ongoing conversation. Conference participants will engage in discussions around how economic trends are changing the nature of work, the labor market, education and workforce institutions, public policy, and how we measure success through research, evaluation, and data.
Workforce development providers; postsecondary educators; federal, state, and local policymakers; community-based organizations; researchers; business; the philanthropic community; and students are encouraged to attend.
The October conference will precede the 2015 release of the Federal Reserve Banks' and the Heldrich Center's book Transforming U.S. Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century. CLASP has been invited to write a case study on the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways' and Minnesota's FastTRAC program, a key initiative in Minnesota's "suite" of career pathways. The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, a collaboration of CLASP and ten leading career pathway states, was launched to develop a shared understanding of quality career pathway systems; the Alliance recently released and will soon implement a framework of system performance indicators and participant metrics that partners can use to assess and continuously improve their career pathway systems. The case study is co-authored by Whitney Smith of the Joyce Foundation and Thomas Norman of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
To register for the conference, click here. Receive the early bird rate of $245 by registering before midnight Friday, July 18, 2014 (EST). If you have immediate questions about conference registration, contact Kyan Bishop at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Regional Orchestra of the Week: The Knights Orchestra, NY!
BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce its newest series - the Featured Symphony Orchestra of the Week!
Today's Featured Orchestra is The Knights Orchestra based in New York!
Praised for their "polished performances and imaginative programming" (New York Times), The Knights began the 2012-13 season with a return to the Ravinia Festival, where the orchestra joined classical music superstars Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and soprano Dawn Upshaw in three concerts that concluded the prestigious festival. Other season highlights for The Knights include the release of an all-Beethoven disc for Sony Classical, and a US tour with pipa virtuoso Wu Man in February. In May, The Knights travel to Berlin to team up again with American composer Lisa Bielawa for "Tempelhof Broadcast," leading hundreds of musicians in a large-scale spatial/acoustic work to be performed on the tarmac of the former Tempelhof Airport (now Tempelhofer Park), site of the Berlin Airlift in 1948. In December 2012, Artistic Directors Colin Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen were selected from among the nation's top visual, performing, media, and literary artists to receive a prestigious United States Artists Fellowship, which carries an unrestricTed Grant of $50,000.
??Recent season highlights include appearances at Ravinia, Central Park and the 92nd Street Y, a tour of Germany, and their first U.S. tour. The Knights also launched the Ensemble-in-Residence program at New York Public Radio's WQXR. We Are The Knights, a documentary film produced by WNET/Thirteen, made its broadcast debut in September 2011 and was rebroadcast nationwide throughout the year. In April 2012, the ensemble released A Second in Silence on Ancalagon, a "smartly programmed" (NPR) album. The Knights can also be heard on the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film Twixt.
??For their inspired programming, innovative formats and "crusading musical mission," The Knights are at the forefront of "the future of classical music in America" (Los Angeles Times). The roster of The Knights boasts an unprecedented diversity of talents. Included are composers, arrangers, singer-songwriters and improvisers who bring a range of cultural influences to the group, from jazz and klezmer to pop and indie rock music. The musicians are graduates of Juilliard, Curtis, and other leading music schools, and members have performed as soloists with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago and San Francisco symphony orchestras, as well as the Israel Philharmonic and Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart orchestra.


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Club Orient is a premier naturist resort, situated on the world famous, mile and a half long Orient Beach in St Martin. You will find one of the finest white sand beach and crystal clear waters in the world right at the doorstep of each of the spacious bungalows. The bay, protected by the only barrier reef in the eastern Caribbean, is free from dangerous currents and is perfect for snorkeling, swimming, and any kind of water sport you can imagine. The balmy trade winds from the east make it the ideal spot for wind surfing and sailing. The three uninhabited islands in the bay present perfect destinations for short boat trips and picnic outings.
Club Orient offers ocean front or garden bungalows. Every spacious unit is equipped with a full kitchen and dining area, air conditioning, Internet access, in-room safe, front and back patios with picnic table, beach chairs and towels, daily maid service and a specially chosen bottle of Bordeaux wine, compliments of Club Orient Resort.
Club Orient Resort has thought of everything for you: a fully stocked grocery store and boutique, full service restaurant and bar on the beach with daily happy hours, live entertainment and weekly manager's cocktail party, water sports facility, spa and fitness center, tennis courts and more. A self-service laundry, rental cars by the day and business center are also available. All of these conveniences are located on the property where clothing is always optional.
Club Orient's freedom to roam the property sans textile adornment is an escape from everyday life and the return to basics you have desired. The resort is very laid back, quiet, and relaxed.
It is certainly one of the Caribbean's most charming and relaxing au naturel resorts!


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A new book reveals the surprising reality behind the famous Lawrence v. Texas case (hint: there was no actual sex).
Lawrence, 43, entered the filmmaking world while attending film school at Loyola Marymount University.
But just what, exactly, were he and Lawrence doing at the time of their arrest?
"This actually really surpassed my expectations," Lawrence told us later on, well after the crowd had dissipated.
If anyone deserved indifference, it was the white-supremacist Lawrence Brewer.
But the old dame had been wholly frank in forming Miss Lawrence.
It is understood that Col. Lawrence will commence this benevolent and patriotic work in the spring or early summer.
Such misadventure occurred to Mr. Lawrence Trevenna—not less cautious than daring, as he had previously proved himself to be.
We are happy to say, that Col. Lawrence has the work now in successful progress.
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Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are breeding grounds for phishing, clickjacking and social engineering attacks, which, security experts say, are on the rise.
"These criminals are paid to gather email addresses and [to generate] online advertising clickthroughs," says Dhugael McLean, chief security scientist at Support.com. "Social media scams are getting more and more advanced in how they try to trick you," he says.
Here's a look at how you can spot a social media scam, plus tips for what to do if you fall victim.
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The Natural Koncept boys are creepin' across the U.S. premiering its new video Creepin' For Life. They sent over an update from the road and a grip of photos. Looks like quite a wild time. Check it out:
Natural Koncept held the world premiere of Creepin' for Life in New York City, Nov 19, 2011. It was pure madness.
The day before, Bob Gnarly flew in from Los Angeles, Brendan "Lai Wing" Leung arrived from Santa Cruz, Sean Reilly from Hawaii, Adrian McElhaney and Bryan Callaghan from San Diego, Boner took the train from Virginia, and JJ arrived from CT with the Skate Lair Crew. Chris Kays flew in a week early from Hawaii so he could help prep for the tour by partying it up in the Big Apple. The crew stayed in Brooklyn at Cmart's apartment in Williamsburg and JZ's spot in Bed-Stuy. This is the official start of the 28-day Creepin' for Life premiere tour across America.
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After the insanity of the premiere the following day, the crew skated a demo at Susan Sarandan's ping pong bar called SPIN NYC located on Park Ave at 23rd Street. We've been working on this event for almost 2 years. This place is amazing! The event was awesome and SPIN's are being franchised around the world–even Shanghai, China. So watch out! NK may head out to Asia for another ping-pong/skatepark performance.
We jetted to Connecticut late night and crashed at JJ's spot in Bristol. The next morning we cooked up a big breakfast and headed to Skate Lair for a beer fueled session with the Lair Crew. Kays and Boner shredded the bowl tough!
The following day was Thanksgiving. We picked up Trevor at Love Park around 2p.m. He and Dave were in Las Vegas for the Wet Boys reunion. From the stories Trevor told us, it sounded like a big f—kin' party! We skated downtown Philly 'til dark and then FDR 'til the wee hours of the morning, then a proper family feast at Wawa's.
Next we kicked it in Boner's hometown of Fredericksburg, Virginia with a premiere at Magic Bullet skate shop. We drove back to Boner's house around 4a.m., where mama and papa Boner had prepared leftover Thanksgiving dinner for us.
After a good night's rest we cruised to Ocean City, Maryland to meet up with Jim at Swirled World. We kicked it at the shop on the beach, then to the premiere at Peppers Bar. A quick session at the Coast Surf Supplies ramp and the final ramp jam party at Thug Mansion, a trippy smoke machine-filled/black lights style warehouse. Props to Tron at Get Gnarly. Good times a lot of craze.
We trecked across Maryland, Virginia and part of Tennessee (twelve-hour drive) to get to North Georgia Skatepark in Tunnel Hill, Georgia where we would be spending the next three days. Dave Davis had flown into Atlanta earlier that day so now the crew was officially complete! Loretta, the owner of North Georgia styled us out with big dinners, endless Budweisers, and a place that we call home. Late night shenanigans/skate sessions into the early morning kept us entertained. It's been an awesome trip so far and we've still got two and a half weeks left! A tour video is gonna drop March/April 2012.—JZ
A big shout out to Arizona Iced Tea, Pull-In, and Milkmade for making this tour possible.


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Small Business Contracting Opportunities In The Federal Procurement Arena
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss small business contracting opportunities in the federal procurement arena. I am James Handley, Regional Administrator for the General Services Administration's (GSA's) Great Lakes Region (Region 5), and I am pleased to be here this morning.
Let me begin by saying that this administration is extremely concerned about the health of our nation's small businesses. The prosperity of the nation's 25 million – and the region's nearly 700,000 – small businesses is a top priority. To this end, increasing the procurement opportunities for small businesses is a major initiative of the Bush administration.
Background of GSA and Region 5
As you are aware, GSA is a federal procurement and property management agency created to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. The United States is the world's largest marketplace, and GSA is the government's chief acquisition agency. GSA's 13,000 associates provide services and solutions for the workplace operations of more than one million federal workers located in 8,000 government-owned and leased buildings in more than 2,000 U.S. communities and overseas.
In Region 5, GSA serves federal agencies throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The region's nearly 1,000 associates support more than 90,000 federal employees located in more than 1,000 government-owned and leased buildings comprising 35 million square feet of office space. We accomplish this by acquiring office space, equipment, supplies, telecommunications and information technology on behalf of our federal clients.
GSA's Small Business Programs
As mandated by federal law, GSA works hard to ensure that opportunities to participate in the federal procurement process are afforded to small businesses, including those that are owned by minorities, women, veterans and small businesses located in HUB-Zones. As an agency, we exceed what the law requires.
Preliminary figures show that in fiscal year 2003, $6 billion of the $15 billion GSA spent in procuring goods and services went to small businesses. This meets our internal agency goal of 40 percent and nearly doubles the government-wide goal of 23 percent. In Region 5, contracts representing over $271 million worth of goods and services were awarded to small businesses in fiscal year 2003. These figures do not represent contracts going to subcontractors, which would increase these numbers.
FY 2003 Prime Contracts to Small Business
(Preliminary Figures)
Category Number of Actions Dollars
Total Small Business 120,059 6,174,887,188
Woman-Owned 11,925 613,338,424
HUB-Zone 284 23,371,373
Service-Disabled Veterans 1,094 43,385,185
8(a) 7,959 708,692,690
Small Disadvantaged 20,544 1,626,071,062
As Felipe Mendoza, GSA's Associate Administrator in the Office of Small Business Utilization, told this Committee last May, "GSA aims high in its goals and achievements, because we want everyone in the agency to know that we recognize the statutorily mandated goals to be the floor – not the ceiling."
Joint Efforts With Other Agencies
Mr. Chairman, GSA, the Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Defense (DoD) and Office of Management and Budget have taken steps to simplify the federal contracting process by creating an integrated database of small businesses that want to do business with the government. The integration of SBA's PRO-Net and DoD's Central Contractor Registration databases is creating one portal for entering and searching small business sources. This integration will assist small businesses with marketing their goods and services to the federal government.
Multiple Award Schedules Program
In addition to our agency-specific procurement opportunities, GSA manages the Multiple Award Schedules Program in which contracts are established with commercial firms for commonly used supplies and services. The program offers a broad range of products and services at prices that have been negotiated by GSA and meet accepted levels of expertise, performance and value. For federal agencies, this program represents a much more simplified procurement process.
The schedules also offer small businesses a new avenue of potential work with the federal government. Of the over 14,700 contracts currently on the GSA schedules, over 11,700 – approximately 80 percent – have been awarded to small businesses. We have several aggressive initiatives in place under this program that target small businesses, and we are constantly working with SBA to increase the opportunities for all categories of small businesses through our program.
Small Business Outreach
GSA's small business programs are geared toward increasing competition to promote the acquisition of high quality products and services at a fair and reasonable price to the American taxpayer. Various national and regional outreach programs established by GSA, SBA and other agencies enable the small business community to meet key contracting officials and receive one-on-one counseling from a team of business specialists.
In fiscal year 2003, Region 5 conducted 21 outreach events, including one in the 16th District – the Subcontracting Outreach for the New Rockford Courthouse – and two right here in the 7th District – the 2003 Business Procurement Expo and the 7th District Town Hall Meeting. These events drew over 8,500 participants. Of special note was the Chicago Business Matchmaking Event held in June 2003 and jointly sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This event, which was attended by over 1,300 small business representatives, aimed to line up small businesses with counselors and potential customers.
The region's Office of Business and Congressional Services assists small businesses by answering the many questions that are submitted by phone, e-mail, letters and in person. We counsel most companies over the phone; however, we also conduct one-on-one counseling sessions to assist companies understand and participate in the procurement process. Many companies visit our office for information. We also attend procurement conferences to conduct workshops that teach small business owners how to do business with GSA. We are available to answer questions throughout the week and encourage businesses to come in to talk with our contracting officers regarding possible opportunities with our agency. These meetings are usually arranged in advance and permit companies to discuss what they are looking to do with GSA and allow contracting officers to find out about the companies' capabilities.
GSA has many resources available to help small businesses and provide them with useful information. One such resource is our Doing Business with GSA booklet, which is geared toward new and prospective contractors. It explains the process, offers practical advice, and lists helpful websites, including the redesigned www.gsa.gov. We also distribute a local procurement directory and a list of toll-free telephone numbers so small businesses can contact us if they have any questions.
Our website also provides links to better help small businesses understand how to get started with government contracts. It provides them with points of contact and keeps them informed of upcoming conferences in which we will be participating.
The Federal Procurement Data System is designed to be a central repository of statistical information on federal contracting that seeks to identify detailed information on contract actions over $25,000 and offers summary data on procurements less than $25,000. The system can identify who bought what, from whom, for how much, when and where and can be accessed at www.fpdc.gov. The replacement system (FPDS-NG) is coming online for fiscal year 2004 and beyond. It can be accessed at www.fpds.gov.
GSA also lists federal and military procurement opportunities worth more than $25,000 on www.fedbizopps.gov.
Regional Successes
There are five construction projects in the Great Lakes Region that epitomize small business procurement success.
Of the $54.6 million in contracts for the renovation of the 536 South Clark federal building in Chicago, over $10.9 million is targeted to small businesses;
Of the $30 million in contracts for the renovation of the Howard M. Metzenbaum Courthouse in Cleveland, $9 million is for small businesses;
Of the $36 million for construction of the new courthouse in Rockford, the contractor plans to award over $8 million in subcontracts to small businesses;
Of the $90.6 million in contracts for the renovation of the Major General Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis, over $32 million went to small businesses; and
Of the $47.8 million in contracts for Phase II of the Carl B. Stokes Courthouse in Cleveland, over $9.5 million went to small businesses.
One regional small business success story is Flannery Construction; a small business headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, that has contracted with GSA for space renovation construction work. In 1997, they bid on and procured a contract with GSA. The state-of-the art daycare and playground at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Buildings is just one of the GSA landmark projects that highlight Flannery Construction's abilities. They have also been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract as they continue to thrive.
Innovative Procurement Ideas and Concepts
In our experiences with small business procurement, we have developed a few programs and designed a number of concepts that we believe could be used to improve the procurement process, and we are looking at them more closely to determine their viability. One initiative we are most proud of involves altering the payment date from the normal 23 days to within 14 days of completion. Potentially, this alteration allows contractors to have more capital on hand for other projects.
Other ideas include:
Encouraging small contractors who lack resources to join in a mentor program, utilizing the mentor's experience and financial resources;
Dissecting each prospectus project we embark on to see what fraction of work can be contracted out to small businesses; and
- Placing a small architectural and engineering firm under separate contract to perform some vital fraction of the design (cafeteria, landscaping, daycare) with the overall project architectural and engineering contractor serving as part of the board to approve the selection.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, the General Services Administration, and more specifically the Great Lakes Region that I oversee, is proud of its relationship with small businesses. We share President Bush's view that small businesses are the backbone of our economy. A healthy small business community contributes mightily to the health of our national economy. Although we are pleased with our efforts to promote the region's small businesses, we are never satisfied.
Thank you again for this opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to speak with you this morning. I will be happy to answer any questions from you or the other Members of the Committee.


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But for a PSU team with no inside game, it was too little, too late. The bumbling Eagles fresh off a loss to Bryant regrouped after nearly blowing their big lead and escaped with a 73-61 victory.
The Lions dropped to 3-3 on the season despite the impressive rally, which was fueled by guards D.J. Newbill and Jermaine Marshall. That duo combined for 47 points and helped PSU reduce a 59-39 deficit to 60-57 before B.C. (3-4) edged away at the end of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup.
The first half, we kind of played too timid, Newbill said. We loosened up a little bit and started playing smarter and harder. We definitely played hard in the second half. It was basically our effort.
To their credit, the Lions -- led by the hustling Newbill and Marshall -- never gave up even after it appeared they would be run out of the arena. B.C. led 59-39 with 5:22 remaining
State cut it to 59-53 on three Marshall free throws and a Newbill steal and score with 4:02 remaining. That capped a 14-0 run. PSU would later get it down to 60-57 when Newbill made one of two free throws.
But by this time the Lions were gassed. The Eagles responded by pounding the ball inside, getting a couple of free throws and then a dunk from center Andrew Van Nest to all but seal it.
Wednesday's game further exemplified how limited the Nittany Lions are now that star guard Tim Frazier is out for the season following surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles' tendon. It also showed just how many shortcomings the super athletic Frazier was able to cover up by being able to create his own shots off the dribble.
B.C. took advantage of PSU's lack of inside talent by pressing out on the perimeter early in the game. When the Eagles played man-to-man, Newbill or Marshall would occasionally sneak past them for a bucket -- but neither can slice through a defense like Frazier. And that was about the extent of State's half-court offense.
It was even worse when the Eagles went zone. State would slowly pass the ball around the arc, and with no viable options inside would more often than not settle for a long bomb late in the shot clock. The Lions opened the game 2 of 9 from 3-point range.
Penn State had two assists against 10 turnovers in the first half, and trailed 31-24 at the break. Starting center Job Graham had no points, no rebounds and one turnover through 20 minutes. Backup big man Sasa Borovnjak had no points and one rebound.
It did not take long to go from bad to worse in the second half. PSU closed it to 33-28 on a jumper by rookie Brandon Taylor, but B.C. responded with a 26-11 run to blow it wide open.
The late rally actually happened when Penn State went without a center and began pressuring all over the floor. B.C. was not ready for it. The chaotic pace allowed Newbill (25 points) and Marshall (22) to flourish. Marshall had 18 in the second half alone.
We pressed, PSU coach Pat Chambers said. I decided we needed to leave it all out on the floor.
At the end of the day, however, the dynamic duo was not enough. The rest of the Lions combined for 14 points, led by forward Ross Travis' five.
D.J. and Jermaine, they need help, Chambers said. They can't do it all on their own.


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West Nile Virus case confirmed in Cuyahoga County
(Cleveland) - Ohio's first human case of West Nile Virus in 2013 was identified Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Health. A 72-year-old female in Cuyahoga County is currently hospitalized with WNV meningitis.
"We've seen human cases of West Nile Virus each year in Ohio since 2002 but it is encouraging that our counts are down compared to where we were a year ago," said ODH Director Ted Wymyslo, M.D. "Ohioans are doing their part to avoid mosquito bites and we continue to work with local health departments around the state to monitor West Nile Virus activity."
According to the Centers for Disease Control, adults 50 and older at the greatest risk of becoming seriously ill when infected with the West Nile Virus.
Most people will experience no symptoms. A small number of people, typically less than one out of one hundred, become infected and develop West Nile encephalitis or West Nile meningitis, an inflammation of the brain or the area around the brain which requires hospitalization. In some cases, especially among older persons, it can result in death.
Symptoms of severe illness include headache, high fever, stiff neck, mental confusion, muscle weakness, tremors (shaking), convulsions, coma, and paralysis.
There is no specific treatment for the West Nile Virus infection.
Mosquitoes gather near available water sources and pooling water in man-made containers provides a breeding ground for mosquito habitats. Property owners are encouraged to check for these potential breeding sites and eliminate the presence of standing water to reduce risk.
Local officials are asked to remind residents about the importance of taking personal precautions to prevent mosquito bites by placing information and a prevention message on community websites, cable access channels, city marquees, and in printed newsletters.
Please contact the Cuyahoga County Board of Health to report areas of persistent standing water or heavy populations of biting mosquitoes at 216-201-2000.
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A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives attempts to deter frivolous patent litigation by forcing unsuccessful patent plaintiffs to cover defendants' legal costs. Introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and co-sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act is limited to patents related to computer hardware and software.
"Patent trolls don't create new technology and they don't create American jobs," DeFazio said in a news release. "They pad their pockets by buying patents on products they didn't create and then suing the innovators who did the hard work and created the product."
While DeFazio portrays the SHIELD Act as anti-troll legislation, its provisions don't seem to be limited to non-practicing entities. Any plantiff who a court finds "did not have a reasonable likelihood of succeeding" could be on the hook for his opponent's legal bills, regardless of whether the plaintiff is using the technology in question.
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T-Pain Puts Signature Auto-Tuned Twist on Lorde's 'Royals'
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If you like Lorde's hit song "Royals" — or just looking for a fresh twist on the track, which has been on heavy rotation over the past few months — you have to listen to T-Pain's version!
The rapper completely reverses the anti-materialistic message that the teen pop star originally sings about in the track that sparked her fame and made her a Grammy award-winning artist.
The auto-tune master praises the privileged lifestyle singing, "Seems like yesterday we was drinking Crown Royal / We ain't really give a f*** / Now they try to hate on us / And I just party on my bus / Let me see you get loose, girl … Work hard, play hard, money over everything."
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Building Your Own PC
Welcome back! We're down to the wire now. These last two sections of the series will finish up what you need to do to complete your computer building project. Along with that, I will sum up everything we've gone over. It's been quite a lot of information to swallow, but if you print these tips out and take your time with them, you'll be a computer building pro in no time. So, let's get started here today. Here come parts 11 and 12! Don't miss it!
Part 11
Choosing a CD/DVD ROM Drive
There are quite a few different CD/DVD ROM drives available to you, but honestly, all you will need is a basic CD/DVD ROM combo drive. Getting one of these will ensure that you can play both CD ROMs and DVD ROMs. The only reason you will ever have to consider getting a different type is if you plan on burning DVDs or using the same CD to add or remove files from a CD. In that case, you will need a CD/DVD RW (Rewriter) ROM drive. However, the majority of you will probably just be using the combo drive to play CDs and DVDs and maybe burn some music to a CD. If that is the case, simply stick with a basic CD/DVD ROM drive. Different types offer different speeds, but it really doesn't matter. CD/DVD ROMs can only spin so fast and honestly, it doesn't matter how fast or slow your combo drive is.
Installing the Floppy Drive
You may have noticed that I skipped the "choosing a floppy drive" part. This is because floppy drives will make almost no difference with your computer. As long as you stick with a normal 3.5'' drive, it shouldn't matter which type you get. The process for installing the floppy and the CD/DVD ROM drive is the same for the IDE ATA hard drive (refer to yesterday's article for information on that). The best part of choosing a floppy is, if you choose an IDE ATA hard drive, you may not need a floppy drive. You will begin by doing a little work to your computer case.
All cases are made differently, so this process may be a little different, depending on the type of case you have. Before you attempt to do this part, refer to your case documentation. Here we are going to cover how to install the drives based on how the majority of today's cases are made. You will want to start by removing the front panel of your computer case. I can not go into specifics on how to do this, because every case is different. So, please refer to your case documentation before you do this step! Some cases will not require you to remove the front panel, so double check before you start with the rest of this article.
You will want your case to look similar to the "panel removed" picture above. The idea is to expose the entire "from" side of your case. The next thing you will have to do is remove the metal tabs guarding the bays. As you can see above, it has already been done for both the floppy and the combo drive.
Here is a closer look at the floppy drive bay. As you can see, the top of the bay is missing the metal tab that the bottom has. The process for removing these tabs are case specific, so once again, refer to your case documentation for instructions on how to remove them. Coming from someone who has built quite a few computers, you will not need to keep the tabs after you are done removing them. The plastic tabs, pulled off of the case, will cover up any open slots.
After you have removed the metal tabs for both the floppy and combo drive, you will need to go through a similar process to remove the plastic tabs on the front panel of your case. Again, all cases are different, so refer to your case documentation for information on how to remove them. Do not remove them all. Only remove those that you need to.
Some cases will make it easy to install the drives and other will make it harder. In the case we choose to work with (the case shown in the pictures), the drive bays for the floppy and the combo drive are removable. This makes it easier to mount the drives to their bays. It is the same process as mounting the hard drive. It takes two to four screws to mount them.
After you are done, simply slide the bay back into the case from the front.
Connecting the Floppy to the Motherboard and Giving It Power
After you have mounted your floppy drive to your case, you can begin connecting it to the motherboard and give it power. This process is the same as installing a hard drive. You will need to rummage through the jumble of wires connected to your power supply and look for a different wire. The wire you are looking for is going to look like this:
This is the power cord for your floppy and it connects to the back of the floppy, as shown in the picture below (circled in red).
The last step you need to do for your floppy drive is attach the IDE ribbon cable to it. The ribbon cable for the floppy is different than the ribbon cable to your hard drive and your combo drive. You can identify it by the twist in the cable, circled in blue in the picture below.
The twist in the cable sets it apart from the others, so you should have no trouble getting it confused with other cables. It will also have a missing pin, like the hard drive did, so make sure you line up the cable's covered pin to the drive's missing pin. The same goes for connecting it to the motherboard. You can easily identify the place on the motherboard you need to connect it to, because it is shorter than the other connections, usually a different color (black in most cases) and it is labeled on your motherboard as FLOPPY or FLOPPY1. If you are having trouble locating it, refer to your motherboard documentation again.
Installing the CD/DVD ROM Drive
This process is going to be a lot less of a hassle and a lot easier. Your case should have been sent with what is called "rack mounts" or "rail mounts." These are for your CD/DVD ROM drives and look something like these:
These rails come in all shapes and sizes and depending on your drive and your case, you may not even need them. Refer to your documentation on whether or not you need them. These rails will screw onto the CD/DVD ROM combo drive you have. It will be much like how you screwed the hard drive and the floppy onto the case. Instead of screwing the drive onto the case, you will screw two of these rails onto the drive and simply slide the drive in from the front of your case.
Connecting the CD/DVD ROM to the Motherboard
Simply grab an IDE ribbon cable and follow the same steps for connecting the ribbon cable from the floppy and hard drive instructions. The location to connect it to the motherboard should be right beside where your hard drive is connected, if you choose an IDE ATA hard drive.
Your CD/DVD ROM drive will also need a Molex power cable. The cable should come from your power supply unit and it connects exactly like your hard drive did.
If you had to remove the front panel from your case to install these devices, now is the time to place it back onto your case.
In the next section, we are going to connect power to your motherboard and tie up a few loose ends. By the time you are done, you will be ready to boot up your computer for the first time, so hang in there. Let's keep going!
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Refer to your motherboard documentation if you need help finding these two connections. Something to take note of is that not all motherboards will require the smaller power connection, so depending on the motherboard you have, you may be able to skip that part of this step. Once again, you will need to search through your cables coming from your power supply unit while looking for these two wires.
Depending on your case and your motherboard, you may run into a little discrepancy when trying to connect the ATX 12V main power to your motherboard. Some power supplies come with this cable to hook up to a power connector on the motherboard with the incorrect number of pins. For example, the cord coming from the power supply may have either 20 or 24 pins, while the connection on the motherboard may have 20 or 24 pins. If you haven't done so yet, you will need to check both your motherboard documentation and your case documentation (if it came with a power supply unit) and see if they both have the same number of pins. If they do not, you can purchase converter cables at a low price, so don't worry too much about it.
The ATX 12V main power and the smaller power connectors will only fit in their slots in one way. It will be up to you to figure out how to connect them. This information should be in your documentation.
Connecting Your Case Power Switch to Your Motherboard
The small wires you see here are connected to the front of your case. In the beginning of this series, we had pushed these to the side to make it easier to work on other things. Different cases may label these wires differently. However, motherboards will label the connections on the motherboard in generally the same way. To locate the spot shown above, refer to your motherboard documentation. The placement is usually near an edge of any side of the motherboard and is extremely small. You may need to use a magnifying glass to see them clearly. There should be approximately five wires labeled something like the following: Speaker, Reset SW, Power SW, HDD LED and PWR LED. Since all cases and motherboards will differ, I can not go into specifics about how to connect these. Your motherboard documentation should cover this step to its full extent. Just know that this step must be completed if you want to be able to turn your computer on!
Connecting Your Case Fans to Power
Depending on the type of case you use, you may or may not see fans similar to this mounted to the sides of your case.
Usually, you should have at least one fan attached to the inside rear of your computer case (outlined in blue below).
You will make the connection with a Molex connector, which is a similar process to hooking the hard drive up with power. The only difference is that you will connect two Molex connectors together, one being a male and the other a female. Make sure that you make the following connection for all of your case fans.
Finalizing the Insides
Well, you did it! You have assembled a PC piece by piece! But, now isn't the time to get hasty. You should go over a few more things before you put the case back together and boot it up for the first time. Now is the best time to go over all your hardware and check for compatibility issues, check your connections on all wires and cables and go over everything and make sure you didn't miss anything. If you don't feel like rummaging through all the pages to find each and every step, below you will find a checklist to go by. Simply grab the documentation for your motherboard and follow along, double checking everything on the following list.
Double Check for Compatibility
- Make sure the RAM you purchased for your motherboard is supported by your motherboard. If everything else is connected properly from this entire series, you shouldn't have to worry too much about other compatibilities.
Double Check Your Connections
- Make sure all cables are firmly connected to the motherboard and their respective devices. If a cable is loose, something may go wrong during installation of your operating system.
Double Check Your Graphics and Sound Card Connection
- Give these two cards a quick little downwards push. This will let you know if the card was seated correctly or not.
Double Check the Drives That Are Mounted to the Inside of Your Case
- Retighten the screws that you used to mount your drives to your case. You don't want them to fall when you set your case back up.
Tighten All Other Screws
- You may even want to tighten the screws that hold your motherboard to the case. Before you put your case back together, you will want to tighten all the other screws that we used during this entire series. But be sure not to over do it.
Go Over Your Motherboard Documentation
- Your motherboard may have some special feature that we didn't cover in this series, so be sure to read over your motherboard documentation one last time.
If you have followed all the steps in this series to the letter, you should be able to reassemble your case, stand it up and get ready to install the operating system.
In the last article, we are going to go through the process of installing your operating system and I will sum everything up for you and you will be able to place the finishing touches on your project. So, all I can say is make sure you come back tomorrow as we all say goodbye to this article series!
Click here to finish up with part 13.
~ Tony Coffee


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How To Prepare The Perfect Cheese Board
As I've mentioned before, my boyfriend Nick is a cheesemonger, which means he spends at least 40 hours a week packaging, preparing, selling, discussing, and sampling cheeses. With the holiday party season just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to combine our talents and force him to help me write a post about cheese on his day off. A cheese board is really just a simple spread of a few different cheeses and accompaniments, and thanks to the surging popularity of artisan cheeses and gourmet food websites, it's easier than ever to get your hands on some truly fabulous fromage these days. I asked Nick to pick three types of cheeses and a few accompaniments to create a foolproof cheese board guaranteed to impress party guests and your taste buds. Ready to get started? Just click on the gallery and say, "Cheese!"


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Loyola · Notre Dame Library
serving Notre Dame of Maryland University and Loyola University Maryland
Chicago Style SheetConsult the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition for special situations.
Notes on Chicago Style
The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems, the humanities style (notes and bibliography) and the author-date system (textual citation and reference list). For numerous specific examples, see chapters 16 and 17 of The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. The following examples include some of the most common types of print and electronic sources.
Humanities Style
Author-Date Style
|The humanities style is preferred by many in literature, history, and the arts. This style presents bibliographic information in notes (N) and, often, a bibliography (B). It accommodates a variety of sources, including esoteric ones less appropriate to the author-date system.
| The more concise
author-date system has long been used
by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences.
In this system, sources are briefly cited in the text
(T), usually in parentheses, by author's last name
and date of publication. The short citations are amplified
in a list of references (R), where full bibliographic
information is provided.
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Businesses to get rebates from Bureau of Workers' Compensation
(Columbus) -- The phrase "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" is seen by many as one of the biggest lies, but the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is visiting a handful of businesses this month, handing over rebate checks for their workers' comp payments for last year. The majority of Ohio business owners can look to get a rebate check from BWC in the mail.
Steve Buehrer, administrator and CEO of BWC, tells WTAM 1100 the rebates are possible because every year, BWC takes a portion of what's paid into the system and invests it. Buehrer says it was predicted that BWC would get a 4% investment in the money, but it turned out to be as high as 11.4%. Governor Kasich directed that the overage be given back to companies that contributed into the BWC fund in 2012, so that the money can be put back into the state's economy. Buehrer suggests companies put the money into safety programs that, in the long run, can lower workers' comp costs.
Depending on the size of the company, Buehrer says the rebate can range anywhere from $5 to $3 million, and represents 56% of what the company paid into workers' comp last year.
Why the publicity campaign, including handing over checks? Buehrer says the last time BWC issued rebate checks, many were uncashed. He's not sure why, but thinks many business owners threw them away, thinking the checks were not legitimate.
Get breaking news sent to your mobile phone.Text "news" to 21095.
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The Pittsburgh Fire Bureau will supply and install smoke detectors to any City resident that requests one. The request can be made by contacting the 311 Response Center, or by calling the Fire Bureau at 412-255-2863.
Are you wondering whether you need a permit issued through the Fire Department? Be sure to check the information below, as well as our Permit Information section to see if the fire permit application you need is available online.
The Fire Bureau offers free blood pressure screening to all citizens on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 1 p.m.


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What is in this article?:
- BlackBerry Maker Gears Up for a New Battle Against iPhone and Android
- Developer Toolkit
BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion (RIM) is arming itself for a dramatic move against market-dominating competitors Apple (IW 500/14) and Google with its BlackBerry 10 device expected out later this year.
The first step in this move: making up lost ground with developer applications.
To do this, RIM unveiled a developer platform for the BlackBerry 10 and handed out about 2,000 prototypes to developers at the BlackBerry World 2012 conference in Florida this week, with the hope of recruiting an enthusiastic group of designers to help build up its catalog.
"There is tremendous interest, anticipation and momentum building toward the launch of BlackBerry 10 devices, and today were extremely excited to release the BlackBerry 10 developer beta tools for general use," said Christopher Smith, vice president, Handheld Application Platform and Tools at RIM at the event.
"Developers can use this first beta of the tools to get started building apps for BlackBerry 10 and as the tools evolve over the coming months, developers will have access to a rich API set that will allow them to build even more integrated apps," he said.


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|Group: Development/Languages/Tcl
|Build host: build24
|Size: 253303
|Source RPM: itk-3.4-65.1.2.src.rpm
|Packager: http://bugs.opensuse.org
|Summary: Object Oriented Extension for Tcl
Incr Tcl adds object-oriented programming facilities to Tcl. It was NOT designed as another whiz-bang, object-oriented programming language. It is patterned somewhat after C++. It was designed to support more structured programming in Tcl. Scripts that grow beyond a few thousand lines become extremely difficult to maintain. [incr Tcl] attacks this problem in the same way that any object- oriented programming language would, by providing mechanisms for data encapsulation behind well-defined interfaces. Authors: -------- Michael J. McLennan <firstname.lastname@example.com> Dr. John Ousterhout <email@example.com>
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Selena Gomez: Sad and Single in White Plains
She's usually all smiles, but yesterday (November 11) Selena Gomez looked grief-stricken as she promoted her new Dream Out Loud clothing line in White Plains, New York.
The "Wizards of Waverly Place" hottie was less than ecstatic as she arrived at a Kmart store to greet a ton of fans who showed up to see her.
However, Selena seemed to break her bad mood and began looking more positive as she carried on her publicity duties, putting her recent breakup with Justin Bieber on the backburner.
Meanwhile, during an interview Selena's ex-boyfriend Justin kept things vague when asked about the relationship- "I don't know what to say. I don't know what's going on in my life . . . To even assess that it doesn't make sense 'cause I have not made any comment."
An insider told press, "Selena broke up with Justin about a week ago. It's been a really challenging experience over the last year because of their crazy schedules. Selena definitely had some major trust issues with Justin."


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Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders Are in Merger Talks
Washington, D.C., law firm Patton Boggs LLP is in merger talks with a larger firm, Squire Sanders, over a potential tie-up that could create a roughly 1,700-lawyer global entity with offices in 22 countries.
The discussions are in early stages, according to a joint statement the firms issued on Wednesday. A combination, should both sides agree to proceed, could shore up the bottom line of Patton Boggs, which is under growing strain amid a firm-wide overhaul, and expand its international reach while lending Squire Sanders significant heft in Washington.
Patton Boggs is known for its influence in the capital, where Chairman Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. helped pioneer the lobbying shop/law firm model that made the firm a Beltway institution. But its fortunes have faltered in recent years amid a contracting legal market and disappointing financial results. Patton Boggs's revenues slid by 12% in 2013, to $278 million, and the firm is shutting down its Newark, N.J., office, whose earning power has plunged.
Patton Boggs, which is retooling its compensation structure and slashing expenses, has shrunk to about 380 lawyers and has been actively searching for a merger partner to expand its platform both abroad and in significant U.S. legal markets such as California. In 2012 the firm took on a group of insurance litigators from the now-defunct New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Patton Boggs and Dewey had been in merger discussions before Dewey filed for Chapter 11 protection that May.
Squire Sanders has roots in Cleveland, Oh., but has grown in recent decades into an international firm with 1,300 attorneys in the U.K., across Europe, Asia and elsewhere. In 2012 it had $774.5 million in revenue, according to rankings compiled by the American Lawyer magazine.
A so-called Swiss verein, Squire Sanders is composed of a number of firms that share the same brand but maintain separate finances. The firm broadened its footprint through a 2011 combination with the British firm Hammonds LLP, and has been on a bit of an expansionist tear in Asia, opening up offices in Singapore, Seoul, South Korea and Sydney in 2012.


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Person to Person
"A sign of spiritual maturity is when God's primary concerns become our primary concerns…" Dan Kimball
This past month, we welcomed over 1,100 students and youth leaders from around the Pacific Northwest onto Multnomah's campus for our Spring Thaw high school theology retreat. Dan Kimball, seminary alumnus (Grad Cert '89), was our keynote speaker for the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »


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Mic Check
- Title:
- Mic Check
- When:
- 07.04.2012
- Where:
- La'son Bar - Baltimore
- Category:
- DC Metro/ DMV Events
Each and every Wednesday night
Nu-Soul Collective Presents
Mic Check
Hosted by: Stevie
Live Band: Pure Victory
Join us Every Wednesday for Open Mic Night. Vocalists, Hip Hop, Spoken Word Artists and Comedians are welcomed.
As a matter of fact EVERYONE IS WELCOMED!
Great Wednesday Night Entertainment!
Wednesdays in Baltimore just got better....
Open Mic night includes dollar crabs and drink specials.
Baltimore's Newest Hottest Hot Spot!
La'son Bar & Grille
Every Wednesday
7:00 pm - 2:00 am
Cover: $5.00
Free B4 8pm
Music: Soul, Spoken Word, Hip Hop
- Venue/ Promoter:
- La'son Bar
Registered Users:
It's too late to register for this Event.


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So I am pretty new to BT5 and noticed when I try to use Airodump-ng that it would work for a couple mins then just stop picking anything up. It also did the same thing to me on BT4. Constantly using airmon-ng stop [interface] and airmon-ng start [interface] would reset it and allow me to use it once again but only for a few mins. I tried disabling many things and using airmon-ng check kill and nothing seemed to fix the problem. I run BT5 along side of windows 7 so i wondered if Windows 7 was messing with HAL. So i booted into windows 7 and disabled all ethernet adapters and only left the wireless adapters enabled. Im on a laptop so I made sure the wireless radio switch was enabled as well. Low and behold it fixed the issue! When i booted back into BT5 everything worked normally. No more hanging wireless and no more freeze-ups when using airodump-ng, wash, reaver, or aireplay-ng. Everything is kosher. The only thing i noticed is when doing this in BT4 it will not allow you to use the ethernet adapter whatsoever. However, in BT5 it does allow you to use your ethernet adapters and the internet.
This is what i did step by step:
1. Boot into win7 disabled ethernet adapters, make sure radio switch is on (laptops), reboot.
2. Boot into BT5, open wicd netowrk manager(goto BT menu then Internet)
Click on preferences. Where u see wlan0 or w/e your wifi adapter is called change it to an adapter that DOES NOT exist (i used wlan3.) to stop it from monitoring the adapter you are trying to use.
3.Lastly open a Konsole and do "airmon-ng stop wlan0" then airmon-ng check kill.
Hope this helps! It bugged the crap out of me!
Sorry if this fix was posted elsewhere I couldn't seem to find anything that resolved it.


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The Note flags as "Must-Read" Boston Herald editorial on Clintons' "off-loading of Socks"
An October 23 Boston Herald editorial [1] -- titled "Meow if you're for Hillary" -- highlighted an article [2] (subscription required) in the November 2007 issue of The Atlantic about Socks, former President Bill and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) cat, and claimed that the article " 'exposes' the post-White House off-loading of Socks to a Clinton aide after the feline was found to be incompatible with the Clinton's [sic] beloved lab, Buddy." But the Atlantic article did not "expose[]" the fact that Socks was given to Bill Clinton's then-personal secretary, Bettie Currie. In fact, articles detailing Currie's adoption of Socks date as far back as December 2000, as Media Matters for America documented [3]. On October 23, ABC's online political newsletter The Note included [4] the Herald editorial in its daily list of "Must-Reads."
A Nexis search for major newspaper articles that reported on Currie's adoption of Socks from December 1, 2000, to December 1, 2001, yielded 103 reports, including a December 27, 2000, New York Daily News article, which reported: "The Clintons' cat, Socks, meanwhile, apparently has won the affection of the President's trusted secretary, Betty Currie, who has asked to adopt the cat, a source said." The Philadelphia Inquirer further reported on January 21, 2001: " 'Socks is off to Mrs. Currie's house,' said a Clinton aide who insisted on anonymity. 'She loves the cat. She wants the cat.' ... Socks came to the White House from Arkansas with the Clinton family in 1993 as Chelsea's pet. Chelsea is now a student at Stanford University." Indeed, the Boston Herald itself dedicated two articles and an editorial to the subject on January 11 and 12, 2001.
From the October 23 Herald editorial:
Hillary Clinton may be able to handle her Democratic rivals with ease, but she has yet to be called to account on ... Socks. Yes, the former White House cat has come back to haunt the Democratic presidential contender.
The new Atlantic Monthly "exposes" the post-White House off-loading of Socks to a Clinton aide after the feline was found to be incompatible with the Clinton's beloved lab, Buddy. But before cat lovers protest, they might want to recall that shortly after Buddy left the White House he was run over by a car in Chappaqua. Maybe Socks was the lucky one.
- Network/Outlet
- Boston Herald [5]
- Stories/Interests
- Hillary Clinton [6], 2008 Elections [7]


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I am stuck on this filter working
if($_POST['State']=="FL" AND ['Amount']=="400000+")
I tired the above but it does not work. I can get it to work alone with the state.
I want the formmail to filter this and send to a specific email.
You forgot $_POST infront of ['Amount']
Thanks I see that and corrected it but it still does not filter properly. It still comes through if it is 200000 or 400000.I also tried to use use >400000
put var_dump($_POST); above your IF statement and post the output it produces for both of those options.
That gave me an error msg and still went through.
Try to be as as detailed as possible when mentioning "errors". Without supplying the error message and new source code used, in any case when trying to get help, stops us from moving forward in our attempts to help out.
from a php formmail script trying to filter with numbers
// recipient info
if($_POST['State']=="Texas" OR $_POST['State']=="Illinois" AND $_POST['Amt'] >"417000"){
I get this warning:Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/public_html/site.com/submit/mail.php:21) in /home/public_html/site.com/submit/mail.php on line 575
that particular line in the mail.php is: header("Location: ".$thanks_page[$config]);
hope that helps
Okay. What that error means is that you have already outputted data to the screen, so it cant send a header (one was already created). You dont want to forward from that page at the moment anyway because you want to be able to read the var_dump that is produced. so lets run this code:
// recipient info
var_dump($_POST);exit; //added exit
if($_POST['State']=="Texas" OR $_POST['State']=="Illinois" AND $_POST['Amt'] >"417000"){
the program will exit before anythign else, allowing you to see the var dump
Yes, it allows me to see a var dump. now the thank you page does not show only the dumped fields when submitting. No email is received either
Copy and paste the output from the var_dump here for us to see. We need to see the data it is spitting out.
it is a form-mail script with many fields and it is spitting all those out when click submit. Not really what I was looking for. I just wanted a filter based on numbers input in a field.I don't understand what relationship it has filtering
Okay, we need to see that information to be able to help you. Unless I see what is being stored in ['Amount'], I can't fix your code. I want you to copy and paste what it writes to the screen in a response here so I can see how to fix your code.


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Dresses Online Shopping at Best Discount and Price - Yebhi.com
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Two Tone Silky Satiny Ribbon - Colors B, 1 1/2" Width on a 25 yard spool are available in assorted colors.
General Shipment Timing GuidelineThis product takes about 3 weeks before we are ready to ship not including ship time to your area from JKM's facility.
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pacifism springs from the belief that nations do not matter, that "humanity is the great idea."
These accursed Venonians are courageous for all their pacifism.
At present pacifism is no completely integrated philosophy of life.
The quality of Wilson's pacifism was about to be put to the test.
So I was prepared to exonerate them, to praise them for their pacifism and their orderliness in such conditions.
Am I not logical when I say that pacifism must be considered the first step to internationalism?
We feel the pacifism of the wise and secretive mind that remains tacit when its most perfect inward certainties are assailed.
pacifism is not a disease, it is the symptom of the disease of a false internationalism.
I have a higher opinion of pacifism this minute than I ever had before.
pacifism had done its best, but the World was armed to the hilt.
1905, from French pacifisme (by 1903, apparently coined by Émile Arnaud), from pacifique (see pacific).
The view that war is morally unacceptable and never justified (see conscientious objector). The term is sometimes applied to the belief that international disputes should be settled peacefully.


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Trending Now: LeBron and Wade even up series 1-1
The Heat beat the Pacers 87-83 to even up their series at 1-1. Dwayne Wade had 23 points, LeBron James 22 points.
The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA draft lottery for the 3rd time in last 4 years. The Bucks get the second pick followed by the 76ers, Magic and Jazz.
The Cardinals shut out the Diamondbacks 5-0. St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright earned the complete game 1 hit shutout with 9 strikeouts and no walks.
The Cubs beat the Yankees 6-1. New York starter Masahiro Tanaka suffered his first MLB loss and his first loss in two seasons (span of 42 games)
The Orioles downed the Pirates 9-2. Chris Davis went 4 for 5 with 3 homeruns and 5 RBI for Baltimore.


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Dark Sector brings the inclusion of the glaive, a projectile weapon that you can use to decapitate, or remove the limbs from, enemies. One of the best features of this weapon is that as the weapon reaches the target, you are provided with a close-up, slow-motion view of the kill.
Super Gamer Dude
Xbox 360
The story in Dark Sector is worth mentioning, but only because of its deficiency. While there are story aspects to the game, which starts off twenty years previous in a Prologue mission that gives you a chance to get the feel for the controls in a relatively tame setting, the elements of it are confusing and donÂ't really make any sense. Repeatedly, events occur throughout the game and the gamer is not given any explanation as to why. While this is slightly jarring, it doesnÂ't really offset the gameplay.
If youÂ're playing Dark Sector, you should be playing it for the combat. The gameplay in this title is similar to Gears of War, but there are things about it that are very different. One is the inclusion of the glaive, a projectile weapon that you can use to decapitate, or remove the limbs from, enemies. One of the best features of this weapon is that as the weapon reaches the target, you are provided with a close-up, slow-motion view of the kill. You can also upgrade the weapon with 'Aftertouch', which allows you to control the glaive in the air after you throw it and slice through targets around corners.
The glaive is also used for a number of other purposes in the game, like opening boxes, picking up items, and unlocking doors. It is also essential to complete the puzzles in the game, which find you imbuing your glaive with certain elements as it flies through the air, in order to complete some task. These puzzles are frequent in the single-player game and obvious after the first one you complete, though there is the occasional puzzle that is difficult to accomplish.
Fighting the AI is a treat in Dark Sector, since they seem to realize the same tactical issues as you do. They take cover, try and get you out from cover or flank you, and pull off other skills that make them almost as fun to fight as it is to kill them with the glaive. There are also a number of boss battles, all of which are different, that require you to figure out the right way to kill the boss before they can be taken down. They are difficult, but not too much so, and will usually just take time of fighting the boss before you realize the trick.
There is also a solid multiplayer mode with two different styles of play. While these two different game types were an interesting change from the norm in shooters, it would have been nice to see the inclusion of styles that were more similar to ordinary shooters, along with the other modes.
All told, Dark Sector is a shooter that feels refined in its execution. It doesnÂ't have a strong story, but if thatÂ's what you need to shoot a bunch of bad guys, then there are other games out there that will deliver it. This one brings the bad guys and the fun, if you donÂ't care why youÂ're fighting.
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