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If he manages this trick, Keating should package his formula and sell it to newspapers across the country, because he'd make a fortune. Business news can affect the average person much more directly than, say, the accounts of random violence that often wind up on page one, yet many readers are allergic to it. Demographically attractive capitalists naturally drift toward such coverage, as do entrepreneurial wannabes and investors who actually follow the market instead of blindly pouring their loot into 401(k) plans and hoping for the best. However, others tend to view the financial section as the equivalent of a math lesson; they'd rather spend their time in sports (comparable to recess) or the comics (like hanging out in the bathroom with the class clown).
Keating, a onetime Post reporter who's returning to the paper after a three-year absence, is a strong choice to help change this reputation, and he'll have the able assistance of his predecessor, Al Lewis, who gave up the business-editor title to become a full-time columnist. Still, Lewis's three years at the helm illustrate how large a task has been set before the prodigal son. Lewis is an enjoyably opinionated scribe, but his lively, bare-knuckled approach hasn't always carried over to the section as a whole. For each impressive edition, such as those anchored by reporter Kris Hudson's dogged coverage of Qwest's occasional ups and frequent downs, there have been efforts that are rote, dull or so nondescript that plenty of subscribers may not have given them a second glance.
Take the October 22 section. The main story concerned a $22.1 million grant to Colorado State University for the construction of a biodefense lab -- an interesting and timely topic that deserved prominent placement. But while reporter Jennifer Beauprez was able to get the grabby phrase "vaccines for anthrax, tuberculosis, smallpox and other bioterrorism agents" into her first paragraph, none of these words found their way into the sleepy headline and deck: "CSU Hopes Lab Leads to Biotech Hub: Public-Private Efforts Eyed." Even snoozier was the headline on a Kristi Arellano story that appeared above the fold: "2 Retail Centers Mulled in N. Colo." (There might be less active verbs than "mulled," but not very damn many.) As for art, the section front featured a couple of decent photos and a pair of exceedingly similar maps. The result was a generic look for a generic section padded with business briefs, wire stories and page after page of stock listings.
The business pullout from the same day's Rocky Mountain News was no earthshaker, but it put some of the Post's weaknesses into context. The headlines regularly made the stories appear more attractive than they might have seemed otherwise; for instance, a report about a Lockheed Martin defense contract ran under the oversized banner "Lockheed Jackpot." Moreover, the use of graphics, info boxes and the like provided diverse and energetic visuals, and the amount of locally generated material was impressive. The Rocky offered fourteen articles with local bylines; the Post managed six, if a short credited to "the Denver Post staff" is counted.
Such comparisons don't address the quality of the Post's content, which editor Greg Moore believes is much improved since he arrived in Denver last year. Back then, the plainspoken, pull-no-punches boss was upset that the Post was receiving routine beatings from national competitors. "I think our readers expect us to tell them important news about [local] companies and not be quoting the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times," he groused ("The Joy of Sections," August 8, 2002). Today he says his reporters have made sizable strides in this area; he describes the staff as "really good. They work hard and know their subject matter."
Of course, subscribers won't fully appreciate the talents of these individuals unless they read what is written. To get them to do so, Moore says, "we need better display for the stories -- to work with graphics and not be so dependent on the five-stories-and-a-photo layout. We have a graphics person and a designer who pay attention to those things, but we need to refocus that effort in a much more concentrated way so we can have greater coordination between designers, reporters and story editors."
Moore also worries about those sections that lack a blockbuster, or at least a compelling spotlight item. "The news regarding the big industries, like United and Qwest, gets big play, and it should. But on other days, some smaller stories get pretty big play, too, and I want to change that." He insists that he's "not against writing stories about folks who invent seat belts for dogs" -- a reference to reporter Vicky Lio's overview of a Boulder company's pup-protection product that opened on the July 17 business section's front page. "But I think there's a way to rethink the section so that won't be the centerpiece. We're a little inconsistent."
Maybe so, but the business department is much steadier than it was when Lewis arrived at the Post in early 2000. Prior to that, he was a reporter at the Rocky, but he says, "I was pretty burned out. They wanted me to write three stories a day, and I wasn't getting the time to do the things I really loved to do: investigate and do project work. I just didn't see a future over there." Then he received a call from Don Knox, the Post's business editor at the time. "Don's a very entrepreneurial guy," Lewis points out, "and he didn't have it in him to be business editor again; he'd done that at the Rocky. So he told me, 'How would you like to be business editor? Come over as an assistant for a year, and then you'll get the job.'" But something went wrong with the scheme. Knox left six months earlier than he'd originally anticipated, and when Lewis took the reins, he says, "I basically inherited a bank of empty desks."


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I sat in stunned silence. I felt devastated, wounded, and shaken. I was caught completely off guard! Until his call, I felt the class was going well. The members were committed in their work and attendance. They had been studying and sharing on a deep level. We were experiencing transformation personally and as a group. I could not imagine what had prompted the angry monologue on the phone.
I went home that day, unable to shake the feelings of humiliation and failure. I tried rationalizing the situation based on my perception of the man's personality. He was, after all, critical of many things in the church. He was a "recovering" alcoholic. He had been married and divorced a number of times, and was even now estranged from most of his family. Therefore, maybe I didn't have to put much stock in his criticism!
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For those who have had to remodel a house or apartment with two bathrooms on the same floor were yours totally different, or did they match or share elements between them? This is a rental apartment and I was just wondering if they should be in the same colors and look, or not. How did you do yours? |
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Totally different for mine. For functional reasons (they're slightly different shapes) as well as being more interesting aesthetically. We did share tile, paint, exhaust fan/lights, and mirror cabinet style between the two. But different plumbing fixtures and accessories, like dark granite countertop with oval sink in one, white kiln-fired glazed ceramic sinktop with integral rectangular bowl in another. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 8:49
Different but related usually works pretty well. I think the overall feel should be pretty consistent, but they don't need to match. If most of the materials repeat but in different colors or finishes I think it looks intentional. When things like this are wildly different in a house that it otherwise pretty conventional, I feel like the person was experimenting on my dime (since they don't live there and are either renting it or selling it to me), fickle, or did them at different times and used whatever was on sale. When I look at some of the multi-bathroom rehabs on open houses where they are all completely different--I feel like "okay each contractor or each investor's wife got to pick out the stuff for one bathroom". |
When we moved into our home all the cabinetry - kitchen and 2.5 baths were the same material, style and finish. All the bathroom countertops, fixtures and hardware were identical. There was no personality. I prefer the rooms to have some unifying features, but each to be slightly different. Obviously, as palimpsest pointed out, that can be taken too far with disastrous results. I would think for a rental you will want to keep things somewhat more neutral and cohesive to appeal to more potential tenants. |
We are remodeling two bath on the same floor of the house, master and hall. Master will be very modern with large porcelain tiles everywhere. Hall bath is more transitional with large subway wall tiles and a old tub from the 60s. Both will use the same large porcelain floor tiles but I don't think you need to have any shared elements in the two bath. Personally, I think as long as the bath are not too far off in terms of style they don't need to be similar at all. For example, don't go Victorian in one bath and Euro modern in another. That will be too jarring and probably one of them will not match the rest of the house/apartment. Otherwise have fun designing. For rental apartment, I'd also think about the ability to rent it out and the ease of maintenance. Sharing tiles might make it easier to store spares for repairs. |
- Posted by nycbluedevil (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 12:59
We did master and hall bath. We used the same marble for the counter, floor and walls. We also used the same lighting fixtures. The plumbing fixtures are different. In the master bath, we went transitional. In the hall bath, the fixtures are a bit more modern. I think it works well. One advantage of using the same tile and marble is that you can save money because you don't have to overorder for two bathrooms. |
In our home, all the bathrooms are the same general style but all pretty different from one another. We have one bathroom left to remodel and we are planning on bringing in the same floor tile from the powder room and the subway tile we used in the master bath to kind of repeat some of the elements. In my personal home, I like things to be different so they aren't so builder standard. However, if I were doing a rental property I think I would use the same materials in all the bathrooms to try to keep down costs and limit the number of decisions I had to make. |
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I think they should have the same tile or tiles and the same aesthetic. Don't do a modern spa and a French provincial.. No,no. |
- Posted by kendrahrose (My Page) on Tue, Jun 18, 13 at 16:39
It is nice to have a similar vibe and aesthetic but they need not be the same materials or exactly matching. Think of an editorial photo shoot, each picture has a different scene but they all relate. |
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In anticipation of Valentine's Day next Friday, a different sort of Time Lapse: Where and when in Pawtucket were Victorian-era lace-paper Valentines like the one above made? (Not at Paramount -- Sam Markoff's greeting-card company in Pawtucket started much later, in 1906, as the Japan Wood Novelty Co.). Who made these?
As always, you can open to a much larger image in a new window or tab by clicking the one above.
Hazard a guess in comments below, and then come back Sunday -- we'll not only show you a nostalgic 1935 story about these frillies, we'll also serve up some Valentine's Day recipes from 1939, Helen Gurley Brown's Lamb Hearts for the Woman Alone in 1964, and a reporter's recollection of the St. Valentine's massacre.
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Were it not for our 1935 Providence Sunday Journal story "When Pawtucket was Headquarters for Our Valentines," we would not know that Victorian Valentines were ever made in Pawtucket. There's no mention of that on the Web; the dogged weekend researchers among our loyal commenters would have found it.
This amounts to breaking news from Victorian-era Rhode Island.
The microfilm of this page has a black spot on its second paragraph. I've been able to lighten and decipher the type below. Here's how it starts,
"Once more returns the welcome day,
"The couplet, taken from the title page of Richardson's "New Fashionable Lady's Valentine Writer," (at right) printed in London many years ago, reminds us that Feb. 14 is again at hand.
when lovers breath their tender lay.""To at least one Rhode Islander it likewise brings back memories of days when, as a child not yet of "steen" age, he worked 10 hours a day, six days a week making the gilded and lace-bedecked love tokens once produced by the thousands in a Pawtucket plant and sold through the Eastern part of the nation. memories too, of the $1.50 a week he received for his labor. ..."
The story tells us more than we probably want to know right now about R.I.'s 19th-century child-labor practices, but its more interesting focus is how the Valentine business came to Pawtucket. It begins with The Linton Brothers -- John, Benjamin, Joseph and Hugh (pic) -- who ran a cardboard and paper factory in Pawtucket, at the corner of Bayley and Commerce Streets.
A stranger appears
From our 1935 story,
"... the person who inspired the Linton firm to manufacture valentines with their other products is now hazily indistinct."Sam Holmes, for years chief electrician at a downtown department store in Providence, remembers only that the man's name was "Taft," a sickly sort of person who came here from Massachusetts some time in the 80's.
"...In an interview with the Linton Brothers' officials, Taft convinced them that they could well add valentines to their list of products, and obtained from them permission to set up a 'factory' in a corner of one floor of their building."
"...There were seven other employes in the valentine section of the Linton plant, Mr. Holmes recalls. Among them Mr. Taft, busy with sales; Mrs. Taft, who wrote all the verses used on the valentines ("and a clever woman she was at it, too," Mr. Holmes declares); a printer who set up her words in type, and turned out the valentines on his printing press; another man in charge of the embossing machine; and Sam and another youth or two at the gilding table, covered with bronze powder and with mouth and nostrils shielded by cloth."
Taft Valentine Co.
The 1889 edition of Caspar's directory of the American book, news and stationery trade lists the Taft Valentine manufacturer in Pawtucket at Linton Bros.
If you Google Taft and Valentines, you'll land at Jotham W. Taft, America's First Valentine Maker at the Grafton (Mass.) News. (Grafton is eight miles southeast of Worcester, the lace-valentine capital of the East.)
But our Pawtucket Valentine maker is not Jotham, who never lived outside of Grafton.
Quite by accident, not noted anywhere else, we discovered that it was his son, Edward A Taft, who had come to Pawtucket, with his third wife, Harriet Richmond Taft. (Edward, then 39, had married Harriet, then 26, in Worcester on May 1, 1878.)
In the 1880 Federal census, the whole Taft family -- father Jotham, mother Sarah, daughter Isabella, son Edward and his wife Harriet, and a 15-year-old grandson, Edward -- lives together in Grafton where Jotham and Edward are both "valentine agents."
In the 1885 Pawtucket census, Edward, a self-described "Valentine Manufacturer," lives in Ward 1 and heads a family of two.
His wife, Harriet Richmond Taft, would be the clever verse writer mentioned by Sam Holmes.
Noncompete clause?
What brought them here? A story about young Valentine maker Esther Howland, "Worcester's valentine legacy at the heart of the matter", in the Worcester Telegram includes,
"(In 1879) she merged with Edward Taft, the son of Jotham Taft, a North Grafton valentine maker who may have actually been in business before Howland. Together, she and the younger Taft formed the New England Valentine Co. (N.E.V.Co.).
"In 1880, Esther's father had an accident and, befitting the custom of the time, she left her business to take care of him. Though her father died shortly thereafter, she chose not to return to work but instead moved to Quincy to live with one of her brothers until her own death in 1904."George C. Whitney, owner of the Whitney Valentine Co. in Worcester, bought Howland's New England Valentine Co. in 1881; he also purchased Jotham Taft's business, among others."
One might think that if Edward Taft were to continue the family business, he couldn't do it in Grafton. But as late as 1889, Jotham Taft still tells census takers he's a valentine manufacturer. If these Valentine history authors knew that Edward and Harriet moved to Pawtucket and set up shop there, and why, they don't mention it.
Perhaps they simply wanted to strike out on their own.
Home work
An interesting aspect of our 1935 story is that anyone who wanted to make a little money could create Valentines at home. This assured unique selections.
"Although some assembling of the completed valentines was done at the factory, the great portion of such work was done in homes in Pawtucket and Central Falls."Any resident might come to the Linton's establishment and after seeing Mr. Taft, return home with an assortment of the printed and gilded valentines, local glazed and imported lace papers, folded "hinges" etc. sufficient to make a quantity of completed valentines of various sizes and shape.
"No pattern was given to work from, the assemblers being invited to use their initiative and imagination in putting together a valentine that would not only find a ready buyer in the market but also rouse adoration in the heart of its final recipient.
"Many a Rhode Island family spent their winter evenings turning out these tokens, each member vying with the other to produce the most artistic effects."
The unsolved mystery
So just when we're feeling we've got this one, we learn that less than five months later, Edward Taft is dead, of heart disease, and buried in Grafton. From Grafton, Mass., Death Records for 1885, Edward is on the second line below:
"For a number of years -- just how many no one today seems able to say -- the Linton Brothers' plant continued to devote floor space to the making of valentines and profited in doing so. Then Mr. Taft's health failed and he left Providence for other parts."
(After Edward's death Harriet disappears. A query at genealogy.com seeks information about her -- "Looking for information on my relative Harriet Richmond Taft, born in 1850 in West Springfield, MA. Her last years were spent at R C Buscalls Sanitarium. ...Harriet died in 1942. Her death certificate indicates that she spent 3 years at the sanitarium." The sanitarium was in Springfield.)
Our 1935 story mentions an 1892 story, quoting, "The original American valentine is manufactured of paper lace, sometimes with a little satin to raise its beauty, embossed with flowers and cupids faces, and within are verses...
"The principal maker of this fancy line of the love token is George C. Whitney of Worcester. He had a strong rival last year and before that in Linton Brothers of Central Falls, but their goods have not been brought into the market this season.". Read that story by clicking the headlines above.
If Edward died on Oct. 14, 1885, who ran the Valentine company in Pawtucket until 1891?
Outtakes: Time Lapse began as a way to preserve our archival photos, so I'm going to put up two other photos that were made for this story. A couple of these were used on the page but didn't reproduce well.
Bonbons: A few recipes from Valentine's Days past:
From 1964, and a sign of the times: Author Helen Gurley Brown ("Sex and the Single Girl") snagged a syndicated column called "Woman Alone." For Valentines Day, she urges that such a woman not be alone, instead inviting someone, anyone, to share Lamb Hearts with her.
Even the Associated Press got into the act with this retrospective in 1964 by Earl Aykroyd of its Chicago bureau, "one of the first reporters on the scene of the St. Valentine's Day massacre" of 1929:
Seven members of George "Bugs" Moran's gang waiting for him in their headquarters were lined up and machine-gunned, allegedly by Al Capone's men eliminating their bootlegging competition.
Moran himself arrived late, saw police and kept driving.
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A Passion For Postcards
Back in the early 20th century, long before computers or telephones were standard, postcards were like e-mail.
They're also important historical documents. "Researchers almost never think of postcards as sources of visual information," McCoy says. "But often the only place you can find photos of a business is on a postcard."
For example, check out this postcard from the Casino Royal, a Chinese restaurant and hot night spot in the 1950s. On the back, comedian Cal Claude scribbled a message about his performance there with Nat King Cole in 1955.
McCoy visits the sites of his favorite postcards years later. By the 1980s, the Casino Royal was an adult entertainment theater and was heavily damaged in a 1985 fire.
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Census Bureau Should Take Action to Improve the Credibility and Accuracy of Its Cost Estimate for the Decennial Census
GAO-08-554: Published: Jun 16, 2008. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2008.
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The 2010 Census will be the most expensive census in our nation's history, even after adjusting for inflation. The Census Bureau (Bureau) estimates that the life cycle cost of the 2010 Census will be from $13.7 billion to $14.5 billion. GAO was asked to (1) assess the extent to which the Bureau's 2010 Census life cycle cost estimate adheres to characteristics defined for high-quality cost estimation, (2) report on the relationship between the estimate and the Bureau's budget, and (3) assess whether the Bureau's existing policies and resources are sufficient to conduct cost estimation. To assess the reliability of the Bureau's cost estimate, GAO analyzed the Bureau's methods and approaches to determine if the estimate is well-documented, comprehensive, accurate, and credible.
The Bureau's 2010 Census life cycle cost estimate is not reliable because it lacks adequate documentation and is not comprehensive, accurate, or credible. The Bureau could not provide detailed documentation on data sources, significant assumptions, or changes in assumptions for the cost estimate. The cost estimate is not comprehensive because the Bureau did not include the potential cost to fingerprint temporary workers or clearly define some of the cost elements in the model. The cost estimate is not accurate because it does not reflect updated information on address canvassing productivity that was identified during the dress rehearsal and that should result in a significant cost increase. Further, the Bureau does not maintain historical data in a centralized way that is easily accessible for analysis. The cost estimate is not credible because the Bureau did not perform sensitivity or uncertainty analyses, which would have helped quantify the risk and uncertainty associated with the cost model and provided a level of confidence for the estimate. The Bureau also did not validate the estimate with an independent cost estimate. The Bureau uses the life cycle cost estimate as the starting point for annual budget formulation and revises the life cycle cost estimate based on appropriations received and updated budget information. However, the Bureau does not update the cost estimate to reflect actual costs. Further, because the life cycle cost estimate is not reliable, annual budget requests based on that estimate are not fully informed. The Bureau has insufficient policies and procedures and inadequately trained staff for conducting high-quality cost estimation for the decennial census. The Bureau does not have established cost estimation guidance and procedures in place or staff certified in cost estimation techniques. While the Bureau is developing a new budget management tool called the Decennial Budget Integration Tool, which will support the cost estimation process, the Bureau will need to establish rigorous cost estimation policies and procedures and use skilled estimators to ensure that future cost estimates are reliable and of high quality. On April 3, 2008, the Secretary of Commerce announced a redesign of the 2010 Census plan that included significant cost increases of $2.2 billion to $3 billion. The details of this cost increase were not available at the time of this review; however, until the Bureau makes fundamental changes to its cost estimation process, uncertainties about the ultimate cost of the 2010 Census will remain. Without improvements to the cost estimation process, the Bureau's ability to effectively manage operations will be hampered and Congress's ability to oversee the 2010 Census will be constrained.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: Non-response follow-up is the largest and most costly field operation. In December 2009 the Bureau wanted to determine whether the current budget of $2.74 billion was sufficient to carryout the operation. The Bureau implemented our recommendation when it performed workload and productivity sensitivity analysis and determined that $2.33 billion was a reasonable amount for NRFU, a reduction of almost $400 million. In addition, for the 2020 Census the Bureau told us it planned to purchase commercial software that will perform sensitivity and uncertainty analyses using data from the Decennial Budget Integration Tool (DBIT) system.
Recommendation: To improve the Bureau's life cycle cost estimates for the decennial census, and to improve the quality of and provide a confidence level for the 2010 Census life cycle cost estimate, the Secretary of Commerce should direct the U.S. Census Bureau to perform sensitivity and uncertainty analyses on the estimate.
Agency Affected: Department of Commerce
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In 2008, we reported that the 2010 Census life cycle estimate was not current because it did not reflect actual costs. For the 2020 Census the Bureau has taken action to ensure the estimate is current. For example, for 2020 the Bureau intends to follow best practices, and will continually mature Census 2020 cost estimation methods in terms of detail and reliability throughout the decade based on the results of 2020 research, and as the scope and requirements for the 2020 Census unfold. As a first step, the Bureau produced a baseline 2020 rough order of magnitude cost estimate that in part was based on 2010 cost data. In addition, the new decennial budget integration tool has functionality that will also allow the Bureau to report cost variances and determine the factors that led to those differences.
Recommendation: To improve the Bureau's life cycle cost estimates for the decennial census, and keep the life cycle cost estimate current and to document lessons learned for cost elements whose actual costs differ from the estimate, the Secretary of Commerce should direct the U.S. Census Bureau to update the estimate to reflect actual costs.
Agency Affected: Department of Commerce
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: Best practices for an accurate cost estimate require that assumptions be updated when costs change as new information becomes available. In our June 2008 report on the Census Bureau's 2010 Census life cycle cost estimate, we found that estimated costs had been understated for the address canvassing operation. Subsequently, in October 2009 we testified that address canvassing in 2009 ran 25 percent or $88 million over its initial budget of $356 million. Given the Bureau's past difficulties with accurate cost estimates, we were concerned about the reliability of the $2.7 billion cost estimate for non-response follow-up, the Bureau's largest field operation, when census workers go door to door in an effort to collect data from households that did not return their census form. Following our October 2009 testimony the Bureau took action and re-examined assumptions and other data used to support the cost estimate for nonresponse follow-up. For example, the Bureau reviewed field work assumptions (such as miles driven per case, pay rates, hours worked per week, and attrition) which the Bureau updated based on actual Census 2000 data, national and field tests, and address canvassing results. In February 2010, the Bureau re-estimated that it would cost approximately $2.3 billion to conduct nonresponse follow-up.
Recommendation: To improve the Bureau's life cycle cost estimates for the decennial census, and ensure that the life cycle cost estimate reflects current information, the Secretary of Commerce should direct the U.S. Census Bureau to update assumptions as appropriate, including updating productivity assumptions to reflect results from the address canvassing dress rehearsal. The Bureau should also document the basis for prior and future changes made to assumptions used in the life cycle cost estimate.
Agency Affected: Department of Commerce
Status: Open
Comments: According to the Bureau, it will maintain "baselined" information from the 2010 Census, including assumptions, sources of data, methods of calculation and detailed estimates at the project level for all operations, systems, and contracts, in a standardized format, which it will use for all future year budget formulation efforts and which will be available for analysis in planning the 2020 Census. The Bureau stated that it plans to transition to the Decennial Budget Integration Tool (DBIT) system to store information on assumptions, data sources, and changes over time. As of 12/12/13 the Bureau has loaded financial and some other cost information into DBIT, but not all of the detailed information as recommended.
Recommendation: To improve the Bureau's life cycle cost estimates for the decennial census, improve the quality and transparency of the Bureau's 2010 Census life cycle cost estimate, assist the Bureau in managing costs during design revisions resulting from problems with the handheld computers, and help establish a sound basis for the 2020 Census cost estimate, the Secretary of Commerce should direct the U.S. Census Bureau to thoroughly document the 2010 Census life cycle cost estimate. Specifically, documentation should be maintained in a centralized standard format and specify all data sources, assumptions, calculation methods, and cost elements used to prepare the 2010 cost estimate.
Agency Affected: Department of Commerce
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In 2008 we recommended that the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) ensure it have staff resources qualified in cost estimation and that it establish policies, procedures, and guidance for cost estimation. The Bureau agreed and completed a skill gap analysis using GAO's Cost Estimation Guide in January 2009, that was followed by the development of a comprehensive training plan in April 2009. Further the Bureau plans to establish internal guidance for cost estimating.
Recommendation: To improve the Bureau's life cycle cost estimates for the decennial census, and to help ensure that the Bureau produces a reliable, high-quality life cycle cost estimate for the 2020 decennial census, the Secretary of COmmerce should direct the U.S. Census Bureau to establish guidance, policies, and procedures for conducting cost estimation that would meet best practices criteria and ensure that it has staff resources qualified in cost estimation.
Agency Affected: Department of Commerce
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Osho,On the fortieth anniversary of the UN, the one-cent American postal stamp has the message, "We the peoples of the United Nations determine to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" Can the UN save humanity from war?
The UN has proved in these forty years only one thing: that it is as impotent as its predecessor, the League of Nations.
The members of the UN are the people who are going to create the third world war. The UN has no power to prevent it; it is only a debating club, and not of the best kind. It is not even democratic. The big powers like America and the Soviet Union have the capacity to veto any resolution. Just one nation, America or Russia, can stop any resolution which is being passed by the whole world. Is this democratic? Every nation, small or big, poor or rich, must have equal rights! In forty years the UN has not been able even to do that.
It is just keeping people consoled: "Don't be afraid, we are going to save you." In fact, from whom are they going to save us? They are the people we have to be saved from!
The UN has not been able to stop the increasing amount of nuclear weapons. That should be the first step if you don't want the third world war. Why wait for the last moment? Why not start it now? And the basic step will be that no war preparations are made. When everybody is prepared to fight.in fact they will be forced to fight, just because each country has invested so much energy and power, and it has piled up nuclear weapons sky high: what are the nations going to do with those weapons? And they have poured such immense amounts of money into them. At what point will the UN stop them? And the Soviet Union can just veto it, America can veto it.
But this is how politicians have been cheating humanity all along, throughout the whole history of man. They say one thing and they do just the opposite. It is very easy to publish a postal stamp that says, "We the peoples of the United Nations are determined to save humanity from the scourge of war." Who are these "we"? Have you asked the people of the world?
Nobody wants war around the world except these idiotic politicians, because without war they have no job. War keeps politicians powerful. People have to depend on politicians because the war is coming.
Adolf Hitler wrote in his autobiography, My Struggle.he has a few very important points to make. The first thing he says is that never in history has a great leader been born unless there is war.
That's true. If there had been no second world war you would have never heard of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill, Roosevelt - they all became stars high in the sky. Of course, millions of people died to make them great leaders of men.


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Grant the Commutation of Sentence for Arnold King
We, the undersigned, support the petition of Commutation of Sentence for Arnold King, a Massachusetts prisoner who has been serving a life sentence without the eligibility of parole for the 1971 murder of another human being.
Mr. King's dream is to help youth at risk but his hands are tied. His determination is to help make our streets safe to walk on and to especially instill hope to those who are lost, hopeless, and desperate--our youth, but his legs are shackled in irons. Many of us hope that his incarceration can be terminated so that the human being that is Arnold King can follow his destiny to help ease the pain and troubles of so many others.
Through Barbed Wire, Mr. King already demonstrates his desire to give back to community by creating and administering rehabilitative programs for prisoners, by presenting to youth on the perils of destructive behavior, through his consultations with parents and educators, through his monthly community events, and through his numerous writings that have appeared in local and national publications. Mr. King has also acquired three college degrees in an effort to be a productive and instrumental contributor to society.
Over the past twenty years of pursuing a commutation of sentence, Mr. King has demonstrated that he is a changed man, that he is not a threat to society, and that he takes full responsibility for the life he can never bring back while offering his life's work in atonement as he strives towards continuous redemption.
We, the undersigned, believe that after more than 35 years of imprisonment, further incarceration is not necessary and that Mr. King would be an asset to any Massachusetts community. Thus, we respectfully request that Governor Deval Patrick commute his life sentence to allow him the opportunity to prove himself worthy for parole release.
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I really like this lipgloss/stick. I got it in coral coquette and it is really moisturizing. it also has pretty good staying power. It is sheer, but pigmented as well. I liked how it felt on my lips. The only drawback is that it contains fragrance which may be a problem for some people.
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I bought this in #100, a bright corally red. I usually don't wear bright colors much less reds on my lips usually, but I really like this. It can apply sheer or with more coverage, it doesn't feel drying, and there's no glitter/sparkle in it, just a subtle glow. I like the smell- it's sort of a flowery, fresh smell. Excellent quality for the price.
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I bought only one of these back in the day and I regret it because they discontinued a lot of the better colors now. I bought #36 which is a cool classic red. The formula is great, it is very creamy and moisturizing, the color is even, layerable but sheer enough at first for even a subyle look. I do not detect any foul smell or taste to the l/s that others commented on. And the best part is that at $6 these lipsticks are a steal given the quality. I would say especially for colors that are trendy, I'd buy these lipsticks because buying a $20-30 lipstick and then using it only a couple times is a waste. I highly recommend these if you can find suitable colors from the currently poor selection.
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Bullfighting in Spain: on the other side of the barrier
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Can you imagine feeling all the excitement of the world of bullfighting? Would you like to see how these animals are reared, and spend an enjoyable day at a bull farm? Then come to Spain, because as well as attending spectacular bullfights you can discover the farms where these animals are raised, go on themed routes and take part in enjoyable traditional fiestas. An unforgettable experience.
Come to Spain and discover the world of bullfighting - you are sure to have fun. In Spain, bullfighting is not just attending the impressive bullrings for the fights. It is also a key element of many fiestas in towns and villages. If you come, in some places you can take part in bull-running or just watch. At these events, crowds of people run with the bulls through the streets to the bullring. However, they always have some prior preparation and there are experts along the way who guide the bulls between the route's barriers.
Summer is the best time to take part in these fiestas. Specifically, in July, you can attend a world famous spectacle, the Sanfermines in Pamplona. Dress in white with red neck scarf, head for the main square of the city and witness the "chupinazo": a firework is launched from a balcony to announce the start of the fiestas. This marks the beginning of several days of bull-running and fiestas with unique experiences to be lived.
Do you want to see a bull face to face? There are many companies in Spain that organise "capeas". They prepare everything necessary for you to bullfight young cows and bulls called "becerros" or "novillos". For example, at the Illumbre Bullring, in San Sebastián, you can have a very original stag event.
Visits to bull farms
Would you like to see a fighting bull in its natural habitat? In Spain there are stunning estates dedicated to rearing fighting bulls, such as those of Victorino, Miura and Domecq. The majority of them accept visits (book in advance) and will organise a pleasant day at the farm. This is the case of the D. José Mur and Rogelio Marí farms, in Tarragona, where you can live an authentic farm day, fight a bull in a small ring and sample typical regional delicacies such as blood pudding and bull stew. Sounds good, don't you think?
In Andalusia there are also estates with everything designed for your enjoyment, such as La Julia Farm in El Puerto de Santa María or Los Albujeros in Medina Sidonia, both in the province of Cadiz. There you can see fighting bulls and have the chance to take part in various fights with young bulls. Furthermore, there are other farms where you can go horse riding, listen to the songs of a Rocio group and try activities like archery.
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After these experiences you may well become a bullfighting enthusiast. If this is the case, then in Andalusia you can do various routes such as the Cerrojazo Route, which takes you to Jaén and Seville or the summer route to Cadiz, Huelva, Malaga and Almería visiting all their bullfighting museums, bull farms, bullrings... all in your own time.
The major bullrings have websites with a list of bull farms, where you can get addresses if you are interested in these activities. Feel the matador's passion. Discover the fascinating world of the bullfight.
For more information, you can contact the following farms and estates by telephone: Ganadería D. José Mur: +34 977455040 Ganadería Rogelio Martí: +34 977455009 y +34 977267159 Finca La Julia: +34 956856694 Finca Los Albujeros: +34 956304168 Ganadería Martín Andrés, D. Victorino: +34 927193102 Ganadería Miura: +34 954614246 Ganadería Domecq, D. Juan Pedro: +34 915760402


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I understand that one of the factors used in determining a credit score is the length of time you've been paying on large debts like mortgages. So how does paying off a mortgage and not getting a new one affect my score?
We recently sold a home for a fair profit, and bought our new house outright with cash. All credit cards are kept at zero balance and there is very little I ever use them for to begin with. My credit card limits are high, but without a mortgage in the picture will my score go down? Do I need to set up a HELOC to maintain a high score? The only debit I am carrying is a 0% car loan, and I am afraid that a lack of active accounts will drop my score. |
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The first question is have you pulled your credit reports? I would even spend the few dollars to get your score. You can keep activity on your cards without runnning up debt. See which of your cards offers the best rewards program. I like the cash back ones. Use that card for all of your monthly expenses and then pay the balance when you get the bill. You will have the activity,get the rewards and not have to go through the expense of getting a HELOC. Congrats on being able to buy your new house with cash |
I have heard in the past that paying off a mortgage does cause your credit score to drop by a certain number of points after the fact- I can't remember the exact number offhand though. However, I can tell you from experience that you don't have to have large debt or a mortgage to have a high credit score. When we went to buy our first home, we hadn't carried more than $2500 in CC debt at any time and had never had a mortgage or car loan; our credit scores were 820 and 810 respectively (DH apparently got a bonus 10 points for having an old cancelled Pier 1 CC in his name- it was the only difference). FWIW, we do what myfask referenced and use a CC for all expenses and pay it in full each month. Since we put everything we can on the card, some months it can be quite high and current activity shows and affects your credit score- it may be one more thing we did right without knowing. Q |
- Posted by cearbhaill (My Page) on Thu, May 10, 07 at 7:52
I see my credit score monthly, and really enjoy when it goes up. Thanks for the responses. I do hesitate to use CC's for all our daily expenses as I have had problems back in my past running up balances "just for a month or two". While this was years ago I still maintain a healthy fear of falling into it again. |
If you can buy a house with cash, what do you really need your credit for anyway? Seriously though, as long as you pay your bills on time you do not need to worry about yout credit score. For loan purposes, anything above 750 is all the same rate |
I don't think "not having a mortgage" will have a great effect. DH and I sold a home in 2005. I bought the current one in my name only -- he's not on the mortgage. So he hasn't had a mortgage in more than two years. We paid off some high-balance cards and the last car in 2005. Currently we use two joint credit cards -- a joint USAA that we pay off each month, and a joint Discovery that he uses for purchases for a rehab property he's working on. My score is 820 and his is 807(?) |
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Hi all. when I have grouted with a rich/dark grout, it somehow ends up getting into the nooks and crannies of my tesserai and making it look dirty. So I've tried colorwashing instead. From what I've read, that basically means painting my piece and then washing it off in hopes I can get the paint out of the tesserai but it will remain on the grout. But that hasn't worked well for me either.
I have tried various dark paints, enamel, acrylic. In my tests, I have used a smooth tesserai. The good news is that when washing off my piece, the dark paint has come out of my tesserai. The problem is it also comes out of my grout. When I wash it to clean off the tesserai, the grout color fades. Is there a certain type of paint I should use? Is there a certain right amount of time that I should wait so that when I wash off my piece, I clean up the tesserai but not the grout? Any advice would be great. Thanks! |
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When I painted grout - gold metallic was the last time several yrs. ago b/f I started using only charcoal and black grout - I waited until the grout was dry, then painted, then waited overnight for the paint to dry, and then washed it off the glass tess. It was tough getting the gold metallic off the glass, but it finally worked. What colors grout are you using? I also have found that cement-based mortar/grouts are impervious to paint once it has dried. |
the term color washing kind of came about because you are looking to "dye" the grout with a watered down version of paint. it should be thin enough to soak into your grout just like a sealant will. I have used acrylics with great success and only have issues with it remaining as a surface treatment if I try to do it while the grout is still very wet. There is now a move toward using india ink as a better effect at dyeing grout to a darker tone and I have been told that adding alcohol ink to sealant works well too. That last technique is supposed to be cool with TG because its thin enough to run seams where grout didn't fit in |
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Nicethyme I have not heard that !That is good to know .I have just been given some .I will have to try that . Try useing vinager to clean with it helps a lot . |
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