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Hello, I am hoping you can help me. I recently had my kitchen cabinet refaced with full overlay and I just found out myself that the cabinet doors were not symmetrical to one another especially if they are paired for the opening together so they are supposed to be symmetrical. I questioned the reface person and he told me that this 3/4 inch or 1 inch differences in width of the doors are typical/normal and he was trying to make the full overlay work with what he had that no one will notice the difference. I was quite bothered by this because I noticed the difference and my son as well as several others noticed the differences too. I was even more disturbed with the fact that he never consulted me about the differences in door sizes. Apparently, he ordered the wrong size doors, did not account for angles or hinges and now trying to make the doors work somehow and hoping that we won't notice. I think is this so unethical and so wrong. What are you thoughts on this and the non-symmetrical doors when the pairs should be symmetrical? Appreciate your thoughts on this. How do I report him or make sure he will re-do the doors for me so they are right? |
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That doesn't sound correct. I wouldn't pay until the problem is fixed. |
Have you tried adjusting the door hinges? Most cabinet door hinges are adjustable right-to-left, and top-to-bottom. When my cabinets were being installed, I noticed that some of the doors were not square, or there was a large gap between doors. My contractor, who was still installing the doors, assured me he would adjust the hinges of each one so it hung straight, and so that two doors would meet correctly, and he did. I think you just take a screwdriver and play with the hinges in the two spots where they can be adjusted (right-to-left and top-to-bottom) until they are correct. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Video on How to Adjust Kitchen Cabinet Doors
If by asymmetrical you mean that one of a pair of doors is actually a little wider than the other, then that is quite different than the doors not being hung exactly the same and needing to adjust the hinges. I hope you can stop the final payment until the problem is corrected. Post pictures if you can so we can see exactly what the problem is. |
My GC cheaped out on my hinges and his installer left noticeable gaps between my full overlay doors. My wonderful KD brought in someone else, on her nickel, and he replaced the hinges and adjusted the doors. And I'd thought I had to settle for the way they originally looked. If the sets of doors are not the same size, it's just flat-out wrong and you should have recourse. |
"an inch to 3/4"" Is he insane to think you'd nod and smile at that? Don't pay him. Either he fixes it or you don't pay. This is supposed to be an economical way to update your kitchen, not create a 1/2-assed job that looks like a redo. Two doors in a cabinet are the same size, meeting in the middle or with a matching exposure/reveal. You are correct. Stand firm. I'd put stickies on the ones that are wrong. Just in case he can't tell the difference. |
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Read about Grade's 2013 installation Capacitor at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
JOHN GRADE - After the Wawona
Gallery exhibition from MAY 3 - JUNE 1, 2013
Acclaimed Seattle artist John Grade's perennial focus remains on environmentally related works, often inspired and extracted from microscopic points of view, that range from monumental (interior and exterior) installations to a more moderate scale. His 2013 installations for The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), Seattle, WA, and The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, will be followed by several multi-location projects in Portland, OR.
In May 2013, Davidson Galleries presented JOHN GRADE: After the Wawona. This series marks a pivotal transition couched between the larger works and featured new sculpture in wood and resin (example: Core) as well as two in iron, cast at the Kohler facility during Grades installation of Capacitor. For Grade, the human scale pieces are especially important as "they act as fertile ground – allowing time to reflect, experiment and explore alternative directions and sub themes that cannot be hit within the larger works."
Douglas fir from the Wawona Schooner.
9.5 x 19.5 x 15 inches.
Cast iron.
5 x 3 x 1.15 inches.
Oak and trunnels from Wawona Schooner.
13. 5 x 49 x 25 inches.
Parse (detail)
Cast iron.
6.5 x 8 x 7 inches.
Douglas Fir from the Wawona Schooner.
30 x 24 x 18 inches.
Wood and resin.
41H x 43W x 27D inches.
:» John Grade's "Wawona" sculpture installed at MOHAI (10/27 Seattle Times)
» John Grade, the Man Who'll Make MOHAI Soar (9/19 Seattle Met)
» John Grade builds a soaring sculpture from the remains of a 1897 schooner (07/25 Seattle Times)
» John Grade and his assistants build a sculpture for MOHAI (VIDEO Seattle Times)
» Restless native | Sculptor John Grade (VIDEO Seattle Times)
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Costa, 2003
Wood, rubber, steel.
25 x 15 x 12 inches.
Costa, 2003. (back-left view)
Costa, 2003. (detail)
Rind (Flood Route), 2003
Electro-chrome-plated cast brass.
26 x 24 x 11 inches.
Carapace With Cuffs, 2000
Wood, resin, slate.
39 x 39 x 4 inches.
Exhibition from December 2- 24, 2011
Channel - an exhibition by internationally-recognized environmental sculptor John Grade, opens December 1, 2011 at Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. The latest work was inspired by drainage architecture and timbers salvaged from the historic Northwest schooner Wawona, a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in the Puget Sound from 1897 to 1947. Wawona, one of the largest three-masted ships of its kind built in North America, sailed routinely from Washington State to California.
This body of work relates directly to Grade's monumental sculpture installation for the Museum of History & Industry's new museum at the Armory Building in Lake Union Park, Seattle, which opened late fall of 2012.
Grade, who has become renown for his exploration of the natural process of decomposition, turns the tables in this recent series, sculpting with materials that have already seen the effects of time. In addition to numerous accolades, international awards, grants, reviews and national museum recognition, Grade was most recently awarded the 2011 Arlene Schnitzer Prize and Contemporary Northwest Art Award at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon.
• Recent exhibitions: Circuit, September 2010; New Works, May 2009; Cleave, May/June 2007; Underset: Small Drawings & Sculpture, November/December 2004
Blackwall Hitch, 2011
Wood and resin.
18 x 20 x 16 inches.
Blackwall Hitch (back view)
Chute, 2011
Wood (salvaged from the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897).
35 x 25 x 12 inches.
Chute (side views)
Choke, 2011
Wood (salvaged from the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897).
35 x 25 x 12 inches.
Choke (side view and detail)
Channel, 2011
Wood (salvaged from the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897).
40h x 51w x 28d inches.
Channel (side view and detail)
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Seeps of Winter, 2008
Cast paper pulp, glassine, fumed silica.
10 x 50 x 30 feet.
Meridian, 2008
Cast polyurethane rubber, rigid submersible foam, cables and filament.
12 x 16 x 16 feet.
Meridian (details)
Meridian (detail, bird's eye view)
Fold, 2008
Wood and resin.
8 x 8 x 5 feet.
Fold (detail)
Fold (alternate view)
Cleave (installation view), 2006
Cast resin grafted with goat hair and clay, video projections.
11 x 16 x 45 feet.
Cleave (detail)
Ring, 2006
Resin cast in clay, multiple channels of light.
Dimensions variable.
Ring (detail)
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John Grade: Disintegration, Sculpture through Landscape
Hardcover exhibition catalog. 80 pages. 62 color illus.
Published by Bellevue Arts Museum. 9 x 13 inches.
$40 + tax.
John Grade: Seeps of Winter
Softcover exhibition catalog. 9 pages. 10 color illus.
Published by Suyama Space, Seattle, WA. 9 x 9 inches.
$7 + tax.
John Grade: Sculpture and Drawings
Softcover exhibition catalog. 64 pages. 47 color and 10 black & white illus.
Published by Boise Art Museum. 11 x 8-1/2 inches.
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Hi You All,
I'm still working on my tumbnail page.
On my catalog of pictures page I have a table with a list of page numbers.
I want to link each page to my tumbnail pages. Right now the code for each of the tumbnail pages is the same except for this one line of code in the  section.
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On the "Catalog of Pictures page I have created an array with the URL of the *.js file.
var arrTNvariables = new Array();
Then assign each *.js file to the array arrTNvariable[i] = "path to file"
But how do I pass the arrTNvariable to the tumbnail page, and then use this variable to call the *.js file in the tumbnail page?
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May have found the answer.
I may have found the answer to my question.
I found the location.search function in my javascript reference book.
It looks like I can pass a string to my tumbnail page by adding it to the end of the URL of my  tag by preceding it with a ? for example
01
This sends the string "?1" to my tumbnail page. There in the  section I can do this to pull the number out.
var num =(document.location.search.substring(1));
The "1" in the substring removes the "?" from the string that is passed. Then I can use the variable num that I created and assigned to construct the complete path to my *.js file that I want to use at this time.
I have not work all the coding yet, but the simple test code using document.write to see what is going on looks good.
I'm posting the answer to my own question here in case someone else does a search later looking for how to pass a variable value to another page.


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All the time - We always sing-a-long to CoP! ;-)
Have you ever been to WDW and Not had a Dole Whip?
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All the time - We always sing-a-long to CoP! ;-)
Have you ever been to WDW and Not had a Dole Whip?
yes all the time. I dont like them lol
Have you ever went Trick-or-treating at DTD?
No, but would like to very much.
Have you ever slipped the ducks a morsel of food even when you know you are not supposed to feed the Donald wannabe's?
Yes! And I just watched a bunch of people do this the other day at DHS while waiting for the boat back to the hotel. The ducks were loving it!
Have you ever stayed in more than 1 Disney Resort in one trip?
no, that seems like too much work lol
Have you ever stop someone from doing something that Disney didnt allow (like smoking in non-smoking areas? I have ;) lol)
Yes, twice. Teens for cutting line and kids yanking leaves off of the trees.
Have you ever wondered why some people go to Walt Disney World, after overhearing parents tell their kids that a certain ride is for kids?
Yes, the whole point of Disney IS to be a kid again!
Have you ever dragged a non-Disney lover to WDW and turned them into a Disney lover by the end of the trip? (I just successfully did this with my boyfriend last week! He's planning our next trip already :-) )
No! But I'd love to get my Dad to WDW!
Have you ever bought anything at WDW and had it shipped?
No I haven't but it's a good idea.
Have you ever bought Christmas gifts from Disney in January?
I don't believe I have - though I just placed my order yesterday for this Christmas :-)
Have you ever watched someone get kicked out of the park?
Yes, and I thought good. A group of kids were being pushy and cutting line.
Have you ever finished someone elses food or snack, even though your full, just because of the money you spent.?
Nah! If I'm full, I'm full!
Have you ever stayed at The Grand Floridian?
No. Would like to if I had lots of money.
Have you ever sat down on one the stone benches in Tommorrow land, slowly eating ice cream, watching all of the people, and begin grinning ear to ear because you are in the happiest place on earth?
Oh yeah!!
Did you ever go to River Country?
Yes I have.
Have you ever realized you wanted to purchased something from a particular shop, and the shop is on the on the other side of the park?


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Macromedia Dreamweaver 4
Dreamweaver has already bitten off a large chunk of the Web page editor market and according to Macromedia, is used by something like three out of four Web designers. It's not difficult to see why, it makes the production of Web pages, and even the most complex sites, relatively straightforward. It combines WYSIWYG layout features with the ability to hand code where it really matters - but it has had a few problems.
Version 4 goes a long way to solving the worst of those problems. The interface has been cleaned-up considerably and certainly looks more attractive with a lot of the rough edges smoothed out. Macromedia says that it now brings Dreamweaver's interface into line with their other products, that just leaves Flash 5 as an oddball.
Previous versions of Dreamweaver have had a HTML text editor built-in, but it has only been a token gesture with the serious tasks being offloaded onto BBEdit (Mac) or Allaire HomeSite (PC). Version 4's text editor is a different story altogether. At last there is syntax colour coding, auto indenting and all the little niceties that people expect from a mature text editing tool. The hot links to the other text editors are still present for those that need the few facilities that are missing.
Three buttons at the top of the editing window let you jump between text editing, graphic (WYSIWYG) editing or a split window showing both. It's interesting that they put the text editing button first, reading from left to right, I'm not quite sure why?
Something that really bugged me about earlier Dreamweavers was the implementation of Cascading Style Sheet editing so, one of the first things I did when I got version 4 was to go straight to the CSS department to see if it had improved. Sure enough, all my hate waves must have got through to the Macromedia developers because CSS is now infinitely better in terms of usage, and is much less confusing and prone to errors. Having said that, I still prefer the way GoLive handles CSS editing because there is more visual feedback about what is happening.
The new Table Layout facility makes the creation of tables very easy indeed, it's just like drawing them straight into the browser window. No other table creation tool that I've ever seen comes close in terms of ease of use but like some of the more 'instant' Web design tools around, it can lead to a lot of code bloating if the user doesn't know how to simplify the table code to clean it up afterwards.
Folding some Flash technology into Dreamweaver just had to happen, and it has. Apart from the usual easy Flash file integration, you can now create Flash vector text and buttons within Dreamweaver. That means that you can use virtually any typeface you like for text on your page, drag to resize it and it is saved as a tiny linked SWF file - it even has automatic rollover highlighting if it is a hypertext element - that, I really like.
The ready-made Flash buttons, I'm not so sure about. Yes, they work fine but surely, anyone that can handle a complex program like Dreamweaver doesn't need ready-made buttons? If they were put there as examples then okay, but I would hate to see them popping up everywhere on the Web!
Macromedia now include a coding reference library with Dreamweaver, most of it based on O'Reilly's excellent 'Definitive' guides to DHTML and JavaScript. This is a very welcome addition as designers now have ready access to accurate information and a host of cut-and-paste examples of code. I think this is a much more valuable resource than their 'actions' as you actually learn something about what you are doing instead of just clicking on a button and taking pot-luck.
If you already use Dreamweaver, and it would seem that most people do, this is a very worthwhile upgrade and will undoubtedly improve your productivity. On one hand, it has been made easier to use but on the other, they have bolted on even more features which makes it more complex. I can't help but feel that Dreamweaver is trying to be all things to all men - it has advanced site management tools yet still needs to provide 'beginners' features like instant buttons and actions too.
I can count at least six different ways to access the HTML code when it should really only need one or two good ones. Instead of presenting itself like the controls of a family car, it looks more like the flight deck of an airplane. Getting rid of some the visual complexity and redundancy and perhaps being a bit more selective about whom it is targeted would turn Dreamweaver from an excellent program into a really great one.
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4Features | 95% |
Ease of Use | 85% |
Value for Money | 90% |
'Must Have' factor | 95% |
Manufacturer | Macromedia |
Price | $299. Upgrade $149. (Mac/Win ) |
Summary | The brand leader in Web design editors. |


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Overwhelmingly, Republican candidates and committees have been heftily preferred in El Dorado during the 2011-2012 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Top contributors include big names within the oil industry who, like the citywide trend, favored efforts on the right by approximately 90 percent. Also above the $10,000 contribution mark were a self-employed investments advisor, a homemaker with ties Sewell Oil Company and a Deltic Timber Company executive.
On the presidential level, the Republican slide continued with only $300 contributed to President Barack Obama by one individual as compared to the $17,000 in contributions from eight locals for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
By far, Tim Griffin was the candidate of choice in El Dorado, his $47,300 fundraised in the city beating out Tom Cotton, the Republican National Committee and Beth Anne Rankin — other top earners locally.
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I only got to see parts of it on TV, and am waiting for it to be shown again. I know how it ends thougth. lol Lisa |
It's a really cool broadcast to have on. No need to watch constantly, so it allows for plenty of family conversation... when they show the ridiculous poodles, good time for a bathroom break (especially if I feel like throwing up)... and a great excuse to stay up late. The poodles, I have known a few over time, and I think they're perfectly fine dogs - it's just the haircut that makes me gag. The puli's hair was much more fun to watch. My favorite was the Scottish deer hound. So elegant. So large. So beautifully grey. *sigh* But the little spaniel guy was very cute. I'm glad he won. :) Mary |
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Hoping to capitalize on the success of ABC's plastic-surgery-chronicling hit Extreme Makeover, shows like MTV's I Want a Famous Face and Fox's The Swan (debuting next week) have taken OR rubbernecking to new, uh, depths. The Swan features women who go under the knife to compete in a pageant; Face documents young adults who submit to surgery to resemble celebrities like Brad Pitt.
But are these shows cutting it too close? Not only do the women on Swan endure painful operations, they have to emerge from their bandages ready to compete. (Each week, producers boot the girl they feel least wants the tiara.) ''This is a life plan. It's not a quick fix,'' says Swan creator Nely Galan, who adds that contestants receive counseling throughout the process. And while Face doesn't pay for its subjects' surgical procedures (as Swan does), part of MTV's core demo of 12-to 34-year-olds may not understand the gravity of such drastic measures. ''We don't preach to the audience,'' says Face supervising producer Marshall Eisen. ''We want people to see what [surgery] is really like and make informed decisions.''
In the meantime, other nets are augmenting their slates of plastic-surgery-themed reality programming. E! just announced Dr. 90210, which tracks an L.A. plastic surgeon, while Bravo has greenlit Miami Slice, a series about Floridians' quests for physical perfection. What's next, Hawaii Lip-O?


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Government Operations:
Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue
GAO-11-318SP: Published: Mar 1, 2011. Publicly Released: Mar 1, 2011.
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What GAO Found
Overlap and fragmentation among government programs or activities can be harbingers of unnecessary duplication. In this report we include 81 areas for consideration drawn from GAO's prior and ongoing work. We present 34 areas where agencies, offices, or initiatives have similar or overlapping objectives or provide similar services to the same populations; or where government missions are fragmented across multiple agencies or programs. We also present 47 additional areasbeyond those directly related to duplication, overlap, or fragmentationdescribing other opportunities for agencies or Congress to consider taking action that could either reduce the cost of government operations or enhance revenue collections for the Treasury. All of these areas span a range of agencies and government missions: agriculture, defense, economic development, energy, general government, health, homeland security, international affairs, and social services. Collectively, by reducing or eliminating duplication, overlap, or fragmentation and addressing these other cost savings opportunities, the federal government could potentially save billions of tax dollars annually and help agencies provide more efficient and effective servicesbut these actions will require some difficult decisions.
Go to Report at a Glance to view the table summarizing all 81 areas we include in this report. The areas identified in this report are not intended to represent the full universe of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation within the federal government.
Why GAO Did This Study
This is GAO's first annual report to Congress in response to a new statutory requirement that GAO identify federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives, either within departments or governmentwide, which have duplicative goals or activities. Congress asked GAO to conduct this work and to report annually on our findings. (See Pub. L. No. 111-139, § 21, 124 Stat. 29 (2010), 31 U.S.C. § 712 Note.) This work will inform government policymakers as they address the rapidly building fiscal pressures facing our national government.
(1) identify federal programs or functional areas where unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation exists, the actions needed to address such conditions, and the potential financial and other benefits of doing so
(2) highlight opportunities for additional potential savings or increased revenues.
This is GAO's first annual report to Congress in response to a new statutory requirement that GAO identify federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives, either within departments or governmentwide, which have duplicative goals or activities. Congress asked GAO to conduct this work and to report annually on our findings.1 This work will inform government policymakers as they address the rapidly building fiscal pressures facing our national government. GAO's most recent update of its annual simulations of the federal government's fiscal outlook underscores the need to address the long-term sustainability of the federal government's fiscal policies. 2 Since the end of the recent recession, the gross domestic product has grown slowly and unemployment has remained at a high level. While the economy is still recovering and in need of careful attention, there is widespread agreement on the need to look not only at the near term but also at steps that begin to change the long-term fiscal path as soon as possible without slowing the recovery. With the passage of time, the window to address the challenge narrows and the magnitude of the required changes grows. GAO's simulations show continually increasing levels of debt that are unsustainable over time absent changes in current fiscal policies.
In this report we are including 81 areas for consideration based on GAO's prior and ongoing work. We present 34 areas where agencies, offices, or initiatives have similar or overlapping objectives or provide similar services to the same populations; or where government missions are fragmented across multiple agencies or programs. These areas span a range of government missions: agriculture, defense, economic development, energy, general government, health, homeland security, international affairs, and social services. Within and across these missions, this report touches on hundreds of federal programs, affecting virtually all major federal departments and agencies. Overlap and fragmentation among government programs or activities can be harbingers of unnecessary duplication. Reducing or eliminating duplication, overlap, or fragmentation could potentially save billions of tax dollars annually and help agencies provide more efficient and effective services. The areas identified in this report are not intended to represent the full universe of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation within the federal government. We will continue to identify additional issues in future reports.
Given today's fiscal environment, we also present in this report 47 additional areas-beyond those directly related to duplication, overlap, or fragmentation-describing other opportunities for agencies or Congress to consider taking action that could either reduce the cost of government operations or enhance revenue collections for the Treasury. These cost-savings and revenue opportunities also span a wide range of federal government agencies and mission areas.
Many of the issues included in this report are focused on activities that are contained within single departments or agencies. In those cases, agency officials can generally achieve cost savings or other benefits by implementing existing GAO recommendations or by undertaking new actions suggested in this report. However, a number of issues we have identified, particularly in the duplication area, span multiple organizations and therefore may require higher-level attention by the executive branch or enhanced congressional oversight or legislative action.
In some cases, there is sufficient information available today to show that if actions are taken to address individual issues summarized in this report, financial benefits ranging from the tens of millions to several billion dollars annually may be realized by addressing that single issue. For example, while the Department of Defense is making limited changes to the governance of its military health care system, broader restructuring could result in annual savings of up to $460 million. Similarly, we developed a range of options that could reduce federal revenue losses by up to $5.7 billion annually by addressing potentially duplicative policies designed to boost domestic ethanol production. Likewise, we identified a number of other opportunities for cost savings or enhanced revenues such as reducing improper federal payments totaling billions of dollars, or addressing the gap between taxes owed and paid, potentially involving billions of dollars. Collectively, these savings and revenues could result in tens of billions of dollars in annual savings, depending on the extent of actions taken.
In other cases, precise estimates of the extent of unnecessary duplication among certain programs, and the cost savings that can be achieved by eliminating any such duplication, are difficult to specify in advance of congressional and executive branch decision making. In some instances, needed information on program performance is not readily available; the level of funding in agency budgets devoted to overlapping or fragmented programs is not clear; and the implementation costs that might be associated with program consolidations or terminations, among other variables, are difficult to predict. For example, we identified 44 federal employment and training programs that overlap with at least one other program in that they provide at least one similar service to a similar population. However, our review of three of the largest programs showed that the extent to which individuals receive the same services from these programs is unknown due to program data limitations. In addition, Congress' determinations in making policy decisions and actions that agencies may take would affect the potential savings associated with any given option.3 Nevertheless, considering the amount of program dollars involved in the issues we have identified, even limited adjustments could result in significant savings.
Given the challenges noted above, careful, thoughtful actions will be needed to address many of the issues discussed in this report, particularly those involving potential duplication. Additionally, in January 2011, the President signed the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010,4 updating the almost two-decades-old Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).5 Implementing provisions of the new actsuch as its emphasis on establishing outcome-oriented goals covering a limited number of crosscutting policy areascould play an important role in clarifying desired outcomes, addressing program performance spanning multiple organizations, and facilitating future actions to reduce unnecessary duplication, overlap, and fragmentation.
As the nation rises to meet the current fiscal challenges, GAO will continue to assist Congress and federal agencies in reducing duplication, overlap, or fragmentation; achieving cost savings; and enhancing revenues. In GAO's future annual reports, we will look at additional federal programs to identify further instances of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation, as well as other opportunities to reduce the cost of government operations or increase revenues to the government. Likewise, we will continue to monitor developments in the areas we have already identified. Issues of duplication, overlap, and fragmentation will be addressed in our routine audit work during the year as appropriate and summarized in our annual reports.
Section 21 of Public Law 111-139, enacted in February 2010, requires GAO to conduct routine investigations to identify federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities within departments and governmentwide and to report on its findings. As agreed with key congressional committees, our objectives in this report are to (1) identify federal programs or functional areas where unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation exists, the actions needed to address such conditions, and the potential financial and other benefits of doing so; and (2) highlight opportunities for additional potential savings or increased revenues. This provision also asked GAO to identify specific areas where Congress may wish to cancel budget authority it has previously provideda process known as rescission. To date, GAO's work has not identified a basis for proposing specific funding rescissions.
Report at a Glance
We are including 81 areas for consideration drawn from GAO's prior and ongoing work. These areas span a range of federal government missions. Within and across these missions, this report touches on hundreds of federal programs, affecting virtually all major federal departments and agencies. The following interactive graphic gives an overview of the content of this report and summarizes 34 areas of potential duplication, overlap, or fragmentation as well as 47 additional cost saving and revenue-enhancing areas. In addition, links in this graphic will take you to area summaries that present options for the executive branch or Congress to consider. You can also go to Potential Duplication and Other Cost Savings here or in the navigation area on the left to read these area summaries.
Duplication, Overlap, or Fragmentation Areas
Other Cost Savings or Revenue Enhancement Opportunities
Potential Duplication
This report presents 34 areas where agencies, offices, or initiatives have similar or overlapping objectives or provide similar services to the same populations; or where government missions are fragmented across multiple agencies or programs. These areas span a range of government missions: agriculture, defense, economic development, energy, general government, health, homeland security, international affairs, and social services. In some cases, there is sufficient information to estimate potential savings or other benefits if actions are taken to address individual issues. In those cases, financial benefits ranging from hundreds of millions to several billion dollars annually may be realized. In other cases, estimates of cost savings or other benefits would depend upon what congressional and executive branch decisions were made, including how certain GAO recommendations are implemented. Additionally, information on program performance, the level of funding in agency budgets devoted to overlapping or fragmented programs, and the implementation costs that might be associated with program consolidations or terminations, are factors that could impact actions to be taken as well as potential savings. Links in the information below will take you to area summaries that include actions for the executive branch or Congress to consider as well as a "Framework for Analysis" providing the methodology used to conduct the work and a list of related GAO products for further information.
- Realigning DOD's military medical command structures and consolidating common functions could increase efficiency and result in projected savings ranging from $281 million to $460 million annually
- Opportunities exist for consolidation and increased efficiencies to maximize response to warfighter urgent needs
- Opportunities exist to avoid unnecessary redundancies and improve the coordination of counter-improvised explosive device efforts
- Opportunities exist to avoid unnecessary redundancies and maximize the efficient use of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities
- A departmentwide acquisition strategy could reduce DOD's risk of costly duplication in purchasing tactical wheeled vehicles
- Improved joint oversight of DOD's prepositioning programs for equipment and supplies may reduce unnecessary duplication
- DOD business systems modernization: opportunities exist for optimizing business operations and systems
Economic development
- The efficiency and effectiveness of fragmented economic development programs are unclear
- The federal approach to surface transportation is fragmented, lacks clear goals, and is not accountable for results
- Fragmented federal efforts to meet water needs in the U.S.-Mexico border region have resulted in an administrative burden, redundant activities, and an overall inefficient use of resources
General government
- Enterprise architectures: key mechanisms for identifying potential overlap and duplication
- Consolidating federal data centers provides opportunity to improve government efficiency and achieve significant cost savings
- Collecting improved data on interagency contracting to minimize duplication could help the government leverage its vast buying power
- Periodic reviews could help identify ineffective tax expenditures and redundancies in related tax and spending programs, potentially reducing revenue losses by billions of dollars
Homeland security/Law enforcement
- Strategic oversight mechanisms could help integrate fragmented interagency efforts to defend against biological threats
- DHS oversight could help eliminate potential duplicating efforts of interagency forums in securing the northern border
- The Department of Justice plans actions to reduce overlap in explosives investigations, but monitoring is needed to ensure successful implementation
- TSA's security assessments on commercial trucking companies overlap with those of another agency, but efforts are under way to address the overlap
- DHS could streamline mechanisms for sharing security-related information with public transit agencies to help address overlapping information
- FEMA needs to improve its oversight of grants and establish a framework for assessing capabilities to identify gaps and prioritize investments
International affairs
Social services
Training, employment, and education
- Multiple employment and training programs: providing information on colocating services and consolidating administrative structures could promote efficiencies
- Teacher quality: proliferation of programs complicates federal efforts to invest dollars effectively
- Fragmentation of financial literacy efforts makes coordination essential
Other Cost Savings
Given today's fiscal environment, this report also summarizes 47 additional areasbeyond those directly related to duplication, overlap, or fragmentationwhere the government can achieve other cost savings or enhance revenue collections. These other cost savings and revenue opportunities also span a wide range of federal government missions and agencies. In many cases, there is sufficient information to show that if actions are taken to address individual issues summarized, financial benefits ranging from tens of millions to tens of billions of dollars annually may be realized. In other cases, however, estimates for savings or revenues would depend upon the nature and scope of congressional and executive branch decisions, or additional programmatic data may be needed. Links in the information below will take you to area summaries that include estimated cost savings or additional revenues, if available, and actions for the executive branch or Congress to consider. These areas summaries also contain a "Framework for Analysis" providing the methodology used to conduct the work and a list of related GAO products for further information.
- DOD should assess costs and benefits of overseas military presence options before committing to costly personnel realignments and construction plans, thereby possibly saving billions of dollars
- Total compensation approach is needed to manage significant growth in military personnel costs
- Employing best management practices could help DOD save money on its weapon systems acquisition programs
- More efficient management could limit future costs of DOD's spare parts inventory
- More comprehensive and complete cost data can help DOD improve the cost-effectiveness of sustaining weapon systems
- Improved corrosion prevention and control practices could help DOD avoid billions in unnecessary costs over time
Economic development
- Revising the essential air service program could improve efficiency and save over $20 million annually
- Improved design and management of the universal service fund as it expands to support broadband could help avoid cost increases for consumers
- The Corps of Engineers should provide Congress with project-level information on unobligated balances
General government
- Efforts to address governmentwide improper payments could result in significant cost savings
- Promoting competition for the over $500 billion in federal contracts can potentially save billions of dollars over time
- Applying strategic sourcing best practices throughout the federal procurement system could save billions of dollars annually
- Adherence to new guidance on award fee contracts could improve agencies' use of award fees and produce savings
- Agencies could realize cost savings of at least $3 billion by continued disposal of unneeded federal real property
- Improved cost analyses used for making federal facility ownership and leasing decisions could save tens of millions of dollars
- The Office of Management and Budget's IT Dashboard reportedly has already resulted in $3 billion in savings and can further help identify opportunities to invest more efficiently in information technology
- Increasing electronic filing of individual income tax returns could reduce IRS's processing costs and increase revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars
- Using return on investment information to better target IRS enforcement could reduce the tax gap; for example, a 1 percent reduction would increase tax revenues by $3 billion
- Better management of tax debt collection may resolve cases faster with lower IRS costs and increase debt collected
- Broadening IRS's authority to correct simple tax return errors could facilitate correct tax payments and help IRS avoid costly, burdensome audits
- Enhancing mortgage interest information reporting could improve tax compliance
- More information on the types and uses of canceled debt could help IRS limit revenue losses on forgiven mortgage debt
- Better information and outreach could help increase revenues by tens or hundreds of millions of dollars annually by addressing overstated real estate tax deductions
- Revisions to content and use of Form 1098-T could help IRS enforce higher education requirements and increase revenues
- Many options could improve the tax compliance of sole proprietors and begin to reduce their $68 billion portion of the tax gap
- IRS could find additional businesses not filing tax returns by using third-party data, which show such businesses have billions of dollars in sales
- Congress and IRS can help S corporations and their shareholders be more tax compliant, potentially increasing tax revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars each year
- IRS needs an agencywide approach for addressing tax evasion among the at least 1 million networks of businesses and related entities
- Opportunities exist to improve the targeting of the $6 billion research tax credit and reduce forgone revenue
- Converting the new markets tax credit to a grant program may increase program efficiency and significantly reduce the $3.8 billion 5-year revenue cost of the program
- Limiting the tax-exempt status of certain governmental bonds could yield revenue
- Adjusting civil tax penalties for inflation potentially could increase revenues by tens of millions of dollars per year, not counting any revenues that may result from maintaining the penalties' deterrent effect
- IRS may be able to systematically identify nonresident aliens reporting unallowed tax deductions or credits
- Tracking undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts could facilitate the reallocation of scarce resources or the return of funding to the Treasury
- Preventing billions in Medicaid improper payments requires sustained attention and action by CMS
- Federal oversight over Medicaid supplemental payments needs improvement, which could lead to substantial cost savings
- Better targeting of Medicare's claims review could reduce improper payments
- Potential savings in Medicare's payments for health care
Homeland security/Law enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security's management of acquisitions could be strengthened to reduce cost overruns and schedule and performance shortfalls
- Improvements in managing research and development could help reduce inefficiencies and costs for homeland security
- Validation of TSA's behavior-based screening program is needed to justify funding or expansion
- More efficient baggage screening systems could result in about $470 million in reduced TSA personnel costs over the next 5 years
- Clarifying availability of certain customs fee collections could produce a one-time savings of $640 million
Scope & Methodology
For the purposes of our analysis, we considered "duplication" to occur when two or more agencies or programs are engaged in the same activities or provide the same services to the same beneficiaries. We used the term "overlap" when multiple agencies or programs have similar goals, engage in similar activities or strategies to achieve them, or target similar beneficiaries. We used the term "fragmentation" to refer to those circumstances in which more than one federal agency (or more than one organization within an agency) is involved in the same broad area of national need. The presence of fragmentation and overlap can suggest the need to look closer at the potential for unnecessary duplication. However, determining whether and to what extent programs are actually duplicative requires programmatic information that is often not readily available. In certain instances in this report, we use the term "potential duplication" to include duplication, overlap, or fragmentation.
To identify federal programs or functional areas where unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation exists, we reviewed GAO's ongoing and previously completed work. In some instances, issues related to potential for duplication, overlap, or fragmentation were identified from GAO's body of work 6 specifically examining these issues across government. This body of work included GAO's reviews of a variety of federal programs, such as those related to training, employment, and education and social services. In other instances, we drew examples of potential duplication, overlap, or fragmentation from our ongoing audits and evaluations not specifically focused on these issues but where they were identified as challenges to the efficient and effective operation of certain federal programs or activities we reviewed. While our report includes examples where duplication, overlap, or fragmentation can hinder program performance and cause inefficiencies, we recognize that there could be instances where some degree of program duplication, overlap, or fragmentation may be warranted due to the nature or magnitude of the federal effort.
We also considered the work of other agencies such as the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. While the work of other agencies informed our selection of specific areas for this year's report, we only included issues where we had current work or could update prior work within our reporting time frames. Therefore, this report is not a comprehensive survey of all government programs where unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation may exist. Rather, this report highlights a number of federal programs and activities where GAO's work indicates these issues exist. Each issue area contained in this report lists the relevant GAO reports and publications upon which it is based. Those prior reports contain additional information on GAO's supporting work and methodologies. For issues based on GAO work that has not yet been published or those that update prior GAO work, we provide additional information on the methodologies used in that ongoing work or update in the Framework for Analysis section of the issue area.
To identify the actions needed to address unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation, we reviewed and updated prior GAO work and recommendations and in some cases completed ongoing work or conducted new work to identify what additional actions agencies may need to take and Congress may wish to consider. In some instances, the long-standing nature or significance of certain issues, especially those that transcended more than one agency, led us to suggest the potential need for heightened congressional oversight. To identify the potential financial and other benefits that might result from actions addressing duplication, overlap, or fragmentation, we reviewed and updated prior GAO work and conducted ongoing work with a specific focus on the potential for cost savings. In some cases, we had sufficient information to show that if actions are taken to address the individual issues summarized in thisreport, opportunities for financial benefits ranging from the tens of millions to several billion dollars annually might be realized. Estimating the benefits that could result from eliminating unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation was not possible in some cases because information about the extent of unnecessary duplication among certain programs is not available. Further, the financial benefits that can be achieved from eliminating duplication, overlap, or fragmentation were not always quantifiable in advance of congressional and executive branch decision making, and information was not readily available on program performance, the level of funding devoted to overlapping programs, or the implementation costs and time frames that might be associated with program consolidations or terminations.
In light of the long-term fiscal imbalances that the federal government faces, we highlighted other opportunities for potential cost saving or revenue enhancements in addition to those associated with duplication, overlap, or fragmentation. Specifically, we reviewed and updated the existing groupings of major cost-saving opportunities that had previously been identified and summarized on GAO's Web site, 7 drawn from our past reviews of government programs at high risk of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or in need of restructuring. Similar to the duplication, overlap, and fragmentation work, we also reviewed our ongoing and recently completed work to determine whether the existing areas could be updated within the reporting time frames for this report, and we identified additional opportunities for consideration in areas where we had updated information available. We provided estimates of the cost savings or revenue enhancements, where available. At the beginning of each section, we include tables listing the areas for consideration, including information on the agencies and programs8 involved and cost savings or revenue enhancements, if available.
We will continue to examine issues related to duplication, overlap, and fragmentation in our ongoing work. In our future mandated annual reports, we will look at additional federal programs to identify further instances of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation as well as highlight additional opportunities to reduce the cost of government operations or increase revenues to the government. Likewise, we will continue to monitor developments in the areas we have already identified. Issues of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation also may be addressed in our routine audit work during the year and will be summarized in our mandated annual reports as appropriate.
This report is based substantially upon ongoing audits and previously completed GAO products, which were conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), or with GAO's Quality Assurance Framework, as appropriate. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. In one instance GAGAS did not apply to the work we did to identify the revenue enhancement opportunity pertaining to unobligated balances in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Customs User Fee Account. This work reviewed the agency's justification for certain estimates in the President's annual budget request to Congress rather than an audit and was performed in accordance with all relevant sections of GAO's Quality Assurance Framework. The framework requires that we plan and perform the engagement to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence to meet our stated objectives and to discuss any limitations in our work. We believe that the information and data obtained, and the analysis conducted, provide a reasonable basis for any findings and conclusions in this product. For issues being reported on for the first time, GAO sought comments from the agencies involved and incorporated their comments, as appropriate. We briefed the Office of Management and Budget on a draft of this report. We conducted the work for the overall report from February 2010 through February 2011.
Report Contacts
Please direct questions about specific potential duplication and other cost savings areas discussed in this report to the GAO area contact identified on each area's page.
This report was prepared under the coordination of Patricia Dalton, Chief Operating Officer, who may be reached at (202) 512-5600, or firstname.lastname@example.com; and Janet St. Laurent, Managing Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, who may be reached at (202) 512-4300, or email@example.com.
This report was signed by:
Gene L. Dodaro
Comptroller General of the United States
BAC | Bureau of Arms Control |
AFR | Agency Financial Report |
AFV | alternative fuel vehicle |
AHLTA | Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application |
ARS | Agricultural Research Service |
ATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
AUR | Automated Underreporter Program |
BEA | business enterprise architecture |
BEST | Border Enforcement Security Task Force |
BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
BOEMRE | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement |
BPA | blanket purchase agreement |
BRAC | base realignment and closure |
CBP | Customs and Border Protection |
CDE | Community Development Entities |
CFDA | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
CDFI | Community Development Financial Institution |
CERP | Commander's Emergency Response Program |
CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 |
Commerce | Department of Commerce |
Corrosion-Office | Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
DNDO | Domestic Nuclear Detection Office |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DSH | Disproportionate Share Hospital |
EAS | Essential Air Service |
Education | Department of Education |
EDA | Economic Development Administration |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
Energy | Department of Energy |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPAct | Energy Policy Act |
FAM | Foreign Affairs Manual |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FFS | fee-for-service |
FMCSA | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
FPDS-NG | Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation |
FSIS | Food Safety and Inspection Service |
FSSI | Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative |
FTA | Federal Transit Administration |
FTHBC | First-Time Homebuyer Credit |
Fund | Universal Service Fund |
GAGAS | generally accepted government auditing standards |
GHG | greenhouse gas |
GPO | Government Pension Offset |
GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
GSA | General Services Administration |
HHA | home health agency |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
HUBZone | Historically Underutilized Business Zone |
HUD | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
IBET | Integrated Border Enforcement Team |
IED | improvised explosive device |
IG | Inspector General |
Interior | Department of the Interior |
IPERA | Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
ISN | Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
IT | information technology |
JIEDDO | Joint IED Defeat Organization |
Justice | Department of Justice |
Labor | Department of Labor |
MAS | Multiple Award Schedule |
MEA | math error authority |
MHS | Military Health System |
MPPR | multiple procedure payment reduction |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NMTC | New Markets Tax Credit |
NP | Bureau of Nonproliferation |
NSLP | National School Lunch Program |
OFPP | Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
ONRR | Office of Natural Resources and Revenue |
O&S | operating and support |
PAR | Performance and Accountability Report |
PBL | performance-based logistics |
PMS | Payment Management System |
RAC | recovery audit contractor |
RFS | renewable fuel standard |
ROI | return on investment |
S&T | Science and Technology Directorate |
SBA | Small Business Administration |
SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
SPOT | Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques |
SSA | Social Security Administration |
State | Department of State |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
TANF | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
Treasury | Department of the Treasury |
TSA | Transportation Security Administration |
USAC | Universal Service Administrative Company |
USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
USDA | Department of Agriculture |
USICH | U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness |
VA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
VC | Bureau of Verification and Compliance |
VCI | Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation |
VEETC | Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit |
VistA | Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture |
WEP | Windfall Elimination Provision |
WIA | Workforce Investment Act |
WIC | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |
1) Pub. L. No. 111-139, § 21, 124 Stat. 29 (2010), 31 U.S.C. § 712 Note.
2) GAO, (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2010). Additional information on the federal fiscal outlook, federal debt, and the outlook for the state and local government sector is available at:
3) The mandate calling for this report also asked GAO to identify specific areas where Congress may wish to cancel budget authority it has previously provided-a process known as rescission. To date, GAO's work has not identified a basis for proposing specific funding rescissions.
4) Pub. L. No. 111-352, 124 Stat. 3866 (2011).
5) Pub. L. No. 103-62, 107 Stat. 285 (1993).
6) For example, see GAO-AIMD-97-146, Managing for Results: Using the Results Act to Address Mission Fragmentation and Program Overlap (Washington, D.C.: Aug. 29, 1997); GAO/GGD-00-106, Managing for Results: Barriers to Interagency Coordination (Washington, D.C.: Mar 29, 2000); and GAO-05-325SP 21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Government (Washington, D.C.:Feb. 2005).
7) See http://www.gao.gov/highrisk/opportunities/.
8) To provide the most current information, we cited only those programs that were identified in GAO reports published in 2008 or later.
Dec 22, 2014
Federal Subcontracting:
Further Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Pass-through ContractsGAO-15-200: Published: Dec 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 22, 2014.
Dec 18, 2014
Electronic Submissions in Federal Procurement:
Implementation by the Army Corps of Engineers and Department of the Interior's Bureau of ReclamationGAO-15-253R: Published: Dec 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 18, 2014.
Dec 17, 2014
State and Local Governments' Fiscal Outlook:
2014 UpdateGAO-15-224SP: Published: Dec 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2014.
Dec 11, 2014
Federal Subcontracting:
Linking Small Business Subcontractors to Prime Contracts Is Not Feasible Using Current SystemsGAO-15-116: Published: Dec 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 11, 2014.
Dec 3, 2014
Federal Data Transparency:
Effective Implementation of the DATA Act Would Help Address Government-wide Management Challenges and Improve OversightGAO-15-241T: Published: Dec 3, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 3, 2014.
Nov 14, 2014
2013 Government Shutdown:
Three Departments Reported Varying Degrees of Impacts on Operations, Grants, and ContractsGAO-15-86: Published: Oct 15, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 14, 2014.
Nov 13, 2014
Program Evaluation:
Some Agencies Reported that Networking, Hiring, and Involving Program Staff Help Build CapacityGAO-15-25: Published: Nov 13, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 13, 2014.
Nov 12, 2014
Federal Real Property:
Strategic Focus Needed to Help Manage Vast and Diverse Warehouse PortfolioGAO-15-41: Published: Nov 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2014.
Oct 31, 2014
Government Efficiency and Effectiveness:
Inconsistent Definitions and Information Limit the Usefulness of Federal Program InventoriesGAO-15-83: Published: Oct 31, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 31, 2014.
Oct 30, 2014
Federal Real Property:
More Useful Information to Providers Could Improve the Homeless Assistance ProgramGAO-14-739: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 2014.
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Reviewed Fun Fruit Sushi
Sep 4, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"The sticky rice (with the marshmallows mixed in) was tasty, BUT I have a huge concern with this being touted as part of an "under $10" dinner. It is virtually impossible to find an assorted fresh fruit package for under about $5, including the so-called "manager's specials" that was suggested on the show. I shop many local grocery and discount ..."


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- Jan 18:
- Pete's Patrol stays loyal as Greenbrae's Carroll coaches Seahawks against 49ers
- Jan 25:
- Pete Carroll in first super bowl as coach of Seattle Seahawks
- Super Bowl XLVIII: Pete Carroll back in Jets country
- Jan 10:
- Carroll on Saints-Seahawks: 'We start all over again'
- Aug 29:
- Carroll Chronicles: Celebrities love to practice with Pete
- Carroll Chronicles: Pete's practices are always lively, always productive
"The intensity is unbelievable. That's what he prides himself on. They practice like they're on a fine Swiss watch."
- Dave Perron of Kentfield, managing director of the Prostate Cancer Foundation's Home Run Challenge based in Santa Monica
"If I were to choose one word to describe Pete's practices, it would be enthusiastic. The kids practice hard and with enthusiasm and they play hard and with enthusiasm. There are not a lot of punitive moments."
- Redwood High classmate Skip Corsini of San Rafael
"He's been doing this for 20 years under the best coaches, so his practice schedule would be like any other college coach. But it's the way he attacks it."
- Bob Troppmann of Corte Madera, who was Carroll's high school coach at Redwood
"I'm just struck by how well organized it is and how detailed it is. There is no standing around. The whole message is 'It's really important.' The horn. The clock. The schedule. The time is important and everyone acts like it. It's so positive."
- Ken Roby, a friend and classmate from Redwood


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1 A guileful balance is abomination with God; and an even weight is his will. (A deceitful scale is an abomination to God; and equal, or honest, weights be his desire.) | 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight. |
2 Where pride is, there also despising shall be; but where meekness is, there also is wisdom. (Where there is pride, there shall also be despising; but where there is humility, there is also wisdom.) | 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. |
3 The simpleness of just men shall (ad)dress them; and the deceiving of wayward men shall destroy them. (The honesty, or the integrity, of the righteous shall direct them; and the deceptions of the wayward shall destroy them.) | 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. |
4 Riches shall not profit in the day of vengeance; but rightfulness shall deliver from death. (Riches shall not profit anyone on the day of vengeance; but uprightness shall deliver one from death.) | 4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. |
5 The rightfulness of a simple man shall (ad)dress his way; and a wicked man shall fall in his wickedness. (The uprightness of an honest person shall direct his way; and a wicked person shall fall because of his wickedness.) | 5 The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness. |
6 The rightfulness of rightful men shall deliver them; and wicked men shall be taken in their ambushings. (The uprightness of the righteous shall save them; but the wicked shall be caught in their own ambushings.) | 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires. |
7 When a wicked man is dead, none hope shall be further of him; and [the] abiding of busy men in evil shall perish. (When the wicked die, they shall have no further hope; and the abundance, or the wealth, of those busy with evil shall perish.) | 7 When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing. |
8 A just man is delivered from anguish; and a wicked man shall be given for him. (The righteous person is delivered from all his anguish; and it is given to a wicked person instead.) | 8 The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead. |
9 A feigner by mouth deceiveth his friend; but just men shall be delivered by knowing. (A faker, or a hypocrite, deceiveth his friend with his mouth; but the righteous rescue others with their wisdom.) | 9 With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape. |
10 A city shall be enhanced in the goods of just men; and praising shall be in the perdition of wicked men. (A city shall rejoice for the prosperity of the righteous; and praising shall be in the perdition, or in the perishing, of the wicked.) | 10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. |
11 A city shall be enhanced by [the] blessing of just men; and it shall be destroyed by the mouth of wicked men. (A city shall be enhanced by the blessing of the righteous; and it shall be destroyed by the words of the wicked.) | 11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed. |
12 He that despiseth his friend, is needy in heart; but a prudent man shall be still. (He who despiseth his friend is foolish; but a man of understanding shall be silent.) | 12 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue. |
13 He that goeth guilefully, showeth privates (He who goeth deceitfully, telleth secrets); but he that is faithful, covereth the private (matter) of a friend. | 13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. |
14 Where a governor is not, the people shall fall; but health is, where be many counsels. (Without a leader, or good governance, the people shall fall; but there is victory/but there is salvation, or deliverance, where there be many counsellors, or much planning, or good advice.) | 14 For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure. |
15 He that maketh faith, that is, (an) obligation, for a stranger, shall be tormented with evil; but he that escheweth snares, shall be secure. | 15 He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe. |
16 A gracious woman shall find glory (A gracious woman shall receive honour); and strong men shall have riches. | 16 A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth. |
17 A merciful man doeth well to his soul (A merciful person doeth good to his own soul); but he that is cruel, casteth away, yea, (even his own) kinsmen. | 17 A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself. |
18 A wicked man maketh unstable work; but faithful meed is to him, that soweth rightfulness. (There is no surety with the work of the wicked; but there is a sure reward for those who sow goodness.) | 18 The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
19 Mercy shall make ready life; and the following of evil, death. (Mercy bringeth forth life; but death followeth after evil.) | 19 The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death. |
20 A shrewd heart is abominable to the Lord; and his will is in them, that go simply. (A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord; but his delight is in those who do things honestly, or with integrity.) | 20 The LORD detests men of perverse heart but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. |
21 Though hand be in hand, an evil man shall not be innocent; but the seed of just men shall be saved. (Be assured, that the evil shall be punished; but the children, or the descendants, of the righteous shall be saved.) | 21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free. |
22 A golden ring in the nostrils of a sow, (is like) a woman fair and fool. (A gold ring in the nostrils of a pig, is like a woman who is comely, but foolish.) | 22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion. |
23 The desire of just men is all good; (but the) abiding of wicked men is strong vengeance. (The desire of the righteous is only for good; but the longing of the wicked is for strong vengeance.) | 23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath. |
24 Some men part their own things, and be made richer; other men ravish things, that be not theirs, and they be ever in neediness. (Some people share their own things, and grow richer; other people steal things, that be not theirs, and still they always be in need.) | 24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. |
25 A soul that blesseth, shall be made fat; and he that filleth, shall be filled also. (A person who blesseth, or who shareth, shall be made prosperous; and he who filleth, shall also be filled.) | 25 A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. |
26 He that hideth wheat, shall be cursed among the peoples; but blessing shall come [up]on the head(s) of sellers. (He who hideth corn, shall be cursed by the people; but blessing, or praise, shall come to the sellers.) | 26 People curse the man who hoards grain, but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell. |
27 Well (be) he (who) riseth early, that seeketh good things; but he that is a searcher of evils, shall be oppressed of those. (He who riseth early, to seek out the good, shall find favour; but he who searcheth out evils, shall be oppressed by them.) | 27 He who seeks good finds goodwill, but evil comes to him who searches for it. |
28 He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall; but just men shall burgeon as a green leaf (but the righteous shall flourish like the green leaves). | 28 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. |
29 He that troubleth his house, shall have (the) winds in possession; and he that is a fool, shall serve a wise man. | 29 He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise. |
30 The fruit of a rightful man is the tree of life; and he that taketh souls, is a wise man. (The fruit of righteousness is the tree of life; and he who winneth souls, is wise.) | 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. |
31 If a just man receiveth in [the] earth, how much more an unfaithful man, and a sinner. (If the righteous receive recompense here on earth, how much more shall the unfaithful, and the sinners!) | 31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner! |
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only. (Wycliffe Bible) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Jan 1, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"My family hates pot roast, but they LOVED this recipe! Thanks for all the hints at personalizing this recipe, I also used fresh onions and carrots, left out the potatoes as I served roasted as a side dish. I stuck with the recipe, and the sodium is only 705 mg per serving...not sure what the problem is with that as it is similar to a small fries..."


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Summary: NC WARN's Executive Director Jim Warren and Legal Counsel John Runkle will lead this webinar on the rate hikes Duke Energy has requested that would make families, small business and local government foot the bill for new power plants we don't even need. NC WARN has developed another option, one that provides clean affordable energy while creating jobs. Click here to view and listen to the webinar.
When: To be scheduled soon
Summary: Use what you learn to speak out for the real public good at the upcoming NC Utilities Commission public hearings on Duke Energy's requested rate hikes:
Franklin: May 21, Marion: May 22, Winston-Salem: June 19, Charlotte: June 26, Hillsborough: July 2, Wrap-up press conference and rally: Raleigh, July 8
For more information on the Duke Energy rate hikes, visit our Take Action page and the NC WARN rate hike page.


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Reviewed By GERALD B (Marietta, PA) Reviewed for a 2008 Honda Element —10/1/2012 8:19 PM
These are very nice covers. They're a little sloppy in places, but that also means they weren't that hard to put on. The material is also not to rough so it doesn't scratch getting in and out.