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Thursday - 3/21/2013, 5:28am EDT
The first major rewrite of the laws that govern how federal agencies oversee and manage information technology is one step closer to becoming law.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday easily passed the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) with little debate and no amendments.
It was one of 12 bills the committee approved along with the Federal Information Security Management Amendments Act (FISMAA) and the Excess Federal Buildings and Property Disposal Act.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the co-author of the IT reform bill and chairman of the committee, said by implementing the provisions in the legislation, agencies could take the roughly $80 billion spent on IT annually and save 10 times that much by reducing poor decision-making and becoming more efficient in how departments deliver services.
The 61-page bill addresses several long-standing issues from how best to improve program and project management, to IT acquisition workforce certifications, and giving more authorities to agency chief information officers.
Issa, who released the draft bill in September and held two hearings over the last six months, concluded in the final version of the bill, each agency should have only one person with the title CIO.
"By centralizing some of the major aspects such as how many CIOs actually are there and do they have budget authority, what we can begin to do is have the term CIO be uniquely somebody who has budget authority, get the number down to a number that can have not a conference, but a conference call and they can begin coordinating purchasing," said Issa in an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio in his Capitol Hill office. "One of the key provisions is the idea that we are one buyer. As one buyer, the federal government should be able to look across all of its purchasing and leverage a purchase by perhaps [from] a small company that would suit others and buy it at the same price."
Good for small businesses
Issa is referring to the idea of strategic sourcing. The bill would require the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to issue regulations that tell agencies to use the contracts under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative or justify why they decided not to with a cost and benefit analysis.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
While major concerns remain about strategic sourcing, particularly in the small business community, Issa said the bill actually is one of the most small-business friendly ones in a long time.
"If you are a small business entity and you get a contract with a particular entity and you develop [software], whether from open source or from proprietary software or even a commercial product, [that] is delivered to them, it then, under this bill, becomes a single purchase consideration and you can call on other entities or, in fact, encourage a leveraging between entities," Issa said. "So a small company with a small contract can find themselves selling almost overnight to a dozen different entities."
He added many small firms struggle in the federal market because the bid process is too complex.
"If you have to go through the whole bid and award process each time as a small entity, you may find it prohibitive," Issa said. "If you go through it once and now your software has a price and availability that can be purchased by other entities as part of this single government purchasing strategy, you can get small orders from dozens of different places in government, including leveraging to cities and states."
Cadres of IT acquisition experts
Another key section of the bill that is directly related to giving CIOs more budget authority is the attempt to address program and project management.
For more than a decade, the Office of Management and Budget, under both the Bush and Obama White Houses, has tried to improve agency capabilities. OMB has required certifications, training, moving to agile development and the assignment of qualified people to manage programs. But agencies continue to struggle to keep IT projects on track.
Issa's legislation would require OMB and the Office of Personnel Management to create a strategy that includes the creation of a specialized career path and a career advancement model that takes into account public and private sector experience.
"Probably the most important thing in this bill is recognizing there are too many people who get the title program manager, who report to a CIO who has no budget authority, which means they have no ability to either add money or kill a program," Issa said. "What we want to do is we want to have real budget authority, less people so you have points of accountability. We believe, in many cases, that would have caused programs that were going awry to be reconsidered, perhaps killed, or at least rerouted by someone who had budget authority."
Issa said agencies have made some progress in improving program and project management, but it hasn't been as widespread as it needs to be.
That is why the bill would create assisted acquisition centers of excellence, which would promote, develop and use IT acquisition best practices.
Issa said the centers of excellence would ensure agencies are not buying over and over again the same technology or services at different prices, terms and conditions.
Reaction to reforms mixed
The administration's support for the bill has been tepid. There is some agreement that federal IT laws, which haven't been updated since 2002 when Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the E-Government Act into law, need attention. But federal CIO Steven VanRoekel testified in January before Issa's committee that the current set of statutes give the agencies enough flexibility to be successful.
At a second hearing, Richard Spires, the Homeland Security Department CIO and vice chairman of the CIO Council, said program and project management is one of the main areas where agencies need help, and a center of excellence is one good approach.
Issa has received a better reaction from industry. He received dozens of comments from the private sector and made changes.
Mike Hettinger, the vice president for the public sector innovation group at the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), said his members believe there are plenty of positive things in the bill but they still have some concerns.
He said, specifically, the expanded authorities for CIOs and the data center optimization provisions are among the most positive aspects of the bill.
Open source language concerning
Hettinger said the language around open source is probably the biggest concern for vendors.
Mike Hettinger, vice president, public sector innovation, Software and Information Industry Association
"The main issue with the original language, and some of this was corrected in the language in the revised version of the bill, was the preference for open source," he said. "Even open source folks don't want a preference for open source because then you could say we want a preference for proprietary software. We want to make sure the playing field from an open source standpoint is level. I think the language in the revised bill goes a long way in doing that. There are still some questions about the guidance that is supposed to be developed around the use of open source and that is where our concerns lie right now."
The bill calls on OMB to issue guidance that focuses on open source in several ways, including clarifying the preference for commercial items, including those developed using open source software; ensuring market research includes open source products; and establishing standard service level agreements for the maintenance and support of widely-adopted software.
SIIA wrote a letter to the committee expressing its concerns about the bill.
TechAmerica also wrote a letter to the committee detailing areas of the bill that need to be addressed.
"A number of provisions appear to be redundant and duplicative because they restate authorities or responsibilities that are already provided elsewhere in statute," TechAmerica wrote. "Finally, several significant portions of the proposal are entirely new text and have never before been seen and warrant significant additional review and discussion."
More input expected
Issa said just because the committee passed the bill, it doesn't mean industry and the administration will not have time to offer more comments and changes.
"Each of the changes has been more a matter of defining so that individuals could really understand what the bill is doing and what it's not doing," he said. "There are some areas of concern that I have to be candid about. Open source software, which is in existing law, which many of our best vendors have built on open source, continues to be an area in which people are concerned that essentially the government will not pay again for that which it already bought or that which is in the public domain. To a certain extent, that's true. We don't want to be buying twice for essentially what is available to the public or what we've already purchased and is available in government. It's a major reform and it's one of the areas where there is some push back because we hope it creates some real savings."
He added that building on open source when possible opens the door to more vendors who innovate and offer new technologies.
Issa said he's hopeful that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will be supportive and work with the committee on the bill.
"What we see is a big education process," he said. "Most people look at IT as we all buy it, etc., but when you start looking at $81 billion and multiple contracts of $1 billion or more that have had to be scrapped, we have to educate the public that this can be prevented."
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Reading through the NT for the first time as a skeptic has been an eye opening experience. And although my observations at this point are admittedly naive, I'd like to share another one and hear what you think.
I always thought (and was taught) that the description of Jesus curing people by "driving out demons" was simply allegorical. The word "demons" in this context was merely meant to denote the illnesses because modern medical terms hadn't yet been developed. However, in Matthew 8, Mark 5 and Luke 8, Jesus is said to have first talked to and then driven out demons into a herd of pigs (which subsequently jumped off a cliff). This was apparently witnessed by the pig's caretakers, who went back to town to spread the word.
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1. If Jesus really did just cure the men of their bacterial/viral/psychological or whatever disease, then what the heck infected those pigs?
2. If there really were demons in Jesus's time, then why did they stop causing illnesses as we began to understand "other" causes of disease? And why did Jesus give the demons what they asked for in this case, causing the death of 2,000 pigs?
I'm not hiding the fact that, for me at least, I think this story is total hogwash. (Pardon the pun.) I'm just beginning to understand the depth of the deception in my early bible instruction and the amazingly complex series of hoops necessary for free-thinking Christians to jump through in order to maintain their beliefs.


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Being an orange blossom fan, I will give it a try. Thanks for the pre-alert.
This new fragrance will be released from July 2012 and it's another orange blossom scent (don't know if it's Duchaufour).
I smelled it once time, the start is a little bit hesperidic (cardamom is officialy listed) then it's a nice neroli/jasmine with a little bit of vanilia/amber in the base (but just what it needs);
a nice alternative of the regretable "fleur d'oranger 2007", not so pure and beautiful but it still worth the snif !
Being an orange blossom fan, I will give it a try. Thanks for the pre-alert.
Thanks for the info.
What does the name mean (in English)?
Your description, Mon-Petit, sounds like Aqua Allegoria Flora Nerolia by Guerlain.
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Yes it's Seville at dawn.
Haven't smelled this AA, sorry.Your description, Mon-Petit, sounds like Aqua Allegoria Flora Nerolia by Guerlain.
Is it kind of a green orange .....?
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Duchaufour, is indeed, the nose for this fragrance. A scent that was actually inspired by Denyse from the blog, Grain de Musc. Story here: http://graindemusc.blogspot.com/2012...ube-story.html
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mmm Orange Blossom it's indeed typical here in Seville... but I thought it smelled better at dusk...
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I would love to smell this. I'm a big Denyse of Grain de Musc fan and I love orange blossom too .
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I tested it on skin at the Bordeaux shop of l'AP yesterday, and I immediately fell for it. Very fine orange blossom, kind of green with some jasmine. It's an EdP, soft and delicate, but has a quite decent lasting power. Available in France at the end of July, I think I'll get it.
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I got a bottle, definitivly a VERY good surprise.
But it's wrote "limited edition" on the package
Orange blossom yes! Limited edition? Noooooo..
Yes, too bad it's a limited edition.
Enjoy it, Mon-Petit, you're one of the few wearing Séville, but I predict that by the end of July, there will be MANY !
Thank you I'm fully enjoying it, for sure it's my best new summer scent this year.
Hope it will be soon available because it's beautiful in this season (heard a rumor for a september release )
Séville à l'aube will be released at the end of July, at least in France, but other countries may have to wait until September.
Denyse in person gave me a tiny squirt of it (and a mouillette that I jealously keep in my copy of The Perfume Lover) at Exsence, in Milan, last spring and I find it beautiful and addictive! My only concern is the size of the bottle- only 100 ml, they say- I definitely prefer smaller sizes!
I read the book about a month ago. I really enjoyed it! I haven't smelled the fragrance yet, but I must, having read the story.
I'm doing a preview sample draw of Séville à l'aube on Grain de Musc for people who've bought "The Perfume Lover"... http://bit.ly/Ldkn1E
And Bertrand Duchaufour and myself will be in London on July 24/25 to present the fragrance in L'Artisan Parfumeur's Covent Garden Market boutique. As space is limited, it's best to contact the boutique to book: we're having two sessions on the evening of the 24th and three more in the afternoon of the 25th. I hope to see you there!
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As I am in Belfast unfortunately not happening for me.
105 € for a 100 ml bottle... Ouch
It's more expensive than the other AP fragrances for the same countenance, if I'm not mistaken; besides most (if not all) of the AP fragrances exist in the 50ml format.
Some will think about it twice before shelling out so much money, and that's probably what they want, make it exclusive, limited edition, etc. They know it will be a success anyway.
Last edited by Astrud; 13th July 2012 at 08:59 PM.
It's a beautiful fragrance, dominated by orange blossom. It opens zesty, bitter and green. It develops darker on the skin, but I did expect it to be more heavy. It's not very sweet, but it feels spicy and roundes by the beeswax and tobacco etc. It really has character and depth, and definitely different from other orange blossoms. Perfect for hot summer nights. The contrast between white orange flowers and the dark mystery is interesting. It's a quite sensual fragrance The staying power isn't to good on my skin, as always with L'Artisan.
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Just tried it. Foody mess.
Nothing really stands out in it -- flat, one-dimensional, derivative (Bois Farine and Timbuktu, mostly) on this skin. Nothing much of orange blossom, none of the lavender at all, the sharp and persistent beginning reminded me strongly of mint-licorice, but overall development was boring boring boring. Vanilla-like benzoin added warmth not depth, but was it really necessary for a fragrance to represent a cool start of a hot day?
Will not recommend. 2**.
Thanks to a nice BN friend who let me try it.
Guerlain lover your discription is on the spot! i also enjoyed the contrast between orange flowers and the more mystery depth.
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Guerlain lover your discription is on the spot! i also enjoyed the contrast between orange flowers and the more mystery depth.
l just finished reading the book & found it a fascinating read; a wonderful story interspersed with lots of interesting historical information & fascinating characters. l recommend it to any "perfume lover". Unfortunately l can't make it to Covent Garden today, but l very much look forward to trying this perfume!
To those who have tried it, how does the longevity compare with other L'Artisans? l have had issues with lack of longevity with them in the past.
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Ya, L'artisan's longevity stinks from what I have tested. Drole De Rose..such a good scent but it's really a pity it doesn't last. Wouldn't spend the money on it. I don't know about this one though.
Foody mess? No orange blossom...mmm and mint? Idk about that. Licorice yes, mess...not so much. I still wanna try it though.
It was persistently boring on me, got good 5 hours of it and the elbow creases smelled even longer. Isn't it always like this: stuff you don't like lasts and lasts? LOL
I would say medium longevity, worse than Timbuktu or Dzonghka and better than many other L'Artisans.
I forgot about Dzing/Dzonghka..those seem to last ok from what I remember. Never tried Timbuktu though.
Haven't tried this one yet....not sure if I will. Orange blossom is more my sister's thing than mine. L'Artisan's in general are working really, really well for me here in the midwest, uch more so than when I lived in the northeast.
I get wonderful longevity from Passage d'Enfer, Mure et Musc Extreme, Dzing!, Tea for Two, Timbuktu & Dzongkha. In general, I do not believe L'Artisans are particularly "known" for their longevity. Do you all agree?
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I acquired a couple of mls of Séville à L'Aube, and have worn it twice now.
I've seen it characterized as L'Artisan's new orange blossom soliflore, but for me it is not a soliflore. The orange blossom took second place to the incense and benzoin notes, which dominate throughout, and more so as the scent dries down.
I didn't find it indolic at all.
Although it's sweet if sniffed directly, it isn't so sweet as it wafts up. I noticed the orange blossom right away, and also a root beer note (I didn't just imagine that; my daughter took one whiff and said she smelled root beer. I've noticed this note with several other fragrances, including AdP Mandorlo di Sicilia and Hilde Soliani Conaffetto, the latter also being an orange blossom fragrance.)
The incense was there from the start, and a balsamic note, slightly creamy (the benzoin, I suppose.) It was a little smokey at first, but not as much as Avignon. I didn't get the lavender or beeswax.
Edit: Maybe I didn't pick up on the lavender because of the different variety it is, according to the interview with Duchafour, see: http://www.basenotes.net/content/133...ville-à-l-aube
When I try it again, I'll see if I can detect that.
For me this was basically an incense + orange blossom scent, emphasis on the incense. I didn't find this a "sexy" perfume, notwithstanding the backstory about the night in Seville that was its inspiration.
The scent lasted over 7 hours on my skin, but I got tired of the incense going on and on; in the end it became monotonous.
I will give it this: a little goes a long way. I just used one spray to the chest area.
My advice: Try before you buy, unless you are crazy about incense and don't have the opportunity to test it first (given that it's a limited edition.)
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Great review, 30R. Thanks a lot, you might save some people a few clams.
I attended the Duchaufour and Beaulieu talk in Covent Garden the other week.
I enjoyed the opening (and we smelt the raw materials used including the Seville lavender which was extremely resinous like labdanum) - it was the unusual lavender and as 30 Roses says - an orange blossom quite devoid of the indoles which was surprising.
Unfortunately on me the beeswax/incense create a myrrh like texture and all came out to quick on my skin. On paper the brightness from the beginning was very nice, but the quick straight-to-drydown accord that came out on my skin was unappealing, it wasn't any incense I was familiar with and the whole composition is extremely subtle.
Having said that - others that were at the talk who tried it on their skin had a lot more luck than myself - it was amazing how different it was on different skin - don't blind buy!
...it reminds me of Giorgio Beverly Hills for Women: anyone else the same experience...?
Seville à L'aube doesn't remind me of it in any way, and although I don't wish to wear it, it doesn't repel me the way Giorgio does.
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This is a tricky one indeed.
I have been sampling it several times over the past month. I keep Trying To Like It. I hate it when I do that, but sometimes it happens - the back story, the perfumer, the line...I love them all. So I keep trying it hoping that it will click. Sometimes Duchaufour scents are like this (I detested Dzonghka the first time I smelled it, now I love it...same for many others). However this one just rubs me the wrong way.
I think it is very strong and very orange blossom prominent on my skin. And, unlike 30 Roses, it is extremely indolic on me - I smell very unwashed when I wear it. Now I am totally okay with smelling unwashed or skanky, I love many scents like this, but I don't like this scent so the 'dirtiness' just adds to the overall annoyance.
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Child Life Practicum
Attention: Candidates
We will not be hosting students for the Winter/Spring 2015 Child Life Practicum. We will resume this opportunity for the Summer 2015 Practicum. Thank you!
The Child Life Practicum Program at All Children's Hospital is designed to introduce potential Child Life practitioners to the hospital environment and to introduce them to the child life profession. Primary responsibilities include providing play opportunities to patients both individually and in small groups and assisting with program support activities. In addition, practicum students will have opportunities to observed Certified Child Life Specialists in their work. The Child Life practicum provides introductory experiences aiding the students' development towards becoming a Certified Child Life Specialist.
- Each 180-hour practicum experience is structured as 15 hours a week over a 12-week period.
- Individual student schedules will be considered. Availability is Monday - Saturday 8:00AM to 8:00PM
- Students are assigned to one primary Certified Child Life Specialist who will serve as their preceptor and mentor.
The practicum program provides hands-on experience, observations and multiple other opportunities for learning.
How to Apply
You must be enrolled in a college/university. The following must be completed and submitted to begin the application process:
- Completed application (Updated 1/2015)
- Resume
- Transcript (unofficial accepted)
- Two completed recommendation forms (from professors or someone who has observed your work with children)
School guidelines/ requirements for student practicum experience
- Verification of enrollment in University during practicum.
|Practicum Session
|Application Deadline
|May 5
|Winter / Spring
|September 5
|January 5
Mail these documents to the following address:
All Children's Hospital
Child Life Department 7390
Practicum Program
501 6th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
After receiving your completed application and all requested attachments you will be contacted for an interview.
Once accepted into the practicum program, students are required to provide a current immunization record, proof of health insurance, liability insurance, and CPR certification.
If you have further questions, please contact Dara Jackson, Practicum Student Coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com
- The practicum is your introduction to the hospital environment as well as first-hand observations of our Child Life program at work.
- Develop a personal comfort level and confidence to function in the hospital environment.
- Take the initiative to seek out and interact with patients in the playroom and on the patient units.
- Gain knowledge regarding the importance of therapeutic play opportunities for hospitalized children and the creation of a therapeutic environment.
- Develop the ability to build rapport with a child/teen and engage them in self-satisfying and therapeutic activities.
- Introduce yourself to patients and families and offer services.
- Interact with the child by getting on their level (physically, developmentally, emotionally).
- Use appropriate active listening skills.
- Respect the confidentiality of patients and families.
- Conduct self in a professional manner (appearance, punctuality, flexibility, staff interaction).
- Ensure a safe environment by being aware of all children in the room and their medical needs.
- Set behavioral limits and redirect negative behavior when necessary.
- Assist in playroom set-up, maintenance and clean up.
- Read the Policy & Practice Guideline Manuals
- Read the Safety & Disaster Manual and be familiar with emergency procedures
- Write a weekly journal
- Prepare six case studies
- Schedule three shadowings with other Certified Child Life Specialists in the department
- Complete "What is Child Life?" worksheet
- Observe medical play, procedural support and preparations
- Complete assigned readings
- Complete three book reviews
- Self Evaluation
- Complete evaluation of practicum program


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ETA: I've been doing what I can to present the data that is out in the world, regardless of which `side' it falls on, then make a coherent story of it. I could be wrong about the story, and I certainly don't have all the data. My hope in doing this is to make sure fans have the chance to see the data available in a `lump' and to inspire those with more information who may not realize it to come forward. Occasionally there are rogue posts that say someone told me this. Tempting as those posts are, seductively mysterious at times, too many of them are false to carry much weight. I note them, but it's hard to see how they fit the larger picture. I really don't care about `nailing it' on this, since there's nothing to be right or wrong about. Tom Benson is saying "What number am I thinking of?" Guessing it or not is arbitrary. Collecting the data and staring at it is all we can do.
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"Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur." - François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
I might cry if its the pelicans. I do however want the team to be called The Crescent City_______ then ill be happy.
My Anthony Davis website: http://thebrow.uphero.com/
The guy according to this poster is saying with out a doubt it won't be Pelicans. His own "gut" feeling is its the Krewe, which still blows my mind that the name went from this forum to the Tom Benson and he's actually considering it as apart of the "3". But again, it's only the poster feeling that it's the Krewe and not based on anything his NBA friend told him. But i do find it strange that the friend left out Voodoo the first two times they spoke.
Lie by omission? Maybe the "Guy" didn't mention Voodoo because he knew that was the name that the "League" was in support of, or maybe it was as simple as the poster not asking about Voodoo so the informant didn't include it.
The third name that he wasn't aware of because the "Guy" didn't tell him prior to his first couple of post was Voodoo.
Like i told 42 over there, i don't know how straight up he is, but it really reads like the guy believes what he's saying.
It also seems as though the league is going to have some kind of say in it in terms of their marketing opinion. If that's actually the case and those are the "3" names up to replace the Hornets, i don't care what the poster's "gut" tells him, it has to be Voodoo.
Because i can't see the league getting behind Pelicans as a replacement for Hornets, the idea that they would support Krewe is unthinkable.
My "gut" would tell me if indeed those are the "3", it has to be Voodoo. And if you want to use 42's theory, i think the colors point to Voodoo as well. The Voodoo colors are purple, red and gold/tan with some black. That is very easy to translate to black/navy, red and gold.
I coud see the NBA viewing a Voodoo brand as a marketing bonanza.
Another guy by the name of X also gave his two cents. Supposedly he works for Adidas.
Now my big problem with what the Adidas guy is saying, and i know that is just his speculation, but his personal knowledge of what's being said around Adidas that he's using to support the other poster doesn't actually seem to support Krewe, and that's just how i read it."I can somewhat back this guys story up from a prospective that the team could be named the Krewe. I work for Adidas and Rumors getting around the company is that the franchise had finalized the re-brand sometime ago. The name is suppose to be most logical from Tom Bensons prospective, its suppose to best represent the Team and City as a whole. So New Orleans Krewe, as in Crew makes sense. With the spelling Krewe to give it a New Orleans feel."
He said what's being said around Adidas is that it's the most logical from Tom Benson's perspective, since when is that the name Krewe.
Common knowledge, it's suppose to best represent the team and city as a whole, but other than a play on worlds with Krew, meaning we're all apart of the Krewe, how does that best represent the team and City.
I think the most logical name from Tom Benson's perspective is a name he already came up with, Voodoo. And if it is actually one of the "3", i can't see how Tome Benson on his own decides to choose Krewe or Pelicans over Voodoo with Voodoo actually being an option, especially with the NBA weighing in.
Last edited by NemesisKING; 11-30-2012 at 10:00 AM.
Just sayin
So Voodoo was an option since July. So this leads me to question this poster.
Also, why not use the Voodoo's purple and add navy to replace black? This doesn't seem like the most rational choice. Possible, yes.
Also, these two supposedly completely indpendent posters both use IP's in Brisbane Australia. This is a nice coincidence that two people with specific information pertaining to the NBA both in the same city, or there is some relationship. If there is a relationship, I'm not sure why it wouldn't be disclosed, especially if they are the same person.
A quick scan doesn't reveal any corporate sort of Adidas or Reebok jobs in Australia. (Adidas owns Reebok, so I expanded the search to be more complete)
All this could be on the level, but it just adds to my skepticism . . . why do we know about Voodoo but he didn't last month when he was posting in July about EG and hit these rebrand posts now, so he was clearly paying attention.
Also, post history shows that he said Krewe or Pelicans, then says not Pelicans 2 days later on a different post with his gut saying Krewe.
And the theory you put forth is exactly what he said happened, with Voodoo being dropped in exactly between these discussions?
It just doesn't add up to take it terribly seriously at this point, truthful as it may be.
Challenging ideas the right way is how we cut through garbage, even well-intentioned garbage that I spew. People `picking' is how we get past the incorrect ideas, or those that have become incorrect.
This rebrand stuff, in terms of details, is largely meaningless. It will happen, the core will still watch, and winning will draw people. It's supposed to be a fun thing, branding (to me), and puzzles are fun (to me).
Remember these?
Red trim on the letters... that would be pretty slick.
The name Pelicans sounds so goofy.
Those colors are what the Benson's prefer, not neccessarily what the league likes.
All of BigDub's concepts have been pretty much removed and took forever to find this one. But look, same colors as they said. The Dukes....
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ANIMAL FACTS - Foxes
Red Foxes were first introduced to Australia in the 1860s by English settlers for the terrible sport of fox hunting. They were also released to deal with another introduced species, the rabbit. Adapting very well to Australian conditions, the Red Fox is now found throughout the country with the population now in the millions!
(Vulpes vulpes)
Although a native of Britain, the Red Fox is also found throughout Canada, Alaska, America, Europe, Australia, North Africa and almost all of Asia including Japan. Red Foxes live in a wide range of habitats including forest, tundra, prairie, desert, farmland and suburban environments.
Foxes are omnivores, living on a diet of both plant and animal matter. Vegetation consumed includes grasses, grains, fungi, berries and fruit. Their carnivorous diet includes small mammals (native rats, possums, wallabies, bilbies, numbats, rabbits), birds, reptiles, eggs, fish, earthworms, insects and carrion. Urban dwelling foxes will also scavenge through human rubbish. A fox will eat about 1/2kg of food per day. Foxes have very small stomaches so any left over food is stored away for later, in a hole called a cache.
Foxes breed once a year. Both sexes mature in the first year (10-12 months). Females have a gestation period of around 53 days and kits (baby foxes) are born around August/September. Litters vary from 1-13 kits, with the average litter containing 5 kits. At birth the kits only weigh 50-150g. They are initally blind and open their eyes 9-14 days later. Kits venture out of the den when they are 4-5 weeks old and they are fully weaned by 8-10 weeks of age.
The Red Fox is a solitary hunter, hunting primarily at dusk, dawn and at night. Although mostly nocturnal, they will hunt through the day if it is necessary, especially in winter months. The 'mouse leap' is a hunting technique designed for catching rodents and small mammals. The prey is located through the fox's sense of smell and hearing, then the fox launches itself through the air at its target pinning it down and immobilising it with a series of quick bites. All the carcass is eaten including bone and fur.
Foxes Profiles
Sex: Female
Our gorgeous little Kit has a narrow face and is slight of build.
She was found on a Gold Coast golf course where her den was dug up as renovations were taking place. An animal hospital took her in and tended to her until she was given a permanent place to live here at Australia Zoo in October 2000.
She often likes to sit on rocks and watch the world go by.
Sex: Female
Roxy is the smaller of our two foxes and came to Australia Zoo in September 2001.
She came to us after a farmer called the Zoo and reported that his dog had dug up a den. When she first arrived, she received around-the-clock care and soon adopted the Zoo Crew as her human family.
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French cuisine is, once again, a popular topic of discussion these days. Actually, anything controversial about France seems to foster a lot of heated debates. On one side are the folks decrying French-bashing, complaining that the French are unfairly picked on. Then there are the others who eat up books about how superior the French are, because they are better at parenting, they miraculously stay thin, they don't have plastic surgery, everyone enjoys months of vacations, and Paris is a magical place where love, fashion, and fine food, flourish on the cobbled streets of the city. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between and, like any where, there is the great, the ordinary, and a bit of the not-so-good. I want to play the referee but there's usually a bit of truth in most compliments and criticisms, and the reality is more complicated.
French cuisine gets its share of praise and criticism, some deserved, some not. One truth I've learned after living here for over a decade is that people really like to eat. The outdoor markets are crowded, lines snake out the door at bakeries, and cafés and restaurants are packed – even on Tuesday evenings – in spite of la crise (the economic crisis).
But what is French cuisine? Traditionally, cuisine du potager (cooking from the garden) or cuisine du marché (cooking from the daily market) were the foundations of French cuisine. Cuisine du potager was born out of economic and common sense; you cooked and ate what was closest to where you lived. Part of it was out of necessity (there was no Chinese garlic or avocados from Peru way-back-when), but mostly because the food was either free, picked from your own garden, or grown nearby. So you were always eating seasonally and locally. In France, you were cooking and eating local products; fresh cream, butter, and cheeses made in your region, peas from your garden, eggs from the neighbor's chicken coop, and bread from the village bakery.


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Matt Kuntz is NAMI Montana's executive director. He's a West Point graduate. He is a lawyer. He worked successfully to have the Montana National Guard adopt a suicide prevention program for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. It became a national model—leading to an invitation to ride President Barack Obama's inaugural train and a story in People magazine.
But you won't find Matt dwelling on achievements. I've always found him to be a humble, low-key person, but never realized how much so until I read Looking for Answers through Dirty Glasses, which is based on his personal blog. It is a series of reflections about loss, uncertainty, desperation and pain, including bouts with depression that have both challenged and shaped his religious faith. It is a matter-of-fact, revealing work—revealing vulnerabilities that most people prefer to hide, if not forget.
At one point several years ago, Matt was poised to take his own life—"I stepped up on the wobbly white and blue chair"—when he-remembered that he still needed to pay his rent, if only out of courtesy to the landlord. He wrote a check, put it in an envelope, and took it outside to the mailbox for his apartment complex. Headed back, he realized that a neighbor was sitting on a porch, crying.
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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have laid out competing plans for the future of the Defense Department during the presidential campaign.
The campaign-trail rhetoric came to a head during the final presidential foreign-policy debate last week, where Obama and Romney sparred over the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts, known as sequestration and, more broadly, the size of the military and its role around the world.
What are Obama's plans for the Pentagon in a possible second term? And, what would a Romney administration hold in store? To answer those questions, The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp. turned to two former DoD officials — one from the Obama administration and one from his predecessor's, who are now advising the candidates on national security and defense policy.
Obama campaign
Michele Flournoy
Michele Flournoy, stepped down as the undersecretary of Defense for Policy — the highest post achieved by a female Pentagon official ever — in February. She now serves as the co-chair of the National Security Advisory Committee for Obama for America.
New Defense strategy
Flournoy said Obama has been a strong commander in chief and has "kept faith with the military." But there would be changes in a second administration, Flournoy said. And for the most part, Obama has already laid out what those changes would be, she added.
Last January, the White House and DoD presented a retooled defense budget, which was driven by strategic aims, Flournoy said. The new strategy "lays out some clear priorities and tries to protect investment in the future," she said, particularly in areas such as cybersecurity, intelligence capabilities and Special Operations forces.
The strategy notably envisioned a shift toward the Asia-Pacific region, and invested in capabilities that would support the Air-Sea Battle concept of overseas military operations, Flournoy said.
The strategy also called for amping up the diplomatic presence in Asia, and "rebalancing" the posture of U.S. forces, Flournoy said with a greater number of military forces rotating through the region.
"I think the countries of the region have already started to feel the shift," she said. "And that will be even more fully realized if President Obama is reelected for a second term."
Efficiency intiatives
If future deficit-reduction efforts call for further spending constraints, Flournoy said, Obama's preference would be to achieve that through "better management and efficiencies," she said — not through program or budget cuts.
"Having spent a lot of time in the Pentagon, I can assure you there's still efficiencies to be had," she said. "There are still ways that we can bring our business practices in the Pentagon into the 21st century. And I think the President will try to focus on that and find ways to be more cost-effective, so we can keep investing in the force."
As for where to look for those efficiencies, Flournoy cited redundant staff at the Pentagon and attempts to modernize military healthcare, known as TRICARE, without cutting benefits.
"I think there are things that could save large amounts of money if the Pentagon were to deliver health care like, say, the Cleveland Clinic does or some of the more cutting-edge hospitals and service-delivery providers in the private sector," Flournoy said. "So, I think there's just a lot of room to explore, and we should be doing this before we turn to cutting benefits or cutting investment in the force."
While Army and Marine Corps levels are being drawn down to pre-Iraq and Afghanistan levels, that's so funding "can be plowed back into modernization and readiness," Flournoy said. "The last thing you want to end up with a hollow force, a force that's too large but isn't adequately modern or ready. And so I think the Army end-strength reduction is going to allow for some continued investment in their readiness and modernization."
Romney campaign
Dov Zakheim
Dov Zakheim, the former undersecretary of Defense and DoD comptroller in the George W. Bush administration, now serves as one of Romney's top advisers on defense policy.
Romney aims to grow DoD budget
Zakheim said Romney remains concerned that cuts to the defense budget — particularly under sequestration — threaten defense priorities.
Romney has proposed increasing the defense budget until it reaches 4 percent of GDP.
Zakheim laid out Romney's multi-step strategy for achieving that target.
First, Romney would exempt DoD from the sequester and return the Pentagon's budget to a 2011 baseline. Then as wartime funding — the overseas contingency operations account — is reduced due to the winding down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it would be repurposed within the department, Zakheim said.
Beyond that, the defense budget would also grow as the economy continues to improve, Zakheim added. Still, he reiterated that the 4 percent goal would be fulfilled gradually.
"We're not going to get to 4 percent overnight," he said. "Everyone understands that, although I should point out that if you added the OCO account, the contingency account, to the defense base budget we're at 4.2 or 4.3 percent right now, so this isn't something that's impossible."
Reducing DoD civilians
Further savings would be gleaned from DoD's budget through efficiencies, Zakheim said, in part by reducing the number of civilian employees.
"Obviously, this was tried in the 1990s; it wasn't done in a particularly effective way in the sense that many of the people who left were actually people you wanted to retain," he said.
To combat that, DoD civilian employees near retirement would be incentivized to leave, he explained, to stave off the need for a hiring freeze, which would only make it more difficult to recruit new talent.
"Clearly, with so many people on the verge of retirement, encouraging them, edging them along with various retirement bonuses would be one way to considerably reduce the number of civil servants."
One point of contention in the recent presidential debate was the size of the Navy — which Romney said is now smaller than at any time since 1917.
But Obama, who also pointed out that the there are fewer horses and bayonets in the military today, said it's not a matter of counting ships but of ensuring capabilities.
Zakheim defended Romney's shipbuilding goals.
"If you want to have ships in the eastern Mediterranean, if you want to have ships in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf, if you want to have ships in East Asia — and everybody agrees that we do — then you just need more ships," he said. "And you cannot get from here to there with the current shipbuilding program."
Stronger military enhances all of government
The military plays a number of roles around the world, and a stronger military enhances all of government, Zakheim said.
"Our military is not just a fighting force," he said. "Our military are excellent diplomats who support the State Department and maintain military-to-military relationships that are extremely important and we'd continue that. So, having a military that is strong, that is confident, that is respected around the world will enable our State Department, our Treasury Department, our other departments to pursue their objectives in a much confident and successful way."
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