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Using USAJOBS
USAJOBS is the federal government's official career website. It provides job applicants with centralized access to public job openings for all federal agencies – including GSA.
USAJOBS lets you browse or search job postings by agency, job type, location, and even salary. Creating an account is free. You will need to create one to apply for a job, so we encourage you to register and create your account the first time you visit the site.
The federal government has designed USAJOBS to make applying for a federal job easy. But the process does take some time. You will need to present a comprehensive and detailed work history, provide details of your education, and respond to a series of job-specific questions.
Before you begin the online application process at USAJOBS, it is helpful to have a resume or chronological job history in front of you. Don't worry about fancy formatting; the Resume Builder makes sure that everyone's resume appears in a consistent and uniform format.
Applications must be submitted online and any required supporting documentation must be uploaded or faxed.
USAJOBS.gov is where everyone begins the application process for a job at GSA.
To register, click on the "Create an Account" tab on the USAJOBS home page. The registration process involves providing basic information including your name, address, phone number, and email address.
You will also need to create a username (e.g., your email address or other unique identifier) and a password.
Once you have set up an account, you can:
- Create multiple resumes suitable for different positions. For instance, if you have worked in both building management and information technology, you could create one resume focusing on your real estate experience and another emphasizing your IT expertise. You can create up to five resumes, all within the same account; two of which can be uploaded from your computer.
- Set up as many as 10 Job Search Agents in order to receive email notifications of new job postings in your professional or geographic area.
- Upload and save up to ten supporting documents (college transcripts, federal forms, etc.) that you may later attach to your job application.
Resume Options
You have the option to upload a resume file directly from your computer or you can use the USAJOBS Resume Builder. Resume Builder is an automated system that captures your resume information, including work history and educational background, in a standardized format that contains all the information necessary when applying for a federal job.
GSA uses the information from your resume to evaluate and rank your application against the qualification requirements of the specific job for which you are applying.
Special note for self-employed consultants or freelancers: You must identify each client and job function individually.
If you use the Resume Builder, you can save your information and exit at any time. To re-enter and continue working on your application, select "My USAJOBS" and use your email address or username and password to enter the system.
After you've completed registering, click the "Search Jobs" link.
From the Search Jobs screen, you can enter a keyword, announcement number, and/or location and search; or you can click the "Advanced Search" link to browse by:
- Agency
- Location
- Occupation
To find GSA job openings, use the "Advance Search" link and find General Services Administration in the "Agency Search" menu. Select the appropriate sub-agency from the menu and click the "Add>>" button to select. Review the other search criteria to add any additional preferences and click the "Search Jobs" link.
NOTE: The Search feature on the USAJOBS home page automatically defaults to show only vacancies open to the public. If you are using that Search feature and want to see all vacancy announcements (including those open to GSA employees only, current/former government employees, or those with special appointment eligibility), once the initial search results are displayed, select the "Jobs for Federal Employees" option in the "refine Your Results" section. The new result will also include all job announcements open to all US Citizens.
Use the following handy links to find GSA job postings in the following categories:
- All United States Citizens Job Vacancies
- Current and Former Federal Government Employee
- Senior Executive Service Job Vacancies
TIP: After you find a posting you would like to apply for, print out the job announcement. This way you will have that information to reference while filling out the rest of the form and when checking on your application status after the closing date. (When the application deadline passes, job announcements are removed from USAJOBS.)
USAJOBS and other government job-related sites offer useful information for the following:
Once you've found a job opening you want to apply for, click the "Apply Online" button. Be sure you elect to receive email notifications in your profile preferences. (From the Account Menu, click "Application Status" then "Notification Settings"). This will ensure that you receive email notifications when GSA makes a change to your application status.
This online portion of the job application consists of three parts:
Clicking the "Apply Online" button will bring you to the USAJOBS "Sign in to my Account" page. Once you have signed into your account, you will be asked to select one of your stored resumes to send as part of your application.
NOTE: The selected resume will be submitted as it is saved in USAJOBS at the time of attachment. If you later wish to change or edit a resume submitted through USAJOBS, you must return to the announcement in USAJOBS prior to the closing date; select the "Update Application" link; attach the new/updated resume; and then submit the new resume by reviewing/proceeding through the application screens and clicking the "Finish" button on the last page of the application process.
You will also be given the option of attaching any saved documents in your USAJOBS account that are required by the announcement. Select the "Apply for this position Now!" button to proceed to the next step.
Applicants for most jobs will need to respond to a series of questions. To answer these questions, you will be transferred from USAJOBS to GSAjobs. On-screen messaging will let you know that this is happening. Once you have provided GSAjobs account information, or reviewed/updated previously submitted account information, you will receive the job vacancy assessment questionnaire. Think of these questions as written interview queries, giving you a chance to describe your education, experience, and training as they relate to the job.
Most people are required to provide documents as part of the application process. These documents can include: college transcripts, training documents, and federal standard forms. Applicants anticipating special consideration must also submit the following:
- Veterans: Submit documentation supporting your claim to veterans' preference and eligibility.
Current or former federal employees: Submit the latest Standard Form 50 Notification of Personnel Action documenting career or career conditional status, and the latest performance appraisal.
- Applicants eligible under Special Appointing Authority: Various documents may be required to verify applicant eligibility. Refer to the announcement for specific details.
During the online application process, you will be taken to a "Vacancy Documents" page, which lists the various types of documentation that may be submitted. Re-read the job announcement and determine which documents apply to you. On the "Vacancy Documents" page, locate the document(s) you must submit, you will be given three options for submitting the documentation.
Upload: Upload the document directly from your computer;
USAJOBS: Upload the document you submitted from your USAJOBS account (if you attached supporting documents in USAJOBS, they must be attached/uploaded here or they will not be transmitted with your application); or
Fax: Print the fax coversheet and fax your document into the GSAjobs system.
TIP: Read the detailed fax instructions to make sure that your documents are accepted correctly into the GSAjobs system. If you do not receive email confirmation of a faxed document within four hours, re-fax the cover sheet and documentation.
Your documents must be received by the deadline listed on the job announcement in order to be considered for the job. Whatever method you use to submit your documents, the majority will become part of your permanent electronic file. This means that once you submit your transcript, for example, you don't have to do it again unless you want to update or add pages to the original document. To determine if you have any previously submitted documents on file, check the description column on the vacancy document page.
Prior to submitting your application, an "Application Review" page will display your resume supporting documents,and responses. You will have the option to 'Download and Save Your Application and Related Documents'; you should select this option to ensure that you will have a copy for your records. After reviewing this page, you must click the "Finish" button to submit your application. Once you click the "Finish" button, you will be returned to the USAJOBS site where you will be provided with a link to the Application Status Page. Proceed to the Application Status Page, locate the announcement for which you just applied, and ensure that your application status shows 'received'. If not, select the position title to return to the announcement, click 'Update Application', and review your application ensuring everything is complete and that you click the 'FINISH' button on the final page to submit your application package.
Generally, you should hear from GSA in 15 to 30 days after the job announcement closes. If you have not, feel free to contact GSA to inquire about the status of your application. Each GSA job announcement contains a human resources contact. You can also go to "My Account" in USAJOBS and click on "Application Status" to view your application history.


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After Israel-Gaza: Who won, who lost?As the dust settles over Gaza and Israel amid relative calm, analysts consider who were the winners and losers from the conflict.
Conflict: 'Cruel paradox' for PalestiniansPalestinian Authority leaders renewed calls for unity with their Hamas-led rivals after the latest Israel-Gaza conflict, but the fighting may have left Hamas with the upper hand.
Israeli military touts successesThe relentless pace of the Israeli airstrike on Gaza gave the country's military time to make a significant dent in the offensive capability of Hamas, the Israeli military said.
Can cease-fire result in real change?The brief but bloody Gaza conflict marks a clear wake-up call to both sides on the need to start serious talks beyond the new cease-fire.
Conflict shifts balance of powerHowever crude the calculation, the winners and losers in the Israel-Gaza conflict are already reshaping political alliances in the Middle East.
Israel also has elections to think aboutIn the background of the drama playing out in Gaza and southern Israel, an election looms. On January 22, Israelis will go to the polls.
Children of the conflict: Innocence interrupted by warFour-year-old Yosef lies in a hospital bed with curiosity gleaming in his eyes as he listens to a family friend tell him the age-old story of Jonah and the whale.
Morsy proved 'pivotal' in cease-fireEgyptian President Mohamed Morsy has won praise for his effort to bring about a cease-fire highlight the delicate balancing act he faces.
Timeline: Israel-Gaza conflictIsrael and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have been engaged in a bitter, decades-long conflict over Gaza.
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It's a good thing our public officials have been watching.
Governor Chafee has been watching. House Speaker Gordon Fox has been watching as well. And Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed has been on the lookout, too.
I know they have been watching because every time I or some other reporter has asked them about casinos, they always said they were keeping a close eye on what Massachusetts is doing about its casino proposals.
So yes, they were watching all right. And like Boston Red Sox batters last September, they kept their eye on the ball as it zoomed right down the middle of the plate and landed with a muffled thud in the catcher's mitt.
That was Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick you heard pronouncing "Steeeeerike three! Yerrrrrrrrrrrrr Out!
Now there is nothing left for our "leaders" to do but kick the dirt, curse and skulk back into the dugout. Put a backwards "K" next to each of their names. They struck out looking with the bat on their shoulders. That's about as ignominious as failure gets; to go down without even swinging. But it is we, the taxpayers and citizens expecting services from the state who are the losers.
While Chafee, Fox and Paiva Weed are busy patting each other and themselves on the back over the pension bill, a four-armed sea monster is reaching out to grab each of them and plunge them and the state into a bottomless ocean of red ink. Massachusetts is moving ahead with its casino plans; three full-sized resorts and a slot parlor. The hundreds of millions of dollars Rhode Island's budget depends on each year will soon be passing through Beacon Hill instead of Smith Hill.
If you are reading this in Attleboro or Seekonk, in Blackstone or Millville or Bellingham, rejoice! Your state is about to hit the jackpot. Your roads will get repaved, your schools will be improved, and you might even see a decrease in your property taxes. Rhode Island's loss is going to be your gain.
But don't think Rhode Island is doing nothing. No, no, perish that thought.
After all, the governor is commissioning a study. That oughta scare the pants off of those Bay State pols — they have a casino law, but hey, we're going to have a study. And the legislative leaders haven't been sitting on their hands, either. No, the House and Senate have authorized a referendum vote – ONE YEAR FROM NOW – to let Twin River get casino table games. Whoop-de-freakin'-do.
That should allow enough time for Newport Grand to lock its doors and shut out the lights; the slot machines that are there now will work just as well in New Bedford or Fall River, where they can generate revenue for Massachusetts.
Twin River will probably be able to limp along for a little while longer as a shadow of its former self; we can probably even generate a few pennies of revenue if we allow half of it to be converted to Flea Market space. But don't you worry; we're going to have a referendum in 12 months.
For a long time now, radio host and former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci has been predicting that Rhode Island would get into the casino business the moment it was no longer profitable. Well, our moment has come!
We have dithered and we have dawdled. We have hemmed and we have hawed.
We have brushed aside every casino proposal (that's right, Rhode Island voters themselves own a big piece of the blame for this debacle, too) that wasn't going to be located on Louisquisset Pike.
Now we are on the outside of the casino looking in through the window like beggars, hoping that our sad faces will move a couple of the high-rollers to flip us a quarter as they walk out the door. It isn't like we didn't see this day coming; as I said, our political leaders have been watching.
It took Massachusetts FIVE YEARS of fighting among themselves before it gave the OK for casinos. And all we did all that time was watch.
Would it be too much to ask for our "leaders" to get off their backsides now? It is too late to save us, but we could forestall the inevitable a little while longer, to maybe give us some time to think about how we are going to recoup the quarter billion dollars (yes, $250,000,000) a year that we have been getting from Twin River alone.
If the first thing the General Assembly does when it returns in January is move the referendum up from November, 2012, to April, when we are going to have a presidential primary anyway, we could at least get the wheels moving. If legislators can manage to walk and chew gum at the same time, they could write the necessary rules and get whatever gambling commission they want in place by June 30, that could be the effective date for the table games to start at Twin River. We should allow that place to bring us a little bit of money before it is forced out of business, cracked like a walnut by competition from Massachusetts on one side (two sides, actually) and Connecticut on the other.
Blackest of Fridays
Has all this Black Friday nonsense gone too far yet?
It has to be among the most obnoxious and over-the-top examples of Americans' avarice, selfishness, and flagrant disregard for anyone but ourselves. Pegged to a day that is supposed to be about sharing and giving thanks for what we have, it brings out the absolute worst in people who want more, want it now, want it cheap and don't care who they have to step on (sometimes literally) to get it.
Stop the madness!
First of all, try to think of somebody else for once. You may think it is cute, if you have the Friday after Thanksgiving off from work, to go out at 2 o'clock in the morning to stand outside some superstore or another to start Christmas shopping. Just because you have the day off, why do you insist on dragging all the people who work at these stores for something close to minimum wage away from their families, out of their beds in the middle of the night just so you can be the first to buy a big-screen TV?
There are people who legitimately have to work on holidays because what they do is necessary. Cops and firefighters have to work to keep you safe. Doctors and nurses in hospitals have to be on the job because people are going to need them. People in the news business have to work because the world doesn't stop and you need to be informed. Bus drivers and airline pilots and crew have to work so other people can travel to be with their families.
The person who is going to sell you a Guitar Hero game doesn't. He or she could just as easily start work at 8 or 9 a.m. that Friday and sell you that game.
Yes, yes, I know, we all want discounts. But any store that makes employees and shoppers show up in the middle of the night to get them should be required to pay their employees double time for doing so.
Toys 'R' Us is the grossest offender here, inducing shoppers and forcing employees to begin the pointless extravaganza of acquisition at 9 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Shame on them! To Rhode Island's credit, state law does not allow most retail operations to open on Thanksgiving or Christmas days, but that should be extended out until at least 7 a.m. the following day.
I'm not a "there oughta be a law," type of guy, but something needs to be done and there doesn't seem to be any point in trying to talk sense to people who would pepper spray fellow shoppers to be the first to get at an Xbox.
When someone does that, or when two women shiv each other at Providence Place on so-called Black Friday, it makes work not only for the retail clerks, and the janitor who has to clean up, but also the cops and the firemen, and the doctors and the nurses and even the news reporters and editors.
And a crazy part of this — before I start hearing about how I am creating a "bad business climate" in Rhode Island or "killing jobs" — is that the retail industry's own studies show that all the Black Friday hullabaloo doesn't prompt people to spend more overall during the holiday season, they just have to lose five or six hours sleep to spend exactly as much as they were going to anyway.
Doesn't it irk you just a little bit that Corporate America can make you dance like their little puppet? It yanks one string and you leap out of bed at 3 in the morning, it tugs on another one and your hand goes to your wallet and pulls out a credit card.
Knock it off! Act like a human being for heaven's sake, not a greed-possessed zombie with a shopping cart, stripped of free will and void of common sense.


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GOUVERNEUR A beating heart pulsed on a screen at the front of Jessica A. Sullivans Gouverneur Central School eighth-grade science class as her students wearing 3-D glasses watched, rapt as if they were in a movie theater.
I can actually show the inside of the heart and the valves inside, Mrs. Sullivan said. We can show blood flow, the oxygenated part and the unoxygenated part. Its been amazing. They get so excited.
The workings of the heart is but one of the many science topics the 3-D Rover, on loan through the Northeastern Regional Information Center model school program, can demonstrate three-dimensionally.
On a recent school day, students took a look inside a nucleus, watching chromosomes wiggle across the screen. As Mrs. Sullivan talked about different mutations that can occur, segments of the chromosomes detached and appeared to fly into the classroom as three-dimensional objects and then reattach themselves to the chromosome.
Without the glasses, the image is blurry.
I think the 3-D gives a better idea of what the thing actually looks like because its not flat, student Isabel LeClaire said.
Another advantage is that everyone can see the object under study at the same time, student Sydney R. Gale said.
The 3-D Rover, complete with projector, battery-powered glasses and a selection of teaching videos, has been making the rounds of middle-school and high-school classes, thanks to the efforts of Donna M. Bushey, the districts assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.
Were actually the first school in the north country to use it, Middle School Principal Steven G. Coffin said. Its very new. It works great as a supplemental tool.
Three-dimensional videos are good at zooming into cells, showing chemical reactions, teaching astronomy and demonstrating how different body parts work, such as the eyeball, including the focal points for nearsightedness and farsightedness.
Its been most applicable for science because so much of it is abstract, Mr. Coffin said.
He demonstrated the heart video to showcase the unit to school board members, who were as excited as the students.
Our board is interested in how we can integrate technology into instruction, Mr. Coffin said.
The district has use of the 3-D Rover through the week, after which it could be lent to another school to see if it is interested in buying it. Mr. Coffin and several teachers will attend a national science conference in April in Boston on technological equipment available for the classroom so they can make recommendations for Gouverneur.
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Friday evening at 8:55 pm Caldwell County Sheriff Deputies responded to the intersection of Duck Creek Road and HT Road for shots being fired. Alexander County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from victims stating that they were shot at in Caldwell County and one person in the car had been shot.
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It turns out the drought might not be 100 percent bad for some farmers in the north country it could even have the opposite effect.
Experts say it could actually be blessing in disguise for some who will harvest cash crops to sell this fall because theyll reap the benefits of high prices for commodity crops that continue to grow.
Corn crops have arguably suffered the most from the lack of rain, but other cash crops like soybeans should fare out well this season because of the rain in early August, said Julia C. Robbins, executive director of the New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association. Dairy farmers who grow a diverse mix of grain, soybeans, oats, wheat and other small grains will cash in on much higher prices when they sell it this fall, or by future contracts in 2013.
The national prices in the spring for grain and soybeans, respectively, were about $4 and $13 per bushel in the spring. Today grains are being sold at $8 to $9 and soybeans at about $16 per bushel.
The more farmers have diversified their corps, the better off theyre going to be this year, Ms. Robbins said. For farmers who grow cash crops, the higher prices should help offset losses they have.
Soybeans, for example, continue to grow in popularity both in northern New York and across the state. Statewide, the number of farms growing soybeans jumped from 240,000 last year to 320,000 acres this year, Mr. Robbins said.
Soybeans are a big success story here, she said. The prices are high and the crop is doing well this year.
That crop growth is a trend Jefferson County, too, said Michael E. Hunter, field crops educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County. An increasing number of dairy farmers here are now growing soybeans as a cash crop, and there are now roughly 40 growers and 10,000 acres worth of soybeans here.
Mr. Hunter likewise said farmers who will harvest cash crops to sell this fall should be in a good position, even though their yields will be down because of the drought through June and July.
Its best for farmers who are selling cash crops and grain to spread out the risk, he said.
Farmers selling only grain, for example, likely wont do as well cas last year because of high-yield losses but other crops are faring much better. Even so, surprisingly high grain prices should help farmers offset some of their losses.
Consider a farmer who was projected to receive $4 a bushel for 150 acres of corn in the spring but will now only harvest 120 in the fall because of the drought. Todays prices of roughly $8 a bushel will help offset those losses.
Most dairy farmers, though, are using any excess grain they planned to sell to produce enough corn silage to feed their cattle herds. Some farmers who expect deficits will be compelled to purchase grain and hay on the market to feed their herds.
The ones that are buying will be in trouble, but farmers who are producing to sell will be in a good situation if they get any kind of yields this fall, said Arthur F. Baderman, agricultural outreach coordinator for Jefferson Countys extension office.
Some 20 farmers in Jefferson County run cash crop operations without any dairy cattle. One of them is Jeffrey M. Rudd, who owns a farm based in Rodman with 220 acres of corn to be harvested for grain and 180 acres of soybeans. After buying the former dairy farm from brother Calvin B. Dodge last year, Mr. Rudd said the enterprise had a promising start that he hopes to build on this season.
For his soybean crop, he will sell 100 tons about half of the total crop under a contract made this spring for $13.50 a bushel. The other half, which he still hopes to harvest most of depending on the weather, will be sold at the current market rate of about $16 a bushel and exported to China.
The crop now has the potential of doing a lot better than last year, he said. If the prices stay high, well sell the soybeans immediately in the fall.
Mr. Rudd, who co-owns Rudds Town and Country Store with wife Karen A. at 19748 Route 232, started an export operation for soybean growers at the business two years ago. The railroad that runs behind the store is used to fill rail cars with soybeans in the fall, which are eventually destined for China. Last year, the beans were transported by rail to Newark, N.J., before being shipped on barges bound for China.
About 20 growers from Jefferson County will participate in the program this fall.
We doubled the (rail) cars last year from 15 to 30, he said of the programs success.
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Grand Rapids (WZZM) - A relatively new procedure done in Grand Rapids can help protect certain heart patients from having a stroke.
Atrial fibrillation, or an irregular heartbeat, is one of the most common cardiac irregularities. Approximately six million American adults have been diagnosed with it.
Those patients have a higher risk of stroke. In fact, one quarter of all strokes in the elderly are attributed to atrial fibrillation.
Doctors at Spectrum Health's Meijer Heart Center are using a new procedure with a device called the LARIAT Suture Delivery Device to reduce that risk.
It's a minimally invasive surgery that prevents clots that form in the heart from getting out of the heart and going to the brain.
Doctor Bohuslav Finta performed Spectrum Health's first Lariat procedure with interventional cardiologist Doctor Paul Singh.
"This procedure is a safe alternative for AFib patients at high risk of stroke who can't be on blood thinners," said Dr. Finta.
The procedure works as a lasso that stops the flow of blood to the area of the heart where blood clots form in AFib patients.
The procedure is done while the patient is under general anesthesia. Doctors guide two catheters into the heart to tie off and seal the specific portion of the heart.
While it is too early to know if this procedure will become a new standard of care, Dr. Finta says it will become a common procedure.
"We expect many patients who currently have to take blood thinners would choose it for convenience," he said. "For many patients who cannot take blood thinners right now, this is going to be the only option."
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Dlugokinski was charged with Leandras law aggravated DWI for having a passenger less than 16 years old. He also was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to keep right, moving from lane unsafely and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle on a public highway.
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Brian Krzanich is wasting little time charting a different business path for Intel. The chipmaker's new CEO has reorganized the company's divisions and has created a new one focusing on emerging products. Smartphones and tablets are in Intel's sights now, but it may take a while to shift the massive company to more diverse product offerings.
May 22, 2013 10:31 AM PT
Intel's new CEO Brian Krzanich showed Tuesday he's ready to put his stamp on the chipmaking giant by announcing a company reorganization that includes a division for new devices.
The division, headed by former mobile unit chief Mike Bell, will reportedly focus on emerging product trends. It will be a key component in Intel's attempt to boost its performance in two areas where it has lagged behind rivals: smartphones and tablets.
"What the devices division will do is still up in the air," Cody Acree, director of research for Williams Financial, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Mike Bell has a history of innovation so we'll have to see what happens," he added.
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With PC sales withering and the post PC paradigm being flogged mercilessly by pundits, the new division is seen by some as Intel's answer to those trends. "It will hopefully be a group that helps Intel to diversify from its PC focus," Acree said.
Although CEO Krzanich was at Intel's helm for only a week before he decided to shake things up, he does have 30 years with the company. Krzanich is known for making quick decisions after consulting trusted subordinates. However, it may take some time to get the chip behemoth to behave the way he wants it to behave.
"These things take a lot of time," Acree noted. "Even efforts they've been working on for many years are still nascent. What they're trying to do in mobile with tablets and smartphones are new initiatives, and they're still too small to move the needle for Intel. Whatever they do here, it's going to be interesting, but I don't know if it's anything that changes the bottomline anytime soon."
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At the center of Intel's new product strategy will be its next generation of Haswell PC processors. The chip line will power the entire gamut of PC hardware -- from tablet-laptop hybrids to desktops.
"Haswell is a PC chip, but it's capable of driving new solutions like convertibles that have a tablet and PC in a single system," Craig Stice, an analyst with IHS iSuppli told E-Commerce Times.
"Intel is making strides to get out of traditional PCs and driving more solutions around this new media tablet ecosystem that's gotten the consumer dollars over the last year and half, two years," he said.
In the battle for hardware hearts and minds, Intel is squarely pitted against competitors that use chips based on ARM architecture, which is suited to devices that need low power requirements. Intel has been working on an answer to that challenge, too.
"A big opportunity for Intel is its next generation Atom processor," Stice said. That generation will not only be stingy on power consumption, but offer dramatic performance improvements over prior generations.
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Improving the performance of products based on Intel chips may be less of a challenge for Krzanich and company than persuading consumers that they need a PC. "It needs to convince the consumer that the PC is still relevant," Stice said. "That's the biggest challenge that Intel has right now."
In contrast to the PC market, Intel's server business remains robust and is poised to remain that way. While ARM has raised its head in the server market in the form of so-called "microservers," it isn't challenging Intel yet.
"Although microservers are beginning to get some interest in the market, the vast majority of enterprise customers aren't really thinking about them right now," Peter ffoulkes, research director for servers and virtualization at 451 Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Those customers are still going through standard server virtualization and rolling out the pieces of their private clouds," he said. "Most of that is based around Intel, mainstream Xeon processors."
However, there is a cloud approaching Intel's server business. "The challenge Intel faces in the server world is not its chipsets or its technology or anything else," ffoulkes said. "It's simply that as people move from the old school, one application per server to a modern virtualized environment, they can get more applications working on a single system so people are needing fewer systems."
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He took tours of the Blackstone Valley Community Health Center (BVCHC), Twin River, the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) and the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
LINCOLN – Structural concerns over the Manville Hill Road Bridge have blocked off a major travel route between Lincoln and Cumberland — but hopefully not for long.
Bryan Lucier, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, said Thursday that plans are in the works to open the bridge as soon as next month, even if that is only a temporary solution to the bridge concerns.
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NORTON - Doris Nancy (Connors) Audette, 77, of South Worcester Street, Norton, died on December 30, 2012 at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro following a brief illness. She was the beloved and cherished wife of Richard R. Audette to whom she was married on September 28, 1957.
Born at the family home in Cumberland, Rhode Island on April 3, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Daniel E. Connors, Sr. and Daisy (Harrison) Connors Bedard. Raised and educated in Pawtucket, Mrs. Audette resided in Attleboro before moving to Norton in 1969.
Serafim Costa
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Born in South Attleboro he was the son of the late Julio and Mary (Purficacao) Costa. He resided in Cumberland over 50 years.
He was employed as a machinist by the former Standard Nut & Bolt Co., Cumberland for over 20 years until his retirement
Nicolas El-Khaouli
PAWTUCKET - Nicolas El-Khaouli, 64, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 3, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Fatat (Selfany) El-Khaouli for forty-one years.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, a son of the late Fouad and Mariam El-Khaouli, he came to the United States in 1993 and settled in Pawtucket. Nicolas was a member and Subdeacon at St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, and was a member and Past Grand Master of the Rising Sun Lodge No. 30, East Providence.
George A. Gruslin
PAWTUCKET - George A. Gruslin, Pawtucket died Wednesday. Calling hours Sunday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Funeral Monday 9:00 a.m. LACHAPELLE FUNERAL HOME. Mass of Christian Burial St. John the Baptist Church, Pawtucket 10:00 a.m. For the full obituary and to sign the guestbook visit
Lily Watkinson
PAWTUCKET - Lily (Harris) Watkinson, 93, went to her eternal home Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Linn Health Care Center, East Providence. She was the wife of the late Arthur Watkinson.
Born in England, a daughter of the late Ernest and Lily (Booth) Harris, she had lived in Pawtucket for the past 64 years. She was a graduate of Kinyon's Commercial School. Mrs. Watkinson was an office worker and in later years loved her work educating customers about fabrics in local stores before retiring.
CENTRAL FALLS — Central Falls Police are searching for two men and a woman in connection with a Wednesday night home invasion that left a city man injured and robbed.
According to Central Falls Police, officers were dispatched to an apartment on Watson Street for a report of a breaking and entering. One of the tenants, Franklin Baxley, 36, was assaulted by his assailants and allegedly robbed of $1,200, police said. Baxley was transported to an area hospital for treatment. According to those present during the incident, no other items were taken.
When league unbeaten St. Raphael Academy takes the court Friday night at La Salle, the Saints will do so minus their star playmaker.
For the time being, senior point guard Charles Correa is out with a broken right hand. He's presently sporting a cast, one that according to veteran head coach Tom "Saar" Sorrentine has a target removal date for the middle of the month. If everything checks out, Correa will then be fitted for a plastic splint that protects the ring and pinky finger.
PROVIDENCE — The sudden closing of the privately-operated Sawyer School has left almost 300 students in limbo, but state education officials say they are trying to arrange help.
According to several news sources, the post-secondary trade and technical school located at 550 Hartford Ave. in Providence was closed as of Tuesday. Some students told the media they had arrived for classes and found the building shuttered while others said they had received a brief notice telling them classes had been "permanently suspended."
Wilbert O. Beausoleil
PAWTUCKET - Wilbert "Bill" O. Beausoleil, 92, of Emerald Bay Manor, Cumberland, formerly of Pawtucket, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2013. He was the beloved husband of the late Delia (Kokash) Beausoleil.
Earle C. Lewis
RIVERSIDE - Earle C. Lewis, age 93, of Riverside Terrace, passed away on January 1, 2013 at Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada he moved to the United States in 1949. Earle was a Sergeant in the Canadian army, serving in WWII in the European Theater. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythisius in New Glasgow. He was preceded in death by his parents B. A. Lewis and Ethel (Hardy) Lewis, 16 siblings and his wife of 50 years, Isabel S. (Grant) Lewis.
Albert J. Beaucage
CUMBERLAND - Albert "Jimmy" J. Beaucage, 69, of Oak Hill Drive, Cumberland passed away Monday, Dec. 31, in the Oak Hill Nursing Home, Pawtucket. He was the husband of Eileen (Lariviere) Beaucage.
Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Charles and Yvonne (St. Hillaire) Beaucage. He resided in Cumberland for the past 33 years, previously residing in Lincoln.
Leo J. Incerpi
THE VILLAGES, FL. - Leo J. Incerpi, 75, of The Villages and formerly of Cumberland passed away Monday in The Promise Hospital of Florida, Oxford, FL. He was the beloved husband of Mary M. (Boulais) Incerpi.
Born in Pawtucket he was the son of the late Ilio and Marie E. (Molhan) Incerpi-Soper. He resided in Florida for the past 7 years previously living in Cumberland.
He was employed as a supervisor for the Boston Concession Group for 25 years until his retirement. Leo was also a Life Member of the LeFoyer Club, Pawtucket.
Mary L. Brodeur
CENTRAL FALLS - Mary L. Brodeur, 101, of Shawmut Avenue, entered into new life on December 29, 2012 joining her beloved husband Lucien J. Brodeur and cherished daughters, Cecile M. Laperche and Emma L. Bergeron.
She leaves 5 children: Anna H. Tetreault of New Bern, NC, Roy L. Brodeur of Cumberland, Br. Lucien L. Brodeur of Attleboro, MA, Arlene L. Brodeur of Central Falls and Linda A. Walker of Lincoln. 15 grandchildren, 27 great grand children and many nieces & nephews.
Agnes V. Flodin
PAWTUCKET - Agnes V. (Boedeker) Flodin passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 30, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late Gilbert E. Flodin.
Born in Providence, she was the youngest of nine children of the late Charles and Jennie (Flynn) Boedeker. Agnes worked for the American Heart Association; Cherry & Webb; Home Insurance/Home Indemnity and New England Telephone. She was a longtime member of Newman Congregational Church, Rumford.
Raymond J. Guimond
NORTH ATTLEBORO - Raymond J. Guimond, 60, of, North Attleboro, died unexpectedly at his residence on December 22, 2012. Husband of Lynda T. (Geraghty) Guimond.
Born in Attleboro on March 18, 1952, he was the son of the late Harvey and Theresa (Fournier) Guimond. He was a lifelong resident of North Attleboro and had attended Sacred Heart School and was a 1971 graduate of North Attleboro High School.
Mr. Guimond was employed as a section leader for the former Foxboro Company, now Invenys, for more than 40 years until his illness in July 2012.
CENTRAL FALLS – Delivering his inaugural address in both English and Spanish, new Mayor James Diossa declared that Central Falls "has struggled through its darkest days," but "time has come to build a new future" for the city.
PROVIDENCE – The 2013 General Assembly session began Tuesday with leaders of both chambers emphasizing the importance of turning Rhode Island's ailing economy around and improving its business climate.
Commencing his fourth term as Speaker of the House, Gordon Fox invoked the memory of Abraham Lincoln, saying, "The struggle of today is not altogether for today. It is for a vast future also."
WASHINGTON — Racing the clock, the White House sealed a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday to neutralize across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts in government programs due to take effect at midnight, according to administration and Democratic officials.
Under the deal, taxes would remain steady for the middle class and rise at incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples — levels higher than President Barack Obama had campaigned for in his successful drive for a second term in office.


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2 U.S. Code § 1312 - Rights and protections under Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(a) Family and medical leave rights and protections provided
(1) In general
(2) Definitions
For purposes of the application described in paragraph (1)—
(A) the term "employer" as used in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 means any employing office, and
(b) Remedy
(d) Regulations
(1) In general
The Board shall, pursuant to section 1384 of this title, issue regulations to implement the rights and protections under this section.
(2) Agency regulations
The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsection (a) of this section except insofar as the Board may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section.
(e) Effective date
(1) In general
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be effective 1 year after January 23, 1995.
(2) Government Accountability Office and Library of Congress
Subsection (c) of this section shall be effective 1 year after transmission to the Congress of the study under section 1371 of this title.
Source(Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 202,Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 9; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b),July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is Pub. L. 103–3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6, as amended, which enacted sections 60m and 60n of this title, sections 6381 to 6387 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and chapter 28 (§ 2601 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, amended section 2105 of Title 5, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 2601 of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of Title 29 and Tables.
Subsection (c) of this section, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), amended section 6381 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and sections 2611 and 2617 of Title 29, Labor.
Section is comprised of section 202 ofPub. L. 104–1. Subsec. (c) ofsection 202 of Pub. L. 104–1amended section 6381 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and sections 2611 and 2617 of Title 29, Labor.
2004—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 108–271substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office" in heading.
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Maker Of Twinkies, Hostess To Liquidate Business
In this photo illustration, a package of Hostess Twinkies is... News PhotoBusiness,California,Corporate Business,Finance,Horizontal,Illustration,Illustration Technique,Oakland - California,Photography,USAPhotographer Justin SullivanCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesSAN LEANDRO, CA - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a package of Hostess Twinkies is displayed on November 16, 2012 in San Leandro, California. Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, announced plans to liquidate its assets and lay off nearly 18,500 employees due to a workers strike brought on by an imposed contract that would cut workers' wages by 8 percent. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)


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A man lies on a footbridge to beg for money as pedestrians walk past... News PhotoAdult,Economy,Finance,Footbridge,Hong Kong,Horizontal,Men,Pedestrian,Poverty,WalkingPhotographer AFPCollection: AFP 2013 AFPA man lies on a footbridge to beg for money as pedestrians walk past in Hong Kong on December 29, 2012. Hong Kong plans to raise the city's minimum wage to 30 HKD (3.87 USD) an hour, a minister said on December 12, in a hike slammed by labour groups as inadequate for the Asian financial hub. Known for its stunningly wealthy tycoons, the southern Chinese city is also home to hundreds of thousands of workers who live on hourly wages sometimes as low as 2 USD an hour prior to the introduction of the minimum wage. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)


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*Apologies to Ian Schafer, CEO of Deep Focus, who wrote this tweet.
Ok, so I really don't have a listicle regarding the mega-merger of advertising holding company titans and the similarity to said merger with the Syfy original movie / insta-meme Sharknado. But I think there is an interesting, larger cultural observation here. We seem to be living in a time where we're seeking answers. Where so much information and data is coming at us, so rapidly, that we yearn for ways of deciphering, translating and understanding and we're grasping for ways to do that. Grouping is one such mechanism. It's just sometimes easier to combine things and deal with the newly created one, rather than the distinct two.
Two massive holding companies, each with its own stable of agencies? Let's just mash them all up together. Hostile and violent attacks from nature and weather? It's too much, can't we just make them one thing to worry about? But even that's not enough, I can't possibly deal with thinking about Omniblicis and Sharknado separately, won't someone please write a blog posts that compares the two?
We're constantly looking for ways to simplify and explain the world we live in, and sometimes even the world we don't live in. Take for example the Pixar Theory. Blogger Jon Negroni has painstakingly broken down 13 Pixar films and put together an argument for how they are all connected. That just feels better, doesn't it? We love to do things like this, it's a coping mechanism I believe. We need coping mechanisms right now, desperately. Not only do we have many very real problems, but we've elevated some pretty esoteric ones to our collective consciousness as well. Will the Large Hadron Collider create a black hole that will swallow the world? That was a serious question asked by serious people a few years ago. Find the answer here. Are we just all AI simulations in a super advanced computer game taking place in the future? When you have to give thought to questions like that, it helps to free up psychic space by lumping other stuff together.