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My husband can do amazing things. He poured and installed concrete countertops. He built our hens a fancy chicken coop. He handcrafted all the Douglas fir trim in our house. When it comes to technology, however, he's not quite as impressive.
It seems like there's always something going on with his PC. I tell him he's imagining things, but far too often, he just ends up using mine. "Yours just works better," he says. "Plus, it looks way cooler."
I don't know about you, but I get a little itchy when someone else uses my PC. It's not that I have anything to hide—it's just that when we get our PCs exactly right, they become incredibly personal.
So I got him his own PC with Windows 7 for his birthday.
It was incredibly easy—even for my husband—to customize Windows 7. That's because Windows 7 features a whole bunch of different themes. Each theme includes a desktop background, screen saver, window border color, and various sounds, icons, and mouse pointers.
Do one of the following:
Right-click the desktop, and then click Personalize (my method).
You'll see a variety of themes—just click one and see everything change instantly.
Click Get more themes online to get different themes. For instance, did you know that different themes are shipped on the PCs that go to other countries or regions? You can download them for free. Or choose really neat photos from Bing and other companies. Also check out the Windows Personalization Gallery.
The great thing about Windows 7 is that you can use an entire theme or just part of it. At the bottom of the Personalization window, you'll see additional buttons for your desktop background, window color, sounds, and screen saver. You can change each aspect of your theme until it's exactly to your liking, then click Save changes. And if you want to save the theme for later use (or share your theme with a friend), click Save theme.
"Wouldn't it be nice if you could play a slide show of pictures as your desktop background?" my husband asked wistfully as he booted up his PC for the first time.
Actually, you can. In fact, many themes automatically play a slide show of select images. That's why, when you click Desktop Background in the Personalization window, you'll see a group of pictures with check marks above them. This is how you choose what pictures to see.
Don't like one picture? Clear its check box and it won't show up. Want to see only one picture? Clear all the check boxes except for the picture you want. Want those pictures of your Boston terrier romping on the beach? Click Browse, navigate to My Pictures, and select one file for a static image or the whole folder for a slide show. Then, choose how often you want the picture to change—anywhere from every 10 seconds to once a day.
When I first installed Windows 7, I played with the sounds until my husband was blue in the face. What I like about the 14 different sound schemes is that they all sound like the Windows default sound scheme, but with a twist. For instance, the Sonata scheme sounds like classical violins, while the Delta scheme sounds like a banjo.
Similarly, you can customize your window color and transparency, along with your screen saver, using the buttons at the bottom of the Personalization window. After you've changed all these areas to your liking, you've essentially created a new theme. And although you don't need to save it to use your new theme, it's not a bad idea if you want to play around some more.
And really, who can resist? Certainly not me.
I'm a laptop user. My screen is smaller than a typical monitor, which means that everything that appears on it is smaller too. One feature I really appreciate is the fact that you can adjust text size more easily. Windows 7 automatically selects the optimal display resolution for your screen, but then you can also choose how big you want your font. (In previous versions of Windows, you couldn't do this separately.) It's simple:
Right-click the desktop, and then click Personalize.
Click Display in the lower-left corner.
Choose to display fonts at 100 percent, 125 percent, or 150 percent.
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We live in Seattle, where it always rains. My husband likes to keep his eye on the weather forecast just in case there's a two-minute sliver of sunshine in the day that he might possibly miss. That would be tragic. Fortunately, there are gadgets.
Desktop gadgets are customizable mini programs that display information right on the desktop. You don't have to open a new window or launch a new program because they run continuously. You can view up-to-date news feeds, your calendar, games—or, in my husband's case—the weather. To get gadgets:
Right-click the desktop, and then click Gadgets.
View available gadgets.
Drag gadgets anywhere onto your desktop.
These days, my husband has a desktop slide show set up with surfing pictures, while I have pictures of my chickens (in the coop he built). He uses the Sonata sound theme, while I stick with Windows Default.
He has about 40 gadgets on his desktop, all of which are completely necessary to his happiness. I have two. Far be it for me to complain—he's gotten his new PC just the way he wants it.
Best yet, he's not using mine anymore.
Zia Munshi is a freelance writer and copywriter who has written for a wide variety of publications and companies, including Microsoft and MSN. She especially loves writing about technology because it gives her an excuse to buy all the latest gadgetry and software. She lives in Seattle with her husband, dog, and flock of 13 chickens.
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PAWTUCKET – Navigant Credit Union Post 85 found a way to cool off red-hot Collette Vacations Post 79.
The Woonsocket-based club seems to have caught a little fire, too.
Navigant went to work early against its Pawtucket foe on Wednesday night, scoring three runs in the top of the first. The bats kept going from there as Post 85 left Max Read Field with an 8-1 victory over Collette in Senior American Legion action.
Navigant halted an impressive six-game win streak by Collette, the second place squad in the North Division. During that stretch, Collette defeated division-leader Cumberland Post 14 and South division-leader New England Frozen Lemonade/Shields Post 43.
In its previous six games, Collette (7-3-1) scored 20 runs and allowed only four.
"It just caught up with us," Post 79 coach Ray Ventura said. "When you are dealing with wood bats, anything can happen."
After starting its league season a dismal 1-7, Navigant (3-8) has now won six of its last seven games, including capturing the South County Classic this weekend with a four-game sweep of its opponents.
"We had a long talk with them the last couple of games and it looked like it turned around, hopefully," NCU coach Jim Gauthier said. "A lot of it [at the beginning] was confidence. You could see it in their eyes. Now they are hitting the ball."
Coming off a split in its doubleheader with Upper Deck Post 86 on Tuesday where it won the nightcap by a score of 9-2, Navigant responded with another strong outing at the plate, belting out 12 hits, three of which were for extra bases.
Brandon Perrico was his usual steady self on the mound, tossing a six-hitter with five strikeouts. The left-handed Perrico, who recently graduated from Woonsocket High where he starred for the Villa Novan nine, improved to 3-0 for the summer.
"He has been untouchable all three games that he has pitched," Gauthier said. "He mixed it up nice, kept them off balance…He's the backbone of the pitching staff."
As it turned out, Navigant scored all the offense it would need in the first 10 minutes of the contest. With two outs and a runner on first, NCU strung together three straight hits off Collette starter Max Perry. Dan Rivera singled, Perrico followed with an RBI single and then Wigberto "Bam-Bam" Rodrigues bashed a two-run triple to deep centerfield.
"We had a little talk with them before the game," Gauthier said. "We never thought that they'd come out like that. You could see the confidence was there and they definitely wanted to play tonight."
Perry appeared to gain his control in the second inning when he struck out the side on just 11 pitches. Perrico responded with a 1-2-3 frame of his own where he tossed the ball just five times.
Perry's sudden resurgence was short lived as Navigant opened up the floodgates in the fourth with five runs, four of which were tagged to the ex-Shea High standout and the other to reliever Tyler Drainville. Kory Lawrence had a two-run double and teammates Louis Chala (single), Tyler Geffert (triple) and Kevin Okruta (single) also would have run-scoring hits.
Down by a score of 8-0, the best opportunity to do some damage by Collette occurred in the fourth inning where it loaded the bases with no outs. But Perrico got out of the inning nearly unscathed, allowing just one run and finishing with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout. Nate Patch began the inning with a single. Perry reached base on an error and the bags filled up when C.J. Lapierre singled. The lone run was scored with one out when Nick Gagnon's infield hit was fielded by Geffert. The third baseman threw home for the force out, but a sliding Patch managed to beat the throw.
"That was a horrible inning," Ventura admitted. "With wood bats you got to get every inning you can get. When you get behind this game three, four or five runs, you are in trouble. It's tough to come back with wood bats. The kids just don't know how to hit it."
Navigant hopes to continue its recent power surge on Friday night when it battles Providence Post 56. Collette will take a short break from league action by participating in its annual Firecracker Classic, a 30-team, five-day tournament that stretches from Thursday to Monday at Max Read Field.
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Virginia is divided into two judicial districts, to be known as the Eastern and Western districts of Virginia.Eastern District
(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Accomac, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Gloucester, Goochland, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Loudoun, Lunenburg, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Nansemond, New Kent, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Prince William, Princess Anne, Richmond, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, and York.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Alexandria, Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond.Western District
(b) The Western District comprises the counties of Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lee, Louisa, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Orange, Page, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Tazewell, Warren, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.
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Source(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 90–383, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 292; Pub. L. 102–200, § 1,Dec. 10, 1991, 105 Stat. 1630.)
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Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 192 and 192a, andsection 403c–2 of title 16, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Conservation (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 111,36 Stat. 1127; June 13, 1918, ch. 100, 40 Stat. 605; Apr. 30, 1924, ch. 144, 43 Stat. 114; Feb. 21, 1925, ch. 290, 43 Stat. 962; Jan. 20, 1930, ch. 20, § 1,46 Stat. 56; Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 703, § 2,50 Stat. 701; June 13, 1938, ch. 350, 52 Stat. 674; Oct. 31, 1945, ch. 443, § 202,59 Stat. 554).
A provision of section 192 of title 28 relating to the maintenance of offices by the clerk of the western district was omitted as covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
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By Senate amendment, "Newport News" was inserted after "Alexandria" in second paragraph of subsection (a) of this section. See 80th Congress Senate Report No. 1559.
1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–200, § 1(1), struck out reference to Culpeper, Louisa, and Orange counties.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–200, § 1(2), inserted reference to Culpeper, Louisa, and Orange counties.
1968—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90–383added subsec. (c).
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Pub. L. 102–200, § 2,Dec. 10, 1991, 105 Stat. 1630, provided that:
"(a) Pending Actions.—The amendments made by section 1 [amending this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 10, 1991] and pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on such date.
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While rain still had not hit the 800-acre fire at Shortoff, the 67-acre fire near Cold Mountain is 100 percent contained.Dobson Knob's 599-acre blaze is not far off with its 95 percent containment. According to Public Information Officer Bill Sweet, the steep conditions and dry weather are making a mess of things on Shortoff. Firefighters have a plan, he says.
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When a person looks back on the fondest memories of their life, most find the best of these moments are shared with both friends and adversaries. Human beings are a social lot and our interactions, both good and bad tend to carve the deepest lines our personality. We are drawn together, most commonly by our peers and the shared experiences which follow bring out the best of what humanity has to offer. Nowhere is this premise better demonstrated than in the halls of Price's Masonic Temple by a group of blossoming girls known as the Job's Daughters.
"My daughter used to be quite shy," said Lisa Ockey, this year's Bethel 3 Guardian, whose daughter is also past Honored Queen. "Due in large part to the Job's she no longer has a shy bone in her body. Her public speaking has improved and she has learned to be a leader."
Ockey's story is a common one within an organization which has stood the test of time and proved to be a beacon for every type of young woman.
The organization was founded in 1920 by Mrs.Ethel T. Wead Mick to provide an opportunity for young women to work together, to learn about themselves and to help others, according to the Job's Daughter's International website. Jobies, as they are sometimes called, can join at the age of ten and stay until the age of 20. The group follows no specific religious body but does require that its members have a belief in God. That belief coupled with a Masonic Heritage are the only requirements for membership. Chiefly among the Job's tenets are the promotion of friendship among young women and a commitment to community service.
In Carbon County the Bethel, as all individual local groups are called, has doubled in size over the past four years. At present, its members are dedicated young women who range in age from 10 to 17, showing that an organization which promotes friendship over competition is still popular.
Raelynne Colton, a past Honored Queen, majority member and Recorder of the Grand Bethel of Utah, has become a mentor for local girls and a Job's Daughter veteran.
"At the beginning I was glad to finally have my own thing to do, somewhere I could go put on a dress and feel pretty," explained Colton. "Now I enjoy being a mentor for the girls. Some of them actually do take my advice."
When discussing the work her younger sisters are doing, it is easy to see the pride Colton has.
"So many of them were word perfect on their work recently and I got to help with that," she said.
Despite what many think, becoming a Job's Daughter does not involve an embarrassing ritual or test of courage. Initiations are solemn, meaningful ceremonies presented by Bethel Officers. Parents are welcome at initiations and all of the meetings.
Kylie Ockey who was last year's Honored Queen, the highest position a Jobie can attain, focused on the way her confidence has grown since joining the Bethel.
"The Job's don't judge you whatsoever," she said. "Older girls at the Bethel were a lot more accepting at the temple than the girls in high school. Because of that, I learned to be okay with myself regardless of where I was."
While there is a large range in age difference between many of the girls, their thoughts about what makes the Job's special happen to be very similar. Three young members recently were accepted from East Carbon and all three, in one way or another, reported growth due to their new relationships.
"Being a Jobie makes me feel independent," said Kearston Hamblin.
"Joining really wasn't scary," contined Kayla Maynes, who admits to being scared of quite a few things.
Izabella Marshall also credits the association with a major accomplishment in her young life.
"My public speaking is better and that helped me become President at Bruin Point Elementary," said Marshall, when asked how the group has helped her.
While many of the members feel independent because of the Job's, others have found that the organization helps them to have a common ground with their parents.
"This group has given me and my daughter something we can do together, said Kelly Wilkinson, who was the Job's Guardian for the past three years and has been involved since her daughter joined. "It builds strong young women and gives them a foundation on which to build their lives."
Her daughter Lauren Wilkinson also enjoys the time spent, as both her parents are involved with both the Masons and Job's Daughters. However, she also had her own comments about the core of the organization. The power real friendship can have.
"Everyone is different and special," said Lauren, this year's Junior Princess. "We accept each other and are kind to one another. It's a simple idea...we all work together as sisters."
Members of Bethel 3 in 2012 include Kaycee Gilson, Lauren Wilkinson, Kaysha Miller, Katerina Mantas, Zoey Zamantakis, Kearston Hamblin, Sami Gibbs, Izabella Marshall, Grace Zamantakis, Kayla Maynes, Kylie Ockey, Fawn Powell, Kelly Hastings and Jordan Gibson.
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"August" follows Tom Sterling as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend, Sarrah, regain control of his company from his apathetic investor Ogilvie, and deal with age-old family wounds with his father, David and his brother Joshua. The film also stars Emmanuelle Chriqui as Morela and Andre Royo as Dylan.
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Rich Wingate has captained the "Win With Wingate" Muscle Walk Team for the past two years. He has been a top fundraiser both times, and has been successful in reaching his goals by using a combination of the online Muscle Walk website, and a letter he sends out to family and friends that showcases his team spirit and passion for fighting back against neuromuscular disease.
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Gerald C. Hammon (MDiv 1962) The last fourteen years were spent working with Native American Tribes in the southwestern United States in housing and Community Development Block Grant programs. Gerald has been retired since 1994, and has spent his time along with his wife of 50 years as a consultant, free-lance writer and volunteer at state parks and national facilities. The two currently live in Dewey, Arizona near Prescott, but expect to move back to southern Arizona in the Benson-St. David area where they previously lived in the late 1990's.
Nicholas F. Benton (MDiv 1969) wrote an article titled "The UCC Does It Again" which was published in the Falls Church News-Press on July 6, 2011. You can read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/bentonarticle
Dale Hempen (MDiv 1970) will retire as Associate Conference Minister of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ at the end of 2011. Dale served in ministry for over 40 years, serving the Massachusetts Conference for the last 13 years.
Christopher Lowson (STM 1976) was appointed to the position of Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. His consecration took place on September 21 at Westminster Abbey in London and his enthronement was held on November 12 at Lincoln Cathedral. Bishop Lowson began serving the Church of England as a Deacon in 1977 and most recently held the position of Director of Ministry. In this role he led a team responsible for developing policy and delivering support to those in lay and ordained ministry throughout the Church of England.
Ronald Nuss-Warren (MDiv 1977) is serving as the Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bridgeport, Nebraska.
Kari A. Owen (PhD 1978) founded and is serving as Executive Director of Wildhorse! which is a non-profit organization that provides therapeutic horseback riding for disabled persons.
Wendy Taylor (MDiv 1986) co-authored a new book titled No Longer Strangers: The Practice of Radical Hospitality. Information about the book can be found at http://www.no-longer-strangers.org/nolonger/
Diana Green (MDiv 1988) is the Interim Choir Director at United Christian Parish in Lakeport, CA.
Ingrun Masanek (CSS 1989) is currently living in Norden Germany with her husband and two teenage boys. Since graduating from PSR, Ingrun moved to Philadelphia where she earned an MSW at Temple University in 1993. Ingrun now has post-graduate degrees in family counseling and in singing therapy. She has worked in several social work agencies and has her own counseling practice since 2008.
Eric Dale (MDiv 1980) is serving as the Interim Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Elko, Nevada.
Lea Brown (MDiv 1990) was named by South Florida Gay News as one of "Six Women Who Make a Difference". She is currently serving as Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Junius Dotson (MDiv 1993) received an appointment from the Governor of Kansas to the Kansas Sentencing Commission.
Bob Woods (MDiv 1998) was installed on May 14, 2011 as the new Pastor of First Congregational Church of San Rafael United Church of Christ.
Kelly Love (MDiv 2000) is serving as the Pastor for Davis United Methodist Church in Davis, CA.
Jennifer Walters (MDiv 2002) is the new Pastor of University Place United Church of Christ in University Place, WA (near Tacoma).
Jeffrey Dirrim (MDiv 2003) is Pastor at a new church start in Phoenix, Arizona call Footsteps United Church of Christ. Footsteps UCC held their first worship service in September 2011.
Curtis Preston (MDiv 2003) co-authored the book The Unofficial Handbook of the UCC which was published by Pilgrim Press in June 2011.
Faatauvaa Alaelua (MABL 2004) is the current Pastor of the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa, Pago Pago Village. He is also a part time Old Testament and New Testament lecturer at the Kanana Fou Theological Seminary.
Zander Keig (MST, 2004) along with Megan Rohrer (MDiv 2005), is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Megan and Zander are the co-editors of Letters for my Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect. Winners will be announced on June 4, 2012.
Micah Selu (Micah Shepherd) (MDiv/MABL 2004) contributed an essay titled "I Left" to the book Touched by Grace: LGBT Stories in Community of Christ published by John Whitmer Books and GALA, 2012.
Megan Rohrer (MDiv 2005) along with Zander Keig (MST, 2004), is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Megan and Zander are the co-editors of Letters for my Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect. Winners will be announced on June 4, 2012.
Craig Breismeister (MDiv 2008) is the new minister of First Congregational Church of Walpole, New Hampshire.
Alice Cabotaje (MDiv 2008) is a Chaplain Supervisor at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco.
Robyn Morrison (MDiv 2008) was hired as the Executive Director of the The Friendship Center in Helena, MT.
Moana Minton (MDiv 2009) is serving as the Spiritual Care Coordinator at AseraCare Hospice in Concord, CA.
Kevin Omi (MDiv 2009) was called to serve as Co-Pastor of Sycamore Congregational Church in El Cerrito, CA. The position is effective January 1, 2012. Within the next two years, Pastor Sharon will retire and Kevin will continue as Sycamore's full time Senior Pastor. As a result of this call, Kevin was ordained on November 27, 2011 at First Congregational Church of Berkeley.
Jeff Crews (MDiv 2010) was ordained on July 17, 2011 after receiving a call as Senior Pastor of Spring Glen Church UCC in Hamden, CT. Jeff began serving Spring Glen in September 2011.
Sally Godard (MDiv 2010) has been called by the Forest Grove and Salem United Church of Christ congregations to be an ordained minister of justice, witness, and advocacy in Yamhill County, Oregon. The ecumenical ministry, called JUST JOURNEY, will work to bring together faith communities as well as secular individuals and organizations to raise the voice of those who voice often goes unheard (creation, immigrants, the poor, the incarcerated...) so that unjust systems can be changed. As a result of this call, Sally was ordained September 18, 2011 in McMinnville, Oregon.
Meighan Pritchard (MDiv 2010) was approved for ordination pending call in July 2011. Over the summer Meighan served as the sabbatical supply minister for one of the associate ministers at University Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle, WA.
Eric Atcheson (MDiv 2011) was called to serve as the pastor of First Christian Church in Longview, Washington and began his ministry there in September 2011.
Andrea Cano (MDiv 2011) was elected chair of the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Andrea has served on the commission since 2010 via an appointment by the governor. Andrea continues to serve as the chair of OC Inc, the UCC's historic media ministry (www.uccmediajustice.org), and on Central Pacific Conference Local Church Ministries.
Andrew Hybl (MDiv 2011) was ordained to the ministry on March 24, 2012 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, AR.
Paige Rawson (MDiv 2011) is now pursuing a PhD at Drew University.
Kent Forbes (MTS 2012) is working with Sexual Minorities Uganda, assisting in the legal efforts against Scott Lively.


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Rosie Livings (left), wife of the late Billy Livings, former head coach of the Vero Beach High School football team, and longtime track coach Bill Wilson greet each other before the start of an informal gathering with family members and school officials in order to recognize the two coaches with inscribed bricks at the entrance to the Citrus Bowl at Vero Beach High School on Tuesday morning.
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10 U.S. Code § 2305a - Design-build selection procedures
(a) Authorization.— Unless the traditional acquisition approach of design-bid-build established under chapter 11 of title 40 is used or another acquisition procedure authorized by law is used, the head of an agency shall use the two-phase selection procedures authorized in this section for entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work when a determination is made under subsection (b) that the procedures are appropriate for use.
(b) Criteria for Use.— A contracting officer shall make a determination whether two-phase selection procedures are appropriate for use for entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work when the contracting officer anticipates that three or more offers will be received for such contract, design work must be performed before an offeror can develop a price or cost proposal for such contract, the offeror will incur a substantial amount of expense in preparing the offer, and the contracting officer has considered information such as the following:
(c) Procedures Described.— Two-phase selection procedures consist of the following:
(1) The agency develops, either in-house or by contract, a scope of work statement for inclusion in the solicitation that defines the project and provides prospective offerors with sufficient information regarding the Government's requirements (which may include criteria and preliminary design, budget parameters, and schedule or delivery requirements) to enable the offerors to submit proposals which meet the Government's needs. If the agency contracts for development of the scope of work statement, the agency shall contract for architectural and engineering services as defined by and in accordance with chapter 11 of title 40.
(2) The contracting officer solicits phase-one proposals that—
(A) include information on the offeror's—
(3) The evaluation factors to be used in evaluating phase-one proposals are stated in the solicitation and include specialized experience and technical competence, capability to perform, past performance of the offeror's team (including the architect-engineer and construction members of the team) and other appropriate factors, except that cost-related or price-related evaluation factors are not permitted. Each solicitation establishes the relative importance assigned to the evaluation factors and subfactors that must be considered in the evaluation of phase-one proposals. The agency evaluates phase-one proposals on the basis of the phase-one evaluation factors set forth in the solicitation.
(4) The contracting officer selects as the most highly qualified the number of offerors specified in the solicitation to provide the property or services under the contract and requests the selected offerors to submit phase-two competitive proposals that include technical proposals and cost or price information. Each solicitation establishes with respect to phase two—
(A) the technical submission for the proposal, including design concepts or proposed solutions to requirements addressed within the scope of work (or both), and
(B) the evaluation factors and subfactors, including cost or price, that must be considered in the evaluations of proposals in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 2305 (a) of this title.
The contracting officer separately evaluates the submissions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(d) Solicitation to State Number of Offerors To Be Selected for Phase Two Requests for Competitive Proposals.— A solicitation issued pursuant to the procedures described in subsection (c) shall state the maximum number of offerors that are to be selected to submit competitive proposals pursuant to subsection (c)(4). The maximum number specified in the solicitation shall not exceed 5 unless the agency determines with respect to an individual solicitation that a specified number greater than 5 is in the Government's interest and is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection process.
(e) Requirement for Guidance and Regulations.— The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include guidance—
(1) regarding the factors that may be considered in determining whether the two-phase contracting procedures authorized by subsection (a) are appropriate for use in individual contracting situations;
(f) Special Authority for Military Construction Projects.—
(1) The Secretary of a military department may use funds available to the Secretary under section 2807 (a) or 18233 (e) of this title to accelerate the design effort in connection with a military construction project for which the two-phase selection procedures described in subsection (c) are used to select the contractor for both the design and construction portion of the project before the project is specifically authorized by law and before funds are appropriated for the construction portion of the project. Notwithstanding the limitations contained in such sections, use of such funds for the design portion of a military construction project may continue despite the subsequent authorization of the project. The advance notice requirement of section 2807 (b) of this title shall continue to apply whenever the estimated cost of the design portion of the project exceeds the amount specified in such section.
(2) Any military construction contract that provides for an accelerated design effort, as authorized by paragraph (1), shall include as a condition of the contract that the liability of the United States in a termination for convenience before funds are first made available for construction may not exceed an amount attributable to the final design of the project.
(3) For each fiscal year during which the authority provided by this subsection is in effect, the Secretary of a military department may select not more than two military construction projects to include the accelerated design effort authorized by paragraph (1) for each armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. To be eligible for selection under this subsection, a request for the authorization of the project, and for the authorization of appropriations for the project, must have been included in the annual budget of the President for a fiscal year submitted to Congress under section 1105 (a) of title 31.
(4) Not later than March 1, 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report evaluating the usefulness of the authority provided by this subsection in expediting the design and construction of military construction projects. The authority provided by this subsection expires September 30, 2008, except that, if the report required by this paragraph is not submitted by March 1, 2008, the authority shall expire on that date.
Source(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLI, § 4105(a)(1),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 645; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(44),Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1902; Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(b)(4),Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1295; Pub. L. 108–178, § 4(b)(3),Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2641; Pub. L. 108–375, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2807,Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2123; Pub. L. 109–163, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2807,Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3508.)
Prior Provisions
2006—Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 109–163, § 2807(a), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "Any military construction contract that provides for an accelerated design effort, as authorized by paragraph (1), shall include as a condition of the contract that the liability of the United States in a termination for convenience may not exceed the actual costs incurred as of the termination date."
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 109–163, § 2807(b), substituted "2008" for "2007" wherever appearing.
2004—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108–375added subsec. (f).
2003—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108–178substituted "chapter 11 of title 40" for "the Brooks Architect-Engineers Act (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.)".
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–217substituted "chapter 11 of title 40" for "the Brooks Architect-Engineers Act (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.)".
1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85substituted "(40 U.S.C." for "(41 U.S.C.".
Effective Date of 2003 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–178effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 ofPub. L. 108–178, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Effective Date
For effective date and applicability of section, see section 4401 ofPub. L. 104–106, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 2302 of this title.
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#1 Evolution10-10-2012, 12:41 PM
I'd like to explain why I think evolution is real. First of all, I don't need creation scientists to prove that God made the world in 7 twenty-four hour days. I have faith that God created the world, and that's what the Bible requires.
Onto science, I think I should first start with a definition of evolution.
Biological evolution is genetic change in a population from one generation to another. The speed and direction of change is variable with different species lines and at different times. Continuous evolution over many generations can result in the development of new varieties and species. Likewise, failure to evolve in response to environmental changes can, and often does, lead to extinction.
Evidence better explained than I can explain it.
How Do We Know That Evolution Has Occurred?
The evidence for evolution has primarily come from four sources:
the fossil record of change in earlier species
the chemical and anatomical similarities of related life forms
the geographic distribution of related species
the recorded genetic changes in living organisms over many generations
Now, what convinces me the most is medical science. It simply wouldn't work without evolution.
This process of natural selection resulting in evolution can be easily demonstrated over a 24 hour period in a laboratory Petri dish of bacteria living in a nutrient medium. When a lethal dose of antibiotic is added, there will be a mass die-off. However, a few of the bacteria usually are immune and survive. The next generation is mostly immune because they have inherited immunity from the survivors. That is the case with the purple bacteria in the Petri dishes shown below--the bacteria population has evolved.
Now, some people might be able to accept this, but what about Darwin's theory of evolution? We don't come from monkeys, right? Well, the theory doesn't say that. It only says we're related through a common ancester. Sounds hard to believe, but it's hard to deny it when we share 99% of the DNA with apes.
Using such reasoning, it has been estimated that the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees (with whom we share 99 percent of our genes) lived five million years ago. Going back a little farther, the Hominidae clade is 13 million years old. If we continue farther back in time, we find that placental mammals are between 60 and 80 million years old and that the oldest four-limbed animal, or tetrapod, lived between 300 and 350 million years ago and the earliest chordates (animals with a notochord) appeared about 990 million years ago. Humans belong to each of these successively broader groups.
I believe in God, but science is science. The evidence is there.
10-10-2012, 12:49 PMIn most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
Just want to ask staff not to put a lot into moderating. I don't want to be a big burden.
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Do you really want to go here? Really? Why?
Also... how much of this is a quoted article, and how much is your own logic/reasoning?
10-10-2012, 01:26 PMIn Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD...K.I.A. 25 April 2005
Liberalism Is The Philosophy Of The Stupid
To Achieve Ordered Liberty You Must Have Moral Order As Well
The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years. The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil.
10-10-2012, 01:27 PMIn Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD...K.I.A. 25 April 2005
Liberalism Is The Philosophy Of The Stupid
To Achieve Ordered Liberty You Must Have Moral Order As Well
The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years. The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil.
Lanie, please point out in the Bible where it says God created the world in 7 24 hour days. I'll wait for your response before I really get into this.The Obama Administration: Deny. Deflect. Blame.
I'll field this one for shits and giggles.
I'm pretty sure that when God created the universe, he paid no attention at all to the amount of time it took. An omnipresent, omniscient being, I'd imagine time had very little meaning to him.
Now, to the man who wrote the story down, after an unknown number of generations verbally handed the story down (well maybe it's known, I never read the entirety of Genesis), the meaning of day was quite clear. A 24 hour period, or one sunrise to the next. Genesis (and all the other books in the Bible) was written by man, using terms that man knows and relates to. If we are to say that the 7 days is not to refer to a one week period, hence the establishment of Sunday and all that jazz, does not actually refer to a set timeframe, then how is the rest of the story of creation to be taken seriously when it could all just mean something else?In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
Current quantum theory proposes that all "time" coexists simultaneously, and is only differentiated by dimensional barriers. Therefore to G*d, "time" has no relationship to how either we or the early Hebrews perceived it. In a strictly literal interpretation of the first few verses of Genesis (from the Hebrew), a "day" was established prior to creation of the earth, and using basic logic, since there was no planetary object or motion to establish the parameters of that "day", it could, for all practical purposes, be several million years as we measure it. It was merely recorded in the early Hebrew texts in the only manner that it could be understood at the time.
Frankly, in all my years of scientific study, I've never found a conflict between what is stated in Scripture and what "evolution" is theorized to mean, once you get past the definition of what "time" actually is........it's not a continuum.......for want of a more descriptive word, time is a "place/position/location".
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Mark Massey traveled from Texas to Lipscomb University to play baseball from 1968-71. He didn't realize at the time he would stay in Tennessee after graduating with a bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education. Like a lot of students at Lipscomb throughout the years he met his future spouse and eventually settled in her home county. Retired as an educator, Massey still works part-time for the Hardin County School System. He also serves as a city commissioner for Adamsville and closely follows the careers of his sons who are both high school coaches. He spent some time with Lipscombsports.com for this week's "Where Are They Now?" feature.
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A week of public hearings on more than two dozen gun bills kicked off in Augusta this morning. Lawmakers heard hours of emotional testimony from supporters and opponents of a measure that would ban magazines the contain more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Another bill under consideration would require a universal background check on anyone purchasing a firearm in Maine. Jay Field reports.
Supporters of tougher restrictions on firearms believe the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school was a tipping point on gun control. Legislatures across the nation have moved quickly to consider new limits in the months after the Newtown shootings.
Democratic governors in Connecticut, Colorado and New York have already signed into law tough overhauls that include measures like the one supported by Maine's Senate President. Justin Alfond, a Portland Democrat, invoked Newtown, as he introduced his bill to limit the size of ammunition clips.
"On that day, the murderer managed to fire 154 rounds with 10-round magazines; 26 people shot dead, 20 of them children. It only took 12 minutes," Alfond said.
Alfond's bill, LD 997, would outlaw magazines that carry more than 10 rounds. A poll last week by the Pan-Atlantic SMS Group surveyed more than 400 Maine residents on potential changes to the state's gun laws. A clear majority, 63 percent, favored outlawing clips holding more than 10 rounds, while 34 percent opposed such a change.
Turnout at the public hearing on Alfond's bill, though, suggests the public may be much more closely divided than recent polling suggests.
"We can put our firearms out on the porch. You can lay 'em on the lawn. You can put 'em anywhere you want. I haven't seen one of them get up on its own and harm anyone," said Blaine Richardson, a 30-year Navy veteran and former candidate for Congress in Maine's 2nd District.
Maine and other states, Richardson told lawmakers, have failed to take care of people with mental illness, who are most at risk for carrying out mass shootings. "It isn't my 30-round magazine that's causing the problem," he said.
But another veteran says that point of view defies common sense. Michele Pfannensteil, of Cumberland County, served as a U.S. Army Captain. Pfannensteil says semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazine have one purpose and one purpose only.
"They are for laying a lot of lead in the battlefield in a very short amount of time - lead to stop an advancing army," she said. "Maine citizens don't need clips with huge numbers of bullets."
But comments like these only served to embolden scores of gun rights supporters who turned out to testify. For these Mainers, anything that infringes on their right to bear arms, under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is unacceptable.
James Lynch, who'd never testified at a legislative hearing before, put lawmakers on notice: "I'd like to remind everybody here, who is supporting this garbage LD 997, that, the American citizens - we're watching you."
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Video: Sequester impact on New York state
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WASHINGTON - Schoolhouses, airports, historic sites and a wide range of other New York institutions and groups will feel the impact when $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts takes effect March 1.
WEB EXTRA: White House release on expected cuts to New York State
Entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare won't be cut, but people who handle claims will be subject to temporary unpaid furloughs.
New York school districts face losing $102.2 million in federal aid, cuts that will be felt at the local level when school boards formulate their budgets for the 2013-14 school year. Those budgets must be finalized by May 7, according to the state school boards association.
School districts already are limited by a cap on local property taxes and by state aid funding that is at roughly the same level it was in 2008, according to David Albert of the state school boards association.
"Schools have been experiencing dwindling resources for years,'' Albert said, suggesting districts may opt to cut programs like art and music.
Public and private colleges and universities in New York face losing $110 million. The cuts include a reduction in grants from the National Science Foundation and National Institutes for Health and cuts in student aid through the Federal Work-Study and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) program.
The automatic spending cuts were included in a 2011 budget agreement as part of a process called "sequestration." They were created to achieve deficit reduction if the White House and Congress failed to agree on a less drastic alternative.
Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey of Harrison, Westchester County, said that if the cuts take effect, Congress isn't doing its job.
"We can selectively decide where we cut, not mindlessly across the board,'' she said.
Originally, the cuts were to take effect on Jan. 1, but the deadline was delayed two months when Congress and the administration reached a deal on taxes but not on spending.
Emergency federal aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy also will be reduced, as will funding to pay air traffic controllers, customs inspectors, and IRS employees processing income tax returns.
The cuts likely will mean delays for air travelers and longer waiting times for tax refunds.
Many federal employees, including civilians employed by the military, will be furloughed for up to 22 work days by the end of September.
The federal cuts also will hit parks and historical sites. The home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park faces a $178,000 reduction through the end of September, and the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls faces a $77,000 cut.
Funding for the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, which are indefinitely closed for repairs following Hurricane Sandy, will be cut by $779,000.
Unemployed New Yorkers will have fewer opportunities for job training, with a $22.2 million cut to those programs, according to the National Skills Coalition. The state's jobless rate stood at 8.2 percent in December, with 786,800 New Yorkers actively looking for work.
An estimated 2,600 college students could lose their federal work-study grants, and 4,300 could lose their SEOG grants, according to a letter sent to members of the New York congressional delegation by SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher; Laura Anglin, president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities; and CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein.
The largest cuts to local education spending will slash $45.2 million from Title 1 aid for schools serving poor students and $38.6 million from special education programs. Other cuts will affect smaller programs such as preschool special education, teacher quality grants, grants for limited-English-proficiency students and aid for rural districts.
New York City schools will absorb more than half the overall cuts, with a $59.2 million reduction in federal aid, according to the New York State School Boards Association. Other districts facing cuts large cuts include Buffalo ($2.5 million), Rochester ($2.1 million), Yonkers ($1 million) and Syracuse ($1 million).
The Army estimates that cuts at its bases in New York will take $351 million from the state's economy. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point will absorb $92 million of the cuts, which will delay construction of a 650-bed dormitory.
Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport in Monroe County, said "there's plenty of fault to go around'' for the impending cuts. She said the public views the impasse as another example of the political brinkmanship that has become routine in Washington.
"It's like the old silent movie 'The Perils of Pauline,''' Slaughter said. "Tie somebody to the railroad tracks and see if you can get them off of there before the train kills them. It's an appalling thing and we have gotten used to these fiscal crises so much that I'm sure many people in my district think we'll be okay because they always save it at the last minute. But I am not so sure this time.''
The White House and congressional Republicans appear unlikely to avert the cuts before March 1, but they could strike a deal between then and March 27, when a stopgap spending bill financing government operations will expire.
President Barack Obama wants to replace the sequestration cuts with a strategy that would raise tax revenues and cut spending less drastically. Congressional Republicans say they won't agree to increase tax revenue.
A USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll conducted Feb. 13-18 found more support for Obama's deficit-reduction approach (45 percent) than the approach advocated by congressional Republicans (38 percent).
The telephone poll of 1,504 adults had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points.
But 70 percent agreed it's essential for the president and Congress to pass major legislation this year to reduce the deficit, rather than putting it off to the future.
And 76 percent said they prefer an approach that includes both spending cuts and tax increases. Only 19 percent said they favor only spending cuts. Fifty-four percent said they would like to see mostly spending cuts with some tax increases.
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CHARDON -- A teen has been ordered held in juvenile detention in connection with the Chardon High School shootings.
TJ Lane, 17, appeared in juvenile court Tuesday afternoon.
No official charges have been filed.
In the hearing, the prosecutor told the court that Lane did not know the victims and chose them at random.
Three students have now died in the shootings. Two others remain hosptialized.
Prosecutor David Joyce said at Tuesday's hearing in Chardon, Ohio, that suspect T.J. Lane admitted firing 10 shots at Chardon High School.
At the hearing, Judge Timothy Grendell imposed a gag order on opposing attorneys at the prosecutor's request and told the media not to photograph the boy's face. He is a juvenile.
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By GUIDO RACHIELEPrice
The Helper overpass at the north intersection of Highway 6 and Main Street is a terrible project. It has been a very troublesome and destructive overpass project.
It has disturbed traffic in every way. It has been a threat to all of the local businesses in Helper and I am sure that the good contractor will not make any profit from the project because UDOT engineers miscalculated the problems everyone is going through because of it.
The overpass as it now exists is much too narrow for traffic to safely move in both directions in this freezing weather. This project recently caused a bad accident during the Christmas holiday. Yes, the overpass will be wider when completed but how many accidents will happen until then?
A traffic light at this intersection would have been less expensive and probably much safer. Spanish Fork now has at least five such lights on Highway 6.