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Matt Cooke did it again.
In the third period of the Rangers' 5-2 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Penguins forward elbowed Ryan McDonagh in the head away from the play. It was the latest in a long line of reckless hits from Cooke and is likely to earn him his second suspension of the season.
"I don't think you can talk about eliminating head shots in the game, as we have, without expecting (the Cooke hit) to get examined," Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma told reporters after the game, according to Mike Colligan of The Hockey Writers.
The incident comes in the wake of a proposal from Penguins owner Mario Lemieux for the NHL to fine organizations for the actions of their players. Penguins GM Ray Shero has also been vocal in his support of increased attention on shots to the head, as has captain Sidney Crosby, who has resumed skating after suffering a concussion in early January.
Cooke received a five-minute major for the play, which came while the game was 1-1. Pittsburgh's Chris Kunitz scored a shorthanded goal to put the Penguins ahead 2-1, but the Rangers came back with a pair of power-play goals -- one while Cooke was still serving his time.
Cooke was unavailable for interviews after the game. McDonagh told reporters that he felt OK, though a bit woozy, and had been checked twice, according to Andrew Gross of the The (Bergen, N.J.) Record.
Cooke was suspended for four games last month after driving Columbus' Fedor Tyutin into the boards. Perhaps Cooke's most infamous hit -- a blindside shot to Boston's Marc Savard -- didn't merit a suspension under league rules at the time, though steps were taken to legislate against such plays.
Last week, general managers took another step toward making the game safer -- at a meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., they agreed to enact stiffer suspensions for head-hunters and impose possible fines on owners and coaches.
In the days since, San Jose's Dany Heatley and Boston's Brad Marchand have both been suspended for two games; Heatley for an elbow against Dallas' Steve Ott, Marchand for a hit from behind against Columbus' R.J. Umberger.
Meanwhile, Cooke's hit -- specifically, the power-play goals scored in its wake -- has already had an effect on the Penguins; a win on Sunday would've pulled them within four points of the Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia Flyers. Pittsburgh remains one point ahead of the idle Tampa Bay Lightning for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Any suspension -- and again, Cooke's status as a past offender makes one a a near-certainty -- would deprive the Penguins of one of their top penalty killers, though Pittsburgh has several long-injured forwards approaching returns -- Crosby, Arron Asham and Eric Tangradi have all resumed skating after, ironically, concussions.


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The New Orleans Saints' win over Indianapolis gave the Super Bowl its highest overnight ratings in 23 years.
That means, when final figures are released by the Nielsen Co. later Monday, there's a strong likelihood the game will be the most-watched Super Bowl ever. Last year's game between Pittsburgh and Arizona has that distinction, with 98.7 million viewers.
The quick measurement of the nation's 55 biggest media markets gave the New Orleans-Indianapolis game a 46.4 rating. Last year's game had an overnight measurement of 42.1. A ratings point represents 1,149,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.9 million TV homes.
The overnight ratings figure was the largest since the 1987 game between the New York Giants and Denver Broncos.
The top-rated market was New Orleans, as might be expected, but the second highest wasn't Indianapolis. It was Washington, where a paralyzing snowstorm presumably kept many residents at home and in front of the TV.
Meanwhile, Dorito's was a big winner in a measurement of interest in the commercials played during the Super Bowl. TiVo Inc. said the snack company's ad featuring a boy telling a man to keep his hands off his chips and his mom was stopped and played back in 15 percent of homes with the digital video recorder.
The secretly filmed CBS promo with David Letterman, Jay Leno and Oprah Winfrey came in second, followed by the Snicker's ad with Betty White and Abe Vigoda flattened in a football game.

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Student Response System, or "Clicker" technology, is an effective way to create an interactive learning environment that:
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- Engages students by promoting classroom participation
- Creates dynamic distance learning environments
What are TurningPoint Clickers?
TurningPoint is a hybrid hardware-based and software-based student response system (clicker) used by the University of Denver. Students may purchase clickers from the DU Bookstore and instructors should include orders for clickers in their book orders. The clicker is the property of the student and comes with a 12 month software license. At the instructor's discretion, students may use their mobile phones, tablets or laptop browsers in lieu of the hardware-based clicker.
- Clickers are response cards that are used to vote on questions projected in the classrooms. Clickers use radio frequency technology to transmit and record student responses to questions and instructors use them to help keep their students engaged in what's going on in class.
- Responses are collected using a small wireless USB receiver that plugs into the computer in the classroom and are displayed in a histogram when voting has finished.
- Clickers require that software is installed on the computer that is being used to present in the classroom. Instructors must create an account with TurningPoint Cloud to download the software.
What is TopHat?
- TopHat is a web-based or mobile phone app that is used to vote on questions projected in the classrooms. It replaces the need to have a separate device for in-class polling.
- Responses are collected via the web, the mobile phone app, or text messaging. The results can be displayed on the computer in the classroom via the web, and do not require any additional hardware or software to be installed on the classroom computer.
- TopHat requires each student to purchase a license from TopHat to use their computer or mobile phone. The app can be purchased for 4 months at $25, 12 months at $36, or $72 for your student career. Sign up here.
- There is no charge for a professor to use TopHat in their course. Sign up here.
How should I use a Student Response System?
It is no secret that students will be more engaged and involved when they are asked meaningful questions. Meaningful questions require students to think critically and allow instructors to address student needs.
- For additional information on asking meaningful questions, please see the list of suggested question types from Turning Technologies.
- Additionally, there are several learning theories supported by the use of clickers including Active Learning and Assessment for Learning. For more information, please see the list of learning theories supported through the use of clickers.
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7 Things you should know about Clickers Educause Learning Initiatives provides 7 quick facts about clickers and how it is reshaping the use of technology in classrooms.
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I wrote last December about the emergence of what I call the Super Quarterback and how that archetype has come to dominate the Heisman race of late.
The salient point was this:
The five Heisman-winning quarterbacks since 2007 have averaged 4,676 yards of total offense and 51 touchdowns (including their bowl games). Each won the Heisman despite having to overcome historic obstacles in their way — like being underclassmen or playing for non-traditional powers — and each had profound impacts on their school's success before going on to become first-round picks in the NFL draft (with the possible exception of Johnny Manziel, who is still in school as of this writing).
Of course, this year's Heisman race has continued in that vein. Let's look at some of the main contenders:
Heisman front runner Marcus Mariota is currently on pace to have 5,082 yards of total offense and 56 touchdowns running and passing, which would arguably be among the great seasons in college football history.
Jameis Winston is on pace for 4,718 yards of offense and 54 touchdowns running and passing. This would be on par — and in some ways superior — to what Manziel did last season.
Bryce Petty is on course for 4,498 total yards and 43 total touchdowns, but would do so while playing in one fewer games than both Mariota and Winston (because the Big 12 does not have a conference title game).
Sean Mannion is on pace for 5,551 yards and 54 touchdowns (all of it in the passing game), which would be among the great passing seasons of all time and easily the best ever in a non-Air-Raid offense.
And Manziel himself is on pace for another 5,148 yards and 45 touchdowns.
The one player still hanging on in the race who hearkens back to the bygone era of more conventional Heisman stats is AJ McCarron, who is on pace for 3,178 yards and 28 scores.
The Super Quarterback-types I've mentioned never would have never been serious candidates 20 years ago, either because their programs weren't taken seriously or because they would've foundered in different offensive schemes or because their class statuses would've worked against them.
But all that has changed. More than likely, the Heisman will go to Mariota, Winston, Petty or Mannion, continuing the recent trend of the Super Quarterback.
As the numbers get better and better each season, it makes us wonder where we will be five years from now. Will we see the first 3,000-yard passer/2,000-yard rusher? How about someone who puts up 6,000 yards of offense and 60 touchdowns?
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There are two must-read pieces on the budget crisis today (and Doug Holtz-Eakin's post below makes three).
First, if you haven't read Lawrence Lindsey's sobering dose of reality in today's Wall Street Journal yet, do. As he points out, the numbers thrown around in our debt-ceiling and budget debate—grim and daunting as they are—are based on interest-rate and growth assumptions that are likely to be far off the mark. Our real deficit and debt problem is therefore a good bit larger than we tend to think. As Lindsey writes:
At present, the average cost of Treasury borrowing is 2.5%. The average over the last two decades was 5.7%. Should we ramp up to the higher number, annual interest expenses would be roughly $420 billion higher in 2014 and $700 billion higher in 2020. The 10-year rise in interest expense would be $4.9 trillion higher under "normalized" rates than under the current cost of borrowing. Compare that to the $2 trillion estimate of what the current talks about long-term deficit reduction may produce, and it becomes obvious that the gains from the current deficit-reduction efforts could be wiped out by normalization in the bond market.
But it gets worse:
The second reason for concern is that official growth forecasts are much higher than what the academic consensus believes we should expect after a financial crisis. That consensus holds that economies tend to return to trend growth of about 2.5%, without ever recapturing what was lost in the downturn. But the president's budget of February 2011 projects economic growth of 4% in 2012, 4.5% in 2013, and 4.2% in 2014. That budget also estimates that the 10-year budget cost of missing the growth estimate by just one point for one year is $750 billion. So, if we just grow at trend those three years, we will miss the president's forecast by a cumulative 5.2 percentage points and—using the numbers provided in his budget—incur additional debt of $4 trillion. That is the equivalent of all of the 10-year savings in Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, passed by the House in April, or in the Bowles-Simpson budget plan.
Add to that the CBO's vast underestimation of the cost of Obamacare, and you're looking at a problem on a scale that dwarfs even the scary numbers we have all been trying to wrap our heads around this year. As Lindsey puts it, "Underestimating the long-term budget situation is an old game in Washington. But never have the numbers been this large."
The Democrats think they can address these problems by raising taxes. But today's second must-read op-ed, this one from James Pethokoukis of Reuters, helps us see why a tax increase is the last thing the economy needs.
Both make a case that Republicans should be making more often and more forcefully: The path out of our troubles requires spending cuts, and especially entitlement reform, but above all it requires growth. Without dramatically improved economic growth, no amount of austerity could help us avert a fiscal catastrophe, let alone improve the economic state of the average family. How to achieve dramatically improved economic growth is, of course, no simple question. But we can be pretty sure that tax increases on investors and job creators are not the way.
Republicans should champion a wholesale tax reform that includes the elimination of most tax preferences to make a significant rate reduction possible. Such a reform could also yield some modest additional federal revenue (and the growth it could enable could too). But they should adamantly oppose targeted tax increases intended to stoke class resentment that end up raising yet more obstacles to productivity and prosperity.


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Chartered, Oki, and institute collaborate on RF CMOS chips for Bluetooth
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SINGAPORE -- Silicon foundry supplier Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. on Tuesday here announced it has collaborated with Oki Electronics Industry Co. Ltd. in Japan and Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) to create one of the first full CMOS chip sets for Bluetooth wireless communications.
The two-chip set uses Chartered's 0.35-micron RF CMOS technology to handle the 2.4 GHz frequency of Bluetooth connections between computer systems, telephones and other devices. Oki's Bluetooth chip set consists of a baseband digital chip paired with a RF CMOS chip, which contains transistors, passive components and device models developed by Chartered and IME.
"This cooperative effort allows us to offer customers the performance they expect at a cost that competes successfully against other technology implementations," said Tetsuzo Taniguchi, vice president of the Silicon Solutions Company of Oki. Most current designs are done with more expensive BiCMOS or silicon-germanium (SiGe) technologies, noted Oki and partner Chartered.
Oki is currently producing the baseband device at Miyagi Oki Electric Co. Ltd. As the market for wireless communications devices continues to grow, the companies expect that Chartered will fabricate both devices for Oki under a foundry agreement.
For Chartered, the collaboration is part of the foundry company's push to establish itself as a leading source of processed wafers for wireless chips. "It demonstrates that we are developing a suite of technologies that are centered on the communications market," said Kevin Meyer, vice president of business development at Chartered in a phone interview with SBN Tuesday morning. "In the case of RF CMOS, this is a technology that is tuned to these new local area wireless networks. Even though it is at 0.35 micron, we have a roadmap that goes beyond that to quarter-micron and 0.18-micron FR CMOS, which leverages our relationship with Ericsson's that was announced at the end of last year see Dec. 7, 1999, story."
Chartered said it has delivered device samples of the chip sets to Oki. The companies expect full production to begin in about six months.
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If the numbers are any sign of good things to come, the Hood River Valley High School boys soccer program should have a great fall. At tryouts a few weeks ago, 60 kids showed up. Coaches worked to fill three teams out of the multitudes, and with 20 players per team, they'll have plenty of depth to turn to as seasons progress.
The varsity squad tests its preseason training Wednesday afternoon with a season opener at Rex Putnam High in Milwaukie. In his second year as head varsity coach, Jaime Rivera is excited by what he sees on the field so far.
"We don't really have just one or two shining stars this year," he said at practice Monday afternoon. "Instead, we've got an all-around solid team. I think that's going to make a big difference in the way we are able to play, and to compete against other top teams in the state."
Rivera said the main goal with the first set of practices has been to get everyone back into shape and to get their bodies ready for the season. Many of his players, he said, are in good shape already because they have been playing all summer.
"Year-round soccer is a trend that we're seeing more and more in Hood River," Rivera said. "And that has had a dramatic effect on the level the program is at right now. There's a lot of working going on behind the scenes and in the off-season that is taking Hood River soccer to the next level. It's exciting to see where things have gone in the last few years, and where things will go in the future."
For team captains Jose Campos and Eric Gutierrez, playing in the Columbia Gorge Soccer League all summer means they are in shape, in touch and ready to rock for their senior season on the pitch.
"Most of the team has been playing together since we were in middle school, so this is an exciting season," Gutierrez said. "We know how to play together, we get along and we learned lessons from last season that we can use this year."
The varsity squad finished undefeated in league play last year, only to lose in the second round of the state playoffs to Sherwood.
"We were thinking too far ahead," Campos said about the 2-1 loss. "I think we all were thinking ahead to the finals and not enough at the game in front of us. We underestimated things. This year we need to take it one game at a time. If we do that, and put in the effort, I think we're doing to do great."
Campos and Gutierrez are among the first generations of players to come up through the system Rivera had a hand in over the last several years. As a former Hood River Dynamos coach and coaching director, Rivera worked with other leaders in the soccer community to strengthen off-season programs for younger players. Now feeding into the high school program, the results of that effort are showing.
"Soccer is such a big part of the community," Rivera said. "We had 60 kids try out this year; that's a lot of players. On the varsity squad, we've got a group that is all-around very solid. In past years the strategy has been to find one or two star players and get them the ball. With a team like this, where everyone is solid, we're able to play at a higher level. It's going to be an exciting season."
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C'mon, Harry, it's time to retire and spend your few remaining years reading cowboy poetry.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he'll run for a sixth term in the Senate in 2016 — though it doesn't sound like he's given the bid much thought at this point.
"Sure, why not?" he responded when asked by a Nevada reporter if he'll run again.
Reid, who won a hard-fought reelection battle in 2010, will be 76 by 2016.


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Cannondale six 105 2010 (got bike of the year)
Bike fitting - shallow drop deda bars
Strada a23's and own brand hubs 1400g alu clinchers
Record headset
Full ultegra 10spd
Rotor Crankset
Cannondale six 105 2010 (got bike of the year)
Bike fitting - shallow drop deda bars
Strada a23's and own brand hubs 1400g alu clinchers
Record headset
Full ultegra 10spd
Rotor Crankset
as a rule, blue is my least fav colour but i really like that Dolan
Thanks ... Really appreciate the comment
have an antares 00 on it now instead
its faster than i am
Dirtyrider, unsurprisingly I really like that!
Would really love to 'enve' my bike out properly like that
Oooohhhhh.. Keep em coming...........
2008 Felt F65 with basic ish build inc. tubeless.
It's nice and comfortable. 18.5lb, tubes are straight and round, it was cheap and there isn't an ounce of bling on it.
A slightly sad one this, just spent the afternoon breaking up my old road bike I built in college, it had been languishing in my brother's garage in wales for quite a while. Leaving this thoroughly written off old 80's Harry Quinn Frame
It also means I have a motley bunch late 80's/early 90's retrotastic stuff to offload (including an ultegra biopace chainset!)
Getting some 50mm Carbon wheels soon.
Cheap 2nd hand Condor Squadra frame and forks bought to replace my Lynskey 'dream bike'.
Campag chorus 11 speed groupset, 3T bars, Spesh carbon/zertz seatpost, Deda stem, Open Pro/105 front wheel, Kysirium SL rear here but now an Open Pro/Hope rear, Gatorskins.
Not super bling or expensive, but a solid workhorse that makes me smile.
Specialized Langster SS winter bike. Deda bars and stem, Tifosi carbon post, spesh saddle, Open Sport rims built onto the original spesh hubs, Rubino pros, Profile BMX chain tensioners, Topeak DeFender RC11 mudguards.
Bought as standard complete bike 2nd hand for couple of hundred quid. New wheels transformed it into my go-to bike for solo rides and winter miles.
Kinesis KR510 - good enough for me!
kinesis2 by Team Shortbread, on Flickr
I'm utterly over-biked;
Scott CR1 with upgraded wheels.
This is my steel winter bike bike built up for dossing around in the summer.
Charge juicer...
With slicks obviously
Full Ultegra
Mavic Ksyrium Elite wheels / Michelin Pro4 rubber
S-Works carbon bars.
Amazing bike - super comfy & fast!
19.5 lbs which is reasonable for a 61cm......
Janesy - that's exactly what I'm after, nice looking 'rig'
bog standard Defy Comp 1, 2012. Perfect for me
My ageing DeRosa Merak..
Ultegra, Zipp, & Fulcrum wheels..
Having seen those above, & looking in Royles today, loving the idea of a new Cannondale..
Just realised I've left the wheel magnet on from the old computer...
Oh, and my trusty Salsa Vaya.. I ride this on the road too..
I think its a 2007 look, maybe even 2006, components are a bit newer, did advertise it for sale, but a more modern replacement surely wouldn't offer much more?
Its still pretty good
The main reason I like it is that it conforms to most of the rules
Giant SCR4, never going to turn any heads but it's a perfectly serviceable bike that's slightly less entry level than when I bought it. Old Ultegra cranks, even older 105 rear mech, planet x wheels. Next to go will be the steel fork and 2300 stis.
My road bike after getting a couple of MTB KoMs
Take the piss as much as you want but I did 100miles on it today and it's got me several KOM's round where I live that's quite a hotbed for roadies ;
Waiting for the rain by Mike Smith 79, on Flickr
Spec Allez Elite from 09 I think, rescued from a C2W home having done 200 miles in 3 years.
Original Spec except for a replacement rear tyre and pads. I just gets me out.
okay, i'll be the one to ask the question - TooTall - just how tall are you
6'7" with a 40" standover.
The bike is a 27" (72cm) frame, which was a stock size back then for some reason.
My 2008 Madone 5 series pro. Bought it as a frameset and built with full DA 7800, Bontrager RXL wheels (the last ones made with DT 240 hubs), XXXL bars and stem. It has a Selle Italia SLC saddle in the pic, but now has a Fizik Aliante carbon saddle which fits me much better. Also, now I have tubeless Hutchison tyres and no headset spacers...
Love this bike!
Mine in credit card touring guise (sacrilege, I know):
I like it for the understated graphics...
This thing is rad. I leave my CF road bike in the shed now. Waiting until the shoddy sram drivetrain falls off, then I can make it ultegra and it'l be lovely.
Whatever bike I'm on, because bikes come and go, and I don't spend a lot of time looking at them, but I love cycling.
Neilsonwheels, that's actually Castle Combe, I'm normally at Mallory though
Here's mine when I first bought it. Have since slammed the stem, replaced the lugano tyres and fitted spd sl's. And it's currently 1x9 til I get a new front mech. Whilst I wouldn't say I love road biking, I do really like being able to get out and have a decent ride without having to load my bike into the car or anything. Plus it's fast.
bigrich- iv noticed sins getting my tricross most of my bikes dont really get a look in
will post a pic later
Neilsonwheels, that's actually Castle Combe, I'm normally at Mallory though
Coolio. I raced up Mallory a couple of times this year just to dip my toe in and see what it is all about. I will be back next year to give it a proper go.
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An important question I've been asked by several women via Facebook, Twitter, and various conferences and panel discussions is, "Are there any men willing to accept a woman's preference to pursue purity and remain celibate?" This question is asked in response to a perceived shortage of Christian men as suitable mates. It's a valid question because many virtuous women wonder if placing another requirement on their potential mate will cause a disconnection with him. Here is my response.
1) Establish Clear Boundaries
I've found that there are men in the Church who desire to live a life of sexual purity. They want to adhere to the commandments of God. A number of these men will require encouragement and accountability along the journey, but aren't those key components of Christian discipleship anyway? My advice to anyone desiring to live a life of sexual purity is to outline your desires upfront. Establish clearly defined boundaries that can be communicated to any potential suitors in your life.
Establish clearly defined boundaries that can be communicated to any potential suitors in your life.
2) Rely on the Holy Spirit
Men are generally known as visual creatures, and will undoubtedly encounter turbulence in the pursuit of purity. The main challenge is to be able to evaluate a man's "true heart" and not become sidetracked if he experiences a "moment." ALL men (including casual churchgoers, ushers, preachers, deacons, and other church leaders), have the potential to test boundaries if they allow their flesh to overtake their spiritual voice.
Similarly, I'd like to bring awareness to an ever-increasing number of women experiencing challenges in pursuit of sexual purity. As a singles ministry leader, I've witnessed these challenges. Although it may not be visually driven, an emotional void still has the ability to cause women to make unhealthy decisions.
Emotional voids still have the ability to cause women to make unhealthy decisions.
In both cases, it is imperative that the Holy Spirit be given full authority to guide decisions that keep us from making bad decisions.
3) Submit to God's Authority
Ask yourself this question, "Have I gained any advantage by giving myself sexually to the people in the past?" If you are currently unmarried and not a virgin, then the answer is "NO!" The people you have sexually connected to in the past have taken a piece of you that you can't retrieve. Now, you only have experience to show for it.
At the end of the day, it takes two dedicated individuals to pursue sexual purity. When one is weak, the other one needs to be strong, and vice versa. There is a constant war between the flesh and the spirit; Paul describes it best in Romans 7:14-25. Sexual purity is a two-way street, requiring the commitment of two individuals submitting to God's authority. God always provides a way of escape for difficult and compromising situations. Check out1 Corinthians 10:13 as a devotional reading!


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DEERFIELD, Ill. Walgreens Friday announced the promotion of three key executives in pharmacy, corporate innovation and legal services, effective immediately.
Walgreens veteran Kermit Crawford was elevated from SVP to EVP pharmacy services. Also promoted to the EVP level is general counsel Dana Green. Colin Watts, formerly a divisional VP in charge of innovation and new-product development, has been named a corporate VP.
Crawford, 50, began his Walgreens career in 1983 as a pharmacy intern while earning his pharmacy degree at Texas Southern University in Houston. After rising through store and field operations management, he was named VP-store operations in 2000. That was followed by a stint as head of Walgreens' pharmacy benefit management business in the Walgreens Health Services division, and by a promotion to top pharmacy executive in 2007.
"In the last few years, Kermit has led our pharmacy business on an upward path while managing a complex regulatory and competitive environment," said Walgreens president and CEO Greg Wasson. "He drives results and places a special emphasis on developing the people he works with."
Green, 60, joined Walgreens in 1974 as an attorney in employee relations, rising to divisional VP of that department in 1998. By 2004, she was SVP human resources. Green was named Walgreens' general counsel in 2005.
"As we've entered new businesses over the last few years, the extent and complexity of the company?s legal responsibilities have increased dramatically," said Wasson. "Throughout this transition, Dana has helped expand our company while maintaining our strong ethics. Her professionalism has garnered much respect across our company."
Watts, 44, is a relative newcomer to the 7,149-store drug chain and health services giant. He was VP and general manager at the Campbell Soup Co. and president of McNeil Consumer Healthcare Worldwide, a division of Johnson & Johnson, before joining Walgreens in 2008.
At Walgreens, Watts is working to integrate the company's sprawling capabilities and exploit new marketing opportunities. "Colin has developed an impressive team from all our businesses," Wasson said, "and is collaborating with many groups to develop a solid pipeline of new products and services to bring to market, including our Walgreens Optimal Wellness program we announced this week. Under Colin?s leadership, our focus on innovation and on accelerating the process for developing new products and services will help grow our company."


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Frame Plus Art is a locally owned, small business focusing on custom picture framing, plaque-mounting, art prints, glass cutting, and original art work. Owners, Karen & Rick, are continuing the excellent work and building upon the reputation for quality that the previous owners cultivated. Helping us in our endeavors are Steven and Dawn (employees of Frame Plus Art), and Don and Jessica. All our custom framing is done onsite.
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I have been charged for driving while barred. It is my first driving while barred. Usually my fiance drives me to n from work. But shes pregnant n was having problems that night that couldnt allow her to. They released me on my own cause I was honest n had a job. Whats the best thing I can do to make sure I dont get jail or prison time so I can be there when my newborn arrives?
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Get yourself an attorney is what I recommend. That, and don't drive.
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Occupy Wall Street Protests—November 2011 Slideshow
On November 17, 2011, the 2-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, thousands took to the streets to shut down lower Manhattan. Three hundred protesters were arrested. Only days before, the occupation at Zuccotti Park had been raided and the occupiers expelled or arrested. These actions have only further inspired the movement.
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A play manuscript written in Shakespeare's own hand! Between rogue rare-books dealer John Dryden and his prize is an obsessed librarian who wants to destroy it... and the heiress who can lead him to it, but only if he's willing to risk his life, his freedom, and his loner's heart.
An intelligent and interesting story well told. The topic was unique-rare book collecting during the Regency period. Characters were well developed.


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Yes, but were these other Deus Ex downloads compatible with Windows 7? At least on GOG they ensure this compatibility. Perhaps it could run under Win7 (I really don't know) but frankly I didn't feel like "gambling" and having to go through forums to find a potential solution, assuming one exists.


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Making its way across the web as I write is a story about the exploitation of performers at the hands of Marina Abramović. ARTINFO is running the best recap of the story, and Hrag Vartanian at Hyperallergic has picked it up and carried it as well, but here's a brief:
Abramović was tapped by LA MOCA to produce a performance work for the Museum's annual gala. The outcome? Each table at the gala comes with a performer getting paid $150 to sit under it on a slowly-rotating lazy-susan with his or her head protruding up through the table's center, which carries the promise of intermittent and likely uncomfortable eye contact throughout the evening. One human-centerpiece-to-be was none too happy about such future prospects and sent a missive to Yvonne Rainer, presumably because Rainer's position in the artworld is unassailable, her politics predictable, and her network far reaching. Rainer in turn decried the spectacle in a letter to Jeffrey Deitch, which was published on the web as co-signed by Douglas Crimp, Taisha Paggett and, according to ARTINFO, Tom Knechtel and Monica Majoli.
In response to Rainer, Abramović told ARTINFO, "All these accusations, you can't have them before you actually experience the situation and see how I can change the atmosphere [of the gala], that's my main purpose." And in a comment to the LA Times, Jeffrey Deitch said, "I would just hope that when people make allegations like this, they would actually come to see the performance and talk to the performers." To make good on that, Deitch invited Rainer to a rehearsal of the piece.


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The announcement comes Tuesday, a day after Payton met with Goodell. At the meeting, Payton took responsibility for the actions of his coaching staff.
Goodell says Payton has "fully complied with all the requirements imposed on him during his suspension."
Payton says in a statement that he recognized mistakes were made "which led to league violations," and adds he's "excited to be back as head coach of the New Orleans Saints."
Payton, along with several coaches, the general manager and four players, was suspended in connection with the league's bounty investigation that found the club had a performance pool offering cash rewards for key plays, including big hits.
Read more: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – NFL lifts suspension of Saints coach Sean Payton


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Keep Irving Beautiful, a nonprofit dedicated to environmental education, is seeking nomination for its 2013 Mayor and KIB Proud Partners Awards.
The awards honor local individuals, organizations and businesses that make significant contributions to the city of Irving.
Award categories for nominees are youth leadership, educator, faith group, civic organization, business and industry, media, lifetime achievement, civil servant, green government and KIB hometown. Visit rockthegreen.org for a detailed description of each category, a list of previous winners and the nomination form.
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LUZ, Zélia M. P.; CARNEIRO, Mariângela; SCHALL, Virgínia and RABELLO, Ana. The organization of health services and visceral leishmaniasis: an integrated intervention to improve diagnosis and treatment. Cad. Saúde Pública [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.5, pp.1177-1184. ISSN 1678-4464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2009000500024.
The objective of this study, carried out in municipalities located in a metropolitan region of Brazil, was to promote the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. In the intervention model a health professional underwent training that covered all procedures involved in assisting patients with suspected visceral leishmaniasis. The professionals then returned to their municipalities where they implemented a workplan with the following aims: (a) at least one physician able to diagnose and treat patients; (b) training of professionals for the laboratorial diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis; (c) delivery of information on visceral leishmaniasis to the health workers. The implementation process was evaluated by follow-up meetings. Attendance of health professionals at the meetings, implementation of the workplan, and the visceral leishmaniasis case fatality rate before (1998-1999) and after (2001-2002) implementation of the model were used in the analysis. Among the 36 municipalities in the region, 22 were enrolled. Eight (36.3%) guaranteed at least 50% attendance in the meetings, and 14 (63.6%) had less than 50% attendance with no activities implemented. The fatality rate decreased in the municipalities that implemented the activities.
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Hornets Exact Revenge, Eliminate FAMU
SALISBURY, Md., May 18, 2017—Delaware State exacted revenge Thursday evening at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, eliminating Florida A&M with a 7-4 win on the second day of the 2017 MEAC Baseball Championship.
The Rattlers had defeated Delaware State via run rule on Wednesday.
The Hornets (22-24) advance to take on North Carolina A&T State on Friday in an elimination game at 12 p.m.
The Rattlers picked up a run in the top of the first; after Dallas Oliver walked and advanced to third on a Garrett Wilkinson single, he later scored when Aubrey McCarty reached on a fielder's choice. But FAMU's lead was shortlived, as Delaware State answered in the bottom of the frame by tying the game at 1-1 on a Ciaran Devenney sac fly.
Kodi Russ cranked a solo blast to left field in the top of the second, giving the Rattlers a 2-1 lead.
But the Hornets battled back, pushing across five runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-2 lead. Evan Regez got the scoring started with an RBI single to tie the game, before Kwestin Smith singled to right field to bring home Regez and Tommy Jordan.
Devenney then singled off the first base bag to bring in Smith and put the Hornets up 5-2 before Jaylen Zielecki then added an RBI single of his own.
All five runs in the inning came with two outs.
Regez added an RBI single in the fifth to give the Hornets a 7-2 lead.
But the Rattlers (27-26) got two back in the top of the seventh, as McCarty singled home a pair of runs to cut the lead to 7-4 and chase freshman starter Garrett Lawson, who struck out a career-high nine in 6.2 innings of work.
Travis Dill came in and worked 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, before Darien Ragins came in to pick up his MEAC-best 11th save of the season.
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McKesson Automation Systems, Inc.
B-290969.2,B-290969.3: Jan 14, 2003
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McKesson Automation Systems, Inc. protests the proposed award on a sole-source basis to Innovation Associates, Inc. (IA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0200-02-R-8022, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), for the procurement and installation of IA's PharmASSIST robotic refill system at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. McKesson argues that the agency's use of a sole-source procurement to meet this requirement is improper.
We deny the protests.
B-290969.2; B-290969.3, McKesson Automation Systems, Inc., January 14, 2003
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
Matter of: McKesson Automation Systems, Inc.
File: B-290969.2; B-290969.3
Date: January 14, 2003
John A. Burkholder, Esq., and Richard B. Oliver, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for the protester.
William A. Shook, Esq., Kelley P. Doran, Esq., and Michael F. Scanlon, Esq., Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, for Innovation Associates, Inc., an intervenor.
Linda G. Sandoli, Esq., and Lynne E. Georges, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, for the agency.
Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
Protests that procuring agency improperly proposed award to a firm on a sole-source basis for the procurement and installation of a pharmacy robotic refill system is denied where the record shows that the agency's justification for concluding that only one responsible source could meet its needs is reasonable.
McKesson Automation Systems, Inc. protests the proposed award on a sole-source basis to Innovation Associates, Inc. (IA) under request for proposals (RFP)
No. SP0200-02-R-8022, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), for the procurement and installation of IA's PharmASSIST robotic refill system at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. McKesson argues that the agency's use of a sole-source procurement to meet this requirement is improper.
We deny the protests.
In response to various reports and recommendations concerning the use of enhanced automation to improve patient safety, through the reduction of medication errors, and to improve the efficiency of pharmacy personnel, the Air Force Pharmacy and the Air Force Academy Pharmacy initiated market research into automated medication dispensing systems as early as 1999. This market research eventually extended to a detailed independent report that analyzed the automated pharmacy systems sold by various firms, including IA and McKesson, as well as information gathered through trade shows, site visits, and meetings with pharmacy systems vendors. By March 2001, Air Force Academy representatives had developed a preference for the IA system based upon this market research and forwarded a set of draft salient characteristics to an Air Force consultant to the Surgeon General for Pharmacy (Air Force consultant). Transcript (Tr.) at 52, 58.[1] The Air Force consultant rejected the notion of a preference; conducted discussions with technical users and pharmacy professionals to ascertain the agency's minimum needs; engaged in additional market research which included site visits and meetings with pharmacy systems vendors, including IA and McKesson; and insisted that the salient characteristics be objective and reviewed them to ensure that they were related to human safety. Id. at 53, 58. The Air Force consultant ultimately agreed that IA was the only vendor that could meet the agency's minimum needs.
In February 2002, the Air Force forwarded drafts of its salient characteristics for a robotic refill system and its justification and approval for other than full and open competition (J&A)--prepared by the Air Force Consultant--to the DSCP, which was to conduct the procurement on behalf of the Air Force. On June 25, the DSCP posted a presolicitation notice for the procurement of a PharmASSIST robotic refill system, manufactured by IA, on the government's Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) web site. The notice inadvertently failed to include information on the sole-source nature of the procurement and was subsequently modified to advise that award would be made on a sole-source basis and that IA was the only known source that could supply the agency's requirements.
On July 17, McKesson requested copies of the J&A and the solicitation, and was told that copies would be forwarded when they were finalized.[2] On October 3, the agency issued the solicitation for the procurement and installation of the IA PharmASSIST robotic refill system. The system will be installed at the Air Force Academy and will process refill orders from the outpatient pharmacies at four Colorado locations: the Air Force Academy Hospital, the Air Force Academy Community Center, Peterson Air Force Base, and Evans Army Community Hospital. J&A at 3. The solicitation, issued pursuant to commercial item acquisition procedures,[3] listed 21 of what it referred to as essential salient characteristics. RFP at 5. Award was to be made to the offeror that provided a technically acceptable proposal--one that met all the salient characteristics--at the lowest price. Id. at 28.
Prior to the October 15 closing date for receipt of proposals, McKesson filed this protest arguing that the DSCP is improperly using a sole-source procurement, challenging various aspects of the J&A, and alleging that certain of the RFP's salient characteristics are overly restrictive.[4] IA was the only firm that submitted a proposal; award has not yet been made. Along with its comments on the agency report, McKesson filed a supplemental protest in which it argued that IA's proposal did not meet certain of the RFP's requirements.[5]
Although the overriding mandate of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA) is for full and open competition in government procurements, obtained through the use of competitive procedures, 10 U.S.C. 2304(a)(1)(A) (2000), CICA permits noncompetitive acquisitions in certain circumstances. 10 U.S.C. 2304(c). One of those circumstances or exceptions to the mandate that competitive procedures be used--that only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency's requirements--was cited by the DSCP as the authority for its proposed sole-source award to IA. J&A at 1; FAR 6.302-1.
When an agency uses noncompetitive procedures under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), it is required to execute a written J&A with sufficient facts and rationale to support the use of the cited authority, and publish a notice to permit potential competitors to challenge the agency's intent to procure without full and open competition. See
10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(1)(A), (B); FAR 6.302-1(d)(1), 6.303, 6.304; Marconi Dynamics, Inc., B-252318, June 21, 1993, 93-1 CPD 475 at 5. Our review of the agency's decision to conduct a sole-source procurement focuses on the adequacy of the rationale and conclusions set forth in the J&A. When the J&A sets forth a reasonable justification for the agency's actions, we will not object to the award. Global Solutions Network, Inc., supra, at 6; Diversified Tech. and Servs. of Virginia, Inc.,
B-282497, July 19, 1999, 99-2 CPD 16 at 3. Our review of the record shows that several of the agency's reasons for concluding that only IA's system can meet its needs constitute a reasonable justification for the agency's decision to procure this system on a sole-source basis.
The J&A lists four primary factors in the selection of a robotic refill system:
(1) compliance with Air Force communications security requirements;
(2) programmable dispensing units that eliminate the need to exchange/ship counting unit component(s); (3) availability of the optical original prescription image when checking the refilled prescription; and (4) no cross contamination between medications. J&A at 1. The Air Force consultant deemed these requirements to have an impact upon human safety, Tr. at 63-65, 67, 76-77, and concluded that IA's system was the only one that met all four of these requirements. J&A at 1. The J&A also states that only IA's PharmASSIST robotic refill system has all of certain other essential features. According to the J&A, the robotic refill system to be procured must have these essential features due to the importance of minimizing medication errors and more efficiently using diminishing Air Force pharmacy resources. J&A
at 3. These primary factors and essential features are expressed as the various salient characteristics set forth in the RFP.
One of the primary factors in the selection of the system was compliance with Air Force Communications Security requirements. J&A at 1. As the J&A makes clear, this factor, and the corresponding RFP requirement that the system provide evidence of certification meeting [Air Force] security requirements, RFP at 5, refers to the Air Force Communications Agency Certificate of Networthiness (AFCA CON) process. J&A at 2.
An AFCA CON is required before the fielding of systems that alter, reside, or require support from any part of the Air Force's enterprise network. Draft Air Force Certificate of Networthiness Guide (Draft Guide), Dec. 16, 2002, 1.3, 5.1.1; Draft Air Force Instruction No. 33-123, Networthiness and System Certifications, Oct. 7, 2002, 1.1, 2 (implementing Air Force Policy Directive No. 33-1, Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4) Systems); Air Force Instruction
No. 33-104, Communications and Information: Base-Level Planning and Implementation, May 10, 2001, 4.2 (implementing Air Force Policy Directive 33-1, supra). The networthiness assessment process determines the impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities of fielding a system and considers such things as network security, network impact, and compatibility with the information technology infrastructure. Draft Guide 9.1.2. A system or application is networthy if it has been assessed and determined to be supportable from a communications and information perspective, and if any impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities it may present to the Air Force's enterprise network are deemed to be acceptable or manageable.
Id. at 9.1.1. The networthiness process helps ensure that information technology systems and applications are secure, supportable, sustainable, and compatible with the Air Force enterprise network and information technology infrastructure.
McKesson does not dispute the agency's contention that the system required here must interface with Air Force communications and information infrastructures--the RFP requires the system to link and integrate with the Composite Health Care System, a DOD-wide hospital information system. RFP at 5. At the time the J&A was signed and the solicitation issued, IA was the only manufacturer of automated dispensing and robotic refill systems that had submitted a request for an AFCA CON. J&A at 2. According to the agency, the AFCA CON process takes 12-18 months to complete. IA began the process in November 2001, the Air Force Surgeon General's Information Management Branch completed the final inspection of IA's system by September 2002, and the final AFCA CON was signed on December 24.
McKesson's assertion that the agency is using this requirement as a competitive barrier against the firm, and that it has only very recently been pointed in the right direction to begin to attain definitive answers to questions about this process, Initial Protest at 5, is disingenuous. The Air Force consultant explains that, since these communication security requirements became strictly enforced after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Air Force Pharmacy contacted most companies that have pharmacy equipment requiring interface with Air Force systems. On October 10, 2001, she told McKesson's representatives that the Air Force was tightening up security requirements and recommended that the firm start the AFCA CON security process. McKesson's representative stated that the firm saw no need to pursue this process. Air Force Consultant's Oct. 10, 2001 Memorandum for the Record; Air Force Consultant's Initial Declaration 15. On June 24, 2002, she asked McKesson's representatives if the firm had started the AFCA CON security process and was told that this process did not apply to them because their firm was grandfathered. When the consultant tried to explain that nothing was grandfathered when it was newly purchased or upgraded, she was told that McKesson would not invest the time--they could get local approval if they needed it. Air Force Consultant's June 24, 2002 Memorandum for the Record; Air Force Consultant's Initial Declaration 15. McKesson has not contradicted the Air Force Consultant's account of these events.
The record shows that this Air Force-wide requirement is, in fact, an expression of the agency's minimum needs. To the extent that it creates a competitive barrier to McKesson's participation in this procurement, the record also shows that McKesson resisted the agency's early attempts to assist the firm in overcoming this barrier. By failing to begin the AFCA CON process when it was advised to do so, McKesson accepted the risk that the Air Force would release a solicitation containing a requirement it would not be able to meet. Pilkington Aerospace, Inc., B-259173,
Mar. 13, 1995, 95-1 CPD 180 at 10; recon. denied, B-259173.2, May 15, 1995,
95-1 CPD 242. McKesson has given us no basis to disagree with the agency's assertion that it cannot delay the project an additional 12-18 months simply because McKesson failed to initiate the AFCA CON process when it was advised to do so.[6]
We are unpersuaded by McKesson's argument that IA's proposal does not meet this requirement because it did not have a final AFCA CON at the time its proposal was submitted. Neither the J&A nor the RFP required the completion of the AFCA CON process at the time of proposal submission--the J&A merely required compliance with Air Force communications security requirements, and the RFP merely required evidence of certification meeting these requirements. See Container Prods. Corp.,
B-280603.2, Nov. 4, 1998, 98-2 CPD 106 at 3-4. Although offerors were instructed to include in their proposals evidence of certification meeting the requirements, this evidentiary requirement must be read in conjunction with the purpose behind the certification requirement--to ensure that a system could be certified prior to the time it must be fielded. As a result, we think that the evidentiary requirement was only meant to establish that the offeror would be able to meet the certification requirement at the time of delivery. Liebert Fed. Sys., Inc., B-274823, Jan. 8, 1997,
97-1 CPD 45 at 5. As IA's proposal made clear at the time of proposal submission, and as the J&A acknowledged, IA's PharmASSIST Enterprise System had passed its final inspection in this process and was merely awaiting interim and final certification. IA Proposal 4.11, 5.10; J&A at 2. In our view, this information was sufficient to meet the RFP's requirement.[7]
A second primary factor in the selection of a robotic refill system was that it have programmable dispensing units that eliminate the need to exchange/ship counting unit component(s).[8] J&A at 1. The J&A states that IA's system is fully programmable on-site to handle all tablet and capsule types, but that all similar systems require at least some shipping of the units for almost all product changes. J&A at 2. Medications must be hand-counted during the time units are being exchanged, and Air Force pharmacies typically have a significant number of generic product changes per month. Id.
As the agency explains, McKesson's dispensing units must be manually calibrated by the manufacturer for each product change. The exchange of McKesson's units has always been a time-consuming process and requires hand-counting medication for high-volume prescriptions until the new unit is obtained. Air Force Consultant's Initial Declaration 10. The Air Force consultant states that experience contradicts McKesson's claim that its method simply involves the ordering and installation of new units on a next-day or maximum 48-hour delivery basis. Id. In any event, she adds, even if a 48-hour delivery were consistently obtained, 2 days of manually counting high-volume prescriptions is unacceptable when an alternative is available. Id. In this regard, giving such discretion to pharmacy personnel has a potential adverse impact on patient safety and efficiency. Id. 7, 10. In contrast with the McKesson system, IA's system does not require manual calibration either by the manufacturer or the customer. All of the calibration is software-driven--entering the National Drug Code number programs the cells. Id. at 8.
McKesson argues that IA's system does not comply with the requirement to eliminate the need to exchange/ship counting unit components because its units must be returned to the manufacturer for cleaning, repair, or replacement, which creates downtime requiring the hand-counting of medications, the issue of concern to the agency. As the agency points out, however, the requirement at issue is not linked to the cleaning, repair, or replacement of counting units, but to the programming of such units when products are changed. J&A at 2. Air Force pharmacies have a significant number of generically-equivalent product changes per month and IA's units can be calibrated on-site for such changes. Although a new cell must be requested from IA when a drug entity changes, each of the system's cabinets or banks comes with an additional programmable unit that minimizes downtime. In contrast, the McKesson dispensing units must be calibrated off-site by the company when products are changed.
In any event, the agency also states that the time saved by IA's ability to electronically calibrate cells on-site is not offset by the maintenance requirement to return cells to the manufacturer for routine cleaning. The Air Force consultant explains that the Air Force has four pharmacies using the IA system. In the past year, only six counting units were returned from one site, and in the past 10 months only one counting unit was returned from another site.[9] In addition, when IA was told that a unit was being returned for disassembly and cleaning, a new unit was shipped immediately; in all cases, a clean unit was available at the site for use when the decision was made to change and the units were changed in only a few minutes. McKesson has not provided any rebuttal to the agency's explanation, which reasonably supports the agency's position that this is a minimum requirement for patient safety and that IA has the only system meeting this requirement. Where, as here, a requirement relates to human safety concerns, the agency has the discretion to set its minimum needs so as to achieve not just reasonable results, but the highest possible reliability and effectiveness. Harry Feuerberg & Steven Steinbaum,
B-261333, Sept. 12, 1995, 95-2 CPD 109 at 3.
Since at least two of the primary factors set forth in the J&A reasonably support the agency's conclusion that only IA could meet its minimum needs, we need not decide whether the remainder of the J&A's rationale supports this conclusion or whether the RFP's challenged salient characteristics are overly restrictive.
Our Office will not sustain a protest unless the protester demonstrates a reasonable possibility of prejudice, that is, unless the protester demonstrates that, but for the agency's actions, it would have had a substantial chance of receiving the award. McDonald-Bradley, B-270126, Feb. 8, 1996, 96-1 CPD 54 at 3; Statistica, Inc. v. Christopher, 102 F.3d 1577, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1996). Here, even if we were to conclude that the remainder of the J&A's rationale for this sole-source procurement were unreasonable, the portion of the rationale we have already discussed is sufficient to support the agency's decision that only IA could meet its minimum requirements. Likewise, even if we were to conclude that the three salient characteristics challenged by McKesson were overly restrictive of competition, since the firm cannot meet the two primary factors discussed above,[10] we would have no basis to conclude that it has any chance of receiving the award. A protester is not an interested party where it would not be in line for contract award if its protest were sustained. See Four Winds Servs., Inc., B-280714, Aug. 28, 1998, 98-2 CPD 57 at 2.
Our review of the record also shows that McKesson's allegations that IA's proposal does not meet the agency's requirements are without basis.[11] McKesson argues that IA's system cannot meet the RFP's requirement that [e]ach defined specification must have operational capability or operational experience/history in an existing pharmacy, RFP at 5, because it is not currently installed anywhere. As the agency explains, however, IA's pharmacy refill system is designed and produced using a variety of components, the basic component of which is an automated pharmacy that uses IA's PharmASSIST tablet and capsule dispensers that are used in a number of Air Force pharmacies. The robotics--an automated arm--is merely an additional component of the system and consists of a highly dependable and widely accepted unit that is sold in the United States. Other components used in IA's robotic system, such as conveyor belts, computer terminals, filling stations, counting unit cabinets, and checking stations, are used throughout the industry and are available in the marketplace from IA and its subcontractors and are customized to the customer's needs. As a result, the agency states, each defined specification of IA's system does have operational capability or operational experience/history in an existing pharmacy. McKesson has given us no basis to disagree with this conclusion.
McKesson also argues that IA's system does not permit out-of-cycle/sequence processing, an apparent reference to the RFP requirement that the system have internal buffers to hold counted products until computer-controlled release allowing other items in queue to be processed out of cycle. RFP at 5. The agency explains that one reason for this requirement is that it is important to be able to fill and dispense prescriptions out of sequence. The Air Force consultant states that this requires more than one counting unit to contain medication at the same time when stat prescriptions--those with high priority--are processed. Internal buffers provide safety when processing out-of-sequence prescriptions because they do not allow an individual to choose the wrong counting unit and dispense the wrong medication, thereby eliminating human decision-making from the process and improving patient safety. Air Force Consultant's Initial Declaration 23.
IA's proposal states that its software supports a comprehensive set of priorities that allow sophisticated handling of the internal filling queue. Orders of standard priority
are counted in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) manner, and orders of high priority are counted before orders with standard priority. Within the group of orders with high priority, counting is performed in a FIFO manner. IA Proposal at 21. IA's software also supports two special priority designations, including the FillNext designation, which has the highest priority in the system. Orders with the FillNext designation are counted in a last-in-first-out manner. If the system cannot count a FillNext order with this priority because the required dispenser is in use, the software lets the user know what order must be filled so the FillNext order can be counted. Id. While McKesson points to hearing testimony that, in certain circumstances, the IA system may not allow immediate out-of-cycle processing (such as if both chutes for a medication are already filled), Tr. at 112-13, the RFP does not require immediate out-of-cycle processing at all times. We read the requirement as governing the rule, not the exceptions associated with the refilling process, and find no basis to conclude that IA's system cannot meet this requirement.
The protests are denied.
Anthony H. Gamboa
General Counsel
[3] See Johnson Controls World Servs., Inc.
[4] Global Solutions Network, Inc.
[8] See supra
Nov 16, 2017
We deny the protest.
Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.
We dismiss the protest because it raises a matter of contract administration over which we do not exercise jurisdiction.
Nov 15, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
Protection Strategies, Inc.
We grant the request in part and deny it in part.
Nov 9, 2017
Global SuperTanker Services, LLC
We sustain the protest.
Verisys Corporation
We deny the protest.
DynCorp International LLC
We deny the protest.
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Discussion in 'Thumpers' started by crobox, Dec 27, 2012.
Like... no end on it at all?
A few nights ago I worked out the basics of the design for the pannier attachment system. Here is the current state of the drawing:
This is the view from the back, or wheel side, of the right-side case. The orange outer lines are the Pelican case itself. The black is the rack, which lives on the bike. And the green is the various parts that will bolt to the case and "clip," or attach, to the rack. I will have to make adjustments to the placement of the latches to accommodate the exhaust, but I will wait until I have the latches and cases in hand to fine tune that stuff.
I already ordered two Pelican 1500 cases in silver. I might paint them... not sure. I have photoshop experiments with different paint jobs, but I think there are enough photoshop images of different colored Pelican cases in this thread already!
I run 12 discs. A number derived after many high speed runs up a long 7% grade on my commute home.
One of these guys
As I stated it makes some noise, but I live in Harley country so it's tame in comparison. I still do hope the re pack tones it down quite a bit. After I put this thing on I don't run out the gears as frequently as I used to in an effort of good social manners.
Sorry for calling you Dave, Steve. No one likes that sort of thing. My apologies.
I spent much of yesterday masking and painting the rims. Masking was tedious and meticulous, but un-masking, after the paint, was much worse. Slower and requiring more care, so as not to screw up the paint which was not totally cured yet.
Speaking of which, here they are hanging in the house above the heater. They will be there for a few days before I put the tires back on. They will never look this good again!
I also banged out this little windshield:
I removed this portion from a much larger touring-style windscreen that had been mounted on one of my BMWs many years ago. It was a goofy windscreen and did not stay on the Beemer, but I never threw it away. I just cut it up with that big white bandsaw in the background and smoothed out all the edges. It mounts to a bracket that I welded to the back of the fairing, and also to the two little support arms I fabbed up from thin-wall stainless tubing which go down to the forward handlebar clamp bolts. The arms are curved so that they don't block the view of the speedo.
Now I just need to get that wax pencil off the screen!
And my Pelican cases and McMaster Carr latches came in the mail today, which means I could resume work on the pannier mounting system. As I mentioned some time before, this type of creative fabrication is really my favorite type of work, so I dove into this. I will take some pix tomorrow, but for now here is the updated and streamlined design for the system:
The dark blue stuff (sorry it's a bit hard to discern the dark blue from the black... the color really changes during the upload, or through the browser, or whatever) is a piece that I will fabricate from stainless that holds ALL the components necessary to attach to the rack, and will then bolt onto the back of the Pelicans. By putting all these components (the latches and the locator tubes) onto one piece I can A) eliminate the problem of minor misalignments among components that might arise if I just screwed them individually onto the Pelican, and I can also B) have a piece that I can simply unbolt and move over to another case if for some reason the Pelican cases get damaged or prove to be too small.
As I said, I will post some pix of the fabrication tomorrow and I think it will be a little clearer.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode... Same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel!
I got most of the mechanism for the left-side pannier mounting system done today. I actually got REALLY close to finishing, but then because I was excited to finish and was in a bit of a hurry, I took a bit of a shortcut and broke a bolt. Unforced error. I didn't finish.
I took three pix of the pannier mount but they all sucked. This one was the least sucky pic. You can sort of see how I made a plate that carries all the components and then just bolted it to the case.
For anyone who is paying attention, I flipped this photo so it would look more like the layout drawing posted above. It actually is the left case.
I'm getting a little worried that I'm building a bike that will be so pretty I'll be afraid to ride in the dirt. Maybe I need another bike too .
Very nice work! Everything looks great. Man, that must have been extremely tedious doing up the wheels. I'd never have the patience for that.
My dad always used an aluminum specific etching primer (seems like it was a weird green color) before painting aluminum on his airplanes, as aluminum oxidates immediately upon cleaning so paint doesn't stick to it. Did you do that as well? It looks really good - was thinking about that and wondering... I'm actually going to attempt to make my 1986 (gold rims) silver - I've heard that oven cleaner will take the gold off, but have been too nervous to try.
Liking the thread!
Umm yes it was tedious. I did manage to remember to snap a pic of the masked, but not yet painted, front wheel. For anyone thinking of doing something similar this should give an idea of how I approached it.
No I did not use an etching primer because I've never painted aluminum before and never heard of that problem. We will see if it sticks!
I got the gold off by sandblasting it off, then using stainless steel wool to get the aluminum shiny again. Not all that difficult.
this thread just saved my butt, I'm thinking. I had reassembled my XR600 after buying it as a basket case, and got to thinking: did I see that little oil pump o-ring and metal tube? I remembered the o-ring, but not the tube. I haven't run the bike for more than 10 minutes, because of a few other issues, so today I pulled the side cover off. Sure enough! NO tube! PO must have lost it upon disassembly, and since I bought it literally in a basket (ok, milk crate and cardboard boxes) AND that tube isn't magnetic so it didn't stick to the magnet tray he'd given me with all the bolts, I was clueless as to its existence.
Whew... I pulled one out of my parts bike engine and installed... Thank you! good pictures and detailed information.
If you ran the motor for 10 minutes without the tube, did you check for oil flow to the top end when you first started it. 10 minutes is plenty long enough to damage the camshaft and followers if theyre not getting any oil, if the o ring was dislodged during installation.
Yes, strangely enough when I crac ked the banjo bolts I had oil flow. first thing I checked upon startup. When I opened it back up, the o-ring was still in its position but like I'd said, no tube. I'm just really glad to have seen that picture! :)
Sweet. I thimk the tubes main function is to hold the o ring in place, so if it was where it was supposed to be, all is good.
Sweet! thanks for the confirmation! I figured maybe the tube would maybe direct flow and maybe if oil pressure was high, might keep the o-ring from moving out of place or something. But again, I"m glad to have installed it so I know it's correct now.
here's my budget (and probably boring) thread if anyone is interested:
I will definitely be cracking that banjo bolt when I fire it up for the first time. If only I know about that when I was 20!
I had 2 hours in the shop today and was able to correct my screwup from last night, and finish the bag-mount for the left side.
The mount is very stout. Bag goes onto the bike in less than 20 seconds, and comes off in less than 10, although these times might get slower when there is a rear wheel and rear fender in the way, as the latches are on the inside as you can see. The pannier racks are also pretty easily removed with 4 bolts each. The top rack is not really removable; the fender and turn signals would not have mounts without it.
I am still waiting for my damn cam chain to come in the mail! If it's not here by Monday I'll call XRs Only and try to track it. A day or so after it shows up I think I'll have the engine back in the bike. The wheels should probably go back on this week too. It will start to look like a motorcycle!
I just read your whole thread.. Not boring at all.
What's the story with priming the oil pump? I remember noticing that Steve from SF did it in his rebuild thread, but your thread was the first time I remember reading that it was a critically important thing to do. Do you have to pull it out of the engine to do it?
Thanks for linking your thread... Tons of good info in there.


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This is a follow-up to Uwe's work on
This patch updates the code to use Morfologik stemming version 2.0.1, which removes the "automatic" lookup of classpath-relative dictionary resources in favor of an explicit InputStream or URL. So the user code is explicitly responsible to provide these resources, reacting to missing files, etc.
There were no other "default" dictionaries in Morfologik other than the Polish dictionary so I also cleaned up the filter code from a number of attributes that were, to me, confusing.
- MorfologikFilterFactory now accepts an (optional) dictionary attribute which contains an explicit name of the dictionary resource to load. The resource is loaded with a ResourceLoader passed to the inform(..) method, so the final location depends on the resource loader.
- There is no way to load the dictionary and metadata separately (this isn't at all useful).
- If the dictionary attribute is missing, the filter loads the Polish dictionary by default (since most people would be using Morfologik for stemming Polish anyway).
This patch is not backward compatible, but it attempts to provide useful feedback on initialization: if the removed attributes were used, it points at this JIRA issue, so it should be clear what to change and how.
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SOLR-7792 Upgrade morfologik-stemming to version 1.10.0
- Closed
LUCENE-6775 Improve MorfologikFilterFactory to allow arbitrary dictionaries from ResourceLoader
- Closed
- relates to
LUCENE-6774 Remove solr hack in MorfologikFilter
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SOLR-7790 Update Carrot2 clustering contrib to version 3.10.4
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Commit 1717272 from David Smiley in branch 'dev/branches/branch_5x'
[ https://svn.apache.org/r1717272 ]
LUCENE-6833: maven build: add test-files/ to morfologik pom
Commit 1717271 from David Smiley in branch 'dev/trunk'
[ https://svn.apache.org/r1717271 ]
LUCENE-6833: maven build: add test-files/ to morfologik pom
I don't know, I don't use the maven build. The test classpath is added manually in ant too and it doesn't follow the typical Maven convention so I guess you'll have to add it.
When I try to run the maven build, it fails because essentially morfologik doesn't have "test-files" on the classpath. I had to modify the morfologik pom (via our template) to include this, like so:
<testResource> <directory>${module-path}/src/test-files</directory> </testResource>
(which is done similarly for some other modules, e.g. velocity).
I'm confused why I'm discovering this now... so strange. Any ideas what's going on? Pending what we find, I plan to commit this fix.
Commit 1707458 from Dawid Weiss in branch 'dev/branches/branch_5x'
[ https://svn.apache.org/r1707458 ]
LUCENE-6833: Upgraded Morfologik to version 2.0.1. The 'dictionary' attribute has been
reverted back and now points at the dictionary resource to be loaded instead of the default Polish dictionary.
Commit 1707457 from Dawid Weiss in branch 'dev/trunk'
[ https://svn.apache.org/r1707457 ]
LUCENE-6833: Upgraded Morfologik to version 2.0.1. The 'dictionary' attribute has been
reverted back and now points at the dictionary resource to be loaded instead of the default Polish dictionary.
Moved attribute reading to the constructor. Fixed classpath for tests (includes test-files now).
I was more talking about the removal from the map about the isEmpty() check, which is unrelated to this, because you refer to getOriginalArgs() in the inform.
I still think you should add the field, that's how all the other factories do it.
I was actually thinking about that, but adding a field just to propagate a single value to the inform method seemed uglier to me than this?
Small suggestion:
+ if (args.isEmpty() || + (args.size() == 1 && args.containsKey(DICTIONARY_ATTRIBUTE))) { + return; }
I'd remove the old style attribute in the existence-check before and leave args.isEmpty() check here.
Oh, I left
LUCENE-6775 without reverting, this patch just overlays some changes on top of that. I think that issue remains valid (adding support for custom dictionaries), it's just done in a slightly different way.
Yeah, I don't think backwards compat is that important in this case, really – if somebody uses custom dictionaries they very well know what they're doing (they'd have to compile them first, which isn't that trivial in pre-2.0.0 morfologik...).
I surely used your code, it was great help!
As 5.4 was not yet released, you can revert
LUCENE-6775 and reimplement it based on your suggestion You can still reuse my ResourceLoader stuff and some of the new tests.
Hi Dawid,
I was thinking about removing the classpath resource parameter from the factory in
LUCENE-6775, but did not do that for backwards compatibility. But I think we can do that (simplifies the horrible if-then-else checking in the factory parameter validation).


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