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Raytheon Co., Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $59,790,100 firm-fixed-price contract for the Fiscal Year 2008 Full Rate Production (Lot VI) procurement of 14 AN/AQS airborne low frequency sonar for the MH-60R helicopter. Work will be performed in Brest, France, (61 percent); Portsmouth, R.I., (30 percent) and Gaithersburg, Md., (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in Oct. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-08-C-0051).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $23,783,387 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0014). This modification provides for the procurement of ancillary mission equipment for the F/A-18 E/F and E/A-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., (83 percent); and St. Louis, Mo., (17 percent) and is expected to be completed in Jan. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Serco Inc., Vienna, Va., is being awarded an $11,400,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, time and material modification to a previously awarded contract (N65236-02-D-3712) for air traffic control systems engineering, installation, and technical support services. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., (57 percent); Vienna, Va., (37 percent); Yuma, Ariz., (1 percent); Reno, Nev., (1 percent); and OCONUS (4 percent), and work is expected to be completed by Aug. 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured via the Space and Naval Warfare e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Apr. 28, 2008, a $30,421,105 firm-fixed price contract for conversion of 9 UH-60 M Blackhawk helicopters into unique aircraft configuration for the Bahrain Defense Force, and to provide training, technical publications, integrated logistics support, field service representative, warranty, and ferry flight technical shipping support. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Oct. 20, 2005. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).
AM General LLC, South bend, Ind., was awarded on Apr. 25, 2008, a $11,601,414 firm-fixed price contract for 101 EA High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. O ne bid was solicited on Mar. 17, 2006. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001).
Kipper Tool Co., Gainesville, Ga., was awarded on Apr. 24, 2008, a $9,819,763 firm-fixed price contract for aviation maintenance armament and electrical shop set. Work will be performed in Gainesville, Ga., and is expected to be completed by Apr. 30, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Ten bids were solicited on Nov. 29, 2001, and one bid was received. TACOM, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0089).
AM General LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Apr. 25, 2008, a $5,789,443 firm-fixed price contract for 54 EA High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Mar. 17, 2006. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S0001).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics of Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a contract for $8,272,771. This program seeks to achieve a technology readiness level (TRL) of at least five by 2010 on an integrated mobility configuration I the areas of high lift, efficient transonic flight, and flight control, in order to support future technology development and acquisition activities. At this time $1,100,000 has been obligated. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-05-G-5503).
What a shame. A "used-to-be-favorite" vacation spot gone down the toilet.
I finshed reading my daughter-in-law's jacksmom blog from yesterday (Feb 27th), concerning the trip she and my son took. Just a quick jaunt, to someplace "fun" to get away by themselves. Now they, as well as I, have been there many times over many years, but it seems that each time, you can see a degradation of the place. Not that "The Biggest Little City", Reno, can compete with the likes of Las Vegas, but people have known for years, that Reno has needed to do something to pull themselves up by the bootstraps to at least attract those that want some fun, in a smaller venue.
One of my last times there, was with D, and we loved to make the drive from Seattle there. We stayed at the Sands. But not the Sands we knew - dirty, things underneath the beds, cleaning crew barging in during the afternoon with no knocks, vents hanging from the ceiling.....Needless to say I wrote and complained and received a voucher for 2 free nights, which I used when my son married a year later. Nothing had changed there. I went 2 more times to Reno after that, and I, too, saw the town getting dirtier, more vagrants hanging out on the streets, closer to the entrances to the casinos, smell of piss more pungent, more "cutsey" casinos closing up, slots harder to win at, less and less of any type of entertainment, "newer" casinos (Silver Legacy, Eldorado, Fitzgerald's, etc) running down (more trash in rooms, less room service, worse meals and deals)....you get the picture, or don't want to.
After talking with Matt and Angela, even though they loved getting away and basically had fun, I can't imagine how bad it has become. Slots are all "paper" - and a lot of us still love to hear the clinging/clanging of change, as it hits the metal "bucket", loudly proclaiming our wins!! Now, sure, paper seems to let the gambler just ignore their wins and keep putting it back into the machine....., but where are the sounds? The lights? The excitement? Isn't it supposed to be geared to the gambler's enjoyment and not so much to the pockets of the owners?
I'll never hit Reno again. Vegas offers so much more to see and do than just gambling. Like Reno used to. No more Eddie's Fabulous Fifty's to win money at, to buy that neon-colored jacket one craved, as you were sipping on one of the biggest, thickest milshakes in town! No more walking the small strip with the people out front yelling about the loosest slots in town, to get you to come on in and spend some of that "entertainment" money you brought with you. No more people watching, as a lot of the casinos have those airial walkways to get from one casino to the other (all four of them).
Sorry for the ramblings. It's just another part of the past that's gone.....
.... I'm burning corners off of your pictures, it helps me forget any memories of you....
Okay, so I'm gonna say. I think I may have made a mistake. I haven't heard from Shawn in two weeks. And things were off when I saw him last time. :( And I don't know what to do. Yesterday was the last time I tried to call him ,and I think I'm just gonna give up and see if he comes around. :( I thought he was the one, I still think he is, but I guess I'm not the one for him, maybe. So much uncertainty. I wanna drown it in drugs and alcohal and meaningless sex. And fuck Valentine's day for fucks sake.
.... everything to me....
Sooo... I have most of my UNR stuff taken care of.
Classes:
English Composition, Mondays and Wednesdays
Math 096 (Intermediate Algebra), Tuesdays and Thursdays
Philosophy, Contemporary Moral Issues, Tuesdays and Thursdays
General Psychology, Mondays and Wednesdays
This Friday, the 12th, I'm having surgery to remove my galbladder. Someone cancelled and I got their spot. So at 12:15pm I will go in for surgery. I'm starting to get nervous about having everything ready for college and recoverying from surgery. Eeeeek!
It has been over a year since I have worked. I have never been without a job in my life except for a 6-wk period between oil & gas jobs. At that time, I decided to go into healthcare and it has proven that medicine is a lot healthier, until now.
This past year has been a real challenge. Isn't that word used frequently when it is just damn hard? I think so and that is the road I have been travelling this year. Let me start by saying the first challenge started six weeks after I remarried. There is this period of transition and it happens even if you have been living with someone. I am still challenged today in this area. I know that 'Love', good communication and excellent sex is the only thing that can mend problems, bring you close, keep you married and spice up the relationship. Therefore, I enjoy the challenge of this aspect of my life. But...it is damn hard!
Next element for a Libra is the balance of a solid homelife and a good job. My husband will be offered today (sometime) a job in Reno and once again, my career will be on hold. I quit my job in Tampa, we sold our beautiful home and headed for the mountains of Tennessee for a life of contentment and a reprieve of life's pressures. But, little did we know that the employment here would be almost nil, especially in healthcare. Now, after 7 months and a recent major move, I will be heading across crountry to Reno. I don't know how I feel about this.
I should be jumping up and down that my husband has this opportunity and I will have more opportunity than I do now. But all I can think about is another transition, further away from my family and packing again (I dread packing AGAIN). Then focusing on getting a job, enhancing my career that has been in hiatus for over a year. Doesn't everyone hate looking for a job. It is a sales job on your education, your background, your credit rating, your so-called corporate accomplishments...they forget to look at the person! I always feel like a wind-up toy when I interview. I walk out and wonder...did I answer the questions politically correct? Are they really listening to me? And in the end, I think...kiss my butt...I am who I am and my accomplishments are about my integrity and who I know I am. After a martini, I really feel better.
I may be a little premature, after all, we have to consider the offer and accept it. My husband doesn't really say much and you know how a wife can read between the lines...don't you men just hate the intuitiveness? I think he is also struggling with the same anxieties.
Hummmm...I am thinking right now...isn't it the unknown that grows fear? Isn't it the strong that succeeds? Isn't it the child-like curiosity within us all that thrives for adventure?
Therefore, as my Dad tells me...pull up your boot straps and 'keep on...keeping on'!
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