which is -- i put the contact information there, is my liaison for our small business program, george crosby. his phone number and e-mail address is there. he is working with his team to make sure that we do our outreaches correctly, that we're connecting the small contractors with the larger firms, both in the construction side and also in the architectural engineering side. so george is a key person that you certainly want to have his number and his contact information. and he works very closely with all of the divisions that we have in the district, be it our construction, our maintenance, and our architectural engineering division, to make sure that in any contracting that we do, and we do a lot of contracts, not just construction contracts, but we do a lot of purchases. we have outreaches and we have workshop for purchases. he makes sure that we are making connection with the community and we're making connection with the small businesses and making sure that the small business knows and is aware of all the opportunities that are out there, and then it is upon the small business to make

. >> that's because the number came from russell crosby, retirement services director at the time. this is what he told us in january. >> that was the number off the top of my head. >> and the mayor was told not to use that number. >> crosby said the same thing during his interview with the state. >> did anyone ever tell you not to use that number? >> only you, i think. >> what the audit shows is there was a continued pattern of exaggeration. >> the numbers game has created public distrust. >> we know we need to sit town. but that wasn't good enough. they had to continue to trump at this number that was exaggerated and had no actuarial basis. >> $400 million was also used by the mayor. reporting multiple numbers in a short period of time may have caused confusion among the stakeholders intending to make informed decisions. it's unclear which retirement cost projections the voters relied on. >> do you believe you made any mistakes over the past year using that number or the other numbers? >> no. >> the mayor's office also took issue with the audit, saying the use of that $650 millio

when hockey superstar sidney crosby suffered serious concussions, he praised dr.or saving his career. >> let me see you do it on your all about reactivating parts of the brain. is this a miracle cure? >> i think miracles are things that only happen once in awhile. and what we find is that the miracles that we see, we're seeing them frequently, every day, so, they're not really miracles. what we do is amazing, because of what human kind can do. >> can you see your left hand there? >> reporter: in this exercise, carrick uses a full length mirror on will, to trick his mind's eye with his own mirror image of a healthy arm, in order to reprogram his brain. >> when you lift your hand up all by yourself, your left hand. >> reporter: a few minutes ago, will couldn't lift his left arm without help. but now, this. for will, it's huge. >> okay. good man. >> reporter: but the big gun in carrick's arsenal is this machine. carrick says the gyrostim helps stimulate parts of the brain. >> starting to breathe better. >> reporter: were you skeptical? what did you think coming in? >

there are people like alex and david crosby, and joni mitchell, who tune differently to spur creativityst to play around. there is a great sense of play in that. most of your pieces are in non- standard to make. among those, there are even some standard ones and you do not use those. >> you bring up an interesting point. a lot of times, musicians use these alternate to earnings as a way to escape what we know. sometimes we get trapped. i know that is a c sharp minor court, that is a b flat. where would i go from there? instead of listening to the experience, and the image, the mood, feeling of what you're trying to convey. sometimes, they bump up against each other. when you are doing a good job as a composer, improviser, you are sticking with the image, not bring about what the court is. >> one of the things that i get from your music is a strong sense of place and imagery. when i listen to your music and close my eyes, i see pictures of different things. a lot of people that i have talked to that have heard your music experienced the same thing. what has been said about japanese ink a

started to come into popularity -- simon & garfunkel, joni mitchell, james taylor, jackson browne, crosby neil young, and i'll forget somebody. laura nero was really important to me. judy collins, bonnie. that was it for me. that was it. that spoke to all my feelings and to what i wanted to do with the guitar. i loved to play it, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up and i had all this stuff to emulate. that was good stuff too, as we know, in retrospect, again. it was really good stuff too. then i just went off track and did -- not that i don't like country music, but i was in bands, i was in a lot of bands. rock and roll, country music, bluegrass music, pop music, tried to be a celine dion pop singer, and it just didn't work. i didn't feel comfortable with it. i took a year off at some point, after i got sober, actually, because i was told, "your identity is not necessarily -- that's not who you are, the music. you're another entity. the music is what you choose. it's what you do." i thought, well, i'm going to choose not to do it, then, and see who i am. about a year later i tho

our hearts go out to andy, tammy, brit, spencer, crosby and joanne. coach spent the morning informing his family. we ask you sincerely to respect the family at this time. >> services are set for tuesday. it's a somber note to start the first week of the nfl's pre- season. the redskins traveled to buffalo to face the bills. it's the first time to see them in a real pro-game situation. mike shanahan said earlier this week that rg will take about 12 to 20 snaps with a live report this thursday from buffalo for you. >>> and after just four short seasons in the league, the former redskins receiver, devin thomas announced via twitter today that he is retiring. drafted by washington in 2008, he caught 43 passes, three touchdowns in just 55 career games. >>> to the diamond now, it's been a roller coaster start up in august. less than a week ago, they put up their worst performance by far. but in true ace fashion, he came roaring back this afternoon and it wasn't just his performance here on the mound that was impressive, but here in the bottom of the second,

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our hearts go out to andy, tami, brit, spencer, crosby and joann. >> garrett reed had been assistingtrength coaches at training camp. >> he has battled substance abuse in the past but authorities say they found no suspicious activities when they discovered him this morning. >>> lightning struck at a nascar race killing one person and injury several others.it happened in the parking lot of pocono raceway this afternoon. one victim is in critical condition, five others being treated for less serious injuries. the lightning strike occurred after the race had been called off due to the bad weather. >>> southwest airlines say it's making refunds to the customers billed multiple times for a single flight. that mistake occurred when southwest facebook fans clicked on a promotion to receive a 50% discount. the promotion somehow back tired. hundreds of would-be fliers were build repeatedly, in some cases 20 or more times. southwest airlines says it has identified all the affected customers and begun filing refunds to their bank accounts. the airline also says it will pay for any overdraft fee

look over sydney crosby's right shoulder. pat sajak in the background watching the game.t picture was taken at the verizon center. pat sajak is a season-ticket holder. >> 73 degrees and the news continues at 5:30. >> pepco graded its performance after the deadly june storm. tonight you can go to make comments before the maryland public service commission. >> disturbing details about the man accused in the colorado movie theater shooting. more on the >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead showing support from hundreds of miles away. local members of the sikh religion will hold another vigil tonight to remember the victims of sunday's deadly temple shooting. good morning, washington. it's tuesday, august 7. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. i amadam caskey has the forecast. >> northwest of town there's a nice break from the humidity this morning, dew points in the low to mid 60's. we are not that lucky locally. it is warm and muggy, 77 in washington, 72 in culpeper. more comfortable to the northwest of town in winches

. >> reporter: and then there's lois crosby. she started at fair haven more than three decades ago.s too much for her. >> i've actually overdosed twice. the second time i overdosed, even the doctors don't know how i'm alive. >> all seven of your former students said that they either thought or tried to commit suicide. >> they're either lying to me, and how does it make you feel. >> it makes me feel bad but i don't think it has anything to do with us. >> there are these former students. tell me your name. >> frank. >> katherine. >> katherine and frank, two of pass the pastor's children. >> i haven't spoken to him in 25 years. he won't speak to me. >> frank says his father once got mad when he didn't finish a ten-mile run. >> he stripped me down, got his belt out, and he spanked me until he couldn't move his arm anymore. and i was black and blue from my lower back to the bottom of my legs. as a punishment, i had to wear a dress in day camp for the entire day to show everybody what a sissy i was. >> you ran cross-country and he said what. >> i was never to lose a race, ever. and took m

there are songs that make you smile, and tribute to fred astaire and then crosby.noticed that people were feeling down about the economy, down about the election and i wanted to create something that was about to join. i even where the perfume called joy. [laughter] >> it is just a delightful show and you have to more chances to see it. it is at the wonderful raz room. >> addition of is this kind of down feeling that people are having in new york as will the san francisco? >> it was all over the country. i just want to do something that will make people smile and laugh, there were tears i do in section about placing your happiness in the hands. and there is a song about that. that is a little blue. the song smile makes people cry as well. >> that was with charlie chaplin, it was a wonderful. with >> you have been doing this for a long time how have you survived? >> i have very devoted fans, i gather more fans every year i get a sense of belonging and a sense of importance to what i do. the american clock song book must never died. it is terribly important to our di

bing crosby and all of that.the notre dame club in philadelphia. neither went to notre dame. they were the subway officer alumni. you guys laugh. >> we were in michigan, okay? >> they looked up the name and there was all working class irish-italian -- >> so where are they now? >> there was another name for the alumni-club democrats and ray rag brilliant. >> where do they go? >> i think they're split. >> that's the question, isn't it? >> last year we talked about this and the same group last time around and president obama and they were against him until they were finally with him. they all broke the other way. i don't think they're ever going to have a deep allegiance to president obama. the question is -- the question to me is whether they form any sort of connection with mitt romney. and i think part of the obama strategy has been to deny him that connection, to make him ineligible for that connection by being this sort of selfish, snobbish, rich guy with a dancing horse. >> exactly. you are a columnist. you kn

speech and now the school is making the argument, we have a right to protect our students and words of crosbyd nash. teach our children well >> it is not a bible belt but in the bible they use the word hell. >> yes, and the mascot is the devil . we ask the school where is their mascot. a place that is hot and not so nice. the school gets an f. at the end of the day. they were unreasonable . kaitlin was using a line in reference to a popular movie that referenced a graduation scene and in the end of the day. she is a 4.0 valedictorian opportunity and gets a full scholarship and forcing her to get a written apology. it is ridiculous and completely unreasonable on this. i am with the student. >> steve: you would think they would cut her slack. the high school principal requested a private apology before releasing the diplom a. it was reasonable and in keeping with the law. eric what do you think. >> life is a four letter word and they need to get with it it was a valedictorian and she should get her diploma. >> steve: final word. >> school gets an f and kate lin gets an a. disporportionate respo

but crosby says even his alternatives for feed are expensive. >> we don't have much hay.t have much corn. we don't have much of really anything. over half of the pastures in the united states are rated poor to very poor in condition. >> now, the new numbers are probably not dire enough to put enough pressure on the epa to lower that ethanol mandate. they say they expect 400 million fewer bushels of corn to go to ethanol. quickly though as you see what's happening with corn, the biggest mover is soybeans. november soybeans way up as the usda slashed production by about 30%. there was some hope that soyb n soybeans might be okay if we got more rain. guess not. >> thank you so much, jane. tough story. as jane just mentioned, the severe drought having a big impact on the cattle industry. want to talk you to strong city, kansas, where we're joined by guy picker, owner and operator of picker ranches. thanks for being with us today. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. thank you for having me. >> i assume you heard jane talking about the crop report, but can you walk us

period of time, so without further ado, i'm going to go in order in which we're going to take, so alex crosbysurveillance branch of the center for disease control, the cdc. alex? [applause] and if you can, i'll introduce one at a time, and then we'll give them a short round of applause, and we'll start. iris -- [inaudible] one of five main strategic initiatives through the senate -- or through the suicide prevention branch. iris? [applause] alan acosta, he is the director at the l. gay and lesbian center. [applause] nicole cart rely, manager of outreach for afsp or american foundation for suicide prevention. [applause] and finally, michelle ybarra, and i think she's still getted mic'd up. so i encourage you to read their bios, but we want to have enough time for everyone to present so, please, remember to write down those questions on the cards, and we'll take them. thank you very much. oh, and with that, i will turn it over to alex. >> good morning to all of you. and i wanted to thank the department of education, department of health and human services for the invitation to come in to talk w

a short bit of time so without further ado i'm going to go in order in which we will take so alex crosbyfor disease control. cdc. alex. and if you can all introduce one of time and give them a short round of applause and then we'll start. the project root for native aspiration and one of five main initiative through the suicide prevention branch at censure. >> alan acosta, the director for strategic initiative at the center. [applause] >> nicole candarelli, manager of state advocacy and grassroots outreach for a recommendation prevention. [applause] >> and finally michel compress outreach director for the center of innovative public health research. [applause] >> and i think she still getting my to up. so i encourage you to go and read their bios but with this we want to give enough time for going to present and have as many questions as we possibly can to please her know to write on this questions and we will take them. thank you very much. and with that i would turn it over to alex. >> good morning to all of you. and i wanted to thank the department of education, department of health a