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PHASE 3 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS/NIPA
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RFP - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP No. 19-18
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN, a newspaper published in the English language in the city of SAN BERNARDINO, county of SAN BERNARDINO, and adjudged a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of California by the Superior Court of the County of SAN BERNARDINO, State of California, under date 06/27/1952, Case No. 73081. That the notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
11/08/2019
11/08/2019
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Email
Regi on 4 ESC , H ouston, T X is
requesting prop osals from qu alified
and exper ienced firm s to prov ide
Furni ture,Installation,and Related
Servic es (RFP N o. 19 -18).In ord er
to be considered, the Offeror must
compl ete and submi t a proposa l to
Regi on 4 ESC in a ccordanc e with the
solicitation do cumentation ava ilable
at www. esc4.net or from the
Procurement Services office.
PR E -P ROPOSAL C ON FERENCE:
Thursd ay,Novem ber 21 st ,2019,10:00
am local time, Region 4 E SC Offices,
7145 West Tidwell Road, Ho uston,
TX 77092.
P R O POSAL DU E DATE:
Decem ber 11 th ,2019,BEFORE 2:00
PM L OCAL TIME. CONTA CT:
Cryst al Wallace, Busine ss
Operations Specialist,(713) 744 -8189
or cwal lace@esc4. net
11/8/19
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MONEY USA TODAY ❚ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019 ❚ 3B
Know Your Stuff is a new column
that unlocks the hidden secrets about
the everyday products you own.
If you were to peek inside my refrig-
erator, you might see a surprise next to
the butter drawer: my batteries. I keep
them there because, at some point in
the foggy past, someone told me it was
good idea, and I believed them.
However, I’ve learned that gut in-
stincts often fall apart in the face of ac-
tual facts. So I took my question to the
experts and learned, yet again, that
even the simple things we own can be
surprisingly complex.
Myth: Storing batteries in the refrig-
erator prolongs their life.
Fact: It’s partially true, but you’re bet-
ter off not doing it.
In order to understand why, it’s help-
ful to have some insight into how a bat-
tery works. To keep things simple, we’ll
limit ourselves to common AA and AAA
batteries – not smartphone or laptop
batteries.
To get technical for just one moment,
batteries release energy because of a
chemical reaction between two or more
compounds stored inside. Electrons
flow out of the one terminal, through
whatever device they’re powering, and
back into the other terminal.
But even when they’re not plugged
in, those electrons can sneak out of the
battery, draining their capacity through
a process called self-discharge.
It’s easy to see how common wisdom
would point towards the refrigerator as
a solution: If you can slow down the
chemical reaction, you should be able to
store batteries longer.
So, should you? The answer from
battery makers is a uniform and une-
quivocal.
“That’s a long-held myth, and the an-
swer is no,” says Tom Van Voy of Pana-
sonic Energy Corp. of America.
All major brands recommend a clean,
dry, room-temperature environment.
When stored properly, the discharge
rate of a single-use alkaline battery, the
most common type in the U.S., is negli-
gible – only about 3% per year. Single-
use lithium batteries lose even less.
While refrigeration is a no-no, tem-
perature still has a big impact on a bat-
tery’s shelf life.
When battery makers recommend
“room temperature,” they generally
mean between 68-78°F. Depending on
your location, though, your house may
get a lot warmer than that. And the hot-
ter it gets, the faster your batteries lose
their charge.
Yet another reason experts recom-
mend not keeping batteries in the fridge
is condensation.
“Humidity can impact batteries as a
whole, says Van Voy, “and that’s why we
recommend a dry storage environment.
You build up condensation in a refriger-
ator.”
If you insist on keeping your batteries
in fridge, at least put them in an airtight
container where water vapor can’t get at
them.
But consider me reformed. You’ll find
my batteries in the drawer from now on.
David Kender is the editor in chief of
Reviewed, a product review website and
part of the USA TODAY Network. If you
have a question about how your stuff
works, or just want to know what to buy,
email him at [email protected].
KNOW YOUR STUFF
Fridge shelf no better
for battery shelf life
David Kender
USA TODAY
Experts say don’t store your batteries
in the fridge. JACKSON RUCKAR/REVIEWED
I don’t like the idea of granting my
TVs access to Facebook and allowing
the social network to install a video
camera and microphone in my living
room.
But I’ve got to admit its new Portal TV
is, hands down, the best video chat de-
vice I’ve ever come across. And to com-
municate with my relatives, I could let
down my guard and let Facebook in.
There are some concerns, and they
are big ones. More on that below.
I’ve tried the vertical phone thing
with friends and family on FaceTime
and Google Hangouts, I’ve done laptop-
to-laptop chat, Periscoped, Facebook
Live’d – you name it.
But with Portal TV in the living room
– hanging out on the couch, without
having to hold a phone in front of my
face or sitting statically by a laptop or
desktop – it just seemed so natural.
What is Portal TV?
Portal TV is the next step for Face-
book, which in 2018 introduced the Por-
tal video display unit for chats, playing
music and games. The initial units were
15 inches and 10 inches and sold poorly
the first year, according to a sales survey
by Voicebot.ai. This year, Facebook up-
graded the Portal with 8-inch ($129) and
(a revamped) 10-inch ($179) models,
adding the ability to do WhatsApp chats
as well.
For $149, you can buy Portal TV , if you
can get over the social network’s various
privacy breaches and its tendency to
track personal data to sell to marketers.
If you’re considering any of the Portal
units, this is the one to get.
Why buy a little box for video chat-
ting that does little beyond video chat –
yeah, it plays music and shows a hand-
ful of videos, but you get that with TV ,
and the bigger screen is way prettier to
look at. On a large, flat-screen, in 4K res-
olution, whatever size TV you have is
going to look way better than 10 inches.
How Portal TV worked
My video chat with colleague Ed
Baig, on my Portal TV test unit to his,
looked fabulous. I was in his basement,
he was in my living room, and the Face-
book Portal camera easily panned and
zoomed along with us as we moved, to
follow us around the room. Not in a
creepy way, but as a tool to make the vi-
suals way more interesting.
My other video chats were good, but
nowhere near as impressive as Portal to
Portal, which is the optimum experi-
ence.
I called my brother, who held up his
phone verticallycropping out half of the
image, which is what happens when the
camera isn’t held horizontally. When I
called USA TODAY colleague Trevor
Hughes. He was in front of his laptop, in
horizontal, thank you, and that was
great. But he was stuck behind a desk,
while I was free to roam around.
If you’re considering Portal TV , you’ll
really want two of them. (Facebook of-
fers a $50 discount if you buy two, so the
total bill would be $250 plus tax.)
But, still, there are concerns
Facebook knows it has privacy issues
to contend with. The unit is “private by
design,” Facebook says on its website.
To appease concerns about that always-
on video camera, the Portal has a cover
that can slide over the camera when not
in use – if you remember to do that.
Don’t think for a minute that Face-
book isn’t monitoring you . When you
connect on a video call, “we collect in-
formation in a similar way to other Face-
book products,” the social network
notes. For instance, it notes that you’ve
made a call, who you called and where,
and which other Portal apps (which in-
clude Pandora and CBS All-Access)
have been opened and used. That “may
be used to inform the ads you see across
Facebook,” the company admits.
Facebook says it does not listen to,
view or keep the contents of your video
or audio calls, “so nothing you say on a
Portal call is used for advertising.”
However, it also says that when you
use the “Hey, Portal” wake words, it rec-
ords and transcribes your commands
and invites users to go to their Portal
settings to delete them.
But in typical Facebook fashion, it
makes it nearly impossible to opt-out,
by sending you to a computer or mobile
device to type in a code that’s such a
hassle, you give up on the spot. Oh, if
only Apple, without all this privacy bag-
gage, had created the product instead.
Portal TV is available at Facebook’s
online store, Best Buy, Bed, Bath & Be-
yond and Amazon.
Facebook’s Portal TV feels natural
Talking Tech
Jefferson Graham
USA TODAY
Video chatting with Ed Baig on Facebook Portal TV.JEFFERSON GRAHAM TECH
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Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government
agency and service cooperative, is requesting proposals for Public Safety Video Surveillance Solutions with
Related Equipment, Software and Accessories
to result in a contracting solution for use by its members.
Sourcewell members include thousands of governmental,
higher education, K-12 education, not-for-profit,
tribal government, and other public agencies located
in the United States and Canada.
A full copy of the Request for Proposals can be
found on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal
https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov.
Only proposals submitted through the Sourcewell
Procurement Portal will be considered.
Proposals are due no later than January 7, 2020, at 4:30 p.m.
Central Time, and late proposals will not be considered.
NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Interlocal Purchasing System
(TIPS) has posted procurement
solicitations at www.tips-usa.com
for the following categories:
RFP# 191101 – Commissioning
and Testing Services for
Facility Systems
Proposals are due and will be opened
on December 20, 2019, at 3:00 pm
local time. Call 866-839-8477 for
problems with website or questions.
Region 4 ESC, Houston, TX is requesting proposals
from qualified and experienced firms to provide
Furniture, Installation, and Related Services
(RFP No. 19-18).
In order to be considered, the Offeror must complete
and submit a proposal to Region 4 ESC in accordance
with the solicitation documentation available at
www.esc4.net or from the Procurement Services office.
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE:
Thursday, November 21st, 2019,
10:00 am local time, Region 4 ESC Offices,
7145 West Tidwell Road, Houston, TX 77092.
PROPOSAL DUE DATE:
December 11th, 2019, BEFORE 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME.
CONTACT:
Crystal Wallace, Business Operations Specialist,
(713) 744-8189 or [email protected]
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