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Fill out and submit to NEA-GO the NEA Grant Application Form and Upload Items
You will use the NEA GrantsOnline™ System (NEA-GO), which is being administered for the NEA by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF). This will proceed as follows:
You will complete the Grants.gov SF-424 process by the deadline of record as detailed in Step 1.
Log in to Grants.gov. On the left of the screen under Applicant Actions, click on Check My Application Status. Click the Search button, and all of your submitted applications will appear. In the column for Agency Tracking # and Notes, click on the number. There you will see information about how to access NEA-GO. There will be a notes box with a link to NEA-GO and information about when it will be open. Your User Name for NEA-GO will be your Grants.gov Tracking Number and your Agency Tracking #/NEA Application Number will be your password. You can begin accessing this information on Grants.gov 1-2 business days after you submit your SF-424, but no earlier than 10 days before the application deadline.
If you apply to the February 20, 2014, application deadline (all disciplines except Design):
NEA-GO will be open for you to submit application material and work samples beginning on March 6, 2014. You will have until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 20, 2014, to upload, preview/check, and submit your application material and work samples electronically.
If you apply to the July 24, 2014, application deadline (all disciplines except Artist Communities):
NEA-GO will be open for you to submit application material and work samples beginning on August 7, 2014. You will have until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 21, 2014, to upload, preview/check, and submit your application material and work samples electronically.
The NEA-GO system is optimized for use with the following web browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. Internet Explorer will also work, but you must have at least version IE 8.
For specific help on how to complete your application, please review the instructions in these guidelines including the Frequently Asked Questions, or contact the discipline staff that is appropriate to your project (see "Agency Contacts").
Grant Application Form
The Grant Application Form and the information that it collects can be seen here. You will not have access to the Grant Application Form until NEA-GO opens for you to submit your application material (March 6, 2014 for the February 20, 2014 deadline; August 7, 2014 for the July 24, 2014 deadline).
You will submit a substantial part of your application through the Grant Application Form, including:
Answers to narrative questions about your organization and project.
Financial information about your organization and project.
Bios of key individuals.
You should prepare your responses and material well in advance of the deadline and have them fully ready to upload once NEA-GO opens for you. The version of the form that you can link to now will let you know what is required and any specifications about your material (e.g., character limits for narrative responses).
See the instructions below for the following items (instructions for narrative and financial information are provided on the form itself).
Part 1. Organizational Information
Organization Budget
Provide the requested information for your organization for the most recently completed fiscal year, the previous fiscal year, and two years prior. If you are a parent organization, provide this information for the independent component on whose behalf you are applying (e.g., for a university project, provide the information for the independent component, not the entire university). For independent components, you may use the space to discuss the fiscal health of your organization to explain the relationship that the independent component has with the larger entity (e.g., "museum guards and utilities paid for by university"). If your organization is a smaller entity that exists within a larger organization (such as literary organization housed at a college or university), submit information for the smaller entity and follow the instructions for parent organizations and independent components.
This is intended to show your organization's fiscal activity as it relates to operations. Do not include activity related to a capital campaign (such as raising money for a new facility, an endowment fund, or a cash reserve fund). The Arts Endowment may request additional information to clarify an organization's financial position.
Use the following definitions when completing this form. Unaudited figures are acceptable.
Earned: Revenues that are received through the sale of goods, services performed, or from investments. Examples: ticket sales, subscription revenue, contractual fees, interest income.
Contributed: Gifts that are received which are available to support operations. Examples: annual fund donations, grants for general operating or project support, in-kind contributions.
Artistic Salaries: Costs that are directly related to the creation, production, and presentation of art work. Examples: fees for dancers, choreographers, actors, curators, artistic directors, contributors to literary publications. Include arts personnel that are on your staff as well as those that are paid on a contract or fee basis.
Production/exhibition/service expenses: All program or service delivery costs, excluding artistic salaries and fees that are listed above. Examples: presentation costs; costs of sets, costumes, and lighting; publication costs of catalogues or literary magazines.
Administrative expenses: All other costs that are incurred during the normal course of business. Examples: outside professional non-artistic services, space rental, travel, marketing, administrative salaries, utilities, insurance, postage.
NOTE: The figures are subject to verification by the Arts Endowment.
Part 2. Project Information
NEA Office/Discipline: Choose the one discipline that is most relevant to your project. This selection will aid the Arts Endowment's application review. If you have questions, refer to "Agency Contacts."
If you are proposing a pre-K through 12 curriculum-based project that aligns with either national or state arts education standards, choose Arts Education. If you choose Arts Education, a second Project Field/Discipline menu will appear. From that menu, select the discipline that is most relevant to your project.
For other education projects, or if you are not proposing a pre-K through 12 curriculum-based project that aligns with either national or state arts education standards, select the relevant field/discipline below:
- Artist Communities
- Dance (including dance presentation)
- Design (including architecture, communications and graphic design, fashion design, historic preservation, industrial and product design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, universal design, rural design, and urban design)
- Folk & Traditional Arts (including folk & traditional arts projects in any art form)
- Literature
- Local Arts Agencies (including projects in any discipline that are submitted by a local arts agency or LAA. Local arts agencies generally are referred to as arts councils, departments of cultural affairs, or arts commissions. LAAs can be private entities or public municipal, county, or regional agencies that operate in cooperation with mayors and city managers. Local arts agencies generally make grant awards directly to both artists and arts organizations, present programming to the public, manage cultural facilities, provide services to artists and arts organizations, and facilitate community cultural planning. Statewide assemblies and cultural service organizations that work specifically with local arts agencies also are eligible, but only for projects that will predominantly serve local arts agencies.)
- Media Arts
- Museums (including projects in any discipline that are submitted by a museum)
- Music (including music presentation)
- Opera (including opera presentation)
- Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works (projects that involve multiple arts disciplines including multidisciplinary arts presenting and other types of multidisciplinary activities)
- Theater & Musical Theater (including theater and musical theater presentation)
- Visual Arts
Choose your field/discipline carefully. In limited cases, Arts Endowment staff may transfer an application to a field/discipline other than the one that was selected by the applicant to ensure appropriate panel review.
Part 3: Project Budget:
NOTE: Organizations may not receive more than one Arts Endowment grant for the same expenses. This budget cannot include project costs that are supported by any other federal funds or their match.
Your Project Budget should reflect only those costs that will be incurred during the "Period of Support" that you have indicated for your project. Any costs incurred before or after those dates will be removed. Round all numbers to the nearest $100.
Combine like costs if necessary to make rounding more realistic. Applicants whose grants are recommended for less than the amount that is requested may be asked to revise the project budget.
While the Project Budget on the Grant Application Form will allow unlimited characters in the line items descriptions, please use the character maximums listed in the instructions below. If you go beyond the character maximums, your expanded information will not be seen by NEA staff or reviewers.
AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM THE ARTS ENDOWMENT: For Challenge America Fast-Track, all grants are for $10,000. For Art Works, grants will generally range from $10,000 to $100,000. Do not request an amount below $10,000. Be realistic in your request.
TOTAL MATCH FOR THIS PROJECT: The Arts Endowment requires each applicant to obtain at least half the total cost of each project from nonfederal sources. For example, if you receive a $10,000 grant, your total project costs must be at least $20,000 and you must provide at least $10,000 toward the project from nonfederal sources. Matches of more than dollar for dollar are encouraged. These matching funds may be all cash or a combination of cash and in-kind contributions as detailed below. Be as specific as possible. For projects that include additional partners, indicate on the form the portion of the match that is being contributed by each participant. Asterisk (*) those funds that are committed or secured.
Cash match refers to the cash donations (including items or services that are provided by the applicant organization), grants, and revenues that are expected or received for this project. Limit your descriptions to 100 characters maximum. Do not include any Arts Endowment or other federal grants that are anticipated or received. Identify sources. The Arts Endowment allows the use of unrecovered indirect costs as part of the cash match or cost sharing. Your organization must have a federal negotiated indirect cost rate agreement to include unrecovered indirect costs.
In-kind: Donated space, supplies, volunteer services are goods and services that are donated by individuals or organizations other than the applicant (third-party). Limit your descriptions to 100 characters maximum. To qualify as matching resources, these same items also must be listed in the project budget as direct costs. The dollar value of these non-cash donations should be calculated at their verifiable fair-market value. Identify sources. Reminder: Proper documentation must be maintained for all items noted as "in-kind."
TOTAL PROJECT INCOME is the total of "1. Amount requested from the Arts Endowment" and 2. Total match for this project."
DIRECT COSTS are those that are identified specifically with the project. Be as specific as possible (e.g., show costs that relate to festival programming if your project is for a festival). For projects that include additional partners, indicate on the form the portion attributed to each participant.
DIRECT COSTS: Salaries and wages cover compensation for personnel, administrative and artistic, who are paid on a salary basis. (Funds for contractual personnel and compensation for artists who are paid on a fee basis should be included in "3. Other expenses" on Page 2 of the Project Budget form, and not here.) Indicate the title and/or type of personnel (40 characters maximum), the number of personnel (30 characters maximum), the annual or average salary range (40 characters maximum), and the percentage of time that will be devoted to the project annually (30 characters maximum). List key staff positions, and combine similar functions. Where appropriate, use ranges. If the costs for evaluation and assessment are part of staff salary and/or time, separately identify those costs.
Title and/or type of personnel
Number of personnel
Annual or average salary range
% of time devoted to this project
Executive Director (most of project)
$40,000 per yr.
Executive Director (evaluation only)
$40,000 per yr.
$20-25,000 per yr.
Support Staff
$15-20,000 per yr.
Salaries and wages for performers and related or supporting personnel must be estimated at rates no less than the prevailing minimum compensation as required by the Department of Labor Regulations. (See "Legal Requirements" for details.) Salaries and wages that are incurred in connection with fund raising are not allowable project expenses; do not include them in your budget.
Fringe benefits are those costs other than wages or salary that are attributable to an employee, as in the form of pension, insurance, vacation and sick leave, etc. They may be included here only if they are not included as indirect costs.
DIRECT COSTS: Travel must be estimated according to the applicant's established travel practice, providing that the travel cost is reasonable and does not exceed the cost of air coach accommodations. Limit your descriptions to these character maximums: # of Travelers = 20 characters; From = 50 characters; To = 50 characters. Include subsistence costs (e.g., hotels, meals) as part of the "Amount" listed for each trip, as appropriate. Foreign travel, if any is intended, must be specified in this section and must conform with government regulations, including those of the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control. If Arts Endowment funds are used for foreign travel, such travel must be booked on a U.S. air-carrier when this service is available.
DIRECT COSTS: Other expenses include consultant and artist fees, contractual services, promotion, acquisition fees, rights, evaluation and assessment fees, access accommodations (e.g., audio description, sign-language interpretation, closed or open captioning, large-print brochures/labeling), telephone, photocopying, postage, supplies and materials, publication, distribution, translation, transportation of items other than personnel, rental of space or equipment, and other project-specific costs. List artist compensation here if artists are paid on a fee basis. Limit your descriptions to 100 characters maximum.
Television broadcast projects and educational/interpretive videos must be closed or open captioned. Applicants should check with captioning organizations for an estimate.
If you intend to purchase any equipment that costs $5,000 or more per item and that has an estimated useful life of more than one year, you must identify that item here. Provide a justification for this expenditure either in this section of the Project Budget form or in your Details of the Project narrative.
Group similar items together on a single line, with only one total cost. List consultant and artist fees or contracts for professional services on consecutive lines; do not scatter them throughout the list. Specify the number of persons and the applicable fee, rate, or amount of each. For other types of line items, provide details of what is included in each item. See the "Administration" example below.
Artists (5 @ $300-500 per week/30 weeks)
Consultants (2 @ $150 per 1/2 day/1 day per mo./10 mos.)
Access accommodations (sign-language interpretation and audio description)
Costumes, props
Project supplies
Administration (rent -- $4,500, telephone -- $300, copying -- $200)
Do not include fund raising, entertainment or hospitality activities, concessions (e.g., food, T-shirts), fines and penalties, bad debt costs, deficit reduction, cash reserves or endowments, lobbying, marketing expenses that are not directly related to the project, audit costs that are not directly related to an A-133 audit, contingencies, miscellaneous, land purchase costs, construction, or costs incurred before the beginning of the official period of support.
TOTAL DIRECT COSTS is the total of all direct cost items listed in "1. Salaries and wages" (from Page 1 of the Project Budget form), "2. Travel," and "3. Other expenses."
INDIRECT COSTS are overhead or administrative expenses that are not readily identifiable with a specific project. (The costs of operating and maintaining facilities and equipment, depreciation or use allowances, and administrative salaries and supplies are typical examples of indirect costs.) Indirect costs are prorated or charged to a project through a rate negotiated with the Arts Endowment or another federal agency (limit your description of Federal Agency to 50 characters). NOTE: Colleges and universities may not apply a "research" indirect cost rate to Arts Endowment grants. If you do not have or intend to negotiate an indirect cost rate, leave this section blank. You may claim administrative costs or overhead as direct costs under "3. Other expenses." If you have a negotiated rate and would like to include indirect costs, complete the information requested in this section. For additional information, see "Indirect Cost Guide for NEA Grantees."
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS is the total of "4. Total direct costs," and, if applicable, "5. Indirect costs." NOTE: "3. Total project income" (from Page 1 of the Project Budget form) must equal the "Total project costs." Your project budget should not equal your organization's entire operating budget.
Items to Upload
There are four types of required items:
There are four types of required items:
1. Programmatic activities list
4. Work samples
You will access NEA-GO for detailed instructions and to upload your items. You should prepare your items well in advance of the deadline and have them fully ready to upload once NEA-GO becomes available to you.
Below are the required items to uploads to NEA-GO. These are a critical part of your application and are considered carefully during application review.
Programmatic Activities List
Submit a representative list of your Programmatic Activities for the past three seasons.
Submit a selective representative list, in chronological order, of your organization's programming or activities for the following years: 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14. For organizations that schedule activities according to a single calendar year, use programming for 2011, 2012, and 2013. You may submit up to three pages.
This list should demonstrate eligibility (i.e., your organization's three-year history of programming) and the artistic excellence and merit of your organization. For the purpose of defining eligibility, "three-year history" refers to when an organization began its programming and not when it incorporated or received nonprofit, tax-exempt status. Where available, include arts or cultural programming that has a relationship to the project for which you are requesting support (e.g., show examples of previous festival programming if your project is for a festival). For most applicants, this list should show selected artists/projects/exhibitions/works that your organization has or will have presented/produced/exhibited/performed. Use the bullets below as a guide to possible column headings for your list; adjust them as appropriate for your organization.
- Year: 2011-12, 2012-13, or 2013-14. For organizations that schedule activities according to a single calendar year, use 2011, 2012, or 2013.
- The titles of the works/productions/exhibitions or of the program or project.
- Key Artist(s)/Personnel. This may include a creator or project head such as a choreographer, composer, playwright, performing artist, arts specialist, teacher, etc. Also list any key personnel such as director, conductor, etc.
- The location of the activity.
- Dates of the activity and the number of performances/classes/events/exhibitions.
- Attendance and, where available, percent of capacity figures.
- Fees paid to artists/companies. (Use average or aggregate fees where appropriate.)
A performing arts group might fill out its representative list as follows:
of perfs.
% Capacity
|James Miller
|ABC Museum
|February 15, 2012
|Work A/
Creator A
|John Smith, Jane Doe
|Civic Theater
|Jan 27-31, 2013
6 perfs.
|Work B/
Creator B
|Richard Jones,
Robert Hall
|Civic Theater
|April 17-21, 2014/7 perfs.
Statements of Support
You must submit at least one statement of support that is directly related to the proposed project. Submit a maximum of three one-page statements of support that demonstrate commitment from any combination of key artists, organizations, or communities that you wish to highlight. Statements of support are used by reviewers to assess the level of commitment of project participants and the impact of project activities. Do not provide general statements of support for your organization. Each statement should include the name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual who provided it.
Special Items
Submit a single PDF file that includes any items specified below that are relevant to your particular project.
- Required for all applications, a one-page statement from the executive or artistic leadership that discusses the reasons for the project's selection, it's relationship to the artistic vision of the organization, and why the project is artistically important to the community.
- For projects that involve professional development activities, a representative list of up to three pages of the names and current professional affiliations of participants from the past two years is optional.
- Recommended for projects that involve the creation of new work, a one-page statement written by the primary creative artist(s) with responsibility for the project.
- For projects that may be impacted by the National Environmental Policy Act and/or the National Historic Preservation Act (e.g., an arts festival in a park, the commissioning and installation of an outdoor sculpture or mural, or certain types of Livability projects),provide documentation that the project is in compliance. The Arts Endowment may conduct a review of your organization to ensure that it is in compliance.
Video/audio/digital image/website/document work samples
These work samples should demonstrate the artistic excellence and artistic merit of your project.
Work samples are a critical part of your application and are considered carefully during application review. You should submit work samples in at least two different art forms or from work that is multidisciplinary in nature. We recommend that you submit work samples that reflect the artistic excellence of your organization, as well as the artists proposed in your application. Since review is limited, please be selective in what you chose to submit. Too many work samples can be counterproductive. We highly recommend limiting your selections to a few substantive, relevant work samples.
Work sample videos that give an overview of the organization or event are accepted and encouraged. Compilation audio or video samples featuring more than one artist or performance are permitted. Your work samples should be recent, concise, of high quality and as relevant to the project as possible. For example, if you are proposing:
- To create, perform, present, or tour a work, submit a sample that best represents the artistry and type of activity that will be involved in your proposed project.
- To complete a work, submit a sample of the work in progress.
- A group project or collaboration, submit samples that represent the artistic excellence of the artists and/or organizations that are involved.
- An outdoor festival, include within the allotted 10 images, three to five images of the facilities that will be used during the event.
- An educational activity, submit a sample that demonstrates the experience and skills of the proposed artists/teachers who will be working with the participants.
- An outreach project, submit a sample of previous outreach activities. If you have worked with your target population before, provide a sample of your work with that same community, if possible.
- A publication, periodical, or catalogue, submit sample text as well as brief selections from examples of similar publications recently issued by your organization. For catalogues, include visual documentation of a concise sampling of the objects to be included. (Do not submit entire publications.)
- A technology project, submit a sample that best represents the artistic excellence and technology of the project.
- Services for artists and/or arts organizations, submit brief selections from publications, training material, or other documents that demonstrate your organization's expertise and ability to carry out the project
Acceptable Formats
You will be able to upload items in the formats described below. There is a limit of 250 MB for all of your items combined.
We will accept the following types of items:
Documents (Programmatic Activities List, Statements of Support, Special Items, Literary Samples, Publications, Periodicals, Catalogues)
Each file has a size limit of 5 MB and 12 pages, and must be submitted as a PDF file. Leave a margin of at least one inch at the top, bottom, and sides of all pages. Use only 8.5 x 11 inch size pages. Do not reduce type below 12 point font size. Within each PDF, number pages sequentially; place numbers on the bottom right hand corner of each page. Excess pages will be removed and not be reviewed.
If you have to scan material, please follow the guidance below:
- Scan images at a resolution of 300 dpi. Resolutions over 300 dpi will result in unnecessarily large files.
- Experiment with the JPEG quality settings. Saving the document as a "medium quality" or "low quality" JPEG will reduce the file size, and is not likely to reduce readability.
- When you have scanned the images, combine them into a single PDF file. Submit a single file for each document; do not submit a separate file for each scanned page.
Audio Samples
Submit no more than two selections; each selection should not exceed five minutes. You will upload each selection in a separate file. Each file has a size limit of 5 MB. Acceptable file types are mp3, wma, wav, aac, mid, midi, mpa, and ra.
Digital images
Submit no more than 10 images. You may either combine all of your images into a single PDF file or upload each image in a separate file. Image size should be consistent; 800 x 600 pixels is suggested. Each image/file has a size limit of 5 MB. Acceptable file types are jpeg, gif, bmp, png, and tif.
Video Samples
Submit no more than five selections; each selection should not exceed three minutes.
You may submit a link to a video sample, or upload a video sample directly to NEA-GO. We recommend uploading your work samples directly.
If you submit a link:
Submit a PDF with a link to the website. If you are including more than one website, submit no more than five and list them all on a single PDF. For each site, list the URLs for pages to be shown; include any necessary information on required plug-ins, passwords, or navigation paths. Do not submit links to sites that require work samples to be downloaded (e.g., Dropbox).
If you upload directly to NEA-GO:
Acceptable file types are avi, flv, mov, mp4, mpeg, rm, and wmv. Your video sample must be in one of these acceptable file types. File types such as VIDEO_TS.BUP, VIDEO_TS.IFO, and VIDEO_TS.VOB will not work.
In order to be uploaded, videos must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Resolution: At least 480 x 360
- Frames per second (fps): At least 12
You can often check the resolution of a video as follows. In Windows environments, find the file on your computer, right click it, and select "Properties." On a Mac, hold the Control key, and click on the file name. Select "Get Info" and the information should display. Most videos are a standard 29 frames per second.
While the above requirements are the minimum, submitting your video in the mp4 (H.264) format at 640 x 480 with mp3 audio will allow for efficient uploading while showing your clips to best advantage. There is a file size limit of 250 MB. (Note, however, that there is a limit of 250 MB for all of your work samples combined so choose your video samples carefully.)
If your video doesn't meet the minimum resolution requirements above, there are a number of software programs you can use to convert your video.
If you are submitting more than one video sample, you will upload each individually, in a separate file.
Do not submit your organization's general website. Only submit a website that is an essential part of the project. Links to audio or visual samples should be considered in place of, not in addition to, any audio or visual samples upload directly to the NEA-GO system.
Submit a PDF with a link to the website. If you are including more than one website, submit no more than five and list them all on a single PDF. For each site, list the URLs for pages to be shown; include any necessary information on required plug-ins, passwords, or navigation paths. Do not submit links to sites that require work samples to be downloaded (e.g., Dropbox).
NOTE: If you provide links to work samples -- audio samples, digital images, video samples, or documents – the same limits on work samples uploaded directly to NEA-GO apply to those provided via links:
- Audio samples: No more than two selections; each selection should not exceed five minutes.
- Digital images: No more than 10 images.
- Video samples: No more than five selections; each selection should not exceed three minutes.
- Documents: Up to 12 pages each
Information About Uploaded Items
For each item that you upload, you will find a descriptive field into which you will enter the following information, as appropriate:
Title box:
This title must not contain an apostrophe (if you use one your item will not upload). Title each item with a unique name.
- For your programmatic activities list, statements of support, and special items, simply state the type of item.
- For video/audio/digital image/website/document work samples, state the title of the work or organization represented by the work sample.
Description box:
For your programmatic activities list, statements of support, and special items, simply state the type of item.
For video/audio/digital image/website/document work samples:
- Company/Artist.
- Title of work/image/activity (if different from first bullet).
- Date work created/performed.
- Brief description including how the work sample relates to proposed project.
- For images of visual artworks, the medium and dimensions of the work.
- For audio and video, length of the sample. (Five minutes is the maximum for audio; three minutes is the maximum for video.)
- If you have compiled work samples from several artists into a single audio or video sample, please provide time stamps for the beginning and end of each artist's work.
Applicants submitting multiple websites or multiple images on a PDF should include the relevant information from above with each website or image in the PDF. The descriptive field for the file should provide a brief overview of the group of images or websites as a whole.
If new information that significantly affects your application (including changes in artists or confirmed funding commitments) becomes available after your application is submitted, please send that information immediately to the specialist for the field/discipline of your project. Include your organization's name and application number on any such submission.


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Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond speaks to the media in this file photo.Staff File Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press
An appeal filed with the Tennessee Supreme Court questions whether the local Civil Service Advisory Board has the power to make decisions over employee salaries.
The question arises from a lawsuit between Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond and some of his sergeants.
Hammond confirmed Thursday that the appeal had been filed and referred questions to the county attorney.
Hamilton County Attorney Rheubin Taylor could not be reached for comment.
But county attorney R. Dee Hobbs argued in the 13-page appeal that the Appeals Court ruling gives the board power that's not authorized under the law.
Sheriff Sgts. Chris Harvey, Ricky Jones, Mark King, Mark Kimsey, Mark Williams and Jody Mays filed a grievance because their salaries ranged from $43,867 to $49,840. The grievance sent the dispute to the Civil Service Advisory Board, which directed the sheriff to equalize pay among those ranked sergeant.
Department officials said it would cost the sheriff's office $74,596 more annually if all sergeants were paid at the highest sergeant's pay.
Hammond sought a review of law by the Hamilton County Chancery Court, which concluded that the board wasn't authorized to make the decision.
In response to the grievance, Hammond raised the minimum salary range from $43,000 to $45,000, according to the appeal.
Hammond worried that the ruling might eventually lead to other ranks wanting equalized pay and to achieve that goal he said he'd have to lower pay with some lateral promotions in the department.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled in February that the case be sent back to the Civil Service Advisory Board. The opinion said Hammond should take "necessary steps to eliminate the disparity," but left the method of achieving that goal to the sheriff.
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"To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace." - Oscar Wilde
Friday, December 14, 2012
Blog Carolling: 'Angels heard on High'
With a sincere thank you to footnoteMaven, 'Over thy dead body' is once again celebrating the annual tradition of Blog Carolling. Please enjoy 'Angels heard on High', images of angels atop monuments which I have shot over the years in the cemeteries of Mount Jerome and Glasnevin in Dublin, Ireland, set to the sounds of the Christendom College Choir singing the traditional Christmas carol, 'Angels We Have Heard On High'.
May you and yours enjoy all the blessings of the holidays!
I'm also carolling over at my other blog, 'On a flesh and bone foundation': An Irish History. Please stop by and have a look and a listen.


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familySyllabification: fam·i·ly
Pronunciation: /ˈfam(ə)lē /
Definition of family in English:
noun (plural families)
1 [treated as singular or plural] A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
Example sentences
- The good thing about having a big family, all living together, is having the support, and not being lonely.
- Shared parenting and family friendly work practices for both parents might even just keep more families together.
- NEW safety rules which stopped many families from swimming together have been abandoned after protests from parents.
1.1A group of people related to one another by blood or marriage: friends and family can provide support
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- You are asked to encourage as many of your friends and family to donate blood.
- What matters most is that their close families and friends fully support their marriages.
- Sincere sympathy is extended to all the families, relatives and friends of the deceased.
relatives, relations, kin, next of kin, kinsfolk, kindred, one's (own) flesh and blood, nearest and dearest, people, connections;
clan, tribe
informal folks
1.2The children of a person or couple: she has the sole responsibility for a large family
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- Every success in the future on this new venture to the couple and their family.
- Several meals out have been lavishly enjoyed by the couple and their family at this stage!
- The property is not suitable for large families so the target market when trying to sell it is that of the first-time buyers and couples with young families.
children, little ones, youngsters;
a brood;
Law issue
1.3A person or people related to one and so to be treated with a special loyalty or intimacy: I could not turn him away, for he was family
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- The news that GABA receptors constitute a family of proteins was music to drug companies' ears.
- They constitute a large family that includes both parasitic and free-living varieties.
- Luther dramatically succeeded and thereby inaugurated a new family of Protestant readings.
1.4A group of people united in criminal activity.
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- The Kahn family were a sort of mafia family, in charge of organized crime and such.
- We're talking about New York, where you'd have Mafia families fighting each other.
- Some of the mafia families have employed archaeologists to work directly for them, after making them an offer that they can't refuse.
1.5 Biology A principal taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below order, usually ending in -idae (in zoology) or -aceae (in botany).
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- If one denies paraphyletic taxa, where do genera and families come from?
- The simulated taxa can be seen as analogous to genera or families, the usual focus of diversity studies.
- In addition, honeyeaters are known to forage on a range of plant families, genera and species at any one time, and do not rely on a single plant species for food.
stock, strain, line;
Zoology phylum
1.6A group of objects united by a significant shared characteristic.
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- All models in the family share the same operating characteristics but are optimised for rated current.
1.7 Mathematics A group of curves or surfaces obtained by varying the value of a constant in the equation generating them.
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- Infinite families of cyclic Steiner triple systems and Room squares are constructed [in the papers].
- Families of curves arise, for example, in the solutions to differential equations with a free parameter.
- We have developed galleries of animations that can be used by instructors at various levels to enhance the idea of families of curves and graphs and how the members of the family change when certain parameters are varied.
2All the descendants of a common ancestor: the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years
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- Ann was a descendant of a family that could trace its ancestry back to the Norman Conquest.
- The house is still in one piece and the descendants of the Jalmry family live here.
- Thinking of Plato as semi-divine, alien to us, is not so startling in a world in which great families claimed descent from the gods.
ancestry, parentage, pedigree, genealogy, background, family tree, descent, lineage, bloodline, blood, extraction, stock;
forebears, forefathers, antecedents, roots, origins, heritage, dual heritage
2.1A race or group of peoples from a common stock.
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- There is no need to talk to understand the longing they feel for a new role in the European family of nations.
- That is the way towards building a new Scotland, fit and ready to play its full part in the European family of nations.
- The sentimentality has less to do with politics, and more with nationhood and the great family of Germany.
2.2All the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group: the Austronesian language family
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- Austronesian languages, like other language families, are very different from Indo-European.
- Hmong-Mien is one of the major language families spoken in southern China and Southeast Asia.
- Language families and subfamilies are indicated on the branches of the tree.
adjective[attributive] Back to top
Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults: a family newspaper
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- The most interesting thing, if you ask me, is how "the irreverent, oppositional ethic that controlled pirate identity" winds up as the theme of family rides at these parks.
- The traditional family show is as usual presented in the village hall.
- It walks a very, very fine line between "family sitcom" and "cynical anti-family sitcom."
late Middle English (sense 2 of the noun): from Latin familia 'household servants, household, family', from famulus 'servant'.
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in the family way
- informal Pregnant.Example sentences
- What are you going to do if she gets in the family way?
- What seems possible is that Summer, having got Bridget pregnant, fell in with the precociously clever Jenny Jones and put her in the family way as well.
- It's as simple as this: You don't walk out on a girl who's in the family way.
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|History of Two Rivers
|Ship Building
unwritten chapter in Two Rivers history began in the
early fifties of the last century - the shipbuilding
industry. No present history gives an account of the
several enterprises in shipbuilding that sprang up and
flourished for a quarter of a century. For the dates and
facts given in the following narration, I am indebted to
two pioneer residents, J.E. Hamilton and Michael Smith,
who lent the intelligence in several interviews with the
author; in addition, many other facts were gleaned from
the early files of the Manitowoc County Chronicle, which
is now the Two Rivers Chronicle.
About the year 1852, an eastern ship carpenter named James Harbridge cam into port, liked the village, and decided to begin shipbuilding operations in a small way. He took in a partner named Mayer and the two started work with a crew of about tour men. The firm of Harbridge and Mayer proved successful in its enterprise and later C. Krause, an ancestor of the present Krause family of this city, cast his lot with the new concern. The shipyard was one the bank of the West Twin River on the site now occupied by the Pauly and Pauly Cheese Co. and just west of the Monroe street bridge.
Harbridge lived with his family in a little white house which was situated on the site now occupied by the Pawlitzke home at Adams and 20th Streets. He had a daughter, Alice, and a son, James. His foreman, Chance Wenn, was a tall Scandinavian who had a a fiery red beard and who was always full of corking good stories and yards of varying veracity.
The firm of Harbridge and Mayer at first specialized in small craft such as scows and canal boats, but later build several schooners. among these last were several vessels constructed for Fred and August Eggers, who owned a sawmill there at the time. One of the first schooners to glide down the ways into the West Twin Rivers as the William Aldridge, a two-master, Built under contact for Deacon H.H. Smith. Two more schooners, both two-masted vessels, were build after the William Aldridge; one was the Stella and the other the Laura.
The last days of Harbridge's enterprise are clouded in doubt, but the yard must have closed about 1862. Ralph G. Plum recalls that at least two other schooners were built, the Gertrude and the Joseph Vilas.
Harbridge moved away and was not heard from again.
On a stormy night in 1865, October, the two-masted schooner, Toledo, went aground on Twin River Point, north of Two Rivers. Her captain was Thomas Callaway, a brother-in-law of Mrs.. Agnes Weilip of Two Rivers, who, in an interview, told me this second chapter of Two Rivers' shipbuilding history. After the storm had subsided, the captain tried with might and main to drag his stranded ship off the sand and to float her, but she would not be budged. Seized with a wild and almost unthinkable plan, he had the schooner sawed into two sections, raised each one separately, and hauled wagons about seven miles down the beach to the point known as the Pines. All through the winter months the commander and his men worked at rebuilding the vessel. Not until the following June was she ready for launching. Then, beautiful and sturdy she stood on the the ways, three spars pointing heavenward where two had been before. The Herculean task of launching the enlarged vessel from the beach was finally accomplished after scores if distressing mishaps, and the ship again rode her element, now rechristened the Typo.
The climax in shipbuilidng at Two Rivers begain in 1872 when two Manitwooc shipbuilding contractors, Casper Hanson and H.C. Scove, started operations on the site beside the East Twin Rivers, just north of the United Fisheries Co. At that time, there were scarcely any buildings on the East side, but the spot was chosen for the shipyard because the river makes a harp bend there, providing a deep off-shore channel which permits the successful launching of large schooners. The yard of Hanson and Scove was rather extensive for its day and was provided with all the machinery and equipment needed to carry on the work with thoroughness and dispatch. At its height, the firm employed about 80 men and built several boats at the same time. Scows, canal boats, tugs and schooners were constructed both under contract and by the shipbuilders to be sold on the market after completion.
The first schooner built was the H.M. Scove, a three-masted schooner, whose proportions corresponded almost exactly with those of the John Schuette, which was the last schooner constructed at Two rivers. She was built for the market and was later sold to a shipping corporation and was a familiar figure on the Great Lakes.
On Saturday, April 18, 1874, the second schooner, another three-master, was launched. She was christened the Bertie Calkins and was built for the firm of Rothschilds and Godman of Chicago, under the supervision of Captain Godman, who remained in Two Rivers through the winter of 1873-74 and endeared himself to the villagers. Editor W.F. Nash, in the Manitowoc County Chronicle for the Wednesday following, said:
"The launch on Saturday afternoon of the large three-masted schooner now nearly completed by Messrs. Hanson and Scove at this place for Messrs. Rothschilds and Godman of Chicago, was a beautiful one. The last block was removed at about four o'clock in the afternoon when the order to cut the rope was given and the mammoth craft immediately started down the ways very evenly, and with a rush and a road, plunged into the water. The launch was witnessed by about 500 delighted people, men, women and children. The new craft is named the Bertie Calkins. She has a carrying capacity of 20,000 bushels of wheat, or about 250 M lumber, and will be ready to leave port some time during the present week, taking on a cargo of lumber of Messrs. Cooper and Jones of Chicago, after which she will go into commission for her owners."
On her second voyage, the Bertie Calkins collided with the schooner, R.P. Mason of Chicago on Tuesday, May 12, 1874. Both were badly damaged and put into Manistee for repairs.
On June 7, 1874, the three-masted schooner Granger slid into the water. Her owner was John Bertschy, Esq., a prominent man at Sheboygan. The Granger had a capacity of 26,000 bushels of wheat, or 510 tons. Her keel was 156 feet long, her deck 160 feet, the width of her beams 29 feet, the depth of her hold 12 feet. The schooner left port on June 19, fully rigged, and loaded with a cargo for Sheboygan, sailing under the command of Captain Griffith.
The sister ship of the Granger was christened the J.O. Thayer and was launched on Saturday, August 22, 1874. She, too, was built for John Bertschy, Esq. The new schooner sailed out of port under the command of Capt. D.E Swinerton, "a polished gentleman and a thorough sailor." How proud Two Rivers was of her flourishing industry is evidenced by this excerpt from an article describing the launch:
"While congratulating our neighbors at Sheboygan, we will remind them that Hanson and Scove are willing to build as good vessels as ever carried sails to keep pace with their growing commerce. Next!"
One of the smaller craft built was a steam fishing tug constructed for the Gagnon Brothers, who fished out of Two Rivers. The contract for the boat was let on May 20, 1874, and on Thursday, July 22, the new craft was launched. She was christened the Mary A. Gagnon and was towed to Manitowoc to receive her engine, rudder and other equipment at the Richards Iron Works.
Probably the best-known schooner on the Great Lakes was the John Schuette, a three-masted vessel built at Two Rivers by Hanson and Scove. The keel was laid on December 1, 1847, and proved to be the beginning of the end for the industry at Two Rivers. She was 142 feet over all, had a 135-foot keel, a beam of 26 feet 2 inches, and a hold depth of 10 feet 8 inches. Her captain was Peter Larson. On May 1, 1875, the John Schuette was launched and was christened after "State Senator Schuette from Manitowoc County, whose course in the legislature last winter met with their (Hanson and Scove) hearty approval."
Most of the schooner's six transoceanic voyages ere to England, but she sailed the Great Lakes most of the time. She met her fate in Lake St. Claire in 1908 when she collided with another vessel. Today, the State Historical Museum at Madison, there is displayed a large model of the John Schuette, donated by George Schuette of Manitowoc.
After the John Schuette had been launched, Hanson and Scove stared work on a contract to lay six cribs for the new harbor which was being built at Two Rivers. Engaged in the harbor work, they neglected the shipbuilding, although a few scows were built in 1875 and also the largest floating steam pile driver than at work on the Great Lakes. Ralph Plumb mentions one other schooner built there, evidently before the John Schuette. This was the Mike Corry, a schooner of 380 tons.
Mr. Scove's wife died in 1874 and Mr. Hanson sent his wife and family to Manitowoc to live during that winter. When the harbor contract was finished, the shipyard was not reopened. Instead, Hanson and Scove moved back to Manitowoc and there continued their shipbuilding operations. Thus ended a proud and brilliant page of two Rivers history.


text: Sounds like a War trick to me. Something for a hot humid night. Should make a nice vapor cloud. (Pittsburgh has been having lots of rain this summer according to firsthand accounts by son who is spending his summer at Carnegie Mellon. I know it was hot and humid last weekend at parents weekend.) Johnnae > Johnnae wrote: >> There was an article in today's Free Press that combines >> two recent topics, namely weird American food and ice cream. >> Liquid nitrogen dissects ice cream to an elemental goodness >> BY SYLVIA RECTOR >> It's all about tableside created ice cream using liquid nitrogen. > Lilinah wrote: > Yeah, a Goth friend used to do this. > We'd have pot-luck meals at his place - with his cannibal cat (yes, it > ate other cats), his two igaunas, big frogs in the fish tank and small > lizards in the bathroom, and the scorpions and black widow spiders > snug in their own containers. > Then we'd go out on his balcony (big enough for a round table). He'd > put on a white lab coat and some big insulating gloves - put the > liquid ice cream mix in a steel bowl - pick up the little steel > thermos - twist off the cap - we'd see the vapor escaping - he'd dump > it into the bowl - and kapowee! ice cream - rather hard ice cream. > And a good time was had by all.


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Dear Students:
The end of yet another great semester is upon us and I must say thank you for all your hard work, determined spirit and dedication to making Clemson the amazing place I get to call work each day.
Looking back over the last year, I have had several fond memories that included many of you:
· I was able to take a Boot Camp class at Fike, and let me tell you, those of you who do this regularly should be complimented!
· I participated in the Student Affairs regatta on Lake Hartwell.
· I became a Clemson mom for the second time. Having both of my kids on campus with you all will continue to give me a unique perspective.
I also enjoyed watching Clemson win against LSU in what is sure to be a history-making win for our Tigers. I'm excited about the progress we made in solidifying construction for new housing/recreational projects on campus. And I greatly appreciated those of you who worked with me as part of the Creative Inquiry CU Water Drop project.
This campus provides an abundance of unique professional and involvement opportunities, so I encourage each of you take advantage of all that Clemson offers. As you move into summer jobs and classes, I hope you have felt fulfilled and empowered this semester to go out and positively impact the world. As Margaret Mead once said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Congratulations for all your hard work. Have a wonderful summer.
Gail DiSabatino
Vice President for Student Affairs


text: Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick) attended the Wantagh-Seaford PAL volunteer Appreciation Dinner that was held at Johnny Malone's this year. The Wantagh-Seaford PAL extended their thanks to all the men and women who give of their time, talent and resources that make the PAL children's programs the best available for the participants. Having presented them with a County citation in appreciation for all their hard work, Legislator Denenberg is pictured with Ken Ziminski, Gary Sanchez, Maureen Roach, Christopher Quinn, Bob Kennish, John Azzata and Frank Divittorio all of whom are volunteers with the Wantagh-Seaford PAL.


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Film & DVD
'The Hunt' is enthralling thanks to superb cast
A familiar story made fresh by performances of Mads Mikkelsen and less-familiar Danish actors
Published: October 16, 2013
The Hunt
★★★★ (out of 5 stars)
When we're kids, we're lucky if we have people in our lives who encourage and support our imaginations. They play games with us and share stories, and along the way we learn these skills from them. But the power of what a fully developed imagination can be, and what it can do, comes later.
Sometimes too late.
In The Hunt, a small town in Denmark is torn asunder by the imagination of a little girl, Klara (Annika Wedderkopp), who hasn't learned the weight of her words yet.
Klara's imagination is fostered by a small cluster of teachers, like the handsome Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen), who work at the small nursery school she attends. Lucas is a family friend sympathetic to the dreamy problems she faces, like not being able to step over lines (think of the children's game "hot lava":
Don't step on the lava!) and constantly losing her way home. He often goes out of his way to help her find her way back or walk her to school. Eventually, Klara develops a crush on him.
That crush goes too far, though, when she gives Lucas an innocent kiss on the lips during playtime and he reprimands her for it. It's a gentle reprimand, but she is hurt and upset over the incident. Guided by an overprotective administrator, Klara eventually accuses Lucas of showing her his privates. The incident unleashes a maelstrom of outrage and panic in the town.
As the harsh Danish winter sets in around Lucas, so do the harsh realities of the accusation made against him. People turn from him and try to harm him; his ex-wife tries to stop him from seeing their son; stores refuse to serve him; and other children, coached with details from parents eager to see Lucas punished, begin to accuse him too.
At the beginning of the movie, it's hard to imagine such a young guy as a nursery school teacher, but Lucas' ease and natural ability to level with the children without infantilizing them makes it feel less odd. He's good with kids, maybe better than anyone else at the school, but there is a slight nag that it's a narrative setup the whole time. It's the one flaw in an otherwise strong, if a little familiar, story.
The film would be nothing without its actors, though. There is not a single poor performance to be found, from Mikkelsen and Thomas Bo Larsen (who plays Klara's father) all the way down to the day players – like the bulky Oyvind Hagen-Traberg, who plays a butcher who goes to brutish lengths to refuse Lucas' business. But it's the young, quixotic Wedderkopp who leaves everyone in her shadow. When the film is with her, it makes the viewer feel like a fly on the wall of her playroom – as if she conjured the set walls, characters and film edits straight from her imagination and asked everyone to play along.
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It's hard to find the perfect place to please everyone in the family. With so many activities available in so many different cities, it can be a journey in itself just to find an adequate location to visit. The land of the Vikings is sure to satisfy even the choosiest of explorers.
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A European Vacation to beautiful Denmark is not to be missed. Kid-friendly and activity-filled, a Family Adventure Vacation to the land of the Vikings just might be the journey of a lifetime for which you have been searching. Kids will love hiking and swimming. Foodies will adore the delicious restaurants, and those who are always in search of a bargain will appreciate the shopping. There truly is something for everyone in Denmark.
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SSE hails 'longest unconditional' price guarantee as it freezes energy prices until 2016
SSE has frozen its energy prices until at least 2016 in a move it claims is the "longest unconditional price guarantee the domestic energy market has ever seen".
SSE: freezing energy prices until 2016
The move comes as the energy faces increasing attacks from the Labour Party over its price rises and ahead of the regulator Ofgem calling in the completion watchdog about a proposed separation of the power generation and retail arms.
SSE has pre-empted an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) watchdog by revealing its retail and wholesale business will be legally separated to "enhance transparency".
Despite its claims of seeking to enhance transparency, SSE still has not taken any action over a loophole that allows it to use its white label M&S Energy brand to offer customers a different cheapest tariff.
The price freeze by SSE means that by January 2016, it will not have increased its prices since November 2013, a period of almost 26 months.
The energy firm admits its profit margin will be hit by the price freeze commitment and as a result, will seek to make annual operation cost savings of £100m, which will include cutting 500 jobs through a "voluntary early release programme".
SSE is using the leverage it has gained from the announcement to lobby government to remove "energy taxes" from its bills and have them paid through general taxation instead.
Alistair Phillips-Davies, chief executive of SSE, said: "We're recognising that delivering the lowest possible energy prices for our customers has to be central to everything we do.
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This Orlando Hotel is 1 mile from the Orange County Convention Center and has a 24-hour business center. Every room has cable TV and a dual-line telephone. Massages are also available.
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Days Inn Orlando Airport - Florida MallOnly 7 miles from Orlando International Airport, this hotel has free airport shuttles, an outdoor pool and poolside bar. Its contemporary rooms feature free Wi-Fi and cable TV with HBO.
Score from 1585 reviews Good
Howard Johnson International DriveThis Orlando hotel provides free shuttle service to Universal Orlando Resort, which is just 1 mile away.
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Econo Lodge International Drive at UniversalOn bustling International Drive, this Orlando hotel features a daily continental breakfast in the lobby, an outdoor pool, and free Wi-Fi.
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Breakfast made up for the out-of-date facilities.
Ice machine not working, blankets and pillows were old and had holes and drool stains.
King bed was comfortable
Bathrooms were cleaned, chip paint, grout. Mattress missing on let out couch.
Close to everything , staff is grear
Rooms need a deep cleaning and new sheets and pillows.
Breakfast was good...
I got bitten by bed bugs, and the staff didn't seem interested, even when I was able to photograph several dozen or the little blighters. I got conjunctivitis as a result, too. Avoid!
I like the price and the proximity to food places, shopping mall,
The bed sheets were dirty, the TV doesn't work very well, the room doesn't have lights in the roof, and it's full of little lamps. The odors in the halls are very disgusting. The breakfast doesn't include eggs, jam and warm food. There isn't any security around the garage; the hotel doesn't have any fence around it.
Price was excellent. Breakfast was included. Room was clean
Location, room had a musty smell
the room was fairly nice,,,tub drain needs to be replaced some one left it where it not safe,,sharp edges out received small cut
parking,,,breakfast hours and the quality of breakfast,,even the 1 cup of coffee was cold,,food was not much to select from
Ecxellent customer care! Calls from front desk welcoming us to the property
Proximity 2 universal, nice clean room, fairly priced w/ breakfast included, good coffee
We didn't get into the property until 2:30 am flight to Orlando. We were so grateful the desk clerk allow us to stay beyond the 11 am check out time so we could sleep a little longer. Because of that situation we missed the comp. breakfast; which was not the properties fault.
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Difficulty of getting out of drive back into traffic on Orange Blossom Trail. Very busy which negates the ease of getting into motel - so good with the bad.
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front desk personnel is very helpful comfy bed
breakfast - just cereals and some pastry, no eggs, meat or yogurts missing coffee machine in the room
Staff unfriendly buffet is a joke, supposed to stay open for 9.30, i went at 9 and every thing was gone i asked the staff and she said we close the buffet at 9, i asked for a toast and she gets me 2 pieces with here bare hands!! Unsafe place to stay with children
The room did not seem very clean , on the third morning I woke up my son for a go Kart race and their were several small bugs on him and the white sheets when I picked several of them up and smashed them on a hotel note pad they were filled with blood and I looked up bed bugs on my smart phone that's what they were , I took them to the hotel Mgr. told them I was appalled he said he would check with upper mgmt. to see what they could do .I just took all our clothes put them in out garage sprayed them heavily with a poison that claimed to kill bed bugs and then placed everything in heavy plastic bags and then washed everything in very hot water ! Not Happy
Microwave in room was filty,roaches crawling on refrigerator and on coffee pot and ants around the night stand and on walls.tv bad reception :-(
The hotel was awful
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Pool Breakfast Room was clean
Prostitutes outside hotel day/night Room next door were always fighting. We had our 3 yr old with us. They were always waking us up in the middle of night or arguing or throwing stuff. Had to call front desk several times. TV didn't work the whole time we were there. Asked for a refund, they told me they would refund me $30.00 in 7 to 10 business days.
Shower was clogged yelling and running in the hallway @ 2 am slow check in TV didn't work properly paid for a king room, got 2 doubles instead
Ac leaked in room..whole half of the rooms floor was wet. Had to wear shoes in room at all times.. sinks leaked
Good location and large rooms..
internet signal was too week.. Had to move 3 times to another room..
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While the Silver Line appeals to Fairfax County residents as a traffic-free means to travel east into Washington, D.C., tourists and visitors to the National Capital Region will also benefit greatly from the new rail line. Group and individual travelers now have direct Metro access from 16 Fairfax County hotels in the Tysons and Reston areas to many of the popular attractions in the nation's capital.Read More.
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benefits of tourism. This year, Visit Fairfax (www.fxva.com) not only continues to salute the tourism industry and the thousands of individuals who work in the hospitality community, but will also celebrate its 10th Anniversary as the official destination marketing organization for Fairfax County, Virginia.
CONNECT WITH BLOSSOMS IN FAIRFAX COUNTYMar 05, 2014
Fairfax County, VA – March, 2014 – Throughout this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival®, Visit Fairfax and its partners are celebrating the splendor and majesty of our parks and gardens, as well as Japanese culture, with exhibits and self-guided garden tours that showcase the natural beauty of Fairfax County in bloom (www.fxva.com/cherryblossom).Read More.
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Thanks to a little help from America's Founding Fathers, Visit Fairfax took home six Adrian Awards, including an overall Best of Show for Digital Marketing for its "Historical Figures" campaign. The awards were given out at the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Annual Adrian Awards Gala in New York City this past Monday.Read More.
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During the recent IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, B. F. Saul Company Hospitality Group President and Founding Visit Fairfax Board Member Mark Carrier was honored with the 2013 Kemmons Wilson Service Award. Carrier's leadership as an advocate on Capitol Hill and within the federal government for hotel owners and operators and their businesses provided significant wins for the hotel industry, and for that, he was recognized.Read More.
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Throughout this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival®, Visit Fairfax and its partners are celebrating the splendor and majesty of our parks and gardens, as well as Japanese culture,Read More.
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It's been a century since Japan presented the National Capital Region with the iconic Cherry Blossom trees that grace our landscape each spring. This year, Visit Fairfax partners are celebrating the splendor and majesty of these national treasures with exhibits and self-guided garden tours that showcase the natural beauty of Fairfax County during the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival®.Read More.
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As thousands once again flock to the hallowed grounds of the National Mall in Washington, DC to celebrate the grand opening of the much-anticipated memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Visit Fairfax invites visitors to connect to the rich African American heritage and history waiting just over the river in Fairfax County, Virginia.Read More.
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Summer is upon us, and parents all across the country are scouring for ideas to ensure their kids won't utter the dreaded phrase: "I'm bored. There's nothing to do!" Fear not! Visit Fairfax's website (www.fxva.com/summerfun) and event calendar is full of one-of-a-kind celebrations, festivals, and fly-ins to ensure that the summer of 2011 never has a dull moment.Read More.
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How good are the passwords people are choosing to protect their computers and online accounts?
It's a hard question to answer because data is scarce. But recently, a colleague sent me some spoils from a MySpace phishing attack: 34,000 actual user names and passwords.
The attack was pretty basic. The attackers created a fake MySpace login page, and collected login information when users thought they were accessing their own account on the site. The data was forwarded to various compromised web servers, where the attackers would harvest it later.
MySpace estimates that more than 100,000 people fell for the attack before it was shut down. The data I have is from two different collection points, and was cleaned of the small percentage of people who realized they were responding to a phishing attack. I analyzed the data, and this is what I learned.
It seems we're getting incrementally better with passwords, at least as compared to studies conducted a decade or more ago. The reasons why aren't clear: maybe it's because the MySpace user demographic (which is significantly younger than the corporate user crowd) is more password-savvy, or perhaps it's because these users have bad password hygiene in other ways, such as reusing the same password across multiple services.
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