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Dashboards provide a way to display any kinds of data through widgets at different levels:
- Global dashboards display data at instance level
- Project dashboards display data at project level.
Concepts and mechanisms described below apply for both global and project dashboards.
Creating Dashboard
Logged users can create as many dashboards as they need:
Click on Manage dashboards and fill the form to create a new dashboard:
The newly created dashboard appears immediately in the left navigation bar and and can be customized by adding widgets.
When system administrators create dashboards, they have the ability to share them. It means that these dashboards can be followed by authenticated users. This is done by ticking Shared:
Customizing Dashboard
The content of a dashboard can be fully customized.
Changing Layout
To change the layout of a dashboard (e.g. three columns instead of two), click on Configure widgets and then pick a layout on the right hand side:
Adding a Widget
To add a widget, click on Configure widgets. The list of available widgets is shown at the top of the page. Click on Add widget to add the desired widget:
Customizing a Widget
Some widgets can be customized. To change their properties, click on Edit on the desired widget:
Moving a Widget
To move a widget within a dashboard, click on Configure widgets, then drag & drop the widget:
Removing a Widget
To remove a widget, click on Configure widgets and then click on Delete:
Managing Dashboards
Click on Manage dashboards to manage available dashboards:
From there you can:
- Follow / Unfollow a shared dashboard
- Change the order of the dashboards in the left navigation bar
- Delete a dashboard
- Configure widgets
Managing Default Dashboards
A system administrator can customize the list and the content of the default dashboards. The default dashboards are the ones presented to unauthenticated users as well as authenticated users that have not done any customization. This is done by logging in, going to Settings > Configuration > Default dashboards and then selecting default dashboards to display and their order,
Project Dashboards
Project dashboards are the entry point when looking at a project. They display an overview of the project data: measures, issues, etc.
Dashboard: Default Project Dashboard Shipped with SonarQube
This default dashboard gives an overview of your project (with widgets like Size, etc.) and its quality (with widgets like Rules compliance, Comments & Duplications, etc.).
From there, you will be able to hunt for seven different kinds of quality flow:
See Duplications for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
Bad distribution of complexity
See Bad Distribution of Complexity for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
Spaghetti design
See Spaghetti Design for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
Lack of unit tests
See Lack of Unit Tests for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
No coding standards and Potential bugs
See No Coding Standards for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
See Potential Bugs for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
Not enough or too many comments
See Not Enough or Too Many Comments for detailed explanation on this quality flow.
Clicking on any measure opens the Measures Drilldown, zooming on the chosen measure.
All the widgets above are compatible with differential views to help you focus on quality flows on new code.
Many other widgets are available out of the box, just give them a try. Even more are available through plugins.
The Events widget is used to highlight events occurring during the lifetime of the project. There are two kinds of events:
- Manual: it is possible to add manual events. See Events for more details.
- Automated: a mechanism exists to pick automatically events and record them. This is the case for changes in quality profile and raises of alerts.
The Treemap is a generic component that adapts depending on the structure of the project: modules, packages and files.
It shows the components that are at the top level, regardless of the type. It is then possible to drill down into any component to get a view on the component.
Three actions are available in the treemap:
- Click on a component name to access the component dashboard
- Left click on a box to zoom in a component
- Right click on a box to zoom out of a component
Hunting Services
Measures Drilldown
Wherever in a project, it is always possible to access the Measures Drilldown by clicking on a measure:
The component structure is displayed: hierarchy is represented from left (higher) to right (lower).
Components are sorted in a descending way, worst measures for the metric first. Note that components having the best value for the metric are not displayed.
By clicking on a file, you will access the Resource Viewer.
Issues Drilldown
Wherever in a project, it is always possible to access the Issues Drilldown through the left menu:
The component structure is displayed: hierarchy is represented from left (higher) to right (lower).
Components are sorted in a descending way, the one with the most issues first. Note that components with no issue are not displayed.
The Issues drilldown is compatible with the differential views mechanism.
By clicking on a file, you will access the Resource Viewer.
Wherever in a project, it is always possible to access the Clouds through the left menu:
On the Top risk tab, the size represents the average complexy by method in the file.
On the Quick wins tab: the size represents the lines of code in the file.
Regarding the color, blue indicates good quality according to Coverage or Rules compliance (depending the selected value in the drop down list), red indicates bad quality.
By clicking on a file, you will access the Resource Viewer.
Wherever in a project, it is always possible to access the Components dashboard through the left menu.
From there you can access the dashboard of a specific component. You will get the same information as for the project but restricted to the scope of the component.
Global Dashboards
Global dashboards are available at instance level and can be accessed through the menu on the left. One of the global dashboards is set as your home page.
Any widget can be added to a global dashboard. Thus, any kinds of information from a project or from the SonarQube instance can be displayed at will.
Global Dashboard Shipped with SonarQube: Home


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The discovery of this unusual death-related phenomenon came as a result of studies into aging, said University College London's David Gems. One of the prevailing theories to explain aging in organisms, he said, is that throughout life there is a slow accumulation of damage to cellular components. In mammals, some of that damaged material accumulates in the lysosomes of aging cells as a substance called lipofuscin—"a sort of biological crap," Gems said.
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A team of MSU researchers might have found a crucial link between peptide levels in the brain and the escalation of Alzheimer's disease.
For the project, professor Christina Chan and MSU alumna Hirosha Geekiyanage experimented with mice, which were genetically altered to be more likely to develop symptoms of the disease. The team injected a compound called L-cycloserine into the mice and later found it decreased levels of peptides that have been shown to lead to the plaques on the brain associated with Alzheimer's.
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In a corporate environment it makes sense to have some control over the setup of Maven.
For example:
- restricting dependencies to approved versions of artifacts
- reducing network bandwidth by having a maven repository proxied
- sharing corporate assets by deploying them centrally
These scenarios can be realized by using internal Maven repositoriesand a Maven proxy. Be very careful not to confuse these two concepts as both services are often located on the same physical machine and it is easy to get them mixed up.
This guide will recommend installing both the Maven internal repositories and the Maven proxy on a single machine and to make this guide a bit more readable this machine will be called NUCLEUS.
To get an overview of repositories please read http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-repositories.html
For another example of repository setup with diagrams showing this configuration see http://cvs.peopleware.be/training/maven/maven2/repositories.html
Definitions of Repositories
A repository holds Maven artifacts in a well defined directory structure.
The purpose of the repository influences the types of resources that are stored in that repository.
The following list attempts to define the different terms used when discussing different repository types.
local repository
The directory structure on your local machine which stores all the artifacts required by all the projects on your system.
It is a cache of artifacts from remote repositories for any mvn command you have run.
remote repository
A remote repository is where the user may get artifacts from. A remote repository can be located anywhere and accessed by any protocol supported by Wagon (ftp/scp/http/file/...)
intranet repository
A remote repository inside your firewall, i.e. a repository not on your machine but in the confines of your organization.
You might have internal release/snapshot repositories as well.
private repository
Same as #internal repository.
central repository
A special remote repository which is situated at http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2/.
This remote repository is where most open source software artifacts are located.
release repository
A release repository is a remote repository specifically for housing released code.
No snapshots should be stored in this repository.
snapshot repository
A snapshot repository is a remote repository specifically for housing non-release code as snapshots should not be stored with released artifacts.
Using Maven in a corporate environment
A web server already running and configured on NUCLEUS.
A web server is needed so that the internal repositories can be accessed from the local desktops.
scp access to NUCLEUS
It is out of scope for this guide to walk through setting scp up on the server.
The local desktop will need a SSH client which are available for Unix at
http://www.openssh.com/ and Windows at
Shell access to NUCLEUS
Shell access is needed to exectute commands and to configure the initial repository layout. This may be done in conjunction with a sysadmin if you do not have the required privileges.
Write access to a web server visible directory.
In this guide the Maven repositories will be installed into a location that has been configured for access by your web server.
This guide will use the location WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories.
Create the repositories
The following artifacts are ones stored in a corporate environment:
- inhouse released
- inhouse snapshot
- external non free - Oracle JDBC, J2EE stuff
- external free - free but with annoying license restrictions so they can not be housed on ibiblio. Or any other projects not yet on ibiblio (in which case file a request to get it loaded into ibiblio see http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-ibiblio-upload.html)
Note: these categories are paraphrased from the Proximity web site https://is-micro.myip.hu/projects/ismicro-commons/proximity/configuration.html
The corporate environment should only contain artifacts as categorised above, any other artifacts should be obtained from the proper repository and not be duplicated in the corporate repository.
However these remote non-corporate environment repositories may be proxied. See #Creating a Maven proxy. Remember a proxy and a repository are different concepts.
In this guide the logically different artifacts are stored in physicall separate repositories. There is no physical reason why you could not store them within the one repository but to make it obvious were artifacts have come from they are separated.
In the WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories directory (which your sysadmin has already created) create these directories:
- inhouse
- inhouse_snapshot
- external_free
- external_non_free
If you are on a Unix machine ensure that the WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories directory has g+ws permission (the s bit ensures that files and directories created will have the same group access control).
Configure settings.xml
Now that the repositories have been created, each deployer's settings.xml file will need to specify these repositories in the server section:
Note: There appears to be some bugs with permissions not being set. You may need to manually set the permissions after running deployment commands.
TODO: Link to JIRA bug if there is one, and/or create it.
<servers> ... <server> <id>inhouse</id> <username>DEVELOPERS_USERNAME</username> <privateKey>PATH/TO/SSH.key</privateKey> <filePermissions>664</filePermissions> <directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions> </server> <server> <id>inhouse_snapshot</id> <username>DEVELOPERS_USERNAME</username> <privateKey>PATH/TO/SSH.key</privateKey> <filePermissions>664</filePermissions> <directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions> </server> <server> <id>external_free</id> <username>DEVELOPERS_USERNAME</username> <privateKey>PATH/TO/SSH.key</privateKey> <filePermissions>664</filePermissions> <directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions> </server> <server> <id>external_non_free</id> <username>DEVELOPERS_USERNAME</username> <privateKey>PATH/TO/SSH.key</privateKey> <filePermissions>664</filePermissions> <directoryPermissions>775</directoryPermissions> </server> .... </servers>
Deploy artifacts into a repository
Deploying inhouse artifacts
Inhouse artifacts should have the correct sections of the pom completed so that the deploy goal will work without having to specify any extra arguments.
... <distributionManagement> <repository> <id>inhouse</id> <name>Inhouse Internal Release Repository</name> <url> scp://NUCLEUS/PATH/TO/WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories/inhouse</url> </repository> <snapshotRepository> <id>inhouse_snapshot</id> <name>Inhouse Internal Snapshot Repository</name> <url> scp://NUCLEUS/PATH/TO/WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories/inhouse_snapshot</url> <uniqueVersion>true</uniqueVersion> </snapshotRepository> </distributionManagement> ...
The "uniqueVersion" setting defaults to true and will mean that the uploaded snapshot will look like:
instead of just
To deploy the artifact run: (Note: use -N if you don't want maven to run in recursive mode)
mvn deploy
Deploying external free or external non free artifacts
External free (ones not available from ibiblio because of annoying license restrictions) and external non free artifacts can be deployed to their respective repository.
Since these are normally well versioned jar files there is no need for any snapshots in these repositories.
Additional documentation on the deploy goal is available at
Consider the example of deploying the WebLogic jars. The WebLogic jar is an external non free jar and therefore needs to be deployed into the external_non_free repository.
Assume that the version of WebLogic is 8.1sp5 and the weblogic.jar is in the current directory then use the following command:
Note: The trailing slashes are used to represent the command continues onto the next line. This works fine on Unix but not on Windows. You will need to ensure that this command is all on one line with the trailing slashes removed.
mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=weblogic -DartifactId=weblogic -Dversion=8.1.5 \ -DgeneratePom=true \ -Dpackaging=jar \ -Dfile=weblogic.jar \ -DrepositoryId=external_non_free \ -Durl=scp://NUCLEUS/PATH/TO/WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories/external_non_free
Defining repositories in settings.xml
By defining these repositories in the settings.xml they will automatically get checked for artifacts. An alternative is to define these directly in your project's pom.xml file.
Since each developer needs to modify their settings.xml using the pom.xml might be a better choice.
Note that these repositories do not contain any Maven plugins and if plugins are needed then the pluginRepositories section will need to be completed with appropriate details.
Inhouse Corporate plugins are likely to be the only ones needing a repository definition.
The profile "repositoryDefinitions" is made active, but "inhouseSnapshot" is de-active by default.
If you want your project to be built against snapshot versions then activate the profile on the mvn command line via "-PinhouseSnapshot".
... <profiles> <profile> <id>repositoryDefinitions</id> <repositories> <repository> <id>inhouse</id> <name>Inhouse Repository</name> <url>http://NUCLEUS/maven2_repositories/inhouse</url> <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> <repository> <id>external_free</id> <name>External Free Repository</name> <url>http://NUCLEUS/maven2_repositories/external_free</url> <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> <repository> <id>external_nonfree</id> <name>External Non-Free Repository</name> <url>http://NUCLEUS/maven2_repositories/external_non_free</url> <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> </profile> <profile> <id>inhouseSnapshot</id> <repositories> <repository> <id>inhouse_snaphot</id> <name>Inhouse Snapshot Repository</name> <url>http://NUCLEUS/maven2_repositories/inhouse_snapshot</url> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> </profile> ... </profiles> ... <activeProfiles> <activeProfile>repositoryDefinitions</activeProfile> </activeProfiles>
After following this guide you should have four internal repositories configured for your corporate environment:
- inhouse
- inhouse_snapshot
- external_free
- external_non_free
You can deploy your snapshot artifacts to the inhouse_snapshot repository, your released artifacts to the inhouse repository and populate the external_free and external_non_free repositories with jar files as needed.
The settings.xml file has a lot of verbose information in it now. It would be nice if this could be cleaned up somehow.
The server section can't be changed as this will be needed whenever you deploy to one of the defined servers. However the repositoryDefinitions profile section can be made simpler by using a proxy infront of the internal repositories.
Creating a Maven proxy
A Maven proxy can be thought of as a Maven mirror that aggregates one or more Maven repositories.
This document will walk through the setup of maven-proxy
http://maven-proxy.codehaus.org/. At least one other alternative exists called Proximity
https://is-micro.myip.hu/projects/ismicro-commons/proximity/projects-overview.html however I found the documentation to be sparse or non existant as of 2006-01-13.
Additional installation instructions can be found at http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/MAVEN-PROXY
Shell access to NUCLEUS
Shell access is needed to exectute commands and to configure the maven proxy. This may be done in conjunction with a sysadmin if you do not have the required privileges.
Build 0.2 of maven-proxy
See http://maven-proxy.codehaus.org/Downloads for access to http://dist.codehaus.org/maven-proxy/distributions/maven-proxy-standalone-0.2.zip
maven-proxy.properties configuration file.
Up to date configuration properties file can be found at http://maven-proxy.codehaus.org/Configuration.
An already configured instance of the maven-proxy.properties for maven-proxy 0.2 configuration file is as below.
The only changes needed are:
- replace WEB_ROOT with the correct path details
- decide whether to allow non-local access to web configuration pages. If yes, then change serverName to the host details of the machine instead of localhost.
################ # This file IS NOT DOCUMENTED, it is taken from # maven-proxy/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/proxy/config/PropertyLoaderTest1.properties # and configured to match http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Using+Maven+in+a+corporate+environment # # You will need to globally replace WEB_ROOT to be the full path to where # the maven2 repositories are located. As per the above document these directories # live under the web server root directory. # # If you want remote browsing of the maven-proxy repository then you must # configure serverName to be something other than localhost. ################ ################ GLOBAL SETTINGS # This is where maven-proxy stores files it has downloaded repo.local.store=WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories/maven_proxy #The port to listen on - not used if loaded as a webapp port=9999 #This is the base area that all files are loaded from. While it is possible to leave this blank, this behaviour #is deprecated and will be disabled in version 2.0. There are too many namespace conflicts caused by not using #a prefix. #The repository will be shown at http://localhost:9999/repository/ #for the .war loaded into a webapp server, the default prefix is "repository" (edit the web.xml to change) # As maven doesn't like a trailing slash, this address shouldn't have one either. prefix=repository #This is the simple date format used to display the last modified date while browsing the repository. lastModifiedDateFormat=yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss ################ SNAPSHOT HANDLING #If you want the proxy to look for newer snapshots, set to true snapshot.update=true ################ M2 METADATA HANDLING #If you want the proxy to prevent looking for newer metadata, set to false (default is true) #metadata.update=false ################ M2 POM HANDLING #If you want the proxy to look for newer POMs, set to true (default is false) pom.update=true ################ PROMOTION HANDLING # ***** NOT CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED ***** #Promotion describes the process by which new artifacts are loaded to global maven-proxy repository. It # is designed to be used by "higher security installations" that do not want to acquire artifacts from # remote repositories without approval. # #If promotion handling is enabled, then the proxy will not download remote artifacts without permission # (local repositories with copy=false are considered to be local) # #Permission to download is granted via the Promotion menu which will be enabled # when promotion handling is enabled. # #If promotion is false, artifacts are sourced from any repository as per normal. # #Promotion and snapshots: If promotion is enabled, snapshots are not downloadable. The concept of using # a snapshot in a production build (which is primarily what promotion is for) is counterintuitive. ## promotion=false ################ WEB INTERFACE # This defines the absolute URL the server should use to identify itself. # This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify # it explicitly to prevent problems during startup. # The prefix will be added to this for the actual repository # i.e. proxy available at http://localhost:9999/, repository at http://localhost:9999/repository serverName=http://localhost:9999 #If true, the repository can be browsed browsable=true #If true, the repository can be searched searchable=true #Not currently implemented. Will allow webdav access to the repository at some point. webdav=true #Stylesheet - if configured, will override the default stylesheet shipped with maven-proxy - absolute URLs only #eg. /maven-proxy/style.css, http://www.example.com/style.css stylesheet=/maven-proxy/style.css #bgColor / bgColorHighlight are replaced in the built in stylesheet to produce a simple color scheme. #If a stylesheet is set, these are not used. bgColor=#14B bgColorHighlight=#94B #rowColor / rowColorHighlight are replaced in the built in stylesheet to produce a simple color scheme. #If a stylesheet is set, these are not used. rowColor=#CCF rowColorHighlight=#DDF ################ PROXIES #Note: Proxies are only needed for external repositories. #If you need to use a proxy to get Internet access to an external repository #then in the repository definition section you must also specify which proxy that repository should use. #e.g. repo.www-ibiblio-org.proxy=one #This is just a hack, it should auto discover them (but it currently doesn't) #proxy.list=one,two,three #Unauthenticated proxy #proxy.one.host=proxy1.example.com #proxy.one.port=3128 #Authenticated proxy #proxy.two.host=proxy2.example.org #proxy.two.port=80 #proxy.two.username=username2 #proxy.two.password=password2 #Authenticated proxy #proxy.three.host=proxy3.example.net #proxy.three.port=3129 #proxy.three.username=username3 #proxy.three.password=password3 ################# REPOSITORIES #This is not just a hack, it specifies the order repositories should be checked #Note that the proxy adds a "/" which is why the urls aren't suffixed with a "/" repo.list=inhouse,inhouse_snapshot,external_free,external_non_free,www-ibiblio-org,dist-codehaus-org #inhouse repo.inhouse.url=file:///WEB_ROOT/maven2_repositories/inhouse repo.inhouse.description=inhouse released artifacts #If copy is true, jars are copied from the store to the proxy-repo. 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Get your systems administrator to install maven-proxy.
See http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/MAVEN-PROXY for additional instructions on how to do this.
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Run maven proxy with your maven-proxy.properties file specified.
Update settings.xml
<mirrors> ... <mirror> <id>maven-proxy</id> <name>Maven-Proxy Mirror</name> <url>http://NUCLEUS:9999/repository/</url> <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> </mirror> </mirrors>
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Maven should now connect to your installed maven-proxy to download artificats.
Remember on the first run the proxy's cache will be empty so the first run will be slower than usual.
Why proxy internal repositories?
People who do not deploy to the internal repositories do not need those repositories defined in settings.xml. They can use maven-proxy to retrieve those artifacts for them. The repositories external_free and external_non_free are internal repositories that only a few people need to deploy to, the rest can access via maven-proxy.
An oustanding uncertainty is the <mirrorOf> section defines "central". So if a person does not have all the repositories defined in settings.xml will they still contact maven-proxy for external_free?? Need to check this.


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Earl Devaney, Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
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On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Recovery Act, into law. Federal News Radio follows how agencies have enacted the law and how the government is tracking spending through Recovery.gov.
Wednesday - 12/15/2010, 3:58pm EST
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Less than two years since its launch, www.recovery.gov is leading the way for government transparency, cloud computing, and open data.
The site tracks spending of the $787 billion in economic stimulus funds as part of the Recovery Act.
Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, joined the DorobekINSIDER, said the transparency has driven more accountability.
"One doesn't work without the other," Devaney said. "The accountability is that much better because we have the transparency piece."
Devaney said more than 99 percent of fund recipients report on how they spend the money. Those who don't report get their names published, he said.
"People get embarrassed and they report," he said.
The recovery board, comprised of 12 inspector generals, is challenging the old paradigm that IGs do their investigation "after the fact." With Recovery.gov, the board is trying to "interrupt fraud before it occurs, stop it dead in its tracks," Devaney said.
The board has also tried to overcome the "gotcha" mentality that agencies may have toward IGs. If the board discovered that an agency could do something better administratively, it contacted the agency without publicizing or calling it a "bad thing," Devaney said.
"For the most part, the agencies were very receptive to that and made the changes necessary," he said.
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Traditionally used to keep birds from eating their corn seed, Native Americans would roll the seeds in clay. Seed balls are a method of growing seeds by encasing them in a mixture of clay and compost. This protects the seeds from drying out in the sun, getting eaten by birds, or blowing away in the wind. SeedBallz has reinvented this tradition with a proven formula of all-natural ingredients to create SeedBallz. Each of the ballz is loaded with seeds that germinate inside the ball with watering.
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Guest Artist Recital: a Festival Inspiracion concert, featuring Marisa Martins, Spanish-Argentinean mezzo-soprano, and Mac McClure, pianist, at 7:30 p.m. in the Gaertner Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information, contact Sergio Ruiz, festival creator and director, at 936.294.1385 or visit the festival website (http://www.shsu.edu/academics/music/festival-inspiracion/index.html).
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First Known Use: 1527
adjective an·tique \(ˌ)an-ˈtēk, in verse often ˈan-tik\
: belonging to an earlier period, style, or fashion : old and often valuable
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: existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient <antique trade routes to India>
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Travel is an important part of the study abroad experience; NYU in BA encourages students to travel not only in Argentina but also throughout South America.
During the semester, NYU Buenos Aires partially sponsors a 4-day trip to one of the many Argentine provinces. Students usually pay a deposit of USD 100 to 200 depending on the destination of that semester.
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|Leslie Robilio, RN Receives the May DAISY Award
Congratulations to Leslie Robilio, RN who is the DAISY Award recipient for May, 2009. Leslie works with our Infusion Therapy Program in Outpatient Specialty Services.
The DAISY Award is presented monthly to an All Children's Hospital Nurse that has provided extraordinary service to our patients.
Leslie holds a BSN Degree from the University of Tennessee. She has been a nurse at All Children's for the past six years.
Leslie noticed her patient was not feeling very well. After questioning him, she decided to contact his physician and have some lab work ordered. "We are so thankful that Leslie knows "her kids" so well that she can tell just by looking at them that something is wrong," the family stated in their DAISY Award nomination. The nomination went on to say that because of Leslie's efforts, this child may have been saved from a serious infection.
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Bryce Lawrence has been axed from the IRB referees panel, while Paddy O'Brien will step down as IRB referee manager and focus on sevens.
Lawrence, New Zealand's Referee of the Year in 2011, was abysmal in the Boks' World Cup quarter-final against the Wallabies, allowing a free for all at the breakdown. He has failed to make the IRB referees panel for the June Tests.
The Boks' matches against England will be blown by Kiwi-turned-Aussie Steve Walsh (Durban and PE) and Ireland's Alain Rolland (Joburg).
Meanwhile, the IRB said that as part of its ongoing review process and commitment to ensuring consistency and that the best referees are selected on form to officiate in the biggest matches in the run up to the 2015 World Cup, it was introducing a restructured and more streamlined selection process overseen by a vastly experienced committee.
The committee, which includes former elite referees Lyndon Bray, Tappe Henning (both Sanzar), Donal Courtney and Clayton Thomas (both Six Nations), will now meet four times a year and make selections for the next international window with all performances reviewed as part of the next round of international selections.
The IRB said that as part of the restructure, O'Brien 'has chosen to take on a new challenge' by focusing on sevens rugby. The process for replacing the New Zealander will be announced in due course.


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RYAN VREDE, writing in SA Rugby magazine, finds out how Heyneke Meyer aims to make the Bulls the world's best domestic side again.
The Bulls' dynasty is over. For now.
An era of unprecedented success – a nine-year period where they won six Currie Cup titles in eight attempts (one shared) and three Super Rugby crowns – now gives way to a time of rebuilding.
This is primarily (although not exclusively) due to the crippling effect of departures, mostly of senior players. In a mass exodus, one that includes the loss of eight Springboks and a handful of extremely competent squad players who ensured strength in depth, the Bulls were significantly compromised. It is the experience of the departed they will miss the most. With Victor Matfield, Gary Botha, Fourie du Preez, Danie Rossouw, Gurthrö Steenkamp and Bakkies Botha retiring or seeking fresh challenges in Europe and Japan, they have lost 581 Super Rugby caps in addition to a wealth of Test experience (the sextet are all World Cup winners). Their absence will be felt most deeply in high-pressure situations.
In the likes of Matfield and Botha, 34 and 32 years old respectively, they had a second-row duo whose powers were patently waning. Still, even in the twilight of their careers they were among the best in their positions in world rugby.
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Then there are those who still had much to offer, like Fourie du Preez (29), Steenkamp (30) and Rossouw, who despite being 32 has in recent years been a consistently good performer. Furthermore his positional versatility (he is able to cover lock, flank and No 8 with similarly high degrees of competence) is a rare and invaluable asset in a squad.
Following shoulder surgery in mid-2011, Du Preez struggled to impose his will on the opposition as readily as he had when at his best. Yet it is likely that he would have rediscovered the skill and tactical sharpness that for years marked him as the pre-eminent scrumhalf on the planet. But sushi will take precedence over prime steak at supper time, Du Preez opting to continue his career with the Suntory Sungoliath in Japan. He, above all others, is the loss the Bulls will lament most deeply, even though they have a prodigiously gifted successor in Francois Hougaard. In addition, from a leadership and tactical perspective, his and Matfield's exit compounds their pain, as the twosome were heavily involved in the formulation and effective implementation of game plans. It is imperative that the players quickly progress beyond the psychological comfort Matfield and Du Preez elicited.
Certainly the Bulls' position cannot be likened to the one they found themselves in in 2002, when the union was in turmoil and their ambition was being undermined by mediocrity on and off the field of play. Rectifying those flaws and steering the Bulls towards the success they subsequently achieved required a dramatic overhaul, primarily with regard to the playing structures, recruitment processes and culture. It is an area the Bulls' director of rugby Heyneke Meyer, who is tasked with spearheading their drive into a new era of success, has put an intense focus on.
'When I took over [as Bulls coach] in 2002 I was criticised for cutting 12 Springboks from our squad because I felt they didn't fit into the team culture I wanted to foster,' Meyer says. 'This happened again recently, where some players had to go and be replaced by youngsters willing to embrace the culture I envisage – one of an unmatched work ethic and team above the individual. I felt that had gone away since I was last involved at the Bulls [Meyer was appointed to his current role after last coaching the Bulls to the Super 14 title in 2007]. That is something I'm ruthless about. Some of the players who were not granted contract extensions had gotten bigger than the union and I wouldn't have that.'
Their recruiting has been purposeful and designed to ensure that there are successors of a high calibre when senior players succumb to the lure of foreign leagues, retire or endure torrid form. Hougaard is a prime example. It is a quality that will ensure they aren't blown away in the holding years that lie before them, and the one that should make them title contenders in due course.
Recently some positional holes have been filled this way, the most notable being through the acquisition of the highly-rated midfielder Johann Sadie from Western Province. How Sadie responds in a new environment will be telling to the Bulls' cause and his aptitude for Super Rugby will be tested in a way it never was as a bit-part player for the Cape union. It is certain that he will grow technically under the tutelage of the coaching staff, but the measure of the man will be how he negotiates the mental challenges that will mark his journey.
The famed Bulls' junior structures will further supplement losses. The likes of centre Francois Venter and loose forward Arno Botha are treasured at the union and are seen as future Springboks. They will be blooded slowly but purposefully, with the intention of not compromising their ability to realise their immense potential.
Luck, science, timing and instinct combined in equal measure in uncovering Matfield, Du Preez, Botha and Bryan Habana and to a lesser degree Morné Steyn, Wynand Olivier and Pierre Spies. The plan is to have those characteristics conspire again to unveil an equally potent generation and in so doing lay the foundation for another era of dominance. That said, Meyer has little time for talk of hope in this regard.
'We can't hope that the players we have brought in and will bring in will succeed. We have to have some degree of certainty. I've been trying to improve our ability to achieve this by travelling to the USA to meet with top gridiron scouts and see what methods they have of identifying players who'll make the cut. Obviously technical ability still ranks highest as a criterion, but there is also a huge emphasis on mental toughness. There are tests designed to measure that trait in a young player that I want to adapt for our purposes.
'I also visited the US Military Academy at West Point [the world's leading military university] where I interviewed soldiers and leaders who have been on the frontline in Iraq and Afghanistan to see how they deal with the huge mental pressure associated with being in battle situations. It's mental toughness that will win you the close games and that's what I want to define my players.'
Bulls high-performance manager Ian Schwartz has worked closely with Meyer and the coaching staff on the recruitment of players for the bulk of his 11 years at the union, brokering the deals that have brought some of the country's best talents (established and schoolboy) to Pretoria and indeed negotiated the retention of the region's best young talent. He is optimistic about the future.
'Firstly, when we recruit players for our Super Rugby squad from other unions we do so only if we believe they have the capacity to become Springboks,' he says. 'Johann Sadie and [former WP wing] JJ Engelbrecht are prime examples of that criteria. It has worked for us in the past if you look at Zane Kirchner, Bjorn Basson, Flip van der Merwe and others. It is important that players who come here have Test potential because that ensures we compete at a high level and don't fall away like we would have in a situation like we just went through with so many senior players leaving.
'We also believe we sign the best schoolboy talent every year. We look for four primary criteria when signing a schoolboy – he must have exceptional talent, that is, an ability that surpasses his piers in his position, and be big, strong and quick. The fifth criteria can only be established once the player is with us – mental toughness.
'Some of those types of signings are coming through now. They may not be ready for Super Rugby just yet, but the fact that our U19 and U21 sides made the finals of their domestic competitions [the U21s won] indicates there is a wealth of talent at our disposal. Not all of those players will contest for Super Rugby places, but we only need three or four outstanding ones and we're in a position of strength. Arno Botha and Francois Venter are the first of those to come through of the new crop. There will be others in the near future.'
Meyer adds that they have to resist the temptation to speak longingly of the past.
'People said there would never be another Joost [van der Westhuizen] and then Fourie came along. I hear people saying similar things about Victor now. I don't believe that.
'It is our goal to continue to deliver players of that calibre consistently. With all due respect to the greats who have moved on, I've already seen things in some of our young players here that surpass what they had at a similar age. I'm excited by players like Francois, Arno and [flank] Jean Cook. There are others with the ability to go all the way.'
One of the challenges will be to ensure that the core group of players identified to take the team back to the summit of the southern hemisphere and recapture national dominance are retained in the rebuilding phase.
Meyer sold Matfield, Du Preez and co on his vision in the early 2000s and that vision was enticing enough for those players to resist the advances of local rivals and big-spending foreign outfits. Meyer has again cast that vision and he and Schwartz will endeavour to secure the short-term futures of the likes of Hougaard, Sadie, Venter, Botha, Morné Steyn and Pierre Spies in the face of what is sure to be stern competition for their services in the coming years.
'The players, coaches and management are fully aware of what we're looking to achieve here. We want to be the best domestic team in world rugby again. We don't want to be reflecting on the success of past teams. We aim to create new memories across all our sides, not just the Super Rugby and Currie Cup ones. That is the vision, but the outworking will be difficult as we need to evolve. The leading franchises are all on a similar level in terms of their professionalism, so you aren't going to gain an edge by having a better game plan, for example. That edge will come in the players knowing exactly why they're doing what they're doing, the culture I spoke about already and improving our structures by first identifying the best people for those structures, then improving the people within those structures.'
So what are realistic expectations and acceptable standards, given where they stand at present?
'Look, not qualifying for the Currie Cup semi-finals wasn't acceptable, even though we fielded a young side with a view to getting some of them ready for Super Rugby,' Meyer says. 'We will never tolerate mediocrity and there's enough talent in our group to ensure that we are very competitive. But even though I have a clear idea in my mind about the time frame I expect to see results in, I never share that with players and coaches. That limits their thinking. For example, when I first started coaching the senior side, I expected to win the Currie Cup in year three of my plan. We won it in year two. I guarantee you that if I'd told my players and coaches that plan they wouldn't have been as urgent as they were. That said, in a results-driven game you don't have a lot of breathing space. We have to get it right as quickly as possible and I believe it won't be long before we start achieving our goals.'
– This article first appeared in the December issue of SA Rugby magazine.


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This is a very interesting talk by a former Scientologist named Tory Christman. She talks about how she got into the cult as a young woman. In a fog of dope in Height Ashbury, she let her guard down and lost her critical thinking and fell for the sales pitch of some local Scientologists.
She also answers questions from audience members about the Head of Scientology David Miscavage and how he took control after Hubbard's death. She explains the condition of clear, body thetans, and Xenu. She also talks about the Sea Org, how it started, and what the cult's main purpose is. As she explained to an audience member when he asked for the Scientology for Dummies version, "Give me your money."
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Kent State University Museum Director and Noted Dress Historian to Discuss Katharine Hepburn's Influence on FashionPosted Apr. 19, 2011
On April 28, after the 6 p.m. screening of the Tracy-Hepburn comedy Pat and Mike (1952, directed by George Cukor), Kent State University Museum Director Jean Druesedow will hold a public conversation with noted dress historian Patricia Campbell Warner on Katharine Hepburn's influence on women, fashion, sports and popular culture. Dr. Warner holds the title of Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is a Fellow of the Costume Society of America.
The 6 p.m. screening and post-film conversation is part of the programming supporting the museum's exhibit "Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen," running through Sept. 4. The program is presented with support from Kent State University's Women's Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences, and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
As a dress historian, Dr. Warner specializes in women and sports, and movie history as it affects American fashion. Her influential book When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear (University of Massachusetts Press, 2006), describes the evolution of American women's clothing from the 19th to the mid-20th century and how the history of modern sportswear as a universal style broke down traditional gender roles, especially after World War II. As one reviewer put it, regarding the complex interweaving of women's clothing and cultural roles, "Which came first, the sportswear or the female athlete?"
Apart from being a highly entertaining comedy, Pat and Mike is arguably the first major Hollywood movie to present female professional athletics as a career choice. Much of the movie was filmed on location around Los Angeles, with many golfing scenes taking place at the Riviera Country Club. The flattering, comfortable outfits designed by Orry-Kelly, Hepburn's obvious prowess as an accomplished golfer and tennis player, and cameo appearances by women sports legends Babe Zaharias, Betty Hicks, Helen Dettweiler, Gussie Moran, and Alice Marble all add to the movie's authenticity.
Hepburn considered Pat and Mike her favorite Tracy-Hepburn film partly because it reflected so much of her personal style, unique personality, considerable athletic abilities and sporty taste. "Kate was lissome and athletic, self-confident and independent, a product of her upper-class, East-Coast upbringing," says Dr. Warner, noting that Hepburn had adopted sports clothes as her own long before most women had the courage to do so. "No questions: she embodied American Style, and the world followed her lead."
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Danny K. Davis
|Danny K. Davis
|U.S. House, Illinois, District 7
|In office
|January 3, 1997-Present
|Term ends
|January 3, 2015
|Years in position
|Cardiss Collins (D)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|November 6, 2012
|First elected
|Next primary
|March 18, 2014
|Next general
|November 4, 2014
|Campaign $
|Term limits
|Prior offices
|Cook County Board of Commissioners
|Chicago City Council Alderman, 29th Ward
|Arkansas AM&N College (1961)
|Chicago State University (1968)
|Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio (1977)
|Date of birth
|September 6, 1941
|Place of birth
|Parkdale, Arkansas
|Net worth
|Office website
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 Committee assignments
- 4 Issues
- 4.1 Legislative actions
- 4.1.1 113th Congress
- 4.1.2 National security
- 4.1.3 Economy
- 4.1.4 Immigration
- 4.1.5 Healthcare
- 4.1.6 Social issues
- 4.1.7 Previous congressional sessions
- 4.2 Earmarks
- 4.1 Legislative actions
- 5 Elections
- 6 Campaign donors
- 7 Analysis
- 8 Personal
- 9 Recent news
- 10 See also
- 11 External links
- 12 References
He won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
He ran for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 18, 2014.[2] The general election took place November 4, 2014.
Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Davis is one of the most reliable Democratic votes, meaning he can be considered a safe vote for the Democratic Party in Congress.
Born in Parkdale, Arkansas, on September 6, 1941, Davis moved to the Westside of Chicago in 1961, after having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arkansas A.M. & N. College. He subsequently earned both Masters and Doctorate degrees respectively from Chicago State University and the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3]
- Prior to 1990: Chicago City Council Alderman, 29th Ward[3]
- 1990-1997: Cook County Board of Commissioners[3]
- 1997-Present: United States House of Representatives, Illinois' 7th Congressional District
Committee assignments
U.S. House
Davis serves on the following committees:[4][5]
- Committee on Ways and Means
- Subcommittee on Oversight
- Subcommittee on Human Resources
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs
- Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements
Davis served on the following committees:[6]
- United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management
- Subcommittee on Transportation Security
- United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform[6]
- Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy
- Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives (Ranking Member)
Legislative actions
113th Congress113th Congress enacted into law 224 out of the 3215 introduced bills (7 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[7] For more information pertaining to Davis's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[8]
National security
American response in Syria
- See also: United States involvement in Syria
On August 29, 2013, more than 50 House Democrats signed a letter written by California Rep. Barbara Lee that called for a congressional resolution on strikes, and cautioned that the dire situation in Syria "should not draw us into an unwise war—especially without adhering to our constitutional requirements."[9][10] The letter also called on the Obama administration to work with the U.N. Security Council "to build international consensus" condemning the alleged use of chemical weapons. Davis was one of the 50 Democrats in the House to sign the letter.[9][10]
DHS Appropriations
Davis voted against HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 and was largely along party lines.[11]
Keystone Pipeline Amendment
Davis voted in favor of House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.[11]
Davis voted against HR 624 - the CISPA (2013). The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities.[12] The bill was largely supported by Republicans, but divided the Democratic Party.[11]
Davis voted in support of HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[11]
Farm bill
On January 29, 2014, the U.S. House approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, H.R. 2642, known as the Farm Bill.[13] The bill passed by a vote of 251-166. The nearly 1,000-page bill provides for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through 2018. The $1 trillion bill expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over the next decade and created new subsidies for rice and peanut growers that would kick in when prices drop.[14][15] However, cuts to the food stamp program cut an average of $90 per month for 1.7 million people in 15 states.[15] Davis voted with 102 other Democratic representatives against the bill.
2014 Budget
On January 15, 2014, the Republican-run House approved H.R. 3547, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014.[16][17] The House voted 359-67 for the 1,582 page bill, with 64 Republicans and three Democrats voting against the bill.[17] The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations.[18] It included a 1 percent increase in the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel, a $1 billion increase in Head Start funding for early childhood education, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, and the protection of the Affordable Care Act from any drastic cuts. Davis joined with the majority of the Democratic party and voted in favor of the bill.[16][17]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[19] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[20] Davis voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[21]
The shutdown finally ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funds the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[22] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Davis voted for HR 2775.[23]
Morton Memos Prohibition
Davis voted against House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States. The vote largely followed party lines.[11]
Health Care Reform Rules
Davis voted against House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.[11]
Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act
Davis voted against HR 2009 - Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013. The bill passed through the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 232-185. The bill would prevent the IRS and Treasury Secretary from enforcing the powers provided to them in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The vote largely followed party lines.[11]
Social issues
Amash amendment
Davis voted in favor of House Amendment 413 - Prohibits the National Security Agency from Collecting Records Under the Patriot Act. The amendment failed on July 4, 2013, by a vote of 205-217. The amendment would have prohibited the collection of records by the National Security Agency under the Patriot Act. Both parties were split on the vote.[11]
Previous congressional sessions
Fiscal Cliff
Davis voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[24]
A Washington Post investigation in February 2012 revealed that 33 members of Congress helped direct more than $300 million in earmarks to public projects in close proximity to commercial and residential real estate owned by the lawmakers or their family members.[25] According to the report, Davis secured an $800,000 earmark in 2005 for a now-completed study that recommends building a deck over the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park, Ill. His home is 1.4 miles from the proposed project.[26]
Davis ran for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 18, 2014.Cite error: Closing
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Davis was endorsed over his opponent Jacques Conway in the Democratic primary.[28] Both candidates are similar politically.[29]
The Chicago Tribune noted in the 2012 election that Davis "seems more engaged lately, holding town hall meetings, advocating for equitable mass transit funding and working to find alternatives to the U.S. Postal Service's plan to close "underperforming" local post offices."[28] Davis has in recent years been criticized for having pushed to be Cook County Board president, throwing his name in the mix for the Obama Senate seat, and having considered a run for Chicago mayor, but in 2012 has been considered the "favorite"[29] and viewed as having made considerable strides in his political involvement of late.[29]
According to a March 7th article in the Austin Daily News "Davis raised roughly $148,000 in the election cycle, and his campaign had about $260,000 in cash on hand, according to the Federal Election Commission. The commission lists no fundraising total for Conway. He estimates, however, raising a few thousand dollars last month."[29]
Davis defeated challenger Jacques Conway in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012.[1] There was no Republican primary because no candidates filed to run. Because of this, Davis is almost guaranteed the opportunity to run unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.
|U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Danny K. Davis Incumbent
|Rita Zak
|John H. Monaghan
|Total Votes
|Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"
|U.S. House, Illinois District 7 Democratic Primary, 2012
|Vote %
|Danny Davis Incumbent
|Jacques Conway
|Total Votes
Full history
To view the full congressional electoral history for Danny K. Davis, click [show] to expand the section.
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Davis is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, Davis raised a total of $3,187,575 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 5, 2013.[38]
|Danny K. Davis's Campaign Contribution History
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|U.S. House (Illinois, District 7)
|Grand Total Raised
Candidates for Congress are required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Davis' reports.[39]
|Danny K. Davis (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
|Date Filed
|Beginning Balance
|Total Contributions
for Reporting Period
|Cash on Hand
|April Quarterly[40]
|June 11, 2013
|July Quarterly[41]
|July 12, 2013
|October Quarterly[42]
|October 13, 2013
|January 31, 2014
|March 6, 2014
|April Quarterly[45]
|April 15, 2014
|October Quarterly[46]
|July 15, 2014
|Running totals
Davis won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Davis' campaign committee raised a total of $372,212 and spent $467,560.[47] This is less than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[48]
Cost per vote
Davis spent $1.93 per vote received in 2012.
|U.S. House, Illinois District 7, 2012 - Danny K. Davis Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by Election Runner-up
|Total Spent by Election Runner-up
|Top contributors to Danny K. Davis's campaign committee
|American Postal Workers Union
|Blue Cross/Blue Shield
|Operating Engineers Union
|National Assn of Letter Carriers
|National Assn of Postal Supervisors
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Public Sector Unions
|Building Trade Unions
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Pharmaceuticals/Health Products
|Business Services
Davis won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010. During that re-election cycle, Davis's campaign committee raised a total of $593,861 and spent $864,982 .[49]
|U.S. House, Illinois District 7, 2010 - Danny K. Davis Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by General Election Opponent
|Total Spent by General Election Opponent
|Top contributors to Danny K. Davis's campaign committee
|Exelon Corp
|United Auto Workers
|American Postal Workers Union
|International Council of Shopping Cntrs
|National Assn of Letter Carriers
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Public Sector Unions
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Pharmaceuticals/Health Products
|Health Professionals
|Real Estate
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Davis is a "far-left Democrat," as of June 16, 2013.[50]
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[51]
Davis most often votes with:
Davis least often votes with:
National Journal vote ratings
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year.
Davis ranked 1st in the liberal rankings in 2012.[52]
Davis ranked 34th in the liberal rankings.[53]
Voting with party
Danny K. Davis voted with the Democratic Party 95.8% of the time, which ranked 47th among the 201 House Democratic members as of June 2013.[54]
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Davis missed 649 of 11,058 roll call votes from January 1997 to March 2013. This amounts to 5.9%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[55]
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Davis paid his congressional staff a total of $1,174,876 in 2011. He ranks 16th on the list of the highest paid Democratic representative staff salaries and ranks 19th overall of the highest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Illinois ranks 46th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[56]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Davis's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $131,014 and $375,000. That averages to $253,007, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2012 of $5,700,168.36. Davis ranked as the 330th most wealthy representative in 2012.[57]
|Danny K. Davis Yearly Net Worth
|Avg. Net Worth
|% Difference from previous year
Davis is married to Vera G. Davis, and has two sons, Jonathan and Stacey.[3]
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- Illinois
- United States congressional delegations from Illinois
- United States House of Representatives
- Illinois' 7th Congressional District
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ABC News 7 "Election Results Primary 2012" accessed March 20, 2012
- ↑ Associated Press, "Primary Election 2014," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Online Office of Congressman Danny K. Davis "Biography" accessed November 1, 2011
- ↑ CQ.com, "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress," accessed March 3, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House of Representatives, "Committee Assignments," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Online Office of Congressman Danny K. Davis "Committees" accessed November 1, 2011
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Office of Barbara Lee, "Lee Letter to President Obama," accessed September 2, 2013
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Washington Post, "More than 50 House Democrats also want Syria strike resolution," accessed September 2, 2013
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Project Votesmart, "Danny K. Davis Key Votes," accessed October 10, 2013
- ↑ The Library of Congress, "H.R.624 CISPA (2013) (Referred in Senate - RFS)," accessed August 27, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 31: H.R. 2642," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "House clears Farm Bill," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 New York Times, "Senate passes long-stalled Farm Bill, with clear winners and losers," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 CNN.com, "House passes compromise $1.1 trillion budget for 2014," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 21," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "House passes $1.1 trillion omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers' properties," February 6, 2012
- ↑ Washington Post, "Mapping the earmarks," February 6, 2012
- ↑ National Journal "Modern Gerrymanders: 10 Most Contorted Congressional Districts—MAPS" accessed March 31, 2012
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Chicago Tribune "Contested races for the U.S. House" accessed March 12, 2012
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Austin Weekly News "Davis, Conway make final push" accessed March 12, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Danny K. Davis" accessed April 5, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Danny K. Davis 2014 Summary reports," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Danny K. Davis" accessed May 1, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress," June 19, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Danny K. Davis 2010 Election Cycle," accessed November 1, 2011
- ↑ GovTrack, "Danny K. Davis" accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Rep. Danny K. Davis," accessed August 1, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 27, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
- ↑ GovTrack, "Danny K. Davis," accessed April 1, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Danny Davis"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Davis (D-IL), 2012," accessed February 18, 2014
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Team Pfeiffer Cycling Makes It 3-for-3 in Weekend Wins; Lead ACCC by 64 Points
March 1, 2010
MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Team Pfeiffer Cycling made it 3-for-3 in weekend wins after their performance this past weekend at the U.S. Naval Academy. Pfeiffer has three overall leaders and one second place through three weekends in the Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference (ACCC) mixed with D1 and D2 schools. Team Pfeiffer Cycling increased their overall lead in the D2 field by 64 points.
The event weekend began with a criterium run surrounded by snow and ice in Annapolis, MD. Team Pfeiffer Cycling's scores were placed high enough to increase their overall lead in the ACCC.
Kirsten Fee took third place in the women's "A" event by beating out D1 schools Navy and Maryland. Stephanie Bunnett took first with a photo finish sprint in the "B" race, winning a bike throw over competitors from Virginia Tech, Maryland and Navy. Paige Beard won the women's "C" contest by out-sprinting the entire field for a comfortable seven second victory.
For the men, Michael Robinson finished fifth in the "A" race while Eric Sekercan took fifth in the "D" event. In between, the "B" run saw the Falcons Arturo Bencosme finished in the top-10 with a ninth place finish while Michael Brown crossed the line 12th.
ACCC division one teams consists of Marshall, Navy, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, N.C. State, Maryland, West Virginia and Navy. Pfeiffer is in division two of the ACCC racing against the D1 school and the D2 schools listed below. Team Pfeiffer Cycling travels to William and Mary this weekend.
D2 Standings – through Weekend 3
Pfeiffer – 360 points
Duke – 296
App. State – 284
George Washington – 282
William & Mary – 278
Wake Forest – 278
Georgetown – 180
Johns Hopkins – 118
D1 & D2 Overall Lead – through Weekend 3
Men's "A" – Robinson 6th, Beard 10th
Men's "B" – Bencosme 7th, Brown 26th
Men's "D" – Sekercan 1st
Women's "A" – Fee 2nd
Women's "B" – Bunnett 1st
Women's "C" – Beard 1st