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heart wrote:alpha wrote:Ajaan Sumedho gives "pointing out" instructions every time but he doesnt give Direct Transmission of his state in an experiantial way.
So the question is if he can impart his state to those who listen to him.
Pointing out instructions are not enough.
Sorry to jump in like this.
Pointing-out instruction and direct introduction are exactly the same thing. The Guru never "impart his state" in the students, they recognize their own natural state. Nothing is really transmitted.
The way i understand it is that Direct Transmission is based on the principle of the mirror.
The Guru who transmits acts as a secondary cause through which we discover our own state.Through the physical guru we discover our reflected guru and the inseparability of this reflection with our own condition.
If you want, there is nothing transmitted or imparted, but his presence and knowledge in front of our mind mirror is indispensable.
For me , pointing out instructions are the the oral commentary a master gives on the knowledge related to our real condition and Direct Transmission is the method where our state is unmistakeably and directly introduced via pleasure, emptiness or clarity.


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Actress Parker Posey (center) during filming of a scene for the movie "The Architect" Monday morning. A film crew filled the surrounding streets Monday morning on the first day of filming. The movie also stars James Frain and Eric McCormack.
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Actress Parker Posey (center) walks up Rucker Avenue between 13th and 14th streets Monday in Everett during filming of a scene for the movie "The Architect." A film crew filled the surrounding streets on the first day of filming. The movie also stars James Frain and Eric McCormack.
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A group of cyclists stops to watch the action Monday on Rucker Avenue in Everett as a crew films the movie "The Architect."
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Actress Parker Posey (center) walks up Rucker Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets in Everett during filming of a scene for the movie "The Architect" Monday morning. A film crew filled the surrounding streets Monday morning on the first day of filming.
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The crew of the movie "The Architect" works between shots on Rucker Avenue in Everett during filming Monday morning.
But crowds of fans got a brush with Hollywood dozens of times Monday morning during the first day of shooting of the independent film, "The Architect."
Pleased with the beautiful fall weather Monday, the movie crew repeatedly filmed a scene in which Posey's character, Mrs. Stone, walked down Rucker and crossed 14th Street with two friends pushing baby strollers.
In the completed film, the scene might take up all of 30 seconds -- a minute tops, said Steve McGehee, a camera operator from Seattle. That's how movie-making works. Take after take.
The $2 million film directed by Jonathan Parker involves the Stones, a couple who employ a well-known architect to build their dream home. As the movie's publicist describes it, the architect's "soaring ideas are matched only by his ego." Mrs. Stone doesn't realize at first that the architect is building his own dream house, not theirs.
On Monday morning, Austin Weaver, with Turn-Key Maintenance of Everett, was completing repairs to a house just south of the film location. The film crew asked him to keep his table saw quiet during takes.
"I told them if they need an extra with a saw, I'm available," Weaver said. "It's pretty neat that we have another movie being made here."
This is the second movie filmed in Everett in less than a year. In May, a crew shot an action drama, "Seven Minutes." People working on "The Architect" said filming in Everett is expected to take about a month.
All day, an Everett police officer kept traffic out of the filming area.
Neighbors along Rucker, between 13th and 14th streets, were out Sunday afternoon to get ready by mowing lawns and moving their cars off the street.
Larry Wold, 72, who lives a block away, said the film company left fliers on porches in the neighborhood, asking for cooperation from homeowners in removing their Halloween decorations during the Monday filming.
Unlike homes in the rest of the neighborhood, houses on the block along Rucker showed no signs of Halloween. Homeowners took down orange lights and hid their pumpkins. At one house, a big wooden witch was taken down.
Crews arrived before dawn Monday to set up lights and electrical equipment.
Joanne Chadwick, who watched the activity with Wold, said she was pleased to see Everett getting some attention from filmmakers.
"It's pretty cool to see people bringing their money to town," she said.
Everett Community College students Hannah Allen and Kayla Martin, both 18, watched the action from a half-block down 14th Street.
"This isn't something you see every day," Martin said. "It kind of makes you proud of the city."
Posey, who is perhaps best known for her roles in Christopher Guest's comedies such as "Best in Show" and "Waiting for Guffman," is joined in the cast by Eric McCormack of TV's "Will and Grace" fame and James Frain, who played Thomas Cromwell on Showtime's "The Tudors" and also played a vampire on "True Blood." McCormack plays Posey's husband; Frain is the architect.
Many of the freelance film crew members are from the Seattle-Everett area, said Anna Lee Dumas of the location team.
Some scenes will be shot in Seattle, Dumas said, but primary filming will be in Everett until about Thanksgiving.
Several homes in north Everett are to be used, as well as a stretch of Mukilteo Boulevard, some spots in Mukilteo and in an empty warehouse, said Sean Straub, coordinator of Experience Everett, the tourism outfit working with the film company.
North Everett was chosen for the movie because it has a charming feel, especially during fall, Straub said. "The historic character and quality of life that north Everett exudes were large factors in why it was chosen as a primary location," Straub said.
The film is scheduled to be released in 2014, however an exact date has not yet been determined.
The film production team for "The Architect" is seeking men and women between the ages of 20 and 55 for extra parts. For more details, go to http://experienceeverett.com/architect-movie-casting-call.
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Many of my stocks reached all-time-highs over the past few months. When I purchase my stocks, I usually expect a decent current yield in the 2% – 4%, followed by a P/E of 15 – 20, and a growth in earnings and dividends that averages at least 6%/annually. So far, it has averaged 7% - 10%. As a result, short-term fluctuations in the price of a company which I purchase for say $100/share today which yields 3% and trades at a P/E of 16 would not bother me too much. I would expect such company to realistically trade at about $200/share in a decade or so, still yield approximately 3% and trade at a P/E of about 16. Over that decade, it could trade as high as 25 times earnings and as low as 10 times earnings. The only difference is that its earnings and dividends have doubled over the period. My whole premise of the idea that I won't sell even at a 1,000% gain is based on this mental model.
Of course, in real life, things never progress in a linear fashion. If you looked at P/E ratios of companies like Wal-Mart (WMT) or Coca-Cola (KO) over the past 10 - 15 years, you would not be surprised to see them over 30 in not one, but at least several occasions. Over the past four years, most of the companies I have usually added to were the likes of Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) & Kimberly-Clark (KMB). Right now many of these companies look very overvalued, which is pretty scary. I actually isolated the following companies, whose P/E ratios per Yahoo! Finance exceeded 20. I then excluded MLPs, REITs for whom earnings per share and P/E ratios do not provide comparable results.
However, in my studies of investing, I have learned to dig for information. Most of the information on earnings per share from sources like Yahoo! Finance might be abnormally low, because certain one-time adjustments have reduced it. My next step would be to look at analyst estimates for the current year and the next one, coupled with digging around press releases from the company, in order to evaluate whether those estimates have any merit.
Just by looking at P/E ratios, the stocks in the table look very overvalued. However, if you look at forward earnings, only a couple of those look somewhat overvalued.
For those companies that still look overvalued, I am going another step. I estimate what the company is going to earn in a decade, then estimate the total in dividends I will receive over the next decade and then slap a P/E multiple for this time in 2023. My estimates are conservative in regards to growth, although not as conservative in regards to multiples.
For example, Brown-Forman (BF-B) is expected to earn $2.70 in 2013. I believe that by 2023, it could easily earn $6/share and trade at a P/E of 20. In addition, I would expect that Brown-Forman would pay its shareholders approximately $20 -$25/share over the next decade. This means that investors paying $70/share today, might end up doubling their money in a decade. This translates into a return of approximately 7%/year. Those of you reading this article in 2023 would likely use this article as an example of why people should never make predictions. Either way, it is my best case based upon widely available information on consumption on liquor worldwide, historical growth rates, and assumptions for the future revenues, earnings and dividends.
For Automated Data Processing (ADP), I like the fact that it offers business services such as payroll processing to small and medium sized businesses. These businesses outsource certain functions like payroll to ADP, which benefits from scale of transactions processing, constant improvement in technology and depreciation in technology equipment prices. But most importantly, ADP benefits from building and maintain relationships with businesses, which would be less likely to switch processors just to save a few bucks. Over the past decade, EPS grew by 5%/year. If we project this growth forward, this means ADP would likely earn $4.82/share in 2023, which at a P/E of 20 translates into $96.40/share. If dividends also grow at 5%/year, this means that an investor can expect to receive $23 in dividends over the next decade. This translates into a total return of about 6%/year. Check my analysis of ADP.
I purchased Visa (V) in 2011, because I liked the story about credit card processing business, the fact that there are only two major companies in the game, and the opportunity behind growth of cashless transactions worldwide. These were the reasons why I initiated a position in the stock despite the fact that the company has only been publicly traded since 2008. I expect Visa to either double or triple earnings per share over the next decade. This could translate in EPS ranging from $15 to $20 by 2023. At a P/E of 20, this translates into $300 - $400/share. I expect dividends to increase at the high end of these projections, and triple by 2023. Thus, I wouldn't be surprised if Visa shareholders receive about $25 in dividends over the next decade, with annual dividends reaching $4/share that year.
The return assumptions for the three stocks above, ignore dividend reinvestment, which would likely increase the annual returns slightly.
Nucor (NUE) is the odd one out, as it is a cyclical stock. The demand for steel fluctuates with the cycles in the economy, meaning that profits and revenues are highest at the peak of the cycle, and very depressed at the trough. This is why cyclical companies usually appear overvalued when their stock prices are low, and cheap when their prices are high. During the last boom, Nucor earned $5.98/share in 2008. In addition, the company kept raising its regular dividend even during the lean years after that. The thing that appeals to me is the fact that during the boom years through 2007 – 2008, Nucor paid special dividends every quarter to shareholders. Management was smart enough to realize that this boom in profits would likely be a short term event, yet they still wanted to keep the streak of dividend increases going, and reward long-term shareholders as well. This is why if you simply look at trends in dividends per share, you might see a decrease in 2008. However, the regular dividend amount was never cut, but actually increased. If the US economy keeps expanding, we might see growth in earnings per share, and a lot of special dividends from Nucor. This is the one stock where I cannot provide a ten year guidance of earnings and dividends, but would likely hold on to either way. You get a stable and slowly rising dividend payment, plus a "lottery type" opportunity for special dividends when times are really good. Check my analysis of Nucor.
As a long-term investor, my holding period is in years for some stocks that don't work out as well, to decades for the ones that keep delivering results over and over again. As such, it was helpful for me to go over my positions above. Overall, when I looked at what seemed to be the most overvalued stocks in my portfolios, I found out that there is nothing to be scared about. Some of the valuations were high either because of one-time events depressing earnings per share, and in those situations forward earnings per share showed a more reasonable valuation. In other scenarios, I reassessed the reason as to why I held on to certain stocks, and whether it still made sense to hold on to them.
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ELON — A 3-point intensive shooting drill called "bolts" has been a longtime staple of Elon University men's basketball practices under coach Matt Matheny.
That's bolts as in lightning.
And Jack Isenbarger became the very embodiment Thursday night, raining in bucket after bucket from beyond the arc during an unconscious, second-half storm of six 3s that ultimately zapped Chattanooga 85-61 in a Southern Conference game at Alumni Gym.
"At any time you have to be ready for it," Elon forward Ryley Beaumont said. "And it struck. Lighting struck pretty heavy."
It began brewing when Isenbarger swished a rainbow 3 from the corner early in the second half. Then the thunder arrived in full, with the junior guard burying five 3s in a booming 2½-minute stretch.
Chattanooga coach John Shulman tried to find shelter by calling a timeout. But that only proved futile. The long-range downpour was on.
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Isenbarger reversed his dribble and hit another, then pulled from deep over a defender's outstretched arm — six straight 3s, pure without a miss, that transformed what had been a shrinking, seven-point Elon lead into a 63-40 rout with 12:47 remaining.
At that juncture, the second-half point totals read as follows: Isenbarger 18, Chattanooga's team 12.
"Just being aggressive and attacking is something we want our offense to look like," Isenbarger said. "Sometimes, when you get the hot hand, you start to feel it a little bit. And when you do, it's a fun feeling."
Afterward, perhaps the most telling visual was that of Chattanooga guard Eric Robertson. Arms crossed in front of his chest, he shrugged his shoulders time and again while recounting the deluge Isenbarger dropped on the Mocs.
"I thought he was going to miss pretty soon, but they just kept falling," Robertson said. "At one point I felt like we were definitely going to come back and take the lead. But the kid, he just got hot."
Isenbarger finished with 23 points. His seven 3s tied a career high. Lucas Troutman added 18 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots, and Beaumont (13 points) and Tanner Samson (12 points) chipped in double-digit scoring for the Phoenix.
Elon (12-7 overall, 5-2 Southern Conference) rolled to its fourth consecutive victory — that's three in a row minus injured point guard Austin Hamilton — and climbed into a first-place tie with Samford atop the league's North Division.
"I don't even think about the score," Matheny said. "I want us to be good on every possession. And we had some really good possessions, we really did.
"We're striving for perfection and we know through history that you will never obtain it. But in your pursuit of perfection, then you get better."
That pursuit had the Elon coach stomping mad two minutes into the second half and calling out Isenbarger, Troutman, Beaumont and Sebastian Koch — the Phoenix's experienced core of four juniors — individually at a raised volume.
Chattanooga (8-12, 3-4) had trimmed Elon's 14-point lead to 42-35 in a matter of 79 seconds, sending Matheny's displeasure spiking. He capped his quick outburst with "come on!"
And Elon did. Twenty seconds later, Isenbarger flicked in the first of his six second-half 3s. When he finally missed from the baseline on a pull-up jumper — with the Phoenix ahead by 22 — a fan in the Elon student section reasoned, "well, he was too close."
"We made some fixes and then, I don't want to use the word 'coincidence,' but at any time our team can get hot," Beaumont said. "We've got shooters everywhere."
-- TIP-INS …: Gee McGhee scored 15 points and Z. Mason had 14 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Mocs. … Elon connected on 10 of its 13 buckets from beyond the arc in the second half. Samson's 4-for-6 shooting on 3s, all after halftime, got somewhat lost in the magnitude of Isenbarger's display. … Isenbarger became the 35th Elon player to reach 1,000 career points with his straight-on 3 at the nine-minute mark of the first half. … Koch's floor game was productive. He had seven points, six rebounds, six assists and no turnovers. … Elon reserve guard Kevin Blake played for the first time since injuring his knee Jan. 14 at Western Carolina. … Elon backup forward Egheosa Edomwonyi (six points) scored from the field for the first time since Dec. 22.


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That's exactly what happened when word got around backstage that Donald "Duck" Dunn would be in the house for Tuesday night's show at Germain Arena in Estero, FL.
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The Army awarded 20 companies a spot on a $10 billion contract to provide a simplified approach to developing, producing, testing and implementing communications technologies.
The Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems (GTACS) contract is a five-year, indefinite delivery,indefinite quantity type of contract with a small business set-aside requirement for all task orders worth $4.5 million or less. Army contract users otherwise would have to justify awards to large businesses at or under that threshold. The Army made awards to 14 large and six small businesses under the program.
GTACS replaces the World Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract and will be run by the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T).
"This is a one-stop shop for a very broad range of hardware and services," said Lt. Col. Greg Coile, the Army's product manager for Satellite Communications, in a statement. "The contract's range, flexibility and consolidation capabilities will enable the Army, Department of Defense and other agencies to spend more efficiently and get needed capability into the hands of Soldiers at a faster pace."
The GTACS contract covers three functional areas: Research and development, production and deployment, and sustainment and logistics.
The Army said this is one of the largest multiple-award contracts it plans to award in the next few years.
The contract awardees are:
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Lithuania expected to go to the top 8 of the championship, but after failing to finish in the top 4 of Group B, it was successful in achieving the closest possible ranking to its goal. In the battle for the 9th place Lithuania beat Bulgaria in a game that was decided already after 3 quarters.
Yet another overtime in this Championship. Bulgaria needed the extra 5 minutes to send Latvia to the 11-12 games, and face Lithuania in attempt to capture the 9th.
Back in the 50's and 60's the senior team of Bulgaria was a member of the European elite. The golden age of the Junior National Team was during the late 70's and early 80's when the team reached the Semi-finals four times in a row and won 2 bronze medals back-to-back (80' & 82').
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Sam seems to think that there is a special indefinable something about consciousness that will elude science.
I disagree, and expect that consciousness arises from the workings of our physical brains, and that it will be no mystery at all in time. I do not agree that the fact that we do see different levels of consciousness in different creatures gives us no insight into the matter. More complex brains lead to "higher" functions including a more sophisticated mental picture of yourself and your surroundings. This fact that I am more "conscious" than a cat is a relevant fact.
Currently only living things are complex enough to be conscious. Will it be possible to build a machine that is conscious? How will we decide it is conscious? Will we have to take the machines word for it? I agree these are thorny problems, but not insurmountable ones.
Sam states that nothing we have studied about the brain hints it harbours consciousness. I am not familiar with this lack of evidence. I do know that various levels of physical damage to the brain, the use of various chemicals, and even meditation, can affect consciousness which all is evidence that conciousness is a function of our physical brains.


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So it came to him.
Retired Montford Point Marine James B. McGee, 88, was personally honored in a small banquet Sunday, attended by active and retired Marines and family from as far as Bowie, Md.
McGee resides at the Greendale Nursing and
He was moved into an event room at the facility for the ceremony that included nearly 30 people.
"I had no idea that so many (people) would show up," said Maya Swinson, one of McGee's granddaughters. "Growing up at his feet, he's always talked to us about his experiences in the military. I know that he can't physically respond to us, but I feel deep down that he knows we are here."
Service members and family congratulated McGee after his wife Ruby D. McGee, 86, accepted the country's highest civilian honor on his behalf.
"It's beautiful that my grandfather was honored," said Yolanda Stewart of
Stewart added the historical context made the event significant to witness for her nephews and children, including her 16-year-old son Reggie Stewart.
"People say soldiers who fought in the past, a lot of their wars and battles are usually forgotten and people don't really take it into consideration," he said. "It's nice to see that my great grandfather is being honored after all the time he fought with other Marines. … I'm proud of what he did and he should be honored."
From 1942-1949, nearly 20,000 men trained at Montford Point, which is now
The Marines were collectively honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on June 27.
"It's one of the best things that's happened to me in years, to see him finally receive his gold medal," said retired Marine Rich Hensey, who worked on CI90 aircrafts with McGee for three years in 1960. "(It's) awesome for what he went through being a Montford Point Marine."
A new member of the
"I'm trying to take into consideration and give thanks to the Marines who paved the way for me," he said of his attendance. "If it wasn't for them, then there would be no possible way for us."
McGee served in the military for 30 years and was a member of the Montford Point Marine Association for nearly 20 years.
"I think he would be overwhelmed," said daughter Ernestine Coward of her father's reaction to the ceremony. "I can hear him say, 'It's about time.' "
Coward, who lives in
"He should be recognized," Coward said. "I just thank God for keeping him."


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Earlier this year, Kinston High's football team found itself in the midst of a rare three-game losing streak.
A handful of seniors, led by George Jones, VeQuain Joyner, Denzel Keyes, Jimel Lofton and Jeremy Taylor, called a players only meeting.
"We talked to each other," Taylor said. "We wanted to see how we could change it around and get back on track. We needed to see where everybody's head was at."
The meeting worked, and the Vikings won three of their last four games and reached the second round of the state 2A playoffs. That sort of leadership, along with a laundry list of statistical achievements, is why The Free Press chose Taylor as its defensive player of the year.
No one notched more tackles for the Vikings than the 6-foot, 185-pound linebacker and strong safety. Taylor, a senior, recorded 103 tackles (51 solo), forced two fumbles, recovered another, broke up four passes and blocked a pair of kicks. He also led the team in tackles for loss.
The numbers are nice, Taylor said, but it was never about bragging rights or personal glory when he checked his stats on Maxpreps.com following a game.
"I just wanted to see how I could improve," he said. "It's about getting the job done, and the results will come."
He entered the 2012 campaign as a third-string defender, but with the graduation of a trio of outstanding linebackers (Angelo Keyes, Derek Rivers and Sheldon Grady), Taylor knew his coaches would be counting on him to have an increased presence on the field.
"My role was to step up, to take the role they played when they were here and get the job done," Taylor said.
He did more than just get the job done. He not only led the team in tackles, he was second in pass deflections.
His coming out party may well have been at home against North Pitt, a game in which the Vikings found themselves trailing at halftime. Taylor recorded a career-high 19 tackles (15 solo) in that game to hold the Panthers to three second-half points and helped lead his team to a 28-16 come-from-behind win.
Joyner, the team's signal caller, said having a defensive unit led by a player like Taylor made the offense's job much easier.
"We had the reassurance that we'd have the ball most of the game," Joyner said. "They find ways to get the ball back in the offense's hands."
On the year, the Vikings outscored their opponents by nearly a touchdown.
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|January 16, 2010 - Present
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|Tim Kaine (D)
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|November 3, 2009
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|Attorney General of Virginia
|Virginia House of Delegates
|High school
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|University of Notre Dame (1976)
|Boston University (1981); Regent University (1989)
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- 1 Biography
- 2 Political career
- 2.1 Governor of Virginia (2010-Present)
- 2.2 Attorney General of Virginia (2006-2009)
- 2.3 Virginia House of Delegates (1992-2006)
- 3 Issues
- 4 Elections
- 5 Campaign donors
- 6 Recent news
- 7 Personal
- 8 See also
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In mid-August, 2011, McDonnell was named chairman of the National Governors Association, replacing Texas Governor Rick Perry.[1]
He has also served in the Virginia House of Delegates for the City of Virginia Beach from 1992 to 2005.
McDonnell was considered to be a possible candidate for Mitt Romney's choice of a vice-presidential candidate in 2012, but ultimately was not selected.[2][3]
Moving with his father's Air Force career, Bob McDonnell was born in Philadelphia, moved to Virginia a year later, and spent several years in Germany in his childhood. During his own time in the U.S. Army, McDonnell would again he stationed in Germany.
Bob McDonnell is a 1972 graduate from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He later received a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1976, which he attended on a ROTC scholarship. He went on to receive a M.B.A. from Boston University in 1980, and a M.A./J.D. from Regent University. McDonnell served in the U.S. Army for twenty-one years, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After leaving active duty in 1981, he joined American Hospital Supply Corporation.
McDonnell was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1992, and has held the positions of Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the Courts of Justice Committee. In addition, he served on the Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Rules Committee.
- M.A./J.D., Regent University, 1989
- MSBA, Boston University, 1981
- B.B.A, Notre Dame, 1976
- Bishop Ireton High School, 1972
Political career
Governor of Virginia (2010-Present)
McDonnell was first elected Governor of Virginia in 2009 and assumed office on January 16, 2010. His current term ends in 2013 and he is prevented from running for a second term in office. The term limits Virginia imposes on its governors are more strict than any other state in the country: under the commonwealth's constitution, no governor may serve back-to-back terms. This means that McDonnell, unlike other governors in their first term, is ineligible to run for re-election until a full term has passed.
Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")
McDonnell has opposed the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care overhaul known as Obamacare since its passage in December 2009. He supported efforts by Republican attorneys general (including his successor as attorney general Ken Cuccinelli) to have it repealed in the U.S. Supreme Court, and when the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the reform bill, McDonnell maintained his fighting stance in two ways: By pledging to forgo federal funding for Virginia in the short term to expand medicaid, and by reiterating his intentions to establish a Virginia-specific health care exchange system rather than participate in the federal health care exchange. (The exchange is "an online marketplace through which people can shop for health insurance provided by the law."[4]) The results of the general election on November 6, 2012, however, induced McDonnell to give up the latter fight. In light of President Obama's re-election and Democrats control of the Senate, McDonnell conceded that since "the federal health-care law, it looks like now, it will go into effect,"[4] his continued resistance to entering Virginia into the federal health care exchange program was no longer worthwhile. He said he would now support Virginia's participation in the federal exchange, adding that the law allowed for a two year window for retreating to a state-centric system. Despite pressure from liberal healthcare reform advocates to also reverse his position on the medicaid expansion, McDonnell remains unwilling to participate, believing that the federal government will ultimately have to renege on its promise to pay for the added recipients.[4]
Abortion bill
In February 2012, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a controversial "informed consent" abortion bill that requires women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion. The ultrasound would determine the fetus' gestational age. Del. David Englin strongly opposed the legislation, warning "this bill will require many women in Virginia to undergo vaginal penetration with an ultrasound probe against their consent in order to exercise their constitutional right to an abortion, even for nonsurgical, noninvasive, pharmaceutical abortions."[5]
The bill, having passed the Virginia State Senate two weeks earlier, was sent to McDonnell who initially indicated he would sign the legislation into law.[6] But the legislation captured the attention of the nation. It drew criticism from across the country, was satirized on the popular late night comedy show Saturday Night Live, and drew a large crowd to the state capitol in Richmond for an impromptu protest. Opponents sent a petition with 33,000 signatures urging the governor to veto the bill.[7] McDonnell changed his position on the legislation, withdrawing his support and stating "Mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the state. I am requesting that the Virginia General Assembly amend this bill to explicitly state that no woman in Virginia will have to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound involuntarily."[7]
McDonnell signed an amended version of the bill on March 7, 2012. According to the Washington Post, "the version McDonnell signed says invasive ultrasounds are voluntary and exempts women who have reported to law enforcement agencies that they are victims of rape or incest." The new legislation takes effect July 1, 2012.[8]
Pension fund
McDonnell unveiled a plan in late December 2010 that would have all employees, new and current, contribute 5 percent of their pay to their retirement. At that time, McDonnell outlined that he would give them a 3 percent salary increase. "This is a start for fixing the pension system that has been out of whack for years and years. I will not pass on a broken system to another governor," McDonnell said.
The governor's plan could leave employees with a cut in take-home pay. At least one employee group voiced concern. The Virginia Government Employees Association is pleased that McDonnell is making an effort to return the retirement system to sound financial footing, but it is not happy with what it perceives as a reduction in pay for members. "We have deep concerns about his proposal to have current state employees begin contributing 5 percent of their salary to the retirement system," VGEA said in a statement release after the governor's announcement. "While the governor is attempting to keep employee salaries whole in the proposal, he relies on a potential pay bonus using year-end savings in the state budget to do so. The net effect is that without the bonus, state employees could face a pay cut amounting to a little over 2 percent."[9]
Virginia energy
Virginia was one of the states preparing to engage in offshore drilling and when President Obama put the moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill disaster in 2010, Gov. McDonnell was vocally upset. "We didn't give up when we had the Challenger disaster in the space program or when we had nuclear meltdowns on Three Mile Island. We did what Americans always do in making progress — we found solutions and moved forward. But this is probably going to slow us down," the governor said.
McDonnell held a conference with nearly 800 leaders from the energy industry in October 2010, "The Governor's Conference on Energy," to tout his message that Virginia will be the energy capital of the East. "I've been a very strong proponent of using all of Virginia's resources — coal, natural gas, oil, wind, nuclear, offshore-gas, oil, wind alternatives – all of these are a part of our quest for independence," McDonnell told WTOP radio spring 2010. McDonnell has also indicated favor towards nuclear power; as of October 2010, Virginia has two nuclear power plants in Surry County and Louisa County. McDonnell says he wants to add more: "Lynchburg, Va. can be the nuclear capital of America," McDonnell told Virginia Statehouse News. "It's clean — very few environmental concerns. Since the meltdown at Three-Mile Island, there have been tremendous technological advancements made. I think it's a huge part of America's future."[10]
Freezes and bonuses
McDonnell handed out a one-time bonus to state employees in 2010, but said they should not expect a permanent raise. State employees received a 3-percent bonus in late November 2010, their first pay boost of any kind in three years. The day before the bonus distribution, McDonnell applauded President Obama's two-year freeze of federal worker's wages and said the tough economic times call for austerity. "We got a $13.5 trillion national debt. Everybody understands now, federal spending is out of control. We've got to be able to rein things in," McDonnel said on WTOP radio. "I think it's a prudent step. It's a good start, but they got to do a whole lot more than that if they want to get this budget deficit under control and restore fiscal responsibility in Washington."[11]
One of Gov. McDonnell's key issues has been Virginia transportation. In December 2010, McDonnell told the Governor's Transportation Conference that he will spend $400 million on road construction immediately and ask to borrow nearly $3 billion more. "The more we build today, the better deal we provide to our citizens," he told the gathering of lawmakers and highway industry representatives.
McDonnell said he would take advantage of the low highway-construction costs in late 2010 to early 2011. He planned to ask the General Assembly to pour money into the state's transportation funding. The governor said the state has dropped the ball on transportation funding and indicated he intends to make that up with several measures. The transportation budget has been cut multiple times in the years before McDonnell was inaugurated, totaling $6 billion in cuts, McDonnell said.
"Over the past two decades, state support for transportation has not kept up with our growth as a Commonwealth. This has led to more congestion, longer commutes and missed economic opportunities, McDonnell said. McDonnell intends to infuse a transportation infrastructure bank with cash, specifically $150 million from the budget surplus and $250 million from an audit of the Virginia Department of Transportation.[12]
$3 billion proposal
As part of his budget amendments, McDonnell said he wants to help pay for $4 billion in new transportation spending by issuing $3 billion in bonds. A majority of the new bonds McDonnell is suggesting were already approved in 2007, but had yet to be sold. He's hoping to raise $1.8 billion within three years by selling those bonds at twice the speed: $600 million per year instead of the original $300 million per year. "I don't think that selling bonds that are already authorized, and are already built into our existing debt capacity models, getting the best deals in modern Virginia history and putting thousands of Virginians to work while doing it, should be that controversial," McDonnell said last Friday.
Most legislators seemed to agree, but they were confused about the governor's wish to raise $1.1 billion by issuing a type of bonds called GARVEE bonds that are paid by the federal government to help fund pre-approved transportation projects.[13]
Attorney General of Virginia (2006-2009)
McDonnell won election as the Attorney General of Virginia in 2005, narrowly defeating state Senator Creigh Deeds by just 323 votes.[14]
Virginia House of Delegates (1992-2006)
McDonnell was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1992 and served seven terms representing the 84th District. He served as chair of the Courts of Justice Committee, co-chair of the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, and as Assistant Majority Leader.
Presidential preference
Bob McDonnell endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [15]
In 2009, McDonnell defeated state Sen. Creigh Deeds to win Virginia's gubernatorial election. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce gave McDonnell substantial support, giving $972,877 to his campaign. Four year prior, the Chamber had given $400,000 towards Republican Jerry Kilgore's failed bid for governor.[16]
|Governor of Virginia, 2009
|Vote %
|Bob McDonnell
|R. Creigh Deeds
|Total Votes
In 2005, McDonnell ran for Attorney General of Virginia. The first result showed him with a victory of 323 votes, out of over 1.9 million votes cast, over opponent Creigh Deeds. Deeds went on to file for a recount, which began on December 20, 2005. After preliminary figures revealed 37 additional votes for McDonnell, Deeds conceded, giving McDonnell a 360 vote margin of victory.[18]
Campaign donors
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Virginia House of Delegates
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|Top 5 contributors
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|Republican State Leadership Committee
|Virginia Bankers Association
|Lindl Corp
|Republican National Committee
|Virginia Conservative Action PAC
|Tidewater Builders Association
|Davis Wetlands Bank LLC
|Republican Governors Association
|Republican National Committee
|Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association
|US Chamber of Commerce
|M. G. Pat Robertson
|Virginia Dental Association
|Virginia Bankers Association
|McDonnell for Virginia
|Virginia Republican Party
|Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association
|Homebuilders PAC
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|In-state donations
|Out-of-state donations
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McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, have five children.
See also
- Governor of Virginia
- Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
- Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling
- Portal:Elections
- Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election
External links
- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Official state site
- Official campaign website
- Social media:
- Biography at the National Governors Association
- Profile at Notable Names Database
- Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Profile at Wikipedia
- Campaign contributions at Follow The Money
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Appearances on Charlie Rose
- Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
- Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Collected news and commentary at The Wall Street Journal
- ↑ Politico.com "McDonnell takes to national stage," August 15, 2011
- ↑ Boston.com, "Mitt Romney chooses Paul Ryan as running mate," August 11, 2012
- ↑ USA Today, "Romney's VP pick likely to go to safest candidate," July 14, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Washington Post, "Virginia Gov. McDonnell favors federal health care exchange for Obamacare," November 9, 2012
- ↑ David Englin.org, "Englin statement on legislation requiring vaginal penetration ultrasound prior to many abortions," February 13, 2012
- ↑ The Guardian, "Virginia governor Bob McDonnell in U-turn over controversial abortion bill," February 22, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 PublicBroadcasting.net, "Virginia Gov. shifts on abortion bill; revised measure," February 22, 2012
- ↑ Washington Post, "McDonnell signs bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions," March 7, 2012
- ↑ "Virginia workers face paying 5 percent into pension fund," Virginia Statehouse News, December 20, 2010
- ↑ "Future energy debate already charged," Virginia Statehouse News, October 11, 2010
- ↑ "McDonnell gives bonus, but supports wage freezes," Virginia Statehouse News, December 2, 2010
- ↑ "McDonnell wants cash infusion for transportation," Virginia Statehouse News, December 13, 2010
- ↑ "New debt has lawmakers confused," Old Dominion Watchdog, December 22, 2010
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "November 8, 2005 general election: Statewide official results," accessed February 23, 2012
- ↑ Richmond Times-Dispatch, "McDonnell endorses Romney, heads to S.C. to campaign," January 20, 2012
- ↑ Old Dominion Watchdog: "Out-of-state donors pour into Virginia," June 28th, 2010
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2009 General Election Results," accessed November 29, 2012
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The Sports Network
DATE & TIME: Saturday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. (et)
FACTS & STATS: Site: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (60,580) -- Oxford, Mississippi. Television: ESPN U. Home Record: Vanderbilt 3-2, Ole Miss 3-2. Away Record: Vanderbilt 2-2, Ole Miss 2-2. Neutral Record: Vanderbilt 0-0, Ole Miss 0-0. Conference Record: Vanderbilt 3-3, Ole Miss 2-3. Series Record: Ole Miss leads, 47-36-2.
GAME NOTES: A pair of SEC teams with identical records will each attempt to become bowl eligible on Saturday night when the Vanderbilt Commodores pay a visit to the Ole Miss Rebels.
Vanderbilt fell victim to a brutal early-season schedule, losing four of its first six games. Three of those losses came against South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, which rank No. 12, No. 5, and No. 7 in the nation, respectively. Since that rough start however, the Commodores have gotten back on track with three straight wins, including a 40-0 thrashing of Kentucky on the road last week, their first shutout over an SEC foe since 1968. They haven't had a four- game win streak since they started the 2008 season at 5-0.
Ole Miss has been a pleasant surprise under first-year head coach Hugh Freeze as it has more than doubled its total win total from the 2011 season. The Rebels have won two SEC games, which is a huge step forward considering they had lost 16 straight conference games before beating Auburn on Oct. 13. They came out strong on the road against nationally-ranked Georgia last week, even holding a 10-0 lead in the second quarter, but they eventually lost, 37-10.
Ole Miss leads the all-time series with Vanderbilt, 47-36-2, and has won 22 of the previous 26 matchups in Oxford. However, the Commodores have defeated the Rebels four times in of the past five seasons.
The Vanderbilt offense (25.4 ppg, 385.1 ypg) has kicked things into high gear recently, scoring a combined 89 points over the last two weeks.
In last week's blowout, Zac Stacy was limited to just 11 carries but he cashed in with 69 yards and a touchdown. With 752 yards and six touchdowns, he is currently falling short of his outstanding season in 2011 (school-record 1,193 yards, 14 TDs), but the senior is already the program's all-time leading rusher with 2,754 career yards.
Jordan Rodgers (.593 completion percentage, 1,678 yards, seven TDs, three INTs) has been steady-if-unspectacular this season, throwing for at least 200 yards in six of eight games while never crossing 237 yards. Four of his seven touchdown passes have come in the past two games.
Other than Arkansas' Cobi Hamilton, no receiver in the SEC has been more active than Jordan Matthews, who ranks second in the league in both catches (61) and yards (850). Chris Boyd (35 receptions, 622 yards, two TDs) has become more involved in recent weeks with 16 catches and two scores during the Commodores' three-game win streak.
In a conference full of outstanding defenses, Vanderbilt has made a name for itself by allowing just 17.1 ppg and 316.2 ypg, but while stout, the unit hasn't done much in the turnover department with just four interceptions and four fumble recoveries.
Chase Garnham is the team's leader in both sacks (five) and tackles for loss (eight). Kenny Ladler is one of the better safeties in the conference with 57 tackles and an interception.
The Ole Miss offense (29.9 ppg, 408.2 ypg) has been much better than expected, but it under-performed last week against a fast and physical Georgia squad, churning out a meager 234 yards.
Bo Wallace has shown flashes of brilliance in his sophomore campaign, completing 66.1 percent of his passes for 1,836 yards and 11 touchdowns while rushing for another 265 yards and five scores. He's been prone to turnovers however, as his 10 interceptions are tied for most in the SEC.
Jeff Scott rushed for just 21 yards on 13 carries a week ago, but he's typically a reliable performer out of the backfield with 633 rushing yards and six touchdowns to along with 15 receptions.
Wallace has had good chemistry with Donte Moncrief (39 receptions, 540 yards, five TDs), but the offense's main weakness is a lack of depth at the receiver position, with converted quarterback Randall Mackey (20 receptions, 274 yards) being the next-best option.
Last week's performance was not the finest hour for the Rebels defense (27.8 ppg), as they allowed UGA's Aaron Murray to throw for nearly 400 yards and four touchdowns.
Cody Prewitt led the unit with 11 tackles and a fumble recovery, tying him for the team lead in tackles on the season with 60. Denzel Nkemdiche also has 60 tackles and he has also recorded nine tackles for loss, two tacks, two interceptions and four forced fumbles.
Both of these teams have played well considering the down seasons they put together a year ago, and while neither deserves to be mentioned among the SEC's elite, they are showing positive signs of perhaps reaching that plateau someday soon. Vandy comes in with the hotter hand, but in front of its home fans, expect Ole Miss to find a way to win narrowly.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Ole Miss 21, Vanderbilt 20


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