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June 16, 2005
Members Present: Mr. John Caffrey, Rev. Garry Moore, Mr. Jack Stafford, Mr. Kevin Pruitt, Mr. John Barnes, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jeffery Forlines, Mr. Frank Ball, Mr. Daniel Frost
Members Absent: Dr. Louis Aikens, Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. Edward Knight
Guests Present: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. Jim Nelson, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. Shekhar Pradhan, Dr. Tom Eaves, Dr. Mindy Maher, Mr. John Cardwell, Ms. Carol Baldwin, Dr. Norm Mirsky, Mr. Dennis Taylor, Ms. Libby Belcher, Dr. Debbie Halsey-Hunter, Ms. Susan Mann, Ms. Jane Richardson, Ms. Joan Buchanan, Dr. Tom Blevins, Ms. Deirdre Guyton, Dr. Don Smith, Ms. Anita Barilla
Call to Order
Chairman John Barnes called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. in the Private Dining Room of the Harris-Jefferson Student Center.
Approval of Minutes of May 19, 2005
Chairman Barnes asked for any additions or corrections to the May 19, 2005 minutes or a motion for approval. Mr. Frost stated that a statement he had made concerning funding and the need for legal action did not appear in the May minutes and he asked that it be inserted. A motion was made (JCaffery/KPruitt) to approve the amended minutes including a summary of the statement by Mr. Frost. Motion carried.
Special Items for Board Consideration – Chairman John Barnes
- Board Member Appointments and Re-appointment
Mr. Barnes spoke to the group concerning Board members whose terms end June 30, 2005 and asked if these members wish to be reappointed for another term. Ending terms include Mr. Norris Kantor, Dr. Lyn Guy, and Mr. John Barnes. Dr. Frank Ball will be replaced by the newly elected faculty member representative Dr. Norman Mirsky. Mr. Frost asked about the continuation of Board membership of Mr. Edward Knight, Chair of the New River Community and Technology College Board, since the Community College is now an independently accredited institution. Mr. Barnes informed the group that the New River chairman will continue to serve as an ex-officio member as long as the Legislature mandates the position. Chairperson for the BSC Board of Governors will also continue to serve on the New River Board as an ex-officio member. Discussion followed. Mr. Frost asked concerning Ms. Ann Crow and if her position still remains on the Board. Mr. Barnes told the group that Ms. Crow was reappointed by Governor Wise but the State Senate never confirmed her appointment. Mr. Barnes reviewed the types of voting members. Discussion followed concerning the protocol for recommending potential board members to the Governor. Mr. Frost was directed to make his recommendation to the President (who will then make recommendations to the Governor) or to the Governor directly. Mr. Kantor expressed his desire to continue to serve on the Board of Governors. Chairman Barnes reviewed his service since 1999 as a Board member and made known his plans not to return for another term. He expressed his pleasure in serving Bluefield State and assured the group that he will continue to be a part of the BSC family in some form without serving on the Board. Mr. Barnes stressed the importance of having Board members appointed who will be dedicated to keeping the institution strong and will make sure the students have the best possible chance for a rich future. Mr. Barnes reminded the members that all Board members will continue to serve until replacements are appointed and confirmed by the Governor.
- Classified Staff Salary
Chairman Barnes discussed the classified staff salary issues and zero-step. Last year the Board took a bold step in trying to address the issue within the means of the institution. Mr. Barnes commented that he felt the right steps were taken to do what could be done but the group still needs some information to see what steps need to be taken in the future. The State has promised that there will be a special session to address the issue. This will probably take place in January and will impact the mid-term salary initiative spearheaded by the Governor. Mr. Barnes introduced Mr. Dennis Taylor to the group to clarify some of the questions.
Mr. Taylor complemented the Board on their efforts to handle these issues in a timely manner. He explained all new hires must be at the zero-step as of 2005. The HEPC has asked the institutions to delay any actions on salary increases until it is known what the Governor does in the appropriation process in the special session. He explained that this does not apply to special circumstances when someone gets a promotion or reclassification.
Mr. Frost inquired concerning the fairness of the zero-step for new hires resulting in a higher rate of pay than for those who have several years of service. Mr. Taylor discussed the problems of the compression of salaries with the new hire starting at the zero step and the long-term employee staying at a fixed position. He informed the group that the HEPC is working on these issues. Mr. Frost discussed the problems over the years with under compensation of the long term employees. Classified employees were asked to make recommendations but no action has been taken by the Administration or the Board on this issue. Mr. Taylor explained to the group that recommendations have been requested so that when money becomes available to distribute for salary increases that it will be done consistent with the policy approved by the Bluefield State Board of Governors. Mr. Barnes discussed how the distribution of funds would be decided based on the input of everyone involved and the agreement of the Board. Mr. Frost discussed his concern that funding for the institution has not been fair and equitable in comparison with other institutions in the state and he said nothing is being done to correct the problem.
Vice President of Financial and Administrative Affairs – Ms. Shelia Johnson
- Separation of Assets/Liabilities
Ms. Shelia Johnson gave each member a handout of the agreement on the division of assets and liabilities between Bluefield State and New River Community and Technical College and informed the group that both institutions must agree on these issues. A conference call was conducted on Wednesday evening with Mr. Edward Knight, Dr. Felica Blanks, Dr. Albert Walker, and Ms. Johnson to discuss the separation of assets and liabilities. The New River Board gave authority to Mr. Knight and Dr. Blanks to approve the document unless there were issues that needed further attention. Mr. Knight has indicated that the document is acceptable to him. Ms. Johnson reviewed the handout with the group and explained that some issues where an agreement could not be made have been given to the HEPC for appropriate action. She reminded the group that this document does not require action until the Board has had an opportunity to review the entire document. Mr. Kantor suggested that no action be taken at this meeting but to wait until all members have had an opportunity to review the document and then call a special meeting before July 1. Mr. Taylor informed the group that the resolution in the handout is the creation of the WV Higher Education Policy Commission to resolve issues that were received from the chairs of the two institutions. Ms. Johnson reviewed the document with the group. Mr. Barnes informed the group that a great deal of work went into the completion of this document and all necessary parties have had input into the information. Compromise was necessary to come to fair and equitable decisions for both institutions. Motion was made (JStafford/NKantor) to accept the agreement. Discussion followed. Motion carried with Mr. Frost abstaining from the vote.
In an update on the Beckley Higher Education Center, Ms. Johnson informed the group that bids of around $13 million were expected but came back at $21 million so the plans have been downsized and the opening has been delayed for two years.
Legislative and Media Relations Update – Mr. Jim Nelson
- SB 674 Textbook Proposal
Mr. Nelson reviewed the requirements of SB 674 that requires a Board of Governors ruling for making the textbook ISBN available to students for the fall semester. The draft language including a disclaimer that would protect the college in the event the ISBN was changed by the publisher after being provided to the student was distributed to the Board for review at the May meeting. The Board at that time asked for a written statement from Mr. Bruce Walker of HEPC expressing his approval of the wording. Ms. Jane Richardson, President of the State Association of College Bookstores and Manager of the Bluefield State College Bookstore provided a copy of Mr. Walker's approval of the document received via email. Motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to adopt the policy. Motion carried.
Enrollment Management Report – Mr. John Cardwell
- Student Housing Planning Update
Mr. Cardwell gave the group a handout outlining the current status of enrollment and reviewed some of the activities to take place during the summer months. Pre-registration for the fall semester is currently at 1,206 students. Last year the final enrollment was 1,839. Mr. Kantor discussed the opportunity to recruit students into the Criminal Justice program as a result of the prisons soon to open in the area. Mr. Cardwell reported that the Criminal Justice instructors have been involved with those in authority.
Mr. Cardwell informed the group that out of state applications and visits to the Upperclassman II facility continue to increase. Mr. Kantor inquired about numbers coming in for the Upperclassman II. Mr. Cardwell reported about 65 students have leases at this time. Orientation on Friday will include an opportunity for students to tour the facility.
Mr. Forlines discussed enrollment possibilities in the community by providing night classes to those who work full time in the day. Many companies provide educational dollars and BSC should act on the opportunity to offer courses and to recruit these employees. Dr. Eaves reminded the group that a full degree program has been developed in the evening in the School of Business. Mr. Frost stressed the need to work toward increasing the Criminal Justice course offerings at night to accommodate employees of the new prisons in the area. Mr. Caffery stressed the need to offer more classes in McDowell County.
Ms. Deirdre Guyton gave an update on the Tom Joyner Foundation Scholarship. At this time contributions are at $196,000. These funds are not necessarily for scholarships but may be used for books, housing, etc.
President's Report – Dr. Albert Walker
Dr. Walker provided a Powerpoint printout of the President's Report. He reviewed the progress of the Upperclassman II and the Business After Hours activity held at the facility. The facility plans to open the first of August and will house the College Summit during activities on the campus. The majority of these students will be coming from Kanawha County and will be taking the information back to other potential students.
Dr. Walker reported that Bluefield State College has been listed for the sixth year as One of Americas Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report magazine. This is an honor for the college and students pay attention to this designation when choosing a college to attend.
Mr. Frost discussed the proper method to make a recommendation for the appointment of Board members. Mr. Kantor informed Mr. Frost that an individual can make recommendations to the President to forward to the Governor or directly to the Governor but the Board cannot make any recommendations for new Board members.
Executive Session
A motion was made (JForlines/JStafford) to go into executive session at 8:50 p.m. Motion carried.
A motion was approved to come out of executive session at 9:45 p.m. Mr. Barnes reported no actions were taken while in executive session.
The next regularly scheduled Board meeting will be on July 21 and will include the oath of office for new Board members when the Governor makes those appointments. Those currently serving on the Board will continue to serve until replacements are appointed.
The July 21, 2005 meeting will be held in the Private Dining Room of the Harris Jefferson Student Center.
With no further business to discuss a motion was made (KPruitt/DFrost) to adjourn. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m.
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Classified Staff Council of Bluefield State College Minutes May 17, 2007
Classified Staff Council of Bluefield State College Minutes
May 17, 2007
Members Present: Rick Akers, Carol Baldwin, Joan Buchanan, Kim Daniels, Tracy Goss, Deirdre Guyton, Fred Hardee, and Michele Noe.
Chair, Carol Baldwin called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. in the Conference Room in Basic Science.
I. Minutes – A motion to accept the meeting minutes for the April 19, 2006 meeting with changes was made and seconded by Akers/Hardee, all were in favor.
II. Old Business
A. Employee of the Year-Carol thanked everyone for voting her classified exempt employee of the year.
B. Classified Emeritus-Carol explained that although we had voted to give the two sisters emeritus this year, only one was given the award because the other had already been awarded. It was noted that most of the winners were not present at the ceremony, and Kim stated that she had been made aware that this might have been because they were never notified. The question was raised as to who is responsible for notifying the winners. Another question that was raised was if there is a limit on how many people can receive this designation within one year (noted that faculty awarded quite a few this time). Carol stated that as far as she is aware there is no limit; but that they usually request two persons be selected from classified employees. These are some things that need to be addressed before next year's ceremony.
C. Elections-Carol reviewed the results of the elections. Next terms council will consist of BOG Rep.-Daniel "Frosty" Frost, ACCE Rep.-Fred Hardee, Council Chair-Lisa Neel, Service/Maintenance/Skilled Crafts Sector-James Crenshaw and Stewart Odle, Clerical/Secretarial Sector-Michele Noe and Vonda Wilson, Professional/Non-Faculty Sector-Carol Baldwin and Tom Harrison, Executive/Administrative/Managerial Sector-Deirdre Guyton and Jane Richardson, and Technical/Paraprofessional Sector-Anita Barilla and Lori Dials. These terms will take effect July 1, 2007 and run for two years.
III. New Business-
A. Wall of Fame-Carol reminded everyone of Michele's idea mentioned at the last staff council meeting about requesting a "Wall of Fame" be established to recognize staff and faculty employee awards, i.e. employee of the year and emeritus. Carol noted that she and Michele had made an appointment to meet with President Walker to discuss this idea, but that he was not able to attend that meeting. He did, however, speak with Carol after the employee recognition luncheon and told her that if we would do all of the research on where we would want it, what exactly it would consist of, and how much money it would cost, he would find the money to make it happen. Michele stated that she had talked to Leah Taylor (HR Director) in order to get some input on what other areas, besides
classified staff, should be involved. Council members were asked to do some looking around and talking with their constituents about what and where, and we would discuss this further at the next meeting.
B. Holiday Schedule-Carol stated that she had contacted Anita Barilla a few months ago requesting a copy of the HEPC holiday schedule as soon as it comes out. She has not yet received this and is unable to reach Anita at this time to follow-up on it's status.
IV. Reports-
A. Board of Governors-Frosty stated that the board had voted to give classified employees 20.82% of the gap in funding and $675 to faculty and non-classified staff. He stated that this will be revisited after October 1 when they have a final count of students enrolled.
B. Personnel Development-There was no representative present to give this report.
C. ACCE-Fred stated that he will be attending a "Fair Labor Standards" workshop sponsored by ACCE in June. He also stated that there was a big turnover in ACCE representatives throughout the state.
D. Flower Fund-Anita reported to Carol that the balance is currently $416.00.
E. Social Activities Committee-The representative was not present at this time to give a report.
F. Wellness Committee-There was no representative present to give this report.
V. Next meeting/Adjournment
The next meeting will be held on June 21, 2007 at 2 p.m. in the conference room on the ground floor of Basic Science.
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned by Carol.
Minutes submitted by Michele Noe


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Organization's Who's Who
Leaders of the Knoxville Bar Association.
Barristers- the Young Lawyers Division
2016 Barristers Executive Committee
The Athletic Committee coordinates athletic and social activities as part of a joint effort with the Membership Service Committee. This Committee sponsors sporting events, such as the annual Barristers' Charity Golf Tournament.
The objective of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion are to promote and advance the full and equal particpation of attorneys of all cultural and other diverse backgrounds in the Barristers' Division of the Knoxville Bar Association and in all sectors and at every level of the legal professional through research, education, fostering involvement and leadership development in the KBA and other professional activities, and to promote knowledge of and respect for the profession in communities that historically have been excluded from the practice of law.
The Habitat for Humanity Committee has been involved in scheduling Barrister volunteer work days in conjunction with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity. You need no experience to volunteer and any member of the KBA, including family and friends, are free to volunteer for any work day.
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The Hunger & Poverty Relief Committee works tirelessly on a multitude of year-round projects including the "Firms for Food" program with Second Harvest Food, delivering Meals-on-Wheels on Mondays and Fridays at lunch, and serving as interviewers in the Knox Area Rescue Ministries job skills training program. The Committee also organizes several special "drives" each year, including participation in the Coats for the Cold campaign, Professional Clothing Drives to benefit the Career Closet, Cell Phone Drive for victims of abuse, School Supplies Drive to benefit ChildHelp USA. The Committee also organizes an annual Canned Food Drive Competition and sponsors an Angel Tree each Holiday Season to benefit local homeless shelters. Last year, the Committee also organized its first Cornhole Tournament, which raised money to benefit the Wesley House Community Center.
The Law School Mentor Committee coordinates various programs for students at the University of Tennessee College of Law, including the Mock Interview Program. The Mock Interview Program assists law students in preparing for interviews for summer associate positions by providing them with an opportunity to engage in a "practice" interview conducted by a member of the Knoxville bar, following which each student receives feedback on his or her interview performance and resume.
The Law Week & School Outreach Committee assists the KBA Functions Committee in planning the Law Day Luncheon. The Law Week Committee coordinates all Law Week activities including the Essay contest for high school students, the Poster contest for elementary and middle school students, and presenting the video: "Junior Judges: Helping Kids Make Smart Choices." The purpose of the video is to increase each student's awareness of the legal system and how it can relate to seven real-life scenarios that students may encounter, as well as, permit students to judge what options they have in tough situations and encourage them to make smart choices. The committee also handles the nomination for the Law and Liberty Award.
The Membership Committee has primary responsibility for assisting the KBA staff in all membership related functions, including designing the Membership Application and New Member packets, publishing an annual Attorneys' Directory, sustaining and pursuing membership benefits and acting as liaison to the members and sections. In 2012 the Committee published the KBA Attorney's Directory with a profit in sales revenues vs. printing costs. The Committee also fielded and dealt with many membership issues, including individual membership problems and issues brought before the Committee for recommendation to the KBA Board of Governors. The Committee also adopted several membership benefits for submission to the Board with approval for new member benefits.
The Mock Trial Committee coordinates the Knoxville area high school Mock Trial Competition, the local competition leading to the spring state competition. The Committee's activities included scheduling and providing all resources for the competition, arranging for the use of area court rooms, distributing model problem materials and obtaining attorney coaches, scorers and judges for all Mock Trial rounds.
The Professionalism Outreach Committee coordinates with other professional organizations to provide social and networking opportunities to young attorneys.
The School Outreach Committee develops and implements projects designed to educate area high schoolers regarding the justice system. This year the Committee will continue to work on the "When You Become 18" project.
The Volunteer Breakfast Committee relies upon the members of the Barristers and the Knoxville Bar Association to volunteer on the 4th Thursday of each month to provide, prepare and serve breakfast to the homeless at the Volunteer Ministry Center.
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Athletic Committee Activities
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Diversity Committee Activities
The Diversity Committee shall foster and report on diversity initiatives of the KBA, as well as partner with committees and sections of the Knoxville Bar Association to continue to pursue enhanced diversity and inclusion in the Association, including among the leadership of the Association.
In concluding its work, the Committee shall consult with and engage KBA Barristers' Division leaders, and other various entities and individuals with an interest in the Committee's mission and activities.
View photos of the race held on Saturday January, 19, 2013.
Habitat for Humanity Activities
Click here to view photos of the 2016 KBA Habitat House.
Law Week and School Outreach Committee Activities
The 2016 Law & Liberty Award- Nomination Deadline- April 15th
Nomination Deadline: April 15th
The Knoxville Barristers are soliciting your nominations for the 2016 Law and Liberty Award. The Law and Liberty Award annually recognizes members of our community who have used the legal system and process to advance and protect personal, political, and civil liberties in our community. The winner of this year's award will be announced at the Law Day Luncheon on Friday, May 6, 2016.
The criteria for determining the Law and Liberty Award recipient are as follows:
· The recipient should be visible to the legal profession and local bar association.
· The recipient should strive to foster and to maintain good relationships between the legal profession and the community.
· The recipient should work to advance the understanding of the law and legal processes in the non-legal community.
· The recipient should set an example of good citizenship.
· The recipient should give time for volunteer work, both within the legal profession and otherwise.
· The recipient should evidence high professional standards in his or her occupation.
· The recipient should express concern for the safeguard of personal, political, civil, and religious liberties.
· The recipient should not let adversity prevent him or her from striving to achieve goals.
· The recipient should be someone whose work is not normally recognized.
Please note that nominees do not have to be attorneys to qualify for the Law and Liberty Award. Consider those individuals in your firm, in local civic and religious organizations, or in the community who have worked to improve our legal system and protect our civil liberties. Finally, please pass this request to others in your firm and ask that they also submit their suggested nominees.
The award recipient will be chosen by the Barristers Executive Committee. Please send your nominations by April 15th to Courtney Read (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Ashley Morgan (email@example.com).
Volunteer Breakfast Committee Activities
The Volunteer Breakfast is a recurring event on the 4th Thursday of each month at 6:15 a.m. We always need volunteers to serve food or sponsor. The cost is $150 for sponsoring, and we need 4-5 volunteers. If you are unable to fund the breakfast, the Barristers will subsidize the cost of the breakfast. We meet at 6:15 a.m. and serve breakfast to approximately 30-40 individuals, generally leaving the site around 7:30 a.m. It's a great way to serve the community, and although we're building our own legal community in the process, it's an enjoyable break from legal activities. This is a great chance to partner with members of your firm, or law school classmates or friends or use it as an opportunity to involve staff in your office too.
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Albert J. Marro / Staff Photo The Redfield Proctor estate on Ormsbee Avenue in Proctor will be going up for auction next month. In front is the grave of Col. Proctor's horse Old Charlie, who survived the Civil War and died in Vermont. The house had not yet been built at the time of the horse's death.
PROCTOR The grand Proctor mansion, once the home and lasting emblem to the powerful Proctor family, is going up for auction Aug. 6.
Built in 1915 by Redfield Proctor Jr., son of the founder of the Vermont Marble Co., the brick colonial revival estate on the hill was home to two generations of Proctors before the family sold it at auction in 1995.
Now, the couple who bought the home 18 years ago say they are ready to pass the stately representation of local history onto new owners.
For two people its a bit much, Peg Boots said, standing near the entrance to her home, which boasts eight bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. We need walkie-talkies to keep in touch.
To be sure, Peg and David Boots say they have enjoyed living in the mansion and the town immensely.
Weve enjoyed every moment here, David Boots said during a tour of the dining room, sitting room, living room, powder room, kitchen, guest room and porches that make up most of the downstairs area.
I hope the new owners enjoy the home has as much as we have, Peg Boots added.
Over the years, the couple has left their mark on the estate.
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But for the most part, the couple has tried to leave a light footprint on an estate that they both know represents functions as much more than a home in the community.
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When we first moved in, all the woodwork in the house was painted and we spent quite a bit of time removing it to reveal the original varnish, David Boots said. We refinished all the floors as well.
Even when the couple added something new they did their best to make it match seamlessly with the existing aesthetic.
When the Breakfast Room was built, they said they conducted a nationwide search for the type of brick that would match the mansions exterior.
Everything weve done has been done with the idea of trying to keep as much history as possible intact, Peg Boots said.
Leaving their longtime home wasnt an easy decision for either of them. But after celebrating his 82nd birthday last month, David Boots said he and his 75-year-old wife are looking forward to spending more time at their smaller home in Hawaii where the pair own a 25-acre macadamia nut plantation.
Before they go, the home will be auctioned off Aug. 6 by luxury real estate auctioneers Albert Burney Inc. of Alabama.
The mansion is being auctioned regardless of price although $40,000 will be added to the high bid to pay for the furniture in the fully furnished home.
When it was sold at auction in 1995, the Boots paid $500,000 for the mansion which, at that time, had an assessed price of $467,000.
What the estate, which the town assessed at $995,100 in 2007, might sell for now is anybodys guess. But Mark Hogan, part of the creative team handling the auction for Albert Burney, said the auction company has already received a number of inquiries about the property from prospective buyers around the country.
I dont think were going to have a problem auctioning it off, he said.
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Task force urges $275 million be spent on weatherizationTim CAlabro / Staff File Photo
A Montpelier home is retrofitted with a new heating and ventilation system to make the home energy efficient.
MONTPELIER In a report set to hit lawmakers desks later this month, a coalition of efficiency advocates and energy experts will ask the Legislature to raise more than $275 million over the next seven years to weatherize 62,000 Vermont homes.
The 65-member Thermal Efficiency Task Force has finalized recommendations that include everything from a new excise tax on heating fuels to tax credits for residents who button up their homes or buy more efficient heating systems.
While the excise tax as much as 10 cents per gallon on heating oil and energy efficiency tax credit emerged as the preferred public financing options, authors of the 97-page report caution that no one single option should be pursued alone.
The report also asks lawmakers to consider increasing the existing efficiency surcharge on natural gas.
In order to address some of the principles of sustainability, equity, low-income protection and price signals, and to spread the risk, the (task force) suggests moving forward with a package of multiple funding options, the draft report says.
Not everyone on the task force signed off on the proposals; fuel dealers in particular raised concerns about the plan.
Convened last year by the Vermont Department of Public Service, the task force was created to chart a path toward the weatherization goals established by lawmakers in 2008. Achieving the 80,000-home goal by 2020, the task force concluded, will require an additional $276 million in public funding between 2014 and 2020.
The group says Vermont, home to one of the oldest housing stocks in the country, is on pace to weatherize about 18,000 homes by the end of 2013.
Gov. Peter Shumlin has said he aims to expand thermal efficiency programs in the state; however, he has not indicated yet whether hes willing to raise taxes in order to fund them.
The task force argues that it would make good economic sense to do so. Vermonters spent more than $600 million in 2010 on fossil-based heating fuels, the bulk of which left the state economy, the report says. And while the average Vermont home uses only half as much heating oil as it did 40 years ago, Vermonters 2010 fuel bill was nearly twice as much as we were paying a decade earlier and prices are expected to continue to rise.
Each home that undergoes projects like air sealing, insulation, and heating system replacements would see $1,000 in avoided heating costs annually, according to the report. Hitting the 80,000-home goal, according to DPS projections, would save Vermonters more than $2 billion in heating costs over the life of the projects and create 800 job-years.
The report says the effort would have the added benefit of preventing 3.6 million tons of carbon dioxide from emitting into the atmosphere, the equivalent of taking 680,000 passenger vehicles off the road for one year.
Raising $276 million in new funding for program costs and incentives over this seven-year period represents a major financial commitment on the part of the state, the report says. However, this investment ... will leverage more than $687 million in private sector financing and investment, stimulating job creation, lender activity and the recycling of funds in Vermonts economy instead of sending Vermonters money out of state ... to pay for fossil fuels.
While the excise tax and efficiency tax credit are the only high preference recommendations, the groups medium preference options include an increase in the gross receipts tax for heating fuels, or imposing a 6 percent sales tax on residential heating fuels (they are currently exempt from the sales tax).
The group also suggests looking at a ceiling mechanism tax, wherein a surcharge would be assessed only when the price of heating fuels drops below a certain threshold.
The group also asks lawmakers to make sure natural gas a regulated utility is doing its part for the weatherization effort. Natural gas customers already pay an efficiency surcharge that is used to fund weatherization efforts.
However, if the amount levied in order to raise the statewide goal requires an assessment higher than (Vermont Gas Systems) current efficiency budget, then we suggest that the additional amount raised from natural gas be in line with the other fuels in order to support this statewide effort, the report says.
The group wants to find ways to minimize the impact of any tax proposal on low-income Vermonters.
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Miss Utah Marissa Powell is making headlines for flubbing her way through a question about pay inequality for women during the 2013 Miss USA Pageant. Among other things, she said we need to "create education better" to solve the problem. Needless to say, she didn't win. Here's a look at other beauty pageant blunders in recent years:
Miss USA 1995 -- During the Q&A portion of the pageant, Miss Minnesota was asked about affirmative action. Unfortunately, she didn't appear to know just what that was. "I think that affirmative action is important in your career, and I think that they work together, um, I believe that if you stand strong on what you believe, that you should use that in all aspects of your life including your career. I know that I do."
Miss Panama 2009 -- Giosue Cozzarelli was unable to understand a Confucius quote she just read that said, "Learning without thought is labor lost." When asked to explain the quote, she replied, "Good evening Panama!"
Miss Philippines World 2008 -- Janina San Miguel was just 17 when she competed for the title of Miss Philippines World, so perhaps she got a case of the nerves during the interview section. Asked what role her family had played in her entry into the pageant, she responded by stumbling over the word "family," giggling, and then apologizing profusely for being unable to answer the question.
Miss Slovakia 2009 -- Host Jan Kraus apparently forgets about a hole in the stage and falls right into it at the beginning of the 2009 Miss Slovakia Pageant.
Miss Teen USA 2007 -- Who could forget Miss Teen South Carolina Caitlin Upton? Answering a question about why a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map, she answered: "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children."
Miss Universe 2009 -- Miss Universe 2008 (Miss Venezuela) tries to crown Miss Universe 2009, also Miss Venezuela, and fails as the crown immediately falls off Stefania Hernandez's head.
Miss Universe 2007 -- Miss USA Rachel Smith slips and falls on live TV during the evening gown competition. But she was able to keep her composure, and placed fifth out of 10 delegates in the round despite the fall.
Miss Universe 2008 -- Crystle Stewart became the second consecutive Miss USA to do a butt-plant on live television during the Miss Universe evening gown competition. Her advice to future competitors? "I would tell her to put grips on the bottom of her shoes and wear a short dress, not a long gown," Stewart told NBC.
Miss Venezuela 2008 -- In perhaps the worst wardrobe malfunction of all time, Miss Guarico loses her bikini bottoms during the swimsuit portion of the 2008 Miss Venezuela contest.
Miss World 2005 -- Miss World 2005 Unnur Birna completely falls on her face after a speech during the Miss Iceland crowning.
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Mall Anchors Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom Rated Buy
Today I will profile these stocks and provide updated "buy-and-trade" strategies including for some of the other retailers that reported earnings this week.
First a quick update on Home Depot (HD) which reported results pre-market on Tuesday. HD beat earnings estimates on both the top and bottom line, and the stock set a new multi-year high at $64.44.
Yesterday in Retail Earnings at the Mall I indicated that closes above my monthly pivot at $62.76 indicates upside is to its all-time bubble top of $70.00 set in April 2000. HD did not hold onto those gains and the close on Wednesday was below $62.76 which indicates risk to my quarterly value level at $58.83. In hindsight booking profits between $62.76 and $64.44 was prudent buy-and-trade strategy.
At www.ValuEngine.com we have three retail-oriented sectors. Consumer discretionary is 7.0% undervalued, consumer staples is 10.0% overvalued and retail-wholesale is 2.8% overvalued.
Here are my buy-and-trade profiles for the mall anchors:
Dillards (DDS) ($82.50): Has a buy rating and is 12.0% overvalued. The stock traded up to a multi-year high of $86.71 on Nov. 8 in anticipation of a positive earnings report. The stock had a significant beat on EPS earning 96 cents well above the 75 cents a share estimate, but that was priced in as the stock fell to $82.18 yesterday. My monthly value level is $77.78 with a quarterly risky level at $85.23, which was tested at that pre-earnings high. The weekly chart profile shifts to negative on a weekly close below the five-week modified moving average at $78.44.
JC Penny (JCP) ($16.89): Has a hold rating and traded lower on Nov. 9 on a significant earnings miss with an EPS loss of 93 cents compared with a 6 cents a share loss estimate. My monthly value level is $14.16 with a semiannual pivot at $18.18 and weekly risky level at $19.32. Yesterday's low at $16.89 is a multi-year low. The March 2009 low was $13.71. The weekly chart profile has been negative since the week of Oct. 26.
Nordstrom (JWN) ($54.11): Has a buy rating and traded up to $58.40 on Election Day then reported quarterly results Nov. 8. EPS missed estimates by one cent at 71 cents a share. The stock traded down to $53.96 on Nov. 12 compared with the 200-day simple moving average at $53.74. My semiannual value level is $45.56 with a monthly pivot at $55.12 and my annual risky level at $58.83. The weekly chart shifted to negative last week with a close below the five-week MMA at $55.42.


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Keep in mind that Character Bashing is now prohibited. Making fun of certain characters/character pairings leads to a pointless thread filled with insults and general rule breaking.
Also, remember that Versus threads are allowed only in the Versus section.
Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
So what is the biggest disappointment(s) for you in this manga?
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Tobi being Obito.
The fact that sakura is still alive
is all the previous hokage being sealed
Sakura's existence
My biggest dissapoint ment in naruto is that the 7 swordsmen battles where just skipped by.
Oh i almost didn't remember to add my disappointment lol
Edo Sasori lost rather easily against Kankurou. Well, Sasori without his puppets wasn't as strong as when he had it, but still, i felt rather dissapointed.
& Pain losing to a kid lol (even if he is Lord Naruto) anyway i will (or maybe) when Madara and Tobi loses to Naruto and Sasuke as well lol.
The fact that Kishi hasn't shown us Kakashi's face yet.
Naruto still spamming rasengan.................
Between the Konoha 11 being left out the series aside from Sakura and Naruto, the Byakugan becoming useless, and all the boss Eros tensei characters got their fights skipped over.
1. Sakura
2. K11 not being developed
3. Too much TNJ use
I am actually OK with Tobi-Obito because recent chapters have actually made it interesting with the who Kakashi killing Rin thing. I am just hoping there won't be TNJ comming up against Obito...
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I think DD is outgrowing her schedule. Here it is right now (similar for the last 4 months):
7am - wake up and BF (lots)
8 or 9: cereal and fruit for breakfast
(am nap)
11: 4-5oz EBM (or BF if I'm home from work ie w/e)
12:30: lunch (varies, lots of table foods)
(pm nap)
4: 4-5 oz EBM (or BF)
5:30: dinner (cereal, meat/veg etc)
6:30: BF ++ and bed
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her mid- am and pm bottles have gradually been getting later since she can stay up longer, and take longer naps (yay!) Now they are starting to meld into mealtimes, especially if she sleeps extra long. Then she fills up with milk and isn't as hungry.
In 2 months, she's going to daycare, who has the routine of breakfast at home, early am snack, lunch at 11:15, snack around 2 and then she'll have dinner at home. With such an early lunch, there's no way she can drink milk before it. When she's 12 months and starts there, I want to cut out the EBM and just BF am and bedtime, and give her the rest as cow's milk.
... what do I do? Is it ok to just give her 1 bottle of EBM, maybe 6oz after lunch, and add a morning and pm food snack instead of the milk? Then it would be BF, breakfast, snack, lunch and EBM, snack, dinner, and BF/bed. It seems like plenty, but DH and I aren't sure if it will work.
(also, I know she's taking less than 8-10oz during the day when I BF ad lib with her on weekends, because during the week, pumping 8-10oz in one session at noontime at work actually INCREASES my supply over the course of the week!
Any suggestions? What/when does your 9-12 month eat?
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The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed with AARP when it rejected an artificially high barrier set for victims of disability discrimination seeking to prove they deserve "reasonable accommodation" on the job.
AARP's "friend of the court" brief supported the case of Roy Victor, a New Jersey State Trooper who charged his employer with disability and racial discrimination. The focus of AARP's brief in this dispute was the preliminary hurdle a plaintiff must clear in order to bring a discrimination lawsuit in a case of an employer's denial of "reasonable accommodation." The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed with AARP in rejecting an artificially high barrier set by a lower court for victims of disability discrimination seeking to show they should have received but were denied workplace modifications known as "reasonable accommodation." It was a mixed ruling, however, as the court still ruled against the plaintiff (Mr. Victor) on other grounds. All the same, the ruling upheld an important legal principle that was under attack by state officials.
The Dispute
Victor began his career as a state trooper in April 1986 and was progressively promoted, finding himself in 1995 the most senior officer in his squad and serving as assistant squad supervisor. While on duty in 1995, he injured his back in a car accident. This led to a decade of rehabilitation, re-injury and alternating duty status: now on, now off, now on extended leave.
During the course of this difficult decade for Victor, the State Division of Police assigned him to various substations, some quite distant from his home. Victor, in his late 40s and African-American, also was passed over for promotions in favor of more junior, Caucasian officers. Victor further alleged that the state police forced him to work for supervisors who subjected him to condescending attitudes and embarrassing remarks in the squad room, and questioned his supervisory skills and ability to handle assignments. He filed several complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to no avail.
In 2003, state police officials directed Victor to take leave-without-pay until he could show "adequate medical information regarding the medical condition that you claim prevents you from returning to duty." Within a week, Victor submitted a letter from his psychologist stating that he suffered from depression and stress. Victor also submitted an independent psychological evaluation concluding that he could not return to full-time duty. As a result, the state police reinstated Victor and awarded him back pay. But later (Victor alleged) the state police ordered him out on patrol duty at a time when he said back spasms required that he work inside at a desk. Victor contends that supervisors refused this request for a "reasonable accommodation of his disabling back condition."
In January 2005, Victor filed suit against the state police alleging that he had been treated far less well than his white counterparts and had suffered a "failure to accommodate" a "disability" in violation of the N.J. Law Against Discrimination (LAD), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or disability. A jury ultimately awarded Victor $315,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys fees.
However, a state intermediate appellate court reversed the jury's verdict and ordered a new trial. The appeals court ruled that the trial judge had failed to instruct the jury properly and that in order to find for the plaintiff, the jury had to find that the plaintiff suffered a separate and independent "adverse employment action." The appeals court disagreed with the trial judge's ruling that an employer's failure to accommodate an employee is "in and of itself an adverse employment action."


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JOHNSBURG – As gardening season starts, the village of Johnsburg reminded its residents that landscape waste can be burned during April and May but must meet certain requirements.
Burning cannot take place within 100 feet of a habitable structure like a home or school or within 50 feet of a non-habitable structure like a detached garage or barn.
Only landscape waste generated on that property can be burned, and only during daylight hours when winds are less than 10 mph. The burning must be supervised by someone 18 years or older, and they must have a fire extinguisher or water source on hand.
Manure, garbage and construction debris cannot be burned in McHenry County.
For more information, go to the McHenry County Department of Health's website, mcdh.info.
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Portland Becomes First Salmon-Safe City
Mayor Hales issues Salmon-Safe challenge to other West Coast citiesRead More…
Phone: 503-823-4120
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MONDAY, DEC. 23, 2013 – Nicolas Batum of the Portland Trail Blazers is getting into the holiday spirit by hosting a toy giveaway to benefit the Batum Mama Foundation from 2 to 4 p.m. today.
Batum will be at this year's toy giveaway, held at Portland Parks & Recreation's Charles Jordan Community Center, 9009 N. Foss Ave., to bring joy to lives of many children who may not otherwise receive toys during the holiday season.
Portland Parks & Recreation is delighted to partner with Batum to provide space for the event, and PP&R invited the hundreds of area kids to receive gifts. Please note that the toy giveaway is not an open event for "drop-in" participation.
"The neighborhoods surrounding PP&R's Charles Jordan Community Center are among the most economically and culturally diverse in our city," said Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz. "It is wonderful that Nicolas, in addition to his success with the Trail Blazers on the court, is showing his MVP skills at brightening the holidays for kids who need some cheer."
Nicolas Batum, a six-eight Frenchman, is in his sixth year with the NBA. The versatile forward has played for the Portland Trail Blazers his entire NBA career. He ranks among the top 40 in steals and blocks per game and became the fourth NBA player to ever have 100 three-pointers, 350 assists and 80 blocks in a season.
The Blazers are off to a blistering start, with a league-leading 23-5 record going into January.
Media photo opportunities with Batum will be available before and after the event.
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2013 – Hundreds of volunteers will gather at the Portland Police Sunshine Division Warehouse today and Wednesday to pack 3,500 holiday food boxes for local area families.
The warehouse is at 687 N. Thompson St.
Packing will begin at 6 p.m. and finish around 8:30 p.m. Pack night is an annual tradition for many local families, church groups, police officers and other volunteers. The Sunshine Division has enough volunteers for tonight and Wednesday, but will always welcome volunteers for delivery day or any other time at the warehouse to sort or stock food.
On Saturday, Dec. 21, police officers and volunteers will deliver the boxes to community members in need. The boxes are delivered from North Precinct, East Precinct, Southeast Sub-precinct and the Sunshine Warehouse, beginning at 9 a.m.
This is the Sunshine Division's 90th anniversary of delivering holiday meals to those in need; the tradition began in 1923 by Portland's first Police Reserves and Portland Police Officers.
This year, demand is up once again, according to Officer Phil Kent, Sunshine Division development director. "These boxes are already spoken for, but we continue to provide emergency food to people every day at the warehouse and any police officer can take food to a person in need 24 hours a day."
Kent said Sunshine Division served 1,574 households directly with emergency food at its facility in November, a 15 percent increase over November 2012.
Longtime volunteer honored
This year, the Sunshine Division and the Portland Police Bureau will honor 50-year volunteer Bud Lewis at the "Wednesday Pack Night."
Lewis was the Sunshine Division Commander from 1963-73. He has remained on the board and has spent countless hours volunteering and supporting Sunshine's mission. He will be honored at a ceremony at approximately 7 p.m.
About Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division
Since 1923, the Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division has been providing emergency food and clothing relief to Portlandfamilies and individuals in need. Whether due to the loss of a job, domestic crime, illness, or victims of fire or disaster, the Sunshine Division has built a 90-year legacy of mobilizing quickly and efficiently to assist distressed Portlanders.
The Sunshine Division offers emergency food assistance six days per week at their warehouse as well as 24 per day, seven days per week, through their partnership with the Portland Police Bureau, which stores food boxes at each precinct, Boxes can be dispatched to those in need at any time. In addition to food relief, the division also offers new and gently used clothing to those in need.
For more information, contact Executive Director Kyle Camberg, at email@example.com or call (503) 823-2131. To donate or volunteer with the Sunshine Division visit the website.
FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 2013 – Portland kicked off the holiday season in style with the annual Macy's Parade on Friday. The tree at Pioneer Courthouse Square begins shining this weekend.
This year, Hanukkah began Nov. 27 and runs through Dec. 5.
Thanksgiving on Thursday gave way to Black Friday; Friday's parade through downtown; the annual "Little Boxes" celebration of smaller retailers; followed by Small Business Saturday.
Festivities will continue through the holidays.


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Tallinder returns to Sabres defense
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres continued to revamp their defense by reacquiring Henrik Tallinder from the New Jersey Devils for prospect Riley Boychuk.
Tallinder spent the last three years with the Devils after spending parts of eight seasons with the Sabres. He entered the NHL as a second-round draft pick of the Sabres in 1997.
Tallinder, 34, played in just 25 games last year, posting one goal and three assists. He was a stalwart on the back end during Buffalo's playoff runs in 2006 and 2007 and became an on-ice mentor to Tyler Myers in 2009.
Ducks sign LW Beleskey
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have signed left wing Matt Beleskey to a two-year contract extension through 2014-15.
He had eight goals, five assists and 56 penalty minutes in 42 games with Anaheim last season. The 25-year-old winger led the club in hits with 103 and was tied for seventh in goals.
Seguin: Twitter slur
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DALLAS — Recently acquired Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin says an anti-gay comment that showed up on his Twitter account came from "hackers."
The Stars said in a statement Sunday they had "addressed the issue directly" with Seguin. The tweet showed up on his account Saturday and was quickly removed.
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Home List of Titles Highly non-linear quantum dot doped nanocomposites for functional three-dimensional structures generated by two-photon polymerization
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/88464
- Title
- Highly non-linear quantum dot doped nanocomposites for functional three-dimensional structures generated by two-photon polymerization
- Author(s)
- Jia, Baohua; Buso, Dario; van Embden, Joel; Li, Jiafang; Gu, Min
- Abstract
- A nanocomposite consisting of a photosensitive organic-inorganic hybrid polymer functionalized with PbS quantum dots has been developed using a sol-gel process. The uniformly dispersed nanocomposite exhibits ultrahigh third-order non-linearity (-3.2 × 10-12 cm2 W-1) because of the strong quantum confinement of small-sized and narrowly distributed quantum dots. The non-linear nanocomposite has been proven to be suitable for the fabrication of 3D micro/nano photonic devices using two-photon polymerization. The fabricated photonic crystals show stop gaps with more than 60% suppression in transmission at the telecommunications wavelength region.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
- Source
- Advanced Materials, Vol. 22, no. 22 (Jun 2010), pp. 2463-2467
- Publication year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry; 0904 Chemical Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Nanocomposites; Non-linear optical materials; Photonics; Quantum dots
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- WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
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Los Angeles Carpooling
Posted 01 July 2012 - 10:02 PM
I recently (or not so recently anymore) graduated college and moved to Los Angeles. With slightly more money than when I was in college, I was looking at getting back into paintball, hopefully getting a chance to play every other weekend or so. The biggest issue for me is that the closes field seems to be about an hour and a half away, and three hours of driving is going to add up in my gas bill. I mean, paintball is going to be a big enough strain on my budget . Does anybody know a good website/other where I might be able to hook up with some other ballers to carpool with? Or better yet, have some free space and could use a little gas money for the trip yourself? I'm pretty close to around the LAX airport. Thanks for checking out the thread everybody.
Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:10 PM
Awesome Gear/Guns/Paintball Galore
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HSP is my closest field also, but there is a reason why I NEVER GO THERE. Lol
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Posted 19 July 2012 - 07:18 PM
Trust me, and extra 15-20 minutes can make a big difference. Cpp is horrible!
You mean HSP.
You have choices on which way you want to drive. Head East and you will find HSP (13-15 miles), SC Village (40-44 miles) and Jungle Island (60-65 miles). Going north you have Field of Fire (45 miles), Paintball USA (53 miles), CPP and Warped (55-58 miles).
Your best bang for buck, especially if you play pump and want to play during the week is HSP. Their paint prices are high, especially considering what you are paying for. The best day to go is Friday since you and BYOP only on that day.
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My son and I play most every week-end and live in the LA area, we have played at all of the fields mentioned. I could not disagree more with your assessment of CPP, quite the contrary, I think it is the very best field in the Los Angeles area. The playing fields are good, well maintained and the lay-outs are interesting. The check-in staff in professional and efficient. The referees are well trained, friendly and in control. The pace of play is fast, so you get a lot of games. The crowds are reasonable and very friendly. Even the taco truck that arrives at lunch time is very good.
Trust me, and extra 15-20 minutes can make a big difference. Cpp is horrible!
The only thing to complain about is the hill between the parking lot and the fields.
I would like to hear what you think is not good about CPP?
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There's no question that Clint Eastwood's speech at the Republican National Convention recently had the nation split on the film icon's positions on public policy. But no matter what side of the aisle movie audiences are on, they can be assured that Eastwood delivers his latest role in baseball-themed drama, "Trouble with the Curve," straight down the middle.
One person who isn't troubled by Eastwood's politics is his longtime collaborator Robert Lorenz, who makes his directorial debut on "Trouble with the Curve." Lorenz said Eastwood, like everyone else, is entitled to his opinion.
"Clint's and my politics don't exactly line up, but we're good examples of people who can put that aside and still work together as successfully as we have for years and find a common ground," Lorenz told me in a recent interview.
While Lorenz didn't comment specifically about Eastwood's speech, he did have fun alluding to his colleague's improvisational skills.
"I don't know what to think of it, but I know when Clint has a really good script and a little time to rehearse, he does a really great job," Lorenz said.
"Trouble with the Curve" is a poignant, yet often humorous tale of Gus Lobel (Eastwood), a legendary baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves whose old-fashioned methods are quickly becoming obsolete in the informational age. Although Gus has his backers, like the director of scouting, Pete Klein (John Goodman), there's a young hotshot in the organization, Phillip Sanderson (Matthew Lillard), who wants to put Gus out to pasture.
Worse yet, Gus is suffering from diminishing eyesight, yet is reluctant to get it treated or tell anyone about it. Sensing something is wrong, Pete coaxes Gus' daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams) to accompany her father on a do-or-die scouting trip to check out a hot prospect -- despite her own pressing commitments as an associate at law firm that's on the verge of making her a partner.
Every bit as smart and stubborn as cantankerous father, Mickey hopes on the trip that she'll be able to reconcile her tattered past with Gus, who failed miserably at raising his daughter who was only 6 when his wife died.
Opening in theaters Friday, "Trouble with the Curve" also stars Justin Timberlake and Robert Patrick.
Although Eastwood has never made a proclamation that's he's retired from acting, it's become evident in recent years that he's clearly more comfortable behind the camera -- he's directed 11 films in the last 10 years -- than being in front of it. "Trouble with the Curve," in fact, is only his fourth role in the past decade, and first since 2008's "Gran Torino."
Lorenz said getting Eastwood to act again wasn't difficult. It was just a matter of finding the story to tell.
"There are very roles that come into our production office that feel right to him and are appropriate for a man of his age," Lorenz said of the 82-year-old Eastwood. "When one comes along and it's a good project, it appeals to him. Obviously, he did it somewhat as a favor to me as well, since he's known for quite a while that I've want to direct and we were looking for a project to do. This one worked out so well."
While Lorenz is the manager, effectively of "Trouble with the Curve," and Eastwood is his marquee player, the director was quite well aware that he needed a solid team all around to find a winning combination with the film. And just as important to film is Adams, who stands toe-to-toe with Eastwood in the latest of a string of great performances.
"Obviously she and the rest of the cast were excited to work with Clint. His name is what drew them to the film, not working with me, but it was alright. I took advantage of that," Lorenz said, laughing. "I was thrilled to have her in the film. She loses herself in every role, and I knew she would have the ability to balance the soft and tender side of this character with the really tough side that has to stand up to Clint's character on screen."
Lorenz, who first worked with Eastwood on "The Bridges of Madison County" in 1995 as a second assistant director, has steadily risen up the ranks at Eastwood's Malpaso production company, and in the last 10 years has served as executive producer or producer on all of Eastwood's films, including "Trouble with the Curve."
The filmmaker said he's learned as much as can from his mentor, but at the same time has been working developing a technique he can call his own.
"I've been observing Clint and taken note of his various processes, and there's a great many of them that make a lot of sense -- so I've absorbed those and worked them into my own process," Lorenz explained. "At the same time, I want to make my own film with my own style, and have different ideas on how to achieve that."
"So in some ways, yes, I did things exactly the way he does with this movie, and I did some things different," Lorenz added. "I hope that the movie still works, but at the same time doesn't look exactly like a Clint Eastwood-directed movie."


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December 6, 2012 - December 13, 2012
Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Casey of Afton, NY passed away Monday, December 3, 2012 at UHS Wilson Memorial Hospital. He was 63.
A memorial service was held Saturday, December 8 for family and friends at the home of Stanley and Jan Phillips, 136 Hodge Rd., Bainbridge, NY.
In lieu of flowers, friends wishing may make memorial contributions to the Veterans Affairs or to your local SPCA, in memory of Michael J. Casey.
Alan "Moon" Joseph Gorr
Alan "Moon" Joseph Gorr, born June 11, 1961 in Liberty, NY, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2012, with his family by his side. He was 51.
A memorial service was held on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Jeffersonville Presbyterian Church.
In lieu of flowers, Alan's family is requesting donations for both his daughters' futures.
Jean L. Hoffman
Jean L. Hoffman, a lifelong resident of North Branch, NY, entered into eternal rest on December 1, 2012 at Catskill Regional Medical Center. She was 69.
Services were held on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home, Jeffersonville, NY, with burial in the North Branch Methodist Cemetery.
Alice R. Meola
Alice R. Meola, a longtime Middletown resident, died on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Orange Regional Medical Center with her loving family by her side. She was 90.
A funeral service of remembrance was celebrated on Friday, December 7 at the Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home with Fr. Pat McGuigan O. Carm. officiating. Burial followed in the family plot in Bloomingburg Rural Cemetery, Rt. 17M, Bloomingburg, NY.
Memorial contributions in Alice's name may be made to Pets Alive, 326 Derby Road, Middletown, NY, 10940 or to the Guide Dog Foundation, 371 East Jericks Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787.


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There's been a lot of hype in the past few months about new developments within the GNOME community -- most of which saw the light of day this past week at GUADEC, the GNOME Users and Developers European Conference held in Paris, France. GUADEC was a rare opportunity for GNOME's widely scattered group of developers to listen to talks by GNOME's core group of developers, to meet one another in person for the first time and, of course, to hack.
Held at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST) and organized by Mathieu Lacage, GUADEC was the first time in three years that GNOME's core developers have been in the same place, at the same time.
The conference gave developers an opportunity to talk to the masses about what they've been working on, and about where GNOME is headed this year. GUADEC, as its name implies, just wasn't for developers, though that seemed to be the primary audience during the three-day event. The primary thrust of the conference was how to make GNOME (and for that matter, Linux) more usable -- whether it was the GNOME Desktop in general, or updates or new applications on the horizon, the conference had something for everyone.
Thursday consisted of concurrent talks on:
Just to name a few.
Since some of these discussions were concurrent, I was only able to choose a couple to sit in on. I did try to get into the room for the Gnumeric talk, but the room was SRO and there was a line out the door trying desperately to listen to what was being said. With any luck, the presentations will be posted on the GUADEC site so we can all see what we missed (take that as a hint).
Friday morning started out with a four or five hour hacking session, where developers teamed up and worked together on various projects and shared ideas. This was a great opportunity to learn more about what people have been working on in the wings. Following that, most broke for lunch while others prepared for an afternoon of project announcements and update reports for GNOME.
GNOME's founder, Miguel de Icaza (now of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Helix Code), announced three new releases of GNOME this year:
(Miguel doesn't like to issue version numbers; instead, he opts to name them after the month in which they are released, hence last Fall's October GNOME.)
Here's a brief rundown of what we can expect to see in these releases:
gdk-pixbuf library as a stable element of the GNOME 1.0 desktop (
gdk-pixbuf will replace
imlib as GNOME's image library).
gnome-libs. (See below for more about Pango.)
For additional information, or to follow GNOME's evolution, check out the GNOME Roadmap on the GNOME Developers site.
Helix Code also released Preview One of Helix GNOME, a version of the GNOME Desktop. The CD (which was handed out with "beanie" bonobo's bearing T-shirts with the Helix Code logo), includes the most recent version of the GNOME desktop from the CVS source tree, and GNOME-based apps, including the latest version of Gnumeric, a diagram drawing application called Dia, and a beta release of Evolution, think groupware user tools for Linux.
Soon after acquiring an adapter for my laptop (which for me was an entertaining experience as a monolingual, typical American), I sat down to install Helix GNOME. The disc contains over 80 packages including applications, developer tools, and source code, which you can pick and choose from in a graphical install (which of course means your box needs to be running X). The pre-release of Helix GNOME supports the following distributions:
One thing that I noticed while installing Helix GNOME was the option to install the desktop from either the CD or from files on Helix Code's FTP site. This, of course, got the gears turning, so when I rebooted Linux, I tried to see if there was some sort of update feature available from the GNOME Panel, and sure enough, it was there. The Helix GNOME Updater allows you to download and install packages over the Internet. When logged in as root, go to the GNOME Panel and follow the path
System > Helix GNOME Update. You'll see a window to download packages from one of six sites:
Next, you'll see a window giving you options to download and install "Essential," "Suggested," and "Minor" Updates for GNOME. Just select the packages you want or need and they'll be downloaded and installed from the site you've selected -- it's that easy.
If you weren't at the show and want a copy of Helix GNOME, you can download it from Helix Code's web site, or send e-mail to Helix Code to inquire about obtaining a copy of Helix GNOME on CD.
Owen Taylor and Tim Janik, key developers for GTK, gave a presentation on the next version of GTK+, set to be released with November GNOME. GTK 1.4 will include better support for internationalization, port integration, improved drawing capabilities, an object system, and new widgets. The most impressive part of their presentation was the discussion on Pango (the result of the GScript and GnomeText merger), which uses Unicode for consistent encoding for internationalization, even permitting the use of different languages. Pango allows for bidirectional text for languages such as Hebrew and Arabic, which are written from right to left, as well as for instances where you might need to mix right/left text with left/right text.
Other improvements developers can expect to see in GTK 1.4 include:
According to Owen, a preview release of GTK 1.4 should "be coming soon," but no date has been set.
Bonobo is a component system (think COM) which allows for compound documents, controls, smaller programs, and program modularity. Gnumeric, Evolution, and Nautilus rely heavily on Bonobo as its component infrastructure.
Bonobo interfaces are wrapped into GTK-based wrappers, which make it easy to write a new component, easy to use an existing component, and easy to extend a component's functionality. Bonobo interfaces are sockets that other components and applications can plug into, and are based on the CORBA 2.2. The interfaces are all based on the
Bonobo::Unknown interface, providing two basic services: object lifetime management and object functionality-discovery. To keep things simple, the Bonobo interface only uses three methods:
Some sample scenarios where Bonobo would be used include:
Bonobo is currently at v0.8, and v1.0 is expected to be released within the next four months. Bonobo is the backbone for new applications being developed for GNOME. For example, the entire system for Evolution is built using Bonobo components; others include:
To learn more about Bonobo, read Miguel's Abstract on Bonobo, located on the Helix Code web site. Bonobo will undoubtedly shape the way future GNOME applications are developed.
Out of all of the presentations given on Friday afternoon, none was more anticipated than Andy Hertzfeld's (Eazel's software wizard) first public demo of Nautilus. Actually, Andy's presentation wasn't supposed to be until after Michael Meeks' talk on Bonobo, but when Michael's machine failed, and the overhead projector was connected to Andy's machine, a round of ooh's and ah's could be heard from the crowd as Nautilus was finally unveiled.
Nautilus will replace GMC as the general-purpose shell for viewing the Linux filesystem, and will be introduced with August GNOME. (Nautilus is available in beta on the GNOME public CVS tree.)
Andy's demo of Nautilus showed GUADEC attendees an overview of what will be the new GNOME shell. The new interface includes sizeable views of the filesystem, using plus and minus buttons to increase or decrease the icon size for directories and files. When viewing the contents of a directory, files are represented by their the file type and directories are represented by folders. For example, JPEG image files would show a thumbnail of the image as its icon and text files would show bits of the file's actual text, rather than using a generic icon. Clicking on the plus or minus buttons would increase or decrease the size of the icons and the amount of information they reveal. At the default level, a text file might just display its name and file size in bytes with a minimal amount of detail in the icon. However, increasing the viewing size would add more detail about the file (including its permissions) and the text inside. Double-clicking the text file would open it up within the shell.
Nautilus also uses metadata from files so users can control the way things are seen. For example, Andy went to a directory on his system where he had stored some Bob Dylan MP3s. An image file for the cover of a Bob Dylan album replaced the generic folder for directory icon, and inside were the MP3s. By viewing the files' metadata, Nautilus created a scrolling list of the MP3s, and by double-clicking on one of them, Andy was able to launch an MP3 player. This ease-of-use interface has limitless possibilities, and will surely evolve more over the next few months, but this was an impressive display of its capabilities.
Eazel plans to add the ability to set user levels in Nautilus to determine what the user is able to do and see on the system. The four levels Andy previewed were:
Another feature of Nautilus that Andy demonstrated was the ability to set colors for directory backgrounds, accomplished by simply dragging a color from the color selector to the directory display. Dragging another color and dropping it inside one of the window's edges (top, bottom, left or right) creates a gradient color, beginning with that color and transitioning to the previous color.
So what's next for Eazel and the GNOME desktop? Andy says they have plans for:
Eazel also has other plans for their business model, including a subscriber package that will allow users an easier way to upgrade and install applications on their Linux system. Though none of these details were revealed at the conference, it will be interesting to see what impact Eazel will have on making Linux easier to use. If Eazel can make Linux more user-friendly, businesses will have no reason to be tied to Windows or Macs for desktop systems.
Conference organizer Mathieu Lacage held an ad hoc presentation on Friday morning to talk about the need to form The GNOME Foundation, which would consist of an international headquarters for GNOME with chapters in each country run by GNOME developers. Representatives from each country would be responsible for fielding questions from the press regarding GNOME, and for helping to organize a network of developers in their country to help tackle much-needed issues like internationalization of the GNOME Desktop.
Short-erm needs of the fundation include:
If you're interested in learning more about The GNOME Foundation or want more information on how to join the list of developers for your country, contact Mathieu Lacage, or join the GNOME Developers list.
GUADEC was a well-organized conference that brought together all of the key individuals in the GNOME community. It was good to see everyone working on various things during the hacking sessions on Friday and Saturday. In listening to some of the side chatter, it seemed that some people were uncomfortable with the commercialization of GNOME brought on by Eazel and Helix Code, but as a Linux user, this doesn't bother me that much.
It's good to see these companies helping to make the Linux desktop more accessible for users. Their efforts will make it easier for newbies to use Linux, and will give businesses more reasons to move away from traditional desktop operating systems. As Linux moves deeper into mainstream use, Eazel and Helix Code will surely help to foster further development, providing jobs for GNOME hackers, and ultimately making Linux what we all know it to be -- the best free operating system out there.
Chuck Toporek is an Associate Editor in the Open Source Editorial Group at O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. When he's not working on books for O'Reilly, he can be found tormenting his cat, playing Marathon or Quake, and reading up on GNOME and other developments for Linux. Chuck is also the co-author of Hydrocephalus: A Guide for Patients, Families and Friends and board member for the Hydrocephalus Association. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Estate tax law kicks in major changes
- Another major change
• The law significantly reduced the possibility that the estates of most citizens will be required to pay an estate tax by raising the value of an estate that is not subject to the estate tax.
The United States Congress passed and President Obama signed into law on December 17, 2010 the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010.
Included in this act were significant changes to existing estate tax law.
This law is effective until Dec. 31, 2012. Estate and business succession planning requires thinking many years into the future. Laws that are effective for only two years are not conducive to a long-term plan.
The law significantly reduced the possibility that the estates of most citizens will be required to pay an estate tax by raising the value of an estate that is not subject to the estate tax. For example, the estate tax exclusion was raised to $5 million dollars per person from $1 million dollars per person that would have been effective without this new law. Now, a married couple's estate with assets valued at less than $10 million ($5million each) should not be required to pay any federal estate tax.
The gifting provision also changed significantly. A person can give away or "gift" assets anytime. The new law is more generous than previous ones, as gifting and the estate valuation exclusion are now unified at $5 million. For example, a person could gift $2 million dollars of assets during their lifetime and still have an estate worth $3 million dollars at death and not owe any federal estate tax. A person with an estate valued at $5 million could give it all away during their lifetime and not owe any federal estate tax. It should be noted that a gift greater than $13,000 given to any one person during a calendar year will require you to file a gift tax form with the Internal Revenue Service.


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A meeting is being held Thursday night at Kamiloiki Elementary School to talk about building a strip mall on the lawn across from Maunalua Bay Beach Park in Hawaii Kai.
Across Kalanianaole Highway, there's 4.5 acres of land owned by Kamehameha Schools.
There have been talks about building a strip mall there anchored by Foodland.
Some in the community are opposed to the idea and want what's known as the "Great Lawn" to be left untouched.
"I think a strip mall here would make the traffic a lot, lot worse than what it is now. Traffic's already bad around this place," said Catherine Wenzl.
Opinion polls done by Rep. Gene Ward show overwhelming opposition to development while a Kamehameha Schools poll reveals strong support for a strip mall.
"That's why we're going to call the people together. Rather than relying on polls, let's see what the people themselves have to say," said Rep. Ward.
Foodland closed at nearby Koko Marina Center two years ago, leaving Safeway as the community's only general grocery store.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Lawmakers, along with representatives from Kamehameha Schools and Foodland were scheduled to be there.


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Home List of Titles Neurocognitive effects of multivitamin supplementation on the steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) measure of brain activity in elderly women
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/234904
- Title
- Neurocognitive effects of multivitamin supplementation on the steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) measure of brain activity in elderly women
- Author(s)
- Macpherson, Helen; Silberstein, Richard; Pipingas, Andrew
- Abstract
- Objective: Growing evidence suggests that dietary supplementation with selected micronutrients and nutraceuticals may have the potential to improve cognition in older adults. Fewer studies have investigated the effects of these substances on brain activity. Methods: This study was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, conducted to explore the effects of 16 weeks supplementation with a combined multivitamin, mineral and herbal formula on the steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) measure of brain electrical activity. Participants were elderly women aged between 64 and 79 years, with subjective memory complaints. Baseline and post-treatment SSVEP data was obtained for 22 participants in the multivitamin group and 19 in the placebo group. A spatial working memory delayed response task (DRT) was performed during the recording of the SSVEP. Results: The results revealed that when compared to placebo, multivitamin supplementation delayed SSVEP latency during retrieval, interpreted as an increase in inhibitory neural processes. Behavioural performance on the DRT was not improved by the multivitamin, however improved performance accuracy was associated with increased midline central SSVEP latency. There were no multivitamin-related effects on SSVEP amplitude. Conclusion: These findings indicate that in the elderly, multivitamin supplementation may enhance neural efficiency during memory retrieval.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Centre for Human Psychopharmacology
- Source
- Physiology and Behavior, Vol. 107, no. 3 (Oct 2012), pp. 346-354
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 06 Biological Sciences; 11 Medical and Health Sciences; 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Brain activity; Cognition; Elderly women; Multivitamins; Spatial working memory; Steady state visually evoked potential; SSVEP
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- 0031-9384
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 Published by Elsevier Inc.
- Additional information
- This work was supported by funding from Swisse Vitamins Pty Ltd. Swisse Vitamins Pty Ltd provided the multivitamin and placebo supplements used in this trial and randomly allocated the treatments. Swisse Vitamins Pty Ltd was not involved in any other aspects of the conduct of the trial, analysis, or interpretation of the trial findings.
- Peer reviewed


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Refugio High School football was placed in Conference 2A, Division 1, District 15, with Flatonia, Ganado, Schulenburg, Shiner and Weimar.
Woodsboro High School football was placed in Conference 2A, Division 2, District 16, with Pettus, Agua Dulce, Benavides and Bruni.
In basketball, Refugio High School and Woodsboro High School were placed in Region 4, District 31, with Agua Dulce, Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco, Benavides, Port Aransas and Corpus Christi London.
Austwell-Tivoli High School basketball was placed in Conference 1A, District 32, with Nordheim, Runge, San Isidro, San Perlita and Tilden McMullen County.


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