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Flames Upend No. 6/8 Stony Brook on Senior Day
The Flames equaled their entire season turnover total on Saturday and kept Walter Payton Award candidate Miguel Maysonet in check, securing a 28-14 victory over No. 6/8 Stony Brook on Senior Day at Williams Stadium.
Beside its 16-member senior class, Liberty Athletics also honored all branches of the armed forces on the day during Military Appreciation Day.
The 14-point win comes against the highest-ranked team Liberty has beaten in program history and was the Flames' first over a ranked opponent under first-year head coach Turner Gill. With the win, the Flames level their season record at 5-5 and up to 4-1 in Big South play.
The win also extended the Big South's longest home conference winning streak, as the Flames have now won 18-straight league games dating back to 2006.
The loss brings to a close the regular season schedule for the Seawolves. The Stony Brook finishes 2012 with a 9-2 overall mark and 5-1 in Big South play. The Seawolves are assured a share of the Big South title for the fourth year in a row, but their postseason fate will be determined following the completion of next week's Big South schedule.
Stony Brook scored on its first drive of the game, jumping out to a 7-0 lead thanks to two large gains by quarterback Kyle Essington on third-down plays.
The first came on a career-long 41-yard gain on the ground, as the senior faked a handoff to running back Maysonet on a third-and-six play. The deception created an empty field on the near side and the senior was able to scamper downfield before being pushed out of bounds.
Three plays later, Essington found fullback Chris Fenelon open in the flat for a 15-yard gain on a third-and-six play and was stopped at the one-yard line by Brent Vinson. Maysonet scored his Big South leading 18th touchdown on the next play, giving the visitors the early lead with 9:19 left to play in the first quarter.
The two teams battled for field position until the Flames used a little of their own misdirection to tie the game with 12:12 left to play in the second quarter.
After 30-yard punt by Wesley Skiffington gave Liberty its best starting spot to begin a drive in the game, Liberty brought in back-up quarterback Brian Hudson
The Flames "wildcat" quarterback rolled out of the pocket and completed his first touchdown pass since earlier this year against Norfolk State. The junior found Desmond Rice open on the far side of the field and the running back found the end zone 49 yard later to tie the game.
On the next drive, linebacker Nick Sigmon forced the Seawolves to punt the ball away with back-to-back stops. On the first, the sophomore broke up a pass over the middle and then stopped Maysonet on a run up the middle on a third-and-seven play.
On the first play of the ensuing drive, Josh Woodrum connected with senior Pat Kelly, who was able to shake off his defender and gain 67 yards. The reception pushed the senior over the 2,000 career receiving mark and put the Flames back in the red zone.
Following a roughing the passer penalty on Stony Brook, Hudson was back under center for Liberty and the quarterback called his own number to score from four yards out and give the Flames the 14-7 lead with 9:03 left to play before halftime.
Both teams tried to find the end zone one last time before heading to the locker room and the visitors had the best look at adding points to the scoreboard.
With just over three minutes left before halftime, Essington tried to go downfield, but his deep pass to the far side of the field was picked off by senior Brent Vinson at the 29-yard line to end the final scoring threat of the opening 30 minutes.
The two teams finished the first half with similar numbers with Stony Brook outgaining the Flames by five yards (201 to 196).
Stony Brook's total offensive yards were evenly split between rushing (95) and passing (106), while Liberty relied mainly on the arms of its quarterbacks with 167 passing yards.
Woodrum completed 9-of-13 passing attempts for 118 yards to go along with Hudson's 49 touchdown pass. Essington finished the first half 6-of-11 for 106 yards.
Aldreakis Allen led the Flames' limited rushing attack with seven carries for 21 yards, while Maysonet finished the first 30 minutes of the game with 11 carries 28 yards.
The game's second turnover led to the next points added to the scoreboard. After the two teams traded failed drives, Stony Brook took over at its own 12-yard line. After a failed pass attempt by Essington, the senior tried to pick up a first down over the middle of the field, but Sigmon stepped in front of the pass and return the interception 21 yards for a 21-7 Liberty lead with 9:49 left to play in the third quarter.
Liberty's defense continued to keep Stony Brook off balance, sacking Essington on a third-and-long play on its next drive and Jacob Hagen intercepted the senior two drives later to keep the Seawolves from possessing the football.
Stony Brook finally was able to mount its first offensive drive since the start of the game late in the third and into the fourth quarter.
The Seawolves converted twice on fourth-down plays, including a 13-yard run by Maysonet to the near side of the field to pull Stony Brook back within seven, 21-14, with 13:31 left to play in the game.
Liberty looked like it might give itself a two score cushion midway through the fourth quarter. However a hold penalty on a third-and-nine play pushed the Flames back 10 yards. Freshman kicker John Lunsford was brought on to attempt his second longest field goal of the year, which the collegiate rookie missed to the right with 4:53 remaining in the game.
On the next drive, the Seawolves tried to go back to the offensive leader, but Maysonet lost control of the football when he was struck by Sigmon. The loose ball was scooped up by Hagen and returned 44 yards for a score to secure Liberty's historic victory.
The Flames, who came into the game ranked No. 26 in the country in total offense, had their lowest offensive output of the season at 259 yards.
The telling statistic in the game was the five turnovers Liberty forced, two of which led to Liberty's four scoring opportunities. The last time the Flames scored two defensive touchdowns in a game was last year against Charleston Southern, when Liberty returned two interceptions for touchdowns in a 38-16 road victory.
Essington, who came into the game ranked No. 1 in the country in passing efficiency, was picked off four times, equaling his total during the first 10 games of the season.
Liberty held Stony Brook's rushing attack in check, allowing the Seawolves to rush for 156 yards on 40 carries. Stony Brook came into the game ranked No. 5 in the country in rushing offense (304.0 yards per game) and below the 200-yard rushing mark for the first time in 2012.
Maysonet ranked No. 2 in the country in rushing offense came into the day (165.1 yards per game), but the senior was limited to 70 yards on 25 carries. He did score both of Stony Brook's touchdowns, giving him 19 rushing touchdowns on the year.
Liberty finished the game with 62 team rushing yards, led by Allen's 15 carries for 36 yards.
Essington was 15-of-31 for 227 yards, while Woodrum finished the afternoon 13-of-22 for 148 yards.
Hudson only had two offensive plays during the game, but both led to the Flames' two offensive scores. The first was the 49 yard touchdown pass to Rice and the second was the four-yard touchdown run.
Kelly became the fifth player in program history to surpass the 2,000 yard career receiving mark, finishing the game with six receptions for 113 yards. With the senior's third 100-yard game of the year, Kelly now has 2,064 career receiving yards.
Kevin Norrell led all Seawolves with five receptions for 118 yards, followed by Myles Campbell's four receptions for 39 yards.
The Flames' stout defense was paced by Sigmon, who finished the game with nine tackles, two tackles for a loss, a forced fumble, a 21-yard interception return for a touchdown and a pass breakup.
Vinson, one of 16 seniors honored prior to the game, followed with eight stops and a 26-yard interception return, while Chris Mayo added seven stops.
Stony Brook's defense was led by Reginald Francklin and Grant Nakwaasah, who both had a half-dozen stops on the afternoon.
The Flames will play for a share of the 2012 Big South Conference football title next week, when Liberty travels to Lexington, Va., to face the Keydets of VMI.
Liberty will be looking to secure its fifth Big South title in the last six seasons (Big South titles in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). Kickoff at Foster Stadium is set for 1:30 p.m.
How many teams share the title will be determined next weekend with both Liberty and Coastal Carolina heading into the final week of the season with a 4-1 Big South record.
The Chanticleers, who defeated Presbyterian College, 56-7, earlier in the day, will host Charleston Southern at home. Kickoff at Brooks Stadium is 3:30 p.m.
Stony Brook wins the title outright and the league's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs if both Liberty and Coastal Carolina were to lose.
If the Flames defeat the Keydets and Coastal Carolina falls to Charleston Southern, Liberty shares the title with Stony Brook, but earns its first-ever FCS Playoff berth based upon its head-to-head victory over the Seawolves today.
If both Liberty and Coastal Carolina win their season finales, the league play ends with its second three-way share of the title in two years. Coastal Carolina wins the tiebreaker and the league's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs just like it did in 2010, based upon its perfect 3-0 record in road Big South games in 2012.


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Since its introduction the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) has been highly controversial. Its opponents can be found at all levels, ranging from the scientific community and consumer associations right through to the political parties. As long as alternatives such as emissions trading still fail to gain global acceptance, the German government is well advised to stick with the principle of the incentive programme.
The EEG came into force in April 2000 and has already been amended twice after a four-year gap. The incumbent federal government already specified in its coalition agreement that the new EEG amendment was to come into force at the start of 2012, i.e. after just three years.h
One important reason was undoubtedly the huge expansion in volume terms of renewable electricity generation, which together with the incentives (whose rates differ depending on the technology) led to a sharp rise in feed-in payments. Whereas in 2001 these payments amounted to just EUR 1.58 bn, by 2010 they already totalled EUR 13.18 bn.
The law that promotes "green electricity" owes its inception and development primarily to the particularly emotional climate change debate in Germany. Another factor was the increasing scarcity in the global markets for fossil fuels, whose relevance is probably shown most starkly by the dramatic rise in oil prices during the last decade. While there was nevertheless a lively political dispute about the usefulness of the EEG and its modalities until the end of 2010, this was changed by Fukushima.
The reversal of the energy policy rethink announced at the start of the government's term was harsh and abrupt. The faster exit from nuclear power makes the expansion of alternative sources of electricity more urgent. This is underlined by the targets for renewable energies to provide 35% of electricity in 2020 and no less than 80% in 2050.
This puts policymakers in a dilemma: on the one hand, the energy policy rethink cannot be implemented more rapidly for free. On the other, the public would probably not meekly accept rising electricity costs. Chancellor Merkel therefore announced a few weeks ago in parliament (Bundestag) that the EEG levy is not to rise above its current level of 3.5 cents per kWh in future.
It is already apparent, though, that this promise will be very difficult to keep. In 2012 the levy will already rise to 3.592 ct/kWh from its current level of 3.53 ct/kWh. At first glance it thus appears that the ceiling will barely be breached, but in fact it is on the one hand a politically curtailed increase since the levy could only be kept "within bounds" by reducing the volume of liquidity reserves for offsetting deficits during the year. On the other hand, the levy would, however, actually remain below the limit, were the exemptions for electricity-intensive firms not to be broadened from 2012 and their contribution to be billed to normal customers (namely via a levy). Thus the growing segment of those privileged to pay less for green electricity (also) ultimately results in bigger electricity bills for normal users.
The "time bought" with the current tweaking of the balance sheet will come to an end from 2013, though. Levies can then indeed be expected to exceed the promised ceiling. This begs the question of whether the new amendments to the EEG-2012 are up to date. We believe this is essentially the case. The expansion of renewables is being continued vigorously despite the looming opposition from many quarters. It would of course be desirable while determining the future power generation mix to also give a chance to technological progress on fossil fuel sources of electricity, if carbon capture and storage (CCS) can successfully be implemented.
It is also right that in future more attention should be paid to the cost efficiency of incentives. The lavish German photovoltaic subsidies have enabled manufacturing to be automated and made the technology ready for the world market, but the main beneficiaries have long been photovoltaic manufacturers from China. It is also to be welcomed if renewables are to be integrated faster into the grid and the system in future.
The climate change conference in Durban has just shown that no international climate change agreement with binding targets is to be expected for the foreseeable future. On top of this comes Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol, which may possibly prompt other emitters to follow suit. As we know, Germany has for many years been one of the 10 countries with the highest emissions. Unlike other large emitters, however, Germany has not only joined the emissions trading system but has also pledged huge funding to promote new energies using innovative laws like the EEG. There has never been energy for free in Germany. Not during the golden age of coal and not during the era when nuclear energy became established. It does not make any sense at present to wait for the populous emerging markets to participate in the global energy policy rethink. Germany would do well to assume responsibility. Of course solidarity should not only be required of normal customers. Furthermore, Europe should focus more attention on low-carbon technologies.
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Oh St. Louis Rams, bless your collective hearts. You are a franchise that just cannot catch a break. Playing your first Monday night game in seven years, the eyes of the St. Louis sports world should have been fixated solely on you today.
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Of all the many exciting things about relocating to Melbourne, one of the most exciting might be having a garden again.
It's a small backyard - more of a courtyard, really - but there's a little square of garden, just enough for herbs and a few plants. I've planted basil and mint, and we'll see if my minimal experience with gardening is enough to keep them alive.
There's also an apricot tree. Technically, it's the neighbors' tree, but several boughs protrude over the fence, and as far as I can see, only the birds have shown any interest in the fruit on their side.
Unfortunately for the birds on this side of the fence, I've been up early since the apricots began to ripen, and I've collected what fruit I can every morning. Even at a rate of just four or five apricots a day, the fruit bowl has been getting full, and there's only so much of a dent I can put in the pile by adding apricots to my morning yogurt. I decided it was time to do some baking.
Apricots are stone fruit, of the same family as peaches and plums, and like peaches and plums, are well-suited to desserts such as crumble and tart. I didn't have quite enough apricots for a crumble, however, and I baked a tart the last time I encountered fresh apricots, so I turned my thoughts to cake instead.
As I was considering flavorings, the sage bush in the garden caught my eye, and I decided that a pound cake flavored with brown butter and sage might make for an interesting contrast to the tart-sweet quality of the apricots. I hit a slight snag after gathering all my ingredients, however - I was a little short on butter, and reluctant to make a trip to the grocery store.
Instead, I decided to bake muffins rather than pound cake, using a mixture of butter and olive oil and adding a generous amount of finely chopped fruit. The apricots turned soft and jammy and kept the muffins nicely moist, and the sage aroma came through well, just as I'd hoped.
I sat outside for afternoon tea. It only seemed fair to leave any stray crumbs for the birds.
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These muffins are modified from classic pound cake proportions, so they're still quite sweet and rich, and best baked as small muffins, rather than large ones.
(Makes one dozen small muffins, which may be frozen.)
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt seventy grams of unsalted butter (about two ounces) and add eight to ten large sage leaves. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter foams and turns golden in color, and the sage leaves darken and crisp up. Remove from heat, and transfer to a mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or spatula, break up the sage leaves into small pieces. Set aside to cool.
Take five or six small ripe apricots (about a hundred and fifty to two hundred grams; five to seven ounces) and cut an X in the bottom of each. Place in a colander and pour boiling water over, then rinse under cold water. Using a paring knife, peel away the skin of each apricot. Cut each apricot in half and discard the pits. Cut the apricots into small dice and transfer to a small bowl. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 165C (325F.) Grease and flour a quarter-cup muffin tin.
Take the mixing bowl with the sage brown butter, and add thirty mililiters of olive oil (two tablespoons), followed by a hundred and ten grams (half a cup) of white sugar. Add a quarter-teaspoon of salt, and an eighth of a teaspoon (just a few drops) of vanilla extract. Stir well.
Crack in one egg, and using a fork or a whisk, beat the mixture until the egg is well-incorporated. Crack in a second egg, and beat the mixture again. It will be quite thick and smooth.
Fold in one hundred and forty grams (one cup) of self-raising flour, little by little, until you have a smooth batter.
Spoon a little batter into the bottom of each muffin cup, add a sprinkling of apricot dice, then spoon over more batter. The muffin cups should not be completely full - you'll have a little space at the top. Once the muffin cups have all been filled, sprinkle them with the remaining apricot dice. Transfer the muffin tin to the oven.
Bake for forty to forty-five minutes, or until muffins are golden and a skewer or fork stuck into the center comes out cleanly. Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for ten minutes, then turn out on a rack.
Serve warm for afternoon tea or breakfast.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
not just for the birds
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- Virgin In The Volcano said...
It really sucks being on separate continents.
- January 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- adele said...
Virgin - It does. You were always one of my best guinea pigs. Still, if you'd like to visit Melbourne...
- January 7, 2012 at 6:47 PM
- Cakelaw said...
Mmmm, delish. I never get why people have fruit trees then let the fruit rot on the tree or be eaten by the birds - near where I live, someone has a little apple tree, and the apples are fslling into the street; later in the year, someone has an olive tree, and those olives just go to waste. I am an apartment dweller and just cannot believe it.
- January 12, 2012 at 4:20 PM
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Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Release Preview; NVIDIA & AMD Prep New Win8 Driversby Ryan Smith on 6/1/2012 6:30 AM EST
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hornetfig - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkhmm, I'm not so sure about the Aero Glass thing. All the non-chrome theming has been updated and reflects what was announced in the blog post. All they were doing was, seemingly, for the window chrome was putting the DWM in non-transparent mode (which was always a checkbox option in Vista/7). The comments on the blog post went bezerk at the loss of chrome transparency. So they might just keep it for machines on AC power - it doesn't really cost anything to do so. Reply
MrSpadge - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI get the feeling they're trying to make the desktop ugly in order to push metro. Reply
EnzoFX - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkAero is ugly. It's simply gives the desktop a clunky feel. Not only do you have things showing through the glass, adding to the cluttery feeling, but glass in itself to me is the idea of something heavy. I've never liked it, so so glad they're getting rid of it.
Do people not see the trend of transparency going out? IMO it was out before Win7, but Win usually was behind the times in terms of design. Reply
ssj4Gogeta - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI never thought it was clunky or heavy. It's all hardware-accelerated. If my GPU can handle games, it can handle a bit of transparency just fine. Why not use that power? Now I'm not saying that's the best way you can make the UI better using the GPU. What I'm saying is dismissing Aero because it uses transparency doesn't make sense to me. Reply
B3an - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI dont think he was saying it was heavy on the GPU.
The transparency is cheesy in 2012 though, plus it gave a cluttered feel as already mentioned. And i hate how when you maximise a window in Vista/7 it still has transparency along the top bar - i dont want to see the crap behind it! Other things of Aero were bad too... all the gradients, shiney effects, glows and all the other cheese. The new updated desktop UI looks MUCH better and cleaner, something thats from 2012.
I think MS might even update the icons in the RTM. I really hope so, most of them are still from Vista and look out of place/dated. Reply
Tarrax - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkIt's not cheesy(?) at all, it's modern. The transparency and other effects look fine too. The new W8 UI is simply lazy and will look like a step backwards, not to mention just plain ugly. Looks very 90s, not 2012 at all.
Of course, just like the previous poster, this is all just an opinion. ;) Reply
B3an - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkIt's not opinion at all. Each era has it's specific design look. From looking at things we can often tell what decade it was made in.
I work in graphic design and have for 13 years, and things have been heading towards the Win 8 Metro look for a long time.
Even if you look at site designs like AnandTech, look at the buttons and layout of this latest design. Flatter, cleaner and square with more emphasis on colour and typography. Or look at sites that are new or have recently been updated like The Verge and Arstechnica. Both look far more Metro-ish. Theres thousands of examples i can give though. Even Amazon or Ebay have been slowly moving to this look over the years. The same with console UI designs, Smart TV interfaces and everything else. Android 4.0 has also started moving in this direction.
Almost all designs have gradually been moving away from shiny graphics/icons, gradients, glows, emboss effects and other cheesy stuff. The Aero look in Vista/7 and the interface for both OSX/iOS ARE undeniably dated. OSX has atleast just started to move in this direction though (button corners have recently been made more square and things have been flattened very slightly).
WP7 and now Win 8 have literally skipped ahead of almost everything else out there and gone straight to a modern design, it's a bold move by Microsoft and they're leading everyone else. In a few years just watch how Android and OSX/iOS start looking more similar, it's already happening. Reply
Arbee - Friday, June 01, 2012 - link"Glassy" theming has been on it's way out for a few years now. Apple, who started that bandwagon, started toning it down a lot in Snow Leopard and Lion is flat looking to the extent that it's almost like using System 7 again (which isn't a bad thing). MS has been following a similar trajectory: Vista overdosed on the bling, Win7 toned it down a lot, and now it looks like Win8 will have a flat look. Reply
B3an - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkMS were the first to really push the flat/modern look with WP7.
OSX still has tons of gradients, overly shiny buttons and large shadows. Hardly flat looking! Compare some screen shots of Mountain Lion to Win 8. Big difference, OSX is still all about eyecandy and bling. Win 8 looks clean and modern, while OSX doesn't look all that different from 10 years ago.
It's ironic that its now MS that are making Apple UI look dated. Apple are even worse than Aero was in some regards, as they try and emulate real world surfaces like metal and wood in their UI. Everyone else has been dropping this over many years. Infact 10 years i was designing UI's with the effects OSX still uses! Reply
Pantsu - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI think it's good that they're trying to create at least some sort of confluence between Metro and desktop, and Aero glass isn't anything like Metro. One of my concerns with W8 is that jumping between the desktop and Metro is too jarring. Reply
dczyz - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkJust did a new install on my hp notebook, and the amd drivers still doesnt support switchable graphics.
The new Win 8 runs only on the Intel drivers, the AMD grahics card continues to give error 10. Reply
zaccun - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkOptimus is working on my Thinkpad W520 at least, with the latest Win8 drivers from Intel and nvidia, with a quadro 2000m. Reply
elbutchos - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI was really looking forward to see this OS running on my old and faithful DELL Latitude C400.
Well no cookie. On first restart it hangs and that's all.
I'm quite disappointed. Even on my Core I5 laptop it didn't seem as fast and responsive as Win 7 and furthermore it's a battery guzzler if you know what I mean. Reply
ViRGE - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkIf it works with Win7 then you should take the time to report the issue to MS. They're shooting for 100% compatibility on Win8, and should be genuinely interested in your report. Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkYou seem to have some kind of problem... or are you using virtualization software? It will always be slower in that.
For pretty much everyone else Win 8 is faster than 7, and uses less RAM. It also runs better on older hardware, as good as XP infact! I've got it running on a laptop with just 512MB and it runs just as snappy as XP did. But with 7 on the same laptop it's almost unusable. After Vista each version of Windows has gotten faster and lighter. Reply
augiem - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkseems to be to serve as a portal to Microsoft's online services. Just look at how many of the first icons you see are MS cloud services -- Mail, Calendar, Store, People, Photos, Maps, SkyDrive, Messanging, Music, Weather, Xbox Live, Travel, Finance... EVERYTHING but Desktop, IE, and Camera are linked to their cloud offerings. This OS is intended to be a stop-gap between desktop computing and the (sad) future of fully cloud-based system like Chrome OS. You even have to log in with a microsoft ID during install and on startup. All I can say is #1) Yuck and #2) Wow, if this were 1999 Microsoft would be crucified and drawn and quartered. The EU would demand they give you a spinning wheel of options for every service during install. But now that Google and Apple have been doing it for a while, I guess Microsoft is allowed to as well.
As for Metro in general, all I can say is Microsoft, I'm seriously disappointed in you and am utterly dumbfounded you crashed and burned this fast after Gates' departure. I predict heads will roll at the company when Windows 8 outdoes Vista as the most hated OS ever made by the company and they see ZERO corporate or enthusiast upgrades and a giant swath of downgrades to Windows 7.
For crying out loud, the namesake of the OS -- WINDOWS -- don't even exist in Metro anymore! This OS should be renamed ScrollBar. Reply
ssiu - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkWith previous "free" Windows upgrade offers (to Windows Vista, windows 7), each OEM has different policy, and most charge a $10 to $20 "shipping and handling fee" (one or two OEMs may have been totally free). So a $15 upgrade to a Pro version is not bad at all.
Also, you can install the upgrade to any machine (with valid XP / Vista 7 license), not only to the new Windows 7 machine you bought after June 1.
(But you have to pay extra for Windows Media Center / DVD playback.) Reply
alexs42 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI like the idea that they are getting rid of aero in the interest of harmonizing the look (little bit by little bit) of Win 8 Metro and desktop. Also, here are my general thoughts on CP, have not tried RP.
I've installed the consumer preview on all of my machines (Sony vaio eb laptop i5-520M, an atom-based asus netbook that was a gift from the hospital I work at, and my home desktop that is i5-750 based). The reason I did so was that win 8 was literally magical in converting the netbook (the intial install) from an essentially unusable machine to something that actually performed impressively despite the extremely limited hardware (after a brief registry hack to enable resolution scaling). It's quite interesting reading these forums where everybody seems so down on windows 8, going around screaming Vista, Vista, Aarghhh, when it's actually quite wonderful to use it on a daily basis. Even though I spend most of my time in the desktop mode, I do not miss the start button AT ALL. I suppose that is because I never actually used it, since I have nicely grouped folders and program start icons all on my desktop, where i just click on them. I must admit that from a usability standpoint, the idea that I have to go digging through the win7 start menu (where icons are never in the freaking same spot!!! and click on all programs and then search for programs) is just absolutely horrifying. I mean seriously, who in their right mind thinks that is something great? I do not mean to be a flamer from that perspective, but I have not really used the start button in at least 5-6 years.
While metro is very different from the desktop, it just seems like such a breath of fresh air, and the future of how i wish to interact with a computer. I've been a computer user (somewhat power-ish, aka, minimal programming, mostly using office, statistics programs and such) since DOS 3.3 and my first 286 with an EGA graphics card, and I have to say, that metro, and especially the promise of touch, Kinect and natural-language processing enabled operating system (over the next few years), finally brings to computing what I always desired - a true human-interactive machine along the lines of what I used to adore watching sci-fi as a kid (Star Trek and all that). Everybody seems to suggest that it's jarring, but i feel that would be the case if it caused slowdowns and stuff, instead it just seems like a peek into the future and while I don't use the Metro apps yet on a daily basis, I think they are just beautiful, and can't wait to see what comes once more serious apps come out.
In the end, having converted both mine (and my wife's) computers to win 8, I can't really imagine going back, it just works so much more smoothly. My main complaints are : ribbon in office (which is not win8-specific, but MS is doubling down on it, and I kinda hate it), and the fact that once the full version comes out, MS will not let you upgrade a Preview version directly to full version (that's just awful, I'll take me at least 6-12 hours to bring all my stuff back and organize it again). As a physician I just don't have the time to do that sort of stuff - anything that takes more than an hour of my time for just fiddling pisses me off royally - I could spend that time w/ my kid or doing something productive.
Now before everybody jumps on my case let me say this: I realize I'm an idiot in installing the preview version on my main machines, but I just could not leave it on the netbook alone, while my SSD-upgraded Vaio (m4 512 baby :)) chugs along on a 3yr old platform. It just looked too good on low powered machines to resist not upgrading the others...... Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkI agree with everything you've said.
I certainly am a "power user" (hate that word) i use things like Photoshop, high-end 3D modelling + rendering software (Maya, 3DS Max) and do video editing too (After Effects). I have a desktop with 32GB RAM, multiple SSD's in RAID, CrossFire, plus two 30" monitors... BUT... i think Win 8 is just better. Metro replaces the Start Menu and i can find stuff quicker with Metro. I use Search a lot and on a 30" monitor i get 150 results displayed to me, as Metro scales with screen res and will display more things based on your resolution. The Start Menu only ever display 20 items in it's list. Yeah you can resize it, but you have to do it manually by digging in to the settings.
In the RP almost every problem i had in the Consumer Preview is fixed as well, like the multi-monitor issues with the hot corners. Not only this but it's one of the fastest OS's around. On any system i try it on, it will use less RAM than 7, feels snappier, boots faster, and launches apps quicker. And maybe i'm just imagining this one but games even seem smoother...
I think all the people bashing 8 are just the usual lot that cant accept change. Some even think the desktop being dumbed down just because the useless Start Menu is gone (even though Metro does far more and often faster), when infact the desktop is more capable than ever and has great new features like Storage Spaces. The desktop probably has more improvements than 7 did over Vista. Reply
rezlab - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkDid you have to re-install everything when you went to RP? I am reluctant to do so because of the amount of time and tweaking that went into setting up CP. Reply
Gungel - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkJust installed the newest Catalyst drivers for Windows 8 RP and the drivers for my HD4250 is not included anymore. I know AMD is going to stop including them in future driver updates, but I thought that is still a few month out. Reply
Ryan Smith - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkAMD's Win8 RP drivers are only for WDDM 1.2 devices (DX11 cards). For DX10 cards you need to either use the built-in drivers or forcibly install the Windows 7 drivers. Reply
rezlab - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkThis is even worse than going from the DP to CP, where it would at least migrate settings and user info. This upgrade isn't any better than doing a fresh install. And before everyone jumps in about relying on beta software, I am not, but I have spent quite a bit of time setting up my system to work with Windows 8 and feel that Microsoft should have taken the time to allow it.
Anyway, if you know of a way to migrate without losing applications, settings, and user data, please let me know. I have heard the cversion.ini hack works, but you lose running metro apps (or worse?).
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This is a part of the code I am writing now in the 3.3 version of python.I have the "E" list,containing tuples of 2 elements(co ordinates of some points in a 2D level) and after I do some sorting I am trying to take the "y co-ordinate" in the first case,and the "x co-ordinate" in the second case,to create a center of the points in the 2D level.
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Just heard this. Can anyone confirm? I guess the hurricane damage in long beach was too much.
dont think so.
I knew about the festival aspect being cancelled... But I just heard the whole thing including the surf comp is off.
just heard the same thing...I know it would not be a decision made for the surfers, but they must be stoked to not have to come grovel after getting shacked out of their skulls at Teahupoo. That wave just made 98% of the waves on the planet look boring.
No its been confirmed that is all be cancled Unsound who is working with quicksilver to put on the event has gained info that the contest and festival has been axed due to Irene's damage to Longbeach over the weekend that the city just dont have the resources to have everything ready for the contest. Many Pro's have canceled and are not attending the contest aswell . Shea Lopez via twitter confirmed the contest is off.
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LONG BEACH, New York / USA (Tuesday, August 30, 2011) - An important update from Long Beach Quiksilver is working closely with the City of Long Beach to preserve the heart of the ASP World Tour surf contest scheduled to start on Sunday, September 4 in light of the impact of Hurricane Irene and concerns for the Long Beach community, which suffered significant damage from the storm. The Quiksilver Pro is scheduled to start its 11-day holding period on Monday, September 5. The Quiksilver Pro Trials presented by Unsound Surf will run on Sunday, September 4.
The situation has been changing daily, and we recognize that City resources are focused on hurricane restoration and clean up as first priority. In that context, we have been informed by the City that the festival and music components of the event are no longer achievable.
The Quiksilver Pro NY is first and foremost about the surf contest and Long Beach has an incredible surfing tradition and spirit. We are committed to holding the ASP tour event at Long Beach so that together we can promote the sport by bringing together the best surfers in the world to this terrific community.
see the Long Island Press, the contest starts on Sunday, only surfing, no music...
swellinfo.com for sunday: 1.6 ft with sw winds @ 12 + knots
sad but expected
they are going to hold it monday into tuesday I bet. Bigger swell with offshores expected Monday - Thursday.


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some words about Venaco which is perfectly located in the center of Corsica between Bastia and Ajaccio.
It is not hard to get there from the main towns, the national road has recently been improved and it takes only 50 mn from Bastia airport through outstanding landscapes.
High mountains are near the village but the beaches are at only 40 mn, near Aleria, eastern coast or 50 mn at L'Ile Rousse.
So why not have fun in the beaches at day and spend night in the fresh air of the mountains?
We rent together at the same address:
-an apartment in a traditional stone house in the highest part of the village with one excellent sofabed in the bedroom, gorgeous veiw on the mountains, a full equipped kitchen and a large bathroom
-a 26 m2 small cottage at the same address and at for steps of the apartment, in a lovely private rock garden. Shower, WC, cooking possible.
4 can sleep in the cottage (6 for the whole accomodation(s) rented together, of course.
Shelter in the garden.
Getting from the apartment to the cottage and garden takes 10 seconds, so everyone's privacy can be guaranteed without being far one from the others.The owners don't live there.
Just near the house are some food shops and cafés of the village.
Venaco (600 m high) stays in the Parc naturel régional de Corse, beautiful mountain walks all around, natural baths in the rivers, swimming pool in the village and a railway station to get to Bastia, Calvi or Ajaccio with the outstanding little train of Corsica.
So, have a look at the pictures, they have just been taken and we'll try to make things better for our visitors.
The garden and the 2 spaces are totally independant and closed
Don't hesitate to ask any question
Patrick and Véronique
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Superb apartment in a class far above the average of what we are accustomed to find as rentals! Copy layout, dreamlike location on the Cap Corse, furnished with refined taste. Fully fitted kitchen, flat screen tv, PC with free WIFI ... also completely free phone. Contact person on site warm and friendly. A dream, you are told! We highly recommend it.
Superbe appartement d'une classe bien au dessus de la moyenne de ce que l'on est habitué à trouver comme locations de vacances !
Aménagement exemplaire, situation de rêve sur la Cap Corse, aménagé avec un goût raffiné.
Cuisine hyper équipée, tv à écran plat, PC avec WIFI gratuit...Téléphone entièrement gratuit lui aussi.
Personne de contact sur place chaleureuse et sympathique.
Un rêve, on vous dit !
Nous le recommandons vivement.
Ideal to spend good quality time with your family in contact with the sea and the mountain.
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"All That We Love" is a celebration of dog life! A keepsake photography book featuring Baloo and Spike, a Shih Tzu and Pug, who are best friends.
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Sherry Stinson is an Oklahoma-based photographer and designer who specializes in pet portraiture. TylerDog Photography combines her passion for photography and her love for dogs (and the occasional cat!). Her design firm, Tyler Creative, is an award-winning graphic design studio serving clients nationwide. Sherry's portraits are showcased in private and public collections across the United States and have been featured in a wide variety of publications. She donates photography shoots to rescues and shelters all across Oklahoma, giving the animals a rockstar portrait and helping increase their chances for adoption.
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HOUSTON - Your refrigerator is supposed to keep your food cold, but a Houston woman said her fridge got so hot it turned into an oven.
It's a problem the manufacturer has known about for years. The defect has been documented in LG and Kenmore French-door refrigerators made since 2005.
The flaw prevents the lights inside the refrigerators from turning off when the door is closed, essentially turning the refrigerator into an Easy Bake Oven.
"It cooked the milk, melted some other stuff ... and it was a blast of heat when he opened the door," explained Sorcha Hysmith of when her husband opened the refrigerator door one morning.
When they closed the door to their LG refrigerator the night before, the lights inside never shut off. The sockets started burning, causing charring and the plastic housing actually melted.
These are not inexpensive appliances. Hysmith paid $2,300 for her LG French-door fridge in 2007.
Local 2 has discovered it discovered the Hysmiths are not alone. LG and Kenmore settled a class action lawsuit in 2010 about this same defect. As part of the settlement, the companies agreed to reimburse customers what they paid to repair the defect if customers submitted their claims by Nov. 2012. Hysmith's incident didn't happen until January 2013.
"If you know this is something that could happen, that could burn your customer's houses down, why wouldn't you make every effort to reach out and contact people as opposed to fixing the problem after it occurs," Hysmith asked.
KPRC Local 2 asked LG that same question. LG spokeswoman Clara Chang emailed this statement:
"Thank you for bringing this customer's issue to our attention. Yes, we are aware of this occurring from time to time. There were certain models of LG refrigerators (and some Kenmore-brand refrigerators made by LG) manufactured between February 2006 and February 2008 that might experience this issue. There was not a recall because it was determined that this is not a safety issue. LG is happy to work with Sorcha Hysmith to solve her problem. If other consumers experience this, they can contact LG customer service."
The other part of that class action lawsuit requires LG and Kenmore to extend the warranty on the fridge for 10 years from the date of purchase. Since Hysmith purchased her refrigerator in 2007, she can get her repairs for this specific issue until 2017. She said LG required her to show her original receipt. She was able to get that by calling the store where she purchased it six years ago.
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Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, email@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [RM] Jan. 29, 2007 TPW Commission Awards $2.74 Million in Local Park Grants AUSTIN, Texas -- Almost $5 million in grant monies will be awarded to 14 Texas communities for indoor and outdoor recreation projects as a result of today's action by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The only indoor recreation grant approved for funding was for $375,000 from the Texas Recreation and Parks Account program to the City of Hempstead. The matching grant will help fund construction of a 9,100-square-foot recreation center in the east part of the city. The Hempstead project was one of seven projects eligible for indoor recreation funding by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The funds come from $835,126 appropriated by the Texas Legislature for the 2006-2007 biennium. In order to make indoor grant funding available for both years of the biennium, $417,563 (half of the appropriated amount) will be made available in grants each year. At its Thursday meeting, the commission also approved $4.5 million in matching funds for 13 communities to acquire and develop outdoor recreation sites. The funding pool included FY2007 TRPA revenues and previous Land and Water Conservation Fund (National Park Service) monies received by Texas to help provide basic outdoor public recreation facilities. The top projects selected by TPWD staff from those submitted by 32 sponsors were based on a competitive scoring system taking into account site visits and project analyses. For more information on local park grants, contact TPWD's Recreation Grants Program at (512) 912-7124. The Commission awarded outdoor recreation grants for projects in the following amounts: --$237,492 in matching funds to the City of Boyd in Wise County to expand the park by 10 acres and develop soccer fields, tennis courts and other recreational facilities. --400,000 in matching funds to the City of Brady in McCulloch County acquire 9.2 acres in donated land in the northwest part of the city upon which will be constructed the Brady Aquatic Complex. --$400,000 in matching funds to the City of Canton in Van Zandt County acquire 80 acres of city-owned non-parkland to expand and further develop 25.3 acres of Old City Lake Park in the northwest area of the city to include a nature trail, 18-hole disc golf course and amphitheater. --$275,000 in matching funds to the City of Clyde in Callahan County to develop a 6.1-acre tract of land as a city park that would include a wetlands, multipurpose courts, horseshoe pits and other facilities. --$300,000 to the city of Crawford in McLennan County to expand Tonkawa Falls City Park in the east part of the city and renovate CCC pavilions, RV campsites and add a nature trail, volleyball courts and other facilities. --$400,000 to the City of Dickens in Dickens County to add 2.5 acres to Village City Park and further develop the park in the north part of the city to include a swimming pool, koi pond, 9-hole miniature golf course and other facilities. --> --$390,000 to the City of Anthony* in El Paso County to to acquire three acres to expand and develop 32.73 acres of city-owned land adjacent to three northside city parks. Proposed development includes a three-acre open space dedication, multi-purpose trail and nature trail, lighted baseball field, picnic tables, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities, plus a xeriscape demonstration garden and interpretive signs about landscaping, rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation and solar-powered lighting and irrigation controls. --$400,000 to the City of Fate in Rockwall County to acquire 31.83 acres by donation for the Fate Sports Complex that would include restoration of native blackland prairies and development of a baseball/softball field, soccer field and other facilities. --$400,000 to the City of San Marcos in Hays County to acquire 251 acres to develop San Marcos Springs Conservation Park north of the city that would include a nature trail, xeriscape demonstration garden, amphitheater and other facilities. --$400,000 to the City of Houston in Harris County to purchase 27.3 acres in the southeast area of the city to develop Sims Woods Park that would include a nature trail, wetlands boardwalk, bird blinds and other facilities. --$400,000 to the City of Kennedale in Tarrant County to acquire 13.3 acres to further develop 38.3-acre City Park by adding a multipurpose trail, disc golf course, fishing pier and other facilities. --$400,000 to the City of Lampasas in Lampasas County to purchase and develop a 173-acre Sports Park that would include baseball, football and soccer fields, as well as a two-acre wetlands with observation deck and other facilities. --$132,500 to Loving County near Mentone acquire by donation 12 acres for Community Park that will include an RV park, nature/wildscape area, playground pavilion and other facilities. --$400,000 to the City of Taylor in Williamson County to acquire by donation 23.7 acres to expand East Williamson County Park II and further develop 40 acres to include soccer, softball and baseball fields, a xeriscape demonstration garden and other facilities. The matching local indoor and outdoor recreation grants come from the TPRA and LCWF funds. The TRPA program was authorized in 1993 to assist local political subdivisions in Texas in providing basic public recreation facilities. TRPA revenue is derived from a portion of the state sales tax on sporting goods, is dedicated solely for park funding and does not come from funds earmarked for hunting and fishing purposes. * Correction, Jan. 29, 2007: The original version of this news release incorrectly listed a grant to the City of Dickens. The grant was awarded to the City of Anthony. (Return to corrected item.) -30-


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Going to a concert is the only way to listen to music in public without having to put your mouth around a discman to catch its sound vibrations. Enjoy easier listening with this with this GrouponLive deal for entry to a festival at Joshua Tree Retreat Center. Choose from the following options:
- For $150, you get a three-day adult pass to Shakti Fest, beginning on Friday, May 17, at 7 a.m., and running through Sunday, May 19, at 11:55 p.m. (up to a $300 value).
- For $199, you get a four-day adult pass to Bhakti Fest West, beginning on Thursday, September 5, at 7 a.m., and running through Sunday, September 8, at 11:55 p.m. (up to a $400 value).
- For $325, you get a three-day adult pass to Shakti Fest and a four-day adult pass to Bhakti Fest West (up to a $700 total value).

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Attractions at Both Festivals
Shakti Fest and Bhakti Fest West invite one and all to their schedules of yoga demonstrations and thought-provoking workshops soundtracked by the meditative mantras of spiritually grounded musicians. Throughout each festival, the air will thrum with the sounds of kirtan––an Indian folk-music tradition of call-and-response chanting rich with intoxicating rhythms and melodies that build verse by verse. Performers from across the country add drums, harmonium, guitar, and strings to the waves of vocal sound, inducing an atmosphere ripe for spiritual awakening and making any birds overhead float to the ground in a blissful trance. Both festivals also feature performances by a variety of veteran performs such as sacred-music composer Jai Uttal and the vibrant Donna De Lory, whose electronic rhythms blend with lyrics in both English and Sanskrit.
While the music fills the air, minds and bodies come together in 24 yoga classes and workshops on topics that include spiritualism, nutrition, and eco-activism. A vendor village, meanwhile, attracts eco-friendly artisans purveying clothing, jewelry, and vegetarian and vegan cuisine.
Shakti Fest
The three-day Shakti Fest, designed as a more intimate, smaller scale version of Bhakti Fest West, celebrates its namesake principle of divine feminine energy with lessons from 18 worldly yoga gurus such as Saul David Ray, and Sara Ivanhoe, bouts of transformational breathwork, and workshops connecting dance, chant, and rituals. Headlining Shakti Fest's lineup of more than 20 spiritual musicians, singers, and performers, Govindas and Radha create sonic and spiritual trances as they fuse Western melodies to ancient Indian mantras. The fest also features performances by Dave Stringer.
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The sprawling four-day Bhakti Fest West honors emotional attachment and devotion toward a personal god with its 26 yoga [demonstrations](http://gr.pn/Q6noII) featuring instruction from Dharma Mittra, Shiva Rea, Elena Brower, and Bryan Kest, [workshops](http://gr.pn/O8PM99) where advanced yogis share mystical truths, and healing sanctuaries that feature massage, reiki, and acupuncture. The deep, soulful voice of [Krishna Das](http://gr.pn/OGhHeE) headlines the festival's [lineup](http://gr.pn/UUxYUr) of more than 40 musical acts including Snatam Kaur and Deva Premal and Miten. Originally from New York, Das has toured the globe with music that interweaves feverish cadences with traditional and modern instrumentation. The former rock 'n' roller and Grammy nominee explains the atavistic appeal of chanting by saying that it "just hits you and you want to be a part of it . . . you don't have to know what it means."
**Krishna Das – "Heart as Wide as the World" (April 2010)**


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Hot off the press/keyboard (i.e. not fully tested). With the help of an Adobe support engineer in Basel and an on-site Adobe consultant we discovered what the root cause of the reverse replication problem was.
Namely, that when a user voted in a poll, the new vote AND ALL previous votes were being reverse replicated. This caused a MASSIVE workload on the Author because each node in the /var/replication/outbox did not contain 1 corresponding vote; it actually contained ALL of the votes including the new additional one. This explains why the Author would take 20 minutes to process just 10 nodes in the outbox.
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Irish playwright Martin McDonagh wrote his series of violent, dark comedies — The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West, A Skull in Connemara, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Pillowman — in a fit of inspiration mostly in 1996 and '97, and bleeding into 2003. Since then, he's concentrated on film work, winning an Oscar for live action short (Six Shooter), a nomination for writing In Bruges and his putting out his latest, 7 Psychopaths.
Notice a pattern, there?
His latest entree into the theater world is also his only American-set play: A Behanding in Spokane, currently at the Bryant Hall space in the Kalita Humphreys complex, courtesy of Second Thought Theatre. In its tense, brooding, hilariously strange 85 minutes, he uses the "N" word as if he thinks he's Tarantino, sprays the audience with severed body parts and chains a nubile young woman and a black man up as if this was some barely-legal, racist snuff film.
It's great.


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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Approves Fiscal Year 2005 Carryover Review
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Sept. 12 , 2005
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Fiscal Year 2005 Carryover Review
Following a public hearing on Sept. 12, 2005, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors took action on the Carryover Review for fiscal year 2005, which ended June 30, 2005. In addition, they made necessary carryover adjustments for fiscal year 2006, which began July 1, 2005. Primarily as a result of the improving economy, which generated a higher level of revenue, Fairfax County realized a positive year-end balance of $46.6 million, after netting out outstanding encumbrances, unencumbered commitments and associated Managed Reserve adjustments. This represents less than 2 percent of the total fiscal year 2005 General Fund disbursements and consisted of additional revenue of $34.4 million, as well as expenditure savings of $12.2 million on a $2.9 billion budget.
After careful consideration, the Board of Supervisors chose to invest slightly over 50 percent of the balance or $24.4 million for Tax Relief, the County's Revenue Stabilization Fund and other Reserves. The Board approved funding of $5.8 million to expand the Real Estate Tax Relief Program for the Elderly and Disabled by increasing the net combined financial asset eligibility requirement from $240,000 to the state maximum of $340,000 and increasing the income limit from $52,000 to the state maximum of $72,000. A public hearing on the required Fairfax County Code amendments needed to provide this expansion of the Tax Relief Program is scheduled for Oct. 17, 2005.
In addition, as part of their ongoing commitment to set aside balances at quarterly reviews for the Revenue Stabilization Fund (RSF), a fund that the Board of Supervisors created in 1999 to provide a mechanism for maintaining a balanced budget in times of severe fiscal stress, the Board approved the transfer of $14.6 million of the balance for this fund. This brings the RSF balance to $62.7 million, which is approximately 2.0 percent of Total Disbursements and represents 67.5 percent of the targeted balance of 3.0 percent of Total Disbursements.
Among the transfers to reserves, the Board approved $2.0 million for the Reserve for Catastrophic Occurrences in Fund 501, County Insurance, in order to support the self-insurance program that the County uses for a significant portion of its loss exposures. Another $1.0 million for Fairfax County Public Schools will be held in reserve pending the school system's identification of computer and bus replacement priorities, or expenses associated with Hurricane Katrina such as higher gasoline prices and/or additional students displaced by the hurricane who have relocated to the area. The Board also allocated $0.5 million for the Lorton Arts Foundation (LAF) to be held in reserve pending certification that the foundation has raised the required matching funds of $0.5 million, as well as Board approval of their financing and management plan. Lastly, the Board approved $0.5 million to be held in reserve pending approval of a list of prioritized environmental projects in accordance with its adopted plan, "Environmental Excellence for Fairfax County — A 20-Year Vision."
The Board of Supervisors targeted nearly 30 percent of the fiscal year 2005 Carryover balance or $13.3 million toward public safety requirements including gang prevention activities, as well as equipment and facility needs. Among the major expenditures in this category, the Board approved $2.0 million for the Fire and Rescue Department's Large Apparatus Replacement Fund in order to ensure the timely replacement and availability of critical emergency response vehicles. An amount of $1.1 million was included to fund after-school programs in County middle schools that provide academic, social and recreational enrichment, and offer a safe alternative to gang participation for at-risk youth. To address critical facility needs, $5.0 million was allocated for the Forensics Facility to be constructed as part of the Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center at the West Ox Complex. In addition, $3.5 million was approved, primarily to support cabling and technology for the Judicial Center Expansion and Renovation Project. The Board also approved $0.5 million for prioritized security improvements at County facilities; $0.4 million for transportation improvements necessary at the Leesburg Pike frontage of the Wolf Trap Fire Station site; $0.3 million for prioritized feasibility studies to establish accurate project estimates for various public safety facilities in the fall 2006 Public Safety Bond Referendum; and $0.3 million to address safety concerns at the Police Driver Training Track.
A total of 12 percent or $5.6 million of the balance was approved for one-time capital construction and renewal requirements, as well as costs associated with new facilities. Items funded include: $3.5 million to acquire half of the opening collection of materials for the Oakton and Burke Centre community libraries scheduled to open in 2007; $1.0 million for HVAC projects to support the County's infrastructure investment at various County facilities; $0.4 million for additional construction costs associated with the Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter; $0.3 million primarily to support critical developer default projects where developer contributions are not sufficient to complete construction of road improvements and drainage repairs; $0.1 million to improve pedestrian access to the Burke Centre Virginia Railway Express station; $0.1 million for the Herndon Harbor House Senior Center Congregate Meal program due to higher than projected meal costs and an increased number of participants at this facility; and $0.1 million to provide for prioritized stabilization efforts at the Mt. Gilead property.
The remaining $3.3 million, or almost 8 percent, includes $2.1 million for Information Technology projects to improve services to the public, as well as efficiently store and retrieve sensitive records; $0.2 million to provide additional Affordable Housing resources including an ombudsman position and resources to support relocation counseling to households being displaced due to demolition of existing affordable housing and the increasing number of condo conversions; $0.2 million to provide "gap" funding for maintenance salaries during fiscal year 2006 as the Department of Housing and Community Development transitions to project-based budgeting as required by the federal government; and $0.8 million for the required Managed Reserve adjustments associated with all the above-mentioned funded Carryover adjustments.
Information on the fiscal year 2005 Carryover Review is available on the
Fairfax County Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb
and by calling the Department of Management and Budget at 703-324-2391,