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The NABC honors – first-team for Stokes, second-team for McRae – come just one day after both Vols were named first-team All-SEC selections and USBWA All-District IV performers.
NABC District 21 includes all 14 SEC schools.
The 2014 NABC All-District teams were selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC. The 252 student-athletes, from 25 districts, are now eligible for the NABC Coaches' Division I All-America teams.
Stokes averaged a double-double in SEC play this season (15.1 ppg, 11.1 rpg). In conference games, he led the league in field-goal percentage (.567), total rebounding (11.1 rpg) and offensive rebounding (4.4 orpg).
A senior guard from Midway, Ga., McRae posted eight 20-point game and two 30-point games in SEC play this season. His 18.8 points in league games ranked fifth in the conference. In addition to being Tennessee's top scorer in SEC play, he also leads the Vols in 3-point shooting (.395, sixth in the SEC) and assists (2.6 apg).
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McRae and Stokes earlier this week also were listed as second-team All-SEC selections by BleacherReport.com.
Stokes claimed a few additional recognitions this week. The Memphis, Tenn., native landed his third Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Men's Basketball Player of the Week award of the season. Stokes also was named to the CollegeHoopsDaily.com All-SEC Team.


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Establishing Normal Values for Neuropsychological Testing in HIV-negative Thais
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- To establish normal values for neuropsychological testing in HIV negative Thais stratified by age (1 decade) and education [ Time Frame: July 31, 2014 ]
- To estimate the learning effect on these test at 6 months and 12 months. [ Time Frame: July 31, 2014 ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2008
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|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The Southeast Asia Research Collaboration with Hawaii (SEARCH) operates or collaborates on several neuroAIDS research protocols. To allow accurate interpretation of neuropsychological data, normative data that are obtained in a similar population are needed. Currently, there are limited such data available for this purpose.
The SEARCH 001 study evaluated the neurocognitive changes before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy in 30 HIV positive subjects and has also enrolled 230/300 proposed HIV-negative controls for this purpose. Normative data tables typically require many more individuals so that age and education strata can be established. We now propose to enroll up to 1000 HIV-seronegative individuals for this purpose.
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- Age 20-69
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- Negative HIV antibody at screening
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- Head injury with loss of consciousness greater than 1 hour
- Current or past illicit drug use or positive drug screen for amphetamine, methamphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, or narcotics
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- active major depression will be excluded as well - patients with past depression that is controlled and patients with or minor depressive symptoms will be allowed to enroll.
- Known learning disability including dyslexia
- Confusion or other signs and symptoms of metabolic encephalopathy or delirium
- Focal neurological deficit on examination
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|Assoc.Prof.Jintanat Ananworanich, M.D., Assoc.Prof., South East Asia Research Collaboration with Hawaii
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HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
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- Necessary is often the mother of light fingers instead of invention.
- Chapter 10 "Fruit of the Looms" (p. 76)
- Paleoanthropologists were congenitally media-oriented.
- Chapter 17 "Pensacola, Florida" (p. 147)
- Extinction confers on the has-been the same mythological status that imagination confers on the never-was.
- Chapter 18 "In a Season of Drought" (p. 158)
- You can't go home again, particularly if you never had one.
- Chapter 23 "Panama City, Florida" (p. 206)
- They had both changed in eight years, eroded or subtly augmented by the sweep of time's river.
- Chapter 30 "Marakoi, Zarakal" (p. 303)
- Here he was, not quite twenty-five years old, and he was going to have to make a new life for himself. A host of options lay before him, but, tipsy with Chablis and sunshine, at the moment all he could truly feel was a powerful sense of loss and uncertainty. All the routes to his previous self—the self that had tried to survive as a loner in Fort Walton Beach—were blocked, and he did not know which new path to choose.
"Ciao," he said again, and this time he was not talking to his mother.
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So even as the Republicans are spouting blather about deficits, they are behind the extension of the immensely expensive subsidy for millionaires that has come to be called the Bush Tax Cuts. The Democrats have relented in opposing these because the GOP held unemployment benefits hostage until the subsidies were extended.
Meanwhile Republicans will rail about spending and deficits while creating an even bigger hole to dig out of. I sincerely expect they are planning to get the nation so deeply in debt that the only way out will be to cut all Social Security and Medicare to make ends meet. The GOP is relentless and they will do anything to get their way, and they hate both programs, even though the American people love and need them.
The GOP is a party of the rich, by the rich and for the rich and don't believe them when they say anything different. They will talk about class warfare and how bad it is, but they have already won the class war. All of us are working and paying taxes to support the wealthy of this country, and it's getting worse.
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Growers and sales agronomists have recognized root rot and damping-off in seedling soybeans that even had a fungicide seed treatment. Is it caused by Pythium, Phytophthora, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia or combination of them? If so, which strains? Or is it something else entirely? Helping to answer those questions and more is the focus of the grower funded "Identification and Biology of Seedling Pathogens" research study.
"We have 14 investigators from 12 states working on the project," said Jason Bond, associate professor, soybean pathology/nematology, Southern Illinois University. Bond is a participant as well as the coordinator for the project. "Some of the investigators are more Extension oriented, while others are more lab oriented, and some have overlapping duties."
After decades of cutbacks in state and federal funding for basic research, growers have stepped up to the plate as never before, and the time has never been better. Recent additions to traditional analytical tools, such as molecular probing, expanding genomic databases and computerized search capabilities of those databases, make sample identification and classification faster and more complete than ever before. Taking advantage of classical research efforts and the new advances is the goal of the pathogen study. Funding is from the United Soybean Board and the North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP).
NCSRP is a coordinated research effort by state soybean checkoff organizations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The goals are straightforward:
• Identify fungi responsible for causing seedling blights of soybeans
• Develop high throughput diagnostic tools for identifying fungal seeding pathogens
• Characterize the biology of seedling pathogens and develop assays for inoculation
• Identify the impact of environmental conditions on seedling pathogens.
The breadth of the effort and the rapid development in analytical tools in recent years are multiplying its potential impact. Examining seedling pathogens in their native environment means sampling can only take place once a year—at the seedling stage. The pathology project involves researchers across the 12 states who gather samples and submit them to researchers at Southern Illinois University and Michigan State University. There, isolates are evaluated under microscope as well as through molecular probing. Those samples are then compared via computer searches with known genetic databases, derived from domestic and international fungal collections.
"Using bioinformatics, the computer can match the identified sequence from the sample with an organism in the database," explained Bond. "While not everything is in the database, we can find out a lot of what is going on in the soil that has been sampled."
Although some of the tools being used, like genetic sequencing, have been available, they were limited and expensive. "If you would have said three or four years ago that you wanted to sequence everything found around these plants, you would have been laughed out of the room," said Bond.
The tools themselves have expanded the horizons and accuracy of the evaluative process. Classical techniques like microscopic analysis required growing an isolate in a pure culture. That limited the technique to those organisms that can be cultured in the laboratory. Molecular probing is not limited that way.
Once sampled, examined and identified, the next step is to develop marker probes that will aid in rapid diagnostics in the lab, if not yet in the field itself. These probes could speed up and expand the results from a process that currently can take weeks.
"When you get a disease in the field, you don't want to wait around," noted Bond.
Knowing what is actually in the seedling complex of pathogens and other organisms found with them opens the door to refine appropriate disease management scenarios.
This involves identifying baseline sensitivity of the organism to seed treatments, a process that will identify those most effective to given pathogens and more.
"As we collect cultures and isolates, we can compare them to the isolates that have not been exposed to seed treatments. These samples exist in collections like those at Iowa State, the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota," said Bond. "Over time, we can evaluate if given Rhizoctonia or Fusarium isolates are becoming less sensitive or developing resistance to certain seed treatments."
Another aspect being addressed is the impact of crop rotations on Pythium and Fusarium. "We do know that the simple fact of planting a crop can affect the biological life in the soil," noted Bond. "While we don't have a focus on cover crops as part of the study, we know they can have an impact from other research done."
As an example, Bond cited a field trial with rapeseed and canola at Southern Illinois University. When those crops were turned under in the spring, less sudden death syndrome (SDS) was recorded in the soybean crop. "The SDS pathogen isn't the most aggressive at causing seedling death in our area, not like Pythium or Rhizoctonia," he said. "However, we were amazed at the impact these cover crops had."
Bond suspects that with the increased interest and incidence of cover crops and the analytical technologies now available, such interactions will be better understood.
"We may get to the point where we will be able to identify fields based on pathogens and risk factors and whether fields will be at risk based on environmental factors," said Bond.
"If there is a high risk factor, perhaps crop rotation or cover crops could be recommended. If we know that an area has a particular mix of pathogens, seed companies may be able to prescribe particular seed treatments. This study will help identify where there is severe disease pressure and those seed treatments with the greatest payback."
Looking ahead, the study may have even greater benefit as a research base and data bank. As state, federal and grower funding is made available, other seed and soil researchers will be able to utilize these findings to better identify areas needing study and better focus those dollars.
With all the discussion of the need to feed an ever-growing population, the time to support such efforts has never been better.
"We have the technologies and the techniques, and these research efforts are addressing needs important to society," said Bond.


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Durban - Mystery surrounds the death of a Durban lecturer while scuba diving on Friday morning.
Daxita "Dixie" Rajput, 51, of Hartley Road, Overport, was out on a charter dive with her daughter Priyanka, 18, and brother, Joytesh, when she disappeared while under water, at around 9.30am.
The incident happened at Blood Reef, near the old whaling station on the Bluff. It is named after all the blood which discoloured the water when whales were being processed.
A post-mortem was carried out on Saturday but the results of blood and tissue samples still had to be analysed before a cause of death could be established.
Police said the diving tanks and equipment used by Rajput were to be subjected to an independent forensic inspection.
Rajput was a lecturer in sport science education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Edgewood campus.
Rajput was with eight other divers, under the instruction of dive master Bradley Wright, when tragedy struck.
The charter company, Calypso Dive and Adventure, declined to comment. A woman, who only identified herself as Lauren, referred enquiries to police.
KZN police spokesman, Colonel Vincent Mdunge, said on Sunday: "It is alleged that the deceased disappeared while underwater. The dive was stopped and a search started."
He said Rajput was eventually found and pulled out of the water by the divers. She was certified dead by paramedics.
"It is unknown at this stage how and what caused the victim's death," Mdunge said.
An inquest docket has been opened by Maydon Wharf police.
Clifford Ireland, Durban station commander of the National Sea Rescue Institute, said a crew was activated after they received a report of the missing scuba diver, about 1.5 nautical miles off the Bluff.
He said that when it was reported by the charter company that the woman went missing during the dive, a dive search was launched.
Her body was found at 10.42am, Ireland said.
Rajput's husband, Bharath Morar, said on Sunday that Joytesh had been visiting from New Zealand.
"Joytesh has been a licensed scuba diver for many years. He and my wife loved extreme sports," he said. "She had started scuba diving a few years ago with my daughter, Priyanka. They were encouraged by Joytesh's love of the sea."
He said both mother and daughter completed a scuba diving course and had done several dives in the past year locally, at Sodwana and as well as abroad.
"But, they never went out alone. It was always on a dive charter," Morar said.
"Friday was no different. They left home at around 7.15am, and I received a call at 10.15am, informing me that Daxita was missing underwater."
He said by the time he got to the scene from uMhlanga, his wife's body had been recovered.
"Her death is a mystery. No-one knows what happened," Morar said. "She was an extremely strong swimmer that did 50 laps at a time, at the gym swimming pool.
He said his wife died doing what she loved the most. "I will not pursue her death further or point fingers at anyone. The police investigation can take its course."
Morar said he wanted to focus on offering support to their children, Priyanka and Jeshmika, 11.
"Daxita lived on the edge. Whenever she came back from a dive, she had a sparkle in her eyes. She would describe the vast wonder of the sea below," he said. "She often described it as magical."
He said he had accepted what had happened and reality had set in for him and his children – that their wife and mother was no more – at the funeral, on Sunday.
"She completed her PhD thesis on 'Achieving sporting excellence in a transforming society' last year. Her thesis was among the top three and she was due to graduate in the next two weeks."
He said two days before her death, she was invited to present a paper in Vancouver, Canada.
"She was so excited about it. She was a real busybody and lived life to the fullest ...".
Morar said his wife had also engaged in a community outreach programme with the Pinetown Christian Centre with the focus on sports skill development and social development and upliftment through sports.
She was also a member of the South African Association of Human Movement Studies and the International Sociology of Sport Association.
"She was a devoted mother and also very culturally active. She was also one of the founding members of the KwaZulu-Natal Rajput Association to promote religion and culture."
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Risk Taking Behaviour in MSM and the Denial of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV (MSM HIV)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Four focus groups , each of 10-15 males, ages 20-50 years old, MSM will be conducted by a medical sociologist. Two groups will be HIV negative participants and two groups of HIV positive MSM. Every group will meet for two hours. The focus group will be recorded and the collected data will be processed further for evaluation and extraction of the relevant information.
The volunteers will sign an inform consent prior to entrance to the study.
|MSM HIV Infections Risky Behaviors
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Detailed Description:
The questions that will be discussed during the focus groups: The first sexual contact with a male, what is risk, risk taking behavior, control over your daily life, self esteem and evaluation, risk denial.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
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Study Population
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- Age 20-50
- MSM, willing to participate
- Agree to sign an inform consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- No exclusion criteria
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MISSING four suspended players did not put off Evesham United as they romped to their biggest win of the season against 10-man Thatcham Town.
The Robins triumphed 5-0 in Calor Southern League Division One South and West at the Spiers and Hartwell Jubilee Stadium.
Manager Paul Collicutt handed debuts to defenders Will Wellon and Dan Watkin, signed from Slimbridge and Hook Norton respectively, and both played their part in a one-sided encounter.
The writing was on the wall for the Kingfishers early on when Lance Smith's pace took him past two defenders only for penalty appeals to be turned down when the young striker appeared to be pulled down in full flight by goalkeeper Rob Durrant.
A period of Evesham pressure resulted in Ed Williams, starting his second month on loan from League Two side Cheltenham Town, bending a shot inches over before Carl Brown and Lee Davis went close following neat build-ups down the right.
Thatcham's overworked defence finally cracked on 34 minutes when Marcus Jackson burst into the box and crossed to the unmarked Williams, who tapped in at the back post.
The game effectively slipped from the visitors' grasp during the early stages of the second-half when full-back Paul Taplin was sent off for violent conduct.
Evesham took full advantage of Taplin's dismissal by adding four more goals without reply.
Acting skipper Jared Wilson made it 2-0 on the hour with a thunderbolt from 25 yards that flew into the top corner.
Linden Dovey was then in the right place to head home after the Thatcham defence failed to clear Williams' corner.
Substitute James Vercesi was next on the scoresheet with a precise finish, latching onto Wilson's inch-perfect through-ball for his fifth goal in 10 games.
The rout was completed in the last minute when Vercesi turned provider, crossing for the hard-working Smith, who capped a dominant Evesham display with a welldirected header that gave Durrant no chance.
Evesham: Bateman, Wilson, Wellon, Davis (Holloway 71), Dovey, Watkin, Kennedy (Tambling 57), Jackson, Smith, Brown (Vercesi 67), Williams. Sub not used: Baines. Attendance: 187.


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Pictured is a sampling of what Batman fans will be getting, including a good look at the new flying film vehicle, "The Bat".


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Philosophy Conference Focuses on Family
Families—all kinds of families and their value, rights, and variety—were the subject of the 21st annual McDowell Conference on Philosophy and Social Policy, held October 26 at the Katzen Arts Center's Abramson Family Recital Hall.
In kicking off the conference, Jeffrey Reiman, the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at AU, said he was first drawn to philosophy as a young man because it promoted liberation from "the soft totalitarianism" of his parents' common sense. Among the values families teach their members, he said, is to "teach the virtue of loving people whom one doesn't particularly like or at least one wouldn't choose based on liking. That's an underestimated virtue, by the way, because among other things it paves the way for societies to be affective communities characterized by what [John] Rawls called civic friendship, affection for fellow citizens whose names we may not know."
Jean Bethke Elshtain, professor of social and political ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, posed an unusual comparison: she contrasted the ideas on family of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (twinned in most of our minds with Marx) with those of Jane Addams (pioneering reformer, feminist, founder of Hull House in Chicago, tireless advocate for women and families, and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize).
For Hegel, the family must be "interfered with" so that a young man may overcome the danger of "premature individualism" and be integrated into the state to act as a useful member.
How does Addams as a philosopher fare against the hugely influential German? Surprisingly well, Elshtain said.
"She gets her own philosophic lessons through stories and narratives," Elshtain said. "She mistrusts highly abstract theories and systematic approaches. She says these endorse, these promote a kind of dogmatism incompatible with the messiness and the uncertainty and the foibles of human life and civic life, because it's made up of human beings."
J. David Velleman, professor of philosophy at New York University, told a moving story about family and memory. In discussing After Long Silence—Helen Fremont's account of how Fremont, raised as a Roman Catholic, discovered in her 30s that her parents had through a lifetime of deception hidden from her the fact that they were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust—Velleman recalled his own father's self-deception in suppressing knowledge of how his sister Emma had died during the Holocaust.
Contacted decades after World War II by a genealogist from Holland, Velleman's father agreed to let him explore how Emma had died. When he reported back that Emma had died at Auschwitz, Velleman's father sobbed as if hearing the news for the first time. Yet Velleman determined that his father knew this all along.
"I once asked my father after receiving confirmation of her death whether the family had held a memorial of any kind," Velleman said. "The idea had never occurred to him. So I suspect that my father passed on to me an emotional task that he could not bear to do himself. And I suspect that Helen Fremont was given a much heavier emotional task with the added burden of not knowing what it was."
Debra Satz, professor of philosophy at Stanford University, concluded the conference's first session with a presentation on the inequalities within the family as they affect women and children. Women perform most domestic duties within the family, are more vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse than men, and are five times more likely to be victimized by an intimate partner than men.
Sex-selection abortions and infanticides are part of some cultures, and women with jobs perform a second shift taking care of their families once they return home. In the United States, women equally qualified with men earn 80 percent of what their male counterparts make, Satz noted.
Children also suffer the consequences of income disparities. A huge gap exists in enrichment activities between what the affluent can provide their children compared with the one in four U.S. children born into poor families. By the age of three, for example, children of affluent families have twice the vocabulary of poor kids.
The conference also featured presentations by Nancy Polikoff, professor of law at AU's Washington College of Law; Dorothy E. Roberts, professor of law and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania; and Kimberly Leighton, assistant professor of philosophy at AU.
Polikoff's presentation was titled "Equality and Justice for Lesbian and Gay Families in Relationships," Roberts' was "Race, Genetics, and the Meaning of Kinship," and Leighton's talk was called "The Power and Politics of Being Related: Why We Should Reject the Right to Know Genetic Origins."
As College of Arts and Sciences dean Peter Starr noted, both the conference and AU's Philosophy Department have a long history of connecting with contemporary concerns and issues.
"One of the things I love about our Department of Philosophy and Religion here at AU, and it really does set you apart, is that you have a view of philosophy that makes philosophy enormously relevant to the concerns of our day and our world—something that cannot be said of many American departments of philosophy," Starr said.
The conference was sponsored by the College's Department of Philosophy and Religion.


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Tommy Cracks the CaseSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
After watching and discussing the 5 o'clock news including a story about a jewel heist that happened yesterday in the area, Tommy and his mother leave for the mall. It's closing soon.
While in the mall, Tommy nags his mother to buy him a "soldier toy." Mom buys him a toy set on the condition that Tommy stays put while in the shoe store, and she opens the set, giving Tommy ONE of the toys. Tommy wastes no time having some fun with his new toy.
Meanwhile, across the mall, a man and woman are enjoying each other's conversation over pizza. They seem very happy and excited about something.
After only a moment of fun with his new toy, Tommy comes to know what their excitement is all about. He begins pulling frantically on his mom's shirt to get her attention and he excitedly tells her what the couple just did, although it seems they were just talking. Tommy, however, is VERY excited. He was not known for telling tales, so his mom (a police officer), calls her department directly. After speaking with them, the man and woman are shortly apprehended with 2.9 million dollars in stolen jewels!
Tommy just cracked the heist case from the 5 o'clock news!
(1) Tommy has both a disability and ability. What are they?
(2) What was the 'Soldier Toy' Tommy's mom let him play with?
HintTommy is not in a wheelchair.
Answer(1) Tommy is deaf, but also has the ability to read lips with stunning accuracy.
(2) The "Soldier Toy" Tommy was playing with, which came in a set, was a pair of binoculars. With the binoculars, Tommy was reading the couple's lips while they were discussing how they made off like bandits.
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text: Given the interest, anyone want to lead it? I have never done a split and may not be the best person to lead it. I'm definitely not the best for this either. Never done it and not in a market with access to Creed. I occasionally make it to SF, but not often enough to be leading this. Definitely in for a split though.


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The Business Impact of Digital
February 16, 2012
Executive Summary
Chris Robinson, senior director of product manager, Adobe Systems, Inc., discussed how some marketers are successfully using the interactive nature of digital and mobile to enhance their TV advertising. During the 2012 Super Bowl, the most popular ads (as determined by USA Today) all incorporated digital and mobile elements into their TV campaigns, allowing consumers to interact with the brands behind the ads during a live TV event. More brands must take start to steps to leverage digital in partnership with TV in order to compete in today's multi-tasking world.View video below.
"The Business Impact of Digital." Chris Robinson, Senior Director of Product Management, Adobe Systems, Inc. 2012 ANA TV and Everything Video Forum, 2/16/12.
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Body TemperatureRebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
Can you decipher this rebus?
Body Part -- Temperature
Feet -- 98.6 degrees F
Hands -- 93.2 degrees F
Face -- 98.5 degrees F
Heart -- 99.8 degrees F
HintThe only two clues you need are heart and hands.
AnswerCold hands, warm heart.
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Tennessee Compiled Genealogies
The term genealogy is used in this outline and in the Family History Library Catalog to describe a variety of records containing family information previously gathered by other researchers, societies, or archives.
Genealogy records can include pedigree charts, compiled data on families, correspondence, ancestor lists, research exchange files, record abstracts, and collections of original or copied documents. These sources can save time, but because they are compiled from other sources, you must carefully evaluate their accuracy.
Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections of previous research and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person.
Nationwide Indexes
You will find information about some of your ancestors in the following important nationwide genealogical indexes described in the United States Research Outline, in the sections indicated:
- Ancestral File in the "Genealogy" section (also on the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service)
- FamilyFinder Index in the "Census" section (also on the Internet atwww.familytreemaker.com/allsearch.html
- Family History Library Catalog's Surname Search in the "Introduction" and "Genealogy" sections (also on the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service)
- International Genealogical Index in the "Genealogy" section (in part also on the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service)
- Index to National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) in the "Genealogy" section (also on the Internet atwww.lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html
- Old Surname Index File in the "Genealogy" section
- Periodical Source Index (PERSI) in the "Periodicals" section (also on the Internet atwww.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3165.htm for a subscription fee)
- Social Security Death Index at http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Two other important indexes are as follows:
- Pedigree Resource File consists of unedited, lineage-linked pedigrees submitted over the Internet to the Family History Department since 1999. It also includes the associated family groups, descendant charts, and sometimes notes and sources. You can purchase it from the Family History Library for use on personal computers.
- U.S. Military Death Index lists deaths of service men and women in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. It is part of FamilySearch at most Family History Centers. For details, see the Military Index Resource Guide.
These indexes are at the Family History Library and many libraries with family history collections.
Web Sites About Your Family
Search the Internet for family history web sites about your surname. Use the "Search for Ancestors" feature of the FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service at www.familysearch.org to help you find such sites.
Statewide Collections and Publications
Manuscript Collections
Daughters of the American Revolution (Kentucky). Genealogical Collection. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (On 101 FHL films beginning with 850670.) This collection consists of transcripts of Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C. The volumes are generally arranged by county and many have individual indexes.
Draper Manuscript Collection described in the "History" section of this outline.
Calvin M. McClung Collection described in the "Archives and Libraries" section of this outline.
Edythe Rucker Whitley Collection contains 2,300 notebooks of genealogical research compiled by Mrs. Edythe Rucker Whitley, who conducted extensive research on the pioneer families of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and other states. She also compiled genealogical data on many prominent men of Tennessee and elsewhere in the United States. The collection is organized by surname. Use of the collection is limited to one box at a time. The collection is at:
Williamson County Public Library
611 West Main Street
Franklin, TN 37064-2723
Telephone: 615-595-1246
Fax: 615-595-1247
E-mail: email@example.com
The manuscript collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives include many personal papers, diaries, letters, biographies, and other records of genealogical value. Collections in the archives are listed on their Internet site:
Tennessee State Library and Archives Manuscript Collection Finding Aids.
Published Sources
Allen, Penelope Johnson. Leaves from the Family Tree. 1933–1937. Reprint, Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982. (FHL book 976.8 D2a.) This is a reprint of family genealogies in the Chattanooga Sunday Times. The original clippings are in:
Leaves from the Family Tree. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. (FHL film 1036445 item 2.)
Ancestor Charts. Huntsville, Alabama: Margaret M. Cowart, 1976. (FHL book 976.859 D2h.) This record contains 500 pedigrees of families from central Tennessee.
Hehir, Donald M. Tennessee Family Histories and Genealogies: A Bibliography. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1996. (FHL book 976.8 D23h.) This is a bibliography of sources for surnames in the Library of Congress with Tennessee connections.
Ray, Worth S. Tennessee Cousins: A History of Tennessee People. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. (FHL book 976.8 D2r 1968.) This source contains transcripts of various original records, wills, vital records, and more. The record is indexed.
Ritchie, Ruth. Genealogy of Some East Tennessee Families of the Early Nineteenth Century. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (FHL film 896897 item 3.) Corrections to this records are in:
- Ritchie, Ruth. Supplement to Genealogy of Some East Tennessee Families of the Early Nineteenth Century. N.p., 1948. (FHL book 976.8 D2rr supp.; fiche 6104316.)
Tennessee Settlers and Their Descendants: Genealogical Data about Some of the Men and Women Who Helped Shape the Volunteer State. Memphis, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee: Tennessee Genealogical Society: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1994. (FHL book 976.8 D2t). The record contains descendants of some of the early settlers of the state for up to nine generations. It includes a surname index.
Tucker, Mabel Abbott. Middle Tennessee Family History. Three Volumes. [Fayetteville, Tennessee]: M. A. Tucker, (Fayetteville, Tennessee: Horton Print). (FHL book 976.8 D2tm.) This source contains birth, marriage and death records. Each record is indexed.
Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker, 1900. Tennessee Genealogical Records: Records of Early Settlers from State and County Archives. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1981. (FHL book 976.8 D2w.) This book is a compilation of wills, deeds, Revolutionary War warrants, and family records at the State Archives in Nashville. The record is indexed.
For genealogy sources for the United States see the "Genealogy" section of the United States Research Outline. Other genealogical records of Tennessee can be found in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:


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eijo wrote:None of this has anything to do with Shingon Buddhism, except to say that what Shingon actually teaches to its lay followers in Japan is something relatively similar to Humanistic Buddhism. "Orthodox Buddhism" still has not been defined by the OP, perhaps he should start there.
Thanks, Rev Eijo! I was thinking of asking you about some of this, but you have appeared at the auspicious moment!


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Hudson can be used to perform the typical build server work, such as doing continuous/official/nightly builds, run tests, or perform some repetitive batch tasks. This is called "free-style software project" in Hudson.
Setting up the project
Go to Hudson top page, select "New Job", then choose "Build a free-style software project". This job type consists of the following elements:
For more details, click the icons in the configuration page.
Builds for Non-Source Control Projects
There is sometimes a need to build a project simply for demonstration purposes or access to a SVN/CVS repository is unavailable. By choosing to configure the project as "None" under "Source Code Management" you will have to:
Hudson Set Environment Variables
When a Hudson job executes, it sets some environment variables that you may use in your shell script, batch command, Ant script or Maven POM 1. The following table contains a list of all of these environment variables.
Shell Scripts and Windows Batch Commands
If you're using a shell script to do your build, you can either put these environment variables directly into your shell scripts, or call them as parameters in your shell script. Below is an example how this can be done:
If you are executing a Windows Batch Command, the variables should be referenced using the %VARIABLE_NAME% pattern. For example:
Ant Scripts
If you're using an Ant script to do your build, you may include environment variables in property settings. Click on the Advanced... button just below where you put the Ant targets you want to build. This will display the Properties box. Below is an example how to use the Properties box to set Ant properties with Hudson Environment variables:
As an alternative, you can use the Environmental prefix to pull in all environmental variables as properties right inside your build.xml file. Below is an example how to set the property "label" to include the Project Name and the Build Number:
<property environment="env"/> <property name="label" value="${env.JOB_NAME}-${env.BUILD_NUMBER}"/>
Configuring automatic builds
Builds in Hudson can be triggered periodically (on a schedule, specified in configuration), or when source changes in the project have been detected, or they can be automatically triggered by requesting the URL:
This allows you to hook Hudson builds into a variety of setups. For more information (in particular doing this with security enabled), see Remote access API.
Builds by changes in Subversion/CVS
To perform builds whenever someone makes a change in the repository, use a post-commit hook (hooks/post-commit for subversion, CVSROOT/loginfo for CVS) to trigger a new build. The hook can use wget/curl to access the build URL shown above, or send email to trigger a build as described below. The trigger may use /polling instead of /build at the end of the URL to make Hudson poll the SCM for changes rather than building immediately. This prevents Hudson from running a build with no relevant changes for commits affecting modules or branches that are unrelated to the job. When using /polling the job must be configured for polling, but the schedule can be empty.
Builds by e-mail (sendmail)
If you have the root account of your system and you are using sendmail, I found it the easiest to tweak /etc/aliases and add the following entry:
hudson-foo: "|/bin/wget -o /dev/null http://YOURHOST/hudson/job/PROJECTNAME/build"
and then run "newaliases" command to let sendmail know of the change. Whenever someone sends an e-mail to "hudson-foo@yoursystem", this will trigger a new build. See this for more details about configuring sendmail.
Builds by e-mail (qmail)
With qmail, you can write /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-hudson as follows:
|/bin/wget -o /dev/null http://YOURHOST/hudson/job/PROJECTNAME/build"
1 Maven requires that you include the parameter as part of the build goals.
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Feb 11, 2008
Anonymous says:I am using the $ Unknown macro: {BUILD_NUMBER} notation in a maven build succes...
I am using the $Unknown macro: {BUILD_NUMBER}
notation in a maven build successfully.
mvn -Dbuild.id=$
clean install
Feb 27, 2008
Anonymous says:You can reference Hudson variables as any other property when building with Mave...
You can reference Hudson variables as any other property when building with Maven2.
Hudson version 1.184
Feb 27, 2008
Anonymous says:I am using Hudson 1.44, and I have two versions of JDK installed: 1.4 ...
I am using Hudson 1.44, and I have two versions of JDK installed: 1.4 and 1.6. Some projects I need to build in 1.4 and others in 1.6. I created two JDK instances in Hudson in the configuration file (config.xml):
<name>jdk 1.4</name>
<name>jdk 1.6</name>
Inside of my project definition, I select jdk 1.6, and I set the Ant build command in the following way:
-DJAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.6.0_04 -DPATH=C:\jdk1.6.0_04\bin
Unfortunately, when I build I get the following error:
[javac] C:\hudson\jobs\<project>\workspace\<class>.java:18: cannot access java.lang.Object
[javac] bad class file: C:\jdk1.6.0_04\jre\lib\rt.jar(java/lang/Object.class)
[javac] class file has wrong version 49.0, should be 48.0
[javac] Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
[javac] private String text;
[javac] ^
[javac] 1 error
What am I doing wrong?
Mar 28, 2008
InstallGal says:Hello, Is there a way to customize the BUILD_NUMBER value? (ie. pa...
Is there a way to customize the BUILD_NUMBER value? (ie. padded 0's)
Also, how can I reset this value to 1 after doing a few test builds?
Jun 27, 2008
Adam says:Hi, what is the value of BUILD_ID in case of triggering builds by schedul...
what is the value of BUILD_ID in case of triggering builds by scheduled "Poll SCM" . Because it looks like this variable keeps time of starting "scanning" not the time of build (at least value of BUILD_ID is different than the name of folder with particaular build in build history). Could somebody help me?
Sep 08, 2008
Amit says:Hi I am unable to customize my build process number ? I want to set my build n...
I am unable to customize my build process number ?
I want to set my build number as TMT-100 so that when i trigger the build next time it becomes TMT-101,
updating the number in nextBuildNumber is not effective for me.
can anyone help me out of this issue.
Sep 16, 2008
Rex Morrey says:We are using Hudson to manage a bunch of custom builds and like the quickness af...
We are using Hudson to manage a bunch of custom builds and like the quickness afforted by Hudson in configuring a build. One of the issues we are trying to resolve is when there are two different branches involved in producing a build. For example, many of our products use a common library, and occasionally a new branch of that common library is needed, along with the branch of a module (different modules). It appears that Hudson's CVS setup only allows us to identify one branch, when what we need is a second CVS setup to identify an additonal branch.
Does anyone know how to handle such a situation?
Apr 08, 2009
Clement MAHE says:Hi Does Hudson accept SVN Read-only repository ? Because i have some probl...
Does Hudson accept SVN Read-only repository ? Because i have some problems to configure it.
In fact i can make update in command line but when i try to enter credential, it indicate that kind of message :
"FAILED: svn: OPTIONS of '/svn/projectname/trunk': 403 Forbidden (http://servername:serverport)"
With same repository url and same account of course.
Apr 15, 2009
will thai says:Hi I have a problem when using the 'use update' checkbox. I need to...
I have a problem when using the 'use update' checkbox. I need to have it unchecked to ensure a clean environment.
The project I'm building generates files that is owned by 'root'. So when hudson tries to deletes these files, the build fails.
How do I fix this problem?
Jun 12, 2009
fabrice says:Hi I am trying to develop a post-commit svn hook script in order to run hudson ...
I am trying to develop a post-commit svn hook script in order to run hudson build but it is a hard task !
It would be a good idea to write on the wiki a such script in order to avoid to lose time writting it
Here my incomplete scrip (I have to find a way to get the projectName because REPOS is only ther path of the repo -..., maybe see svnlook changed -r $REV)
Array=( $REPOS )
LastElementIndex=$Unknown macro: {#Array[@]}
ProjectName=$Unknown macro: {Array[$LastElementIndex]}
HUDSON_URL=$( echo "$HUDSON_URL" | sed s/#PROJECT#/$ProjectName/g )
echo $REPOS >> /tmp/commit.txt
/usr/bin/wget -o /dev/null "$HUDSON_URL"
Jan 08, 2010
Jus says:what is the variable that stores user who initiated build in hudson. This is so ...
what is the variable that stores user who initiated build in hudson.
This is so that to the email that is sent from hudson it can have who initiated build in hudson..
Thanks in advance....
Aug 24, 2010
Curtis Pendleton says:Did you ever figure this out? I displayed out all environment variables wh...
Did you ever figure this out? I displayed out all environment variables when my job ran and the user name is not in there. Was you able to figure out a different way of getting the user into ant?
Mar 19, 2010
Martin Kropp says:Hi, I've been using Hudson for a while for very simple projects. Now we are wor...
I've been using Hudson for a while for very simple projects. Now we are working on a larger web-portal project which has a recursive project structure.
In the project root we have a "master" build.xml which calls all concrete subprojects' build.xml files.
proj-root/build-app/builld.xml - here is the master build
proj/app/firstapp/build/build.xml - here is build file of the Eclipse project firsapp
How do I have to setup this in Hudson?
Thank's a lot for your help.
May 18, 2010
tim bogatchev says:Is the console output saved anywhere ? If so, which directory?
Is the console output saved anywhere ?
If so, which directory?
May 18, 2010
Rex Morrey says:The logs are stored in the C:/Documents and Settings/.hudson/jobs/<job name&g...
The logs are stored in the C:/Documents and Settings/.hudson/jobs/<job name>/builds/<buildtime> folder in a file called simply "log". It is a simple text file.
May 18, 2010
Rex Morrey says:We use Hudson to manage a release schedule of about twice a month. These r...
We use Hudson to manage a release schedule of about twice a month. These releases include code held on branches of various CVS modules, and any module can go at any given release. A module can have two or more branches under development at any given time. To manage the build cycle, we create a new Hudson job for each module in a release and include the expected release date of that module in the job name. By creating a new tab for each release date, we can organize our releases and keep them straight.
That said, we want to preserve our build logs for audit purposes even after the build is no longer active. We zip the job directory after a reasonable period of time, and remove it from the .hudson/jobs directory, so that it does not clutter the Hudson screen, and restart the Hudson service. If we need to revisit a past module build, we simply unzip the job back into the jobs directory and restart Hudson.
Jun 03, 2010
anna says:hi, when i was building a software,there would be an error message "java.exe ca...
when i was building a software,there would be an error message "java.exe cannot find ordinal number"
I am very confused with this problem, could anyone else help me and tell me what to do?
Jun 09, 2010
Xav says:Hi, Is there a way to use a script to trig the build other than these solutions...
Is there a way to use a script to trig the build other than these solutions:
- you can setup a scheduler... But how to stop the build wihtout failling if nothing new to build
- you can use an extern cron tab to trig the build using URL submission (need external hudson tool & setup)
- you can add the plugin Dos Trigger, but dos script :'( (Why not a shell script?!?)
If i'm missing something, thanks to tell me
Jun 09, 2010
Ajay Puthiyedath says:Hi, I am trying to build a software project on the CVS,but doesnt seem to be wo...
I am trying to build a software project on the CVS,but doesnt seem to be working,the same project builds successfully on the local machine but doesnt work on CVS.It gives an error saying "artifacts not found in the specified nexus repo.But when i check the specifies url in the repo,all the artifacts are present .Checked the pom.xml file too,everything looks perfect and hence works fine fine on the local system.Can anyone help me in this regard.What might be the reasons for this?
Feb 25, 2011
Jeff Foege says:I'm confused as to why Hudson won't do a manual build. I have a svn repo and I h...
I'm confused as to why Hudson won't do a manual build. I have a svn repo and I have two VisStudio soluntion files to build. When I hit the build button and select debug, Hudson only cleans the workspace and then sync's the code but doesn't do a build because of no changes.What I did was create a local svn repo and another hudson job of an existing project. I wanted to use this second job in Hudson to test with so I don't bother the developers currently working. Then once I have something working I'll move it over to the live job. If I hit the build now button shouldn't Hudson build the code regardless of no changes?
At the end it only says
no change for (svn project path) since the previous
buildFinished: SUCCESS
Thanks, Jeff
May 10, 2011
Divyashree K R says:Hi, We have the HUDSON configured for the Java build and we also configure HUDS...
We have the HUDSON configured for the Java build and we also configure HUDSON for running the backup jobs. Currently, we have configured a job with the /cygwin/bin/sshpass.exe using which we are logging to a server and executing a backup script (cmd /c "'D:\Software\ECM\Backup.cmd'"). Even though this command says Build Failed, the HUDSON is showing FINISHED; Success as it is not able to capture the exit code of non-zero value from this Backup.cmd script. Now, how can I capture this exit code and let HUDSON know that build is failed and it should display FINISHED: Failure?
Any info regarding this would be really helpful.
Thanks, Divya
Jul 19, 2011
jackwang0323 says:Hi, When i create a new tab-->job, there doesn't generate the according fold...
When i create a new tab-->job, there doesn't generate the according folder.
E.g. create new tab(view) "test", create new job "new", there is no the the "test" folder. And the on another slave node, don't have the "jobs" folder. By the way, we use the Hudson version 2.0.1.
How to deal with this problem? Is there any configuration affecting it?
Aug 29, 2011
Shankar Ramasamy says:Hi, All the URLs in the environment Variables are Empty in Hudson 2.1.0 %BUILD...
All the URLs in the environment Variables are Empty in Hudson 2.1.0
%BUILD_URL%, %JOB_URL% and %HUDSON_URL% variables are empty.
Please help me with ways of retrieving them.
Shankar R
Aug 30, 2011
Winston Prakash says:Was it working before? I'll try to reproduce it. You can ask help in the mailing...
Was it working before? I'll try to reproduce it. You can ask help in the mailing list usersAThudsonDOTjavaDOTnet
Jan 17, 2012
Pranaya Kumar Kintali says:How can I make a build of a specific revision number ? eg., If latest revision ...
How can I make a build of a specific revision number ?
eg., If latest revision number is 29999, and if the requirement is 29009 also there is no availability of build in the build history, then How can I make a build of the version 29009 ?
Can anyone help me out ?


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Meaghan Paugh feeds wood into the glass bottle kiln, which must reach an internal temperature of 1400 degrees Fahrenheit to melt the bottles
The crisp November evening was set ablaze by firelight as it passed through hundreds of differently colored bottles.
Meaghan Paugh stood in front of her creation—a glass bottle kiln—half delighted by the rainbow glow and half amazed that the experiment was actually working.
"I don't really know what's going to happen," she confided. "I guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow morning."
Paugh, who has a degree in studio art with a concentration in ceramics, got the idea from a paper she wrote on Italian artist Karin Putsch-Grassi for a contemporary art class at Plattsburgh State.
Researching Putsch-Grassi opened Paugh up to the world of glass bottle kilns and further investigation revealed no evidence of that kind of work in the United States.
So Paugh collected sand from the shore of Lake Champlain, enlisted some friends to help her collect wine bottles, dug a trench in her parent's backyard and built a 3-foot-tall igloo out of sand and bottles over it.
Then she invited some friends over on Wednesday, Nov. 14, and started a fire within the kiln.
As smoke gently puffed out of the chimney on top of the structure, people took turns peeking through tennis-ball-size peepholes, into the fiery belly of the kiln.
Despite the minor setback that occurred earlier that afternoon—a portion of the wall collapsed and had to be repaired—things went smoothly the rest of the night.
Paugh's adventurous spirit was paying off.
"You can't be scared of the unknown," Paugh said.
The kiln was still standing the following morning, and the bottle necks protruding toward the inside of the structure were elongated, having melted during the night. They now stretched downward, like bright blue, green and white stalactites adorning a room in some otherworldly carnival-themed cave.
Paugh plans on picking her creation apart and hopes to put the remnants on display in a local gallery, along with photos and a video to describe the process.
She plans on doing another glass bottle kiln next summer, and would someday like her work to be seen by people around the world.
"Hopefully by the spring I will have some more things to show the area, and I'd like to spread a little bit farther than just local," Paugh said. "I'll take baby steps, but go big or go home is usually my motto."


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Board of Supervisors Completes Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Mark-up
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
April 21, 2008
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Completes
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Mark-up
On April 21, 2008, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors marked up the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget, which begins on July 1, 2008. Formal adoption of the budget is scheduled to take place April 28, 2008.
The Board's Budget Mark-Up package, presented by Board Budget Chair Sharon Bulova noted that the County is embarking on a challenging period due to the current downturn of the real estate market. Bulova noted the difficulty of the FY 2009 Budget process but cautioned that the worst was likely still ahead. The FY 2009 marked-up budget proposal includes a 3 cent increase in the tax rate from $0.89 to $0.92 per $100 of assessed value but due to lower residential assessment values, the average taxpayer in Fairfax County still will see a minimal reduction in their tax bill.
Bulova's caution is based on current market trends, which show that
residential real estate assessments are likely to experience a
significant decline in FY 2010 as a result of the continued deterioration
of the housing market and that overall County revenue will at best remain
flat but most likely will decline in FY 2010. As a result, funding for
County and Fairfax County Public School spending will be further limited
in FY 2010, and possibly for several years beyond. While
acknowledging a number of worthwhile consideration items proposed for the
FY 2009 budget, Bulova stated that given the potential fiscal situation
for the next few years, only a select few could be funded at this time.
In her remarks accompanying the FY 2009 Mark-Up package, Bulova stated,
"Through cuts and re-allocations within the County Executive's Advertised
budget, and a tax rate adjustment of 3 cents, this package provides a $40
million increase to the Fairfax County Public Schools, maintains our
commitment to pay equity to our County employees and continues funding
for the Board's environmental and affordable housing priorities."
Prior to marking up the FY 2009 fiscal plan, the Board of Supervisors approved the FY 2008 Third Quarter Review. This quarterly review required several adjustments impacting both revenues and disbursements for the remainder of FY 2008 resulting in an estimated FY 2008 available balance of $0.
The FY 2009 plan marked up by the Board of Supervisors provides for a balanced budget based on General Fund Revenue growth of 1.03 percent over the FY 2008 Revised Budget Plan and 1.02 percent over the FY 2008 Adopted Budget Plan. Total General Fund Disbursements are projected to total $3.35 billion, a decrease of $30.77 million or 0.91 percent from the FY 2008 Revised Budget Plan. Excluding adjustments in the current fiscal year, the actual increase over the FY 2008 level is $35.19 million or 1.06 percent over the FY 2008 Adopted Budget Plan. Of the increase over the FY 2008 Adopted Budget Plan, approximately $46.77 million or 132.9 percent is associated with increased funding for Fairfax County Public Schools. Net of the increase to Fairfax County Public Schools, County-only disbursements decreased $11.58 million or 0.73 percent from the FY 2008 Adopted Budget Plan.
The marked-up budget proposal seeks to preserve and maintain investments made in County services and toward the Board's priorities in the areas of education, public safety and gang prevention, affordable housing, environmental protection, transportation and revenue diversification. These goals have long shaped Board resource allocation and program delivery decisions in order to maintain the high quality of life for which Fairfax County is known. Maintaining sufficient funding in support of these priority areas has proved extremely challenging in this most difficult budget year; however this proposal seeks to maintain these investments. To this end, Consideration Items funded by the Board, include:
Increased funds for the Code Enforcement
Strike Team.
Funds to continue the Protecting Children Against Sex Offenders
(P'CASO) program in the Police Department.
- And restoring funding for several Human Services programs impacted by the across-the-board reduction in limited-term salaries.
As noted earlier, the FY 2009 marked-up budget proposal includes a 3 cent increase in the tax rate from $0.89 to $0.92 per $100 of assessed value; however, due to lower residential assessment values, the average taxpayer in Fairfax County still will see a minimal reduction in their tax bill. This increase is necessary to address the following three issues:
The Board deliberations on the FY 2009 budget began by addressing a
shortfall of $24.8 million due to continued declines in revenue and
increased fuel-related costs.
The School Board requested an increase of $63.8 million, or 4.0
percent, over their FY 2008 funding level. The Board adjustments
provide an additional $40.0 million to schools.
- There were a number of County requirements not funded in the County Executive's proposal, including full funding of employee compensation increases, additional support for the Code Enforcement Strike Team, and restoration of the P'CASO positions in the Police Department. These increases are funded by Board-approved reductions in other areas of the County budget.
Even at the $0.92 per $100 of assessed value rate, the average taxpayer will pay slightly less in real estate taxes in FY 2009 than in FY 2008 as a result of the decline in the average assessed value from $542,409 to $524,076. Taxpayers also continue to benefit from the elimination of the motor vehicle decal fee.
Other important elements included in the marked-up FY 2009 budget include implementation of an additional 11-cent real estate tax rate on commercial and industrial property in the County that will generate an additional $51.7 million for new or enhanced transportation initiatives.
The Board reaffirmed its commitment to employee wellness by supporting the County Executive's initiative to improve employees' overall health and well-being. The program will include health risk assessments and an enhanced disease management program, reduced membership rates for merit employees and retirees at the County's RECenters and influenza vaccinations for County employees and retirees. In addition, employees in self-insured plans will not have a premium increase in FY 2009.
Going forward, the Board approved a set of Budget Guidelines for FY 2010 that directed the County Executive to:
Provide the Board with regular updates on the FY 2010 financial
forecast to assist decision making as it relates to guidance to the
County and the Schools on strategic priorities and the budgetary
support for programs and services in FY 2010. The forecast should
include revenue projections with a focus on the residential market
including regular updates on the number of foreclosures, their location
and the impact on the housing market.
Provide the Board with the opportunity to comprehensively review the
County's Lines of Business (LOBS) including focused discussions with
County agencies regarding program and service priorities, possible
areas for elimination, reduction, reorganization, consolidation, and/or
alternative service delivery and provides the opportunity to address
the performance and efficiency of County programs. Because the transfer
to Schools represents more than 50 percent of the budget, the Board
requested that the School Board share in this process and also
undertake a review of School spending and programs.
The Board also noted that they are extremely interested in hearing from the community regarding what Fairfax County's priorities should be during difficult economic times. As a result, the County Executive was directed to implement a public input process as part of the FY 2010 budget that provides opportunity for public comment, including a public hearing in the fall of 2008 as well as online opportunities for residents to communicate questions, suggestions for improvement and concerns. The public input process should include both traditional means of gathering and disseminating information about the budget, such as community meetings and presentations, as well as more online opportunities using newer social media initiatives.
In addition, the Board directed staff to return to the Board with recommendations on short-term adjustments to the Revenue Stabilization Reserve policy to enable the County Executive to quickly access the reserve should revenues drop precipitously and also directed the County Executive to provide recommendations for adjustments to the Revenue Stabilization Reserve criteria to maximize flexibility of the fund while providing for and maintaining adequate reserves to address County emergency requirements. Recommended adjustments could include increasing the size of reserve once the economy recovers to allow for some tax rate stabilization, identifying reserve replenishment procedures and authorizing the County Executive to utilize the fund under certain circumstances as a short term remedy while longer term strategies are being developed.
Information on the FY 2009 budget, including revisions made during the April 21, 2008 Budget Mark-up session, is available by calling the Department of Management and Budget at 703-324-2391, TTY 711, as well as on the County's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb.
April 21, 2008 – FY
2009 Budget Mark-up Process Board Motions (PDF)
o FY 2008 Third Quarter Review
o FY 2009 Budget, including adjustments to the FY 2009 Budget Proposal
o FY 2009-2013 Capital Improvement Program (with future fiscal years to FY 2018), including adjustments
o Budget Guidelines for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.
Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. To request this information in an alternate format, call the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.


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Each day in November—leading up to the winter meetings—Sporting News will analyze the offseason to-do list of a major league team. Leading off: the World Series champions.
They did it again, and again it was unexpected.
The San Francisco Giants got major contributions from role players and great pitching to win their second World Series in three seasons. Now they are faced with the challenge of doing it again.
Considering the impact (.362 average, 44 RBIs in 61 regular season games; the World Series-winning hit) he had on the team after a July trade, Marco Scutaro is a top priority for the Giants. The NLCS MVP is a free agent and has the same love for the Giants that they have for him. But because he is 37, a new deal isn't likely to be more than a few seasons at most.
Other than that, one of the team's priorities is to sit down with catcher Buster Posey and righthander Tim Lincecum. And part of both conversations will involve the other player.
For Posey, manager Bruce Bochy will emphasize being a teamwide leader, even if it means coddling some players and chastising others when necessary. One of the theories for why Posey didn't catch Lincecum for most of the season was that Lincecum needed to be coddled at times and Posey didn't want to do that. Bochy likely will tell Posey he can't pick and choose who he leads and must adapt to his clubhouse's needs.
The conversations with Lincecum will touch on his relationship with Posey, but the focus will be on his poor 2012 season and how he plans to improve in 2013. The Giants also have to reiterate to Lincecum, who can be sensitive, that they consider him a starter. However, the coaching staff knows that if his struggles bleed into next season, they might need to move Lincecum back to the bullpen, where he excelled during the postseason.
The Giants likely will let free-agent left fielder Melky Cabrera walk considering they didn't activate him after he was eligible to return from his 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. But they should seriously consider bringing back on a short, cheap deal, especially if they lose free-agent center fielder Angel Pagan. The Giants were upset about Cabrera's suspension, how he tried to cover up his PED use and how he left the team in the wake of this mess.
Still, this isn't a contest in morality or integrity. The Giants know that better than most organizations. They can buy low on Cabrera and if he is sincere about trying to clean up his image (forfeiting the NL batting title was a nice start), he will sign a team-friendly deal to prove he deserves a better one next winter. It might not work, but San Francisco should try to guilt Cabrera into such an agreement.
General manager Brian Sabean will have to decide if Pagan is worth to them what he will command on the open market (likely around $10 million a season). The Giants will have plenty of competition for his services.
The team also would like to bring back lefthanded reliever Jeremy Affeldt. But the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to give reliever Brandon League a three-year, $22.5 million contract might have put Affeldt out of the Giants' price range.
If the Giants re-sign Scutaro, their infield will be set. The outfield and bullpen are a little more uncertain. Their starting pitching again should be strong, with or without Lincecum. San Francisco and Los Angeles are the clear favorites in the NL West.
Detroit Tigers Hot Stove Report


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I am voting for Linda Atkins for re-election to the Eureka City Council. I supported Linda four years ago and I am even stronger in my support of her this time around. She has done a superlative job as a city councilwoman. She isn't one who just fills a chair on Tuesday evenings at the council meetings. I see her as someone who does her homework on the issues, listens to her constituents, develops thoughtful responses, and represents them in a competent and open manner. Linda has demonstrated time and again her commitment to the citizens of Eureka. I have been impressed with her dedicated involvement in community events and projects. Of course, she has a point of view, but she also is open to listening to people about what is important to them. Some people on the City Council have voiced an opinion that, in essence, it would be nice to have all council members think the same way on issues. I disagree! I think it is important for varying viewpoints to be expressed and represented. Linda is willing to ask tough questions when necessary and to look at issues with a critical mind. She represents Eureka at its best. Please join me and vote for Linda Atkins on Nov. 6.
Barbara Peters


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I seem to have developed snapping hip syndrome, my left hip where the femur attaches has been a little sore(bruise like) the past month or so but not really painful enough to stop doing anything. I wasn't quite sure what it could be, until I finally noticed the snapping on my straddle putts. I rarely straddle putt so the snapping was a new symptom to me recently.
Also my right oblique ab has been sore after playing on the course but not field practice. I tore it pretty good back in May on the course and it felt like when I broke my ribs and rested it a solid two months before attempting playing, and then another month after that. I played the same course again over the weekend and my oblique is tight. I not sure if this is due to the hiking up/down hills, the Revo backpack, or the unlevel tees. I'm also not sure if this could be due to getting more snap on my drives, but it hasn't really bothered me in field practice although I definitely feel more stretch along the right side of my body on followthrough. I'm fairly sure the weight(+30lbs, from 170lbs to 200lbs) I put on over the last year from other injuries haven't helped either. Maybe its a combination of everything?
Anybody gone through anything similar?


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Person of interest sought in suspicious Tahoe death case
January 10, 2014
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Detectives are looking for the public's help in locating a person of interest as part of their investigation into a suspicious death last weekend at Lake Tahoe.
Washoe County Sheriff's Office deputies found the body of Christopher Elliott, 46, on the front porch of his residence at about 4 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at the 900 block of Northwood Boulevard in Incline Village, officials said in a press release earlier this week.
The case is under investigation, although detectives said "it does not appear as if a firearm or cutting device was involved…"
In a Friday statement, the sheriff's office said detectives want to speak with three white males who were inside a dark-colored SUV parked in front of the 7-Eleven convenience store at the corner of Tahoe and Village boulevards at about 11 p.m. on Dec. 21.
Detectives believe the men provided transportation from 7-Eleven to a location on College Drive for a "person of interest," described as a white male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and shorts.
In a Friday interview, WCSO Public Information Officer Bob Harmon said the three men inside the SUV are potential witnesses and are not suspects in the case.
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Study abroad experience leads alum to found nonprofit serving persecuted refugees
While a student at Baylor, Christopher Woodruff, BA '09, traveled to Thailand through a study-abroad program where he taught English. There, he met a young man who had fled his home country, only to again be persecuted for his beliefs there in Thailand. Woodruff and another friend, Michael Hoyt, worked together to help the man and his wife.
Even after leaving Thailand, Woodruff's heart remained with those like the young man he had met. Together with Hoyt, Woodruff founded Life Raft International in June 2011, The organization aims "to feed, shelter and protect people who have escaped persecution in their home countries only to face it anew in the country where they hoped to find refuge," and recently received 501(c)(3) status.
"This is the culmination of a lot of hard work and is intrinsically linked to Baylor since the university provided me the opportunity to go to Thailand and teach English," says Woodruff, who currently runs LRI and is also a part-time law student. "It was in Thailand that my eyes were opened to the refugee crisis in Bangkok."
The long-term commitment from Woodruff and Hoyt is evident in the organization's vision and values. Though the primary work of LRI is feeding and providing shelter for re-persecuted families, there are also a number of additional opportunities on the horizon. You can keep up with the work of LRI by reading their blog; to learn how you can help with their efforts, click here.
Sic 'em, Life Raft International!


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(UPDATED COVERAGE, March 3) TAMPA, Fla. — The Southeast Produce Council's Southern Exposure 2012 opened March 2 with record participation.
The organization's big winter event saw large numbers of retail, foodservice and wholesale buyers converge on the Sunshine State.
This year, 1,487 growers, shippers, brokers, marketers, distributors and buyers are in Tampa, up from last year's record 1,403 participants, said Terry Vorhees, the East Ellijay, Ga.-based organization's executive director.
More than 300 retail and foodservice buyers converged for the show, higher than the 280 buyers who trekked to last year's event in Orlando, Vorhees said.
"The show is going very well," said former council president Tom Page, the East Coast procurement manager for the Lakeland office of Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu Inc. "We are at record attendance again. We have record booths and record people here."
On March 2, buses loaded with retail and foodservice buyers visited central Florida growing and importing operations.
At Plant City-based Wish Farms' Duette growing operation, Gary Wishnatzki, president and chief executive officer, described growing, harvesting and distribution operations.
"We have had some real weather challenges this season," he said. "This season has been one of the worst we have ever gone through."
At the Port Manatee importing operations of Del Monte Fresh Produce NA Inc., a subsidiary of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., tour participants saw how Del Monte handles its banana and tropical imports in its second largest U.S. port.
"We have a big operation here," said Dennis Christou, Del Monte's vice president of marketing. "We are proud of being part of the growing trend of helping consumers eat healthier."
In a March 3 session on the Produce Traceability Initiative, Gene Harris, senior purchasing manager for Denny's Corp., Spartanburg, S.C., said the restaurant chain has a list of approved distributors which must employ effective traceback systems for the 120 U.S. produce distributors Denny's uses.
"We have 1,650 restaurants and growing," Harris said. "We're in 50 states and four countries. Our distribution is fragmented. That's why traceability is important to us. We want to know where everything's coming from."
A session also covered how food bloggers are influencing produce consumers.
The confab welcomed participants with a golden age of Hollywood-themed gala opening party at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina the evening of March 2. Events on March 3 include a large trade show that features 240 exhibits.
Up to 270 participants played golf during the March 1 pre-convention golf tournament, Vorhees said.


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Selecting and Applying to a College
- Research tips when choosing a college
The college selection process can be both exciting and a bit overwhelming--there's a lot to research, and you'll want to help your child find a school that's a good match. To get started, visit the websites that many colleges now have, or use college guidebooks. Your child will likely be interested in the college's size, geographic region, academic offerings, and quality of life, while you'll be interested in cost and financial aid. Working together, you and your child can create a list of colleges to apply to, including a core group and a couple of "safety" and "stretch" schools.
- The college application process
Choosing references, writing a personal essay, assembling transcripts and SAT scores, meeting deadlines--they're all part of the college application process. The process may seem overwhelming, but it's important that your child package this information the best way possible. This is especially true for reference letters and the personal essay, either of which can be the deciding factor in an admission. Also, colleges often favor applicants who demonstrate a real passion in one or a few extracurricular pursuits. Most colleges allow early and regular admissions, and many accept on-line applications.