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Peter J. Brent, EA, CFP®
Pete graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Economics and Finance and enjoyed a successful career as a high school Business Education teacher. While teaching, he started a small, home-based income tax practice, which became the foundation for Brent Financial Group. From its humble roots, the business has evolved into its current format of a full-service, client-centered financial consulting and wealth management firm.
Pete's credentials include FINRA Series 7 and 63 securities registrations (held through Commonwealth Financial Network) and life insurance licenses. He became an IRS Enrolled Agent in 1977, earned his CFP® certification in 1986, and completed graduate work in taxation at Pace University.
Pete loves living in New York's Hudson Valley with its many beautiful and historic sites to explore. He and his wife Christina are avid travelers, but they also enjoy relaxing at home with a good book. He has always been passionate about baseball, particularly his New York Yankees. Pete has a long history of involvement in the community, and he currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, and he continues his 20+ year involvement with the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter.
Peter Brent is proud to have been recognized as a Vista Club advisor for 2017—a distinction based on annual production that places him among the top 30 percent of advisors affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network.
Each year, Commonwealth, the Registered Investment Adviser–broker/dealer that helps us process investment transactions on your behalf, recognizes Vista Club advisors by inviting them to an exclusive gathering of their peers, leading industry experts, and Commonwealth home office staff. Vista Club advisors benefit from an intensive learning and networking experience designed to help them hone their expertise, share best practices, and provide ever-higher levels of service, education, and leadership to their clients.
Laurie Brent Schiavone, CFP®
Vice President
Laurie is a 1985 graduate of Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, where she majored in economics and minored in statistics. She joined Brent Financial Group in 1989 and has been a registered representative of Commonwealth Financial Network®, Member FINRA/SIPC, since 1992. Laurie is involved in all areas of the practice. Her credentials include FINRA Series 7 and 63 securities registrations (held through Commonwealth Financial Network), life insurance licenses, and the CFP® certification.
Laurie lives in Poughkeepsie, New York, with her husband, Frank. They have four sons—Maxwell, Garrett, Jacob, and Nathan. Her family has a community ministry, Jane's Grace, which started from Laurie's volunteer time with a local domestic violence shelter. Active members of their gospel church, they have made serving others a priority as a family.
Thomas Bridgman, EA
Director, Tax Operations
Tom joined Brent Financial in 2008 and has been preparing individual, small business, and nonprofit tax returns since 2003. He has been manager of tax operations since 2015. Previously, he was a programmer with IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, New York.
Tom is licensed to practice before the Internal Revenue Service and is an active member of the NY/CT Association of Tax Professionals and the National Association of Tax Professionals. He received a bachelor's degree from Pace University and a certificate in financial planning from Marist College. He and his daughter live in Wappingers Falls.
Kimberly Crose
Administrative Assistant
Kim joined Brent Financial Group in 1997 as an administrative assistant to Peter and Laurie. She holds a degree in English and psychology from the State University of New York at Fredonia, and she earned a certificate in office administration from Krissler Business Institute. She holds her FINRA Series 6, 55, and 63 securities registrations through Commonwealth Financial Network, and she also has her New York state insurance license.
Kim lives in Hyde Park, New York, with her daughter, Cory, and she has a son, Colin, who lives in Texas. She is an avid yoga student, and she loves to dance, write, walk around the many beautiful sites of the Hudson Valley, explore new places, and visit interesting art, gift, and antique shops.
Rosemarie Cummings
Office Manager
Rosemarie has spent her career in the legal, insurance & real estate industries. She is an 8-year retired Freelance Professional Court Reporter covering from Southern Westchester to the Sullivan County line. She previously worked as a Legal Assistant for a local town justice, retired 23 years as a NYS Independent Insurance Agent, and retired NYS Real Estate Salesperson. In the past, "Ro" has enjoyed working part time as a Weight Watchers Leader having received their most prestigious award for coaching the most members to their Lifetime goals.
Ro and her husband combined have seven children with their last child still at home. Besides the Yankees, they share a passion of buying, selling, renovating, renting, and flipping real estate and have just finished their ninth project.
Other activities include enjoying the beach, gardening, cooking, mastering gluten-free baking, entertaining family and friends and her many pets.
Renée Laferriere, EA
Senior Tax Advisor
Renée joined Brent Financial Group in 2012. She has been preparing federal and state income tax returns since 1990. In January 2015, Renee was granted the federal designation of Enrolled Agent. Renee holds a BS in mathematics from the University of New Hampshire.
Originally from New England, Renée and her husband, Brian, have lived in the Hudson Valley for more than 25 years. They have three children and reside in Pleasant Valley. When she is not preparing tax returns, Renée is a soccer mom (and basketball, baseball/softball, ballet, band, and orchestra mom!).
Amy Lawer, EA
Senior Tax Advisor
Amy has been preparing taxes for over ten years, specializing in individual and small business returns. With prior experience in the Navy and a background in Emergency medicine, she spent almost 20 years as a paramedic in New York State before becoming an Enrolled Agent in 2014. She strives to educate my clients regarding their specific tax situations, and help them legally attain their tax goals through appropriate tax planning.
She is a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP), NY/CT Association of Tax Professionals, and the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers (ASTPS), and has completed Representation Boot Camp. She serves as a director and member of the education committee for the NY chapter of the NATP, as well as the education committee of NY/CT ATP.
Amy is the proud mother of four adult children, two fur-kids, and the grandmother of four amazing little ones. She enjoys reading, making jewelry, crafts, and volunteering with a children's cancer group.
Vee Miller, EA
Senior Tax Advisor
Vee received her associate's degree from Dutchess Community College, her bachelor's degree from SUNY Cortland, and her master's degree from SUNY New Paltz. She is enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service and has been preparing taxes since 1985. In addition, Vee received a certificate of financial planning from Marist College in 1997.
Vee joined Brent Financial Group in 1995. In her role, she prepares individual returns, business returns, and payroll forms. She is an active member of the National Association of Tax Practitioners. Vee has taught numerous tax courses locally at Marist College for the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification program.
Vee and her husband, Rick, reside in Poughkeepsie, New York. They have three children, Julie, Kristen, and John, and three grandchildren. In her spare time, Vee enjoys reading and crossword puzzles.
Emily Oakhill
Administrative Assistant
Emily joined Brent Financial Group as a seasonal, part-time employee in November 2007 and worked as a front desk receptionist during tax seasons in 2008–2009. In the off-season, she worked as a docent at one of the Hudson Valley's historic estates. Emily holds a degree in history from Pace University, and her career path also includes archivist, dressmaker, and fabric conservator.
In September 2010, Emily accepted a full-time position at Brent Financial as an assistant to Pete and Laurie and helps run the financial planning side of the business with Kim Crose.
Emily lives in the town of Poughkeepsie with her husband, Harold. Weekends find the house full of their four children and their families, which now include two granddaughters.
Emily and Harold volunteer with the American Field Service and include six international students as part of their extended family. Emily is active in her church choir, English Handbell choir, and the Hudson Valley Ladies Aide Society—an American Civil War civilian reenactment group. She enjoys quilting, baking, and watching classic American musicals.
Rose Sasso, EA
Senior Tax Advisor
Rose joined Brent Financial in 2010, bringing 16 years of tax preparation experience in personal and small business tax returns, including rental property and investments, tax audits, and tax planning. Her previous experience includes 10 years as a foreign currency trader and 9 years as a child associate for Wappingers Central School District.
Rose lives with her husband and three children in Wappingers Falls and enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and sports.


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A range of resources is available to assist assessors
The Biodiversity Offsets Scheme under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 commenced on 25 August 2017 visit Biodiversity Offset Scheme.
The information on this page only remains relevant for savings and transitional arrangements under former legislation and policy. Visit Biodiversity Offset Scheme Transitional Arrangements for more information.
Field data sheets can be used by assessors to record transect and plot data for a biobank or development site. Field data sheets for BioBanking: biobank/development site includes instructions for carrying out field work, descriptions of key terms as well as a landscape value assessment sheet, transect plot data sheet, transect tally table and a transect plot worksheet. Download either:
The plots template (CSV 1KB) is a form used to import transect and plot data into the credit calculator, following the steps set out in the operational manual.
The local benchmark calculator spreadsheet (XLS 35KB) assists BioBanking Assessors to calculate a local benchmark from transect and plot data collected at a local reference site or from published data. Local benchmarks must be developed in accordance with the methodology and the procedures set out in the operational manual. The Field data sheets for BioBanking: local reference site data can be used by assessors to record transect and plot data for a local reference site to establish a local benchmark. Download either:
A tool that converts credits to hectares was developed for Biodiversity Certification proposals as set out in section 9.3.1 of the Biodiversity Certification Assessment Methodology (PDF 236KB). The Credit Converter (XLS 173KB) is an estimation tool to convert a quantity of ecosystem credits and/or species credits required for a development into an estimate of the area of land that would be required as an offset. The Credit Converter can also be used to estimate the likely costs of an offset based on land value and management costs. Please see the instructions page in the Credit Converter for more information.
The paddock tree calculator spreadsheet (XLS 49KB) assists users to assess areas containing scattered paddock trees. It can be used to determine whether the area is in low condition or not, and to calculate the effective clearing area. Detailed guidelines on the survey methods used to assess scattered paddock trees are contained in the operational manual.
Threatened species that can't be reliably predicted to occur on a development site or a biobank site, based on plant community type, distribution and habitat criteria, are identified by the Threatened Species Profile Database (TSPD) as 'species credit' species. This includes all threatened plant species, and a subset of the fauna species.
Assessment of these species may require a targeted survey to determine their presence and distribution on the subject site. Field survey methods used to survey for these species should be described in the Biodiversity Assessment Report (BAR). Guide to surveying threatened plant species (OEH 2016) and the Threatened species survey and assessment guideline for amphibians (DECC 2009) provide more precise information about survey effort required to establish the presence or absence of individual plant and amphibian species.

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MIAMI — He sat by his cubicle in the Orange Bowl locker room early Sunday evening, long after many teammates had left. Linebacker Jackie Shipp was too happy to call it a night. He was giggling, screaming, bobbing his head as if it were battery-operated.
The former No. 1 pick had enjoyed the best game of his two-year career in a 31-0 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs and wanted everyone in listening distance to know that, after a disappointing rookie season, this Shipp is finally on course.
It couldn`t have come at a better time for the Miami defense, especially with the Denver Broncos and quarterback John Elway next in line Sunday at Mile High Stadium.
``It`s just a matter of going out there and being relaxed,`` Shipp said. ``We`ve got one of the more complex defenses in the league, and we now have it under control. I`ve played football all my life and I`ve always been a good player. But I`m not satisfied with being a good player.
``I want to be a great player. Hopefully, I`m on my way.``
Defensive coordinator Chuck Studley repeatedly has stated that Shipp, the left inside linebacker, is the key to Miami`s defense.
``If we`re going to be very good, Shipp will have to lead the way,`` Studley said.
He led the way Sunday with 12 solo tackles and two assists.
One play stands out: third-and-1 from the Miami 37, late in the second quarter. Chiefs running back Herman Heard takes the handoff and heads left. Shipp beats his blocker and smothers Heard for no gain. Nick Lowery comes in and misses a 55-yard field goal.
It was the type of play Miami has failed to stop many times in the past two seasons, the type of play good teams need to make.


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Legal Status
Proposed Rule
Document Details
Published Document
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Proposed rule.
The proposed rule updates and clarifies the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC or "the Commission") regulations using plain language. We are removing outdated information, and expanding sections for greater clarity and conformity with our current guidelines. This revised regulation applies to all NHPRC applicants and grantees.
Comments are due by April 8, 2002.
Comments must be sent to Regulation Comments Desk (NPOL). Our postal address is Room 4100, Policy and Communications Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, and our fax number is 301-713-7270.You may also submit comments via email to email@example.com. If you send an email, see Supplementary Information for detailed instructions.Start Further Info
Nancy Allard at telephone number 301-713-7360, ext. 226, or fax number 301-713-7270.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
If you send comments via email, please submit comments in the body of your message or as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include "Attn: RIN 3095-AA93" in the subject line of the email and your name and return address in your email message. If you do not receive a message confirming that we have received your email, contact the Regulation Comment desk at 301-713-7360, ext. 226.
The terms "we", "I", and "our" as used in this preamble refer to NHPRC and "you" and "your" refer to the reader.
The NHPRC makes grants to State and local government archives, colleges and universities, libraries, historical societies, nonprofit organizations, and individuals in the United States to help identify, preserve, publish, and provide public access to records, photographs, and other materials that document United States history.
We are proposing the following substantive changes. Delete outdated or unnecessary information. Remove the definitions for "regional" and "national" projects in § 1206.2 because we no longer use them. Update the requirements for subvention grants (proposed § 1206.18) to conform to our guidelines, adding the requirement that the grantee send ten complimentary copies of the volume to the project director or editor in addition to the five copies sent to the NHPRC.
Remove § 1206.20, Microform publication standards because we no longer have our own specifications. We now refer applicants and grantees to accepted industry standards. Reduce the number of copies of the guides required for microform projects, from five copies to three.
Add additional information on our relationship with the State historical records advisory boards, including a statement that recognizes planning as a function of all State boards. Also, in the case where there is no active State board in a State, we provide that applicants, other than State government agencies, may apply directly to the NHPRC. We cite "The Manual of Suggested Practices for State Historical Records Coordinators and State Historical Records Advisory Boards" for additional guidance, replacing "Guidelines for State Historical Records Coordinators and State Historical Records Advisory Boards." In addition, we specify that either the governor or the State coordinator may designate a deputy State historical records coordinator.
Remove the definition for "combined grants" because it was confusing and redundant. Clarify cost sharing arrangements and policies. Expand our explanation of the review and evaluation process.
This proposed rule is a significant regulatory action for the purposes of Executive Order 12866 and has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, I certify that this rule will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. In fiscal year 2000 the NHPRC made grants to only 72 organizations and entities as defined in the Act, from the 84 applications submitted.Start List of Subjects
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1206
- Archives and records
- Grant programs-education
- Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, NARA proposes to revise part 1206 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations to read as follows:Start Part
- 1206.1
- How do you use pronouns in this part?
- 1206.2
- What does this part cover?
- 1206.3
- What terms have you defined?
- 1206.4
- What is the purpose of the Commission?
- 1206.5
- Who is on the Commission?
- 1206.6
- How do you organize the grant program?
- 1206.8
- How do you operate the grant program?
- 1206.10
- What are the scope and purpose of publications grants?
- 1206.12
- What type of proposal is eligible for a publications grant?
- 1206.14
- What type of proposal is ineligible for a publications grant?
- 1206.16
- What are my responsibilities once I have received a publications grant?
- 1206.18
- What is a subvention grant, and am I eligible for one?
- 1206.20
- What are the scope and purpose of records grants?
- 1206.22
- What type of proposal is eligible for a records grant?
- 1206.24
- What type of proposal is ineligible for a records grant?
- 1206.30
- What is a State historical records advisory board?Start Printed Page 5543
- 1206.32
- What is a State historical records coordinator?
- 1206.34
- What are the duties of the deputy State historical records coordinator?
- 1206.40
- What types of funding and cost sharing arrangements does the Commission make?
- 1206.42
- Does the Commission ever place conditions on its grants?
- 1206.44
- Who may apply for NHPRC grants?
- 1206.46
- When are applications due?
- 1206.48
- How do I apply for a grant?
- 1206.50
- What must I provide as a formal grant application?
- 1206.52
- Who reviews and evaluates grant proposals?
- 1206.54
- What formal notification will I receive and will it contain other information?
- 1206.60
- Who is responsible for administration of NHPRC grants?
- 1206.62
- Where can I find the regulatory requirements that apply to NHPRC grants?
- 1206.64
- When do I need prior written approval for changes in the grant project?
- 1206.66
- How do I obtain written approval for changes in my grant project?
- 1206.68
- Are there any changes for which I do not need approval?
- 1206.70
- What reports am I required to make?
- 1206.72
- What is the format and content of the financial report?
- 1206.74
- What is the format and content of the narrative report?
- 1206.76
- What additional materials must I submit with the final narrative report?
- 1206.78
- Does the NHPRC have any liability under a grant?
- 1206.80
- Must I acknowledge NHPRC grant support?
Subpart A—General
In the section heading questions we use the pronouns "I" and "my" to refer to the reader, and "you" to refer to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission ("NHPRC" or "the Commission") as if you, the reader, were asking us, the Commission, these questions. In the section body, we use the pronouns "you" and "yours" to refer to the reader and "we" and "our" to refer to the Commission as we answer the questions posed.
This part prescribes the procedures and rules governing the operation of the grant program of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
(a) The term Commission means the National Historical Publications and Records Commission or the Chairman of the Commission or the Executive Director of the Commission, acting on the Commission's behalf.
(b) The term historical records means record material having permanent or enduring value regardless of physical form or characteristics, including, but not limited to, manuscripts, archives, personal papers, official records, maps, audiovisual materials, and electronic files.
(c) In §§ 1206.30 and 1206.32, the term State means all 50 States of the Union, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific.
(d) The term State projects means records projects involving records or activities directed by organizations operating within one State. Records or activities of such projects will typically be under the administrative control of the organization applying for the grant. The records or activities need not relate to the history of the State.
(e) The term cost sharing means the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project (e.g., registration fees).
(f) The term direct costs means expenses that are attributable directly to the cost of a project, such as salaries, project supplies, travel expenses, and equipment rented or purchased for the project.
(g) The term indirect costs means costs incurred for common or joint objectives and therefore not attributable to a specific project or activity. Typically, indirect costs include items such as overhead for facilities maintenance and accounting services.
(h) The term board refers to a State historical records advisory board.
(i) The term coordinator means the coordinator of a State historical records advisory board.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission, a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration, supports a wide range of activities to preserve, publish, and encourage the use of primary documentary sources. These sources can be in every medium, created with tools ranging from quill pen to computer, relating to the history of the United States. Through our grant programs, training programs, and special projects, we offer advice and assistance to non-Federal, non-profit organizations, agencies, and institutions, including Federally-acknowledged or State-recognized Native American tribes or groups, and to individuals committed to the preservation, publication, and use of United States documentary resources.
Established by Congress in 1934, the Commission is a 15-member body, chaired by the Archivist of the United States and comprised of representatives of the three branches of the Federal Government and of professional associations of archivists, historians, documentary editors, and records administrators.
We primarily offer grants through a program supporting publications projects (Subpart B) and records projects (Subpart C). We also offer fellowships for individuals in archival administration and documentary editing, as well as an annual institute for the editing of historical documents.
(a) The Executive Director and staff manage the program under guidance from the Commission and the immediate administrative direction of its chairman, the Archivist of the United States.
(b) To assure fair treatment of every application, all members of the Commission and its staff follow conflict-of-interest rules.
(c) The purpose and work plan of all NHPRC funded grant projects must be in accord with current NHPRC guidelines and funding can be released only upon the recommendation of the Commission to the Archivist.
Subpart B—Publications Grants
Publications projects are intended to make documentary source material that is important to the study and understanding of United States history widely available. Historical records must have national value and interest.
We provide support for:
(a) Documentary editing projects consisting of either the papers of a United States leader in a significant phase of life in the United States or historical records relating to outstanding Start Printed Page 5544events or topics or themes of national significance in United States history. These projects involve collecting, compiling, transcribing, editing, annotating, and publishing, either selectively or comprehensively, the papers or historical records.
(b) Fellowships in historical documentary editing at editorial projects supported by the NHPRC.
(c) Subvention grants to nonprofit presses to help defray publication costs of NHPRC-supported or endorsed editions.
We do not support:
(a) Historical research apart from the editing of documentary publications; or
(b) Documentary editing projects to publish the papers of someone who has been deceased for fewer than ten years.
(a) Printed publications.
(1) With no subvention grant. You, the project director, must send three copies of each book publication to: National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20408-0001.
(2) With subvention grant. You, the publisher, must submit five copies of each book publication to the NHPRC at the address in paragraph (a)(1) of this section and ten copies to the project director or editor. The project director need not provide any copies to the NHPRC. (See § 1206.18.)
(b) Microform publications. For microform projects, you, the grantee, must make positive micrographics and all finding aids available to institutions, scholars, or students through interlibrary loan and for purchase. You must also send three complimentary copies of the microform guides and indexes to the NHPRC at the address in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
(c) Electronic documentary publications. If you publish a documentary edition in electronic form, you must produce a copy of the edition in an archivally-recognized format for long-term preservation.
(a) A subvention grant is a subsidy of printing costs.
(b) We use subvention grants to encourage the widest possible distribution of NHPRC-supported and endorsed documentary editions and the highest archival permanence standards of paper, printing, and binding.
(c) The Commission considers grant applications from nonprofit presses for the subvention of part of the costs of manufacturing and distributing volumes that we have funded or formally endorsed.
(d) You, the publisher, must send five complimentary copies to NHPRC, and ten complimentary copies to the project director or editor for each published volume for which we gave you a subvention grant.
Subpart C—Records Grants
Records projects are supported by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to preserve and make available State government, local government, and non-government historical records of national and State significance for the purpose of furthering an understanding and appreciation of United States history.
We provide support for:
(a) Locating, preserving and making available records of State, local, and other governmental units; and other private collections maintained in non-Federal, non-profit repositories and special collections relating to particular fields of study, including the arts, business, education, ethnic and minority groups, immigration, labor, politics, professional services, religion, science, urban affairs, and women;
(b) Advancing the state of the art in archival and records management; and in the long-term maintenance and easy access of authentic electronic records;
(c) Promoting cooperative efforts among institutions and organizations in archival and records management;
(d) Improving the knowledge, performance, and professional skills of those who work with historical records; and
(e) Fellowships in archival administration, a training program in various aspects of archival management held at host institutions.
We do not support proposals:
(a) To construct, renovate, furnish, or purchase a building or land;
(b) To purchase manuscripts or other historical records;
(c) To conserve archaeological artifacts, museum objects, or works of art;
(d) To exhibit archaeological artifacts, museum objects, works of art, and documents;
(e) To acquire, preserve, or describe books, periodicals, or other library materials;
(f) To acquire, preserve, or describe art objects, sheet music, or other works primarily of value as works of art or entertainment;
(g) To support celebrations, reenactments, and other observations of historical events.
(h) To conduct a records project centered on the papers of an appointed or elected public official who remains in major office, or is politically active, or the majority of whose papers have not yet been accessioned into a repository;
(i) To process historical records, most of which will be closed to researchers for more than five years, or not be accessible to all users on equal terms, or will be in a repository that denies public access;
(j) To conduct an arrangement, description, or preservation project in which the pertinent historical records are privately owned or deposited in an institution subject to withdrawal upon demand for reasons other than requirements of law; and
(k) To conduct an arrangement, description, or preservation project involving Federal government records that are:
(1) In the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or an archives officially affiliated with NARA;
(2) In the custody of another Federal agency; or
(3) Deposited in a non-Federal institution without an agreement authorized by NARA.
Subpart D—State Historical Records Advisory Boards
(a) Each State actively participating in the NHPRC records program must adopt an appointment process and appoint a State historical records advisory board (the board) consisting of at least seven members, including the State historical records coordinator (see § 1206.32), who chairs the board, unless otherwise specified in State statute or regulation. The board coordinator must provide the Commission with a description of the appointment process. A majority of the members should have recognizable experience in the administration of government records, manuscripts, or archives. The board should be as broadly representative as possible of the public and private archives, records offices, and research institutions and organizations in the State. Board members will not be deemed to be Start Printed Page 5545officials or employees of the Federal Government and will receive no Federal compensation for their service on the board. They are appointed for three years. They may be re-appointed to serve additional terms. Preferably their terms should be staggered so that one-third of the board is newly appointed or re-appointed each year. If the board is not established in State law, members may continue to serve until replacements are appointed. The board may adopt standards for attendance and may declare membership positions open if those standards are not met. The Board should adopt a conflict-of-interest policy, unless otherwise provided for in State statute or regulation.
(b) The board is the central advisory body for historical records planning and for Commission-funded records projects carried out within the State. The board helps historical records repositories and other information agencies coordinate activities within the State. The board reviews State records grant proposals for State projects as defined in the NHPRC guidelines and makes recommendations to the Commission. The board also engages in planning activities by developing, revising, and submitting to the Commission priorities for State historical records projects following the NHPRC guidelines. The board may also provide various other services. For example, it may sponsor and publish surveys of the conditions and needs of historical records in the State; solicit or develop proposals for projects to be carried out in the State with NHPRC grants or regrants; promote an understanding of the role and value of historical records; and review the operation and progress of projects in the State financed by NHPRC grants.
(c) The NHPRC will not consider a grant proposal from a State government agency until a board is appointed and all appointments are current. If an active board is not in place within a State, local governments, nonprofit organizations or institutions, and individuals within that state may apply directly to the Commission for support.
(a) Appointment. In order to actively participate in the NHPRC records program, your governor must appoint a State historical records coordinator (coordinator), the full-time professional official in charge of the State archival program or agency, unless otherwise specified in state statute or regulation. If your State has another State government historical agency or agencies with archival and/or records responsibilities, the official(s) in charge of at least one of these must be a member of the State historical records advisory board (board).
(b) Duties. The coordinator is appointed to a minimum four-year term, but may continue to serve until replaced by the governor or until resignation. The coordinator will be the central coordinating officer for the historical records grant program in the State and should serve as chair of the board unless otherwise specified in the State statute or regulation. The coordinator is not deemed to be an official or employee of the Federal Government and will receive no Federal compensation for such service. The "Manual of Suggested Practices for State Historical Records Coordinators and State Historical Records Advisory Boards" which is available from the Commission and from State historical records coordinators, provides further information on the role of the coordinator. For a copy, write to NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408-0001, or contact us by email at email@example.com.
(c) Replacement. In the event of the resignation of the coordinator or other inability to serve, a deputy coordinator, if one has been designated, will serve as acting coordinator until the governor makes an appointment. In the absence of a deputy coordinator, the NHPRC will recognize an acting coordinator, selected by the State board, who will serve until the governor appoints a coordinator in order to conduct the necessary business of the board.
The governor or coordinator may designate a deputy State historical records coordinator to assist in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the coordinator and to serve as an acting coordinator at the coordinator's direction or upon the coordinator's resignation or other inability to serve.
Subpart E—Applying for NHPRC Grants
(a) Types of grants.
(1) Matching grant. A matching grant is a way to demonstrate shared Federal/non-Federal support for projects. We will only match funds raised from non-Federal sources, either monies provided by the applicant's own institution specifically for the project or from a non-Federal third-party source.
(2) Outright grant. Outright grants are those awards we make without any matching component.
(b) Cost sharing arrangements.
(1) For publications projects that first received NHPRC funding prior to 1992, the Commission will supply as much as 75 percent of the direct costs.
(2) For publications projects funded after 1992, the Commission will provide no more than 50 percent of direct costs. We will give preference to projects for which the sponsoring institution bears at least 25 percent of the direct costs. For short-term (i.e., 3 years or less) publications projects, we will give preference to applicants that provide at least 50 percent of the project's total direct and indirect costs.
(3) For records projects, the Commission will give preference to projects in which the applicants provide at least 50 percent of the project's total direct and indirect costs.
(4) We prefer the applicant cover indirect costs through cost sharing.
In making its decisions on grants, the Commission may place certain conditions on its grants. We describe those possible conditions in the booklet Grant Guidelines: How to Apply for NHPRC Grants, How to Administer NHPRC Grants. For a copy, write to NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408-0001, or contact us by email at email@example.com.
The Commission will consider applications from State and local government agencies (Federal agencies are not eligible to apply), U.S. non-profit organizations and institutions, including institutions of higher education, Federally acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups, United States citizens applying as individuals rather than for an organization, and State historical records advisory boards. Most NHPRC grants to individuals are awarded under its fellowship programs. In general, we prefer projects operating within a host institution.
The Commission generally meets twice a year, and we consider grant proposals during our meetings. For current application deadlines contact the NHPRC staff or your State historical records coordinators (for records grant proposals). Some State boards have Start Printed Page 5546established pre-submission review deadlines for records proposals; further information is available from your State coordinator(s). We will publish deadlines once a year in the Federal Register. All proposals must be postmarked by those deadlines.
(a) Contact the NHPRC staff. We encourage you to discuss your proposal through correspondence, by phone, or in person with Commission staff and/or, in the case of records proposals, with the appropriate State historical records coordinator before you submit the proposal and at all stages of your proposal's development.
(b) Contact your State Historical Records Advisory Board.
(1) Contact is not necessary if:
(i) Your proposal is for documentary editing and publication subvention projects;
(ii) You are a Native American applicant; or
(iii) Your project will largely take place in more than one state.
(2) Staff contacts and a list of State historical records coordinators may be found on our Web site at http://www.nara.gov/nhprc.
You must submit the following materials as part of your grant application:
(a) Application forms. You can obtain copies of the following application forms from the Commission:
|If you are an applicant for . . .
|Then you must submit . . .
|(1) NHPRC publication and records grants
|"Application for Federal Assistance" (Standard Form 424) and "Budget Form" (NA Form 17001; OMB Control Number 3095-0004);
|(2) Subvention grants
|NHPRC subvention grant application (OMB Control Number 3095-0021), "Application for Federal Assistance" (Standard Form 424) and "Budget Form" (NA Form 17001);
|(3) Archival or historical documentary editing fellowship host institutions
|NHPRC "Application for Host Institutions of Archival Administration or Historical Documentary Editing Fellowships" (OMB Control Number 3095-0015)
|(4) NHPRC-sponsored fellowships
|"Application for Archival Administration or Historical Documentary Editing Fellowships" (OMB Control Number 3095-0014);
|(5) NHPRC-sponsored editing institute
|"Application for Attendance at the Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents" (OMB Control Number 3095-0012).
(b) Assurances and certifications. You must submit the following assurances and certifications, signed by an authorized representative of your institution, or if you are an individual applicant, by you:
(1) "Assurances—Non-Construction Programs" (Standard Form 424B).
(2) "Certification Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-free Workplace Requirements."
(c) Project summary. You must submit a project summary. A description of the project summary is found in the booklet Grant Guidelines: How to Apply for NHPRC Grants, How to Administer NHPRC Grants that is available from the NHPRC and from State historical records coordinators.
(d) List of performance objectives. You must list in the proposal from four to seven quantifiable objectives by which the project can be evaluated following the submission of the final report and the closing of the grant. NHPRC evaluates the project to determine whether it produces the results promised in grant applications.
(e) Submission requirements. Send the original, signed copy of your application to the NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20408-0001. Your properly completed application and any materials you send with it (such as pamphlets and photographic prints) will not be returned to you. Additional copies must be sent as follows:
|If you are applying for . . .
|Then you must send . . .
|(1) A documentary editing project that has previously been supported by the Commission
|Two additional copies to the NHPRC;
|(2) A subvention grant
|Two additional copies to the NHPRC;
|(3) A new documentary editing project
|Two additional copies to the NHPRC;
|(4) A records grant and you are a Native American applicant
|Two additional copies to the NHPRC;
|(5) A records that is being done in a state where there is a State historical records advisory board
|One additional copy to the NHPRC and one copy to the State historical records coordinator. In order to help facilitate the review process, however, it is recommended a state where that applicants send a copy for each member of the state board;
|(6) A records grant whose work will take place in more than one State
|Two additional copies to the NHPRC.
(a) State boards. State historical records advisory boards evaluate records proposals on technical merits as well as on their relation to State-plan priorities. The board can return proposals it finds inappropriate or incomplete, with recommendations for revision, on which we will not act unless the applicant submits a revision for consideration in a later cycle. The Board may also recommend that the Commission reject the proposal.
(b) Peer reviewers. The NHPRC asks from five to ten external peer reviewers, some of whom may be selected from a list provided by you, to evaluate the proposal if the proposal:
(1) Requests NHPRC funds of $75,000 or more;
(2) Requests a grant period of two years or more;
(3) Involves complex technological processes and issues with which the NHPRC staff may be unfamiliar;
(4) Is a resubmission that the NHPRC invited; or
(5) Is not reviewed by a State historical records advisory board.
(c) Other reviewers. We may subject on-going documentary editions to Start Printed Page 5547special review by NHPRC staff and outside specialists, particularly when:
(1) You propose to change the project director/editor;
(2) Your sponsoring institution encounters difficulties or you propose a change in that institution;
(3) Your major search for materials has been completed;
(4) Your project finishes publication in one medium and plans to begin publication in another; or
(5) You change your project's estimate of quantity of publications and/or time needed to complete the project.
(d) NHPRC staff. NHPRC staff will analyze the reviewer's comments, State board evaluations, the appropriateness of the project toward Commission goals, the proposal's completeness and conformity to application requirements. The staff will, through a questions letter to you, raise important issues or concerns and allow you the opportunity to respond. The staff will then make recommendations to the Commission.
(e) The Commission. After individually reviewing the proposal and recommendations on it from State boards, peer reviewers, and NHPRC staff, Commission members will deliberate on all eligible proposals and recommend to the Archivist of the United States what action to take on each (fund, partially fund, endorse, reject, resubmit, etc.). By statute the Archivist chairs the Commission and has final authority to make or deny a grant.
(a) The grant award document is a letter from the Archivist of the United States to you, the grantee. The letter and attachments specify terms of the grant. NHPRC staff notifies project directors informally of awards and any conditions soon after the Commission recommends the grant to the Archivist of the United States. Unsuccessful applicants will be notified within two weeks by letter.
(b) The grant period begins and ends on the dates specified in the award document. Grant periods must begin on the first day of a month and end on the last day of a month.
Subpart F—Grant Administration
The grantee institution and the project director designated by the institution share primary responsibility for the administration of grants. In the case of grants made to individuals, the individual named as project director has primary responsibility for the administration of the grant.
(a) In addition to this part 1206, NARA has issued other regulations that apply to NHPRC grants in 36 CFR ch. XII, subchapter A. NARA also applies the principles and standards in the following Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars for NHPRC grants:
(1) OMB Circular A-21, "Cost Principles for Educational Institutions";
(2) OMB Circular A-87, "Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments";
(3) OMB Circular A-122, "Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations"; and
(4) OMB Circular A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations."
(b) These regulations and circulars are available on our web site at www.nara.gov/nhprc. Our regulations may also be found at http://www.nara.gov/nara/cfr/subch-a.html, and OMB Circulars at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/.
(c) Additional policy guidance related to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, regarding persons with limited English proficiency, is provided in our guidelines.
You must obtain prior written approval from the Commission for any changes in the grant project and terms of the grant, including:
(a) Revising the scope or objectives of the project;
(b) Changing the project director or other key project personnel who are specifically named in the grant application or award or related correspondence;
(c) Contracting out, sub-granting, or otherwise obtaining the services of a third party to perform activities central to the purposes of the grant, unless specified in the grant proposal;
(d) Changing the beginning date of the grant or extending the grant period;
(e) Re-budgeting of grants of $100,000 or more, when cumulative transfers among direct cost categories total more than 10 percent of the total project budget (i.e., grant funds plus other funds). With written approval from the Executive Director of the Commission, grantees may adjust the amounts allocated to existing budget lines for both grant funds and cost sharing and may transfer grant funds among existing NHPRC-funded direct cost categories that appear in the final project budget approved by the Commission at the time of the grant award. Cost-sharing funds may also be shifted among existing cost-sharing categories; and
(f) Creating the following new cost categories:
|You must obtain approval from . . .
|When your new cost category was not in the final approved budget where . . .
|(1) The Executive Director of the Commission or the Executive Director's designee
|(i) such action seems appropriate for the fulfillment of the original purposes of the grant; and
|(ii) the amount of funds involved does not exceed 10 percent of the amount of the award, or $5,000, whichever is less.
|(2) The full Commission
|The amount of funds involved exceeds the amount in paragraph (f)(1)(ii) of this section.
(a) You must make all requests for changes in the form of a letter. The grant-receiving institution's authorized representative, as indicated on the grant application form (SF 424), must sign the letter. The signed, written response of the Commission's Executive Director, or the Executive Director's designee, will constitute approval for the change.
(b) You must make requests for extension of the grant period not more than two months before the scheduled end of the grant period. We will not allow extensions unless you are up-to-date in your submission of financial and narrative reports.
You do not need approval for re-budgeting of grants of less than $100,000. For such grants:
(a) You may adjust the amounts allocated to existing budget lines for both grant funds and cost sharing; Start Printed Page 5548
(b) You may transfer grant funds among existing NHPRC-funded direct cost categories that appear in the final project budget approved by the Commission at the time of the grant award; and
(c) You may also shift cost-sharing funds among existing cost-sharing categories.
(a) Grant recipients are generally required to submit annual financial status reports and semi-annual narrative progress reports, as well as final financial and narrative reports at the conclusion of the grant period. The grant award document will specify the dates your reports are due.
(b) Send the original reports to the NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408-0001. One copy of each records project narrative report must be sent to the State historical records coordinator if the board reviewed the proposal. Other records projects should send courtesy copies of narrative reports to State coordinators whose States are involved in or affected by the project. Provide the names of individuals to whom copies of the report have been sent when submitting the original report to the NHPRC.
You must submit financial reports on Standard Form 269 and have them signed by the grantee's authorized representative or by an appropriate institutional fiscal officer. If cost sharing figures are 20 percent less than anticipated in the project budget you must explain the reason for the difference.
(a) Interim narrative reports should summarize briefly the objectives and activities for the entire grant and then focus on those accomplished during the reporting period. The report should include a summary of project activities; whether the project proceeded on schedule; any revisions of the work plan, staffing pattern, or budget; and any web address created by the project. It should include an analysis of the goals met during the reporting period and any goals for the period that were not accomplished. For documentary editing projects, it also must include information about the publication of volumes and the completion of finding aids, as well as any work that is pending with publishers.
(b) The final report must provide a detailed assessment of the project, following the format in paragraph (a) of this section, including whether the goals set in the original proposal were realistic; whether there were unpredicted results or outcomes; whether the project encountered unexpected problems and how you faced them; and how you could have improved the project. You must discuss the project's impact, if any, on the grant-receiving institution and others. You must indicate whether all or part of the project activities will be continued after the end of the grant, whether any of these activities will be supported by institutional funds or by grant funds, and if the NHPRC grant was instrumental in obtaining these funds.
(c) The project director must sign narrative reports.
(a) For records-related projects, you are required to send the NHPRC three copies of any finding aids, reports, manuals, guides, forms, articles about the project, and other materials produced about or based on the grant project at the time that the final narrative report is submitted.
(b) Documentary editing projects must send the NHPRC three copies of any book edition unless support for their publication was provided by an NHPRC subvention grant. For those volumes, presses rather than projects are responsible for submitting the required number of volumes (see § 1206.18(d)). Projects with microform editions must send the NHPRC three copies of the microform guides and indexes produced by the project.
No, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Commission cannot assume any liability for accidents, illnesses, or claims arising out of any work undertaken with the assistance of the grant.
Yes, grantee institutions, grant project directors, or grant staff personnel may publish results of any work supported by an NHPRC grant without review by the Commission; however, publications or other products resulting from the project must acknowledge the assistance of the NHPRC grant.
Dated: October 17, 2001.
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 02-2758 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]


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We believe God is limitlessly generous and it is a privilege to be in keeping with his nature and have the freedom to give back to him who has provided for us in all ways. We choose one of the ways of thanksgiving to be with our finances, both as individuals and as a whole church.
We believe, as a church, that God provides for what he's doing, so his arm is not too short to bless and neither is ours.
Generosity, at whatever level, reminds us that as we give, that God provides for us, that we live by faith in him and nothing else, that we are free from the love of money and can give freely with the love of God. Giving is a starting place for generosity as a lifestyle – our first fruits provided by his hand are always his and our actions reveal our heart.
We invest what God provides through faith based giving into the church, in the form of sustaining ministers, ministries and those beyond us. Debt is an inability to honour our payments and we do not see this as God's way as he is an abundantly generous God.
Generosity is always about the heart. Our hands and the resource provide the way and opportunity that we define as giving.
We invite you to join us in our giving and in building a culture of Generosity, not for what we can get but because of what we have already been given.
The starting Point – the minimum financial generosity we are given as a guide,
a starting place for one aspect of a fully given life.
The over and above – Extravagance that represents our God, his abundance and
overflowing nature.
Beyond Us
Unconditional in Everyway – The selfless giving, as an extension of the gospel, to those we do not know and will not benefit us. Loving others beyond us.
Once off giving
Ownership of an event, building or situation. Moved by God.
Tithes facilitates His ministry and ministers in the church, as well as the legally required administration of a church in Australia.
Offering facilitates the operation, maintenance and payment for facilities that we meet in.
Beyond Us
As a church we give 10% of all that comes in beyond us.
From tithes, 10% goes to our charity arm – the outworking of the church as a whole has affect on the local and global community.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Hellenic Parliament
On one of the rare occasions when I left home without a camera, I got the opportunity to take a photo of an iconic building from an unusual angle. Luckily, my Nokia 5800 phone came to the rescue, so I can share this image with you.
This is Syntagma Square, in the centre of Athens. The yellow building in the middle of the photo is the Hellenic Parliament, previously a royal palace. The expance of green to the right hand side is the National Garden.
I took this photo from the top floor cafe of Public Store. I like it because it shows how close Athens is to the mountains. The range visible in the background is Ymittos (Hymettus), which lies along the east border of the city.
6 comments:
- Jacob said...
This is a visual delight, and I, knowing nothing about Athens, really appreciated the commentary!
Sometimes phone cameras do a very nice job!
- July 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM
A very well done picture indeed. Please have a nice start into the new week.
daily athens
- July 26, 2010 at 12:51 AM
- JM said...
I think I've never seen this perspective before, glad you've shown it.
- July 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Tinsie said...
@ Jacob: Can't complain. As an emergency measure, phone cameras are OK.
Glad you enjoyed the picture and the commentary. You can see a different view of the same building here.
@ Robert: Thank you and καλή εβδομάδα to you too!
@ JM: The rooftop cafe where I took this from only opened a year or so ago. Previously I don't think there was any space open to the public from where an aerial frontal view of the parliament could be snapped.
- July 27, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- VP said...
A great view from the top, I really don't know how to take a picture with my phone...
- July 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Tinsie said...
Really easy - just press the camera button!
- July 27, 2010 at 2:40 PM


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Justin Timberlake has announced new tour dates for his Man in the Woods Tour, and it includes a show in Tacoma.
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It's part of the tour for his fifth studio album, which dropped Feb. 2.
Fresh off his Super Bowl halftime experience, Timberlake said he is adding a second leg to the North American tour due to so many sold-out dates.
The tour heads to Toronto in March and ends in Denver in January 2019, according to his website.
Timberlake's most successful alum was "Future/Sex/LoveSounds," which released in September 2006 and sold 4.7 million copies. His previous studio album, "20/20 Experience," came out in 2013 and sold more than 3.7 million copies in the United States.
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Houses with open floor plans need an out-of-the-way place where messiness can happen, thus mud rooms, pantries, and laundries are getting more attention in new houses. They can be separate rooms or one larger room to accommodate multiple uses.
Mud rooms with built-in benches and cubbies provide a drop zone to catch shoes, coats and backpacks. Built-in recycling bins help eliminate clutter and are a standard item in most mud rooms. Storage is important and can be customized for specific needs such as sports equipment or dog leashes. One mud room we designed for a duck hunter had special racks for waders to dry upside down over a tiled drainage pan.
Special pet areas in mud rooms are becoming popular. Many of our current clients are cat people who request custom cabinetry for litter boxes with exterior ventilation. Dog owners like dog washing sinks with grooming counters at just the right height.
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The biggest innovation in laundry rooms are the laundry machines, themselves. I never thought that I would have washing machine envy, but using less water and energy gets my attention. Recently, I was appliance shopping with a client and was delighted with the new high-efficiency front load washing machines. The Electrolux front load steam washer's entire cycle is 15 minutes; on my elderly 25 year old Maytag, the wash cycle alone is almost 15 minutes. Using 14 gallons of water compared to 40 gallons. The companion dryer dries in 14 minutes!
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Here is a gift guide for men that I put together to give you some handmade gift ideas for the guys in your life (or gals, there are a few things I want for myself!) My handmade men's woodgrain ring is also featured below.
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To clarify: My aunts (FATHER'S sisters) looked somewhat NA: My mother was White, and Blonde/Blue. My father's father was White, and had brown hair and deep blue eyes. Dad and siblings all had somewhat high cheekbones, not as prominent as grandmother's, but you could see the clearly defined, high, top ridge of them. Even my brother and I (when we lose weight) appear to have have somewhat high cheekbones for White men. Don't know the significance of this all, but wanted to answer your question. Remember that the Knights who married into the Deans were Mixed Blood Cherokee, from the Mitchell and Harmon families in NC - SC. The Knights married into the Fuller, Dean, Duke, Gibson, and other familes in Chambers/Coosa/Clay, AL.
The Abneys earlier in Edgefield were associated with the Mayes, Brooks, Moseley, and Peter and Richard Buffington families, and Wm. Dean in Wilkes Co., GA 1773 (with Nath'l Abney) may have been the f/o Mary Dean who md. James Daugherty Jr. (Cherokee). Dean/Abney in Wilkes, buy land from Loyalists: Edw'd. Barnard, Thomas Waters, and Edw'd. Keating. Barnard is killed in 1775, and after the Rev., Keating and Waters move back to Edgefield. Keating's will is on record there, and Waters apparently moves to Cloud's Creek, where Samuel and Thomas Dean (our guys - Rodney, etc.) are md. to Duncans/Dunkins. Many of our Deans incl. Geo. are next to Dunkins in the Edgefield censuses. I see also John Roe on Cloud's Cr., and I am a Roe and Coleman from my Reuben Mobley of Fairfield, SC. Abraham Duke and wife Rosanna Roe (d/o Solomon Roe) are in Pendleton/Anderson.Rev. John M. Duke, eldest s/o my Jesse Duke,shows up with the Buffingtons in a Baptist Church in Jackson Co., GA, and Ezekiel Buffington's Cherokee daughter md. Jeffery Beck. Jeff Becks sisters, Polly, and Darcus, marry into the Stewart - Holloway families, and one line marries into the Fullers. The Fullers are allied with the McDaniels, Stewarts, Mobley's, Vickerys, etc. Also, James Fuller, s/omy Benjamin Fuller's cousin, Mordecai Fuller, is with the Adairs and Abbotts, (mxd Cherokee) in Pendleton. The whole thing starts to look like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle to me, and I think I need some help with it. Wish I had more info.


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WAUKESHA -- Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald was one of those vying for the U.S. Senate seat on the GOP side. Democrat Tammy Baldwin is running unopposed in the primary -- and will face one of four men in November's general election. Tuesday night just before 10:00 p.m. as the results rolled in, Fitzgerald delivered a concession speech in the race.
Fitzgerald's campaign gained momentum in recent weeks and has seen an uptick in unsolicited donations. Fitzgerald believes one big reason is his decision not to go negative with his campaign and attack his Republican opponents.
Because of those donations, Fitzgerald began running his first and only television ad a couple weeks ago. It was a positive ad highlighting his role as a leader during Wisconsin's budget battle that led to the recall effort against Gov. Scott Walker.
Fitzgerald is 45 years old, and was born in Chicago but reared in Hustisford, Wisconsin. He now lives in Horicon. Fitzgerald attended UW-Oshkosh and is married with a son and daughter. Fitzgerald is a practicing Roman Catholic with municipal and state government experience.
Jeff Fitzgerald is one of the most well known figures in Wisconsin state politics because of the role he played in last year's budget battle.
"Politics is always timing and I think I`m the right candidate for the time," Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald is the youngest son in a competitive family. His father was a Chicago cop. When he was eight, the family moved to Hustisford, where his dad took a job as police chief. At UW-Green Bay, Fitzgerald walked on the basketball team before transferring to UW-Oshkosh, where he studied journalism. That led to his first gig in politics which was a family affair, as his father ran for county sheriff.
Later, Fitzgerald's older brother Scott won a seat in Wisconsin's state Senate. Jeff Fitzgerald then got the political itch, and ran for Beaver Dam City Council.
Fitzgerald won, and never looked back. The Fitzgeralds had created something of a Dodge County dynasty. "Little Fitz," as he is known at the Capitol, moved up in the ranks — holding various leadership positions — crafting the message and drafting the candidates that would lead to the "Republican Wave of 2010."
"I was the guy who had to get us back into the majority and that was a big part of me becoming speaker," Fitzgerald said.
It's not an exaggeration to say that if either Jeff or Scott Fitzgerald had wavered, the entire Gov. Walker revolution would have been over before it started.
"It was kind of the perfect storm. Without all three of us really being committed to seeing this through, it could have unraveled fairly quickly," Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald was endorsed by the Republican Party at the state convention.
Fitzgerald met with supporters Tuesday night at Riverside Brewery in West Bend. Among those in attendance was Assistant Assembly Majority Leader Dan Knodl. Knodl said he'd support any Republican candidate who wins the GOP Senate primary but believes Fitzgerald has proven over the last year and a half that he's ready to fight in Washington.
"He`s proven himself as he said, battle tested and he`s not gonna back down from the controversy -- from all the pressures that come from making these momentous reforms that we know need to be made," Knodl said.
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll released Wednesday, August 8th shows the U.S. Senate Republican primary race tightening with less than a week until voters take the polls. Former Governor Tommy Thompson led the poll, but Thompson's lead was shrinking.
The poll found Thompson led the pack with 28% of likely voter support. Hovde was next in line with 20%. Congressman Mark Neumann had 18% and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald 13% of the likely vote.
According to the Marquette Law School poll, 21% of likely GOP primary voters are still undecided. In July, 25% of likely GOP primary voters were undecided.
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The Doomed Bird of Providence started out in London in 2009 as a means for Mark Kluzek to write songs about early colonial times in Australia. Kluzek, who had moved from Australia and been living in the UK for some years had read The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes, a history of convict Australia. His first couple of songs were loosely based on characters in the aforementioned book. Over a period of years a variety of musicians joined Kluzek to perform and record these and other songs.
Early support for the band was provided by the Ex Gratia label who released a song on the Ex Gratia compilation Specialisation is for Insects.
The first release was a four track ep on Laily Recordings. Contributors to this ep were also performing live with The Doomed Bird of Providence; Drew Barker (SOUP, Croft), Stafford Glover (Extreme Noise Terror, Plantman) and Daniel Merrill (Dead Rat Orchestra).
It received some polite press but most importantly sparked the interest of Justin and Helen Watson of the label Front and Follow. Front and Follow offered to release the debut album by The Doomed Bird of Providence. Called Will Ever Pray, the album received high praise from reviewers as well as considerable airplay on BBC6 thanks to the support of Tom Ravenscroft. Richard Acton (ex Limn) and Rachel Laurence made significant contributions to the album and were regularly playing live with the band. Other contributors included Tom Knight and Autumn Ferment artist Flake Brown. The album was mastered by ex-Rothko and current Trace Recordings head Mark Beazley.
The Doomed Bird of Providence by this stage were a nebulous live act that performed with anything from 2 to 7 members. After the album's release Barney Monger started playing percussion with the band.
The band released a single in December 2011 and recorded a few Christmas themed songs for Tom Ravenscroft's BBC6 show. 2012 saw the band working on the Front & Follow project Long Division with Remainders (released early 2013), developing songs for a new album and playing live. It has also seen the addition of Katie English (Isnaj Dui) performing flute live with the band.
Katie, along with Richard, Drew, Stafford, Rachel, Mark and violinist Angela Chan all contributed to the second album entitled Blind Mouths Eat. The album was released on 11 November 2013 and received an excellent reception from Wire Magazine, Americana-UK, Clash Magazine, Sounds-XP, ATTN:Magazine amongst others. Bryan Styles (Plantman) joined the band on percussion for a number of shows to support the album release through out 2014.
An EP was released on 13th July 2015. Called You Brought the Knife, it is a string heavy affair. Along with regular contributors, Joolie Wood (violin) and Ian Hothersall (percussion) also play on the release. More details about the release can be found here.
2016 was been spent planning and recording the third album. Burrowed Into the Soft Sky is made up of two twenty minute instrumentals. Recorded in Colchester, London and Halifax it includes contributions from the same musicians that worked on You Brought the Knife. The result though is a radical shift in style for the band. Vinyl & D/L only, the expected release date is September 1st 2017..


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About AGORA 2017
Blogpost by Alazne Irigoien
[Brussels, 29 September 2017] In the beginning of September we organised our annual Feminist Summer School, AGORA 2017. Read about one of the participants Alazne Irigoien's experience in this blogpost.
What I have experienced during the AGORA organized by the European Women's Lobby is not easy to describe. When 50 diverse feminist activists coming from all Europe gather together, magic happens. During these days, we've shared our experiences, our activist actions and our knowledge through the (...) Read more


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Meet Our Newest Team Member - Abigail
By Jacqui PollardJune 4, 2015
In case you haven't heard or haven't been to the studio in a while, we have a new face in our midst! I sat down with her to interview her, so you all could get to know a bit about the newest member of our team.
What is your name?
Abigail Mendell
Where are you from?
I am originally from Pataskala, which is near Columbus, but I have lived in Galion since I was 3 years old.
Where did you go to college and what did you study?
I went to North Central State College and studied graphic design.
What are you looking forward to most in your work here at Maurer Photography?
I am looking forward to interacting with and meeting a wide variety of people and taking their pictures. I am also looking forward to getting to know the people of Ashland.
What motivates you to work hard?
Deadlines! Also, the fact that I want to do the best job I can to ensure that customers are happy with our product.
What are some of your favorite hobbies?
I enjoy sketching and spending lots of my free time working in Adobe Illustrator. I also like going to parks and places like the Kingwood Center, because I get lots of inspiration from them for both photography and design work. I like playing guitar and singing, too.
What makes you laugh the most?
You know those jokes that are not funny that are supposed to be? The fact that they're not funny makes them hilarious to me.
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Chicken! Any kind of boneless chicken.
Welcome to the team, Abigail! We are excited to have you here! If you see Abigail in our studio or out and about at a shoot for us, make sure you say hi to her.
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