What will I get out of enrolling in CBS?
May I take CBS purely for my own faith enrichment?
Most students undertake the Catholic Biblical School for their own faith enrichment. CBS is intended for anyone who wishes to engage the Bible from a Catholic perspective. The educational components (aka, "requirements") of the program work together to help you achieve your faith goals and enrich your faith through deeper understanding and devotion. No one is required to take the program for college credit, although this opportunity is available.
Can I receive college credit for my CBS work?
St. Thomas Seminary is licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education to offer 4.5 undergraduate credits for each year-long course of study in CBS (CBS 100, 200, 300 and 400). Students who register as "for-credit" students and who fulfill all the requirements of the accredited program will acquire 18 undergraduate credits and will receive the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies.
We offer a variety of locations throughout the Archdiocese of Hartford (Hartford, New Haven and Litchfield Counties). Locations rotate annually. In recent years, classes have been held in the Connecticut towns of Bloomfield, Hamden, Manchester, North Haven, Plantsville, Southbury, Waterbury and West Hartford. Check our class list for current information. New locations for each fall will be announced in May of each year.
How many class meetings are there every year?
Thirty classes, organized into three units that are each ten weeks in length. Classes usually begin in September, the first full (5-day) week after Labor Day. Click here to consult the Catholic Biblical School online for details.
How much time will I spend in class each week?
Each CBS class meets once a week for two hours each week. In addition, a significant portion of your learning will take place at home, completing "homework" (reading, writing, map work).
What are CBS classes like?
What is the average time spent on homework each week?
Every student brings different goals and abilities to the CBS programs, and this affects how much time they choose to spend on homework assignments. Some students spend as little as 3 hours per week on homework; most students spend much more. CBS students report, on average, spending 5-7 hours per week on homework. Students enrolled in the accredited St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies program usually spend more time on the coursework (perhaps 10 hours per week, on average) than their counterparts in the Catholic Biblical School because the St. Thomas Seminary program requires more coursework and involves higher academic standards. Your individual learning goals and how you enroll in CBS (whether for credit or not) will determine how much time you choose to spend preparing for class.
What is a "memory exercise"?
"Memory exercises" are sometimes called "tests" or "non-tests" in the CBS programs. They occur three times per year at the end of each ten-week unit of study. The third memory exercise may be "cumulative," meaning that it may include material from all three units of study.
What happens if I fail a "memory exercise" (aka, test)?
Do you assign grades in the CBS programs?
"Memory exercises" in the Catholic Biblical School are graded on a Pass/Fail basis, with 60% required to pass.
Will I have to write papers in the Catholic Biblical School?
On the one hand, assignments and "memory exercises" for non-credit students in the Catholic Biblical School do not take the form of standard college "papers." All written assignments are organized in a question-and-answer format. Weekly homework assignments typically feature six open-ended questions.
On the other hand, students taking the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies courses for college credit must complete, in addition to weekly homework assignments, 1-5 projects (which often involve writing a brief paper, 2-3 double-spaced pages in length). A student who completes 1-2 papers, is not eligible for a grade higher than a C in the course.
Do I need to commit to all four years of the program when I first enroll?
We encourage students who enroll in the Biblical School to take all four years of the program; we ask students to commit to at least the first two years—Basic Certificate level. However, students only enroll for one year (course) at a time. Every year in the spring, students who wish to continue must complete a registration form but do not have to reapply for admission.
The Sr. Jewel Renna, CND, Scholarship Fund offers partial tuition scholarships (up to half of total tuition). Scholarships are based on financial need. See online applications.
First-year students need to begin the application process by August 15 each year — but the sooner, the better.
Continuing students need to apply for financial aid when they register for classes by June 1 each year.
We offer morning and evening classes that meet once a week between mid-September and mid-May each year. See class schedules online.
Twice a year in late summer (August or September) and in Lent, students attend a "Scripture Day." These weekend programs feature nationally-known Catholic scholars who lead us in study and prayer. Your tuition pays for two "Scripture Days" each year. Scripture Days typically last 4-6 hours on a weekend. Six-hour Scripture Days include lunch and a liturgy. Students who are aiming to achieve certificates (the Archdiocese of Hartford Basic or Advanced Certificates, or the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies) must attend two Scripture Days per year.
What is involved in the Summer Reading Assignment?
Every year (including Year One/CBS 100) begins with a summer reading assignment. This assignment asks students to read a specific book and to answer 6-8 questions about the contents of that book. Assignments are made by June 1 each year.
Do I always have to attend class in the same location?
Students have a "home" class (aka "section") where they are assigned to a student discussion group for the year. (There are 4-8 students in each group.) Students are, however, free to attend any section in the same curriculum year they're studying—in any location at any time, with no need to notify anyone.) Classes in each curriculum year are kept "synchronized" so that the same material is being covered each week in the various class locations.
What if I have to miss a class sometime?
Two classes can be missed without consequence in each ten-week class unit, for up to six excused absences per year. If a student misses more than two classes in a single unit, they can make up the missed classes in subsequent years if they wish to progress towards a certificate. Other options can also be explored at the discretion of the Director of the Catholic Biblical School. And remember, students who miss their regularly scheduled classes can attend another section at another location that same week, in the same curriculum year. If they attend another section, they are not counted absent in their "home" section.
How do I make up missed assignments?
Missed assignments (homework and summer assignments) should be made up in the ten-week class unit in which they were assigned, but with the permission of the instructor can be made up at any time prior to the last class meeting of the year. At the discretion of the instructor, students may request an incomplete grade so as to extend their studies into the summer.
Tuition for the current academic year is $350. This represents a significant savings in comparison with other college programs and Catholic Biblical Schools across the country.
Tuition costs cover only about 50% of the cost of your studies. We are grateful to the Archbishop of Hartford and to donations provided by the Archbishop's Annual Appeal for taking care of all remaining expenses.
For first-year students, half the yearly tuition is due upon enrollment as a deposit to hold your place in the CBS program. For returning students, half the yearly tuition is due with your completed registration, by June 1 of each year. All remaining tuition is due by October 1 of each year. Financial aid is available through the Sr. Jewel Renna, CND, Scholarship Fund. Scholarships are based on financial need. View applications online.
For students not enrolling for credit, there are no other fees. However, required texts must be purchased independently of tuition payments each year. For students enrolling for credit in the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies program, there is an $80 fee each year to cover faculty and administrative expenses involved in creating and maintaining academic records.
Are book costs included in tuition?
No. Books are the only essential materials that are not covered by CBS tuition. Students have access to all CBS texts through the St. Thomas Seminary library. Some used texts may be available for a reduced cost through the Archdiocesan Director of the Catholic Biblical School.
A variety of texts are needed, depending on the course you undertake (CBS 100, 200, 300 or 400). View a complete book list for each curriculum year online.
Student workbooks must be purchased from the Catholic Biblical School for $16.95. All other texts must be purchased independently online or through an independent book seller. Copies of all texts are also available at the Archbishop O'Brien Library at the Pastoral Center in Bloomfield. Library cards are available free of charge for all Catholic Biblical School students.
First-year workbooks are available for purchase at your enrollment interview. We recommend you bring your checkbook with you for that meeting. Credit cards are honored but a processing fee will be added to your payment. We are unable to take cash. You will receive an up-to-date list of other required textbooks at your interview, which you will need to purchase from an independent bookseller.
How much am I likely to spend on books each year?
Book prices vary and are subject to change. Total cost at list price for all texts, at the time of this posting, ranges from $75 to $125 per course. Some second-hand books may be available at reduced cost from the CBS Director on a first-come, first-served basis.
Do I have to be Catholic to enroll?
The Biblical School welcomes students of every faith affiliation and also students who are unaffiliated with any faith community. Methods and instruction follow Catholic guidelines, focusing on the insights and methods of contemporary biblical scholarship as followed by most Christian and Jewish exegetes (scholars). The Catholic Biblical School does not promote a literal (fundamentalist) approach to the Bible. Instructors are Catholic and will address questions of faith and spiritual practice from a Catholic perspective. They will also be happy to engage other faith traditions to the extent they are able. Student workbooks are coordinated with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, so reference to official Catholic teaching is easily accessible.
Are there age guidelines for attending the Biblical School?
Students must have completed High School (or the equivalent) or be at least 18 years old to be eligible for enrollment in the CBS programs. Students in the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies program must have completed High School (or the equivalent). Current students in the Biblical School range in age from 18 to 88 years old.
Does enrolling in the Catholic Biblical School make sense if I have no previous knowledge of the Bible?
YES! The Biblical School requires no previous knowledge of the Bible. Students of all backgrounds have found a home at CBS.
Does enrolling in the Catholic Biblical School make sense if I have studied the Bible before?
YES! Some prior knowledge of the Bible will help you advance your level of faith and understanding. Even though you may experience some repetition, especially in the first unit of the first year, most students are able to adjust their self-study (weekly assignments) to their own level, even at the beginning. Students who have done extensive work in the Bible on a college level may want to discuss their situation with the Director of the Catholic Biblical School. Email Catholic.Biblical.School@aohct.org or call 860-242-5573.
What are the requirements for advancing toward an Archdiocesan Catholic Biblical School certificate (aka, the Basic and Advanced Certificates)?
"Memory exercises" (3 per year) passed with 60% or greater.
What are the requirements for advancing toward the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies?
What are the requirements for enrolling in CBS if I don't want to receive any certificate?
Students can continue to attend all classes and advance through the four-year sequence of courses, whether or not they complete all requirements for certificates — provided they participate fully in class and have paid tuition in full. At the discretion of the Director of the Catholic Biblical School, a certificate of attendance (aka a "Participant's Certificate") may be awarded.
What if I don't meet all the requirements toward a certificate?
Not to worry! Many students choose not to advance toward a certificate and yet benefit greatly from their faith journey in the Biblical School. If, at the end of four years of study, you have not completed all course requirements, you may be eligible to graduate with a "Participant's Certificate" that indicates your active participation in the Catholic Biblical School. If at any time in the future you wish to re-enroll to complete missed requirements and obtain a certificate, arrangements may be available (sometimes at no additional cost) by contacting the Director of the Catholic Biblical School. Email Catholic.Biblical.School@aohct.org or call 860-242-5573.
What is the Basic (two-year) Certificate in Biblical Studies?
Students who receive the Basic Certificate in Biblical Studies have completed the five basic requirements (educational components) in Years One and Two (CBS 100 and 200) in the Catholic Biblical School. This involves a careful study of the foundational texts of the Old and New Testaments, engagement with these texts in writing, prayer and discussion under the direction of expert guidance, and the occasional leading of prayer and small group discussion sessions during class. Basic Certificate holders are recognized by the Archdiocese of Hartford as having successfully completed a basic formational program in the understanding and reading of key biblical texts.
What is the Advanced (four-year) Certificate in Biblical Studies?
What is a "Participant's Certificate" in Biblical Studies?
Students who receive a Participant's Certificate in Biblical Studies have taken part in four years of study in the Bible, have had the opportunity to study all the books in the Catholic Old and New Testaments, have had the opportunity to engage these texts in writing, prayer and discussion under the direction of expert guidance, and have had the opportunity to lead prayer and small group discussion sessions. They have participated in a significant way in the CBS program, but they have not completed all educational components required to receive the Advanced Certificate in Biblical Studies.
What is the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies?
Students who earn the St. Thomas Seminary (STS) Certificate in Biblical Studies have enrolled through St. Thomas Seminary and have completed all requirements described in the STS Course Details for CBS 100, CBS 200, CBS 300 and CBS 400. This involves a careful study of the entire Bible (including the deuterocanonical texts), engagement with these texts in writing, prayer and discussion under the direction of expert guidance, and the occasional leading of prayer and small group discussion sessions during class. STS students attend classes with both for-credit and not-for-credit students. The content and scheduling of the courses is the same for all students. For-credit students undertake additional educational components and must meet higher academic standards. Upon successful completion of each course in the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies, students earn 4.5 undergraduate credits (for a four-year total of 18 credits) that may be transferable to other colleges and university programs.
Students who complete the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies are encouraged to become leaders in their faith communities, bearing witness to God's Word in Scripture and having acquired the tools to help others encounter the Word of God in a variety of ways.
What authority does the Hartford Catholic Biblical School and the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies program have for teaching Scripture?
Archbishop of Hartford, Most Rev. Leonard P. Blair, has approved the CBS programs and curriculum for adults in the Archdiocese of Hartford. He confirms that "the Hartford Catholic Biblical School provides adults the opportunity to encounter the Word of God in prayerful, in-depth and faithful ways that prepare them to become evangelizing leaders in their faith communities." The Catholic Biblical School curriculum, published by Paulist Press, is authorized and is offered for study in dioceses and parishes across the United States, including: Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Hartford, Indianapolis, New York, North Carolina, Omaha, Saint Louis, and San Diego.
St. Thomas Seminary and the St. Thomas Seminary Certificate in Biblical Studies program are accredited by the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education. All CBS faculty are Catholics in good standing and hold at least one graduate degree in a related theological discipline. Several of our instructors hold doctoral degrees in theological disciplines. The Faculty Chair and Director of the Catholic Biblical School, Barbara Jean Daly Horell, holds two degrees in biblical studies from Harvard and Gonzaga Universities, as well as a post-graduate certificate in spirituality from Boston College. She has more than thirty years of experience teaching Sacred Scripture in Catholic institutions.
All faculty members of the Hartford Catholic Biblical School hold at least a master's degree and have done extensive study in the area of Sacred Scripture. Several of our instructors hold doctoral degrees. CBS instructors are all Catholics in good standing, have the ability to connect biblical interpretation with Catholic tradition and doctrine, and have the ability to communicate their expertise with traditional and non-traditional adult learners. View current faculty members online.
What method of study is used in the Biblical School?
Is the cost of books included in tuition?
No. Books are the only essential materials that are not covered by CBS tuition. Access to all Biblical School texts is available in the Archbishop O'Brien Library at St. Thomas Seminary. Library cards are free of charge for Catholic Biblical School students and alumni/ae.
You can view a list of required texts online. Textbooks must be purchased each year. Students may also check out textbooks from the Archbishop O'Brien Library at St. Thomas Seminary. Library cards are free of charge for all Catholic Biblical School students and alumni/ae. Student workbooks are the only texts that must be purchased through Catholic Biblical School. Contact us at Catholic.Biblical.School@aohct.org or (860) 242-5573.
Student workbooks for all four years must be purchased from the Catholic Biblical School for $16.95 (checks payable to "OEEC"). Other texts are available online or can be ordered through independent booksellers.
First-year workbooks are available for purchase at your initial interview. We recommend you bring your checkbook with you at that time. Credit cards can be accepted but are subject to a processing surcharge. We are not able to take cash. Checks should be made to "OEEC." Second-year and advanced-year workbooks should be purchased directly from the Catholic Biblical School. All textbooks are available from the Archbishop O'Brien Library at St. Thomas Seminary. Library cards are free of charge for all Catholic Biblical School students and alumni/ae. Other textbooks must be purchased independently, either online or through your local bookseller.
Book prices vary and are subject to change. As of this posting, cost per year ranges from $75 to $125 per year (less online). Some second-hand books may be available at reduced cost through the Catholic Biblical School. Contact the CBS Office to find out what's available.


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Having found his passion for financial planning and investing in high school, Colby knew he wanted to have a career in the financial advisory industry. He is the first in his family to finish college and earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Thomas College in only 2 and a half years. He joined PFA immediately after graduating in 2023 as the portfolio administrator.
Part of where Colby's passion for financial planning lies is that he can help others reach their full potential. He is always looking to learn more and is constantly looking to do his best in everything he is involved in.
Colby currently lives in Central Maine with his girlfriend, Liz, where they both went to college. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time playing tennis and golf, riding his motorcycle, and driving his 85' Monte Carlo that he's been building with his dad since he was fifteen. Colby takes a lot of interest in automotive racing and plans to get involved by getting a rally car of his own.

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Q: missing partition in server centos 6.1 I used the command df-h on my centos 6.1
here's the output
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
                       50G  2.3G   45G   5% /
tmpfs                 5.9G     0  5.9G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             485M   35M  425M   8% /boot
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home
                      2.0T  199M  1.9T   1% /home

i found out that the hard disk is two terabyte. but when I used the command cat /proc/partitions | more
here's the output
[root@localhost sysconfig]# cat /proc/partitions | more
major minor  #blocks  name

   8        0 4293656576 sda
   8        1     512000 sda1
   8        2 2146970624 sda2
 253        0   52428800 dm-0
 253        1   14417920 dm-1
 253        2 2080120832 dm-2

you could see on the first line. it is 4396.7 GB . why is it i could only see is 2TB? how could i find my missing another 2TB and make it a partition.
I also use the command lsblk
here is the output
[root@localhost ~]# lblsk
-bash: lblsk: command not found
[root@localhost ~]# lsblk
NAME                        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO MOUNTPOINT
sda                           8:0    0     4T  0
ââsda1                        8:1    0   500M  0 /boot
ââsda2                        8:2    0     2T  0
  ââVolGroup-lv_root (dm-0) 253:0    0    50G  0 /
  ââVolGroup-lv_swap (dm-1) 253:1    0  13.8G  0 [SWAP]
  ââVolGroup-lv_home (dm-2) 253:2    0     2T  0 /home
sr0                          11:0    1  1024M  0

using the parted /dev/sda i type the print free command
here's the output
(parted) print free
Model: DELL PERC 6/i (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 4397GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
        32.3kB  1049kB  1016kB           Free Space
 1      1049kB  525MB   524MB   primary  ext4         boot
 2      525MB   2199GB  2198GB  primary               lvm
        2199GB  4397GB  2198GB           Free Space

A: You are using tools showing info from different layers of your system and interpreting it wrong.
df, according to man page, will display the space available on all currently mounted file systems.
/proc/partitions holds info about partitions on your drive - physical device. This file shows you size of your drive as number of blocks. Usually, on HDD block size is a size of sector - 512 bytes.
So, sda size of 4293656576 is size in blocks, not kilobytes.
4293656576 blocks = (4293656576 / 2 ) kilobytes = 2146828288 KiB =  2047.375 GiB, or 2198.352 GB.
Assuming 1 GiB = 1 * 2^30, 1 GB = 1 * 10^3.
If you want to see size of your disk use fdisk -l <device name>.

A: I was wrong, sorry. As you can see in parted print free output you have 2 MBR partitions - boot and lvm and 2198GB free space (last row).
If you want to use all of your space you have to use GPT partitions. These partitions as opposed to MBR partition that can only address up to 2TB, can address your whole disk and up to 8 ZiB (zebibytes).
You can try to convert MBR partition table to GPT (example 1, example 2), though I strongly recommend to backup your data.

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Palestinian finances near collapse as cuts deepen, says monetary chief
Palestine Monetary Authority's debt levels have soared to $3 billion
Suspension of US aid has mounted heavy financial pressure on the Palestine Monetary Authority. Reuters
Palestinian finances are on the brink of collapse after hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid was suspended, the head of the Palestine Monetary Authority said on Tuesday.
Mounting financial pressure on the PMA has sent its debt soaring to $3 billion (Dh11.01bn), and led to its $13bn economy contracting severely for the first time in years, Azzam Shawwa said.
Mr Shawwa said President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was going through a critical point.
"What's next, we don't know," he said during a visit to Jordan. "How we are going to pay salaries next month?
"How are we going to finance our obligations? How will daily life continue without liquidity in the hands of people?
"I don't know where we are heading. This uncertainty makes it difficult to plan for tomorrow."
The steep cuts in US aid over the past year were regarded as an attempt to push the authority back to the negotiating table after it cut off political dealings with the Trump administration in 2017.
That move followed US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the American embassy to the city, reversing decades of US policy.
The White House is eager for Palestinians to engage with a long-delayed Middle East peace plan drawn up by Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The plan's economic component is to be unveiled at a conference in Bahrain next week, which the Palestinians are boycotting because of pro-Israel bias by Washington.
UN agency for Palestinian refugees says deficit slashed after Gulf funding
From refugee to rescuer: bringing food to the masses in Al Baqaa
Israel says Palestinian refugees number in the thousands, not millions
The authority has had to increase borrowing from 14 banks to weather its financial crisis, Mr Shawwa said.
About a third of the $8.5bn in bank loans and facilities is owed by the authority, and the remainder by the private sector.
"Without that there would have been a financial collapse," Mr Shawwa said. "I have worries for the first time over financial stability."
He said the once flourishing West Bank economy, which had average growth of 3.3 per cent in recent years, had gone into the red.
The sudden layoff of thousands of people once dependent on US-financed projects worsened government finances through lower tax collections and led to more defaults on bank loans from troubled companies, Mr Shawwa said.
"We are being fought by the most important power in the world," he said, referring to the Trump administration.
The only thing holding off a major economic crisis was cash earned by the over 100,000 Palestinians who work in Israel, and remittances from Palestinians working abroad.
Mr Shawwa, who has been invited to attend the Bahrain conference, said it was difficult to see how any plan would go ahead without willing Palestinian partners.
"Is it in the interest of America to break the Palestinian economy?" he asked.


So Wow. This has been a heck of a week. For work I drove almost 800 miles this week shooting Restaurants, Basketball, and Fire chiefs. Roller Derby, Police officers, and Course Guide covers. It's been a crazy week that culminated on Saturday with 2 Weddings, two All Star Basketball Games, a Roller Derby Double header, and a Birthday. (Happy Birthday Dawnya, wherever it is you've ended up).
Obviously I couldn't do all of those things on Saturday so It turned into a game of, what trumps what. Honestly it's good to have choices on what you want to do, but when you want to do everything it comes down to what you HAVE to do.
In the end I HAD to shoot the All Star Basketball Games in Conseco. I don't shoot basketball except for 1 week a year, and this was it. I love shooting sports, I used to shoot them at Purdue, but it just wasn't in the cards for me to continue doing sports on a regular basis.
I did end up making it to the second half of the second game at the Roller Derby, but that's only 30 minutes of Derby out of 120 total bout minutes. As this was the last bout of the home season, I was sort of disappointed that I couldn't be there for the girls. I did manage to get a few shots though, which you can find here.
Congrats to my friends Greg and Allison who got married last weekend in Michigan. I'm sorry I had to miss the wedding, but work obviously got in the way here more than once. Congratulations to John and Tina who got married as well; whose wedding I was unable to shoot because of all of the fore mentioned conflicts as well.
Otherwise this week has been particularly stressful because the basketball was a priority, but it was along with what normally takes me 40ish hours a week to accomplish anyway. I shot the cover for next semesters IUPUI course guide, a couple of dining guide inserts, as well as the Greenwood Fire Chief for the upcoming Honor our Hero's section at the paper. I wish I could have come up with a more dynamic image for the Fire Chief, but the weather wasn't very nice and there wasn't a whole lot of room in the foyer in the Fire Station so this is what I ended up with.
Over all I am looking forward to a bit slower of a week this week. I've still got a Cat I need to find a home for, that isn't happy I was gone for 80 hours last week; but that's why I didn't have a pet to start with. Despite the slightly less busy week, hopefully next week I'll have something interesting to write about. More soon.


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Flipping a home is more of an art than a science. While budgets should be a consideration for any real estate investor, creating a home that someone wants to live in so much that they'll put in an offer above asking price is paramount. But that's tough in some areas where lot values are skyrocketing and materials costs are through the roof. But more budget-friendly areas, neighborhoods where you can get a lot of house for a little, are becoming more attractive to flippers.
In Dallas, that area is the 75216 Zip code. For the uninitiated, that's a vast swath of southern Dallas between Interstate 35 East and Interstate 45 just north of Loop 12. Neighborhoods such as Cedar Crest. Interestingly enough, according to Realtor.com there are just 84 single-family homes on the market in this area, and 152 listings total. Seems like a hot area, but that could change because flipping is actually slowing down. At least that's what ATTOM Data Solutions says.
The company, which calls itself the "curator of the nation's largest fused property database," said that the number of homes flipped in the US has actually decreased from the 6-year high reached in the previous quarter. That's falling from a 5.6 percent flipping rate to 5.1 percent, or from 53,892 flipped homes to 49,305. Flippers buying with cash accounted 67.9 percent, down from 68.2 percent in the previous quarter and down from 69.0 percent in Q3 2015 to the lowest level since Q3 2008 — an eight-year low.
According to ATTOM, a flip is a home sold for the second time in a 12-month stretch. The company surveys more than 950 counties, which comes out to approximately 80 percent of the American population. Let's see what that looks like in 75216.


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Народився поблизу Нарви — в селі Кулгу Йоаласької волості, зараз це територія Нарвського водосховища. Закінчив гімназію в Нарві, після вступу до Володимирського військового училища і в роки Першої світової війни воював в рядах російської армії. Його заслуги відзначені нагородами, в тому числі він отримав Орден Святого Володимира четвертого ступеня — нагорода, яка видавалася тільки полковникам, але він зміг отримати цей орден за доблесть, будучи штабс-капітаном.

З початком Естонської війни за незалежність у листопаді 1918 року вступив в естонську армію, в рядах якої воював з німецьким ландесвером на півдні Естонії і в Латвії — служив в артилерії, пізніше став командиром бронепоїзда.

З 1925 по 1940 рік очолював «Кайтселійт».

Після загарбання Естонії Радянським Союзом був заарештований і розстріляний у Вятлазі (Кіровська область) в 1943 році.

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Far from the narcissistic bustle of Big City, USA, southern Idaho is grounded in an idealistic ruralism. Hard work, integrity and quality of life are above competitiveness as neighbors help one another realize their dreams.
Such small-town values are what Divulge Records – an independent record label founded by Twin Falls native Jessica Williams – is based upon. In just the second year of operation, Williams is now taking Divulge Records and its signed musicians to a higher level of passion and professionalism. While southern Idaho isn't exactly a "hotbed" for recording artists, Williams' company has emerged as a beacon of light – proving that anyone from anywhere can achieve anything.
Williams, 24, comes from three generations of Twin Falls cattle ranchers. Growing up, Williams loved music and her grandmother would take her to sing in church and retirement homes. She graduated early from Twin Falls High School and took classes at the College of Southern Idaho. In a choir class, Williams met Andrew Ryan, a talented singer and guitarist who would later play a key role in her story.
Williams went to Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, to study medicine. She didn't enjoy it – but what else could she do? The answer came when she attended a Pete Yorn concert in Portland. Little did she know, that concert would change her life.
Back at her college dorm, Williams began researching the business side of the music industry. She realized that her passion for music could be utilized through other avenues. She took a year off school and contemplated the new direction she wanted to take in her life. Williams enrolled at the Art Institute of Seattle where she studied audio production and music business. Some thought she was crazy, but many close friends encouraged her to go for it.
"It's really good to be surrounded by people who are trying to do something that's a little bit out of the ordinary," she says.
Next, Williams needed artists. She picked up the phone and called Andrew Ryan, her friend from CSI.
Ryan grew up in Filer. His mom started taking him to church choir practices when he was 6 and he taught himself the guitar at 13. When Ryan met Williams at CSI, he was the lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist in a band he'd pieced together called 7th End. Later, the band split as members moved on with school and families. Ryan went on to Boise State and Idaho State before attending a physician assistant school in Las Vegas. That's when he got the call.
Williams says it has been important for Divulge Records to be "a professional and fair beacon of light in the cutthroat music industry." She refuses to settle for mediocrity. She made important connections in Nashville, where Ryan recorded his debut album. The two small-town kids from southern Idaho suddenly entered the big-time music world. Ryan's studio musicians have played for Keith Urban, Kenny Loggins and Garth Brooks.
Ryan used the same microphone used by John Mayer. The album was mixed at the same time and in the room next door to where Phil Vassar's was being mixed.
Ryan's album "Summer & Fall" debuted in early 2007. Its combination folk-rock-acoustic-inspirational sound is a unique style, with comparisons to John Mayer, Jack Johnson and Daniel Bedingfield.
But finishing the album was just the beginning. Williams and Divulge Records have been working tirelessly to promote Ryan and the record. Traveling, networking, checking on inventory, researching, scheduling and promoting are daily duties. Williams chooses to work from Kimberly, rather than a big city. Southern Idaho is home; communication with the rest of the world is made simple through the telephone and internet. If she needs to be somewhere in person, she hops on an airplane.
"People would probably laugh at the idea that there's a record label in southern Idaho. But if you think about it, I'm not competing with the 500 independent record labels in the L.A. area," she says.
Divulge also signed an incredibly talented country singer/songwriter out of the Northwest, Carrie Cunningham. Her stellar debut album "Honeysweet" is also now available. Divulge works closely with Korben, an indie rock group from Montana. As the label grows, so will its variety of artists.
The hard work of Williams, Ryan and Cunningham has paid off. Album sales are climbing and Divulge has received requests from radio stations in Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. Deals are in the works for Ryan to debut and tour in Australia.
But the going hasn't always been easy.
One of the biggest obstacles has been for the small, independent Divulge to compete for radio airtime against the monstrous monopoly of large record companies. The Sony BMG payola scandal of 2005 uncovered the music industry's pervasive "pay-for-play" crimes. Sony BMG and its record labels bribed radio stations with money and other payoffs to play the company's artists. Doing so violates federal law and the company was fined $10 million – hardly a slap on the wrist for a company worth billions.
Reforms in 2005 were said to halt "pay-for-play" in this country, but skeptics maintain that it's still an ongoing problem today; that instead of musicians getting airplay based on artistic merit, listeners are force-fed what the large corporations want them to hear. Small record labels are unable to compete with these corporations' big dollars.
While larger market radio stations in Boise, Ontario, Spokane and Portland have been open to giving airtime to Divulge's artists, the local southern Idaho stations have been surprisingly resistant.
Fans of Andrew Ryan's music have called in requests to Twin Falls stations such as 99.9 the Buzz and 94.3 The Music Monster, but DJs have refused to play him.
The Buzz, according to Johnson, plays Modern and Hot Adult Contemporary while leaning on a Top-40 format. He says the station studies charts compiled by Mediabase, which tracks the most-played songs in various markets across the U.S. While The Buzz has been supportive of local music, including putting on a local Battle of the Bands the past two years, Andrew Ryan cannot crack their playlist, despite being an Adult Contemporary artist.
At The Music Monster – a Top-40 format station – program director Howard Mayhem says the station used to play local music, but not anymore.
"We have a new music consultant in Los Angeles who tells us what to do and what not to do – and we are not to play locals," Mayhem said.
Despite being "Locally Owned Radio," The Music Monster has surrendered all programming decisions to a California-based consultant.
Money may also be playing a role in what is – and isn't – being played in southern Idaho.
"There is no rating or financial benefit to have local artists on a Top-40 radio station," Mayhem said.
Other stations are more accepting of local artists, such as Mix 103. Program Director Jeff Edwards says he doesn't receive a lot of solicitations from local musicians, but his Hot Adult Contemporary station is open to playing them.
"If it's worth playing and fits the format, we'll play local music," Edwards said.
I think that perhaps some people locally do not take us seriously, which is sad because we have an amazing product that we want to share with the public and the only way Divulge Records will be successful is if people hear and purchase the music that we offer," Williams says.
While fans of Andrew Ryan's music may not hear it on the radio in southern Idaho, they can find his CD at Hastings in Twin Falls, divulgerecords.com, and music download sites such as iTunes.
Although it originates from a small dot, Williams is determined to put Divulge Records on the map.
Portions of Carrie Cunningham's debut album "Honeysweet" can be heard at www.divulgerecords.com.


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"Mystery" is a word (along with "splendour" and "glory") beloved of PR agents and press officers, chosen to pique public interest and exhibition attendance. In the case of The Silver Caesars: a Renaissance Mystery, though, the terminology is apt. This small show at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is formed of a set of 12 silver-gilt tazze or table ornaments that first appeared in 1826, with no history.
At the time, it was believed they had been made by Cellini and the set was soon broken up; at least half of it ended up in the Rothschild family collections at one time or another. No fewer than 11 scholars have contributed essays to the exhibition catalogue, and the consensus now seems to be that the set was probably made at the end of the 16th century for a member of the Habsburg dynasty.
But little more is known about the tazze, hence the mystery. The subject is suitably imperial for a Habsburg: emerging from each tazza is a foot-tall sculpture—the set depicts Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors (following Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum)—above a quadripartite dish, supported by a classical pedestal, that illustrates scenes from the depicted Caesar's life. Made entirely of silver, the tazze were gilded in the late 19th century. Most are in private collections, which makes this exhibition a rare chance to see the set in its entirety. The show will travel to Waddesdon Manor in the UK next year.
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Although not yet officially announced*, VEGAS Pro 16 Update 2 (build 307) is available.
If you already have an earlier build of VEGAS Pro 16 installed, there is no need to uninstall it. Build 307 will overwrite your installation and retain your settings. Your computer will need to be online for activation after the update.
Download link. Another download link. At this moment, the download managers (...dlm.exe) are still fetching build 261.
*Update Oct 29th: now officially announced.
I just wonder: Why not yet officially announced? Is this a Beta version?
The bug fix list doesn't mention any fix for the supercommon issue of VP16 not opening, freeezing or crashing at start-up, as mine does. (Actually the entire PC freezes and has to get a forced switch off and restart) Has that problem been fixed or is that for a future update? Or perhaps the official Update 2 (Build 307)?
I don't think it's a beta version. It's on the same Magix servers in the same naming format as previous releases. I think it just "got out there" before Magix got around to announcing it and updating the download managers. I don't believe it would have reached that public server unless it is "official". It installed and runs for me without anything obviously suspicious. If you choose to install it then pls let us know if those issues are fixed. Not everything makes the release notes, especially if it's not clearly definable.
first two things i tried already got two crashes, one at loading my actual project, the second on the video stabilisation analysis at 53%.
The Video Stabilisation autozoom is still to agressive. If you adjust the zoom slider and leave the autozoom selection checked, on loading the project the slider is back to the initial autozoom level... if this is intendet the check box should be automatically disabled if you change the zoom slider manually.
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I keep getting freezes with this B307 working in High-DPI mode with 149% scaling. This scaling allows to use the FX interface, however the text is not as clear on my new 32" UHD monitor as with 175% scaling.
The freezes occur on my system even when only moving the FX interface window on the screen with just one UHDp30 event in the time line and can not be stopped with Ctrl-Alt-Del to activate the taskmanager. It does just not allow to start the task manager. On my last try I could not even restart the system with the reset button. I had to switch the power off and finally gave up with this version, that is linked in the top of this thread.
Looks like some very worthwhile updates to make the new features work as promised. I don't see anything about rendering or GPU fixes, so I guess I have to wait longer before trying the demo of 16.
Incorrect combination of frames of accelerated clips remained after switching on the "Deinterlace" method in HD 1080-50i projects (1920 x 1080, 25,000 fps).
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So it seems the freeze issue at startup is not solved yet then. I haven't installed this update yet though. Will do on monday when I'm back in the office. I'll give it a try.
For me the strange thing is that this problem doesn't appear all the time. It happens in a series of perhaps 5-6 times. Then, after giving up on VP16 and waiting a week or so, when I try again it works and I have even been able to finish a small project for a client on it with no glitches. Then suddenly the freeze at startup occurs again over and over until I give up. Last time I gave up was actually yesterday, before the update #2 came this morning.
So it seems the freeze issue at startup is not solved yet then.
To me it seem to be related to the High DPI mode. Runnig some tests with the So4 Reader in Non High-DPI mode did not yet cause Vp16 B307 to freeze.
However, I really would like to use Vegas pro as all my other applications in a crystal clear display of text, icons and pictures.
If Vegas frozen at startup, it was always because there were parts of a Vegas process left over in the RAM. After I had removed them in the Task Manager, Vegas started without any problems.
It was not often, but one time with B307- in Non High-DPI mode.
"You can now create subtitles by importing SRT files with the Insert Subtitles from files feature"
So far so good. The File > Render As = HANG bug appears to be fixed! I've opened, worked on and exported five projects since updating without a hiccup... SWEET!
Just noticed that there is no way to export the Video subtitle track imported in SRT format to .. SRT format (or in an another format that we could convert to SRT again (like with subtitleEdit).
it's great to be able to import it, but to be really of good use, both import and export must be allowed !
maybe i missed a way to do it ? if not i hope it will be available in a new update ;). but it's already nice !.
There still seems to be a problem with Render As when selecting AAC or AC-3 audio. It won't let you select just the loop region. This does work for the video renderers and the MP3 Audio.
Observation: GTX1060/6 utilization ~25% where full framerate is acheived [this is perhaps a little better than it was?] . However, GPU load drops significantly where there is edits/dropped frames indicating there's no data supplied..
@Marcin Please make a new post with further details about that issue, or use one of your existing posts if there is a relevant one.
@croudy Please also report that on the thread about the issue.
There is a GUI bug with High DPI scaling setting (build 307, but it could be also on the previous builds, I just noticed it now by experimenting) : I always used 125% upscale in windows on my ultra wide and all is fine, I increased it now to 150%, but my own 2 icons I made to call a script visually disappeared from the top toolbar. They are still operational if you click the gui location of those "invisible icons". I can get my icons back by setting the upscale in windows back to 125% or by disabling the high DPU setting.
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Yes this is an 'old' bug. You will also notice, that the FX windows/interface can still not be used wirh 150% nor 175% scaling in High DPI mode.


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On May 3, the four-day 14th Art Beijing art fair has successfully concluded at the National Agricultural Exhibition Centerin Beijing. This event exhibited art works of more than 190 art institutions from 20 countries and regions. Meanwhile, the art fair integrated China's artistic power, highlighting the charm and value of Chinese art.
The domestic art market has fluctuated and art fair industry is constantly facing fierce competition. Under this backdrop, Art Beijing, based on the core philosophy of "Locally based and Asia-oriented", promptly adjusted the service scale and scope of each major exhibition art sections: contemporary art, classics, design, video art, youth art (Nova Art Fair) and public art. This enriched and diversified exhibition forms by designing four major academic themes including "Nomination of Video Art for Post-90s","Charm of Printmaking", "Find", "Art! World".
This year's Art Beijing art fair attracted participants from many galleries, institutions, and media. There has also been a growing number of participants at an annual rate of 20% and expansion of the exhibition scale. The exhibits cover various domains such as graphic design, three-dimensional design, design and new media, as well as the number of exhibits rising by 43%. The artwork transaction grew steadily, with 80% of exhibitors having completed a transaction. The highest price for a single piece of art reached 5 million yuan and the proportion of buyers who bought more than 3 pieces of work on site increased by 15%.
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Highest price for a single piece of artwork sold reached 5 million yuan
The number of exhibits rose by 43%
Artworks priced at 30,000-50,000 yuan were most welcomed
An increase in 15% of buyers purchasing over 3 pieces of art work on site.
Public forums and social aesthetic education projects increased by 10%
The consumption for artwork held by the public keeps warming up and the artworks priced at 30,000-50,000 yuan enjoy the highest popularity. The home products, decorative sculptures and jewelry are most favored; the video art and public art are chased by the young people due to their interactivity and novelty.The production designed by young artists sells very well because the purchasing power of the "Millennial Generation" has increased remarkably; public forums and social aesthetic education projects have also increased by 10%. Art Beijing will continuously conduct more activities to cultivate the market as well as appeal to the aesthetic taste of the public. All these reflect that the purchasing power structure of the current art market in China
During the three-day public open day, the number of visitors was equal to that of the last Art Beijing. The collection market features diversity and young collectors, which provides rich collectors for the participating galleries that also reflects the Chinese art market involving young participators and fans. It also proves a significant role Art Beijing has played in cultivating aesthetic education and art market.
In order to improve the viewing experience and art appreciation, Art Beijing and Lang Huazhi launched a WeChat applet this year that allows the viewers to keep well informed of the latest news about the art fair while visiting the exhibition, thus delivering a smart visiting experience.
At the same time, the Art Beijing store ART BEIJING Boutique also officially launched its WeChat applet. The sales of the Art Beijing store Flash Shop opened at the fair has far exceeded expectations, which demonstrates that there is huge potential and growth space for public consumption demand for art.
The 2019 Design Beijing has also reached its fifth year. Design Beijing has always incorporated the aesthetic standards of art, the cutting-edge thinking of design and the daily needs of life in order to build a realistic platform of "Beyond Design", through which it continues to meet people's needs and expectations for design. The theme of this year is "Design for Ourselves", with the intention to return the focus to explore human self-value. The fair aims to discover and recommend more excellent designs suitable for the Chinese peopleand connect more people with art, life and even the future through "design".
2019 Design Beijing, covering 7 special programs and 7 forums, presented more than 60 outstanding design brands and 100 excellent young designers from 10 different countries and regions in three venues.
Design Beijing in this year has undoubtedly become the most content-rich session to date, offering a feast for the eyes including costume jewelry design, interior design, art derivatives, catalogue publishing, pop art, and Chinese craftsmanship. Same as last year, all the participating brands in this event have also witnessed an increase in their sales.
As an exposition themed "Art, Design and Life", Design Beijing has been exploring the possibility in breaking boundaries, in an attempt to return art and design to life, recommending the outstanding and unique art design works to the public, all while lighting up the living space by art design. In the past five years, Design Beijing has been moving towards this goal. In the days to come, Design Beijing will discover more excellent design works and offer a more unique and rich design experience in future exhibition.
Mr. Dong Mengyang, founder of Art Beijing, said in an interview with the media: "A total of 14 sessions of Art Beijing havebeen heldso far; we hope to offer a more diversified Art Beijing and a better Chinese art fair that best represents a business, education and service.
Mr. Dong Mengyang, founder of Art Beijing
In the past 14 years, Art Beijing providedan amazing visual feast one after another, making countless people feel the charm of art. Along with the growing consumer demand for mass culture and the steady development of the domestic art market, Art Beijing will look forward to the15th anniversary of Art Beijing and embrace an art collection and consumption era in the spirit of sincerity and professionalism.
We would like to thank the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau for their full support, as well as all partners, media partners and friends who have always supported Art Beijing. We will see you all next year!
(Some of the above text comes from media interviews)


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New CFAES leadership appointments announced
Cathann A. Kress—vice president for agricultural administration and dean of The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)—has recently announced the following new appointments:
Tim Haab as chair of the CFAES Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and as the college's inaugural dean's chair
Scott Shearer as chair of the CFAES Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE)
Andrew (Dewey) Mann as director of CFAES' Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory
Greg Davis as department chair and associate director of Ohio State University Extension
Tracy Kitchel as CFAES associate dean for faculty and staff affairs
Jacqueline (Jackie) Wilkins as interim director of OSU Extension
Brandi Gilbert-Hammett as interim director of CFAES Human Resources
Heather Raymond as director of the CFAES Water Quality Initiative
Scott Scheer as interim chair of the CFAES Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership
James (Jamie) Strange as chair of the CFAES Department of Entomology
Clinton Woods as CFAES director of strategic partnerships
Seth Walker as CFAES director of safety and compliance
"Please join me in congratulating all of them," Kress said. "Their roles are crucial to the continuing success of our college."
Tim Haab
Haab, reappointed to a four-year term through June 30, 2023, joined Ohio State in 2000 and has served as AEDE department chair since 2010. A first-generation college student, he received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1991, and his PhD in agricultural and resource economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1995. From 1995–2000, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at East Carolina University.
Under Haab's leadership, AEDE has been ranked the top research-doctorate program in the United States in agricultural and resource economics as well as in regional economics. Haab has successfully led AEDE programs that go beyond the classroom to integrate teaching, research, and outreach, and has transformed the AEDE staff to focus on customer service and innovative support programs.
"I look forward to Tim's continued leadership and success within AEDE," Kress said.
Haab's research and teaching focus on environmental economics and applied econometrics. His recent research has looked at the impacts of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, the impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the impacts of marine debris on southern California beaches.
Haab has led research supported by more than $4 million in grants; authored more than 70 articles and reports and three books; and has given presentations and seminars at more than 100 universities and conferences worldwide. He is past president of the National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators; and has served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee.
Also will be first dean's chair
In addition to his reappointment as AEDE chair, Haab has been selected to be CFAES' inaugural dean's chair, a new program initiated in celebration of Ohio State's sesquicentennial. Dean's chair holders are individuals who, when given appropriate financial support and startup capability from the college and strategic partners, provide the college with the margin of excellence needed in an identified priority scholarly endeavor.
As the dean's chair in transformative initiatives, Haab will focus on new and innovative programs that integrate all three missions of teaching, research, and extension and contribute to the economic well-being of the state of Ohio. This appointment will also be for four years and will run concurrent to his department chair appointment.
Initially, as dean's chair, Haab will focus on the launch of the CFAES Knowledge Exchange, funded as part of the recent $7 million grant from the Nationwide Foundation. The Knowledge Exchange is a transformative, research-based, data-driven platform for collection, storage, translation, and exchange of CFAES data and research for diverse audiences.
Scott Shearer
Shearer has been reappointed to a four-year term as FABE chair that runs through June 30, 2023. He brings strategic leadership and a clear focus to FABE and to the CFAES leadership team. He also has strong connections to numerous external partners who value his contributions and expertise. During the past year under Shearer's leadership, FABE saw a significant jump among top programs in the nation, with its undergraduate programs ranking seventh in the nation, up from 11th in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.
"I look forward to Scott's continued leadership and success within FABE," Kress said.
Shearer has previously served two, four-year terms as FABE chair. He joined Ohio State in 2011, and before that was chair of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Kentucky. His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in agricultural engineering from Ohio State.
Shearer's research areas are digital agriculture and automation of agricultural field machinery. He has led research supported by over $14 million in grants; has authored more than 200 technical publications; is a co-inventor on multiple patents and patent applications; and has made numerous invited presentations at international conferences, professional meetings, and farmer forums. He is a fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Dewey Mann
Mann's appointment as director of CFAES' Waterman Lab begins July 15. In this role, he will be responsible for leading progress toward the strategic objectives to ensure successful operations and programming in conjunction with college administration, departments, faculty, and staff who administer programs at Waterman. He will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and will lead implementation of the strategic plans for Waterman, including budget and personnel. He will also provide communication and overall strategy, providing data as necessary to support a growing enterprise. In addition, Mann will work closely with Ken Scaife, CFAES' director of agricultural operations, and the college's operations team to align programming with other operations on the Wooster and statewide campuses.
"I'm confident that Dr. Mann's leadership, vision, and experience will position Waterman as a vital tool in helping our college achieve its mission," Kress said.
Mann has been with CFAES since 2010, serving as lecturer and faculty advisor. He earned his PhD in food, agricultural and biological engineering at Ohio State and his MS in agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University. He completed his undergraduate work in agricultural systems management at the University of Missouri. Mann has established a track record in CFAES for his passion for teaching, experiential learning, and engaging industry partners. As a member of the Future of Waterman Task Force, he helped develop a comprehensive vision for Waterman, a proposed governance structure, and groundwork for a physical master plan. As a result of that work, he is uniquely positioned to lead Waterman into the future. He is looking forward to the opportunities to impact students all across Ohio State; to modernize the systems and create a state-of-the-art showcase for teaching, research, and outreach; and to build community with internal and external stakeholders.
Davis began serving a four-year term as department chair and associate director of OSU Extension on Aug. 1. In this role, he leads the tenure-initiating unit for OSU Extension, managing the promotion and tenure process of OSU Extension tenure-track faculty.
Davis earned his PhD in Extension education from Ohio State, his MPA in political science from Bowling Green State University, and a BA in comprehensive social sciences from the University of Findlay. His specialization is economic development, with emphasis on business retention and expansion, input-output modeling, and retail market analysis.
Davis has served a statewide assignment as assistant director, OSU Extension, Community Development, since September 2010. In this capacity, he has led field-based Extension specialists and educators engaged in the development of community, organizational, and individual capacity to improve civic, environmental, and economic conditions throughout Ohio. Prior to this position, he served as leader, Community Economics and Business, a collaboration between the departments of Extension and AEDE. In this community outreach and engagement role, he worked with communities, residents, and OSU Extension field staff to develop and implement programs and tools to foster better-informed community economic development strategies. He has also served in a program leadership role at a regional level with OSU Extension and worked as an Extension educator in the Crawford County office, working with community volunteers, organizations, and local governments to develop local capacity for community development.
Tracy Kitchel
Kitchel's four-year term as CFAES associate dean for faculty and staff affairs begins Aug. 1. In this new role, he will serve on the CFAES vice president's cabinet and will have responsibilities including enhancing processes for faculty recruitment, onboarding, integration, retention, evaluation, and promotion, as well as developing faculty compensation policies and practices, and identifying inequities. He will also serve as the college diversity advocate to help nurture cultural competency and an inclusive environment, and ensure equitable consideration of candidates.
Kitchel earned his BS and MS at Ohio State and his PhD at the University of Missouri, all in agricultural education. His research focuses on the conditions of agriculture teachers' entry into the profession, and more broadly, the career longevity of agriculture teachers. He has previously served on the faculties of the University of Kentucky and University of Missouri. Prior to returning to Ohio State in August 2016 as chair of the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership (ACEL), Kitchel served as assistant vice provost of graduate and postdoctoral affairs at the University of Missouri.In May, Kitchel was named a fellow of the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE). He has won research awards including numerous research conference paper awards and journal article awards. He has also won numerous teaching and mentoring awards such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Excellence in Teaching Award for early career faculty. He has served as AAAE treasurer, was a U.S. Department of Education appointee to the National FFA Organization board of directors, and served the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources as chair of the faculty advisory committee.
Jackie Wilkins
Wilkins will serve as interim director of OSU Extension effective Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020, or until a new associate dean and director for OSU Extension is appointed. A search committee for the position will be formed during autumn semester.
Wilkins is currently director of OSU Extension Operations. She is primarily responsible for providing leadership to the statewide Extension operations, composed of 88 counties, including all matters affecting personnel, finance, and business operations. As interim director of OSU Extension, she will continue her leadership for the Operations team, including supervision of staff; will assume supervision of the OSU Extension administrative staff; and will serve on the CFAES VP Cabinet and assist Dean Kress and college leadership with college strategic planning and implementation of strategic priorities.
Wilkins received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Ohio Dominican University and her master's and doctoral degrees in human development and family science from Ohio State. An associate professor, Wilkins began her career at Ohio State in 1994 as an Extension associate in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. She became Extension's parenting state specialist in 2000. She has also served as the Northeast Region Extension director, where she provided leadership to 21 counties regarding personnel, finances, public relations, and business operations. Her research interests include prevention education, family policy, and organizational capacity building. She has received more than $6 million in local, state, and federal funding to conduct research and provide prevention programming for Ohio's children and families.
Wilkins also has experience in the public sector as the owner of a business management consulting firm, where she designed and implemented strategic planning initiatives and organizational analyses of efficiency, compensation, work flow, attrition, communications, and IT. Her clients included city and county governments, nonprofits, court systems, United Way agencies, philanthropic entities, and for-profit businesses.
Brandi Gilbert-Hammett
Gilbert-Hammett was appointed interim director, CFAES Human Resources, effective Aug. 21. She will also retain some of her current responsibilities as human resources manager for the college. She will report to Kitchel, associate dean for faculty and staff affairs.
Prior to starting her career with CFAES, Gilbert-Hammett was a human resources partner for Ohio State's Graduate School, Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Internal Affairs, Office of Human Resources, and Wexner Center for the Arts.
Heather Raymond
Raymond will begin serving as the first director of CFAES' Water Quality Initiative effective Sept. 3. She is a lead scientist with more than 20 years of experience championing innovative data-driven water quality programs, policies, and guidance. She is recognized as a national leader on harmful algal bloom (HAB) response and policy development and was recently elected to serve on the U.S. National HAB Committee. She is adept at building critical partnerships with researchers, stakeholders, and local, state, and federal agencies and has extensive experience communicating water-related science and policy to a range of audiences.
Since 2011, Raymond has been the HAB coordinator for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, where she designed and led research projects to inform policy decisions, rule-making, analytical method development, and guidance. She has served on multiple grant and program review panels to help ensure support for applied projects and critical programs that address state and federal water quality priorities. Previously, she was lead hydrogeologist with Ohio EPA. Her degrees include an executive MPA, an MS in hydrogeology, and a BS in geology, all from Ohio University.
As Water Quality Initiative director, Raymond will lead efforts to build support, generate resources, and implement programs that expand the impact of CFAES faculty to address critical water quality issues in Ohio. Guided by recommendations from a recent CFAES Water Quality Task Force report, she will support the work of CFAES faculty and staff, coordinate with other college and Ohio State water quality programs, and build stronger ties among CFAES and other important water quality programs and efforts across the state of Ohio. She will serve as a central point of contact to identify and expand linkages between CFAES faculty and external stakeholders and policy makers, will oversee the work of a team of translational staff, and will work closely with OSU Extension specialists and educators to increase the impacts and relevance of CFAES research. She will take a lead role to convene key actors and facilitate dialogue on important Ohio water quality topics, including creating and supporting formal forums that bring together researchers, students, stakeholders, and decision-makers.
Scott Scheer
Scheer will begin serving as interim chair of ACEL effective Sept. 1, 2019, through Aug. 31, 2020, or until a new chair is appointed. Details about the search process for a permanent chair for ACEL will be announced soon.
Scheer is a professor in ACEL and has been with Ohio State since 1996. He currently serves as coordinating advisor for the Community and Extension Education specialization in the Community Leadership major and Ohio State's undergraduate minors of Community Outreach Education and Youth Development. He has also provided research and support for OSU Extension (4-H Youth Development) in the areas of Preadolescent Education and the 4-H Cloverbud Program.
Scheer's research focus is in the areas of outreach education and youth development. He has secured externally funded grants from sources that include USDA-NIFA, Ohio Department of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and has been recognized with awards including a National Communicator Award, Distinguished Service Award, and Extension Outstanding Teaching Award. He has degrees from the University of Delaware (PhD, family studies, youth focus); Teachers College, Columbia University (MA. developmental psychology); and Louisiana Tech University (BS).
Jamie Strange
Strange, currently a research entomologist with the USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit in Logan, Utah, and an adjunct faculty member in Utah State University's Biology Department, begins a four-year term as chair of CFAES' Department of Entomology on Sept. 16. He is an accomplished researcher and leader, and has received multiple honors including awards for student mentoring and USDA certificates of merit and appreciation.
"I'm excited about the vision Dr. Strange has for our Department of Entomology," Kress said. "I'm confident that his leadership will be a great asset for the department and our college."
Strange's research areas include basic aspects of bumble bee biology and practical aspects of bumble bee culture for pollination. Currently, his lab is working cooperatively with researchers at several universities and government agencies to investigate the causes and extent of declines of several North American bee species. This work seeks to understand the drivers of population dynamics such as pathogens, habitat change, and genetics, and how those stressors interact to impact pollinators.
Strange's previous positions include postdoctoral research associate in Cornell University's Department of Entomology, research assistant in Washington State University's Department of Entomology, entomology instructor at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho, and agricultural science research technician with USDA-ARS in Washington state.Strange received his master's degree and PhD in entomology from Washington State University and completed his undergraduate work in agricultural science at Pennsylvania State University.
Clinton Woods
Woods is joining CFAES as director of strategic partnerships, a position made possible by generous funding through the Nationwide-Ohio State collaborative. He starts a two-year term on Oct. 14.
In this role, Woods will lead efforts to fully engage community members, stakeholders, and other partners and will coordinate these efforts. He will work extensively with researchers and external partners, facilitating connections between external partners and scholarship to action through a breadth of complex collaborations and partnerships. He will support and deepen the college's current partnerships, helping to extend and transform them into longer-term, ever more impactful engagements. In addition, he will generate opportunities to integrate needs from external partners and match them with researchers or developers to address discovery or programmatic solutions.
Woods has a unique combination of long-range planning, community outreach, environmental and agricultural policy, and grant and nonprofit management experience, including work to translate complex technical and scientific information into policy-relevant material for officials at all levels of government. This progressive experience has included direct interaction with key federal agencies; members of Ohio's congressional delegation; and senior officials in city, county, and state government in Ohio.
Woods comes to CFAES from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., where he has served as deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. Previously, he was the executive director of AAPCA, a national association of state and local environmental agencies, including Ohio EPA and several city and county agencies in Ohio. He holds an MA in international commerce and policy from George Mason University, focusing on environmental, agricultural, and climate change policy, and a BA from the University of Mary Washington.
"Please join me in welcoming Clint to this crucial leadership position, which will play a catalytic role to create and steward innovative new consortia and partnerships for CFAES," Dean Kress said.
Seth C. Walker, JD, has been appointed director of safety and compliance for CFAES effective Oct. 1.
Walker is a public safety professional with extensive experience in both higher education and municipal operations. He combines policing experience with expertise in strategic planning, emergency management operations, facility security assessments and upgrades, grants administration, and community policing strategies.
In his new position, Walker provides CFAES with management, administration, and oversight of all safety-related services and regulatory compliance/risk management and serves as a member of the CFAES Operations Team. In addition, he oversees the safe use and security of high-risk biohazards, including select agents used in laboratories and animal facilities, as well as daily monitoring of biosafety and biosecurity maintenance of the Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research (PAAR) BSL-3 Ag facility.
Walker has been with Ohio State since 2011, first as biosecurity director/EHS manager-Wooster campus, then as public safety manager/biosecurity director. He also served as a lieutenant with The Ohio State University Police Division. Before coming to Ohio State, he was assistant director of public safety for the city of Columbus.
Walker earned his law degree from Capital University, in addition to his law enforcement credentials. He has a BS in microbiology from Ohio State and is a certified hazmat technician.


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