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Cotton producers, educators and the general public will have access to an unprecedented online storehouse of information when the cotton segment of eXtension is unveiled at the Beltwide Cotton Conference set for January 8-11, 2008, at Nashville, Tennessee.
"We've done everything from a glossary of terms to frequently asked questions, and there are several hundred of those in here," said Dr. Tom Barber, extension cotton specialist. "It's like a 'Wikipedia' for cotton."
Contributors to the project come from about a dozen states across the cotton belt from California to Florida. Barber is one of the founding committee members.
"We've been working on this at least a year," Barber said. "It's a vast amount of information for everyone."
The 3,500 expected attendees at the Beltwide meeting will be able to attend any of several workshops to see eXtension at work. The Beltwide meeting marks the initial release of the cotton segment. A full release will follow a few months later.
"For growers and consultants, it's going to be like a production guide," he said. "All of those recommendations in MPs 44, 144 and 154 are linked, along with all the states' recommended best practices. If you want to know what Georgia is doing, you can see what Georgia is doing."
Barber is also hoping there will be more information to come. "Once we get this initial release done, we hope that the other disciplines like entomology, plant pathology and weed science will get on it too," he said. "We need more specifics, and we really need those groups to come on board."
Barber is hoping the general public will find the site useful as well. "You'd be surprised at how many calls I get from grade school teachers about cotton," he said.
To visit eXtension, log in to www.extension.org.
- Ivory W. Lyles
A Gift to the Arkansas 4-H Foundation
Payroll deduction can do more than just save you a trip to the bank. For employees who wish to make donations to the 4-H Foundation, payroll deduction allows you to spread your generosity over a year's time - doing more and feeling it less.
Payroll deduction is important to The Arkansas 4-H Foundation because it provides the foundation with a steady income over the year. It allows the foundation to plan and implement successful programs and provide assistance when and where needed.
Payroll deduction offers a special opportunity to do more and feel it less.
Using payroll deduction to make a much-needed contribution to the 4-H
Foundation is simple. Just complete form FINANCE 313, found at
http://intranet.uaex.edu/policy/Templates/msexceltemplates
/FINANCE/FINANCE-313.xlt
If you have any questions, please contact Brad Davis, The Arkansas 4-H Foundation, at 501-671-2079 or bdavis@uaex.edu.
Rural Life Conference Set for February 8
The 52nd annual Rural Life Conference is scheduled for Friday, February 8, 2008, at the Isaac S. Hathaway-John M. Howard Fine Arts Center on the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff campus.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center with the opening session at 8:45 a.m. The conference theme is "Changing the Economic Landscape: Strengthening Families, and Transforming Communities and Small Farms."
This year's program features nine workshops; some will be concurrent. Scheduled workshops include the following:
Preregistration is requested of everyone even though the conference is free to farmers, homemakers and retirees. The cost to professionals and agency personnel is $50; after January 22 it will be $75.
To preregister or for more information, contact Kellye Luckett at 870-575-8817 or e-mail luckettk@uapb.edu.
- Carol Sanders
Walk Across Arkansas Fall 2007
Walk Across Arkansas - which ran from September 30 to November 24, 2007 - was a huge success. We had 98 teams officially register, with 79 of those teams reporting all eight weeks. Teams that completed all eight weeks of walking received a Walk Across Arkansas magnet in the shape of Arkansas, complete with the U of A Cooperative Extension Service logo. Tanya Yates, FCS agent in Baxter County, was the agent with the most teams reporting all eight weeks. Two agents tied for the second most participating teams: Terrie James (Sevier County) and Donna Francis (Drew County).
Our 98 teams walked 74,506.09 miles in the eight-week period. The team who walked the most miles was the "Moving Mamas" captained by Whitney Gordon, 4-H program assistant in Little River County, who logged 2,244.20 miles. The second place winner was the "Big Dogs" captained by Ursula Crow, plant warehouse assistant foreman, with 1,970 miles. One of the goals of Walk Across Arkansas was to encourage walking, and we wanted to honor the teams who increased their mileage throughout the eight-week period. The team that was most improved was "Monticello Elementary Team 3" captained by Valerie Thompson (Donna Francis, FCS agent, Drew County) whose team members increased their rate of walking by 12.9 miles. The secondplace winner for most improved with a 9.5 mile rate of increase was the "Body Walkers" captained by Teresa Henson, FCS EFNEP technician. The winning teams received a Walk Across Arkansas water bottle.
Walk Across Arkansas could not have been the success it was without help. Special thanks and great appreciation goes to Dr. Anne Sortor, Delores Sowerbrower, Chris Meux, Donna Rinke and Dr. Wayne Miller.
For those individuals wishing to participate next year, Walk Across Arkansas Spring 2008 will run from February 17 through April 12. Awards for the spring WAA will be given at the 4-H 5-K on April 19. WAA teams who participate in the 4-H 5-K will receive special recognition.
To see the final results of Walk Across Arkansas Fall 2007, go to http://www.arfamilies.org/health_nutrition/walkacrossar/.
- LaVona Traywick
AACES Tip of the Month
Photographers are plagued with the laborious task of organizing hundreds of digital photos on their computers. Photos downloaded from digital cameras carry an alphanumeric name that is nearly useless for identification.
Following is a quick way to rename batches of photos, or just about any type of file, in Microsoft Windows:
1. For photos, select "Thumbnails" from the view menu.
2. Select the files you intend to rename,
3. Right-click on the first file and select "Rename" from the resulting drop down menu.
4. Type a new name.
5. Windows renames the selected files identically, but numbers them contiguously.
6. Repeat as necessary.
For a copy of this tip with photographic instructions, or for more information about the Arkansas Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists, visit http://intranet.uaex.edu/aaces/.
- Kevin Quinn
Grants and Contracts
| Project Title | Award Amount | Principal Investigator | Granting Agency |
| Watershed Response Modeling for 12-digit Hydrolic Unit Code "HUC" in L'Anguille River Watershed | $35,000.00 | Dharmendra Saraswat and Phil Tacker | Arkansas Natural Resources Commission |
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$35,000.00 |
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