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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TMN submittal: <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html">http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday Morning Notes <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>February 25,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 2014<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM THE DIRECTOR:<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Well, it’s that time of year again when the annual review process begins. By now the faculty annual performance reports (APRs) have been completed and the peer review committees are starting their work. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The position description (PD) for each employee serves as the primary point of reference for annual reviews. We are all accountable for work-related responsibilities that are outlined in our PDs and this annual review process should be based on the expectations for performance based on the responsibilities described in the individual’s PD. Accountability is the basic purpose of faculty APRs and the annual review process. To put it very simply, we regularly take a paycheck from the University of Arizona and we are all accountable to our work assignments as outlined in our PDs. The objectives of the peer review process are equally simple and straightforward: to provide a fair, objective, and reasonable review of a faculty member’s productivity over the course of a calendar year by a group of professional peers based on the PD and evidence provided in the APR. This internal review process is a fundamental mechanism for maintaining accountability and integrity across the organization. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The information summarized in the APRs provides us with valuable information to demonstrate to our stakeholders how CALS Cooperative Extension (CE) faculty, staff, and volunteers are improving lives, communities and the economy in Arizona. So it is important to know that the annual review process is used not only for any merit pay increases that could potentially be available for faculty and staff but it is also used for a wide range of reporting requirements that we have in the college to substantiate the use of public funds that are allocated to us from federal, state, and county sources. Thus, we are not only accountable at the individual level but we are held accountable at the individual unit and college levels as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I know that the peer review represents a lot of hard work and places a heavy time demand on tight schedules. I very much appreciate all of the work that goes into the preparation of the APRs, particularly this year with the brand new UAVitae system, and the entire review process. This is an important process and we should always participate in all aspects of the annual reviews in an objective, professional, and responsible manner. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4-H VOLUNTEER RECEIVES RECOGNITION:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John Whiteside, a Pima County 4-H Volunteer and statewide 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator and formerly an employee of Raytheon, was selected from nominees in the West at the “4-H Volunteer of the Year.” This award is given to one volunteer in each of the 4 regions who has less than 10 years of involvement with 4-H. As a result of this award, John and his wife, Laurel, will be invited to Billings, Montana for the Western Regional Leaders’ Forum and be recognized. In addition, he will receive a plaque and a check for $200.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are very proud of John (and Laurel) and the leadership he has given to our shooting sports program and lots of other endeavors. John will now advance to national competition with winners from the other 3 Extension regions and the final award winners will be announced in April 2014 during National Volunteer Week. We are confident John will do well as a national nominee and are anxious to hear the results in April.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Along with our winning Science Experiment entry which John assisted on, this award is continued good news for Arizona 4-H and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS POLICY CHANGE - <span style='color:red'>ADDENDUM</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professional Development is an important aspect in the career of every faculty and staff member in CALS. Extension Administration annually makes support funds available to support the professional career development through attendance or training for specific educational experiences or materials or professional meetings/events. To request professional development funds, Extension faculty should submit <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/PD_RequestForm.pdf">this form</a> to the appropriate Program Leader (Associate Director) via pattiB. a minimum of 30 days prior to the conference/meeting or purchase of materials. The relevant Program Leader, working in consultation with the Director of Extension and the Extension Administrative Team, is the line of authority for approval for professional development funds. <b><span style='color:red'>Effective January 2014, funds are still available based on FTE.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FINAL CALL FOR O’BRIEN ENDOWMENT AWARD </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><b>PROPOSALS:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The deadline to submit proposals for the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (CALS) James P. & Shirley J. O’Brien Endowment is the end of this week – <b>Friday, February 28</b>. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For detailed information, go to the <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/Obrien-endowment-guidelines.pdf">Proposal Submission Guidelines</a> and/or the <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/OBrien_Gift_Agreement.pdf">Endowment Gift Agreement</a> or <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/james-p-shirley-j-obrien-endowment-award">view previous award proposals and winners</a>. Please note that this award differs from the “Shirley O’Brien Diversity Award” that was designed to honor individuals who have contributed significantly to promoting diversity and an inclusive environment within CALS and across campus. If you have any questions, contact <a href="mailto:scrofts@cals.arizona.edu">Steven Crofts</a> (520.621.7145).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TECH TIP - BE SURE TO UPDATE ADOBE FLASH:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adobe has just <a href="http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html">updated its Flash product</a> for the second time this February, pushing out an emergency patch for an <b>RCE</b> <b>exploit</b> that has been seen <b>in the wild</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To clarify the bolded jargon above:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RCE</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> means "remote code execution", and it refers to an attack that runs a program on your computer without producing pop-ups, dialogs or warnings. Just by visiting a web page, viewing a document, listening to an audio file, or similar, you might invisibly get infected with malware. Your browser, or word processor, or whatever it is, might crash in the process, but that's an unreliable indicator that you have just been attacked. (Also, it's usually too late by then: it is by crashing your browser that the attackers jump over the security warnings.) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Usually, when triggering an RCE, the attackers will deliver a booby-trapped file. This is deliberately crafted so that when it is processed on your computer, for example by the Flash plugin in your browser, the program is led astray so that unauthorized and unexpected execution of remotely-supplied code takes place. The bug that permits the program to be led astray is called vulnerability; the trick that makes use of the vulnerability is called an <b>exploit</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the wild</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> means simply that a real-world attack is known, so this is not merely a risk that has been spotted and contained inside a security lab. If an in-the-wild attack happens before a patch is ready, it is known as a <i>zero-day</i>, meaning that you had zero days of advance warning about a patch, because there wasn't one. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please be sure to update Adobe Flash. Use the following <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html">webpage</a> to download and install the latest version (12.0.0.70) of Flash for your browsers. Internet Explorer (IE) needs the ActiveX type of Flash while Firefox needs the plug-in type of Flash. The Windows 8/8.1 version of IE has Flash built-in and is updated by Microsoft Updates. Chrome uses its own version of Flash and is updated by updating Chrome.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NEW PUBLICATION:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.cals.arizona.edu/pubs/consumer/az1614.pdf">Saving Water and Money at Home in Arizona Step 1: Understanding Residential Water Rates</a> by Summer Waters, Ronald Klawitter, Haley Paul, Jillian Hamilton (pub #az1614)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UPCOMING EVENTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 1, Caribbean/African Cultural festival at Garden Kitchen, 10am-2:00pm, 2205 S. 4th Avenue, South Tucson:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> the Garden Kitchen is hosting this free event as a part of South Tucson’s Fit 1st Saturdays, where, on every first Saturday of the month, a wellness event takes place. Visitors are welcome to taste Caribbean and African dishes such as Jamaican Chicken Curry, learn how to cook with yams, listen to a performance by local musicians Key Ingredients of African Soul, and learn some traditional African dances. This event is made possible through a generous grant from the O’Brien Diversity Endowment, donations from the departments of Africana Studies and Nutritional Sciences, as well as support from the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 6-7 - Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed 60<sup>th</sup> Anniversary, Tombstone: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 58 square mile Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed will celebrate its 60th Anniversary with a Thursday and Friday morning event on the watershed near Tombstone. Sessions will include tours, field and computer sessions devoted to the new Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM), as well as sessions on upland erosion control measures. CEUs are available through the Society for Range Management. There is no registration fee, but participants will have to provide or purchase lunch. To review the agenda and register online (by February 28), go to the <a href="http://apps.tucson.ars.ag.gov/swrc60thanniversary/">Walnut Gulch 60th Anniversary Celebration website</a>. For questions, contact <a href="mailto:phil.heilman@ars.usda.gov">Phil Heilman</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 29 - Dragonfly Day 2014, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area (near downtown Phoenix). </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> This event, in its second year, celebrates the environmental, cultural, and artistic aspects of water. There are still a few spaces for educational booths as well as art and food vendors. Deadline to request a FREE booth space is February 28. For more information, contact <a href="mailto:swaters@cals.arizona.edu">Summer Waters</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help us be more effective, use the “<a href="http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box">Director’s Suggestion Box</a>” – all submissions are anonymous. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>