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Olversons Lodge Creek Marina, Inc.
1161 Melrose Road
United States
Fax: 804-529-7951
Olversons Lodge Creek Marina, Inc.
1161 Melrose Road
United States
Fax: 804-529-7951
Bayliner is the best-selling brand on the water, with a huge line-up of boats that cover a wide range of activities. Their diverse offerings include outboard and stern-drive boats, bowriders, cuddies, cruisers, and deck boats, and includes what Bayliner claims is the "world's most popular boat", the 175 Bowrider, which has out-sold every other recreational boat on the market for the past 10 years. Owned by the world's largest boat-builder (Brunswick), Bayliners have been in production for over five decades. And Bayliner's size benefits the consumer not only in choice and cost—like many large-volume builders, Bayliner can under-sell most of the competition due to economy of scale—it also means they have a massive dealer network, so finding and servicing their boats is easier than the norm. But large scale does not have to mean low quality; Bayliner is the only fiberglass builder in the Value category of the National Marine Manufacturer's Association to receive the Customer Satisfaction Index Award for five years running. Receiving this award means Bayliner buyers rated the winning boats at over 90-percent for customer satisfaction. Bayliner currently sells boats in over 100 countries, and has been building boats since 1957. For more information, visit Bayliner Boats.
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|Hull Material
|11.5 feet
|Fuel Tank
|200 gallon
|Length at Waterline
|28.83 feet
|Holding Tank
|20 gallon
|Water Tank
|70 gallon
|Max Bridge Clearance
|15 feet
|Cruising Speed
|11.51 miles per hour
|Maximum Speed
|21.86 miles per hour
Builder: Bayliner
LOA: 32/01 ft/in
LWL: 28/10 ft/in
Beam: 11/06 ft/in
Maximum Draft: 2/11 ft/in
Bridge Clearance: 15/00 ft/in
Cruising Speed: 11 mph
Maximum Speed: 21mph
Olversons Lodge Creek Marina, Inc.
1161 Melrose Road
United States
Fax: 804-529-7951
Seller Very Motivated
Please contact at 800-529-5071
|Displacement: 12,500
|Total Power: 225 Each
This 3270 Bayliner Motoryacht has been meticulously maintained,received many upgrades and is ready to cruise.The electrical system has been upgraded with heavy guage DC power cables to new fuse panels at both helms. The system has been upgrated to an 8D house battery charged by a 105 amp alternator. Both main engines have been upgraded with MSD electronic ignition systems and all instruments have been replaced.
The Bayliner 3270 offers an amazing amount of space.Her spacious salon boasts large wraparound windows,teak trim and paneling,exellant lighting,two tone shades and an integrated entertainment system that incorperates a flat screen TV,DVD,radio and CD.Her large L-shaped settee converts easily into a berth for two.Across to starboard is the lower helm station with full instumentation and cabinet storage.
Step down into the mid-ship "captains" cabinwith it's comfortable California king size bed,sink,drawers,medicine cabinet,janging locker and more storage.In a console above the captains bed is a DVD TV and a gps.Forward of the salon you step down into the galley, with it's double stainless sink, built in microwave,refrigerator,storage cabinets,3 burner LP gas stove and conventional oven.Across from the galley is the head containing a shower,storage cabinets and toilet connected to a Lectra-San type 1 marine sanitation device.The forward stateroom features a large "V" berth with ample storage.
The flybridge is fully enclosed and features a Raymarine C80 multifunction display with radar,mapping GPS display,and a fish finder,an ICOM VHF marine radio,fume,fire and flood warning panel, CD/AM/FM stereo and windlass controls.
On aft deck you will find an ice maker,wet bar,under step storage,wash down hose and rod holders.The aft deck can easily be fully enclosed with the zip in panels.
The 4kw onan marine generator is extremly quiet,dependable and easily handles all power needs.
W/ GPS Mapping Fishfinder And 2KW Radar
All fule lines replaced and ceramic coated manifolds and risers installed in 2007. In 2008 both helm hydralic steering units were overhauled,the carburators were overhauled and all new exaust hoses and fiberglass exuast fittings have been installed on both engines. In2009 the flybridge canvas was replaced and new zippers installed.The fresh water tank was removed,cleaned,inspected and level guage installed.Water pump was relocated,whole house carbon filter installed.Septic holding tank was replaced in 2010.The shaft seals were replaced with teflon,hull was sanded inspected,painted and all zinks replaced.
|The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


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The Nikkei's relentless bull-run has raised concerns if a correction is on the pipeline. Chart analysis, however, suggests otherwise.» Read More
A decline in global commodity prices and waning demand from China, Australia's largest trading partner, pushed the Australian dollar to fresh five-and-a-half year lows this week, and now the currency faces a test of key support.
The Australian dollar fell to $0.7870 on Monday, its weakest level since July 2009. It's now testing the technical support level near $0.79; minor falls below this level are consistent with consolidation behavior.
The Aussie became less attractive as a weakening economy and expectations for an eventual Federal Reserve rate hike pushed it below parity with the U.S. dollar in mid-2013. Expectations that the Fed will hike rates in 2015 have since destroyed the carry trade, with the Aussie reverting back to a commodity currency.
The rapid collapse in Nymex oil prices caught many investors offguard, and the worst may not be over, with charts suggesting further declines ahead.
Crude oil prices have tumbled over the past six months amid a supply glut and waning demand, sending prices to their lowest levels in six years. The relentless decline led many banks to reduce their price forecasts including Goldman Sachs, which last week cut its three-month price outlook for WTI crude to $41 per barrel from $70. If charts are anything to go by, the reduced price forecasts are warranted.
Best seen on a monthly chart, let's examine the price behavior from a technical perspective. Nymex oil trades in broad trading bands that define its trending behavior. The trend in the oil price decline from near $100 to below $48 per barrel in January has been interrupted by consolidation pauses near each of these trading band levels. This is a strong downtrend, so the consolidation pauses have been brief.
Analysts are worried that the S&P 500 will collapse following the index's 14.5 percent rise in 2014, but chart patterns suggest otherwise.
Despite last year's double-digit percentage rise, analysts are cautious on their outlook for the S&P 500 in 2015. Most analysts predict slim, single-digit percentage gains, with a handful questioning whether the index can sustain its upward momentum. However, chart patterns indicate that the uptrend remains solid.
The S&P has established a step and stairway pattern, which is defined by trading bands. The market breaks above the resistance level and moves steadily towards the second resistance level calculated by the height of the trading band. The market consolidates near the second resistance level and then retreats. The retreat may use the lower level in the trading band as a support level. The rebound from this lower support level moves above the top of the trading band resistance level. The process of breakout, consolidation, retreat and rebound breakout is repeated, creating a step and stairway trend pattern. This pattern has been in place with the S&P index since October, 2011.
Some believe technical analysis works, while others feel it's akin to reading tea leaves.
Judging by the feedback comments on this column, reader opinions are sharply divided too. The fundamental analysts who didn't see the fall in the oil price, or who told us that gold was going back to $1,500, or that the DOW would collapse didn't seem to attract as much trenchant criticism as those of us involved in technical analysis.
In 2014 we produced weekly CNBC blogs providing trading outlooks based on technical and chart analysis. We use chart analysis to establish the probability of trend change and to set price targets and objectives.
In 88 percent of analysis notes in 2014 the price targets were achieved or exceeded. That's around the same percentage of correct calls in 2013 and 2012. The analysis methods we use are not complex; they can be applied by anyone without the need for a Master's degree in finance. These methods are covered in my books, including Guppy Trading.
Charting analysis provides both the calculated price targets and the price levels that indicate the trade has failed. In 12 percent of cases, the analysis is not correct, but chart analysis provides exact price levels that signal this decision in real time.
As gold finishes out a rocky year, its chart is heading toward critical development point, and the yellow metal may fall below $1,000 an ounce.
The yellow metal started 2014 at around $1,200 an ounce, not too far off its current level of around $1,196, but in between it has hit peaks of nearly $1,400 and a trough around $1,140, after 2013's long downtrend from opening that year around $1,664.
The downtrend line is the most important trend feature of the weekly Comex gold chart. This starts from the high near $1,799 in October 2012. Recently, the line uses the high of $1,347 in July 2014 as a confirming anchor point for the downtrend line. Any change in the downtrend will require a price breakout above the value of the downtrend line, currently near $1,239. The trend line defines the downtrend.
The second important feature of the gold chart is the historical support level near $1,180. The gold price did move below this level, but the price developed a consolidation pattern near the $1,180 level.
The dreaded Hindenburg Omen, which proponents claim foretells a major market collapse, is back according to some market watchers, but fear not as history shows this indicator is full of hot air.
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to call the collapse of U.S. markets, the proponents of this obscure technical indicator are back pedaling analysis methods that give genuine technical analysis a bad name. At its core, this so-called indicator confuses coincidence with correlation.
The Hindenburg Omen is a technical indicator that supposedly foretells the collapse of the American market, but it reveals a more about the behavior of market participants than it does about the market. The indicator is named after the Hindenburg airship which burst into flames in America on May 6, 1937.
As the Aussie dollar hovers near four-year lows against the U.S. dollar amid calls for the Australian central bank to pursue easing measures as economic growth slows, charts suggest further downside.
The Australian economy grow 2.7 percent on year in the July-September period, data showed last week, below expectations for a 3.1 percent rise as the country's commodity boom winds down.
Read MoreAustralia's Abbott risks recession as infrastructure pledge falters
Below-view growth figures prompted calls for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates. Last week, Deutsche Bank forecast two 25 basis-point rate cuts in 2015.
Chart analysis
Despite the prolonged downtrend in the Australian dollar, the currency has moved between two broad trading bands defined by support and resistance levels. These bands provide a method to set the potential downside targets for the move below $0.865.
Read MoreAustralia headed into perfect storm in 2015
The weekly AUD/USD chart shows a strong support level near $1.015 that was broken in May 2013. The Australian dollar then moved to test lower support near $0.94. This did not act as a strong support level, but it did develop into a strong resistance level that capped the Australian dollar's rise from April to September 2014.
U.S. crude oil fell to a fresh five-year low on Monday, starting December on a downbeat after November marked the fifth consecutive month of decline – oil's longest losing streak since 2008 – and charts suggest further downside ahead.
A strong U.S. dollar, increased U.S. production and weak demand have driven global oil prices to multi-year lows over the past few months. Last week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided not to cut oil output, fueling further price declines.
Developments in the Ukraine still have the potential to affect oil and energy supplies in Europe, but the market has essentially discounted this unless there is a dramatic escalation of the conflict.
Read MoreCan oil fall all the way to $40?
When we last covered oil on October 6, we set a downside target near $78. This target has been exceeded. Speaking on CNBC Street Signs in November, we set a new downside target for oil at $68, which has also been exceeded. The new downside target is near $58.
An interest rate cut from the People's Bank of China on Friday spurred a global stock rally and charts suggest the move will further boost an already-strong uptrend in the Shanghai Composite index.
The People's Bank of China cut the one-year benchmark lending rate by 40 basis points to 5.6 percent on Friday and lowered the one-year benchmark deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent in an effort to support the slowing economy.
On the weekly chart, the Shanghai Composite recently pulled back to trade between trend lines C and D and then rallied above trend line D. The strong rally above trend line D shows exceptional trend strength.
The uptrend breakout started as a typhoon flag pattern and then developed into a pattern of trading channels defined by up-sloping trend lines. The width of the lower trading channel between trend lines A and B was measured and projected upwards to set the location of trend line C. This same method was applied to set the location of trend line D. The distance between trend lines A and C was measured and projected above the value of trend line C, creating a third and higher trading channel, trend line D.
Surprise easing from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) at the end of October fueled gains in the Nikkei, but data Monday showing Japan unexpectedly entered a technical recession interrupted the uptrend and charts indicate further upside may be limited.
The BOJ surprised markets at the end of October by expanding its stimulus program, while the Government Pension Investment Fund readjusted its target allocations, increasing the amount of domestic stocks that it buys. Together, the initiatives pushed Japan's Nikkei to fresh seven-year highs above 17,000.
Growth data released on Monday damped optimism about further stock gains, however. The economy contracted an annualized 1.6 percent in the third quarter following a 7.3 percent contraction in the second, putting Japan in a technical recession and calling the effectiveness of Abenomics – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's over one-year-old plan to kickstart the Japanese economy – into question.
Read MoreMore stimulus coming after Japan GDP shocker?
A month ago we noted the limits for the Nikkei rise; these targets have been achieved. These same methods are used to define the downside limits for the Nikkei's retreat and the future upside limits for any recovery rebound rally.
Daryl Guppy is an independent technical analyst who appears frequently on CNBC Asia.

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In this season, the Lord is declaring war upon the spirit of Egypt (bondage). There is a serious problem when we can go to church week after week sick, wounded, depressed and fearful, and every week we return home in the same condition or worse.
In Ezekiel 32:17-32, we see that judgment has been proclaimed upon all of Egypt (bondage). One would not think it strange that one of the key reasons is possibly lack of faith, which is always a great reason we fail to receive from the Lord.
Recently the Lord was dealing with me concerning the fact that many in the church hear but fail to listen. The Holy Spirit said to me that we listen with our ears but we hear with our spirit. So, another reason people are still in bondage is because they are not hearing the Word of God. The word is not getting into their spirit man. When the word gets into your spirit, change comes into your life rapidly.
He went on to speak to me about terrorists. Terrorists in the world are a real threat, but He was speaking to me about the terrorists in the church. They are equally as real. According to the Lord, the spiritual terrorists are far worse than those in the world, because they are doing what they do all in the name of the Lord and — in their eyes — for the good of the church.
Some may be asking, what are spiritual terrorists? Spiritual terrorists are religious people — as opposed to faithful people. These are people who kill with their words. They lack the compassion of the Lord. They have been disconnected from the true vine (Christ), therefore, they fail to display the character of Christ. They do not move in the love of God but rather operate in the flesh and many times operate out of anger and jealousy.
Ezekiel 32:24 tells us that these people have gone down into the pit uncircumcised. Of course the pit is hell and the uncircumcised means that they did not have covenant with God. They failed to change. They failed to allow the Holy Spirit to cut away the foreskins of their heart, to cut away those things that are not pleasing to the Lord such as bad attitude, fear, jealousy, envy, unforgiveness, etc.
Ezekiel 32:31 speaks very clearly to us that these religious people listen to the words of the Lord, but they fail to do them. Their mouth speaks of all of the goodness of the Lord, but their hearts are far from the Lord.
It is time for change. Before change can take place, we must acknowledge that change is needed in our lives. The one thing that prevents us from acknowledging that we need change is pride. We all need to change in one area or another. If you ask the Holy Spirit the areas that need change in your life, He will show you. Once He shows you, then it is up to you to ask the Lord to bring forth that change in your life. Humble yourself to ask for that help.
If we intend to walk in the fullness of the Lord, there is one thing we must do — and that is change. Our focus is too much in the natural and the physical and too little in the spiritual.
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March 31, 2010
Scholarships.com Staff
Whether it's about a little cross-promotion or getting students' hands on the latest technologies out there, Seton Hill University will join a handful of other colleges across the country in offering students the iPad, Apple's newest tablet computer.
The school will begin distributing the iPad to its 2,100 students this fall; every full-time student is eligible to receive one. (Often, similar offerings are limited to incoming freshmen.) According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the effort is part of the school's Griffin Technology Advantage program, which will expand hybrid and fully online course offerings at the college. The program does come at a cost. Students will see an additional $500 fee tacked on to their tuition and fee bills to cover a wireless campus. The school will absorb the costs of the iPads themselves.
Many schools currently offer their students laptops and computers to supplement course curricula or level the playing field for those who come onto their campuses unable to afford new technology. At Seton Hill, incoming freshmen also receive 13-inch MacBooks, with the option to request an opt-in to the program for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. George Fox University is getting on the iPad bandwagon as well, offering incoming freshmen the choice between the tablet and a MacBook. That school has been offering students computers - as part of their tuition - for the last 20 years. Duke University offered incoming students iPods between 2004 and 2006; Oklahoma Christian University has been offering students Apple laptop computers and iPhones or an iPod Touch since 2008; Abilene Christian University has been offering students iPhones since 2008 as well.
Technology on college campuses is here to stay, despite a persistent technology gap - or the perception of a technology gap - on some college campuses. Social networking in particular has become more common in college coursework. Students in a journalism course at Depaul University, for example, have been using Twitter as a research tool and learning how to use the site to supplement their reporting techniques. At Harper College, a one-time course there showed students how to use Facebook and Twitter from a business perspective.
What kinds of technology tools are being used at your college? Does your school offer laptops, desktops, or other technologies as part of your college experience?
April 29, 2010
For some of you, next fall will be a fresh start on a new campus, whether you're transferring from a community college to complete a bachelor's degree, or whether you were unhappy at your four-year university and needed a change of scenery. You're not alone. The transfer experience is a reality for about one-third of all students who go to college, according to a report issued this week by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) on the transfer admissions process.
The study, which used data from the 2006 NACAC's annual Admission Trends Survey and pieces of a dissertation project from Michigan State University, looked at not only the number of college students who transfer schools but what transfer students can expect to be judged on when they apply to new schools, an important piece of information for students worried about how their applications will be perceived by admissions officials. Overall, about 64 percent of all transfer applicants are admitted to their intended colleges; about 69 percent of all first-time applicants are admitted.
According to the study, your academic achievements from high school become much less important than what you've done so far at the college you're currently at. (Both public and private institutions overwhelmingly agreed on this point, according to the study.) College-level GPAs were ranked as the most important thing schools look at when they receive applications from potential transfer students. Grades in transferable courses are also ranked high in terms of what college officials look for. Private colleges are much more likely than public institutions to pay attention to things personal essays, recommendations and interviews. Larger, public institutions viewed the following more positively than private colleges: having 60 or more hours of transferable credit, being more than 25 years old, and planning to enroll part-time.
As far as what else admissions officials considered fairly important on a transfer applicant's file, the results were a mixed bag:
May 5, 2010
May 1 is traditionally the day many students submit enrollment deposits to their intended schools and make their college choice official. For colleges will late and rolling admissions, however, now begins the time to woo students into choosing their school for fall.
Despite what you've heard about increased competition and limited space at the most selective institutions (and colleges in California, where the state school system is using wait lists for the first time), space is still available at a number of colleges across the country. A survey released today by the National Association for College Admission Counseling lists those public and private schools, and whether slots available for new freshman and transfer students are limited or more plentiful. The Space Availability Survey is also probably good news for students on wait lists, as it shows there are still options for those who may be rejected from those schools they have been waiting to hear back from. The survey also lists which schools still have housing and financial aid available to incoming students, as both may be limited this late in the game.
For once, it seems, the ball is in the students' courts. Schools that may need to reach deep into their wait lists or that may have lower enrollments overall due to high price tags that may not be as desirable in a tough economy may need to put in a little extra effort getting students interested in their campuses. A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education described the "sweet and subtle science" of wooing students who have yet to make their final decisions. At Lafayette College, for example, admissions officials spend much of the late spring reaching out to high school seniors and their parents with personalized follow-up letters, e-mails, phone calls, and on-campus events meant to showcase how their school is different than the rest and is more interested in building relationships with new additions to their student body.
At Menlo College, admissions officials don't expect to have their incoming class finalized until the first week of September, according to an article yesterday in The Chronicle, with many of those late registrants coming from overseas and transfer students from across the country. Pennsylvania State University at Schuylkill is about two-thirds of the way to their enrollment goal for their new group of incoming freshmen. At the same time, recruitment officers there are contacting juniors for next year.
May 26, 2010
As the weather grows warmer and spring semester grades are announced, many college students have little on their minds beyond relaxing poolside until the fall semester. Some students, however, won't be getting much of a break, taking classes right through the season in what admissions officials say may be record numbers.
An article in Inside Higher Ed today reports that at schools across the country, summer enrollments are up, following suit after a year of increased enrollments and admissions competition across the board. Why the bump? Inside Higher Ed suggests a number of possibilities.
The economy may be one reason, as it has not only been more difficult to find a job these days, it has been harder for students to line up internships and other summer opportunities. Some students may also be more aware of the cost of college, and choose to complete their degrees as quickly as possible, often on satellite campuses closer to home. (Some students may be worried that they're getting on the five-year or "super senior" plan rather than the traditional four-year undergraduate experience, due to major switches or other factors.) With less competition for summer classes than during the fall and spring semesters, signing up for courses in the summer months may also make strategic sense, as students worry about getting all of the credits and requirements completed in a timely manner. Admissions officials have also reported more nontraditional students enrolling in their schools overall, and that population is more likely than the traditional group to enroll in school year-round.
At the University of California-Berkeley, the school's officials made a concerted effort to attract more students to their summer offerings. As a result, about 1,000 more have registered for summer classes this year compared to 2009. The school also offers more online courses this summer, making it easier for students to justify sacrificing some of their summer off for academics.
Summer enrollments at community colleges are even higher. An increase of more than 6,000 students over the previous year have enrolled in summer classes in the Houston Community College District, according to Inside Higher Ed. Administrators there say many of the students are new, coming from four-year institutions to grab up some credits at their local community college while they work to have some money by living at home or working part-time jobs in their hometowns.
How about you? Are you taking summer classes? If so, what's your reasoning? If you are signed up, make sure you know of the financial aid opportunities available to summer students, as most schools still offer aid in the summer months, even if you're only enrolled part-time. And, as always, consider scholarships for summer.
June 9, 2010
Many of you have already made your decisions on the school you'll be attending come fall. The next step (outside of the obvious, determining how you'll pay for that choice and evaluating your financial aid letter) will be figuring out where you'll be living once you're on your chosen campus.
Many colleges will require freshmen to live in dorms, to build a sense of community and give those first-year students better access to campus offerings and guidance. You've probably heard quite a bit about communal living already, either through older siblings' roommate horror stories or warnings of consuming too many calories in the dorm cafeterias. A number of recent articles have taken a lighter approach to dorm living, looking at the unique options you may have when determining where you'll be spending most of your time come fall. (You may remember reading about college students demanding more from their dorms; it seems like schools are taking notice.)
One article in The New York Times took a look at dorm rooms that came with "bragging rights" and an air of celebrity about them. While wait lists for them are typically high, some students discover only after they've moved in that they're bunking in the same space as a former politician, celebrity, or historical figure. Princeton University in particular has quite a few of these famous spaces—Michelle Obama had a single room there, and four freshmen currently live in Adlai E. Stevenson's old room. (The school razed the building where James Stewart spent his evenings.) Yale University boasts Anderson Cooper's and Paul Giamatti's old rooms. While colleges are often hesitant to disclose where famous alums lived while attending their schools, the article suggests it's not too hard to figure out using old yearbooks, and the Times piece alone discloses quite a few of the celebs' previous addresses.
For those who would rather bring a furry friend from home to college than boast of their rooms' history, a number of colleges have become more amendable to allowing students to bring the family pet to live with them in the dorms. Another recent Times article took a look at the trend, as colleges begin setting aside dorms specifically for pet owners. The dorms include daycare facilities for when students are in class—although hours are limited to prevent pet neglect—and other amenities staffed by work-study students interested in working with animals. According to that article, about a dozen colleges currently have policies allowing pets access to the dorms. Typically, the policies are limited to cats and small- to average-sized dogs.
What kinds of things will you be considering when you're ready to make your housing choice? Are you looking for a more traditional dorm room experience, without the frills or additional options now offered by colleges?
July 7, 2010
Although many students are able to complete their associate degrees in two years, a number of community colleges are looking to shorten students' time at their institutions even further. The changes at one school alone have included moving from semesters to trimesters, shortening courses from 16 to 14 weeks, and offering more options for degree completion in the summer, when most schools offer fewer classes than in the fall and spring terms.
An article this week in Inside Higher Ed suggests more community colleges are looking to meet the call from the Obama administration and organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to get students out in the real world with degrees before they drop out. President Obama is placing great weight on the power of community colleges to double the number of graduates in the United States by 2020.
At Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, for example, all students are able to earn an associate degree in just 14-16 months if they complete one course every two weeks under the school's trimester system. According to Inside Higher Ed, about a quarter of the students there have been graduating in a shorter amount of time. Lower Columbia College will introduce a program called the "Transfer Express" this fall. Students in the program will be able to earn an associate degree in one year. You may also remember that Ivy Tech Community College will offer a pilot program come fall to students interested in completing degrees in health-care support. Students will be able to earn their degrees in one year if they commit to an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., five-day-a-week school schedule.
So what's the incentive to community colleges to move students through faster? Doesn't it hurt their bottom line? According to Inside Higher Ed, students in accelerated programs are more likely to graduate—and less likely to drop out—than those who may be going to school at a less break-neck pace. Allowing students to finish traditionally two-year programs in a year or a little over also opens up room at community colleges for more students to enroll, a significant advantage when a number of two-year schools are having accommodating an increase in applicants.
Accelerated programs aren't for everyone, though. Students who have no plans to drop out of school may find the pace too challenging, and consider leaving programs for a more traditional two-year program. Some students will also need additional, remedial instruction in introductory courses that have no place in accelerated programs. If you're interested though, it could be a decent money-saver for you, as many schools that offer the programs do so with tuition discounts attached.
July 27, 2010
If you're an incoming freshman new to the idea of communal living, there's something you should know. You may not be instant best friends with your new roommate. Random pairings are just that: random. And a recent article in The New York Times describes just how bad new undergraduates have gotten at managing even the minutest problems.
According to the article, students are getting more passive aggressive, using technology and social networking to vent rather than confronting an annoying roommate. One director of housing says students text one another while they're in the same room rather than talking out a disagreement. Or their complaints will go "public" via Facebook, with the other roommate finding out on the website that there's trouble brewing in their living space. Students won't even tell noisy dorm-mates to quiet down, according to a recent focus group at North Carolina State University.
Another problem is more parents getting involved in the conflicts, rather than the students handling their roommate issues themselves, according to the article. Most colleges have mediation services or resident advisers at the ready to handle these problems, but few students take advantage.
But there are ways to make a mismatch work. If you're aware of the common roommate problems before you move in, like borrowing personal items without the roommate's permission or messy living habits, you may be more prepared to handle them. If you think you may be the problem, it may be time for a bit of self-reflection. It's probably not a bad idea, for example, to learn how to not eat food that isn't yours.
If it gets really bad, most colleges have systems in place that allow students to swap out their roommates. At Loyola University in Chicago, students are able to move out of their rooms if they find other students to trade places with them, according to the Times article. The school gives unhappy roommates a little help with organized "swap nights," where they are able to meet other students looking for improved living situations. The University of Florida has introduced the Facebook tool RoomBug as a move away from random assignments. The application allows students to give more detailed responses on what they'd like to see in a roommate, and to match themselves with profiles they feel may be a good fit. Whatever your situation, don't take a failed roommate situation too personally. By sophomore year, more than 70 percent of freshman year roommates are no longer living together, choosing instead to bunk with friends they make freshman year.
August 26, 2010
A college freshman goes through a wide range of emotions when it's time to leave home. Many are a little nervous, but mostly excited, with a laundry list of things to do before they're able to relax about their first round of courses. It's probably for the best then for parents to get back on the road and leave new freshmen to their orientations and campus exploring, right? For some parents, seeing their first son or daughter go to away to college has been harder than most.
A recent article in The New York Times took a look programs at colleges across the country that aim to make the transition easier for both incoming freshmen and their parents. According to the article, a formal "Parting Ceremony" at Morehouse College involves literally shutting the gate to the campus as the newly enrolled are left on one side, their parents on the other. At Colgate and Princeton universities, school officials are quick to remind parents that student-only activities start the afternoon or early evening of move-in day. At Grinnell College, a formal welcoming from the school's president keeps parents on one side of the college gym, students on the other.
The article is one of several lately on "helicopter parents," or moms and dads who can't help but involve themselves in every aspect of their children's lives. While moving day may be an important milestone for college students to share with their parents, especially if they're the only child, it's also important for parents to realize that this is their freshman's first taste of independence. And they won't learn how to be self-sufficient if mom and dad are hovering.
A recent article in The Chicago Tribune looked at how technology has made helicopter parenting even easier, leading with the story of a 19-year-old college sophomore who has a frequent texting relationship with her mother back home. Administrators say constant communication becomes a problem when parents start taking the lead on their children's schedules and social lives. According to the Tribune article, some call to remind their sons and daughters about upcoming exams or other deadlines, and are the first point of contact when laundry issues or conflicts with other students and professors arise.
Having a close relationship with your parents is great, but it's also important to use college as a period of self-discovery. Set up boundaries (do you really need to be Facebook friends with mom and dad?) and make sure that you're taking advantage of your first stab at independence. And worse comes to worse, you can always study abroad.
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While you're unpacking a semester's worth of your belongings in your shared dorm room, there are other recent high school graduates packing up for different adventures—volunteer experiences abroad, internships across the country, or backpacking trips through Europe. These students are taking a "gap year," or time off from the traditional college experience.
The gap year is a popular option in Europe, where students opt out of university-level coursework in favor of experiences they feel will make them wiser and more independent. But the idea has also grown in popularity in the United States. USA Today announced a new blog this week from Mira Fishman, who will be leaving her home in Ann Arbor in three weeks not to go to college, but to volunteer abroad. She'll spend six months in Buenos Aires at a nonprofit, then another six months in a "grittier city." She hopes to improve upon her Spanish and boost her resume, and as her plans were worked out independently rather than through the dozens of organized gap year programs out there, she hopes to keep to a strict budget.
Despite the high cost of organized gap year programs—some run up to $20,000 for the year—they're also growing in popularity, especially among those who want a bit more structure to their gap year. Such programs promise a support network for gap year students, and experiences that are crafted to the interests of the student. Students like Fishman, however, may prefer a gap year that requires more independence and responsibility. An article several years ago in USA Today described "gappers" who completed internships at software start-ups, explored careers to clarify what they'd like to do in college before enrolling, and learned life skills at manual labor jobs. (One student interviewed worked as a deckhand on a "floating classroom" in Baltimore.)
Taking time off may also be an option for those who weren't able to get in to the school of their choice, although that time off may be spent becoming a more attractive candidate to that chosen college. The gap year then becomes more of a "bridge year," where the college-bound look to enhance their applications by taking—and acing—courses at the local community college, volunteering, or pursuing internships in their intended fields of study. Bridge years also exist for those already admitted to college; at Princeton University, officials have introduced a bridge year program for admitted students where they pursue service work abroad before coming to campus the following year.
Are you taking a gap year? What are the pros and cons of taking time off before committing to college? Are traditional study abroad programs through your college the right way to go if you're looking to go overseas? Tell us your stories!
August 31, 2010
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Looks like there's a new facebook in town. Sort of. Apparently trying to recapture what the aforementioned site once offered, namely exclusivity to college students, is the new site CollegeOnly.com. It's really not a bad idea, either, if you think about it. Sure, facebook really took off and their numbers skyrocketed as a result of their opening-up their site and services to the general public, but at what price? Or, at what price to students, I should say. It worked out pretty well for facebook. I mean, does it really make sense to jettison users of your site once they reach a particular age or social status? With regard to site traffic, less is never more.
Several years ago, students could go online and post photos from frat parties and, basically, be college students without fear of their parents, employers, etc. seeing them, for example. Sure, facebook allows you to adjust your privacy settings and sure, you don't have to accept every friend request you get, but it could be a bit awkward to get an invite from an employer, parent, aunt, etc. with whom you really don't want to be facebook "friends" for the above-mentioned reasons.
Having only glanced at the site (don't currently have a ".edu" email address), I can't go into much more detail, other than to say the clipart on the home page is certainly an interesting choice. Regardless of your gender or preference there's a plunging neckline there for you. Enjoy.
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All the Mowgli Stories
All the Mowgli Stories is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. As the title suggests, the book is a chronological compilation of the stories about Mowgli from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, together with "In the Rukh" (the first Mowgli story written although the last in chronological order). The book also includes the epigrammatic poems added to the stories for their original book publication. All of the stories and poems had originally been published between 1893 and 1895.
The book was first published under this title in 1933, although its contents are virtually identical to The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VII: The Jungle Book, part of a multi-volume set which had appeared in 1907. (A companion volume, The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VIII: The Jungle Book collects all of the non-Mowgli stories from the two Jungle Books.)
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With this in mind, the instructions from a personal trainer can have positive influences on a pregnant woman's psychological, as well as physical, preparation for childbirth. Yet it is important to keep a realistic perspective on the role that exercise will have.
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It would be wise to start exercising even before your pregnancy in order to establish baseline levels with which you can work once you do get pregnant. It would be best to work with a heart rate monitor to find out your maximum heart rate, your resting heart rate and your heart rate recovery time for purposes of comparison and tracking your progress. Keep in mind that your resting heart rate increases during pregnancy. Also, women who exercise and then become pregnant are used to the feeling of intense workouts versus women who have never exercised. Already pregnant? Pay attention to your body when you work out; exercising just to the point of being a bit out of breath or having a flushed complexion will tell you that you are working at a good indication of intensity.
To prevent back pain from a slouching posture, you should strengthen the muscles in the upper back. This can be done fairly simply with an exercise rubber band. You can exercise from a sitting position, legs straight out in front of you, by placing the band around your feet and pulling it toward the body in a rowing motion.
As the abdominals relax and lengthen, simple strategies should be implemented to strengthen the abdominal groups, such as the transverse abdominals and rectus abdominis, as these are key muscle groups when it comes to pushing the child through the birth canal. These exercises can include activities as simple as pulling the navel button toward the spine.
To strengthen the pelvic floor, women should perform contractions of the pelvic floor known as Kegel exercises, or simply as "kegels." Because the rectus abdominis, transverses abdominals and pelvic girdle belong to the core, which is necessary to give stability in any movement, balance work should also be done moderately, within levels of comfort.
As with any exercise program, the shape an individual is in should be the determining factor of how long and hard they should be exercising. Just recently, the New York City Marathon was won by a woman who trained during pregnancy. Of course, this is a healthy individual who was used to long distance running and high intensity cardiovascular training.
U.S. health officials recommend that individuals exercise for 2.5 hours per week (roughly 30 minutes per day, at least five days a week) to stay healthy and manage weight. This general rule is applicable to pregnant individuals as well.
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Ladera Ranch is "a very safe community."
That was the message from Orange County Sheriff's Department Lt. Jim Rudy at the Ladera Ranch Civic Council meeting earlier this week, following the Feb. 19 crime spree that began in a quiet Ladera neighborhood.
Police believe Ali Syed killed 20-year-old Courtney Aoki in his parents' Terramor condominium that day, then embarked on a rampage that left two others dead before he killed himself.
Rudy assured the audience of about 15 people that for a community the size of Ladera, which has about 23,000 residents in five square miles, crime is low.
Rudy shared OCSD statistics for 2011 and 2012.
There were no homicides or rapes in either year, he said. In 2011, there were three robberies and five aggravated assaults. In 2012 there were five robberies and four aggravated assaults.
In terms of property crimes, stolen vehicles rose from one in 2011 to four in 2012. Burglaries dropped from 89 in 2011 to 60 in 2012.
Rudy said thefts are on the rise countywide, primarily from vehicles.
The Sheriff's Department has 20 deputies assigned to the 27 square miles of unincorporated area that includes Ladera, Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Wagon Wheel, Trabuco Canyon, Casper's Park, Ortega Highway, parts of Cleveland National Forest, Joplin Youth Center and the Blue Jay camp site, Rudy said. The area is populated with about 55,000 residents. Five deputies are on duty at any given time.
Ladera Ranch seems to generate most calls, Rudy said. When needed, deputies from surrounding cities can help out.
"What's fortunate for us, especially when we had the tragic incident last week, is that deputies from Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita can provide assistance," he said. "That's a nice luxury of regional policing."
The Sheriff's Department had more than a half dozen deputies securing the crime scene around the Syed home last week, in addition to a lieutenant, a captain and homicide investigators, he said.
The average response time for a deputy to arrive to a Ladera Ranch call increased to more than 17 minutes in 2012, statistics show. In the last four years, the response time has been between 13 to 14 minutes.


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Dec 04, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Highlighting the utility industry's growing use of Internet-based data management tools to develop modern grid networks, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt cited GE's Grid IQ "Solutions as a Service" (SaaS) offering as one of nine industrial service technologies that are creating more modern, interconnected businesses in a 21st century economy, during an event held in San Francisco.
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With the world's electricity demand expected to increase by more than 70 percent by 2035, GE said its Grid IQ SaaS and other solutions are being deployed to help utilities around the world modernize their grid networks to more effectively meet their growing capacity, environmental and security needs.
In stressing the importance of Grid IQ SaaS as one of nine GE digital technologies that are helping to revolutionize vital industrial sectors, Immelt said, "The internet has changed the way we consume information and talk with each other, but now it can do more. By connecting intelligent machines to each other and ultimately to people and by combining software and big data analytics, we can push the boundaries of physical and material sciences to change the way the world works." Grid IQ SaaS allows utilities to monitor, manage and control their grid more intelligently. Using a cloud-computing services model, these capabilities can be deployed in 50 percent less time than traditional turnkey project models and 10 percent of the estimated implementation cost. This empowers utilities to embark upon grid modernization projects without worrying about the financial impact of ongoing IT operations, GE noted.
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Anyone who has been here for a while, or who reads my facebook status updates, knows I am an insomniac.It has come and gone throughout my life. My first memorable insomnia experience was in high school, when I learned that Star Search came on at 2 AM. Not sure why we didn't seek help then. I was regularly falling asleep in class.
Throughout my adult life, it has come and gone in spurts, a night here, a few weeks there. That was until March when it got hella worse. Can I explain what brings it on? Not really. What I do know is that I have "pervasive thoughts." The brain, it just doesn't turn off....like, ever. And while I have heard of people up at night with worry, I'm really just up with my head spinning around dumb stuff. "I wonder if I should buy a hammock", "What do I need at the grocery store?" "what goes with that new shirt I bought?" Seriously! It's annoying. Here is what insomnia, at it's worse, looks like for me: Lying in bed for a few hours before falling asleep, awakening in the wee hours and either not being able to fall back asleep or waking about once an hour until it's time to get up. Total suckage.
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I also, am turning the guest bedroom into my "quiet place." I try to spend some time in there every day. No clock, no TV, no music, no work or other distractions. This space is for reading and meditating. Yesterday, I painted it the same dark, calm blue that I have in my bedroom, so I am not distracted by the paint color that doesn't go with my home color palate (see how my mind works?). It's a really great space now. I'll post some pictures.
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* Basic grammar
* 50+ useful phrases
And the following features:
* Highly customizable exercises on all of the above, with a fun awards system that is integrated with the game center which makes practicing fun, with separate awards for the vocabulary, verbs, grammar and listening exercises.
* Keeping track of your progress by saving statistics and summaries of all done exercises, together with errors made.
The fun of this app lies in its fun, addictive and useful exercises.
The full version comes with 4 more semesters, translating to tons of content too, and has no ads displayed.
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What's New in Version 7.02
Content and ui updates
Some new features such as marking of sentences
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- Category: Education
- Updated: 29 January 2015
- Version: 7.02
- Size: 11.9 MB
- Languages: English, Dutch
- Developer: Ceardannan S-BVBA
- © Cognitecco BVBA
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimised for iPhone 5.


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Pakistan extends crackdown on Mumbai suspects
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan insisted it would help India to bring those behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice, saying Thursday it had shut down extremist Web sites and suspected militant training camps, and detained 71 people in a deepening probe.
Still, a top Pakistani official said authorities needed to further investigate information about the attacks provided by archrival India before it could be used to prosecute suspects in court.
Islamabad is under pressure to clamp down on Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based militant group that India blames for killing 164 people in its commercial capital in the siege and raising tension between South Asia's nuclear-armed neighbors.
Days after the November attacks, the U.N. Security Council declared that Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a charity in Pakistan, was merely a front for the outlawed militant organization.
On Thursday, Pakistan's Interior Ministry said 71 leaders of the groups had been arrested since then and that another 124 had been placed under surveillance and must register their every move with police.
"The restrictions are so tough. It's virtual detention," Interior Secretary Kamal Shah said.
Rehman Malik, the ministry's top official, said authorities also had closed 20 offices, 94 schools, two libraries and six Web sites linked to the charity. He said authorities had shut more than a dozen relief camps of the charity, some of which are alleged to be militant training grounds.
Among those detained was Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, along with Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarrar Shah, who India says planned the Mumbai attacks.
Malik repeated Islamabad's call for a joint investigation into the attacks and urged India to hand over more information to assist Pakistan's own probe.
"We are fully committed to help India in this investigation," he said at a news conference. "We have to prove to the world that India and Pakistan stand together against the terrorists because they are the common enemies."
On Jan. 5, India handed Pakistan a dossier of evidence including information on interrogations, weapons and data gleaned from satellite phones used by the attackers.
India said the material proved Pakistan-based militants plotted and executed the attacks and has repeatedly insinuated that Pakistani intelligence agents were involved.
Pakistan denies that, though it has accepted that the one Mumbai gunman captured alive is a Pakistani and appears ready to accept that elements from within its borders were involved.
Pakistan has used Lashkar-e-Taiba in the past as a proxy force against India in their struggle over the divided Kashmir region. Washington says it has developed ties to al-Qaida and the West wants Pakistan to demonstrate that it has turned decisively against Islamic militancy.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in Mumbai on Thursday that Pakistan, a front-line ally also against the al-Qaida and the Taliban, must show "zero tolerance" for all terror networks on its soil. Miliband plans to visit Pakistan in the coming days.
Malik said Pakistani detectives would "inquire into" the information provided by India "to try to transform it to evidence, evidence which can stand the test of any court in the world and of course our own court of law."