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Every Android geek out there knows that monitoring your phone's CPU usage is the key to improved battery life, and a smoother performance. An Android phone's performance can be improved considerably by decreasing some load from the CPU, compared to freeing up oodles of RAM by using a Task Killer. While there are many CPU […]Read More
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Yesterday, Samsung Galaxy S2 owners got a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich thanks to the work of some talented developers. Now, not wanting to be left behind, some Galaxy S developers have also managed to get a very early alpha build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM to work on the handset. Since this is […]Read More
Thanks to developer – @xplodwold – Samsung Galaxy S2 owners can enjoy an early alpha build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on their phone. Readers can read more about the ROM and see a video of it in action here. Readers can find the download link and the steps to install this ROM on […]Read More


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Why the Cleveland Browns Need to Stay The Course Regardless of Investigation
With the 2015 NFL Draft quickly approaching, the distractions and noise surrounding...
By Bob Evans
Senior Writer
As the Cleveland Indians packed up and headed for spring training in Arizona, fans had finally just come down from an offseason high which saw their team land a big-name free agent in Nick Swisher and one of the top head coaches on the market in Terry Francona. While Swisher is no Josh Hamilton, giving that large of a contract to a player not currently on the roster was a major change in philosophy for the management that has been running the show the past few years.
Then, just when Indians' fans thought things were getting back to normal with the low-risk, high reward signings of Jason Giambi and Daisuke Matsuzaka to minor league contracts, general manager Chris Antonetti went and shocked the world. Late Monday night, Antonetti and the Indians inked the biggest fish left on the free agent market, center fielder Michael Bourn.
No, this is not an early April Fool's Day joke—the Indians' ownership group and front office opened up their checkbook for Francona and the fans. And with a few pen strokes and a lot of zeroes, the leading men of the Cleveland Indians franchise just lit the proverbial fire back under their fan base.
Do these moves suddenly mean the Indians are going to go from a 92-loss team to one that is a contender for the World Series? Absolutely not; but what they do signify is the franchise has undergone a major culture shift—one that may result in not pawning off their star players at the mid-point of every season to the highest bidder.
Let me be honest with you for a moment. As a long-time Cleveland fan born in the mid-80s, some of the highlights of my adolescence were spent sitting down at Jacobs Field watching the dominance that was the 1995-2001 Cleveland Indians.
Six Central Division Championships in seven years, two World Series Appearances and nothing less than 86 in the win column rightly spoiled my fandom while growing up. Those gaudy numbers are why the team's inability to rise back to the top in all but one season from 2002-2012 has been a very tough pill to swallow for myself and fellow fans.
It hasn't always been about the losing, but more so about watching guys who should be playing in Columbus or Akron start at important positions all those years. The front office essentially waived the white flag, telling the fan base they were giving in to the "small market teams cannot win" philosophy that has seemingly taken over Major League Baseball.
When your team isn't about putting the best possible product on the field year in and year out, why should you even care as a fan?
The level of disdain this writer held for the franchise finally reached an all-time high, as I fully expected the team to send Asdrubal Cabrera, Chris Perez and any other All-Star level player the team had packing this offseason. But then a funny thing happened, they didn't—instead sending Manny Acta packing in their place.
From the moment the team hired Francona, there was something different in the air. As they followed it up by acquiring top pitching prospect Trevor Bauer WITHOUT giving up Cabrera, the fan tide was starting to swing back in Progressive Field's direction. Then—even though the contract they gave Swisher was ridiculous for his production—the team proved us all wrong by opening the checkbook and grabbing a big-name free agent off the market.
The moves prior to signing Bourn were enough to lead me back to the Jake—err—Progressive Field this season. But when they opened the checkbook one more time this offseason to bring in the speedster, defensive specialist—let's just say it felt like the mid-90s all over again.
Not in the sense the Indians were suddenly going to dominate the Central Division for the next seven seasons, but in the sense that they were finally trying to assemble something worth watching. And as a fan who spends their hard earned dollars sitting in the stands, that is all you can ask for from your front office.
Will these moves lead to the playoffs and a possible return to the World Series in the near future for the Cleveland Indians? Who knows, but you better believe it will be a much more entertaining ride on their attempted path to get to both of those destinations.
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The presents are wrapped, the cookies and milk are out, and the fireplace is casting a soft, warm glow on the flat, empty stockings. Oh no, you totally forgot to fill them with those fun little do-dads that kids love to pour onto the floor first thing on Christmas morning! Never fear — here are a few last-minute stocking stuffer ideas for $10 and under.
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Good quality education cannot be delivered without qualified and motivated teachers
Through our Valuing Teachers advocacy campaign, VSO has been lobbying governments and donors about the need for investment to enable the recruitment, training and retention of sufficient numbers of professional teachers. Investment in teachers will help to achieve quality education for all.
The relevance of our Valuing Teachers advocacy was apparent when I… Read more »
VSO partners lobby for inclusion of disabled people in Kenya
When I was visiting VSO Netherlands recently, I met a VSO partner who does a lot of successful advocacy work. Washington Opiyo, from Liverpool VCT, was visiting from Kenya to meet some Dutch MPs. Liverpool VCT provides HIV services for disabled people and is supported by VSO Netherlands and VSO… Read more »
Global Forum on Human Resources for Health 2011
VSO will have a strong presence at the Second Global Forum on Human Resources, organised by the World Health Organisation, taking place in Bangkok in January. The last forum in 2008 resulted in the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action, which received wide international endorsement. It provided a framework for priority actions… Read more »
Pushing the boundaries of volunteerism
On International Volunteer Day I thought it would be a great opportunity to tell you more about our work to improve the policies that affect volunteerism. As a development organisation that works through volunteers, VSO is keen to engage with other organisations that work with volunteers. United Nations Volunteers (UNV) is… Read more »


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The Canadian Junior Curling Championship is coming to Queens County next year, and on Jan. 18 some major funding was announced to help host the tournament.
News from The Advance
Liverpool is hosting the 2014 championship, which takes place from Jan. 18 to 26.
The province of Nova Scotia is putting in $75,000 towards the tournament. Out of that investment though the economic impact is estimated at $3 million for the province, with $2 million of that going back into Queens County.
Also announced on Friday was the honourary chairman for the event, Jillian Mouzar. Mouzar is a Liverpool native and Canadian Junior champion herself. She was Skype'd into the event from her home in Toronto.
"It's an honour and really exciting for me to be chair," she said.
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Mouzar is moving back to Liverpool next month, as plans to get involved with the organizing committee leading up to the 2014 championships.
The Region of Queens had previously committed $20,000 towards the tournament.
The tournament will be played at both Queens Place Emera Centre and the Liverpool Curling Club over the 10 days it is in Queens County. Around 140 teams, plus families, coaches and 2,000 spectators are expected for the tournament.


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The last few days have been achievement filled for Venoym and I!
Well last week I finished the first part of the Wrathion questline and got my quest for 6k valor [understandable but ugh].
Posted in Achievements, Askevar, Azuremyst, I Love Retro Raids, Venoym, Venoym is awesome!, World of Warcraft on December 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The last few days have been achievement filled for Venoym and I!
Well last week I finished the first part of the Wrathion questline and got my quest for 6k valor [understandable but ugh].
Posted in Achievements, Alts, Argent Dawn, Askevar, Azuremyst, Cooking, Death Knight, Goals, I Love Retro Raids, Mists of Pandaria, Mounts, Paladin, Professions, PVE, Questing, Raid Leader, Raiding, Random, Reputation, Retro Raiding, Tanking, Venoym, Venoym is awesome!, World of Warcraft on October 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Askevar is 90… hit it Friday in fact [with Venoym]. This was the fastest and hardest we've ever pushed to level. I know a lot of people like to savor initially, but we both prefer to just get our main to 90 and worry about savoring later with alts. That's why they exist after all? Anyway, Askevar's main set is going along well. I do a couple scenarios a day as well as a heroic or two in the evening. All my pieces, save a 442 blue ring, are 450 or better, with several 463 items. I'm doing my daily rep grinds and I've maxed all my professions both primary [Inscription/Jewelcrafting] and Secondary [Archaeology, First Aid, Cooking, Fishing] and I got access to the end food for the Way of the Oven [aka the tank tree]. I also have all my on server alts parked at Halfhill to farm various veggies to max the other ways or to create the max Oven food. By the way, if you do this, the Outpost Zhu flightpoint in Krasanger is the one that connects the Jade Forest initial town to Halfhill.
For that matter, I've now maxed out every profession on my account except Blacksmithing and Skinning. Suffice to say, our guild has the heirloom legs already, and not just through my efforts either. Sadly they are only good through 85, which I think is a little silly, but I was able to buy a pair for my level 20 monk. Oh, we also have the guild shirts because a group running scenarios last night saw we were only two away and decided to finish. They're kinda cute but you can't see it with my armor on [as it should be for a tank].
My offset gear is crap [its unholy now, gave up frost] and a quarter to half the pieces are still level 85 stuff that I need to replace, but, on the flipside, I'm quite a hardy tank right now.
Honestly, I don't see any of my alts getting to 90 very quickly. I've got 2 at 86 – my bank alt/gatherer and my horde pally [the horde pally would net me 2 account achievements]. With our guild not even discussing raiding for another two weeks, I might get one leveled but who knows? My main priority, as always, is going to be getting Askevar's tank set raid ready – everything else is bonus.
Sundays have become achievement night and due to lack of interest from our guild [a lot of people are still busy leveling and that's alright], we've been pulling from cross realm friends. We've gotten a lot done though and we've had a blast doing it. We even managed to 9 man Heroic Chimaeron just before MoP hit – with 3 healers, 2 tanks and the rest dps – and that's what we managed to get… we had intended to 2 heal, but with everyone wanting to try out their mainspec, extra heals never hurt :D.
I will admit, at times the dailies feel almost endless, but once I get the reputations to max, I'll be gold. I'm already revered with Order of the Cloud Serpent and well into honored with most of the rest so it'll get there :) And I'm not finding these dailies near as painful as some have been in the past either.
Goldwise – I've already spent a ton between buying the Grand Expedition Yak and speed leveling some professions. Despite that, I've actually managed to make money on Askevar and I'll make back the rest and then some when I level the alts, so it'll all work out. Hey, don't look at me that way… I saved and ground for that Yak for several months before MoP dropped and I'm darn proud of it! There is nothing like achieving a goal you set out to complete.
Speaking of achievements, for the first time since I was maining a warlock, I have finally passed my husband in total achievement points. Now, so it's said, that won't last as he'll do all those achievements and catch right back up… but for once it's nice to be ahead!
Posted in Askevar, Azuremyst, Death Knight, ILOVEMYGUILD, Raid Leader, Raiding, Tanking, Venoym, Venoym is awesome!, World of Warcraft on May 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
So, Heroic Yor'sahj died. Took us about 10 pulls last night I think?
I'll grant that the buff was up another five percent, but we would have done it anyway. We are the 20th guild on the server to down Heroic Yorsahj and the 18th to down him on 10 man. I don't usually get hung up on server rankings… as a casual guild you can't really do that, but that's freaking awesome!
We tried to follow a couple different strategies, but we ended up having to craft our own, pulling from several different guides on what oozes to hit. Our hunter was having issues being up under the boss and dpsing… it kept telling him that his target wasn't in front of him [silly glitches]; so we moved him to managing the mana voids and we were able to keep the rest of the dps off of it except when we needed to pop one.
Our healers were beastly. Our pally healer micromanaged healing on purple phases to exquisite detail. Our druid healer had everyone topped back off once the debuff was gone. [Our priesty healer went shadow and was doing a great job with the rest of the deeps :)]
What Ven and I really loved was the fact that everyone had some input about one of the first couple of wipes… about problems they were having or foreseeing. Ven took all that in, made a decision and everyone went with it. It turned our 50% wipes immediately into 20% wipes :). As raid leaders we can't see every problem people or having, or how the healing is, so input is fantastic. But when it comes time, Ven makes a decision and we do it :) I've told him he's crazy for ideas more than once. However, I went with his decision only to find it worked.
The funniest thing about the kill? Our guild vent died. But the raid took that as a challenge rather than a detriment! Venoym had gone dps, so he just marked himself and they followed him to the ooze he'd selected. Everyone did their job to perfection!
To say we were jazzed after that would be an understatement. We had already gotten H-Morchok, had a silly wipe on regular Zonozz and one shot Hagara, H-Ultraxion and boat. The raid chatter got a little silly but hey… killing a new boss does that.
I actually need to do a post about my Heroic Ultraxion strategy as a death knight tank because I do a couple things that are completely counter-intuitive to being a tank [at least in my estimation] but I may do that later today.
I'm so proud of you guys! FAN-TAS-TIC job!
Yay for Multishot :)
Posted in Achievements, Askevar, Azuremyst, Raid Leader, Raiding, Reputation, Tanking, Venoym, Venoym is awesome!, World of Warcraft on March 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I've felt a little off this week and so I've devoted the time I'm online to grinding those few annoying achievements I hate [ie: rep grinding].
But first, look who I found out at Netherwing Ledge!
Posted in Dumb Pugs, Epic Dumb, Pugging, Tanking, Ugly Pug, World of Warcraft, tagged Tanking on November 30, 2011 | 11 Comments »
I've been sick the last few days… sick enough that I didn't log onto WoW till late in the day. I felt like crap so I decided to queue as dps for VP… that way in case I did have to make a sudden exit/afk I'd be less of a hindrance to the group or could easily leave and not cause a problem.
Zone in – Halls of Origination. The tank's first words are "OMG I HATE THIS PLACE", followed by "brb phone" and then he suddenly had to go. I actually feel sorry for the people that actually happens to because I've seen that song and dance too much to actually believe it, but what the hey… we requeue and get a pally tank to replace him about five minutes later. Not bad… until neither the tank nor the dps knew how to do the first boss… we managed it. Me doing 25k didn't hurt I suppose… and killing the snakes and hitting a lever… etc. The tank naturally drops after that.
Well… I'm feeling okay at this point, so eh, I respec and requeue as tank. We pick up a dps dk and continue. We pull the next couple packs and get to the next boss room… where the healer is going "WHO IS THE TANK?!?!?!?!". Okay, well maybe addons are screwed up or something. I indicate I'm the tank now.
So we tackle the boss room with little issue and then come to the boss. He does a decent aoe as he comes in that destroys all the troggs but also damages the party. I give the healer, who has had a lot of mana trouble thus far, a moment to put it right and get their mana back [I sit and eat as well]. The healer then jumps on me about how now I need to be pulling the boss and gogogo! He's at half mana… which is not nearly enough… but okay.
I pull… he dies in the first set of alpha beams. I rez him and get snarky comments about "threat fail". I've had the boss the entire fight… solidly… no moment of the boss running off right at the start or nothing. But yeah, he dies again to the alpha beams and naturally that's my fault.
I manage to finish the fight… through a very creative series of CD uses and Death Strike [how I loves that ability!]. Everyone else survives and the boomkin [doing a very decent 12k] drops party. Okay, regroup and I attempt to vote kick the healer whose healing is subpar, but he's become abusive. Vote kick fails. Fine. I take the group to the last boss… cue the 4k dps dk having a fit. Not ASKING mind you for us to tackle the other bosses.
After all this, heck if I'm staying one second longer than I have to… I've got an abusive healer who dies to bad and blames me for "threat fail" when the boss isn't even near him or on him… I've got a 4k dps dk who doesn't have a clue and is becoming abusive… And the hunter was decent, but nothing to write home about either.
Well the new person dies on the first inferno leap on Rajh… easiest VP they ever got. The other dk either can't be bothered to rez them or doesn't know to and mine is already on CD from popping the healer back up.
Guys, seriously… if you want a full boss run, I'm one of the more accomodating people you'll find. But when I'm already feeling sick, waited a dps queue to tank and on top of that, am getting abusive language from the party for things that are beyond my control? Yeah, not staying for that mess. Good luck finding a tank who will. The only reason I stayed as long as I did was because the rest of the party was happy for Rajh.
Maybe I'll just stick to running instances with hubby from now on like he suggested… At least I'll have one ally then.


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MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University softball team added a third signee for the 2013-14 school year recently when Mitchell native Emily Sudbeck signed to join the program.
Sudbeck joins current Mitchell High School teammate Krista Huber and Corvallis, Mont., native Miquela Kriskovich as the Tigers' first three signees for the 2013-14 season.
Sudbeck joins the DWU softball program after three seasons with the Kernel varsity squad. The 6-foot-3 center fielder and shortstop hit five home runs in 2011 and had a .600 slugging percentage and earned Class AA All-State honors. She earned the team's Golden Glove award as a junior in 2011 and was also named the Kernels' offensive MVP.
Sudbeck also ran track for a year and was part of the sixth-place 3,200-meter relay team at the Class AA state meet. She plans to major in nursing at Dakota Wesleyan.
"Emily is another local player we felt could help us with her speed and athleticism," second-year head coach Ed Kieff said. "She is very fast and is learning to slap. When she puts the ball in play, she is a difficult out.
"As the third member of the 2013 class to sign with a high GPA, we are very pleased with her decision. We feel fortunate to sign a player of Emily's caliber."
The Tiger softball team starts the 2013 spring season with a spring break trip to California March 4-11. Dakota Wesleyan is scheduled to play its first home game March 19 against Jamestown College.


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Scientists measure rock in a hard placeJuly 9, 2014 8:11 am | by Anne M. Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraotry | News | Comments
Measuring the extreme pressures and temperatures of hydrothermal systems in the Earth's crust is no easy feat. However, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have made a new tool that allows them to probe pressures up to 20 kbar (20,000 Earth atmospheres of pressure).
Researchers define boundaries of petawatt laser absorptionJune 24, 2014 8:34 am | by Breanna Bishop, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | News | Comments
The absorption of petawatt laser light by solid matter is a crucial problem that has been the subject of theoretical and experimental study for more than two decades. In a newly published paper, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have defined, for the first time, a set of theoretical boundaries for the absorption of petawatt laser light.
Researchers develop new ultra-light, ultra-stiff 3-D printed materialsJune 19, 2014 4:11 pm | by Kenneth Ma, LLNL | News | Comments
Imagine a material with the same weight and density as aerogel—a material so light it's called "frozen smoke"—but with 10,000 times more stiffness. This material could have a profound impact on the aerospace and automotive industries as well as other applications where lightweight, high-stiffness and high-strength materials are needed.
Technology detects bacterial pathogens in soldiers' combat woundsJune 17, 2014 8:40 am | by Stephen P Wampler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | News | Comments
A biological detection technology developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists can detect bacterial pathogens in the wounds of U.S. soldiers that have previously been missed by other technologies. This advance may, in time, allow an improvement in how soldiers' wounds are treated.
Researchers develop efficient approach to manufacture 3-D metal partsJune 16, 2014 2:12 pm | by Kenneth Ma, LLNL | News | Comments
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have developed a new and more efficient approach to a challenging problem in additive manufacturing—using selective laser melting, namely, the selection of appropriate process parameters that result in parts with desired properties.
Lab awarded $5.6 million to develop next-generation neural devicesJune 16, 2014 10:20 am | by Kenneth Ma, LLNL | News | Comments
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently received $5.6 million from DARPA to develop an implantable neural interface with the ability to record and stimulate neurons within the brain for treating neuropsychiatric disorders. The technology will help doctors to better understand and treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic pain and other conditions.
Bringing new life to Laser Guide StarJune 9, 2014 10:54 am | by Breanna Bishop, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | News | Comments
Earlier this year, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineering technical associate Pam Danforth applied 30 years of laser experience to an out-of-this-world problem—bringing new life to the Univ. of California's Lick Observatory Laser Guide Star. The Lick Observatory's Laser Guide Star is vital to astronomers because a natural guide star isn't always near an object they want to observe.
A tool to better screen, treat aneurysm patientsMay 30, 2014 8:26 am | by Anne M. Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraotry | News | Comments
New research by an international consortium may help physicians better understand the chronological development of a brain aneurysm. Using radiocarbon dating to date samples of ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysm tissue, the team, led by neurosurgeon Nima Etminan, found that the main structural constituent and protein—collagen type I—in cerebral aneurysms is distinctly younger than once thought.
Giant telescope tackles orbit, size of exoplanetMay 15, 2014 11:45 am | by Anne M. Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraotry | News | Comments
Using one of the world's largest telescopes, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory team and international collaborators have tracked the orbit of a planet at least four times the size of Jupiter. The scientists were able to identify the orbit of the exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, which sits 63 light-years from our solar system, by using the Gemini Planet Imager's next-generation, high-contrast adaptive optics system.
Element 117 one step closer to being namedMay 2, 2014 8:11 am | by Anne M. Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraotry | News | Comments
Element 117, first discovered by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and international collaborators in 2010, is one step closer to being named. The existence of element 117 and its decay chain to elements 115 and 113 have been confirmed by a second international team led by scientists at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, an accelerator laboratory located in Darmstadt, Germany.
Featured R&D 100 winner: Livermore's movie-mode electron microscopeApril 30, 2014 9:13 am | Videos | Comments
In 2010 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory introduced a new type of electron microscope that could study structural dynamics in condensed matter with the help of a nanosecond laser "pump" that could capture images. In 2013, the laboratory won another R&D 100 Award for speeding up this process more than 100,000 times, resulting in a "movie-mode" version of the instrument.
Putting iron to the stress testApril 29, 2014 8:11 am | by Anne M. Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraotry | News | Comments
Using an ultra-fast laser system, a group in Physical and Life Sciences at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have subjected iron to extremely rapid dynamic compression and have shown that the transition from one crystal structure to another can take place in less than 100 trillionths of a second after the compression begins.
Researchers find 3-million-year-old landscape beneath Greenland Ice SheetApril 18, 2014 3:15 pm | by Joshua Brown, Univ. of Vermont, and Maria-José Viñas, NASA's Earth Science News Team | News | Comments
Glaciers and ice sheets are commonly thought to work like a belt sander. As they move over the land they scrape off everything, including vegetation, soil and even the top layer of bedrock. So a team of university scientists and a NASA colleague were greatly surprised to discover an ancient tundra landscape preserved under the Greenland Ice Sheet, below two miles of ice.
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For nearly a century, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) has been used as a method of coating material by depositing particles of various substances onto the surfaces of various manufactured items. Since its earliest use, EPD has been used to deposit a wide range of materials onto surfaces. This process works well, but is limited. EPD can only deposit material across the entire surface and not in specific, predetermined locations, until now.
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Researchers model spent nuclear fuels for potential energyMarch 21, 2014 8:11 am | by Anne M. Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboraotry | News | Comments
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have modeled actinide-based alloys, such as spent nuclear fuel, in an effort to predict the impact of evolving fuel chemistry on material performance. This work could have direct implications for the use of spent nuclear fuel as another source of energy.
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Using the VUV Free-Electron Laser FLASH at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg, Germany, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers were part of a team that took a sneak peek deep into the lower atmospheric layers of giant gas planets such as Jupiter or Saturn.
Microbial detection array detects plague in ancient human remainsMarch 6, 2014 10:40 am | by Stephen P Wampler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | News | Comments
Scientists who study past pandemics, such as the 14th-century Black Death that devastated much of Europe, might soon be turning to an innovative biological detection technology for some extra help. The apparent first use of this technology, known as a microarray, for studying pathogens from ancient DNA, was reported by a team of scientists in Scientific Reports.
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Volcanic eruptions in the early part of the 21st century have cooled the planet, according to a study led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This cooling partly offset the warming produced by greenhouse gases. Despite continuing increases in atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases, and in the total heat content of the ocean, global-mean temperatures at the surface of the planet have shown relatively little warming since 1998.
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NIF experiments show initial gain in fusion fuelFebruary 12, 2014 1:28 pm | by Breanna Bishop, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | News | Comments
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Achieves superior CoQ10 and Omega-3 blood levels over other formulations
Facilitates energy generation' antioxidant protection' cell membrane performance
Supports wellness via the heart' brain' muscles' immune system' joints and other organs
CoQ10 and the Omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA are vitamin-like nutrients with clinically proven benefits. This CoQsource® preparation with its patented VESIsorb® delivery system is the pinnacle of efficient nutrient delivery. Through its naturally self- assembling' nano-colloidal delivery system' VESIsorb® amplifies the measurable blood levels of these nutrients. All three are building blocks for the cell membrane systems that generate energy and manage metabolism.
VESIsorb®' The Nano-Colloid Nutrient Delivery Breakthrough
The VESIsorb® technology6 uses a patented mix of water-compatible but oily molecules to combine with the poorly water soluble CoQ10' DHA and EPA molecules and convert them into an oily molecular complex. Once this mixture is exposed to water' as occurs when they are consumed by mouth' the complex self-reorganizes into ultra-microscopic fluid colloidal droplets. These are termed nano-colloids' being typically less than 100 nanometers in diameter (1 nanometer being one millionth of one millimeter). They dissolve the actives into the aqueous phase' from which these can diffuse into close proximity with the intestinal lining cells and more readily become absorbed.
Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone)
This is a vitamin-like nutrient' currently classified as "conditionally essential" for health. The body can make limited amounts of CoQ10' but additional supplies from the diet seem necessary to good health. CoQ10 deficiencies are well documented and have wide-ranging negative effects on health. Oral CoQ10 supplementation sufficient to raise its blood levels into normal range will often substantially restore healthy function.
Gene mutations that impair the body's synthesis of CoQ10 can cause severe problems from birth (primary CoQ10 deficiency). These cases typically have severe fatigue that often coexists with limitations on the heart' skeletal muscle' kidney and brain. In such cases' ample supplementation with CoQ by mouth can raise its blood levels' replenish CoQ10 in the tissues and thereby revitalize tissue functions.
Secondary CoQ10 deficiencies can result from intensive physical exercise' exposures to oxidative toxins or consumption of statins and certain other pharmaceutical drugs. The use of CoQ supplements with poor bioavailability often is insufficient to correct such deficiencies and has unreliable benefit from one individual to another. The VESIsorb® technology is such an efficient delivery system that it virtually guarantees blood CoQ10 will be elevated into the range necessary for resolving deficiency.
Irreplaceable for Cell Energy Production
CoQ10 is literally "the spark of life" because it is indispensable for the generation of life energy as ATP (adenosine triphosphate). The cell's energy generators are its 500-1000 mitochondria' each demarcated inside the cell by double membranes. Though the entire cell membrane network carries CoQ10' mitochondria have by far the highest unit CoQ10 content and no other nutrient can substitute for CoQ10's functions.
Relying on CoQ10' the mitochondria generate more than 90 percent of the body's ATP. Within the core of the inner mitochondrial membrane' molecules of CoQ10 are continually moving back and forth' rapidly shuttling electrons between large protein catalysts that altogether generate ATP. DHA and EPA give to the membrane core a flexibility (semi-fluid state) that facilitates these ultra-rapid migrations of CoQ10.
Mitochondrial efficiency tends to decline with age. Mitochondrial decline typically features lowered ATP generation capacity' linked to declining function of the brain' heart' skeletal muscles' and other organs. Conversely' oral supplementation with CoQ10 to raise its blood levels above certain thresholds can have valuable benefits for individuals with fatigue problems or with other problems related to poor mitochondrial performance.
Potent and Unique Antioxidant Protectant
CoQ10 is also a potent antioxidant' able to readily donate electrons to block "free radical" and other oxidative attack on cell membranes. As an antioxidant CoQ10 seems especially important for the mitochondrial membranes. This could be a very important contribution to health' because the very same "oxidative phosphorylation" process that generates ATP in the mitochondria also creates a continuous leakage of oxygen free radicals that can create substantial cell damage unless restrained by antioxidant defense. Many experts believe oxygen free radical damage could be the ultimate restraint on the human
CoQ10 also helps protect the rest of the cell's labyrinthine system of membranes' even helping to conserve the vitamin E of membranes by recycling it from the oxidized to the antioxidant reduced form. There is good evidence for antioxidant synergy between CoQ10 and vitamin E. As vitamin E or total antioxidant capacity falls within the membranes' their CoQ10 content tends to rise' perhaps as a compensatory adaptation. CoQ10 seems to be centrally involved in maintaining the membrane's "redox poise"' a delicate balance between oxidation and reduction that is important for good health.
Protects the Heart and Blood Vessels
CoQ10 provides key support for the heart in its crucial function as the body's mechanical pump' as concluded from two "meta-analyses" that separately pooled data from multiple clinical trials. CoQ10's high degree of importance for the beating heart is consistent with the heart muscle fibers having the highest density of mitochondria and the highest CoQ10 concentration of any tissue.
CoQ10 also protects the blood vessels and can boost their performance. In its role as energy catalyst CoQ10 helps sustain the endothelium' the highly active single layer of flattened cells that line the inner blood vessel walls. As an antioxidant' CoQ10 protects the circulating LDL (low-density lipoprotein) particles
against oxidative stresses that can render them more toxic.
CoQ10 also supports healthy blood pressure management' both systolic and diastolic' as indicated by a 2007 meta-analysis of 12 clinical trials. In all' CoQ10 nutritionally supports the heart' the blood vessels and the circulating blood via dual and complementary molecular action mechanisms.
Breakthrough for the Brain
The brain is a tremendous ATP guzzler. At rest' this 3-pound organ uses about 20 percent of the body's total energy; when fully engaged it can consume 50 percent or more. Functional brain decline' whether linked to toxic nerve cell death' to cumulative age-related damage' or to hereditary limitations' typically begins with impaired production of ATP in the zones earliest afflicted.
Dietary supplementation with CoQ10 has partially slowed brain decline' and at blood CoQ10 levels that are likely attainable with the VESIsorb® delivery system. In double-blind trials' CoQ10 was helpful against limitations of limb movement and other motor problems known to be based in the brain.
Supports Immune System Performance
The pioneering CoQ10 researcher Karl Folkers and his colleagues found that CoQ10 supplementation
increased IgG antibody and CD4 T-lymphocyte ("helper cell") counts in healthy subjects. Other immune cells ("phagocytes"' "killer cells") use CoQ10 for mobility and to generate free radicals directed against their prey. Some of these cells re-direct the same CoQ10 electron transfer properties normally used to make energy' into generating highly destructive free radicals. An Italian study of subjects aged over 90 found that natural killer cell performance was most impaired in subjects with the worst CoQ10 deficiency.
CoQ10's Many Other Proven Benefits Other benefits of CoQ10 as documented from clinical studies include:
• Protection of the gum tissue against oxidative damage
• Improvement in the time to fatigue during aerobic exercise
• Enhanced resistance of the skeletal muscles to damage from intense exercise
• Facilitation of flow-mediated dilation function in the peripheral circulation
• Energetic and antioxidant support for healthy spermatozoa motility
• Improved tolerance of surgical stress
Some of the clinical studies suggest that the greater the degree of initial CoQ10 deficiency the greater the degree of functional impairment and the greater the degree of subsequent functional improvement once the tissue CoQ10 level is replenished to the normal range.
It is still not clear whether tissue CoQ10 levels always decline with advancing age. But given that tissue markers of oxidative stress do increase with age; that CoQ10 is a potent antioxidant that helps conserve other antioxidants; and that CoQ10 is well tolerated and safe for long-term use' it would seem prudent for older individuals (or young individuals with fatigue problems) to take supplemental CoQ10 daily.
Individuals who are vegetarians are also well advised to take supplemental CoQ10' as are those who take statin drugs or other drugs known to be oxidative. In the early stages of CoQ10 research' poor bioavailability was the major factor limiting its efficacy as a dietary supplement. The advent of the VESIsorb® delivery technology now makes delivery of CoQ10 to the tissues routine' efficient and affordable.
Omega-3 DHA and EPA
Like CoQ10' the omega-3 nutrients DHA (DocosaHexaenoic Acid) and EPA (EicosaPentaenoic Acid) are cell membrane building blocks that are both protective and crucial to the health of the cell as a whole. Like CoQ10' they operate only in cell membranes' are distributed throughout the membrane networks' and influence even the innermost core of the membrane.
DHA and EPA are anchored into the membrane's matrix by phospholipid molecules. The long' electron-dense hydrocarbon chains of these two fatty acids extend deep into the membrane's core and help keep that zone semi-fluid. For optimal membrane function it is essential to have sufficient omega-3 chains to maintain this semi-fluid state at all times. The omega-3 chains also allow freedom of movement for CoQ10' which is confined to the membrane core.
DHA has a longer molecular chain than EPA (22 carbons versus 20 for EPA)' and therefore a greater fluidizing effect on membranes. EPA is important' however' as a parent source of messenger substances — prostaglandins and other eicosanoids — that regulate healthy function (homeostasis) throughout the tissues. Recently it was established that DHA also is used to make messengers— in this case docosanoids' also called protectins and resolvins. These DHA derivatives protect the tissues by helping to limit potentially harmful immune system over-excitation in response to injury.
There is a huge body of clinical cardiovascular research on DHA and EPA' mainly as "fish oil" supplements. As with CoQ10' DHA and EPA have a variety of clinically proven health benefits.
Diverse Circulation Benefits of DHA and EPA
Taken together' the thousands of epidemiologic' observational' experimental and randomized controlled trials published over the past 3 decades document clear cardiovascular benefits from omega-3 DHA and EPA. These long-chain omega-3s lower the risk of "adverse" cardiovascular events by some 19-45 percent' and the shorter-chain ALA (alpha-linolenic acid) from plants does not substitute for these benefits. Humans convert less than 5% of dietary ALA to EPA (and less to DHA)' therefore vegetarians are well advised to take supplemental DHA and EPA as dietary supplements.
The weight of the evidence supporting the benefits of DHA and EPA for heart and blood vessel health is so great' that in 2003 the American Heart Association (AHA) made a nutrient endorsement for the first time in its history. The AHA joined with other professional healthcare organizations worldwide to issue strong recommendations that individuals consume DHA and EPA daily for cardiovascular wellbeing. In 2004' the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it would "consider exercising enforcement discretion" for a qualified health claim that consumption of EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
DHA and EPA are clearly established to confer their cardiovascular benefits via their presence in cell membranes. As reviewed by Lee and colleagues in 2008' their cardiovascular benefits include:
• Increasing the threshold for arrhythmia (that is' lessening the risk for breakdown of the healthy heart rhythm)
• Supporting healthy heart rate variability
• Supporting healthy blood pressure and arterial and endothelial function
• Supporting healthy platelet function
• Favorably affecting autonomic tone (non-conscious nervous control of organ functions).
DHA and EPA can be safely consumed along with statin drugs. Since statins interfere with the body's CoQ10 synthesis' supplementing with VESIsorb® CoQ10 Plus Omega-3 would offer a compound advantage to the statin user: the benefits of DHA and EPA combined with the benefits of CoQ10 and repletion of CoQ10 lost to the statin therapy.
Brain Benefits From DHA and EPA
Among the proven benefits of DHA and EPA for the brain are their essentiality for the pre-and post-natal development of the visual and other sensory functions' along with the brain's cognitive functions; for the maintenance of these functions across the entire lifespan' for healthy behavior management and for healthy mood control.
Nerve cells are the largest cells of the body. They rely on long "axon" stretches (up to four feet worth) with their associated membrane mass to generate' transmit' and integrate the electrical and chemical signals necessary for normal functions.4 These membranes are kept semi-fluid by having high omega-3 content. Epidemiologic studies indicate that when the brain is relatively deficient in omega-3s' the risk increases for premature deterioration of memory and the other higher brain functions.
The retinal photoreceptors' nerve-type cells that interface with nerve cells in the brain to accomplish vision' also rely heavily on the omega-3s. DHA is more closely linked to good vision than is EPA' and dietary insufficiency of DHA in early life is linked to poor vision development as well as relative cognitive impairment. DHA and EPA make up a substantial proportion of the fatty acids in healthy human breast milk.
Mood and behavior are also closely linked to DHA and EPA status (here again' ALA does not effectively substitute). In children' poor omega-3 status predicts higher risk for behavioral unpredictability and learning problems.36 Double-blind trials and other clinical experience demonstrate that children with difficulties of behavior and learning can markedly improve following supplementation with DHA and EPA. A 2006 meta-analysis by the American Psychiatric Association found statistically significant benefit from DHA and EPA for adults with mood problems.
The evidence for brain benefits from DHA and EPA supplementation is almost as overwhelming as the cardiovascular evidence. Numerous epidemiologic studies' clinical trials' and other studies show that the crucial roles of DHA and EPA for brain health begin well before birth and continue through childhood and adolescence into middle age and late life. As a rule' the higher the omega-3 levels in the brain' the lower the risk for dysfunctions of mood' behavior or cognition. For their significance to intelligence' healthy mood management and appropriate behavior' the brain benefits of DHA and EPA would seem as important as their well-established circulation benefits.
Benefits for the Joints and Other Tissues
DHA and EPA support healthy joint flexibility and overall performance' especially when supplemented in gram quantities daily. A 2007 meta-analysis of 17 randomized' controlled trials found that DHA and EPA significantly improved (1) joint stiffness' (2) the total number of painful or tender joints' and (3) the level of joint pain intensity.
Though their benefits for some tissues have been studied more than others' DHA and EPA actually benefit all the tissues of the body. Proven benefits for other organ systems include:
• Gastrointestinal: zones of damage to the lining can respond positively to DHA plus EPA' as shown in clinical trials. Protective omega-3 eicosanoids and docosanoids help calm down immune overactivity.
• Gastrointestinal: DHA and EPA can down-regulate overactive cell proliferation' perhaps via regulatory effects on genes linked to cell cycle control.
• Other: wide-ranging clinical benefits are linked to DHA and EPA influences on cell signaling and gene expression in many different cell types.
Dietary intakes of DHA and EPA currently are grossly insufficient in the typical Western diet. They are virtually absent from food plants' and severely lacking in the meat produced from farm animals raised in feedlots. This overall dietary lack contributes to measurable imbalances in the cell membrane fatty acid ratios' which are linked to sub-optimal membrane fluidity that compromises metabolic functions. Individuals seeking optimal health are well advised to supplement their daily diet with DHA plus EPA.
It is not easy to construct a natural diet that is adequate in DHA plus EPA. Wild-caught cold-water fish are a viable source but are relatively expensive and often polluted with mercury and/or other toxic residues. Obtaining dietary supplements from reputable suppliers is the best way to ensure a clean' potent' and affordable daily supply. VESIsorb® CoQ10 Plus Omega-3 combines these three functionally complementary cell membrane nutrients into one convenient to take' affordable and highly bioavailable preparation.
In addition to the dramatic improvement of CoQ10 absorption by VESIsorb®' as illustrated in the chart above' data from a preliminary human study suggests that VESIsorb® also enhances DHA and EPA absorption. The combination of CoQ10' DHA and EPA into one supplement with VESIsorb® delivery improves their likelihood for universally improving cell membrane efficiency and in turn for upgrading all the tissues and organs.
Cell membranes are the key to the most fundamental life processes' which translate into the body's overall functional readiness and support optimal health. Considering that CoQ10' DHA and EPA have such complementary membrane functions' and that deficiencies of these nutrients can have such wide-ranging negative effects' VESIsorb® CoQ10 Plus Omega-3 offers great promise for improving health and wellbeing at any age.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not meant to diagnose' treat or cure any disease or medical condition. Please consult your doctor before starting any exercise or nutritional supplement program or before using these or any product during pregnancy or if you have a serious medical condition.
Serving Size: 1 capsule
Servings Per Container: 30
Amount Per Serving % DV
Calories 5
Calories from fat 5
Total Fat 0.5 g 1%
Vitamin E (as d-alpha tocopherol) 5 IU 17%
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ' Ubiquinone) 100 mg †
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 425 mg †
EPA (EicosaPentaenoic Acid) 325 mg †
DHA (DocosaHexaenoic Acid) 50 mg †
† Daily Value not established.
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The Piping Plover is an endangered shorebird that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from the Maritime Provinces of Canada to North Carolina, at very scattered localities along the western Great Lakes, and along rivers and wetlands from the southern Prairie Provinces to Nebraska, with scattered localities in Colorado and Oklahoma. In winter it is found on coastal beaches, mudflats, and sandflats from North Carolina to Florida, and west along the Gulf Coast to northern Mexico, with scattered records from elsewhere along the Gulf, to the Yucatan, and with some records in Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the West Indies.
In the latter half of the 20th century the Piping Plover disappeared as a breeding species in several Great Lakes states, and numbers at several localities have dwindled to a few pairs.
Breeding habitat is varied, including sandy beaches, sand or gravel beaches adjacent to alkali lakes in the Great Plains, and beaches, sand flats, and dredge islands along rivers. Along the Atlantic Coast, the bird chooses as nesting habitat the same beaches popular for recreation and second-home and development. Here the populations are maintained by intense management.
On some managed beaches, predator exclosures are put around nests to prevent predation by foxes, raccoons, skunks, feral cats and dogs, crows, and gulls. These beaches are also posted and patrolled by wardens to keep human intruders away during the breeding season as well. These measure have proven widely successful, and the bird has increased its numbers in some coastal states.
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The Piping Plover has attracted much attention from conservationists, and periodic censuses have yielded good estimates of population sizes. Total population is estimated at 6,000 individuals and rising, though the Great Lakes population continues to decline. The species is listed as endangered in the Great Lakes, and threatened elsewhere in the United States. It is also listed as endangered in Canada.


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Barrier-Free Living
The residence halls provide accessible, barrier-free living for residents with mobility impairments, including access to the Towers and Quad dining facilities. Student rooms are available in Moody Towers. Students with extended or unusual needs not met by the available accommodations may be allowed to make reasonable changes with prior approval. In addition, the university, through the Student Health Center, offers a 24-hour Attendant Care Program for individuals who qualify. For more information, call 713-743-5151.
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All bicycles should be secured on bicycle racks located outside Moody Towers, the Quadrangle, Cougar Village and Calhoun Lofts. Do not secure bicycles to stairways, handrails, entryways, light poles, porch supports, balconies, fences, trees or shrubbery. Bicycles improperly stored or secured are subject to having the locks cut and being impounded by the UH Police Department at the owner's expense. For safety reasons, bicycles should not be ridden on crowded sidewalks or in buildings (this includes anywhere inside the outer gate of the Cougar Place property). Students may not store bicycles in their rooms.
Cable Television
Basic cable service is free to all residents. This includes all local broadcast networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and CW, a variety of cable channels such as CNN, MTV, and USA and the campus broadcast channel Student Video Network.
Residents of Calhoun Lofts are provided with free Roku 2. With Roku 2, students will have all HD channels, HBO, HBO 2, Cinemax and have the ability to watch their favorite shows from their TV, PC, tablet or smartphone and record them online. The Roku 2 also give the ability to access Netflix, Hulu, Amaxon prime, Pandora YouTube and lots more.
Download the cable channel lineup (PDF, 85KB)
Computer Labs
Computer labs are available in all residence hall areas 24 hours a day during Fall and Spring semesters. All labs have Windows XP systems, laserjet printers and high-speed connections for University and Internet usage for purposes associated with your school work. Students must provide their own paper for printing and flash drives/memory sticks for file storage. Paper and flash drives/memory stick are available at the University Center bookstore.
Wired ethernet connections are available in every room in all residence halls. Residents provide their own ethernet cables in all areas. Cables are available at various sources, including CougarByte, Radio Shack and so on. Wireless connections are also available in the residence halls. The UH VPN client may be required for external Internet access when using wireless. The ethernet jack in all rooms at Calhoun Lofts is located on the back of the Residential Gateway unit through which all AT&T U-verse services are received.
Laundry Facilities
The residence halls provide washers and dryers, which do not require any direct payment for students. The washers and dryers are located on the 18th floor of each Tower and in the basements of all Quad buildings except Oberholtzer Hall. There are accessible laundry facilities in the basement of the North Tower for students with disabilities. Cougar Village I and II has all laundry facilities located on the first floor next to the Fitness Center. In Calhoun Lofts, there are laundry facilities located on floors 2-10. Residents furnish their own detergent at all facilities.
A locked mailbox, opened by your room key, is assigned when you move into your hall. Residential Life Staff are not permitted to open your mailbox and remove mail, even to give it to you. The following are held for pick up in the mail room or Service Center until you claim them: special delivery, registered, postage due and express mail, telegrams and packages.
Students can pick up packages during the academic year Monday through Friday (8am – 5pm), and Saturday (11am – 3pm), except for holidays and when classes are not in session. Mail is delivered and picked up once a day, Monday through Saturday. Mail is forwarded only during summer, if and when you move to another hall, or if you leave the university. Residents should use their full address for faster processing of mail. The full address includes the resident's name, building, room number, street number and name, and ZIP code. The University of Houston designation is not required. There are mailboxes in each area for outgoing mail. Please do not call the service centers to see if you have mail. These requests cannot be accommodated.
Please note: No mail will be given to a resident if it is not fully addressed to that particular individual.
Calhoun Lofts Resident
Student Name – Campus Box Number (Not Room Number)
PO Box 4774 – Houston, TX 77210-4774
Moody Towers Resident
4401 Wheeler
North or South Tower Room Number
Houston, TX 77004
Quad Resident
4361 Wheeler
Bldg. Number, Room Number
Houston, TX 77004
Cougar Village (I & II) Resident
Student Name – Campus Box Number (Not Room Number)
PO Box 4774 – Houston, TX 77210-4774
Cougar Place Resident/Bayou Oaks Resident
Student Name – Campus Box Number (Not Room Number)
PO Box 4774 – Houston, TX 77210-4774
A notification slip will be placed in your mailbox if you receive a large package or envelope (UPS, Federal Express). All mail parcels must have your name on the item to be claimed. Proper ID is required to pick up your package. The mailrooms will not accept large shipments without prior notification. A charge may be assessed for labor charges.
Download the Student Mail Guide
Maintenance, Housekeeping, and Information Technology
Maintenance, Housekeeping, and Information Technology operate five days a week, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maintenance, Housekeeping and IT requests may be reported by clicking on the "FIX-IT" link (there are two separate links on the FIX-IT home page, one for Maintenance & Houskeeping Listed as SUBMIT SERVICE REQUEST, and a different one for Information Techonology, listed as SUBMIT IT REQUEST. This system lets you track the status of your work request online. For emergency maintenance or housekeeping needs, contact the front desk in your living area or your RA. In Calhoun Lofts, U-verse services are provided and serviced by AT&T. For problems with telephone, Internet or video services in Calhoun Lofts, contact the U-verse Customer Care Center at 800-288-2020 or online at http://www.att.com/u-verse/support.
Students reporting a maintenance, housekeeping or IT problem authorize University staff to enter their room to assess the problem. All staff will leave an entry card indicating that they have been in your room and the status of the reported problem. AT&T U-verse service providers will schedule appointments, generally in two or four hour time windows, with the individual for their convenience. Requests for service are reviewed and prioritized, with safety being the primary concern.
Contracted Housekeeping Services (In Room)
The Housekeeping Service is strictly voluntary. Any agreement between roommates/suitemates is the responsibility of the individuals and not Student Housing and Residential Life personnel. (For example, if roommates agree to split the cost, but one will pay now and the other will pay later/or one pays one semester and one pays the next, SH&RL will not be responsible for collecting payments.)
All services will be paid in advance, by semester. Once the service has started, no cancellations or refunds will be given for this service. We will work diligently to satisfy your service needs. Once you have signed up for housekeeping service, the service supervisor will visit your room and explain in detail the scope of the service and what you can do to help them provide the best service to your room. After each visit you will have a customer service feedback card left in your room for any comments you would like to provide. For more information on in room Housekeeping Services click here.
To park on the University of Houston campus, you must display a valid UH parking permit unless parked at a parking meter or in the visitor parking area of a university parking garage. Purchasing a permit does not guarantee a parking spot but allows you to park if space is available. Permit holders should register all vehicles they park on UH property with Parking and Transportation Services.
Parking permits are only transferable between vehicles and not between individuals. The registered permit holder is responsible for any parking citation issued to a vehicle displaying the permit. In the event a vehicle does not have a permit displayed and is not registered with Parking and Transportation, motor vehicle records from the Texas Department of Transportation will be used to determine responsibility.
Park only where your permit allows. Do not park in areas that are not for your use or have a restricted status. Examples of restricted areas include fire and no parking zones, grass, sidewalks, along curbs not designated for parking, any unmarked spot, or any place that would disrupt pedestrian or vehicular traffic. If you receive parking citations and do not resolve them, your vehicle will be subjected to tow or immobilization at your expense. Vehicles may not operate on University of Houston property if they are in violation of state law.
Resident parking permits are available to Calhoun Lofts residents. These permits are valid only for RHE Lot 21A and may not be used at any other university parking lot. Residents living in Moody Towers and Cougar Village I and II might want to consider getting a garage permit for the Welcome Center Garage or an economy permit to use at lots 4A and 8A/9C. Residents of the Quadrangle and Cougar Place might want to consider purchasing a garage permit for the Stadium Garage or an economy permit and park in lots 8A/9C or 12A.
For more information, contact the Parking and Transportation Office at 832-842-1097 or go to www.uh.edu/parking.
Space Reservation
Facilities are available for reservation by residence halls groups or for rent by campus and external groups. For more information on pricing and policies, visit Cougar Village II S121 or call 713-743-6020.
Student Lounges and Kitchen Facilities
Kitchen facilities are available for the convenience and use of residents only in the basements of the North Tower, Settegast, Taub and Bates, and Oberholtzer Halls and each wing of every floor in Cougar Village. Residents must remain in the kitchen area during the cooking process. Residents are responsible for cleaning the area and turning off the units after each use. No eating or cooking utensils are provided.
Vending Machines
Vending machines are available in each residential area. Vending machine refunds are made at the Cashier's Office. (In Room 114 at the Welcome Center)


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The National Environmental Management Authority has given the go-ahead for the construction of a sugar factory in Busia county. The construction of Busia Sugar Factory will start in the next 10 weeks at Busibwabo Location.
Africa Polysack has been given the greenlight to start the sugar firm after meeting conditions set out up by Oligerm Holdings, an enviromental assessment body. Oligerm director Charles Mbara yesterday told residents and stakeholders at Busibwabo market that Polysack has been given a licence to start building the plant. Polysack human resource manager John Milimu said the Sh18.5 billion factory will produce 1,000 tones of sugar a month.


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Ben is the senior polar campaign director for Greenpeace International.
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NASA has released a picture from Mars which shows there is a woman there. To me it looked like one of those afghan women wearing the full clothes with face covered. Some say its a rock but this video explains why it cannot be a rock. Enjoy!!!
This looks some kind of egyptian mummy .
Well as far as the video goes, there is no proof that its from NASA. How do we believe it?
[…] my post about woman found on Mars did interest you then there is something more interesting. In July 2004, The Cassini space craft […]
is it possible to have life in mars??? is that creature have oxygen their >LOL
Wow! if they observed regularly, maybe they will find her mates and children! The video seems real to me, if it's really NASA-released. Thanks for sharing..
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Never heard about this news, and it's a year old o_o. I'm hoping they find life out in space, the Universe and it's lively matters interest me the most. I wonder how life in space, if found, would react to Human behavior.
We can never say what more the government is hiding from us?
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I have never heard of that! Why they don't talk about this in the tv? o_O
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Thanks Bill~! Please let me know if two cards end up going! No problem
if it doesn't work out though.
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 05:03:51PM -0800, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> > No problem. Don't worry about me. Zach said he'd let me know if a seat
> > opens up. Thanks!
> Well, I'd rather take two cars, be more comfortable, and have my friend
> Mark there too, than be squished in with 4 other people. ;^)
> -bill!
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