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Roll Up Apparatus Doors
If you read the trade magazines you might notice that it seems as if every new piece of apparatus delivered is equipped with roll-up doors, also known as shutters. These doors are made up of individual slats of metal, each connected to one another with a pivoting joint. A spring loaded bar at the bottom acts as a handle, and when it is pulled out from under the clips which secure it, the entire door can be slid open. These doors moves on rails and will form a small cylinder at the top of the compartment when the door is fully open.
There are a number of benefits with this style of door. The first is that, since the doors move straight up and out of the way, instead of swinging open like traditional doors, it allows firefighters to stay closer to the apparatus, keeping them out of harm's way when operating on a road. It also allows the apparatus to fit in a tighter area while still having access to all the compartments. Another benefit over traditional doors is that, since they don't swing outward, there is nothing to bump into when you walk past. Finally, if the door is accidentally left open, there is nothing sticking out which can get caught on something and cause damage to the truck.
There are various "styles" of roll-up which you may want to considering when looking at outfitting your truck. The doors can either be front roll or rear roll, which means that the door forms a cylinder at the front or rear of the compartment when opened. Rear roll doors need to be installed in a sufficiently deep compartment to allow enough space to open. These types of shutters require space in order to fit one opened. This space is known as the "header" and can mean between a 2 1/2″ and 6 1/2″ clear space required at the top of the compartment as well as a 10-14″ minimum depth of compartment. All of this depends on the height of the door. In compartments where such a header space would be impossible, a sliding style of door exists which allows the door to roll across the top and down the back of the compartment in order to save space.
In some cases the shutters can even be motorized, and can be connected to a switch inside the passenger compartment, or at another sensible location. Such doors could even be connected to the parking brake, allowing all the doors on the truck to open before the firefighters even get out.
One thing to keep in mind is that due to the nature of the operation of the door, the appearance of the truck from the outside won't be as streamlined as with traditional doors. For some, this comes in conflict of what a fire truck "should" look like. This can be minimized by specifying that the door be painted to match the apparatus color, instead of leaving the finish as bare aluminum or color anodized. However, the ridges formed by the individual slats that make up the door will still be visible, so it the surface will not be as uniform as a traditional door.
Cost is another consideration when it comes to specifying doors for a piece of apparatus. In this case the debate is between material cost and installation cost. Traditional doors are made out of standard sheet metal, while roll-up doors are made of custom aluminum extrusions. Naturally the base material of the roll-up doors will cost more. However, swing-out doors need to be bent and welded to fit the shape of the compartment they are being installed on. To contrast, once the roll-up doors are extruded to the proper width and attached to each other, the whole assembly can be mounted after drilling a few holes. Since roll-up doors are so much easier to install than swing-out doors, some apparatus builders are treating swing-out doors as an added cost option; the costs savings in labor offsets the higher material cost for roll-ups.
As with anything else in the apparatus buying process, you have to determine if roll-up doors are the best fit for your unique needs. You need to be aware of their capabilities and limitations as it relates to your application. You also need to determine if the costs involved in both installation and maintenance are within your price range. Finally, you need to ensure that the manufacturer of the doors (if it's a retrofit) or the truck builder (if it's a new delivery) are on the same page as you and are going to be around for support if future problems arise. Roll-up doors do have a number of benefits and can make the fire scene safer for the personnel, but you also need to make sure that they allow you to keep the truck's equipment safe while still providing easy access. It doesn't matter how high tech the door is, if it is not providing these functions then it should not be on the apparatus.


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Jarrod Mullen signs new deal with Knights
Brett Keeble Newcastle Knights five-eighth Jarrod Mullen has signed a new four-year contract with the club, keeping him in the Hunter until the end of the 2018 season.
Alex McKinnon meeting gives Newcastle's Willie Mason peace of mind
Brett Keeble Pack leader Willie Mason said hearing Alex McKinnon talk and laugh again has helped ease his own anguish, and allowed him and the Knights to get on with the rest of the NRL season.
Jarrod Mullen's return lifts Newcastle Knights to win over Canberra Raiders
Brett Keeble The return of on-field general Jarrod Mullen sparked Newcastle to a confidence-boosting 26-12 victory over the Raiders at Canberra Stadium on Saturday.
Newcastle Knights mute about Jarrod Mullen
Brett Keeble If Robbie Rochow has any definitive inside information about whether Jarrod Mullen will play against the Raiders at Canberra Stadium on Saturday, he is keeping it to himself.
North Queensland Cowboys cruise to victory over Newcastle Knights
Brett Keeble North Queensland have kick-started their NRL premiership campaign with an emphatic win over Newcastle in Townsville on Monday night.
Nathan Tinkler holds on to Newcastle Knights for time being
Brett Keeble The Newcastle Knights will continue to be administered by Nathan Tinkler's Hunter Sports Group while the NRL brokers a deal to establish the club's new ownership structure.
Newcastle Knights dedicate their NRL season to injured Alex McKinnon
Brett Keeble As they continue to deal with the shock of Alex McKinnon's career-ending neck injury, captain Kurt Gidley said Knights players have dedicated the rest of the NRL season to their teammate who remains...
Alex McKinnon's family thanks fans for their support
Brett Keeble Injured Newcastle Knights forward Alex McKinnon remains in a critical but stable condition at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Knights Members' Club insist on clarity over Nathan Tinkler bank guarantee
Brett Keeble The Knights Members' Club has not budged from its demands on Knights owner Nathan Tinkler, insisting details of a new $10.
Melbourne Storm outlast gallant Newcastle Knights
Brett Keeble Wearing a neck brace, McKinnon left the field on a stretcher in the 40th minute after he was driven head-first into the ground in a dangerous tackle.
Newcastle Knights and Jets players not paid on time
Brett Keeble, Robert Dillon and James Gardiner The Newcastle Knights have played down a delay in monthly payments to a number of players as ''not a huge issue''.
Newcastle Knights sponsor The Wests Group pledges to keep club afloat
Brett Keeble Long-serving Knights sponsor and supporter The Wests Group has pledged to help keep Newcastle's football flagship afloat if owner Nathan Tinkler and his Hunter Sports Group management company...
Newcastle captain Kurt Gidley urges fans to keep faith in Knights after loss to Raiders
Brett Keeble Captain Kurt Gidley has urged fans to stay patient with the Knights after they fell 26-20 to Canberra at Hunter Stadium last night to remain win-less after two rounds.
Newcastle Knights star Darius Boyd faces long spell out with hamstring tear
Brett Keeble Newcastle Knights fullback Darius Boyd faces an extended stint on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a grade-two hamstring tear, and playmakers Kurt Gidley and Tyrone Roberts remain under a...
Sonny Bill Williams may play in Roosters' trial against Newcastle
Brett Keeble The Newcastle Knights are preparing to play against code-hopping match-winner Sonny Bill Williams and other Sydney Roosters superstars in a trial at Wyong on Saturday.
Adrian Davis and Tyrone Roberts shape up for a night to remember
Brett Keeble Second cousins Adrian Davis and Tyrone Roberts will share a special experience on Saturday when they captain their respective teams against each other at Hunter Stadium.
Kurt Gidley tipped to help Laurie Daley break Origin stranglehold
Brett Keeble NSW coach Laurie Daley will welcome Knights captain Kurt Gidley back to the Origin fold this year if the former Blues skipper's form and fitness warrant his selection.
Knights ponder what to do with Russell Packer
Brett Keeble The Knights are keeping all options open regarding the future of controversial recruit Russell Packer, who faces the prospect of sitting out the 2014 NRL season irrespective of the outcome of his...
Wayne Bennett says he is not leaving the Newcastle Knights
Brett Keeble Knights coach Wayne Bennett has indicated he will remain in charge of Newcastle's NRL club for the final two years of his four-year contract.
Knights hero Buderus ends brilliant career on a sad note
Brett Keeble Retired Knights hero Danny Buderus would not have been allowed to play in the NRL grand final on Sunday even if Newcastle had survived their preliminary final against the Sydney Roosters at Allianz...

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Takayuki HOSON1),
Haruhiko AKAMATSU1),
Kouichi SOGA1),
Kazuyuki WAKABAYASHI1),
Hirofumi HASHIMOTO2),
Masamichi YAMASHITA2),
Katsuya HASEGAWA2),
Sachiko YANO3),
Katsunori OMORI3),
Noriaki ISHIOKA3),
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1) Department of Biology, Osaka City University
2) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Sagamihara)
3) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Tsukuba)
4) Japan Manned Space Systems
5) Japan Space Forum
6) Ochanomizu University
7) Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Arabidopsis, Gravity Resistance, Microtubule, Plant, Resist Tubule
Gravity resistance is a principal graviresponse in plants. In resistance to hypergravity, the gravity signal may be perceived by the mechanoreceptors located on the plasma membrane, and then transformed and transduced via the structural continuum or physiological continuity of cortical microtubules-plasma membrane-cell wall, leading to an increase in the cell wall rigidity as the final response. The Resist Tubule experiment, which will be conducted in the Kibo Module on the International Space Station, aims to confirm that this hypothesis is applicable to resistance to 1 G gravity. There are two major objectives in the Resist Tubule experiment. One is to quantify the contributions of cortical microtubules to gravity resistance using Arabidopsis tubulin mutants with different degrees of defects. Another objective is to analyze the modifications to dynamics of cortical microtubules and membrane rafts under microgravity conditions on-site by observing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing Arabidopsis lines with the fluorescence microscope in the Kibo. We have selected suitable mutants, developed necessary hardware, and fixed operation procedure for the experiment.
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Sequined and glitter heels are everywhere this winter, and we're on board with the trend because we've been swooning over sparkly shoes since our first glimpse of Dorothy's ruby slippers. They may not be red, but the Scintillation Heels ($220), made exclusively for BHLDN, have a multi-colored shimmer that pairs nicely with all of our fancy cocktail dresses (and by "all of" we mean "all two!"). They'll be perfect with our Valentine's Day dinner outfit.
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Did the Post Make Paladino's 10-Year-Old Daughter Cry?
Carl Paladino says yes, the 'Post''s Fred Dicker says "I don't know."
The stunning argument between veteran Post reporter Fred Dicker and gubernatorial candidate Carl "I'll take you out" Paladino last night was undoubtedly the best thing captured on video since this thing earlier in the day. But it was a little blurry, recorded as it was on a camera phone. So here's a more high-quality version courtesy of CBS. By the way, Paladino's spokesman explained to the AP why Paladino was so upset with Dicker:
Paladino spokesman Michael Caputo said afterward that a Post photographer recently put the lens of a camera against the daughter's bedroom window while she was practicing for a school dance and she has had bouts of crying and has been calling her father every day since.
On Fox News this morning, Dicker said, "I don't know if that's true or not, I wasn't there, I'm not familiar with it." If it is true, we can see how that would scare a little girl, and upset her father, but it's still unclear why it has anything to do with accusing Andrew Cuomo of having an affair without offering up any evidence for it.
The Paladino/Dicker Brawl Of Bolton Landing: Sharp New Video! » [Daily Politics/NYDN]


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Vango Nitestar 450 Sleeping Bag
The Vango Nitestar sleeping bags remain a top quality range but with value for money pricing. With double layer off-set construction to minimise cold spots, the Nitestar's continue to be a firm favourite with campers, adventurers, DofE groups and expeditioners alike.
The Vango Nitestar 450 sits at the top of the Nitestar range and enjoys phenomenal success because of its full 4-season rating (Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter) and is recommended for use when temperatures are between -4°C to +15°C. This means means you'll likely get a good 10-12 months of the year use out of it.
The Vango Nitestar 450 has a tough, durable polyester Hexagon Ripstop outer combined with a soft touch 100% polyester pongee microfibre lining that is cosy, snug and breathable. The single hole siliconised hollow fibre insulation is fully washable and reduces the matting of filling and increases durability and loft.
Key features of the Vango Nitestar 450 Sleeping Bag include:
- Off-Set Double Layer Construction
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- Retains loft in damp conditions
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The Vango Nitestar 450 sits at the top of the Nitestar range and enjoys phenomenal success because of its full 4-season rating (-4 to +15 degrees C) which means you'll get a good 10-12 months of the year use out of it.
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I'm running PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu (Fedora Core 2). I've been dealing with Psql for over than 2 years now, but I've never had this case before. I have a table that has about 20 rows in it. Table "public.s_apotik" Column | Type | Modifiers -------------------+------------------------------+------------------ obat_id | character varying(10) | not null stock | numeric | not null s_min | numeric | not null s_jual | numeric | s_r_jual | numeric | s_order | numeric | s_r_order | numeric | s_bs | numeric | last_receive | timestamp without time zone | Indexes: "s_apotik_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree(obat_id) When I try to UPDATE one of the row, nothing happens for a very long time. First, I run it on PgAdminIII, I can see the miliseconds are growing as I waited. Then I stop the query, because the time needed for it is unbelievably wrong. Then I try to run the query from the psql shell. For example, the table has obat_id : A, B, C, D. db=# UPDATE s_apotik SET stock = 100 WHERE obat_id='A'; (.... nothing happens.. I press the Ctrl-C to stop it. This is what comes out(Continue reading)


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Joe Gibbs Racing driver Matt Kenseth isn't feeling too bad after his meeting with the tire barrier last weekend at Sonoma – but he'd feel better if he had a win under his belt.
"I feel physically fine," said Kenseth in a recent NASCAR teleconference. "So yeah, when I got spun out there, it wasn't funny, but I was looking to the side and I was kind of sliding off and I didn't feel like I was going very fast and I'm like, what's over there, I'm kind of looking, I guess I'm just going to slide off the track. Oh, there's a tire barrier, I hope I don't hit that very hard, and it kind of grabbed a hold of the car and whipped it around. I'm sure there's a lot of cases where tire barriers are better. Unfortunately I don't think that was one of them. I think if I would have hit a cement wall it would have been a lot less damage and actually would have got the car fixed and been able to finish the race. It just grabbed a hold of it and just destroyed that car. It ripped the front frames horns right off of it. It was definitely a surprise."
The driver of the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry had seven wins last season, his first with JGR, on his way to a runner-up finish in the championship standings. With just 10 races remaining before the start of the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup, Kenseth is winless and starting to feel some urgency.
"I think the biggest sense of urgency probably is that we just know as an organization we need to be running better," said Kenseth. "We're not running as good as we did last year as a group. We're not leading as many laps, sitting on as many poles, winning as many races. As a group we're not doing near as much of that or running up front as much as we were last year. So we need to get that better."
"As far as the urgency to get a win, yeah, you want to get one," he continued. "In this new format you really need at least a win and be up in the top 30 to really feel confident about being in the Chase. Anything can happen with different winners, so you're never sure. But if we could win every week, we would. So just to have a sense of urgency about it, it doesn't really do any good. We're already working as hard as we can and we're calling the races the way we need to call them to get ourselves in the best position. Pit stops have been great. I feel like we're doing everything we can do to do that, we've just going to keep trying to get our cars faster, keep trying to get in position to win more, and if you can put yourself in that spot enough times, sooner or later you'll get one."
Kentucky Speedway, host of this weekend's Quaker State 400, is billing itself as one of the "roughest" tracks on the Sprint Cup Series circuit. Kenseth is the defending race winner at Kentucky, and tends to agree with the assessment.
"I think it's kind of two different things," explained Kenseth. "I think the tracks being wore out, the pavement losing grip so you can slide around more and tires drop off more and new tires are a big reward, that's the kind of stuff I think we all like as drivers or I think a lot of us are under the opinion that makes better racing, more passing, that type of thing. Just being bumpy doesn't necessarily do that, but they definitely are not lying. It's definitely the roughest track in NASCAR. It's really, really bumpy, but I think there's a couple lanes there you can pass. It is a unique mile-and-a-half. The Turn 4 exit is different than any other mile-and-a-half we go to. You know, it's definitely rough and it's definitely unique."
Heading into the weekend, Kenseth is concerned about both qualifying and race trim for his Camry.
"We haven't qualified particularly well lately, and I feel like that really hurts us in the race," said Kenseth. "I feel like we start at a deficit. We don't really get the pit stall we want to get. We're working on traffic a lot before we can start adjusting our car. So I think we need to qualify better, so that's probably the first thing on my mind is to get qualified on Friday. I guess it's kind of a backwards schedule. We've got to get the race setup right but then you've got to get qualified. So hopefully we can get something that drives good in race trim and have some speed and get qualified."
Qualifying for the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway takes place Friday at 5:40 p.m. ET; the race goes green Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET. Keep up with the action at joegibbsracing.com.
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There was a town hall meeting hosted by State Senator Scott Dibble (DFL - 61), State Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL - 61A), and Speaker of the House Paul Thissen (DFL - 61B) at the Pershing Park Recreation Center on June 7, 2014. Around sixty people attended the event to hear the three legislators speak about the 2014 state legislative session and to take questions from constituents. The representatives first gave a summary of their biggest successes during the session and what they hope to accomplish the following year.
Representative Thissen, an attorney from Minneapolis, spoke first. He described the 2014 session as "very productive" and talked up some of the major victories for the DFL now that they had a majority in both houses: a bill raising the minimum wage, an anti-bullying measure drafted by Senator Dibble, tax cuts, new bonding funds to refurbish the Walker Art Center's sculpture garden and the Nicollet Mall, and the Women's Economic Security Act. Speaker Thissen characterized a transportation bill, which they state legislature still could not pass this year, as "unfinished business."
Senator Dibble spoke next, describing the session as an "incredibly productive biennium." He was glad to see so many "people engaged in the legislative process" this year. He talked about a few different issues, including a safe schools bill (which took a "ton of courage from young people" to speak up about the issue), medicinal marijuana, and the fact that this legislature did not leave a deficit.
Representative Hornstein, a community organizer from Minneapolis, wrapped up the introduction. Some of his favorite victories from the session included new money for the sculpture garden, funding for a new transit station at 35W and Lake Street, and updated recycling and composting laws. He also spoke of the need for transportation funding and said he would support a ¾ cent sales tax on gasoline. He also cited the legislature's work in making sure oil companies "pay for the lion's share" when cars containing shale oil from the Bakken field in North Dakota derail in Minnesota.
The legislators then opened up the forum to questions from the audience. This dominated most of the two-hour event. The first question surrounded gun control. Rep. Thissen said that while there was some domestic violence legislation passed this year, more could be done. He stressed the need for a broad campaign for legislative action, saying that there simply were not 68 votes in the House yet.
The next questioner asked about more funding to take care of the state's world-class parks and lakes, describing them as "getting tired" from all the use from residents. Senator Dibble agreed, saying these parks receive "millions of visits per year" and need protecting. He cited the legislature's work to help the Park Board institute a "park dedication fee" for any new residential construction, and said that some money did come from the Legacy fund (a constitutional amendment from 2008 setting aside specific funds for arts and the environment).
The following questioner asked about open-carry laws. Senator Dibble said that while restrictions were on the books they had been "liberalized" over the years. He did mention that businesses can place a sign explicitly saying "no guns" are allowed anywhere on the premises.
The next question dealt with transportation, and how the legislature can work with other communities around the state to increase bike trails to help people live independently. The constituent also raised the issue of preventing cell phone use by car drivers. Hornstein spoke about the need for a broad coalition on these issues, using the recent group MoveMN as an example. He spoke about a recent trip to Bemidji and how "bike infrastructure is important" up there. He brought up the law he authored banning texting while driving (which was signed into law by former Governor Tim Pawlenty), but said the ultimate goal is to ban all cellphone use.
The next question had to do with how to help people plan their estates when it comes to the animals they may leave behind. Dibble said he would "absolutely work on that," and then brought up his recent efforts to bring more regulation to puppy mills in the state. He also talked about another animal-friendly piece of legislation he'd worked on, the "Beagle Freedom" bill, which requires universities that test on dogs to find a home for them afterward.
The next questioner had some hard questions for the legislators about water issues. The first issue had to do with a new Enbridge oil pipeline, which would criss-cross the state while bringing oil sands to Superior, WI. She also brought up the problems Minneapolis has had with a residential development at 1800 Lake Street, which has been misusing a DNR permit to pump water into the lagoon between Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. Finally, she spoke of her concerns regarding the Southwest Light Rail project and the plans to dig a tunnel under the channel at Cedar Lake, saying she wants "transportation out of the parks." Rep. Hornstein began answering, saying that there was "some pipeline safety language" in the recent oil transportation bill, but did say that it was very tough getting the oil companies to agree on proper clean up times. Dibble did say he was in contact with the Minneapolis City Council about the property at 1800 Lake, and that the "city is taking the next legal steps" here. Finally Hornstein spoke again about the SWLRT project, briefly giving an overview of how the municipal consent process and describing Minneapolis' recent decision to use mediation "a good thing."
The following question had to do with the Ranked Choice Voting local options bill (allowing cities outside Minneapolis and St. Paul to look at using this system in their elections) and why it stalled in the legislature this year. Senator Dibble said it was important to keep the "organizing pressure" going, and said that Duluth will start using RCV this year.
The next question dealt with the PolyMet mine project on the Iron Range. The questioner mentioned that for every "one pound of nickel there will be one ton of debris." Rep. Thissen said that the Pollution Control Agency and the Environmental Protection Agency are both looking at the environmental concerns the constituent brought up. Senator Dibble said he was "deeply skeptical" of this project, noting that the first Draft Environmental Impact Statement received an "F" grade from the DNR.
A constituent who was with the group Moms Demand Action spoke about recent "open carry" laws in Wisconsin, which allow people to carry guns even at stores like Target (a Minneapolis-based company). She said she hoped each of the legislators speaking "had her back" when she went to Target's headquarters with a petition asking the company not to allow guns in Minnesota stores. As the crowd erupted in applause, the representatives seemed to offer their support.
The next question swung back to the SWLRT. The constituent raised her concerns that there has been no final DEIS on the project and that more trees will be lost to create a path for the light rail train than were lost during the horrendous rain storms in June of 2013. Hornstein said he has raised these issues and that he "agreed" that more environmental studies should be done.
The following question came from a Registered Nurse in the audience. She raised concerns over safe staffing levels in hospitals but also broader environmental health worries, such as the garbage burner in downtown Minneapolis. Rep. Hornstein spoke of Minneapolis' goals to become a zero-waste city and to increase composting, which should reduce the amount of garbage going into the burner. Senator Dibble said the recent EPA rules regulating pollution and power plants will have to be "implemented by the state." He also discussed a campaign to "release money we pay in taxes on solid waste fees" to use to pay for conservation and recycling efforts.
The next question concerned food stamps for people who are struggling to find work but may not have children. The constituent also spoke about recent expungement legislation written by Senator Dibble. According to some literature passed out at the event, this legislation will "clarify and create a balanced mechanism for those who were either charged or convicted of crimes to have their records expunged." It states that it "aims to maintain public safety while allowing those who have served their time to have their records sealed so they can more easily secure employment and housing." Rep. Thissen said that state benefit amounts have not changed since 1986, and and could be increased. Rep. Hornstein spoke of the legislature's work to ensure children who can't afford school lunches would still receive them.
The next question was about including acupuncture in state health care benefits. Rep. Thissen said the MNSure board will ultimately decide this.
Finally at the end of the event began what the legislators dubbed the "lighting round." The questions here were fast and furious and dealt with a wide range of issues, including education (early childhood and not just preschool), RNAV, mental health funding, property taxes, and medical marijuana. The legislators concluded the event and there was some additional time for constituents to speak directly to the representatives. This town hall meeting, like the one your Examiner covered last year, was very informative and was a good opportunity for residents of the district to ask questions of the people representing them in the statehouse. Your Examiner also hopes to follow through on a promise he made last year and conduct an interview with Senator Dibble about his work in the legislature.


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Los Angeles, Calif. - Despite what the rankings say, Southern California has proven it's a better team than Stanford this season.
The 22nd-ranked Trojans built a 23-point lead in the first half and never looked back, beating the No. 16 Cardinal 103-78 Thursday night in the first round of the Pacific-10 tournament.
It was USC's third victory over the Cardinal (19-9) this season. The Trojans won the first meeting by eight points in Los Angeles, then won the second by 19 points in Stanford's worst loss at home since 1993.
Sam Clancy led five USC players in double figures with 25 points. He was voted the Pac-10 player of the year Wednesday.
Brandon Granville added 20 points and 11 assists, Desmon Farmer 19 points, David Bluthenthal 17 points, and Jerry Dupree 10 points.
The fourth-seeded Trojans (21-8) will play top-seeded Oregon in Friday's semifinals at Staples Center. The Ducks (23-7) defeated eighth-seeded Washington 86-64 earlier Thursday.
Casey Jacobsen and Curtis Borchardt each scored 17 points to lead fifth-seeded Stanford, which added to its history of blowout losses in the tournament.
Before the tournament took a 12-year break in 1990, Stanford lost to Arizona by 22 points in the 1989 final, and by 24 points to Arizona in the 1990 semifinals.
USC's 25-point win was one shy of the tournament record for largest winning margin, set by Arizona in a 93-67 win over Oregon in 1988.
Stanford shot 38 percent and committed 19 turnovers in the game.
Jacobsen, the Pac-10's leading scorer with a 22.2-point average, picked up his third foul with 10:55 remaining. Borchardt, the 7-footer who led the conference in rebounding and shot blocking, had 14 rebounds as Stanford controlled the boards, 51-31.
The teams were tied four times in the opening 14 minutes before USC broke the game open by shooting 67 percent in the first half. The Trojans outscored the Cardinal 31-9 to take a 45-23 lead with 3:43 remaining.
USC hit four of its seven 3-pointers in the spurt, including two by Bluthenthal, who had nine points in the run. Stanford struggled on 38 percent shooting in the half, when Jacobsen was just 3-of-9 from the floor.
After USC starting guard Errick Craven got in foul trouble in the first half, the Trojans didn't miss a beat. Dupree came in and scored eight points in 12 minutes. Farmer also came off the bench to score 10 points in 12 minutes.
After trailing 52-35 at the break, Stanford never got closer than 13 points in the second half. Clancy scored USC's first seven points of the half and the Trojans spent much of the final 20 minutes at the foul line, where they hit 76 percent for the game.
Leading 65-51, USC ran off 13 consecutive points to take a 78-51 lead with 10:02 remaining. Except for Bluthenthal's 3-pointer, all the Trojans' points came at the free-throw line. Granville went 4-for-4, and Farmer 3-for-4.
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"Japan totally blew my mind."
That's a typical comment from a student after returning from Doug Akagi's summer study-abroad trip to Japan. Akagi created the course -- titled "In Search of Emptiness and Wabi-Sabi" -- three years ago, and he has led it each summer since. It's often difficult for the students to put into words what the adventure means to them and their work.
"Most of them," Akagi observes, "have never experienced a metropolis like Tokyo or the sublime beauty of an ancient city like Kyoto. And I realize that the trip is expensive, with the tuition and the airfare and the incidentals. So I try to make it a trip of a lifetime.
"Leading 14 students to almost 30 venues in two different cities in 12 days without incident is a challenge, and exhausting. Dozens of subway, train, and bus rides, endless miles of walking, and counting heads at every juncture."
But there is plenty of beauty and inspiration as a reward. And Akagi gets a profound kick out of showing off his old haunts from when he was a young graphic designer living and working in Tokyo and Kyoto.
"Doug really cares deeply that students understand the context and history of what they are studying."
Many of Akagi's fellow Graphic Design faculty members say this about him as a teacher, and it certainly applies to his motivations for teaching the Japan course. "The idea," he reflects, "is to distill my 40 years of pondering ancient Japanese aesthetics into one summer session.
"We cover everything from wabi-sabi (the beauty of impermanence and imperfection) to the Shinto concept of emptiness as a strategy to attract the gods, the tea ceremony, and Zen Buddhism. They see a lot of temples and gardens, but they get to do some touristy things, too."
And they visit lots of design exhibitions.
"Tokyo alone usually has something like six design exhibitions going at any given time." They visit the Ghibli Museum, whose executive director is the world-famous film director, animator, and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki.
The most recent group caught an exhibition at the Suntory Museum of Art on the concept of mono no aware, a Japanese term for the transitory nature of life and things.
"This year I was really pleased to have such an international group. There were only four Americans. Of the rest, two were Taiwanese, two Filipino, two Korean, and four from mainland China. Four were MFA Design students, four undergraduate Graphic Design majors, two Jewelry / Metal Arts majors, two Animation students, and one Film. It was a great mix."
"Doug was born in a World War II Japanese internment camp."
Akagi was, indeed, born in an internment camp in Utah. After the war ended, his parents, both born and raised in Berkeley, moved to the East Coast to raise their children in a less discriminatory environment.
Assimilation was their goal, so they never spoke Japanese at home and made little reference to their cultural heritage. It provoked in Akagi an ongoing identity crisis and a burning desire to connect with his family's past.
His uncle, whose job involved living half the year in Japan and the other half in the United States, promised to help him find a job in Tokyo if he could get himself over there.
"Doug went to Japan and got a job at a design firm, without speaking a word of Japanese."
Also true. The firm was the renowned Nippon Design Center in Tokyo.
"After I'd been there about a year, I asked a coworker how my Japanese was coming along. He said, 'You speak horrible Japanese beautifully.' Meaning that I sounded very feminine, probably because I was sitting between two women designers at the firm, and that my vocabulary was terrible.
"Being young, my solution to this was to start frequenting the Shinjuku movie houses, watching lots of gangster and samurai films to pick up some macho lingo."
"Doug is the Kevin Bacon of San Francisco graphic design."
Back in 1983, Akagi was one of the cofounders of the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA-SF). Today it is the second-largest chapter in the country, with a membership exceeding 1,600.
Between his renewed involvement in AIGA-SF; running his design firm, Alterpop, with his wife, Dorothy Remington; and his multi-decade teaching career, he has been a connector for vast numbers of graphic designers.
"The scene can be incestuous, sure! But it's very gratifying to bring good designers together."
Case in point: Two former Alterpop interns (and CCA alumni) have subsequently become presidents of AIGA-SF: Christopher Simmons (Graphic Design 1997) and current president David Asari (Graphic Design 1989), who is also the assistant chair of CCA's Graphic Design Program.
Akagi has taught at almost every level of the program and has had an incalculable number of students. He's also hired about 75 interns and 100 employees, mostly from CCA.
"Being around students all the time keeps you current, and vital," he says, "not only in terms of your work, but also in terms of technology, and pure enthusiasm. If you want to talk generations, at this point I think I've got several 'grandchildren' out there in the professional design community."
"Doug was heavily into triathlons, you know. He did something like 150 triathlons and completed the Hawaii Ironman twice. The story goes that when he and Dorothy got married, they made a pact that they would quit smoking and become athletes together. Their wedding registry was at a local bike shop."
"I'm an obsessive personality," Akagi admits. "At the height of it all I was running and biking and swimming every day, working long hours at Alterpop, plus teaching at CCA.
"Dorothy and I relocated Alterpop to be near the campus so that we could walk over there together midday and teach our classes. I loved it. But, you know, work becomes like a drug. It's exhilarating, but you need to keep your employees busy, so you are constantly hustling for more work."
In 2011, Akagi and his wife made the difficult decision to downsize and bring some sanity to their lives.
"We finally closed our San Francisco office and moved our base of operations to our house in San Rafael. It took forever just to sell or donate all the equipment and furniture. It was traumatic.
"But the moment it was all over, it was such a huge relief! We realized we should have done it sooner. This morning, I woke up, went for a walk with Dorothy and our dog, Bella, and later had lunch on the back deck with them."
"Doug retired from teaching at CCA in 2008 and was named professor emeritus. He's the only emeritus I know who's back on the faculty teaching multiple classes! Between you and me, I suspect that he got bored."
"They threw this great party for my retirement (longtime faculty member Steve Reoutt was also retiring at that time), and everyone said such nice things in their speeches. I was glad to be done -- I was feeling a bit burned out after 24 years -- and for a while I didn't miss teaching.
"But a few years later Cinthia Wen (Graphic Design 2007), who was then program chair (she's also a former student and employee), called and asked if I might be able to help her out of a bind. You know, just teach one class.
"And then one thing led to another and I was sucked back into the CCA orbit. I do love it here."
Currently he is filling in for Bob Aufuldish as the faculty advisor for Sputnik, the group of undergraduates that designs many of CCA's publications. And he is the new student group advisor for AIGA-SF.
"I've never known such a senior professional -- in any field—to take the idea of paying it forward so much to heart."
You may have noticed by now how committed Akagi is to educating the next generation. But it's more than that. It's also about welcoming them into the professional community -- paying it forward as a mentor -- since he benefited so much from his own mentors.
He is likewise generous about passing along actual jobs to former students when he is in a position to do so.
"Yes, it's very competitive out there. But there is always room for one more good designer."


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April 29, 2010
Complete Results
DEKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois track and field team hosted the second annual Huskie Open, Thursday, where the Huskies battled extremely windy weather conditions to walk-away with multiple first-place finishes and personal-best records. The Huskies hosted Robert Morris College at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex in their final regular-season competition before the Mid-American Conference Championships.
"We are still very excited that we were able to host the second-annual Huskie Open," NIU head track and field Coach Connie Teaberry said. "The team came out and performed extremely well. The windy conditions were unfavorable, but the athletes did a great job in each of their events despite the weather."
In the 100-meter dash, Rasheta Butler set a school record when she raced to a first-place and personal-best time of 11.83. Rhonda Lee and Chanel Kellyman also earned personal records in the event, racing to times of 12.04 and 12.26, respectively.
Roneisha Frye earned a personal-best record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.42, finishing just behind Megan Gregory who took first with a time of 14.17. Butler saw her second PR of the afternoon when she raced to a first-place time of 24.66 in the 200-meter dash. Gregory and Frye also set personal records in the event. Gregory raced to a time of 24.96 and Frye finished in 25.14, placing second and third respectively.
In the distance events, Breanna Brevitt, Courtney Oldenburg, and Samantha McConeghey each claimed first-place finishes in their respective events. Brevitt raced to a time of 5:18.58 in the 1,500-meter run, while Oldenburg ran the 800-meter run in 2:28.67. McConeghey ran the 3000-meter run for the Huskies, crossing the finish line in a time of 13:40.39.
In the field events, Kelly Moser leapt to a height of 5-02.00 in the high jump, while Jenner Sio competed in the triple jump, leaping to a mark of 38-02.00 (11.63m).
Deidra McIntosh led the Huskies in the long jump, leaping to a personal-best mark of 19-0.00 (5.79m) to finish first. Brittany Houghton finished second for NIU, with a mark of 18-1.75 (5.53m), while Rhonda Lee placed third with a leap of 18-00.50 (5.50m).
Finishing first in the discus throw, senior Cora Caulfield record a mark of 145-06 (44.36m). Teammate Tiffany Wallick finished closely behind Caulfied, throwing a mark of 143-01 (41.17m). Wallick led the Huskies in the hammer throw and the shot put events. Wallick threw a season best 136-05 (12.90m) in the hammer throw before, earning a personal best 42-04.00 (41.60m) in the shot put.
"Today was a great prelude to the MAC Championships, and judging by the performances we had today we should do very well at championships," said Teaberry. "We really appreciate all the staff, friends, family, and fans that came out to support us today. It made for another successful home meet."
NIU will take one week off from competition before heading to the MAC Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., May 12-15.


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John & Andrew, the salsa dancing duo from the San Francisco Bay Area, were eliminated last night from America's Got Talent.
The pair had made it through the audition rounds and later through Judgement Week to be selected as one of the 48 acts to perform live at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals are divided up into 4 weeks, with 12 contestants competing each week, with 5 from each episode qualifying for the semifinals. Selection is based on audience votes, with the competition airing on Tuesday and results being announced on the following Wednesday, live (at least for the East Coast, the West Coast show is delayed by 3 hours).
John & Andrew competed in the second round of quarterfinals, against some stiff competition including magicians, singers, and an aerial acrobatics act. In a nail biter of an episode, John & Andrew were one of the last 3 acts remaining on stage, before they were finally eliminated. The official America's Got Talent even mistakenly tweeted out that John & Andrew had won (the tweet has since been deleted).
Although the pair were eliminated, they made it far in a competition seen by tens of millions of viewers, helping to spread awareness of salsa and same gender dancing. The two have a busy travel schedule, and should continue to perform together on the salsa circuit as well as compete together at the World Latin Dance Cup in December, where they are the current reigning champions in the Same Gender division (for 3 years in a row).
One salsa act remains in America's Got Talent, "Baila Conmigo" a Colombian-style salsa team based out New Jersey. The group has already qualified for the semi-finals, and will be returning to the stage in 3 weeks after the remaining quarterfinal rounds are completed.


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The SUBURETHRAL SLING is a vaginal procedure used to correct (stress urinary incontinence) loss of urine during physical activity – running, jumping, coughing, sneezing, lifting etc.
Through a small vaginal incision a (sling) permanent mesh-like material (Prolene) is placed underneath the mid portion of the urethra. The mesh-like material remains as a permanent sling under the urethra. The Sling causes the urethra to close when the patient puts pressure on the bladder (strains, laughs, coughs, etc.). As a result, episodes of stress incontinence are prevented or improved.
Benefits include:
Minimally invasive outpatient procedure (approx 30 to 40 minute procedure) performed through Small vaginal incision.
Our Jacksonville bladder doctors have a high success rate in treating stress incontinence- 80 to 90% success rate.
50% chance of improving symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) – sudden urge to urinate, frequent trips to the bathroom to urinate. Return to work quickly (1 week) - No heavy lifting, straining or sex for 4 to 6 weeks.
TRANS-OBTURATOR SLING – brand names include the TVT-O (Gynecare), Monarch (American medical Systems), OBTRYX (Boston Scientific), URETEX TO (CR Bard) etc.
MINI–SLINGS - brand names include the TVT- Secur (Gynecare), The Mini-Arch (American Medical Systems) etc. NOT all slings are the same - if you are going to have a "TVT" find out specifically what your doctor means by this- is it: RETROPUBIC, TRANS-OBTURATOR, MINI-SLING and is it a permanent synthetic material or a biologic material.
Do Your Homework!
Not all slings are the same.
Not all doctors have the same degree of experience.
Your best chance to successfully treat STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE with a sling is with your FIRST procedure.
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Eleven years prospective follow-up of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure for treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2008 Aug;19(8):1043-7. Epub 2008 Jun 6.
Nilsson CG, Palva K, Rezapour M, Falconer C.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effectiveness and safety of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. In a Nordic three-center prospective observational cohort study, 90 women with primary stress incontinence had a TVT operation performed in local anesthesia. Assessment included a 24-h pad test, a stress test, physical examination, and a visual analog scale for assessing the degree of bother. Patient's global impression of cure was obtained, and condition specific quality of life questionnaires were used. Seventy-seven percent of the initial cohort of 90 women and 89% of those alive and capable of cooperating were assessed 11.5 years after the TVT operation. Ninety percent of the women had both a negative stress test and a negative pad test being objectively cured. Subjective cure by patients global impression was found in 77%, 20% being improved and only 3% regarded the operation as a failure. No late-onset adverse effects of the operation were found, and no case of tape erosion was seen. The TVT procedure is safe and effective for more than 10 years.
Context: The synthetic, tension-free midurethral sling was introduced in the 1990s as a surgical treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Several similar products are now available. The authors generated data comparing clinical outcomes of two midurethral sling procedures.
Objective: To compare clinical outcomes of two midurethral sling procedures currently used for the treatment of women with SUI: Gynecare Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT; Ethicon Women's Health & Urology, Somerville, NJ) and Uretex Self-Anchoring Urethral Support System (CR Bard Inc, Covington, Ga).
Methods: A nonrandomized, prospective study was conducted at a urogynecology practice with women who had preoperative urodynamically proven SUI. The study consisted of two phases: 100 consecutive cases using the TVT midurethral sling, then 100 consecutive cases using the Uretex midurethral sling. Symptom improvement was evaluated at 12-month postoperative follow-up by measuring rates of prolonged intermittent self-catheterization, urinary tract infection, urinary retention requiring urethrolysis, and new-onset urge incontinence.
Results: The TVT and Uretex groups were similar with respect to age, parity, and incidence of prior anti-incontinence surgery. There was no significant difference in outcomes measured between the two groups in symptom improvement at 12-month follow-up.
Conclusion: The TVT and Uretex midurethral slings demonstrate similar short-term improvement and complication rates in a nonrandomized population of women with SUI.
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December 2004 - Volume 104 - Issue 6 - pp 1263-1269
Segal, Jeffrey L. MD et al,
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess 1) the proportion of de novo urge incontinence and overactive bladder symptoms after a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT), and 2) the natural history of preoperative urge incontinence and overactive bladder symptoms after a TVT.
RESULTS: Ninety-eight patients were included in the study. Postoperatively, de novo urge incontinence symptoms developed in 9.1%, de novo overactive bladder symptoms developed in 4.3%, and 8.7% started taking anticholinergics for the first time. After a TVT, the urge component resolved in 63.1% of those with preoperative symptoms of mixed incontinence, overactive bladder symptoms resolved in 57.3% of those with preoperative overactive bladder symptoms, and 57.7% of those who used anticholinergics preoperatively no longer needed to do so. There was also a statistically significant improvement in comparing the preoperative and postoperative IIQ-7 and UDI-6 scores.
CONCLUSION: The proportion of patients in whom de novo overactive bladder or urge incontinence symptoms developed postoperatively is low, and approximately 57% of patients with preoperative overactive bladder symptoms can expect resolution of these symptoms after a TVT.
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Naughty Dog promises 'very stable' 60fps for The Last of Us: Remastered
The inclusion of an optional toggle between 30 and 60 frames per second in PS4 title The Last of Us: Remastered doesn't mean that 60fps support is flaky.
Ten cars and five tracks included in free PS+ DriveClub edition; 1080p/30fps confirmed
Evolution Studios has detailed exactly what gamers will get in the free version of DriveClub that will be available to PlayStation Plus subscribers.
UFC to run at 30fps on next-gen, dev says 60fps "not hugely beneficial"
EA Canada has confirmed that next year's Xbox One and PS4 release UFC will not run at 60 frames per second.
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The developers of Ubisoft's open-world title Watch Dogs have admitted that the game will not run at 60 frames per second on next-gen consoles.


text: The King Fahd National Guard Hospital reported today that a successful operation separating conjoined twins had been carried out by a Saudi team headed by the renowned pediatric surgeon Dr. Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah. The operation took eighteen hours. A rare and complex operation like this is performed in only a select few centers around the world, and its success reflects the high level of surgical care within the Kingdom. Both babies are stable, and have now, 48 hours after the operation, been transferred to the intensive care unit. They are conscious, and some of the monitoring devices have already been removed. The Siamese twins were born on November 13, 1997 in the southwest region of Saudi Arabia.


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Saturday's NCAA Tournament first round loss to Arizona State meant the end of an era for Vanderbilt, which is graduating guards Christina Foggie and Jasmine Lister, both in the top 10 of the prestigious program's career scoring lists.
Foggie averaged 19 per game as the SEC's leading scorer, while Lister posted 14 per night and started every game since her freshman season. Foggie is expected to be drafted into the WNBA next month, while the 5-foot-4 Lister may have an outside chance of making a roster.
"These two players on and off the court represent Vanderbilt in such a positive way," 12th-year Vanderbilt coach Melanie Balcomb said. "There couldn't be any better ambassadors out there than Jasmine and Foggie, and it's been for four years."
The Commodores finished 18-13 and 7-9 in the SEC, a league that sent eight teams to the Big Dance. After being ranked No. 16 in the nation Feb. 10, Vanderbilt finished by dropping 10 of 12, but still received a tourney bid for the 15th-consecutive time. It was the fifth-straight year it couldn't advance to the Sweet 16.
"Our work ethic together, the chemistry of what we built, continues to grow and inspire teammates to play at a whole new level," Lister said of what her legacy will be. "Just getting people to by into coach's system and have fun playing basketball."
Lister tallied nine points in her finale Saturday, while Foggie scored 16, but was shut out for the game's first 12 minutes.
"The biggest thing that Jasmine shows is passion and having fun for the game, and I think that's what shows is that we love playing basketball together," Foggie said.
Freshman forward Marqu'es Webb, who averages seven points per game, broke out with a career-best and game-high 18 points Saturday in Toledo. She will return, along with Rebekah Dahlman, who was posting 11.4 points before a season-ending injury sidelined her in December.
"For me I just think it was an honor to have played just a year with them, they worked so hard on and off the court," Webb said of Foggie and Lister. "They work so hard to be the people they are, and it really was an honor. My basketball IQ increased, and I hope I'm just half the leader and player they are by the time it's my senior year."
While 12 Vanderbilt players have been drafted in the WNBA, the last to appear in a game was Christina Wirth with the Indiana Fever in 2009. The most-accomplished was Sheri Sam who played 10 years and won two titles with the Storm and Shock. Chantelle Anderson and Carla Thomas were both first round picks under Balcomb.


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We are ending a month-to month lease, which per the terms of the lease is to include us paying for February. We are out of the premises, and have had the place cleaned and the eight screw holes we made for pictures & light fixtures patched. I asked our landlord to come by and take a look at the place so he could tell me if there is anything else that needs to be done, and if not so I could give him the keys. He said he would, but then said he would come the next day. Additionally, he said that he and his wife have a checklist which they go over and then send the tenant later, and so I do not have to be there. When I called him later to ask him to leave a copy of what needed to be done when he looked it over since the cleaning was not quite finished, he said that he might not be able to make it out till the next day after that, and that he would fax me what needed to be done still.
When I previously asked him to take the security deposit monies as last month's rent, he stated that he is not lawfully allowed to do that as security deposit is not for rent. I haven't had any real issues with him, I guess maybe I'm just paranoid, but I don't feel like having my money held up for as long as a month and a half to two months. Or worse, he keeping some of the security deposit for unsound reasons.
We have cleaned the house and returned it to the state it was AFTER we cleaned it before moving in (details below). It is actually already smelling like new carpet in there again. There is no damage to anything save perhaps the vinyl blinds browning & slightly melting in one of the bedrooms, which might be due to my car reflecting sunlight on them.
My questions are: What can he do to us if we choose to not pay the last month's rent and let him take it out of the deposit? Is there any legal reason this is a problem in Florida? Is there any special way I should go about notifying him that he is to do this? Is there anything I can do to ensure that he cannot take monies out of our deposit unreasonably?
Thank you for any help! Below is (too much?) background information.
We picked this unit over others due to price, city water versus well water, "new" carpet, and side-by-side two car driveway as opposed to back-to-back. He also said the lease was breakable if we built a house (never happened, became much cheaper to buy a house, which we did).
To give some insight as to why there should be no reason for any of our security deposit to be withheld:
It took a week and a half for four people to clean the two-bedroom, one bath duplex when we took possession of it. This included many full days on all our parts since our in-laws were here on vacation and devoted much of their time to this, and it was over christmas/newyear's holidays so both my wife and I had four days of vacation to devote to it. The cupboards were filthy, greasy spills, dead roaches, and roach killer applied everywhere - even under paint. Wire racks in closets had a caked on sticky yellow film. Bathroom shower grout was quite moldy, and a good amount of the grout was missing, including around the drain. The blinds had caked on dust, and the kitchen blind additionally had globs of grease and dirt. The vertical blind for the sliding glass doors is missing almost half its panels, and does not function other than sliding it open or closed. The bathroom paint was not finished. The bathroom had a three-panel medicine cabinet with a broken center mirror. There were spider webs everywhere. The patio was even worse when it comes to spiders. The a/c filter was filthy. The kitchen hood filter was full of grease as well as the hood. The hood was not properly venting out. The refrigerator looked like it was from the seventies or early eighties, had broken shelves, and was not holding a proper temperature. There was tons of garbage behind the washer & dryer, including packs of pictures, toys, dirt, etc. Behind the fridge & stove wasn't much better. The area between the dishwasher & cabinets/floor was dusty & had many dead roaches. The bi-fold doors had caked on dirt and they, as well as some of the walls, had writing on them in what seemed like permanent marker.
We repaired all things which could be cleaned/patched/painted, replaced the kitchen blind, added a rolling blind to the lanai door (as he said there was enough privacy with the privacy fence, and he didn't care about blinds), and replaced the mirrored vanity with a new bathroom mirror to fit the width of the vanity. We replaced the refrigerator with a used one, for which he agreed to pay half of. We re-grouted the missing grout in the shower with matching grout. We replaced the toilet seat. We had an instance where the A/C pan was filling and overflowing, so I called him over and I cleaned out the clog in the attic while he told me what to do. That day I mentioned to him that the doorbell doesn't work, and he said that it's probably a wire - no offer to fix (although no big deal to me). He made a hole in the ceiling to let out the water that had accumulated above the ceiling, and came back to patch it up later. We asked him for some paint to patch up the old holes for things we replaced (and to finish the bathroom), as well as the patch he made in the ceiling, so we were able to do that. When it looked like we might be there longer than a year, I asked him about the screens in the patio - which were broken - and having heard from our neighbor that he doesn't care about fixing things and that he wouldn't fix their screen (they have none), I asked him if he could supply the screen and I would put it up. He said sure, I'll get a roll out of the attic and bring it to you next lawn cutting day. He did, but I never got around to anything in the back yard as we then started to look for a house to buy. The new roll is in the unit untouched. The privacy fence had a broken panel, which I had asked him about fixing, he said that it wasn't that big a deal. I later, while fixing a short fence that is between our fence and the other side of the duplex, found the broken part of the panel, so I put it back up. He cuts the main grass, but doesn't do anything with the small back yard, or areas by the house. I have pulled weeds and paid a local guy to clean up that area. I've also cut back the shrubs because they would grow branches out to the walkway.
Additionally, there were three broken windows which in the lease he said would be repaired before our move-in date. They were never repaired despite my calling him and reminding him, as well as giving him the name of a neighborhood handyman who would be willing to do the work. There are also no screens on the bedroom windows. Only one of the blinds had a rod to twist them open, and they were all damaged or broken in one way or another.
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Awfully long post. Many people won't read it all because it is too long. Hope my reply isn't that long.
The bottom line is that you can never use the security deposit for rent. Ever. All state laws says this money is to secure the tenant's performance in the rental. He can only use it if you don't perform (don't take care of the place, cause damage, don't follow your lease terms, etc.). In FL, this money is kept in a seperate account so he can't touch it until you move out. You may not use it for February's rent so forget that. Pay the rent for February if you owe it. If you fail to pay, he can serve a 3 day Pay or Quit to the unit and then file for eviction. Once the case is filed, it will show up on your court records for all to see for years to come. You will be denied housing because of this. If you are breaking your lease to move out without an agreement in writing, expect to get a suit filed against you for any rent owed until the lease ends. This will damage your credit for at least 10 years.
Your deposit should be returned to you between 15 and 60 days depending on if there are deductions and you dispute them. That is state law and you must abide by it. We would all like to have money refunded to us promptly, but the law gives him that amount of time.
In one section of your post, you state you had a month to month agreement and in another you say you had a lease that he was willing to let you out of. Which is it? It does matter. Unless you got it in WRITING that he would let you out of the lease, you have no agreement to break a lease. In FL, you can be held accountable for all monies and rent until the end of the lease. The LL does not have to try and re-rent the unit. If a month to month, you merely have to give 15 days notice that you are vacating and pay for those days, not for a month.
You ask how to protect yourself from unfounded charges. Good question. First, did you get written permission to do all the work you did to the unit? (Most leases say you need the written authorization before you can paint or make repairs.) If not, I hope you have a move in inspection report and hopefully, dated photos from when you moved in to show the condition of the unit when you took possession. Unfortunately, the judge may not believe statements from you or your relatives about the condition of the unit without proof. Can you come up with some impartial (not family) statements? Moving guy, pizza delivery man, neighbor, someone else who may have seen the condition of the place when you moved in? Always have an inspection and take photos when you move in. If the LL isn't available or willing to do the move in or out inspection with you, do it yourself. Document the condition of everything, taked dated photographs to show how clean it is, and get a key receipt (or have a witness) to state when you returned the keys. As long as you have the keys, you have access to the unit and rent will continue to accrue. Save receipts from cleaning companies (carpet cleaners, house cleaners, etc.) and for supplies you used to clean it so you can show a judge you did what was needed, in case you have to go to court.
When you get the itemized statement back of what was deducted from your deposit, go over it all. If you dispute any charges, send a challenge letter to the LL by certified mail, rrr, and keep a copy. In that letter, you should dispute each charge line by line and explain why you should not be charged for that item, or why the charge is not correct for that item. Show justification of a different amount if the item is correct but the price is not. (IE- if you are charged for a broken light fixture, get a printout of how much that fixture would cost to replace from a hardware store.) Give him 10 - 14 days to respond. If he doesn't or the two of you cannot come to an agreement, sue him in small claims court. Do not cash a partial refund check s that may signify that you agree with his accounting.
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;74782]Awfully long post. Many people won't read it all because it is too long. Hope my reply isn't that long.
Some of which was stated is not entirely accurate.
1. The unit must be deemed as good as it was when it was moved in, a few photos will establish if that is true or not.
2. If the unit is not kept up as provided by Law, for example the AC is not functional, or the heat does not work correctly, mold, or bug infestations to name a few, gives you legal recouse to break the lease period.
3. most judges do not favor landlords in a court of law, as long as you cover yourself with photos backed up with peoples statements you will win easily.
this is just some of the things stated that are not completely black and white as the posted stated.
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Burnt Dove Shell, Columbella fuscata: The Burnt Dove Shell is a chestnut-brown shell that is dotted and irregularly spotted with white. Just below the suture are a band of triangular white markings.
The shell is covered with a smooth, light olive periostracum and the aperture is lavender in color fading to white. The callus of the posterior part of the inner lip is weakly developed and the denticles on the anterior part of the inner lip are few or of uneven size.
Burnt Dove Shells are found in and around the low-tide line under rocks. They reach a maximum size of 2.0 cm (0.8 inches) and 1.2 cm (0.5 inches) in diameter.
In Mexican waters the Burnt Dove Shell is found south of Magdalena Bay along the west coast of Baja, in the lower third of the Sea of Cortez and along the coast of the mainland south to Guatemala.
This shell is sold at a significant level by shell collectors.
The Burnt Dove Shell is a member of the Columbellidae Family, which are the Dove Shells, with about 400 individual global species. The members of the family are very small with few exceeding an inch. They have strong shells that can resist crushing by crabs, their predator, and empty shells make excellent homes for hermit crabs. Most are nighttime carnivorous scavenging carnivores that feed on ascidians, crustaceans, molluscs and worms. They have eyes at the base of the tentacles.
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Given the importance of Islam in world politics and the global economy, our minor program offers the students the opportunity to acquire expertise in Islam and the Muslim world. Such expertise is beneficial for those students who plan to pursue a career in business, education, history, anthropology, international studies, religious studies, communication, political science, social work, public administration, art and art history, medicine, criminal justice, sociology and other fields. Minor Information Sheet (PDF)
A minor in Islamic Studies requires a total of eighteen (18) hours with a minimum of 12 hours at 3000 level or above.
Required courses for a minor in Islamic Studies are as follows:
Nine (9) additional hours for a minor in Islamic Studies must be taken from among the following courses or other courses approved by the Director of Islamic Studies Program:
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