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|BBC Asian Network yesterday broadcast a documentary presented by Catrin Nye titled "Who's Afraid of the EDL?"
The areas covered in the documentary included who the EDL are and what they say they stand for; the attempts of the EDL to forge links with other anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic groups in America and Europe; and how the government can respond to the threat that the EDL poses. The documentary finished with EDL leader, Stephen Lennon, who also goes by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, taking part in a face-to-face meeting with Mohammad Ayoub, a founder of Muslim youth magazine "The Revival."
Lennon reveals that he is the son of Irish immigrants, adding "I'm not really English" but "my belief is that you don't have to have English blood. If you're a Sikh or you're black and you're born in England, you're English."
That is, unless you're black, born in England and a Muslim. And what of Asians, born in England that are Muslim, or whites born in England to white families and that are Muslim?
He goes on to accuse Islam of "ruling with fear" and yet remains oblivious to the fact that his organisation operates through the precise methodology that he is accusing Islam of employing.
When Catrin interviews senior EDL member, Guramit Singh, he astonishingly cites his Sikh upbringing as the reason for his hatred of Islam. He claims Sikhs have been trying to "protect the world from Islam" for "300-400 years."
When asked by Catrin about EDL members being concerned with Islam rather than just "militant Islam", Singh says: "Oh, 100%. I mean, what you've got to understand is Islam is a militant religion."
"I believe that if the moderates don't stand up, they will get tarnished with the same brush as the militants."
By his definition, however, no Muslim can be moderate apart from perhaps one that abandons any trace or expression of his faith.
Commenting on EDL attempts to forge links with anti-Islamic groups from America and Europe, Professor Matthew Goodwin, warns that it will be harder to respond to a broad cross-border alliance against Muslims and Islam. Domestically, he says that there has been "no real response" from the government and main political parties to the EDL. He says that they would "run the risk of losing sections of support among the white working class" if they were to "talk tough" on the EDL but says that this issue is something that the parties need to think about because of the prospect of a spiral of extremism within Britain being instigated if, for example, "you had far-right activists bomb a mosque."
He adds:
"More substantively, there's got to be a discussion about the public's anxieties towards the Muslim communities."
This, he says, can either come from mainstream politicians who can try to explain more pro-actively the contribution that British Muslims make to society, or from within the Muslim community itself who can be more forceful in highlighting the contribution that they make.
Unfortunately however, the message of the contribution of British Muslims to Britain is more often than not drowned out by a much more forceful right-wing media that concentrates on fringe elements that cause undue trouble rather than the majority of Muslims that go about their lives normally as British citizens. This is compounded by politicians from across the mainstream parties that have exploited anti-Muslim prejudice rather than alleviate it.
The final part of the documentary is a face-to-face meeting between Stephen Lennon and Mohammad Ayoub of Revival magazine. The exchanges between Lennon and Ayoub serve to highlight that when the narrative employed by far right extremists on Islam is put under the spotlight and challenged, it quickly unravels.
At one point, Lennon accuses the Quran of "teaching Muslims to lie in order to further Islam" – to which Ayoub correctly replies, "you've just made that up."
Lennon remained silent when Ayoub states that Shariah law "tells me that I can't contravene the laws of the country that I live in. I can't break British laws. You did not know that because you didn't understand that."
Upon accusing Muslims of "not integrating in a way everyone else is", Lennon is challenged to define integration – to which he replies, "I'm proud; I'm English; I love this country."
We can happily state that, given Lennon's own definition, British Muslims are happily integrated.
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Public Hearing/Meeting to Review Applications and Appoint Member to the Board
Published on Monday, August 05, 2013
The Board Appointment Committee of the Western Technical College District will hold a public hearing and meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, in Room 408 of the Western Administrative Center located at 111 North Seventh Street in La Crosse. At 9:30 a.m., just prior to the public hearing and meeting, Committee members will meet with Paul Gabriel, Executive Director of the State District Boards Association, to review their role and responsibilities in the appointment process. All meetings are open to the public.
The purpose of the hearing/meeting is to review the applications submitted to fill a vacancy for one Additional member to the Board of the Western Technical College District. The following persons have submitted applications and must be present at the meeting on Aug. 22 and be interviewed to qualify for appointment to the Board: Carrie L. Buss, Mauston (Juneau County); Michael L. Christianson, Tomah (Monroe County); Terrance C. Erickson, La Crosse (La Crosse County); and Joan E. Sosalla, Trempealeau (Trempealeau County).
No names other than the above will be accepted from the floor at the time of the Board Appointment Committee meeting.
On Aug. 22 the Board Appointment Committee will appoint one of the above-named persons to fill the remainder of the vacated term, expiring June 30, 2014.
The Board Appointment Committee will also approve a Plan of Representation that gives equal consideration to the general population distribution and the distribution of women and minorities within the District. The Plan will be the basis upon which the appointments to the District Board will be determined.
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A commercial food service truck went off the road on Northeast 134th Street during this morning's rush hour. No injuries were reported.
The accident occurred on the overpass above Interstate 205, near the junction of Interstates 5 and 205 in the Salmon Creek area, according to Gregg Herrington, who saw and photographed the truck off the road. Herrington is a former Columbian reporter and editor who now works for Battle Ground Public Schools.
The State Patrol was investigating the cause. Herrington said he was told the driver was eastbound when a front tire caught a curb, causing the truck to leave the road.
It stayed upright as it entered the ditch.
The truck bore the logo of Sysco, a large commercial food distributor.
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If you are already a fan of Old Major, you have no doubt waited patiently for the launch of their weekend brunch, which debuted just last week. If you haven't yet been to Old Major, get there quickly before the whole of Denver beats you to it.
The taste adventure takes place in a venue supportive of our city's attempt to reduce the carbon footprint and encourage local farming. Repurposed wood sets the scene for exploratory dining, fueled by an in-house butcher, sustainable-seafood and local liquor. The open kitchen concept welcomes your curious eye into the world of exceptional food preparation.
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LG Optimus LTE III with Android Jelly Bean announced
LG has officially unveiled the Optimus LTE III (model number F260S), a new smartphone that was first seen about a week ago. The handset obviously comes as the successor to the older Optimus LTE and Optimus LTE II.
The Optimus LTE III was announced in South Korea this morning, and SK Telecom will launch it there, apparently starting tomorrow, March 8.
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Britney Spears has called Britney Jean her most personal album to date, but chances are she didn't want to keep it this intimate.
On the cusp of her Las Vegas residency debut, Spears will land the lowest chart debut of her career with Jean, which moved just under 107,000 copies, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
Not The Career Numbers She Was Looking For
While Spears scored the only debut in this week's top 10, it likely wasn't the one she was looking for, as her eighth album fell below even the modest industry predictions, which had it selling 115,000-120,000. It's also her second studio album to not debut at #1, joining the #2 debut of 2011's Femme Fatale (276,000), and her final figures came in well below the recent bows by such new generation pop divas as Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus.
The album's first single, "Work Bitch," failed to crack the top 10 on the Pop Songs airplay chart and had the shortest run on that tally of any first single from the singer's albums. Jean also marked the lowest first week total since Spears' 1999 debut, …Baby One More Time, which moved 121,000 in its bow.
She had a better time on the iTunes album chart, where Jean came in at #2, behind the surging holiday collection from Pentatonix, PTXmas.
Garth Ropes Another #1, One Direction Fall Hard
Who beat Britney? None other than former chart giant Garth Brooks, who landed his ninth #1 with the six-CD, two-DVD box set, Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences. After hitting #3 last week, the Brooks collection moved up two spots on sales of 146,000, besting the second-week numbers from One Direction's Midnight Memories, which fell 79 percent to 117,000, for a two-week total close to 550,000.
Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped In Red continued its strong run, moving up three spots to #3 as sales hit 112,000. Spears was almost lapped by a novelty holiday album from the Robertson family of "Duck Dynasty" fame, whose remarkably strong Duck The Halls moved another 105,000 copies while slipping a spot to #5.
Next week's most notable debut will come from R. Kelly's Black Panties.
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It was another week at #1 on the Digital Songs chart for Pitbull's duet with Ke$ha, "Timber," which moved another 193,000 copies, once again keeping Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster" at #2 (186,000). One of the only upwardly mobile songs was One Direction's "Story Of My Life," which scooted up two spots to #5 (108,000), even as mtvU's Woman of the Year, Lorde, was down two to #7 with "Royals" (107,000).


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Credit: Rick Zettler
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Who: Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center
Where: Johnson County, Iowa
What: removing 40,000 square yards of charred tires and ash
Project duration: two months
Total cleanup cost: $4 million to $5 million ($6 million had the state deemed the debris "special waste")
For years, Hansen has rented equipment to fill the needs of Iowa City and the landfill.
"The city rents endloaders during winter to supplement the existing fleet for snow removal," says Dan Wiley, rental account manager for Titan Rentals in Center Point, Iowa. "They also rent specialty equipment for projects where they can't justify the capital expenditure."
Using the lowest per-month rental cost for each machine, Hansen distributed a bid request for five pieces of equipment to four local distributors, sizing the haul trucks to match the size of the excavator and estimating that 40,000 square yards of material would have to be removed:
When Titan Rentals received the request, Wiley got an idea. The company had just taken delivery of new Terex Corp. TA400 articulated haul trucks, which have a maximum payload of 41.9 tons. Using two of them instead of 30-ton trucks would cut the number of trip cycles and time on the job by at least 25%.
Titan Rentals' bid solution was accepted, and the two trucks were put into commission in early August for two months. They were matched to a Caterpillar 336E excavator equipped with a 3.06-square-yard bucket from Caterpillar dealership Altorfer Rents.
The landfill then posted help wanted ads on Iowa City's website and in the local paper seeking temporary equipment operators (see sidebar on page 28). Skilled laborers who were between jobs at the time responded.
Each truck carried six to nine buckets of debris. Their ability to climb grades while fully loaded was essential. "It's like working in the bottom of a bowl," says Hansen. "The trucks are climbing 3:1 and 4:1 grades."
The TA400 is able to manage such slopes because of an all-wheel, 6 by 6 drive with automatic limited slip differentials in each axle. Heavy-duty axles with full floating shafts allow independent wheel movement to navigate irregular terrain and improve ride. A three-stage selectable engine braking system and six-stage selectable output transmission retarder improves control during downhill hauling.
The trucks hauled both charred tires/ash and soil/gravel to different sections of the landfill.
"We hope to reuse the soil and gravel for cell rebuilding," says Hansen. Round-trip times depended on material: about eight minutes for tires/ash and four minutes for soil/gravel. The trucks' two-speed drop box transmission that lets the operator select rim-pull for tackling very steep grades or reach more than 34 mph on level runs lowered cycle times further.
Hansen wasn't dissuaded by the vehicle's 331-hp Tier 4 interim diesel engine, having learned they're more fuel-efficient than Tier 3 models.
"Some customers shy away from Tier 4i engines because of the need to add diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) to the tank, but we already had a great deal of experience with them," says Hansen. With many pieces of the fleet's construction equipment and some busses requiring DEF, he's looking at buying two, 250-gallon storage tanks. The Terex truck's 13.7-gallon DEF tank requires topping off after every other filling of the vehicle's 130.5-gallon fuel tank.
With debris removal complete, managers have rebuilt the cell. What may come as a surprise to some, they reconstructed the leachate system with shredded tires once again. But they're slightly modifying the design: installing the tires in segments versus lining the entire cell at one time.
—Rick Zettler (email@example.com) is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in the waste, construction, and aggregate industries.
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Allgaier tested the car during Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway earlier in January.
"Justin has worked extremely hard to get to this level and he is ready to take the next step," said team owner Harry Scott Jr. "Working with competition director and crew chief Steve Addington, I think the No. 51 can turn some heads this year."
Addington worked at Stewart-Haas Racing the past two seasons before joining Phoenix Racing.
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MARS HILL - Eugene Herbert Amnott, 85, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013, at home, surrounded by the love and care of his family.
Gene was born in Ashland, Maine, March 7, 1928, and raised in Monticello by his mother, Avis Ryder Amnott Lynds and beloved stepfather, John H. Lynds.
He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, S. Elaine Estabrook Amnott; children, Connie Parks and husband, Paul, of Yarmouth, Philip Amnott and wife, Lori, of Blaine, Peter Amnott of Ellsworth, Lori Guiggey of Lewiston and Karen Pratt and partner, Ken Burgess, of Winthrop; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Plan developed by Mindy Solkin, owner and head coach of The Running Center in New York City.
With every mile that you walk or run, you'll take about 1,800-2,000 steps. So it's no wonder that one of the most important things you can do when starting your training is to make sure your feet are comfortable. "Proper footwear is an absolute must," warns Solkin. "The wrong shoes can set you up for injury, blisters, and misery."
The shape of your foot and the way you walk will determine the type of shoe you need. No clue where you stand? Try the paper bag test: Wet your feet, then step on a brown paper bag for about 30-40 seconds, then trace the outlines.
>If your print looks like a blob (there's no real curve to speak of), you probably have flat feet, which often means you overpronate, or excessively roll inward when you land. Look for a shoe that offers some motion control.
>If you have high arches (your print curves significantly, so the middle part of your foot looks very skinny) you may underpronate (sometimes called supinate), or roll slightly outward when you land. If so, you'll want a more flexible footwear choice.
>Finally, if you have a classic inward curve (not over or under) you likely have a normal foot, and can wear neutral shoes.
Just remember that these aren't hard-and-fast rules, and the best way to determine your footwear type is to try a specialty running store, where a salesperson can watch the way you walk or run to determine your foot type and gait. Walkers who are doing some running should definitely invest in running shoes, advises Solkin, since you will need the extra cushioning. Finally, you don't have to spend a small fortune on your feet: Although some running shoes can approach the $200 price tag, you can find great models for less than half of that cost. It may help to buy two pairs at the same time, and switch off every other run — this will help them last longer, and allow one to dry while the other is fresh.
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Butterfly-Winged Wuxi Grand Theatre is a New Eco Cultural Landmark in China
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- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsChina's new Wuxi Grand Theatre was inspired by a butterfly landing on the edge of a lake, and it features a series of 8 wing-shaped overhanging roofs to protect it from the sun. Designed by Finnish firm PES-Architects, the theater rivals the grandeurof the Sydney Opera House. PES-Architects sought to create an ecologically-sound building while paying careful attention to interior design, landscape design, theatre technology, lighting and acoustic design. The two-auditorium theatre also takes advantage of programmable LED outdoor lighting, daylighting and innovative bamboo interiors.1
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsInspiration for the Wuxi Grand Theatre's design came from the butterfly as well as the old Chinese opera, Butterfly Lovers.2
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsThe building's volume is that of a butterfly landing on water and features eight massive steel wings, which give the building a sculptural quality.3
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsThe wings also serve to shield the building from the sun and keep the interior cool.4
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsOn the underside of the wing-like roof are thousands of LED lights integrated into the aluminum panels that can be programmed to change colors for different performances.5
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsA "forest" of 50, 9-meter light columns support the roof of the naturally daylight central lobby.6
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsPES-Architects was in charge of all aspects of the design to ensure the project was seamless and incorporated sustainable design.7
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsNew fabrication technology has improved the use of the renewable material and bamboo was used exclusively in the place of wood for many of the interior finishes even specially designed acoustic panels.8
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsThe theatre is located on a man-made peninsula of Wu-Li Lake, south of Wuxi centre city and is the most important new cultural building project of the Tai-Hu New City.9
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsThe 78,000 sq m theatre is set upon a stone plinth and features two different auditoriums inside connected by a central lobby, while utilities, service facilities and parking are located in the plinth.10
- Wuxi Grand Theatre-PES ArchitectsPES-Architects led by Pekka Salminen won the award to design the Wuxi Grand Theatre in 2008 and recently completed it in the spring of 2012.11


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Oprah and Deepak Chopra are hosting another 21 Day Meditation Challenege that starts on November 11th. This time we will be learning about desire and destiny. This will be the fourth meditation challenge over the past two years. These are free and make you feel amazing afterwards. You will definitely feel more centered and will learn a lot from Oprah and Deepak. You can register on the Chopra Center site. From the site:
"Follow your passion. Find your purpose. Discover true freedom.
Join us for Desire and Destiny, a transformational 3-week journey toward living with passion and abundance! Uncover your creative brilliance, connect with your deepest desires, and tap into to your pure potential. Then watch your soul's purpose and true destiny emerge, opening the door to living a life in which all things are within reach and dreams transform into reality."
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What is a GlassFish master password anyway?
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If you came here looking for the default password for the GlassFish admin console, it's "adminadmin" (although with GlassFish 3 and above the introduction of a default anonymous user now means you should no longer be prompted for user/password). If the master password is what you're looking for, then read on.
With GlassFish v2 (SJS Application Server 9.1) soon to be released in final version, people are starting to move from the development phase to the production planning phase. This means that they are often moving from the "developer" profile to the "cluster" or "enterprise" profiles. One of the questions I often hear is "what is a master password anyway"? Here are a few hints gathered from talking to customers experiencing the use of a more secure and clustered environments (thanks to Sreeni and Kedar for some of these):
What is an Domain? What is a cluster? What is an Domain Admin Server (DAS)? What is a Node Agent (NA)? What is a repository?
These links explain it in best detail:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-3671/6n5si4bv7?a=view and http://blogs.sun.com/bloggerkedar/entry/concept_of_a_glassfish_domain. See also this picture.
What is a master password?
First you shouldn't need it in the "developer" profile. Otherwise, straight from the documentation: "The master password (MP) is an overall shared password. It is never used for authentication and is never transmitted over the network.". The master password is also the password for the secure keystore (NSS in the case of an "Enterprise" profile, KJS otherwise).
What is the default master password?
"changeit" (not "adminadmin")
What is the "default" profile?
$INSTALL-DIR/config/asadminenv.conf contains the default profile used during installation (the one used by the "asadmin create-domain" command).
One can upgrade from a "developer" to a "cluster" profile on the fly. Can I move back to a "developer" profile?
It's not supported but the only file touched during the upgrade is
domain.xml, so restoring the original file should work.
Why would I need an "Enterprise" profile rather than the "Cluster" profile?
The "Enterprise" profile is when you need HADB (the distributed Highly-Available DataBase) and/or an NSS keystore.
Is it necessary to start the node before starting the domain ?
No, but whenever the Node Agent (NA) is started for the first time, it tries to bind with Domain Admin Server (DAS). The usual sequence is to start DAS and then NA. If the DAS is not running at the time node agent is started, it knows that it is yet to bind with DAS and it does so whenever the DAS comes up later.


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I've written that Orlando's request for a $30 million advance to get the arts center going puts the county at risk for a lot more than that.
Today, a very good story from our crack reporting team of Damron & Schlueb begins to quantify the risk.
They write about the $12 million annual operation cost. But where that money will come from remains a troubling question. One source was going to be from land around the center leased for a hotel and office buildings. But there is such a glut of empty space downtown, it's hard to envision when there will be a demand for more.
There also are questions about whether the arts center will be able to produce the kind of endowment necessary to bring in $2 million a year as called for in the plans.
Another problem is the lack of leasing space within the arts center, a result of phasing the construction. Given that Orlando is flat broke, the money pot of last resort always will be the resort tax.
Miami had to bail out its arts center with resort taxes.
I don't care what the county's obligations are on paper. Once a bulldozer rolls on to that site, the county will be on the hook to cover all cost overruns in construction (although unlikely) and operations (very likely).
Jacobs is doing the smart thing. She is telling the city and arts center to go back to the drawing board and look for more money and more ways to cut costs.
Jacobs also should insist the city set aside the Citrus Bowl and pledge all its resources to the arts center. This would include funds from the $90 million the city borrowed based on the value of the Centroplex site (which is worth less than half that, by the way). She might want to require the city to front the arts center the $25 million for the endowment fund, money to be repaid by donations. This puts the risk for operations cost on the city and not the county.
And that's where the risk should be.


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Beavers To Open Pac-12 Play At Colorado
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THE GAME: Oregon State (8-4, 0-0 Pac-12) will open Pac-12 play against No. 20 (Associated Press) Colorado (11-2, 0-0) at 7 p.m. PT (8 p.m. MT) on Thursday at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo.
TELEVISION: The game will be televised on ESPNU with Roxy Bernstein and Corey Williams calling the action. It can also be seen online on WatchESPN at this link.
RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action. Colorado's broadcast can be heard on Sirius 93 and XM 191.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Live updates will be available on Twitter and Facebook.
QUICKLY: Roberto Nelson was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 30; it's the second time he has received the honor this season ... The last time the Beavers defeated a Top 25 team on the road was Jan. 5, 1985 when they upset No. 15 Washington, 52-45, in Seattle ... Oregon State is eighth in the nation in field goal percentage (.508) through Dec. 29 games ... Nelson leads the Pac-12 in scoring (21.4) ... Devon Collier has five double-doubles this season to equal the total number he had in his first three seasons combined ... After missing two games with a hyper-extended knee, Angus Brandt returned to the starting lineup and scored a game-high 21 points in the win over Quinnipiac ... Hallice Cooke scored a career-high 12 points against the Bobcats ... Langston Morris-Walker got his first career start against Quinnipiac ... Eric Moreland is suspended for the first 14 regular-season games for a violation of team rules.
THE SERIES: Oregon State and Colorado meet for the 14th time in history with the Buffs leading the series, 9-4, including a 6-1 edge in games played in Boulder. The Beavers got their first-ever win over Colorado in Boulder on March 9, 2013 in the final regular-season game for both teams. The Buffaloes held a slim 29-27 lead at halftime, but Oregon State caught fire in the second half to win 64-58. It was the only time all season the Beavers won when trailing at the half. Eric Moreland (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Joe Burton (10 points, 10 rebounds) each posted a double-double. The win was impressive considering the Beavers had lost their two previous trips to Boulder by an average of 24 points per game (82-60 on Feb. 2, 2012; 83-57 on Dec. 4, 2010).
The teams met four days later, in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, with Colorado pulling out a 74-68 win to advance. The Buffs also won the first meeting last season, 72-68, on Feb. 10 at Gill Coliseum. Roberto Nelson averaged 18.7 points in the three games against Colorado last season, while Devon Collier averaged 8.7 points, his lowest total against all Pac-12 schools.
The teams split their inaugural Pac-12 matchups in 2012 with the Buffs winning 82-60 on Feb. 2 in Boulder and the Beavers earning an 83-69 victory on March 3.
The Oregon State-Colorado series began in 1940 when the Buffaloes won both games in Boulder that year, 38-29 and 42-41. Colorado won again in 1955, 1956 and 2003 before the Beavers got their first win in the series on Dec. 4, 2004 at Gill Coliseum, 98-87. OSU also won, 74-69, on Dec. 4, 2009 at Gill.
MOVING ON UP: Roberto Nelson and Devon Collier both continue to move up Oregon State's career scoring list. Nelson, who entered the season with 1,082 career points, is on pace for 663 points in a guaranteed 31 games, which would give him 1,745 and move him into fourth. Collier, who entered the season with 1,086 points, is on pace for 540 in his 30 games, which would give him 1,626 and move him into sixth. They also have a chance to combine to be the highest-scoring teammates in Oregon State history, passing A.C. Green and Charlie Sitton.
Oregon State Career Scoring List
1. Gary Payton (1987-90) -- 2,172
2. Steve Johnson (1977-81) -- 2,035
3. Mel Counts (1962-64) -- 1,973
4. A.C. Green (1982-85) -- 1,694
5. Charlie Sitton (1981-84) -- 1,561
6. Dave Gambee (1956-58) -- 1,468
7. Eric Knox (1985-89) -- 1,407
8. Deaundra Tanner (1998-01) -- 1,399
9. Mark Radford (1978-81) -- 1,390
10. Roberto Nelson (2011-present) -- 1,339
11. Scott Haskin (1989-93) -- 1,319
12. Brent Barry (1992-95) -- 1,304
13. Ray Blume (1978-81) -- 1,288
14. Devon Collier (2011-present) -- 1,284
15. Jared Cunningham (2010-12) -- 1,271
THE 1-2 PUNCH OF NELSON & COLLIER: Roberto Nelson and Devon Collier have been among the top scoring tandems in the nation all season, and even held the top spot for more than two weeks. They are currently tied for fourth through Dec. 29 games at 39.4 points per game. The top scoring tandem in a full season in Oregon State history is Mel Counts (26.7) and Jim Jarvis (13.9) at 40.6 points in 1963-64 (note courtesy of #MattStats).
Reger Dowell (22.3) & Brandon Edwards (19.3) -- Texas-Arlington (41.6)
Shawn Long (21.2) & Elfrid Payton (19.9) -- Louisiana-Lafayette (41.1)
Jabari Parker (22.2) & Rodney Hood (17.6) -- Duke (39.8)
Roberto Nelson (21.4) & Devon Collier (18.0) -- Oregon State (39.4)
Jelani Hewitt (21.1) & Tre Bussey (18.3) -- Georgia Southern (39.4)
Shawn Glover (20.4) & Obi Emegano (19.0) -- Oral Roberts (39.4)
ROBERTO LIGHTING IT UP: Roberto Nelson led the Pac-12 in scoring in conference games last year at 19.1 per night, and he has a chance to lead the league in scoring in all games this season as he is currently first at 21.4 through Dec. 29 games. The last Oregon State player to lead the Pac-10/12 in scoring was Gary Payton in 1989-90 when he finished with 25.7 points per game.
ANGUS RETURNS FROM INJURY: After missing two games with a hyper-extended right knee, Angus Brandt started against Quinnipiac and responded with a game-high 21 points, going 8-for-11 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line. He fell to the floor in the opening minutes of the second half against Akron, and everyone assumed he had torn the ACL in his right knee for the second straight year. The injury wasn't serious, although he sat out the other two games in the Diamond Head Classic against George Mason and Hawai'i.
ANGUS AT HOME vs. ON THE ROAD: Angus Brandt has played much better basketball in the comforts of Gill Coliseum than on the road, as he continues to work hard to return to form after last year's season-ending injury. The question will be how he responds on the road since he suffered an isolated tear of the ACL in his right knee on Nov. 16, 2012 against Purdue in the 2K Sports Classic in New York.
Home: 17.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 60.9 FG% (42-for-69), 78.6% FT% (33-for-42)
Road: 4.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 33.3 FG% (3-9), 50.0 FT% (1-2)
LANGSTON GETS THE START: Langston Morris-Walker got his first career start against Quinnipiac and scored five points in a season-high 20 minutes. The start shows how hard he has worked throughout the year, as he played a total of four minutes in the first five games of the season and scored just three points.
ROBERTO HOT FROM THE STRIPE: Roberto Nelson has been red hot from the free throw line, as he has knocked down 92.3 percent (36-of-39) in the past four games to improve his percentage to 86.1 percent (87-of-101) to move into sixth in the Pac-12 through Dec. 29 games. He went 10-for-10 against George Mason, which is just the 11th time in Oregon State history a player has been perfect from the stripe with a minimum of 10 attempts. The list includes some of the all-time Beaver greats, and Nelson is the only player on there twice:
15-for-15 Jared Cunningham vs. George Washington (Dec. 18, 2010)
14-for-14 Steve Johnson vs. Washington (Jan. 24, 1981)
12-for-12 Brent Barry vs. BYU (Dec. 29, 1992)
12-for-12 A.C. Green vs. Tennessee State (Dec. 27, 1982)
12-for-12 Vince Fritz vs. UCLA (Feb. 17, 1968)
11-for-11 Lonnie Shelton vs. Oregon (March 8, 1975)
11-for-11 Mel Counts vs. California (Dec. 14, 1962)
11-for-11 Terry Baker vs. Oregon (Feb. 4, 1961)
11-for-11 Bob Jacobson vs. Seattle (Dec. 30, 1960)
10-for-10 Roberto Nelson vs. George Mason (Dec. 23, 2013)
10-for-10 Roberto Nelson at USC (Jan. 19, 2013)
DOUBLE DOWN FOR DEVON: Devon Collier already has five double-doubles this season in his 11 games, which equals the total number he had in his first three seasons in 98 games. The lefty has been a beast on the boards this season, as he's averaging 8.0 per game, the ninth-best total in the Pac-12 through Dec. 29 games. Here's a look at his 11 career double-doubles:
Senior Season
Nov. 13, 2013 vs. Portland -- 11 points, 11 rebounds
Nov. 17, 2013 at Maryland -- 29 points, 11 rebounds
Dec. 13, 2013 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff -- 20 points, 10 rebounds
Dec. 15, 2013 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore -- 24 points, 12 rebounds
Dec. 25, 2013 vs. Hawai'i -- 13 points, 10 rebounds
Junior Season
Nov. 16, 2012 vs. Purdue -- 27 points, 14 rebounds
Jan. 12, 2013 vs. Arizona -- 13 points, 15 rebounds
Sophomore Season
Jan. 7, 2012 vs. Stanford -- 16 points, 11 rebounds
Feb. 18, 2012 at California -- 14 points, 11 rebounds
Freshman Season
Feb. 5, 2011 vs. Washington State -- 16 points, 10 rebounds
DEVON'S STREAK COMES TO AN END: Devon Collier scored 20-plus points in five consecutive games after going for a then career-high 29 at Maryland, 20 against SIUE, a career-best 32 at DePaul, 20 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and 24 against Maryland Eastern Shore. But he finished the Towson game with just 13 points to end his streak at five, which was the longest by an Oregon State player since Gary Payton reeled off seven 20-plus point games from Dec. 1989 to Jan. 1990.
DEVON BACK TO SOPHOMORE FORM: Devon Collier is second in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage through Dec. 29 games at 64.7 percent (75-for-116), which is comparable to his sophomore campaign when he led the conference at 61.5 percent (176-of-286). He struggled last year, in his junior season, when he finished the season at 51.2 percent (146-of-285).
MISSING ERIC: Eric Moreland has to sit out three more games due to a violation of team rules, leaving Oregon State without one of the best rebounders and shot blockers in school history. All he did last year was: 1) break his own Oregon State single-season blocked shots record (73); 2) set the school record with 2.52 blocks per game; 3) become just the 10th OSU player all-time, and the first since Mel Counts in 1964, to average double-figure rebounds (10.6); 4) post 12 double-doubles despite missing three games. He finished second in the Pac-12 in rebounding, blocked shots and double-doubles and third in field goal percentage (.574), and earned Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention.
MORELAND AND COLLIER'S OWN BLOCK PARTY: Devon Collier moved into third on Oregon State's career blocked shots list with 116, passing Nick DeWitz and Steve Johnson, With Eric Moreland sitting with 145 swats, they are the best shot blocking tandem in school history. When Moreland returns from his suspension on Jan. 9 against Stanford, he will need to average only 1.6 blocks in a guaranteed 17 games to become the school's all-time leader.
Oregon State Career Blocked Shots List
1. Scott Haskin (1989-93) -- 172
2. Eric Moreland (2011-present) -- 145
3. Devon Collier (2011-present) -- 116
4. Steve Johnson (1979-81) -- 114
5. Nick DeWitz (2005-06) -- 111
Oregon State Single-Season Blocked Shots List
1. Eric Moreland (2012-13) -- 73
2. Eric Moreland (2011-12) -- 69
3. Scott Haskin (1991-92) -- 68
4. Nick DeWitz (2005-06) -- 59
5. Nick DeWitz (2004-05) -- 52
CAREER NIGHT FOR HALLICE: Hallice Cooke has been the most consistent freshman on the team, and he had his breakout game when he scored a career-best 12 points in the win over Quinnipiac. He knocked down 4-of-6 shots, including both from beyond the arc, and added four rebounds and two assists. He leads the Beavers in three-point percentage at 53.3 percent (8-for-15).
GOMIS SHOWING HIS POTENTIAL: Daniel Gomis, who sat out the past two seasons with a broken leg, showed the player he can be in Hawai'i. In the Akron game, he recorded career highs with nine points, three field goals, three free throws and two assists. When he was inserted into the starting lineup against George Mason for the injured Angus Brandt, he was a beast on the inside with a career-high eight rebounds, five blocked shots, two steals and 33 minutes. He was in foul trouble the majority of the Hawai'i game, but has shown he is getting better every day.
CHALLE STEPPING UP: Challe Barton was asked to be more aggressive by the coaching staff, and he has stepped it up considerably in the past four games by averaging 7.8 points, while shooting 44.4 percent (12-for-27) from the field and 42.9 percent (6-for-14) from beyond the arc. In the seven games prior, Barton averaged only 4.1 points per game and shot 45.0 percent (9-for-20) from the field and 30.0 percent (3-for-10) from the three-point line. He had 11 rebounds and 12 assists in the first seven games, but has 14 boards and 12 dimes in the past five contests.
MALCOLM SEEING MORE TIME: After playing just one minute at Maryland, freshman guard Malcolm Duvivier has averaged 13.0 minutes since and has knocked down 47.8 percent (11-of-23) of his shots from the field. He played a season-high 17 minutes and made two huge three-pointers in the Beavers' come-from-behind win over George Mason. His season-high is just seven points against Maryland Eastern Shore, but the potential to score is there as he had 17 points in an exhibition win over Concordia.
WITH TWO MINUTES TO PLAY: Oregon State had an issue last season at closing out close games, but the Beavers have been much better this season with a 5-2 record in games decided by less than 10 points. In the final two minutes of games, Oregon State is shooting 57.9 percent (22-of-38) from the field and 85.5 percent (47-of-55) from the free throw line. Roberto Nelson has made 25 of his 27 free throw attempts in the final two minutes, while Hallice Cooke is 9-for-10.
WITH FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY: Oregon State got its first win in two seasons when trailing with five minutes to play, when it came back against George Mason for the 58-54 victory in Hawai'i. The Beavers were 0-15 last season when trailing. Counting this season, Oregon State is now 62-5 when leading (7-0 this year) and 5-69 (1-4 this year) when trailing with five minutes left on the clock.
BEAVERS SIGN THREE STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR 2014-15 SEASON: Chai Baker, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from Malone, Fla., Isaiah Manderson, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound center from Oldsmare, Fla., and Gary Payton II, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from Las Vegas, Nev., all signed National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State men's basketball program for the 2014-15 season. Baker attends Malone High School and is a three-star recruit according to ESPN.com and Rivals.com. Manderson attends Oldsmare Christian High School and is a four-star recruit according to ESPN.com. Payton II, the son of Oregon State legend Gary Payton, attends Salt Lake Community College.


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The UCLA Baseball team lost a close one on Tuesday night, falling to the Cal State Fullerton Titans, 1-0, at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Matt Chapman provided the only run of the game for the Titans with a solo home run in the top of the third.
Phil Bickford (4-3) picked up the win for the Titans, pitching 5.2 scoreless innings while surrendering four hits and striking out six. Freshman Grant Dyer (6-4) took the loss for the Bruins, allowing one run on seven hits in four innings of work. Dyer struck out two and walked two as well. Koby Gauna earned his fourth save of the year with 1.2 innings in relief.
After a scoreless first two innings, Chapman gave the Titans the lead by hitting an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left-center field for a solo home run in the top of the third. Cal State Fullerton threatened again in the top of the fourth, getting runners on first and second with one out. However, Dyer did well to recover, getting a fielder's choice and a groundout to end the inning.
The Bruins looked for the tying run in the bottom of the fifth, starting when senior Pat Gallagher led off the frame with a single. Two batters later, senior Aaron Weimer drew a walk to put runners at first and second with one out. Freshman Brett Stephens popped up to third though on the next at-bat and sophomore Ty Moore fouled out to third to end the threat.
While the UCLA bullpen held the Titans scoreless for the next four innings to keep the deficit at one, the Bruin offense was unable to get anything going. In the bottom of the ninth, sophomore Justin Hazard hit a pinch-hit one-out single to put the tying run aboard, but a fly out and a groundout ended the inning and Cal State Fullerton went home with the 1-0 win.
Moore and Gallagher led UCLA with two hits apiece while sophomore Christoph Bono and Hazard provided the other hits for the Bruins.
UCLA (23-22-1, 10-11 Pac-12) will head to Corvallis, Ore. this weekend to take on second-ranked Oregon State (34-8, 17-4 Pac-12) in a three-game series from Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 11. Game times are 7:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 3 p.m. respectively and all three games will be televised live by the Pac-12 Networks.
Game Notes: UCLA's bullpen of Scott Burke, Grant Watson, Jake Ehret and Nick Kern combined to throw five innings of shutout relief tonight...Ehret lowered his ERA to a team-leading 0.98 with his 1.2 scoreless innings tonight…Ty Moore logged his 14th multi-hit game of the season…Shane Zeile reached base safely in his seventh consecutive game tonight and has now reached base safely in 27 of his last 30 games…UCLA's pitchers combined to strand 11 Cal State Fullerton runners in the ballgame.


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Educated Oregon State; Arizona. Total EVA Time: 0.56 days. Number of EVAs: 2.
Birth Place: Silverton, Oregon.
Status: Active.
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Spaceflights: 2 .
Total time in space: 176.91 days.
Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 10 pilots and 25 mission specialists selected from over 2,400 applicants. 9 additional international astronauts.
The unloaded Leonardo module was returned to the shuttle bay on 26 November. The shuttle undocked from the ISS at 14:47 GMT on 28 November. The next day, at 20:33 GMT, it released a 7 kg PicoSat Solar Cell Testbed Experiment, a prototype for a later picosat mission to geostationary transfer orbit to study degradation of solar cells while passing through the earth's radiation belts.
Following two wave-offs for a Kennedy Space Center landing due to weather, Endeavour made its 89 m/s deorbit maneuver at 20:19 on 29 November, and landed at Runway 04L/22R at Edwards AFB at 21:25 GMT.
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ROYL is a bargain at the $2 level, significant downside is gone. This is how investors make money, getting in prior to good news and asset appreciation. They control valuable leases which have been proven to be undervalued based on subsequent sales, IE COP purchase.
Sentiment: Buy
I AM TRYING TO TAKE A POSITION AT $1.19-1.26 AND THEN FLIPPING IT AT $2.94. IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR ANOTHER DONKEY RUN. I am not a basher. This company is basically worth nothing. However, this cycle has been going on for years.
Hey Pearl, did you flip some or just went fishing? The water should be ice free where you are and the next flood down your street is coming up - so get your canuoe ready!
Good flipping! (This stock is for the CHIZ, hope he sold some on the FAKE again)
Temp: 50F
Gasoline $3.32 with Freedom and Super America Card! (Cheaper here in Hudson now then across the river in MN!)
Sentiment: Strong Sell
YOU ARE HOPING FOR A ENTRY PPS OF 1.26 BUT YOU CANNOT "try"........ you have zero influence on what is happening to stk mkt cap. that said........at current mkt cap......it is a bet on the potential blockbuster alaskan acreage in ROYL ASSET PORTFOLIO. by the way........ aside from a handful of very astute posters who clearly have a intiimate knowledge of this industry......this mb is just routine bash posters and a small amt of pro royl advocates. i would think royl could easily go to threes before going below 1.95...............investors will look forward on earnings release. accumulation for development of alaskan acreage is a bet many will take at current pricing.
you wanna call the bottom. most all experts say no person can call the top nor the bottom.
you are simply hoping. the folks buying now validily envision 3 or 4 per share before 1.50 per share.
we shall see what happens on earnings release. might surprise many.


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Since 2005, The Phillips Collection has solicited k-12 educators to be part of the museum's Mentor Teacher Program, which enables best-practice school teachers to partner with the Phillips to produce and publish inventive lessons that weave museum artwork and visual arts learning into school curriculum. This past Monday, the museum hosted 45 teachers from Stafford Elementary School in Northern Virginia. The museum experience was a professional day dedicated to learning how art can inspire learning across the curriculum. Led by a four-person cross-curricular teaching team who first worked with the museum in 2006, teachers created watercolors that combined artistic imagination and scientific observation, made sketches in the galleries, and learned how to integrate the teaching of math, social studies, and language arts into studying and creating visual art.


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College Hockey:Hurricane Sandy strands St. Cloud State women in Providence
The St. Cloud State women's team is currently stuck in Providence due to the storms caused by Hurricane Sandy, according to a school-issued news release
The Huskies were in town to play Providence on Oct. 27-28 and were slated to fly out of Boston on Oct. 29, but the incoming storms cancelled flights out of Boston and the team is stuck at a hotel in downtown Providence until further notice, which could be as late as Thursday, Nov. 1.
Snow and heavy rains also prevented the team from getting a bus out of town.
SCSU is hoping to get back in time for its weekend series at home against Ohio State on Nov. 2-3.
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Encompassing more than five acres, the new facility is projected to open in summer 2014 and will offer centralized healthcare laundry services to both Northern and Central California.
Located within the CenterPoint Intermodal Center (CIC) in Manteca, the plant will be near several key transportation hubs. The building will be LEED-certified, and have the capacity to process more than 55 million pounds of linen annually, Crothall says.
"Crothall chose to locate within CIC-Manteca due to flexibility in the design and construction of our build-to-suit laundry facility. However, we are excited for several reasons about this new location," says Crothall President Steve Carpenter.
The facility will be the second ground-up, high-tech, state-of-the-art laundry built by Crothall. Its last project, also engineered by Ian Bigelow, was an 82,950-square-foot plant in Oak Creek, Wis.
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Errol DeSoto, 33, told authorities he shot and killed his pet pit bull with a bow and arrow because he did "what the animal shelter would have done" after the dog bit his seven-year-old son reported the dailymail.com
Last week, DeSoto told Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies that his two-year-old pit bull named Nyla bit his young child. DeSoto stated he put the dog in a separate part of the house to calm down, but when he opened the door, the dog lunged at him; the owner reportedly then punched the dog in the head.
DeSoto, 33, of Harvey, stated he dragged the dog outside, tied her down, and shot her twice in the back with a bow and arrow. Authorities stated the dog did not die immediately and suffered a slow, lingering death.
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2012 USA Cycling Masters Track Nationals Communique 258
2012 USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships
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July 24-29, 2012
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As a reminder, if any rider believes they will set a world record or are attempting to set a world record in their competition, their bicycle and position must comply with UCI regulations (reminder that we are only performing limited compliance checking for the event). The rider must declare the need for such inspection at the bike check, prior to their start. Should a rider set a record and their bicycle has not been verified, the officials will measure the bicycle however if measurements or elements or body position do not comply a record will not be submitted. In order for the world record to be set, the rider must report to anti-doping for testing.
377 LOCKHART, Julie, Northeast Bicycle Club (NEBC), is fined $100 for wearing a former National Championship jersey (1N5e) during the Women's 55+ Sprint Qualifying event.
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Value of waterfront property remains high
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 70 percent of the Earth's surface is water, most of which is ocean water. The high percentage of water on our planet does not, however, mean that we have a lot of waterfront land to build on, just the opposite; waterfront land is scarce, which is why there is always a premium to live on the water.
According to Knight Frank, a global independent real estate consulting firm, luxury vacation homes built on the water cost 63 percent more on average than similar properties that are landlocked.
Knight Frank determined this by analyzing 10 waterfront home markets worldwide and coming up with an average of 63 percent.
Two of the markets were in the United States, one in Miami where the average premium for waterfront property was 60 percent and the Hamptons in New York where the average premium was 30 percent. Even though some of the other real estate markets analyzed are not relevant to Florida, it's fun just to see what the premiums are; Lake Como, Italy, 100 percent; Central Algarve, Portugal, 75 percent; Barbados, 100 percent; and Phuket, Thailand, 89 percent.
Waterfront land is generally more expensive to develop which also adds to the overall value but the real reason for paying a premium for waterfront property is the exclusive nature of the property. Usually waterfront not only provides privacy but also has a certain amount of prestige associated with ownership. Naturally the premium is affected by how unobstructed and spectacular the waterfront views are.
Anna Maria Island obviously has a lot of waterfront and water view properties some with spectacular views and many with really nice views. According to a search on realtor.com, Anna Maria city has 19 either waterfront or water view properties for sale ranging from $3,299,000 to $634,900. Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach have a combined total of 105 waterfront or water view properties listed for sale ranging from $3,475,000 to $129,900. These properties include single family houses, duplexes, condos and vacation condos and are either beach front, canal or lake properties.
Keep in mind that the definition of waterfront and water view is very subjective and varies from property to property. A condo with a view of the Gulf from a side balcony is still considered water view and a single family home at the end of a canal is considered waterfront. When I lived in a waterfront community in New York there was a popular phrase used when attempting to enhance a water view by listing the property as having a "winter water view" meaning when the leaves were on the trees in the spring and summer there was none.
Nevertheless any kind of water view has value and there is no doubt that Anna Maria has some of the best waterfront and water view properties in all of Florida which certainly explains the escalation of our market in recent months. Waterfront and water view properties are a secure investment; there are only so many properties available and even less vacant land. If you can afford it or if you can stretch your buying power just a little, buying waterfront or water view is always a good decision.
Water is plentiful but waterfront property is not and it will cost you because of the basic principal of supply and demand. The old maxim that the three secrets to real estate are "location, location, location" was never truer then when talking about waterfront living, it is typically the best location available.


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ENGLISH 151: Reading and Composition (1B)
Thank you for your interest in Online English 151! Before our adventure in online learning begins on June 16, 2014, I want to apprise you of a few details about your instructor and this course. The detailed information below is intended to be honest and helpful, but not to scare you. So here is what you need to know, and thanks in advance for the time you will take to read what follows.
Access Requirements
No mandatory campus visits are required to take this course. The course, however, is not a self-paced course but an online community of learners working through a 6-week accelerated summer session. It unfolds week-by-week with the whole class participating in weekly exercises and discussions together. If you are seeking an independent studies course, know in advance that this is not one. You do have to log on at least 4 different days a week to work in the course, but you can pick whichever days and times suit you. If you are unable to access the Internet on 4 different days of the week, then do not take this course. A new week of course content with assignments is released each Monday by 6pm for you to work on during the week.
Students should always access the class web site in Moodle via MyCOM. For information about getting a MyCOM account, read the FAQ's on the MyCOM Portal login page. #7 on the Portal login page explains how to get to Moodle.
First Day of Class Instructions
All enrolled students are required to login to the class Moodle website between 6 pm Monday, June 16 and 6 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2014 to hold their spot in the class. If a registered student does not login to the class site during this 24-hour period, his or her spot may be given to a student on the waitlist. (The waitlist is long and there is a shortage of class spots to meet the demand; so know that I will honor the waitlist if you do not confirm your spot and begin the course as required.)
Waitlist & Add Codes
There are only 28 spots in the course, so register as early as possible. (I will not go above this course cap for any reason, so please do not ask me to make an exception for you.) It is one of few online ENGL 1B courses being offered in the State of California during summer 2014. The competition for spots is very stiff. It is unlikely that you will secure a spot in the course, unless you register before the class begins.
As of June 16th, you may email the instructor, Alisa Klinger, if you are on the waitlist or attempting to add the course. Do not email in advance of this date to indicate your desire to take the course, as the instructor will not be available to respond to your queries until the start of classes on June 16th. Please include your name, the section number of the class you wish to add, and your COM Student ID (if you have one) in your email.
I honor the official waitlist, adding students in the order they appear on the waitlist. No matter how desperately you want to take the course, there is no advantage to be had by emailing me in advance of June 16th. The only priority will be given to those on the official waitlist in the order that they have waitlisted.
Course Materials
You must have a text bundle with access code to take this course. It is your responsibility to ensure you have the correct bundle of the text by the first day of class. Plan your book purchases or rentals in advance of the start of the summer session, as you will not have time to wait for shipments once the course begins.
Required: Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings, 9th edition, by Jean Wyrick. Our course text is part of a bundle with special pricing arrangement from Cengage Learning. The text will be available to you as an eBook bundled with an access code for MindTap. Please DO NOT purchase this text from vendors other than the College of Marin Bookstore, even though they will seem to have the same book. The bundle available from COM has been customized with an access code exclusively for this course. Such a bundle with applicable code is not available to you from any other source. If you wish to purchase a print copy of the text, rather than the e-Book that comes in the bundle, that is your choice, though it is not necessary. The access code is a mandatory requirement so that you can participate in class activities and assessments. You can get our course bundle from the COM Bookstore in person or online: http://marin.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBHomePage?storeId=43558&catalogId=10001&langId=-1
Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference for Online Learners, 7E, Seventh Edition, (Bedford/St. Martin's) ISBN 9780312551995 (Please use this one with the new MLA 2010 updates. Don't spend your money on any other editions, as they are out-of-date and you will not be able to participate in buy-backs.)
What To Do When You First Access The Course Online
Be advised that Moodle works best with Firefox. Not all features function with Safari for Mac users. Moodle is not compatible with Google Chrome. Take some time to familiarize yourself with these 2 helpful Moodle FAQs for students and bookmark them for future reference:
Finally, there is an important note that you should read and heed at the top right of your Moodle home screen: "Closing this browser does not end your session. In order to end a session you must click on Logout (top right side of browser window). If you do not log out, your session will remain active. The next person to use this computer will have full access to your account." Make yourself a sticky note to remind yourself to log out!
I hope this email answers your preliminary questions. If you have others, please email me before May 23 or after June 16. (I will be offline and available from May 24 to June 15 inclusive.) I love my job and I love critical thinking. Know that I look forward to working with you in Online English 151, hoping to make you feel positive about your work and excited about critical thinking too. I look forward to our adventure in online learning!
Cheers, Alisa
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
A little over a month ago, I did some pretty intense self-analysis. I discovered I was more comfortable than happy, and that it was time to shake things up. Since that day, I've looked for a new job, found a new job, accepted the offer, and quit my job of the last eight years. On Monday, I started my new job.
My old job was very comfortable. It was located in the suburbs of Chicago. My husband and I worked in the same office, for the same company. I had a ton of flexibility and could work from home pretty much whenever I wanted. In exchange for this comfort, I worked long, hard, frustrating hours with no support from my coworkers. Though I'm exceptionally good at my job and capable of doing more, there was no growth potential. It's a small company; they only need so many managers.
So I quit, and went to work for one of the best advertising companies in the world. With the drastic job change, you'd think I'd be worried about the job, about impressing my boss and getting along with my coworkers.
Nope, I totally spazzed out over the commute.
My new job is located in downtown Chicago. It's more than a mile walk from the train station. And I have a fairly significant physical disability. But, mostly, the walk is challenging because I've been fat and lazy for years.
The office of the new job is closed tomorrow. The company gives the day before long weekends off to make a really long weekend. So, today closes out the first work week at my new job.
I'm exhausted. So far beyond tired my brain feels like it is buzzing. I hurt. A LOT. My lower back is in flames. My feet have blisters and welts on them. My neck and shoulders feel raw. But I did it. Of my eight commutes (one to the office in the morning and one from the office in the evening), I walked six of them.
It rained yesterday morning, so I tried taking the water taxi that runs on the Chicago River. (I won't do that again. It is not, in any way, safe or accessible for people with disabilities.) This morning, it was raining and cold, so I took public transportation from the train station.
The water taxi and the public transportation both required me to walk up and down a significant amount of stairs. Stairs are difficult for me, because I'm disabled and fat, but also because I have pretty consistent vertigo. But, I did the stairs. And I did the escalators in the train station twice per day.
I want to be proud of myself, but I'm just too tired. The walk was difficult every time. But, I did it. I walked as far as I could and then stopped for a breather over and over again until I got to my destination. 9,000 steps per day. Prior to the job change, I average about 3,000 steps.
There was a point during this afternoon's walk where my inner whiner thought, "Self, this is impossible. Hail a cab and call it done." I actually walked to the curb and looked for a taxi before my better (stubborn) sense caught up with me. The walk is not impossible. I've done it five other times this week. I could do it again. So I did. I sucked it up and moved on my way.
And so I say, it only feels impossible right now. In point of fact, it is merely difficult, exhausting, and uncomfortable. I can handle difficult. A month will make the walk old news.
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Nihal Altan-Bonnet
Assistant Professor, Rutgers
Contact Info
Office: 501B Life Science Center
Office Phone: (973) 353-3483
Lab: 512 Life Science Center
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The broad interest of our lab is to understand how organelles are built and maintained in cells. We are particularly interested in the specialized organelle biogenesis, which takes place during viral infection. Most single strand RNA viruses hijack cellular membranes and transform the membrane surface into viral replication factories. Picornaviruses in particular, such as poliovirus and Coxsackievirus, fill up the cytoplasm of the host cell with vesiculo-tubular replication organelles, derived from cellular membranes, whose surfaces are studded with viral replication enzymes.
Experimental approaches to investigate viral replication have been primarily methods that disrupt subcellular organization and/or average information from macroscopic ensemble measurements of many millions of infected and non-infected cells. These approaches are limited because they provide either a glimpse of the replication events at a single time point; they disrupt native cellular organization and physiology; or provide only population 'averaged' information, which may not be representative of any one member. Using these conventional approaches it is difficult to address questions regarding the biogenesis and spatio-temporal dynamics of viral replication organelles over the course of infection. Live-cell imaging methodologies however, are particularly well suited because they allow one to observe the dynamics of viral nucleic acids, and viral and cellular machinery without perturbation of the spatial organization or temporal order of events.
The morphological changes undergone by picornavirus infected cells have been observed by electron microscopic methods for the past 50 years but biochemical analyses of how they are formed, what induces their formation etc. have been fruitless. Now for the first time, new tools in the form of live-cell imaging are available. Using a combination of live-cell time-lapse confocal microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy with fluorescent protein, lipid and nucleic acid reporters, we are investigating the mechanisms involved in building these unconventional organelles and identifying their unique properties, which facilitate viral RNA replication.
Selected Publications
- Hsu NY, Ilnytska O, Belov G, Santiana M, Chen YH, Takvorian P., Pau C., Baushik-Kasu N, Balla T, Cameron C, Ehrenfeld E, van der Schaar H., van Kuppeveld F and Altan-Bonnet N. (2010) Viruses reorganize secretory pathway to form organelles with specific lipid microenvironment for RNA replication. Cell 141, 799-811.
- Altan-Bonnet N., and Altan-Bonnet G., (2009) Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in living cells: A practical approach. Current Protocols in Cell Biology 4.24
- Naslavsky N., McKenzie J., Altan-Bonnet N., Sheff D., and Caplan S. (2009) HD3 regulates early endosome-to-Golgi transport and preserves Golgi morphology. Journal of Cell Science 122, 389-400.
- Guan D, Altan-Bonnet N., Parrot M., Arrigo C., Li Q, Khaleduzzaman M, Li H, Lee CG, Pe'ery T, Mathews MB. (2008) Nuclear factors 45 (NF45) is a regulatory subunit of complexes with NF90/110 involved in mitotic control. Mol Cell Biol. 28, 4629-4641
- Belov G., Altan-Bonnet N., Kovtunovych G., Jackson CL., Lippincott-Schwartz J., Ehrenfeld E. (2007) Hijacking components of the secretory pathway for replication of poliovirus RNA. Journal of Virology. Journal of Virology 81(2): 558–567
- Altan-Bonnet N., Sougrat R., Liu W., Snapp EL., Ward TH and Lippincott-Schwartz J. (2006) Golgi inheritance in mammalian cells is mediated through endoplasmic reticulum export activities. Molecular Biology of the Cell 17(2): 990–1005.
- Altan-Bonnet N., Sougrat R., and Lippincott-Schwartz J. (2004) Molecular basis of Golgi biogenesis as a steady-state system. Current Opinions in Cell Biology. 16 (4): 364–372.
- Altan-Bonnet N., and Lippincott-Schwartz J. (2004) The Golgi apparatus: structure, function and dynamics. The Biology of Cellular Organelles. (eds. C. Mullins) Landes Press.
- Altan-Bonnet N., Polishchuk, R., Phair, RD., Weigert R., and Lippincott-Schwartz J (2003) A role for Arf1 in mitotic Golgi disassembly, chromosome segregation and cytokinesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100; 13314–13319.
- Lippincott-Schwartz J., Altan-Bonnet N., Patterson GH (2003) Photobleaching and photoactivation: following protein dynamics in living cells. Nature Cell Biology 5: S7–S14.
- Snapp, E. L., Altan, N. & Lippincott-Schwartz, J. (2003) Measuring protein mobility by photobleaching GFP-chimeras in living cells. Current Protocols in Cell Biology (eds Bonifacino, J., Dasso, M., Harford, J. B., Lippincott-Schwartz, J. & Yamada, K. M.) 21.1.1–21.1.23 John Wiley & Sons.
- Griffis E, Altan N., Lippincott-Schwartz, J., Powers, M (2002) Nup98 is a mobile nucleoporin with transcription dependent dynamics. Molecular Biology of the Cell 13: 1282–1297.
- Zaal, K., Smith, C.L., Polishchuk, R.S., Altan N., Cole, N., Ellenberg, J., Hirschberg, K., Presley, J., Roberts, T., Siggia, E., Phair, R., and Lippincott-Schwartz, J. (1999) Golgi membranes are absorbed into and re-emerge from the ER during mitosis. Cell 99: 589–601.


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Height: 6-5 Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: September 21, 1976 in Rushford, MN
High School: Rushford-Peterson
College: South Dakota St.
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Here's a situation:
We have a list of companies that we want to talk to. So we approached them. And some of these companies have gotten back to us.
This act of getting back to us:
- Are they approaching us? (would this be correct?)
- Are they getting back to us? (Obviously)
- Are they [fancy word] to us?
This [fancy word] is what I am looking for. And not something like respond. Any suggestions?