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Appalachian Survey Research Lab
The Appalachian Survey Research Lab (AppSRL) conducts public opinion research about social, political, and economic issues, both regionally and nationally. We support survey research for ASU faculty, staff, and students; researchers at other academic institutions; local, state, and federal agencies; and others working in the public interest. We have the ability to field multi-mode surveys to reach respondents by telephone, mail, and/or Internet. For telephone surveys, we utilize Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) techniques and can finish most large-N studies within 6-8 weeks.
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The Survey Research Program provides CERPA critical capacity to conduct research and analyses on current social and economic issues. Survey research has contributed to a number of CERPA projects, such as estimating the benefits of arts and culture in local economies, assessing the preferences for off-shore wind turbines in North Carolina, and investigating the impacts of scenic highway designations. CERPA maintains a computer assisted telephone survey laboratory, while also having the ability to conduct mail- and web-based surveys.
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Research at Appalachian is much more than microscopes and lab coats. In fact, much of our current research focuses on making valuable contributions to the social and economic well-being of our state, region, nation and world. Community-based research is a unique form of learning at Appalachian that directly collaborates with the community to answer questions and solve problems.
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Range Map
Harris's hawks are in the family Accipitridae, which includes kites, eagles, accipiters (forest hawks), buteos (soaring hawks) and harriers. Harris's hawks are considered buteos. Buteos are the most diverse group of diurnal (day active) raptors in North America with the greatest variety of habitats and prey.
Harris's hawks range in the United States primarily from southern Arizona through New Mexico to central Texas. They have also been reported in California, Nevada, Utah and Oklahoma. Harris's hawks are also found from Central and South America to Chile and northern Patagonia.
Harris's hawks reside in semi-open habitats.
With a wingspan of approximately 3.5 feet (1 m), Harris's hawks are considered medium-sized hawks. They weigh between 1.25 to 2.5 pounds (.6-1.1 kg) with the males smaller than females. Their entire head and most of their body is dark brown with chestnut wing patches and a white rump patch and tail tip.
In the wild: Fast-flying hunters, they swoop from a perch to catch desert rodents, reptiles and birds during the summer. During winter months they focus on the cooperative hunting of rabbits.
At the zoo: Quail, mice and rats.
Pairing is variable, but many times a female will mate with two males. Often several other birds will assist with the hunting and nesting efforts. The average breeding territory size is 1 to 2 square miles (2.6-5.2 km). A nest of twigs, roots, leaves, grasses and/or bark is built in a tree or on top of a tall yucca or cactus. Clutch size is two to four white eggs. The female incubates the eggs for 33-36 days. The primary male, and often the secondary male, are allowed to feed the nestlings along with the alpha female. After 43-49 days, young fledge and fly for the first time.
Harris's hawks hunt in early morning and evening hours. Using their excellent eyesight, they scan for prey from a high perch such as a tree or utility pole, or while soaring high above the terrain. These hawks are not a migratory species and usually remain in the same area year round.
Like wolves, Harris's hawks show a strong pattern of cooperative behavior during the hunt. This behavior is rare among hawks. Often three to five family members can be seen hunting together and sharing the kill. The attack is methodical. Once prey is located, each hawk takes its turn chasing it. Over a period of time, the unrested prey begins to wear down. If the prey hides in underbrush, the pursuing hawks fly to the ground and circle its location. One or two hawks then go into the brush and flush the prey from its hiding place. The chase resumes until the prey, totally exhausted, is captured and killed.
Working together in this way enables the group to catch larger prey than one hawk could catch alone. In a show of cooperation, it has been sometimes observed that adults wait to eat until the juveniles have had their fill.
A Harris's hawk can be seen at the zoo's Raptor Center. Other birds that can be viewed at the Raptor Center include the bald eagle, the gyrfalcon, turkey vulture as well as spectacled and barred owls. Additionally, owls can be seen in the zoo's Temperate Forest bioclimatic zone; a great gray or spotted owl adjacent to Bug World and a barn owl at the Family Farm. The zoo's Eagle Release Program has rehabilitated and released back into the wild more than 80 eagles, plus other raptor species.
Many raptor species are in danger. Human-caused changes in land use are escalating, and this affects the habitats and migratory corridors required by some raptors for survival. Vast forests are removed for timber and other paper products, and industrial emissions pollute water and air resources. Critical shoreline and riparian zone habitats are rapidly converted by expanding human communities and agricultural needs. Shooting and trapping are also lowering raptor numbers. It's only a matter of time until more raptor species may face extinction, unless we take measures to protect their habitats.
Humans need raptors. Here are only a few of the benefits raptors provide:
Efforts to save threatened and endangered raptors require cooperation and support at international, national, regional and individual levels. You can help in this cause. Join and become active in Woodland Park Zoo and other conservation organizations of your choice. Recycle forest products. Eliminate or reduce pesticide use. Support breeding programs for endangered birds of prey at zoos and other animal care organizations. Let your elected representatives know your views about the conservation of migratory birds and their wild habitats.
Contact Woodland Park Zoo at firstname.lastname@example.com to find out how you can support conservation efforts at the zoo. Discover more about raptors by contacting the Peregrine Fund at their Web site www.peregrinefund.org. Learn other ways you can help conserve wildlife and the habitats they require for survival by visiting our How You Can Help page.
Clark, William S., and Brian K. Wheeler. 1987. A Field Guide to Hawks –— North America. Peterson Field Guide Series, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. 198 p.
Weidensaul, Scott. 1996. Raptors: The Birds of Prey. Lyons and Burford, Publishers, New York, NY. 382 p.
Burnie, David. 1988. Bird (Eyewitness Books). Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY. 64 p.
Zoobooks. 1986. Birds of Prey. Wildlife Education, Ltd., San Diego, CA. 16 p.
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae Genus: Parabuteo Species: P. unicinctus
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It's Plain English Day on Friday, 14 December.
Each year, we present awards for the best and worst examples of English. The main awards recognise organisations and individuals who have genuinely made an effort to present themselves using clear and concise English. The infamous 'Golden Bull' and 'Foot in Mouth' awards inject a sense of mischief into the proceedings. All the award winners can expect to receive media coverage.
Chrissie takes up arms against voice recognition
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Following reports that Birmingham City Council's automated phone system is unable to recognise Birmingham accents, Chrissie Maher, our founder commented:-
"The millions of pounds which goes into building these systems is just stupid.
Anyone calling a rent arrears department will be anxious and upset anyway but to then have their voice not recognised because of their accent is awful.
The Brummie accent is instantly recognisable and should be celebrated. You can bet the people who developed these systems are posh or from London."
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Gaffe-happy Mitt's a (mealy-mouthed) winner
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He's about to discover whether or not months on the campaign trail have paid off. Regardless of the outcome, Mitt Romney's a way-out-in-front winner with us at Plain English Campaign as the only feasible candidate for our Foot in Mouth award.
Throughout 2012 Romney has managed to provide, with what might seem a keen satirist's eye, potentially damaging gaffes on an alarmingly regular basis. And, following a faux-pas happy line of US politicians, always seems to have a steady stream of gibberish ready for the next particularly unsuitable opportunity.
Debenhams clears up coffee confusion
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Debenhams has provided customers with a 'plain English' coffee menu, replacing potentially confusing terms such as 'Cappuccino' and 'Caffe latte' with 'frothy coffee' and 'really really milky coffee'.
So, rather than ordering something that sounds exotic but which you're not entirely sure about, you can now get precisely what you want in no uncertain terms.
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One of the most important changes to the law in this country is due to come into effect in October next year. But straight-talking supporters of Plain English Campaign fear that few of the people who this law will be relevant to will understand how it will work.
Chrissie Maher, founder of the campaign, had this warning for the Department for Work and Pensions.
'I have read the draft Universal Credit Regulations and the Briefing Notes. They are frightening. It is almost as if we haven't been campaigning for clarity in public documents for all these years. The Government keeps referring to 'clarity' and to the use of 'plain English' in these – but at no point has the Department for Work and Pensions consulted us on this.


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Elasticity of human embryonic stem cells as determined by atomic force microscopy Kiss, Robert; Bock, Henry; Pells, Steve; Canetta, Elisabetta; Adya, Ashok K.; Moore, Andrew J.; De Sousa, Paul; Willoughby, Nicholas A. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2011-10)The expansive growth and differentiation potential of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) make them a promising source of cells for regenerative medicine. However, this promise is off set by the propensity for spontaneous ...


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Newtown, Conn. • The gunman behind the Connecticut elementary school massacre stormed into the building and shot 20 children at least twice with a high-powered rifle, executing some at close range and killing adults who tried to stop the carnage, authorities said Saturday.
He forced his way into the school by breaking a window, officials said. Asked whether the children suffered, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver paused. "If so," he said, "not for very long."
The terrible details about the last moments of young innocents emerged as authorities released their names and ages the youngest 6 and 7, the oldest 56. They included Ana Marquez-Greene, a little girl who had just moved to Newtown from Canada; Victoria Soto, a 27-year-old teacher who apparently died while trying to hide her pupils; and principal Dawn Hochsprung, who authorities said lunged at the gunman in an attempt to overtake him and paid with her life.
The tragedy has plunged Newtown into mourning and added the picturesque New England community of handsome Colonial homes, red-brick sidewalks and 27,000 people to the grim map of towns where mass shootings in recent years have periodically reignited the national debate over gun control but led to little change.
Faced with the unimaginable, townspeople sadly took down some of their Christmas decorations and struggled Saturday with how to go on. Signs around town read, "Hug a teacher today," "Please pray for Newtown" and "Love will get us through."
"People in my neighborhood are feeling guilty about it being Christmas. They are taking down decorations," said Jeannie Pasacreta, a psychologist who was advising parents struggling with how to talk to their children.
School board chairwoman Debbie Leidlein spent Friday night meeting with parents who lost children and shivered as she recalled those conversations. "They were asking why. They can't wrap their minds around it. Why? What's going on?" she said. "And we just don't have any answers for them."
The tragedy brought forth soul-searching and grief around the globe. President Barack Obama planned to visit Newtown on Sunday. Families as far away as Puerto Rico planned funerals for victims who still had their baby teeth, world leaders extended condolences, and vigils were held around the U.S.
"Next week is going to be horrible," said the town's legislative council chairman, Jeff Capeci, thinking about the string of funerals the town will face. "Horrible, and the week leading into Christmas."
Police shed no light on what triggered Adam Lanza, 20, to carry out the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, though state police Lt. Paul Vance said investigators had found "very good evidence ... that our investigators will be able to use in painting the complete picture, the how and, more importantly, the why." He would not elaborate.
However, another law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said investigators have found no note or manifesto from Lanza of the sort they have come to expect after murderous rampages such as the Virginia Tech bloodbath in 2007 that left 33 people dead.
Lanza shot to death his mother, Nancy Lanza, at the home they shared, then drove to the school in her car with at least three of her guns, forced his way in and opened fire, authorities said. Within minutes, he killed 20 children, six adults and himself.
Education officials said they had found no link between Lanza's mother and the school, contrary to news reports that said she was a teacher there. Investigators said they believe Adam Lanza attended Sandy Hook Elementary many years ago, but they had no explanation for why he went there Friday.
Authorities said Adam Lanza had no criminal history, and it was not clear whether he had a job. Lanza was believed to have suffered from a personality disorder, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Another law enforcement official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger's, a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness. People with the disorder are often highly intelligent. While they can become frustrated more easily, there is no evidence of a link between Asperger's and violent behavior, experts say.
The law enforcement officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation.
Richard Novia, the school district's head of security until 2008, who also served as adviser for the school technology club, of which Lanza was a member, said he clearly "had some disabilities."
"If that boy would've burned himself, he would not have known it or felt it physically," Novia said in a phone interview. "It was my job to pay close attention to that."
Amid the confusion and sorrow, stories of heroism emerged, including an account of Hochsprung, 47, and the school psychologist, Mary Sherlach, 56, rushing toward Lanza in an attempt to stop him. Both died.
There was also 27-year-old teacher Victoria Soto, whose name has been invoked as a portrait of selflessness and humanity among unfathomable evil. Investigators told relatives she was killed while shielding her first-graders from danger. She reportedly hid some students in a bathroom or closet, ensuring they were safe, a cousin, Jim Wiltsie, told ABC News.
"She put those children first. That's all she ever talked about," a friend, Andrea Crowell, told The Associated Press. "She wanted to do her best for them, to teach them something new every day."
There was also 6-year-old Emilie Parker, whose grieving father, Robbie, talked to reporters not long after police released the names of the victims but expressed no animosity, offering sympathy for Lanza's family.
"I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you," he said.
On Saturday, Carver, the medical examiner, said that all the victims at the school were shot with a rifle, at least some of them up close, and that all were apparently shot more than once. All six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children, eight were boys and 12 were girls.
Asked how many bullets were fired, Carver said, "I'm lucky if I can tell you how many I found."
Parents identified the children through photos to spare them some shock, Carver said.
Relatives of the shooter were at a loss for words.
"The whole family is traumatized by this event," said Donald Briggs Jr., police chief of Kingston, N.H., who knows the family. "We reach out to the community of Newtown and express our heartfelt sorrow for this incomprehensible and profound loss of innocence," the family said in a statement.
James Champion, Nancy Lanza's brother and a retired police captain in Kingston, N.H., said through the police chief that he had not seen his nephew in eight years. Champion, who still works as a part-time officer, said he would not discuss what might have triggered the rampage since the case is under investigation.
Acquaintances describe the former honor student as smart but odd and remote.
Olivia DeVivo, now a student at the University of Connecticut, recalled that Lanza always came to school toting a briefcase and wearing his shirt buttoned all the way up. "He was very different and very shy and didn't make an effort to interact with anybody" in his 10th-grade English class, she said.
Lanza would also go through crises that would require his mother to come to school to deal with. Such episodes might involve "total withdrawal from whatever he was supposed to be doing, be it a class, be it sitting and read a book," said Novia, the tech club adviser.
When people approached Lanza in the hallways, he would press himself against the wall or walk in a different direction, clutching his black case "like an 8-year-old who refuses to give up his teddy bear," said Novia, who now lives in Tennessee.
Even so, Novia said his main concern about Lanza was that he might become a target for teasing or abuse by other students, not that he might become a threat.
"Somewhere along in the last four years there were significant changes that led to what has happened Friday morning," Novia said. "I could never have foreseen him doing that."
Nancy Lanza, who was once a stockbroker for John Hancock in Boston and once lived in Kingston, N.H., was a kind, considerate and loving person, Briggs said.
"She was very involved in the community and very well-respected," Briggs said.
Lanza's family was struggling to make sense of what happened and "trying to find whatever answers we can," his father, Peter Lanza, said in a statement late Saturday that also expressed sympathy for the victims' families.
Sandy Hook Elementary will be closed next week some parents can't even conceive of sending their children back, Leidlein said and officials are deciding what to do about the town's other schools.
Asked whether the town would recover, Maryann Jacob, a clerk in the school library who took cover in a storage room with 18 fourth-graders during the shooting rampage, said: "We have to. We have a lot of children left."
Other developments Saturday
Obama heads to Newtown
Washington • President Barack Obama will attend an interfaith memorial service Sunday in Newtown, Conn. Hours after the shooting, a tearful Obama said he grieved first as a father. In those remarks and later in his Saturday radio address, Obama called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings, but did not say what it should be. Obama's visit to Newtown for an interfaith vigil would be the fourth time he has traveled to a city after a mass shooting.
Asperger's not linked to violence
New York • While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence. Asperger's is a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness. "There really is no clear association between Asperger's and violent behavior," said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger's.
Shooter's dad makes a statement
Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, issued the following statement Saturday:
"Our hearts go out to the families and friends who lost loved ones and to all those who were injured. Our family is grieving along with all those who have been affected by this enormous tragedy. No words can truly express how heartbroken we are. We are in a state of disbelief and trying to find whatever answers we can. We too are asking why. We have cooperated fully with law enforcement and will continue to do so. Like so many of you, we are saddened, but struggling to make sense of what has transpired."


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Usher Announces 2014 'UR Experience' Tour: See All the Dates
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By Kathleen Perricone
It's no secret that Usher is putting together his long-awaited eighth studio album.
Though the follow-up to Looking 4 Myself is still unnamed, the 35-year-old hyped the project with a performance of "She Came to Give It to You" alongside collaborator Nicki Minaj at the MTV Video Music Awards, and now, a 27-city tour.
"I've been busy. Just making my way back to the stage has been kind of the greatest anticipation of this year and now I'm ready," he told On Air with Ryan Seacrest. "I'll be touring on North America in 27-cities and I'm really excited about it."
The UR Experience tour, which ends his three-year roadshow hiatus, will kick off in Montreal, Quebec on November 1, and will take the singer-dancer through cities including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Atlanta before wrapping up in Tampa, Florida on December 14.
"[This will be] like no other [tour] before," Usher described the forthcoming tour. "Twenty years of doing this, musically, I've graced every stage there is, but never quite like this. This is going to be a new experience that does not arrive based off of one album, or either the launch of this most-recent album, which I'm not finished yet, I'm still working on it. I just really want to get back on the stage. You see me playing the bass, you see me playing the guitar, you see me playing the drums … it's just a different experience."
While Ryan had Usher on the phone, he brought up a conversation he had with Ed Sheeran recently, in which the British singer said that if Usher doesn't include their collaboration on his upcoming album, he'll take it.
"First of all, you've got Diplo, Skrillex, and Ed Sheeran all in one room," says Usher. "I happened to be the recipient of whatever happened in that moment. We did create some cool stuff. Who is to know where everything is going to lead … I haven't finished. But we did have a great time."
Usher's new album is due out this year and he'll be performing at Fashion Rocks on September 9 (buy tickets here). Tickets for his tour will go on sale on Monday, September 8 at 10 a.m. ET on LiveNation.com.
Find the tour dates and legend below for ticket availabilities.
Nov. 1 – Montreal, QC — Bell Centre *
Nov. 2 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre Sept. 8*
Nov. 4 – Detroit, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills **
Nov. 5 – Cleveland, OH — Quicken Loans Arena **
Nov. 7 – New York, NY — Madison Square Garden *
Nov. 10 – Washington DC — Verizon Center *
Nov. 11 – Philadelphia, PA –Wells Fargo Center *
Nov. 13 – Boston, MA — TD Garden *
Nov. 14 – Uncasville, CT — Mohegan Sun **
Nov. 15 – Atlantic City, NJ — Boardwalk Hall *
Nov. 17 – Chicago, IL — United Center *
Nov. 18 – St. Paul, MN — Xcel Energy Center **
Nov. 21 – Los Angeles, CA — Staples Center *
Nov. 22 – Las Vegas, NV — MGM Grand Garden Arena **
Nov. 24 – San Jose, CA — SAP Center at San Jose *
Nov. 26 – Seattle, WA — Key Arena *
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"This is a very open building, both literally in terms of light and in terms of fostering collaboration between students, faculty and members of the community. It is a building that is warm and welcoming to the entire state of Montana," said Ben Lloyd, principal with Comma-Q Architecture of Bozeman, who worked on the design with Hennebery Eddy Architects of Portland, Ore.
A two-story-tall glass map of Montana at the building's main entrance will greet visitors and emphasize its place in the state. The map will be illuminated at night, making it glow as a beacon to the main entry of the building.
"It will be a spectacular way for everyone to remember this building and its importance to the state," said Tim Eddy, principal with Hennebery Eddy Architects.
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Nearly the entire south side of the 45,000-square-foot building is covered in windows, letting the classrooms and meeting spaces behind them fill with natural light. Additionally, a large central skylight will brighten a student meeting space on the third floor.
"This will be unlike any other building on campus," Eddy said. "The biggest difference is that its design is rooted in the desire to make the building a place where students, faculty and professionals from the community can collaborate."
The most striking example of that collaboration space will be an open forum on the first floor with a hearth and with wall-sized windows that can slide open to incorporate the use of an adjacent plaza. The forum is designed to serve both as a gathering and study area for students, but can also be easily arranged to handle presentations, lectures, exhibitions and job fairs.
"The forum will be the most significant, flexible interior space of any academic building on campus," Eddy said. "This will be a very striking space that everyone will want to use."
There will be other collaboration spaces throughout the building of various sizes, including a lab where students from business, arts and architecture, engineering and other disciplines can collaborate with each other and members of the community on the full arc of a business idea.
"We really focused on designing the building with as many smart spaces as possible - those spaces that can have many uses and can flow into one another and be flexibly adapted to the needs of the college, campus and community," Lloyd said.
"The new building will make our faculty and student services staff much more visible and available to students," said Kregg Aytes, dean of the College of Business. "There will be no more wandering the dark halls of Reid Hall trying to find an office tucked in the corner somewhere. There will be many more opportunities for informal interactions between students and faculty with this design."
The $18 million building is being made possible by a $25 million gift from Jabs, a 1952 graduate of Montana State College, a Lodge Grass native, and president and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse based in Denver, one of the top retail furniture companies in the U.S. and one of the largest privately held businesses in Colorado. The rest of Jabs's gift will be used to support programs in the college.
"The impact of Mr. Jabs' gift continues to amaze me. Thanks to his generosity, we have had an opportunity to envision today the future of business education at MSU," said MSU President Waded Cruzado. "He really wants warm, comfortable, welcoming spaces where students, faculty, staff, alums and friends can gather and where students will learn without even knowing they are being taught."
The design of the building also aspires to achieve at least a Silver LEED certification. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is an internationally recognized green building certification program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.
"Having a building that is energy efficient and built to sustainable guidelines is very important to Mr. Jabs, but also to our students," Cruzado said. "This building will incorporate some impressive design and technologies to meet those aspirations."
The building design will utilize the site to help with energy efficiency and help it fit in well with other, nearby buildings. Design features will include:
- Orienting the building to get the greatest benefit from the sun during the winter months and minimize how much the sun heats the building in the summer.
- Utilizing geothermal heat exchangers to cool the building in the summer and help heat it in the winter.
- Utilizing night air to cool the building before business hours during the warmer months.
- Installing smart controls for lighting, heating, cooling, water usage and other mechanical systems to reduce the amount of energy used.
- Extensive use of windows to allow daylight for the comfort of occupants and to reduce the amount of energy needed for interior lights.
- Blending the building with the site by including large patio doors that open to the outside.
- Limiting light pollution caused by the building with light fixtures that control the amount of light 'spill' in order to help maintain a dark night sky. Artificial lights will be used outside only where needed.
- Using native plants and other low-water vegetation.
- Providing a portion of the building's energy from solar panels or other renewable sources.
- Constructing the building with a high portion of materials with recycled content.
- Incorporating building materials that are from the Northern Rocky Mountain region.
The building's annual carbon footprint is expected to be roughly 34 percent less - or 123 metric tons - than an equivalent amount of space in the College of Businesses' current home, Reid Hall, said Walt Banziger, director of Facilities, Planning, Design and Construction at MSU.
"This may be the most energy efficient building on campus when done," Banziger said.
The architecture team and university staff have been meeting students, faculty, staff and community members since January to select the building site, determine the concept of the building, its look, opportunities for sustainable design and technology, meeting the goals of the campus Landscape Master Plan and ways to limit the impacts to nearby trees.
The building's location - north of Wilson Hall - supports a goal of the university's Long Range Campus Development Plan to keep academic buildings within easy walking distance of each other. The location has the added benefit of being within in one block of nearly 1,400 students living in neighboring residence halls.
"We think it's a wise use of space to have a dense, pedestrian-friendly core of academic buildings as opposed to new construction on the edge of campus," Banziger said.
After President Cruzado gives final approval for the design, the university will seek approval from the 2013 Legislature to proceed with construction. Once ground is broken next spring, the building could be open in the spring of 2015.
In addition to Comma-Q Architecture and Hennebery Eddy Architects, Dick Anderson Construction's Bozeman office is also part of the project's design and construction team.
With roughly 1,200 students, the MSU College of Business offers undergraduate programs in accounting, finance, management, and marketing, as well as minors in accounting, business administration, entrepreneurship and small business management, finance, international business, and the management of information technology. The college also offers a master's of professional accountancy degree designed to prepare students for professional careers in the field of accounting.


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Transcript: Vivint CEO Todd Pedersen Talks Business Ventures
SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION recently posted a podcast featuring Vivint Co-Founder and CEO Todd Pedersen. In the podcast, Pedersen revealed how his company grew 825% in five years, and addressed hot topics such as door-to-door sales, competition from telecoms and how he motivates employees. Below is a full transcript of the conversation:
Welcome to SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION's "Security Speaking" podcast. I'm Scott Goldfine, Editor-in-Chief of SSI. I thank you for listening as each week we discuss the trends, issues, opportunities, challenges, technologies, and more affecting today's electronic security industry professional.
My guest today is Todd Pedersen, CEO and Co-Founder of Vivint, one of North America's largest security and home automation installation and monitoring services providers. Under his leadership the company, about a year ago, rebranded from APX Alarm Security Solutions, or APX, to Vivint to reflect its extended portfolio of offerings. The company's achieved 825% growth the past five years and how has around a half-million customers.
In addition, Todd has created a company culture where employees enjoy a unique experience and participate in community service through Vivint Gives Back, which has provided more than a million dollars and thousands of hours of volunteer labor to tens of thousands of families and organizations in need. This past year, the program was recognized with the SAMMY Award for best community outreach. Todd, thanks so much for joining me today.
Todd Pedersen: Thank you, good to be here. I'm here, you're there, but nice to be on the phone with you.
I appreciate it. The growth and success you've had with Vivint is nothing short of astonishing, especially in light of the economy and compared to other security installation monitoring providers out there. In a nutshell, how have you accomplished this and for lack of a better word; what's your secret?
Pedersen: That is such a broad question but here's what I would say. We appreciate the fact that we have been able to grow but one thing that may be interesting with the culture that we have here is I think our view on growth and our capability is pretty large. In fact, when I look back on the last five or six years of growth, disappointed probably isn't the right word because again, I am happy that we were fortunate enough to grow and be in a position to grow because of the tough economic environment, capital constraints; obviously the lending market was tough and in this industry you rely on debt for growth, unless you're just barely growing, but we're growing pretty rapidly. It limited our ability to attain what we could have or should have gotten to as a company. Even though it looks like pretty phenomenal growth, what could have been would have been substantially different, and more than that.
I think that maybe part of our culture is we're never satisfied, ever, in anything that we do. I was just telling someone that this morning, someone was asking me about the company. I said the funny thing is if someone comes in and hits their goal there's huge disappointment in that. It's absolutely demolish goals on every aspect. This is not just volume growth but every aspect of what we do as a company or there's great disappointment because that's not the expectation we put on ourselves. I don't know if that's a weird say to look at things but it's how we are as a group, as an executive team, I think even middle management, In fact, I think that's driven all the way down in the culture. We've got call center people that handle the customers on a daily basis and technical support. I think they all buy into that and over exceed expectations.
Todd, I'm very curious; how did you actually get involved in the security business in the first place? You go to the beat of your own drummer. I'd like to know how you got into it, and what is it about it that you really enjoy and what gives you headaches?
Pedersen: We do a lot of door-to-door sales, even though we are rapidly developing additional channels, television, internet, so a lot of internal sales. In fact, I think 40,000-plus installs this year should come from our internal sales group, so it has nothing to do with door-to-door.
I ran a door-to-door marketing company in the pest control world before getting involved in the alarm business. I worked with Terminix International, Pied Piper, Truly Nolan, big regional players, and obviously Terminix is a huge national company. We would literally go out and create customers in markets. They either wanted to create a new branch, expand a branch or region. I'd hire the people and even though it's door-to-door our approach was very technical and targeted. We did that for about eight years and in that time frame we were paying attention to Brinks who I think was the instigator of mass marketing the security offering by bringing in a lower money-down up front, or no money-down and higher monitoring.
We paid attention to that and it got to the point where we said we can actually sell that product door-to-door. In 1999 it was our first step into the business and we started as a dealer of Protection 1. They fumbled right about then, they had some major financial problems. They were running a little too loose. We then switched to ADT. Our first year, 1999, I think we installed 900 total systems. We switched to ADT again as a dealer and worked with them for several years. They were great. We went to 2,000 and then 7,000 and then 12,000 installs in consecutive years, just on a summer basis. We felt we got pretty dang good at acquiring customers and also installations. Tyco had some issues and the dealer program at ADT slowed down quite a bit so we switched to Monitronics. We continued our growth and by the summer of 2005 I think we installed about 44,000 systems under Monitronics.
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Provo • Receiver-turned-defensive back O'Neill Chambers, the talented, mercurial BYU football player who was attempting to come back from being booted off the team nearly two years ago, will likely never be accepted back, coach Bronco Mendenhall said.
The school announced Thursday morning that Chambers, a senior from Harmony, Fla., "was not invited to participate in fall camp," which began Thursday afternoon.
After practice, Mendenhall said "nothing has changed" in more than six months regarding Chambers' status although he was allowed to participate in spring ball and said "that's the way it looks right now," when asked if it was certain that Chambers would not return.
"I have been really consistent saying it was going to be day by day, with very specific things between he and I that he needs to do. And to this point, there are some of those things that he hasn't done," Mendenhall said. "I am hopeful that O'Neill can just live a quality life and do what he needs to do."
Taysom Hill at Wildcat?
Mendenhall said that backup quarterback Taysom Hill could get on the field at a position other than quarterback because he is "one of the fastest players on the team." He said that Hill could be used in a "Wildcat" role, or some other way to take advantage of his athleticism.
"He could be gaining game experience possibly in a different role" than quarterback, Mendenhall said.
Max is back
Former BYU quarterback Max Hall has joined the coaching staff as a student assistant, allowed by NCAA rules because Hall has not finished his undergraduate degree. Hall will be reunited, in a sense, with former BYU tight end Andrew George, who is a graduate assistant on the staff.
"It is a fantastic thing for our staff, for coach [Brandon] Doman to basically have an assistant quarterback coach," Mendenhall said. "Having Max and Andrew George, that's a great thing for us."
Buckner will be back
Mendenhall said defensive back Robbie Buckner, No. 2 on the depth chart at field corner, is not on the current 105-man roster because he had emergency surgery a few weeks go that is "pretty limiting." Buckner will join the team when school starts.
Drew Reilly, a transfer from Colorado State, practiced with the team Thursday but can't play this season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Scott Arellano, a punter from Foothill College, and Adam Hogan, a defensive back from Los Angeles Southwest College, have also transferred to BYU and practiced Thursday.
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All Or Nothing In Bell Corruption Plea Offer
The five former City of Bell council members facing retrial on corruption charges have to decide by tomorrow if they'll accept a plea offer from prosecutors.
It's an all-or-nothing offer: the L.A. County District Attorney's Office says all five, George Mirabal, George Cole, Oscar Hernandez, Victor Bello, and Teresa Jacobo, must accept the deal together or it's off the table.
Officials at the DA's office said Wednesday they did not have an indication from defense attorneys as to what would happen at a hearing set for Thursday.
The five face unresolved corruption charges following a trial last year, in which jurors returned split verdicts of innocence and guilt, and failed to reach verdicts on numerous other charges.
L.A. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy has said in open court she's eager to end the case.
The five would likely face reduced prison sentences if they accept the offer.
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LONG BEACH - Three Long Beach City Council seats are up for grabs in Tuesday's election, and for gadflies observing California's seventh-largest city, there is plenty of political juice.
Candidates have clashed with varying intensities in an almost four-month campaign season, with much of the discussion centering on the largest issue facing Long Beach - ongoing and evolving budget deficits.
Last month, city financial forecasts estimated $26.1 million in red ink in the next three fiscal years.
That bleak projection grew last week by another $7.7 million, to $33.8million, when planners calculated increased pension obligations after the state's public employee retirement fund lowered its investment return expectations.
Of the three contests, only the port-and-downtown 2nd District features an incumbent - or at least, the only one that will appear on the ballot.
That's because in the Los Altos-centered 4th District, the sitting councilman is running for a third term as a write-in candidate against two challengers. Three members of council have tested the two-term limit law voters approved in 1992; all have failed.
In the most wide-open race, a pair of well-backed and well- financed candidates will square off to represent the 8th District, which includes parts of Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach.
There are nine council districts in Long Beach.
The even-numbered districts are up for election this year, but there will be no race for the 6th District, where Councilman Dee Andrew has no opposition. The 6th District is located in Central Long Beach.
Election polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, then a runoff election will be scheduled for June 5.
Winners will take office on July 17.
The incumbent
In the 2nd District, Councilwoman and Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal faces two challengers: Janet Ballantyne, a sponsor relations manager at a financial firm and president of a downtown homeowners association; and Mike Kamer, a volunteer coordinator and graduate student at Cal State Long Beach.
If nothing else, the race has been a referendum on Lowenthal, who moved to the council from the Long Beach Unified School District board in 2006 after an 11-way contest to replace Councilman Dan Baker, who had resigned.
Ballantyne and Kamer have cast themselves as alternatives to Lowenthal and accused her of inadequately listening to and communicating with constituents.
Ballantyne, 55, wants to reduce business regulations and fees and improve parking to help businesses grow downtown.
But she said she made a last- minute decision to run because she believed residents "weren't being heard on the PBID issue."
Since 1998, the Downtown Property Based Improvement District has levied a self- imposed tax on commercial property owners to pay for services above what the city provides.
Downtown Long Beach Associates, a business group, wants to expand the fee to include 2,500 residential property owners in the area.
The proposal has met resistance and won Ballantyne supporters among those who want Lowenthal to oppose the tax. The councilwoman has declined to take a position for or against the fee.
Kamer, 29, says he "wants to be the voice of District 2."
His top goal is to build a digital system, funded by grants, that would allow district residents to weigh in on the issue of the day. Kamer would make his decision based on their feedback.
Kamer illustrates his community-activist take on governing by offering his solution to a plan by Gov. Jerry Brown to save $23 million by cutting funding for housing stray animals after three days. The state would not force shelters to euthanize pets, but would no longer pay them for holding animals past that time.
Kamer is pushing for a community fostering program, with residents housing the pets and signing waivers.
Lowenthal, 42, seems to be in political cruise control while taking on her two less-experienced opponents, though her campaign says she isn't taking re-election for granted.
She parries charges that she won't take sides to the satisfaction of aggrieved parties by saying that it's her job to deliberate on issues fairly, independent of the "politics of the election."
If re-elected, Lowenthal said she intends to continue a "back to basics" style of responding to residents' concerns about their day-to-day quality of life.
Her office points out that she has worked to add 1,200 parking spaces, fill potholes, improve other infrastructure and improve water quality in Long Beach.
Lowenthal has been endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the Long Beach Democratic Club, the California National Organization for Women, the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, other organizations and various current and former elected officials, including Mayor Bob Foster.
Ballantyne and Kamer haven't garnered any major endorsements.
A term-limit challenge
When Daryl Supernaw and John Watkins decided to run for the 4th District, they thought they wouldn't have to face Councilman Patrick O'Donnell since the two-term council member and high school teacher had set his sights on Long Beach's new Assembly seat.
But that was before Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, decided to run for re-election, compelling O'Donnell to drop his bid.
O'Donnell then announced that he would seek a third term as a write-in candidate, which is the only way he can run because of term limits. If the election goes to a run-off and O'Donnell has one of the top two spots, his name will then appear on the ballot.
Now, the three council candidates are squaring off in a race that has had its share of fireworks.
Supernaw, 60, is best- known for his activist work to fill the Atherton Ditch.
He touts his experience as a business marketing consultant as a salve to heal the city's budget woes and says he will conduct a line-by-line analysis of Long Beach's ledger while searching for new revenue from sources such as corporate naming rights.
Supernaw hasn't been shy about criticizing O'Donnell's decision to run, and he publicly speculates on what the councilman may do when Bonnie Lowenthal is termed out in 2014.
O'Donnell, 46, has claimed he won't quit the council to run for the Assembly, but he has refused to promise so.
As his first priority, O'Donnell lists public safety, with infrastructure, parks and a balanced budget close behind.
Despite entering the race later than other candidates, O'Donnell, long noted for his strong union support, leads all fundraisers this year, with $35,648 in contributions, according to the City Clerk's Office.
His endorsement list is long and includes the Long Beach Police Officers Association, the Long Beach Firefighters Association, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, the Long Beach Democratic Club and the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.
At the start of the race, Watkins, 51, seemed poised to make a strong showing.
After an almost 30-year career as a Long Beach police officer, Watkins retired in December 2010 to run for the council.
He hit the campaign trail early, supporting improvements to public safety while using an insider's knowledge to suggest cost-conscious solutions such as sending recruits to the Los Angeles police academy as an alternative to paying to restart Long Beach's.
Watkins, whose second priority is spurring business growth, was endorsed by the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, and officials with the city's police and fire unions said if O'Donnell weren't running, they probably would have endorsed Watkins, too.
But his campaign hit a snag last month when it was revealed that he was forced to surrender his contractor's license in 1995 after the state determined he had done deficient work in the remodeling of a Rossmoor home. He hasn't paid restitution on the $115,000 job.
Watkins defended himself by saying he didn't agree with the charges but didn't have the money at the time to contest them. All work, he said, was done based on plans approved by appropriate regulatory agencies.
Watkins also took on questions about his participation in a 2010 "donning and doffing" class action lawsuit, filed by about 900 Long Beach police officers for allegedly unpaid time putting on uniforms and gear, waiting in court, attending briefings and completing other routine tasks.
He said he signed on to the suit only to receive compensation for hours spent on call, at home, as a supervising sergeant at the Long Beach Airport. His shifts required him to be available between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., but be paid for 10 hours of work.
Long Beach agreed to pay $300,000 in attorney fees and give 47 vacation hours to the 883 officers then in the Police Department. The deal allowed Watkins, who retired the month the settlement was reached, to put his hours in a sick bank that can be used for post-retirement medical expenses.
A vacant seat
The filing deadline for candidates in Tuesday's election was Jan. 13, but the campaign for Long Beach's 8th District didn't begin in earnest until almost a month later, when incumbent Councilwoman Rae Gabelich announced she wouldn't seek a third term as a write-in.
Gabelich immediately threw her support behind labor negotiator Al Austin against Lillian Kawasaki, an elected director with the Water Replenishment District of Southern California.
Austin, 43, has run for council before, losing in the 6th District to current Councilman Dee Andrews in 2007 by fewer than 80 votes.
Austin and his family have lived in the 8th District since 2001. He has said he rented an apartment in the 6th District for that campaign after residents and community leaders asked him to run.
Public safety is Austin's No. 1 priority, and he favors funding a police academy, which has been cut from the budget four years in a row, and continuing the recent launch of a lateral fire academy.
He also says he will "ferociously" work to fill empty storefronts along the Atlantic Avenue corridor and wants to push residents to be more involved in their neighborhood.
Kawasaki, 61, is retired from a more than 30-year career with the city of Los Angeles.
Her assignments included leading the city's Community Development Department, where she oversaw 500 employees and a $300 million budget.
That experience, she believes, qualifies her above other candidates when it comes to managing the needs of Long Beach.
Reining in budget deficits will involve finding efficiencies and eliminating duplication, Kawasaki says, as well as ensuring that the city receives its proper share of tax revenue from the state.
She too supports restarting the police academy, but actions must be tempered by the ability to pay new recruits, she says.
On the business side, Kawasaki's ideas include hiring an ombudsman to make government more accessible to small businesses.
Though Austin and Kawasaki haven't directly engaged each other, the 8th District contest is noticeable for the city officials and groups lined up behind the respective campaigns.
Austin is Gabelich's chosen successor and is backed by Long Beach's police and fire unions, its strongest labor groups. He is also supported by Andrews, 9th District Councilman Steve Neal and former council members Val Lerch, Rob Webb, Tonia Reyes Uranga and Doris Topsy-Elvord.
Kawasaki is endorsed by Mayor Bob Foster and has received a donation from 3rd District Councilman Gary DeLong, both of whom frequently skirmish with Gabelich on budget and other issues.
Other Kawasaki endorsements include the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Sierra Club and the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters.
Austin is also the approved candidate of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and a host of other labor organizations.
Army veteran and college student Gustavo Rivera is also on the ballot for the 8th District, but he hasn't run an active campaign.
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Financial Management Line of Business Seeks Comments on Guidance
May 24, 2006
Contact: Viki Reath 202-501-1231
WASHINGTON – The U.S. General Services Administration's Financial Systems Integration Office (FSIO) seeks comments on the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLoB) Migration Planning Guidance, posted on www.fsio.gov.
Comments are due June 12 on the guidance, which is part of a plan to implement the Federal FMLoB, a President's Management Agenda initiative to help agencies improve the cost, quality, and performance of financial management systems, by fostering efficiencies in federal financial systems and operations.
The guidance is devised to help agencies make good decisions on whether to migrate to a shared service provider, under the FMLoB initiative, which aims to enable agencies to leverage shared services and to implement government-wide reforms to improved financial management services government-wide.
To do this, Federal agencies need to evaluate costs, benefits, and risks of the various alternatives for supporting financial management systems and operations. Shared federal and commercial services may present viable alternatives to in-house solutions to better manage the risk, performance, and cost of implementing and operating financial systems. Specifically, the draft guidance provides:
- Directions for conducting competitions to identify the best shared-service provider.
- Answers to questions on Federal and commercial shared-service providers.
- Tools and templates for:
- Procurement guidance
- Change-management guidance.
- Implementation guidance.
- Menu of services from Federal and commercial shared-service providers
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GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing governmentwide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries.


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This is the bedside lamp with an additional directional light that widens or narrows its beam to provide optimal illumination for reading. Sliding the supplemental lamp's head intensifies its light from a diffused glow to a focused beam while its flexible gooseneck gives you pinpoint control over illumination. The clear, white light of its 50,000-hour rated LED is perfect for reading an irresistible page-turner, even while a sleeping partner has darkened all other bedroom lights. The fixed wall lamp conserves nightstand space and uses a 15-watt bulb that simulates natural daylight to prevent eyestrain. The lamps can be used separately or in combination. Includes hardware for wall mounting. All metal construction with Nickel finish. Six foot cord plugs into AC. 20" L x 11" W x 7" D. (4 lbs.)
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The Brightness Zooming Bedside Lamp comes with The Hammacher Schlemmer Lifetime Guarantee. If this product ever disappoints you, for any reason, you may return your Hammacher Schlemmer purchase for exchange, credit, or refund.
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(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Good Lighting
By bob the reader
from ca
Great for reading in bed. The spot light can cover the whole book no matter where or how you hold the book. The diffuse lamp creates a nice even background lighting. The light has a blue tint. I would like it better with a warmer tint. The brushed nickel finish would look nicer in a bronze or brass for my room. I think I'll look into painting it. It has brushed nickel finish tubing to cover the power cord which is better looking than the bare cord. The light selection cannot be made individually but must be cycled through all positions to get to the lighting you want, not a big deal with only three selections (besides off) just a bit of a bother.
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Just what I needed
By Shellfish
from Brooklyn. New York
I ordered these lamps a few weeks ago and they arrived quickly. Set up was super easy. Love the metal cord covers. Look attractive on the wall. My bedroom has no overhead lighting. These lamps allow you to choose between having the main light on, the reading light on, or both. The only thing that would possibly make these lamps better is if they had a dimming feature but otherwise, they are a fantastic buy. Very pleased.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
A nice light
By mmsmissouri
from Missouri
This is a great lamp for the bedroom. It frees up the nightstand for other things, books, clocks, drinks. I may be a little picky but the quality is not as good as I had expected from Hammachler. The metal is a little cheap or tinny. So if you buy it, it is for the design, reading and room light in one.
Sleep's biggest enemy
By Sleepy
from Red Mountain, NC
Dual sources are great for us since we rarely fall asleep at the same time. My wife used the focused LED beam to see and extract a tiny sliver embedded in my finger. It was like being in the operating room.
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Excellent reading lamp
By Trippster
from Andover, NH
Very good for reading and easy to install. Attractive design. I will change the bulb under the shade b/c it is too harsh for my taste.
Very bright light for reading
By Bob
from Hanover
The only drawback is the intensity of the flexible reading light. Very bright for simple reading.
Everything I Expected
By Videomaster
from Montgomery, Texas
Perfect for a desk located right next to the bed.
great product
By Bobo
from Factoryville
The daylight light is very good for reading.
First class in function & design
By David
from Sunshine Coast, BC Canada
The "zooming" feature of the gooseneck light is the outstanding aspect of the item.
Used as christmas gift
By Hannah
from Hernando MS
Well pleased
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Work in progress: Pro Bono Program still growing at 20
To celebrate 20 years of volunteering, the Pro Bono Program at the University of South Carolina's School of Law will . . . do more volunteering.
It's by design, actually, that the law school's highly decorated, student-driven program will downplay the anniversary. Pam Robinson, the program's founder and director, said it has developed and thrived because of a deep-seated commitment to selflessly helping others. Anything in the way of an anniversary gala, she said, would detract from that core identity.
And so, other than creating a modest web site commemorating the program's foundation – http://law.sc.edu/pro_bono/20/index.shtml -- Robinson and her charge of 28 students have used the anniversary as a springboard to another season of good works. The only real celebratory activity occurred last fall. Yet even that -- the establishment of the South Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (SCVLA), an online service that provides pro-bono assistance to the arts community -- was in lock step with the program's mission.
"Instead of doing an event to celebrate ourselves, we launched a new project," said Robinson. "It just seemed the best way to celebrate 20 years of doing pro bono work was to keep on doing it."
Perpetuating the spirit of pro bono – literally "for the public good," shortened from the Latin phrase, "pro bono publico" – is what Robinson has done since she turned a casual conversation with then-dean John Montgomery into what would become a national model. Students from throughout the program's history are living testimonials to its long-lasting impact on their professional philosophy and attitude toward philanthropic causes.
"As a student, it definitely reinforced how helpful I could be with a legal education," said Molly Day, a 1999 graduate practicing in Hilton Head Island. "I always wanted to help other people, but I didn't understand the magnitude of what a legal education could do. Pro bono work helped me realize how much I could help, how lawyers had the opportunity to be community leaders if they take it upon themselves."


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It's a modern 4 bedroom home only 2 years old. Room available is the main bedroom with your own ensuite and adjacent lounge room (pretty much the front of the house) for $200/wk. this includes water, electricity and internet. The whole house is furnished except just need to furnish your own room - bed, TV etc. all rooms have built in wardrobe and ceiling fans.
I'm thinking of renting a spare room in my home....it is a large room...has a queen bed ....double built in's...ceiling fan...
Hi. I have a room for rent in Aberglasslyn, near Maitland. Quiet household and neighbourhood. 5min walk to bus stop, 5min drive to shops. 40mins drive to Newcastle. $300 bond, $135 per week rent, plus $15 per week utilities (Gas, Water, Electricity, Telstra Ultra-fast WIFI internet access, Air conditioning, Washing Machine, Kitchen, Loungeroom). The room is furnished with a Queen size bed with a Sleepmaker premium mattress ($1600), bedside table, and built-in wardrobe. I am a mature professional male currently working full time as a Sales Consultant. I am a non-smoker and non-drinker. I am a clean, caring, considerate, and tidy quiet person. I respect others privacy and personal space. I am looking for a housemate with similar attributes. I can provide references from both male and female housemates i have lived with previously. As per my references, they say "it's the most clean, tidy, and drama-free places around. And you get a comfy mattress for a good night's sleep" I'll let you be the judge ;-) Please contact me for more info. Thanks for visiting my listing and I look forward to meeting you :-) Dave
It close to town and my work I work shift work so i not home much just need a tidy person who works
I work shift work so pretty much have house to yourself like to be tidy though
Hello I currently live in my three bedroom duplex and looking for two roommates. There are two rooms available with two lounge rooms, two bathrooms a kitchen and a courtyard. Each room is 150 a week including energy but not water. The rooms are unfurnished. The duplex is also close to train station
A neat house with two large bedroom and two separate living areas (one dining off the kitchen and one lounge room. There is also an enclosed sunroom which could be used as a guest room or study but note the windows are a bit shabby, but covered by curtains and blinds. The kitchen and bathroom are both very neat and in good condition although outdated in look. The house is neat and solid. Doesnt have wardrobes, need to bring your own. Some furniture is left there (dressers and lounge room shelves) but this is not included in the rent - the tenants can 'have' it. this house is near the bus to Maitland station and easy quick walk to Telarah shops and bowling club. There is a park nearby for the kids. Offstreet parking (one carport and a driveway ). Two covered patios.
This 3-bedroom home is located within a quiet area and is accompanied with great neighbours. It is only a 2-minute drive to the Hunter Expressway, a 20-minute drive to the Hunter Valley and a 30-minute drive to Newcastle. There are two decent-sized rooms available in this house, both big enough for a double bed. There is one bathroom, which will be shared with myself. There is also a little outdoor deck area, including a BBQ, which is available to use at all times.
Heritage house in Maitland CBD. Large furnished room overlooking two gardens. Flat screen TV, NBN internet. Share at present with one other, professional male. Share bathroom. Located withing minutes of cinema, restaurants, bars and major shops. Close to bus and train. Large gardens and comfortable veranda to have breakfast on. BBQ for residents. Parking on st at end of cul de sac, very quiet as the house is set back in half an acre of gardens. Established trees. Relaxed and friendly house. Landlord lives nearby. Laundry, working fire place in guest bedroom. Available now. If you want to live in a Heritage listed house, with a very comfortable room with antique furnishing, close to everything please apply. No smoking in the house please. All bills included, electricity, gas, water, NBN, and Netfix.
House has a swimming pool gas heating vegie garden fruit trees large yard I'm away for work during the week home on weekends so tenant will have the house to them self most of the time
Room available in a Modern 4 bedroom home in new estate. Close to Hunter Expressway for 35 min drive to Newcastle. A bus route is just 5 mins walk with a 10 min bus ride to Maitland Train station or 7 mins to Kurri. This is a fully furnished home with all Modern conveniences. Some furniture is available (2 single beds are available) & all rooms have built in Robes with a shelf above. Rent includes all utilities & wifi internet. A regular house cleaner recently resigned due to study commitments so a postition is available to do 2 hours cleaning per week in return for reduced rent. I also try to keep an even ratio of 2 male & 2 female housemates for personal comfort of each housemate. No dogs or cats are permitted at this time but small confined pets such as a bird or fish will be permitted.
I am almost finished renovating my first property and looking for roommates to share it with! I have unlimited Wifi, fully furnished home but you are welcome to have your own furniture in bedrooms. I have 2 medium sized dogs already, so not pets. Semi-rural 12kms from city centre Cessnock so very peaceful and relaxing but still close to shops etc - best of both worlds. Smokers can only smoke outside, but I have a front and back deck. Air-conditioning, fully renovated, built ins. The large main bathroom will only be shared by 2 people as I have a room already with an ensuite attached.
Close to both Newcastle and maitland. 10 minutes from the M1. 10 minute walk to Morpeth Main Street where there are beautiful cafes and boutique shops. The property has a small backyard which I will maintain. A BBQ area with tables and fire pit is available. There is airconditioning and the house is fully furnished with washer and dryer etc. The bedroom is carpeted and has a built in wardrobe. (Bed available if required)
a lovely 4 bedroom house located on the highway between green hills shopping center and victoria street station. whole house has been painted and floor boards polished. single bathroom with toilet and a big shower. there is a 2nd toilet on the back of the house but that will be soon renovated into a complete bathroom and also dining room. we currently use the lounge room or porch as a dining room. we have 2 clothes lines, a big shed, a washing machine but not a dryer. its a great place! 180pw includes: rent - water - electricity - 100mbps nbn internet - netflix/stan
Friendly household of a fun but quiet couple. House has a large yard, two comfortable living areas and a decent sized bedroom. Relaxing garden with beautifully formed citrus trees and edible plants (herbs, chamomile, lemongrass) Honest, reliable and safe environment. We have two gorgeous cats that are happy to leave you alone but will also love attention if you pay it to them. The room has built ins, and house is furnished. Although you will have to bring your own furniture for the room :) We also have a costco membership, and go regularly :) Bond is 2 weeks rent (neg)
The house is situated in a new area of East Maitland! It's not to far from Green Hills Shopping Centre (5 min drive) Accross from a park! Quiet neighbourhood! Spacious living and kitchen area! Your room will be at one end whilst mine is down the other so no living in each other's pockets. I'm slowly buying furniture and more Appliances so if you have any to contribute then it's more then welcome! As for bills and internet (I'll happily sort internet out) I'm sure we can both sort out putting money aside for electricity and what not! Lastly I'll be putting more photos up next week! I haven't moved in just yet.
I own the house (it's a 3 bedroom place & I am offering 1 fully furnished room with built ins & a King single bed with Linen) and is set in a quite area of Metford near Maitland .On a bus route 15/20 minute walk to Metford train station which is on the line to the Newcastle University. Close to the newly renovated Stockland Mall at East Maitland which has some new shops & more are being added and a new Cinema coming soon. Close to the TAFE College. Close to coffee shops, including Historic Morpeth. There is a library, many restaurants, pubs, clubs, Art gallery, Hunter Valley Vineyards, & a number of churches are located near by as well. Close to the M1 Motorway. 20 minutes to Newcastle.
Modern looks, clean and great view from balcony. Quiet, clean area with Cafe and swimming pool just outside the house. Great neighbourhood and short drive/walk to Woolworths and CBD.
Live close to the main street, club and cinema. Good area to live in. room with ceiling fan. Large lounge room big bathroom, bathtoom is awesome. High ceilings Old house that is been repainted and a few reservations. $200 with a queen bed bills included are: internet, gas and electricity If u are interested please msg me i am unable to msg some people on here so please message me thank you. Looking g to get a house mate ASAP.
Newly renovated, so is nice and clean. One bathroom for now but have 2 toilets inside. Share with one other mature age. Bedroom has double bed, all linen can be provided. Double mirrored built in robe. TV to be mounted on the wall. Carport access 3-4 days per week or off street parking. I can upload more pics soon. Very close and easy access to the GreenHills shopping centre also M1 / F3 South bound (Sydney etc) also New England Highway to head into Newcastle, head North or North West. 20 minute drive to beaches Studio flat is a WIP and hoping it will be available to rent in next 2 months.


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Mercer Corridor: Project Background
For more than 40 years, the Mercer Corridor has been one of the City's most significant transportation challenges. Some 80,000 vehicles at the I-5 interchange, along with growing numbers of pedestrians and bicyclists, travel the Mercer Corridor between Elliott Ave. W and I-5 each day, making it a critical east/west route for keeping people, goods, and services moving.
In early 2010, SDOT began the first phase of construction between I-5 and Dexter Ave. N and Mercer St. opened to two-way traffic between I-5 and 9th Ave. N in August 2012. Since then, construction has continued on nearby Fairview Ave. N and Valley St. The first phase will be completed in fall, 2013.
The next phase of construction, between Dexter Ave. N and 5th Ave. W, began in early spring 2013 and is anticipated to be complete by mid-2015. When complete, the Mercer Corridor will carry two-way traffic between I-5 5th Ave. W and connect Seattle neighborhoods to the north portal of the SR 99 Tunnel.
A two-way Mercer Corridor improves mobility for all modes of transportation:
Mercer East (Dexter Ave. N to I-5)
The "Mercer Mess" has been a major bottleneck in the Seattle for decades, and has been hindering access to Seattle's fastest growing neighborhood, South Lake Union. The old Mercer and Valley streets couplet was constructed in the late 1950s as a temporary solution intended to provide access to I-5 as it was being built.
The previous configuration of Mercer and Valley streets is shown below.
Its circuitous one-way routing slowed traffic, often led to congestion backing up onto I-5 and created conditions that contributed to over 200 accidents that occurred nearby each year. The vehicle-based design was difficult for pedestrians and bicyclists to navigate and the public infrastructure was obsolete and in poor condition. The pavement, sidewalks, and signals need replacement as some utilities along the corridor are over 100 years old.
While construction on Mercer East won't be finished until fall 2013, Mercer St. opened to two-way traffic from Dexter Ave. N to I-5 on August 27, 2012.
There are now three eastbound lanes traveling onto I-5 (the same number of through lanes to I-5 that Mercer previously had), three westbound lanes (currently operating from I-5 to 9th Avenue N), plus a far right through lane for vehicles traveling to Capitol Hill (as previously existed), and a new left-turn lane onto Fairview Ave. N.
Mercer West (Dexter Avenue N to 5th Ave. W)
The Mercer West Project will complete the two-way Mercer Street connection between I-5 and 5th Ave. W and connect neighborhoods to the SR 99 Tunnel by moving construction west of Dexter Ave. N. The project, which began construction in early 2013, will widen Mercer St. between Dexter Ave. N and 5th Ave. N for two-way traffic and modify signals and channelization to convert Mercer and Roy to two-way streets west of 5th Ave. N. Wider sidewalks at the SR 99 Underpass and a continuous bikeway from Dexter Ave. N to Queen Anne Ave. N are also part of the West Phase.
Widened Mercer Underpass
The widened Mercer Underpass will provide three lanes of traffic in each direction, left turn lanes, wider sidewalks (considerably wider than the current 5' sidewalk width) and a bike path.
Additional project benefits of the underpass area include:
Tree Additions and Removals
Mercer West will plant 2 new trees for every tree removed during the project.
Converting Mercer and Roy streets to two-way operation


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WATCH: Beavers Edged By No. 3 Arizona
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Roberto Nelson scored a game high-tying 25 points and Devon Collier added a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, but Oregon State could not hold on late in the second half to take down No. 3 Arizona, falling 74-69 at Gill Coliseum on Wednesday night.
The Beavers played with intensity, fed by the raucous crowd and Beaver Dam. With six minutes remaining, the Beavers held a 62-61 lead, but saw it fall away as Arizona (28-2, 15-2 Pac-12) capitalized on opportunities late in the game, putting away a motivated Oregon State (15-14, 7-10 Pac-12) squad.
Oregon State was crippled by 17 turnovers that led to 21 points for the Wildcats in a game that featured 10 ties and eight lead changes.
"First and foremost, I am so proud of the way the team played tonight," Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson said. "The way they kept fighting in really adverse circumstances here at home was great. It was a great crowd, student section and environment for a college basketball game. Our guys held up their end of their end of the bargain, sticking to the game plan and it's a nice feeling when the number three team in the country is adjusting to us."
Full recap: osubeavers.com