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Axis Mundi is a geometric shrine in the form of a 6-sided gazebo, made entirely of LED lit, laser cut panels on the exterior, showcasing a forever random algorithm, breathing through different colors and patterns like digital stained glass. Our software features a forever random algorithm that features more possible color and pattern combinations than atoms in the universe. On the inside of the gazebo is a 3ft tall kaleidoscope featuring a globe of mirrored video playing custom designed footage of nature, space and microscopic growth. Paying homage to the space between micro and macro, Axis Mundi envisions the boundaries of our own microcosm of existence while exploring the possibilities of the undiscovered.
About the artists
Thirty Circles is a design collaborative in Portland, Or. We specialize in creating immersive laser cut art installations, storytelling through branding, & human centered design. We're passionate about work that affects people's perspective.
About Boris
Our installation consists of a 12ft Pentakis dome that can roughly fit 4-6 people inside. Panels are built with acrylic and recycled wood and metal. An assortment of Arduino-controlled light strips are attached to the inner frame. Participants will sit inside the dome and control the lights by pressing and holding buttons affixed to a giant mushroom constructed from fiberglass. The colors and patterns of the lights are affected by the combinations of buttons pressed by the participants inside, so trial and error and discovery is encouraged in order to see all of the patterns we plan to incorporate.
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As an artist, my goal is to be a channel for experience, to interpret and share ideas through a variety of media. My desire is that the work I create will resonate with people, and contribute to a sense of unity through my interpretation of the intangible aspects of human experience. I want my art to help bring people together, because what we can achieve together is exponentially greater that what we can accomplish alone. I want my art to empower others and challenge the notion that we are alone, insignificant and small.
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About Cloud Forest
The 'Cloud Forest' installation incorporates light projection and LED lighting intertwined with elements of nature to create an immersive environment within the forest. Hanging in the trees are lanterns with custom controlled RGB LED lights, surrounded by a cotton fiber substance, resembling clouds. I propose creating about 15 of these clouds in varying in sizes, to be strung up on branches above the reflecting pool. The pool of water will set a top an artificial tree stump, and within the tree stump will be a projector, which will project custom made hypnotic visuals with fish and other aquatic animals. People are welcome to touch the water as well as the stump. The projector will need to sit in a hole dug about 4 feet deep, which will be inside the hollow tree stump. Glowing mushrooms will line the edge of the stump, and they will also double up as stakes to stake down the stump to assure it doesn't accidentally move around.
About the artist
Hannah Selene (Gabr): Hannah Selene is a Seattle-based visual and graphic artist, and the founder and creative director for WAVES. She works in a variety of mediums, including 2D art, photography, sound-reactive sculpture,"VJ" video-jockeying with original videography via projection mapping, and various graphic design projects including the design and branding for WAVES. Combining her love of intricate patterns, color, and abstract forms with realistic illustrations of various subjects, her artwork has eye-catching psychedelic and surreal vibe. She aspires to get her undergraduate degree in digital art and animation.
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About Consumption
I would like to install 75-100 recycled plastic jelly fish for use of art, selfies, education, and inspiration. I've currently created 20 jelly fish (see photo) made from recycled vinyl records, plastic bags, plastic fruit containers, and fish wire. The installation is exciting to look at and interacts well with the elements, including solar powered LED lights for nighttime use, but it also helps us to see how much plastic we consume. The jellyfish themselves are a representation of where our plastic ends up and who that's impacting. Vinyl records cannot be recycled and once they are scratched they are rendered useless to collectors and second hand stores thus ending up in a landfill. All these supplies have been either found in the trash, purchased at the habitat for humanity restore, or saved after my own use and consumption.
About the artist
Paying homage to nature down to a molecular level, Kali Deno creates imagery to uplift and engage the viewers eye. With the use of plastic, yarn, and repurposed vinyl records, Kali aims to give artistic purpose to something otherwise found in the trash, landfill, or ocean. Each piece is created with meaning and depicts the creatures directly impacted by the overconsumption of plastic. These installations intend to inspire us all to find new purpose for the plastic we purchase.
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Danny Stephens Live Painting
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My installation is simple in nature, in that it is me live painting throughout the festival, with a 10 x 10 pop-up canopy tent where I have walled originals, prints, as well as space to provide for other painters to display their work.
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I left Mississippi in 2010 to persue adventure which led to a degree in art from the University of Utah in 2015 after traveling around the west. My initial interests were in impressionism but through my own spiritual and intellectual development discovered visionary art. This led to a life in Portland, Oregon with my wife and child where I focus on mostly painting, both in the studio and live at shows. My aim is to evoke curiosity, both in what we have put theories to as well as what we can't yet formulate into language.
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About Dream Net
Native Moc Unisex Fashion Sneaker Apollo Grey I could build a Dream Net in the trees at Summer Meltdown. I have in previous years (6 altogether) built nets in the trees near the edge of the main amphitheater area, with main stage view. It became quite the landmark. I have recently moved back to western Washington, and have an available window in my build schedule at that time. In February the Nets were highlighted on national television for the second time and the build schedule has begun to fill quite rapidly. I propose to build one large net, low to the ground so there will be no injury if someone were to roll out of the installation. Materials used in the process are overkill for the project, and load limit exceeds 10 thousand lbs. I have heard that there is another late-night stage in the forested area, more near the river.. this may be another potential location for the Dream Net installation.
About the artist
The Dream Nets are site-specific, tensile tree-platforms. Each one is woven on site, and in place. -A safe and tactile play-space and inspired tree fort, for children and adults. They are the combined inspiration of: dream catchers, macramé, hammocks, crochet, and spider-webs. -But on a much larger scale. Recently Dream Nets were highlighted on Treehouse Masters.
About Flight
I am a live painter with a different take on live artist performance. My performance acts as both a performance and an art installation. I make my pieces as a show during the day, and use dynamic lighting at night to showcase the work I've completed. I would like to come and do a piece consisting of two 8ftx4ft pieces that I would paint over the four-day festival. I would perform while the sun is up and light the pieces when it goes down. The piece I'm planning for Summer Meltdown will be ambitious and bring together my abstract style and my psychedelic surrealist style to make a work that I have not yet done for another event.
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My artistic work consists of two distinct styles that function in tandem to explore the concepts I approach. Static, two-dimensional painting limits the amount of information and experience that an artist can relay. My salute to this is embodied in the two perspectives that I take in my work. One of these captures the story or specific message in a moment, and the other follows the undefined and less specific feelings or ideas that an event can carry. I've developed these two distinct styles to convey these two sides of my thinking.Scrunch Dansko Patent Professional Mule Women's TwRHP7q
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Galactic Pyramids
About Galactic Pyramids
My team and I want to set up three 12 foot pyramid frames. Each place will be adorned with an organite pyramid cast and fused with quartz crystals, gold leaf, and copper LEDs as a source of light. Each space will be decorated with materials from the surrounding areas (i.e rocks and fallen leaves and twigs). A mural of a galaxy will be placed at the base of each pyramid, for people to see the depths of space as a portal formed on the ground.
The intention is for the pyramids to serve as a beacon to the late night tent, a portal for the metaphysical, as well as serve as a space for people to calm their mind and recenter. These installations are meant as spaces to reflect and emerge with bright new energy and light. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves, "I am what I am. What I am is enough."
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I've focused my efforts towards exploration and reflection: expanding consciousness, while exploring territories unknown to me, and trying to figure out what it means to be a human "just" being. Taking a step back, acknowledging the flow of life and humanity's role in it. As a PNW artist, I've enjoyed most my years along the Columbia River. Today, I live in Magic, my converted bus. My role as an artist is in one aspect creating artifacts for the future to look back on, to discover. What will the beings of the future find in the ruins we set today?
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About The Art
Consists of a primary "Mission Control" panel that has 16 buttons arranged and displayed as if it's an intergalactic control board for a space ship. Each button on the "keyboard" corresponds to a different function that controls the main lighting display, or the lights on the panel itself. The light display is a set of modules, each consisting of 6 "orbs". Each orb contains 3 hidden buttons – these buttons interrupt the lighting signal from the mission control panel and cause the orb to light differently based on what serious of the hidden buttons have been pressed on that individual orb. There will be a total of 30 orbs on 5 modules, with a lit art piece in the middle of each module. The entire piece is made to be touched, explored and played with.
About the artist
Jeremias was born in Argentina. While growing up in Pergamino (Buenos Aires province), he studied theatre and created independent movies. After finishing high school, Jeremias moved to the city of Buenos Aires to continue his studies and to work on films and advertisement. He graduated as a special effects technician at Escuela FX. He relocated to the United States in 2012 and studied figurative sculpture with Michael Magrath at the Gage Academy of Arts. His interest for the fine arts grew fast and he started experimenting with different mediums, trying to find his own voice. Jeremias' artwork includes multimedia sculpture, installations, and performances. He is currently based in Seattle, WA, where he teaches sculpture at the Gage Academy of Arts.
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About Magical Music Petting Zoo
Our hands-on instrument petting zoo is a magical experience for people of all ages! Violins, violas, cellos, guitars and ukuleles are available for musicians and non-musicians to play. Our team of magical musical experts will guide you to how to make sounds with the instruments even and especially if its your first time! The instrument petting zoo aims to inspire creativity, put music into the world, and create joy. Come check out our booth for a magical musical experience!
About the artist
"Music is what feelings sound like." Katie Jane is a prolific violinist in the Portland / Vancouver area. As a performer and teacher she aims to spread joy through music for listeners, students, and festival attendees alike. Katie Jane is known for her infectious energy and unceasing smile. Her energetic musical performances and creative teaching style encourage dancing, uncontrollable joyfulness, and confidence in oneself. Katie Jane's Magical Music Petting Zoo has been a dynamic part of her goal of sharing the joy of music and inspiring creativity in kids and adults alike..
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About Orbital Garden
Consists of a primary "Mission Control" panel that has 16 buttons arranged and displayed as if it's an intergalactic control board for a space ship. Each button on the "keyboard" corresponds to a different function that controls the main lighting display, or the lights on the panel itself. The light display is a set of modules, each consisting of 6 "orbs". Each orb contains 3 hidden buttons – these buttons interrupt the lighting signal from the mission control panel and cause the orb to light differently based on what serious of the hidden buttons have been pressed on that individual orb. There will be a total of 30 orbs on 5 modules, with a lit art piece in the middle of each module. The entire piece is made to be touched, explored and played with. As people explore the panel and the orbs, they will begin to discover how it operates and where the hidden buttons are on the orbs – with the control panel and thirty interactive orbs, up to 31 people can control the lighting display at a single time. The program that dictates what the buttons do will change over certain time periods – so someone who thinks they have mastered it at one point, will find on later on it operates entirely different. We are building this to be 100% weather proof, all from steel and 3D printed PLA compostable plastic.
About the artists
Morgan Ferry is a software engineer. Terrance Wirsching is a manufacturing engineer. Together we bring creativity in art and science. We have been attending Summer Meltdown for close to ten years and were inspired by the festival itself to make this project specifically to invite exploration and have fun. Interests: Fun, Music, Electronics, industrial design, metal work, plastics engineering and software engineering. For years we have wanted to contribute something to the festival that has given so much to us and are very excited for the opportunity to give something in return.
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About Planet Art Play Space
"Planet Art Play Space is an all-ages interactive art installation and permaculture playshop space that invites creative exploration at the intersection of celebration, sustainability, artistic expression, and community. Activities will range from collectively producing "upcycled" art pieces (made from trash, natural and found materials), to permaculture downloads, exploratory play prompts, embodied movement practice, to spontaneous salons (a safe space to hold conversation and to integrate learning). The intention is to have an array of ongoing creative projects building over the course of the festival, whilst also allowing the booth to serve as a place of education that is engaging to multiple learning styles. Planet Art Play Space is a place of refuge, and connection to nature.
The booth will be stocked with art supplies, tables, rugs, seeds, potting soil and paint to paint your pot, inspirational art, and images of earth honoring and regenerative practices. It will be centered around a 10 X 10 structure and expand outward into adjacent nature space under trees and on grass… [The ideal location for PASP would be adjacent to the kid's area!] Planet Art Play Space is a place to paint your inner cosmos on a canvas of your choosing, dip your toes in the dirt, and experience "Aha" moments — a place that invites participants to explore, ground and integrate the transformative energy of the Festival!"
About the artists
Clare: of Clareity Expressions ignites integrative, expressive embodiment through arts, play, and Earth centered practice. A Fairhaven College student, Whatcom Museum Family Interactive Gallery associate, and social practice artist, she brings community into exuberant unity through co-leadership and authenticity. Her style is holistic, transdisciplinary and go with the flow.
Bruce: of global eco-endeavors, board member of local non-profits, presenter at multiple festivals including Envision, Oregon Country Faire, and Summer Meltdown, Bruce Horowitz has a master's degree in Sustainable Community and is a Certified Permaculture Teacher. Currently he stewards La Semilla Urban Farmstead and heads RIPE Landscapes Design/Build in Bellingham.
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About Shine Brite
Geo Shine is an interactive installation inspired by the 1980's "Lite Brite". Geo Shine will be a 8' diameter circle light box made of galvanized steel. The face will have a hexagon grid to inspire geometric patterns, similar to those found in music and nature.
432- 500 ml reclaimed plastic water bottles create the "pegs" and pixels to the imagery. These are filled with colored water and inserted into the grid. White light refracts through the colored water illuminating the bottles and ephemeral designs. To add dimension and magic, the RGB LED light strips change color, fade, flash, and are reactive to music. I have selected materials made to withstand the elements of a pacific northwest festival.
In 2016 I developed a prototype from scrap construction materials. Now with the experience of that version I understand what is necessary for a beautiful, durable and transportable project. My hope is to create a space that is playful, fun and encourages interaction for everyone who passes by.
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About the artist
Rose's passion lies in creating places and experiences that inspire people to love where they are. Through creative placemaking and community connections she believes we can create resilient, sustainable cities. Rose obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Planning and Environmental Policy from Western Washington University, is a LEED Accredited Professional and a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor. She is continually energized by the innovation and creativity in our community and is committed to helping Bellingham create spaces that transform, nourish, and reflect the beauty of our place.
Summer Meltdown Tiny House
About Summer Meltdown Tiny House
We have built a number of tiny houses, and a few of them are works of art. The tiny house movement is incredibly popular right now, and we would like to bring one to the festival. People are welcome to take tiny tours and ask questions about the building process. We are a nonprofit that builds tiny houses for people in need. We would like to share the downsizing movement with as many people as we can.
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Isaac Vicknair: Founder of Seattle Tiny House University, Science Night at the Palladium and Adult Summer Camp. Isaac is a multi-platform artist and builder currently working on Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Earthships.Max Black Grey Thea Grey Black Women��s Low Wolf Sneakers Top Air 030 NIKE EwPUvq4v
The Galaxacombs
About The Galaxacombs
The Galaxacombs are scaleable series of fiber optic hexagons that hold the power to captivate while you explore their wonder. The Galaxacombs encourage a hive of activity and inspire visitors to touch, play, and bask in the wonder of their dancing fiber optic light. The pods of each comb are filled with subtle light from 7 fiber optic fountains that are powered by a custom built inductive charging platform that transfers energy via an electromagnetic field. The same technology used in wireless charging stations allows each fountain of light to morph through the color spectrum while gently vibrating in unison with each neighboring display.
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Representing MIND at LARGE, Far Out Designs, Soular Society artists Reed Ferris, Tyler Webb, Will Hyde, & Zack Olson collaborate to bring you The Galaxacombs
Far Out Designs is an interactive arts studio based out of Seattle, WA that specializes in the design, production, and installation of sensory-rich, temporary environments and spaces. Using a combination of LED lighting, fiber optics, programmable microcomputers, reclaimed wood, metal, and other essential building materials, Far Out aims to connect people through art.
MIND at LARGE is an artist and DJ collective based out of Seattle, WA. The MIND team is a collaborative and fluid force that works together across a multitude of mediums and artistic outlets – everything from curating events to building large scale interactive spaces and installations, as well as supporting an exciting roster of DJs from the PNW. You may have seen their work displayed previously at Summer Meltdown (The Fractal Fountain, 2016) and other events throughout the West like What The Festival, Trail Mix, and Burning Man.
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About The Orbitron Ride
The Orbitron is a 3 ring steel object that holds 1 rider while their feet are buckled into snowboard bindings. The rider controls their own movements to some extent, and the operator can provide more swing or less as the rider requests. Riders will experience a core workout while trying to gain momentum within the 3 steel rings that move interdependently. This is a great experience for adults and children, but it is the children who line up to ride it over and over again. And the parents are ever so thankful that their kids have found something physically and mentally challenging at a festival. Hence, the kids play and so do the parents!
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The Orbitron Ride can be experienced by anyone from age 5 – 95 and under 350 lbs. The Orbitron was created by NASA to assist astronauts to experience the effects of zero gravity while creating a core workout. The Orbitron operators love sharing this experience and can accommodate every type of rider, over and over again as they please

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If you saw James Cameron's Avatar and thought "Hey now! That looks like a wise and wonderful way of existing in this world!" a Russian dreamer named Dmitry Itskov is the man you want to know. HIs "2045 Initiative" is modern, multi-billion dollar answer to the mortality. Or so he hopes it to be.
But bottom line: if technology existed that allowed for eternal life, would you use it?
I would not. But, hey, mine is but one opinion... and I'd love to her from the other side of the coin. [Tecca via Y!Tech]


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|Sure, the local lumberyard is fine for buying things like drywall and shingles -- but what if you want to put solar on your roof instead? In this segment, we'll hear about a new store for solar energy enthusiasts opening in Pennsylvania. The store, which will specialize in solar photovoltaic and solar thermal heating and hot water installations, will help businesses and homeowners design and install solar projects. Are green energy stores like this a growing trend? We'll talk about it.


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Mr. and Mrs. Errett Phillips, who have operated the Marion Pharmacy for the past 34 years, announce this week they have sold the business to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. McCartney of Eureka. The change of ownership and management was effective Jan. 1.
Tom Hett, well known local farmer/cattleman roped a large Golden Eagle the other day in Harold Hauser's pasture. Why the bird didn't fly, or couldn't, Tom didn't know. He says he will take the eagle home, feed him up, and see if they can teach him to fly.
Marion Marble and Granite Works, a widely known local monument firm, operated for many years by Jack Scott, has been leased, effective Jan. 1, to Walter Keazer and Jack Helmer.
Cynthia Ann Horst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Horst of Florence, is the first baby born at St. Luke Hospital this year. She was born Jan. 2 and will receive the various prizes offered by Marion merchants.
North Cedar Street residents up in the neighborhood of the new church say there are so many "little chuckle-holes" in the street that it gives them the hiccups when they drive on it.
Alice Faye Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ward, Marion, was one of 23 students at the Washington University School of Nursing in St. Louis, to receive the white cap of student nurses at the traditional "capping" ceremony.
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I started playing tennis about 1.5 yrs ago, right now roughly a 4.0 player who is looking for someone to hit with pretty much anyday of the week (morning or afternoon) in the Columbia, MD / Ellicott City area.
Send me a reply or email email@example.com if you're interested.
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Whatever training he's getting to become a "4.0"...he should teach it to all of us, LOL. Agreed on the fact that 4.0 is a pretty high level. For that amount of time he's play for, 3-3.5 sounds about right?
Hey guys, I'm definitely interested in getting out on the courts as well if anyone is interested. I live in Columbia, however I would say I am probably a 3-3.5 right now. I used to be very good however I have been out of the game for 2+ years so I will be pretty rusty the first couple of times out. I am available evenings and occasional weekend. Let me know if you are interested. 717-424-3081.
Hi, I am very interested in hitting some balls or play tennis competitively.
I am a 33 year old guy and my level is around 4.0.
I can play at the Howard county high school tennis court or Rockburn tennis court.
I prefer to play in the evening during weekdays or anytime in weekend
Please e-mail me at email@example.com
What times can you play?
I work in Columbia right next to the mall can hit evenings after 4.30. shoot me a text to 443 866 4373
I work in Linthicum but pass through Columbia/Ellicott City on my way home every day so I'd definitely be down to hit in the afternoons after 4:30. Havn't played in a while so am a bit rusty but used to play in college so I'm probably hitting at the high 3.5/low 4.0 level right now. hit me up if your interested
hey guys.. i live in Elkridge close to Columbia and Ellicott City.. anyone looking to play in the evenings around those areas? let me know.
Hi, Anyone wants to play at Rockburn Park in the evening and night time?
I am available only for the next two weeks (from now to 9/30).
I am a 4.0 player. Call me at 240-447-4514 if you are interesting.
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Bites & Stings
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Signs & Symptoms
Deer tick on scalp.
Self-care can be used for dog and cat bites that cause scratches on the skin and for insect bites that do not cause a severe allergic reaction. All human bites that break the skin should be checked by a doctor due to the high risk for infection. A series of rabies shots can prevent the spread of rabies to humans. The shots should begin soon after a bite from an infected animal. Antivenom can be given for poisonous snake bites at emergency medical facilities. It should be given within 4 hours of the bite.
For Stings
Self-care treats mild reactions to stings. A severe allergic reaction needs immediate care. Symptoms of a severe allergic reaction usually happen soon after or within an hour of the sting. Persons with a severe allergic reaction to a sting in the past should carry an emergency kit, prescribed by a doctor. A medical alert tag should be worn to let others know of the allergy. Persons who have had severe reactions to bee or wasp stings should ask their doctors about allergy shots.
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Berkeley cracks down on turning houses into mini-dorms
City taking on landlords who jam in extra students
It took four years and five moves, but Igor Akimenko, a UC Berkeley senior, finally found a decent place to live. He shares a converted living room with three other people, in an 11-bedroom house about a half-mile from campus.
His rent: $540 a month.
"I don't even know how many people are living here - 14? - but there's a lot of common space. It's decent," said Akimenko, who's majoring in molecular cell biology and psychology. "Finding a place when you don't have to worry about money is easy, but if you have a small budget, it can be very difficult."
As rents and housing prices in Berkeley soar to record highs, students are piling into increasingly crowded accommodations to keep costs low. But these buildings - former single-family homes remodeled into "mini-dorms," or homes with five or more bedrooms - have rankled neighbors for ushering in parking problems and noise.
Last week, the Berkeley City Council - which once had among the most student-friendly housing policies in the state - passed a law cracking down on any homes with five or more bedrooms. Under the new law, adding a fifth bedroom to a home will require an administrative use permit, and any further new bedrooms will require a public hearing.
More rules possible
The law applies to all homeowners in Berkeley residential neighborhoods, although some parcels within three or four blocks of campus would be exempt because they're already zoned for high-density housing. That allows the university or other property owners to build dorms in the future.
The law is mainly intended to prohibit single-family homes in residential neighborhoods from being gutted and remodeled into large living quarters, with more than a dozen or so occupants.
The planning commission is considering taking the crackdown a step further, requiring annual permits for landlords who rent to large numbers of students. Specific numbers have yet to be determined, but the commission is likely to take up the issue of tougher regulations on mini-dorms within the next few weeks, based on a referral by the City Council.
Quiet streets
Neighbors, especially in the student-heavy South Side area, said a mini-dorm crackdown is much needed to keep their streets quiet.
"Some of these places are a real problem. There's noise, parties, the police come, there's no manager on site, and the landlord is usually not nearby," said Karl Reeh, president of the Le Conte Neighborhood Association. "It really disrupts a residential community."
By Reeh's estimation, almost every block south of campus has some sort of mini-dorm that's cropped up in the past few years, when real estate prices began to rebound. The noise and parking problems are so severe, he said, that families are leaving Berkeley.
Two decades ago, Berkeley's housing climate was much different. Strict rent control laws kept housing inexpensive, if not always plentiful, for students, seniors and others with low incomes. But in the mid-1990s when the state nullified the toughest portions of Berkeley's rent laws - namely, vacancy control - students were suddenly faced with market-rate rents in one of the most expensive cities in the region.
These days, a two-bedroom apartment near campus can cost $3,000 a month. A 200-square-foot cottage was listed on Craigslist last week for $1,595. Home sales around campus often top $1 million.
The real estate boom reflects a changing city. Berkeley is now one of the more affluent cities in the Bay Area, with housing prices about 14 percent above the Bay Area average, according to 2010 U.S. Census Bureau. Incomes are up, as well, with the median family income topping $98,000 a year, compared to the Bay Area median of $90,220.
Student housing needed
And as UC Berkeley enrollment continues to inch upward, a campus housing crunch is all but inevitable, said City Councilman Kriss Worthington, who represents the South Side area.
"We need more housing close to campus," he said, noting that the new ordinance allows high-density housing immediately near UC Berkeley, although not in the rest of the city. "We should not make students settle for living in these little spaces. And it should not come at the expense of neighbors' quality of life."
Retaining middle-income families should be the city's priority, said Jacquelyn McCormick, president of the Claremont Elmwood Neighborhood Association and former mayoral candidate.
"These landlords screw the neighbors, screw the students, screw anyone who wants to come into Berkeley and make it their long-term residence," she said. "The university isn't building enough housing, so the community has to absorb it."
Jay Lakireddy does not quite see it that way. He recently purchased a three-bedroom, two-bath home on Benvenue Avenue and is turning it into an 11-bedroom, 4 1/2-bath home. He plans to charge about $800 per month per room, or about $10,000 a month for the whole house.
His project was approved before the city's new ordinance passed. Under the new law, existing mini-dorms would be exempt, although possibly subject to future restrictions on the number of occupants. "Berkeley needs more housing. If you don't provide housing, rents will go up even higher," he said. "This place is close to campus, it's clean, it's safe, it's nice. This is a good place for students to live."
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From the outside, the 113-year-old home looks like the average Berkeley Craftsman, with bay windows and a shingled peaked roof. But inside, it resembles a sleek, modern condo, with black granite kitchen counters, tile floors and closets affixed with floor-to-ceiling mirrors.
Travis Tagami, a recent UC Berkeley graduate who lives in a mini-dorm on Parker Street, said he's happy to pay $700 a month to share a room. It's a lot, but while he struggles with job-hunting and student loans, it's his best option, he said.
"The dorms were overcrowded, and every other place I looked at wanted a $3,000 deposit," he said. "This place has been fine. It doesn't feel crowded. ... I think places like this are a good alternative."
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2 Day Cooktown Explorer (Moderate 3* twin share)
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OPTIONAL ABORIGINAL ROCK ART TOUR WITH Nugal-warra Elder Willie Gordon. 7.45am -1.15pm
An early start today as you will be collected from your accommodation by Nugal-warra Elder, Willie Gordon for a half day Rainbow Serpent Tour. Willie has a great smile, an infectious laugh and will be taking you to visit the rock art sites on his traditional country outside Hope Vale Aboriginal Community. The Rainbow Serpent Tour takes you through a dramatic landscape to six rock art sites, including an Ancestral Birth Cave and the Reconciliation Cave. Wear comfortable covered walking shoes today as you'll be walking through Willie's country. After returning to Cooktown you are free to enjoy the reminder of the day at your leisure.
- Included in price:
- 4WD air-conditioned vehicle Friendly knowledgeable driver-guide One of Australia's most scenic coastal routes World Heritage Listed Daintree National Park Cable ferry across the Daintree River Morning Tea 4WD only Bloomfield Track Lunch at an Aussie Bush Pub Black Mountains Overnight Cooktown Outback of Far North Queensland
- Able to be purchased/hired:
- Entry into James Cook Museum not included Morning Tea and Lunch Day 1 included all other meals at your own expense
- What to bring:
- Hat, comfortable shoes, sunscreen, camera. No Suitcases allowed. Please bring a small overnight bag, to a maximum of 15kg per person.
- Fitness level required:
- Low
- Child policies:
- Child 4-14 years pays child rate when sharing with parents in existing bedding. Not suitable for children under 4 years.
- Departure points:
- Cairns, Queensland
Port Douglas, Queensland
Cape Tribulation, Queensland
Palm Cove, Queensland
Daintree, Queensland
Cairns Beaches, Queensland
Trinity Beach, Queensland
Yorkeys Knob, Queensland
- Departure time:
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- Departures Mondays and Thursdays Cairns 6.30am Northern Beaches 7.00am Port Douglas 8.00am
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Day 1 (L)
You will be collected by our air-conditioned (4WD) vehicle. Travel north along one of Australia's most scenic coastal routes towards the World Heritage Listed area – The Daintree Rainforest – Cape Tribulation. We will cross the Daintree River by cable Ferry. You will Journey through this spectacular example of Mother Nature, which contains the highest number of plant and animal species that are rare, or threatened by extinction. Your experienced guide will enlighten your journey with incredible stories and history. Continuing into the World Heritage National Park, we cross rivers and mountain ranges as we travel the famous 4wd-only Bloomfield Track. At the end of the track we stop for lunch at the acclaimed Lion's Den Hotel (EST 1875), North Queensland's oldest running bush pub. We continue to the unique geological oddity, which is Black Mountain, surrounded in mystery and spoken of in ancient Aboriginal legend, on arrival into Cooktown travel to the top of Grassy Hill, offering 360 degree views of the Coral Sea, Edeavour River and Cooktown. Transfer to your overnight accommodation.
Day 2
Today is free for you to explore Cooktown, or take the optional Aboriginal Rock Art tour with Nugal-warra Elder. There is much to see and do. Visit the World Class James Cook Museum, stroll along the shores of the Endeavour River. The main street has a charm and historical atmosphere, which still prevails. You can experience the unspoilt beauty of the area, which remains much the same as Cook knew it in 1770. Walking trails surround Cooktowns Heritage and scenic rim with most attractions within easy walking distance.
Late this afternoon we make our way back to Cairns through a diverse landscape which is the Outback of Far North Queensland.
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C'mon, admit it, we humans really are causing our own climate suicide. But so what?
We've got freedom of choice. And we love our cars. They need gas. And we're a bundle of mental contradictions. Is climate a "big issue?" Gallup polls say no. Only 24% of Americans think "climate change" is a big problem, near the bottom of 15 "national problems" polled. We'll worry about that later.
But aren't environmentalists warning it may already be "too late." So what? Blame Big Oil? No way, we love our wheels, big trucks, little Minis, Nascar, car pools, they're our soul. A billion cars on the planet. Need them. Maybe hate Big Oil. But need gas pumps.
Get it? Humans are unpredictably irrational. Besides, Big Oil's nine million jobs generates over $1 trillion in annual revenue. Even trusted Vanguard owns over $15 billion of ExxonMobil XOM, +0.40% across 170 funds and 20 million shareholders. Stop those pipelines? No way, Congress gives Big Oil $4 billion a year in free tax loopholes.
What's their big secret? It's human nature, programmed in our DNA, DNA, brains. You, me, all of us have a secret little "climate science denier" in our brains. Listen every time you fill up at the pump. Trips to work, kids' ball games, energy stock dividends. We just tune out the climate risks. At least until later. And, nobody stops us from exercising our rights, secretly, openly.
End of the human race? Why? 'You can't handle the truth!'
We're in denial, can't hear the 2,000 concerned scientists in Yokohama this week focusing on their U.N. International Panel on Climate Change's warnings there's a "95% certainty" humans cause global warming ... can't even powerful leaders like ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ex-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's new "Risky Business" early-warning system on the costly impact in businesses ... can't even hear Bill McKibben and his massive 350.org army of environmentalists warning it "may already be too late."
Too late for what? In "Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change," Clive Hamilton, an Australian Professor of Public Ethics, predicts the Earth will soon "enter a chaotic era lasting thousands of years. Whether human beings would still be a force on the planet, or even survive ... one thing seems certain: there will be far fewer of us." Still, today, 76% of Americans, about 235 million, say climate change global warming, the environment are not our nation's top priority. Denial is in our DNA.
What does worry Americans most? Topping Gallup's list are today's big pocketbook issues: The economy, deficits, unemployment, social security, jobs, federal power, health-care affordability. Climate later, much later.
End of world is a disaster, but till then. We'll have fun, get rich
Don't care? Tune out? Welcome to the human race. Basic psychology. Behavioral economics. Common sense. We're like that lovably CEO of a Wall Street bank in one of my favorite Robert Mankoff New Yorker cartoons. He's at the podium warning shareholders: "While the end-of-the-world scenario will be rife with unimaginable horrors, we believe that the pre-end period will be filled with unprecedented opportunities for profit."
Money in-or-out of our pockets today tops "saving the world." That can wait. Gallup knows. Here are my 10 "big issues" distracting the American mind from the long-term problems, like climate change, global warming, the environment:
1. Our public is apathetic — It's me-first, global warming tomorrow
Experts at Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute agree with Gallup, asking: "Peak Production From a Planet in Distress: Can We Keep It Up?" No. Our economy is "programmed to squeeze ever more resources from a planet in distress. A mixture of population growth, consumerism, greed, and short-term thinking by policymakers and business people seems to be inexorably driving human civilization toward a showdown with the planet's limits." But later will be too late. No time to prepare.
2. Our workers' big fear — the 'American Dream' is now a nightmare
Our brains are split: We want tomorrow's GDP to be like yesterday's, full of promise, hope, prosperity, the good ol' "American Dream."
Since 1776, we're believed in Adam Smith vision of a "Land of Prosperity." Powered by the Industrial Revolution. And our brains tell us, "Yes we can get back to those glory days!" With 3%-plus GDP rates. But now we're struggling. Economist Robert J. Gordon's warns "Is U.S. Economic Growth Over?" As inequality accelerates, the rich get richer, many question capitalism. Gordon sees America's GDP dropping below 1% by 2100.
3. Our out-of-control population — too many babies and old folks
Scientific American says global population growth is "the most overlooked and essential strategy for achieving long-term balance with the environment." Yet, by 2050 world population will explode from 7 billion to 10 billion. China's economy will be three times America's. Five years ago Bill Gates's "Billionaires Club" met: Buffett, Soros, Rockefeller, Oprah, Bloomberg and others. What's the world's biggest time bomb? Overpopulation, said billionaires. Jeremy Grantham says we can't feed 10 billion. Gates now says 8.3 billion people is the limit. Jeffery Sachs, head of Columbia's Earth Institute and adviser to UN Secretary General warns that five billion is too many.
4. Our religious taboos blind us to considering population limits
In "The Last Taboo," Mother Jones editor Julia Whitty hit the nail on the head: "What unites the Vatican, lefties, conservatives and scientists in a conspiracy of silence? Population." Unfortunately, these hot-button issues ignite powerful reactions from fundamentalists. So politicians go deaf, won't touch them. Nor will U.N.'s world leaders. By the time we wake up, it'll be too late to act.
5. We're addicted to numbers — GDP is a divine 'Invisible Hand'
Anthropologist Jared Diamond says public health advances have "increased life spans in the Third World. But life span is not a sufficient indicator ... about 80% of the world's population" still survive on a few dollars a day. Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz, author of "The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future": "There's less equality of opportunity in the U.S today than in almost any advanced industrial country." Since 2008, the top 1% has captured 93% of all income growth. We need to recapture the real spirit of Adam Smith's "Theory on Moral Sentiments", add it back into America's economic equation and database.
6. We believe economists — their bizarre 'myth of perpetual growth'
Our civilization is at a crossroads, facing an ultimate no-win scenario. And yet, the "myth of perpetual growth" is blindly accepted to support GDP assumptions, economic expansion, the population explosion. It's also wasting the planet's non-renewable natural resources, will eventually destroy Earth. We're damned if we grow. Damned if we don't. Traditional economists work for organizations with short-term views. All our brains are convinced: If we can't grow this quarter, long-term is irrelevant. The opposite's true. Our mind's mythology has trapped us in a suicidal run.
7. We think Big Oil has a public conscience — we're in massive denial
The world has "1.4 trillion barrels of oil, enough to last at least 200 years," says Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue, quoting Big Oil stats ... "2.7 quadrillion cubic feet of natural gas, enough to last 120 years ... 486 billion tons of coal, enough to last more than 450 years." Yes, 200 years of oil. Too bad it'll kill us in 50 years says environmentalist Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone. How? We may have "five times as much oil and coal and gas on the books as climate scientists think is safe to burn." Suicide in 50 years.
8. We forget too much — how climate-science deniers get rich
Even ExxonMobil's $40 million-a-year CEO Rex Tillerson admits climate change is real. But just an "engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution." We'll "adapt to a sea-level rise," humans "spent our entire existence adapting." Even with the U.N.'s 2,000 climate scientists 95% certainty that climate change could wipe civilization off the planet, like the dinosaurs, we forget why Big Oil is the world's biggest climate science denier, and gets $4 billion annually in tax subsidies, fights all regulations, invests over $35 billion annually in exploration, spends millions buying votes of politicians.
9. We ignore facts — like the planet can't feed 10 billion people
Jeremy Grantham, whose GMO firm manages $100 billion, looks ahead to 2050, warns of an "inevitable mismatch between finite resources and exponential population growth" with a "bubble-like explosion of prices for raw materials," and commodity shortages that are becoming a huge "threat to the long-term viability of our species when we reach a population level of 10 billion." Bottom line, it's "impossible to feed the 10 billion people."
10. We have too much faith in technology — can't solve future problems
Our "faith in the future is based on an unsubstantiated track record that technology has lead us out of past problems and will solve today's problems without creating new ones," says Jared Diamond. But "actual experience is the opposite." In Gordon's provocative paper predicting decline of growth we learn that not only will America's GDP dropping under 1% by 2100, Gordon also says that new innovations, technologies will never match the rate of GDP since the Industrial Revolution, Silicon Valley's optimism won't reverse the decline.
Too much realism today? Please comment: do you agree with Gallup pollsters? Why?
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House of Commons
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Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 11th March 2013
HANCOCK, Matthew (West Suffolk)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: Neil Record
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 in support of my parliamentary work and travel costs in my capacity as an MP
Date of receipt: 28 November 2012
Date of acceptance: 28 November 2012
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 December 2012 )
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £160 from Institute of Arts and Ideas for expenses incurred for making a speech at Hay HowTheLightGetsIn Festival on 9 June 2012. Hours: 3 hrs. Address: 375 City Road, London EC1V 1NB. (Registered 11 July 2012)
Payment of £2,000 from Redburn Partners LLP, 75 King William Street, London EC4N 7BE, for speaking at the Redburn Banking Recovery Conference. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 August 2012)
Payment of £250 from Daily Mail, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, for an article. Address of payer: A&N Media Finance Service, PO Box 6795, St George Street, Leicester LE1 1ZP. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 21 August 2012)
Payment of £2,761.39 received during the period 1 August 2011 to 28 September 2012 for sales of book (which I co authored). Publisher: Biteback Publishing, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP . Hours: impossible to estimate accurately. (Registered 28 September 2012)


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Things fall apart: One flutter, lots of waves
The title and Chaos Theory are both explained by the opening title card in The Butterfly Effect. It informs us the flapping of a butterfly's wings sets in motion a chain of events that can ultimately cause a typhoon on the other side of the world. Or something like that. It sounds a little like Reagan's Trickle-down Theory, but that's another story.
What follows illustrates the theory in ways filmmakers Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber may not have intended. The more chaotic things become, the more difficult it is for the audience to take them seriously, so when things should be reaching a fever pitch of excitement, there's a lot of unwarranted snickering going on in the peanut gallery.
Perhaps the problem is that the story, while highly original in some respects, bears an unfortunate resemblance to Groundhog Day in others. Like Pavlov's dog, which gets a mention here to weed out non-intellectuals in the audience, we've been conditioned by Bill Murray to laugh whenever someone relives a portion of their life in an effort to get it right.
That's what Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) does in The Butterfly Effect. Let me say right off that if no other films are released this year Kutcher has a shot at an Oscar nomination. While his attempt at serious drama isn't embarrassing, he doesn't have the authority to keep us straight-faced when things start to fall apart.
Except for a brief opening scene to set up the flashbacks, Kutcher doesn't appear for quite some time as we revisit some traumatic experiences in his childhood. These are moments he's blocked from his memory, but thanks to the advice of a psychiatrist when he was seven, he's recorded the events surrounding them in a series of journals. The same therapist hypnotizes the boy with his mother in the room– most unprofessional.
The unremembered traumas involve a drawing he made in school, a video made by a friend's father, a meeting with his own father, an explosion, and the killing of a dog. These situations ultimately lead to tragic consequences for Kayleigh (Amy Smart), young Evan's first love in a match that aroused the jealousy of her psycho brother, Tommy (William Lee Scott).
Evan finds a way to go back in his mind and change earlier events with the hope that the net result will be different. It is different, but it's not better. As he puts it, "Every time I try to help someone, everything turns to shit."
Each reshaping of the past changes how everyone else turns out. The other actors have fun playing broad variations of the same characters, but Kutcher changes nothing but his clothes as his circumstances alter. It can be argued that the script eventually accounts for this, but the limitations of Kutcher's acting ability make an equally viable explanation.
The childhood scenes are disturbingly effective in the early part of the film and later, as some details are filled in. Evan is played at 13 by Jason Patrick Amedori and at seven by Logan Lerman, Kayleigh by Irene Gorovaia and Sarah Widdows, Tommy by Jesse James and Cameron Bright, and their friend Lenny (Elden Henson as an adult) by Kevin Schmidt and Jake Caese.
It's the things that happen to the adult Evan, from fraternity life to a prison term, that don't have the impact they should, especially after they begin to seem silly. A climactic revelation falls particularly flat, and the hero immediately finds a loophole of sorts to circumvent it.
I suppose the best thing you can say for The Butterfly Effect is that no butterflies were harmed in the making of the picture.


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The protection of the Mediterranean in the COP15
IUCN has recently participated in the recent meeting held in Almeria, and is very pleased with the progress made at this Meeting of the Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention. Through several projects related to Marine Protected Areas, marine biodiversity and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean, the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation is currently working to achieve an improvement in the management of natural resources in the region, through projects for the development of a comprehensive and representative network of the marine protected areas and the elaboration of red lists of species threatened with extinction, among others.
Today, less than 0.5% of the Mediterranean Sea is under some kind of protection, which is 4% if the Pelagos sanctuary is included, in contrast with the objectives set by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) set at 10% by 2012.
Margarita Astrálaga, Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, said: "We must congratulate governments for the efforts they have made so far to fulfil the objectives of Johannesburg to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010, although we are still far from achieving our goal". The new Integrated Coastal Zone Management protocol of the Barcelona Convention, signed on January 21st in Madrid, is a new legal instrument at regional level, which includes the protection of the first 100 m of the Mediterranean coast - almost 46,000 km in total - as a measure to help combat climate change and other risks for the shores resulting from their governance and policies.
In this framework, it is important to highlight the 1st Conference of the Mediterranean Protected Areas Network, held last October in Port-Cros National Park. This meeting gathered 110 experts in collaboration with IUCN, WWF, the Regional Activity Centre for Special Protected Areas, the network of Mediterranean marine protected area managers – MedPAN, the Port-Cros National Park and the ACCOBAMS agreement (1).
The Declaration of Almeria emerging from this meeting amongst Mediterranean ministries and organisations, should give a new impetus to all stakeholders and partners in the region, encouraging its implementation as soon as possible. The Declaration of Almería also establishes the need to promote the use of renewable energies and includes an analysis of the impact and risks of activities such as carbon dioxide issues in Mediterranean submarine geological structures. It also urges member countries to take effective measures to adapt to the effects of the predictable increase of sea levels and other impacts from global warming.
IUCN continues cooperating with the Secretariat of the Barcelona Convention and the regional centres, especially on issues related to marine protected areas and the conservation of biodiversity, the assessment of ecosystem goods and services, the evaluation of biological biodiversity and red listing, the promotion of the use of sustainable energy and adaptation to climate change in the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean countries have agreed to hold the next Meeting of the Contracting Parties in Marrakech in 2009.
For further information:
Almería Declaration:
ES: http://www.cop15map.com/docs/es/IG_17.10%20Almeria%20Declaracion_sp.doc
EN: http://www.cop15map.com/docs/en/Annex%20III%20Almeria%20Declaration.doc
(1) Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area


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Scott S. Lloyd to John P. Crumpler, 1229 Clover Ridge Place, Highlands at Mechum's River, $221,000.
Gary H. Marks to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., two condominium units in Claremont at Carriage Hill, $328,600.
Thomas M. Kullman to Kris E. Judkins, 2941 Brookmere Road, Woodbrook, $314,800.
Kristopher J. Galione to Hunter K. Lynn, 1740 Goldentree Place, $303,800.
North Pantops Townhouses LLC to NVR Inc., condominium units at the Pavilions at Pantops, 172 S. Pantops Drive, $693,800.
Household Realty Corp. of Virginia to Robert W. McGurn, 941 Warwick Court, Stonehenge, $147,200.
Hauser Homes LLC to Steven B. Cohen, 0.141 acres at 818 Belvedere Boulevard, Belvedere, $470,000.
Agnes S. Huff to 14th Street LLC, 18.12 acres, $537,000.
Leland R. Harper to Bankunited, 1052 Glenwood Station Lane, Glenwood Station, $218,800.
Mark R. Triplett to Commonwealth of Virginia, 0.096 acres, $22,240.
Barbara Ann Booker to Raymond G. Hawkins, 5.33 acres at 895 Gimbert Lane, Scottsville, $89,789.
Lori Jones, trustee, to Robert Edward McConchie, 3.5 acres at 2662 Rio Mills Road, gift.
David J. Trickey to Kevin P. Murray, 928 Rutledge Lane, Earlysville, $900,000.
Barbara G.McMurry to John M. McMurry, 22.701 acres at 3600 Brinnington Road, gift.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Mark R. Myers, 5231 Park Ridge Court, Western Ridge, Crozet, $571,013.
North Pantops Townhouses LLC to Southern Property LLC, 170 South Pantops Drive, Pavilions at Pantops, $85,000.
Tribal Properties LLC to NVR Inc., 137 Abington Place, $631,400.
Ida Pinkerton Hoare, trustee, to A. Ward Sims, trustee, 44 acres on State Route, 717, gift.
Donald O. Manning, ex., to Theodore S. Thomas, 11.86 acres at 2449 Dudley Mountain Road, North Garden, $399,700.
Frank L. Leite to Daniel and Geraldine O'Neill, 4.12 acres at 3675 Brinnington Road, Brinnington subdivision, $995,000.
Khizr M. Khan to Shaharyar M. Khan, 500 David Road, $571,400.
Patrick S. Ryanball to Bret LLC, parcel in Camellia Garden, $169,500.
Fannie Mae to Gary C. Palmer, 154 Brookwood Drive, Barracks West condominiums, $94,900.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Association, condominium unit at Parkside at Eagle's Landing, $252,312.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Association, condominium unit at Glenwood Station, 201 Glenwood Station Lane, $249,307.
Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Federal National Mortgage Association, condominium unit at the Villas at Southern Ridge, $148,426.
Thomas M. Cruz to Michael T. Gage, 2402 Pendower Lane, Glenmore, Keswick, $620,300.
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Mercer Cluster Archive
- Coverage Dates: 1920-1970
- Audience: General, student, research
The Mercer Cluster Archive is an online database of Mercer University's school newspaper that provides access to over fifty years of the publication ranging from 1920 to 1970. Consisting of over 5,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date. The images were scanned from microfilm held by the Mercer University Libraries' Special Collections.
Mercer University was established as a private Baptist-affiliated school in 1833 in Penfield, Georgia where students were trained in manual and agricultural labor. In 1877, the school moved from Penfield to Macon, where it remains to this day. The Mercer Cluster began weekly publication as the university's first student newspaper in 1920. The paper is named for school founder Jesse Mercer's hymnal titled Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns, and Sacred Poems. Throughout the mid-twentieth century, the newspaper covered stories and editorials about campus events, sports, sororities and fraternities, local issues, religious affairs, and club activities. The new Mercer Cluster Archive will allow users to explore twentieth century student life at Mercer University from the convenience of their computer.
The Mercer Cluster Archive is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia, a GALILEO initiative that shares Georgia's history and culture online. Digitization is made possible by the Mercer University Libraries.
Other newspaper archives available through the Digital Library of Georgia include the Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive (1847-1922), the South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive (1845-1922), the Macon Telegraph Archive (1826-1908), the Columbus Enquirer Archive (1828-1890), the Athens Historic Newspapers Archive (1827-1928), the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive (1808-1920), the Southern Israelite Archive (1929-1986), and the Red and Black Archive (1893-2006). These archives can be accessed at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html
- Database Provider: Digital Library of Georgia
Express Link (bookmark): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=mern


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How to find stock price quotes and related company information
Current Stock Price Quotes
Our investing databases, Morningstar, Valueline and Weiss Ratings have excellent current stock investor information, including analysis and stock quotes, as well as mutual fund analysis and recommendations. There are also a number of sources for current stock price quotes are on the Internet.
Historical Stock Price Quotes
Print Sources
- Daily Stock Price Record published by Standard & Poor's is available in bound volumes at the Main Library. It contains daily price information:
- New York Stock Exchange - 1961 to the present
- American Stock Exchange - 1962 to the present
- NASDAQ (formerly Over-the-Counter) - 1968 to the present
- Wall Street Journal on microfilm back to July 1889 is available at the Main Library.
- San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner are also available on microfilm back to 1865 in the Main Library.
- National Stock Summary, 1971 to present, is good source for thinly traded and smaller public companies.
Researching Older Companies and Their Stock
What if you can't find a company listed in current sources? Maybe the company has merged with or been taken over by another company; or maybe its name has changed. Perhaps it is no longer in business. The sources below will help you with your research.
Online Resources
Check a current periodical or newspaper index such as InfoTrac or Proquest to see if there is any mention of your company. Also try our company information databases such as Mergent and Business & Company Resource Center, both of which have history tabs with details about a company's development over time.
Print Sources
- Mergent's Industrial Manual (formerly Moody's) is an excellent source of company history information. Editions from 1909 to the present. Microfiche editions are available at the Business Reference Desk.
- Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions includes a complete corporate history of public companies.
- Capital Changes Reporter (formerly Capital Adjustments) An excellent source for name changes, splits, consolidations, mergers, etc. Always remember to consult the "New Matters" section for the very latest information.
- Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable and Worthless Securities Editions from 1938-1975.
- Marvyn Scudder Manual of Extinct or Obsolete Companies Editions from 1926-1934.
- Directory of Obsolete Securities Editions from 1976-1992.
- Walker's Manual of Pacific Coast Securities A good source of Information on Western Companies. Editions from 1909-1995.


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Bear with me for a moment: This may be just a tiny bit confusing. Lomography, a company best known for resurrecting cheap, toylike film cameras of the past, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to revive a 19th-century lens for use with 20th-century analog cameras and 21st-century digital ones.
The lens in question is known as the Petzval, and it was invented in 1840 by Joseph Petzval, a professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna. Lomography's prototype modern Petzval looks a little less like some sort of brass kerosene lamp accessory than the original, but it's still nothing like any other lens I've ever seen.
The company says it's the perfect portrait lens — its optics produce a vignetting effect that leaves your subject in focus, surrounded by a pleasingly blurry background. The Kickstarter page includes some sample photos, taken with both vintage Petzvals and its new one. They do, indeed, look beautiful.
Lomography's Petzval works with Canon and Nikon SLRs, and the company plans to build it in Russia. It launched its campaign this morning with a goal of $100,000 and has already passed $300,000; you have to back the project for at least $400 to get a lens. I'm only supporting it in spirit, but isn't it cool that a guy who died in 1891 managed to design something that 21-century digital photographers look at as an exciting new innovation?


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Find more public land hunting in Port Arthur and Pineywoods
Just before the duck season began, I talked with Jim Sutherlin, Upper Coast Wetland Ecosystem project leader, at the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area in Port Arthur. Thanks to the drought, he wasn't too sure how good the public duck hunts were going to be at this Southeast Texas hotspot. His thinking was that the ducks would get here but leave in short order due to an acute lack of food. Come to find out, big time numbers of birds are here, and duck hunts at the J.D. Murphree WMA and the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, just west of Sabine, are excellent.
Those hunts are on public lands, as are many deer and hog hunts in East Texas. In fact, for hunters who do not have access to privately-owned land, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is providing low cost access to nearly a million acres of department-managed lands for hunting, including most wildlife management areas, some state parks and many leased properties under the Annual Public Hunting permit program.
The Annual Public Hunting Permit is a $48 permit, valid from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31 of the following year. The permit allows an adult access to designated public hunting lands in the TPWD public hunting lands program. Hunting is allowed during legal hunting seasons for squirrel, rabbits, whitetail deer, feral hogs, spring eastern turkey, predators, furbearers, and fish without having to pay daily permit fees and, in most instances, without having to be selected in a drawing.
"The North and South zone duck season re-opened Dec. 10, and while TPWD WMAs have strong hunter numbers taking advantage of hunting on weekend hunt dates, the weekday hunt dates leave plenty of available hunting areas and quality hunting for those hunters who might have hunting time during the week," said Steve Lightfoot with TPWD.
When it comes to duck hunting, plenty of hunters here in Southeast and East Texas take part in hunts on public lands. Sutherlin says duck hunting is quite good on public hunting lands and reservoirs where fresher water conditions and waterfowl food resources can still be found.
"Puddle ducks prefer shallow water, and we have an abundance (record numbers of several species) of ducks on the continent this year," said Sutherlin. "Specifically, check out the duck hunts on the Big Hill Unit of the J.D. Murphree WMA where the hunter daily duck bag was close to 4 birds per man per day during the first waterfowl season split."
Lightfoot says duck hunting isn't the only game in town.
He points out that there is still plenty of hog hunting to be found. According to survey results from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service 74 percent of Texas' 254 counties contain feral hog populations and there is a good chance TPWD offers hog hunting opportunities in those counties on public hunting lands. Some of the best public land hog hunts are right here in the Pineywoods.
"Right now is as good a time as any to hit the woods hard for ol' pig sooie," said Bill Adams, Pineywoods Ecosystem Project Leader. "In East Texas there are several WMAs that offer year-round hog hunting, but staff recommend keying in on those areas associated with rivers such as Alabama Creek, Alazan Bayou, Angelina Neches/Dam B, North Toledo Bend, and Blue Elbow Swamp Wildlife Management Areas. "
Along with the appropriate Texas hunting licenses and stamps, permit holders may take youth under age 17 hunting free of charge on these public hunting lands. Youth hunting on departmental public hunting lands must be accompanied by a supervising adult 18 years of age or older who possesses the required Annual Public Hunting Permit, a valid hunting license and any required stamps and permits.
"A new online map feature allows for virtual scouting of public hunting areas," said Lightfoot. "By clicking on the locator points, you can follow links to detailed aerial maps with highlighted boundaries and links to information pages from the APH information map booklet. A downloadable Google Earth file (.kml) is also available that contains all the boundary information along with links to the corresponding APH map booklet pages."
Permits are available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online through the TPWD Web site (tpwd.state.tx.us) or by calling (800) TX-LIC-4U and paying by major credit card. There is a $5 convenience fee for online and phone purchases. If the permit is purchased at a TPWD office, the public hunting lands map booklet and supplement will be provided immediately at the time of purchase; otherwise, the publications will be mailed to the purchaser within two weeks of purchase.
Robert Sloan can be reached by e-mail at sloan288 [at] aol [dot] com.


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Review: 'Under the Dome' returns Stephen King to prime time
Apparently one bizarre summer social experiment wasn't enough for CBS.
The network, for years, has been home to "Big Brother," a reality series that crams a group of people under one roof, then watches bad things happen to them.
Now comes "Under the Dome," a crazy sci-fi saga from Stephen King that traps an entire town beneath an impenetrable bubble and chronicles the bad things that happen to them.
You can decide which is the more outlandish -- and terrifying.
Silly comparisons aside, "Under the Dome" represents a significant seasonal programming departure. During the summer, the broadcast networks tend to hibernate, mainly offering reruns and low-rent reality fare.
But "Dome," a 13-episode adaptation of King's mammoth 2009 best-seller, is big and buzzy "event" TV, designed to seize your attention and pin you to the couch. Based on its fast-paced and very creepy first hour, it has a great chance to do just that.
Our setting is Chester's Mill, a seemingly sleepy New England village, where nothing out of the ordinary usually happens -- unless you consider the shady drifter (Mike Vogel) who is burying a dead body out in the woods, or the power-hungry councilman (Dean Norris) who has been stockpiling massive amounts of propane for some unknown reason.
Then one day, out of the blue, a huge transparent force field inexplicably descends from the sky, slicing houses, buildings, and one very unlucky cow in half.
Planes, cars and birds crash into it. Everyone completely freaks out.
Naturally, questions abound: Is this an act of God? Terrorists? Is it some kind of demented government experiment? All anyone knows at the start is that the dome can't be breached -- and that if you touch it, you get a significant zap, which can be hell on pacemakers.
"It's like we're stuck in a giant fish bowl," a perplexed resident observes.
In the years since "Lost," television has had plenty of these high-concept survival sagas that focus on how people react to sudden, cataclysmic happenings. Think: "The Walking Dead," "Falling Skies" and "Revolution." The best ones are able to take a seemingly ludicrous premise and ground it in compelling personal stories.
For the most part, "Under the Dome" accomplishes this. You immediately want to know why that drifter was digging a grave in the middle of nowhere, or what the megalomaniacal councilman has up his sleeve. On other fronts, you fear for newspaper editor Julia Shumway (Rachelle Lefevre), whose husband, a doctor, is nowhere to be found. And you wonder what will become of the young diabetic (Samantha Mathis) who just happened to be passing through this "Twilight Zone" of a town when the mysterious dome dropped.
Monday's tension-filled opener quickly puts these storylines, and others, into play -- sometimes too quickly and awkwardly. While "Under the Dome" succeeds in generating plenty of thrills and chills, it doesn't come close to matching the pilots of "Lost" or "The Walking Dead" in terms of overall tone and creative brilliance.
Still, the first hour delivers lots of popcorn thrills. And over coming episodes, you just know the town's resources will dwindle, anxieties will increase, alliances will be formed and dark secrets will be revealed.
Of course, the series has a long ways to go. We've seen plenty of these high-concept TV conceits start well and then sadly unravel. For now, though, there's no place like "Dome."
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Bulgaria/Italy and the Netherlands/Belgium to host next European Championships
The Netherlands and Belgium will host the 2015 CEV Women's Volleyball European Championship. The competition will be held at state-of-the-art facilities in Rotterdam (venue of the finals), Apeldoorn, Almere and Antwerp. With a long tradition in volleyball, experience hosting major events and the support of local authorities, these countries promise to create a volleyball festival atmosphere. With Belgium having already hosted the preliminary rounds of the Championships in 2007, the Netherlands will host the European Championship for a second time since 1995. As the ultimate goal is to make volleyball more popular among youngsters, special campaigns to encourage the sport in schools and colleges will begin in 2014. A volleyball festival will also be organised around the European Championship.
The organisers of the 2014 CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship were also announced. Finland and Estonia will host the women's competition with the finals played in Tartu, Estonia. The city has modern facilities and the men's university volleyball team have been national champion several times. Tampere, Finland – a city with a long tradition in volleyball including World League matches and the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival – will host the second preliminary pool.
The men's Championship will be co-hosted by the city of Brno in the Czech Republic and Nitra in neighbouring Slovakia. Brno – a familiar location for Europe's volleyball family as it hosted the Under-18 Beach Volleyball European Championships this past summer – will host the final stage of the competition.
The 2015 CEV Girls' Youth Volleyball European Championship will be held in Varna and Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The multifunctional arena in Varna will be completely renovated to allow for a capacity of 7,000 seats by late 2014. The second preliminary pool will be hosted in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city.
The Boys' Championship is set to take place in Ankara, Turkey, which has hosted many international events in the past. The main goal of the Turkish Volleyball Federation is to develop men's volleyball in order to mirror the success of the women's national teams in all age groups.


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I like this book because I like Babe Ruth and I like history about Babe Ruth. My favorite part of this is when Babe Ruth becomes a famous baseball player. He played of his career for the New York Yankees. This book reminded me of my desire to become a Major League Baseball player. I hope I achieve this goal in my life.
I think kids should read this book because it is good to read about history. I recommend this book to kid's age 7-9 years old and to people who enjoy biography books and learning information about the great Babe Ruth. This book has 47 pages.


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PHP-Nuke is a free tool for managing the content of a dynamic website. As one of the most popular applications on the Internet, PHP-Nuke has grown into a complex, powerful tool with an extraordinary range of features, and a loyal community of supporters. Through a web-based interface, users can edit and manage their site without the need for knowledge of web programming. PHP-Nuke is ideal for running a community-driven website, where visitors create accounts, comment and interact with the site, and contribute material in an easily managed fashion. PHP-Nuke has many of the features you would want from a website such as news stories, ratings, comments, discussion forums, and its look can be easily controlled with the use of themes.
If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured website in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore PHP-Nuke, putting you in the picture of what it offers, and how to go about realizing this.
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text: In an earlier post, I drew attention to the anti-vax hero Andrew Wakefield. Today's Austin American Statesman reported that Wakefield has left his executive director position at the Austin-based Thoughtful House Center for Children that he helped found. It's possible that they can rehabilitate their reputation without him. Late last month, Wakefield was found "irresponsible" by the British General Medical Council for performing unnecessary invasive tests on children. He also "flouted the rules in pursuit of his theory – and profit". A hearing in April will determine whether he is guilty of misconduct. If he is found guilty, he could be stripped of his medical license.


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March 27, 2011
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- The UCSB team was split between three different meets this past weekend across the state but all bringing home some big wins. At the Cal/Nevada Championships held at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday and Sunday, UCSB came in third overall with 88 points for the men's side and fifth overall with 78 points for the women's side.
In the jumps, Max Villalba reached a height of 6'8.75" in the high jump to tie for third and Mitchell Haag reached a height of 6'6.75" to tie for fourth. Mike Larocca jumped 6'2.75" to tie for eighth. In the men's pole vault, Taylor Duncan earned eighth place for his height of 15'5".
In the women's long jump, Tayler Williams finished 11th with a mark of 18'0.25" and Veronica Gines jumping 17'5.25". Chris Brooks earned 13th in the men's long jump with a mark of 21'8.25". Karlon Johnson placed ninth in the men's triple jump at a distance of 46'2.75". Williams and Symone Evans participated in the triple jump with marks of 37'9.25" and 36'1.25" respectively.
In the throws, Jean Lightfoot earned third with her mark of 47'9.75" in the shot put while Alex Francis's farthest throw was 40'5". In men's discus, Julian Samson took fourth by throwing 168'10" while Josh Scherer finished ninth with his throw of 154'8". Kathleen Guzman participated in the women's discus and threw 131'3".
Adam Shigem earned seventh overall in the men's hammer throw and throwing 178'2" while Julian Samson also competed in the hammer, tossing 162'4". On the women's side, Alex Francis threw 160'5" for seventh place and Alyssa Manning threw 129'11. Grace Esslinger represented the Gaucho's in the javelin throw and placed ninth overall with her farthest mark measuring 125'2". In the sprints, Beidi Beer placed seventh in the men's 100m dash in 10.73 but ran 10.55 in the preliminaries which gives him the fastest time in the 100m for the Big West conference this season. Snita Ashford finished in ninth place for the women in a time of 12.23 while Kelsey Bolden ran 12.12 in the preliminaries. Jacob Vowels ran 22.06 in the men's 200m during the preliminary round to place 11th overall. In the men's 400m, James Martin ran 48.74 for seventh overall and Winton Nguyen came in ninth with a time of 49.92. Jessica Johnson placed fourth for the women in a time of 55.94.
Ryan Martin ran 1:47.93 for second place in the 800m run while Greg Dotson came in at 1:52.87 for sixth and Rusty Parker following close behind in 1:53.30 for seventh. Justine Diaz won the women's 800m run in 2:10.07 and currently holds the fastest time in the Big West conference. Sarah Vitug finished in seventh at 2:13.9. Tyler Brady ran 4:02.23 for 17th place in the men's 1500m run. For the women, Callie Mulgannon earned third with a time of 4:39.19 and Cassie coming in at 4:41.49 for fourth.
Juan Paredes finished strong in the 5,000m run in 14:39.07 and good for second place. Michael Wysocki blazed through the finish line with a time of 31:27.10 in the 10,000m run to win the race. Megan Petkovic came in sixth for the women in 37:55.48 and Christine Cooperstein ran 38:16.60.
Sean Johnson ran the 110m hurdles in 15.06 and Symone Evans ran the 100m hurdles in 15.35. André Piñon placed fifth overall in the 400m hurdles in 52.77 and Alvin Go finished 10th in 54.40. In the women's 400m hurdles, Aislynn Mueller clocked in 1:03.34 and Emily Gordon finished in 1:04.04. Jordan Scott ran 47.98 to place third in the men's 400m dash and earning him a spot on the Gauchos all-time 400m list.
Anthony Masci took home third in the 3000m steeplechase in 9:21.81 and Andrew Salinas clocked in 9:45.54. Andrea Jacobs finished strong in the steeplechase with a time of 10:51.70 and Ari Selix finished third in 11.25.32.
The relay team composed of Beer, Vowels, Walker and Harvey finished eighth in the men's 4x100m event in 42.49. The women's 4x100m team placed 10th with a time of 48.35. The women's 4x400m team composed of Rodriguez, Diaz, Carey and Johnson ran 3:48.18 to earn fourth
The Gauchos will return to the track on April 1-2 at the Cal Poly Invitational held in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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