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Noah Ginsberg
ACORE Statement on Newly Announced Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program announced an important solicitation, making available $4 billion in loan guarantee funding to leverage private sector investment in emerging technologies that will support the scale up of the U.S. renewable energy market. Todd Foley, ACORE's Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Relations stated that, "Wind, solar, hydro, waste-to-energy, biomass and other renewable energy technologies have proved themselves in the marketplace and this solicitation will help further drive commercialization of complementary grid integration, storage, energy efficiency and other technologies which can support even greater renewable energy deployment. DOE made sure to listen to private industry for this solicitation and as a result we see that application fees have been significantly reduced and DOE remains open to considering other good ideas that advance lower carbon clean energy solutions."
The DOE Loan Guarantee Program was established by Congress in 2005 with bipartisan support. Foley added, "Those on both sides of the aisle have recognized that government has an important role to play in helping fill market gaps, in this case, helping address the finance "Valley of Death" where emerging technologies proven in the lab or even in the pilot phase have trouble securing private sector financing because they haven't yet reached commercial scale." The DOE Loan Guarantee Program was enacted to address this market issue.
About ACORE:
ACORE, a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization, is dedicated to building a secure and prosperous America with clean, renewable energy. ACORE seeks to advance renewable energy through finance, policy, technology, and market development and is concentrating its member focus in 2013 on National Defense & Security, Power Generation & Infrastructure, and Transportation. Additional information is available at www.acore.org.
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A Q&A with Bob Cleaves, President & CEO, Biomass Power Association
In December ACORE released its new report titled "Renewable Energy In the 50 States: Northeast Region." The report provides a detailed market and policy overview of states located in the Northeast region of the United States. During that time, I had the opportunity to talk about renewable energy in the Northeast with five ACORE members including Bob Cleaves, President and CEO of Portland, Maine-based Biomass Power Association.
A Q&A with Steve Morgan, CEO of American Clean Energy
Earlier this month ACORE released its new report titled "Renewable Energy In the 50 States: Northeast Region." The report provides a detailed market and policy overview of states located in the Northeast region of the United States. ACORE was lucky enough to have a select group of its members participate in a December 3rd press conference surrounding the release of the report. During that time, I had the opportunity to talk about renewable energy with five ACORE members including Steve Morgan, CEO of American Clean Energy.
A Q&A with Tony Clifford, CEO of Standard Solar
ACORE recently released its new report titled "Renewable Energy In the 50 States: Northeast Region." The report provides a detailed market and policy overview of states located in the Northeast region of the United States. ACORE was lucky enough to have a select group of its members participate in a December 3rd press conference surrounding the release of the report. During that time, I had the opportunity to talk about renewable energy with five ACORE members including CEO of Standard Solar, Tony Clifford.
Renewable Energy: A Critical Investment For Our Military
Dave Belote 11/13/13
Ensuring our military prioritizes how it spends its money is an admirable goal. However, an article that appeared in the Washington Times last week written by Cheryl Chumley's (Pentagon pushes 680 green projects, despite money woes, 11/6) misses several key points that explain why the Department of Defense views renewable energy and energy efficiency as warfighting priorities. Besides the fact that our military is vulnerable to the price volatility of overseas energy sources, the number of American lives lost protecting fuel convoys in Iraq and Afghanistan numbers is well above 3,000. This is a cost that obviously cannot be calculated.
Big "Trick" on Tesla from the Washington Times
Safety is arguably the most important thing when you are driving on the road. So it wouldn't be a surprise that safety-conscious drivers would want their car to a have top crash-score rating – preferably a 5-star safety rating. And you surely do not want your car to simultaneously burst into flames, unless you are a Boston Red Sox fan rioting after your team wins the World Series. But a recent editorial from the Washington Times pointing to a Tesla Model S fire on October 3rd makes it seem that Tesla drivers -- or drivers of any type of electric vehicle (EV) are taking huge risks, driving dangerous, killing machines.
Innovation vs. Deployment: A Controversy Where There Is None
Yesterday the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a new study titled "Challenging the Clean Energy Deployment Consensus" and hosted a discussion on the topic. The study and panelists rightfully support more investment in energy innovation, but claim that proponents of renewable energy deployment policies, which they call "The Deployment Consensus," are missing the boat on how to create competitive energy markets and combat global climate change.
Department of Energy Loan Program Boosts U.S. Geothermal
Oct. 15 -- U.S. Geothermal now has its 22-megawatt power plant near Vale, Ore., online, sending electricity produced from Neal Hot Springs into Idaho Power's grid. >>View Article
ECG – 2.11.13 A reliable reliability fact check from Energy Fact Check
Be sure to check out Energy Fact Check's new Featured Fact Check debunking the claim that "renewable energy is unreliable and must be continually backed up by fossil fuels for times when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine."(http://bit.ly/YReP6g)
Sample Tweet: Think renewables are unreliable? Think again. Renewables provide steady and reliable electricity via @EnergyFactCheck http://bit.ly/YReP6g
1. Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change (Baltimore Sun) http://bsun.md/V8P6Xf
a) According to a study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, "the integration of 35% wind and solar energy into the electric power system will not require extensive infrastructure if changes are made to operational practices" (such as forecasting and scheduling). (Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory,http://1.usa.gov/WpTHFj)
b) Several techniques are used to mitigate the variability challenges of renewable resources. For example, frequent scheduling of generation and interchanges reduces the need for continuously-running fossil fuel reserves. Additionally, "increasing the size of the geographic area over which the wind and solar resources are drawn from substantially reduces variability." (Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, http://1.usa.gov/WpTHFj)
More from Energy Fact Check's new Featured Fact Check on renewable energy reliability >> http://bit.ly/YReP6g
2. An unwise wind plan is back in Maryland (Washington Post) http://wapo.st/12iR5Ij
a) The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates that the potential for offshore wind power in the U.S. is four times greater than the country's current total generating capacity from all sources (Source: NREL, http://1.usa.gov/cjaMXu).
b) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that by 2030, the development of 54,000 MW of offshore wind projects in the U.S. could create more than 43,000 permanent operations and maintenance jobs and approximately 20.7 direct jobs per annual megawatt (MW) (Source: NREL, http://1.usa.gov/bdlFAB).
3. The Wind Power Tax (Wall Street Journal) http://on.wsj.com/12ERdGI
1. The Challenges of Financing Renewable Energy (Platts) http://bit.ly/154gIRn
2. Murkowski energy plan would gut the RFS (Biomass Magazine) http://bit.ly/XgzZcJ
3. Winds of change: Texas poised to double wind energy output (KENS 5 San Antonio) http://bit.ly/YOmTEQ
Sample Tweet: #Texas is becoming a #renewableenergy powerhouse. The state leads in #windenergy production & is poised for a lot more. http://bit.ly/YOmTEQ
4. Solar neighborhood projects shine in 'sunbreak' Seattle (Seattle Times) http://bit.ly/VMk3Ob
5. Maryland Ocean Turbines Seen Powering Offshore Energy (Bloomberg) http://bloom.bg/12jUeHZ
Sample Tweet: Maryland offshore wind turbines would power over 60,000 houses, create jobs, and mark the emergence of an industry. http://bloom.bg/11Bo2F2
6. Germany has five times as much solar power as the U.S. — despite Alaska levels of sun (Washington Post) http://wapo.st/ULcdtd
7. Solar Battle Afoot In Arizona Due To Cheap Solar? (Clean Technica) http://bit.ly/UXD8lI
8. Rocky Barker: Fox News doesn't shine with solar story (Idaho Statesman) http://bit.ly/UWmm6w
9. 7 Solar, Wind, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, & EV Charts & Graphs From Bloomberg New Energy Finance (Clean Technica) http://bit.ly/VMQDok
10. In the Rockies, Growing Support for Renewables (New York Times) http://nyti.ms/U5yK2g
Sample Tweet: Renewable energy and protection of public lands gains increasing support among voters in the Rocky Mountain states. http://nyti.ms/U5yK2g
1. Kansas considers pulling plug on renewable energy standards (Topeka Capital Journal) http://bit.ly/12iQl5Z
2. Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol plants nationwide (Minnesota Public Radio) http://bit.ly/U30Vz0
3. It's Not Easy Being Green (New York Times) http://nyti.ms/Y0zsvD
4. Solar power boom fuels increase in hazardous waste sent to dumps (Star Tribune) http://bit.ly/XzGU11Industry works to avoid listing of prairie grouse (Houston Chronicle) http://bit.ly/XwALR7
5. Tesla Motors Approaches Crossroad (Wall Street Journal) http://on.wsj.com/X15q9V
6. Plugging In, Dutch Put Electric Cars to the Test http://nyti.ms/Z5naHg
National & State Politics
1. Vermont's flawed renewable energy policy (Times Argus) http://bit.ly/WYhHPJ
2. Shumlin: Don't ban windmills (Bennington Banner) http://bit.ly/VaGtLR
3. The New Sustainable Energy Factbook: A Strong Case for Consistent Policy (Think Progress) http://bit.ly/WXB7El
4. United States Aims To Win Clean Energy Race (Earth Techling) http://bit.ly/Y3Z22O
5. DOE, US Treasury Announce New, $150M Round Of Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits (Clean Technica) http://bit.ly/150Klmx
6. Sen. Murkowski: 'Energy is good' (The Hill) http://bit.ly/WL3hAR
7. Kerry cool to Keystone XL project, pushes clean energy (The Star Phoenix) http://bit.ly/X0QybC
8. Climate change and the president (Washington Post) http://wapo.st/WYMkkS
Solar, Wind, Hydro, Biomass
1. Wind Energy Jobs Trickle Back Post Wind Tax Credit Extension (Earth Techling) http://bit.ly/14LVRBe
2. New Yorkers' Green Helps Wind Power Supply More Of The Power Grid (NY1) http://bit.ly/V9ccwW
3. Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes (Clean Technica) http://bit.ly/VO6Cx9
4. Nebraska behind the game in renewable energy (KOTA News) http://bit.ly/12Fox0d
5. Solar power sees cheaper prices (The Daily Targum) http://bit.ly/YQNmBD
6. Wind farm giant goes after 'myths' (New Hampshire Union Leader) http://bit.ly/YQI0pX
7. With federal tax credit renewed, new life breathed into wind industry (Austin Statesman) http://bit.ly/VKcEPp
Vehicles, Biofuels, Electrification
1. USDA: No time to rest on biofuels success (The Messenger) http://bit.ly/Y37OhI
2. Ventura County paves smoother road for electric vehicles (VC Star) http://bit.ly/VNIqem
3. New E15 fuel configuration gets approval in US (Biofuels International) http://bit.ly/Y5UuZJ
4. A look at the green cars at the Chicago Auto Show (Daily Herald) http://bit.ly/12lu1sq
5. Lawmaker wants to extend carpool lane access for clean cars (Los Angeles Times) http://lat.ms/WyPVcP
Business & Investing
1. Investments in renewable energy sector to triple by 2020: study (Business Standard) http://bit.ly/U5iYUZ
2. Is It Smart To Go Long On First Solar? (Seeking Alpha) http://bit.ly/XxeXF6
EFC News - January 18, 2013
The Pew Charitable Trusts released a report urging the "U.S. to capitalize on the hundreds of billions of dollars in renewable energy investment." The study shows that the United States can greatly benefit from the inevitable global shift to renewable energy, possibly securing 14.5% or $267 billion of the global market over the next 6 years (http://bit.ly/WmXal2 ). Governor Jay Inslee echoed similar sentiment during his inauguration speech this week stating Washington needs to be a global leader in clean energy. (http://bit.ly/105G6kl )
More Americans continue to find employment in the renewable energy industry. Vestas is ramping up operations and hiring more workers at its Pueblo plant in Colorado after the extension of the PTC which Vestas felt was "critical to keeping U.S. wind in play" (http://bit.ly/11A9Z1b). Austin Texas has seen a significant increase in the number of solar installation companies the past 8 years partnered with strong job growth. (http://bit.ly/XaCuet)
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report Thursday titled "American Taxpayer Investment, Foreign Corporation Benefit," claiming foreign companies received approximately four billion of the $16 billion spent on the Department of Energy's 1603 program (http://fxn.ws/SPPX0n). Energy Fact Check's previous assessment of the 1603 program shows that the program created American jobs and attracted investments in the American market. (http://bit.ly/13ICBUy )
Private investment for renewable energy remains strong, as 2012 was the second highest year for private investment on record and financiers continue to expect strong clean tech investment 2013. This week, Goldman Sachs, "the top arranger for renewable-energy stock offerings last year" is predicting a rebound in the renewable energy industry.(http://buswk.co/XisH66 ) Stuart Bernstein who heads the Goldman Sachs renewable unit said "It feels like the worst is behind us." BP also released a new study predicting "renewable to continue to be the fastest growing class of energy over the next several years."( http://bit.ly/WdunPU )
1. DRIESSEN: Obama's wishful thinking on green energy (Washington Times) http://bit.ly/UUVXQK
2. US taxpayers giving $4B to foreign firms for green energy projects, study says (Fox News) http://fxn.ws/SPPX0n
3. House report: 2009 stimulus program sent $4B to foreign green energy companies (Washington Examiner) http://bit.ly/WMn0NX
4. Guest opinion: Advice, dissent needed on Obama's 'Key Three' (Daily Camera) http://bit.ly/13LZqqG
1. Wind Beat Natural Gas As America's Fastest-Growing Power Source In 2012 (Business Insider) http://read.bi/102LPrd
Sample Tweet: What was the fastest-growing power source in 2012? #Windenergy by far! http://read.bi/102LPrd
2. US urged to capitalise on hundreds of billions in renewable energy investment (The Guardian) http://bit.ly/VveHJi
3. Goldman Leading Renewable Offerings Says Slump Is Ending (Bloomberg Businessweek) http://buswk.co/VMK0QY
Sample Tweet: Goldman Sachs gearing up for increased investment in #renewableenergy, forecasting strong investment landscape. http://buswk.co/VMK0QY
4. Sustainable energy center has new admiral (U-T San Diego) http://bit.ly/103D9Ro
5. Clean Tech and the Big Turnaround (Huffington Post) http://huff.to/VNq3te
6. U.S. Wind Power Accounted for 6% of Generation Capacity in 2012 (Bloomberg Businessweek) http://buswk.co/VvGU2E
7. Solar cheap enough to compete without subsidies in parts of U.S. (Fox Reno) http://bit.ly/10EdCE9
1. Study of state's renewable-power mandate has support of environmentalists, utility companies (Montana Independent Record) http://bit.ly/Xi2tkc
2. Va. lawmakers considering changes to utility incentives (Virginia Pilot) http://bit.ly/XdFgj4
3. Vestas To Make More Products for other Wind Companies -Operating Chief (Fox Business) http://fxn.ws/SQeC51
4. Aemetis Idles California Ethanol Plant, Plans Sorghum Shift (Bloomberg) http://bloom.bg/W8NZUC
1. Renewable Energy Industries' Contribution to the North Dakota Economy (North Dakota Alliance for Renewable Energy) http://bit.ly/VvEelG
National & State Politics
2. DOE names new Bonneville Power Administration chief (The Hill) http://bit.ly/WaSHRD
3. Pew advocates national clean-energy standard (Philadelphia Inquirer) http://bit.ly/Xi1hxi
4. U.S. Missing the Boat on Clean Tech, Pew Study Finds (Green Tech Media) http://bit.ly/WjKcEA
5. Obama to focus on renewable energy, climate change (Salon) http://bit.ly/U5oiGP
6. Aspen takes public comments about its energy future (Denver Post) http://bit.ly/10liOM9
7. Energy Secretary Chu Said to Plan Departure From Cabinet (Bloomberg) http://bloom.bg/1023qPR
8. Theresa Drake: Idaho Power proposal will encourage small-scale renewable projects (Idaho Statesman) http://bit.ly/13Jptib
9. Breaking Down the Federal Clean Energy Innovation Budget: Demonstration Projects (Consumer Energy Report) http://bit.ly/VrH3nP
10. Building on President Obama's Clean Energy Successes (Center for American Progress) http://bit.ly/W2PM0l
11. Clean Line Energy working to bring clean wind energy to Missouri (KSDK News) http://on.ksdk.com/Vbkd6O
12. Outer Banks institute goes deep for clean energy (Virginia Pilot) http://bit.ly/103N7C5
Solar, Wind, Hydro, Biomass
1. Renewable energy companies get second wind with tax credit extension (Houston Business Journal) http://bit.ly/UAnxVl
2. Renewable energy surge (Austin Business Journal) http://bit.ly/VatesS
3. Oregon wave energy plan ready for vote after four years of work (The Oregonian) http://bit.ly/XfF9DO
4. Wind Farm Coming To Eastern Nebraska (NBC News 6 Nebraska) http://bit.ly/WmDr4I
5. WWF Report Finds Solar Land Use Doesn't Conflict With Conservation Goals (Clean Technica) http://bit.ly/VtTBLz
6. It takes a whole lot of energy to start a wind farm (Sacramento Business Journal) http://bit.ly/WaUXZd
7. Contractors named for wind energy transmission project (NJ Biz) http://bit.ly/UUP1mE
8. Mass Megawatts brings low-cost wind energy system to market (Boston Business Journal) http://bit.ly/13LZQNx
9. Proposal resubmitted for Anaconda wind farm (The Montana Standard) http://bit.ly/UAqK74
Vehicles, Biofuels, Electrification
1. Report highlights economic impact of ethanol in N.D. (Ethanol Producer Magazine) http://bit.ly/13Lqyqx
2. Could our Corn Belt "grow" energy more efficiently--and help clean up our waters too? (Natural Resources Defense Council) http://bit.ly/103HhAK
3. GM remains 'excited' for electric cars (WOOD TV Michigan) http://bit.ly/S9z0MF
4. Recharging electric cars no big deal (Portland Tribune) http://bit.ly/10iNnSI
5. J.D. Power: Fuel Economy Is #1 Car Criteria, But Bad Styling Can Keep Customers Away (Washington Post) http://wapo.st/XhpcO4
6. EPA: New Ford Fusion Energi Delivers 620-Mile Range, 21 In EV Mode; Beats Honda Accord, Toyota Prius PHEVs (Automotive World) http://bit.ly/VvHv4C
7. Why 2012 was pivotal for next-gen transportation (Sustainable Business Oregon) http://bit.ly/Wl1b9z


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Energy bars are all the rage, and now you can make them right at home.
Servings: 8 bars
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
2 cups puffed rice cereal
1/2 cup chopped raw almonds
½ cup dried low sugar cranberries
½ cup non-fat dry milk powder
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup real maple syrup
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
½ teaspoon kosher salt
Heat oven to 300 degrees and adjust racks to center of oven. Line an 8 x8 baking dish with parchment paper, leaving a 3-inch overhang over the sides to use as handles later. Spray the parchment with non-stick cooking spray.
Add the puffed rice cereal, almonds, cranberries, milk powder, and apricots to a large bowl and toss all together with you r hands.
Add the maple syrup, brown sugar, peanut butter, and salt to a small saucepan and bring to a light simmer, stirring until the peanut butter is dissolved.
Pour the syrup over the cereal mixture and stir all together with a rubber spatula, working quickly. Add the sticky mixture to the prepared baking pan and pat down with the rubber spatula. Place a piece of parchment over the top and press down firmly. This will make slicing easier later on. Remove the parchment from the top after pressing and bake in the middle rack for 25 minutes, until just lightly golden. Cool the bars completely in the pan then slice into 8 bars.
Don't use a serrated knife to slice these! We tried and the bars crumbled. So be sure to let cool completely in the pan, then use a sharp knife to firmly slice. Wrap tightly in foil if taking on the go. (We don't want them falling apart in your purse!)
Have fun with this recipe! You can mix and match ingredients- we've found success using different combinations of dried fruits and nuts. If you want it to taste more peanut buttery- just add an extra tablespoon or two.
Nutritional Information: Per Serving:
Serving Size: 53g
Calories: 178
Total fat: 5.2g
Total carbohydrates: 31.2g
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Murugan of Attur was in love with his 25-year old neighbour for the past two years, but went back on his promise to marry her. He had also allegedly threatened to kill the woman, who was seven months pregnant, police said on Saturday.
Based on a complaint from the woman lodged with the All-Women Police station, a case was registered against the CRPF constable.
When police went to arrest him, he made a u-turn and gave an undertaking that he would marry her, following which the case was closed.


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In N Out & Mario Bricks by Matt Owen
Part of the upcoming Multiplayer x2 art show at Gallery 1988.(via: xombiedirge)
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Super Pierre Bros. Oui - by Jon Defreest
What if Nintendo chose French stereotypes over Italian?
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Negative One Up available at SplitReason
Here's the second batch of Converse x Super Mario Bros. Chuck Taylors.
We already posted the first batch and the sexy box they come in (dropping this July), now we have pics of two new pairs of Mario kicks - one featuring a bright design reminiscent of World 1-1, and a darker pair featuring a showdown with Bowser over some hot lava.
These new sneaks also feature a double-layered cuff at the top that you can fold down to reveal hidden artwork. Both pairs drop August 2011.
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NEW YORK - Left fielder Michael Morse is out of the starting lineup for the Washington Nationals' game against the New York Mets after he was diagnosed with a torn cuff and a bone bruise in his left wrist.
Morse injured his right thumb Aug. 13 during an at-bat in San Francisco. Nationals manager Davey Johnson says Morse may have overcompensated with his left hand after that injury.
Johnson said Wednesday that Morse has been trying to play through it and he wishes the slugger would have said something.
Morse is hitting .239 (21 for 88) since then, dropping his season average to .285. He is to see a specialist in the Baltimore area.
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Last Friday the Metal Mulisha crew hung out at the newest Tilly's store in Tualatin, Oregon to sign autographs and kick it alongside fans.
FMX Pros Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Ronnie Faisst and Derek Garland were on hand to stoke out fans, pose for pictures and spread the word of the almighty Metal Muisha.
Check these exclusive pics and see how it all went down.
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Biology at Fisher
Why Study Biology at Fisher?
Biology majors at St. John Fisher College gain a contemporary view of living things at several levels of study: molecular, genetic, cellular, organismal, and ecological. Opportunities are provided to explore structure and function, molecular and cellular mechanisms, evolution and development in animals, plants and microorganisms.
Beginning in the first semester of the freshman year, the courses taken by all biology majors include a laboratory component, as do many of the biology elective courses. Graduates of the St. John Fisher College Biology Program become comfortable and competent in a laboratory setting, and gain proficiency in the use of various instruments and techniques. This outcome has served alumni well as they have pursued further study and employment in the biological and medical sciences.
During the junior and senior years, students have the opportunity to become actively involved in laboratory or field studies as they may choose to pursue their own personal, independent research projects under the guidance of faculty, either at Fisher or at other facilities. Past Fisher students have been involved in research studies conducted both on campus and at other institutions.
Tools for Learning
To provide the tools for a lifetime of learning, the Biology Program is committed to involving students directly and personally in identifying, accessing, and evaluating an ever-expanding information base. Multiple classes require students to retrieve and analyze information through the Internet, library databases, or print resources. Biology majors are required to gain individual, "hands on" experiences with modern laboratory and field instruments and techniques, including light microscopy, enzymatic manipulation of DNA, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), protein and nucleic acid gel electrophoresis, anatomical dissection, viral and bacterial culture, and cell and tissue culture, among others.
It is the Department's policy that its majors have access to the labs not only for the regularly scheduled lab sessions, but also during evening and weekend hours, so that they may pursue and monitor their projects as necessary.
Personal Attention
Close interaction between students and faculty is encouraged at Fisher. Class sizes are small, and both classes and laboratories are conducted exclusively by the faculty. Access to faculty is central to the Fisher experience.
Necessary Background
Students considering a major in biology at Fisher should complete a strong high school background in biology, chemistry and physics, as well as four years of mathematics, before beginning their study of college biology. Students may earn eight college credits by attaining a score of either four or five on the Advanced Placement Test in Biology or a score of five in an International Baccalaureate Program.
The Biology Department recognizes its place among the liberal arts, and encourages students to value the humanities and social sciences as important and necessary for a more complete understanding and appreciation of the meaning of "life."


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Fates Warning vs. Redemption
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Which one do you prefer? Same singer, Ray Adler, same genre, progressive metal, but each band is unique.
Fates Warning's first albums were heavy metal with some prog, but later the band created great albums like Parallels, A Pleasant shade of grey, Perfect Symmetry and so on..
However Redemption is a newer band, but they have already created masterpieces ( The fullness of time is one of my favourites!)
I say: now I vote for Fates Warning, but If Redemption keep making great albums, then they can become many people's favourite band!
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I started this topic myself a little while ago but got no response, boo hoo hoo, despite what I thought was the contentious position that Redemption are better. Fate's Warning are certainly more important as they were pioneers whereas Redemption are not, but Redemption's records are much better produced and fuller sounding and sophisticated.
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I like Redemption a lot and think they make some of the best Prog metal MUSIC on the planet. However, I think their lyrics are often terrible, cheesy and adolescent.
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Fates Warning. Not a single moment of doubt.
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Well their lyrics might be sometimes cheesy, but I wouldn't call them terrible. Almost every song has some kind of story behind it, and the lyrics represent it quite well in most cases. Though of course they could develop their songwriting skills a little bit :)
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Les Cahiers de la Solidarité Catalogue
On the 26 and 27 of October, Pour la Solidarité organised a workshop dedicated to analysing the framework on Good Governance and the indicators to measure Good Governance in the European Union.
Participants to the workshop - representatives of civil society organisations and representatives of the academic sector with solid experience in the creation of indicators identified gaps in criteria and indicators covering good governance, and proposed additional ones and further proposed areas of work that should be submitted to national consultations in Europe, through CSOs involvement.
The workshop was facilitated by representatives of Misions Publiques, France and of the University of Stuttgart who used the Group-Delphi-method1 in order to facilitate the assessment of the indicators and to improve the quality of the possible amendments.
The workshop is part of a wider project - PASSO - "Participatory Assessment of Sustainable Development indicators on good governance from the Civil Society perspective" - financed under the 7th Framework Programme for research and development. Based on the results of the workshop, Pour la Solidarite will coordinate in the following month national consultations with civil society organizations in 9 EU member states, aiming to bring further input for developing the good governance framework and for improving indicators focused on good governance.
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Why Dillard's is hitting 52-week highs
Shares are on fire since the retailer posted solid quarterly results.
By Zacks Equity Research
Shares of Dillard's (DDS) have hit new 52-week highs since the company posted solid second-quarter results on Aug. 8 that included a 29% earnings surprise.
Since its quarterly report, shares of this Zacks No. 1 Rank ("strong buy") company have escalated 12.5% to hit another 52-week high on Sept. 14. Moreover, with a robust stock growth (year-to-date return of 79.6%), strong results and a history of beating quarterly earnings estimates, this stock offers an attractive investment opportunity.
The rank driver
Better-than-expected quarterly earnings, healthy comparable-store sales, effective cost management and shareholder-friendly moves are the primary rank drivers for this stock.
Dillard's, which competes with Kohl's (KSS) and Macy's (M), posted second-quarter earnings of 63 cents, significantly outpacing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 49 cents and more than double the prior-year quarter earnings of 30 cents.
Revenue jumped 3.2% to $1.49 billion from $1.44 billion a year earlier. Merchandise sales, excluding CDI, came in at $1.46 billion, compared with $1.43 billion. Total revenue (including other income) of $1.53 billion surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.47 billion.
The robust performance was backed by healthy comparable-store sales growth and improved margins. Management's cost-cutting initiatives, including restructuring and inventory management, is helping to abridge costs and boost profitability.
The company benefits from its improvements in inventory management, which is focused on conservative purchasing and efficiently matching the timing of receipts with demand, which ultimately results in reduced markdowns.
Further, Dillard's healthy balance sheet and adequate cash flows allow it to enhance shareholder value through share repurchases. During the recently concluded quarter, the company bought back nearly 2.1 million shares worth $134.6 million and had authorization worth almost $115.4 million remaining under its share repurchase program.
Earnings estimates revisions
The company's estimates for fiscal 2012 and 2013 each witnessed a surge of 25 cents in the last 60 days. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2012 added about 4.3% to $6 per share in the past two months, reflecting a year-over-year growth of 42.5%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2013 is up 4% to $6.50 per share over the same period, representing an 8.3% year-over-year jump.
Dillard's currently trades at 13.2 times forward earnings, at par with the peer group average. The trailing 12-month ROE is 13.1%, significantly higher than the peer group average of 9.4%, indicating that the company reinvests its earnings more efficiently than its peer group. Moreover, the price-to-sales ratio reflects a discount of 1.7% to the peer group, with shares trading at a multiple of 0.58.
About the company
Headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., Dillard's is a large department store chain, featuring fashion apparel and home furnishings. The company's primary product categories are: women's and junior's apparel; shoes; accessories and lingerie; men's clothing and accessories; cosmetics; home; and children's clothing. Its merchandise mix consists of both branded and private-label items. At the end of the second quarter, Dillard's operated 304 stores including 16 clearance centers and one Internet store across 29 states, all under the Dillard's brand name. The company was founded in 1938.
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Michael Winner has died aged 77, it has been reported.
The British director, best known to movie buffs for wielding the megaphone on the Death Wish movies, is survived by his wife Geraldine.
Born in London, in 1935, Winner made a name for himself as a journalist and critic, before moving into TV work. He worked as an assistant director at the BBC, before making his feature debut with Shoot To Kill, which he also wrote.
After that, he worked prolifically on both risqué sex comedies and more serious dramas, working with some notable names including Oliver Reed, Michael Crawford and Denholm Elliot, before Hollywood beckoned.
He made his American film debut with Lawman (1971), starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Duvall, before directing raunchy ghost-story prequel The Nightcomers (with Marlon Brando), and beginning a fruitful working partnership with Charles Bronson in 1975's The Mechanic (later remade as a Jason Statham vehicle).
Bronson would go on to star in Winner's controversial revenge thriller Death Wish and its two sequels.
After the '70s, Winner's output slowed, although he was never far from the public eye (as famous for his restaurant criticism and his larger-than-life personality as his was for his filmmaking).
He made his last film as director, Parting Shots, in 1998, and though it was far from a hit with critics, Winner still attracted a top-drawer cast including Ben Kingsley and Bob Hoskins.
His final film credit was for a cameo appearance in 2010's Burke And Hare.
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The offensive output from Mets' second basemen has been pretty dreadful.  This should really come as no surprise to anybody who has watched a Mets game this year.  I'm not really going out on a limb by saying that Luis Castillo, Alex Cora, and Ruben Tejada have been bad hitters, this season.  The question I'm concerned with is, exactly how bad have they been in 2010?  How can we put their poor level of play in perspective?  Here's an attempt to show just how badly they have hit this season.
After posting one of his best-ever line drive rates in 2009, Luis Castillo has crashed back down to Earth, hitting a career-high percentage of ground balls while hitting a career-low percentage of line drives.  The end result has been a .257 BABIP, which is about what you'd expect out of a player hitting line drives about 14.7% of the time. Castillo's BABIP doesn't usually stray too far from his batting average, as he pretty much always puts the ball in play; he rarely strikes out and never homers.  All told, Castillo has "produced†a .242/.336/.284/.620 line on the season.  This makes him the best hitting Mets second baseman by a fair margin this season.  For this production, Castillo will make $6 million this year.
Alex Cora is posting career-low totals in just about everything.  He's struggling to hit above .200, he has provided no power to speak of (9 extra base hits in 187 PA), and he rarely walks.  This has produced a downright ugly .207/.265/.278/.543 line on the season.  His batted ball numbers are pretty consistent with his career lines, and yet he's posted a career-low .226 BABIP, which does not vibe well with his line drive percentage, so it's possible he's due for an upturn in luck over the last two months. He's still not going to get a whole lot better, and it's borderline crazy that the team valued his contributions to be worth $2 million this season, with a vesting option for next season to add insanity on top of crazy.
I don't want to rip Ruben Tejada, as he had no business being in the major leagues as a 20 year old.  He was overpromoted after injuries to Castillo and Jose Reyes forced the Mets to carry an extra middle infielder while Cora was forced into a starting role, which says more about the Mets' depth issues in Buffalo than it does about Tejada's own talents.  Still, it's worth pointing out that Tejada has outhit Cora on the season with a .211/.297/.250/.547 line, though when there are several pitchers in the National League who have outhit Cora, I'm not sure if that's anything worth bragging about. Â
It is interesting to point out that despite a much better defensive reputation, it's Tejada who has produced a negative UZR rating at second base this year, with a -1.5 in only 166 innings.  By comparison, Cora and Castillo have been about average defensively, with Cora producing a 1.3 UZR in 344 innings, and Castillo producing a 1.1 UZR in 438 innings.  Judging by my own eyes, though, I would like to see a larger sample size for both before conceding that either Cora or Castillo is a good defender.
Now that we've established that Castillo, Cora, and Tejada have been bad this year, let's try to put thsi in perspective.  They are 26th in the majors in on-base percentage, thanks entirely to Luis Castillo's batting eye, the one useful hitting skill held by a Mets' second baseman. They are eleventh in walks, with Castillo leading the way (28 of their 42 walks came from him in roughly half their plate appearances). They are dead last in the majors in slugging percentage, ahead of only the sixth-best organization in baseball Seattle Mariners.  The Mets are the only team in baseball without so much as a single home run by a second baseman this season, and only two teams have fewer doubles this season than the Mets, which goes a long way towards explaining that league-low slugging percentage.
All told, Mets second basemen have produced a .232/.306/.289/.594 line on the season. Â That .594 OPS is the worst in the major leagues at second base by over 30 points. Â If you prefer more advanced statistics, their .273 wOBA, 8 points behind the 29th ranked Cubs. Â That is a truly woeful wOBA. Â Your eyes do not deceive you; Mets second basemen have been the worst hitting in the majors this season. Â For the privilege, the Mets have paid $8 million, and are scheduled to spend another $8 million on the same cast of characters again next season.
To be fair, this isn't the worst collective hitting performance by a team at a specific position this season.  The Mariners*, Nationals, Tigers, and Astros have had worse performances out of their catchers, the Mariners*, Astros, and Orioles have had worse performances out of their shortstops, the Mariners* and Angels have had worst performances from their third basemen, the Indians have seen their center fielders perform worse this season, and the Mariners* have gotten worse from their designated hitter spot.
* And you wonder why the #6org tag exists; that's four separate positions where the Seattle Mariners have had worse offensive performances than 2010 Mets second basemen!
The front office simply cannot afford this type of production at second base again next season. Â Most enlightened baseball fans felt that giving Luis Castillo $24 million over four seasons after the 2007 season was an unwise decision, as he was a no-power second baseman whose only skills at the time were legging out ground balls for base hits and batting eye, and he was gradually starting to lose his legs. Â Today, his legs are gone and all that remains is the batting eye. Â Whether it be Omar Minaya or (hopefully) somebody else, the team cannot afford to punt an entire position this badly next season.


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The SBC65EC is an embedded (PIC based) Single Board Computer (SBC) with 10Mbs Ethernet and RS232 interface.
It can be added to any 10/100Mbs Ethernet network. It is programmed with a
and the free
Modtronix SBC65EC Web Server
(source code provided for free too) at delivery.
control and
monitoring can be done
via a web based interface, HTTP CGI commands or UDP commands.
Configurable Events are sent via UDP messages.
It has 32 general purpose I/O ports, of which 12 are 10 bit ADC (Analog to Digital) inputs, and 4 are 10-bit
PWM (Pulse Width Modulator) outputs.
It implements DHCP and NetBIOS, which makes it very easy to access on a network - no
configuration of static IP addresses are required! When connected to a network with a DHCP
server, it will automatically be assigned an IP address. If no DHCP server is present, the
board will be assigned it's default IP address. The default IP address and NetBIOS name
is 10.1.0.1 and "mxboard", and can be changed via the web interface.
To access the board on a network with DHCP enabled, the NetBIOS name or assigned IP address (have
to get that from DHCP server) can be used. For example, with the default NetBIOS name, the
board's web interface can be viewed in a browser by using the following address:
On a network without DHCP, the default IP address can be used:
The web pages are stored in an external 24LC512 EEPROM. All source code for the default web
pages, and
web pages are provided. Custom pages can easily be created by modifying the
default or example web pages. The
Modtronix Network Bootloader
application or a standard FTP client can be used to
new web pages to the board.
The user can
monitor and
all inputs, outputs, analog inputs and more via the default or custom web pages. The HTTP Web Server can
dynamically replace
on web pages with default and user defined real time information, like the values
of I/O ports or analog inputs. The CGI Server makes it possible for default and user defined remote
to be accepted via the HTTP GET command, like a button on a web page for example.
Click here
to view a live SBC65EC demo board that is accessible via the internet!
This demo has been created by simply connecting a SBC65EC board to a Billion ADSL Modem/Router.
The router is then configured to make the SBC65EC a virtual server that is accessible
via the internet. Most modern routers have this feature built in, and can be used.
The SBC65EC is delivered programmed with a bootloader. The
Modtronix Network Bootloader
is used to
update the firmware via the network or internet.
The firmware is written in C, and can be compiled with the Hi Tech or Microchip MPLAB (student)
C18 compilers. Example
code and
are provided to help creating custom applications.
MPLAB projects for both compilers are provided in the source code download. A Free, student
version of the
Microchip MPLAB C18 compiler is available and can be used to compile the project. The compiled
code generated with the student version is only slightly larger than that created with the commercial version.
So, for users who wish to modify the firmware, all that has to be done is install the free compiler,
open the MPLAB project, modify the code and compile.
Solder straps are provided at the back of the board to select RS232 or TTL levels for the onboard USART.
Default settings are for RS232 levels, which enables this board to communicate with a PC via its
RS232 port. This serial port is used for secondary configuration and
All configuration that can
be done via the serial port, can also be done via web pages. This enables the serial port to be used for
other functions like Ethernet to serial interface converters.
Typical applications include HTTP Web servers (like the Modtronix SBC65EC Web Server), Mail
clients, Ethernet to RS232 interface converter, Ethernet to RS485 interface converters, Remote
control via Web Server, Protocol Bridge applications - Ethernet to USART, CAN, I2C, SPI etc.
Adding a Daughter Board to the SBC65EC
The SBC65EC can be used as a full functional Single Board Computer. It's Daughter Board
connector can be used as an expansion port to add additional functionality. It contains
all free CPU port pins, power, I2C, SPI, RS232 signal,.....
For further details about the Compact Daughter Board connector, see
The following Daughter Boards for the SBC65EC are currently available from Modtronix Engineering:
The SBC65EC can be used as a daughter board on the following boards currently available from Modtronix Engineering:
The LCD2S LCD displays has a connector for adding a keypad, with a maximum of 16 buttons.
Events can be enabled on the SBC65EC to
send UDP messages when a button on the keypad is pressed.
The LCD2S also has a couple of general purpose inputs and outputs. They can be controlled by sending the "lk" command to
the LCD2S via HTTP or UDP. See LCD2S documentation for format of commands.
Also see our forum for additional information on using
the LCD2S displays with the SBC65EC.


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Criteria for a returning student to apply for the following areas are as follows:
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Blaine teenager's murderer convicted
by Brent Cole
murder case of Blaine resident, Ashley Parks, 15, has
finally come to a close with the guilty verdict of Olympia's
Stephan Kaufman.
Kaufman, 44, was found guilty of one count of second-degree murder, which brings a penalty of 12-20 years. Additionally, Kaufman faces time for two counts of third-degree child rape, (sentencing for all counts has yet to be determined). The guilty verdict came down in an Olympia courtroom on April 13 after two days of jury deliberation.
Parks reportedly met Kaufman in an Internet chat room where he arranged to pick her up near her home last July. The two then proceeded down to his apartment in Olympia where they were spotted together at the Huntington Apartments. Parks apparently went to Olympia after Kaufman had promised to buy her a plane ticket to go visit her half brother in Arizona.
Park's remains were found by two hikers on August 28, just off the Chehalis Western Trail north of Lacey.
Parks lived in Blaine off and on for about 18 months, and was known to have been in Blaine as recently as July, 2003.
Kaufman was tracked down through an e-mail Parks had sent a friend from Kaufman's apartment. Although he initially denied knowing Parks, the Thurston County Sheriff's department continued their questioning of Kaufman. He soon confessed to having a connection with the girl. Part of the evidence against Kaufman included his bloody sweatshirt found near the body and witnesses who had seen them together.
Prior to his arrest, Kauffman was fired from North Thurston high school, where he taught part time as a drafting instructor. He was terminated for unprofessional and inappropriate communication with a female student who he had invited to a party in his home and told her to keep quiet about it.
to prosecutors, Kaufman is also linked to several other
crimes including burglarizing the home of a teenage girl
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Q: How do you double the value of your Yugo?
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The original idea to sell the Yugo in America came from California entrepreneur Miroslav Kefurt, who in March 1984 imported three Yugo 45s for display at the Los Angeles AutoExpo. Slight of build yet long in personality, Kefurt was a character. He had come to Los Angeles in 1969 from Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and his father sold used cars. The Kefurts specialized in one model, the Fiat 600, which they sold in one color: red. "It wasn't that Czech car buyers were demanding red
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Construction of a $2 million roundabout at Blaine and Grandview roads will begin next week, project managers at BP Cherry Point refinery said.
The project, originally slated to begin June 15 was first postponed because of rainy weather and then postponed again because of changes to the stormwater design system, said Dan Abbey, a project manager for BP.
It is now scheduled to begin July 19 with a target date for finishing the project near the end of October.
During that time, one lane will remain open on Grandview Road and Abbey said motorists should anticipate slight delays.
"Potentially, we may have a detour around Blaine road as well," he said.
Abbey said the project will improve traffic flow as well as reduce the severity of traffic collisions in that intersection. It will also have a larger footprint to accommodate the 415-plus trucks that use the roadway daily, including those with oversized loads, fuel tankers and other vehicles.
According to BP, more than 4,000 vehicles drive Grandview near Cherry Point refinery each day and many of those drivers enter or exit the refinery during peak hours.


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The PS3 Media Server project is pretty cool and just what I needed, though it failed to run as a service for me on my Win2008R2 file server. I was given this error:
Windows could not start the PS3 Media Server service on local computer. error 1067: the process terminated unexpectedly.
Unfortunately the documentation and online FAQs gave me no obvious pointers here.
The answer rested with Java (doesn't it always?) In order to run PS3 Media Server at all, I had needed to download and install the Sun runtime environment 7.0 for Win x64. Well, neither Java nor PS3 Media Server put the Java bin folder in PATH.
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If you can not answer yes to all three of these questions your team cannot play any matches, and we have teams who are in this position.
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New Players Required
Swanfield of the Premier and Division 2 welcomes new players who are committed and reliable, for this, our 51st season in the HSFL. Home games are played at Hull University and training is on a Thursday. Interested players should contact Doug on 07979954725.
New Season Entry Forms
The forms have been sent out and all clubs are advised to get them completed and returned as soon as possible. The new seasons structure has now been created and will be available at the end of the month
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FC Cumberland requires a goal scoring quality striker for the upcoming season contact Pete Donner on 07801257005
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Charter Standard Annual Health Check 2013-14 & 2014-15The deadline of March 31st 2014 for clubs to complete this seasons Annual Health Check process and receive their contribution of footballs from Nike is getting closer! Below is more information on why I urge you to get it complete or have an action plan in place with myself to class as 'In-progress', please contact me to put an action plan in place.
The FA are currently renewing their sponsor programmes for 2014/18 and although we cannot reveal the details of the programmes I must urge all FA Charter Standard clubs to have either completed their Annual Health Check or are classed as In-progress by the 31st March 2014. We are hoping to provide a significant benefit to FA Charter Standard clubs for season 2014/15 and I have to provide a list of Charter Standard Clubs on the 1st April 2014 so we can order and fulfil clubs for 2014/15. If you are Suspended after the 31st March 2014 deadline then you will not be in line to receive what is hoped a significant benefit next season.
2014 FA Community Awards presented by McDonaldsI'm sure you're aware that the nominations window is now open for the 2014 FA Community Awards but are you aware that there are now bursaries as prizes for County Winners of the FA Charter Standard categories? FA Charter Standard Clubs can win up to £100, Development Clubs up to £200 and Community Clubs up to £250 as well as FA Charter Standard Leagues able to win up to £100.
Do you know any club, league or volunteer that deserves a nomination? Then click here to nominate.
Funding 4 Sport - Cash 4 ClubsA small pot of funding has come to our attention that you may be interested in applying for: http://www.funding4sport.co.uk/2014/02/04/cash-4-clubs/
Please contact Funding 4 Sport directly about any enquiries however some ideas on what the funding can be used for include:
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Former Stormer sidelined
Leinster lock Quinn Roux is expected to be out for five months after dislocating his shoulder in last weekend's PRO12 win over Glasgow.
The former Stormers and Western Province forward only recently recovered from a broken collarbone which makes this a disappointing setback for coach Joe Schmidt.
"I don't know if you saw it but he was starting to get a little bit of rhythm," said Schmidt.
"He is a very strong man and we were starting to get a little excited about what we thought he could bring to help us out.
"It's really devastating for him. He is really gutted. Just the way he fell, his shoulder dislocation, he is probably looking at 16 to 20 weeks' rehabilitation."
Leinster have received some positive news on the injury front however as Rob Kearney and Brian O'Driscoll are expected back in January while Luke Fitzgerald is progressing well.
"Luke's ahead of schedule," said Schmidt.
"We got a bit excited that he might be a bit further ahead than that but unfortunately we have to be patient because he is a top-quality member of our environment."


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About 7 p.m., brilliant Venus begins to descend to a few degrees above the southwestern horizon as bright Jupiter rises a few degrees above the eastern horizon at the right of the Gemini Twins, Castor and Pollux. Jupiter approaches its closest encounter with Earth next week. Capella guides Auriga, Charioteer, across the north-northeast.
In the east, the delicate Seven Sisters (Pleiades cluster) lead Taurus, Bull to the Zenith. The ancient Druids celebrated their New Year with the Samhain festival when the Pleiades rose at nightfall and reached the Zenith at midnight.
Ruddy Aldebaran (Bull's red eye) winks from the V-shaped Hyades cluster in Taurus (Bull's face). Gigantic Orion, Hunter, climbs higher in the east, aiming at the Bull. The Great Orion Nebula, a huge gas cloud that produces young stars, glows in Orion's sword. Spectacular in telescopes. Procyon, Little Dog, follows Orion. Brilliant blue Sirius sparkles in Orion's Big Dog in the southeast.
Cetus, Whale, swims across the south. Aries, Ram, chases Pegasus (Winged Horse) westward. Outer planet blue-green Uranus sails across the southwest and sets about midnight. The Northern Cross stands on the northwestern horizon. The Royal Family swings into the northwest. Late evening Leo, Lion, surveys the eastern horizon. The bowl of the Big Dipper appears low in the northeast.
The New Year's new moon occurs at 6:14 a.m. A new moon is not visible as it drifts across the sky with the sun. At dusk, a sliver of a young moon may be visible briefly below Venus near the west-southwestern horizon. They set early.
In the evening twilight, aim binoculars at the young moon with dark earthshine, in Capricornus, 7 degrees above bright Venus descending in the southwest.
By 12:10 a.m., brightening Mars rises in the southeast, 5 degrees above Spica, in Virgo. Around 3 a.m. silver Saturn appears in the southeast in Libra. The ice-ringed planet rises below Spica, in Virgo. Bright Arcturus, Herdsman, sparkles overhead.
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower is most intense around 4 a.m. in a moonless sky. About 60 meteors per hour radiate from Arcturus.
By 6 a.m. huge Scorpius crawls above the southeastern horizon. Jupiter drifts lower in the northwest. The dim Beehive cluster shimmers in the northwest. Leo, Lion crawls westward. The Big Dipper hangs in the north.
At 7 a.m. Earth orbits closest to the sun by 91.4 million miles. In evening dusk, Venus glows 5 degrees above the southwestern horizon.
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Regional wastewater study to review additional options
By Soren Velice
Although theyve been expecting it for weeks, the feasibility study commissioned by Blaine and the Birch Bay Water and Sewer District to help determine whether or not to merge is still a few weeks over the horizon.
There was some discussion that there needs to be more alternatives for the city, BBWSD general manager Roger Brown said. The study wasnt originally to do that.
Upon review of the draft, city manager Gary Tomsic and public works director Grant Stewart determined the study should examine other options in order to compare alternatives and determine which option is best for the city.
important to have somewhere to turn if things dont
work out, Stewart said. Besides, environmental
review requires you to look at alternatives to make sure
youre doing the right thing, so its environmental
as well as financial. Stewart said other options to
analyze include exporting waste to Canada by way of the
greater Vancouver regional district, building a plant at
Dakota or California Creek or one at the top of Semiahmoo
hill that would use the current discharge at the end of
the spit.
With regard to funding, the feasibility studys main focus, Brown and Stewart said while the study does describe ways to seek federal funding for the project, the study is in too early a stage to release specifics. Theres no certainty of success, Stewart said, but were going to beg for some money; Im optimistic it helps me do my job. Brown said he thought the city and district would be able to release more information in early March.
A more concrete move that will increase BBWSDs output is the districts contract with Arco, which purchased a capacity of 30,000 gallons per day. They wouldnt necessarily use it all,Brown said. There could be days theyd use more, and thats addressed in the contract.
He said the capacity will cost Arco $285,510 for the connection, in addition to about $3,140 per month for its share of variable operating costs and a rate of $.9772 per 1,000 gallons, or about $11,000 a year, for treatment. Theyre paying all costs for of construction for improvements and the procedure of the Boundary Review Board incurred for the project, Brown said.


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Council eyes new role for BTAC
By Meg Olson
council is looking to decommission, or at least declaw,
the Blaine tourism advisory commission (BTAC).
After discussing the future of the group in a study session before the regular February 25 city council meeting, council members agreed they wanted more input from local groups that depend on funding from hotel/motel tax before changing how and who allocates those funds. City staff are proposing taking the responsibility for awarding the funds out of BTACs hands and putting it in their own, making BTAC an advisory committee to the process rather than the final decision makers. The are also proposing that the group meet monthly rather than quarterly and that the visitors information center representative on the board, now a city staff member, be replaced with a citizen.
One of the reasons for changing the roles and duties of BTAC is, if you look at their role in 1997 then and their role now, its a very different group, said city manager Gary Tomsic. Then, BTAC was established primarily as a granting agency to pass through hotel/motel tax funding. Since then, city council and staff and BTAC have developed a tourism plan which serves as a road map, establishing the visions and goals of our community. The priorities in that document do not support BTACs role as a granting agency.
The Blaine tourism plan, adopted last year, initially directs funds away from events and into public infrastructure, Tomsic said. With most of the funds flowing through the city to build a boardwalk and a new visitor information center, BTACs role handing out events funding has become obsolete.
Bonnie Onyon asked whether the proposed change in the groups name from commission to committee denoted a reduction in their authority. Yes, Tomsic said. A commission would be acting fairly autonomously on a lot of issues, like the airport commission. BTAC is acting more in an advisory capacity.
John Choulochas, representing the Pacific Arts Association and the U.S/Canada Peace Anniversary organization, both of which have used hotel/motel dollars to fund their programs, asked that council get input from affected groups before approving the changes. We may be in a situation of worrying about our futures, he said. It looks like events will be a thing of the past.
Tomsic said that cutbacks for events would be temporary until needed tourism infrastructure was built. In the long run events and activities are a very important part of the program, he said.
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according to a survey of 18-34 year old men and women, women today place a higher emphasis on making money then men do which is contrary to the same pole done in 1997 where men had the higher emphasis. is this do to the womens role becomeing more important and acceptable year after year, or is this simply their desire for material things like shoes?
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(SOLD OUT) Nikon In-Stock Party: D800 body, D4 body, red D3200 w/18-55 (at regular prices)
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Today is a Nikon In-Stock Party Day! We just updated some of the in-play Stock Status pages and this is a recap of the hard-to-find Nikons, in-stock at their regular prices (as of the time of writing):
+ Nikon D800 in-stock for $3000 at OneCall and Best Buy (online or Store Pickup)
+ Nikon D4 in-stock for $6000 at Cameta Camera and Best Buy (online or Store Pickup)
+ red Nikon D3200 w/18-55 for $700 at Tigerdirect and CompUSA and Circuit City
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by: Adam Guerino
Author's Note: "Serial Dater" is a new series that came in response from a magazine asking Adam Guerino to write a dating column. He realized the irony that anyone would ask him for dating advice and decided to write a dating column based upon the theory that no one should ever ask his advice about dating. For more about "Serial Dater" and Adam Guerino, visit his website.
Hi my name is Adam Guerino . I'm 26 and I'm a serial dater. It has been thirty days since my last impersonation of a long term relationship.
I'm single. I'm incredibly single. Not even suitors in waiting. I'm singler than I've been for months yet it's been over a year since I've had a serious relationship. This isn't a personals ad, a casting call nor a cry for help; it's a sobering reality. Every time I'd have a new guy on my arm, my friends would respond "Who is this? I can't keep up!" I'd be so offended, proclaiming my love for said stranger then trailing off when it came to remembering his name. I even dated a guy for a month without knowing he was a vegetarian. We had dinner together at least ten times. I realize now, I didn't know this person; I wasn't dating them–I was dating dating.
I've tried word association to understand the addiction. I replace the words "relationship" and "date" with the words "crack cocaine." For example, this isn't like the last crack cocaine, this crack cocaine is different and it's only one crack cocaine, I can quit anytime.
So I'm single. Intentionally. Turning down even innocent coffee dates with the understanding that it will be like creeping over the hill of a roller coaster. It doesn't matter if the car stays on the tracks, it will be a plunge, a thrill ride and I'm an adrenaline addict. If I thought I was meeting a friend and find they think it's a date, I will scream and run. And controversially, I will not sleep with the same person twice. Having a "friends with benefits" is just a trick; watered down crack cocaine is still crack cocaine, isn't it? As far as sleeping with people, well, I'm an addict but I'm still human.
I've set the parameters for my social commentary; my science experiment about singledom and now I need to crawl in the test tube and try not to claw the eyes out of my own reflection. I'll spare you the moral and instead offer a threat, a battle cry: I see you loneliness. And I'm coming for you. You're not going to scare me away with chilly winter nights perfect for cuddling. When I fall in love, it will be for… more than a few months, damn it!
Hi, my name is Adam Guerino. I'm 26, and I'm a serial dater. It has been thirty days since my last impersonation of a long term relationship.
Adam Guerino is a writer in Chicago who works nationally as a stand-up comedian event producer. Guerino is the creator of OutLoud Chicago a production effort bringing queer entertainment to the mainstream with rotating venues including Queer Comedy at Zanies and Barefoot Ballad at The Hideout. His benefit series We Are Halsted seeks to get the queer community to support the queer community by raising funds and awareness for queer homeless youth. For more information and a calendar of upcoming events, www.adamguerino.com.


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Every parent-to-be is worried about their child being born healthy. But to see your child for the first time, and think 'Is this really my child?' is fortunately something that the majority of us will never have to contemplate. So, if you know that a) your partner has definitely not cheated (DNA tests may need to be done!) and b) there was no mix-up at the fertility clinic, then some parents are left scratching their heads at the mystery that nature launches upon them.


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I have never read Cassandra Clare's five (and counting) books in "The Mortal Instruments" series – but I have read all seven "Harry Potter" books, seen the eight movies made from them, and watched all five "Twilight" movies, so I recognize the raw materials that are mixed up in "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones."
Like Harry, Clarissa "Clary" Fray ("Mirror, Mirror's" Lily Collins) begins with no idea that she has a magical background. No, she and her buddy Simon (Robert Sheehan) are "mundanes," this series' version of "muggles." So Clary is freaked out when she continually draws an odd rune symbol — and when she witnesses a murder in a Brooklyn nightclub.
'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'
Witches battle demons in Brooklyn, in this derivative mishmash of familiar young-adult plotlines.
Where » Theaters everywhere.
When » Opens Wednesday, August 21.
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One of the killers confronts Clary. He's Jace Weyland ("Twilight" alumnus Jamie Campbell Bower), and he's a Shadowhunter, an angelic figure tasked with battling evil demons — including the one he dispatched in the club. Clary is a witch with angelic tendencies, we learn, because she can see Jace but Simon cannot (until the script arbitrarily decides that he can).
Clary learns quickly that Jace and his Shadowhunters are engaged in a never-ending war against evil, embodied by Valentine (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a former Shadowhunter who went over to the Dark Side. (And if you think that's the only "Star Wars" reference you'll get in this movie, think again.)
Valentine's minions kidnap Clary's mom, Jocelyn (Lena Headey), a former Shadowhunter who has hidden some magical McGuffin called The Mortal Cup. Jace's mentor, Hodge (played by Jared Harris, filling the Dumbledore-ish role his father Richard did in the first two "Potter" movies), tells Clary that if she finds the cup, she'll find her mother.
Rookie screenwriter Jessica Postigo Paquette, adapting Clare's book, throws in nasty vampires and friendly werewolves. Also, in the "Twilight" tradition, there are the makings of a love triangle — though I don't think girls are going to sign up for "Team Jace" or "Team Simon" with the same zeal that the Twi-Hards applied to their favorite characters.
Director Harald Zwart, who made the remake of "The Karate Kid" with Jaden Smith, strings together one chaotic action sequence after another. Mostly, the loud special effects do the work that good actors and coherent screenwriting used to fulfill.
All of this may have been barely acceptable if the pretty cast — led by Collins and Bower, and including Kevin Zegers and Jemima West as more Shadowhunters — came off as authentic people rather than posers out of a fashion shoot. In the end, this "City of Bones" is all gnawed-over scraps from other, better movies.
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Orlando Cervantes enters his third season as head coach at Lamar.
Cervantes, who was named the third head coach in program history on July 16, 2012, didn't wait long to make an impact. In his first season, he led the Lady Cardinals to the best record in their six-year history, guiding Lamar to a second-place finish in the Southland Conference and their first-ever berth in the Southland Conference championship game.
In his first year at Lamar, Cervantes saw the Cardinals post single-season records for wins (11), goals scored (41) and goals-against average (1.37).
In his second season at Lamar, Cervantes kept an injury-plagued squad in contention for a Southland Conference Tournament berth up until the last weekend of the season.
Cervantes came to Lamar from Indiana University, where he spent two years as an assistant women's soccer coach. Prior to his stint at Indiana, he was an assistant coach at Cal Poly, where he helped the Mustangs win a Big West Conference championship.
Cervantes was the head coach for two seasons at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for one season, while also serving as the school's sports information director. Cervantes' job as a head coach was at Holy Names University for three seasons. Cervantes led the team to a pair of top three finishes in his first two seasons.
He got his start at UC Santa Cruz in 1996 as an assistant for both the men's and women's teams before moving on to his alma mater, San Jose State University, in 1998 as an assistant coach for the men's and women's soccer teams. He coached two first-round and one third-round draft picks in the Major League Soccer Draft on the men's side and helped the women's team qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history and capture a WAC Championship. The men also advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Cervantes also has experience with the Olympic Development Program (ODP), currently a member of the instructional staff with the California Youth Soccer Association as well as the USYSA ODP - Region IV team. He has served as the head coach of the California-North State ODP team.
His professional experience came with the California Jaguars of the United Soccer League (USL), where he was the head coach and assistant general manager responsible for player personnel and operations.
Cervantes graduated with a degree in kinesiology and minor in Spanish from San Jose State University. He recently earned a master's degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University in Irvine, Calif.
He and his wife, Rachel, have a son, Canon, and a daughter, Graciana. The family resides in Beaumont.
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Austin Nationals visit Lamar for 5 p.m. contest
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(BEAUMONT, TX) Lamar Women's Soccer Coach Orlando Cervantes talks about his team and this weekend's home games against Nicholls and Southeastern.
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Video: Ruby The Giraffe Born At England's Marwell Zoo
In front of an audience of roughly 60 people, baby Ruby entered the world at England's Marwell Zoo. The baby giraffe is the first to be born to Irsula, the zoo's resident giraffe. The zoo is celebrating it's 40th year, and Ruby's name was chosen to reflect the stone signifying the anniversary.
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Jessica Simpson Sometimes Cleans Her Teeth With Her Sweater
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"Sometimes I'll use my sweater," she says.
Plus: "I'm going to cut the nuts off Conan and his father."
"I smoke, so what? It's not like I'm sitting there going, 'Kids, you should go buy a pack of cigarettes.'"
On his motorcycle, not at a party.
Instead, she left all her money to her mother.
March 15 on VH1, ladies.
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It's like everything we've ever known is a lie.
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This stunning three stone trellis setting features interwoven prongs sweeping upward to embrace two perfectly matched princess diamond side stones.
This setting is part of the
Classic Collection.
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Comments about Platinum Three Stone Princess Diamond Trellis Ring (1/2 ct. tw.):
I bought this phenomnal engagement ring and my fiance loves it! We will be buying our wedding rings from Brilliant Earth.
Service and delivery comments:
Excellent and easy process! We had the sizing off and Brilliant Earth was wonderful about resizing. They even covered the shipping both ways. All the staff is stellar.
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Outstanding and highly personalized customer service is the hallmark of the Brilliant Earth experience. When you contact Brilliant Earth, you will be assisted by your own non-commissioned jewelry specialist who will guide you through the purchase process help you make the ideal selection for you.
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Each piece is handcrafted to order with the highest quality and beauty.