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The three-year grant is a renewal of one initially received from the NSF in 2003; however, this is a project that has been in process for more than sixteen years.
"Receiving this grant from the NSF is great for Andrews," Henson comments. "It enables us to buy computers and supplies for the research and to hire lots of students. The research experience for both undergraduates and master's students is wonderful. The grant also gives Andrews a chance to collaborate with other universities."
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While at the island, which measures only about a mile and a half long by a half mile wide, the research team stays in a cabin, seven miles by boat from the closest town. Working sixteen-hour days beginning at 5:30 am, the students and researchers spend their time at the top of a hundred-foot bluff overlooking thousands of gulls, doing scan counts of sample areas at the top of each hour (a process that takes 20-30 minutes) which track both the number of gulls and their behavior. The goal is to develop mathematical models that will enable the prediction of animal behavior in these habitats.
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An understanding of the group dynamics of animals can help prevent some of the conflicts that arise between animal movements and humans, such as collisions between birds and aircraft. It can also be useful in learning about the patterns of animals that may be carriers of diseases such as bird flu.
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With a standing-room-only crowd of ILLINOIS accountancy students and three prominent alumni taking center stage at the Department of Accountancy's recent Lyceum, the Deloitte Auditorium couldn't have been more orange and blue–or more Deloitte for that matter. All three speakers are not only loyal ILLINOIS supporters, but they are also experienced, long-time leaders at Deloitte.
Stephen Van Arsdell, Chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche LLP, and Chris Lu, CEO of Deloitte China, provided the overflow audience with their perspectives on today's accounting profession. Howard Engle, partner at Deloitte Tax LLP, was the Lyceum's moderator. With more than 100 years of public accounting experience between them, the speakers have an intimate understanding of the challenges and opportunities currently facing the profession.
"When I arrived in Shanghai, there were 35 people in the office," says Lu, who graduated with a master's degree in accounting science and worked in Deloitte's Los Angeles and Taiwan offices before relocating to China in 1994. "Now we have more than 11,500 employees, and we continue to grow."
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Van Arsdell, who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in accountancy from ILLINOIS, agrees that "a level of global experience is necessary" for the accounting professional and assured the students that "at ILLINOIS you are getting a global experience." Like Lu, he also sees a bright future for today's accountancy graduates. "The demand for accountants across the board is only increasing, as is the demand for accountancy Ph.D. graduates. This is a vibrant profession, where opportunities abound. That is why we just invested $300 million in Deloitte University's leadership center and are investing a similar amount in a new, groundbreaking accounting software platform."
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Other challenges arise from adoption of IFRS, auditor responsibilities for detecting fraud, and the lingering perception by the public that there has been a decline in audit quality in recent years, a perception that has been amplified by the mortgage meltdown and resulting financial crisis. One of the consequences of the concern about audit quality is a new call for mandatory rotation of audit firms. While Van Arsdell believes the idea merits some discussion, he emphasizes that "short-term rotation isn't the answer. Knowing your client's business is extraordinarily important, and coming to deeply understand some clients' businesses can take a long time. Continuity of information is also very important, so a rotation of 5 or 7 or 9 years would be a disaster. That said, rotating every 20 years might not be bad. But the central question is what problem are you trying to solve. To me, it seems that rotation is more of a solution looking for a problem."
Lu agrees. "I think that audit quality has not declined," says Lu. "In fact, I would argue that it has actually improved and that our focus on internal controls is very strong. Professional skepticism is what will solve an audit quality problem, not rotation."
That and strong ethics. "As an auditor, I wouldn't risk the reputation of my firm for any client," says Van Arsdell. "We always have to put the interest of the investing public ahead of our interests. The essence of the profession is that ethical context."
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Van Arsdell adds: "At ILLINOIS, I learned that you've got to do the right thing every time and that you should build quality into everything that you do. This sense of professional ethics is at the heart of all your interactions. When you operate from an ethical position, the client and the marketplace will see your value, and the profession will be better for it."


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"Everybody's had this fascination that they want to buy the bottom in Apple," he said. "That's not necessarily how you should be approaching this right now."
On CNBC's "Fast Money," he said that there were other stocks with more potential.
"Research In Motion has been on this path to the upside for a while now, and so has Nokia," he said, noting that China Mobile carries phones made by Nokia.
While Najarian said that he expected Apple to post a positive quarterly earnings report next week, it was not enough to get him into the trade.
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Joe Terranova of Virtus Investment Partners agreed.
"I think they have to be very, very strong earnings," he said, while encouraging investors not to time the market with Apple. "You keep it as an investment."
Terranova said that Apple was a stock that would play out over a longer term.
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Proper training is an important part of any occupation, but it's especially critical to workers in the electrical profession. A journeyman electrician and his helper learned this lesson firsthand while installing a 3-phase run of wire between an existing circuit breaker panel and a new piece of machinery.
During the installation, the journeyman electrician attempted to replace a missing bolt from a breaker mount on an energized 480V bus bar. While trying to screw the bolt into place, he lost control of it. Either the bolt or mount (or both) then came in contact with another phase in the circuit breaker panel, resulting in an arc flash. Although the electrician was wearing protective insulating gloves, he did not use safety glasses, shields, or any other protective equipment. In addition to temporarily losing his eyesight, the electrician received first- and second-degree burns to his head, face, and forearm as a result of the accident.
A short time later, the helper, who had no formal electrical training, was demonstrating to the facility owner what had happened when a second electrical arc flash occurred at the breaker panel, the cause of which is not known. The helper was not wearing any personal protective equipment and received second-degree burns to his head, face, neck, arm, and hand. Furthermore, the nylon jacket he was wearing melted to his skin. The journeyman electrician was hospitalized for one day, while the helper required multiple hospital visits for treatment of his burns.
To prevent injuries such as these, the following actions are recommended:
Electrical systems should be worked on in a de-energized state.
Discuss with the site manager whether the required work can be performed de-energized. This often can be accomplished through pre-planning and scheduling.
Isolate and lockout energy sources.
Ensure that stored energy doesn't exist, and apply appropriate grounding if necessary.
Use properly rated voltage testers to verify the absence of voltage at each energy point. This should only be done by a qualified person.
If work must be performed energized, follow all requirements in NFPA 70E.
All electrical companies should have a meaningful energized work policy.
Only qualified and well-trained individuals should perform energized work.
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Wear appropriate personal protective equipment rated for the job. Never wear clothing made of nylon, acetate, polyester, or rayon.
Electrical apprentices and other electricians are the only people who should assist an electrician in the field.
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Ecclesiology is the theology of the Orthodox Christian faith concerning the Church.
The Church is the Body of Christ, a theanthropic (divine-human) communion of Jesus Christ with his people. The sole head of the Church is Christ. The Church is an object of faith, that is, Orthodox Christians believe in the Church. The traditional belief in the Church is attested to in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed as the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. By this phrase is meant that the Church is undivided and not many (one), sanctified and set apart for the work of God (holy), whole and characterized by fullness and universality (catholic), and has at its essence the going out into all the world to preach the Gospel and baptize the nations (apostolic).
The Church is the Bride of Christ, the eschatological spouse of the Son of God, united to him in faith and love, for which he gave himself up on the cross. The intimacy of a husband and wife is an earthly image of the intimacy that Christ has with his Church, and the union of an earthly marriage is a shadow of the union of that marriage of the Lamb of God with the Church.
The community of the Church is the locus of salvation for mankind; it is truly the Ark in which mankind may be saved from the flood of corruption and sin. In it, Christians sacramentally work out their salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), worshipping the Holy Trinity in spirit and in truth. The Church is the pillar and ground of truth (I Tim. 3:15) and thus may be relied upon in the Christian's struggle to apprehend the one truth for himself. The Church is eternal, and the gates of Hell will never prevail against it (Matt. 16:18).
The Church consists of the prophets and saints of both the Old and New Covenants, the angels and the concrete, historical community of believers in this earthly life. Those who have gone on before us are known as the Church Triumphant, while those in this life are known as the Church Militant.
The boundaries of the Church are ultimately known only to God himself, but outside the historical context of the Church—that is, the Orthodox Church—the nature of the connection of any human being to the Church (whether a believer in Christ or not) is unknown to us. Throughout Church History, various groups have broken from the Church, a tragic reality which does not divide the Church but rather divides believers from the Church. The final status of Christians in such communities is dependent on God's mercy and grace, as is the case with those with membership in the Church in this life.
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- The Orthodox Understanding of Primacy and Catholicity, by Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria (paper read at the meeting of the theological commission of the Swiss Bishops' Conference in Basel, 24 January 2005)


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Regardless of whether the unemployment rate rises or falls on Friday when new monthly figures are released, the White House will continue to make the same pitch to voters: the economy is moving in the right direction.
"If you look at what the president has been saying for every jobs number for the past year or so, it's almost exactly the same," White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said today at a POLITICO luncheon here on the economy. "We're moving in the right direction; we're creating jobs."
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"No matter what the number is, that's how we'll approach it," he siad.
The administration is effectively putting on a brave face as it prepares for the possibility that Americans might learn of an increase in the unemployment rate just hours after they hear President Barack Obama deliver a speech on Thursday accepting his party's nomination for another four years in the White House.
Though he acknowledged that the unemployment rate is an important indicator of the economy's health, Pfeiffer cast the month-to-month movement in the number as a Washington fascination that doesn't resonate with all Americans.
"To the average person, the economy is a very personal thing," he said. "People will look at the array of things happening."
Pfeiffer's comments reflect the broader strategy by the administration of arguing that Obama inherited a terrible economy when he took office in 2009, steady progress has been made since then and that voters now need to decide whether to keep with the Obama plan or choose the ideas being offered by Republicans, which Democrats contend crippled the economy in the first place.


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More than 13,000 foreign killers were turned loose in Connecticut this summer, an airborne army of assassins unleashed to take down a very special enemy.
The killers are known as "parasitoid" wasps. Their only target is the emerald ash borer, an insidious alien invader that could end up destroying large sections of Connecticut forest if left unchecked.
Whether these tiny "biocontrol" warriors will succeed is anybody's guess.
"These wasps are kind of the best hope we have, but it's hard to predict the long term," says Claire E. Rutledge, a scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
Rutledge was in charge of releasing thousands of the predatory (but stingless) wasps in Prospect and Middlebury between May and September. Those two towns were ground zero for Connecticut's emerald ash borer (or EAB) invasion.
Repeated scientific studies have shown that the only creatures these wasps go after are EABs, and they've been cleared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use in states where those little green beetles are busy murdering our ash trees.
History has demonstrated that bringing in the wrong sort of biocontrol agents can create as many problems as they solve. ("Bufo" or cane toads, introduced from Puerto Rico into Hawaii in the 1930s to control the sugar cane beetle, offer one infamous example. Turned out the toad's skin was highly toxic and killed lots of native wildlife.)
Rutledge says a lot's been learned since those bad old days. One critical lesson is to only bring in something that is "host specific," a predator that's evolved to eat or kill only the invasive species you're trying to eliminate.
This isn't our first biocontrol insect war in Connecticut, and there have been some spectacular successes.
The birch leafminer is one such victory. This type of tiny sawfly lays eggs in birch tree leaves, and its larvae eat those leaves. In 1974, Connecticut introduced a different type of parasitoid wasp dedicated to going after the birch leafminers, and by 2007 it had basically completed its task. "It's done such a great job that it's pretty much extirpated the birch leafminers," she says.
Which brings us back to the hopes to do the same for the emerald ash borer.
A native of Asia, these wood-boring beetles are believed to have hitched rides to the U.S.A. aboard solid-wood packing materials around 1990. They weren't actually identified until someone spotted them destroying ash trees in Michigan in 2002. Now they've spread to 19 states and Canada.
EABs are deadly: It's estimated that more than 30 million of Michigan's ash trees have died from these pests. (Ash trees make up 4-15 percent of Connecticut's woodlands.)
When EABs were first detected in the U.S., researchers headed for the beetle's native Asian lands to look for its natural foes. In China, they found a couple of different types of EAB enemies, and tests have shown these wasps apparently have no taste for any species of insects native to North America.
(The key there is "apparently." As Rutledge warns, while scientists are "really pretty sure" about the safety of using these wasps, "We can't predict the whole world.")
The technical name for one of these EAB hunters is Tetrastichus planipennisi. This particular breed lays its eggs inside the emerald ash borer's larvae. Each wasp mommy lays 150 eggs inside the EAB larvae, and those little guys eventually kill their host.
These wasps are being raised in a federal lab in Michigan, says Rutledge.
Another anti-EAB wasp type released in Connecticut, the kind of kinky-sounding Oobius agrili, is generally used in fewer numbers because it lays only a single egg inside a beetle's larvae. That makes it harder to raise in the lab since you need more EAB larvae to get more Oobius agrili.
Rutledge says Connecticut experts won't have much idea how effective the wasps can be until research is done to find out how many of the little predators have survived our harsh winter season. But they have proven they can take the cold weather in other northern states so chances are they'll do fine here.
Connecticut officials would love to release lots more of these EAB killers, but so would environmental agencies in many of the other states fighting to save their ash trees. Federal officials say 14 states are now using these wasps, and Rutledge expects the competition to get them from the Michigan growing facility will be fierce.
So far, the parasitoid wasps look like the best chance to save our ash trees.
Emerald ash borers were first spotted in Connecticut in Prospect, in July 2012. The little green buggers have now spread to at least eight other Connecticut towns.
Just last week, federal experts in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued an expanded EAB quarantine order that prohibits anyone from moving ash logs and lumber, ash nursery stock, and other hardwood firewood out of Fairfield, Litchfield and Hartford Counties. (The original quarantine order only covered New Haven County.)
The reason for the quarantine is that shipments of wood products, particularly firewood, are the way EAB spreads fastest.
"The infestation grows at about one mile a year," explains Rutledge, "but it grows a lot faster if it's in the back of a pickup truck."
In China and other parts of Asia, native ash trees have evolved defenses to limit the damage from emerald ash borers. Our North American ash forests have no such natural anti-EAB systems.
"We're fighting an uphill battle," says Rutledge, "because the trees aren't helping."
The war to stop the emerald ash borer is going to last for a long time, and it may be years before we know how successful our wasp assassins can be. "Biocontrol is a slow burn," says Rutledge. "You have to wait a while to see if it's working."
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Lakeland police made a U-turn on Thursday on the more than $30,000 in citations officers issued to drivers at a road project on Old Combee Road.
LAKELAND | Lakeland police made a U-turn on Thursday on the more than $30,000 in citations officers issued to drivers at a road project on Old Combee Road.
Police Chief Lisa Womack ordered Thursday that the tickets be voided.
That applies to 187 motorists issued citations during a nine-hour period last week and other drivers who have been ticketed since.
Among the 187 ticketed, most received a $164 ticket for violating a traffic device. A couple of dozen drivers received additional fines for other traffic violations. Those charges will not be voided, said Police Capt. John Thomason.
Police stationed at the road project plan to issue warnings to people in the coming days instead of tickets, Thomason said.
"The chief felt it was best to turn this into a warning," Thomason said.
"Looking at the total circumstances with the signage, there was confusion."
The problem happened when drivers turned off Socrum Loop Road onto Old Combee.
Eastbound drivers crossing the Interstate 4 overpass were quickly confronted by a barricaded lane in front of the entrance to the Parke 33 Apartments.
Drivers interviewed by The Ledger had complained that signs warning of a road closure for eastbound traffic on Old Combee were poorly placed and confusing.
Drivers who received a citation that will be voided will receive a letter from the Police Department for verification of the voided charge, the police statement said.
If the driver does not receive a letter from the department, the person will need to verify the standing of the citation by contacting Lakeland Police Department at 863-834-2506 or the court clerk's office at 603-6412 or 603-6600.
"Anyone receiving this citation should consider it to be a warning only," the statement said.
"The charge for violation of a traffic control device was lawfully issued for the technical violation; however, Chief Womack has exercised her discretionary authority to direct that those citations will be voided."
"Any secondary violations will not be voided, i.e. no seat belt, no insurance, etc., and will proceed through the court process."
If a ticketed driver already paid the fine, Thomason said police will work with the clerk's office to seek a refund.
Many of the tickets haven't been made official yet.
Those tickets would simply be voided, he said.
"We will look at it case by case," Thomason said.
On Twitter and Facebook on Thursday, City Commissioner Justin Troller lauded the decision to void the tickets.
"The LPD has turned all the tickets issued at Old Combee Rd/Socrum Loop 2 warnings," Troller wrote.
"Great example of govt working for its citizens."
Kuranda Robertson received a $164 ticket for violating a traffic device Feb. 28.
Robertson, 22, said she couldn't believe the good news when her mother called her Thursday about the voided ticket.
Robertson recounted how she received the ticket.
Robertson had been to the bank at Plantation Square shopping center and was returning home when she suddenly drove into what she described as "a very confusing area."
"Where do I go?" she said she asked herself.
She was stopped by an officer.
Robertson said she asked the officer what she should have done.
"He said, Turn around in the middle of the road,'" Robertson said.
"I was just shocked."
"It was all very confusing."
Old Combee Road is expected to be reopened by mid-morning today.
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My blog is Chanters Pray Twice (a reference to a St Augustine quote), where you can find out more about me, albeit in a fairly diving-in-the-deep-end kinda way. I also have a userpage with a lot of userboxes on Wikipedia.
I am an Orthodox residing in Australia, hence my interest in the Church in Australia and its near neighbours. Noticing the lack of information about Orthodoxy in Australia on OrthodoxWiki, I decided that the situation wasn't going to improve without personally doing something about it. A similar motivation was involved in adopting the featured articles (particularly as I seem to have exhausted most available information about Australasia), and in deciding to write up important biographies, particularly of ascetics (mainly because those are available to me).
On 14/July/05, i was made a sysop of OrthodoxWiki; while being sysop of OrthodoxWiki (and doing all the associated duties), special attention has been given to my pet topic of Orthodoxy in Australasia. I have put a brief listing of my OrthodoxWiki philosophy.
I have had three articles that I began, and/or largely wrote, made into feature articles: Orthodoxy in Australasia (15 July 2005, since split into Orthodoxy in Australia and Orthodoxy in New Zealand due to excess size), St Irene Chrysovalantou (28 April 2006) and Elder Joseph the Hesychast (4 November 2006). A list of my contributions can be found here. I have made 2449 edits on OrthodoxWiki (at July 26, 2006), including 195 template edits, indicating my construction of a number of templates for use in Australasia and Oceania.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Residence Hall Related FAQ
- What are the dimensions of the dorm room?
- When can I move into my room?
- What items should I not bring for my room?
- Are all rooms or apartments fully carpeted?
- Am I allowed to bring a car, motorcycle or bicycle to campus?
- Do I need to bring my own telephone and television set?
- Do I have to pay separately for the cable or internet?
- Do I have a choice in selecting my roommate?
- Are there any single rooms available to students?
- If I live in an apartment, is there a kitchen available?
- Are pets allowed in the room or apartment?
On-campus Dining Related FAQ
- Can I take food from the dining hall back to my room for a midnight snack?
- $3,353 per semester is a lot of money for food - where does all that money go?
- Why can't my friend use my ID for dining hall meals when I'm out of town?
- Why do I have to present my ID every time I enter the dining room?
- If I use all my declining balance, can I purchase more?
- Can I purchase declining balance if I am not on a meal plan?
- If I lose my ID Card, what do I do?
- What happens if I don't use all my meals?
- Is a detailed statement of my account available?
- Is my declining balance account refundable or transferable?
What are the dimensions of the dorm room?
The dimensions of the dorm room depend on which room you are assigned. If you live in the Quad (Cubley, Reynolds, Ross or Brooks), the dimensions are approximately 15'10" x 11'8". Hamlin-Powers rooms are approximately 16' x 11'8". Moore House rooms are approximately 11'8" x 18' with a height of approximately 8'3 1/2". Graham Hall, which consists of Wilson, VanNote, Donahue and Olson, have room dimensions approximately 12' x 14'. Finally, a room in Price Hall, which consists of Farrisee, Newell, Ormsby and Thomas, have room dimensions that are approximately 12' x 14'.
When can I move into my room?
All new students can move in the Friday before classes start.
What items should I not bring for my room?
Clarkson University's primary concern is that you do not bring stoves, halogen lamps, hot plates, air conditioners, incense or candles. For a list of items you should consider bringing to campus, please review the checklist
Are all rooms or apartments fully carpeted?
No, As new residence hall rooms are being added, students can expect to find attractive tiled floors in several locations in the quad.
Am I allowed to bring a car, motorcycle or bicycle to campus?
Vehicles are allowed at Clarkson University. However, you are required to register and obtain a sticker in order for you to park your vehicle on campus. All vehicles are the owner's responsibility.
Do I need to bring my own television set?
Yes. All rooms and apartments are equipped with cable and internet access; however, you need to bring your own ethernet cable to connect and television set.
Do I have to pay separately for the cable? No, cable and internet are included in room charge.
Do I have a choice in selecting my roommate?
As first-year students, you are asked to fill out a "Roommate Survey" form so that Clarkson is able to match you with the appropriate roommate. However, if you are requesting another Clarkson first-year student, state each others name on the housing contract and the Residence Life staff will consider your request.
Are there any single rooms available to students?
Yes, there are single rooms available for upper class students. These rooms are located in the Graham Complex residence hall and consist of 24 single rooms. Single occupancy rooms are available through the Housing Lottery held in the spring of each year.
If I live in an apartment, is there a kitchen available?
There is a kitchen available. However, these apartments are only open for upper classmen and can be chosen through the Housing Lottery.
Are pets allowed in the residence halls or apartments?
No, pets are strictly forbidden in any residence hall or apartment at Clarkson University.
Can I take food from the dining hall back to my room for a midnight snack?
Because we offer unlimited seconds in our dining halls and offer continuous service, it is necessary that all food be eaten within the dining hall. You may take a piece of fruit or ice cream with you on your way out. If we allowed food to be taken from the dining rooms, the cost of food consumed would increase which would result in an increased cost to students.
$3,353 per semester is a lot of money for food - where does all that money go?
If all $3,353 were just spent on food, you would be dining on lobster, caviar and champagne. As you are aware, we're not that extravagant. Here's how your money is spent: Historically, the University uses about one-third of the money to pay for costs associated with operating the two dining halls, the food court, and the convenience locations - heat, hot water, lights, custodial, physical improvements, maintenance care, replacement of equipment, etc. The remaining funds are divided among three major cost categories: food, labor and direct costs. In an average year, we spend 44% of our expenses on food, 46% on labor and 10% on direct costs (phone, laundry, china replacement, insurance, soaps, etc.).
Why can't my friend use my ID for dining hall meals when I'm out of town? Someone might as well use it since the meals are paid for.
Clarkson board rates are based on actual meals served rather on the number of outstanding contracts. By looking at our past experience with Clarkson students, we estimate the average number of meals each student will attend according to his or her meal plan each week. In other words, they are based on the fact that the average student will attend only a certain percentage of the meals served. If contracts were transferrable, we would have to increase the cost of the meal contract to cover the increased attendance.
Why do I have to present my ID every time I enter the dining room?
Your validated college ID is encoded to identify you and your appropriate meal plan. It is your authorization to enter the dining hall. You must present it each time, for two reasons: it provides us with statistical information used to determine future rates and track popular menu items.
If I use all my declining balance, can I purchase more?
Yes, you can. Just stop by the Clarkson Dining Services Office on the main floor of Cheel or any cashier and purchase the extra credit. You may use cash, check (made payable to ARAMARK), Debit, MasterCard or VISA. You may also use eCommerce via www.clarkson.campusdish.com or via the link on our Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/ClarksonDining .
Can I purchase declining balance if I am not on a meal plan?
Anyone is welcome to take advantage of having a declining balance account and receive the value-added bonus!
If I lose my ID Card, what do I do?
Report your lost or stolen card immediately to the Campus Safety Office. The credit on your card is like a wallet, so be careful! Neither Clarkson or Campus Dining is responsible for unauthorized usage of your card!
What happens if I don't use all my meals?
Unused board meals do not carry over from week to week. The meal plan week begins on Saturday and continues through Friday dinner. Block meals can be used throughout the semester until they run out. An Aramark cashier can tell you how many meals you have left at any time.
Is a detailed statement of my account available?
All of your meal plan activity is downloaded into Aramark's computer system. Stop by the Aramark office, which is located on the main floor of the Cheel Campus Center, if you would like a printout.
Is my declining balance account refundable or transferable?
Unused declining balance from a formal meal plan (The Golden Knight, The All Northern, Platinum Dining, The Sandstoner, Emerald Dining and The Pioneer) does carry over from semester to semester but not from year to year. Any declining balance that is purchased above the price of a formal meal plan does carry over semester to semester (thru May), not year to year. It is nonrefundable and not transferable due to federal and state tax laws. This applies only to tax exempt (student) accounts.
Basic cable is included in the room charge.


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Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) can't wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she's also his ex-girlfriend.
With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world's attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.
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2013 Season (Sophomore): Competed in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes as well as the long and triple jumps during the indoor season...INDOOR: Placed fourth in the long jump at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) with a season-best mark of 6.70 meters...Earned a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a personal-best 12.77 meters at the UW-Parkside Classic (Feb. 2)...Ran the 200-meter dash at the UW-Parkside Classic in a time of 23.99.
2012 Season (Freshman): Competed in the 55- and 200-meters, long jump, 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x400-meter relays...Helped the men's team win the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championship...Helped set the school record in the 4x200-meter relay (1:31.01) at the Eastbay/Pointer Invitational (Feb. 18)...INDOOR: Finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay (3:28.53) at the Tadd Metzger Invitational (Jan. 27)...Placed second in the long jump (6.78m) and fourth in the 55-meters (6.67) at the UW-Parkside Classic Open (Feb. 4)...Was very successful at the NAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) finishing first in the 4x400-meter relay (3:29.00), second in the long jump (6.87m), third in the 55-meters (6.65), sixth in the 200-meters (23.13) and sixth in the 4x100-meter relay (44.94).
High School (Winneconne): A Natoinal Honors Society member...Member of the 4x200-meter relay team that won gold at the WIAA State Meet and set the state record with a time of 1:27.66 in Division 2...Helped the soccer team win a regional title...Named All-Eastern Valley Conference First Team in four track & field events, and Second Team in soccer...Earned varsity letters in soccer, wrestling and track & field.
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Two years ago, Telegram & Gazette editorial cartoonist David Hitch lashed out against Mitzy, �the jogging addict,� for causing drivers additional frustration as they maneuvered along the snow-covered roads.
At the time, I was training for my first Boston Marathon, and I felt compelled to make a case on Mitzy�s behalf. I sympathized with her need to log her weekly miles even though the road conditions were less than ideal.
Two years later, I find myself once again training for Boston and once again outraged by Mr. Hitch�s March 10 cartoon that literally targets runners.
After returning from a 23-mile training run, I opened the paper to an image and message that suggests Americans would actually approve of a drone strike on U.S. soil if it nailed runners who jogged during storms. The runner featured this time looks eerily like Mitzy, who made her debut in 2011.
Perhaps she did make a poor decision to head out on the roads during the blizzard (I ran 20 miles on the treadmill instead), but I hardly think this warrants a drone attack. And I think the nearly 15 million Americans who run would agree with me. Frustration I can understand.
But skull and crossbones? You�ve taken it too far. I�d be happy to filibuster on this issue. I think I�ve got the stamina. After all, I am a marathoner.


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When they take the court at the Honda Center Saturday evening against the Wisconsin Badgers, the Arizona Wildcats could be 40 minutes of basketball away from their first Final Four appearance since 2001.
That season, they lost to Duke by a score of 82-72 in the national championship game.
And while the Wildcats have had some successful seasons since then, they have not been able to claw their way back into the Final Four.
But they've been close. Very close. Painstakingly close.
Arizona has made three separate trips to the Elite 8 over the last 13 years, each time falling in heartbreaking fashion.
Here's a recap:
2003: Kansas 78, Arizona 75
The top-seeded Wildcats and second-seeded Kansas Jayhawks battled throughout the entire game, with Arizona being forced to make up some steep deficits throughout. They were able to do so many times, and even had the lead late in the second half. But they fell just a bit short.
Jason Gardner scored 23 points for Arizona while Luke Walton chipped in 18, while Rick Anderson and Hassan Adams each scored 11. Channing Frye notched six points, Salim Stoudamire was held to just four points and Andre Igoudala tallied only two.
But it was Kansas' Kirk Hinrich who was the difference maker, scoring 28 points and blocking the first of two three-point attempts from Gardner as time expired to hang on for the win.
2005: Illinois 90, Arizona 89
On a pain scale from 1 to 10, this one ranks around a 174.
Simply put, this was a game Arizona should have won, even though it was basically a home game for Illinois.
The Wildcats, the region's third seed, were up most of the second half against number one seeded Illinois. And with just four minutes left, Arizona held what appeared to be a comfortable 15-point lead.
Then. It. All. Fell. Apart.
Led by guards Deron Williams and Luther Head and aided by some sloppy play by Arizona, Illinois finished the half on a 20-5 run, sending the game into overtime, where Hassan Adams' three-point shot misfired as time expired.
Channing Frye finished with a game-high 24 points for Arizona, while Adams scored 21 and Ivan Radenovic poured in 13. Five Wildcats reached double figures in the loss.
But the difference was Illinois' backcourt of Williams and Head, which along with Dee Brown combined for 59 points and 19 assists that led the Illini to the comeback and eventually the win.
2011: UConn 65, Arizona 63
To be honest, neither team was expected to make it this far.
Arizona was seeded fifth for a reason, and UConn was third. The Wildcats survived a first-round scare against Memphis and needed a miracle rally to knock off Texas in the second before destroying Duke in the Sweet 16. And if not for a ridiculous run through the Big East Tournament that year, the Huskies would have been seeded much lower, though their tournament path was a bit smoother than their opponent's.
This was a game where the best players from each team shined, as Derrick Williams and Kemba Walker each led their teams with 20 points. However, foul trouble limited Williams, the future second-overall pick in the NBA Draft, to just 26 minutes.
Arizona got out of the gates quickly and took the lead, but UConn fought back and had the edge at the half. The lead was up to eight with 11 minutes to play, but from there the Wildcats fought back and eventually took the lead, going up by three with six-and-a-half minutes left.
The Huskies didn't go away, though, and not only regained the lead, but went up by six with just two-and-a-half minutes left to play. The teams traded baskets from there, with Kyle Fogg and Jamelle Horne making threes for Arizona and Kemba Walker hitting a jumper for UConn, which set the stage for an amazing finish.
Down two with the ball and 18 seconds to play, Arizona turned to Derrick Williams, whose three-point attempt missed. Fogg got the offensive rebound and kicked it out to the senior Horne, whose three-point shot looked true but it bounced off the rim to seal the win for UConn.


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WASHINGTON — A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday night, relegating GOP front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about his ability to attract ardent conservatives at the core of the party's political base.
Santorum was victorious, as well, in a nonbinding Missouri primary that was worth bragging rights but no delegates.
"Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota!" Santorum told cheering supporters in St. Charles, Mo. Challenging his rival, he declared that on issues ranging from health care to "Wall Street bailouts, Mitt Romney has the same positions as Barack Obama."
Colorado held caucuses, too. The first few hundred votes tallied trended Santorum's way, but the count lagged well behind Minnesota's.
Returns from 572 percent of Minnesota's precincts showed Santorum with 45 percent support, Texas Rep. Paul with 27 percent and Romney — who won the state in his first try for the nomination four years ago — with 17 percent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich trailed with 11 percent.
Romney prevailed in both Minnesota and Colorado in 2008, the first time he ran for the nomination, but the GOP has become more conservative in both states since then under the influence of tea party activists.
There were 37 Republican National Convention delegates at stake in Minnesota and 33 more in Colorado, and together, they accounted for the largest one-day combined total so far in the race for the GOP nomination.
Minnesota's victory was the first for Santorum since he eked out a 34-vote win in the lead-off Iowa caucuses a month ago.
He had faded far from the lead in the primaries and caucuses since, and Gingrich seemed to eclipse him as the leading conservative rival to Romney when he won the South Carolina primary late last month.
Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, campaigned aggressively in all three states, seeking a breakthrough to revitalize a campaign that had struggled since Iowa.
He won Minnesota largely the way he did Iowa, dispatching his organizers from the first state to the second and courting pastors and tea party leaders alike.
Paul, a Texas lawmaker, has yet to win a primary or caucus. He arrived at a caucus site in Coon Rapids, Minn., in early evening to shake hands with early arrivers and had to squeeze his way through a crowd of autograph seekers.
Romney began the day the leader in the delegate chase, with 101 of the 1,144 needed to capture the nomination at the Republican National Convention this summer in Tampa. Gingrich had 32, Santorum 17 and Paul nine.
Though the delegate total on Tuesday was high, the campaigning was a pale comparison to the Iowa caucuses or primaries last month in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
Television advertising was sparse; neither Colorado nor Minnesota hosted a candidates' debate, and there was relatively little campaigning by the contenders themselves until the past few days.
The same was true in last weekend's Nevada caucuses, which Romney won on the heels of a Florida primary victory days earlier. The same pattern holds in Maine, where caucuses finish on Saturday.
Not until primaries in Michigan and Arizona on Feb. 28 is the campaign likely to regain the intensity that characterized the first few weeks of the year.
Then it roars back to life with a 10-state Super Tuesday on March 6 with 416 convention delegates at stake. Georgia, where Gingrich launched his career in Congress, is the biggest prize that night with 76 delegates. Next is Ohio, which has 63 delegates at stake and where early voting has already begun.
Santorum, in particular, was eager to seize the relative lull to redeem the promise of his Iowa victory.
He campaigned more aggressively this week than any of the other contenders, and he spent Tuesday hopscotching from Colorado to Minnesota to Missouri in hopes of nailing down at least one victory. Touting himself as a true conservative — a slap at Gingrich — he sought to undermine Romney's electability claim at the same time by predicting the former Massachusetts governor would lose to Obama.
Romney responded by assailing Santorum as an advocate of congressional earmarks — shifting the criticism he had leveled at Gingrich when the Georgian seemed a more imposing threat.
In the hours before the caucuses convened, the front-runner sought to lower expectations.
"Mitt Romney is not going to win every contest," Rich Beeson, the campaign's political director, wrote in a memo for public consumption.
"John McCain lost 19 states in 2008, and we expect our opponents will notch a few wins, too," Beeson wrote. McCain, the Arizona senator, won the Republican nomination four years ago.
In fact, Colorado and Minnesota were among the states that McCain failed to win, and he lost them to Romney.
In the four years since, the GOP has become more conservative in both. That posed a challenge for Romney, who runs as the Republican most likely to defeat Obama and is still trying to establish his credentials among tea party activists suspicious of a one-time moderate who backed abortion rights.
Two years ago in Minnesota, establishment candidates for governor were swept aside in the primary, and tea party-backed insurgents for governor and the Senate in Colorado won the party nominations.
In all three cases, Democrats won in the general election that fall.
Gingrich spent the day campaigning in Ohio, one of the primary states on March 6.
His campaign went into a downward spiral after he won the South Carolina primary in an upset. The former speaker was routed in the Florida primary to Romney, then finished a distant second in Nevada over the weekend.
Elliott reported from St. Charles, Mo.


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The line of mourners who paid homage to slain Nassau County police officer Arthur Lopez during a wake at Empire Hose Company in Merrick on Friday included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who arrived at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore from New York City via police helicopter before he was whisked to the firehouse in a motorcade.
Bloomberg was met at the back of the firehouse by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and New York State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg before he offered his condolences to Lopez's family, who had arrived 15 minutes earlier in a motorcade.
Bloomberg was one in a long line of elected leaders who attended the wake on Friday, including New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre, Sen. Charles Fuschillo of Merrick and Assemblyman David McDonough of North Merrick.
It was the second wake held in two days for Lopez, 29, of Babylon Village, who was allegedly gunned down on Tuesday by 33-Darrell Fuller in New York City, near the Cross Island Parkway, after Lopez pulled over the ex-convict who had served time for attempted murder and drug sale. According to police, Fuller had been involved in a car accident on the Cross Island a short time earlier. Raymond Facey, 52, of Brooklyn, was also killed by Fuller that day, according to police. (For full story, see "Thousands expected at police officer's wake in Merrick," Oct. 25.)
Black-and-purple buntings were hung across the front of Empire Hose Company, on Merrick Avenue, one block south of the Sunrise Highway, and the line of hundreds of mourners extended for blocks south down Merrick Avenue during Lopez's wake. Many in the crowd were Nassau County and New York City police officers, but many others were civilians, dressed in dark suits and dresses. They stood quietly, solemnly, while officers from the Nassau County Police Department's equestrian unit patrolled the area on horseback.
As an Emergency Services Unit officer and volunteer firefighter, Lopez was a specialist in removing crash victims from crumpled vehicles, and this past Saturday, three days before he was killed, he was at the Four Towns Fire Training Center on Merrick Road in Merrick, helping to train South Shore firefighters in victim extrication in an exercise hosted by the North Merrick Fire Department, according to Ron Luparello, a Merrick Fire Department spokesman and former chief.
Before joining ESU, which is based on Newbridge Road in North Bellmore, Lopez was a patrolman with the 1st Precinct, which is based in Baldwin.
Lopez's funeral was held at St. Christopher's Roman Catholic Church in Baldwin at noon on Saturday.


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New on Ancestry, from the London Metropolitan Archives, this is a large collection, 240,110 indexed document images.
"Freeman are: a man who did not have to pay trade taxes and shared in the profits of his borough, a person free of feudal service who had served their apprenticeship and could trade in their own right, and anyone who was a member of a City Guild. "Freedom of the Company" meant that a person had earned freemen status within the company or guild and could then apply for Freedom of the City."
The database typically contains name, date of indenture, parent or guardian name, county/place of residence, master's name.
I notice a case in a family related by marriage to mine in which a son was admitted as a Freeman of the Drapers Company by virtue of being born while his father was a Freeman in the company.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Ancestry adds London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925
New on Ancestry, from the London Metropolitan Archives, this is a large collection, 240,110 indexed document images.
2 comments:
- Persephone said...
Sigh. Once again, Mr Reid, you're deflecting me from things I should be doing! It took me a day to persuade Ancestry to actually show me the documents, but golly, once I saw them.... My great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather and great-great-great-grandfather were all admitted to the Freedom of the City by patrimony, and the document for my great-great-great-great-grandfather is his indenture paper when he was apprenticed to a member of the Company of Merchant Taylors. Assuming he was apprenticed at 13 or 14, I now have an approximate year of birth for him! Very exciting!
- 30 November, 2011 08:42
- JDR said...
Persephone: That's not one I mind being blamed for -- as long as it didn't divert you from putting something new on Post it Notes from Hades!
- 30 November, 2011 08:50


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8 Dinners To Eat For Breakfast
Faith has her avocado toast and Emma is all about the yogurt, but I'm all about the dinner foods for breakfast. Although dinner leftovers are great for lunch, I swear it feels more rebellious to eat them for breakfast instead!
Although we approached the topic a few months ago, we thought it bears repeating. With new routines and schedules starting back up with the fall season, it's easy to feel like you have to eat certain things. Cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, pancakes and eggs are always at the top of the list, but for my own personal tastes I'd much rather prefer something a little more hearty that will stick to your ribs and keep you filled even if you don't get a chance to take lunch until 3pm!
1. Fried Chicken: It's always better right out of the oil, but cold fried chicken first thing in the morning, let's just say it's a guilty pleasure. Oh, and we swear it tastes better eaten in your pajamas!
2. Cold Pizza: In any form, pizza and pizza type products are always tasty breakfast eats. They don't need to be reheated (unless you want) and pretty much qualify as the best breakfast food ever. Yup, ever.
3. Mini Meatloaf Sandwich: For dinner this can be a hearty treat and it makes the best lunch leftovers, but there's no reason you can't grab a bite for breakfast as well. A small slider version of the traditional meatloaf sandwich is a great morning treat that really hits the spot.
4. Potato Pancakes: It's no secret we love these bad boys for dinner and although they're often made for breakfast specifically, having them premade the night before, all they need is 10 seconds (per cake) in the microwave or a few minutes in the toaster oven and you've got a hashbrown to go that will knock the socks off anyone.
5. Pork Tenderloin Sandwich: Meat, bread, onions that aren't too strong, what's not to love? This can pretty much be eaten for any meal, but we enjoy this dish's simplicity.
6. Soup Over Rice: Although there's no real recipe for this one, any hot soup poured over cold rice can be quite a treat. The mixture turns a little thick and slightly sludgy, oddly reminiscent of oatmeal in texture and completely hearty.
7. Cold Macaroni & Cheese: A fork full of cold macaroni and cheese (or two or three) is all we need to keep the hamster in our head running on it's wheel. It sticks with you and kind of makes you feel like a kid all over again.
8. Cold Noodles: We're a bigger fan of Asian influenced noodles than more traditional Italian pasta, although we've been known to steal a bit of cold spaghetti straight from the fridge once in awhile, though there is a fine art to turning your head so you don't get any on you!
Related: How to Re-Heat Leftovers in the Microwave
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Wooo! Lucas and I are home after seven days in the Sunshine State. We had such a great time, and seeing my mom again was like surfacing for air. It had been too long. It will always be too long.
We got there late Monday night, and on Tuesday we had family over so in addition to my parents and two brothers, I got to see my grandparents, two aunts, and one of my favorite cousins and her son. We all relaxed, chatted, ate, and swam.
On Wednesday, my mom, my youngest brother (15) Ryan, and the boys and I headed out to Wyndam Cyprus Palms for the rest of the week. My mom is in a vacation club with Wyndam and uses her points to stay at their resorts. I've been to Atlantic City, Daytona, and now Kissimmee with her and I love their suites! As you know, we live in a very small apartment, so I'm not exaggerating when I say that the units we've stayed in are all bigger than my apartment!
We spent a day in the Magic Kingdom and the boys (and my mom and I) had a blast! Matt had only ever been on cheesy kiddie carnival rides before, so I wasn't sure what he'd be up for. The first ride we went on was Stitch's Great Escape, which is less of a ride and more of an experience. It was a little scary for Matt and if I had known what to expect I might not have taken him. He loved Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, his very first roller coaster, but was scared during Space Mountain... maybe because it was in the dark.
Lucas was also able to go on a bunch of rides with us, like the Astro Orbiter, Haunted Mansion, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Training, Pirates of the Caribbean, and a couple of others I can't think of at the moment. We all had a really great time.
We also spent a day at Old Town and Fun Spot, walking around, looking at the gift shops, and yes, going on more rides!
All in all it was a great trip and I wish we could have stayed longer. Well, Matthew is staying longer. He'll be at my mom's house until July 30th. It was hard to let him go, but I got a phone call from him already today and he's doing just fine! He caught a few frogs and a lizard that he'll be taking care of down there. I just hope he uses the old camera I gave him. I really want to see his perspective of everything.
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The real-estate market in La Jolla has already begun to show signs that might signal a recovery — the question is whether or not such progress will be sustainable for the months and perhaps years ahead.
So much of that answer lies well beyond our control, with concerns like interest rates on mortgages, fiscal policy of the government, income tax regulations and, of course, the economy and job growth as a whole. If you are a buyer, you may be in denial of any such recovery, and if you are a seller you are so hoping this is real.
It is both interesting and confusing to look at data on real-estate sales. Some sources like to publish median home sale prices from same month sales, though between two different years. For example — and this is not real data — if a source reported median home sales for February 2012 as $450,000 compared to median home sales in February 2013 of $528,000, this might lead one to conclude an increase in home sale prices of 17.3 percent. Is this believable? Not sure how credible that would be. Rather, we would like to suggest that a one-month data point does not make a trend.
In La Jolla, the average number of homes sold each month for recent years is as follows:
2009 — 45
2010 — 45
2011 — 46
2012 — 60
Now, this is a trend worth contemplating. This might suggest that from 2009 to 2011, the market flattened out from its previous decline, and last year saw a real increase in sales. 2005 was the peak of the most recent real-estate cycle, and during that year an average number of 77 homes sold per month. While the market is not as robust as it was in 2005, there is optimism that a recovery is upon us.
Another positive trend to consider is annual selling cycles. In those years since 2005, selling cycles were clearly defined by highs and lows throughout the year, while in 2012 we witnessed increasing sales month over month, from beginning to end of year.
Now, at the same time let's take a look at what has been trending for housing inventory (the number of houses available for sale). In 2009, the available inventory peaked at around 883 units for La Jolla, compared to nearly 232 now. To put this into some perspective, imagine if this was Black Friday and there was a frenzy of Christmas shoppers waiting at the front door of Wal-Mart, yet the store's shelves were only stocked to a level of 30 percent. When the doors open, what do you think would occur? Well, we would suggest not standing in front of those doors.
Here are just a few things to keep in mind that may help you to recognize whether the market is shifting from a buyer's market to a seller's market (meaning that pricing and trending is to the favor of the seller). (1) Inventory levels drop mostly because they cannot keep pace with the demand; (2) home sale prices begin to increase; (3) sellers begin to receive multiple offers and in some cases there are sightings of bidding wars; (4) seller subsidies like seller financing and seller contributions toward buyer closing costs begin to fade away; and (5) buyers obtain lender pre-approval and place higher down payments to persuade lender financing, all to win over seller confidence.
In fact, if you want more inside knowledge about the real-estate market, adopt a real-estate agent and take them out for a cup of coffee — with the value of their advice, it might just be the cheapest cup of coffee you ever buy.
Do you have a question about real estate in San Diego? Send your inquiries to email@example.com. We will respond directly to you, and those questions that have a broader public appeal will be published along with our next column in La Jolla TODAY.