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About the Office of Sustainability
Our Mission
The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to cultivate the desire in all of us to lead meaningful lives in service of global human and environmental well-being.
Campus Partners
Student GreenLeaders
GreenLeaders, formerly known as the Princeton Environmental Network (PEN), was founded in 2006. It is a consortium hosted by the Office of Sustainability that provides Princeton University student sustainability leaders of clubs and organizations a venue for sharing information and collaborating on campus-wide projects and initiatives. The students have been, and continue to be, vital in the movement towards sustainability on campus, in our local community, and beyond.
Staff Ambassadors
The Office of Sustainability created the Sustainability Ambassador Program to help achieve Princeton University's sustainability goals, and to facilitate the advancement towards sustainability more generally, by appointing campus community members to serve as facilitators of sustainability in their home departments, offices, or groups, and in the wider community.
Sustainability Leadership Group
The Sustainability Leadership Group serves as the executive sponsor for strategic decisions associated with sustainability demonstration on the Princeton campus. Its work is informed by the Sustainability Steering Council and any associated task forces and working groups.
Sustainability Steering Council
The Sustainability Steering Council is a gathering of senior faculty, administrators, and student leaders appointed by Princeton's Executive Vice President. Launched in 2013, the Council is charged with advancing the institution's overarching goal of using the campus itself as a demonstration of sustainable systems to inform and develop leadership potential in all students. The council strives to ensure that students are equipped to meaningfully employ the principles of sustainability in their future endeavors, no matter the discipline or field.
Princeton Sustainability Committee
The purpose of the Princeton Sustainability Committee is to collaborate closely with the Office of Sustainability to monitor the University's relationship with the environment and to encourage improvements by creating a forum for faculty, students, and administrators to bring their very different perspectives to bear on our relationship with the environment.
Working Groups
CO2 Task
The Princeton University CO2 Task Force was convened by President Chris Eisgruber in 2015 to further frame Princeton's role in meaningful climate stabilization demonstration and impact beyond the University's current 2020 CO2 reduction target. Appointed members included noted faculty in a range of related fields as well as administrative staff. Recommendations generated by the Task Force and submitted in December 2015 are intended to inform the 2026 Campus Plan, enhance the community's sustainability ethos, and result in meaningful impact if applied broadly. The Task Force has advanced an approach that thoughtfully balances Princeton's leadership imperative for early adoption and innovation with its obligation to demonstrate approaches that are repeatable by others.
Operational Working Groups
The Sustainability Working Groups, coordinated by the Office of Sustainability, are essential to driving the development and implementation of the Princeton Sustainability Plan.


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Academics . Sculpture + Expanded Media . Courses
Installlation: Light + Sound
Course No. SEM 230A-330A-430A Credits: 3.0
Faculty Sarah Paul
Sculptural installation is a condition of space that is neither object-bound nor object-centric in its existence but rather presents a condition that is often identified as immersive and intentionally organized to produce a spatially dependent experience beyond that of the "Everyday." This course will investigate various applications and approaches to the subject of Installation with an emphasis on contemporary practices using light and sound as a means of constructing space and form. Primary to this course are the understandings of light (lighting) as both a material and structural element with regard to organization and presentation and the combined relationship of sound as an immersive component in the production of installation-based works.
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Kuehnle has had solo shows at museums, galleries and universities in the United States and internationally. I...more
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[i]A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.[/i]
I look the season 3
Tatiana Maslany is extraordinary actress!!
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[i]A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.[/i]
Notice wrote:I'm still pondering wether I will watch this series or not
DarthLocke wrote:Also, who are favorite charters??
Notice wrote:Ok guys, you've convinced me, I'll give it a go
Sym wrote:Spoiler (Click to reveal/hide)I'm curious to see what in reality sees Rachel.
And the past? And the future?
Maybe a connection with all the sisters?
Cosima is strange since he read the book ....
I love them all, but my favorites are
Helena, Felix, Alison/Donnie.
Sym wrote:Spoiler (Click to reveal/hide)For a moment I thought that the founder of Neolution, is Charles Darwin.
This siegerebbe the theory, and the Genetics projects.
who wrote in the book, still lives on the island:
The secret is therefore the eternal life?
The thought that the swan was a symbol linked to Alchemy:
"Symbols of Alchemy:
The Swan is an ancient symbol, among the most important and rich in meaning in an absolute sense. It is full implementation of the One, having itself the Male - long necks reminiscent of the phallic symbol - as the Female - white body, white and round. Cygnus therefore symbolizes the absolute Androgynous, the perfect World Egg that blends in himself the two opposite poles, in perfection as in the balance voltage, in alchemical research.
Alchemy in the Swan is associated with the element mercury binds all'Albedo and is associated with constancy: the calcination process (where it culminated after that of putrefaction) is the second phase of the Great Work. The alchemist has discovered within himself the hermaphroditic nature of Man.
The Spirit is in fact androgynous, since the differentiation of the sexes is a purely material. Discovering his soul asexual, the alchemist can find inner nature and continue to the next stage.
The Swan is always the starting point, linked to the birth and perfection, as well as the cyclical nature of the universe: the ancient people saw her constellation point the North Pole as a guide in the journey. "
I associated with the nature of the Clones.
What torture to wait nearly one year.
The next season will be the last.
DarthLocke wrote:Spoiler (Click to reveal/hide)True. Nice finds! Not to dismiss Leda and the swan, but I think you are right, because Kira basically is holding the metaphysical cards. On little gripe I have is that the EP's promised to make headway with Kira and her abilities, but did not do too much...
However, I can see with season five being the final season, why it may be better to put that story/plot development there since one could speculate that those abilities may intentionally contrast the Founder, but also because the narrative finally suggested the way forward for Neolion was with both projects (Clones + Brightborn: Babies with controlled genes/The Bot) could be combined to make "the better human being" and "Kira" is really already that by product...
I kind of suspected a few episodes ago when they introduced P.T. W''s book that it would be a manifesto. The Neolution "Eye" reminded me quite a bit of Alias with The Eye of Rambaldi "<o>" and so I suspected that the Founder would be similar in either being literally immortal and/or being able to "see the future" and create "advance" technology earlier than history has us believe. At least one of those is now true. However the motif/footage with chopping off the swan's head also makes me think of "swan song" and part of me thinks that perhaps it's a trap??
Some casting choices I would like: On the younger side: Henry Ian Cusick, Iwan Rheon, James Callis, Robert Kazinsky. What about you? Who would you like to play PTW?????
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A Distinction between the New Covenant and the Old; And how that in the Old Covenant, the Jews' Priests' Lips were to Preserve the Jews' People's Knowledge: But in the New and Everlasting Covenant, Christ the High Priest, is the treasure of Wisdom and Knowledge, and he filleth the Earth with the Knowledge of the Lord God; and the Earth being full of the Knowledge of the Lord God, then there is no want of it in the Earth. And Christ the High Priest, he doth not only fill the Earth with the Knowledge of the Lord God, but covereth the Earth with the Knowledge of the Lord, as the Waters do the Sea; so the Earth shall not be seen. So then it may be seen that the Substance in the New Covenant, is far beyond the Figure in the Old Covenant. Read, hear, perceive, and understand, receive and possess.—By G. F.
It is written in the prophecies of Isaiah, (ch. xi.) where speaking of the peaceable kingdom of Christ, that was to come, he saith, 'they shall not hurt, nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.' So this was a prophecy of that day to come; it was not in the days of Isaiah. But mark, 'in that day (when the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.') In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people, to it (to wit, this ensign,) shall the Gentiles seek, and their rest shall be glorious. Now many of the Gentiles have found this glorious rest, and this ensign; and to this ensign do the people gather, and cannot forsake it; and all the warriors in the world cannot pluck down this ensign, nor take it from the people with their carnal weapons. Now this is the day of Christ in his new covenant of light, life, and grace, in which the 'earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters do cover the sea.' [Mark,] 'The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord.' So then the earth is not empty, when it is 'full of the knowledge of the Lord.' And 'the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth;' it shall not only be full of it, but it shall cover the earth, so as the earth shall not be seen. 'As the waters do cover the sea,' that when you are in the sea you cannot see any land or earth; so shall the knowledge of the Lord be in the new covenant.
For the Lord saith, 'I will write my laws in their hearts, and put them in their minds, that they shall not need to say unto one another, know the Lord, for all shall know me from the greatest unto the least. And they shall not need every man to teach his neighbour, saying, know the Lord.' Now mark, if there be no need to say one unto another, or unto their neighbour, 'know the Lord,' (for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord; and the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters do the sea,' in the new covenant of light, life, and grace; so that the earth cannot be seen,) then there is no need of the priests' or teachers' lips to preserve the people's knowledge; for that was only used in the old covenant under Moses: and whilst he was read, the people were under the vail. And, therefore, Christ abolished the first priesthood with his vail, who had the tythes for his work and service, whose 'lips were to preserve the people's knowledge;' that was the people of the Jews, that particular nation. But Christ in the new covenant is the treasure of wisdom and knowledge; so that in this day of Christ, the root of Jesse shall stand up as an ensign for the people; and the Gentiles shall seek it, to wit, the nations, which many have found. And God hath given Christ for a new covenant to the Jews, not according to the old, and for a covenant of light, to enlighten the Gentiles also, who is God's salvation to the ends of the earth: that so in this day of Christ, (and salvation,) who is a high priest, holy and harmless, and separate from sinners, made higher than the heavens, who is the treasure of wisdom and knowledge; he takes away the vail of Moses, and takes away the vail and covering that hath been spread over all nations. So it is Christ that fills the earth with knowledge, and that the 'knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters do the sea;' so that in this knowledge, to know God and Christ Jesus whom he hath sent, is eternal life.
So this high priest, Christ Jesus, his work is beyond the Jews' high priests, whose 'lips were to preserve the Jewish nation's knowledge;' for Christ the treasure of wisdom and knowledge, fills the whole earth with knowledge; 'and covers the earth with the knowledge of God, as the waters cover the sea,' in his day of the new covenant. And are not these the days of the new covenant, and the gospel, which is not according to the old? and then what will all you priests (that are made at schools and colleges,) and bishops do in this day, with all your fat bishoprics and parsonages, when that people need not be taught by you the knowledge of the Lord? nor need the people send their children to schools and colleges, to learn there the arts, and how to teach people the knowledge of the Lord, when 'the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord,' and covered with it, as the waters do cover the sea, in the days of this new covenant: so then there will be no need of your teachings. And if you come to receive this day in your time, then would not you forsake your fat benefices and parsonages, and return unto people their tythes, and confess that Christ who is the treasure of wisdom and knowledge, in the new covenant, saith, 'freely you have received, freely give;' and this commandment of the Lord of lords is not to be broken; and say, there is no need in the new covenant to teach people to know the Lord, no, not 'from the least to the greatest of them.' For God hath written his law in their hearts, and put it in their minds, in the days of this new covenant; and they are God's people, and he is their God, and they all know him from the greatest to the least of them: so that this new covenant is not according to the Jews' old covenant, amongst that particular nation of the Jews, who had a tribe of priests and Levites, whose 'lips were to preserve the people's knowledge,' for which they had their tythes. But Christ is come in his new covenant, and hath taken away the first covenant, and abolished it, and disannulled the commandment that gave him his tythes; and establishes the second and everlasting covenant, where all shall be taught of God, and saith to them that declared this new covenant, and preached his gospel, 'freely you have received, freely give;' and they were to go and declare this without bag or staff.
So in the new covenant they had no need of purse, silver, bag, or staff; for they that preached the gospel, lived of the gospel. So the gospel of life and salvation is good news and glad tidings, being preached to and in every creature under heaven; and the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, hath appeared unto all men to teach them: and Christ doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, with the life in him, the word, by which all things were made to believe in, and to give them knowledge. So this high priest is he, that filleth and 'covereth the earth with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea,' so that the earth shall not be seen; and so he both 'gives and preserves the people's knowledge.' And in these days of Christ, in his new covenant, God poureth out his spirit upon all flesh, to instruct, teach, and lead them, by which spirit 'sons and daughters may prophesy, and the old men may dream dreams, and the young men, and hand-maids, and servants may see visions,' by the spirit which God hath poured upon them, and hath given them a spiritual knowledge, and which spirit reveals the things of God unto them, and leads them into all truth. For in the old covenant the Lord poured out his spirit upon the house of Israel, and gave them of his good spirit to instruct them, though they rebelled against it; but in his new covenant, which is not according to the old, he pours out of his spirit not only upon the Jews, but upon all flesh of other nations, as well as the Jews, that all flesh may see the glory of God, and see their salvation. For the Lord saith, in Isa. xlix. 26. 'all flesh shall know, that I, the Lord, am thy Saviour and Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.' And again, in Isa. xl. 5. the Lord saith, 'every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be laid low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough plain; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.' And is not this the gospel-day of Christ in his new covenant? and must it not be fulfilled? but your mountains and hills must be laid down, and your crooked ways and natures must be made straight, smooth, and plain, before this glory of the Lord be revealed, and that all flesh come to see it.
And in Luke iii. 6. it is said, where he speaks of the fulfilling of Isa. xl.how 'all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' Again, Isa. lxvi. 18,26.the Lord saith, 'all flesh, shall come to worship before me: and the Lord saith, it shall come to pass, that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glory, and I will set him for a sign among them,' speaking of Christ. And the Lord saith, 'his people's wilderness shall be like Eden, and their desert as the garden of the Lord.' Isa. li. 3. And are not these the days of the new covenant, and to be fulfilled?
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Don't try and look as cool as the Hanson boys if you're an androgynous fella with long hair under the age of ten. A magazine advert for Armani has been withdrawn after it received 74 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority and 10 complaints to the The Times magazine supplement that ran the ad.
The complaints said that the ad "sexualised children" was "offensive" and "exploitative", while others said the ad "could encourage paedophiles".
Armani knows that the model is male, but the the ASA argued gender was ambiguous and the ad "drew attention to the child's sexuality". Armani has agreed to withdraw the ad and won't run it again in the UK.


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U.S. Men's Update: CEV Cups Heat Up
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 22, 2013) – All the news about U.S. men's volleyball players in the U.S. and around the world.
U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), a 2008 and 2012 Olympian, U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Zenit Kazan will advance to the next round of the Champions League after defeating U.S. setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Germany's Berlin Recycling Volleys twice in the Round of 12. On Jan. 16, Kazan defeated host Berlin, 27-25, 23-25, 17-25, 25-16, 18-16. Anderson finished with 14 points on 13 kills (56.5 kill percent, .478 hitting efficiency) and one block. He also led all players in receptions with 21, 76 percent positive and 38 percent excellent. Lee scored 13 points on seven attacks (50.0 kill percent, .429 hitting efficiency) and a match-high six blocks. Shoji scored four points on two kills, one block and one ace. He set Berlin to a 48.8 kill percent and a .449 hitting efficiency.
On Jan. 22, Kazan again needed five sets to defeat visiting Berlin, 25-15, 21-25, 28-30, 25-13, 16-14. Anderson scored 20 points on 18 kills (52.9 kill percent, 47.1 hitting efficiency), one block and one ace. Lee added 14 points on nine kills (81.8 kill percent, .818 hitting efficiency), four blocks and one ace. Shoji scored four points on two kills, one block and one ace and set Berlin to a 43.7 kill percent and a .349 hitting efficiency. Kazan will play the winner of the series between Russia's Dinamo Moscow and Italy's Trentino Diatec in the next round.
In the 12-team playoff, U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), a 2008 Olympian, and Arkas Izmir Spor will play Poland's PGE Skra Belchatow on Jan. 23 in Poland.
U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and Asseco Resovia Rzeszow will play Italy's Lube Banca Marche Macerata on Jan. 23 in Italy.
Matches can be viewed live and on demand at laola1.tv.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and his French league team Tours defeated visiting Russia's Lokomotiv Kharkiv, 25-15, 26-24, 25-22 on Jan. 16. Smith scored four points on three attacks and one block. The two teams will play again on Jan. 23 in Russia.
U.S. opposite Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.; in photo at right) and visiting Andreoli Latina defeated Germany's Generali Unterhaching, 25-23, 25-18, 26-24 on Jan. 16 in Germany. Troy played as a substitute and started the third set, scoring 11 points on 10 kills (50.0 kill percent, .500 hitting efficiency) and one ace. The two teams will play again on Jan. 24 in Italy.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), a 2004, '08 and '12 Olympian, and host Halkbank Ankara defeated Belgium's Knack Roeselare, 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 on Jan. 16. Priddy led all players with 16 points on a match-high 13 attacks (76.5 kill percent, .765 hitting efficiency), one block and two aces. He was also credited with 11 receptions, 82 percent positive. The two teams will play again on Jan. 23 in Belgium.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Copra Elior Piacenza defeated Bulgaria's host CVC Gabrovo, 25-19, 25-15, 25-20 on Jan. 16 in Bulgaria. Holt led all scorers with 13 points.
Reid Priddy and his Turkish league team Halkbank Ankara defeated Galatasaray, 28-26, 25-23, 23-25, 15-25, 15-13 on Jan. 19. Priddy scored 15 points on 11 attacks and a match-high four blocks. He was also credited with 14 receptions, 64 percent positive.
U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.), a 2004 Olympian, and Istanbul BBSK defeated 4 Eylül Bld., 25-23, 27-29, 25-21, 28-26. Billings led all scorers with 27 points on 25 attacks (71.4 kill percent, .629 hitting efficiency) and two aces.
Matt Anderson led his Russian Super League team Zenit Kazan to a 25-21, 27-25, 25-21 victory over Iskra Odintsovo on Jan. 19. Anderson led all scorers with 21 points on 20 kills (71.4 kill percent, .679 hitting efficiency) and one ace. He was also credited with 17 receptions, 47 percent positive. To view photos from the match, click here.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and Jastrzębski Węgiel defeated Indykpol AZS Olsztyn, 34-32, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21 on Jan. 18. Holmes scored 10 points on six kills, one block and three aces. To view photos from the match, click here.
Paul Lotman and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów fell to Effector Kielce, 25-19, 24-26, 21-25, 27-25, 16-14 on Jan. 19. Lotman scored 11 points on 10 attacks and one block. He was also credited with 28 receptions, 57 percent positive.
U.S. setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania), a 2004 and '12 Olympian, and his Argentina league team Drean Bolívar went 2-0 last week. On Jan. 17, Bolívar beat Gigantes del Sur, 25-16, 29-27, 25-18. Suxho scored five points on two kills, two blocks and one ace. He also set his team to a 51.7 kill percent and a .393 hitting efficiency. On Jan. 20, Bolívar beat Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, 25-22, 25-16, 25-19. Suxho started the first set, but did not score and did not play after that.
Kawika Shoji and his German league team the Berlin Recycling Volleys defeated VC Dresden, 25-12, 25-20, 25-17 on Jan. 19. To view photos from the match, click here. U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.), a 2008 Olympian, also plays for Berlin, but is currently rehabilitating from knee surgery.
U.S. outside hitter Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) and middle blocker Matt Rawson (Los Angeles) and their French league team Cannes defeated Tourcoing, 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19 on Jan. 19. Tarr started the first two sets and scored four points on three attacks and one block. Rawson started the first two sets and scored one point on one block.
The French league team Toulouse, including U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) and middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.), fell to Rennes, 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 on Jan. 19. Patak finished with nine points on seven attacks and two aces. Hein added three points on one kill and two blocks.
U.S. opposite Carson Clark (Santa Barbara, Calif.), libero Alfee Reft (Oxnard, Calif.) and their French league team Montpellier fell to Nantes Rezé, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19 on Jan. 19. Clark led his team with 10 points on 10 attacks. Reft was credited with 18 receptions, 61 percent positive.
In France's B league, AS Orange Nassau, including U.S. libero Dustin Watten (Long Beach, Calif.) and outside hitters Damien Scott (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) fell to Cambrai, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 26-24 on Jan. 19. Scott scored 12 points on nine kills and three blocks. He was also credited with 57 receptions, 86 percent positive. Vance added nine points on eight attacks and one ace. Watten was credited with 17 receptions, 76 percent positive.
In Italy's Serie A league, U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Copra Elior Piacenza defeated Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia, 29-27, 33-31, 25-19 on Jan. 20. Holt scored six points on three kills and three blocks. Piacenza is in third place in the league.
Murphy Troy and Andreoli Latina fell to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, 25-23, 25-21, 40-38 on Jan. 20. Troy played as a substitute and scored one point on one attack.
In Italy's Serie A2 league, U.S. outside hitter Garrett Muagututia (Oceanside, Calif.) and Sieco Service Ortona fell to Conad Reggio Emilia, 21-25, 20-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-9 on Jan. 20. Muagututia scored 12 points on 10 attacks and two blocks. He was also credited with 31 receptions, 65 percent positive.


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Heather Beaven, a Navy veteran and CEO of The Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida's Graduates, will run for Florida's 6th Congressional District. Beaven, of Palm Coast, is running as a Democrat.
Under the newly drawn maps, the district includes all of St. Johns and Flagler counties and most of Volusia and Putnam. Other filed candidates for the 6th District include Republicans Don Browning and William Billy Kogut, and Democrats Steve Schonberg and Vipin Verma.
Beaven ran unsuccessfully against Incumbent Rep. John Mica for the 7th Congressional District seat 2010. Mica has decided to run for re-election in the newly drawn District 7 seat, which created an opening in District 6.
What is currently known as the 6th Congressional seat is held by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala. But in the once-a-decade redistricting process, the seat has been redrawn and renumbered. Stearns says he will move to Orange Park and run for re-election in the 3rd District.
One of his opponents, Clay Clerk of Courts James Jett, said last week that the FBI is investigating a plot by Stearns to buy Jett out of this fall's primary.
Stearns vehemently denied the charges.
State Sen. Steve Oelrich, who also hopes to run for the 3rd Congressional seat as a Republican, has tried to use the allegations to raise money and garner anti-incumbent support.


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And now I am kind of loathe to let it go.
We'll see what happens.
In the meantime I thought it would make a good post on styling.
After it all came together, I thought about how I did it.
Here's what I came up with.
#1. Take your time.
It is always so tempting to head to Home Goods (not) or your favorite vintage shop (yes!) and buy a bunch of "stuff" just to fill your shelf or table top and get it done right away.
But I want to avoid that show room look.
I want the pieces to be mine and to fit together my way and like I said, to tell a story.
That might take a while to figure out.
I added each piece slowly.
I'd just see a piece somewhere else in the house and think, "hey! That would be perfect."
#2. Chose a color palette.
I am big on color palettes.
There is a lot of color in our house.
But all the colors work together and are repeated in some way in each room.
Some colors are dominant: turquoise and green. We accent with a lot of orange, yellow and red.
For this table top, I went with turquoise and orange as the dominant colors.
The table has orange on it and the pieces that kept ending up there were in turquoise and orange.
I went with it and added in a bit of yellow and cream to temper it.
3. Choose like objects--but not exactly the same.
The biggest objects on the table are pieces of pottery.
They are all different, but unified by the fact that they are pottery.
For example, the 2 pots above are different colors and ages, one new and one vintage, but they still work well togehter.
If everything is the same it is BORING.
By the same token, if everything is too different, it looks CRAZY.
Work with it until you find the right balance.
4. Use color or pattern to unify different pieces.
That big turquoise lantern was the first piece I put on the table.
I added the little wooden giraffe next.
Then I added the vase with the diamonds and suddenly there was a pattern going on that I liked.
They work together even though they are very different.
5. Add small pieces that tell a story and are unique to you.
That little, wooden giraffe (seen above) was given to me on my first trip to India.
I was 16.
I love how folksy it looks.
And I love that it is from far, far away.
The tiny globe and yellow pipe (seen below) were treasures the kids and I found this weekend when we went to our first estate sale as mom + 4.
It was a bit of a big deal for me because not all estate sale personnel look too kindly at me when I show up with 3 kids.
I wasn't sure what the reaction would be when I came with 4--even though the baby would be strapped to my body.
We got some looks to be sure.
Some nice and some not so nice.
But the kids were absolute angels and I was so proud of them.
And we found that globe (for 10cents!) and the pipe for Aaron.
(who doesn't smoke a pipe but thinks it would be cool to have one)
The yellow on the pipe goes with my yellow giraffe and the center of the daisys on that orange tray.
The tray is another garage sale find.
I like how Brady Bunch it looks. (i have a thing for trays)
And those yellows go with the yellow frames that hang above the table.
I love our collection of vintage sign photos.
They were all taken by us on various trips around the country.
They tell a story too.
6. Keep changing things.
Some people would disagree with this advice.
But I think if we keep everything the same it gets boring.
Add things.
Subtract things.
Keep looking at your house and finding ways to make it new.
That doesn't mean you have to go buy new things.
Most of the things on this table I already had or where gifts to me.
Or I bought for less than $3 at an estate sale.
Just shop your house.
Moving things around keeps it fresh.
So now that I've styled the top of this table, I just have to figure out how to style the bottom shelf.
I'm thinking vintage books.
Like this full set of Child Craft books I scored at a used book sale on Friday. (hooray!)
Aren't they beautiful?
Wishing you a great week.
I'm looking forward to one myself.
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Who knows how Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman will govern? Who cares? Forget it, Jake, this campaign is Chinatown, and we ain't getting those answers.
Since this is a campaign built entirely on cynical manuevering, the only question worth posing is: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most cynical California gubernatorial candidate of all?
Let's look at how cynical the two have been in a few different categories.
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PERKS: Brown talks about selling the state plane -- even while flying on a state plane himself, albeit a crummy plane and only 10 times. Whitman, a billionaire who knows her way around a private jet (despite a much talked-about devotion to Southwest Airlines), hammers Brown as if he's the plutocrat she really is.
MOST CYNICAL? Brown, by the nose of a turboprop.
PERSONAL WEALTH: Brown and union allies describe Whitman as a queen with big houses, even though Brown himself lives pretty well in the hills of Oakland. Whitman goes after Brown for taking a five-figure pension after a lifetime of service and tries to make him look rich and out of touch when she's a billionaire.
MOST CYNICAL? Whitman, plus extra credit for chutzpah
PLAyING THE VICTIM: Whitman claims she's the victim of some supposed avalanche of attacks by "Jerry Brown Inc.", unions that have put up millions that represent only a tiny fraction of what she's spending on attacking them and Brown. Brown, in turn, talks about himself as a victim of her money, even though he's raised more than $20 million himself, much of it from people who have important interests before state government.
MOST CYNICAL? Whitman narrowly.
STATISTICAL DISTORTION: Whitman blames Brown for turning a surplus into a deficit during his governorship, leaving out the facts that Prop 13 (which Brown first opposed and which Whitman supports) is responsible for the change and that Brown's creation of a giant surplus helped Prop 13 pass. In turn, Brown's allies have an ad attacking Whitman for raising costs at eBay, which leaves out the crucial fact that the company grew from a start-up to a giant during her time there.
MOST CYNICAL? Tie. Two giants of cynicism at the top of their games.
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GODSQUAD: Non-violence, while noble, does have moral limits
Q: I believe in the non-violent teachings of Jainism (an Indian religion that predates both Hinduism and Buddhism). We teach this song to young Jain children. It expresses the belief in "ahimsa," which means the unconditional compassion for both animals and humans, and is the primary principle of the Jain religion of India:
"I will never hurt anyone.
"Not with my words,
"Not with a gun.
"Not with my actions,
"Not for fun.
"I believe in Ahimsa,
"I will never hurt anyone."
By contrast, young children of the Judeo/Christian tradition are taught this verse from Genesis 9:2-3: "The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything."
What was the shooter in Newtown, Conn., taught that turned him into a mass murderer? When religion teaches that it's appropriate to kill defenseless, harmless chickens, cows, pigs and other animals, the list can easily be extended by troubled, alienated young adults to include children. It's impossible to plead for mercy when we don't have it for others. The result is sorrow.
Why are there no vigils for the 59 billion animals killed every year to satiate the appetites of those who claim the right to kill in the name of religion? -- R., via email
A: Thank you for your defense of absolute nonviolence. However, while I deeply admire your respect for life, I deeply disagree with your profound moral and spiritual stance in our violent and broken world.
The first time I learned that Jains often cover their faces to avoid accidentally inhaling an innocent insect, or sweep the path ahead of them as they walk to avoid stepping on one, I realized that Jains were profoundly serious about ahimsa/nonviolence. Jains also teach a profound humility called anekantaveda, which I'm sorry to say may not be totally present in your question, particularly in your jarring connection between eating meat and slaughtering little children.
Do you really believe that the sick shooter set out on his rampage because he ate hamburgers? This reminds me of signs I've seen at vegetarian rallies trumpeting the slogan, "Meat is Murder!" I am truly open to the moral claims of vegetarianism, but such moral overreaching stretches a profound moral critique to the breaking point.
Hitler was supposedly a vegetarian. A moral diet is no guarantee of a moral life. Furthermore, the Jain teaching of anekantaveda also requires you in humility to respectfully consider opposing beliefs and remember that any philosophy or religion, including Jainism, which dogmatically asserts its beliefs is committing a grave spiritual error, which requires all of us to consider our views of morality and human existence to be limited and flawed.
So let me try to help you become a better Jain, as you have helped me become a better Jew. There is reason to believe that living beings occupy different levels of moral significance. Eating a chicken may be morally wrong but it's clearly not the same moral transgression as eating a person!
The passage you cited from Genesis actually conveys the profound moral sophistication you say you're seeking. At first, God only allowed Adam to eat vegetables and fruit in the Garden of Eden. God only gave people permission to eat meat after the flood as a clear concession to human weakness, not as a clear moral good.
The killing of disease-bearing pests or infestations of crop-killing insects is not a mere moral concession; it's a moral requirement for feeding the world -- even if you only want to feed the world vegetables. The killing of invaders who want to enslave people or commit genocide is a moral requirement for freedom and for life, even if it causes the death of enemy combatants. The Jain tradition, as I learned it, in fact agrees with this exception to ahimsa and defends killing in national defense during wartime.
The largest point I would make to you is that life here on Earth requires many compromises with pure morality. Ethics is, after all, the resolution of conflicts between two different and often opposing moral goods.
To imagine that we can live our lives with our faces covered is beautiful on one level and deeply naive on another level. I might, in fact, come closer to agreement with you ... were it not for the mice in my cupboard. Peace.
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Dustin Hoffman, who won an Oscar for portraying a workaholic's transformation into a doting dad in "Kramer vs. Kramer," deserves a Webby for showing a sensitive side of himself in a suddenly viral video.
An American Film Institute interview, in which Hoffman chokes back tears while describing how donning a dress for "Tootsie" made him realize his own sexist and shallow streak, took off this week like Dorothy Michaels' meteoric soap opera career in the classic 1982 comedy.
The video, which has logged more than 2.75 million hits on YouTube, reinforces Dorothy's status as an unlikely feminist icon. The short also solidifies Dorothy as the most memorable role of the 75-year-old actor's storied career, with a more lasting impact than Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate," Raymond Babbitt in "Rain Man" or Ratso Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy."
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In the AFI video, posted in December, Hoffman spoke about doing a screen test in women's garb before filming "Tootsie" and seeing he wasn't as physically attractive as he had hoped.
He recalled a tearful conversation with his wife: "I think I'm an interesting woman… and I know that if I met myself at a party I would never talk to that character because she doesn't fulfill physically the demands that we're brought up to think women have to have for us to ask them out."
"There's too many interesting women I have not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed," he added, struggling with his emotions. "That was never a comedy for me."
It's still a damn funny movie, even if the serious lesson Hoffman learned before filming helped elevate "Tootsie" well beyond the realm of expert screwball comedy. The flick is worth repeated viewings – or a first look for the uninitiated. So is Hoffman's video, the most genuine performance of his career. Check it out below:
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Jennifer Aniston revealed some of her biggest beauty secrets in InStyle's January issue. So what's in her arsenal? A mix of drugstore and luxury skin products—and one perfect bronzer. "It took me years of peeling back the onion to finally stop using makeup as a mask and feel comfortable in my own skin," she says. See the top eight beauty products that make her feel just right in the gallery.
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I had a dream last week that I headed over to TLA Video in Chestnut Hill to get something to see me through the next impending snowstorm. Just as we walked into the store, I mentioned to my wife that the shelves looked strangely empty, when a man rushed by me, clutching a pile of VHS tapes, yelling, "THEY'RE CLOSING! THEY'RE SELLING EVERYTHING!"
I looked around and saw sheer pandemonium, people fighting over the few remaining titles and clamoring at the counter like frenzied sharks. Everywhere there were people moaning and wailing. A few were passed out on the floor. Others were stepping over them. Small
children and pets were wandering around unattended. The shoplifting alarm was sounding continuously. I thought I heard gunshots coming from the action/adventure section.
Without even thinking, my Marine training kicked in. (I was never actually IN the Marines, but I have seen a lot of John Wayne movies.) I karate-chopped my way up to the counter, grabbed a clerk by the lapels, and shouted, "GIVE ME ALL YOUR 'STAR TREKS' — RIGHT NOW!" After forking over the equivalent of my next two mortgage payments, I stuffed 256 episodes under my jacket and plowed my way out to the street, secure in the knowledge that I had rescued at least a small piece of American heritage.
And so, yet another source of art and information is gone from our midst. First, Borders at the top of the Hill, and now TLA at the bottom. Soon, all media will be distributed by faceless proprietors somewhere out in cyberspace who will be able to control what you see
and when you can see it.
Everyone will be required to own the latest digital receiver and be registered on the grid. And don't bother phoning, emailing or texting them to protest that you got the wrong movie; they won't be responding. Welcome to the new world order, boys and girls.
On the bright side, all of the store closings have paved the way for a plan that I have which will help Chestnut Hill and some unemployed folks to make a little money. It's called "Clue: Chestnut Hill," and
it's a live-action version of the popular board game in which players move around the board collecting clues from which to deduce which suspect murdered the victim, with which weapon and in what location.
Players would each pay $1,000 per game to figure out who is killing Chestnut Hill, with one-third of the kitty going to the Community Association, a third to a rent fund for remaining businesses and the remainder to the player who solves the murder.
The locations would include Borders, Solaris Grille, Intermission, Melting Pot, Joseph Bank, Magarity Chevrolet, Good Food Market and TLA. The celebrity "suspects" would include: The Fraudulent Pharmacist, The Deceptive Developer, The Very Cool Video Clerk, The Shifty Senator and The Clueless Councilwoman.
All of the above are either unemployed or soon-to-be so, but as of yet, none has officially agreed to participate. My people are talking with their people.
All gaming participants would be given golf carts to travel between locations looking for clues, and play would occur between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. so as not to interfere with regular traffic. They could not go near Wissahickon Park to interfere with the mass murder of the park's deer population. The whole thing could be videotaped and sold to ESPN. Hey, if people will watch reruns of Eastern European bicycle races and guys playing poker, they'll watch anything.
So there you have it. My plan would create revenue, glitz up Chestnut Hill's public image and provide good, clean family fun to boot. The only thing I still need to do is get permission from the corporate
owners of "Clue." Meanwhile, I'm watching "Star Trek" episode 24, season two, "The Ultimate Computer." It's about a future world controlled completely by machines. Far out, eh?


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- The raffle ends in about 2.5 hours. Deep breath. I'm going to pull a Tony Hayward after the oil spill and say, "I just want my life back!" It's been super fun to watch the money roll in and watch that thermometer climb- but I am Beat with a capital B.
- I am speaking to a group of social work graduate students tomorrow about reactive attachment disorder from a parent's perspective. In order to help me prepare for my talk, my attachment challenged son has just about lost his chit these last 10 days. You know- lest I forget how bad it can be in the trench. We've even added selective mutism to his repertoire. That's been real fun. Just when you think you get one frick frack paddy whack behavior figured out- another takes its place.
- God bless my husband who has taken care of the kids most of the weekend to keep me from needing to check myself in somewhere. And thanks to my mom who made me an adult beverage and spent hours (and hours) helping me write out raffle tickets.
- And thanks to Noah for always providing the comic relief around here. It's not uncommon with his auditory issues for him to add letters and extra syllables to words. Tonight at dinner he asked me to look in his mouth because he had a "penis of food" stuck in between his teeth.
- My calm and peaceful daughter decided that she wanted to take karate classes. She's been at it for about a month. She is clumsy and awkward but so insanely cute as she spars with the boys in her class (she's the only girl in there) She's trying so hard and is enjoying it so much- I'm just crazy proud of her!
- I only own 2 winter dresses that I alternate in high rotation. But since I've gained eleventeen pounds in the last 4 weeks, they are both hooker tight. We have a charity auction to go to on Saturday and I need to be presentable (aka: non-hooker) in front of some of my hubby's clients- so today I went dress shopping. I hit the jackpot- I found a $40 dress, marked down to $14.99. I jumped all over it. And for some crazy reason when I checked out with it, that steal of a dress rang up for $8.96. I invested in some ultra control top pantyhose with my savings.
- In case there needs to be further evidence that I am getting older and less cool, I found myself being attracted to a line of clothing designed by Valerie Bertinelli. Then I hopped in my minivan and slathered on wrinkle cream. I die.
- Everyone I know is pregnant. All the more reason I should only drink diet Pepsi instead of the water around here. Although that would explain the eleventeen pounds I've gained... (my mom just keeled over at that thought, I guarantee it)
- This is list is so random. I've just decided that my brain is fried like chicken. I'll announce the winner of the raffle on Monday night. Then starting on Tuesday, I'm going to sleep for 4 straight days. Or at least 8 straight hours. Or until Teen Mom 2 comes on- whichever happens first.
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September 28, 2001
Jeanne Oswald
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The Commission on Higher Education today approved $5 million in grants for six New Jersey universities to boost their capacity for biomedical and other high-tech research. Enhanced academic research capacity will augment the state's prominence as a hub for the high-tech industry and ensure its role as a leader in innovation and progress.
"New Jersey's higher education institutions play an obvious and vital role in economic progress through their direct support of key state industries," said James E. Sulton, Jr., executive director of the Commission. "There is no question that the immediate success of last year's grant program made it a state imperative to continue funding in 2002."
Allocated for the second consecutive year, the Biomedical and Other Technology Research Fund assists New Jersey's public and private research universities to enhance their research capacity, compete nationally for top-notch faculty, and effectively garner additional federal grants and contracts. The capacity-building funds will be used to purchase state-of-the-art equipment, launch new research in biomedical and other high-tech areas with commercial and health care implications, and address New Jersey industry needs in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and information technology.
Funds were awarded to: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Rutgers, The State University, Seton Hall University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The capacity building funds were targeted to these six universities because they are New Jersey's leading recipients of external grant dollars and are the only state institutions designated as research, doctoral, or specialized (medical) institutions in the nationally recognized system of institutional classification developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The Commission allocated 80% of the available funds to the state's public research universities and 20% to the independent universities. Institutional grants ranging from approximately $181,000 to $2.3 million were based upon each institution's current level of external research funding and its graduate enrollment.
"The discoveries and potential outcomes of academic research affect not only New Jersey's quality of life and economy, but that of people worldwide," said Dr. Sulton.
The grants for university research build on a key recommendation in New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education.
A summary of each institution's proposal to build research capacity follows.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) proposes to use its allocation of $587,537 to acquire a new transmission electron microscope for its Materials Science and Engineering program. This microscope will greatly enhance the resolution of microscopy available to university researchers, enabling them to distinguish the structure of materials at a scale of a few nanometers. Characterization of materials at the nano-scale is fundamental to the advanced materials program but also supports research in such areas as applied life science, information technology, and sustainable systems. NJIT's programs in materials science and engineering emphasize three areas of research: particle technology, advanced materials for electronics and photonics, and polymer composites and biomaterials. The new electron microscope will keep these initiatives competitive with other world-class programs and serve as a resource for the statewide research community.
Rutgers University proposes to use its allocation of $2,327,623 for seven multidisciplinary projects in food sciences; biotechnology; large-scale, wireless sensor networks; biological, mathematical, and physical sciences; molecular and cellular pharmaceutical sciences; and information processing in complex biological systems. The various projects consist of acquiring and building advanced instrumentation, upgrading laboratory facilities, and recruiting outstanding new faculty with complementary research expertise and proven ability to secure external funding. Individually and collectively, the projects will augment Rutgers' significant current levels of external funding and address the workforce needs of New Jersey's pharmaceutical, biomedical, high?technology agricultural, and information technology industries. Commercial applications of projects will strengthen interactions with such industries and spur creation of new companies.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) proposes to use its allocation of $1,084,840 to purchase advanced equipment and instrumentation for research on human disease through molecular genetics and optical and magnetic resonance imaging. The majority of the funding will be used for a two-photon laser confocal/photolysis system, DNA preparation robot, and gene chip arrays. The equipment acquisitions will strengthen UMDNJ's research capabilities in the study of genetically engineered mice as models of human disease, genetic disorders such as cancer, subcellular structures and processes in living cells, and brain function in neruodegenerative disease. By providing access to new, more efficient and powerful technologies, the equipment acquisitions are expected to assist in retaining and recruiting leading faculty in biomedical research.
Princeton University proposes to use its allocation of $576,439 to further develop the technical infrastructure needed to conduct genomic research in proteomics, the study of cellular proteins important for normal cell function and their role in causing or preventing cancer. The funds will be used for equipment - primarily a transmission electron microscope - and the initial support of technical personnel. Princeton has made a major commitment to genomics, including recruiting new faculty, constructing a new research center, and developing specialized technical facilities.
Seton Hall University proposes to use its allocation of $242,316 to acquire equipment and instrumentation vital to research projects in audiology, biology, and physics. One of their purchases will be a mid-infrared laser system. The new equipment will enhance the capability of faculty research groups and enable them to be more competitive in attracting external funding from federal as well as corporate and foundation resources. It will also enable the university to train its students with state-of-the-art equipment and to forge alliances with New Jersey's biomedical, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.
Stevens Institute of Technology proposes to use its $181,245 allocation to build research capacity in the area of security for information systems. The institute will use the funds to develop cooperative research capabilities and facilities among the Schools of Technology Management, Engineering, and Sciences and Arts. These facilities will support interdisciplinary investigations of the issues preventing secure access to and sharing of information over networks. The interdisciplinary activities will supplement traditional single investigator research programs and assist Stevens in establishing a major research and education presence in information systems security.
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By anyone's standards, 2009 has been a tough year for the U.S. economy.
But while most Americans have tightened their budgets in response to job losses, difficulties obtaining credit or simply because of economic uncertainties, campgrounds and RV parks have remained economically resilient, according to a news release from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC).
"We are very grateful for the level of business we've had," said Jayne Cohen, president of Adventure Bound Camping Resorts in Center Harbor, N.H., which owns and operates nine RV resorts in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Arizona. "When we closed down our November numbers, we were even with last year in revenue."
That's a significant accomplishment, Cohen said, not only in this economy, but given the fact that most of her company's parks are located in areas that suffered unusually cold and wet weather last summer. "We strongly feel that if we had not had bad weather, we would have been ahead of last year's figures," she said.
Most of the nation's campgrounds, in fact, reported business levels that were stable or slightly ahead of last year's figures, and most private park operators expect their business levels to remain steady or experience continued growth next year.
"I'm very optimistic and very grateful for how we finished out this year," said Mark D. Anderson, president of Camp Chautauqua Camping Resort in Stow, N.Y. "Our reservations are looking very good for next year. We're already just about full for Fourth of July weekend. And to be almost full at this time of year is pretty good."
Across the country, Harriette Groth of SunBasin RV Park in Ephrata, Wash., said she is already receiving reservations for Memorial Day weekend next year. "Two groups have already called in for reservations for Memorial Day weekend. We feel that's encouraging," she said.
David L. Berg, ARVC chairman, said he is also optimistic about the level of consumer interest in camping next year. "I think we're looking across the country to an improved camping season next year," he said. "The state of the affairs of our economy has not hurt the camping business at all."
Revenues at Berg's own park – Red Apple Campground in Kennebunkport, Maine. – were up 8.5% this year, compared to last year, and Berg expects the upward trend to continue.
"Our reservations for next year are at least as strong right now as they were a year ago," said Jim Ozburn of Falcon Meadow RV Campground in Falcon, Colo. "I really think the camping business is going to get better. As long as gasoline and fuel behave, those who do the most traveling will still do it."
Ozburn added that he, too, is already receiving reservation requests for next year, which he finds encouraging.
Carolyn Strong, co-owner of Sundermeier RV Park and Conference Center in St. Charles, Mo., is also receiving reservations for next year, including reservations from large rally groups. "We had a tremendous increase in business this year," she said, adding that as of mid-December her park was already running about 10% ahead of its business levels in both 2007 and 2008.
Some Sunbelt parks are also reporting strong reservation levels for this coming winter. "Right now, we just finished the best November we've ever had, and our advance bookings from now through March are probably 20% over last year," said Doug Shearer, who opened Parkview Riverside RV Park in Concan, Texas, in 2001. He expects this winter to be the best winter season he's ever had.
Some park operators remain cautious, however.
Bruce Aljets, who owns Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Sioux Falls, S.D., experienced a 17% jump in business this year, despite the recession. "I don't know what to expect next year," he said. "Being in South Dakota, we generally lag behind the rest of the country. But I'm going to hope for the best."
Cohen of Adventure Bound Camping Resorts, for her part, said her company is optimistic but cautious about the future. "We're very enthusiastic and we're very pleased with the results of this year. But we're not taking anything for granted, either."


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I installed it using this:
$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full.
But when I look at my application, I can't locate it. When I tried to right click a
.tex file and select the option of
Open with other application just to find LaTeX/TeXworks, I still can't see it.
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Electronic Filing and Case Management
Note: if you are not represented by a lawyer, click here for more information.
Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.1 and Local Criminal Rule 49-1.1, electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys in all civil and criminal cases in the Central District of California. All documents must be filed electronically, unless exempted by Local Rule 5-4.2 or Local Criminal Rule 49-1.2, using the Court's Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system. Currently, only attorneys are required to file documents electronically. If you are not represented by a lawyer, you may continue to file documents in paper; however, you may also be eligible to apply for permission to file documents electronically in a particular case. See Local Rule 5-4.1.1, and click here for more information.
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The Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system is the federal judiciary's comprehensive case management system for all appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. CM/ECF allows courts to accept filings and provide access to filed documents over the Internet.
CM/ECF keeps out-of-pocket expenses low, gives concurrent access to case files by multiple parties, and offers expanded search and reporting capabilities. The system also offers the ability to update dockets immediately and make them available to users, to file pleadings electronically with the court, and to download and print documents directly from the court system.
To file documents using CM/ECF in cases pending in the Central District of California, users must obtain a CM/ECF login and password from the Central District of California. Currently, each federal district court that uses the CM/ECF system requires a separate login and password.
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Docket information cannot be obtained over the phone from the clerk's office. PACER provides access to dockets (case information) via the Internet for a fee of $0.10 per page. To establish a PACER account, contact the PACER Service Center (800/676-6856) or register online.
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Christmas is deeply rooted in the Polish culture and ornaments are part of a tradition that is taken very seriously. These creations are inspirations of what is beautiful in the world surrounding us and each piece has many processes that bring the ornament to life. Each task from the designer and creator to the polisher and packer is an important element of this Polish tradition and it shows.
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Directory of Pet Businesses in Colorado
When traveling with dogs, one thing is certain. Poop happens. For those times when you forgot to pack your poop bags and need to find the closest store in an unfamiliar town, or even worse, when you need to find an emergency veterinarian open at 4:00am in the morning, turn to our directory of pet businesses in Colorado for information on our favorite pet stores, veterinarians, doggie daycare facilities, sitters, groomers, trainers, and other pet professionals in Colorado.
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Mutual funds are an excellent way to add international exposure to your investment portfolio. Individual stock picking is difficult enough when you're only dealing with domestic equities. Analyzing foreign companies adds another layer of complexity, as you have to deal with issues such as differences in accounting, language, customs, and currency. Consequently, outsourcing the management of the international portion of your portfolio to a mutual-fund manager who is well versed in a particular country or region is one way to go. International index funds are another excellent option.
No matter how you choose to invest, however, you need to be aware of the risks inherent in foreign securities. One is currency fluctuation. When you purchase non-dollar-denominated issues and then convert them back to greenbacks, exchange rates can have a large impact on how well you do. A weak dollar (or strong foreign currency) can make your investment worth more, as you receive more dollars when it's converted. Conversely, a strong dollar (or weak foreign currency) brings in fewer greenbacks when converted. Some mutual funds hedge their currency exposure to avoid these fluctuations, so be sure to check the prospectus carefully. Of course, by avoiding volatility through currency hedging, you also miss out on the potential upside benefit of a weak dollar.
Unstable governments and geopolitical factors can also increase the risk aspect of foreign investments. Wars, abrupt changes in government policy with regard to business, and markets that aren't as highly developed as those in the United States are all a part of this, and such risks are heightened emerging-market economies. It is also important to be aware of the market-cap size that a particular fund targets, as smaller firms can be even more susceptible to economic and political disturbances. Also, funds that invest in a specific region are typically riskier than those that diversify across a wide range of countries, as any event in that region (be it economic, political, or a natural disaster) will have a much larger impact on a concentrated portfolio.
Despite the risks, foreign investments are a vital part of any well-balanced portfolio. There is just too much growth and opportunity overseas to not take advantage of it. By staying broadly diversified and investing only a percentage of your total assets in foreign securities, you can take advantage of worldwide growth in today's global economy without taking on excessive risk.


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Summit Up 1-20-13: It can't be that snowy up there
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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that's wondering just how difficult it would be to climb Mount Royal this winter.
We imagine there can't be too much snow up there right now. Even if there is, it doesn't look like it would be all that difficult. We've trekked to the top many a time during the summer months. It makes for a nice little reprieve from the monotonous task of putting a paper together. Additionally, the hill blocks out our sun during the winter at about 3 p.m. We figure it would be nice to show it exactly who is boss.
Well that's about all we've got. Have a great day. We out.
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Great place to stay, excellent service, wonderful ambiance, don't miss it when staying in Esquel, Chubut
4.4 on March 06, 2010
Superior accomodations are somewhat limited in Esquel. What a pleasant surprise to find the Canela B&B. It provides a quiet location very near town. Jorge and Veronica speak english well and were very helpful with our local itinerary. When we arrived our reservations for La Trochita and Los Alerces Park were already made. The rooms are very clean and the Breakfast is superior by Argentine standards. The family history in Patagonia is fascinating.
4.2 on January 10, 2010
We stayed one night at Hosteria Canela in Esquel and we loved it very much. It is a very nice house and the owners Jorge and Veronica are very kind. They love to tell you about their country and the history of Patagonia. The house is beautiful and located in nice surroundings just outside the centre of Esquel. They have a large garden which is good for kids to play in together with their dog. The rooms are big and clean and the breakfast is good.


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The suggested list of books for a high school government class
If you're wondering why the younger generation blindly supported Obama through two elections; why they are reflexively hostile to conservatives and Republicans; and why, even though Obama has dismally failed them, they are incapable of considering another, less intrusive, approach to governance, just contemplate the list of books a local high school Government teacher recommended for the class's mandatory reading requirement:
I don't know about you, but I'm thinking most (or all) of those books hew Left, way, way, way Left.
Since the list is supposed to consist of suggestions only, I'm trying to think of a few counter suggestions. I need books that present conservative approaches to government and economics. Moreover, to the extent that a high schooler is going to be reading the book, I think my counter suggestion should be eminently readable and entertaining. Of course, since I'm trying desperately to think of something quickly, before the weekend is over, I'm pulling a big, fat blank.
Still, keeping my requirements in mind (accessible, entertaining, easy-to-read), my top choice for a suggestion is Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change, which I think is one of the most readable political books out there. Goldberg has an incredibly deft touch. He makes his points lightly, often humorously, without ever resorting to browbeating.
What do you guys think?


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A Short film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
The Idea is a comical satire of modern society and our inability to listen beyond the sound of our own ego.
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Writing credits
Tunde Jegede
Owen Alik Shahadah
Production credits
Tunde Jegede
Runtime: UK:10 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color (miniDV PAL)
Sound Mix: Stereo (RCA Sound System)
Certification: UK:Approved
speaks of the self first, 12 October 2006
Author: siobhanboksch from United Kingdom
This film speaks a universal language; one can relate it to the self, community, society or the wider world. It has a way of not only opening up several questions but also setting one in pursuit of discovering and asking the right questions in order to get to that point of self conviction / ownership. The portrayal of the stereotypes within the film addresses the archetypes around us which must be recognised as being the repeating cycle of destruction, the opposing force of innovation, creativity and growth. The factors which disturb the natural flow of things must be made apparent and tackled. The Idea, is definitely a film to be experienced and not just viewed as it taps into one's internal voice / conscience through the looking, it makes one feel as opposed to just watch.
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Study: Wisconsin air polluted near Lake Michigan
An air quality study says Wisconsin counties bordering Lake Michigan have unhealthy levels of pollution.
The American Lung Association released its State of the Air study using data from 2010 to 2012.
The study gave Sheboygan County the lowest grade in the state. The county had the 25th worst ozone pollution in the country.
Local officials say the data may not accurately reflect air quality in Sheboygan County. The state Department of Natural Resources recently put a new air quality monitor inland from Lake Michigan where the air may be cleaner.
"Are those necessarily accurate numbers? That's unknown. We don't know what the true scientific numbers are because of the position of that reader," Steve Steinpreis, a member of the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce's advocacy committee, told Sheboygan Press Media.
Officials in other eastern Wisconsin counties say the pollution comes from Chicago and other urban areas to the south. They say the pollution floats north along the lake and would alter readings from air quality monitors near the shore.
Sheboygan County officials have long said improving the air quality rating is important because failure to meet federal ozone standards could result in lost manufacturing business. Higher costs from air regulations may keep businesses from locating in the area, officials say.
Marathon County and other areas in central and northern Wisconsin had some of the nation's best air quality. The report didn't include the state's smaller counties.
"The air in Wisconsin is certainly cleaner than when we started (the report) 15 years ago," Linda Witucki, executive director of the American Lung Association in Wisconsin, wrote in a news release. "However, the increases in unhealthy days of high ozone tell us we still have work to do."


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Structure of WILPF International
WILPF International has several governing bodies which have different functions and meet at different intervals.
- International Congress - the highest decision making body with representatives from all sections, adopts the next International Program [link].
- International Board (IB) - composed of the Executive Committee, one international board member and one alternate from each national section, and the conveners of its standing committees in an advisory, non-voting capacity.
- Executive Committee (ExCom) - composed of the International President, four Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, and the Secretary General.
- WILPF International offices - an office in New York and an international secretariat in Geneva, run by the Secretary General.


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First Day of the Director-General in El Salvador
Upon arrival to San Salvador on 6 May 2013, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, met with the Minister of Foreign Relations of El Salvador Mr Hugo Martinez. She met also with Mr Salvador Sanchez Cerén, Vice-President of El Salvador. They had the opportunity to discuss ongoing activities and future plans regarding the Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve.
On the same day, at a ceremony held in the Ministry of External Relations, the Director-General received the "Condecoracion de la Orden Jose Matias Delgado" at the grade of Grand Officer, the highest distinction of the country. In a communique from the Vice-Presidency, Mr Salvador Sanchez Cerén thanked the Director-General for UNESCO's support in the area of education and in the other spheres of competence of the Organization. The Vice-President reiterated "his country's appreciation for the Declaration of Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, which represents an example of Central American integration".
The Director-General also held meetings with Ms Magda Granadino, Secretary of Culture of the Presidency, Mr Franzu Hato Hasbun, Minister of Education and Mr Mario Roberto Nieto Lovo, Rector of the University of El Salvador.
Throughout her visit, the Director-General was accompanied by Ambassador Lorena Sol de Pool, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of El Salvador to UNESCO.


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How to manage packages using apt
apt is the Advanced Packaging Tool. It is a group of command-line programs that allow you to manage the set of installed packages on a system. The tool was created to run on Debian Linux releases. The primary command-line programs are apt-cache to find programs to download and install with the apt-get tool to do the actual downloading and installation. apt also manages the relationships between different packages, like if application A needs library B, apt will make sure B is installed first whenever you install A.
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If you try to execute a command that isn't found on your system, you'll be told the apt-get command to download and install the package. For instance 'xjump' is a text adventure game most people won't have installed. If you try to run the program on a machine without the game, here is what you would see:
The program 'xjump' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
You would then run the "sudo apt-get install tome" specified, providing the password and pressing Y when asked to install.
[sudo] password for username:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libqt4-declarative liblcms1 qdbus libqt4-script libqt4-network libqt4-dbus libmysqlclient18 libqt4-xmlpatterns fontconfig
libqtcore4 libqt4-sql libqt4-xml libqtgui4 libqt4-sql-mysql libaudio2 mysql-common libmng1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libasyncns0 libcaca0 libjson0 libpulse0 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsdl1.2debian
Suggested packages:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libasyncns0 libcaca0 libjson0 libpulse0 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsdl1.2debian tome
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 106 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,312 kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
If you're unclear what you want to install, just use the apt-cache command with the search option:
gnujump - platform game where you have to jump up to survive
gnujump-data - platform game where you have to jump up to survive - data files
xjump - jumping game for X
If you want to find out about a specific package to install, use the show option of apt-cache:
gnujump - platform game where you have to jump up to survive
gnujump-data - platform game where you have to jump up to survive - data files
xjump - jumping game for X
Package: xjump
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 115
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Samuel Mimram
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.5-6.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxaw7, libxpm4, libxt6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xjump/xjump_2.7.5-6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 22358
MD5sum: 25405c97f29ee4385b52dc4ca4515031
SHA1: db715d5691fd51fe649feb39aef0d8bf9dab03b0
SHA256: 62a33592c38ad321e9318d13c72ab44915bafb214c65ff3fb8c4e4cf2faac371
Description-en: jumping game for X
The epitome of addictive and pointless games, xjump is simply a game
where one jumps from one platform to a higher platform, over and over. If
you can't keep up with the pace of jumping, the floor swallows you up and
your game is over.
Description-md5: af037c22dec141dc1b36fb8b9df3b12f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
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The use of Library computers is subject to relevant Australian and NSW legislation, UTS policies and Library Rules, as well as any licensing agreements with software, hardware or database suppliers.
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By MARK PRATICO II For The Trentonian
LAWRENCE - The second-seeded Lawrence boys swim team defeated third-seeded Hopewell Valley 107-63 at home in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group B semifinal meet Tuesday night.
With the win, Lawrence earned itself a trip to its third straight sectional championship meet, to be held Thursday at the Neptune Aquatics Center.
'Our goal this year was to get as far as we went last year and one more meet. Our girls have already done that, and our boys ended with Princeton last year. I would love to see a change, so we'll see what happens,' Lawrence coach Mike Underwood said.
The Cards will rematch Princeton for the third straight season in the sectional final meet. The top-seeded Little Tigers, who defeated fourth-seeded Ocean Twp. on Thursday, 104-65, have bested the Cards the past two years, and are the defending Group B champs.
'It's very exciting; it's an enormous challenge knowing it'll be Princeton for the third year in a row. I just think it's fantastic to know us and Princeton will be representing Mercer County in the final. In Central Jersey, three of the final four teams were from Mercer County: Us (Lawrence), Princeton and Hopewell. That just shows how great the swimming is in Mercer County and it shows the strength of our program as well. We are all keeping each other very strong, and that's exciting in its own respect,' Underwood said.
Lawrence used two individual victories from senior Peter Finnerty in the 50-meter freestyle (24.68) and the 100-meter freestyle (55.20) and a victory from Jack Hargaves-Dix in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:14.80) to fuel the win. The 200-meter relay team of Finnerty, Hargraves-Dix, Pat Thornton and Matt Franceschini won the 200-meter medley relay in 1:59.23 for the Cards, who also swept the first two places in the 200-meter freestyle relay.
The Bulldogs ended their season on a high note, turning the program around and advancing to the sectional semifinals. Ethan Hatke won the 200-meter individual medley (2:30.47) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:35.59) for HoVal as Justin Voelzke (100-fly) and Tim Gronet (100-back) each recorded individual wins.
In other CVC boys state tournament action, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys topped Cherokee 96-74 Thursday in NJSIAA CJ Group A semifinals. (if win) The Knights will return to the sectional final, where they fell to Hunterdon Central a year ago. The meet will be swum Thursday at Neptune.
In the SJ Non-Public Group A bracket, the fourth-seeded Notre Dame boys knocked off fifth seeded Camden Catholic 112-58 Monday night at the College of New Jersey. The Irish used two individual victories by the dynamic duo of senior Jason Ivins and junior Max Cummings to advance to the SJ semifinal meet against top-seeded Christian Brothers Academy.
On the girls side, second-seeded Princeton defeated third-seeded Lawrence 101-69 in the CJ Group B semifinals. The Lady Tigers have won the CJ crown the past three seasons but will now have to pass Chatham to go four straight. Chatham has eliminated Princeton in the past two semifinal meets and has been moved into Central Jersey for the tournament. The Lady Tigers will also swim at Neptune Thursday.
Lawrence 107, Hopewell Valley 63
200 mr: 1. Lawrence (Finnerty, Hargraves-Dix, Thornton, Franceschini) 1:59.23; 2. HoVal 2:01.52; 3. Lawrence 2:10.83
200 free: 1. Tees (H) 2:07.24; 2. Lavery (L) 2:10.76; 3. Ikeda (L) 2:18.02
200 IM: 1. Hatke (H) 2:30.47; 2. Reitz (L) 2:37.39; 3. Franceschini (L) 2:39.83
50 free: 1. Finnerty (L) 24.68; 2. Voelzke 26.49; 3. Waaben (L) 27.14
100 fly: 1. Voelzke H) 26.49; 2. Thornton (L) 1:07.71; 3. Russo (L) 1:16.19
100 free: 1. Finnerty (L) 55.20; 2. Gronet (H) 57.25; 3. Franceschini (L) 1:01.70
500 free: 1. Hatke (H) 4:35.39; 2. Thornton (L) 4:36.95; 3. McCormack (L) 4:57.90
200 fr: 1. Lawrence (Waaben, Patskevich, Hargraves-Dix, Carpinelli) 1:51.31; 2. Lawrence nt; 3. HoVal 1:56.68
100 back: 1. Gronet (H) 1:07.88; 2. Lavery (L) 1:10.63; 3. Ikeda (L) 1:15.27
100 breast: 1. Hargraves-Dix (L) 1:14.80; 2. Tees (H) 1:19.88; 3. Stratton (L) 1:25.38
400 fr: 1. HoVal (Voelzke, Hatke, Tees, Gronet) 3:59.02; 2. Lawrence 4:07.36; 3. Lawrence 4:20.40