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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Oswego 9-22-2014 by Res. No. 411. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the finding of the Common Council that buildings which remain vacant, with access points boarded over, are unsightly and unsafe and have a negative effect on their surroundings. This is particularly troublesome in residential and neighborhood-commercial neighborhoods. Unfortunately, many buildings, once boarded, remain that way for many years. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for identifying and registering vacant buildings; to determine the responsibilities of owners of vacant buildings and structures; and to facilitate the rehabilitation of the vacant properties.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings indicated in this section:
- All Code Enforcement Officers employed by the City of Oswego from all City Departments.
- A person certified by the State of New York as a Code Enforcement Officer, and a duly authorized representative of the City of Oswego.
- All persons or entities listed below shall be deemed "owners" and have a joint and several obligation for compliance with provisions of this chapter.
- A. Those shown to be the owner or owners on the records at the City of Oswego Assessor's Office.
- B. Those identified as the owner or owners on a vacant building registration form.
- C. A mortgagee in possession.
- D. A mortgagor in possession.
- E. An assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, other person, firm or corporation in control of the premises.
- A building secured by means other than those used in the design of the building.
- A building which is not being used for any occupancy authorized by the owner.
- A building or portion of a building which is open to entry by unauthorized persons without the use of tools or ladders.
- A building or portion of a building which is:
- A. Unoccupied and unsecured;
- B. Unoccupied and secured by other than normal means;
- C. Unoccupied and an unsafe building as determined by a Code Enforcement Officer;
- D. Unoccupied and has multiple housing or building code violations;
- E. Illegally occupied;
- F. Unoccupied for a period of time over 180 days, and during which time the Code Enforcement Officer has issued an order to correct code violations.
The owner shall register with the Code Enforcement Division no later than 30 days after any building in the City becomes a vacant building or no later than 30 days after being notified by a Code Enforcement Officer of the requirement to register. Code Enforcement Officers may identify vacant buildings through their routine inspection process as well as through notification by residents, neighborhood associations and other community groups that a building may be eligible for inclusion on the registry.
The registration shall be submitted on forms provided by the Code Enforcement Division and shall include the following information supplied by the owner:
A description of the premises.
The names, mailing address, e-mail address and telephone numbers of the owner or owners.
If the owner does not reside within a twenty-five-mile radius of the City of Oswego, the name, mailing address, e-mail address and telephone numbers of any third party with whom the owner has entered into a contract or agreement for property management within a twenty-five-mile radius of the City of Oswego.
The name, address, and telephone number of all known lien-holders and all other parties with an ownership interest in the building.
A telephone number where a responsible party can be reached at all times during business and nonbusiness hours.
A statement whether the building is currently insured by a policy of fire insurance and, if so, the name, address and telephone number of the insurance company and the insurance agent and the amount of coverage. If the building is not currently covered by fire insurance, the owner shall set forth the reason(s) why it is not so covered.
The owner shall submit a vacant building plan which must meet the approval of a Code Enforcement Officer. The plan, at a minimum, must contain information from one of the following three choices for the property:
If the building is to be demolished, a demolition plan indicating the proposed time frame for demolition
If the building is to remain vacant, a plan for the securing of the building, along with the procedure that will be used to maintain the property and a statement of the reasons why the building will be left vacant.
If the building is to be returned to appropriate occupancy or use, a rehabilitation plan for the property. The rehabilitation plan shall not exceed 365 days, unless a Code Enforcement Officer grants an extension upon receipt of a written statement from the owner detailing the reasons for the extension. Any repairs, improvements, alterations to or demolition of the property must comply with any applicable zoning, housing, historic preservation, or building laws and codes and must be secured as per local code, if applicable, during the rehabilitation.
In the event that the owner submits a vacant building plan for demolition or rehabilitation of the vacant building, the owner shall obtain the required permits prior to commencement of demolition or rehabilitation.
A Code Enforcement Officer shall provide the owner with a written referral to the Office of Community Development for information outlining programs available which may be useful in developing the owner's rehabilitation plan.
All applicable laws and codes shall be complied with by the owner. The owner shall notify a Code Enforcement Officer of any changes in information supplied as part of the vacant building registration within 30 days of the change. If the plan or timetable for the vacant building is revised in any way, the revisions must be in writing and must be approved by a Code Enforcement Officer.
New owners shall register or re-register the vacant building with Code Enforcement Division within 30 days of any transfer of an ownership interest in a vacant building.
A building which has suffered fire damage or damage caused by extreme weather events shall be exempt from the registration requirement for a period of 180 days (or that time required to settle an active insurance claim) after the date of the fire or extreme weather event, if the property owner submits a request for exemption, in writing, to the Code Enforcement Division. This request shall include the following information supplied by the owner:
All vacant buildings shall be kept secured or shall be boarded up, both as defined in Subsection A(1) and A(2) herein, and shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements herein. Any building that is not secured shall be promptly boarded up.
The term "secured," for the purposes of this section, shall mean that all means of ingress and egress, including but not limited to all doorways and windows, shall be in a good state of repair, without any broken glass or other damage that might allow entry or create an eyesore, and shall be securely locked.
The term "boarded up" shall mean that all means of ingress and egress at all floor levels shall be covered over, as specified hereinafter, so as to ensure the continued security of the building and to reduce the negative impact on the neighborhood.
Boarding up shall be done by utilizing the following minimum materials and methods unless another equivalent system is proposed in writing and approved by a Code Enforcement Officer:
Exterior-grade plywood or sheathing-grade board, at least 1/2 inch thick, shall be used for boarding material to cover window and door frames without overlapping the adjacent wall surfaces.
The boarding material shall be secured to the building by screws, with the exception of one doorway which shall be secured in such a manner that it can provide access to the building by authorized persons.
All boarding material shall be finished on exterior with one coat of primer and exterior grade paint to match that of the adjacent walls.
The secured building shall be provided with adequate ventilation to prevent the accumulation of moisture.
In addition to securing or boarding up the building, the following minimum requirements shall be met for all vacant buildings:
The roof shall be structurally sound and weathertight.
All combustible trash and debris shall be removed from the building.
The grounds surrounding the building shall be cleared and kept cleared of all litter, rubble, debris, trash and junk and of all grass or weeds in excess of 10 inches in height.
When it is required by this chapter that a building be boarded up, it shall be the responsibility of the owner to have the electric and gas service, if any, temporarily shut off from the building by contacting the power provider. Service may not be reconnected until repair and rehabilitation work or occupancy actually commences.
All plumbing and heating systems that contain water shall be completely drained and kept empty between October 15 and April 15, and an antifreeze solution shall be added to all plumbing traps in the building. This shall not apply if the building is adequately heated during this time period.
The owner shall arrange to provide access to the interior of the building by a Code Enforcement Officer to inspect for compliance with the requirements herein that pertain to the interior. No Code Enforcement Officer shall conduct an interior inspection without the consent of the building owner, unless the Code Enforcement Officer has first obtained a warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction.
The owner of a building which remains vacant for a period of 365 days or more shall be subject to the requirements of this section. By the end of such time period, the owner of the vacant building shall demonstrate to the Code Enforcement Division that said owner has taken all positive action to abate the vacancy of the building in an expeditious manner. This action may include but is not limited to:
Applying for and obtaining a permit to repair and rehabilitate the building, or to demolish it, and proceeding with the work in a timely fashion;
Providing competent evidence that the building is listed for sale at fair market value by the owner or a licensed realtor and is being periodically advertised for sale in a local newspaper, through the multiple listing service, or otherwise marketed by the owner; or
Providing a proposed schedule of action to undertake repair and rehabilitation of the building, including a detailed financial plan for its accomplishment.
The Code Enforcement Division shall examine or cause to be examined every building reported as unsafe, damaged or vacant and shall make a written record of each examination.
Whenever a Code Enforcement Officer shall find a building or structure or a portion thereof to be damaged, unsafe or dangerous, he/she shall give the owner, agent or person in control of such building or structure written notice pursuant to § 83-4D of this Code, stating the defects thereof. This notice shall require the owner within a stated time either to complete specified repairs or improvements or to demolish and remove the building or structure or portion thereof.
If a Code Enforcement Officer finds that the building or structure is a dangerous building as defined in Chapter 83 of the Code of the City of Oswego, such notice shall require the building, structure or portion thereof to be vacated forthwith and not reoccupied until the specified repairs and improvements are completed, inspected and approved by a Code Enforcement Officer. The Code Enforcement Officer shall cause to be posted at each entrance of such building a notice which includes the statement: "This building has been found to be a dangerous building and its use or occupancy has been prohibited by the Code Enforcement Division of the City of Oswego." Such notice shall remain posted until the required repairs or demolition is completed. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or their agents or other servants, to remove such notice without written permission of the Code Enforcement Officer, or for any person to enter the building except for the purpose of making the required repairs or of demolishing the same.
In the event that an owner fails, neglects or refuses to comply with a notice to repair or remove a dangerous building or structure within the time limits specified in the notice provided herein, the Code Enforcement Officer shall cause the affected building or structure to be repaired or removed pursuant to the provisions of §§ 83-4 and 83-5 in Chapter 83 of the Code of the City of Oswego. For this purpose he may at once enter such building or structure and with such assistance and at such cost as may be necessary.
The Code Enforcement Officer may vacate adjacent structures and protect the public by appropriate barricades or such other means as may be necessary and for this purpose may close a public or private way.
The Code Enforcement Division shall cause all such vacant buildings to be inspected on a quarterly basis and notify the owner or agent of any accumulation of trash, debris, rodent infestation, the failure to keep said building secured or other violation of law, ordinance, City or State code or regulation at the premises.
The owner shall have seven days from receipt of said notice to correct such conditions, unless the Code Enforcement Officer is of the opinion that a vacant building or any structure is, for any cause, dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of the public or is unfit for occupancy, in which case the provisions of Chapter 83 shall apply.
If the Code Enforcement Officer finds that a vacant building or structure is damaged or so poorly maintained that it is in violation of any applicable state or local property maintenance laws or regulations, and the owner fails, neglects or refuses, after having been given proper notice, to correct such violation or to properly secure or board up the building as required herein, the Code Enforcement Division shall report such fact to the Common Council in writing.
The Common Council by resolution may authorize the Code Enforcement Division to cause such building or structure to be repaired, secured, or boarded up, and the cost of the same shall be charged against the land upon which such building exists in the same manner as local assessments provided for in the Charter of the City of Oswego.
For this purpose, a Code Enforcement Officer may enter upon such building or structure with such assistance as may be necessary.
The owner of a vacant building shall pay an annual fee as set forth in Subsection A, as amended from time by resolution of the Common Council, for the time that the building remains a vacant building.
The first-year annual fee shall be $250 and shall be paid no later than 30 days after building becomes vacant. If the fee is not paid with 30 days of becoming due, the owner shall be subject to a fine as prescribed in Chapter 249 of the Code of the City of Oswego. If a plan is extended beyond 365 days, subsequent annual fees shall be paid as follows:
The fee shall be paid in full prior to the issuance of any building permits, with the exception of a demolition permit. The fee shall be prorated, and a refund may be issued if the building is no longer deemed vacant under the provisions of this chapter within 180 days of its registry.
All delinquent fees shall be paid by the owner prior to any transfer of an ownership interest in any vacant building. If the fees are not paid prior to any transfer, the new owner shall pay the annual fee no later than 30 days after the transfer of ownership, and subsequent annual fees shall be due on the new anniversary date.
The Enforcement Officer shall include in the file any property-specific written statements from community organizations, other interested parties or citizens regarding the history, problems, status or blighting influence of a vacant building.
The Code Enforcement Division shall inspect any premises in the City for the purpose of enforcing and assuring compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Upon the request of a Code Enforcement Officer, an owner may provide access to all interior portions of an unoccupied building in order to permit a complete inspection. Nothing contained herein, however, shall diminish the owner's right to insist upon the procurement of a search warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction by a Code Enforcement Officer or his or her designee in order to enable such inspection, and a Code Enforcement Officer shall be required to obtain a search warrant whenever an owner refuses to permit a warrantless inspection of the premises.
The Code Enforcement Division shall submit an annual report to the Mayor and Common Council, listing all buildings in the City declared vacant under the provisions of the chapter, the date upon which they were declared vacant and whether a vacant building registration and vacant building plan has been filed for the building.
Any person violating any provision of the vacant building registry or providing false information to a Code Enforcement Officer shall be punished as provided by Chapter 249 of the Code of the City of Oswego.


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Semester Programs
You have several choices when it comes to a semester abroad or off-campus. Augustana partners with several foreign and domestic insitutitions and many program providers. Please visit with the International Programs Office to learn more about the locations, availables courses and costs.
Approved Study Abroad Programs
- American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS): Semester, Year and Summer programs in Australia, Austria, Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and Spain.
- International Studies Abroad (ISA): Semester, Year and Summer programs in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan,Morocco, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, South Korea and Spain.
- CIS Abroad: Semester, Year and Summer programs in Australia, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Ghana, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Thailand. Also offers programs in multi-country destinations and some short-term (J-Term) programs. Interning options also available.
- World Learning SIT Study Abroad: Over 70 Semester or Year experiential programs in a wide variety of countries including many non-traditional locales such as Botswana, Iceland, Madagascar and Vietnam.
- The Education Abroad Network: Semester, Year, and Summer programs in Australia, New Zealand, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
- Central College Abroad: Semester, Year and Summer programs in Austria, China, England, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain and Wales.
- Augsburg College Center for Global Education: Semester, Year and Summer programs in Mexico, Central America, South Africa and Namibia.
- Studio Art Centers International (SACI): Studio art Semester, Year and Summer programs in Florence, Italy.
- Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA): Semester, Summer and January Interim programs in the U.S., Bangladesh, Ecuador, Northern Ireland, New Zealand and Norway.
- Spanish Studies Abroad: Semester, Year, Summer and January programs in Spain, Argentina and Cuba.
- Academic Programs International (API): Comprehensive international programs (study, intern, teach, work, volunteer, gap year) in over 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
- Center of Linguistic & Multicultural Studies: Cuernavaca, Mexico
Augustana's Sister Schools Abroad
- Nord University
- University of Southeast Norway
- University of Oslo International Summer School
- Innland University of Applied Sciences
Approved Off-Campus Programs (U.S. Locations)
- Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA): Offers semester and summer courses programs focused on Art for Social Change, Inequality in America, Environmental Sustainability, Writing for Social Change or Environment & Agriculture (all in Minneapolis, MN) and Civil Rights Movement (Jackson, MS).
- The Lutheran College Semester in Washington DC: The theme of the semester is Ethical Issues and Public Affairs. Students register for two 4 credit hour seminars, a 6-credit-hour internship, and a 2-credit-hour course in directed reading.
- Semester by the Bay: Offers fall semester internship placements and biological sciences course offerings from the University of Alaska Anchorage's Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College located in Homer, Alaska.
- New York University January Term Program: Spend 3 weeks at NYU in January studying a topic of your choosing.

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text: El Miércoles, 26 de Abril de 2006 12:34, Walid escribió: > Hi all, > > Does any one know what types of problems/challanges for big clusters? > > we are considering having a 512 node cluster that will be using > Myrinet as its main interconnect, and would like to do our homework > > The cluster is meant to run an inhouse fluid simulation application > that is I/O intensve, and requires large memory models. > > any hints, pointers will be apperciated > > TIA > > Walid. > I'm not sure if this is going to be my first posting. We have a small (16 dual xeon nodes) with myrinet. It works quite well and having mpich-gm is a plus, it gives very low latency and good bandwith. Also we are doing some work with the MareNostrum and although I heard that perhaps there are scaling problems when you are going to a really large number of tasks, that is not really my experience. Perhaps myrinet forces the use of mpi instead of pvm, although there are alternatives. (in principle you can use an ethernet emulation, while being quite fast is not the same at all) >From my point of view, the big problem there is the IO, we installed on our small cluster the pvfs2 system, it works well, using the myrinet gm for the passing mechanism, the pvfs2 is only a solution for parallel IO, since mpi can use it. On the other hand it can not be used for the normal user stuff, so you have to take that into account and think carefully on how to install a good poweful nfs server machine which has to be on an alternative standard network. On the "other" architecture IBM's gpfs is really a nice alternative. All the best -- Jaime D. Perea Duarte. <jaime at iaa dot es> Linux registered user #10472 Dep. Astrofisica Extragalactica. Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC) Apdo. 3004, 18080 Granada, Spain.


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While the suggestion of pollution-eating clothing may at first sound a little fanciful, or even utterly absurd, the fact is that thanks to the development of a special liquid laundry additive, it's already a reality.
The latest news is that scientists behind the pollution-busting creation are in talks with a manufacturer of environmentally friendly cleaning products in a bid to bring a detergent containing the additive to market.
The additive, called 'CatClo' (short for Catalytic Clothing), is the result of a joint effort involving the UK's University of Sheffield and London College of Fashion. Additional help came from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The revolutionary additive contains minuscule pollution-eating particles that its inventors claim could have a real, identifiable impact on air quality.
To turn your clothes into pollution-fighting garments, all they require is a single wash in the special additive. Tiny particles of titanium dioxide attach to the fabric during the wash which, when you're out and about, work to oxidize harmful nitrogen oxides when they come into contact with the treated fabric. The harmless oxidized substances are then removed in subsequent washes.
The scientists behind the product estimate that a person wearing clothes washed in the additive would remove approximately 5g of nitrogen oxides from the air during a typical day, roughly the same amount which is emitted by an average-sized family car in the course of a day.
Cleaner cities
Professor Tony Ryan of the University of Sheffield believes the additive could make a discernible difference to the quality of air in a town or city, provided enough people wear treated garments.
"If thousands of people in a typical town used the additive, the result would be a significant improvement in local air quality," Ryan said. "This additive creates the potential for community action to deliver a real environmental benefit that could actually help to cut disease and save lives."
Coming to stores
While CatClo has been in development for some time, those who created the additive believe it is now ready to be commercialized.
"We're now working closely with a manufacturer of environmentally friendly cleaning products to commercialize our laundry additive," Professor Ryan said.
"We believe that using the additive in a final rinse with a full washing load could potentially cost as little as 10 pence (16 cents) – a small price to pay for the knowledge that you're doing something tangible to tackle air pollution and increase the life expectancy of people with respiratory conditions. We're confident there's a really big market out there for this product."
Do you like the sound of CatClo? Would you buy it if it only cost a little more than your regular laundry detergent?
[EPSRC via Tecca] [ Top image: James Weston; bottom: Ljupco Smokovski / Shutterstock]


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Dream Theater Unveil Interactive 'Luna Park' Concert Mobile App
Dream Theater recently released the DVD 'Live at Luna Park,' and now a new interactive app allows fans to get even deeper into the DT live experience. DreamTheater360° (iOS) was released today (Jan. 9). You can watch a preview video of the app above.
The DreamTheater360° app offers a unique 360 degree interactive experience of the Luna Park show. The first release includes five interactive songs filmed and produced using the Mativision technology, which virtually transports fans directly onto the concert stage.
App users can direct the show by manipulating the multi-camera iOS player, switching from among six different cameras while also being able to rotate camera angles by tapping and dragging, or by using the device's built-in gyroscope.
In addition to the video and interactive features, the app is loaded with other content as well. There's a biography, discography, continuously updated news and tour information, photos and social media links. More content and updates will be added in the future. It's available in the iOS AppStore for $9.99.
2013 was a big year for Dream Theater. In addition to 'Live at Luna Park,' the band also released a self-titled album. The song 'The Enemy Inside' from that album is one of those nominated for Loudwire's Best Metal Song of 2013.
Dream Theater has a North American tour set to kick off March 20 in Toronto. Guitarist John Petrucci gave Loudwire a preview of the tour: "Obviously, first and foremost it's about the music. If there wasn't one single light on in the venue and you closed your eyes, hopefully it would sound really good. But having said that, this time we're doing 'an evening with,' so we have more time to present a longer show."
Petrucci continues, "It's not theatrical, there are no circus animals or trapezes or anything, but it will be visually interesting and stimulating and all completely tied in with the music. Again, we want to make it one big Dream Theater experience."


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Kent Easter, 38, and Jill Easter, 39, were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to procure false arrest, false imprisonment and conspiracy to falsely report a crime.
A married couple accused of trying to frame an elementary school parent volunteer by planting marijuana and pills in her car have been indicted by an Orange County Grand Jury.
The couple, Kent Wycliffe Easter, 38, and Jill Bjorkholm Easter, 39, were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to procure false arrest, false imprisonment and conspiracy to falsely report a crime, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors say the case dates to 2010, while the unidentified parent volunteer was at the school in Irvine, where Jill and Kent Easter's son was a student.
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The couple hatched the plot to retaliate against the volunteer who they believe was not properly supervising their son, prosecutors said.
The couple is accused of planting a bag of Vicodin, Percocet, marijuana, and a used marijuana pipe behind the driver's seat of the woman's unlocked vehicle and then calling police to report she was driving erratically and had drugs, the indictment said.
"(Kent Easter) is accused of telling the dispatcher that he was a concerned parent who had witnessed an erratic driver park at the elementary school," the Orange County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. "He is accused of claiming to have witnessed Jane Doe, whom he identified by name, hide a bag of drugs behind her driver's seat in her car."
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The Easters maintained cellphone contact and exchanged text messages during their plot, authorities alleged.
Jill Easter has written a novel under the name Ava Bjork called "Holding House," about a mixed martial arts fighter hoping to strike it rich by undertaking a kidnapping, according to The Los Angeles Times.
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum sentence of three years in state prison.
Both are out of custody on $20,000 bail and are scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 9.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Family Myth Busted!
For years I can remember being told that Highland Methodist's church land had been donated by my Monroe Ans., but the other day I was in Glasgow and stopped by the courthouse for a quick dig regarding a house up for auction that I thought might have been tied to Nathaniel and Alethea's land I came across the deed for Highland and lo and behold Franklin Overstreets estate donated the land! Since Franklin is tied to my branch of the family to both my Shaw family and is also the father of Laura who marries one of Issac West and Phobe Monroe's sons I guess it still works, but now I wonder how in the dickens the story was created that the land came from a Monroe? I wonder where all the old records for Highland are? Anybody know?
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- lyn said...
Hooray for your find! Is this the original property of Highland Methodist Church - or is it additional property deeded to the church? Have you found any tie-in with Monroe Chapel and Highland Church? Deeds or otherwise? Seems like there should be one. Maybe this is where the rumor came from?
Congratulations on your deed research. Great information. Thanks for posting about it!
- July 26, 2008 at 11:14 AM
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text: Designed in Italy using premium quality leather, Elia B's gorgeous stone loafers are a simply perfect pairing for this season's key trends. Brilliant for the slick mannish look, they also give an easy cool vibe when teamed with lightweight dresses and provide a modern twist when worn as an alternative to heels with tailored skirts. The loafers have a small heel in tonal tan.


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Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. I Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
New Creation in Spurgeon
8 comments:
- John K said...
I can see what attracted you to Dr Beale's sentence. ;>)
- April 05, 2011 12:15 PM
- stauf46 said...
You're right, John! Spurgeon certainly has that idea in his message, but he didn't use those exact words.
- April 05, 2011 5:16 PM
- richard said...
So now we know where Beale gets his theology from, eh?
- April 07, 2011 12:28 PM
- richard said...
When I was at Gordon-Conwell, professor Beale's classes were dubbed "Where the elite meet to exegete!" I was never part of the elite.
- April 07, 2011 2:58 PM
- stauf46 said...
Hi Richard!
We're just wanna be elite in Edson, I guess!
"Already / not yet" is not a recent invention, even if the terminology is not very old. It's neat to see it throughout church history.
- April 07, 2011 3:33 PM
- scott mckenzie said...
Speaking of Spurgeon and other teachers you've probably seen this site from GraceGems - it's audio resources from the old greats.
- April 07, 2011 10:02 PM
- stauf46 said...
Hi Scott
And give that chili chocolate a real chance - it's an acquired taste!
- April 07, 2011 10:14 PM
- scott mckenzie said...
ok - i guess if we end up coming out west this summer I'll have to.
: )
- April 16, 2011 5:55 PM


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Eon Musk confirms another very important outcome of his Tesla Gigafactory plan. It will not only reduce the cost of existing batteries by 30% and allow Tesla Model E launch with 200 miles range and price tag of 35k, but also Tesla Model S and X can get the better quality Lithium Battery packs for up to 400 miles range. Once "affordable" Electric Car can go over 300 miles range the Electric Revolution will be happening for real. Will Elon Musk not only Occupy Mars, but save billions of lives in China and India on the way?
Lithium Art of War: How To Buy Tesla Model S And Beat Pollution In China ILC.v TNR.v TSLA KNDI
Chinese companies are already moving ahead and getting ready for this revolution in transportation. Tesla sends the main message that Lithium based technology is ready and Electric Cars are here to stay. Jack Perkowski gives us a very good overview of Tesla's purchase process in China and we will give a few links about the Lithium Industry as usual.
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"We are following International Lithium here with its strategic partner from ChinaGanfeng Lithium. Elon Musk with his Tesla Gigafactory has brought a lot of attention to the Lithium strategic commodity story and Asian companies are coming into the spotlight as well now. LG Chem is talking about building major Lithium battery plant in China and Lithium Materials Industry is getting the green light from the Chinese government in its efforts to curb the horrible pollution.
"Kirill Klip, president of International Lithium (TSXV:ILC), views the announcement of Tesla's Gigafactory as a "groundbreaking development."Tesla "brought attention to what Elon Musk has accomplished," Klip told Lithium Investing News. "He showed to everyone that electric cars are not toys anymore — they are for real."


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Building and Fire Codes Overview
Jeff Brown
- Whole House Mechanical Ventilation
- Department of Energy Whole House Ventilation
- Whole-House Mechanical Ventilation Code, Safety and Performance Considerations
- Alternative Compliance Method for Residential Energy
- The Journal of Light Construction-Choosing a Whole-House Ventilation Strategy
- 2012 Energy Code residential Fan Efficiency
- Whole House Mechanical Ventilation Memo (May 28, 2015)
- Why Residential Ventilation Should Be Provided?
- Energy Costs and Benefits Associated with Mechanical Ventilation
Virginia's state building codes and regulations are administered through the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC), and its associated standards and regulations for industrialized or modular buildings, manufactured homes and amusement devices. Codes and regulations are adopted by the Board of Housing and Community Development and periodic amendments are utilized to update codes and incorporate new reference standards.
Architects, engineers and builders use these codes and standards to design and construct safe, healthy and durable structures for all uses, from residential to commercial and industrial. Local building officials and inspectors issue permits and conduct inspections to assure that the structures are constructed or assembled and operated according to the codes.
The Department of Housing and Community Development administers and carries out the building codes and regulations through the programs listed below:
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BERLIN A fire broke out Monday at a workshop for disabled people in southwestern Germany, killing 14 people and injuring at least six others, authorities said.
Markus Straub, a spokesman for local firefighters, said there was no immediate information on why the building in Titisee-Neustadt, a town in the Black Forest near the city of Freiburg, caught fire early Monday afternoon.
The injured all required medical assistance, but Straub had no detailed information on how severe their injuries were.
The center employs some 120 people with either mental or physical disabilities in a variety of jobs including metalwork, woodwork and electrical installation, according to the facility's website. It is run by the Catholic Church's Caritas organization.
Some 100 firefighters were deployed to battle the flames, Straub said. Dozens of ambulance workers were at the scene, and smoke poured from windows of the modern, three-story center.
There are usually 100 to 120 people in the center at any one time, police spokesman Karl-Heinz Schmid told Suedwestrundfunk radio.
"It will take days to investigate what caused the fire," he said.
The town's mayor, Armin Hinterseh, said the center's buildings were quite new. "It is devastating. We now have to find out how it happened," he was quoted as saying by local daily Badische Zeitung.
Baden-Wuerttemberg state governor Winfried Kretschmann rushed to the scene, his office said.


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We all know that the economy is shaky. People are getting laid off left and right. Luckily, nursing is a pretty solid industry to be in. However, this may not apply to every job, every facility, or every region. Your job might be at risk. If your employer is considering laying employees off, here are some things you can do avoid the axe.


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The hotel is nice, has free parking, wifi, an airport shuttle and a swimming pool.
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[prMac.com] San Francisco, California - FarFaria, dubbed the "Netflix for children's books" by USA TODAY, is partnering with Twin Sisters Productions, an award winning children's educational music production company, to introduce a series of six classic stories on FarFaria's iPad platform. With the first stories launching this Friday, December 14th each tale will have the high quality audio musical component that Twin Sisters is famous for presented in FarFaria's best-in-class app experience.
Leading the lineup is the holiday-time favorite, The Twelve Days of Christmas, based on the classic song, along with Up on the Housetop premiering on December 19th. Down Through the Chimney, an original Twin Sisters title, will debut on December 24th. Classic renditions of beloved children's songs The Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed will be released in the weeks following Christmas.
"We're delighted to be partnering with FarFaria," says Kim Mitzo Thompson, president and co-owner of Twin Sisters Productions. "After many years of creatively sharing our physical content, we are now able to share our favorite educational, inspirational and traditional stories on a unique, imaginative platform with young readers all over the world."
"Twin Sisters Productions and FarFaria share the same goal, to make reading engaging and fun for kids," shares Ajay Godhwani, CEO and Co-Founder of Intuary. "We are excited to offer their great musical content through FarFaria's immersive world, allowing families to enjoy these classics instantly from the comfort of their own homes."
Created by Intuary, FarFaria is an iPad app that helps kids develop a passion for reading and encourages families to read together. Aimed at children ages 2 though 9, FarFaria's library boasts over 250 beautifully illustrated, captivating stories, with five new titles added weekly. FarFaria's rich experience offers children unlimited access to an exciting world of stories, including offline reading, the popular "Read To Me" feature, and "Reading Level Badges" to help parents identify stories appropriate for their child.
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A strategy session for young leaders with experts from the Worldwatch Institute and the New Economy Coalition, focused on key questions and skills for building a Maryland economy that is restorative to people, place and planet and grappling with the realities of climate science explored in the Worldwatch Institute's 2013 State of the World report, 'Is Sustainability Still Possible?'
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This historic tin mining town on the banks of the Wild River is the oldest town on the Atherton Tablelands. Buildings include a wonderful collection of Queensland architectural styles, from churches to public buildings and large houses with wide verandahs. The picturesque town is enhanced by rich colours of golden wattles in winter and purple Jacaranda trees blooming in spring.
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On the outskirts of Herberton is the amazing Herberton Historic Village, well-deserved winner of multiple tourism awards. This major attraction features a collection of around 50 historic buildings with fascinating interior displays. Attractions included the award winning Historic Village Herberton, the Spy and Camera Museum and the Railway Museum.
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Culver lab develops nationally impactful meth inhibiting drug
It's a story that's been picked up by national media outlets like BusinessWeek and Forbes, about a product with the potential to make a real impact in a drug abuse epidemic which has especially plagued rural America -- including the Marshall County area -- in recent years. And it was developed in Culver, Indiana.
Many here drive by the Acura Pharmaceuticals plant regularly -- even daily -- without paying the nondescript property much heed. Many more may not be aware it no longer operates under the Houba moniker (see article this issue).
Acura's corporate office is actually in Palatine, Ill., and president and CEO Bob Jones works out of an office in his New Jersey home, though he notes "all of the technical work" on the company's new drug, Nexafed, "was the work of the people in the Culver facility. It was not born someplace else and they were peripherally involved. It took place within the four walls in Culver, the work of our scientists and folks there."
That work is the development of an alternative to currently popular over-the-counter medications rampantly abused in the manufacture of illegal methamphetamine, or "meth," as most readers are all too well aware. Specifically, Nexafed is a pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (HCl) non-prescription medication which utilizes what scientists at Acura have dubbed Impede, a combination of safe and inactive ingredients which disrupt the conversion of pseudoephedrine into meth.
What this means, specifically, says Ron Leech, Senior Director of Quality and Analytical Chemistry at the Culver Acura plant, is that consumers can expect Nexafed to offer the same relief of cold or allergy symptoms they're used to from pseudoephedrine medications like Sudafed while being less attractive to those wishing to make meth.
Statistics concerning abuse of methamphetamine are staggering, though unlikely to shock those familiar with the headlines. In 2011, 439,000 Americans age 12 and older have abused methamphetamine at least once in the past year, and more than 10,000 underground labs were found in the U.S., creating a huge array of environmental hazards. In 2005, methamphetamine use cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $23.4 billion, including related health care, incarceration and parole supervision, lab cleanups, property damage, drug arrests, hospital costs, custodial care for children, lost productivity, lower quality of life and premature death. Meth, of course, is highly addictive and highly destructive to the addict's health.
Marshall County residents know the numbers hit home hard. This county was ranked 9th in the state of Indiana by the State Police in number of meth labs in 2011 (nearby Kosciusko County was 3rd and Elkhart 2nd); Marshall was 8th in the state in 2010. Lest Culver readers think themselves immune, there have been a handful of meth-related arrests within town limits in the past year as well.
"This is a huge problem," says Jones, "and not just in Indiana; it's a national problem."
One unfortunate side effect of the war on meth, Jones points out, is that sometimes its "pitting law enforcement against legitimate consumers. Law enforcement wants to solve their problem and consumers want to treat allergies and colds. It has become somewhat of a battle -- we have new laws which put Pseudoephedrine products behind the counter, limiting access to what is a very effective product to consumers.
"We're helping to change that dynamic; we would like to help out both sides. We want to start cutting down on the number of meth labs in communities."
Numbers are hard to quantify, but Leech says rumor has it as many as 80 to 90 percent of the pseudoephedrine products sold over the counter in some areas are diverted into meth production, with pharmacists often tasked with the job of policing their sale.
"While individual pharmacies may monitor their sales, there's not a good system to prevent someone from going to various pharmacies to get these drugs," he adds.
Acura's specialty, says Leech, is in the area of developing pharmaceuticals with a abuse deterrent features, something which began in the area of painkillers prior to the company's work on Nexafed.
On that side of things, the staff at the Culver Acura lab developed a product called Oxecta, used mainly for post-operative pain, but like Nexafed, containing inhibitors to prevent drug abuse.
Leech says there have been challenges generally in getting abuse resistant products into the mainstream. In part, this stems from FDA's reluctance to allow language on the product's label designating it as an abuse inhibitor, for fear such a label could be read as flawlessly "abuse proof."
One difference between painkillers and Nexafed, says John Gilkay, director of environmental, health and safety, and engineering at the Culver Acura facility, is that painkillers are generally abused "as is," whereas meth is created by chemical alterations to a precursor, in this case, Pseudoephedrine products. This is accomplished in one of a handful of ways. One of the most prevalent is by something often referred to as "shake-and-bake" or "one-pot." This method results in what is often termed a "meth lab" in the media, but can be little more than a sports drink or soda bottle containing chemicals or residues.
One of Nexafed's features complicates the generation of liquid solutions needed to make meth.
"It's relatively easy to manufacture a product which would be impossible to get the pseudoephedrine out of if you sacrifice its effectiveness as a decongestant when taken as recommended," Leech explains. "That has really been the trick: having the drug come out so somebody gets the proper therapeutic result, but when somebody tries to convert it to meth, they run into a hurdle."
Leech recognizes that replacing currently-used pseudoephedrine products with Nexafed isn't a cure-all for the meth epidemic, but he and others at Acura believe it could significantly reduce the production of meth, since most of those who actually make meth in rural Indiana and the country as a whole, aren't chemists, but individuals who lack the know-how to work around the inhibitors in Nexafed.
"At some point it comes down to practicality, and finding and executing a reasonable work-around won't be easy." he notes.
Innocent consumers, meanwhile, have actually been arrested for purchasing too many "precursors," or drugs which could be used to manufacture meth, due to recent laws added to the books. That's a dynamic that Nexafed can also help to change, Leech explains.
"It would be difficult to allege that someone requesting Nexafed is acquiring pseudoephedrine for abuse. I think it will give added confidence to the pharmacist and legitimate consumer at the point of sale."
Gilkay and Leech have been working on Nexafed for the past four years, and in that time, the product has gone through extensive process development, abuse testing and clinical trials to document both the product's efficacy and abuse resistant features. And, they say, the product is priced competitively with other pseudoephedrine products on the market.
Leech emphasizes customers should ask their pharmacist for the product, should they want to see it replace existing Pseudoephedrines.
While Nexafed was fully developed in Culver, its manufacture takes place in Ohio, according to Leech. He points out the ingredients used to inhibit meth production from Nexafed "are safe and commonly used in many pharmaceuticals products."
Distribution of Nexafed nationally is in "the very early stages," according to Bob Jones. "It doesn't happen overnight. Particularly for a small company, it's our first product we're selling ourselves, and there's a lot of red tape we have to go through, state-by-state, to be eligible in those states...to bring this product into warehouses is a monumental effort."
All involved agree that making a serious shift away from Pseudoephedrine usable in meth manufacture, to a product like Nexafed, will likely require a "grass roots" effort from pharmacists and consumers.
"The pharmacist's number one objective is to treat their consumers the best they possibly can," says Jones. "Like any new product, even though we've done a lot of chemical testing and our product can prove the same efficacy as others, there's always that inkling, 'Does this really work?'"
Leech says he and others at Acura are pressing for smaller, independent pharmacies in the Marshall County and surrounding area to begin carrying it, and the company is advertising the product heavily in several Midwestern and Southern states.
"All of the pharmacists and pharmacies order their drugs from a handful of distributors," Leech points out. "We have Nexafed right now available through Cardinal Health, so (local pharmacists) can order this product now."
Larger chain pharmacies face more of a challenge, and it can be an uphill battle, says Leech.
"I believe that pharmacists and consumers that live in communities affected by meth can quickly see the value in selling a product like Nexafed, but at a corporate level, other business interests may make them less receptive" Gilkay adds.
"It's a great product to watch and work on," says Jones. "(It) can help consumers, communities, and hopefully law enforcement as well. We're awfully proud of what we've done here...(and) the real story is the people in the Culver facility that engineered this technology and proved it will help the meth problem, and the consumer with colds and allergies."
"If we could get our product out there," adds Leech, "we wouldn't be reading about meth every day in the newspaper. We really want to make an impact on communities."
The Acura Pharmaceuticals plant at 16235 State Road 17 in Culver hasn't always been known by that name. Many in the area will recall it as Houba, Inc., a title dating back to at least 1974.
According to John Gilkay, director of environmental, health and safety, and engineering at the Culver Acura facility, the company was started out of a garage attached to the house just south of Acura today, by George Krsek, who had purchased the rights to an antibiotic product called Doxycycline from a company in California.
Under Krsek, a PhD chemist who had worked on a variety of projects, the company expanded.
In the 1990s, Halsey Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in New York, bought the company, says Gilkay.
"In the mid to late `90s, they (Houba) experienced some environmental problems" he explains. "Over the next several years, those issues were resolved and many facility modifications were completed."
Houba was in the process of "negotiating and completing corrective actions when I joined the company in the fall of 2000," Gilkay says. At that time, some of the environmental issues had been worked out while some still needed rectifying.
"When I came here, all of the facility activities revolved around the antibiotic manufacture. It was somewhat unique in that they did the front-end chemical manufacturing of the drug in one part of the facility and then turned that into tablets and capsules in another part of the facility. They also conducted product testing, packaged and shipped Doxycycline products for a variety of customers."
Around 2003, the company had a regime change, with a new CEO who decided to discontinue manufacturing operations at the Culver facility and shut down a New York facility. About 85 percent of the Houba staff in Culver was laid off at that time, says Gilkay, and the focus shifted to creation and development of abuse deterrent products, such as Nexafed.
In conjunction with the change in operational focus, the Culver facility also changed its name from Houba, Inc. to Acura Pharmaceutical Technologies, Inc. Similarly, the publicly traded parent company, Halsey Pharmaceuticals, Inc. became Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc., still publicly traded despite its small size.
Acura Pharmaceuticals proper has been in business since 2002, says CEO and president Bob Jones, and its corporate headquarters are in Palatine, Illinois, though Jones himself works from New Jersey, while a few in the company work from Atlanta. In all, there are today just 15 members of the Acura company, eight of whom work in Culver.
"So we're very heavily focused towards research and development in how we spend our money," Jones notes.


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U.S. FDA Approves Olysio (Simeprevir) for Hepatitis C Treatment
November 25, 2013
This article was reported by the Science World Report.
An article in the Science World Report stated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 22 approved Olysio (simeprevir), a protease inhibitor that blocked a key hepatitis C protein from multiplying and would be part of a combination therapy with peginterferon-alfa and ribavirin. The treatment would be for hepatitis-C infected adults with diseased but functioning livers; people with cirrhosis; people who had not received any hepatitis C treatment (na�ve patients); and those who had received previous unsuccessful treatments.
Edward Cox, M.D., director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, noted that Olysio was the third FDA-approved protease inhibitor for chronic hepatitis C. FDA completed five clinical studies to evaluate Olysio's effectiveness and safety. The trials randomly selected participants to receive a combination of Olysio, peginterferon-alfa, and ribavirin, or to receive a combination of a placebo with peginterferon-alfa and ribavirin. After 12 weeks of treatment, 80 percent of na�ve patients who received Olysio with peginterferon-alfa and ribavirin "achieved virologic response," in comparison to 50 percent of the control group. In a study of people whose hepatitis C infections returned, 79 percent of those who received Olysio with peginterferon-alfa and ribavirin achieved viral response, compared to 37 percent of the control group. Olysio was less effective with patients with genotype 1a hepatitis C virus with an NS3Q80K polymorphism, a strain common in America. Olysio's common side effects include nausea, itching, and rash. Drug instructions advised patients to avoid sun and to use sun screen during treatment.
CDC estimated in 2011 that at least 3 million US residents had hepatitis C. Although some individuals with the disease showed no symptoms for many years, long-term damage could include bleeding, jaundice, excess fluid accumulation in the stomach, and liver infection or cancer.
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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IBM is conducting research that involves making use of the open Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in a cloud-based setting as a way to provide dynamic services, especially to mobile devices.
If the research project works out, it might be considered "the operating system of the future for both embedded systems and the cloud," said Jan Rellermeyer, IBM research staff member at IBM Research in Austin, Texas, who explained the intent behind the research at this week's Design Automation Conference.
JVM is the well-known open software created at Sun that facilitates write-once, run-anywhere applications. The idea behind trying to establish JVM as a software stack in the cloud is to facilitate a "continuous platform experience" between JVM-based applications running in the cloud and mobile devices, Rellermeyer noted.
Working with the Java Development Kit (JDK) framework, IBM is experimenting with dedicated JVM on application servers and shared JVM for a platform as a service (PaaS). "The question is how can we turn JVM into more of a cloud-type platform," Rellermeyer said.
However, the research project is showing that IBM is facing some obstacles to getting JVM to scale to the level that might be expected in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service, he acknowledged. But IBM is considering what architectural changes it can make with JVM "to make it more scalable and amenable to the foundation of PaaS as well as more lightweight in general," Rellermeyer said.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security. Twitter: MessmerE. E-mail: [email protected]


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Transfer news: Mathieu Flamini rejoins Arsenal following AC Milan departure
Arsenal have re-signed midfielder Mathieu Flamini on a free transfer following his departure from AC Milan this summer.
Last Updated: 29/08/13 9:57pm
The 29-year-old, who spent four years with Arsenal before his 2008 departure, began training with his former club earlier this summer when his Milan contract expired.
And Arsene Wenger has been impressed enough to make Flamini his second close-season signing.
"We're very pleased Mathieu has agreed to rejoin us," Wenger told the club website. "He is a player of real quality, with a fantastic work rate and great mentality.
"As we know, Mathieu is a strong midfielder, but is also comfortable playing in defence too. He is a very good addition to our squad.
"He is a bit older, but he is still only 29. The best years are in front of him now - the next three years. Physically, he is perfect. He was tested, prepared and he is physically in fantastic shape.
"He knows how we play football, knows the club and had a huge desire to come back. He was available because he was out of contract and he is a quality player, and a focused player. Those were all the reasons that pushed me to make that decision."
Flamini will come into contention for Sunday's north London derby and he said: "Everyone knows how important it is. We have to win it and we have to be ready for it.
"It feels good to be back home. I have some unfinished business with Arsenal so it's a great feeling to be back. Once you're a Gunner, you're always a Gunner.
"Unfinished business because we had the opportunity a few times when I was there to win trophies and we didn't. I'm thinking about the Champions League final (in 2006), the 2007/08 season when we were in the running for first place and we didn't close it."
Flamini's arrival follows that of his fellow Frenchman Yaya Sanogo, also on a free transfer.
Wenger is still to spend a penny in fees on new faces despite the "escalation in financial firepower" reported by chief executive Ivan Gazidis back in June.


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SAN MARCOS, TX -- Texas State University-San Marcos (TSU) created the "largest human power plant in the world" recently when it debuted 30 ellipticals retrofitted with devices that convert user-generated energy into electricity.
The energy created will flow into the university's power grid and help educate students about energy usage, officials say. TSU, which has a student body of about 30,000, was the first university in Texas to add the technology.
"We want the Texas State community to gain a better understanding of how much energy it takes to power simple devices we use on a regular basis," university officials said in a statement. "A typical 30-minute workout will produce 50 watt hours of clean, carbon-free electricity. That is enough energy to power a laptop computer for one hour, or a desktop computer for 30 minutes. We believe that once students understand how much energy it takes to power appliances or electronics, they will adapt their lifestyles to create a more energy-efficient and sustainable community."
The cost of the project was $19,750. It was funded by Texas State's Environmental Service Committee and TSU's Department of Campus Recreation, with support from Associated Student Government.
Although other universities have installed similar equipment, TSU's array is the largest thus far. The University of Oregon and Oregon State University installed the technology earlier in the year and hosted a creative competition during the annual "Civil War" football game between the two schools to foster student sustainability awareness.


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Snowboarder's "triple rodeo" and the YouTube-ification of sport
British snowboarder Billy Morgan landed what is believed to be the first "triple rodeo" in December while training in Colorado. At the time of writing, different edits of his stunt have attracted close to 1m views on YouTube. It is a reminder for many other sports of what it takes to get attention.
Morgan's video was picked up initially by the extreme sports community on websites including Onboard but it soon reached the mainstream media via ESPN and, in recent days, The Sun and the BBC. Extreme sports participants have been filming each other doing tricks ever since the bulky camcorder was invented. With the improvements in technology and an awareness of the marketing potential of stunts, it's highly likely that a spectacular move will be captured on camera. Red Bull is among the sponsors that have moved into this market (see, for example, street trials cyclist Danny MacAskill).
Spectacular moments or passages of play occur in virtually all sports but there will generally only be a couple of incidents in dozens of hours of competition that can generate significant interest on YouTube and its rivals. In the last couple of weeks clips doing the rounds have included Tim Howard's goal for Everton from his own penalty box and Jerome Simpson's front flip to score a touchdown for the Cincinnati Bengals.
While these types of incidents during competition are rare, there is no reason why athletes from individual or team sports can't have a go at some types of tricks during training – not everything that succeeds on YouTube involves risking your life. Teams and sponsors have been in on the act for some time (see, for example, the All Blacks showing off their skills and quarterback Johnny McEntee of the University of Connecticut).
There is scope to do more, particularly among lower profile sports whose major competitions may not generate much TV coverage. Demonstrations of endurance, strength or flexibility can impress viewers in sports that don't easily lend themselves to stunts. Video training diaries are now commonplace but it's a bigger project to produce a high quality film with the potential to attract a sizeable internet audience, requiring a fair amount of planning and investment.
Coaches, athletes and fans who value tradition in sport sometimes feel that such stunts are trivial or a distraction from the main priority of preparing for competition, which is true. We might prefer it if all fans would watch the finals of the national champinoships live. Unfortunately, there are an awful lot of 30 second clips available to watch which compete for our attention. For an audience used to dogs on skateboards, a "triple rodeo" is the least they expect.


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The AYSO Region 120 girls' under-12 flex team of Costa Mesa won the McMillan Classic recently.
That wasn't the only good news for the girls. The team will represent the region and travel in July to compete in the Disney World International Cup in Orlando, Fla.
The team includes: Destiny Hernandez, Kim Herrera, Izzy Cruz, Crystal Castaneda, Megan Miller, Emma Warner, Kassidy Bonilla, Lizette Arroyo, Lexi Osso, Lexina McDowell, Seleh Jeffers, Sierra Dixon, Courtney Moore, Kassandra Jimenez and Emily Olvera.
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The Newport Lightning Basketball Club completed a very successful SPAAU tournament in Anaheim going 8-4 combined with its fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade teams.
The Lightning's 12U team swept the competition winning three games over PacRim, Jr Hoop Stars and NJB Stars 6 en route to the tournament championship.
They were led by the stellar play of Dylan Thoerner, JT Murphy, Jake Bashore, Kevin White, Kyle Giberson, Jake Griffin, Preston Hartsell, Ryan Palacio and Jordan Alvarado. Nick Flamson coaches the 12U team.
The Lightning's 11U team also made it to the championship game, but came up short in the final beating South Bay Heat and Jr. Hoops White before losing to the Wilmington Wolverines. The Lightning's great team play was led by Matt Olson, Sam Barela, Mason Melcer, Luke Chelf, DJ Rodman, Cameron Kayl, Jack Garza, Tyler Hollander, Adam Flood, Bryce Motal, Peter Larsen and Will Hanna. Scott Stucki coaches the Lightning 11U team.
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Seahawks open with bang
The Newport Mesa Jr. All-American Midget Seahawks opened the season with a 38-0 win over the South OC Patriots.
Anthony Battista led the team with 17 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries.
Opening up space for the running back were linemen Kobe Benter, Jack Genova, Connor Brazeel, Michael Quinn and Karl Donovan.
Balancing the offensive attack in the air was William Hunter with seven catches for 86 yards including 40- and 21-yard touchdown grabs.
Fullback Jason Simaan, who carried the ball for multiple gains, also pulled in a 34-yard touchdown pass.
Nick Yi and Reed Rutter additionally advanced the ball on runs.
Quarterback Stephen Von Der Ahe threw three touchdown passes. He was nine for 16 for 159 yards with no interceptions.
Defensively key tackles were made throughout the game by Dylan Campos and Sutty Barbato, while linemen Dean Ames, Charlie Muller, Garrett Cleary, Brandon Fryer and Nick Silvernail kept pressure on the Patriots.
Controlling the backfield were Max Morin, Dominic Komadina and Andy Strader, who caught an interception.
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Girls take third
The Newport Mesa girls' 12U softball team took third place at the Fall Brawl Tournament last weekend.
The team includes: Brooke Branum, Natalie Brown, Samantha Del Toro, Lindsie Hoffman, April James, Kendall Machado, Ashley Marquez, Haley Martinez, Molly McWhertor, Mackinzie Mitchell, Lauren Oberreiter, Lucia Ramussen, Kaitlin Seapy and Allison Sihilling.
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Hughton hails 'important win'
Chris Hughton felt his side deserved their victory over Hull in what he conceded was a big game for Norwich, but denied it had been a "must-win" fixture for his side.
Norwich had not won at home since November and, despite being the better side for much of the game, needed a late headed winner from Ryan Bennett to pick up their first victory in eight games and put a little breathing space between themselves and the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.
Hull, who could have gone ahead when debutant Nikica Jelavic hit a post inside the opening two minutes, ended the game with 10 men, with Tom Huddlestone seeing red for a second yellow card late on, but could have no complaints that they left Carrow Road without a point.
Hughton's future has been under intense scrutiny all week following a 3-0 thrashing at Fulham in their FA Cup third-round replay, with the club's chief executive David McNally saying his job was safe as long as he kept Norwich out of the bottom three.
This win opened up a five-point gap to the relegation zone and Hughton was delighted with the response from his beleaguered players.
"We knew this was a big game," he said.
"I want to do the best job that I can, because with every manager there is a trust put in them to develop a group of players and do as well as you can.
"I saw it as a big win. It is so tight down there it is very difficult to talk about must-win games, but I know it is an important win - for the fact the opposition are close to us in the division and it is a close game.
"You have to not panic and be composed, things can change over one game or a two-game period.
"It is never nice when there is a lot of criticism around, but it is part and parcel of the game and for any criticism that I might have had or feelings about my job, maybe next week it will be someone else.
"The good part about this game is there is always the challenge of the next one."
Ricky van Wolfswinkel, who has not scored since the opening day of the season, and Robert Snodgrass had the best of Norwich's chances throughout the game, but it was Bennett, scoring his first goal since April, who settled the match.
Hughton admitted he started to think it would not be his side's day in front of goal.
When asked if he was worried they would not find a winner, he said: "I was concerned, yes.
"On the balance of the game I don't think there is anybody that could not agree that we deserved to win the game. I thought we were the better team over 90 minutes, but they are a good side and defend very well.
"We perhaps didn't create enough clear-cut chances, but we put them under a lot of pressure. At that stage of the game there is a part of you that thinks, 'It isn't going to be our day', but the lads were resilient."
Hull boss Steve Bruce was left ruing the early miss from new-boy Jelavic, but felt his side did not do enough to leave with three points.
He said: "We had a big chance in the first couple of minutes when Jelavic hit the post and Liam Rosenior had a really big chance, but overall in the second half we were a touch disappointed with how we handled the ball.
"He [Jelavic] has done everything right. His connection with it was right, he struck it really well and I was expecting it to nestle in the back of the net. It has hit the post and missed by two inches. What a start that would have been for the lad.
"When you play like that away form home, to come away with a point would have been terrific for us, another point on the board, but it wasn't to be."
Bruce has been praised for his side's start to life in the top flight, but the win for Norwich takes them level with the Tigers.
The former Canaries defender believes he has been exempt from the pressure placed on Hughton because less is expected of his players.
"It is about expectation," Bruce said.
"We are a newly-promoted club. Everybody expects us to be in the bottom three and when you have been here for two or three years everybody expects you to be in the top six. That is how it is in the Premier League, but Chris has been around it a long time."