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Introducing the St. Ignatius Community Plaza
Results for the "Name Kenmore" contest are in and the street formerly known as Kenmore Avenue will now be called St. Ignatius Community Plaza. While the initial suggestion was simply St. Ignatius Plaza, the name has been slightly amended by the University and its president and CEO, Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., in order to be more inclusive of Loyola's relationship with its host communities. -
"Summer on the Plaza" at Loyola Station
CHICAGO, IL (June 9, 2014) Loyola University Chicago, announces "Summer on the Plaza" at the Loyola Red Line Station Plaza, 6550 N Sheridan Road. -
School year comes to a close -Student Move out
Each year, more than 4,500 students move out of residence halls at the University's Lake Shore and Water Tower Campuses. Nearly 3,000 other students who rent private apartments also prepare for their summer trip home or, if they are lucky, abroad. -
Artisan Market Streeterville Back for its Fifth Year
The Artisan Market Streeterville will be held on Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ryan Atrium in the Northwestern University Lurie Research Center, 303 E. Superior Street. Admission is free and discounted parking will be offered two blocks south of Superior at 321 E. Erie Street. -
Water Tower Campus Move-in and Block Party
Water Tower Campus Move-in and Block Party -
Loyola Welcomes its Largest Freshman Class
Move-in schedule 2013 -
Student Neighbor Meet and Greet
Join us for this fun, family event! -
Get Your Challenge On at LUREC
Challenge course open to students and general public -
Students Build a Sustainable Tomorrow
Loyola Students Produce Biodiesel on Campus -
Special Workshop: How to Save Seeds
Attend a workshop at LUREC -
Dine the Redline at the Student Dinner Crawl
Dine the Redline for only $7 this Tuesday! Give your taste buds a treat and come out to try 22 different restaurants across four 'L' stops! You can support local businesses while connecting with your neighbors and taking advantage of your UPASS. -
Institute of Environmental Sustainability Opens on Campus
On September 6, Loyola University Chicago celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting for its newest project, the Institute for Environmental Sustainability. -
Alderman Approves Permanent Closure of Kenmore
Alderman Approves Kenmore Closure -
Water Tower Campus Construction Update
Construction moves ahead for the new Michael R. Quinlan School of Business and Newcastle, Limited's 35-story residential tower. -
Quinlan School and Residential Tower Update
Loyola University Chicago and Newcastle Limited will begin construction of the Quinlan School of Business and Residential Tower at the State/Pearson/Chestnut sites in mid-May. -
Halloween Treats at Loyola
Loyola's annual Trick-or-Treat is coming to Dumbach's doors for its sixth year this Sunday. -
Ramblin' Around Student Dinner Crawl: Loyola Students Dined-the-Red Line!
Loyola students sampled to 22 local restaurants between the Red Line Howard and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations. -
LUREC Restoration Work Days
Volunteer Wetland Restoration at LUREC -
Canine Invasion
On Friday, September 27, the office of Community Relations accidentally welcomed the Berger Park Advisory Council's Doggy Day on campus. Residents who were aware of student-move in and family weekend intentionally came to campus to introduce their dogs to the new, student neighbors. -
Saturday of Service at Senn Park: The Tom Sawyer Project
Loyola University's Center for Service and Action and Office of Community Relations partnered with the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project (EESP) to plan a city beautification fence-painting project. -
"Summer on the Plaza" at Loyola Station
CHICAGO, IL (June 9, 2014) Loyola University Chicago, announces "Summer on the Plaza" at the Loyola Red Line Station Plaza, 6550 N Sheridan Road. -
June through September
Enjoy free programming all summer long at the Loyola Station Plaza -
Loyola Celebrates and Re-Opens Kenmore
6300 N Kenmore Re-opens
RSVP to Loyola University's Community Holiday Party
Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., the entire Loyola community, and the host committee invite our neighbors to the Community Holiday Party in the new Arnold J. Damen Student Center. You will not want to miss the party of the year to be held in a new location! Get a look at the brand new Arnold J. Damen Student Center, enjoy tasty, sustainably-made treats, live music performed by local band the T-Byrdz, and make a donation to help a local Edgewater or Rogers Park high school student to attend Loyola!
When: Monday, December 9
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: Arnold J. Damen Student Center 6511 N. Sheridan Road
RSVP to this event
Loyola's Office of Community Relations serves as one of Loyola's connections between the University University and its surrounding neighborhoods. Through a series of partnerships with City of Chicago, local schools, community policing, block clubs, chambers of commerce, neighborhood organizations and nonprofits, our office has demonstrated a commitment to improving vitality and sustainability of our neighborhoods. Acknowledging these partnerships and the long standing relationship Loyola has developed with its community partners, we have created a new Community Action Scholarship fund for Loyola students. The beneficiary of this scholarship will continue to carry out the mission of Community Relations, by designing and implementing a community-based project that will directly benefit the Rogers Park and/or Edgewater neighborhoods. The recipient of this award will meet some or all of the following criteria:
- Student is an incoming freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student
- Student has demonstrated a commitment to leadership, volunteering, and service aimed at community development (A letter of recommendation is required from a community or faculty member who served as adviser or otherwise supervised the student in community engagement projects)
Preference will be given to students who:
- Demonstrate financial need.
- Are high school graduates of Nicholas Senn, Roger C. Sullivan High School, Chicago Math and Science Academy or another Chicago Public High School.
- Are native to Rogers Park and Edgewater
- Have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.
Application Process
- Students will submit a written proposal for a community-based project that directly benefits the Rogers Park and/or Edgewater neighborhoods. Students will include a rationale, budget, and project timeline in this proposal. Up to $3,000 of this scholarship will go toward the student's tuition, and up to $1,000 of this scholarship will be used to fund the approved community-based project.
- Students must identify the name of a community or faculty member who will serve as their project advisor.
- Students are encouraged (but not required) to incorporate this project into their internship, practicum, or as part of their service learning requirement.
*For questions regarding the application for this scholarship, please contact Mary Miro at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you would like to make a gift to the Community Action Scholarship Fund, click here.
How Artists Around the World Picture the Nativity- Coming Soon to LUMA
Looking for some artistic engagement this holiday season? Take a trip to LUMA.
As All that Lies Behind Us, Cosmologies and Ten Thousand Ripples come to a close on November 3, Art and Faith of the Crèche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan will take their place.
LUMA's next exhibit will center on the story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. It will focus on global perceptions of the Nativity by artists from countries like Armenia and Zimbabwe. Nativity scenes are illustrated with clothing, architecture and figures from around the globe. The exhibit will open Nov. 23. The opening reception will be held on Dec. 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free for faculty, staff and students, and $15 for the public.
Spring Thaw Reveals Poop City
Warmer temperatures and melting snow reveal a rather unclean and unsanitary mess on Lake Shore Campus grounds. Many of Loyola's neighbors enjoy walking their pets on and near campus, however some do not curb their dogs, that is, clean up behind them especially when the weather is cold.
While the University understands that the grass and green space is inviting, it is important that a sense of mutual respect and responsibility for maintaining cleanliness in areas shared among our community members. Please bring plastic bags when walking your pet on campus and if needed, use trash cans to properly dispose of waste. This simple practice will keep campus safe and sanitary for everyone who visits.
Kenmore Update: Closure Complete
After a long year of planning, designing, meeting with community groups, and gathering feedback the 6300 block of Kenmore Avenue officially closed to traffic on December 5, 2013.
As the new owner of the property, Loyola University intends to transform the street into a pedestrian and bike- friendly mall complete with 39,000 square feet of environmentally sustainable surfaces, bike lanes, benches, trees and other native plantings. The extension of the campus experience onto this block will compliment the cutting edge research of the new Institute for Environmental Sustainability.
I would like to thank everyone who participated in the planning process for their feedback and patience. Construction of the new campus will take about 10 months and I look forward to seeing you at the grand opening next summer.
Summur Roberts
Director of Community Relations
The Future of Storytelling
In September of 2013, Emmy Award winning Loyola University Professor, Liz Coffman, undertook an inspired project with her graduate Digital Media and Storytelling class in our School of Communication.
With the help of James Kneen, the Executive Director of The Clare, a residential senior living facility located adjacent to our Water Tower Campus, Professor Coffman's class recruited four residents to provide their personal life stories for this project. To capture the rich personality and detailed stories of these residents, graduate students in Professor Coffman's class will conduct a series of video interviews, and then use this footage to put together a brief documentary on each resident. The residents who have been recruited for this project offer unique socio-cultural perspectives on Chicago history, gender-roles, women's advocacy initiatives, World War II, and many other topics and historical events.
The graduate students are eager to preserve the stories of these remarkable seniors via a digital media format that can be shared online, and perhaps encourage a younger population to learn about these stories. Through this project, perhaps viewers of these brief documentaries will develop a newfound appreciation for the social and political progress made in the last 50-80 years that affect the lives of younger generations today.
Shuttle Sign Brings Safety to WTC
Upon the return of the Spring semester, students, faculty, staff and neighbors may have noticed the brand new permanent shuttle loading zone sign at the southwest corner of Wabash and Pearson Street. This little addition to Wabash is already making loading safer and more effective, and Sister Jean Schmidt gives it two emphatic thumbs up.
It is hard to believe that something so simple, and needed, could take nearly two years, the continuous help of the Alderman, Chicago Department of Transportation, a city liaison, and countless meeting, emails and phone calls from Community Relations to accomplish.
This small sign has helped to alleviate congestion caused by standing vehicles who obstruct the parkway. Often, these drivers intend to run in purchase items from local businesses. However, these drivers unintentionally create difficulty for buses to access the curb lane which causes students to load or unload in the street and causes congestion through the intersection at Pearson.
Sister Jean, who faithfully monitors the loading and unloading of students, would often personally ask vehicles to move if she noticed the driver was present. As polite and sweet as she is, no one dare refuse her request.
The new sign makes a much needed impact with fewer cars attempting to stand there. According to Summur Roberts, director of Community Relations, "We are so thankful to Alderman Brendan Reilly, his staff and our contacts at the City for moving this forward, and to Sister Jean for her unwavering commitment to the safety of our students!"
Green Lobby Day 2014
North Lake Shore Earth Day 2014!
Students Return to Campus, Parking Restrictions in Place
As we enter into the last months of summer, Loyola University Chicago is preparing for the 2014-2015 Academic Year. The university will welcome 4100 new and returning students. Move-in activities will take place at the Lake Shore Campus on Monday, August 18 and Sunday, August 24, 2014.
Friday, Loyola will host freshman convocation and no move-in will take place. Neighbors should take note of the days and times during which the City has provided a permit to designate "no parking" on area streets to facilitate move in the attached PDF. This will help university staff accommodate the families and students that will be unloading cars and moving trucks. Each student has received a move-in time slot and will receive a color-coded placard to display in their car window to help facilitate traffic flow. During Tuesday, August 19. Loyola Avenue will be a one-way westbound.
Thanks to helpful feedback from local residents and community leaders, Loyola has reduced the overall number of streets and amount of days with parking restrictions to alleviate strain on street parking. Any vehicle parked in no parking zones will be ticketed and towed.
Many upper-class students rent apartments in the area that are not operated by the university. While the University does not make special arrangements for these moves, Community Relations has requested a special attention to no-parking areas around Loyola University with Streets and Sanitation. The requested attention includes Loyola, Albion, Arthur, Northshore, Columbia, Wayne, Lakewood, Kenmore, and Winthrop. Student cars illegally parked in tow-zones, blocking fire hydrants, or blocking driveways and alleys will also be ticketed and towed.
If you have any questions, need any further information, or experience any undue hardships relating to move-in, please, do not hesitate to contact the department of Community Relations at 773.508.7450 or email firstname.lastname@example.com . If you would like regular updates from Loyola, join the e-blast by sending an email and like us on facebook! Facebook.com/luccommunityrelations
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Students Ask for Divvy Stations Near Campus
Students and neighbors are pining for Divvy Bicycle Stations in the neighborhood, and they let Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) know last month.
Representatives from Metro Strategies, Inc, consultants for Divvy and CDOT came to Loyola's community holiday party at the Damen Student Center to gain feedback on locations for Divvy stations in December 2013. They returned in January to spend an afternoon talking to the student population.
More than 100 residents and students suggested site options during Divvy's outreach, and 17 different stations were suggested. Divvy tallied most suggestions to CTA stations near campus, including the Loyola and Granville CTA Red Line stations.
Divvy is a new bike sharing system featuring thousands of bikes at hundreds of stations from Andersonville to Hyde Park, available 24/7, 365 days a year. Each station has a touchscreen kiosk, station map, and a docking system that releases bikes using a member key or ride code. You must be 16 years or older to ride Divvy.
Divvy has also recently re-launched the "suggest a station" feature on its website. The company currently has 300 stations across Chicago, but plans to add 175 this year. Help Divvy decide where to install new stations by suggesting a site in your neighborhood!
WTC Construction Update
The building continues to go vertical. Crew is continuing floor-by-floor concrete work on the site through 2015. The North barricade and fence has been relocated to the parking lane of Chestnut per the approved site logistics plan and permit. Foot traffic is diverted to the north side of Chestnut Street.
School of Business:
Northside of Pearson Street park lane from 0-18 East is obstructed for the remainder of the project. The demolition of 16 E. Pearson will be completed over the next two weeks through mid-September.
The site will be coordinating water and sewer connections through the Chicago Department of Water. Once the project receives its board of underground approval, the planned excavation will take place. Loyola will work with the water department to determine which properties will be affected for communication and scheduling of water shut off to complete the tie-in.
Weekend work: Both Newcastle and Loyola intend to work Saturday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m., weather permitting. The sites will not operate Sunday, August 31 or Monday, September 1.
Power and Newcastle will continue to work with Loyola to prepare and send e-blasts to immediate neighbors and our Aldermen when late evening work is expected.
For more information, contact:
Summur Roberts, Director of Community Relations
Loyola University Chicago
Luau With Loyola Neighbors and Students
It's that time of year again for the annual Student Neighbor Meet and Greet in its new location - Loyola Station CTA Plaza.
Rogers Park and Edgewater neighbors, and the off-campus Loyola student community will gather for a fun, luau-themed night of circus arts, music, games, and more. Guests will enjoy delicious multi-ethnic cuisine from an assortment of local restaurants, and sweet treats from local bakeries. Thursday, August 28, 6:30 p.m., Loyola CTA Plaza - 6550 N Sheridan Road.
Featured at this year's event will be family-friendly activities such as face-painting, art-projects, a magic show, and a cake-walk. Loyola University Chicago strongly supports the continued growth and development of our home communities in Rogers Park and Edgewater.
Through the Student Neighbor Meet & Greet, and other programming sponsored by Loyola's Office of Community Relations and Off-Campus Student Life, we support the integration of students into our diverse neighborhood, encourage their patronage of a thriving local business community, provide them with civic engagement opportunities, and assist in their transition to living off campus. We look forward to seeing you there!
Student-Neighbor Meet and Greet
When: Thursday, August 28, 2014 | 6:30– 8:30 PM
Where: Loyola CTA Plaza, 6550 North Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
(Adjacent to Redline "L" Stop)
Audience: Upper-class and Transfer students who rent private apartments off-campus and non-student community neighbors. Local elected officials and Chicago Police officers will also be in attendance.
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For questions, contact Mary Miro, Community Relations Specialist at 773-508-7436


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(After some further study, ShuQin found that the phenomenon that she encountered is called "Dissonosance". Further citations on Post Hoc Tests summarized by Shuqin Guo)
The following is reference from Roger E. Kirk's (1982) Experimental Design (pp115-125).
Fisher's LSD (least Significant Difference)
When subsequent tests are performed, the conceptual unit for the error rate is the individual comparison, which means it doesn't control the error rate at a for the collection of tests. The use of LSD test can lead to an anomalous situation in which the overall F statistic is significant, but none of the pairwise comparison is significant. This situation can arise because the overall F test is equivalent to a simultaneous test of the hypothesis that all possible contrasts among means are equal to zero. The contrast that is significant, however, may involve some linear combination of means such as m1 - (m2 + m3)/2 rather than m1 - m2.
Tukey's HSD Test (Honestly Significant Difference)
Tukey's test requires that the n's in each treatment level must be equal. The critical difference, y-hat(HSD), that a pairwise comparison must exceed to be declared significant is, according to Tukey's procedure,
y-hat(HSD) = qa;p,v srt(MSerror /n)
A test of the overall null hypothesis that m1 =m2 …= mp is provided by a comparison of the largest pairwise difference between means with the critical difference y-hat(HSD), which can be obtained from a table. This test procedure, which utilizes a range statistic, is an alternative to the overall F test. For most sets of data, the range and F tests lead to the same decision concerning the overall null hypothesis. However, the F test is generally more powerful.
Scheffe's Test
The Scheffe's S procedure (1953) is one of the most flexible, conservative, and robust data snooping procedures available. If the overall F statistics is significant, Scheffe's procedure can be used to evaluate all a posteriori contrast among means, not just the pairwise comparisons. In addition, it can be used with unequal n's. The error rate experiment wise is equal to a for the infinite number of possible contrast among p>=3 means. Since an experimenter always evaluate a subset of the possible contrasts, Scheffe's procedure tends to be conservative. It is much less powerful than Tukey's HSD procedure for evaluating pairwise comparisons, for example, and consequently, is recommended only when complex contrasts are of interest. Scheffe's procedure uses the F sampling distribution and, like ANOVA, is robust with respect to nonnormality and heterogeneity of variance.
Newman-Keuls Test
A different approach to evaluating a posteriori pairwise comparisons stems from the work of Student (1927), Newman (1939), and Keuls (1952). The Newman-Keuls procedure is based on a stepwise or layer approach to significance testing. Sample means are ordered from the smallest to the largest. The largest difference, which involves means that are r = p steps apart, is tested first at a level of significance; if significant, means that are r = p - 1 steps apart are tested at a level of significant and so on. The Newman-Keuls procedure provides an r-mean significance level equal to a for each group of r ordered means; that is, the probability of falsely rejecting the hypothesis that all means in an ordered group are equal to a. It follows that the concept of error rate applies neither on an experimentwise nor on a per comparison basis--the actual error rate falls somewhere between the two. The Newman-Keuls procedure, like Tukey's procedure, requires equal sample n's.
The critical difference y-hat(Wr), that two means separated by r steps must exceed to be declared significant is, according to the Newman-Keuls procedure,
y-hat(Wr) = qa;p,v srt(MSerror /n)
It should be noted that the Newman-Keuls and Tukey procedures require the same critical difference for the frost comparison that is tested. The Tukey procedure uses this critical difference for all of the remaining tests while the Newman-Keuls procedure reduces the size of the critical difference, depending on the number of steps separating the ordered means. As a result, Newman-Keuls test is more powerful than Tukey's test. Remember, however, that Newman-Keuls procedure does not control the experimentwise error rate at a.
Frequently a test of the overall null hypothesis m1 =m2 …= mp is performed with an F statistic in ANOVA rather than with a range statistic. If the F statistic is significant, Shaffer (1979) recommends using the critical difference y-hat(Wr -1) instead of y-hat(Wr) to evaluate the largest pairwise comparison at the first step of the testing procedure. The testing procedure for all subsequent steps is unchanged. She has shown that the modified procedure leads to greater power at the first step without affecting control of the type I error rate. This makes dissonances, in which the overall null hypothesis is rejected by an F test without rejecting any one of the proper subsets of comparison, less likely.

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text: I don't know what hot water VS got into that forced them to discontinue their organic body care line "Naturally," but I sure miss it. Acai berry and magnolia. Goji berry and mango. Blackberry and tonka. Gee, this sounds like Fresh for babes on a budget! The typical VS body care products are strongly scented (fruit or dessert), but these are much more neutral in terms of smell. I am sad that I didn't stock up on the Naturally products and this hand cream is the only one I have left. And this is a fairly average product that doesn't do the line justice. Nothing majorly off, just not moisturizing enough. Organic body care is the direction the beauty industry is going with and I hope when VS gets back in they'll come out with something better.


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Letters to the Editor
Challenges of delegating fiduciary management
trueYour July 22 editorial is a useful contribution to the topic of outsourcing investment management, a technique which is relatively new in the U.S. but which has been employed more widely in Europe.
Sortino ratio, downside-risk optimization widely used tools
trueThere was an important omission from your extensive article on significant developments in our industry over the 40 years P&I has been publishing ("Witness of a revolution," Pensions & Investments, Oct. 14).
The failure of investment consulting
trueRe: "Papers question worth of consultants," Pensions & Investments, page 2, Sept. 30.
Errors, wrong impressions found in story
trueThe Sept. 2 Pension & Investments article on page 2 relating to the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System's real estate values contained a number of errors and created some misimpressions which we wish to correct.
Fee description in story not accurate
trueIn your July 19 issue of P&I Daily, the article dealing with the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System focused in part on fees paid to a PSPRS property manager, the Desert Troon Cos., which is managing a large portfolio of residential, commercial and retail properties that PSPRS ...
Fed a distraction from headwinds of debt, demographic challenges
trueQuantitative easing can't go on forever.
Understanding pension buyout risk of plans, sponsors
trueCiting a J.P. Morgan Asset Management report, this article suggests that purchasing a pension buyout might increase risk for the plan and its sponsor. Unless Pensions & Investments readers understand how the terms "buyout" and "risk" are used in the context of JPMAM's report, its conclusions may ...
The people behind the creation of the adjustable pension plan
trueA front-page article in your April 29 issue was published featuring the "adjustable pension plan," which Cheiron has been working on in concert with other professionals. The article stated, more than one time, that I was the person who conceived the adjustable pension plan concept. That is not the ...
Solving a looming threat of 401(k) loan defaults
true"A looming threat employers face from 401(k) plan loan defaults," Other Views, May 13:
Flaws in 'monkey business' study
trueRE: "Monkey Business. Here's another way to build equity indexes," Frontlines, April 15.
Disclosure of processing errors of plans not enough
trueSurprisingly, in the settlement with ING announced in your Feb. 4 article, "ING pays $5.7 million in settlement over trading policy disclosure," by Hazel Bradford, the Department of Labor regarded profits from 401(k) service provider processing errors as additional compensation which ING had a duty ...
S&P promotes ratings transparency
trueWhile Standard & Poor's agrees that investors should consider a variety of factors, including their own analysis, and not make decisions solely based on credit ratings ("Credit-rating downgrade," Feb. 18), we strongly disagree with the suggestion that S&P's ratings are or were influenced by ...
Divesting and still meeting fiduciary duty
trueIn your Jan. 21 editorial, "Misdirected Furor," criticizing the so-called rush to firearms divestment on the part of institutional investors, I found it curious that the two institutions cited as bucking the trend about private equity — the University of Notre Dame and the General Board of Pension ...
Some hopeful development in long/short attribution analysis
trueI found Alexandre Voitenok and Rui Tang's Portfolio Management article ("Why long/short attribution is difficult," Nov. 26) quite interesting. I agree with their suggestion that attribution for a long/short portfolio is more complex than against a long-only portfolio. However, there is hope to ...
Full audits of plans add substantial costs
trueYou are quite correct when you say mandating standard audits in place of limited-scope audits of certain retirement plans will add to plan sponsor costs ("Time to expand audits," Editorial, Jan. 7). You are quite wrong when you say these are "necessary" costs.


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On 17 July 2007, the Secretary, Mr Michael L'Estrange AO (fourth from right), with the group of seven embassy security guards who sustained major injuries during the September 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. Also pictured are Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Bill Farmer AO (far left) and the then Counsellor, Regional Security Adviser, Mr Robert Scott (far right).
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Dragging the Legislature into the 21st Century
Posted 1/22/2009 02:26:00 PM
Rep. Arnold-Jones plans to revolt against legislative leaders by broadcasting her committee meetings online.
State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones certainly isn't the first lawmaker in New Mexico to push for webcasting of legislative proceedings, but she's the one with the most original idea yet to make it happen.
Arnold-Jones, an Albuquerque Republican, bought a webcam and set up her own Web site that will allow her to stream live video and audio over the Internet from the two committees on which she sits -- Taxation and Revenue and Voters and Elections. You can visit the Web site by clicking here.
She plans to begin broadcasting online when both committees meet for the first time -- tax and revenue Monday at 1:30 p.m. and voters and elections Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. The only remaining question is whether legislative leaders, including House Speaker Ben Lujan, will try to stop her.
Lujan hasn't returned a phone call seeking comment, but it's no secret that he and other legislative leaders have killed attempts to begin webcasting from the House and Senate floors for years. The Legislature appropriated $75,000 in 2005 to purchase and install the equipment necessary to webcast, but neither chamber has ever appropriated the minimal funding that would be required to operate the equipment.
And legislative leaders from both parties have made blatant attempts to kill the project despite having the funding to purchase equipment. In 2007, legislative leaders opted against purchasing and installing the equipment in time for use during the 2008 session. Then, in January 2008, legislative leaders voted to direct staff to begin the process of purchasing and installing the equipment, but many of those same leaders voted against a memorial during the 2008 regular session that expressed support for webcasting Senate proceedings.
The memorial passed 27-13 despite the objections of Senate leaders.
So they found another way to kill the plan. After the cameras were installed and ready to go, they directed staff to uninstall them late last year with the excuse that they can't afford the project at a time when they have to cut the state budget.
The resistance to webcasting is even more apparent on the House side, where leaders didn't ever allow the purchase of equipment for webcasting, opting to instead let the House portion of the 2005 appropriation to expire. Currently, the House doesn't have a way to purchase the equipment to webcast even if its leaders were to decide that they want to do it.
What are legislative leaders afraid of?
As someone who lives 300 miles from Santa Fe, I can personally speak to how webcasting of legislative proceedings is beneficial to the public. And it's easy to do. It's done in Washington. In Las Cruces, the city council's meetings are broadcast online and on television. The county commission's are online. Even the public school board's are on TV.
There is no good reason that the Legislature isn't already doing this. Are legislative leaders really that afraid of people having better access to what's going on in Santa Fe? If so, why?
I want to applaud the rebel Arnold-Jones and Sen. Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque, who has led the charge to bring webcasting to the Legislature through procedural channels, for their efforts. Keep up the fight.
Here's to hoping House leaders don't try to stop Arnold-Jones from webcasting from her committee meetings. It would be a travesty if they halted her efforts to bring the Legislature to her constituents and other New Mexicans who are unable to drive to Santa Fe and attend legislative proceedings in person.
Join the fight
Perhaps there are some other lawmakers in Santa Fe who are willing to stand up to their leadership as Arnold-Jones is doing. If so, I'd encourage you to talk with her. The cost of what she's doing is minimal -- a few hundred dollars for the purchase of equipment and the use of server space throughout the duration of the session, she told me.
The new chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, Harvey E. Yates Jr., put out a statement today calling webcasting of state legislative proceedings critical to ensuring public trust and confidence. He pointed out that New Mexico is one of only three states that doesn't provide at least live audio of its legislative proceedings. Several news outlets have reported that more than 40 state legislatures webcast audio and video.
"It is a travesty in this technological age to require our people to drive an hour, or five hours, to take part in the lawmaking process," Yates said. "Most of us have to work and take care of our families. The Legislature should make it easier for people who are busy to get involved."
Republican lawmakers: I bet if you ask, your state party might foot the bill for you to join Arnold-Jones' rebellion.
As for Democrats, I doubt you'll get such a warm reception from your state party or your colleagues if you do this, but it's still the right thing to do. Show some chutzpa. Perhaps a handful of you standing up to your leaders would be enough to help them realize the error of their ways and the reality that, like it or not, technology has advanced to the point that they can't operate in the dark any more. They should embrace the light, if for no other reason than because the light is going to find them anyway.
Welcome to the 21st Century, New Mexico Legislature. Thanks to Arnold-Jones for bringing you here.
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Forensic Experts Say Screams Were Not Zimmerman's
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
The point is that the story *adds up.* There is no evidence at this point that his story is false.
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Re:So what? (1046 comments)
The point is that the story *adds up.* There is no evidence at this point that his story is false.
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
Zimmerman has a wound on the back of his head. How do you think that got there? A warning punch on the shoulder?
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
Are you seriously suggesting that shooting and killing someone is a crime 100% of the time? What is the evidence that it wasn't self-defense? There is evidence that it WAS self-defense, so please take me through the evidence that it wasn't.
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
Oh brother...
Detaining someone without evidence against them is just that--an act that deprives them of their natural rights. He was taken into custody (handcuffed, no less!), questioned, and released when his story added up. This whole story got attention because the media led everyone to believe that that never happened. Now the guy is legitimately fearing for his life, all thanks to the liberal media (but wait, I thought conservatives were the ones who incite violence... funny that they are the ones defending a democrat).
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
So according to you, there is a law that states that you are only allowed to defend yourself if your injuries warrant being taken to the ER? I would love to see a link for that! The fact that he has ANY injury means that his story adds up.
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
Easy to understand, but an incredibly stupid (and wrong) statement.
Re:So what? (1046 comments)
Do we know that? Based on a random low-quality video, in which there actually *is* evidence of an injury on the back of his head?
Re:Somehow this makes the sale fair? (156 comments)
WD makes the best drives I have ever used. I have about 20 of them in a server environment, and as of yet have not needed to use the 5 year warranty on any of them. RE3/4s are fantastic drives. As are VelociRaptors. Yes, they also have some crappier drives (caviar greens, for example), but you get what you pay for.
Cons? (652 comments)
I tend to ignore the camera when I back up in a car with one (my mom's, which I've only driven a couple times). Do any of you who have one find yourself relying on it over actually looking over your shoulder? I imagine there are a lot of things happening (especially to the side of your car, like cars driving perpendicular to yours in a parking lot) that wouldn't always get shown, even with a field of view close-ish to 180 degrees.
Re:If you want a baseline (225 comments)
Came in here to say this. My current datacenter charges exactly what the poster said ($100/mbps 95th percentile (but slightly cheaper in bulk) or 50 cents per GB, whichever plan I choose). So I did research for some ISPs that I could connect to. I came across Cogent, which is *incredibly* cheap. They quoted me something like $350/month for a 50mbps pipe (unmetered). Unfortunately I'd have to move to a new datacenter to use them, but they do seem to have a fiber presence in a lot of major city datacenters. I have heard reports of some sketchiness with them, but nothing concrete, and mainly from competing ISPs. I bet their uptime and reliability is probably good enough for the poster's needs.
Re:I can only use my Father as an example (1040 comments)
Or maybe he took care of all of it so you guys wouldn't have to pay for it? What are you so bitter about that makes you interpret everything he did as some way to screw you over?
Re:Bubble? (761 comments)
I love this "the masses think" remark, because it exposes your elitism as well as lack of touch.
And the rest of your comment demonstrates your own elitism and lack of touch. Seriously, read your own comment. Since you don't use an optical drive, it's archaic? Since you're more productive with OSX, everyone else is as well? (I regularly use both OS X and Windows, by the way, and I'm far more productive on Windows).
Re:Lose the Popcorn (865 comments)
Are you sure you aren't thinking of blowing/popping bubbles? Snapping gum seems to have only gained steam about a decade ago, and has only gotten more popular.
Re:Lose the Popcorn (865 comments)
If people laughed the same way they ate popcorn (at random intervals from 2 seconds to a minute, for as long as their popcorn/lungs last, and independently of everyone else in the audience, having nothing to do with anything happening on screen), I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like it either.
It'd be like someone with a really bad cough... and sitting right behind you (I hope it goes without saying that if you have an uncontrollable cough, you shouldn't be in a movie theater (even if you ignore the disease spreading part of it)).
Re:Lose the Popcorn (865 comments)
Agreed. If people are able to do that I'm all for popcorn. This is why I generally only go to movies that I know are filled with action and long, loud sequences.
Re:Lose the Popcorn (865 comments)
Just to further explain this, since most people tend to laugh at this pet peeve of mine:
I may be biased, but honestly, how would you like it if I sat directly behind you at a movie, and snapped my fingers or clapped my hands every few seconds during the entire film? Popcorn makes more noise than finger snapping, and nearly as much as hand clapping (of course depending on the eater). Sure, most people are able to ignore it since it's acceptable in our society, but in my opinion that doesn't justify it. Movie theaters are set up to give the highest quality of sound and image. Why is it acceptable to drown out the sound with your eating? Why is chomping on popcorn acceptable while snapping my fingers is not?
(And don't even get me started on this fad of gum snapping. That drives me crazy. And people don't even realize they're doing it (movie theatres, testing centers, classrooms, work--and it's *louder* than hand clapping)).
Lose the Popcorn (865 comments)
The *only* reason that I hate movie theatres is that there are always dozens of people around me who do not know how to eat quietly. Close your mouth before you start chewing (that includes the first chomp). Learn how to grab popcorn without ruffling your hand around for 2 minutes (better yet, lose the popcorn all together! Let's find a quieter food to associate with movies!)
Re:It's still there (574 comments)
Do you think Google doesn't know that? How can you read the summary and think that that's Google's official reason for closing the thread? That was commentary in the slashdot summary. The point was not to silence the dissent, but to say "we made a decision. And it's final, so don't try to convince us to change our minds." Have you ever looked in the Chrome options/preferences menus? They are so simple. The decision was probably made to keep them simple. Having another option would also add bloat to a very streamlined browser.
Re:Purely out of curiosity (692 comments)
I'm sure apple is just the first to do this,
RDF. Apple is not the first, nor even close to it. Did Apple also invent the cell phone in your world?
Re:And ... you lose. (436 comments)
Just repeatedly asserting that corporations pay taxes on money they use (to raise the value of their stock price) has been repeatedly pointed out as wrong
Hahaha. You realize you're wrong, so you have a fit and say you're leaving. You just changed your argument entirely. Money reinvested is not the same as money used. In your previous post you tried to claim that companies like Apple, that do not give dividends, do not pay income tax, which is clear proof that *you* have no idea how corporate income tax works. Do you know *why* money *used* (we'll go with your changed argument now) raises the value of a company? It's because companies use money to make more money! If a company decided to invest a billion dollars in something that investors saw no value in, it would *not* raise the stock price!


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Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
2351 Clay Street, 5th Floor (Stanford Building)
Pacific Campus
San Francisco, CA 94118
Directions & maps to our facilities
CF Foundation Accreditation
Christopher Brown, M.D. is director and Steven Hays, M.D. is associate director of California Pacific's Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Program. California Pacific Medical Center has been an accreditaed Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Center for pediatric Cystic Fibrosis for many years under the directorship of Karen Hardy, M.D. The Adult Center received CFF accreditation in 2006.
Living Longer Healthier Lives
With the availability of advanced medical therapies and diagnostic technology, CF patients are living longer, healthier lives.
Historically, CF symptoms appear in the first year or two of life, but now nearly 10% of newly diagnosed patients are over 18 years of age. The average life expectancy is 38 years old, with patients even living into their seventies. CF affects the mucus in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, causing obstruction of the airways of the lungs and parts of the liver and intestines. The Adult CF Center provides state-of-the-art medications and treatments that improve the longevity and quality of a CF patient's life.
Comprehensive Team Approach to Care
Because CF doesn't just affect the lungs, the Adult CF Program works very closely with other specialists at California Pacific to provide complete care. The team of health care professionals includes pulmonologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, radiologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, palliative care specialists, psychologists, nutritionists, social workers and respiratory therapists.
Advanced Lung Disease Program
The Adult CF Center is part of California Pacific's Center for Advanced Lung Therapies. In addition to CF, the Program provides care for patients with non-CF bronchiectasis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, and advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Steven Hays, M.D., CF Pulmonologist
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Pediatric Center Director
Michelle Murray, R.N., MSN,
Nurse Coordinator
Eric Hernandez, R.D., Outpatient Dietician
April Ellis, MSW, Outpatient Social Worker
Laura Kleinman, MSW,
Outpatient Social Worker
Teresa Kam, PT,
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Hernia 17:329-32. 2013..The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve blocks in patients with chronic pain after herniorrhaphy, by comparing nerve stimulator and ultrasound guidance to administer the block... - Steroid use is associated with clinically irrelevant biopsies in patients with suspected giant cell arteritisIrene Thomassen
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Am Surg 78:1362-8. 2012..The start of steroid treatment before TAB was associated with clinically irrelevant TABs. If clinical suspicion of GCA is high, a TAB can be considered clinically irrelevant... - [13-Year old boy with abdominal pain]Irene Thomassen
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Most of you know by now that The Rock will be at Survivor Series this year which emanates from Madison Square Garden in New York City. I've been hyped about his comeback at Survivor Series for months now, but things seem to have taken a very interesting turn lately, some of which suggest that The Rock may actually be wrestling alongside John Cena on the show. Plus, is this the official poster for the big event? Check it out after the jump. WWE.com seem to have confirmed that The Rock and John Cena will be teaming-up in a classic 5-on-5 Tag Team Match at the show, which means that we'll probably have to go through the typical "John Cena Tag-Teams With His Mortal Enemy" scenario right up to WrestleMania 28.
Here's what WWE.com posted : "WWE sources have confirmed that The Rock and John Cena will be a part of a Traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series Tag Team Match."
And here's what The Rock said via Twitter : "I'm not waiting til Wrestlemania 28… I'm coming to Survivor Series in November and ELECTRIFYING New York City like never before! TEAM BRING IT – BOOTS TO ASSES."
I'm a huge fan of the Attitude Era. Anyone who has read my blog posts knows that. I literally marked-out when The Rock made an epic return earlier this year. And yeah, I'm open to seeing him wrestle before WrestleMania 28. It would have been perfect if they had held back till the big event next year, but The Rock returning to in-ring action has its upsides. For one, The Rock can shake-off the ring rust (if there is any) and get into the vibe again. Plus, any mistakes WWE Creative makes with him can be rectified by doing some trial runs, and believe me, they're capable of f**king things up to the core so trial runs are good in this case.
What I don't like though, is this whole 'teaming-up' business. And I hate announcements that come this early because I've always been a fan of kayfabe and I believe it needs to be there for wrestling to survive. We have Vengeance and Hell In A Cell to pass before heading into Survivor Series, but with this announcement we can pretty much guess how things are going to turn out at each show.
And there's no realconfirmation that The Rock WILL wrestle, which is going to piss a lot of people off now if he doesn't.
One final rant before I end this post. Why does The Rock look like that on the poster? Sometimes I feel like R-Truth in the sense that I think all this is one big conspiracy. C-O-N-S—-piracy! How is it that John Cena looks all mighty and rugged whereas The Rock looks like his photo was snapped midway during a conversation between him and the cameraman? He looks half-surprised and half-confused; an expression he'd don if this were the poster for The Tooth Fairy 2.
Sometimes I wonder if WWE does these things on purpose just to give Cena that extra edge in terms of marketing. Hey, they pulled that crap before when Shawn Michaels was battling Bret Hart in the 90′s, making Shawn look like the younger, better wrestler, so don't think they wouldn't pull it again! Remember, John Cena is their golden-boy and is in his early 30′s whereas The Rock (as awesome as he is) will be a month away from being 40 by the time WrestleMania 28 gets here and isn't going to be an active superstar on Raw or SmackDown!…ever! In terms of business, WWE has to to give Cena all the upsides he can get.
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Dish It's Hall of Shame: April 2012
Kidzworld's Hall of Shame is back – and better than ever! We're inviting all Kidzworld Members to submit your most mortifying, turn-your-face-red moment of all time – you know, the stuff you thought you'd never live down! Back to Article
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lolz that was funny the soccer ball gurl was a little cray cray thoe
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embarassing!!! but thats ok
I feel bad for the girl that got pinched by the crab ouch!!
my most embarassing moment was getting caught by the teacher kissingmy boyfreind
one of my bab thing i did was when i was in school iii was talking to this boy and mhy started ringing and i started dancin and everybody started laughing and posted it on the internet
my most embarrassing moment, was when i was picking a team name, i screamed out turd-ilicious soup! and everyone stared at me =p
my most embarrising moment was when was when i was talking to this dude i like like and i accidentally called him dad because he reminded me of him then my entire 3rd period laugh .
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20 But also if a just man is turned from his rightfulness, and doeth wickedness, I shall set an hurting before him; he shall die, for thou toldest not to him; he shall die in his sin, and his rightfulnesses, which he did, shall not be in mind, but I shall seek his blood of thine hand. (And also if a just, or a righteous, person is turned from his righteousness, and doeth wickedness, I shall set a cause of stumbling before him; and he shall die, for thou hast not told him; he shall die in his sin, and his righteousnesses, which he did, shall not be remembered, but I shall seek payment for his blood from thee.) | 20 "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. |
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After 26 years in public office, Lockport Mayor Dev Trivedi has announced he will not seek re-election in April.
"It was a heart-wrenching decision," said the mayor, who had been collecting signatures on nominating petitions. "It's tough for me because I love this city so much."
Trivedi, who made the announcement Saturday at NuVibe Juice and Java during his monthly "coffee with the mayor," cited his family as the No. 1 reason for stepping out of public life.
His first grandchild was born 1-1/2 years ago, and Trivedi retired in January from the Illinois State Police lab.
"I want to continue on the retirement path," he said, adding that his family is "very happy" with his decision.
Trivedi has held elected office for 26 years, including eight years on School District 90 board, 14 years as alderman and four years as mayor.
He will still be involved as a volunteer with the Will County Historical Society and the Gaylord Building, he said.
Ald. Kelly Turner — whom Trivedi defeated by three votes in the 2009 mayoral election — previously announced he would run again for mayor.
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Each year, eight Global Citizenship Fellows work with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Program and Community Engagement in the following locations: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. The fellowship is a highly selective, full-time, 13-month program that prepares diverse, committed, and globally minded individuals for effective leadership in public service.
By helping to establish UNICEF's domestic imprint, the fellows will exemplify the concept of the global citizen as someone who understands global interconnectivity; respects and values diversity; has the ability to challenge injustice and inequalities; and takes action in a way that is personally meaningful. Fellows will aim to inspire their communities to take action for the world's children by engaging local groups and cultivating awareness.
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The Prime Time Players
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The Prime Time Players | |||
Members | Darren Young Titus O'Neil | ||
Former members | A.W. | ||
Heights | Young:6'1" O'Neil:6'4" | ||
Weights | Young:239lbs O'Neil:270lbs | ||
Billed from | Young:Union City, New Jersey O'Neil:Boynton Beach, Florida | ||
Promotions | WWE | ||
Debuted | February 1, 2012 | ||
Disbanded | January 31, 2014 |
The Prime Time Players (also referred to as Titus O'Neil & Darren Young) were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Darren Young & Titus O'Neil and competed on the Smackdown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.
NXT background
Darren was initially a member of The Nexus as a competitor from WWE NXT (Season 1). He was managed by CM Punk who was a heel at the time. He had refused to join the Straight Edge Society, and seems to have turned against Punk since Punk was also attacked when Nexus attacked Cena under the guidance of the victor of season 1, Wade Barrett. Darren was not present when Punk formed the New Nexus, having been kicked out of the group by Wade for losing matches.
Titus was a competitor on WWE NXT (Season 1), a face managed by Zack Ryder. He was the first to be eliminated, and did join the rest of the season 2 rookies in following their predecessors' example by attacking their pros when Kaval won the finale.
NXT Redemption
Feud (2011)
The two got a second chance at TV when they were brought onto NXT Redemption under new pros. Darren was managed by Chavo Guerrero and Titus by Hornswoggle. Titus O'Neil was for a long time, a face, pairing with Percy Watson (see Percy & Titus). Darren Young was a consistently a heel for much of the show.
March 22: Titus defeated Darren.
March 29 Titus teamed with Byron Saxton and Conor O'Brian to beat Darren who had teamed with Jacob Novak and Lucky Cannon.
April 5 Titus and Hornswoggle teamed to beat Darren and Chavo.
April 12 Titus defeated Darren.
April 19 Titus helped Hornswoggle beat Darren.
April 26 Titus defeated Darren.
May 10 & May 17: Darren defeated Titus.
May 24: Titus defeated Darren.
July 5, Darren and Titus paired (for the first time?) and lost to the team of Miz and Derrick Bateman.
July 12, both lost to Derrick Bateman (accompanied by Miz) in a 3-way elimination match.
On July 19, Titus defeated Darren.
Nov 30 they both lost to Derrick Bateman in a triple threat.
The pair initially feuded, exchanging victories back and forth. Eventually, Titus O'Neil made a heel turn by insulting the crowd, and after defeating Percy Watson, won Darren Young's respect, and Titus also began respecting Darren in turn.
Formation (2012)
Young and O'Neil first tagged together on January 31, 2012 on NXT against Alex Riley and Percy Watson.
Smackdown (2012-present)
On the April 18 episode of NXT, Young and O'Neil were signed by John Laurinaitis to the SmackDown brand. The team made their debut for the brand on the April 20 episode of SmackDown with a victory over The Usos.
Backstage they gloated over the demoted Teddy Long, insulting him for not having the vision to draft them earlier. Booker T concurred with Laurinaitis (an oddity, as he had fought for Team Teddy against Team Johnny at WrestleMania) that the pair were interesting and should have been on the show some time ago.
At No Way Out, Darren and Titus won a match to become the #1 contenders to the Tag Team Championship, after receiving assistance from Abraham Washington who betrayed Primo and Epico. On the July 16 episode of Raw, the Prime Time Players unsuccessfully challenged Kofi Kingston and R-Truth for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
O'Neil and Young bounced back with two singles victories over Kingston and R-Truth. On the August 10 episode of SmackDown, they defeated Primo and Epico in a number one contenders match via disqualification when A. W. provoked Kofi and R-Truth (who were doing guest commentary) into interfering in the match. That same day, A. W. was released from his contract. On the August 13 edition of Raw, it was announced that the Prime Time Players would receive their championship match at SummerSlam. That same night, after R-Truth defeated Heath Slater, O'Neil and Young ambushed R-Truth and left him laying in the ring (Kingston was away on an international tour). At SummerSlam, O'Neil & Young were defeated by Kingston and R-Truth. On the September 7 edition of SmackDown, O'Neil and Young defeated Primo and Epico and The Usos in a triple threat tag match to once again become the number one contenders to the Tag Team Championship. The following week of Raw, they were defeated by Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane), who became the new number one contenders. At Survivor Series, the Prime Time Players took part in a losing effort in a ten-man elimination tag team match.
In an interview released on August 15, 2013, Young revealed his homosexual orientation in real-life. On the August 19 episode of Raw, the Prime Time Players started to wrestle as faces. At the pre-show of Night of Champions, the Prime Time Players won a "Tag Team Turmoil" match and thus a title shot by last eliminating the Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger). Later that night, they lost to defending champions Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns of the Shield.
Dissolution (2014)
The team broke up on the January 31, 2014 episode of SmackDown. After Young was pinned in a match with Ryback and Curtis Axel, Titus viciously attacked him after the match.
In wrestling
- Double-team finishing moves
- Ghetto Blaster (Backbreaker hold (O'Neil) / Diving elbow drop (Young) combination)
- Double-team signature moves
- O'Neil front suplexes Young onto an opponent
- O'Neil's finishing moves
- Clash of the Titus(Lifting sitout spinebuster)
- Young's finishing moves
- Gut Check(Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster) – 2011–present
- Nicknames
- "Mr. No Days Off"(Darren Young)
- Entrance themes
- "Making Moves" by Jim Johnson
See also
External links
- Titus O'Neil
- Darren Young


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I am building a house that is a vacation rental and by necessity, it will be occasionally filled with more people than the septic system is designed for. I am trying to find out what I can do to minimize the problem. It has a 4 bedroom septic but may be filled with 12-14 people and it is very hard to control what short term renters will do.
I was going to go with 1.3 gallon toilets and of course code compliant shower heads. There will be only 1 bath tub. One thought was to run the shower and bathroom sink drains separately and use that for gray water irrigation (if allowed). But I've heard that you need some amount of "clean" water for everything to function correctly. Certainly some of the water could go to septic and some to irrigation. Obviously no garbage disposal. Frequent cleaning out (annually?). This is an area with a 12 week peak season so it won't be filled a lot of the time. Any thoughts/advice? |
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- Posted by fallingwaters (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 9:44
i'd eliminate the tub and install an outside shower as well--assuming you are on a lake or some such. add a dishwasher too and maybe no laundry facilities. hopefully there will be enough time between large parties for it all to be absorbed. |
- Posted by david_cary (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 15:41
There will be an outdoor shower. Laundry facilities are mandatory. We need the tub - I feel like you have to have one for the little ones. After some more research I am thinking of 2 cleanings in the summer months. So there would be 4 weeks with crowds, a cleanout, 4 more weeks, cleanout, and then finish out 4 more weeks. The soil is great (ie percs well) but the municipality won't allow anything larger. There is a repair field but I hate to have to use it anytime soon. If it is just a volume of water issue, then the greywater solution should work well. I can do frontloader washer and an ES dishwasher. I guess I can hope that people on vacation might tend to be constipated.... |
"If it is just a volume of water issue..." That is the main problem. The drain field can become saturated, and solids can be carried out of the tank into the field wrecking it. |
- Posted by aliceinwonderland_id (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 15:57
Can you install two drain fields and switch back and forth? Also, make sure you have a filter on your septic tank. It is highly unlikely any municipality will allow you to use your gray water for irrigation, but I guess it never hurts to ask. |
- Posted by david_cary (My Page) on Sun, Jul 31, 11 at 19:44
Actually a lot of municipality's allow graywater for irrigation. It is pretty universal in the SW. It is allowed in our state, just up to local jurisdictions to control. 2 drain fields is not an option. I believe filters are code now. |
David, The design is normally specified as a minimum size tank and a minimum length and depth of drain field to accommodate the design. The county should not care if you put in a larger tank, add a couple feet of depth and extra 20 feet of length to the field. At inspection they should be looking to make sure you meet the minimums in the design. Ask the inspector to verify this. Note that if you dig the field 20 % larger but only put in the required amount of pipe that should suffice. I have never had an inspector complain about having over built to the specification. They are usually limiting the design to stop you from remodeling without a need to return for extra fees and to limit year around permanent occupancy. If you only use the house during part of the year, mainly in the summer when water table is at its lowest the odds are the problems will be limited. Make sure all cleaning supplies are in the house and avoid Chlorine and bleach. They kill the bacteria in the septic system. You should add live bacteria to the system between and before the tenants to improve activity. You should install an accessible cleanable basket filter in front of the drain field and make sure you have a riser with a lockable manhole access to facilitate pumping and servicing. The filter will catch condoms, tampons, sanitary napkins, bone pieces and things people are not supposed to put down the system. These will clog the drain field pipes if you do not put in the filter. This is a common problem for rentals. I have had this problem. Note that if you put in a gray water system that you should make sure you have easy access to a clean out in the toilet lines. Having at least one sink in the line before the drain line gets to the toilets is also a good idea to assist flushing the solids to the tank and cleaning if needed. Normally you design plumbing flow so that the sinks and showers are uphill in the plumbing to assist flushing. This is not required but is part of good design. All of the above should be part of the design if the septic designer and plumber are any good. These are often skipped by installers that are low bidders. Make sure your specification for quoting includes these features in the design. I have been building net zero, passively heated, utility free homes for the same cost as a standard custom home since the 70s. If you need some additional help you can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Brian |
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- Posted by david_cary (My Page) on Sat, Aug 13, 11 at 6:08
Helpful info Brian. The fields are staked already and there is no room to increase the size. There is no room to grow the tank any either. I am pretty sure the filter is code but I do need to make sure that it is easily accessible. It sounds like for gray water, you are referring to something to use to flush the toilets. While that is better (ie less water use), my priority is minimizing septic. Rainwater is plentiful and that would be my plan if water use reduction was my goal (not that it isn't, but it just isn't primary right now). I probably am getting better return on solar. The main reason to use rain water to flush the toilets is that it makes so much sense but it really is hard to justify on a $$ basis |
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It's time for our monthly check-in of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). The Case-Shiller data is generally considered to be the most reliable measure of overall home price changes for a region, since they only consider repeat sales of homes when calculating their index, instead of looking at all the homes that sold in a given month.
For the full source data behind this post, hit the S&P/Case-Shiller website. For a more detailed explanation of how the Case-Shiller Home Price Index is calculated, check out their methodology pdf. Also remember that the data released on the last Tuesday of a given month is for the period two months prior (i.e. – August data is released in October).
Here are the basic Case-Shiller stats for the Washington area* as of August:
Month to Month: Up 0.1%
Year to Year: Up 4.8%
Prices at this level in: June 2004
Peak month: May 2006
Change from Peak: Down 25.0% in 51 months
Low Tier: Under $293,756
Mid Tier: $293,756 to $457,827
Hi Tier: Over $457,827
Fifteen of the twenty metro areas tracked by Case-Shiller saw a decrease in their HPI between July and August (vs. 7 June to July). Only Detroit, Chicago, New York, Washington, and Las Vegas saw month-to-month increases.
Here's a look at the latest local tiered data, back through 2000:
And here's a closer look at the recent changes, with the vertical and horizontal axes zoomed in to show just the last year:
Much like most of the other cities tracked by the Case-Shiller index, the low and middle tiers saw the largest decreases in Washington. Month to month, the low tier was down 2.2%, the middle tier fell 0.3%, and the high tier increased 0.8.
Here's a chart of Case-Shiller HPIs for all the markets that Redfin serves:
Here's our peak decline chart, in which we line up the peak Case-Shiller HPI value for each of Redfin's markets, so we can see how long each market has been declining, and how much it has dropped from the peak.
Here's the flip side of the peak decline chart—a graph since January 2009, indexed to January 2009 = 100%:
The stimulus effect of the homebuyer tax credit is officially over. Note that since the Case-Shiller data is a 3-month average, the August data includes June, which was the big closing month for the last of the tax credit buyers. Next month is not likely to be any better in most markets, and in fact will probably come in with notably larger declines that was seen in August. This winter is shaping up to be quite interesting for home prices.
Methodology: The Case-Shiller index tracks price changes in sets of homes of similar size and style to better determine changes in what people are willing to pay for the same home over time. If data is available from an earlier transaction for the same home, the two sales are paired and treated as a "repeat sale." Repeat sales that are too far apart, sales between family members, lot splits, remodels, and property type changes (e.g. from single-family to condos) are excluded from the calculations. All remaining repeat sales are totaled together and weighted based on the time between each sale, then the data for the most recent three months is averaged together to create a given month's index value (i.e. – March's index represents the average of the data from January through March).
The three price tiers plotted in the charts below simply represent the top, middle, and bottom third of all sales, based on the initial sale price. In other words, if there were 3,000 sales in the three-month period, 1,000 of them would be in the low tier, 1,000 in the middle tier, and 1,000 in the high tier, by definition.
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Depeche Mode have disclosed full details of their new album, Delta Machine.
The album, which will be released on March 26 and was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood, is the band's first release since 2009. 'Heaven' will be the first single taken from the new album and will be backed by remixes from Matthew Dear, Blawan, Owlle and Steps To Heaven.
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Dave Gahan added: "With this release we've completely shifted our idea of how to create an album. When we hit a wall where we realize the album is beginning to sound too normal, we'll mess it up and really give it that organic Depeche Mode Sound. Delta Machine is no different, and I can't wait for all of our fans to hear it."
A deluxe edition of the album will include a bonus disc with four extra tracks as well as a photobook with pictures of the band taken by Anton Corbijn.
Depeche Mode recently announced two concerts at London's O2 Arena in May 2013. They will play the venue on Wednesday, May 29 as well as playing the day before on May 28. These are currently the only UK dates the band have announced as part of a 34-date European tour, which will include appearances at Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium (July 7), BBK Festival in Spain (July 11) and Optimus Alive Festival in Portugal (July 13). A North American tour will follow later in the year.


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"The Congressional Budget Office says amnesty for undocumented workers would reduce the deficit by almost a trillion dollars over 20 years. That's a no brainer. Shrinking government by doubling border guards, figuring that out is a brain teaser. I guess shrinking government is a myth that just echoes down the campaign trail."
"Does Sen. Jeff Flake have a diversified college background? If not, perhaps that would explain some of the problems with which he has to deal with."
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"The press and the Food Network are crucifying Paula Deen for a comment she made over 30 years ago after being held up at gun point. Get real people!! The situation is being blown out of proportion by the press and the Food Network. This is old news and not that big of a deal, really! It sounds to me like the accuser of racism, Lisa Jackson, is just trying to get a lot of money out of Deen and her brother. President Obama has used negative words to describe Republicans. Talk show hosts have used derogatory words to describe Christians, Republicans, and Conservatives. Why are they still on the air? Because there is prejudice in reverse going on these days!"
"Paula Deen has once again fallen 'victim' after revealing she used the 'N' word in a confidential disposition when testifying to a robbery where she herself was the victim, 27 years ago. Now she has become a victim again as are we all in these times. Victims of corporate paranoia, perceived ACLU intimidation, political correctness, NSA monitoring, ongoing demands for diversity, and the list goes on. Our Forefathers are just shaking their heads."