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12 U.S. Code § 3701 - Findings and purpose
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(a) The Congress finds that—
(1) disparate State laws under which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development forecloses multifamily mortgages burden the programs administered by the Secretary pursuant to these authorities, and cause detriment to the residents of the affected projects and the community generally;
(2) long periods to complete the foreclosure of these mortgages under certain State laws lead to deterioration in the condition of the properties involved; necessitate substantial Federal management and holding expenditures; increase the risk of vandalism, fire loss, depreciation, damage, and waste with respect to the properties; and adversely affect the residents of the projects and the neighborhoods in which the properties are located;
(3) these conditions seriously impair the Secretary's ability to protect the Federal financial interest in the affected properties and frustrate attainment of the objectives of the underlying Federal program authorities, as well as the national housing goal of "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family";
(4) application of State redemption periods to these mortgages following their foreclosure would impair the salability of the properties involved and discourage their rehabilitation and improvement, thereby compounding the problems referred to in clause (3);
(5) the availability of a uniform and more expeditious procedure for the foreclosure of these mortgages by the Secretary and continuation of the practice of not applying postsale redemption periods to such mortgages will tend to ameliorate these conditions; and
Source(Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 362,Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 422; Pub. L. 102–550, title V, § 517(a),Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3791.)
1992—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–550, § 517(a)(1), substituted "multifamily mortgages" for "real estate mortgages which the Secretary holds pursuant to title II of the National Housing Act or section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964 covering multiunit residential and nonresidential properties".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–550, § 517(a)(2), substituted "multifamily mortgages" for "multiunit residential and nonresidential mortgages held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to title II of the National Housing Act or section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964".
Effective Date
Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 371,Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 431, provided that:
"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the provisions of this subtitle [for classification of subtitle A (§ 300–371) of title III of Pub. L. 97–35, see Tables] shall take effect on October 1, 1981.
"(b) The amendments made by sections 324, 325, and 326 (a) [amending section 1437f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall apply only with respect to contracts entered into on and after October 1, 1981."
Short Title
Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 361,Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 422, provided that: "This part [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981'."
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The spectre of a hazardous materials accident harming citizens or the environment in Carbon County has always concerned public safety officials.
In the past, the equipment and training to handle a problem with local help has been limited.
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The Carbon County Sheriff's Office recently obtained a grant to purchase equipment to deal with hazardous materials emergencies. The law enforcement agency also secured a trailer to store the equipment.
"The concern over Olympic security sparked a movement to get this kind of equipment into places where a dangerous HAZMAT event could cause problems with the games in Salt Lake," explained Sheriff James Cordova.
"We have a major highway, rail line and the power plants in our area, so we were some of the prime recipients of such monies," added the Carbon sheriff.
The initial grant request was submitted under the banner of Carbon and Emery counties.
However, the two counties subsequently received separate grant funding to expend on the project.
Carbon County's portion totaled $53,000. But in the world of HAZMAT equipment, the money is not a large fund to work from.
"People hear that figure and think that we have all this money to spend on the project," pointed out Cordova. "But the equipment that is used to deal with any kind of hazardous threat is very expensive."
With the grant funding, the county law enforcement department has purchased 20 level A protective suits and six self-contained breathing apparatuses.
"Those purchases took almost all the money," indicated the Carbon sheriff.
The trailer is a 20-foot storage unit where the materials will be put so that the equipment can be taken to the scene of an incident. The unit can be pulled by any of the SUV vehicles the sheriff's office currently operates.
"Soon, we will be looking for a response vehicle where the equipment we have purchased, along with other materials will be placed and transported to sites where they are needed," stated Cordova. "Then the trailer will become a portable decontamination unit."
As far as training goes, the leader of the county's hazardous response team will be Deputy Kyle Kulow. The sheriff's detective has undergone vigorous training in the area of handling hazardous material spills and accidents.
The sheriff's office is also working closely with fire departments in the county to train other individuals to respond to local HAZMAT situations.
"For instance, Robert Welch from Helper is getting certified, too," pointed out Cordova. "It is important for the training to continue for anyone dealing with these problems. The situation with hazardous materials changes constantly and personnel need to stay up to date on those changes."
Eventually, the county sheriff hopes the hazardous response team will have the equipment and know how to deal with almost any problem.
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News about Michael Bloomberg, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 30, 2015
Lobbying group StudentsFirstNY has emerged as potent political force as it works to extend educational platform of former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg; group has become an effective counterweight to state's teachers unions and has helped to thwart Mayor Bill de Blasio as he seeks to reverse predecessor's policies; group's goals include increasing the number of charter schools and tying teacher evaluations more closely to test scores. MORE
Jul. 28, 2015
Former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg purchases 18th-century mansion in London, where writer George Eliot once lived, for roughly $25 million. MORE
Jul. 11, 2015
Bloomberg ousts its web chief Joshua Topolsky; dismissal is seen as sharp indication of chaotic situation involving staff tensions at company since Michael Bloomberg returned to take control in September 2014. MORE
Jun. 17, 2015
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg make rare joint appearance at groundbreaking for Cornell University's Roosevelt Island campus; de Blasio praises Bloomberg for his $100 million donation to university's applied sciences graduate school and for his commitment to city. MORE
Jun. 13, 2015
Political Memo; administration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio notes decline in number of police stop-and-frisk tactics began under his predecessor Michael R Bloomberg; observation is motivated by criticism that policy change has led to uptick in crime, particularly of shootings and homicides, and stands in contrast to way de Blasio used to take credit for decline in stops. MORE
May. 13, 2015
Nonprofit fund-raising organization Fund for Public Schools has raised only $18 million in fiscal year ending June 30, sharp drop from annual average of $29 million per year that was raised under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had better access to world of wealthy donors than current Mayor Bill de Blasio. MORE
Apr. 8, 2015
Op-Ed article by author D D Guttenplan examines possibility of former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg running for mayor of London; contrasts challenges of running two cities. MORE
Feb. 28, 2015
Joe Nocera Op-Ed column applauds Michael R Bloomberg's sensible suggestion that Obama administration negotiate directly with Canada to come up with way to offset carbon emissions from Keystone XL Pipeline; holds many share Bloomberg's assertion that pipeline's economic and environmental impact has been overstated by both sides; says pipeline should give Obama tremendous leverage in negotiating for greater environmental good. MORE
Feb. 18, 2015
Jim Dwyer About New York column holds that although Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to fight extreme income inequality, policies put in place by former Mayor Michael R Bloomberg are also responsible for city's growing number of midlevel jobs. MORE
Feb. 2, 2015
David Carr The Media Equation column observes media titans Rupert Murdoch and Michael R Bloomberg have fun running their respective media businesses, focusing their time on them and getting involved in all aspects of news production; points out they both like gossip, and are news hounds who like to have broad power on how that news unfolds. MORE
Jan. 26, 2015
Michael R Bloomberg, since his term as New York City mayor ended in 2014, has thrown himself back into his Bloomberg news company with forceful enthusiasm; has shaken up newsroom, changed plans, shifted strategies and involved himself in most detailed policies and decisions; confidants say he is fascinated with power and potential of media. MORE
Jan. 16, 2015
Mayor Bill de Blasio says his administration has funded over 17,300 affordable homes during its first year in office, bringing New York City closer to his pledge to build 200,000 affordable units over decade; records suggest, however, that projects begun under Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be partially responsible for numbers. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg appear together at philanthropic event highlighting Data2X; project, involving Clinton and United Nations Foundation, seeks to measure and track data about issues affecting women and girls across globe. MORE
Oct. 25, 2014
Former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg is injecting $1.7 million into closely contested race for governor in Connecticut, with ad drawing attention to gun control bill signed by Gov Dannel P Malloy in aftermath of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre; Malloy's Republican challenger Thomas C Foley has stated that, if elected, he would sign a repeal of the gun control bill. MORE
Oct. 21, 2014
Through a clever bit of photo manipulation, a new ad by the N.R.A. puts Iowa's Democratic Senate nominee, Bruce Braley, next to the man many gun owners consider their nemesis: Michael R. Bloomberg. MORE
Oct. 18, 2014
Michael R Bloomberg, who made curbing consumption of sugary drinks hallmark of his New York mayoral tenure, has donated $85,000 to Berkeley, Calif, campaign to have voters impose 1-cent-an-ounce tax on such drinks; donation is bid to equalize spending disparity between proponents of tax, who have raised $135,000, and beverage industry, which has spent $1.4 million to block tax. MORE
Oct. 18, 2014
Editorial cites study validating efficacy of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's practice of closing failing public schools and replacing them with smaller, specialized ones; says challenge for Mayor Bill de Blasio will be building on foundation laid by Bloomberg; notes de Blasio's more cautious approach to closing schools, and cautions him not to shy from practice, especially in cases of prolonged school failures. MORE
Oct. 8, 2014
Michael R Bloomberg plans to leave $25 million footprint in month before midterm elections as part of final push to elect centrist-oriented candidates of both parties; Bloomberg will pay for television ads through his Independence USA PAC. MORE
Oct. 7, 2014
Former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg is named an honorary knight by Queen Elizabeth II; because he is not a British citizen, he cannot be referred to as 'sir' in the common parlance of knighthood. but he may put acronym KBE after his name if he wishes, signifying his status as a knight of the British Empire. MORE
Sep. 17, 2014
Entirely peaceful transfer of power from former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg to Mayor Bill de Blasio has proved elusive, with de Blasio and his surrogates continuing to issue barbs about Bloomberg's tenure; many former Bloomberg administration officials have moved to defend him, saying it is their responsibility to correct record when de Blasio and his supporters misrepresent it. MORE
Sep. 8, 2014
Bloomberg News decision not to write about return of Michael R Bloomberg as head of news organization displeases a number of Bloomberg journalists; decision is part of company's policy not to cover itself or its parent company Bloomberg LP. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Build It Back, New York City's residence rebuilding program following Hurricane Sandy, has been stalled by design and execution problems that are largely attributable to the Bloomberg administration; delays have left thousands of families frustrated by two years of uncertainty, postponed promises and hopeless bottlenecks; though officials have criticized the plan's inefficiencies, there are still no details as to why the process is so bogged down. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
Michael R Bloomberg decides to resume leadership of his business empire Bloomberg LP only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York City; Bloomberg chief executive Daniel L Doctoroff, frustrated with how leadership dynamic has shifted, plans to resign at end of 2014. MORE
Aug. 24, 2014
Philanthropic ambitions of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg have grown to a global scale as he pursues pledge to give away his $32.8 billion fortune before he dies; with programs in 95 countries, Bloomberg Philanthropies has set lofty objectives, like reducing smoking rates in tobacco-loving Turkey among several other initiatives. MORE
Aug. 14, 2014
Former correction officials, inmates' advocates and others intimately familiar with Rikers Island Prison Complex say conditions at jail worsened substantially under administration of Mayor Michael R Bloomberg; say staff reductions, increased mental illness in jail population and inattention by city officials fueled increased violence toward prisoners by guards; Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to bring Rikers under control. MORE
Aug. 10, 2014
Ginia Bellafante Big City column submits that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is struggling with several problems left over from Michael R Bloomberg's mayoralty, casting new light on Bloomberg's reputation for efficiency. MORE
Jul. 25, 2014
Series of settlements in New York City of long-running civil-rights cases shows that Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration may be more open to negotiation than that of predecessor Michael R Bloomberg. MORE
May. 23, 2014
Billionaire Michael R Bloomberg is lauded in Israel with the first-ever Genesis Prize, which honors achievement upholding what it calls 'Jewish values'; instead of pocketing what to him might be considered pocket change, Bloomberg and Genesis organization say they will use $1 million prize to launch global competition with 10 prizes of $100,000 available to entrepreneurs 20 to 36 with ideas to better the world, also based on Jewish values. MORE
May. 22, 2014
David W Dunlap Building Blocks column looks at safety issues in Lower Manhattan as National September 11 Memorial Museum officially opens; discusses evacuation logistics with former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, who is chairman of National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation. MORE
Apr. 26, 2014
Tom Ridge, Homeland Security secretary under Pres George W Bush, unexpectedly resigns from board of Michael R Bloomberg's new gun control effort Everytown for Gun Safety; cites discomfort with some of the political work group has been planning. MORE
Apr. 26, 2014
Paul Sullivan Wealth Matters column; former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg says he seeks out causes others may have overlooked and ways to test new ideas, willing to risk controversy and failure, when giving away his vast fortune; Bloomberg, through his foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, has given billions of dollars to charity, with plans to give tens of billions more. MORE
Apr. 16, 2014
Michael R Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving office as New York City mayor, plans to spend $50 million in 2014 building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence, organization he hopes can eventually outmuscle the National Rifle Assn. MORE
Mar. 22, 2014
New York City officials say they will tweak current restaurant rating system so that fines will be reduced sharply and restaurants will have more chances to appeal; rules, which must still be approved by the Board of Health, represent a sea change from the unyielding attitude of former Mayor Michael R Bloomberg. MORE
Mar. 21, 2014
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to abandon efforts begun under former Mayor Michael R Bloomberg to block legislation that guarantees higher pay for workers on development projects where city provides large subsidies or is a major tenant; decision is one example of how de Blasio has steadily found ways to impose an uncompromising liberalism onto the city, despite early missteps. MORE
Mar. 15, 2014
Former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, in interview with Katie Couric for Yahoo News, takes indirect aim at his successor Bill de Blasio; in series of remarks, criticizes de Blasio for his stances on issues like St Patrick's Day Parade and charter schools. MORE
Feb. 6, 2014
New York's fashion community ponders what to make of Mayor Bill de Blasio, hoping to win him over; predecessor Michael R Bloomberg had a tight-knit relationship with city's fashion world, even if he was not a fashion icon himself. MORE
Feb. 1, 2014
United Nations announces that former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg will serve as UN special envoy for cities and climate change. MORE
Jan. 31, 2014
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces city will settle its long-running legal battle over Police Department's practice of stopping, questioning and often frisking people on the street, by agreeing to reforms ordered by Federal Judge Shira A Scheindlin in August 2013; offers sweeping repudiation of aggressive policing practices that were hallmark of Bloomberg administration, which had appealed judge's ruling. MORE
Jan. 18, 2014
Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will be in Washington to pressure Republican lawmakers to take up an overhaul of immigration laws. MORE
Jan. 1, 2014
New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg is on his last day in office showered with gratitude and praise for his 12 years of service. MORE
Dec. 31, 2013
Outgoing New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg chooses Rose Gill Hearn as city's next Campaign Finance Board chairwoman; appointment is one of Bloomberg's last moves in office. MORE
Dec. 31, 2013
Cities across United States and abroad continue to look to New York City's Office of Immigrant Affairs as resource and model; efforts to meet wide range of challenges posed by increasingly diverse populations during Mayor Michael R Bloomberg's tenure has set blueprint worldwide. MORE
Dec. 30, 2013
New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is expected to appoint Carmen Farina, former top official of the New York City Education Department, as next schools chancellor; choice reflects de Blasio's desire to make radical changes away from educational policies of Mayor Michael R Bloomberg. MORE
Dec. 30, 2013
New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg spent about $650 million of his own money on a variety of perks and causes connected to his role as mayor, upending financial dynamics of job in process; while in past city has paid mayor, Bloomberg rejected $2.7 million salary and took personal spending to new heights; city remains divided on benefits of electing its richest citizen mayor. MORE
Dec. 29, 2013
Editorial assesses New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's legacy after his 12-year tenure; contends New York is in better shape than when Bloomberg became mayor; wishes Bloomberg well. MORE
Dec. 29, 2013
Mayor Michael R Bloomberg's stylish girlfriend Diana L Taylor, who has been de facto first lady of New York City for many years, is pondering what to do next after Bloomberg leaves office. MORE
Dec. 28, 2013
New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly speak, perhaps for the last time together in office, of reduced crime and fewer murders at before 1,200 new police officers at their graduation ceremony. MORE
Dec. 26, 2013
A reporter found a partial transcript of a 2001 interview and discovered that the public style of Candidate Bloomberg was almost identical to that of Nearing-the-Exit Mayor Bloomberg. MORE
Dec. 26, 2013
New York City's Law Department is attempting to settle some of its longest-running court battles in final weeks of the Bloomberg administration, or at least to stamp them with Bloomberg's influence before Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio takes office. MORE
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Highlights From the Archives
News Analysis
Mayor No Longer Seems Invincible
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's strikingly thin margin of victory in Tuesday's election could affect his influence.November 4, 2009 nyregionNews Analysis
Metropolitan Desk
Bloomberg a Man of Contradictions, but With a Single Focus
Throughout most of his 59 years, there have been two distinct sides to Michael R. Bloomberg, and interviews with his friends, relatives and business associates suggest that one is never too far removed from the other.November 26, 2001 nytfrontpageNews
Judge Strikes Down New York City's Ban on Foam Food Containers
The ban was seen as a major breakthrough in a national campaign to end polystyrene foam's use in everything from packaging to coffee cups.
September 23, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Plastics , Containers and Packaging , Recalls and Bans of Products , New York City , Recycling of Waste Materials , de Blasio, Bill , Bloomberg, Michael R , Foam , Waste Materials and Disposal , Decisions and Verdicts
Subway Station to Open This Weekend, Bringing 7 Line to Far West Side
New York City's first new subway station in a quarter-century, at 34th Street and 11th Avenue, is scheduled to open to the public on Sunday.
September 12, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Subways , Hudson Yards (Manhattan, NY) , New York City , Transit Systems , Metropolitan Transportation Authority , Stations and Terminals (Passenger) , Infrastructure (Public Works) , Bloomberg, Michael R , Cuomo, Andrew M , de Blasio, Bill , Manhattan (NYC)
As the Complaint Box Fills, Mayor de Blasio Adopts a Mr. Fix-It Approach
Past New York City mayors often dismissed critics and refused to admit fault, but advocates, elected officials and others have noted a shift under Mayor Bill de Blasio.
September 8, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: de Blasio, Bill , New York City , Mayors , Bloomberg, Michael R , Koch, Edward I
Challenging Mayor de Blasio Over Times Square Plazas
The idea of ripping up the pedestrian spaces and forcing people to dodge traffic again runs headlong into a policy to improve safety.
August 22, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Times Square and 42nd Street (Manhattan, NY) , de Blasio, Bill , Street Performers , Nudism and Nudity , Pedestrian Malls , Bloomberg, Michael R , Sadik-Khan, Janette , Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
Bloomberg Is No Longer Mayor, but His Schools Agenda Thrives in Albany
A group devoted to continuing the education agenda of former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has become a powerful force in the capital through lobbying and exploiting rivalries in state politics.
July 30, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Education (K-12) , StudentsFirstNY , Bloomberg, Michael R , de Blasio, Bill , Families for Excellent Schools , Cuomo, Andrew M , Lobbying and Lobbyists , New York City , New York State
Former Mayor Bloomberg Buys London Mansion for $25 Million
The seven-bedroom, 18th-century mansion in Chelsea, where the writer George Eliot once lived, is on one of London's wealthiest streets.
July 28, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Real Estate and Housing (Residential) , Bloomberg, Michael R , London (England)
Web Chief Joshua Topolsky to Leave Bloomberg as Staff Tensions Surface
Mr. Topolsky, who was hired last year to oversee Bloomberg's web expansion, clashed with Michael Bloomberg, the founder.
July 11, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Topolsky, Joshua Ryan , Bloomberg LP , Bloomberg, Michael R , Micklethwait, John , Appointments and Executive Changes , News and News Media
De Blasio's Dilemma: Fight for a Mall Near Citi Field or Disavow It
Will Mayor Bill de Blasio try to save a shopping mall planned next to Citi Field that a court has deemed to be an illegal giveaway of parkland?
July 9, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: de Blasio, Bill , New York Mets , Bloomberg, Michael R , Wilpon, Fred , Katz, Saul B , Related Cos , Sterling Equities , New York City , Land Use Policies , Parks and Other Recreation Areas , Real Estate (Commercial) , Affordable Housing , Willets Point (Queens, NY) , Willets West (Queens, NY) , Stadiums and Arenas , Shopping Centers and Malls , Citi Field (Queens, NY)
Bloomberg's Granddaughter Gets a Hybrid Surname
Zelda Violet Frissberg's surname is the combination of Frissora, her father's, and Bloomberg, her mother's. A spokesman said the name was meant to represent that the girl is a combination of her parents.
July 7, 2015, Tuesday
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Bloomberg's Gun-Control Group Funds News Site After Shooting
The news website, The Trace, is being primarily financed by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's gun-control group. It went live on Friday, only two days after the Charleston, S.C., church shooting.
June 19, 2015, Friday
MORE ON MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND: Bloomberg, Michael R , Computers and the Internet , Gun Control , School Shootings and Armed Attacks
Coverage of Mayor Bloomberg from the staff of City Room, a blog of news, multimedia, reader discussions and more about the five boroughs.
Memo to Bloomberg Staff
The memo from Daniel L. Doctoroff to the Bloomberg staff announcing the return of Michael R. Bloomberg.
Bloomberg Memo
The memo from Daniel L. Doctoroff to the Bloomberg staff announcing the return of Michael R. Bloomberg.
Gender in de Blasio's Cabinet
Like no mayor before him, Bill de Blasio has tapped women to serve in key roles in his administration. Here is a breakdown of the mayor's appointments to top positions so far, compared with the administrations of his three predecessors in the first year of their terms.
Times Minute | New York's Iconic Library
Culture reporter Robin Pogrebin on the abrupt change in plans for New York City's landmark central library.
Little Praise for Former Mayor
After 12 years in office, former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sat through an hour of subtle attacks on his policies before hearing kind words from former President Bill Clinton at the mayoral inauguration.
Full Name: Michael Rubens Bloomberg
Party: Independent
Political Office: 108th Mayor of the City of New York. Elected November 2001, sworn in Jan. 1, 2002.
Business/Professional Experience: 1966-1972 Salomon Brothers; 1972-1981, Partner, Salomon Brothers; 1981 Founder, Bloomberg L.P.; 1981-2001 Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.
Date of Birth: Feb. 14, 1942
Place of Birth: Boston, Mass.; spent the first few years of his life in Brookline, MA and was raised in Medford, MA. (Related Article: "For the Record, Mr. Mayor, Your Mother Called")
Education: B.E.E., Johns Hopkins University, 1964; M.B.A., Harvard University, 1966
Companion: Diana L. Taylor (Related Article: "The Mayor's Lady, Her Own Woman, One and the Same")
Former spouse: Susan Brown; married 1975, divorced 1993
Religion: Jewish
Home: Private residence, Upper East Side
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UN General Assembly President Visits China
Communist Party leader Xi Jinping shakes hands with Vuk Jeremic ,... News PhotoBeijing,China - East Asia,Communist Party,Diplomacy,Event,Government,Hand,Handshake,Horizontal,Leadership,People,Politics,President,United Nations General Assembly,Vuk Jeremic,Waist Up,Xi JinpingPhotographer PoolCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesBEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 27: Communist Party leader Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Vuk Jeremic (L), president of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly, at the Great Hall of the People on December 27, 2012 in Beijing, China. UN General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic is visiting China through December 28. (Photo by Wang Zhao-Pool/Getty Images)


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Conferences and Events
The Alliance's 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness is right around the corner, and we at the Alliance couldn't be more excited about it. We can't wait to see you in Seattle for what's sure to be another successful and productive event!
The deadline for early registration is fast approaching. If you haven't registered yet, you should do so as soon as possible as you don't want to let this great opportunity for significant savings sneak by you. The deadline is 3 p.m. ET on Monday, December 17. If you're registering by mail, your form must be postmarked on, or before, Monday, December 17. Visit the conference registration page for more information about deadlines and registration rates.
This year's two-day conference will take place at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel on February 21 and 22. Those of you who have been following my conference blogs know that we're still in the midst of planning it, and that we have a lot in store for you. Visit the conference website to learn all about the conference sessions, workshops, and the special reception hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
We expect approximately 800 to 900 attendees to gather in Seattle this February to learn and discuss best practices and effective solutions for ending family and youth homelessness. We hope to see you there!
Recently, I had the privilege of visiting Seattle, the city that will be playing host to the Alliance's more than 800 attendees during our 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness this February.
As the Alliance's Director of Meetings and Events, I always visit the host venue for each of our conferences two to three months in advance to get a feel for the space as it relates to our conference schedule, and to choose conference menus and get a general lay of the land.
I hadn't ever been to Seattle, but I wasn't shocked to be welcomed by a few rainclouds upon my arrival at Sea-Tac airport. The clouds broke shortly after I made it downtown, however, and I enjoyed sunshine the rest of the day. Here's hoping we are so lucky in February!
The first thing on my agenda at the hotel was the tasting. I have helped mount a number of the Alliance's conferences, so I have a pretty good idea what kind of menu items are popular. I always keep our attendees' preferences in mind (in addition to the Alliance's budget) when I choose items for the tasting menu.
At the tasting, I was joined by the hotel convention services manager and the hotel chef, who described the menu items – their ingredients, how they're prepared, etc. – and answered my questions about the food.
I had a chance to sample a bit from each dish on the tasting menu: three first courses, six second courses and three deserts! This is probably the most difficult part of my job here at the Alliance, mostly due to the fact that I need to be rolled out after the meeting.
After the tasting, I chose the conference menus, discussing with the hotel chef various dish modifications to ensure that they're just right for our attendees. I hope you all like what I chose this year!
Afterwards, the convention services manager and I moved on to the walkthrough, which is a tour of all the spaces in the hotel where our event will be held: the main ballroom, the breakout rooms, our staff office, the meeting foyers, and other spaces.
The walkthrough is extremely important, as it gives me a chance to discuss with the convention services manager how each room should be set, where we want to place certain sessions, information tables, registration, etc. The goal is to ensure it's as convenient for our group and our schedule as possible.
This may sound simple, but really it is incredible how helpful walking through the space with a firm event schedule in mind is. The process allows you to visualize everything coming together; it's the last piece of the puzzle.
After the walkthrough, I took a field trip to the campus of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to see where the foundation will be hosting our conference reception.
The trip over to Gates alone was an adventure itself! There is a Seattle Monorail station located just blocks from the conference hotel, and it dropped me only a couple short blocks from the Gates Foundation campus.
The monorail ride took me past the Experience Music Project Museum, which was designed by famous architect Frank O. Gehry. It's quite the spectacle. Upon exiting the monorail station at my destination I came within steps of the Seattle Space Needle, one of the biggest Seattle tourist attractions. Just peaking at it from afar was pretty neat.
At the Gates Foundation, I was amazed by the cutting-edge, floor-to-ceiling, LEED-certified building, where our reception will take place. Gates is excited to host us and we are grateful to them for inviting all of us to join them in February for what is sure to be a delightful occasion.
That concludes my brief visit to Seattle. It was informative and exciting. I hope that you have a chance to get to Seattle this February for our conference and to see the few sites I was able to take in, as well as the ones I missed (there are quite a few!). If you have not yet registered, make sure to register today!
Today's guest blog post was contributed by Erin Bock, assistant director of the Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless of Omaha, Neb.
At my most recent visit to Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns' Office on Capitol Hill Day, I was gearing up to make a request. Over the last couple of years, I hadn't had much luck. So you can imagine my surprise when he said "yes" to my request that he come and see the great work being done at a homeless service provider within the Continuum of Care (CoC) in Omaha, Neb.
From there, it was easy. Senator Johanns had signed into law significant behavioral health reforms while he was governor in 2004. Our CoC, also known as Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless, or MACCH, had many success stories that linked with those reforms, especially our local 100,000 Homes Campaign.
The Senator and his staff arrived at Omaha's Community Alliance on a Tuesday afternoon in August. We met in roundtable fashion, the discussion being led by the leadership from MACCH's interagency housing team. Not only did local homeless service providers showcase MACCH's collective success in serving the community's most vulnerable, but we were able to show how federal funding streams make this kind of work possible.
We also gained greater insight into the political world that senators inhabit. I can't imagine being informed about the myriad of constituent groups, legislative priorities, and funding streams that senators have to keep track of. I left our meeting with tremendous appreciation for the work our elected officials undertake every day.
Since that meeting one month ago, Senator Johanns' office has participated in our local homeless symposium, sought information about acting to further our collective work and acted with us on specific efforts aligned with our mission. We believe this synergy was a direct result of our active engagement of public leadership. It re-enforces the value that can come from both hill and site visits.
My boss and I call our work with the Continuum of Care in Omaha an extreme sport. We're figuring this out as we go. The lessons learned from Senator Johanns' visit are thus:
- Even tiny organizations can have an impact. We're a two-person entity but have the partnership with our CoC providers, funders and advocates aligned toward the goal of preventing and ending homelessness in our community;
- Consistency of effort pays off, even if it's effort at a modest scale;
- Elected officials need help to stay on top of the federal legislation that is so important to helping us achieve our goal; and
- The National Alliance for Ending Homelessness is a valuable resource in assisting organizations with their local advocacy work.
Photo: Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns and staff from the Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless of Omaha, Neb, August 7, 2012.
The Alliance is excited to announce the website for the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness is now live, and registration is open!
The conference will take place this February at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Wash., where 800 to 900 attendees are expected to convene to share and learn about the latest tools and the most effective solutions going in the homeless assistance field today. We are in the midst of the planning process, and working hard to make sure you get the most out of the experience.
Although the conference website is always being updated, you can always find important details about the conference, including the conference agenda, registration rates, hotel information, travel information, as well as important information about scholarship and volunteer opportunities. We will be posting more information as it becomes available.
We encourage you register early to take advantage of the early rate for substantial savings. The deadline for early registration is 3 p.m. ET, Monday, Dec. 17. If you are registering by mail, your form must be postmarked on or before Monday, December 17.
For organizations sending three or more individuals to the conference, the early registration cost for the first two registrants to attend the conference is $425 per person. For each additional individual, the fee is $375.
For more information about deadlines and fees for other registration rates, please see the conference website registration rates page. You can also keep up with Alliance news on our blog, on our Facebook page, on Twitter and in our newsletter, where we will be posting updates and reminders as these dates approach.
We hope to see you in Seattle this February!
Hello Alliance supporters and conference-goers!
As the Alliance's Director of Meetings and Events I am excited to be in the midst of planning the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness. I'm thrilled that we are returning to Seattle, WA for this event.
The Alliance's first Seattle conference took place in 2007, and it had the largest turnout of any of our west coast conferences. We hope to surpass that turnout in 2013, and we look forward to meeting more passionate folks who are working diligently year-round to ensure that there will one day be an end to homelessness in America.
For those of you who attend the conference, it's a two-day affair (not counting your roundtrip travel). For Alliance staff though, conference planning begins more than a year before the event. Here's a look at our planning process:
Early planning
We like to finalize a location more than a year prior to the conference. For example, for our upcoming conference we secured a location in November of 2011. We choose the geographic location based upon what cities are doing to end homelessness in that area.
Choosing the location is just the beginning, though. Once that's done, we have to research hotels in the area to determine which are large enough and have the proper layout for our conference, then we send requests for proposals to the prospective hotels. Once we receive proposals, we go through the details of each. We also give careful consideration to the kinds of concessions offered by each hotel. The Alliance is very budget-conscious, so we tend to favor the proposals that include concessions that lower the Alliance's bottom line.
For example, a hotel may offer one complimentary room for a certain number of rooms sold within our sleeping room block. So if one hotel offers one complimentary room per 40 rooms sold, and another offers one per 50, we'll be more interested in the first hotel, because we would receive more complimentary rooms for 40 rooms purchased, than we would for 50.
The entire hotel contract negotiation process takes about a month to finalize. Our goal is to have the signed, in-hand hotel contract more than a year prior to the February conference.
The reason we plan so far in advance is to ensure that we have as many options to go with as possible. When we have a large number of hotels to choose from, we have plenty of room to negotiate great deals. Once the hotel contract is signed, though, we're able to put the planning to rest – for a while anyway.
Promotional materials and conference content
The next piece in the planning process comes eight months prior to the event. This is the time when we finalize the event timeline and send requests for proposals to the event graphic designer and audio-visual suppliers, and the Alliance staff begins finalizing workshop content and speakers.
We put together the event timeline by working backwards from the date of the event, flagging important deadlines. This allows us to keep the planning on track and remind the Alliance network when important deadlines like registration cutoff dates and hotel reservation cutoff dates are approaching.
(This timeline is a very important piece of the puzzle. It's something I refer to every day in the planning process.)
We handle the requests for proposals to the graphic designer and the AV suppliers in much the same way as we do the requests for proposals to hotels. We find a few vendors we're interested in working with and let them know what we need. Once we receive the proposals from the vendors, we ask for clarification on certain items and negotiate prices. We usually sign a contract with our chosen vendors within a week of receiving the proposals.
A couple weeks later, we begin working with our chosen graphic designer on the promotional materials for our conference. The designer bases the design on the conference themes chosen beforehand by the entire Alliance staff, including our President, Nan Roman, and our Vice President for Programs and Policy, Steve Berg.
Our conference themes typically come from current and future issues in the homeless assistance field, the economy, and the conference's location – to name just a few sources of inspiration.
While the designer is hard at work pulling together possible conference graphic designs, the Alliance staff engage in hours of brainstorming sessions over the course of several weeks to come up with timely, relevant, and vital content for the conference. These meetings are time-consuming but essential, as we wouldn't have quality conference content without them.
Where we are today
This is where we currently are in our planning for the upcoming National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness, in the midst of putting together the content for our conference. Planning our conferences is a long, involved, arduous process, but we at the Alliance feel fortunate to be able to host such important annual events. Our conferences reach 2,000 people nationwide (with a few who travel internationally to join us) – and that number is in attendance alone. Thousands more follow the conferences on social media and our blog, and many follow up with us afterwards to obtain conference materials.
We have also seen attendees come to our conferences year after year to learn more, and to report back about what amazing work they were able to implement in their communities from the information they gathered at the previous conferences. I hope to see you all in Seattle this February!
It's that time of year again, the Combined Federal Campaign starts soon and we just wanted to remind you that The National Alliance to End Homelessness will be participating again this year! All federal employees have the opportunity to participate in the world's largest giving program.
Last year federal workers pledged $69,314.52 toward our goal of ending homelessness. To those of you who helped us reach this incredible number, thank you! This year we need your help again. Remember to look for us under "Homelessness, National Alliance to End," #10022 in your CFC pledge book and on your local campaign website. You may also see some of us at your upcoming CFC Fair.
If you're not a federal employee you can still give! Many companies have their own matching campaigns that allow you to double your own person contribution. You can also remind friends and family who are federal employees to remember us when filling out their card.
For more information about giving to the Alliance or to make a donation, visit our giving webpages.
Last month, nearly 1,500 people traveled from all over the country to Washington, D.C. for the Alliance's National Conference on Ending Homelessness. Almost a quarter of those people participated in Capitol Hill Day, and visited their Members of Congress on Capitol Hill to update them on local progress in ending homelessness and to urge them to make ending homelessness a federal priority.
Based on our State Captains' "report backs" from more than 289 meetings, we've compiled a 2012 Capitol Hill Day Report and Summary. The report highlights the major successes of this year's Capitol Hill Day. For starters, more than 360 participants went on more than 289 meetings. Five states, including Arkansas, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Dakota, had a 100 percent participation rate, meaning that every person from the state who registered for our conference participated in Capitol Hill Day.
In the 289 congressional meetings, more than 75 of which involved a member of Congress (another record broken over last year), advocates made the case for the following Hill Day Policy Priorities:
- Provide $2.23 billion in FY 2013 for HUD's Homeless Assistance Grants Program;
- Provide $127 million in FY 2013 for Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) Programs;
- Provide $1.35 billion for VA's targeted homeless veteran programs, including $300 million for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program;
- Provide $100 million for SAMHSA Homeless Services Programs in FY 2013;
- Renew all existing Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers in FY 2013, and provide $75 million for about 10,000 new HUD – VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program vouchers; and
- Prevent further cuts in non-defense, discretionary spending for affordable housing and targeted homeless assistance programs.
It is worth noting that funding for the McKinney-Vento program was the subject of discussion in more than 233 meetings – that's approximately 81 percent of all the meetings!
This year, the appropriations process has been on a "hurry up and wait" timeline. Both the House and Senate made great strides in producing and passing the fiscal year 2013 appropriations bills. But they stalled toward the end of June before the process was completed, promising to take the measures back up following the election. This put Capitol Hill Day in a slightly different context than previous years. There were no "Dear Colleague" congressional sign-on letters circulating in either the House or Senate, and unfortunately, Hill Day advocates had few concrete, immediate actions they could ask their Members to take.
Instead, advocates focused on inviting their Members on tours of local programs during the upcoming congressional recesses. In fact, they invited nearly 75 Members of Congress on a site visit – that's more than twice as many invitations as were extended last year! This certainly helped lay the groundwork for the McKinney-Vento Site Visit Campaign, launched in early August, close on the heels of Capitol Hill Day.
As always, the best part of Capitol Hill Day is that the full impact of these 289 meetings could extend beyond the immediate successes outlined in this report. Capitol Hill Day participants realized valuable opportunities to create and strengthen relationships with members of Congress and their staff members. These bonds will prove to have an incalculable impact in the coming weeks, months, and years, particularly as Congress works to finalize the FY 2013 funding bills and tackles some of the bigger budget issues.
The success of this year's Capitol Hill Day wouldn't have been possible without people from around the country coming together. The effort of each person, and particularly the 73 volunteer State Captains, who spent countless hours organizing each state's efforts, allowed this year's Capitol Hill Day to be one of the most successful yet.
Thanks again to all our wonderful advocates and for yet another fantastic Capitol Hill Day!
Today's guest blog is by Daniel Kelly, an MSW student at the University of Michigan and Intern for the Corporation for Supportive Housing Michigan Program.
2012 was my first year at the National Alliance Conference on Ending Homelessness. I've been involved in homeless services since after my undergraduate in 2006, but I hadn't been able to make the trip until this year when I interned with the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Unfortunately, I had a full class load the first two days of the conference. In fact, Tuesday was the final exam for one of my classes! My plan was to leave straight from class in Ann Arbor, Mich., and make the drive out to Washington D.C. for the conference. In preparation, my excited Mother took my car into the shop to ensure it was ready for the road. Everything checked out, so after I turned in my exam at about noon, I got in my already packed car and began the nine-hour journey to the Capitol.
The experience was inspiring. At the conference, being surrounded by so many people committed to ending homelessness got me fired up. This feeling of inspiration continued during our Michigan Capitol Hill Day visits. I was fortunate to meet with Congresspersons Gary Peters and Hansen Clarke, who were both very receptive to the messages we brought to them about the negative effects of sequestration efforts. After the conference, this inspiration lasted through my next two days in D.C. as I toured the museums and memorials while staying with my Uncle who lives in the area.
After a few days of sightseeing, I left for home early Friday evening. It was raining heavily during the first few hours of the trip. As I drove through the windy mountains of Pennsylvania, the worst thing happened – my car began to sputter, eventually stalling out on the side of the road. Luckily, in some strange coincidence (or was it irony?), right before the trip, my Grandma had added me to her AAA emergency auto coverage. At the time, I didn't see the need and told her I was "OK," but she insisted. Boy was I was happy she signed me up!
With the newly added coverage, I called AAA and was picked up and towed to the local shop in Johnstown, PA. I waited there until Saturday morning when the owner was able to look at my car. The diagnosis: a blown fuel pump. The shop had to order the part so they wouldn't be able to finish the repair until at least Monday. Because I had to be back in Michigan by that Monday for work, I called my brother who drove more than five hours to pick me up.
The experience was extremely frustrating, and at the time it deflated the inspiration and passion I took from my time in D.C. Looking back, though, the supports of my family along the way helped to blunt the frustration of this experience and maintain my passionate spirit. It could have been way worse without their support!
The people we serve, the individuals and families experiencing homelessness throughout the nation, may not have the same support I did during their own difficult situations. They may not be able to lean on their family or friends when their car breaks down, or even worse, they may have been laid off from their job, or fleeing domestic violence, or dealing with a mental health issue.
This is why we do the work we do – to support people through their difficult times. This way they can, like me, continue to maintain passion and inspiration in their lives.
The Alliance is proud to be a partner in From Housing to Recovery, a conference running from Sept. 19 through 21 in Tulsa, Okla.
In many ways, this three-day event exemplifies the kind of collaboration and focus we need if we are to address the problem of chronic homelessness and meet the goal of ending it by 2015, as set in the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
From Housing to Recovery, though initiated by private and non-profit champions in the Tulsa mental health community, is more than a local affair. It's a national meeting as well, co-sponsored by Mental Health America. The event is about recovery, and it's about housing, featuring policy, practice and partnership in equal measure. It's about solutions that work for people and for communities.
Tulsa is an apt setting for a conference of this scope and vision. The 100,000 Homes campaign has recognized the city as a leader among communities making progress in ending chronic homelessness.
At the Alliance's 2012 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, Greg Shinn from the Mental Health Association in Tulsa presented on the ingredients of Tulsa's success in the workshop, Chronic Homelessness: Getting to Zero by 2015. According to Shinn, they include:
- Community planning and housing investment
- Integrated recovery for people experiencing mental health and housing crises
- Housing First approaches with person-centered services and coordinated care
- A focus on economic impact and sustainability
- An outcome-oriented, data-driven system redesign
The Alliance agrees with Tulsa that communities dedicated to ending chronic homelessness need to incorporate these vital steps in their plans. We look forward to participating as a partner in the conference next month, and getting better acquainted with the great work going on in Tulsa. It's not too late to join us!
Photo by Justin Cozart.
During our 2012 conference, many of you shared with us that you proudly wear your Alliance 'End Homelessness' t-shirts on the job, while you volunteer, and have even given them as gifts and prizes to colleagues and family. We've sold over 700 shirts over the last year, and we're proud that so many of you are spreading the message that we can and must end homelessness. Now we want to see where you are wearing your shirt. So send us a picture!
How does it work?
All you have to do is grab your phone or camera and take a photo of yourself in your shirt wherever you are working to end homelessness (workplace, state capitol, new housing location, etc.) and then share it with us directly via social media or email.
Sharing your photos is easy!
Facebook: Search "National Alliance to End Homelessness" into Facebook's search-bar, and simply post it to our Wall. Don't forget to tag yourself and 'Like' our page too.
Twitter: Simply upload the photo in a tweet and include the hash-tag #workingtoend.
Email: Not into social media and would rather email your photo directly to us? Just send it to firstname.lastname@example.com with "End Homelessness Photo Campaign" in the subject line.
Tell us how YOU are ending homelessness!
Don't forget to tell us how YOU are helping to end homelessness in the post! Maybe you are helping re-house a Veteran or family, meeting with your Continuum of Care, or educating you elected officials. Maybe you just have an awesome advocacy team and want to tell us how passionate you all are. Tell us and let us share your efforts! We will re-tweet, repost and may feature the photos on the Alliance blog as well as a Facebook gallery.
Need another End Homelessness T-shirt?
If you don't have an End Homelessness T-shirt, or just want a new one to share, you can order them through our website. A t-shirt costs $20 plus shipping and you have two alluring colors to choose from: Navy blue and Maroon.
In the future, we may use photos and responses in media and messaging, so sharing your photo with us will help us spread our message that ending homelessness is possible!
Disclaimer: By submitting a photo, submitter grants an irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide royalty-free license to the National Alliance to End Homelessness to use the photograph for any purposes. This license grant includes permission for the National Alliance to End Homelessness to grant third parties the right to use the photograph.


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Ok well I am aching in the belly as I type this but it is something that I must do. In order to help fund my next recording project I must let go of my dreams to thru hike the CO Trail this summer. It saddens me deeply but my music must come first, therefore I am parting with all my thru hiking gear. Everything is either NEW or Lightly used (as in i set it up in the back yard to test it out). Unfortunately on a few items prices are firm as most of the items are merely weeks old and brand new. Also if you'd like to check out my music feel free to go to BenJenkinsMusic.com z-packs 20degree quilt long with draft tube - never used, been hanging up in a smoke free home since the day it arrived. Has one small patched area that was patched during the manufacturing process not by me. Paid 375 waited 5 weeks asking 350 including priority shipping via usps.z-packs Hexamid Solo Plus Grey- I absolutely love this thing i think this will be the hardest to part with. Setup twice in the back yard in bright lovely colorado weather so no rain or moisture. has all the lines attached minus two back pull outs. Also have micro line locks from zpacks attached. All the inner elastic netting clips have been removed but will be included paid 280 waited 3 weeks will take 265 shipped priorityULA - Ohm 2.0 Medium torso Small hipbelt amazing shape almost no wear, has about 40 miles on it. No hand straps or bottle bungees. Included is a ULA Pack cover Green Color never used as well. Asking 180 shipped priority Sawyer Squeeze Filter - Never used comes with all 3 bottles and flush syringe asking 40 shipped priority z-lite torso length pad never used in the field only in the living room one night to test my old bag - 12 with another purchase 10x Easton 6in UL Stakes with Stuff sack - 25 shipped priority unfortunately at this time i can not post photos though i can try to email them or text them to your phone.Paypal only and i prefer gift to help save on fees. Please email me at email@example.com or you can shoot me a text at 318-453-4072thanks so much in advanceBEN JENKINS
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Is this evernew pot ti and nonstick? If it is I'm interested. If not ill pass.
It is the UL TI non stick pot! Shoot me an email if you wanna snag it!!thanks again guys every sale counts ben
Will take the random lot of stuff. Sent an email, will be very appreciated by a friend who is just starting out.
both the pillow and the lot is sold! thanks guys
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Is the Hexamid a tent or tarp? Does the tent have the Beak?
I will take the Sawyer filter. I'll email you about details.
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Sent money for Hexamid.
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Every year, Allure magazine offers its Free Stuff Giveaway in the August issue, where it gives away an incredible array of products. In the past, Allure ran the contest through its website. This year, the magazine jumped on the mobile bandwagon, using Microsoft Tag as the portal for readers to enter to win prizes.
Pre-registration is open and the contest starts August 2, 2010. Allure has printed 36 Microsoft Tags in its August issue, allowing readers to enter any one of the 159 giveaways of over 32,000 products.
Allure also offers a Tag that, when scanned, will send a text-message reminder 15 minutes before the giveaways on a certain page. A master Microsoft Tag in the back of the magazine (and on allure.com) can be scanned for a chance to win any or all of the giveaways. The master Microsoft Tag can be torn out and tucked in a wallet, making it easier for people who are on the go to enter the hourly giveaways.
"With Microsoft Tag, our readers no longer have to be tethered to their computers to enter to win Free Stuff. It gives them a connection to the magazine anywhere there is a phone signal," says Linda Wells, editor-in-chief of Allure. "When done right, technology is a service, not a gimmick. What we've done is use Tag to give readers what they want – a fast, easy, and more convenient way to participate in our giveaways."
"This is the largest single deployment of Microsoft Tag in a magazine to date," said Aaron Getz, general manager for Microsoft Tag.
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On the first day of summer, we can't stop thinking about ice cream… especially all 31 flavors at Baskin-Robbins. Originally published May 2008 on Obit-Mag.com.
Before there was Ben and Jerry's, there was Baskin-Robbins. Their 31 flavors burst free from the traditional triad of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, and introduced timely, popular ice cream concoctions like Pink Bubblegum, Strawberry Cheesecake and Baseball Nut. Irvine Robbins was the entrepreneur who opened the first ice cream shop of this classic American brand in 1945.
Strawberry Ice Cream Cone (Flickr Creative Commons/TheCulinaryGeek)
Burton Baskin, Robbins' brother-in-law, joined him three years after the first ice cream shop opened in Glendale, California. As a teenager, Robbins worked at his father's dairy in Tacoma, Washington, where he experimented with names of sundaes and methods of marketing ice cream from a specialty standpoint. After graduating from the University of Washington and serving in the Army during the Second World War, Robbins tested his hunch that the nation was ready for ice cream experimentation.
By 1953, Robbins and his partner sold their eight stores to their managers and started what might be described as an ice cream laboratory, a think tank of ice cream theory that produced over a thousand flavors filling Baskin-Robbins' 31-flavor roster over the years. The flavors were regional, seasonal, filled with nuts, ribbons of caramel and fudge.
Some hits over the years:
-Pralines and Cream (1970)
-Pistachio Almond (1964)
-Lemon Custard (1945)
-Banana Nut (1950)
-Rainbow Sherbet (1972)
Robbins retired in 1978, at which point Baskin-Robbins had over 1600 stores around the world. He admitted to eating three or four scoops of ice cream a day and reportedly had an ice cream cone shaped pool. He loved ice cream, particularly his favorite creation, Jamoca Almond Fudge.
Jamoca Almond Fudge, Baskin-Robbins (Flickr Creative Commons/TheDeliciousLife)
Robbins' death was marked by 31 seconds of silence on May 9, 2008 at 3:31 PM, according to a Baskin-Robbins press release.
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Jeff Wright's latest book is directed specifically and deliberately at a small but growing remnant of the American citizenry: those who cherish freedom and want now, finally, at last, to get involved in the fight to restore it.
Everything author Jeff Wright does is deliberate, including the title of his latest book: The Citizen's Last Stand: Are You Ready? It is singular, not plural. It is pointed, not generalized. And it asks the reader if he is ready, or not.
Ever since leaving the Navy as a cryptologist and leaving his position as managing general partner for an information technology consulting company, Wright has been a political activist. In 1992 he worked behind the scenes in Colorado on the passing of the constitutional amendment called TABOR — the Taxpayer Bill of Rights — that mandates that state and local governments cannot raise tax rates without voter approval. He co-authored another state constitutional amendment, TaxCut2000. He directed the "Just Say No to New Taxes" campaign in 1997 which defeated nearly $1.2 billion in new taxes.
In 2004 he worked closely with author William C. Clark by providing extensive research for his book Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar, which made the case that the invasion of Iraq was the first "oil currency war."
Time and circumstance coalesced in the summer of 2011 when this reviewer suggested that Wright lift his pen once again to teach others how to influence the direction of history in the fight for freedom. Sixteen hundred man-hours later Wright's book was published on Amazon.com and is available in hardbound and Kindle editions.
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|Deputy Hurt in Off-Duty Motorcycle Accident
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An off-duty Watauga Sheriff's Department deputy was hurt as his motorcycle was struck at the intersection of the 105 Extension and Blowing Rock Road. The 6pm accident occurred as a Chevrolet truck lost its brakes and struck the motorcycle William Mast was riding, the impact pushing the cycle into the vehicle in front of him.
The catalyst of the accident--failed brakes on a Chevy Silverado--was driven by Tony Isaacs and the motorcycle was pushed into a Toyota minivan driven by Daniel McAulay.Mast was taken to Watauga Medical Center with an injured back, but others in the accident were uninjured. Isaacs was cited for failure to reduce speed.
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