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I've followed the Kiss 100 links to John Digweed's latest show (25 March 05) and all I get is some hardcore DnB crazy mix. I assume this is a broken link on Kiss100s part - Can anyone tell me what link/DJ John's latest show is under?


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David Darst is a managing director and chief investment strategist of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. He is also the author of "The Little Book That Saves Your Assets: What the Rich Do to Stay Wealthy in Up and Down Markets" (John Wiley & Sons, 2008). I met David at the CFA Institute Conference in May and spoke with him shortly afterward about asset allocation.
—Charles Rotblut, CFA
Charles Rotblut (CR): Can you explain why investors need asset allocation?
David Darst (DD): Well, I think this goes along with AAII's mission and purpose. Nobody would try to operate on themselves or rewire their home, unless they had full-time training and experience. And I think that the point of asset allocation is to reduce risk. That's one of the keys of my personal investment philosophy, which comes through in my book, "The Little Book That Saves Your Assets" (John Wiley & Sons, 2008). Asset protection is paramount. People work like crazy to get a little money to invest. You need that to grow to preserve purchasing power, but at the same time, you've got to have some defensiveness and some protection. So my asset allocation philosophy is made up of four very simple tenets.
First, asset protection is paramount.
Second, correlations are critical. That means that it does no good to have a bunch of things in your portfolio that all move together in the same way. I think I mention in the book that guys will come in and say, "Look at my portfolio," and they've got airlines, trucking stocks, restaurants, McDonald's … and if the oil and gas prices go up, it hampers all of these stocks. They've got hotels in there, and they think they're diversified! So correlations are critical.
Tenet number three is reversion to the mean. That means that if something has done well for 10 years or longer and starts to become too large a part of the portfolio, it's important to look carefully at it. Like tech stocks in the late 1990s, or real estate stocks (I'm talking about the home builders) in 2005 and 2006. And if something's down for a long time that is quality, it's possible for it to stay down for a long time and still stay down. Exhibit 1 on this list is Japanese equities.
But if something's down for a long time, you might want to take a careful look. One example would be the global gorillas, these great American companies—as well as Swiss, British and Canadian companies—that sell into the emerging markets, but because they're in the local markets that have done so poorly for some years, they are not selling at extremely high valuations.
And the fourth tenet is the intersection of fundamentals, evaluation and psychology as the three drivers of asset prices, no matter what and no matter when. I know I mentioned this in a very brief fashion when we were on the panel at the CFA Institute Conference in Chicago. I think the point of asset allocation and diversification for individuals is that it's very hard to be an expert—you need to have a good strategy and you need to have a good long-term, thoughtful view of yourself. What kind of risks can you take? What is your time horizon? What will you do if things go down—are you going to panic? The long-term returns from stocks are 8%–9% plus, but because of our inability to sit quietly in a room (which is something that the French playwright Molière said), we tend to buy at the top and sell at the bottom. And you've probably seen the numbers that indicate that doing so reduces the actual realized returns for many people's stockholdings over the years to about half of the quoted return.
So those are some of the reasons for and, I think, the intended benefit of having diversification and of having an asset allocation approach to investing.
CR: I know a lot of people right now are more concerned with asset protection than asset allocation.
DD: You've got it! I've never seen systemic concerns like I have today, on all levels. "Is the system working properly?" "How do I protect my assets?" Asset allocation is a totally different thing from asset protection. They do go hand in hand somewhat, but … Do I feel secure about where I have my money? Do I know about how much my account is insured for? I think these are valid questions that your members need to ask. They're not easy for the brokers who receive them to answer.
Somebody calls one of our brokers, or anybody, and says, "Listen, what's my insurance protection?" I've heard these questions. They're not the number one questions, but they're not infrequent when I go talk to investor audiences all over the country. I don't think it's just the wealthy; I think it's investors at all levels. "What was the flash crash?" "What was MF Global?" "What was Bernie Madoff?" "What was high-frequency trading?" That's what I'm talking about.
CR: And just having a group of asset classes by themselves that is diversified is going to help out with protection?
DD: That's right, that's one partial form of protection of a portfolio's value. How easy is it to withdraw money? How does that work? Are you comfortable with the technology and the systems? People cannot evaluate this; we're not experts. I can't evaluate it.
I think part of protection, believe it or not, is paying attention to these things, and going to meet the office manager of your broker's or adviser's office. My father-in-law used to complain to me about his broker all the time, and I asked "Have you ever met the manager of the office?" (The office is here in New York, on Sixth Avenue. It's a famous firm, a very big firm.) And my father-in-law said, "No, I've never met the manager." He's complaining about the broker. I say, "You know what? Go in there. You don't have to register a complaint, but just ask to meet the manager, shake hands for five minutes. Let me tell you, the service will improve if the broker in the office knows that you know the manager!" That's part of it, too.
CR: How much do you think that the fears some investors have come from just not fully understanding the risks of what they're investing in?
DD: You know, Buffett says, "Keep it simple." Mark Twain says, "Keep it simple." I think if you don't understand complex structures and terminology, if you can't find the price of it, you want to have either no or at least very low amounts of such kinds of assets. I think understanding the basic purpose or function is important. You know, there have been various bonds that were backed by certain structures that were complicated and really not for the individual investor. Leave that to the institutional investors, who have full-time employees whose job it is to parse these things and understand these things. That's been, I think, a part of asset protection.
CR: Are there certain asset classes you think individual investors should look at and particularly consider holding within their portfolios?
DD: I think everybody needs to think about having some inflation protection. These inflation-linked bonds are rich now, they're not cheap. They currently give you the consumer price inflation index (CPI), minus a certain percentage. They used to give you the CPI plus 2%, 3%, 4%. Now they give you the CPI minus anywhere from 0.5% up to 1%, depending on the maturity.
I think individuals also need to think about having some international diversification. That might be foreign stocks in the form of ADRs; it might be through U.S. mutual funds or other investment vehicles where the price is determined by a basket of European or Asian or emerging market stocks. Exposure to global economic advancement and exposure to inflation protection are important.
And if you're wrong, you need some exposure to deflation protection, and that would be high-quality government bonds and the highest-quality corporate or municipal bonds.
I think people need companies with great balance sheets and a history of paying dividends, and perhaps even also of repurchasing their stock. As you know, the longer you get into investing—10, 20, 30, 40 years—dividends become even more important as your time horizon lengthens, and it's important to consider reinvesting those dividends back into equities. That's where compounding benefits come in to play. You've got to make sure that they're Buffett-style companies that have a long-term staying power and a "moat," which is what he calls a defensible, competitive position.
And technology can change on you. People who had certain popular tech stocks four or five years ago, or before that, they were sitting on top of the world. But as Buffett has said, things in technology can change so rapidly that when you're going to buy these global gorillas you need great global consumer products or health care companies, firms that have global presence and exposure to global growth, a defensible moat, impregnable balance sheets, good dividends, and a willingness to pay and increase dividends. Those are some of the things that we would want to see in people's portfolios.
You should also have some cash reserves. Don't overdo it, with any of these things. Balance is important.
CR: I'm sure you get this question as well: What about for those who are retired and looking to generate portfolio income?
DD: Retirees may want to consider master limited partnerships (MLPs). These are sort of yield-oriented, pass-through-type companies that pay out generous returns. Congress lets them do that as part of a desire to increase the energy infrastructure, the pipelines, the oil storage facilities, the natural gas domes and caverns.
However, people have to pay attention to whether something has too high a yield. Sometimes this can be an indication that the yield may not be sustainable. There's a sweet spot, currently between 3%–6%: You want to try to find companies that are buying back stock and have a yield that is between 3% and 6%. If it's below 3%, the yield is possibly too low. And if it's above 6%, it could mean that there's something wrong and the company might have to cut its dividend.
CR: You wrote about strategic and tactical asset allocation. Could you elaborate?
DD: Well, strategic is the long-term asset allocation that best fits an individual's risk profile. This includes their risk tolerance, tax situation, time horizon, where they are relative to retirement, what their personality is like when they encounter losses. For example, do they panic and sell out? Do they buy more? How do they drive? Some people drive at 45, 50, 60 miles per hour. Others need to drive more slowly. And others can drive, on proper roads and with proper speed limits, at the speed limit. But not everybody drives the same, and not everybody invests the same.
CR: I guess this also goes along with how people perceive their desired return and their required return, correct?
DD: Yes. The strategic and the tactical. The strategic is basically long-term. The tactical is where you feel—based on your own work or input from companies like ours or big asset management or financial planning or investment counseling companies—there are certain things that are undervalued or overvalued. So let's say the banks have been beaten down. Is it time to consider adding some banks? Selectively, good quality things can get way overpriced. So, government bonds are very high in price, and the yields are rock-bottom low: Is it time, from a tactical point of view, to move out of those with high prices and low yields and into corporate bonds or municipal bonds of high quality that have a little bit higher yield?
So the tactical is where you try to take advantage of overvalued or undervalued situations. That's really where the difference between strategic and tactical lies.
CR: What about rebalancing? Any suggestions on when an investor should consider rebalancing or how frequently they should do it?
DD: There's a big debate over that. Some say by price; some say after a 10% or 20% move, you want to look at rebalancing; some say 50%. There are different parameters and triggers. Others say once a year. I don't think it should be too frequently, because you generate way too much expense as far as commissions and transactions. But I think from a time standpoint, you want to at least be looking at your allocation like every six months and maybe consider rebalancing. For most people, there's no set answer. Most people should probably look at their portfolios once or twice a year and ask, "Is this stuff out of whack?" You know, emerging market stocks fell 50% in 2008. Okay, they're not going out of business. These countries have good fundamental dynamics. There's good growth. Their finances are in reasonably good shape right now. So maybe add a little bit. Government bonds in 2008: 10-year Treasuries went up 20%. Maybe we need to rebalance a little bit—because the next year, they went down 10%, as you know.
In the chart of asset class performance for the last 10 years (Figure 1), you can see what I'm talking about in terms of the shift that took place in 2008–2009, and that's the rebalancing.
And rebalancing regularly is like everything else. You know, we all say we want to keep good diets and eat properly. We say we'll exercise a certain number of times per week and eat so many helpings of fruit and vegetables.
People have to realize that it's very hard to stick to many of these regimens. You've got to evaluate your own ability to keep to a plan. In fitness terms, if you can't, then you would probably want to have a trainer. In financial terms, the trainer is maybe somebody who talks to you from time to time. It could be a broker, it could be a financial planner, it could be anybody whose judgment you trust and who you think is looking out for you.
That's part of rebalancing, because many people have found that if they've got a trainer, they go to the gym and are more disciplined. And I think that's what you're talking about as far as the rebalancing discipline. We all say we're going to do it, but in 2008, when stocks dropped 37% in the U.S. and 53% in emerging markets, it's so easy to look back and say, "Oh yes, we should have taken some money and put it into this asset class that dropped." But at the time, it seemed like the wheels were coming off the car. So part of the discipline of the trainer is to force you to consider—to consider—doing the rebalancing. Rebalancing by price and rebalancing by time.
CR: Finally, could you give some data points that you think individual investors should pay attention to when looking at the markets and looking at performance?
DD: You want things you can keep track of and that you can hear about. Obviously, the employment numbers are important, and so is watching the Federal Reserve. Corporate profits are important. Management's quarterly earnings calls should be monitored, to the degree that many of your members can once in a while listen in on them. If they cannot do that, they can read the papers to find out what corporate managers are saying about the outlook for corporate profits. You're going to get interest rates from watching the Fed. And you're going to get corporate profits from listening to and watching the CEOs of these companies. These are, to me, some of the key things.
But there are many other things, as well. There's the consumer price index. Fiscal policy. Taxes—taxes on corporations, taxes on dividend income, taxes on interest income. Those are also some of the things to watch. Policy has become more important as a thing to monitor. These would be some of the other key indicators.
Investor sentiment is something to watch—the AAII Sentiment Survey. This is not to scratch your back, but the AAII survey is something I watch every week. The long-term average is 39% bulls, 30% bears. So when it gets up to 50% bears or higher, then maybe it's time to put some money into the market. And when you get 50% or higher on the bulls, maybe it's time to consider scaling back a little bit. I think the AAII Sentiment Survey would be one of those key things to watch, along with profits, the Fed and interest rates, fiscal policy and tax policy. The AAII survey tends to be important at major turning points: You don't want it to cause you to flip back and forth nonstop.
C from RI posted over 5 years ago:
David Darst is a light-weight.
There is nothing here you can't find in a 20-year old text on invesintg. But note his starting off with the notion that you need the 'council' of an 'expert' ( like him ? don't make me laugh )
What he says that is more true than false is trite in the extreme. His talk on correlation is painfully naive given the inherent instability of asset return correlations over time.
He avoids any talk about the relevance of valuation becasue he knows good valuation skills are difficult to acquire and he does not have them. Don't waste your time reading this guy's book or listening to him. For God's sake don't invest with him. He offers no value-added insights, he simply exploits the ignorant and the desparate.
Thomas from PA posted over 5 years ago:
I think the article was well written and useful for those of us that do not read financial textbooks.
There were a lot of helpfull reminders for me. I do not use a financial planner and these discussions are very useful forme
Stephen from NY posted over 5 years ago:
I agree that Darst says a lot of meaningless things; very little is actionable.
I have seen him in person many times and consistently walk away disappointed.
William from TX posted over 5 years ago:
darst used to be a branch manager of a Goldman Sachs brokerage office. asked about some of the then current GS stock research, he said "I never buy stocks, only T-bills". Of course, the yield at that time was much higher.
Vaidy Bala from AB posted over 2 years ago:
There are many textbook ideas discussed, thanks. My question is how does an individual investor find their Asset Allocation(AA) is sub, optimum, super optimum in some easily understandable terms? This seems to be a muddled area with different non practical ideas. I wish someone will elaborate what constitutes a workable AA and how to tweak it to confirm to initial set up. Any HELP?
thanks for reading
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
One of the issues that is often raised with Windows Azure SQL Database is that you don't get to pick the name of your server, so you end up with a bizarre name such as:
I can understand why the team did this. Apparently when they first set it up, they allowed you to pick your own server name, so everyone started registering Coke, Pepsi, etc. Not wanting to have yet another place for people to argue about name ownership, they quickly removed that ability. I'm glad they did.
However, when working with a databases, I've been finding that I'm constantly looking at lists of Azure servers and having no idea which one is which. When I open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and ask to connect, I'm greeted with a list of servers that looks like:
and so on. Now I'm sure there are people that can remember which one is which, but as the number of servers increases (particularly when I'm dealing with client servers as well as my own), I'm not one of those people that can.
Normally when I'm working with a bunch of servers and I only have IP addresses, I configure SQL Server Client Aliases for each address. However, when I first tried to configure an alias like AzureDemo for a server called yy2l95dk1k.database.windows.net, I found I couldn't connect to it. I received an error that said "Server name cannot be determined. It must appear as the first segment of the server's dns name (servername.database.windows.net). That led me to believe that using an alias wouldn't work.
However, in later versions of this error message, more information is provided. "Some libraries do not end the server name, in which case the server name must be included as part of the user name (username@servername). In addition, if both formats are used, the server names must match. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 40531). Once again, when I first saw this, I presumed that it would still stop me from using an alias but that is not the case.
To use a meaningful alias, what you need to do is:
Once you have done that with all your servers, finding and connecting to the right server should be easy.
In a separate post, I'll describe how to push out aliases to other users in your domain.
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This is a great post, it's going to save me a lot of time looking up each alias against which client is which.
Looking forward to how to push it out the rest of my domain too!
Thanks very much.
Hi Greg thanks for a useful post. I am presuming you are talking about using group policy to push out the client alias registry entries which is something I first mentioned on my blog in 2009 http://bit.ly/9BXhDm and demoed at SQLBits 7 -video can be found here http://bit.ly/XCpnTF
I most recently discussed it during my PASS summit presentation on upgrading to SQL 2012, and I always find it amusing since until now 4 years later I have never heared any one else mention it.
Looking forward to seeing whether there are any differences or considerations with respect to SQL Azure database instances.
Yes, indeed. I'm surprised you haven't heard it mentioned before. That's how I've always done it. I used to teach the folk in the SQL Masters program about it back when the course ran in Redmond. I think it's a very straightforward way to deal with the issues.
After all, an alias is just a registry entry and so it can be pushed out by group policy like any other registry entry.
Alternatively, you could just store the connection information as a registered server in SSMS. Personally, I do not store passwords in my connection information, but it enables you to have a user defined display name for the server.
Thx, you save my time!
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About Michelle's Red Violin, in my opinion her best performance was the exhibition version at 1999 Worlds. (The music had not been released in the United States yet at that time.)
Come to think of it, some of Michelle's most outstanding performances came right after she lost something. Like Fields of Gold at the 2002 Olympic gala and the exhibition version of East of Eden that she used in several events after the 1998 Olympics.


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The Archive in Motion. New Conceptions of the Archive in Contemporary Thought and New Media Practices
Edited by Eivind Røssaak
The Archive in Motion explores the current proliferation of the concept of the archive. The concept has expanded into areas beyond the classical archive, to art, philosophy, and new textual and media practices. Simultaneously, these new practices both resist and transform the archival impulse, perhaps creating what one could call a new "anarchival" condition.
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UNH Welcomes Nobel Laureate, Microfinance, and Social Business Pioneer Muhammad Yunus
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UNH will welcome Muhammad Yunus , Nobel Laureate and pioneer of the microfinance industry, to campus this fall as the keynote speaker for the statewide New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum and the Social Business Innovation Challenge for New Hampshire college students.
The New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum and the Social Business Innovation Challenge will be held Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The events are being hosted by UNH, and organized by the Paul College of Business and Economics and the Carsey Institute.
"We are honored that Professor Muhammad Yunus will share his knowledge about the concept of social business and how this approach can contribute to the state of New Hampshire and beyond," President Mark W. Huddleston said.
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Yunus will give the keynote address at the New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum, and will present the awards at the Social Business Innovation Challenge. Only the seventh person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (2006), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009), and the Congressional Gold Medal (2013), Yunus is best known for his pioneering work as the founder of the Grameen Bank, as the "father of microcredit," and more broadly for the movement to create social businesses.
Social businesses create innovative solutions to difficult problems such as poverty and climate change. Unlike traditional nonprofit organizations, social businesses aim to be market-based and to
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The first Social Business Innovation Challenge asks college students from across the state to find innovative, business-oriented solutions to pressing social and environmental issues at the state, national or global level.
"UNH has long been distinguished by its strong sense of responsibility for the well-being of our beautiful state, and a commitment to serving the public good. As one of America's land-grant research universities, we aim to contribute to a vibrant economy in our state, while responding energetically and effectively to the new social and environmental challenges posed by the 21 st century. Through many initiatives, UNH align its strengths with the needs of our state, our nation and our world," Huddleston said.
The Social Business Innovation Challenge will be in advance of the Paul College's annual spring Holloway Prize Competition, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013. The Social Business Innovation Challenge is open to any current student enrolled at a New Hampshire college or university as well as summer 2013 graduates. Students can register their intent to compete starting May 30. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 15. For more information, visit http://www.unh.edu/socialbusiness .Source: www.unh.edu
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12 U.S. Code § 1701z–6 - Special housing need research and demonstration authority
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(a) Special demonstrations of housing design, structure, facilities, and amenities to meet needs of elderly, handicapped, etc.; contracts, grants, and assistance by Secretary
In carrying out activities under section 1701z–1 of this title, the Secretary may undertake special demonstrations to determine the housing design, the housing structure, and the housing-related facilities, and amenities most effective or appropriate to meet the needs of groups with special housing needs including the elderly, the handicapped, the displaced, single individuals, broken families, and large households. For this purpose, the Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with, to make grants to, and to provide other types of assistance to individuals and entities with special competence and knowledge to contribute to the planning, development, design, and management of such housing.
(b) Areas of preferential attention
In carrying out his functions under this section, the Secretary shall give preferential attention to demonstrations which in his judgment involve areas of housing user needs most neglected in past and current research and demonstration efforts.
(c) Utilization of contract and loan authority of federally assisted housing programs; setting aside of development, etc., requirements during testing
The Secretary is authorized to undertake demonstrations involving the actual planning, development, and occupancy of housing utilizing the contract and loan authority of any federally assisted housing program. He is also authorized to set aside any development, construction, design, and occupancy requirements, for the purposes of these demonstrations, if in his judgment they inhibit the testing of housing designed to meet the special housing needs.
(d) Evaluation of demonstration
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall include, as part of any demonstration, an evaluation of the demonstration to cover the full experience involved in planning, development, and occupancy.
Source(Pub. L. 91–609, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 815,Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 738.)
Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.
Indian Public Housing Early Childhood Development Demonstration Program
Pub. L. 101–625, title V, § 518,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4201, as amended by Pub. L. 102–550, title I, § 124,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3709; Pub. L. 104–330, title V, § 501(d)(1),Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4042, authorized Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out demonstration program in low-income housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority in the same manner as the demonstration program under section 222 ofPub. L. 98–181was carried out, and further provided for funding for demonstration program, limitations, and report to Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 582(a)(7),Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2643.
Demonstration Project for Assistance to Units of General Local Government To Encourage Upgrading of Lower Income Family Housing
Pub. L. 98–181, title I[title II, § 225], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1191, provided that:
"(a) The Congress finds that—
"(1) the Department of Health and Human Services spends in excess of $5,000,000,000 annually for housing in the form of allowances for shelter for public assistance recipients;
"(2) States administering the Department of Health and Human Services public assistance program often specify shelter allowances that have little relationship to the cost or the quality of the housing in which public assistance recipients live;
"(3) at least 30 per centum of public assistance recipients live in substandard housing;
"(4) the older rental buildings in which many public assistance recipients live are in those neighborhoods that need the assistance of the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for preservation and rehabilitation; and
"(5) there is the potential for improving housing for many lower income families by coordinating State and local government efforts in order to assure that families receiving public assistance payments from the Department of Health and Human Services are able to live in decent, safe, and sanitary housing.
"(b) The purpose of this section, therefore, is to provide assistance to units of general local government and their designated agencies in order to develop a program that will—
"(1) encourage the upgrading of housing occupied primarily by lower income families, including families receiving assistance under the aid for families with dependent children program established under title IV of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.]; and
"(2) provide for better coordination at the local level of the efforts to assist families receiving public assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services so that these families will be able to occupy affordable housing that is decent, safe, and sanitary and that, if necessary, is rehabilitated with funds provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"(c) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereafter referred to in this section as the 'Secretary') shall, to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, establish and maintain a demonstration project to carry out the purpose described in subsection (b).
"(d) In carrying out such project, the Secretary shall make grants to units of general local government, or designated agencies thereof, to carry out administrative plans approved by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (e), and the Secretary may make grants to States to provide technical assistance for the purpose of assisting such units of general local government to develop and carry out such plans.
"(e)(1) Grants may be made to States and units of general local government and agencies thereof that apply for them in a manner and at a time determined by the Secretary and that, in the case of units of general local government and their agencies, are selected on the basis of an administrative plan described in such application.
"(2) No such administrative plan shall be selected by the Secretary unless it sets forth a plan for local government activities that are designed to—
"(A) require or encourage owners of rental housing occupied by lower income families to bring such housing into compliance with local housing codes;
"(B) provide technical assistance, loans, or grants to assist owners described in subparagraph (A) to undertake cost-effective improvements of such housing;
"(C) work with the State to establish and implement a schedule of local shelter allowances for recipients of assistance under title IV of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.] based on building quality that will be applicable to buildings involved in this program; and
"(D) coordinate local housing inspection, housing rehabilitation loan or grant assistance, rental assistance, and social service programs for the purpose of improving the quality and affordability of housing for lower income families.
"(3) Funds received from any grant made by the Secretary to a unit of general local government shall be made available for use according to the administrative plans and may be used for—
"(A) technical assistance or financial assistance to property owners to upgrade housing projects described in paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection;
"(B) temporary rental assistance to families who live in buildings assisted under this program and who are eligible for, but are not receiving, assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f], except that such families shall not include families receiving assistance under title IV of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], and the amount of such rental assistance may not exceed 20 per centum of each grant received under this section;
"(C) housing counseling and referral and other housing related services;
"(D) expenses incurred in administering the program carried out with funds received under this section, except that such expenses may not exceed 10 per centum of the grant received under this section; and
"(E) other appropriate activities that are consistent with the purposes of this section and that are approved by the Secretary.
"(f) Any recipient of a grant from the Secretary under this section shall agree to—
"(1) contribute to the program an amount equal to 15 per centum of the funds received from the Secretary under this section, and the Secretary shall permit the recipient to meet this requirement by the contribution of the value of services carried out specifically in connection with the program assisted under this section;
"(2) permit the Secretary and the General Accounting Office [now Government Accountability Office] to audit its books in order to assure that the funds received under this section are used in accordance with the section; and
"(3) other terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out this section in an effective and efficient manner.
"(g) In making grants available under this section, the Secretary shall select as recipients at least 20 units of general local government (or their designated agencies). The selection of proposals for funding shall be based on criteria that result in a selection of projects that will enable the Secretary to carry out the purpose of this section in an effective and efficient manner and provide a sufficient amount of data necessary to make an evaluation of the demonstration project carried out under this section.
"(h)(1) Not later than June 1, 1984, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress an interim report on the implementation of the demonstration under this section.
"(2) The Secretary shall transmit, not later than October 1, 1985, to both Houses of the Congress a detailed report concerning the findings and conclusions that have been reached by the Secretary as a result of carrying out this section, along with any legislative recommendations that the Secretary determines are necessary.
"(i) To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000,000 during fiscal year 1984, and not to exceed $15,000,000 during fiscal year 1985, to remain available until expended."
Public Housing Early Childhood Development Program
Pub. L. 98–181, title I[title II, § 222], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1188, as amended by Pub. L. 100–242, title I, § 117,Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1826; Pub. L. 100–628, title X, § 1002,Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3263; Pub. L. 101–625, title V, § 517,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4200; Pub. L. 102–550, title I, § 123,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3709, which authorized Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out demonstration program of making grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in providing early childhood development services in or near lower income housing projects, and required report to Congress setting forth findings and conclusions not later than three years after Feb. 5, 1988, was repealed by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 582(a)(6),Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2643.
Public Housing Security
Pub. L. 96–399, title II, § 209,Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1635, provided that:
"(a) This section may be cited as the 'Public Housing Anti-Crime Amendments of 1980'.
"(b) The Congress finds that—
"(1) public housing and surrounding neighborhoods continue to suffer substantially from rising crime and the fear of crime;
"(2) funding to provide more security for public housing can be used to leverage funding from other sources and thereby produce more successful anti-crime efforts;
"(3) the effects of inflation and the need for reductions in the budget of the Federal Government result in a need for more co-targeting of Federal and local anti-crime resources;
"(4) as authorized by the Public Housing Security Demonstration Act of 1978 [set out below], the Urban Initiatives Anti-Crime Program has performed in a promising manner; and
"(5) the First Annual Report to Congress of the Urban Initiatives Anti-Crime Program and the two General Accounting Office [now Government Accountability Office] reports to Congress on such Program have provided useful suggestions which can now be implemented.
"(c) It is, therefore, the purpose of this section to continue the efforts of the Urban Initiatives Anti-Crime Program so that more progress can be made in providing secure, decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling units for low-income and elderly tenants in public housing projects.
"(d) [This subsection amended section 207 ofPub. L. 95–557, set out below.]."
Pub. L. 95–557, title II, § 207,Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2093, as amended by Pub. L. 96–399, title II, § 209(d),Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1635; Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 201(i),Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2228; Pub. L. 103–82, title IV, § 405(c),Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 921, provided that:
"(a) This section may be cited as the 'Public Housing Security Demonstration Act of 1978'.
"(b)(1) The Congress finds that—
"(A) low-income and elderly public housing residents of the Nation have suffered substantially from rising crime and violence, and are being threatened as a result of inadequate security arrangements for the prevention of physical violence, theft, burglary, and other crimes;
"(B) older persons generally regard the fear of crime as the most serious problem in their lives, to the extent that one-fourth of all Americans over 65 voluntarily restrict their mobility because of it;
"(C) crime and the fear of crime have led some residents to move from public housing projects;
"(D) an integral part of successfully providing decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for low-income persons is to insure that the housing is secure;
"(E) local public housing authorities may have inadequate security arrangements for the prevention of crime and vandalism; and
"(F) action is needed to provide for the security of public housing residents and to preserve the Nation's investment in its public housing stock.
"(2) It is, therefore, declared to be the policy of the United States to provide for a demonstration and evaluation of effective means of mitigating crime and vandalism in public housing projects, in order to provide a safe living environment for the residents, particularly the elderly residents, of such projects.
"(c)(1) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall promptly initiate and carry out during the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1978, to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, a program for the development, demonstration, and evaluation of improved, innovative community anticrime and security methods, concepts and techniques which will mitigate the level of crime in public housing projects and their surrounding neighborhoods.
"(2) In selecting public housing projects to receive assistance under this section, the Secretary shall assure that a broad spectrum of project types, locations and tenant populations are represented and shall consider at least the following: the extent of crime and vandalism currently existing in the projects; the extent, nature and quality of community anticrime efforts in the projects and surrounding areas; the extent, nature and quality of police and other protective services available to the projects and their tenants; the demand for public housing units in the locality, the vacancy rate, and extent of abandonment of such units; and the characteristics and needs of the public housing tenants.
"(3) In selecting the anticrime and security methods, concepts and techniques to be demonstrated under this section, the Secretary shall consider the improvement of physical security equipment or dwelling units in those projects, social and environmental design improvements, tenant awareness and volunteer programs, tenant participation and employment in providing security services, and such other measures as deemed necessary or appropriate by the Secretary. Particular attention shall be given to comprehensive community anticrime and security plans submitted by public housing authorities which (i) provide for coordination between public housing management and local law enforcement officials, or (ii) coordinate resources available to the community through programs funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, the Community Services Administration, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, or other Federal or State agencies.
"(4) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary shall coordinate and jointly target resources with other agencies, particularly the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Community Services Administration, and State and local agencies.
"(5) In order to assess the impact of crime and vandalism in public housing projects, the Secretary may, as part of the Annual Housing Survey conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development or by other means, collect data on crime and vandalism and integrate the data collection with the victimization surveys undertaken by the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce.
"(6) The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, utilize information derived from the program authorized by this section for assisting in establishing (A) guidelines to be used by public housing authorities in determining strategies to meet the security needs of tenants of public housing projects assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] other than under section 8 of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1437f], and (B) guidelines for improvements relating to the security of projects (and the tenants living in such projects) assisted under section 14 of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1437l].
"(d) The Secretary shall initiate and carry out a survey of crime and vandalism existing in the Nation's public housing projects. The survey shall include the nature, extent and impact of crime and vandalism and the nature and extent of resources currently available and employed to alleviate crime and vandalism in public housing.
"(e) The Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than eighteen months after the date of enactment of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 [Oct. 8, 1980]. Such report shall include the results of the survey on crime and vandalism in public housing; findings from the demonstration and evaluation of various methods of reducing the level of crime; and legislative recommendations, if appropriate for (A) a comprehensive program to increase security in public housing projects and (B) increasing the coordination between anticrime programs of other State and Federal agencies that may be used by public housing authorities. Any recommendations shall include estimated costs of such programs.
"(f) Of the additional authority approved in appropriation Acts with respect to entering into annual contributions contracts under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437c (c)] for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1978, the Secretary may utilize up to $12,000,000 of such authority in the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1978, for the establishment of the public housing security demonstration program authorized by this section. Of the authority approved in appropriation Acts for the purpose of entering into annual contributions contracts under section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1980, the Secretary may enter into contracts to carry out this section, except that the aggregate amount obligated over the duration of such contracts may not exceed $10,000,000."
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Production of California stone fruit is about to accelerate but is showing much less volume than usual thanks to an April 11 hailstorm.
"We expect a crop of 40 million boxes or below on peaches, plums and nectarines," said Barry Bedwell, president of Fresno-based California Grape & Tree Fruit League. "We think it's down (at least) 15% from a normal crop. In the neighborhood of 5 million to 7 million boxes were lost. No one's disputing that."
Crop estimates are informal. Since the demise of the California Tree Fruit Agreement two years ago, no one source compiles statistics.
Most of the April hail fell over a stretch of 20 miles from southwest of Kingsburg east to south of Dinuba and Reedley. Traver was hit hardest.
In mid-May, production of peaches, nectarines and plums was still in startup mode.
"It's been a tough start," Mark Grijalva, sales representative at Reedley-based Mountain View Fruit Sales Inc., said May 15. "But the customer doesn't want to hear what got hurt, even though it's serious.
"We got hurt too. I don't have a number. We've just got to be careful to keep our regulars and be sure we have enough fruit for them. Around June 1 it'll start opening up and supplies should be good for our regular customers."
John Thiesen, division manager for Giumarra Bros. Fruit Co. in Reedley, Calif., said his company dodged the bullet.
"We didn't get the hail on our product," he said. "All of our stuff was north or south of the storm zone. There's huge damage (elsewhere), but I did see some crews out trying to do some salvaging. There's an area where the fruit's not quality enough to pick."
Giumarra Reedley started around May 1 with white- and yellow-flesh peaches and apricots, Thiesen said.
"We were 10 days later than normal last year, and five to seven days early this year, though I don't think there's a normal anymore," he said.
"Volume should pick up a lot starting this weekend," Thiesen said May 15. Giumarra Reedley expected to start plums in two weeks, but anticipated a May 23 start for its flavorosa variety.
"Some (growers) are saying 6 million to 8 million boxes less, but it just depends on what was salvageable and what packouts will be like for the growers who were not hit," he said. "We've just barely begun to get a bead on what the results will be. If you have good quality product right now, people are interested in purchasing undamaged fruit."
Apricots were hit by the hail, but the bulk of that crop appears to have escaped damage. Most of that fruit is grown in Stanislaus County, beyond the hail zone.


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Designed to promote maximum peripheral vision when you're racing down the mountain at blistering speeds, the POC Lobes Goggle offers a large-sized frame and spherical-injected lens that's placed on the outside of the goggle for effortless lens swapping. The lens itself is treated with an anti-scratch, anti-fog treatment, allowing you to see clearly through nasty snowstorms, as well as resisting scratches from small bumps. Its soft polyurethane frame increases safety, should you fall face first onto the snow, and the triple-layer face foam offers blissful comfort. Additionally, there's a silicone backing on the strap, allowing the goggles to grip to your helmet without slipping off.
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Don't look like a storm trooper!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Got these to replace another pair of goggles that didn't quite go with my current kit. Love the red mirror with the butylene blue strap. It's pretty steezy if I do say so myself (goes great with my orange POC Bug helmet - and no gaper gap!). Only gripe is that on a very wet day at Deer Valley, I felt like I was scuba-diving with the amount of water that dripped into the bottom of the goggles.
Large n' In Charge
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I am a diehard fan of the Lobes. I definitely prefer the spherical style- I used to have the Smith IOS but found them to be a little small for my liking. I ended up replacing those with some of my boyfriend's old Lobes, and fell in love. I just picked up a fresh pair, and I think that they've gotten even better over the past few years- the fit is more on point (stay against my face without as much adjusting), and the anti-fog treatment seems to work better.
I use these day in and day out for skiing and sledding- the Persimmon lens is an awesome all-around tint that blocks your eyeballs on the super bright days, and also helps with depth perception on the flatter light days. The mirror on them is also superb. The anti-fog works extremely well in my experience. Yes, they will fog if you're doing something active and generating a lot of sweat- as will all goggles. The anti-fog treatment on my new pair does work a lot better than my older pairs, although this could be just from it wearing off over years of use. The lenses will scratch if they're not babied. But so long as you keep them in a clean goggle bag, and only use that clean goggle bag to clean them, no issue.
All in all, awesome spherical goggle- good fit, good colors, definitely would recommend them.
What would be the best POC helmet to match up with the lobes? Are you wearing a receptor ?
Hey Roberto!
I have the Receptor BUG on here, and that's a great fit!
Thanks for the answer Kayla!
Do they come with 1 or 2 lenses in the box?
Fighter Pilot Steeze
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These are the best wide field of vision goggles i have experienced so far.
- The lenses don't change out that quickly and i have had some fitment issues with replacement lenses.
-The lenses are easy to damage and scratch for being $80 to replace.
- They also fog when climbing up chutes
-They feel great on my face.
-They look really cool.
-The curvature on the lens is a speical design that makes a big difference on the way it feels and lets in light.
Do they come with 1 or 2 lenses out of the box?
Awesome piece of equipment
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have had 3 pairs of POC googles and these are by far the best.
These googles both look and feel great! The googles give a great wide view of the slopes because of the bubbled lens which is awesome!
The reason for one less star is because of the bubbled lens it is really easy for them to be scratched.
Overall it is a great goggle!
Gotsta go with what fits your face
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Tried on many a pair of goggles and only found on pair that fit with my helmet and face, which was the POC Lobes. I opted for the orange since I find the color enhances to variability of the terrain in all conditions. Sure, it may be a bit bright on blue bird conditions, but it does not bother me. I'm not a big fan of having to spend extra money on replacement goggles.
The Lobes are well made and well designed. I like the big, spherical lenses that almost make me look like a fighter pilot. The strap has a rubbery/sticky material on the inside the prevent slippage on your helmet. The orange color of the strap does not match the image on the website. In person the strap is more orange flouro in color, which was fine by me. I find having this piece of equipment improves and enhances my performance on the slopes due to comfort, fit, and by providing clear vision.
Beware rain
I bought these goggles for my daughter for Xmas and she loves them. She has gotten minor scratches from slalom gate training. Today, they practiced in the rain and she used a goggle wipe cloth to clear the water. It wiped off all of the metallic finish. Disappointing for an expensive goggle.
Contact POC and ask for a replacement lens. Same thing happened to mine and they sent a new lens immediately.
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Fantastic Goggles
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've just moved to my second pair of Lobes after almost 4 winters with my original pair and I couldn't be much happier with them. The first pair eventually faded from a purple strap to a light pink color due to sun fade, the foam packed out, and the strap became very stretched out, but if you can find a pair of goggles that can survive about 400 days of skiing without similar degradation please let me know!
1. Fantastic field of view. The lens is nearly frameless (the POC Lids are truly frameless) and provides great peripheral vision.
2. Easy to switch lens. I have the all black, hi yellow, and the permission red mirror lens, it takes all of about 20-30 seconds to make a switch.
3. Spherical lens. I almost went with the new Lids over the Lobes on my recent purchase but I prefer the spherical (kind of bubbled out) lens on the Lobes. The flat lens of the new Lids will be more similar to the Cornea goggles. The Lobes also have more lens options than the Lids, which only have five lens available (none of which is a hi yellow).
4. Stylish. This isn't a critical selling point, but I love the style of the Lobes, they really just look great especially paired with a matching POC helmet.
1. My first pair of lobes came with a gold mirrored lens which got scratched up quicker than I would have liked (as mentioned in a review below). I haven't yet had this problem with my permission red mirror lens, and as the black and hi yellow lens don't have mirror it's been a non issue. This tends to be an issue with all mirrored goggles, you need to take good care of them, they will get scratched eventually. I don't think it's been anywhere near bad enough of a problem to justify a one star review, but it is the only reason I'm giving them four stars instead of five.
Overall I love these goggles. They're simple, work well, and look great. My all black lens is perfect for sunny days, the hi yellow is ideal for storms, and the permission red mirror that comes with the Lead Blue colored strap is a great in between. There are goggles with higher quality technical lens out there, but not at the $160 price range. I really couldn't ask for much more out a goggle.
Beware the mirrored coating
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Comes off easy, like wiping the goggle easy
Do they sail a replacement lens for these goggles?
so do the lobes or the lid have a better field of view?


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nice win by the colts. lets keep it going.
Thank D and special teams for this one. To have a shot at Detroit, offense will have to finish a lot a lot more drives. But, good to get a win against a beatable opponent.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
We aren't beating the Lions if we play like we have the past couple weeks. Gotta clean some stuff up on offense especially. Hopefully we can get Fleener back.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Fleener back? We need Vontae Davis back!!!!!!! someone needs to cover Calvin Johnson and it is not gonna be Cassius Vaughn
Suh worries me. Hopefully he's suspended for the game.
Darius Butler and Tom Zbikowski have no business taking the field for an NFL team.
My how soon we forget. Two games ago, Darius Butler killed the Jaguars almost all by himself. Two INT's, one of them a pick 6, and a fumble recovery. Maybe he played a bit over his head but to act like he is trash is insulting and wrong.
We should have scored at least 30 points today. Our red zone efficiency was pretty poor. Luck still locks into certain receivers, but that is expected of a rookie. Also, he can clearly chuck the ball deep, but the timing on the long throws just isn't there yet.
That fumble after the interception by Zbikowski was just inexcusable. All you have to do there is get down and secure the ball. I know it's tempting to want to go for six, but it's not worth risking the ball like he did.
I can't believe this team is 7-4. It really is surreal when you think about it.
this is just not even true, yea sure Tom has struggled but he is not that bad and Darius is not bad at all, at the very least he is an average NFL corner. I understand why you would hate on Tom Zbikowski, but the hate on Darius Butler is not even deserved. Even Tom has not been playing that bad lately. Do you even watch the games?
Sorry, just read this thread. We were in the nose bleeds, 2nd row from the top of the stadium. View wasn't that bad, but it was way up there, lol...
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Butler makes too many gambles and gets burned too often. I don't think he stays with his man very well they get open too often. Tom is not good at all. He has gotten better since the beginning of the year, for sure, but he shouldn't be starting on a defense.
I want Vontae back too, but it doesn't matter if we can't generate pressure. Hopefully as it's a dome we might do better than normal, but that's the key, not the corners as much.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
It will have to be a shootout if Davis can't play.
Zbikowski is bad. The guy takes terrible angles and has no idea how to pursue. He has single handedly surrendered 7 or 8 TDs this season and was espeically putrid agains the Jets. Him fumbling on the INT return was just icing on the turd cupcake of his season so far.
Hahaha.He got excited and went for the TD.The whole sequence was comical though.Interception and then after 4 seconds a fumble.
Wasn't pretty win but I'll take it.The offense has to get better.It's a damn shame not to deliver a TD when you are so close to the end zone and we had few chances there yesterday.
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Few points from the game:
- Luck was a little bit off. Didn't quite look like "Luck". Happens. His passes were a little bit behind the receivers all day. We saw a sort of slump for RG3 at the end of Oct for a few weeks, and I think we're seeing that now for Luck. He just hasn't looked terribly sharp for the last few weeks. That said, even in Luck's "slumps", he's good for 220-240 yards and 55% completion, a TD and INT. Can't even say his INT was his fault. That's not a "terrible" game. It's just not stellar. It was enough to win.
- Bad protection. The Bills were in Luck's grill all day... 4 sacks. I'm sure that was a factor in Luck's day.
- We still have trouble punching in drives for TDs. 1 offensive TD all day.
- The Pagano event was pretty neat. There was no announcement or any indication whatsoever. They were replaying a play or whatever on the big screen, and next thing you know you see Pagano and Irsay walking out of what is obviously a suite. Within about two seconds the entire stadium recognized what was going on and gave him a standing O. No words were spoken at all over the PA system, it was entirely visual.
- Was neat to see the cheerleaders shave their head, was a real genuine moment.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
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CHARLOTTE - Despite his clumsy handling of a sensitive floor vote at the Democratic National Convention this week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's position as chairman of the conference likely added to the rising star's esteem in the party, politicos and attendees said. | See photo gallery.
But if Villaraigosa's convention role does bear fruit for him, it will do so more due to his aggressiveness and less from the position itself.
In the small universe of gold-plated political springboards extended to party members at national conventions, the position of chairman can be largely invisible to the national television audience and is considered a rung down from that of a prime-time speaker.
Yet in the months and weeks leading up to Charlotte's hosting of the nominating convention, the term-limited L.A. mayor viewed as an up-and-comer in the party worked the position with gusto.
"I definitely think he's made a good name for himself here in North Carolina," said Sam Spencer, president of the Young Democrats of North Carolina, who described Villaraigosa as an active participant in meetings and organizing drives with young voters in the state.
Reporters on the ground characterized the L.A. mayor's presence in the run-up to the convention as ubiquitous. From attacking Republicans to focusing on the more pedestrian tasks of dealing with the hosting of an international event, he kept himself in the public eye.
Further, Villaraigosa became a key voice in the call for inclusion of a pro-gay-marriage plank in the Democrats' 2012 platform, a battle that prevailed and drew plenty of attention and headlines.
That attention greatly heightened once President Barack Obama reversed himself and supported the legalization of gay marriage.
Villaraigosa's chairmanship "has elevated him to the national stage," said Michelangelo Signorile, a talk-show host with satellite radio SiriusXM's OutQ and editor-at-large of The Huffington Posts's "Gay Voices" Internet offering.
"I think it has helped him absolutely," Signorile said of the mayor's convention status.
Pundits say the chairman title will help if Villaraigosa uses his popularity among Latinos to stump for Obama in swing states like New Mexico and Nevada.
Yet what the convention provides Villaraigosa in terms of positives also provides future opponents footage of the chairman's confused handling of a floor vote almost universally viewed as a debacle.
Not once, but three times Wednesday Villaraigosa appeared surprised by the division among delegates over including references in the platform to recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as recognizing "God."
And the chairman was booed and jeered when he ended the matter by declaring that a two-thirds majority had been reached in support when a roughly equal number of delegates opposed the measure.
"I don't think it's a fatal blow to his career," said former Colorado GOP party chairman and longtime Republican strategist Dick Wadhams. "But the problem is, this was his day in the sun, and the film clip is so damning it will dog him the rest of his political career."
Given that Villaraigosa has scandals in his past that involve charges of infidelity and nepotism, the extra baggage could complicate his ambitions, observers said.
But immediately following the convention chairman's rough time in the spotlight, California delegate Sherry Ann Lima gushed in her support for him.
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Feeling Urethra/Sling
I had a Monarc sling procedure 11 days ago. I feel fortunate that it appears to have worked and I`ve had virtually no pain or serious complications thus far. I am concerned though b/c I can feel a hard lump when I wipe myself that I suspect is my urethra. I haven`t "explored" because I was told to put nothing in my vagina for 6 weeks. Is it normal to feel the urethra "poking" out along the pelvic floor following surgery? I don`t seem to have any incontinence and I don`t feel it when I`m sitting or walking. I have also been bothered by non-smelly, neutral-colored discharge, which I suspect is fairly normal--but want to make sure it`s normal.
I am happy for you and the positive result following sling procedure. I am not familiar with what you are referring to as a lump. Urethra should not have that firm sensation nor does the normal vaginal mucosa. There are seldom inflammatory tissues which are developed due to reaction to suture materials. You need to be examined by your surgeon. Drainage of non-infected material is expected and should clear within days.
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College of Medicine
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