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ELYRIA — If you live in Elyria and your last name begins with B, C or D, double-check your mail, because you may not have gotten your property tax bill.
The same goes if you live in Vermilion, no matter what your last name is, because a glitch in the computer program that generates the county's property tax bill may have resulted in your bill not being sent out.
County Treasurer Dan Talarek said his office has received about 1,000 calls from people who haven't received their bills yet after he placed ads in local newspapers telling residents about the problem.
This is the third time Talarek's office has used the software to generate the twice yearly bills, but it's the first time there's been a problem.
"Last time we sent out 150,000 bills and everything worked perfectly," he said. "This time, 1,000 didn't get out."
Talarek's staff is still working to fix the problem, but in the meantime, the Friday deadline for 137,000 homeowners to get their checks in the mail is looming. As long as the bill is postmarked or dropped off at his office by Friday, Talarek said residents won't have a problem, but state law doesn't allow exemptions to late fees for not getting a tax bill.
Still Talarek said he's willing to be a little more lenient because of the problems.
"We will be as fair as possible," he said. "We're not heartless."
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City will experiment with rain gardens
This summer, St. Paul Park will experiment with the installation of rain gardens to help alleviate stormwater runoff in neighborhoods that do not have storm sewers.
Rain gardens, an old technique being used for new purposes, are a means of controlling stormwater flooding and reducing pollutants that eventually flow into rivers.
"We'll start with the Dixon Drive neighborhood east and south of Pullman, near 14th Street," said Mayor John Hunziker. "If those work, we might consider implementing rain gardens in the River's Edge development."
Hunziker said the first gardens will be installed by the city's public works personnel. "We want to find out what it takes to construct a rain garden and what native plants work best," he said.
The city will work with homeowners on the project. In St. Paul Park, most streets are 36-feet wide with 22-foot public rights of way on both sides of the street.
Other rain gardens
Rain gardens are being considered more often in south Washington County, according to Jay Riggs, manager of the Washington Conservation District, which is based in Stillwater.
Riggs recently addressed an open meeting of the Pineridge Gardening Club in mid March.
"There's a rain garden at the Cottage Grove Park and Ride parking lot and there are plans for quite a few rain gardens at the county's new South Service Center planned for Cottage Grove," Riggs said.
His agency, in place since 1942, is dedicated to preserving and protecting natural resources in the county. It also educates residents through workshops and seminars.
"Rain gardens can help mitigate the impact of development on the environment," Riggs said. "Houses and driveways are designed to shed water fast, and water runs off lawns because there is very little top soil. The soil that remains contains no organic material and is compacted so that it can't easily absorb water.
"A rain garden is a living system," Riggs said. "Pollutants are captured from the water and broken down in the soil, so that more and cleaner water is filtered into the ground."
Pollutants from suburban areas can include lawn fertilizers and pesticides, oil and other fluids that leak from cars, and harmful substances that wash off roofs and paved areas.


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By Arizona's geologic standards, the Salt River gorge in Tempe isn't much. In fact, few people even notice it is there.
Flanked by the red-rock outcrops at Papago Park to the north and the twin buttes embracing Sun Devil Stadium to the south, the shallow gorge marks the narrowest point along the Salt River flood plain in the Valley.
It is here the Salt River reaches its greatest fury when upstream dams can no longer contain run-off from one of the largest watersheds in the world. And it is here Tempe wants to build a $1 billion commercial extravaganza: office towers, a shopping mall, a 500-room hotel-convention center and a Disneylandesque playground on the banks of a disposable lake carved out of the Salt River bed.
Tempe's grandiose Rio Salado Project completes a centurylong assault on the Salt River that began with the completion of Roosevelt Dam in 1911, that accelerated with the diversion of nearly all water from the river beginning in the mid-1930s and that will conclude with Tempe's planned artificial reintroduction of water into a sterile lake contained by a collapsible rubber dam.
Tempe's Rio Salado resurrects yet again a 27-year-old idea hatched by Arizona State University architecture students to put water back into the Salt River and to turn its banks into a vibrant corridor of parks, homes and businesses. While the idea is appealing, the impracticality of building on a flood plain and the daunting financial cost were too much for voters, who rejected versions of Rio Salado promoted by Phoenix in the 1970s and by Maricopa County in the 1980s.
Those votes have gone unheeded in Tempe, where elected officials have decided to plow forward with Rio Salado--this time without taking the project to the ballot box. In their relentless zeal to bring more business and money into town, some councilmembers have resorted to rewriting history to show widespread support for Rio Salado that never existed.
Tempe has cleverly sold the development scheme to the community as a recreational haven, but the clear goal is for Rio Salado to generate a cash cow for both the private and public sectors. To feed the cow, Tempe wants to return water to the river, but under completely artificial and highly controlled conditions.
Instead of the free-flowing river envisioned by ASU students, Tempe intends to impound water behind a 1,000-foot-long collapsible rubber dam to create a narrow, 1.5-mile-long body of water. Planners call it a lake, but it is really nothing more than a wide canal, complete with steep banks that will make exiting the water extremely difficult.
Like a canal, the water isn't meant to stay. Whenever upstream dams release water into the river, as they are doing presently, the rubber dam will be lowered and the lake will drain downstream, to be replaced by the river. The schizophrenic pattern of first a river, then a lake, then a river extends onto the banks, where grass lawns and shade trees will be interspersed with native desert plants.
Marking the center of Tempe's Town Lake will be a massive cannon shooting an arch of water, accentuating the profligate use of that resource by the project. Up to four million gallons per day will be lost to evaporation, irrigation and seepage--but no swimming will be allowed.
Before Tempe can accomplish what is nothing less than a flood-control engineer's wildest dream, a few other hurdles must be jumped, the biggest of which is money. Tempe, so far, has sidestepped the issue of who is going to pay for the estimated $30 million in infrastructure improvements still needed to build the 180-acre Town Lake. A few options--landing a long-term, low-interest federal loan or tapping into President Clinton's proposed infrastructure-improvement funds--are being bandied about. But even before the funding is in place, Tempe is ready to give a prominent downtown builder with close political ties to city hall exclusive development rights to build a $500 million residential, commercial and retail development on the banks of the lake. The development team chosen to undertake the project is something less than stellar. Bay State Milling Company, a flour-manufacturing company, has no real estate development experience, and its chief consultant has been connected with some of the state's biggest real estate misadventures, including Governor Fife Symington's Camelback Esplanade development. The other partner, Benton/Robb Development Associates, has a spotty success rate, at best. The company's biggest Tempe project, Hayden Square, was also built in conjunction with the city. Hayden Square now sits bankrupt and mostly empty on Tempe's busiest street.
If a lack of funding to build a lake useless for swimming so a bankruptcy-plagued developer can make the ultimate sales pitch (Overlooking a pristine desert lake . . .") isn't twisted enough, the whole project could also be wiped out in a day by a catastrophic flood.
The heart of the construction will occur on the north flank of "A" Mountain, at precisely the point where the Salt River once slammed its full force before turning west into the gorge. While Tempe points to a ream of government studies indicating the recently channelized riverbed can now handle the 100-year flood, considered to be 215,000 cubic feet per second, not everyone is convinced.
"A river is made to eventually overtop all dams and levees," says Dr. Troy Pw, professor emeritus of geology at Arizona State University. "That's the nature of a river. And the flood plain belongs to the river. If you don't believe that, just build in it."
@body:In February 1991, Steve Nielsen, Tempe's Rio Salado development director, told members of the city's Rio Salado Advisory Commission to expect a national response from developers seeking exclusive rights to the commercial corridor along the south bank of Tempe's grand waterfront.
But one year later, it became clear that no big developers were interested. The city extended the deadline for proposals by six months, but the only bid received for the commercial project was from a joint venture fronted by John Benton. Benton's partner in the development proposal is Bay State Milling Company, owner of the historic flour mill originally built in 1872 by Charles Trumbull Hayden. Bay State has agreed to fund predevelopment costs and include its land along Mill Avenue and First Street in the proposed commercial development. Bay State is also paying Benton an undisclosed retainer.
Lacking any real estate development experience, Bay State hired one of the biggest promoters of large-scale real estate developments in Arizona.
Now working out of the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, James A. Chalmers headed his own economic consulting business, Mountain West, in the 1980s. His company put out reams of reports extolling the virtues of development in Arizona in the late 1980s--just as the market was collapsing. Chalmers also worked on commercial office zoning for Fife Symington in the early 1980s, when Symington was battling neighborhood groups opposed to the construction of the ill-fated Esplanade at 24th Street and Camelback.
Chalmers and Bay State have been working for five years to come up with a suitable development plan for the mill site, which occupies the most strategic location in downtown Tempe. The site is a crucial link between Mill Avenue and the planned lakefront development. Bay State also owns 15 acres of future lakefront property.
In Chalmers' view, Bay State has been in the driver's seat since the Rio Salado Project resurfaced once again four years ago. The company began searching for development partners in 1989, and after interviewing five potential players, it settled on Benton in 1990.
Benton was selected, Chalmers says, because he had an intimate understanding of downtown development projects and a close relationship with Tempe officials. The major issue facing the company in the early stages, Chalmers says, was to obtain a development agreement with the city.
"John had the experience and sensitivity to help us work our way through these issues, and essentially get us to the point where we are ready to contemplate the vertical development," Chalmers says.
While Nielsen was telling members of the Rio Salado Advisory Commission that they should expect more than one bidder for the development project, Chalmers says it was clear years ago the only real contender for the project was Bay State.
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@body:From his second-floor office in the Casa Loma Building, Benton has a commanding view of Mill Avenue stretching to the south. Benton has devoted much of his professional career to the redevelopment of downtown Tempe.
Dressed in tan shorts, running shoes and a blue work shirt, the 45-year-old ASU graduate in construction engineering appears to be anything but a developer. The term, in fact, is something Benton, who wears a neat beard and drives a Volkswagen Westfalia van, clearly doesn't like attached to his name. If anything, he sees himself as a businessman devoted to historic preservation.
For the last 15 years, Benton has played a crucial role in the makeover of downtown Tempe. Working closely with the city and aligning himself with longtime Mayor Harry Mitchell, Benton successfully rehabilitated the historic Andre Building, built in 1884, before taking on the Casa Loma Building, circa 1899, across the street. The two projects proved to be successful, and he was ready for a bigger redevelopment opportunity.
That turned out to be Hayden Square, which, ten years after it was planned, remains mired in bankruptcy and nearly devoid of retail activity.
The project started off well enough. In 1983, the city acquired 7.5 acres along the west side of Mill Avenue and entered into an agreement with Benton to build 95,000 square feet of office space and 118 condominiums. The city sold the property to Benton "at a reduced cost in exchange for the construction of public" facilities.
The Hayden Square project was hailed as a great example of urban architecture. The office space was 100 percent leased when the project was completed in 1988, and the condominiums, perched on top of a parking garage, sold quickly. But four years later, Hayden Square fell into bankruptcy, and ownership was returned to the lender. The primary tenant, America West Airlines, had plunged into bankruptcy first, dragging leasing rates down sharply. The 1990 recession then pulled the rug out from under many of the high-end specialty retailers who had set up shop in Hayden Square. The commercial and retail sectors of Hayden Square weren't Benton's only problem. An angry swarm of condominium owners has raised more than $140,000 to take Benton to court, alleging construction shortcuts he authorized are slowly destroying the condos.
The Hayden Square condominium project sits atop the roof of a parking garage. For the last six years, water has seeped through the roof of the garage, dripping on cars parked below and damaging their paint jobs. The association of homeowners asked Benton repeatedly to fix the leaks, but little progress was made.
Finally, last fall, the homeowners' association filed a lawsuit naming Benton and others after the company insuring the garage structure threatened to cancel its policy because of fears of possible damage to the integrity of the structure.
The homeowners complain Benton authorized substituting a rubber waterproofing membrane with a lower-cost waterproofing additive mixed into the cement. The subcontractors allegedly botched the application, aggravating the situation, according to David Leppert, a condominium owner who spent a year representing other homeowners in negotiations with Benton.
Homeowners are incensed that the city has selected Benton to lead its biggest development effort in history, while a relatively minor problem at an earlier project remains unresolved.
"I think John needs to clean up one thing before going on to another," says Leppert. "I feel like there are things there that are left undone."
Benton says the homeowners at Hayden Square have a legitimate complaint about the leaking garage. But he has filed suit against the subcontractors, and hopes to reach a settlement that will cover the cost of repairs at the condominiums.
Benton's most recent foray into the Tempe redevelopment arena was also a disaster. In March 1992, the city and Benton revealed a plan to build a 1,000-seat western-music center at Tempe Beach Park. The city put the proposal on the fast track, seeking rezoning of the property within 30 days. But opposition grew rapidly, and by the time a public hearing was held, a small army of opponents was ready to gnaw the eyes out of Benton and the city staff for trying to commercialize Tempe's oldest park.
The city and Benton quickly backed off the proposal. "I completely misread the community at large," Benton says. "It was a lousy idea."
Benton is now attempting to distance himself from the Tempe Beach fiasco, saying it was the city's idea to put the music center on the site. But his own development plans called it "ideally suited for corporate offices and a public arts-and-entertainment component."
Hoping to avoid another Tempe Beach ambush, Benton says he has aggressively circulated his Rio Salado development plan, dubbed Hayden's Ferry, to civic groups throughout Tempe. Tempe city planners also are promoting the project and Benton's development proposal, and giving tours of the area almost daily. "There is no organized opposition to the project," Tempe assistant planning director Dave Fackler says.
The project passed a milestone three weeks ago when the Tempe City Council approved an agreement allowing the city manager to sign an exclusive, long-term development agreement with Benton's group. The next step is to get water in the ditch, hopefully before the Super Bowl comes to Tempe in 1996.
While visions of the Goodyear blimp hovering above Sun Devil Stadium and sending images of Tempe's grand Town Lake to millions must excite Benton, the Hayden Square debacle lingers over him like an albatross. And like the sailors of old, who chanted and prayed for wind to fill their empty sails, Benton has resorted to convincing himself Hayden Square didn't fail.
"Hayden Square did work. Hayden Square is there. Hayden Square is working," he says in a mantralike response to the obvious question, "What happened?"
@body:The Rio Salado Project first came to life in 1966 when an Arizona State University architecture class under the baton of James Elmore began researching uses for the Salt River, which had all but vanished from memory, not having flowed since the early 1940s. Students were seeking ways to spur economic development along undeveloped land in the center of the metropolitan area.
They scoured the banks of the Salt River from Granite Reef Dam northeast of Mesa to the confluence of the Salt and Gila rivers southwest of Phoenix. In March 1967, the students presented their plan to return water to the Salt River and to build a series of parks, businesses and industrial areas along the entire 38-mile length of the river in the metropolitan area. The plan even included building a series of canals and locks that would link Phoenix with the Gulf of California.
"The primary consideration was to exploit this reservoir of valuable land that was already available in the heart of metropolitan Phoenix," says Elmore, who is now retired.
The class hoped development along the river would slow the leapfrog development that had already gripped the Valley in the 1960s. "We really thought that this was a way of keeping the cities in the heart of the metropolitan area instead of out at the periphery," Elmore says.
A year later, his students narrowed their focus to a proposed Rio Salado development in Tempe. "It was parks, commercial and residential development of different kinds all up and down the river," he says. The idea was presented to business and civic leaders at an all-day conference in 1969 at the Safari hotel in Scottsdale, where it was enthusiastically received.
But once in the hands of the private sector, the Rio Salado concept languished for years. Finally, the state legislature authorized the creation of the Rio Salado Development Commission to plan the project. In November 1987, the concept was put to a crucial test when Maricopa County voters were asked whether they would raise their property taxes to pay for building the series of parks and commercial and recreation areas.
With fears of flooding and anger over the prospect of having to clean up scores of private and public dumps strewn along the river bottom, the voters responded with a resounding "no."
The 2-1 vote against raising property taxes for Rio Salado killed the project--except in Tempe.
"We didn't see that as a vote not to build Rio Salado," explains Steve Nielsen, Tempe's Rio Salado Project development director. "We saw that as a vote not to use property taxes to pay for it."
@body:Tempe's Rio Salado has taken on a life of its own. Spurred along by Mayor Harry Mitchell and an eager development community hoping to cash in on a $1 billion bonanza over the next 20 years, construction of the project is a foregone conclusion inside the upside-down pyramid that houses Tempe's city hall.
Mitchell, whose $30,000 campaign-fund war chest is funded primarily by out-of-Tempe development interests, is the biggest booster of the project, but he isn't alone. Councilmember Carol Smith loves the idea so much she has allowed it to change history, at least in her mind. Smith, a hairdresser by profession, insists that "all the Tempe precincts voted yes" in the countywide 1987 vote. In fact, more than half of Tempe precincts voted against the proposal.
Needless to say, there is no ground swell among Tempe's elected officials to bring the question of Rio Salado back to the voters. Mitchell, who was first elected mayor in 1978, says the project has been presented informally to dozens of community groups and has been under the review of a citizens' panel for more than a decade. "Everyone loves it," he says.
Tempe's determined pursuit of Rio Salado led to the creation of a team of city planners ready to pounce on any opportunity. The golden moment came in the mid-1980s, when state officials were planning the path of the Red Mountain Parkway through south Scottsdale.
Tempe convinced the state it would be cheaper to jog the highway along the north bank of the Salt River rather than plowing through residential areas in south Scottsdale. The state liked the idea and rerouted the freeway.
Tempe didn't really care about the highway. It wanted the massive channelization project that would come with it. In order to protect the highway, the state would have to make sure the Salt River would stay in a deep channel. The Arizona Department of Transportation spent $20 million, and Tempe convinced the Maricopa County Flood Control District to kick in another $20 million for the project, which is nearing completion.
Channelizing the river will allow Tempe to reclaim 850 acres that had been subject to flooding and to transform an undefined riverbed into a manicured river course ready to be converted into a lake. The cost to Tempe was only $300,000.
While the Tempe version of Rio Salado includes parks, bike paths and wildlife habitats, it is clearly tilted toward massive commercial development.
The scale concerns Barbara Sherman, a former city councilmember who has all but announced her plan to run against Mitchell next year. "The healthy way to develop Rio Salado is on a small scale," she says. "People I have talked to believe it is much, much too large."
But city planners believe the first phase of the commercial development north of the buttes and east of Mill Avenue must be on the scale of Arizona Center in downtown Phoenix. By hitting a home run with a major development, the city could cover much of the projected outlay to maintain the lake, estimated at about $1 million annually, with tax revenues generated by the development.
But Tempe clearly wants more. The city wants to use the river to showcase its long-term goal of becoming a high-density, major urban center that would be an attractive headquarters for a multinational corporation. The Rio Salado developments, when completed two decades from now, would employ more than 7,000 workers working in a half-dozen office towers scattered along the waterfront.
Jobs are nice, but what the city is really after is money. City sales-tax revenue alone is estimated at $4.7 million annually by the time the project is done. But this is chump change compared to the huge escalation in real estate values. The city, by pumping in $30 million to build the lake, will turn now near-worthless land into a $100 million real estate oasis.
Rio Salado represents Tempe's last opportunity to hit the jackpot.
"It is really an economic lifeline for a fixed-boundary community," assistant planning director Dave Fackler says. "We cannot afford to let any part of the community sit there and rot."
@body:Picture a 300-foot-long balloon that, when blown up, stands 16 feet high. The surface of the balloon is covered with a rubberlike material that has a tough, ceramic shell. The material is so tough that a bullet will ricochet off of it, but so flexible that the balloon can be deflated in minutes. Now take the superballoon and place it between two cement piers anchored in the Salt River. What do you have? An inflatable rubber dam.
Tempe will need six such dams of various lengths to build Town Lake. Three 300-foot rubber dams will anchor the western side of the lake while three shorter dams will block off the eastern side. The western dams, to be located about 800 yards west of Mill Avenue, will rise to a height of 16 feet, the highest such structures in the world.
The collapsible rubber dam is needed to drain the lake in the event of a major water release from upstream reservoirs. Toward the end of a release, the dam could be reinflated to refill the lake. Such a dam is in use in California's Alameda County Water District, where two water-inflated rubber dams and one air-inflated rubber dam impound water on a flood-control channel that drains into San Francisco Bay.
The Alameda dam is about 250 feet long and 13 feet high. The water district raises and lowers the dam about ten times per year and, to date, it has worked perfectly, according to Bill Blair, the district's design manager.
The air-filled dam is inflated to a very low pressure--about six pounds per square inch--which eliminates the danger of a massive blowout, sending a wall of water downstream. The dams are manufactured by Bridgestone Corporation, a Japan-based tire manufacturer, and are projected to last 30 to 50 years.
Waters impounded by such a dam would be only a marginal source of water for Tempe's fake lake. Other water-supply sources would have to be tapped to replace the huge amount of water lost through irrigation, evaporation and seepage. The city's latest plan, one in a long series of constantly changing scenarios, calls for drilling groundwater supply wells next to the river. The city would then pump treated effluent from its south Tempe reclamation plant into the aquifer to replace the one million gallons of groundwater it would draw from wells for the lake each day.
But the groundwater-recharge option faces a major obstacle. The lake is located just west of a massive groundwater contamination site included on the Superfund list. Tempe will have to show that pumping groundwater beneath Town Lake will have no impact on the contaminated groundwater pool nearby.
With a water source jeopardized by a Superfund site, a lake that is really a glorified Grand Canal and a collapsible rubber dam as the mainstay of the project, it is no wonder that wildlife considerations are far down on the list. Long-range-development plans show nearly every square foot of lakefront property that could support a building will have a building.
The most promising wildlife corridor will be west of the lake, where a 1.5-mile-long riparian band extending to the Hohokam Expressway is planned. A narrow stream will cut through 100 acres of native wildflowers, shrubs and grasses, 14 acres of mesquite stands and about two acres of water vegetation.
This watercourse, however, will be of lower quality than the lake water, because it will also be used to divert Tempe storm water from pouring into the lake. Planners hope to allow catch-and-release fishing in the stream, although it is possible the watercourse will be dry at certain times of the year.
Another area expected to provide a wildlife habitat is land dedicated to the Southwest Center for Education and the Natural Environment, where a 13-acre mesquite grove will be planted. Like the riparian area west of the lake, this project will be located away from the lake's perimeter, and north of Red Mountain Parkway. The area was selected by Tempe as a site to fulfill federal requirements to replace wetlands destroyed by the channelization project.
While Tempe bills Rio Salado as a recreational haven, there is a hitch. Many of the planned activities along the lake will cost money, as the city encourages "commercial-based recreation." In other words, family amusement parks mixed with a golf course, driving range and "pay to play" volleyball and softball fields will stretch along the south bank from Mill Avenue to Priest Drive.
And forget visions of taking a plunge in the cool water on a hot July afternoon. The lake will be off-limits to swimming. Planners do hope to build a swimming pool within the lake to give "an illusion" of swimming in the lake.
As for boating, city officials say there are no plans to charge for launching nonmotorized watercraft from one of several docks. But woe to those who may fall out and be forced to swim to shore. The banks of the lake will be very steep and could be unscalable by exhausted swimmers.
@body:One of the key promises the city has made to sell the project to the public is that the pathways surrounding the lake will remain accessible 24 hours per day. "We will not allow private development to block access to any part," Nielsen says.
This promise is viewed with great skepticism by some, including longtime council observer Art Jacobs. "I have second thoughts about Rio Salado in terms of whether I, John Q. City, along with barefoot children, will be allowed down there. The more I see the plan, the more it is for the people who have bucks to spend."
Jacobs' concerns are well-founded, if Tempe's current policy of access to public places in downtown is extended to the future waterfront. In recent weeks, Tempe's crowd-control efforts have taken a bizarre twist on Friday and Saturday nights, when thousands of people descend on the city and walk the sidewalks.
Standing watch outside the bustling Coffee Plantation on weekend nights are three young men dressed in white-knit shirts emblazoned with the words "Event Staff." Their mission: to keep people from sitting on a popular public bench at the corner of Mill Avenue and Sixth Street.
Time after time, Brian Adams walks over to yet another unsuspecting person and tells him or her, "Nobody can sit there."
Befuddled, most people stand up, murmur, "That really sucks," and walk away shaking their heads in disbelief.
Adams, a cordial fellow who says he's only following orders, reports that "the people who rent this property don't want anybody loitering."
Mayor Mitchell says the city has nothing to do with the no-sitting policy, but two Tempe police officers stand nearby at all times ready to assist the men in white.
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The policy is starting to wear thin on some regular downtown visitors. "They are being such jerks about it, I kind of don't want to really spend much money here," say 19-year-old Marii Covington.
Adams says the no-sitting policy will extend across the street next week to another popular area where young people have gathered--not to spend money, but to play music.
The Tempe police broke up an impromptu jam session last Saturday night, setting the stage for the bench police to move in.
"Sorry, guys," Tempe Police Lieutenant S.J. Graehling told a couple of bongo players. "You need a live-entertainment permit to do that. It costs $100.


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Thought you'd finally managed to get the unbelievably catchy chorus of I.Y.A.Z.' smash-hit debut single out of your head? Well, I've got some bad news: now that the official remix has dropped, you can expect to hear that melody on Replay for a few more months… or years. You know it's gonna happen, so why even try to fight it? This time around the cut is even more infectious, thanks in large part to the guest services of a certain club-hop heavyweight. That's right – Flo Rida steps up to the mic to spit a characteristically ear-catching opening verse over J.R. Rotem's sugary synths, offering to play a sexy shorty's body like a piano. I know I'm going to be humming that "Na na na, na na na" chorus for weeks to come, but I'll let readers have the final say on how this remix stacks up against the original. I.Y.A.Z.' yet-untitled debut studio album is set to hit stores and online retailers sometime in the first quarter of 2010. In the meantime, fans should be sure to check out the Virgin Islands-bred singer's recent, Booth-exclusive interview with our own DJ Z.


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Here's a list of 5 exceptional iPhone Apps that'll make coffee brewing, ordering, and drinking so much more delightful.
1. Beanhunter
Have you just landed in a foreign country after a long flight and have no idea where the closest cafe is? Beanhunter is an app that shows you where the nearest cafe is, no matter where you are in the world. Users can add reviews and rate their favorite cafes, so you know you're going to get a good cup of coffee no matter how far you are from home. Users can also add photos and show you the ambiance of the cafe.
Price: Free
2. Coffee Order
If you're sent on a coffee run but have trouble remembering exactly what everyone ordered, the Coffee Order app will help you out. This iPhone app lets you input custom orders from your co-workers by tapping through a series of icons. The main categories include brewed coffee, tea, blended drinks, hot and cold espressos, and even non-coffee drinks. This app will make sure that you get everyone's order right.
Price: $0.99
3. Spro
If you're craving an espresso but you don't want to spend money on it at a cafe, the Spro app will show you how to prepare common espresso beverages step-by-step. The app uses more drawings than text instructions so it's easy to follow. Spro includes the history and pronunciation guides for common drinks so you can expand your knowledge while you drink your perfect espresso.
Price: $1.99
4. Coffee Cellar
Coffee Cellar may not be useful to everyone since it's designed for those who roast their own coffee beans. This iPhone app allows you to keep track of your favorite coffee beans. Coffee Cellar lets you search for beans by flavor, region, and rating. You can also take photos and share your favorite cup of coffee with your friends on Twitter.
Price: $1.99
5. splick•it
Wouldn't it be great if you could walk right into the cafe and pick up your order without waiting in a long line? This app allows you to order and pay for your coffee from your phone while you're still at work, home, or even waiting on the train. Then you can just walk into the cafe, pick up your order, and walk right out. The only downside is that splick•it has a limited number of restaurants that support the app.
Price: Free
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what ? u sure i did the guide properly already removed hbc no errors what you mean cios?? stil there at the end of guide it tells you do system check i compared it to the system check on the guide luks the same???!!!
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what ? u sure i did the guide properly already removed hbc no errors what you mean cios?? stil there at the end of guide it tells you do system check i compared it to the system check on the guide luks the same???!!!
Hey guys, I'm trying to return my wii to full virgin (or whatever) so that I can play my regular gamecube games again (was using DIOS MIOS and it kept crashing them). I'm at step 3b right now and everything looks good except:
IOS246[38] (rev 21008, Info:d2x-v8final): Trucha Bus, ES Identify, NAND Access
when I try to delete the IOS in MMM nothing happens though! As in, I press the (-) button, then once I press the (A) button it returns me back to the IOS select screen with no error/message at all :/
Thanks so much for you help!! This website has been a lifesaver! haha
If Gamecube games was your goal, you only needed to reinstall the v10 of MIOS vs. blowing up the entire mod. RVL-cMIOS-v65535(v10)_WiiGator_WiiPower_v0.2.rar
So if I understand you correctly, I just need to reinstall my DIOS MIOS (use WAD manager to install that file)? Currently in my syscheck it says MIOS v10 (i would upload the whole thing but for some reason it says the application is deprecated...).
At this point, I think I would rather go back to stock wii...I just need stability and I wasn't able to achieve that :/
For some reason my previous reply didn't go through (I may be missing something...) but basically I was asking if all I need to do then (since I'm already to step 3b) is just install that WAD using the MMM WAD manager?
I just need something really stable so I can throw in my gamecube or wii games and play them instantly without having to worry about things not saving or crashing (probably should've researched a bit before the whole process I realize...hindsight is a bitch haha).
I was also able to get my current syscheck:
sysCheck v2.1.0b17 by Double_A and R2-D2199 ...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176). Region: NTSC-U System Menu 4.1U (v449) Drive date: 2007.02.13 Homebrew Channel 1.0.0 running on IOS58 Hollywood v0x11 Console ID: 61192291 Boot2 v4 Found 82 titles. Found 45 IOS on this console. 15 of them are stub. IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches IOS10 (rev 768): Stub IOS11 (rev 256): Stub IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches IOS16 (rev 512): Stub IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches IOS20 (rev 256): Stub IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches IOS50 (rev 5120): Stub IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub IOS52 (rev 5888): Stub IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0 IOS60 (rev 6174): No Patches IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches IOS62 (rev 6430): No Patches IOS222 (rev 65280): Stub IOS223 (rev 65280): Stub IOS246[38] (rev 21008 Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access IOS249 (rev 65280): Stub IOS250 (rev 65280): Stub IOS254 (rev 65280): Stub BC v6 MIOS v10 Report generated on 2013/02/21. Report generated on 2013/02/21.
Due to your low post count, your initial post was auto-moderated (due to link, but simply where you quoted llaffer). I have both approved and merged your last two posts, along with including a spoiler around your SysCheck report. All your cIOS are gone, except for 246.
what does this mean???
BE SURE YOU ONLY REMOVE IOS 200+ AND 70, 80, 90, 150 (if present) OR YOU MAY BRICK!
4. Select any IOS 200+ and 70, 80, 90, 150 (if present) then press the - button on it after that, press A to confirm.
and im on about 200+ i only deleted 200 was i suppse to delete everything over 200 like 210 220 254 300 400?? ive already got to the point off finishing the hole guide well i have to re hack the wii all over again? then follow this guide someone please help me thanks
Err, what? Any IOS 200 and above is a cIOS. Your last statement doesn't even make sense. Here's a simple question for you: why are you following this guide? By that question, I mean for what purpose/bottom line? I ask as you then mention rehacking the Wii (which is NOT what this guide is for).
sorry my english not very good ok first of i hacked my wii to play copied games i have no use for my wii anymore i want to sell it so im using this guide to virgin my wii
now the part where it says
BE SURE YOU ONLY REMOVE IOS 200+ AND 70, 80, 90, 150 (if present) OR YOU MAY BRICK!
4. Select any IOS 200+ and 70, 80, 90, 150 (if present) then press the - button on it after that, press A to confirm.
i only deleted 200 70 80 90 150 was i suppose to delete anymore?
i have finished the hole guide already to the end im guessing i was suppose to delete everything over 200?
so to start this guide again do i rehack my wii then follow this guide to virginize it
or i dont have to hack the wii again just follow this guide ?
reason im saying this cause ive finished this hole guide on removing all the hacks and everything so where do i go from there rehack then follow this guide or just follow this guide?
Yes. you should delete everything between 200 and 250.
I've never tried to un-mod a system, so I can't answer your other questions, but in general, I would think if you want to un-mod your system, remodding it is the last thing that you want to do. If it's similar to modding a system, where we tell people to "mod over on top of whatever state it currently is in", I would think un-modding it would be the same "do these steps on top of whatever state it's in". while an un-mod is actually re-modding it, just replacing it with original IOS files instead of modded ones, then cleaning up small things like channels, etc. when done.
If you have doubts on what state your system is in, post a syscheck. (direcctions on how to create and post one are in my sig.)


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Re: [opensuse] BASH: has $COLUMNS gone nuts?
- From: "Brian K. White" <brian@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:42:58 -0400
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David C. Rankin wrote:
On Friday 24 July 2009 06:13:55 pm Brian K. White wrote:
I must have missed something. Why do you think these values are not exported?
You do realize that lines & columns are dynamic values which at least some terminals and login daemons will continuously adjust right?
de1:~ # echo $LINES $COLUMNS
25 80
de1:~ # echo $LINES $COLUMNS
29 86
de1:~ # sh
de1:~> echo $LINES $COLUMNS
29 86
de1:~> cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64)
What the above shows is that I dragged the corner of my PuTTY window (which was connected to sshd, not every terminal client nor every server daemon does this) making the window a little larger and without issuing any commands, and no possibility that any bashrc or inclusions got executed, the values changed, because the terminal told the daemon and the daemon told it's child processes.
Spawning a new shell creates a new seperate child process, and the values are still present, which proves that they were exported. I had not changed the window size so they weren't set anew, they had to have been exported to be present at all.
Finally that this was an opensuse 11.1 box.
Try calling them from within a script:
echo "My Lines: $LINES & My Columns: $COLUMNS"
exit 0
That's what got us started...
Ok lets put this silliness to rest.
Don't take this as negatively as it sounds but I think this is a red herring waste of time chasing nothing.
I didn't happen to know everything about the history and design goals of the $LINES and $COLUMNS convention either before you raised the question (still don't). But I did know that it has never been a problem and in almost 20 years of xenix/unix/linux/bsd poking both for work & play I only extremely rarely came across an app that even cared about those variables, and only extrememly extremely rarely ever had an actual problem with such an app, so, it was such a non-issue it never warranted an in depth look. The one actual problem I can point at actually is opensuse's profile/bashrc scripts that detect serial consoles and borkenly set 80x24, and keep resetting it in bashrc, and thus break curses mode yast by making some parts of the yast unreachable, making it a pain to do text mode installs via serial console.
But just in the interest of stopping this retarded circus of the blind leading the blind in here, I simply took a look around at as many different types of systems as I could quickly lay my hands on.
The result? I do duplicate your results on opensuse 11.1.
However, I also duplicate them on 11.0, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1, 10.0, 9.3, and 9.0, Ubuntu 9.04, FreeBSD 8, and OSX 10.4 ppc.
Solaris 9 sparc doesn't even set them in the first place let alone export them.
In fact the only place I do see what you expect is on SCO Open Server 5.0.6 & 5.0.7 (which I can tell you will also mean the same on basically everything going back to Xenix).
I have only infrequent and inconvenient access to an HPUX and an AIX machine so I didn't test those, but sometime I can.
What I did exactly, and the same on every box, was:
Log in with a user whose login shell is a bourne variant, and manually ran:
set |egrep "(LINES|COLUMNS)"
And then the same in a script:
# cat fff
set |egrep "(LINES|COLUMNS)"
# chmod 755 fff
# ./fff
And in all cases but the two exceptions already noted, the variables were both present and set to non-empty values there in the login session, but in the script they were absent, not merely present and set to empty, but not present at all. (Thats the point of using set or env instead of echo, to tell the different between empty and unset)
Of the 2 exceptions, only one exports the variables to the script.
So I submit that the error is in expecting something other than what most servers do today and have been doing for years as well.
Although, I would also actually be perverse and say that since the SCO systems predate most others, including ALL linux, that you could actually make the argument that the dwindling remaining production sco boxes in the world are right and the 90 million linux & freebsd & sun boxes are all wrong. But the weight of numbers beats the weight of seniority in the real world, so whatever script you have that expects behavior that no linux box exhibits, is simply a broken script exactly for that reason. Or, instead of calling it broken call it simply a user/usage requirement, it expects you to tend to those variables yourself just like any other usage requirement of any other script or app. Or, perhaps it's simply not a portable script. Plenty of scripts and applications written for SCO will use a variable $LPDEST because on sco that is the variable a user sets to define their default printer. Such scripts and apps don't work on Linux out of the box because linux pays no attention to LPDEST but instead uses PRINTER for that purpose. The linux boxes aren't all broken even though LPDEST predates them. Nor are the scripts, really. They just need porting to Linux or any other platform before they work anywhere else.
Also of course there are many potential variables (as in conditions, not shell environment variables) which I did not describe here or perform exactly the same in every case which could have affected these results, so it's not rigorously scientific, but I'm satisfied with the overall point. The differences are things like, sometimes the login daemon was the stock legacy telnetd, openssh sshd, getty, or X. Sometimes the terminal (client) was putty, the telnet or ssh client on some other box, the hardware text vga console, or xterm on the console. Sometimes the shell was bash, sysv/at&t sh, bsd sh, or ksh. This is actually good because, if say the login issuer were always openssh, then perhaps the consistency was a result of a quirk of openssh and not actually a common feature across the various systems?
In other words, hope you didn't submit a bug report describing standard system behavior as a bug. ;)
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Three Methods:Determine the Type of FinishStrip the Wood of Lacquer or ShellacStrip the Wood of Varnish or PaintCommunity Q&A
You can give old wood furniture a new look with a different finish. Before refinishing wood, you need to strip it, giving you a clean surface to work with. You can buy the materials for stripping wood at a hardware or home improvement store. Use these tips to strip wood.
Determine the Type of Finish
1Identify a shellac finish. Use a paintbrush to apply denatured alcohol to the surface of the wood. The finish is shellac if it turns to liquid after applying the alcohol. If the finish becomes malleable but does not liquefy, it is composed of lacquer and shellac.
2Evaluate a lacquer finish. Apply lacquer thinner to the surface of the wood if nothing happens after applying denatured alcohol. The finish is lacquer if it turns to liquid.
3Decide if the finish is varnish or paint. If nothing happens with either of these thinning substances, your wood is probably covered in varnish or paint.
Strip the Wood of Lacquer or Shellac
1Prepare the furniture. Wipe the furniture with a clean cloth to remove dust and dirt.
2Apply the alcohol or lacquer thinner. Use a paintbrush to spread the appropriate solvent onto the wood. Apply the solvent to 1 small section at a time. Use denatured alcohol for shellac. Use lacquer thinner for lacquer. Use a half-denatured alcohol, half-lacquer thinner mixture for finishes composed of lacquer and shellac.
3Wait 5 to 10 seconds.
4Remove the solvent. Use steel wool or a coarse cloth to swab the thinner or alcohol from the wood. Work briskly so that the solvent doesn't evaporate.
5Continue to apply and wipe off the solvent. Move in small sections over the entire portion you want to remove. Change cloths frequently to avoid rubbing the finish back into the furniture.
6Scrape off the remaining finish. Use a furniture scraper or steel wool soaked in the appropriate solvent to remove the paint. Remove the finish following the direction of the wood's grain.
Strip the Wood of Varnish or Paint
1Ready the furniture.
- Take the fixtures off of the furniture. If there is finish on the fixtures, soak them in a dish of paint remover while stripping the wood. If you are unable to remove the hardware, place painter's tape around it.
- Remove any upholstery from the furniture.
2Prepare the workspace. Lay cloth or newspaper over your work surface. Place the wood to be stripped on top of the cloth or newspaper. Ensure that the room is well-ventilated.
3Apply the paint remover. Use a brush to apply paint remover to 1 small surface at a time. Do not thin out the remover by spreading it. Ensure that you leave a thick coating of remover on the surface.
4Cover the surface. Lay aluminum foil over the coated surface. Allow the surface to rest for 25 to 30 minutes. Coat another area while waiting for the previous surface to finish resting.
5Uncover the surface. Take the foil off of the covered surface. There should be cracks and bubbles where the solvent has been applied.
6Test the surface.
- Put on a pair of rubber gloves.
- Press a finger into a bubbly section. The thinner and finish are ready to remove if you are able to place your finger easily on the original wood.
- If you are unable to reach the original wood with your finger after 30 minutes, wait 10 more minutes. If you are still unable to reach the wood after 40 minutes, remove the thinner.
- Repeat the thinner application process until you are able to reach the original wood with your finger.
7Remove the thinner and finish. Use a scraper to shave the thinner and finish from the wood.
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President Barack Obama on Thursday (Oct. 25) endorsed the same-sex marriage referendum on the Washington state ballot and also formally backed a similar measure on the ballot in Maine.
The support from the president — who in May came out in favor of gay marriage — provided a boost for the campaign in favor of Washington's Referendum 74 just as a new poll showed that the race was getting tighter.
The announcement came in a statement issued by Paul Bell, the Washington press secretary for Obama's re-election campaign:
"While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the president believes in treating everyone fairly and equally, with dignity and respect. Washington's same-sex marriage law would treat all Washington couples equally, and that is why the President supports a vote approving Referendum 74."
Michael Czin, the Obama campaign's Northeast regional press secretary, issued an identical statement on Obama's support for Question 1 in Maine, which asks voters whether marriage certificates should be issued to same-sex couples, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Zach Silk, the campaign manager for the pro-referendum forces in Washington, said Obama's endorsement "puts an extra gust of wind in our sails."
A new poll released Wednesday from Elway Research showed the referendum was just barely ahead, 49 percent to 45 percent. In mid-September, Elway found that the measure was ahead, 52 percent to 40 percent.
In recent weeks, the opposition campaign has begun its own television advertising campaign.
Like Washington, Maryland is also voting on whether to ratify a same-sex marriage law passed by its legislature. In Maryland, the president's voice is heard on a new radio ad in support of the measure. His remarks were taken from an interview he gave in May where he announced that he no longer felt civil unions were sufficient for gay couples who wished to get married.
The president has also opposed a constitutional amendment in Minnesota to ban same-sex marriage.
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To learn the "ropes," i.e., to acquire specific skills working in an organization.
To clarify your career goals, i.e., to find if you really want the career or occupation you have some interest in.
To integrate your experiential learning in the internship with your academic or theoretical learning in sociology and in the classroom. Thus besides "learning the ropes" as an intern, you will also hopefully be learning to look at the organization you are placed in more sociologically. You may also have the opportunity of learning to become a problem-solver.
To fulfill the above goals you will be expected to become a "packrat," collecting everything you can about your internship site. This may include, besides your own observations and field notes, interviews with others who work at the site, organizational documents such as organizational charts, brochures, policy manuals, committee minutes, etc. Anything that is public information. You should not collect confidential information, files, or material which is not publicly available. You should get permission from your supervisor before collecting documents.
Note: Internships can be paid or unpaid. However, the purpose of the internship is to provide you with an opportunity to learn something new that relates to the sociology major in some way. The purpose of the internship is not to provide you with academic credit for a job or occupation you have been doing for employment for several months or years. It is not "work experience credit."
As part of the requirements for academic credit, you must also meet three times during the semester with other students taking internships to discuss your experience, share ideas and thoughts, and reflect on what you are learning and how it relates to sociology. These seminar meetings will provide you with an opportunity to reflect on your internship experience and help you in the preparation of your internship paper.
The seminars are required. You will not be able to complete your internship unless you attend.
First Seminar Meeting: Orientation to the Internship Experience
You must attend one of the following times. You need only attend one of these First Seminar Meetings.
Monday, Feb 15 4:30-5:20 PM Room 261 Amador Hall
Tuesday Feb 16 4:00-4:50 PM Room 152 Amador Hall
Wednesday, Feb 17 7:00-7:50 PM Room 354 Amador Hall
Second Seminar Meeting: Initial Discussion of Your Internship with Other Students
You must attend one of the following times. You need only attend one of these Second Seminar Meetings.
Monday, April 5 4:30-5:20 PM Room 261 Amador Hall
Tuesday, April 6 4:00-4:50 PM Room 152 Amador Hall
Wednesday, April 7 7:00-7:50 PM Room 354 Amador Hall
Third Seminar Meeting: Final Discussion of Your Internship: Draft of Internship Final Report is Due
You must attend one of the following times. You need only attend one of these Third Seminar Meetings.
Monday, May 3 4:30-5:20 PM Room 261 Amador Hall
Tuesday, May 4 4:00-4:50 PM Room 152 Amador Hall
Wednesday, May 5 7:00-7:50 PM Room 354 Amador Hall
A variety of agencies are looking for interns. Search for several that interest you in the two file folders or in the 1997 Community Services Directory which are available from Professor Kando. Agencies must accept you, and your available hours must coincide with the hours for which they need interns. Some agencies may require a training sessions before your internship begins. Note too that more and more agencies now need to do a background check on interns, which means fingerprinting, reference checking, and other searches. This will take time, often more than a month.
Once you decide on an agency, call the phone number listed. Indicate that you are a student in sociology, seeking an intern. Ask to speak with an appropriate person if they are offering internships.
If you are successful, it is best to visit on site before deciding to accept the placement. You want to be clear about what your assignment will be, what your duties and responsibilities will entail and most importantly, whether or not you will learn something of importance and something related to the field of sociology. Ask who your supervisor will be and what role they will play in your internship experience. Note your supervisor will need to certify that your work has been satisfactory and also the number of hours you worked in your placement. Your supervisor will be asked to fill out an internship evaluation form on you and send it to your faculty advisor.
Before you can enroll for credit, you must see the internship coordinator in sociology (Professor Dean Kando, Amador 451C). He will assist you in filling out the required forms. Once the forms are complete, Professor Kando will enroll you in either sociology 195 or 295 (for graduate students only).
Part of your internship experience will have an academic component. The Sociology Department will not give credit for "just having an experience in an agency." You will be asked to work with a faculty member in the department on this academic component. This will require meeting with the faculty several times during the semester, keeping field notes on various aspects of your experience, and writing up a final report. The faculty member to whom you are assigned will be responsible for "grading" your internship. INTERNSHIPS ARE GRADED CREDIT OR NO CREDIT ONLY.
As part of the requirement for academic credit, you must also meet three times during the semester with other students taking internships to discuss your experience, share ideas and thoughts, and reflect on what you are learning that relates to your major in sociology.
The internship coordinator, Professor Kando, will assign you to a specific faculty member in the department.
The number of hours required at the agency will vary with the number of academic units you are enrolled in. Below is the scale for a sixteen week semester:
1 unit of credit=40-45 hours or 3 hours per week over a 15 week semester
2 units of credit=80-90 hours or 6 hours per week over a 15 week semester
3 units of credit=120-130 hours or 6 hours per week over a 15 week semester
In order to receive the grade of "credit" in your course from the faculty member you are assigned to, the following must be completed and satisfactory:
a) Meet at scheduled times throughout the semester with your faculty advisor
b) Attend all three of the internship seminars described above.
c) Complete your field notes and final paper satisfactorily.
d) Have your Agency Supervisor certify to your faculty advisor the number of hours you worked in the agency and that your work in the agency was satisfactory (evaluation form).
e) Put in the appropriate number of hours for the amount of academic credit you are seeking.
Although internships differ greatly, the following will normally be required by the faculty member to whom you are assigned. Be certain you and your faculty advisor have agreed on what specifically you need to do for each visit you have with your advisor during the semester and what the final paper will "look like" and include.
After your initial meeting with your faculty advisory, which should occur within the first two weeks of the semester, you will be expected to meet with your advisor a minimum of three times during the semester. It is your responsibility to schedule these meetings. Some faculty will want to see you more than three times during the semester.
Field Notes
You should keep a journal, diary, or field notes of your internship experiences. It is best to keep a separate note book with your internship journal entries. Your faculty advisor will suggest entries and possible broad topics that you might address in your field notes. Some of these entries should relate to the final internship paper which is due at the end of the semester (see below). Along with your observations, you might include interviews with persons in the organization you are working in. If you keep a rich journal, your entries should greatly help you in writing the final internship report.
Along with your journal diary, you should collect any documents from your internship experience that may be helpful in writing your final paper. You need to become a "packrat" collecting everything you can about your internship site. This may include, besides your own observations and field notes, interviews with others who work at the site, organizational documents such as organizational charts, brochures, policy manuals, committee minutes, etc. Anything that is public information. You should not collect confidential information, files, or material which is not publicly available. You should get permission from your supervisor before collecting these documents. You should include these in an appendix to the final paper.
Final Paper: Your final paper should address the following topics.
Introduction: Briefly describe how and why you choose this internship.
Organizational Structure: Introduce the organization and explain its purpose. Discuss what the organization does, where it is located, the positions (roles) that exist in it, the responsibilities associated with these positions, and the levels of authority and hierarchy among them. Explain the organizations goals and how they are carried out.
Your Duties: Describe the activities, tasks, and responsibilities of your position in the organization. When and for how long were you there? What have you been doing during your time as an intern? Did your duties change or remain the same?
Analysis of Your Interests: Reflect on your participation and experiences in the organization and on the site. What did you learn? Were there any problems associated with your internship experience? Was it different than you expected it to be?
Personal Evaluation: Critically evaluate your time as an intern in the organization or site. Did you learn something of importance? If so what? If not, why not? Would you like to work for this organization - why and/or why not? Would you organize the tasks you were assigned differently? What improvements, if any, would you suggest for the internship process at this organization? Would you recommend your internship to others?
Sociological Analysis: Select one central sociological concept of importance to you, such as role, status, norm, social conflict, self, social stratification, inequality, deviance, etc. Define the concept and show how it was useful to you in gaining further understanding of your internship experience and the organizational site you experienced.
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DeLong built a commanding lead in the XC2 class before a serious crash saw a cushion of nearly 90 seconds evaporate.
"Thank goodness I'm with Motorcycle Superstore because my helmet needs a new visor. I smashed mine up on the get-off I had today," DeLong said. "I was rolling good, being smooth and everything. I took a different line one lap and there must have been a stump buried by leaves or something and when I hit it I went flying over the bars."
The visor on his Bell helmet wasn't the only damage DeLong took in the fall. The rear fender was torn off and his muffler was crushed like an empty can.
"Everyone had a chance to close that gap on me, but I was able to finish the race and still build the lead back up a little before the end," DeLong said. "It was a tough day for me for sure."
DeLong completed the seven laps of the 16-mile course in 2 hours, 48 minutes and 44 seconds. Second-place rider Grant Baylor finished in 2:49:01.
"It turned out to be a good day," DeLong said. "There were some moments there when I wasn't sure if I'd get the bike back out on the track but I did."
DeLong padded his season lead in the XC2 standings to 21 points ahead of Baylor with a familiar stretch of the schedule coming his way.
"The first few rounds of the year have always been tough one me," DeLong said. "The first stops are softer with a lot of mud and I kind of like it where it's rocky and a lot more technical.
"I was happy to make it through this race and I'm excited to get to Kentucky because it's rocky there."
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Prior to the 2012-13 season, the Sixers made a blockbuster deal for All-Star center Andrew Bynum, sending away their longtime franchise player Andre Iguodala, along with rising center Nikola Vucevic and rookie Maurice Harkless. High-seed playoff hopes were dashed in the preseason when news of the severity of Bynum's knee issues emerged. Despite excellent play from Jrue Holiday, Thaddeus Young and Evan Turner, the Sixers headed into the lottery, getting no help from their failed investment in Bynum, who did not log a single minute on the court. Understanding Bynum's unreliability and inconsistency, as well as the closing competitive window for the franchise, the Sixers decided to look forward through a different set of eyes, with its scope focused on a different goal.
In an offseason full of change, owner Josh Harris fired ex-general manager Tony DiLeo and hired Sam Hinkie, who brings an analytical approach to the table. Shortly after, the Sixers let head coach Doug Collins walk, replacing him with Brett Brown, introducing a new system that allows players to have more freedom within the offense, something the traditional Collins was opposed to. With their 2013 first-round draft pick, the Sixers selected point guard Michael Carter-Williams to replace All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday, who was traded to the Pelicans for rookie sensation Nerlens Noel. With this sweep of changes throughout the roster and front office, the Sixers head into the 2013-14 season with a young squad of talented individuals, looking to prove their worth in the league. Whether or not the Sixers are deliberately trying to tank this season for a favorable draft pick in the highly-anticipated 2014 NBA Draft is debatable, though it's fair to conclude that they don't have any reasonable playoff expectations heading into the season.
Rookie Michael Carter-Williams will likely take up the majority of minutes at the one, with combo-guard Tony Wroten backing him up. While the newly acquired Wroten is a possible option at the two, the Sixers could take a different approach and start Evan Turner there. Although his perimeter shot is not spectacular, his playmaking abilities could be useful for the Sixers at the wing.
The Sixers have many viable options in the frontcourt. If Turner ends up playing the two, the Sixers could go with a taller lineup with Thaddeus Young at the three and Hawes at the four. If not, Young and Hawes would remain at the four and five, respectively, as they did last season. With Nerlens Noel out for the first few months, sophomore Arnett Moultrie could see extended minutes at the four, or even start at the five initially. While Noel will likely start at the five once he returns, Arnett will likely continue to see backup minutes throughout the season.
Spencer Hawes: Hawes had his ups and downs last season, playing without confidence due to job insecurity with Bynum's knee situation changing month by month. Despite this, he managed to finish the season strong. With Noel's injury status presenting a similar scenario, it's possible Hawes' performance may not be as consistent as owners would hope. It's too early to peg Hawes a complete bust, but it's fair to say that the center's fantasy value will likely be a roller-coaster ride, similar to last year.
Nerlens Noel: Once thought to be the unanimous No. 1 pick in mock drafts, Noel slid to the Pelicans with the sixth pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, only to get traded to the Sixers shortly after. The rookie has much to prove, as the Sixers gave up proven All-Star Jrue Holiday in the second consecutive year where the franchise invested large stakes in a center. Noel will likely return before January, and could make a solid fantasy impact, particularly in defensive categories such as steals and blocks, if owners are willing to stash him for the first few months.
Kwame Brown: Brown failed to stand out last season despite an opportunity to play a sizable role in the rotation. His career has for the most part been a disappointment, and while he theoretically could still bounce back, he would have to take a 180-degree turn to even be a consideration for fantasy purposes in most leagues.
Evan Turner: With former teammate Andre Iguodala off the roster, Turner was finally able to take on significant minutes last season at the small forward spot. Turner averaged 13.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists, which made him a solid mid-round fantasy option for a good portion of the season. His ability to produce statistics in multiple categories is desirable. However, he showed wild inconsistency all year long, and his 2013-14 campaign might be his last chance to prove himself worthy of his status as the second overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.
Thaddeus Young: Young had a strong season, finishing with averages of 14.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.8 steals on 53 percent shooting from the field. The young forward was arguably the Sixers' most consistent player throughout the entire season, and expecting him to build off his strong performance is reasonable for his 2013-14 campaign. Young's ability to rack up rebounds and steals in addition to shooting over 50 percent from the field is a desirable trait in forwards from a fantasy perspective. He remains a low-risk, high-reward mid-round player.
Arnett Moultrie: Moultrie had a solid summer league outing, averaging 12.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. While the sophomore has yet to prove himself, he has shown signs of strong play, with a notable 23-point, 12-rebound performance against the Magic's summer league team. Moultrie has a shot at seeing a decent amount of minutes initially.
Lavoy Allen: Allen played solid minutes last season to fill in for the injured Bynum. While Allen played the occasional fantasy-relevant game, his lack of consistency overall made him only a filler candidate in the deepest of leagues. Allen could put up similar numbers if given the minutes, but he'll likely only be an option in deeper leagues.
Arsalan Kazemi: Kazemi, who was drafted with the 54th overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft, did not impress in the summer league, averaging just 4.6 points and 4.6 rebounds despite playing 33 minutes per game. While he has a real shot at making the final roster cut after training camp, he would need to take strides of improvement to be relevant in most leagues this season.
Tim Ohlbrecht: Ohlbrecht will need to prove worthy of a roster spot come training camp, as he is under a non-guaranteed contract for the 2013-14 season. He averaged 13.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 27 minutes per game in the D-League last season.
Michael Carter-Williams: Selected with the 11th overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft, rookie Carter-Williams will start at the point guard position on a team with a new head coach and a new system. The Syracuse standout will have ample opportunity to shine, as the depth chart is cleared out at the point guard position, giving him a chance to hit 30-plus minutes per night if he doesn't disappoint. Carter-Williams showed his wild style of play in the summer league, putting up 13.6 points (27 percent from the field), 4.2 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 2.0 steals and 4.8 turnovers in 34 minutes per game. His ability to put up numbers in all categories makes him a fantasy wild card. Expect to be surprised, for better or for worse, by the unpredictable rookie.
Tony Wroten: Wroten was traded to the Sixers in the offseason, after the Grizzlies gave up on his potential as a combo-guard. The sophomore did not prove his worth last season, arguably because he did not get the opportunity. It's too early to predict if Wroten will be able to transform into a viable role player in the league, but he certainly will have the opportunity to do so with the Sixers, with the shooting guard spot wide open for the taking.
Jason Richardson: Richardson underwent knee surgery in February, and will likely miss the entire 2013-14 season. Despite this, he is under contract for one more year, and will remain on the roster unless he is bought out or traded.
James Anderson: Anderson was waived by the Rockets in the offseason and found his way to a non-guaranteed contract with the Sixers shortly after. While he will need to earn a spot on the roster in training camp, the Sixers' lack of depth at the shooting guard position will be favorable to him. Still, his fantasy potential this season is limited.
Michael Carter-Williams: Carter-Williams will be given all the time in the world to prove his worth as a starting point guard in the league. In a situation comparable to the Blazers' Damian Lillard's of last season, Carter-Williams has no threat off the bench to potentially take his role. While Carter-Williams lacks the perimeter scoring prowess of Lillard, his style of play allows him to rack up large numbers in multiple categories, as evident in his summer league performance. Owners who draft Carter-Williams should keep in mind his low field goal percentage and high turnover rate. However, if one is willing to gamble on the wild card rookie, there could be high rewards in the wait for patient owners.
Nerlens Noel: Returning from a torn ACL, and having played less than an entire season of college basketball, Noel will need to prove himself worthy as an upper-tier fantasy option before prematurely taking up a crown. While it may be tempting to take a gamble on Noel in the middle rounds, the fact of the matter is, he will miss at least the first two months of the season, making him hard to stash in leagues with no injured-reserved roster spaces. While his potential in the defensive categories are enticing, questions will arise as to whether or not his knees will hold up for the entire season due to his explosive style of play. He may eventually put up solid fantasy-worthy numbers, even as early as this season. However, his value may not live up to the hype. Proceed with caution.


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Given past history, fans have been assuming that there will be some sort of panel related to Twilight and Breaking Dawn at this years Comic-Con in San Diego. However we, personally, have yet to have anything verified by Summit Entertainment. Clevver TV put out this report based on something they read at TheHDRoom.com that was posted on Feb. 5, 2011. It's a story covering the fact that Comic Con sold out as quickly as it did based on the possibility of seeing some big names at the event. We got our tickets because we, like so many of you, do hope for something from Summit. But again, we repeat, we have had no actual confirmation of any footage or any celebrities from the movie being there. As soon as we do, we will let you know.
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text: Governor Herbert refused to sign the increase in tobacco tax that could raise over $40 million dollars, because he had been against it from the beginning. He will not veto it, so it will become law without his signature. This was the only new revenue bill to pass the legislature. It will help a little. Do not believe that education was "held harmless". I will scream if I hear a politician say that again. There is no money for growth (11,000 students) this fall. That will mean a lot bigger class sizes for many schools and less money to pay teachers.


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AT&T recently released the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and coming a bit more recent — they have since followed up with the release of another BlackBerry 7 OS running handset, the Torch 9860.
The BlackBerry Torch 9860 arrives with AT&T priced at $99.99 on a two-year agreement and has features to include a 3.7 inch (800 x 480) touchscreen display, 1.2GHz processor, 4GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 1230 mAh battery and a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera with flash and 720p HD video recording.
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by David P. Greisman - This came as a surprise to some, though there should be no real surprises in boxing. Not in a sport that boils down to business. Not when business breaks down any notions of loyalty. Not when the only loyalty is to the promise of money.
Floyd Mayweather was an HBO fighter. He is now a Showtime fighter. The man nicknamed Money walked, and thats because money talks.
The money trail began long before Mayweather officially switched networks, starting with the departure of HBO Sports executive Ross Greenburg in 2011, continuing with Ken Hershman moving from Showtime to HBO to replace Greenburg, and culminating in Showtime hiring Stephen Espinoza to replace Hershman.
Espinoza had previously been the lead counsel for Golden Boy Promotions, and his connection to that company one of the two main boxing promoters in the United States helped lead to a close relationship with Golden Boy in his new role. Showtime began to show more Golden Boy cards, HBO less. And due to Golden Boys relationship with powerful boxing adviser Al Haymon, a massive number of Haymons fighters were suddenly being spotlighted on the network.
Now why do you think [Golden Boy executive Richard] Schaefers getting all these dates from Showtime? Because he said hes going to bring Mayweather over, said rival promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank, speaking to reporters in July 2012, as quoted at the time by Ben Thompson of FightHype.com.
Arum wrongly predicted that Mayweather wouldnt actually leave HBO. But his line of thinking, and that of others who work in or follow boxing, was that Showtime was seeking to set up an eventual Mayweather move.
Its been no secret in the sport that over the course of the past year Showtime has done all or maybe 90 percent of their business with Golden Boy Promotions, said HBO blow-by-blow announcer Jim Lampley last week in a radio interview with The Mighty 1090 in San Diego with Scott and BR. They have catered very favorably to fighters who are managed by Al Haymon, Floyd Mayweathers manager, so this approach took place on a lot of different fronts. They worked as hard as they possibly could. [
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The Athenaeum
116 Piccadilly
- Baby Ready
- Toddler Fun
- School Age Action
- Cool for Teens
The Athenaeum offers the ideal combination of apartment amenities paired with hotel services. Located within walking distance to a wide variety of points of interest for children of all ages, the property makes an excellent base for exploring London. Its 33 apartments and 123 hotel rooms have been completely renovated, combining contemporary and traditional design. The management runs an ongoing program to provide flexible, personalized services to families, including an outstanding concierge desk. The result is a perfect option for families seeking luxurious accommodations in the heart of London.
Our Reviewer's Favorite Features
- Baby Ready: Crib and highchair available
- Toddler Fun: Open, safe areas for running around
- School Age Action: Near age-appropriate sights and activities
- Cool For Teens: Near age-appropriate sights and activities
- Apartment amenities paired with hotel services
- Fantastic atmosphere and views
- Management is family-focused
- Outstanding concierge desk
Families Should Know
- Apartments have a separate entrance – guests do not have to enter main lobby area
- Property does not offer private parking
- Some apartments have washer/dryer facilities
- Cab or tube ride to Harrods/Covent Garden/Parliament/The London Eye
- Nearest grocery store is a 5-minute walk
- Nice playground nearby at Saint James Park
- Babysitting starts at £10-16 per hour
- Kids' pool not available
Sports + Activities
- London sightseeing
- London theatre
Local Excursions
- Green and Saint James Parks
- Buckingham Palace
- The Royal Academy of Arts
- Bond Street
- Regent Street
- Oxford Street
- Piccadilly Circus
- Theater District
- rooms, suites and apartments
- air-conditioning
- flat-screen, plasma satellite Bang and Olufsen TV
- DVD/CD player
- Xbox or Playstation on request
- children's movies available on request
- complimentary WIFI
- restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- kitchenette/kitchen facilities in apartments
- babysitting on request
- bar and lounge
- 24-hour room service
- 24-hour concierge
- daily housekeeping for apartments and hotel rooms
- grocery shopping service for apartments
- spa
- fitness center
Guest Rooms
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- D - daily pricing
- W - weekly pricing
- T - tax included
- B - breakfast included
- I - all-inclusive
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- Well-appointed
- Comfortable beds
- Beautiful view
- Kitchenette/kitchen facilities in apartments
- Rooms are nicely decorated
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- Crib and highchair: free
- Extra bed fee: £35
- Babysitting: £10-16 per hour
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