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No. 2125-36:41. A Sermon Delivered On Lord's Day Evening, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
I will settle you as in former times, and will do better for you than at your beginnings. {Eze 36:11}
1. These words were spoken to the mountains, valleys, and rivers of Judah; and we know that the Lord does not care for hills and rivers, but he speaks altogether for the sake of his people. The blessing for the land was intended to be a blessing for the people. We shall do no violence to the text if we take the promise as belonging to ourselves, and plead it before the mercy seat, trusting that the Lord will do this to us, and that our latter end may be better than our beginning.
2. Have you ever noticed that when nations fall they seldom rise again? Babylon and Nineveh become mountains of rubbish. If the Medo-Persian kingdom falls, the throne is never revived. If Greece and ancient Rome cease from their eminence, we see no more of them than their ruins. But God's people are not numbered among the nations, so that when Israel falls she revives again. Though for many centuries the ancient people have been scattered and dispossessed, derided and despised, yet every Israelite may put down his foot with joyful tread, and say, "No, Israel, you shall never perish!" Even in her ashes live her accustomed fires, and the days shall come when Israel shall acknowledge her Messiah, and her God will fulfil the promise of the text, "I will settle you as in former times, and will do better for you than at your beginnings; and you shall know that I am the Lord." I believe that to be the first sense of the passage; but since all the blessings of the covenant, which belong to the seed according to the flesh, spiritually belong to all those who are in that covenant according to the spirit, we shall take this word as spoken to all believers.
3. If a hypocrite falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again. He is a meteor, that flashes across the sky and disappears; a wandering star, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. Let Judas fall from his apostleship, and there is no restoring the son of perdition. But how different is the case of God's own, when they fall! Alas, that they should do so! Yet of them it is said, "Do not rejoice against me, oh my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise." Peter, at a look from his Master, wept bitterly, and lived to say, "You know that I love you." There is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, for there is life in it; and where there is life there is hope. If Mordecai is of the royal seed, the enemy shall never prevail against him. There may come dark times of backsliding, but surely the redeemed of the Lord shall come again with mourning and repenting, and they shall seek for him from whom they have wandered.
4. I am not, however, going to dwell much upon the dark side of the subject of declension; but I shall invite your attention to the gracious promise that God will make things better for us than they were at our beginnings. First, I shall answer the question, what is there, then, so good in our beginnings? In the second place, if so good, can anything be better? And, in the third place, how can we secure these better things, so that our life shall verify the statement of the text, "I will do better for you than at your beginnings?"
5. I. WHAT IS THERE, THEN, SO GOOD IN OUR BEGINNINGS? Let us look back. Some of us have been converted to God for a good number of years now; and all that while we have enjoyed spiritual life. Others are young beginners, but their present enjoyment will assist them to answer the question — "What is there so good about those first days?" We read of our first love as "the love of our espousals"; and we all know there was something especially charming about those first hours when forgiving love was precious to us, and we rejoiced in the Lord.
6. One choice enjoyment was our vivid sense of pardon. We knew that we were forgiven: we did not have the shadow of a doubt about it. We were black so recently that, being washed from our stains, we saw the change. It would not have been possible for Satan then to make us doubt it. When we stood at the foot of the cross, and said, "Here my sins were washed away," then things went well with us. When substitution was a novelty to us, and when we seemed to hear a voice like that of the angels before the throne, singing, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus," — we all knew then that we had looked to Jesus, for we felt that we could look nowhere else. We were newly-cleansed sinners, and we knew it. Oh, that blessed time! Our earthly comforts were forgotten in the greater sweetness, and our earthly sorrows ceased because guilt was gone. Taken out of the bonds of iniquity, our hearts danced at the very sound of the redeeming name. You sang, "I am forgiven: I am forgiven." You wanted to tell the angels this strange wonder of almighty love. That was one of the good things of your beginning.
7. You remember very well, too, that you had then a delightful enjoyment of the good things of the covenant of grace. You did not know a tenth of what you know now, but you intensely enjoyed what you did know. When the Israelites first of all came into Canaan, they found it to be a land that flowed with milk and honey. It became afterwards a stony land through their sins, but rare clusters then grew in Eshcol, and the wild bees made honey plentifully, even in such a strange place as the carcass of a lion. When we first came to Christ, it was so with us as for the things of God; they were all sweets. We saw one covenant blessing, then another, and then another; and we were enraptured with each one. Whether in the body or out of the body we could scarcely tell; for we did not look then without tasting, and we did not taste then without feasting, and we did not feast then without feasting again. We begrudged the world the hours we spent in business: we wanted to get back to our Bibles, or to the assembly of the saints. Our Lord was a precious Christ then, and very lovely in our eyes, that had been so newly opened. Everything about him, and his people, and his Word, and his day, and his cross was astonishing to us, and filled us with an intensity of delight. It was "happy day" indeed with us then. That was another blessed point in our beginnings.
8. And, at that time, we were like the children of Israel in a third matter, namely, that we had repeated victories. Do you remember when your Jericho fell down — when a high walled-up sin, that you feared would never yield to you, was brought down suddenly? Just as Israel went from victory to victory, and killed king after king, so you did in those early days. As quickly as conscience revealed a sin, you struck it as with a two-edged sword. You sometimes wondered about professors that they could live as they did. You felt you could not. Your hand was in for fighting; and, like Joshua, you did not stop. The day was not long enough for you in which to slay your sin; you felt inclined to order the sun to stand still, and the moon to rest, so that you might make full work of blessed carnage in putting sin altogether to the sword. You have had a good many defeats since then, it may be, for which you cannot excuse yourself; but then "Victory!" was your watchword, and you went on to experience it in the name of the eternal God. From day to day, though attacked by the uprising of corruptions, you said, "In the name of the Lord I will destroy them," and you sometimes cried like her of old, "Oh my soul, you have trodden down strength!" You marvelled to see how the adversary was subdued beneath the foot of your faith. Those were good times, were they not — those beginnings?
9. In those days, you had great delight in prayer. When alone with Christ, it was heaven below; and in the prayer meetings, when God's people were warm at heart, how you delighted to unite with them! The preaching was marrow and fatness to you. You did not mind walking a long way on a wet night to hear about your Lord and Master then. It may be there was no cushion on the seat, or you had to stand in the aisle. You did not mind that. You are getting wonderfully dainty now; you cannot hear the poor preacher whose voice was once like music to you. You cannot enjoy the things of God as you once did. Whose fault is that? The kitchen is the same, and the food the same: the appetite has gone, I fear. How ravenous I was after God's Word — how I would wake early in the morning to read those books that are full of the deep things of God! I wanted none of your nonsensical novels, nor your weekly tales, for which some of you pine, like children for candies. Then one fed on manna that came from heaven, on Christ himself. Those were good times in which everything was delightful. You heard a gospel preacher, and perhaps he spoiled the Queen's English; but you did not care a bit about that. You were hungry, and you did not mind the knives, and the tablecloths: you wanted food, and plenty of it, and as long as it was good spiritual food, your souls were delighted with it. That is one of the good things of our beginnings.
10. In those days we were full of living fruitfulness. I hope we have not lost it. Just as the mountains of Judea dropped with wine, and ran with milk, through the abundance of the soil, so it was with us then. We could do anything. Sometimes, in looking back, we wonder how we ever attempted so much. We were not so anxious to keep up our spiritual life as we were to spend what we had. We thought then we would push the church before us, and drag the world behind us. What marvels we were going to do; indeed, and we did many of them by God's good grace!
11. Then, if we had very little strength, yet we kept the Lord's Word. If we had only one talent, we made as much use of it, perhaps, as some do with ten. I love to see you young Christians as active as you ever can be; and I am going to put my hand on young heads, and say "This is right. Do all you can. You may not be so lively eventually." If you are not earnest when you begin, what will you be soon? I want you to maintain that earnestness, and to let it increase, for no man is doing too much for Jesus. No one is too consecrated, no one too self-denying, no one too enthusiastic. There has never been seen on the face of the earth yet a man who has laid himself out too much for the cause and kingdom of our Master. That will never be. But it is one of the good points of our beginnings that we were full of fruitfulness for the Lord our God.
12. This is because the saints begin generally with abounding love. Oh, how we loved the Saviour when we first discovered how he had loved us with an everlasting love! When we see that the dunghill is never to be our portion again, but that bright glory at the right hand of the Eternal — oh, then we love our Saviour with all our hearts! I am not saying that we do not now love even more; but it is a good beginning when we overflow with love for our Lord Jesus.
13. II. So I could keep on reminding you of the days gone by; but I do not care to do so. I am going now, in the second place, to answer the question, CAN ANYTHING BE BETTER THAN THIS?
14. Well, it would be a very great pity if there could not be, because I am sure we, when we were young beginners, were not much to boast about; and all the joy we had was, after all, very little compared with what is revealed in the Word of God. We ought to get to something better; and it would be a miserable thing if we were to get "small by degrees, and miserably less." It would not look like Christian perseverance if our light were to shine less and less to the perfect darkness. No, but it is to shine more and more to the perfect day; and in the beginning our day is only twilight. In coming to God at first we are only in the outer courts: we have not yet entered the holy of holies of inward experience, we stand in the outer court. We are wheat in the blade as yet. Ask the farmer whether he thinks that the green blade is the best thing on the farm. He says, "Yes, for the present"; but if it is a green blade next July, he will not think so. There is something better coming. All the good that God gives us draws something better behind it. And let me whisper it: the best thing is yet to come, not yet revealed to eye or ear of saint, but it will be ours eventually when our Lord comes.
15. In what respects, then, can our future be better than what is behind? I answer very readily, faith may be stronger. By the grace of God it will be firmer and more robust. At first it shoots up like the lily, very beautiful, but fragile; afterwards it is like the oak with great roots that grip the soil, and rugged branches that defy the winds. Faith in the young beginner is soon cast down, and doubts and fears prevail; but if we grow in grace, we become rooted and grounded. In these days, when it is fashionable to sneer at the doctrines of Scripture, and no one is thought to be sensible who believes anything, the young believer is apt to be staggered; but it would take a great many of the critics and divines of the present day, with all their scepticisms, to shake some of us. We have tasted, and handled, and lived upon these things; and being established in them, we are not to be moved from the hope of our calling. Though all the wiseacres in the world should dip their pens in tenfold darkness, and write it down as proven that there is no such thing as light, we have seen it with our eyes, and we live in it, and we are not to be moved from the eternal verities.
16. This is something better than early faith, is it not? Go on, and obtain it.
17. Again, God gives to his people, as they advance, much more knowledge. At first they enjoy what they know, but they hardly know what they enjoy. As we grow in grace we know more. We are surprised to see that what we thought to be one blessing is fifty blessings in one. We learn the art of dissecting truth — taking it to pieces, and seeing the different veins of divine thought that run through it; and then we see with delight blessing after blessing conveyed to us by the person and sacrifice of our exalted Lord. Brethren, if years and experience make us know more, our present is better than our beginnings.
18. Love for Christ gets to be more constant. It is a passion always, but with believers who grow in grace it comes to be a principle as well as a passion. If they are not always blazing with love, there is a good fire banked up within the soul. You know how you bank your fire up when you come to the chapel in the evening, and have no one at home, and want to keep the fire burning until you get home. That is often the condition of a Christian. Even if we do not talk much about assurance, and say nothing about getting near perfection, yet we lie humbly before God, and do not doubt that we love him. We are sure that we do, for it becomes a daily delight to us to speak with Christ; and, in the speaking, we feel our love glowing. You do not always feel that you love those whom you never see: but when you talk to the dear objects of your love, your heart is moved. As one of the old Puritans used to say, our graces are not apparent unless they are in exercise. You walk through a preserve, and there may be partridges and pheasants and hares all around you: you will not see them until one flies out of its hiding, or a hare springs up before you. You see them in motion; but while they were quiet in the copse {underbrush} you did not observe them. So may love for Christ and all Christian virtues lie concealed until they are called into action. Our Lord's dear presence attracts them all out of their hiding-places; and then you perceive that love was always there, and there in strength too, though it was not always on your lip, nor even in your thought.
19. As Christians grow in grace, prayer becomes more mighty. If the Lord builds you up into true spiritual manhood, you will know how to wrestle. Why did not Jacob meet the angel the first time when he went to Bethel? He lay down, and slept, and dreamed a dream. He was a spiritual babe, and a dream suited his capacity. But when he came back, a man who had grown by years of experience, then the angel of God came and wrestled with him. It is one part of the teaching of divine experience that we grow stronger in the art of prayer, and know how to win from God greater things than we ever dreamed of asking at the first. May God grant you better things in the matter of prayer than at your beginnings!
20. So, I think, it is in usefulness. Growing Christians, and full-grown Christians, are more useful than beginners. They may not, apparently, be doing so much; but they are doing it better, and there are more results. Their fruit, if not quite so plentiful, is of better quality, and more mellow. If there are fewer fruits, each one is larger, and each one of a finer flavour.
21. In fact, this one thing is apparent in all believers who have grown in grace — that the work of grace in them is nearer completion. They are getting nearer heaven, and they are getting more fit for it. Some of you are holding things of this world very loosely. You are expecting very soon to hear the summons which will call you to leave these earth-born things. Just as ripe fruit comes from the tree with a gentle touch, so it is getting to be with you: the world had a greater hold on you when you were young than it has now; and your thoughts of departure from it are more frequent, and more full of desire than they used to be. You have come to look at death as though it were only a move to a neighbouring town, or like stepping across the street. You have looked at it so long that you can say like one I knew, "I have dipped my foot in the river every morning, and I shall not be at all afraid to ford it when the time comes." The Lord has made you to stand on tiptoe, ready to rise. You can say, "The time of my departure is at hand." Your chariot is at the door. Well, now, this is something better than your beginnings.
22. The old Christian may look back on the new wine, and say regretfully, "How it sparkled and effervesced! But the old is better." You may think of the days of your youthful vigour when the body kept pace with the spirit; and you were young and full of nerve, and muscle, and enthusiasm. Those animal spirits have now gone from you, and you are sobered, and even slow. You have become old, and, perhaps, forgetful of many things. You go over the old story now instead of inventing new ones; but then, the old story — the old, old story — is as new to you as at the first, and you love it better than ever before. You cannot be driven from it now. I should think Satan himself would hardly like to meddle with some of you; he feels that he cannot shake your faith in the living God; or if he should shake you, you would in turn shake him. He has had so many brushes with you during the last fifty years that he begins to know that you carry the true Jerusalem blade, and he would rather deal with other folks who are fond of the "modern thought" wooden sword. You have come to the land Beulah, and you are siting on the brink of Jordan, waiting to cross over to the Celestial City. Surely, you have realised that God is dealing better with you than at your beginnings.
23. III. I will end with the last, which is a practical matter. How can we, dear friends, we who are beginning a Christian life, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT IT WILL BE BETTER WITH US BY AND BY THAN IT IS NOW? Alas! we have seen some start splendidly in appearance. They ran well; but they were soon out of breath, or turned aside. We hear no more of them. Our fear should be lest the same should happen to us. How can we act so as to hold on our way, and go from good to better?
I answer, first, keep to the simplicity of your first faith.
Never get away from that. You remember the story we used to tell of
poor Jack the huckster, who sang —
I'm a poor sinner and nothing at all,
But Jesus Christ is my all in all.
Questioners could not make him doubt. He said that he could not doubt that he was a poor sinner and nothing at all, for he knew he was. And why should he doubt that Jesus Christ was his all in all? The Word of God said so; why should he doubt it? Here he stood, and would not budge an inch. Neither will I. The cony is safe in the rock, and he knows better than to come out. I hide in Jesus, and there I intend to remain, whatever the critics or the cultured may say. Jesus is my all in all, and I am a nobody. My life cost him his death, and his death is my life. He took my sin, and died; I take his righteousness, and live. You may laugh, but I win. You may sneer, but I sing. Oh dear friend, flee to Jesus, and hide in him, and then stay there! Never get an inch beyond the cross; for, if you do, you will have to come back. That is your place until you die: you nothing, and Christ everything. You have to sink lower, and lower, and lower; and in your esteem Christ must rise higher, and higher, and higher. The "nothing at all" must be more emphatic the older you grow, and the "all in all" must be more emphatic too. If you get borrowing wings, and trying to fly up with speculations about what you may be in yourself, you will end in coming down heavily with a bruised heart, if not with broken bones. Stay at the foot of the cross, and you will maintain — indeed, you will increase — your joy in the Lord.
25. At the same time, dear friends, practise great watchfulness. Many a child of God has to weep for months because he did not watch for minutes. He closed his eye for a little while, and said, "It is all right with me"; and in that little while the enemy came and sowed tares among his wheat, and great mischief came from a little nap. We ought to have the eyes of a lynx, and they ought never to be closed. We do not know which way the next temptation will come from. We need to be guarded on all sides, and remember the words of our Master, "What I say to you, I say to all, 'Watch.' " You will not keep your joy and grow in grace unless you watch.
26. The next advice is grow in dependence on God. For your watchfulness, depend on his watching. You cannot keep yourself unless he keeps you. You must watch, but still it is he who keeps Israel, and neither slumbers nor sleeps. Remember that.
27. Determine, dear friend, at the very beginning, to be thorough. I love to see young Christians very scrupulous about the mind of the Lord. I would not have you say, "Oh, that is non-essential!" Obedience to a command may not be essential to your salvation, but it must be essential to the completeness of your holiness. "Whatever he says to you do it." Safe walking can only come from careful walking. I have known the time when I felt afraid to put down one foot before the other for fear I should go wrong; and I believe I was never so right as when that feeling was on me continually. You young people must cultivate more and more the grace of holy fear. Daily dread lest in anything you should omit to do your Lord's will, or should trespass against him. In this way your joy shall be maintained, and you shall be settled as in former times; and God will do better for you than at your beginnings.
Lastly, seek for more instruction. Try to grow in the knowledge
of God, so that your joy may be full. It will be bad for you to say,
"I know I was converted, and therefore need not care any further."
That will not do. No, no, in conversion you began a race from which
you are never to cease. You have been born again, and therefore you
need spiritual food. You enjoy spiritual life, and you are to nurture
that life until it is conformed to the perfect image of Christ.
Onward, brother! Onward, for what is beyond will repay your labour!
[Portions Of Scripture Read Before Sermon — Eze 36:1-15,23-34]
{See Spurgeon_Hymnal "The Christian, Courage and Confidence — 'Be Strong, Fear Not' " 675}
{See Spurgeon_Hymnal "Church, Christian Fellowship — Fellow Citizens With The Saints" 889}
{See Spurgeon_Hymnal "The Christian, Heaven — Jerusalem" 867}
Letter From Mr. Spurgeon
Dear Friends, — In the present epidemic most of us are fellow
sufferers; let us endeavour to be spiritually profited by it. We
would be speedily restored; but we would also be graciously
instructed. The comfort and joy of life are dependent on the
divine will as much as life itself. We must look up to the Lord for
the joy of our graces as well as for the existence of our hope. In
all things we must pray. The preacher asks that he may not be
forgotten by his hearers and readers, to whom he hopes speedily to
return in renewed health.
Yours most heartily,
C. H. Spurgeon.
Mentone. January 11. 1890.
The Christian, Courage and Confidence
675 — "Be Strong, Fear Not"
1 Now let the feeble all be strong,
And make Jehovah's arm their song,
His shield is spread o'er every saint,
And thus supported, who shall faint?
2 What though the hosts of hell engage
With mingled cruelty and rage!
A faithful God restrains their hands,
And chains them down in iron bands.
3 Bound by his word, he will display
A strength proportion'd to our day;
And, when united trials meet,
Will show a path of safe retreat.
4 Thus far we prove that promise good,
Which Jesus ratified with blood:
Still he is gracious, wise, and just,
And still in him let Israel trust.
Philip Doddridge, 1755.
Church, Christian Fellowship
889 — Fellow Citizens With The Saints
1 Happy the souls to Jesus join'd
And saved by grace alone:
Walking in all his ways, they find
Their heaven on earth begun.
2 The church triumphant in thy love,
Their mighty joys we know:
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.
3 Thee, in thy glorious realm, they praise,
And bow before thy throne;
We in the kingdom of thy grace;
The kingdoms are but one.
4 The holy to the holiest leads;
From thence our spirits rise;
And he that in thy statutes treads,
Shall meet thee in the skies.
Charles Wesley, 1745.
The Christian, Heaven
867 — Jerusalem
1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end,
Thy joys when shall I see?
2 Oh happy harbour of the saints!
Oh sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrows may be found,
No grief, no care, no toil.
3 Thy walls are made of precious stones,
Thy bulwarks diamond square;
Thy gates are of right orient pearl,
Exceeding rich and rare.
4 Thy turrets and thy pinnacles
With carbuncles do shine;
Thy very streets are paved with gold,
Surpassing clear and fine.
5 Oh my sweet home, Jerusalem,
Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!
Francis Baker, 1616?


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148 Pheasant Run C, Johnson Creek WI 53038-9687 Sold for $125,000 on 07/08/2016
Carefree Condo Living in a Great Location
Features of 148 Pheasant Run C Johnson Creek WI 53038-9687
- Condominium
- Status: Sold
- 6 Total Rooms
- 2 Bedrooms
- 2 Full Bathrooms
- Est. Square Footage: 1,386
- Garage Size: 2.0
- Garage Type: Attached
- Est. Year Built: 2000
- Condo Name: Pheasant Run
- Condo Fees Include: Common Area Insur., Sewer, Trash Collection, Water
- Misc Interior: Cable TV Available, Circuit Breakers, Gas Fireplace, In-Unit Laundry, Patio/Porch, Priv. Outside Entry, Walk-In Closets
- School District: Johnson Creek
- County: Jefferson
- Postal Municipality: Johnson Creek
- Listing Company: Shorewest - Lake Geneva
- Price/SqFt: $95
Property Description for 148 Pheasant Run C Johnson Creek WI 53038-9687
148 Pheasant Run C Johnson Creek WI 53038-9687 - Carefree living will be yours in this meticulously maintained condominium in Pheasant Run. This spacious open concept condo on the first level offers nine foot ceilings, a fabulous living/great room with gas fireplace, large eat-in kitchen and dining area with a patio door leading to a private patio and exceptional views of green areas from any of your many windows. The master bedroom has a full bathroom and walk-in closet, and just down the hall is the second bedroom and laundry area. Located just a short distance from Highway 26 and I-94 for an east commute to larger metro areas.
Room Dimensions for 148 Pheasant Run C Johnson Creek WI 53038-9687
- Master BR: 10.0 x 18.0
- BR 2: 10.0 x 11.0
- Kitchen: 13.0 x 16.0
- Living Rm: 16.0 x 16.0
- Dining Rm: 13.0 x 16.0
- Laundry Rm: 7.0 x 8.0
- Full Baths: 2
Other rooms
- None
Interior Features
- Heating/Cooling: Natural Gas
- Water Waste: Municipal Sewer, Municipal Water
- Appliances Included: Dishwasher, Dryer, Microwave, Oven/Range, Refrigerator, Washer None
Building and Construction
- 2 Story
- Condominium
- Roof: Composition
Land Features
- Waterfront/Access: N
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Wayne State is implementing construction projects that will impact our daily activities. Three noteworthy projects are the Mike Ilitch School of Business, Elliman Renovation, and the Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments. Along with these, there are a number of smaller projects that will be continuing work through 2017.
Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments
The Wayne State Board of Governors approved a campus housing partnership with Corvias Campus Living that provides the university with approximately $1.4 billion in total value and compensation during the 40-year term of the agreement. The partnership will allow the university to fulfill the demand for more on-campus housing, while maintaining affordability for students and strengthening the university's finances.
The agreement calls for Corvias to be responsible for all aspects of property and asset management, including maintenance, janitorial, and repair and replacement services. The university will continue to maintain ownership of the land and all facilities used for campus housing. Additionally, the university will also continue to provide all residence life staffing and programming.
The new partnership will transform the landscape of Wayne State student housing, beginning with Phase I of construction on the Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments in spring 2017.
"Our students will begin seeing the benefit of our restructured housing operations soon, as we will start moving residents in to Phase I apartments in fall 2018," said Tim Michael, Wayne State's associate vice president for business and auxiliary operations and chief housing officer. "Once Phase II of the project is completed in August 2019, the Anthony Wayne Apartments will house 842 students in a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments with upscale finishes and residential grade kitchens. In addition to residential units, the new building will include 18,000 square feet for retail space and 9,000 square feet for a new student health services center."
Under the guidelines of the partnership, Corvias will be responsible for the management of new capital projects, with all decisions subject to approval and review by Wayne State University.
"Throughout the design and construction process, Wayne State will provide review, comment and approval on architectural drawings and work performed to ensure that institutional-quality projects are designed and built," said Michael.
Mike Ilitch School of Business
Following decades of remarkable business successes and numerous sports championships, the Ilitch family, through Ilitch Holdings and Olympia Development, has recently begun construction of a massive real estate development venture, The District Detroit. As planned, the District Detroit will become a business, sports, and entertainment epicenter which is expected to create and revitalize six new and unique neighborhoods north of Campus Martius and south of MidTown. One of the neighborhoods, Woodward Square, will include the Bowl, a new sports arena complex for the Detroit Red Wings that will front Woodward Avenue. In addition to featuring the iconic arena, Woodward Square will be a vibrant, mixed-use destination that will surround the arena with a soaring glass-covered concourse pulsating with nightclub electricity, food vendors, restaurants, and retail shops.
To enhance the Woodward Square experience, the Ilitch's have offered the University the opportunity to build a new School of Business fronting Woodward between Temple and Sproat, immediately north of and adjacent to the Bowl. Mike and Marian Ilitch have generously gifted the University $35 million towards construction of the new building and $5 million for an endowment following the completion of construction. As now envisioned, the Mike Ilitch School of Business will provide approximately 120,000 gross square feet of space over three and a half floors. The planned program will provide amenities such as a large lecture hall, flexible classrooms and seminar rooms varying in size and adaptability, office and administration space, and a food service component supported by students and the business community.
You can read more about the District Detroit and generous gift here.
Harwell Field Baseball Building
As a tribute to the long partnership betwen the famed Detroit Tigers broadcaster, Ernie Harwell, and his wife, Wayne State University has raised funds to build a baseball building in recognition of Ernie's prestige. This lasting testimonial will benefit not only the last college baseball team still active in Detroit but will also be a resource and destination for camps, youth leagues, and high schools that use the facility throughout the year.
Harwell Field Baseball Building will provide a foyer to recognize the achievements and contributions of the Harwell's and will showcase a 2,000 square fott display room that will hold major league baseball artifacts and memorabilia collected by the Detroit Historical Society and Harwell Foundation. The design of the building, which will be located behind the current backstop, will permit future project efforst to create spectator grandstand and a press box.
Thompson Home Conversion to Student Housing
The Thompson Home was built in 1874 to provide a home for aged women. The elegant and substantial structure, containing forty rooms, formally opened October 22, 1884. Designed by George Mason, one of the best-known architects of the period, Thompson Home is a Victorian structure in the Queen Anne style and is listed as an official Historic Detroit Landmark. Sunrooms were added in 1914 and additional quarters for the staff were built in the 1950s. An addition built in 1964, which created a five bed infirmary adjoining the home on its south, was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benson Ford.
The conversion of Thompson Home to student housing is part of a multi-year housing plan to expand the capacity of university-controlled housing from 3000 to 3750 beds by 2021. The assumed occupancy in a renovated Thompson Home would be approximately 65, organized around an academic learning community theme. The anticipated project scope includes selective interior demolition, the removal of hazardous materials, and new partitions with improved sound attenuation. A new stair tower will be created to provide required emergency egress pathways, and other life safety and electrical upgrades may be required to satisfy applicable codes for residence halls. A new bathroom core and community kitchen will also be constructed on each floor along with a kitchen in the lower level with space for group dinners. Recent mechanical system upgrades will be adjusted to the new use, and the technology infrastructure will be upgraded to meet current standards. Multiple lounge and study spaces are anticipated as well.
Elliman Renovation
The building was constructed in 1989. In connection with the completion and occupancy of the Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio) and the planned closure of the Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) building at 110 E. Warren, several active research programs and teams will be moved from the Elliman Research Building to IBio and Scott Hall. Following those relocations, Elliman will be partially renovated to accommodate KCI research operations currently located at 110 E. Warren, enabling the closure of that building.
The project scope includes minor selective demolition and reconstruction of existing laboratories to create additional shared lab equipment support space, and modest laboratories improvements that will focus mostly on interior finishes, lighting and laboratory casework repairs. Electrical and mechanical scope is included to support research equipment installations. The building's vivarium will also be improved to provide two additional surgical suites and a new cage washer.
Electrical Service Upgrades
During the past decade the University has experienced several electrical power outages including the northeast regional power outage of August 2003. On many other occasions the University has experienced wide variation in electrical voltage as supplied by both the Detroit Public Lighting Department (PLD) and Detroit Edison (DTE). Problems with PLD electrical reliability have been especially acute in recent years, forcing the University to shut down operations and cancel classes in June 2011 and September 2013. Planned solutions to mitigate the impact of major outages as well as "brownouts" and power surges include additional emergency back-up power generators, uninterruptable power supplies for sensitive instrumentation, and time delay restart devices for freezers. Multiple buildings and locations will receive electrical service reliability upgrades such as generators, uninterruptable power supply, freezer protection, and service entrance upgrades.
Midtown Loop (Phase III)
Midtown Detroit, Inc. will begin renovations to complete the Midtown Loop Phase III project. This project will complete the decorative colored concrete sidewalk on the east side of Cass Avenue from Kirby to Putnam and the west side of Cass Avenue from Kirby to Canfield. Site fixtures include LED pedestrian lights, benches, bike racks, drinking fountains, and landscaping. Decorative Comerica Street lights will be installed from I-94 to Canfield. Additionally, bicycle lanes will be placed from Grand Boulevard to Lafayette, Lafayette to Washington, Washington to Jefferson, Jefferson to Bates.
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Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the strange nature of his arrest, Joseph soon learns that his trial, however odd, is very real, and tries desperately to spare himself from the court's judgement.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Through Transportation Efficiency (Sec. 112) and Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Program Grants (Sec. 113)
Section 112 of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act integrates accountability for reducing greenhouse gasses (GHG) into transportation planning and infrastructure decisions. Below is a brief summary of the provisions of Sec. 112.
National Transportation GHG Reduction Goal
Directs the EPA Administrator to consult with the DOT Secretary to establish a national goal for transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions reductions commensurate with the goal in the overall bill, recognizing the need for complementary actions beyond the cap to reduce emissions in the transportation sector. EPA and DOT assess progress toward reducing transportation-related GHGs every 6 years.
Models and Methodologies
EPA in consultation with DOT develops models, methodologies and best practices for states and regions to use when developing transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and plans.
DOT in consultation with EPA improves transportation planning models, tools and can update planning requirements to meet the goals of this section.
Transportation Planning Process to Include Oil & Sustainability Considerations
Amends the state and MPO transportation planning process to add additional factors to consider, as well as additional agencies to coordinate with when doing developing their long range transportation plans:
Adds to the policy section that is in the national interest for transportation planning decisions to: reduce (replacing minimize) fuel consumption, as well as minimizing reliance on oil, impacts on the environment, and transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Adds to planning factors that should be considered in the transportation planning process to include: promote sustainability and livability, reduce surface transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on oil, adapt to the effects of climate change, improve public health. These factors get added to an existing factor that deals with the environment, energy, and quality of life. Also includes need to promote consistency between transportation improvements and housing and land use patterns.
MPO long-range transportation plans must be developed in cooperation with state and local agencies responsible for transportation, public transportation, air quality, and housing, and in consultation with public health agencies among other agencies.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets and Strategies in State and MPO Planning
Amends the state and metropolitan planning process to include transportation-related greenhouse gas reduction targets and strategies and increase coordination between agencies:
Requires States and large MPOs (above 200,000) to develop surface transportation related greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and strategies within two years of final regulations from EPA. Smaller MPOs can opt-in to the process.
Sets minimum requirements for these targets and strategies that they should:
* Demonstrate progress in stabilizing and reducing emissions;
* Inventory surface transportation related GHG emissions;
* Apply to modes of surface transportation addressed within the existing planning process
* Use the models and methodologies developed by EPA and DOT;
* Be integrated into state and MPO transportation plans and TIPS;
* Use scenario analysis to evaluate the emission reduction effects of a variety of strategies including: public transportation, walking and biking infrastructure, zoning and land use changes, travel demand management (including pricing, telecommuting, carpooling), better system management, intercity passenger rail, bus and freight, hybrid vehicle facilities, and other efforts that are shown to reduce GHGs from transportation.
* Requires each MPO and state to publish these plans and targets on their website and submit to the DOT Secretary as a part of their regular long range transportation plans.
DOT and EPA will review and approve the greenhouse gas emission reduction plans based on whether the plan is likely to achieve the greenhouse gas emission target and complies with the minimum requirements.
There is no penalty for non-compliance, except that the state or MPO is not eligible for the funding described below.
Section 113 of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act creates a planning grant for all MPOs and a competitive grant program to provide funding for states and MPOs to implement transportation-related greenhouse gas reduction plans. This program is funded with 10% of revenue dedicated to the "State and Local Investment in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" fund in Section 202. Separately, public transportation agencies receive 45% of the funding from the "State Climate Change Response and Transportation Fund" for existing transit formula programs. (The overall allowances dedicated to these programs, which determines their funding level, were not included in the legislation and are expected to be released in 1-3 weeks.)
Planning & Competitive Grant Program (in the State and Local Investment in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" fund, Section 202)
Maximum of 5% of funds in this section for MPOs to develop the greenhouse gas reduction plans, distributed by formula based on population.
DOT in consultation with EPA would develop a criteria for distributing the remaining funds as grants to states and MPOs for projects and programs within transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans. The federal share is 80%. The formula takes into account:
* Quantity of GHG reductions estimated from plan
* Cost-effectiveness of GHG reductions over the life of the plan
* Progress toward achieving reductions
* Reductions previously achieved
* Plans that address mobility needs of people without cars, with low incomes, minorities, the elderly, disabled, etc
* Other factors such as innovative approaches, economic development, and other benefits.
States and MPOs can sub-grant funds to local governments, air quality agencies, zoning commissions, transit agencies and other non-eligible public entities.
Transit Funding (in the State Climate Change Response and Transportation Fund)
Allocates 45% of this fund to public transportation agencies, which can be used for capital needs and preventative maintenance (as well as potentially operating assistance in areas under 200,000), which is distributed as follows:
* 80% to urbanized areas through section 5307 of title 49
* 10% to areas other than urbanized ones through section 5311 of title 49
* 10% to states via the growing and high density states formula through section 5340 of title 49
Thank you, Smart Growth America.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Transportation and Smart Growth Provisions in the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
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i am jenni.i read your blog.this is very good for manage transportation agencies,which can be used for capital needs.
i read this blog. i like clean energy jobs.this is very good for our life.
Clean energy jobs would certainly boost the local economy in connecticut as well as spur up some competition and give consumers a choce between Electric Companies in Connecticut . My client, Low Cost Power, strives to give consumers that choice which in turn lowers costs and saves people money.ReplyDelete
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Brigadier Tactical.
By John Taffin
In 1985 many shooters were shocked, apoplectic and dismayed or worse, to see the United States military put the beloved and almost mythical .45 ACP 1911 out to pasture, replacing it with a 9mm double-action/single-action high-capacity semi-auto pistol. It was the Italian firm of Beretta which won the contract and they agreed to build a new plant in the United States to produce the pistols required by the military.
Personally, I had blinders on when it came to the 9mm and I would not even consider it for several decades. However, I began to wake up about 30 years ago which is just about the time so many new choices arrived in the 9mm chambering. For many years I carried a 9mm in my waist belt. It felt comfortable, rode comfortable, and with the high quality 9mm ammunition chosen, I felt comfortable.
Even though I carried a 9mm quite often I totally ignored the new military pistol. In fact I managed to go nearly 30 years without ever shooting the new Beretta, let alone buying one. That changed a few weeks ago when my friend Denis purchased the latest military-style Beretta 9mm offered and I told him I thought it was time for me to pick up a Beretta. He just happened to have a Beretta 92 FS stainless steel he had purchased 20 years ago and was still new in the box. He offered it to me for an exceptionally good price and it did not stay new in the box very long. My oldest granddaughter helped me break it in and she enjoyed it immensely and shot it very well while wishing it would fit in her purse.
We had just finished breaking in the Beretta 92 FS when his Esteemed Editorship informed me he and Bill Wilson had put their heads together and I was to do an article on, would you believe, a Beretta 9mm from Wilson Combat. As one who has never believed in coincidence, it's obvious to me this was all meant to be. In addition to the Wilson Combat Beretta, Esteemed Editorship asked Wilson to also send me a second gun for testing and evaluation so we could do a well-rounded article.
Targets fired at 20 yards with the Wilson Combat Ultra Light
Carry 9mm showed great consistency from load to load.
Targets fired at 20 yards with the Wilson Combat Brigadier
Tactical Beretta delivered repeated 3/4″ to 1″ groups.
The most accurate load in the Wilson Combat Ultra
Light Carry 9mm was the Winchester 115-gr. FMJ.
Top-Quality Shop
Any of you who follow semi-automatic firearms could reel off a list of names of those custom builders who are at the apex of their craft. Any list would have Bill Wilson's shop among the top.
Bill did not start out to be a gun maker, or a gunsmith for that matter, but actually was following his father in the watch business. It's no coincidence Bill bought his first .45 semi-auto in 1970 and soon took part in IPSC-style practical pistol shooting in the mid-'70's. He also soon found it very convenient to work on his own handguns, and then opened a 1-man shop in the back of his dad's jewelry store. That 1-man shop has grown and is now one of the premier custom shops for 1911's as well as just about anything which could be considered tactical.
I have shot several Wilson Combat pistols over the past 30 years since I first met Bill in the mid-1980's. Two of my cherished pistols are a Wilson Combat Commander-sized .45 and a full-sized .38 Super. For this go round Bill sent me two 9mm's, both of which notched a first in my shooting life. That is not easy to do when one considers I've been shooting, ouch it hurts to say this, nearly 70 years. The two 9mm semi-automatics from Wilson Combat are the Beretta 92G Brigadier Tactical and the Ultra Light Carry 1911.
Wilson Combat Ultra Light Carry 9mm offers compact,
lightweight size with amazing accuracy.
92G Brigadier
The 92G Tactical has a barrel length of 4.7″, overall length of 8.25″, height of 5.5″ and a width of 1.3″. Magazine capacity is 15 rounds, with an empty weight of 36 ounces and a loaded weight topping out at 43 ounces. Those are the standard specs, and then Wilson's shop performs their custom touches. The M9A1 frame has a 92A1 round triggerguard, the 92G Brigadier slide has been dehorned while the slide and frame have been hand fitted very tightly.
The front sight is a Trijicon tritium dovetailed style matched up with a solid black rear battlesight also fit in a dovetail. This rear sight notch is U-shaped to match up with the dot in the front sight. There is also a rail for attaching an accessory.
The Brigadier is fitted with a stainless steel barrel with recessed crown. The finish on the 4.7″ Elite II barrel is black, matched with the black finish on the slide. The oversized magazine release is steel as are the dual de-cocking levers and the trigger. This 9mm is also fitted with a Wilson Combat fluted steel guide rod. Grips are G10 "Dirty Olive" with the Wilson Combat Medallion.
The Brigadier is available only in 9mm and comes standard with three 15 round magazines of the later style made to be easy to operate in dusty/sandy conditions. The "first" experienced with this pistol is the fact it has the smoothest double action pull I've ever found on any pistol of this type. In fact it rivals a well-tuned double-action revolver. The double-action pull measures 9 pounds but is so incredibly smooth it seems even lighter. The single-action pull measures out at 31/2 pounds. Compare this to my standard Beretta 92 FS at 131/2 and 6 pounds respectively.
Wilson Combat's Brigadier Tactical Beretta 9mm had what John
called one of the best DA trigger pulls he's ever felt!
The 1911 9mm
Okay so we can accept 9mm everything else, why not in a 1911? Five years ago I went looking for a 1911 chambered in 9mm and I found how difficult they were to find. However, I did find one, and today we see more and more manufacturers are offering 9mm 1911's. Somebody must want them! This 1911 from Wilson Combat is their Ultra Light Carry 9mm. However, it's a little different in it has been fitted with a lightweight aluminum frame. Some special touches include a fluted chamber, on the outside of course, bulletproof one-piece magazine well, full-size rounded butt, bulletproof thumb safety and armor tuff finish.
The grip safety is a beavertail with a memory bump. Sights are absolutely excellent with the rear sight being a low riding Wilson Combat set in a dovetail with a U-notch matched up with the front sight, which is a high visibility fiber optic green dot. It really showed up during the cloudy days while testing this pistol in February in the great Northwest.
Slide to frame fit is absolutely without play of any kind and the top of the slide is flattened off and grooved from the back of the front sight to the front of the rear sight to reduce glare. The excellent sights matched up with a 4 pound incredibly smooth trigger, work together to make this Wilson Combat 1911 the most accurate 9mm I have ever experienced. Without a doubt it's also one of the most accurate 1911's it has ever been my good fortune to shoot.
The Wilson Combat Tactical Carry 1911 comes with one extra magazine and a very handy compact zippered range bag with seven magazine pouches on one side and two large pouches for carrying equipment on the other side. A heavy-duty zipper gives access to the pistol itself stored in the center of the bag.
Wilson Combat also provides exceptionally high-quality holsters for their pistols and these two came with Lo-Profile holsters of the Pancake style with loops at the front and back edges of the holster well for accepting the pants belt. These are quite attractive, as well as durable, as they are made of heavy-duty black leather with shark trim covering the entire front of the 1911 holster and the top half of the Brigadier version. These holsters ride high and close to the body holding the pistols securely.
Wilson Combat also offers custom holsters for the Ultra Light Carry
9mm and the Combat Brigadier Tactical Beretta (and other handgun models).
A Bit Of Testing
I was also handicapped by not being able to use my rock solid pistol perch on this particular test day, but rather had to rest my forearms on sandbags. In spite of this, both pistols performed exceptionally well, with 5-shot groups fired at 20 yards.
Twenty factory loads were fired in the Brigadier, with the Black Hills 115-gr. FMJ at 1,165 fps, and CCI Blazer 124-gr. JSP at 1,123 fps both shooting into 3/4″! CCI Blazer 115-gr. JHP, 1,181 fps; Hornady 115-gr. JRN, 1,153 fps; and Herter's 115-gr. FMJ, 1,149 fps all gave 7/8″ groups. This is spectacular accuracy for any handgun!
Eighteen factory loads were used in testing the 1911 Ultra Light Tactical Carry, with tight groups being the norm. Six loads — American Eagle 115-gr. FMJ (1,244 fps), Black Hills 115-gr. FMJ (1,203 fps), Hornady 124-gr. XTP (1,184 fps), Independence 115-gr. JHP (1,246 fps), Sellier & Bellot 115-gr. FMJ (1,225 fps) and Speer Gold Dot 115-gr. JHP (1,203 fps) all grouped their five shots in 3/4″; six other loads came in at 1″ or less.
The most accurate load proved to be the Winchester 115-gr. FMJ clocking out at 1,218 fps, with five shots in a very tight 1/2″. Testing was accomplished in a cold February, and since I was recuperating from knee surgery I had not fired a gun on paper for four months. Plus it's no secret I'm certainly not a young shooter anymore, but these Wilson guns made me look good.
So putting all this together says these are exceptionally fine Nines. Considering they came from Wilson Combat, this is definitely no surprise.
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Remote app for Apple TV gets the iOS 7 treatment
Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Entertainment, App Updates, Apple, Free Apps,
The popular Apple TV Remote app has finally received a much-needed iOS 7-themed face lift. The update adds a clean, flat look with a tasteful translucent aesthetic that gives it depth. The Remote app is not yet 64-bit optimized, but perhaps it will in the next subsequent update similar to the update cycle of the AirPort Utility, which received a redesign update first then became 64-bit ready in the sunsequent release. Remote is now iTunes 11.1 ready and is a unversal binary, compatible with all iOS devices. Here's a list of what's new in Remote:
- Control iTunes and Apple TV from anywhere in your home
- A simplified look with new ways to browse your library
- See upcoming songs with Up Next
- See all songs in an album with Expanded view on an iPad
- Add new songs to hear them next and then automatically continue where you left off
- Browse, listen to, and control your iTunes Match library on Apple TV
- Pause, rewind, fast-forward, shuffle, and adjust the volume from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- View album, movie, and TV show artwork
- Create and update iTunes playlists, including Genius playlists
- Search your entire iTunes library
- Control iTunes to send music to AirPlay speakers
- Control the volume on each speaker independently
- Use simple gestures to control Apple TV
- Enter text with the keyboard
- Control shared libraries on iTunes and the new Apple TV
What's New In This Version:
- This version of Remote has been completely redesigned for iOS 7 and adds support for iTunes 11.1.
You can download Remote from the App Store for free.
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Apple releases Remote 3.0 with iTunes 11 support
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Along with arrival of iTunes 11, Apple has released version 3.0 of its popular univeral Remote app for iOS. The updates has iTunes 11 support and is said to be simpler and easier to use. Plus, Apple included a redesigned experience for the iPad version which has better search and album expanded views. More after the break.
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Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Entertainment, iPad Apps, Video Apps, Free Apps,
Today Amazon has released its long-awaited Instant Video iPad app on Apple's App Store. If you're an Amazon Prime member, this means that you have access to the entire Prime Instant Video catalog, but anyone can access purchased content on-demand as well. We've been playing with it this morning, and it works just as you'd expect it to, with badges indicating which pieces of content are available for free to Prime members.
One nice bonus is that the app supports AirPlay, essentially bringing Amazon Instant Video to your Apple TV. Sure, it's not built-in like Netflix or the newly-added Hulu Plus, but it still allows you to enjoy Amazon's streaming catalog on your television if you own an Apple TV. You can download the free Amazon Instant Video app now.
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Bartleby's Book of Buttons Vol. 2 now available with awesome AirPlay integration
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Books, iPad Apps, $3.99,
Monster Costume, an iOS developer focused on recreating the way children interact with books, has released Bartleby's Book of Buttons Volume 2, and it's got some nice AirPlay surprises packed in. When using an AirPlay mirroring-capable device like the iPad 2, iPhone 4, or iPhone 4S, you can send the story to your Apple TV in high definition, while the device then become a controller for progressing the story. We've been fans of Bartleby since Volume 1, and you can pick up Bartleby Vol. 2 now on the App Store. Full release after the break.
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Apple Remote App Updated to Support Gestures
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Entertainment, App Updates, Apple, Free Apps,
For those of you who use the Apple Remote app to control your iTunes and Apple TV experiences, hit up iTunes to grab the latest update to the app. Remote version 1.3 states that it can "control your Apple TV with simple finger gestures," which is good enough for us. If you have an Apple TV and have yet to try the Remote app, we highly recommend it. It's free, and it's much faster to navigate to content with than using the actual Apple remote control.
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Carphone Warehouse and O2 are looking to spend a total of £8m on separate property redevelopments.The pair are ploughing ahead with the large investments, despite the cautious economic climate. Carphone is applying for planning permission to invest £6m into its Tulketh Mill call centre in Preston, and O2 is in the process of a £2m development at its Slough HQ.Carphone hopes to start construction in December this year at 'The Mill', a listed building it acquired in 2005. The retailer is planning to construct residential apartments, which will replace existing industrial buildings.Carphone will also build a 'restaurant/pub' on the other side of the site, away from the apartments. The retailer will submit a planning application for the work at the end of this month.Meanwhile, O2 has been granted permission to carry out a £2m development project at its HQ in Slough. Slough Borough council gave the operator the green light earlier this month to carry out the work, which will begin at the start of 2009. O2 expects the development to take around nine months.O2's redevelopment work includes a link building between its existing office blocks on Bath Road and a new 110,000 sq ft building a few doors down. The link will be used as a reception area and as more office space, and the remaining space at the back of the building will be used as a car park.This latest work will be one of the final steps towards its completion. The link building will create a campus totalling 200,000 sq ft in size.Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefónica O2 UK Limited, said. 'O2's new home represents an important step in the history of the business; it highlights our lasting commitment to Slough and delivers a fantastic working environment for our employees.'
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If one had, for two and a half years, made it clear to the world that the Middle East's problems were attributable not to the rising Hamas-Syria-Iran nexus, not to the corruption and intransigence of the Palestinian Authority, and not to the general misery that accrues from tribalism, fundamentalism, gender apartheid, lack of constitutional government, and statist economic practices, but to democratic Israel's building apartments in Jerusalem and general unwillingness to trust its assorted neighbors — then one might have anticipated the current aggression against Israel. The more the Obama administration talked up the Israel "problem" in the midst of Middle East unrest that had nothing to do with Israel, and promised to lean on it, the more it became a self-fulfilling prophecy that an Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, or Hamas would try to deflect popular dissatisfaction with their own ruthless autocracy onto the constitutional state of Israel. If we are not careful, we will soon return to pre-1973 Middle East landscape with hostile states on all sides of Israel, the only difference being that instead of secular authoritarian dictatorships the front-liners will be Hamas-like Islamic totalitarians. Still waiting for one brave soul in the administration to suggest that the problem in the Arab Islamic world is not in the stars over Tel Aviv but in themselves.
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The Determinants of Banking Crises; Evidence From Developing and Developed Countries
The paper studies the factors associated with the emergence of systemic banking crises in a large sample of developed and developing countries in 1980–94, using a multivariate logit econometric model. The results suggest that crises tend to erupt when the macroeconomic environment is weak, particularly when growth is low and inflation is high. Also, high real interest rates are clearly associated with systemic banking sector problems, and there is some evidence that vulnerability to balance of payments crises has played a role. Countries with an explicit deposit insurance scheme were particularly at risk, as were countries with weak law enforcement.
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- Reinhart, Carmen & Calvo, Guillermo & Leiderman, Leonardo, 1993. "El problema de la afluencia de capital: Conceptos y temas


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8.4 Roosevelt's Square Deal. Objectives. Discuss Roosevelt's ideas on the role of government Analyze how Roosevelt changed the government's role in the economy Explain the impact of Roosevelt's actions on natural resources Compare and contrast Taft's policies with Roosevelt's.
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