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Why Do Orlando Short Sales Negotiators Break The Rules?
An agent with the Stop Foreclosure Institute of Orlando recently had a short sale negotiator lie to them. We have spent the last 6 months figuring out all the rules for short sales on different loan types.
The rules are different for an FHA Short Sale, a VA Short Sale, and a Fannie Mae Short Sale. This was an FHA loan. Here's what happened.
FHA puts out a letter called "Mortgagee Letter 2008-43." It details exactly how the banks is supposed to handle a short sale on an FHA loan.
This letter is 16 pages long and gives them specific directions on how much to pay agents, what percentage of the appraisal they can accept, etc. (If you're doing an FHA short sale, then Google "Mortgage Letter 2008-43.")
Click here to discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale and avoided foreclosure.
This agent had had a wretched experience on another FHA short sale. The lender had lied to the seller's prior agent and hadn't followed the short sale guidelines.
Because of that experience, this agent had read thru the guidelines 2-3 times. Bottom line, I know a little bit about FHA's rules for short sales. The problem was this short sale negotiator didn't want to follow the rules!
Instead she made up her own rules! She told the agent that the buyer and seller had to split the cost of the title insurance. The problem is on page 12 of the Mortgage Letter, it says that they are allowed to approve a file paying the standard title insurance costs.
It was standard for the seller to pay for the title insurance. The buyer pays their closing costs and the title insurance for their lender. But, this negotiator didn't want to allow that.
The agent had to argue back and forth with her for 2-3 days until she finally relented. Here is the problem I have with these banks.
If your investor gives you specific instructions on how to negotiate a short sale, then follow those instructions! In this case, we agents need to get better at knowing the rules. That way, when an egotistical investor tries to break the rules, you can keep them in line.
If a negotiator is lying to you, then ask for their manager. When you talk to their manager, explain how they are breaking the rules. Thinking about a short sale?
I can help you short sale your property and get back on your feet. Send me an e-mail at email@example.com. I will contact you for a free consultation.
When we talk, I will explain how the process works in detail and answer any questions you may have. Or, if you prefer, you can call me at 407-359-2220
Discover how other sellers successfully completed a short sale and request a free consultation by clicking here.
Thinking about a loan modification? Our Orlando loan modification kit has the instructions you will need to get a loan modification approved with your bank. Click here to request a copy.
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Because most short sales are beneficial to a lender. If you accept our offer to help you on a short sale, your lender may not agree to a short sale or to modify your loan. We do offer a loan modification kit.
However, the likelihood of negotiating a modification is like everything else in life. It takes work and persistence to convince your lender to modify your loan. No matter what you or we do, your lender may not approve a loan modification.
We do not recommend that you stop paying your mortgage, because this will cause damage to your credit and could cause you to lose your home. Because we know avoiding foreclosure is so important to any homeowner, we recommend that you speak with the appropriate legal or tax advisor before making any decision.
This is not intended as legal, technical, or tax advice. Please speak with a licensed professional before making any decision. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed as of the date of writing.
You have the option to reject a short sale or loan modification from your lender if it does not meet your approval. If you decide not to go thru with the short sale, then you do not have to pay us our fee. We normally make a real estate sales commission for helping you on a short sale.
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There are only two days left in 2012, which means Winnipeg's public transportation system, cab companies and police are gearing up for a busy night.
Throngs of Winnipeggers will be attending holiday parties and festivities on New Year's Eve, and police want to make sure those who are drinking get home safely.
The Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP are continuing with their holiday check-stop programs until Jan. 1 and are reminding people not to drink and drive.
That means finding an alternate mode of transportation.
Sharra Hinton of Operation Red Nose said all it takes is a call to make sure you've got a quick, affordable and safe ride home.
"People need to plan ahead a little bit," said Hinton. "Be aware that we're not going to be able to get to them in the five to 10 minutes. New Year's Eve will probably be an hour and a half to maybe a two hour wait."
Other options that will be ready when you are include city taxi services.
Gurmail Mangat, the president of Unicity Taxi, said New Year's Eve is the busiest night of the year.
"We have 270 cabs on the road," said Mangat. He says the company has added 35 cabs to the road to accommodate the increase in business but to avoid wait times, people should book ahead.
"When customers would like to go to places of celebration, they could book in advance – the night before, maybe two days before," said Mangat.
Those looking for a cheaper solution can take Winnipeg Transit for free. Starting at 7 p.m. Monday night Winnipeg Transit buses will be free until 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Last year, more than 12,000 people rode the bus for free on New Year's Eve.
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China's overnight money-market rate dropped to the lowest level in more than a week on optimism a record fund injection last week by the central bank has helped ease a cash shortage in the financial system.
The People's Bank of China added 277 billion yuan ($44.3 billion) today via reverse-repurchase contracts, according to a trader required to bid at the auctions. It provided 395 billion yuan a week ago, the most according to Bloomberg data going back to 2004. The lower reverse-repo amount shows cash demand eased, said Liu Junyu, a bond analyst at China Merchants Bank Co.
"Short-term liquidity has improved a lot," said Liu in Shenzhen at China Merchants, the nation's sixth-biggest lender.
The one-day repurchase rate, which measures interbank funding availability, dropped 16 basis points, or 0.16 percentage point, to 2.54 percent as of 4:30 p.m. in Shanghai, according to a weighted average rate compiled by the National Interbank Funding Center. It touched 2.51 percent earlier today, the lowest since Oct. 25.
The one-year swap contract, the fixed cost needed to receive the floating seven-day repurchase rate, declined two basis points to 3.18 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The yield on the 2.95 percent government bond due August 2017 dropped six basis points to 3.15 percent, according to the Interbank Funding Center.
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Heritage Foundation pushes ˜completely untrue attack on clean-energy jobs with a panel bought and paid for by dirty energy
The Heritage Foundation held a panel [today] titled "Busting the Myth of Green Jobs" to show that the experience of Spain is "more a cautionary tale than a blueprint for success." Instead of showcasing the views of unbiased academics and economists, the Heritage Foundation put forth a panel of individuals financially connected to ExxonMobil.
Conservatives hate the notion of green clean energy jobs because their entire anti-science, anti-climate, anti-environment message is built around the (false) notion of a trade-off between reducing pollution and jobs (see "Mything in action: Why conservatives hate green clean energy jobs"). If you don't care about the health and well-being of future generations, you certainly don't care if they have good jobs (or any jobs, for that matter).
President Obama has cut through conservative myths better than anyone: "The choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline… We can allow climate change to wreak unnatural havoc across the landscape, or we can create jobs working to prevent its worst effects…. The nation that leads the world in creating new energy sources will be the nation that leads the 21st-century global economy."
The Heritage Foundation, the leading think tank of the conservative movement stagnation, is so retrograde that they even oppose energy efficiency. They are conservatives who don't want to conserve anything except a status quo that is inherently unsustainable. And so it is no surprise that Heritage held a panel today, "Busting the Myth of Green Jobs." And it is no surprise that they are pushing a study about the Spanish experience that the Regional Minister of Innovation, Enterprise and Employment for the Government of Navarre has debunked (see here and below). Perhaps the only surprise is that Heritage couldn't find a researcher who wasn't bought and paid for by ExxonMobil, as the researchers at Media Matters documented in a post first published here:
The Entire Heritage Foundation Panel Received Money From ExxonMobil
The Panel: "Join Dr. Calzada, along with Institute for Energy Research (IER) economist Robert Murphy, York College (Pa.) professor Tom Bogart, and Heritage energy analyst Ben Lieberman, to explore the lessons of Spain, and examine some of the fundamental flaws in the green jobs-as-an-economic-salve line of argument." [Heritage Foundation, accessed 5/4/09]
The ENTIRE PANEL Received Money From ExxonMobil.
Dr. Gabriel Calzada, Professor, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain:
The lead writer for Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog wrote: "And just where did that study come from? Professor Gabriel Calzada is the founder and president of the Fundacion Juan de Mariana, a libertarian think tank founded in 2005. He's also a fellow of the Center for New Europe, a Brussels-based libertarian think tank that in recent years apparently accepted funding from Exxon Mobil." [Wall Street Journal, 3/30/09; emphasis added]
Robert Murphy, Economist, Institute for Energy Research [IER]:
Almost 10% of the Institute for Energy Research's 2007 budget was provided by ExxonMobil. [ExxonMobil 2007 Worldwide Giving Report, accessed 5/4/09; IER 2008 Year in Review; 5/4/09]
[It's worth adding that the President of IER is one Robert Bradley "who previously served as Director of Public Policy Analysis at Enron, where he was a speechwriter for CEO Kenneth Lay," who was "convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges on May 25, 2006.]
William T. "Tom" Bogart, Professor of Economics, York (Pa.) College:
Bogart's recent article Green Jobs Myths "was produced with support from the Institute for Energy Research," who as noted above receives significant funding from ExxonMobil. [Center for American Progress Action Fund, 3/25/09]
Ben Lieberman, Host, Senior Policy Analyst, Energy and Environment, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, the Heritage Foundation:
Heritage receives significant financial support from Exxon. In the organization's 2008 annual report Exxon is listed as a Premier Associate signifying a contribution of at least $50,000. [Heritage Foundation Annual Report 2008]
The debunking of the attack on the Spanish experience with clean energy jobs, first published by Wonk Room here, is reprinted below:
In a new letter, an official from the region powering Spain's renewable industry calls "completely untrue" a study critical of green jobs in his country being promoted today by the Heritage Foundation. The study, from the libertarian think tank Fundacion Juan de Mariana, argued that "for every green job created [in Spain], 2.2 jobs are lost." Before today's Heritage event, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Fox News, Western Business Roundtable, National Review, and the American Enterprise Institute have all cited this Spanish study. However, Jos© Mara Roig Aldasoro, the Regional Minister of Innovation, Enterprise and Employment for the Government of Navarre responds that green investment "has created wealth, employment and technological development" in Spain:
An article was published recently which has placed a doubt in renewable energy's ability to create employment; it states that it destroys employment, and therefore, is a factor in the social impoverishment of a country. As I will demonstrate, this statement is completely untrue. In Navarre, the development of renewable energies, and above all wind energy, has created wealth, employment and technological development, and I can assert that this can be achieved in any other region or country.
Aldasoro explains the actual history of green job creation in Navarre:
– 1994: Unemployment at 12.8%, first wind farm erected.
– 1998: Unemployment at 10%, 100 installed megawatts of wind power.
– 2001: Unemployment at 6.8%, two R&D and worker-training centers are opened.
– 2007: Unemployment of 4.76%, total of 100 new renewable-energy companies created, representing 5% of total GDP.
The report relies on bad numbers, grossly underestimating that Spain's renewable program created only 50,000 jobs, when official estimates are 188,000. Indeed, the study is claiming that "government spending on renewable energy is less than half as efficient at job creation as private-sector spending," the Wall Street Journal's Keith Johnson explains. Critics neglect to say that "Spain's support for renewable energy came out of existing tax revenues," so "it's hard to see how it could have edged out private-sector spending, especially when the Socialist government there has reduced corporate income-tax rates, most recently this past January."
Yet the Heritage Foundation chose to host the author of this flawed report, Dr. Gabriel Calzada, at an event entitled "Busting the Myth of Green Jobs." Calzada was joined by Robert Murphy, from the Institute for Energy Research, a fossil-fuel industry think tank, and York College professor William T. "Tom" Bogart, who co-authored a paper for the Institute of Energy Research that called green jobs a "Ponzi scheme." Heritage, which recently compared green economic reform to Nazi-Soviet collectivism, is continuing its slide into irrelevance.
The reality is that investment in renewable energy sectors creates millions more jobs than does investment in traditional energy sectors, because investment can flow into employing people instead of extracting fuel to burn. The Apollo Alliance reports that "renewable energy creates more jobs than coal: the same investment creates 50% more jobs in wind and in solar than in coal. Energy efficiency is far more labor intensive than generation, creating 21.5 jobs for every $1 million invested, compared to 11.5 jobs for new natural gas generation." According to a Greenpeace International and European Renewable Energy Council study, building a green economy that would cut United States greenhouse emissions by 45% by 2030 would create a net 7.8 million jobs versus business as usual.
Download the complete letter from Navarre Minister Aldasoro.
8 Responses to Heritage Foundation pushes ˜completely untrue attack on clean-energy jobs with a panel bought and paid for by dirty energy
At least, all the money is not for their executives.
Wonderful rapid response Joe.
Green jobs offend two of the most sacred cows of corporate conservatives; captive energy consumers and captive labor market. A house with solar panels on it's roof and a paid mortgage can practically thumb it's nose at the market economy with a good garden and a bicycle. Likewise, skilled solar installers and wind energy technicians can command good wages that cannot be easily diminished as they will both be fields where training and experience will overwhelm the ability to easily replace labor.
Once installed individual homeowners could hire individual solar panel technicians to maintain their systems directly. Throw in an electric bicycle or neighborhood electric vehicle and Exxon wouldn't have so much as a single thread to pull on.
Conservatism in the US is about nothing if it isn't about maintaining authority/dependency relationships. Green jobs go a long way towards freeing people from dependency upon corporations for services and employment.
The money that ExxonMobil gives directly seems to be a small fraction of the total money given to causes that ExxonMobil favors.
From mediatransparency:
Total Grants to Heritage Foundation, The
Total $ Granted: $ 66,376,537
The creation of the influential Heritage Foundation was probably the single most important event in the development of a national network of conservative policy- oriented institutions. Heritage was founded in 1973 by the anti-labor, racist, homophobic brewery magnate Joseph Coors together with prominent right-wing activist Paul Weyrich and wealthy right- wingers Richard Scaife and Edward Noble. The initial funding came from Coors ($250,000), Scaife ($900,000), and "significant sums" from Noble. Large corporations, including Gulf Oil, also made early contributions. In the early 1980s, Heritage reported that "87 top corporations" were supporters. By 1995, it had an annual budget of $25 million.
Looking at the mediatransparency database, the funding looks coordinated, almost as if it were dictated by one central agency.
I am so glad that someone from Spain is speaking up. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article debunking Calzada's extremely flawed study and a "climate denier/ green jobs denier" pointed out to me that Spain's unemployment rate was 14.2%. I knew that unemployment has been extremely high in Spain, since the restoration of democracy thirty years ago, but I did not know what the numbers were. My research revealed that even now, unemployment is lower then it was before the green jobs program was launched. Before the green jobs program was put in place, going back to 1980, there are eighteen years when unemployment was higher in Spain than it is now, with unemployment rates ranging between (24% and 15%). The highest years were between 1993 and 1997 with employment ranging between 24% and 20%. However between 2001 and 2007, unemployment has ranged between 10.5 and 8.5%) still pretty high, but historically low for Spain.
José María Roig Aldasoro's letter lends credence to my view that the renewable energy programs in Spain likely prevented the unemployment rate from climbing even higher.
Another extremely relevant point not addressed in the study is the bursting of Spain's humongous real estate boom and its impact on employment. During the height of the bubble, Spain accounted for 1/3 of all Europe's employment, when interest rates rose and the real estate bubble burst, unemployment soared. Similar bubbles had similar results to some degree in Canada, the UK, the US and a few other places. Economists predicted this outcome a few years ago and did not include in green jobs programs as a major factor. What is interesting is that Calzada does not even mention the real estate boom and bust as even being a factor in the rise in unemployment
There are other issues not taken into consideration. This is a seriously flawed "study".
I am a scientist and know that conflict-of-interest is a big concern for many. However, the potential for conflict-of-interest does not in and of itself discredit someone. Just as someone who receives money from Exxon may be biased against alternative energy, someone who does not receive money from Exxon may be biased against fossil fuel energy. Furthermore, it is often ignored that people who receive money from government grants tend to favor more government intrusion… but this is not called conflict of interest.
One final point – I seriously doubt that Exxon is not benefiting from clean energy if that's where they think the money is. These companies are not ideologically tied to oil; they are tied to making money and pleasing stock holders. If oil looks like it will not keep paying bills, I guarantee that they will (and already have) switched at least part of their efforts away from oil.
One question for anybody – Why did Spain reduce corporate tax rates recently? To encourage industrial growth? Because of soaring unemployment? I find it interesting how Studies funded by Exxon Mobil are considered to be skewed, but those funded by Media matters are supposed to be neutral? To say that Media Matters is neutral on this issue is ridiculous.
Where are the spanish unemployment stats from 2008 and 2009? It's like the present was selectively left out of the information here.


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May 10th, 2016
Xander Olivieri
I saw, but as I said, Fairy is what Light was commonly supposed to be, at least one aspect was touched, a way to weaken Dark types. I feel like Fairy just wrecked any chance of Light type existing within the near future if they add any other types.
May 10th, 2016
The article has mentioned the Fairy types counterargument towards Light types:
"Others bring up the Fairy type and its bright, shiny, flashy attacks, which in their minds cover the niche of elemental light. However, this isn't actually the case–Fairy attacks are closer to a combination of magic and the trickery classically associated with fairies in Western myths and legends. Even the Fairy moves that most closely resemble light have more going on: Dazzling Gleam is magically altered light (it's called "Magical Shine" in the original Japanese), and Moonlight's Fairy classification comes from how the moon is often associated with magic in folklore (which is also how Moonblast works, by drawing that magic power from the moon)."
May 10th, 2016
Xander Olivieri
Eh, Light type, I want to say we can put a nail in the coffin for that speculation thanks to Fairy Types appearing. Practically everything Fairy is now is what a majority of the common light type ideas were.
Cosmic, both Psychic and Fairy have this base covered. Even the Cosmic themed Gym Leaders and Pokemon are related to Psychic type, so compared to Light, I'd say Cosmic has the least likely chance of ever appearing.
Sound, out of the three has the most solid basis due to Whismur's introduction and the Soundproof ability. Sound is already a pseudo type, much like Punch and Bomb in the sense that there are moves classified as this pseudo type so that Sound Proof can negate them. I'd love to say I can see it being made an official type unlike Punch, Bomb, Pulse, and Powder type as, even though it is a descriptive like the others, it can easily be made into a standalone typing unlike the others.
Can't see a new type being added so soon after Fairy type though. Maybe in Gen 8.
May 9th, 2016
What are your thoughts on these types listed on this article?
September 12th, 2013
Happy Birthday to the toad sage/fabulous sheep (whichever you prefer) of PokeCommunity.
May 25th, 2013
Xander Olivieri
There isn't anything stopping you from making one if they aren't available to be posted in. Keep SSB to its own threads.
May 25th, 2013
There isn't any new SSB threads, and the previous ones haven't been active for a month. I expect a new one to be made next month during Nintendo Direct at E3, assuming we'll be getting a trailer according to
this rumor.
April 18th, 2013
Then I truly don't deserve to think outside of the box, and I'll be forced to remake my updated Kanto dex to include only Pokemon who don't evolve from items/stones that weren't originally present in Kanto until I reach 190, which is was what the number of Kanto Pokemon was intended to be.
April 18th, 2013
Xander Olivieri
Not really. A remake is simply to rehash the game. LoZ:OoT didn't change anything other than the agony stone. They added the hint stone and Master mode, but the game was still the same with a hard mode and quest help.
I don't know many remakes that were done in order to make a better version of what was being redone. Actually I can't think of any. They usually just add random new things but its still always the same game as the original.
April 18th, 2013
But I just wanted to make Gen 1 to be on the same high quality standards as the later gens with the new mechanics, cross-gen evolutions, and type diversities that the original and first remake lacked. Gen 1 purists need to understand that there's a severe lack of type diversity on some types, as there is one Ghost line, one Dragon line, one Steel line, and zero Dark lines. The point of game remakes is to fix something that's dated/broken in the original, not stick closely to the originals as possible.
April 18th, 2013
Xander Olivieri
That really doesn't matter though. They retell the story as close to what it originally was. We can want all we want, but that doesn't mean we'll get it like that. Two remakes have been made. Both times the teams were either identical to what they were in the original games or as close to it based on attacks or levels.
That's how they tend to do what they do. Now the happiness can cross over. That's a possibility cause that is a natural evolution that they didn't ignore in Gen 2 remakes. But evolution based on items that didn't exist or weren't native most likely won't appear until after the main game. Same with incense breeding which wasn't available in the remakes until the national dex was attained.
April 18th, 2013
But I really don't to see Gym Leaders and Elite Four members using 1-2 Pokemon from the same line and Pokemon that aren't associated with their specialized types, which is what everyone here, as well as 4chan, wants to fix for the older regions. We don't want the updated Kanto dex as post-game material; we want it as part of the main story mode. There's a thread at the Gen 3 section discussing about the frustrations of Golbat and Chansey constantly stop evolving until post-game.
April 18th, 2013
Xander Olivieri
The point of the remakes it so retell the story as close to the original as they can. Meaning that any new evolutions that aren't normal evolutions wouldn't happen. We'd still have all the same Gym teams to face against until they update after the national dex.
Hoenn would fall prey to this as well even with evolutions if they don't do like Tangela and Piloswind and evolve by a new attack.
April 18th, 2013
I was really hoping that a R/B re-remake would include all the cross-gen evos of Kanto's Pokemon in the dex to increase type diversity for the gym leaders and Elite Four's rosters, as well as adding the Litwik line, Minccino line (both to include presence of Dusk Stones and Light Stones), Druddigon, Spiritomb, and Rotom to not only increase the diversity for Agatha and Lance's specialized teams but also have 190, which is the original number of Pokemon the first game was intended to have before cutting down to 151. But your claim about cross-gen evos not appearing in a region's dex due to the lack of items/locations needed to evolve them from the original games only makes it more difficult for me to think about this idea.
April 15th, 2013
Xander Olivieri
I'd say Veteren since there's a chance they'll rerelease him with his old attacks and if they keep the super smash then the new form would be the Super Smash or a different character entirely. They have done that before with Samus I think. If not, then they can play it off the same way they did with Princess Zelda.
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Building a New Era for Duke
Durham, NC - Echoes of construction rang throughout West Campus as the arms of a high-reach excavator slammed into a hollowed West Union Building. The 50-foot-tall arms came down time and time again, pulling decades-old Duke stone to the ground as part of the main demolition to the nearly 100-year-old space.
Nearly two years after the start of the renovation, a skeleton of steel beams to support the building's structure sat in place, covered with walls of Duke stone. As crews installed utility lines, pipes and other infrastructure in late 2015, West Union moved closer to once again becoming the bustling center of campus and student life.
The entire 112,000-square-foot building is expected to reopen in spring 2016, but two areas are scheduled to open in February – an outdoor seating area as well as a dining space run by Durham's Geer Street Garden, which will serve local pub fare and microbrew beer. In all, the new West Union will operate 13 restaurants serving an array of food from pizza and Indian cuisine to vegan-friendly options. A new dining room, The Commons, will include outdoor space for eating with a view of the Bryan Center Plaza.
"In keeping up with Duke's first-class reputation, the West Union Building will be one of the finest, state-of-the-art dining facilities in the country," said Robert Coffey, director of Duke Dining. "The vendors that we have selected for this facility will be capable of producing world-class, innovative food that has never been attempted in a university setting."
The renovation of West Union is one large chunk of more than $500 million worth of construction and restoration at Duke in 2015 supported by investments by the Duke Endowment and Duke Forward campaign. The commitment to modernizing facilities rivaled money spent to start Duke's campus in 1924, but Tallman Trask III, Duke's executive vice president, said the amount of work is appropriate for an 85-year-old campus, adding that the way Duke was built generations ago must now influence how it's cared for.
"Most campuses in America grew up one building at a time, but this campus grew up 20 buildings all at once," Trask said. "That means we have a different kind of schedule to worry about maintenance and care."
Over the summer of 2015 alone, 60 different projects were underway, from upgrading drainage on the West Campus quad and building a new, glass entry to the Bryan Center to renovating the East Union Marketplace for new classrooms and dining spaces.
"Every campus is different, but the useful life of a building is usually between 50 and 75 years," Trask said. "We fell in that window when many buildings needed attention."
According to research by College Planning & Management magazine, campus construction across the country has been ramping up over the last few years, with 2014 showing the most construction completed since the beginning of America's recession in 2008. A survey conducted by the magazine, which attempted to include all colleges and universities in the United States, estimated that $12 billion was spent on construction completed in 2014. When the report was released in February 2015, it projected colleges at the time were involved in a total of $35 billion of construction.
Paul Abramson, an analyst with Intelligence in Education, which tracks college construction, said that many higher education institutions in recent years have focused on construction and renovations in academic buildings and facilities like residence halls or dining facilities. At Duke, both areas have received attention.
"For colleges, there's a competition to get students centered around facilities and student comfort on campus," Abramson said. "Duke is a little bit different than other colleges around the country because of its reputation."
Larry Moneta, vice president of Student Affairs, said that enhanced campus facilities play an important role in creating gathering spaces where students feel comfortable and excited about being at Duke.
"In concert with all the adjacent, critically needed spaces, the West Union will offer students access to great gathering, performance, dining, hang out and community support facilities unparalleled anywhere," he said. "Add the new Student Health and Wellness building opening in early 2017, and students will enjoy an incredible 'downtown' on West Campus."
As Duke completes a variety of large-scale projects in 2016, here are some that will transform campus:
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
After nearly 15 years of work, a project to modernize Duke University Libraries completed its final phase this summer with the unveiling of newly refurbished 115,000 square feet in Rubenstein Library. It now accommodates more materials in specialized storage spaces and offers better research services and study areas. It also received a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification.
During the fall semester, the Libraries introduced the "Archives Alive" initiative to partner with faculty and use special collection materials to support undergraduate research in a variety of disciplines, from music to women's studies, religion and more.
Before renovations, instruction space for such a program didn't exist.
"These classes offer opportunities to have an authentic research experience that's breathing new life into the process of learning," said Trudi Abel, a Rubenstein Research Services archivist who is overseeing the program. "In some cases, the materials are so rare they only exist in our library."
Overall, collection storage increased by 50 percent and is now almost 50,000 square feet. Updates also extend to the Mary Duke Biddle Room and the Gothic Reading Room, where finishes, furnishings, lighting, technology infrastructure and exhibition facilities were all enhanced and can now seat 160 people.
Scott Family Pavilion
Steps from Cameron Indoor Stadium and Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium, 50,000 square feet of new construction will create a state-of-the-art facility that will help student-athletes train, offer a destination for Blue Devils fans and provide new workspaces for staff.
"The Scott Family Pavilion might have the biggest impact of any of our construction in regard to the student-athlete experience at Duke," said Mike Cragg, deputy director of athletics operations. "But it will be invaluable to bring staff closer together and include new fan amenities, like a new Nike store."
Olympic sport athletes will have 12,000 square feet for strength and conditioning workout space, while 21,000 square feet will provide new office and retail space across two separate floors. The goal is to create a centerpiece entry plaza for fans gathering at the basketball and football stadiums.
The new addition will act as an integral part of the Athletics precinct, complementing an enhanced gameday experience.
Page Auditorium
Two years after the reopening of East Campus' Baldwin Auditorium, Duke unveiled upgrades to a key West Campus performance space.
A $5 million renovation helped enhance lighting, acoustics, seating and general aesthetics of Page Auditorium, which had occasional touchups since it was built in 1932. A year of work, which ran between summer 2014 and 2015, presented the first major renovation for the space.
Aaron Greenwald, director of Duke Performances, said the upgrades help create a more focused and intimate feel. It was a change ideal for the central performance space on West Campus. To show off changes, Page welcomed performing acts like jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, Grammy winner Rosanne Cash, and large brass bands from Serbia and Romania.
"The interaction between artist and audience is much more palpable," Greenwald said. "We've dialed in all the elements of the venue to help focus aspects of a performance to those watching it."
For all the changes made, one thing stayed the same. After the number of chairs in Page Auditorium was reduced to offer a more intimate feel, the frames of 1,100 seats were kept, with just their cushioning being refurbished.
Arts Building
Construction is just underway on a brand-new space to partner with the Nasher Museum of Art to create an "arts zone" on campus.
The 71,000-square-foot facility will offer a 24/7 destination for the arts on campus, including new exhibition galleries, shared spaces for multi-use performances, classrooms, and rehearsal and production studios. Whether it's painting, pottery, dance or multimedia, there will be a space for any type of art endeavor, said Scott Lindroth, vice provost for the arts. All students, regardless of major, will have access to the center. Faculty and staff will also be able to teach and take art classes through an initiative called DukeCreate.
"The space will provide a home for these initiatives, enabling vigorous and ongoing collaboration between departments, presenters, academic units and our community," Lindroth said.
Work is expected to continue on the glass-encased building at the northeast corner of Anderson Street and Campus Drive through spring 2017.
Under Construction
Here are other projects underway across campus.
East Campus Marketplace
Start: May 2015
Finish: January 2016
Duke Chapel restoration
Start: May 2015
Finish: May 2016
Cameron Indoor Stadium lobby extension
Start: March 2015
Finish: August 2016
Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium Phase 2
Start: December 2015
Finish: August 2016
Student Health and Wellness Center
Start: April 2015
Finish: December 2016
R. David Thomas Center renovation
Start: April 2015
Finish: April 2017
Science Drive-Cameron Boulevard Parking Garage
Start: March 2015
Finish: February 2017
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"I know no one better than Buddy Martin to deconstruct the inner workings of the current 'It' Coach." --Jack McCallum, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
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"Martin, a longtime chronicler of the UF program, does fine research and...reveals the coach's 'Plan to Win.'" --Tampa Tribune
"Florida football fans wanting an inside look at the Gators' program will be appeased with Urban's Way...The book by UF graduate and longtime sports writer Buddy Martin contains compelling tidbits." --Florida Times-Union
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BUDDY MARTIN is a Florida-born-and-raised journalist who grew up in the shadow of the Swamp and has known and interviewed every Florida football coach of the past fifty years. This is his fourth book on Gator football. The son of a newspaperman, Martin has won more than 150 awards during his journalism career, which includes sports editorships of four major newspapers—Florida Today, The St. Petersburg Times, the New York Daily News, and The Denver Post. Among the awards Buddy received was an Emmy in 1992 as an associate producer of The NFL Today show on CBS for his work with Terry Bradshaw. Martin left as associate editor of the Charlotte Sun (Florida) in 2008 to become executive editor of GatorCountry.com and Gator Country Magazine, where his popular columns now appear. He is a regular sports talk-radio commentator in Denver and in Florida. Buddy is also co-creator and associate director of the Sports Journalism Summit, held annually at the Poynter Media Institute in St. Petersburg. He and his longtime wife, Joni, and dog, Rinny, reside in Ocala, the birthplace of Buddy, his oldest daughter, Lori, and his late father, Wilton.
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Author Buddy Martin - in this authorized biography - delves into the life of Urban Meyer and produces an excellent exploration into what may have appeared to be an open-field scamper from the mid-level head coaching ranks to leading one of the most storied programs in the rich history of college football.
But a cursory glance of a career hardly tells the real story.
With his family roots in a state that is a hotbed for football - Ohio - Meyer was a solid athlete for Saints John & Paul Catholic School in Ashtabula, a defensive back for the Cincinnati Bearcats - graduating in 1986 - and a minor-league prospect in the Atlanta Braves farm system.
The real challenge, though, was on the horizon, as Meyer entered the collegiate coaching ranks, spending 1986-2000 in a variety of capacities with Ohio State, Illinois State, Colorado State and Notre Dame. Martin tackles these oftentimes frustrating years for Meyer, where self-doubt and concerns about a stalled career are juxtaposed with mentors like the legendary head coaches Earle Bruce and Lou Holtz.
When the door opened in 2001 for a head coaching opportunity at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, though, Meyer placed himself on an amazing fast-track in the rugged profession. Two seasons at BGSU landed him the head coaching post at Utah, where his teams - in 2003-2004 - tallied a 22-2 mark and two bowl victories, including the Fiesta Bowl.
And the next logical step was tackling a major program, with several opportunities on the table - including his dream job at Notre Dame - but Meyer accepting the task of bringing glory back to the University of Florida.Read more ›
Meyer has left the Florida Gators as head football
coach, and won another championship last season,
with Ohio State.
I am part of the Gator Nation, and have watched the
football program struggle since his departure.
I am not angry that Coach Meyer left Florida, I am glad
he got the chance to land the coaching job of his dreams,
and wish him good continuing LUCK.
Now, having said that.......
This is an outstanding book, for coaches of any sport, and
is loaded with ideas and plans, that young coaches can use.
I have coached swimming teams, tennis teams, softball teams,
from YMCA programs, to private clubs, and have sent many athletes
on to the likes of UNC, NC State, Clemson, SC, Duke, East Carolina
and to West Point and The Naval Academy.
And I still found things, I could use in this book.
Great job by Buddy Martin, on an awesome book.
Meyer is best known for designing a spread offense that changed college football in the 2000's. However more inventive and universal was his approach to mentoring young men in his programs. Meyer hired active assistant coaches and charged them to personally mentor their position players as they were their own sons. It is the way any of us would want our son's to be coached at any level.
This book, full of stories overcoming adversity and achievement changed my own philosophy on coaching football. Meyer's paradigm shift occurred as an assistant under Sonny Lubick at Colorado State. From that point with the assistance of a dedicated wife experienced as a psychiatric nurse, he set forth creating the perfect program to mentor young men utilizing college football. His success over a decade is unparalleled.
This is a great read for any football fan, and a must read for any football coach.
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Not a page turner but still came away with great insight on how Coach Meyer challenges his teams to excel in life and on the field. Thank you Coach.Published 15 months ago by SSBAKER
Good book, lots of insight into program and Myers way of doing things.Published 22 months ago by Greg Huster
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the heart and soul of this great coach. As a Buckeye fan it gives me great anticipation of how The Plan to Win will turn... Read more
Good ole fashioned hard work and effort type of inspiring book. I used to hate Urban because he was so good. Now he is one of my favorite coaches of all time. Great read. Read morePublished on October 10, 2013 by svgali
In depth look behind the man. I appreciate his priorities -- develop young men, redirecting those who come into the program misguided, being there for those having difficult... Read morePublished on September 24, 2013 by Peter Henne
There are a few mistakes and hindsight is always 20/20 but this book did a great job bringing out the "true" Urban Meyer. Read morePublished on June 3, 2013 by Mac Dalgleish
First of all, I live in Gainesville FL., and am a fan. But you really don't have to be, to enjoy this book. It's a story of a man's quest.... Read morePublished on May 15, 2013 by Solerider
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African countries lag significantly in the new World Wide Web Foundation Global Web Index.
Designed and produced by the World Wide Web Foundation, the Web Index is the world's first multi-dimensional measure of the Web's growth, utility and impact on people and nations.
It covers 61 developed and developing countries, incorporating indicators that assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, as well as indicators of Web connectivity and infrastructure.
Sweden was ranked best in the world at putting the Web to work, beating the US and UK for the top spot. However, the Web remains a largely untapped resource in much of the world, the study shows, with only 1 in 3 people using it globally and fewer than 1 in 6 in Africa.
Of the countries that appear at the bottom of the ranking, seven are in Africa and two are in the Asia-Pacific region. These include Nepal, Cameroon, Mali, Bangladesh, Namibia, Ethiopia, Benin, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.
The report said these low-ranking countries suffer from 'a vicious cycle of poor infrastructure and high costs of access'. On average, the cost of broadband per region as a % of GDP per capita is 125.5% in Africa and only 1.7% in Europe and 4.9% in the Americas. In Africa, the percentage of population using the web is around 11.8%, while in the Americas it is 43.5% and in Europe, 67%.
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Banks Urge Investors To Buy For-Profit College Stocks Now That The GOP Is Taking Back Congress
The Republican resurgence on Capitol Hill makes for-profit education company stock a hot commodity, according to industry analysts who expect a GOP-controlled Congress to loosen oversight of both student lending firms and for-profit colleges.
Investment advisers from both Credit Suisse and BMO Capital Markets issued research notes this week connecting the Republican victories on Tuesday to an improved outlook for education companies. The analyses were based primarily on future legislative predictions. The Higher Education Act needs to be renewed, and BMO's Jeffrey Silber argued that a Republican Senate will produce a bill that is much friendlier to the companies that run for-profit schools, according to Buzzfeed. Credit Suisse wrote in Barron's that the "diminished regulatory risk characteristics of a Republican-controlled electorate" makes student lending company stocks likely to rise in value because "Republicans have historically fought detrimental legislation originating from Congressional Democrats."
Stock in Strayer Education Inc., one of the largest for-profit college companies, was up almost 10 percent from Tuesday morning to Thursday morning. DeVry's stock is up nearly 3 percent and Apollo Education Group's is up over 2.5 percent.
Education policy observers seem to agree with the financial analysts' prognosticating about how Congress might legislate in the future. Steps that the Obama administration has already taken through regulation — such as the recently-unveiled "gainful employment" rules that are designed to cut off federal education dollars to schools whose graduates can't get jobs — may be safe from retroactive interference. Congress could attempt to cut off funding to enforce such rules, as Forbes' James Marshall Crotty argued Tuesday, though legislation to do that could potentially face a veto threat. But more ambitious administration efforts to establish a broader ratings system for higher education institutions that would be tied to their access to the federal student lending system are much harder after Tuesday, according to Inside Higher Education.
"I honestly don't think that Wall Street really cares about gainful employment anymore," said Wells Fargo Securities senior analyst Trace Urdan at a Center for American Progress (CAP) event on Wednesday. Urdan, who has followed the for-profit education sector as an investment adviser for a long time, suggested that companies are calm about the new regulations but spooked by the White House's announcement of a new "interagency task force" to monitor for-profit colleges. "The task force from the announcement last week was far more disturbing to investors, because the task force sounds like a permanent cabal of federal agencies who are going to come together on whatever regular basis and find ways to go after the sector. And that makes it less investable, maybe uninvestable for some," he said. "A rule's a rule, a rule is fine, it's this idea that we're all gonna get together and look for ways we can beat up on you guys going forward, that's the thing that makes investors really nervous."
A few statistics on the for-profit education sector's performance and revenue stream help illustrate why such a task force might be necessary. The average cost of a two-year degree from a for-profit school is $35,000, more than four times the $8,300 average price tag of the same degree at a community college. Drop-out rates are high, and among those who do graduate the median debt load is $13,000 higher than for graduates of non-profit schools. The schools don't provide any clear reward for that higher price tag: job applicants with for-profit college degrees have no better luck getting a job interview than applicants with no degree at all, and earn thousands less per year when they do find work.
The companies that operate these high-cost, low-value degree-granting institutions are immensely profitable, spend a billion dollars more on recruiting than on educating annually, and reward their executive officers with massive pay packages. In many cases, these companies get 90 percent of their income from federal student loan dollars.
Student debt activists emerging from the Occupy Wall Street movement have targeted for-profit college students first in their new campaign to organize education debtors to fight for fundamental changes to the student lending system. If successful, The Debt Collective campaign could force policymakers to grapple with an educational financing system that the activists believe puts corporate profits over societal good and individual prosperity.
That sentiment also got voiced at CAP's Wednesday panel discussion on for-profit schools. "What's the goal of the federal aid program in higher education?" Generation Progress executive director Anne Johnson said. "It is not actually to provide stability for Wall Street investors. That's not the point." But after decades of using public resources to make higher education as cheap as possible for everyone who wanted to do the work, Johnson said, "we've shifted this burden from being about our society and what our society wants to provide to people, to saying that young people somehow have a responsibility to come up with $100,000 so they can get themselves through college, borrow it if you have to, so you can be a good engine of growth in the economy. And there are all sorts of people who are making a ton of money off that model."


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Definición de commodious en inglés:
1 formal (Especially of furniture or a building) roomy and comfortable.
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- A commodious dwelling house with a spacious garden that included a fish pond, was also part of the property.
- I found the suites capacious, the sofas commodious, the sandwiches copious.
- The boot is spacious with the seats in place and really commodious when they are tipped over.
roomy, capacious, spacious, ample, generous, sizable, large, big, extensive
2 archaic Convenient.
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- For without order there can be nothing commodious, graceful and noble.
commodiously adverbio
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- The particular application of these distinctive characters may more commodiously be reserved for another place.
- The spatial image can be transcribed very briefly and commodiously in the form of a map.
- The two ends put together form one constant table for everything, and the centre piece stands exceedingly well under the glass, and holds a great deal most commodiously.
commodiousness sustantivo
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- The first European to set eyes on the island, he was sorry to go, 'leaving the said land with much regret because of its commodiousness and beauty, thinking it was not without some properties of value'.
- In battle, in travelling, and on other occasions, this added much to the commodiousness and grace of the costume.
- But the commodiousness of the plain was not the only reason for making the selection.
Late Middle English (in the sense 'beneficial, useful'): from French commodieux or medieval Latin commodiosus, based on Latin commodus 'convenient'.
Palabras que riman con commodiousmelodious, odious
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