Why should not the owner of the property be able to provide rest room accommodations that they believe will best serve their guests and/orcustomers? The people attending events at Chaifetz Arena are there as paying customers of the Arena, not of the government.

As a male, I see no problem at all with Chaifetz Arena having provided additional accommodations for their women customers.

Just more proof that layers are evil.

Damn.,.. Lawyers … I meant Lawyers.. I was used to my iPhone.. and had to use a blasted Blackberry for a few days.. I’m still recovering.

A man walks into a bar, sits down and orders a beer. In a loud angry voice, he says, “All lawyers are a**holes!”. Another patron sitting at the end of the bar hears him and says, “Hey, buddy, I’m offended by that!” The man looks at him and says, “Why? You a lawyer?” The patron says, “No, I’m an a**hole.”

Potties is the last problem issue with Chaifetz Arena! Ever try to park near the place?

I can’t imagine that an architect, knowing that women typically spend more time in restrooms, wouldn’t design-in more a greater number of women’s toilets. It just makes sense, doesn’t it?

The “controversy” appears to be one that the ACLU would initiate, rather than the general public.

Rev. Biondi should consider placing a parking garage near the Chaifetz Arena equipped with toilets, male and female.

OK – I’ll give a serious answer.

Normally, architects mirror bathroom floorspace. This allows the plumbing to share a common wall and ensures that both men and women have equal bathroom space. The problem is that urinals take up less space than a stall, so the men’s room ends up with more ‘facilities’ than a women’s room. Women usually take longer in the bathroom than men, which when combined with less units, leads to long lines at the women’s room. Once women found out that they had less units than the men, they campaigned for - and got - potty parity. What this means is that women’s rooms will most likely have to be bigger, to accommodate the more spacious stalls (while the men’s room will continue to use urinals).

Do I mind that women will get bigger bathrooms than men? Nope. Even if the women’s room has more facilities than the men’s room, I still don’t care. The spirit of this law is to alleviate the long lines at the women’s room, so while giving the women more units than the men doesn’t follow the letter of potty parity, it follows the spirit. I have always believed it is more important to follow the spirit of the law rather than the letter, so I say give the new SLU arena a pass – they are trying to do the right thing.

On a less serious note..

#5 Ryan, said:
“Rev. Biondi should consider placing a parking garage near the Chaifetz Arena equipped with toilets, male and female. “

Ryan, are there bushes, trees, or an alley near the arena? Then the men are taken care of.

Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, Floods, Droughts
(Century IV, Quatrain 67)

A very bright, previously unknown comet will appear and coincide with the time of great geological troubles, with earthquakes and volcanoes erupting and disrupting weather systems. This will cause widespread famines, droughts, and social upheavals in unexpected places. Nations that are considered prosperous and powerful, particularly western nations, will be weakened. They will be torn with civil strife and rioting as people migrate to areas that have water and can support crop-growing. The social upheaval and weakening of political structures will help the Antichrist come to power.

The United States in particular will be subject to serious natural disasters, particularly earthquakes and flooding, and flatten the nation from end to end, causing enormous conflict, despair, and misery. The US will be bankrupted attempting to deal with its disasters. Three other great nations will send aid to help the citizens survive.

(Century VIII, Quatrain 29)

Earth changes will take place that will help the Antichrist’s drive for world conquest. In central Europe, southern Europe, and in the Middle East, around the eastern end of the Mediterranean, there will be severe floods. As a result of the disruption to local governments by the natural disasters, the Antichrist will move his troops in under the guise of helping the people restore civil order, but really use this as a device to take over countries, and to use the populations like slaves.

Serious economic problems will persist along with great social unrest, contributing to the ease with which the Antichrist can seize power. The frightened and hopeful populace will be vulnerable to his rhetoric. The Antichrist will use the disasters as opportunities to overthrow governments and sneak spies into a country. Martial law will be declared in many areas to stop rioting and looting. The Middle East, the source of his power, will not be as devastated as the rest of the world. He offers assistance to other countries trying to recover but he will eventually stab them in the back.

Extraterrestrial probe of the Watchers discovered by scientists
(Century IV, Quatrain 28)

During the time of troubles, when the sun is between the earth and Venus, i.e. from the point of view of Earth Venus is hidden by the sun, the Watchers (extraterrestrials) will be exposed through the powers of observation and communication.

Scientists involved with radiotelescopy and related disciplines will observe an anomaly, and as they focus on it they come to the realization that it is a strong indication of a real UFO. The readings are caused by an instrument sent by the Watchers to observe mankind.

Earth abuse causes agricultural devastation in U.S. and Europe
(Century II, Quatrain 95)

Man will upset the balance of the earth and cause great changes in the climate and seasons, causing much hardship and famine. Major agricultural lands producing a lot of grain and food for the world today will become frozen and will be unusable. The people who live on this land and grow the food will flee like rats leaving a sinking ship.

There will be dissension and fighting over the land. As a result of the panic, incompetent decisions are made by the people in power under enormous stress. Poor decisions will escalate into major disasters. The U.S. and the United Kingdom in particular will experience the dissension and destruction.

Antichrist’s rise to power in Middle East

(Century II, Quatrains 23 and 81)

The Antichrist will take over Iran by using a human decoy to trick the Iranian Ayatollah in power. This will involve the “yes men” and puppets of the Ayatollah’s court. The Antichrist will first drive away internal supporters of the Ayatollah by starting a civil war. Then he will put forth a man as a leader, a man for Iranians loyal to the Ayatollah to concentrate their hate on. The man will be assassinated while Iran is being taken over, and his opponents will think they have foiled the overthrow of power by assassinating him. But they will find out later he was merely a decoy and that they played into the plans of the Antichrist.

The Antichrist will initially obtain power in his own sphere, Asia, and the Middle East. As he grows out of this arena, and into Europe, the next step will be into the Mediterranean, his area of strength. Because of his Middle Eastern heritage he will have already united North Africans, who are sympathetic to his cultural background, with his Asian and Middle Eastern conglomerate.

Fiasco from communication breakdown between two superpowers

(Century II, Quatrains 35 and 48)

Through a mistake, a breakdown in communications between two powerful countries will occur. The situation is a lot more complex than will appear on the surface. The leader involved will feel great regret about what happened and will want to continue his career and help correct the situation, to help make up for the adverse affects.

But he will be hung, symbolically, by others wishing to take his position in the organization. He will be hung as far as politics and his career are concerned. It will almost be like committing suicide because in the end he will be a broken man. The entire event will be viewed as a fiasco from both sides. It will have very harmful and even cataclysmic consequences.

Antichrist profits from radar research in Europe
(Century I, Quatrain 6)

Research on a more sophisticated type of radar and sensing devices will give greater information to the operator, i.e. an airplane pilot. But the first experiments with the technology will fail in a disastrous accident, when the vibrations emitted by the device cause the chassis of the plane to become weakened and dangerous. The scientists involved with the research will have to temporarily abandon the research because of diplomatic breakdowns, the threat of war, etc.

This will take place before the Antichrist comes to full power. It will happen in Europe at the time the Antichrist is strengthening his base of power in the Middle East. The devices are currently under development but have not been tested yet. But this is another historical event that will permit the Antichrist to take over Europe.

War game simulation by Britain in Europe leads to disaster
(Century II, Quatrain 2)

In a war-game maneuver involving Great Britain and European troops a malfunctioning computer will cause the “real-world” situation to play out instead of the simulation. As a result of the error actual defenses will be activated and real bombs will be dropped on the areas of the game and cause a tragic international incident.

American Electoral College voting stalemate
(Century VII, Quatrain 41)

The presidents of the United States, a supposedly free country, have been abusing their power to an increasingly greater extent. During a time of social unrest even more so than the period of Vietnam and Watergate, the Electoral College will be evenly split over the election of the new president. The process will stalemate, with many people clamoring for whichever candidate they voted for, causing enormous tension in the country. Internationally it will be a sensitive situation.

Because of the split, and the extremely volatile and explosive social unrest, putting either candidate in office instead of the other could start a civil war or a revolution. After a long time of impassioned speeches invoking patriotism and the founding fathers, a compromise solution of holding another election will be taken, and a candidate will be installed without disaster.

There is no reason why women need to spend so much time in the restroom. That’s their problem. I don’t think they have a blatter any larger than men do. I would bet they don’t have the capacity that men do. The fact is that they can’t get to the stalls because there are too many standing in the way in front of the mirrors. Stand outside a womens restroom and watch. They never come out looking the same way they went in. Makeup, hair or something has changed. Men get the job done and get out. The law is a sexist statement. \

Why is the government getting involved with restroom problems when the economy is so bad?? People are struggling to get to work. That’s everyone except the lawyer and politicians.

I love the city’s response…”they asked us and maybe we didn’t tell them, but it’s their responsibility to know the state requirements, not ours. ”

Technically that’s correct. However, given that this is the second time this has happened on a major project in the city in less than three years, might it be wise to make a local ammendment to the adopted plumbing code to….I don’t know…*fix* the section of the municipal code that is appearantly in conflict with a state law so this doesn’t keep happening?…

Or is adding a footnote to an adopted plumbing code so onerous as to keep the city from attending to all the other great things they’re accomplishing lately?