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San Marcos Community Church
I used a Wordpress theme by Kaptinlin to create this website for my church. This had been my first attempt at using Wordpress's CMS, and it is so great. The installation was simple, and the theme is perfect for what we're using it for. I have tried other content managers like Joomla! before, and they were nightmares. Highly recommended!
I created this website for my good friend Rand Renfrow. He's a really awesome screen printer and illustrator in the Austin area. It was a pretty simple site to create (just HTML and CSS); however, we had some issues with the horizontal scrolling. The "easiest" way for me to build the site was by using a fixed width div, which was not my favorite idea. We tried other options, but different browsers displayed the site differently.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication
I am the webmaster and content manager of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication website at Texas State University. The university uses the content management system GATO, so I have to self-host my style sheet and write my own XHTML code to bypass the system. I manipulated a javascript file to run the image rotator.
...Be To God Retreat Mini-site
I created this website in about two full days, from the video to the design. I used iMovie 09 and LiveType for the video, and I used Photoshop and Dreameaver CS5 for the graphic/web design. This website is to prepare for a youth retreat happening on Nov. 19 & 20 in Canyon Lake, TX at Genesis Ranch. We no longer needed the URL, so the site is hosted on my personal domain.
Liora String Quartet
I designed and developed this site in 2010 for a friend in a string quartet at Texas State University. I coded it using Dreamweaver and created the logo and navigation buttons in Photoshop. It took about two eight-hour days to complete. They have since disbanded and no longer needed the URL, so the site is hosted on my personal domain.
South By Texas State
This was a collaborative effort in one of my graduate classes at Texas State University, where SXSW Interactive allowed us to write articles and cover the festival in March 2008. In 2009, the site won 2nd place in the AEJMC Best of the Web in the Journalism category for a student project. We used Wordpress to host the blog, and we created unique pages and edited the CSS.
Rubber Vs. Road
For one of my last projects in grad school, we were to tell a journalistic story via a Web site. Working with three other classmates, we examined alternative transportation methods in San Marcos, TX using video interviews, interactive maps, and a quiz in Flash. While I was not integral in the design process, I was responsible for many of the videos and quiz.
My "First" Site
While I've been a media designer since 2003, I started designing websites in 2006. My first website was a basic personal site, which was part of a class in grad school. That site has since been deleted, but it was very similar to the updated site you see here. It was my first experience with Dreameaver and using a CSS, and I used CS3 to design and code it.


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TAMPA, FLA. — The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) created a program to evaluate animal-insurance plans as a guide for owners.
Studies show most pet owners can handle unexpected veterinary expenses between $500 and $1,000, but would struggle with higher
amounts. AAHA awards its Seal of Acceptance to pet-insurance companies that offer high-deductible, lower-cost policies — programs
that are more affordable and provide coverage to the largest number of pets.
Insurance policies offer another option to owners who are unable to handle catastrophic expenses through savings, credit cards
or medical-payment cards, AAHA announced during its annual conference in Tampa, Fla., in late March.
Aimed at promoting owner financial responsibility rather than pet insurance, the program evaluates various policy options.
Specific guidelines, including freedom of choice for the care provider — not limiting practitioners to be part of a network
or group, for example — and direct reimbursement to the pet owner, must be met to receive the Seal of Acceptance, according
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HIS Radeon 6850 ICEQ X Turbo review -
Overclocking The Graphics Card
Overclocking The Graphics Card
As most of you know, with most videocards you can apply a simple series of tricks to boost the overall performance a little. You can do this at two levels, namely tweaking by enabling registry or BIOS hacks, or very simply to tamper with Image Quality. And then there is overclocking, which will give you the best possible results by far.
What do we need?
One of the best tools for overclocking NVIDIA and ATI videocards is our own AfterBurner which will work with 90% of the graphics cards out there. We can really recommend it, download here.
Where should we go?
Overclocking: By increasing the frequency of the videocard's memory and GPU, we can make the videocard increase its calculation clock cycles per second. It sounds hard, but it really can be done in less than a few minutes. I always tend to recommend to novice users and beginners, to not increase the frequency any higher than 5% on the core and memory clock. Example: If your card runs at 600 MHz (which is pretty common these days) then I suggest that you don't increase the frequency any higher than 30 to 50 MHz.
More advanced users push the frequency often way higher. Usually when your 3D graphics start to show artifacts such as white dots ("snow"), you should back down 10-15 MHz and leave it at that. Usually when you are overclocking too hard, it'll start to show artifacts, empty polygons or it will even freeze. Carefully find that limit and then back down at least 20 MHz from the moment you notice an artifact. Look carefully and observe well. I really wouldn't know why you need to overclock today's tested card anyway, but we'll still show it.
All in all... do it at your own risk.
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|Core Clock: 968MHz
|Shader Clock: 775MHz
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|Shader Clock: 968MHz
|Memory Clock: 4000MHz
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|Memory Clock: 4620MHz
Now we increased the fan RPM control to 60% which is not too noise but audible. We reached a very nice additional overclock showing a bump in overall performance.
The temps hardly increase and remained steady at roughly 60 Degrees C only. DBA levels go up towards 42 DBa if you use roughly 60% fan RPM. All very acceptable.
Here's what that does towards overall game performance.
Above Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, maxed out image quality settings as before with 4xAA 16xAF
Above Battlefield Bad Company 2, maxed out image quality settings as before with 8xAA 16xAF
Above we can see 3DMark 11 - the Performance mode is applied here, dark orange for the overclock.
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Best marinade from Mom
Karen Edwards of Raleigh wrote in to share a favorite family summertime marinade. She uses the marinade on steak, chicken and fish. Edwards writes, "The best marinade I use comes from my mother. My daughter asks for it with grilled flank steak when she comes home from college, but it's good on pretty much anything."
You'll need:
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup white wine or vinegar
1/3 cup oil
Marinate flank steak overnight. Chicken and fish will not need to marinate nearly as long. Grill or cook as desired.
Best for beach photography
If you're headed to the beach, check out these tips from The Digital Photography School blog to get the most out of your seaside shots. We've excerpted a few here:
Find a focal point: Look for a point of interest or focal point that will give those looking at your photo a place for their eye to rest. Perhaps it's a pattern in the sand, a set of footprints or the crashing of waves over a rock. Also look for the little things that tell the story of going to the beach, such as shoes at the water's edge, sand castles, sunglasses, sunscreen lotion and the like. Sometimes these can make wonderful little feature shots to break up your vacation album or to display on a wall.
Timing is important: The beginning and end of days can present the best opportunities for shooting at the beach. For starters, there will be fewer people, but with the sun shining on an angle, you often get more interesting effects of shadows and colors – particularly in the evening when the light becomes golden.
Spot metering: Spot metering is a feature on some cameras that allows you to designate which part of the image you want to be well exposed. This is particularly useful in bright light when you want to get a shady area exposed well. It allows you to face people away from the sun and to meter on their shadowy face, thereby avoiding squinting (a common problem with photographing people at the beach).
Out of the shadows: If it's bright and you are trying to shoot a photo portrait at the beach, people will almost always have shadows on their face (often cast by hats, glasses and so forth). Switch on your flash and force it to fire when shooting; the shadows will be eliminated and your actual subject will be well exposed.
Check out these and other tips at http://nando.com/bf.
Best for peaches
Peaches have been a constant in our home lately. But we've had quite a time trying to eat them all before they go bad. The folks at Good Housekeeping offer these tips for caring for summer peaches.
"Once home, sort your peaches by ripeness. Peaches are ideally stored resting on their shoulders, not touching one another.
"If you have peaches that you'd like to ripen further, leave them at room temperature in a dry area, even near a window (but not baking in the hot sun). Check daily, and use or refrigerate when they're ready.
"Refrigeration will stop the ripening process, so even very ripe peaches will last for another couple days."
You can find these tips, as well as recipes for peach and blueberry crumble at http://nando.com/bg.
Best blog
I have a new favorite blog: The Idea Room. I was drawn in immediately with a post about kids' lunches. In it, this super organized mom describes how she assembles an assortment of healthy snacks (fruits, vegetable sticks, granola and cereal bars, pretzels, bottled water, snap peas, etc.) and puts them in individual zippered bags. She does the same with homemade desserts such as fresh baked cookies or Rice Krispy Treats. She refrigerates the bags in baskets, bins or Tupperware and then pulls out the baskets while making the kids' sandwiches and lets them pick an assortment of treats to pack. "Fill bags when you are talking on the phone , or when you are unloading the new groceries, to save time so that everything is ready to go in the mornings." You can see the post at http://nando.com/bh. Check out other time-saving tips on everything from home decor and crafts to do-it-yourself projects to tips on holiday decor, parenting, photography and recipes.
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Best for orchids
Head over to the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 10 to learn all about growing and blooming orchids. There will be morning and afternoon lectures, an orchid sale and a souvenir orchid plant given to registered participants. The Arboretum is at 4415 Beryl road. Info: 919-515-3132 or ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/
Best of the tube
On HGTV
Property Brothers: Busy medical professionals Samira and Shawn are living out of a suitcase. They want a luxury pad close to Sean's office that is move-in ready. The Property Brothers help them find a budget-friendly dream home that can be renovated. When unexpected issues arise, anxiety builds and arguments break out. Will Drew and Jonathan find a satisfactory resolution in time? "Property Brothers" airs at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Agricultural Economics
342 Waters HallKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS 66506-4011785.532.6702
The Department of Agricultural Economics proudly fulfills the Kansas State University land-grant mission by serving agriculture and related fields through teaching, research and extension outreach. As we celebrated 100 years of service in 2012, we are proud of the tradition of excellence that we have established among our students, graduates, faculty, staff, extension personnel, and the agricultural community at large.
The College of Agriculture at Kansas State University has announced Allen Featherstone as the new head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. He began his official appointment June 30.
"Dr. Featherstone brings prudent leadership, and a wealth of ideas, energy and experience to the position," said John Floros, dean of K-State's College of Agriculture. "The administrative team and I are happy that Dr. Featherstone accepted our offer, and we welcome him into our College's Leadership Team. I am looking forward to working with him as he settles into his new role, and as he provides visionary leadership for our Department of Agricultural Economics."
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Click here to view the Fall 2013 edition of the AgReport from the College of Agriculture and the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service.
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Katherine E. Graham and Sgt. Steven R. Collins of Terre Haute will be united in marriage at 6 p.m. Sept. 23, 2011, at St. Patrick Catholic Church.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Susan and John Graham of Terre Haute. She is employed by Family Video.
Collins is the son of Vanessa and Steve Collins of Brownsburg. He is employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Marine Corps.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bell of rural Brazil announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Kristi Michelle Bell, to Frederick Shawn Rolingher, son of Louise Rolingher-Reinhold and Solomon Rolingher of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
A May wedding is planned.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Terre Haute North Vigo High School and Indiana University, and is a project manager for GeoEye in Denver.
Rolingher is a graduate of Ross Sheppard Composite High School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the University of Alberta and the University of Colorado. He is a physician assistant in orthopaedic surgery at The Denver Clinic for Extremities at Risk and Presbyterian Saint Luke's Hospital in Denver.
Nicole Rose Bucy and Tyler Joseph Richey, both of Terre Haute, will be united in marriage at 5:30 p.m. June 25, 2011, at St. Mark United Church of Christ. A reception will follow in the Zorah Shrine Temple.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Richard and Deborah Bucy of Terre Haute. She teaches gymnastics and cheerleading in Indianapolis and plans to graduate in August with a degree in business administration from Indiana State University.
Richey is the son of Carla Lewis of Terre Haute and Terry Richey of Terre Haute. He is a 2009 graduate of ISU and attends Indiana University School of Dentistry.
Rachel Bodurtha and Dylan Bruce, both of Newton, Mass., will be united in marriage Oct. 22, 2011, at St. Cecelias Catholic Church in Leominster, Mass.
Friends and relatives are invited.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Chris and Stephen Bodurtha of Fitchburg, Mass., and a 2002 graduate of Fitchburg High School.
Bruce is the son of Cheryl Sparks Duncan and Robert Bruce of Terre Haute, a 1999 graduate of Terre Haute South Vigo High School, and attended Roger Williams University.
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Apparently we have a number of civilians here that believe they have the perfect solution to the problems of society.
I propose we have a "Ask a Civilian" section where I can ask these Demi-Gods how to cure world hunger, poverty, world peace and the meaning of like.
I believe we could all benefit form being "enlightened" by some of the civilians here.
He will be our LEF Oracle :angel:


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But what the Incase and Marware options don't have is the ability to use the Nike+ Sport Kit because the port on the bottom is covered. The only other Nike+ Sport Kit option is the generic silicone cases from ebay.
No, actually both the Incase and Marware armbands provide part-time access to the bottom port - they cover as much of the nano's bottom as you want, and open up to reveal the Dock Connector port when necessary.
Actually the predecessor had one major problem: not enough velcro to hold it on. I always found myself reaching over to reattach the velcro. I would love q hybrid design that incorporated a window...
It seems to me that the major flaw identified by this review is the obscured screen. While I recognize that not all users have the same needs, if you are looking for an armband for exercise purposes, I don't think the lack of screen visibility is that big an issue.
1) The simple design makes the armband subtler-- it does not scream iPod. Without close inspection, one might not notice that I have an iPod with me at all-- assuming I'm not using the telltale white headphones. When exercising, I am not interested in flaunting my mp3 player. I appreciate the design for modesty and safety's sake.
2) When I'm out exercising I pay very little attention to my iPod, so in fact I don't even notice that I can't see the screen. Fiddling with menus and flipping through songs screws up my pacing and distracts me from my run. Further, I generally use predetermined playlists while exercising, and should I want to skip a song I need not look at the screen. (It's notable that the raised center button is very handy for no-look click wheel navigation.) Indeed, not being able to see the screen is an annoyance when calibrating the Sport Kit, but presumably one will do that once every 2 years. In general, because I only use the armband when I'm exercising (I have a hard case for other use), I don't miss being able to see the screen.
All in all, I think that the C- rating is low. If you are looking for a subtle but functional armband for exercise, don't mind the black/red color scheme and particularly if you see yourself taking advantage of the Sport Kit, don't write off this armband just because of the obscured screen.
I have to totally disagree with Jeremy's review on this one. I bought and have been using the armband with the Nike+ kit and not being able to see the screen when working out is not a big problem for me and I suspect most people would feel the same.
Because I created a new playlist for my work out with songs that are upbeat to help me pumped up during my exercise, I really don't care which song is playing and therefore I don't need to look at the screen.
And if you want to know about your work out progress during your exercise, you just press the center button and it will tell you everything you need to know. Pressing a button to pause the workout or to end it is also not difficult as Jeremy would want you to believe. You just press play/pause button to stop the workout and because of the raised center button, you can pretty much do it without looking at the armband.
I do agree that the small hole on the bottom of the armband for earphone access is too small and could've done better.
Jeremy, you should've gotten 2nd opinion on this review. C- is awefully low. Because of the kit's receiver, I found most of regular armbands were not suitable for Nike+ Nanos. So I thought this armband worked well considering limited option to wear your nano.
Finally, the price of armband is $29, not $30 to be precise.
Trueblue and Wicalct: The point - noted pretty clearly above - is that if you're a runner (which you both appear to be), the armband might be fine for you. However, like Nike's Nike+ apparel, not every prospective buyer of this "Sport" armband is going to be a runner. Call it the "Nike+ Running Armband" and we'll be closer to agreement, but there are lots of people - including people who use the Sport Kit for power walking, and some runners - who will want screen access at some times. You can't get it with this case, and that's totally annoying - just as much as noted in the review, and not exaggerated to have people believe otherwise. We tested the Sport Kit with other armbands, and found them better; why compromise usability just for the sake of buying a Nike+-branded product?
We see a lot of armbands here, a lot of different types of iPod users, and lots of different opinions on iPod accessories. You're welcome to your opinions, and obviously welcome to share them here with the community - that's why we have the open comments system here. But when people say that "most of regular armbands were not suitable for Nike+ Nanos," we have to respond and point out again - as in the review - that there are fully compatible armbands with better features at the same price point, and though it's great that you guys don't mind this product's limitations, many other prospective users will.
The price has been updated to $29. Thanks.
Ok, so say I'm jogging, and I've got my iPod nano in a strap around my left bicep. Is there any way that I'm going to be able to A) read the screen and B) use the click wheel with any measure of precision in order to navigate menus, etc. which would require being able to see the screen? No. I don't know about you guys, but my fingers don't have the dexterity to manipulate the scroll wheel in anything more than the most basic of ways (e.g. mashing the center button) while I'm running, especially if said scroll wheel is located on the bicep of my other arm. This product is marketed directly towards runners. Walkers can make use of it, yes, but these Nike+ shoes are running shoes, not walking shoes.
Given that, I think the Nike designers have done a great job on the design of the armband. The raised part for the center button makes it easy to find the center button, play/pause, and the transport buttons (Next/Previous) solely by touch. If I want to stop and dig through menus (which, face it, most people only run for limited amounts of time, usually half an hour or an hour, maybe 2 hours at the most; so the limitations of a single playlist or even a single album won't be so bad), I won't mind standing still for a second and removing the nano from the armband. It even looks like it might be possible to keep the nano in the armband, and just pull/slide down the top edge a little bit to see the screen if I really have to (but I'd still want to stop jogging first).
While I do not yet own this armband (but I'm going by FootLocker tomorrow to buy it, new Nike+ shoes, and the Nike+ kit... based solely on your reviews, which despite my disagreement with some of the conclusions, I find thorough and well-written) I find your criticism of this armband too strong based on just the lack of screen visibility. It's kind of like dropping your score of the iPod shuffle from a B to a D because it lacks a screen: it indicates that you don't understand the purpose of the product (assuming that this armband would have gotten an A- without the hidden screen issue). This product is explicitly designed for runners. It is part of the Nike+iPod product line, which is geared towards runners (as you can see in the screenshot of the website in your other review -- "My Runs", not something more generic like "My Workouts").
There are plenty of other armbands out there for people who just want an armband. This is an armband for runners.
i have to agree with wicalct and trublue. If the point of the armband is to work with the nike+ system, which was designed for runners, I would think the screen use is not that big of a deal. I have the xtrememac case now, which has a clear cover over the screen, and when running it's hard to see the screen without it being lit up anyway, so I hardly look at the screen. Whether I'm running 3 miles or 20 miles, I make sure to use a playlist that's long enough. So I would say this armband may not be so bad.
Jeremy if there was some way you could show us what you mean when you say the other cases allow the receiver to be used... could you perhaps put pics of the receiver in use on the other reviews? or attach it to the nike+ system review? when I look at those cases you linked, it's not clear how i'd consistently use the nano + receiver.
my two cents on this case is that after the initial calibration, which is a PITA without screen access, the thing is great (for running, which is all my nano is for).
I have to agree with the review that not being able to view the screen is a big negative and it justifies the low rating. I have the Nike+ Sports Kit and I do use it to run. Labeling this armband as Nike+ leads one to believe that it works well with the Nike+ system. The Nike+ system relies on access to the screen to pick your workout type and select a playlist. Let me tell you it is a real pain to:
1. Scrunch down the armband so you can see the screen to select a workout and playlist.
2. Scrunch it back up just right so the click-wheel matches up with the one on the armband.
ALL without accidentally hitting the click-wheel during this process.
For this reason I am actively seeking a better armband solution.
I bought the Nike+ sports armband a few weeks before buying the sports kit and while I was just using it to turn the music on and go it was fine. However the lack of screen access is a problem for use with the sports kit. Aside from the fact that you need to have it out of the armband in order to set the workout up the buttons don't always line up causing problems with trying to start/stop/pause workouts and using the "power song" feature. This weekend I used it for a 5k just to track my time and miles but I was using it without headphones since I was running with my 7 y/o and needed to keep track of him (alot of runs don't allow the use of headphones anyway). I thought I had started it when I crossed the starting line but when I got to the finish it was still waiting for me to hit start. Without the verbal cues and with no screen access you have no idea if it is running or not and during a race the last thing I want to be doing is fiddling with my ipod. I'll be looking for a replacement.
The lack of screen is a limitation. I used about two times before I cut out a square hole and glued some clear plastic over it. I don't know how many times I stopped it and later found out that I accidentally had pressed twice, so it was still running, very irritating when I'd like to know the distance I had estimated to be 35k. So when I can get hold of an armband from Marware I'll switch.
I tried this system out for the first time last night. Perhaps I just need more practise, but I found the controls difficult to access via the armband. At one stage, trying to change my playlist, I managed to terminate my run details so that I had to re-enter my time and start again, splitting my run into two sections. I think this armband probably requires that the user be organised enough to preselect a 'running' soundtrack and not jump between lists. I'll give that a go and report back.
My other objection is the size of the armband. I've got relatively skinny arms and this is too big for me. I shudder to think how Paula Radcliffe, who features on the nike website, and whose arms are much skinnier than mine, manages. Need to do some arm work.....
I love running with the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit and the new and improved armband. I wear the armband directly on my arm as opposed to over a shirt or other clothing. I am having a problem with static in the headphones and my nano locking up after about 25 minutes of running.
My best guess is that perspiration is getting in the headphone jack hole and shorting my headphones and the nano locks to protect itself from damage.
Does anyone else have this problem?
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Jessicaxjane on 1/23/2014 5:34:00 PM more reviews by Jessicaxjane
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium Eyes: Green
I'll be 100% honest, I could NOT figure out how to make this product work for me. I used just a little bit when my hair was dried, and my hair got really oily less than an hour later. (while I was at work, AT A BEAUTY STORE, of course.) Blah. I wish I could make it work. :/ I just don't understand.. Anyone have any tips? I'm definately still open to it, not gonna throw it out.
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Courtneybrynn on 11/26/2013 10:10:00 PM more reviews by Courtneybrynn
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Red, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
I have very fine and limp hair that really does nothing but lay flat on my head. I like having some volume to my hair, but most volumizers leave a crunchy or sticky texture that is just not touchable and I just can't stand.
Powder play changed the entire game for me. It gives hair a lot of volume with no crunchy texture. It leaves a little stickiness but, nothing bothersome. The powder is white and I have color treated red hair, I have used quite a bit of it at a time with no visible residue. I also love that the effect lasts a long time, hour after hour and doesn't really diminish the way a spray volumizer would.
When I use it, I shake it into my hand and then apply it with the other hand. I find I get more control with the application than shaking it directly into my hair.
I have only tried one other powder volumizer, and it was by TIGI. I like this one better because I felt like it had a stronger effect and lasted longer.
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*TOP REVIEWER* ECMac25 on 11/12/2013 12:41:00 AM more reviews by ECMac25
Age: 30-35 Skin: Normal, Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Black
I've rocked a pixie cut for the last seven years and this is the only product I've found that truly gives hair incredible lift. On dry hair, I sprinkle it onto the roots/scalp where I need it, massage, and style away. I can use it to add subtle volume and texture or completely make my hair stand on end for crazier faux hawk and sculptural styles. And it LASTS. With other root boosters or volumizing products, I'd have to add more product and mist my hair continually with hairspray in order to keep it from collapsing by midday. Not with Powder Play! The best part about this product is that it gives touchable hold, doesn't flake, and is very easy to wash out. Big big thumbs up - I will cry if this is ever discontinued!
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*TOP REVIEWER* goddessintraining on 8/2/2013 5:32:00 PM more reviews by goddessintraining
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Fine Eyes: Blue
I have very fine hair, & not a real abundance of it. I use this product by first hot rollering/or other, then sectioning my hair & sprinkling this on the roots...then sort of fluff/scrunch it in a bit. I do a little extra teasing at the crown. It gives me more volume than I would otherwise have & my hair definitely looks more full. Sometimes it falls a little after a while but lifts back up if I lift it with the tail of a comb or do that "scrunch" thing at the roots with my fingers.
I would definitely repurchase.
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Di57 on 8/2/2013 5:21:00 PM more reviews by Di57
Age: 56 & Over Skin: Dry, Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
I had been using Schwarzkopf Osis Dusting Powder and whilst that did the job well, it was like having fairy floss stuck through your hair. In comparison, Big Sexy Hair Powder Play does the job just as well, but is much more easy to manage. You can run fingers through it to arrange it after dusting, and your fingers don't get caught up and stuck like I found with the Osis powder. It gives a natural lift and 'big' look to my fine, short (above shoulder) hair. I did have my hair cut very short and am growing it out. This product works great to plump it up and out - makes me look as though I have twice the hair I do have. And can still run fingers through it and plump it up through the day. Really happy I got onto this product. Hairhouse Warehouse talked me into buying a 3-pack of the powder, spray & play hairspray (also excellent!) and mousse (also great). The pack was on special for just over $30, so a good deal all round.
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*TOP REVIEWER* SparkleBunny37 on 7/25/2013 12:23:00 PM more reviews by SparkleBunny37
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool Hair: Red, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Brown
Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play Volumizing&Texturizing Powder is "the perfect product to add volume to any hair type no matter the style or texture. Instantly liquifies it's self when applied, allowing hair to absorb the product and provide full, voluminous textured hair. Its weightless, odorless, and colorless on hair." Volume is not something my hair needs more of, but the concept of this product intrigued me enough to try it, plus I've enjoyed the other Sexy Hair products I've already tried. I received a .7 oz (2g) travel size of Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play in my April Ipsy Bag. The full size contains .53 oz and retails for around $16. Sexy Hair products are available worldwide - in the USA you can find Sexy Hair at salons, beauty suppliers, and Ulta. I've also recently seen the brand at Target and Giant Eagle. Sexy Hair does not test on animals. This styling product was made in America.
Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play comes in a small, recyclable, red plastic bottle topped with a black cap. The Big Sexy Hair logo runs vertically down the tube. The product name and a comic book style "POW" are printed on the front of the tube in black lettering. The back of the bottle offers directions, a description, and a full ingredient list. Removing the cap reveals a shaker top with a star design. Dispensing this product is easy and not too messy.
Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play Volumizing&Texturizing Powder is a really interesting product. Before I move on I just wanna give kudos to Sexy Hair for slipping a hockey reference into this product's name; that alon makes it a win for me. Anyway, this Volumizing&Texturizing Powder comes out as a fine, soft, white powder. Sexy Hair recommends that you sprinkle this product at the roots of the hair and rub it in with your fingers. What happens next is really neat - this powder liquifies! How? I do not know, but I guess it makes sense since most of the ingredients are liquid based. This powder feels a bit wet in stick in the hair - like a hair spray. Like I said, my hair doesn't need help from volumizing styling products, its massive on it's own. So, to test this product I brushed and combed my hair down as flat as I could get it, sprinkled in some Powder Play, rubbed it in and suddenly my hair was massive again. This product provides instant volume with no teasing required. If your hair already has a lot of lift, its very easy to go overboard with this product - Powder Play makes my bangs stick out straight! Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play Volumizing&Texturizing Powder doesn't provide any hold, so you'll need to follow it up with a hairspray like Big Sexy Hair's Spray&Play, which I highly recommend. Powder Play is not a loose dry shampoo, it does nothing for oil absorption, I feel like it actually makes my hair look a little greasy, or at least wet.
Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play Volumizing&Texturizing Powder really does provide an immense amount of volume. If you have limp hair, this is the product for you. For me, this product only exacerbates the wildness of my mane, and I call it a mane specifically because this product made me look like a lion. The way this powder styling product works is a mystery. How does a powder made of relatively simple ingredients liquify and lift my hair to such heights? Clearly witchcraft is involved. If you have flat hair, consider picking up the mini version of this product for $6. If you have naturally full bodied locks, skip Big Sexy Hair's Powder Play unless you plan on creating extremely voluminous styles.
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Marquesooo on 6/29/2013 4:44:00 AM more reviews by Marquesooo
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
It definitely makes your hair voluptuous. I used it a couple times only using a small amount and it gave my hair a sticky feeling texture and I didn't like that at all bcuz I'm the type who constantly runs my fingers through my hair. But if I were to go to an event or even do an updo, I would use this most definitely. But with my hair down, not an option.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Shampooaholic on 5/22/2013 3:39:00 PM more reviews by Shampooaholic
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
LOVE this powder! I have fine, flat hair and have tried countless products to give my hair some lift and all leave my hair crunchy or greasy. This stuff is amazing! I flip my head upside down, sprinkle powder in my hands, rub hands together then run my fingers through flipped hair from roots to ends. Flip head up and POOF!!!!! Big hair! The ends get that cool "beach" look (I have layered hair to the shoulders). I scrunch my hair with it too to give more texture to the ends. It is kinda hard to wash out though...once water hits it makes a glue feeling in your hair. Always have to shampoo twice. But it's the only product that doesn't leave my hair greasy!
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*TOP REVIEWER* katy24 on 5/9/2013 8:22:00 AM more reviews by katy24
Age: 44-55 Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
Powder Play is my favorite product for adding volume!Dust a tiny amount on the top of your head,fluff it out&hair is thickened beautifully!Great for layered hair of any length.
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sandlot629 on 5/9/2013 8:09:00 AM more reviews by sandlot629
Age: 44-55 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
I love this product. I have very fine short hair this product boosts the volume by 100 percent! I do have to wash my hair at least twice to remove it all but it is well worth it! I will continue to use Powder Play.
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A 46-year-old Racine man is accused of stealing body wash from a Walgreens in Caledonia.
Bervis D. Sallis was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Thursday with two counts of retail theft and one count of obstructing an officer. If convicted, he faces up to 27 months in prison and $30,000 in fines.
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At 10 p.m. Wednesday, officers were called to Walgreens after an employee spotted Sallis stealing soap from the store. The employee noticed Sallis had been involved with other recent thefts of deodorant and soap from the same store in recent days.
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A second police officer joined in the chase, while the first officer slipped and fell on some ice, hurting his knee. Sallis eventually slowed down and fell to the ground and was taken into custody.
Four bottles of body wash were lying on the ground where Sallis was apprehended.
Sallis is currently being held in Racine County Jail on $500 bond while awaiting trial.


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Robbyn Maynard Cleghorn, of Palestine, Texas, passed away Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 from complications due to Lupus.
Robbyn was born June 29, 1967 at Hamilton AFB to Tom Maynard and Pat Cubine Maynard. She was raised in Louisville, Ky., and finally settled in Palestine, where she met her husband, Norman Cleghorn. Robbyn loved her family deeply and cherished every moment she had with all of them. She relished her roles as a wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and big sister. Second to her love of family was her love of cooking and nobody ever left her home hungry. She truly loved to smile and that brought even bigger smiles from those that met her.
Robbyn is survived by her husband, Norman; her son Alex Garcia, his fiancé Alex Albright, their two children Madison and Jaxton; her daughter Victoria Daniels and husband Keith; her father Tom and stepmother Dianne Maynard; her mother Patsy; her brother Kelton and wife Jennifer Maynard; her sister Melanie Maynard; two grandmothers; a special mema and papa; many aunts, uncles and cousins, and her beloved puppy, Cupcake.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Dec. 20, 2012 at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home Chapel in Palestine. Robbyn's wishes were that in lieu of sending flowers that donations are made to the Lupus Foundation.
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A number of businesses and homes were left without electricity Wednesday thanks to a mid-afternoon power outage.
Cliff Feltham, with Kentucky Utilities, said a lightning arrester — a protective device that limits surge voltages caused by lightning strikes — went bad and tripped a breaker at the Denham Street substation.
Feltham said the outage affected 321 customers. Many of those customers are located on U.S. 27 and in nearby areas, including the Pulaski County Detention Center, Somerset-Pulaski County EMS, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital and an assortment of other businesses.
Pulaski County Jailer Mike Harris confirmed the detention center lost power, but said there were no negative effects from the outage because the jail operates on a back-up generator in the event of an outage.
The hospital has a back-up generator system that kicks in during outages as well.
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Left-right punch knocks out increased development fees for Muni
A new and unusual coalition of nonprofit, religious, and corporate interests today killed a legislative effort to get more money for Muni through the Transit Impact Development Fee, which was going through its process of being reauthorized every five years and came to the Board of Supervisors today.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was hoping to get millions of dollars more per year from the fee to help cover the increasing costs of Muni service, so the city last year commissioned a study establishing a nexus between new development projects and their impact on the public transit system as a way to set the fees developers would pay.
Using that study, Sup. Scott Wiener sponsored legislation that increased the cost per square foot of development for some business types – mostly notably hospitals, big retail and entertainment complexes, and Cultural/Institution/Education facilities – and ended the categorical exemption for nonprofit organizations.
Those who could be impacted by the increased fees banded together into an organization calling itself NOTT (Non-profits Opposed to the Transit Tax), a group that included the city's major health care providers, religious institutions, and influential nonprofits such as Council of Community Housing Organizations and Chinatown Community Development Center.
"We are gravely concerned that elements of the forthcoming Transportation Sustainability Program (TSP), especially elimination of the non-profit fee exemption, have been selectively imbedded in the TIDF update legislation. Elimination of the non-profit exemption has not been considered through a thorough and transparent process and is not good public policy," SF Chamber of Commerce President Steve Falk wrote in Nov. 27 letter to supervisors on behalf of the organization.
In the face of opposition from both downtown and progressive groups, and hoping to get SFMTA more money for its next budget cycle, Wiener appealed for support to sustainable transportation activists, who had mixed feelings on the legislation for reasons ranging from its exemption of parking garages and development in Mission Bay to its inclusion of organizations serving low-income communities.
So Sup. Sean Elsbernd – who spoke on behalf of Catholic schools and churches – was able to amend the legislation back to the status quo on a 9-2 vote, with only Wiener and Sup. Carmen Chu opposed (Sup. Christina Olague, who co-sponsored the measure with Wiener, even failed to support it in the end).
While that ends this effort for now, it is really only the first round of efforts that are just getting underway to find more funding for Muni, which is underfunded and at capacity on many lines, and implement the TSP when it is unveiled next year.
"Corporate profits are the difference between what the workers earn and what they receive"
Thanks for the flashback. But I have to tell you it's no more credible now than after 40 years.
Muni riders already have to commute in several hours to and from San Francisco to be able to afford to live on $26/hr and then they have to operate a vehicle for 8, or sometimes 2x5 hours in a split shift.
Typo: Muni operators need to commute, not riders.
There are many SF'ers earning 20K-50K pa who manage somehow. that's not a reason to overpay workers.
Do you really think that it is a good idea for Muni operators who drive large vehicles full of people to be paid so little that they commute into the City for 2 hours each way and then work 8-10 hours in between only to take their wages and spend them out of the City?
Economic self sustainability requires that city employees live in the City to the maximum extent possible so that our taxes remain in the City. "Free marketeers" like yourself prefer that Cities exist as profit generation centers to be skimmed off for elsewhere.
Socialism for the wealthy, free market discipline for everyone else.
perry fiefdom that then play beggar-thy-neighbor with each other, in the way you describe.
Any other city in the US with a million plus has a large unified government and tax base. The anomaly in the Bay Area is that we have 9 counties and countless cities all competing, instead of working together.
The whole Twitter/Brisbane thing would be a non-issue if brisbane and ST shares one government and tax base. Likewise we wouldn't see businesses fleeing to Emeryville, Marin and the peninsula.
We shou;dn't be paying bus dirvers more than they are worth just so they can live in SF rather than Oakland. that's their chocie and not something we need to pay for.
Maybe one day, we'll be fortunate enough that we get to pay an employer for the privilege of working.
they don't work.
Completely unneccessary. The monotone comments of Guest here would never include questioning the radically disproportionate pay of the upper class twits who crashed our economy.
It's so high that people on minimum wage actually have to pay federal and state income tax!
That must kill you, to know that the very poor are tax payers (as are the blue states) unlike the billionaires who are tax takers (as are the red states).
my point was limited to noting that SF's minimum wage is so high that those receiving it have to pay income tax on it.
The poor pay all sorts of taxes. And those taxes -- when analyzed as a percentage of their income, not to mention their *means* -- are *far* higher than those paid by Mitt Romney and Co.
The *rich* pay little or no taxes, fughead.
You're so easy to refute. Throw me another soft pitch, please.
The *reason* that the very rich pay such a high percentage of taxes -- and by-the-way, you forgot to qualify that statement with the fact that you're just talking federal income tax -- is that their income has more than quadrupled recently while everybody else's has fallen or been mostly stagnant.
Poor, poor, rich folks. I'm mostly vegetarian, but still curious, what kind of BBQ sauce is best?
What claim would you like me to refute next?
clock your intellect to the point where you're thinking on par with a Liberal.
somehow the poor pay too much tax when they pay hardly any, while the rich pay too little tax when they in fact pay nearly all of it.
Help me out here.
The best taxes are broad-based not narrowly-focused, so that everyone feels they have a stake and nobody gets a free lunch.
There are far more poor people than rich people;
ergo, poor people pay far more taxes than rich people.
entirely possible for a small number of rich people to pay most of the taxes.
Since just 2% of americans pay 48% of taxes, it is clear that it is a minority that pay the majority of taxes.
The low tax environment we have enjoyed since Reagan has only gone a little way in making the tax allocations less inequitable.
are half of Americans poor or nearly poor. Also, if 2% of Americans pay 48% of taxes, those 2% earn way less than 48% of all income and own a miniscule amount of wealth, in fact have negative wealth.
Since 2007, almost 95% of all income and wealth created has accrued to the richest 1% (thanks to TARP, QE 1 to 3, etc., regressive tax policies, low taxes on capital gains vs. labor, high unemployment, decreasing wages for working class people, etc.)
Whatever percentage of taxes come from the richest 1% or 2%, it is less than the percentage of their income and wealth.
Demonize public sector workers; attack their pensions, wages and benefits; scapegoat them for the economic crisis caused by the collapse of capitalism's speculative bubbles (the most recent being the housing bubble; the next, the tech 2.0 bubble).
They have already successfully defeated private sector unionism, now they are going after the public sector. The ultimate goal: privatization so they can suck profits out of the system. They're doing it with education (charter schools), and have their eyes on the post office and other basic services like public transportation.
In the modern hierarchy of villians, public school teachers and bus drivers are just above (or below) pedophiles.
right-wing capitalists. It's from rank-and-file workers across the land who are sick of having to pay for both their own pensions, and these gold-plated pensions that the public workers have. That's a real concern, and not the conspiracy theory hogwash that you are trying to hide it as.
Anyone who takes muni knows that the staff are rude and incompetant, but they cannot be fired even for accidents, drunkenness etc. while they also never leave because they have such a good deal.
Fix that before asking for more taxes from the rest of us. Muni is flithy, unreliable, unpleasant and unsafe - it's quite simply unusable and much of the reason for that lies at the feet of muni employees at all levels, and the spineless politicians who won't crack the whip.
because Wall Street convinced the managers to convert to 401K type investments from which they can extract fees. When the market crashed, all of a sudden the pensions became "gold-plated." That's what they want for Social Security, one of the great success stories of the New Deal.
And of course, the so-called outrage comes from more than just the capitalists--there aren't enough of them to constitute a movement. So they pay for stuff like the Tea Party and opinion creators, like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, which appear to be the basis for your incessant, ignorant, repetitive comments.
Public sector pensions are underfunded because pro-business Democrats like Feinstein and Newsom get promoted to higher office after mismanaging the public sector, there is no disincentive in the system to do otherwise. In fact, there is no moral hazard in politics because if you play the game with power, you never lose, they always win and the taxpayers and citizens and city workers are left holding the bag.
Socializing the "downside" costs of private profits is the order of the day.
represent a lien of future taxpayers. Since we cannot realistically raise taxes to a level that would adequately fund these pensions, then either they will not be paid due to bankruptcy, or there will be massive layoffs of public sector workers in the future.
Pensions represent a lien on forgone wages that should have been budgeted for by past mayors like Feinstein, Jordan, Brown and Newsom, wild eyed leftist radicals all.
because that's the prudent way to manage any liability. The fact that the can be kicked down the street is a major reason why the pension benefits are so wildly generous - because we don't have to actually pay for them - YET.
Oakland is already borrowing the money to keep up with their contributions. what sense does that make?
We need to fix the mess. Why not start with muni?
Organized labor failed "the working class" by holding tight to their own pensions and fringe benefits largely in the public sector while the private sector has been shedding its obligations for decades now.
This created a gap where those paying tax could never imagine benefits enjoyed by those paid by tax dollars. Now, labor is incapable of uniting with unorganized workers in a defense and expansion of pensions because it cannot think outside of its own narrow particular agenda.
But labor does throw some resources at an LGBT arm that is agitating for "the most vulnerable," so they've got that going for them.
the modern economy. The current unfunded pension liability for public sector workers was recently estaimated at up to 4 trillion. Thaat's a sum of money so huge that it is in practice impossible to resolve.
What we're seeing in Detroit, Vallejo and other cities will eventually over-run all municipalities, leading to massive layoffs and cuts in services.
Unions, by refusing to see reality and having short-term, selfish interests, have made the problem much worse.
The gay problem is irrelevant and it's gratuitous to bring them into it.
So enlightened of you.
So take your issues about gays up with him, not me.
The reality of retirement costs for the 90%+ who don't win the capitalist lottery require a defined benefit.
Efforts to move towards a defined contribution model were put into place as financialism arose over the past 30 years and have resulted in regular cullings of profits by Wall Street leaving retirees at that point scrambling.
Nobody facing retirement wants to rely on a risky defined contribution plan, but Wall Street does so that's what we get as it is clear that we live in the world's leading democracy.
"crack the whip" shows the lack of respect you have for working people. If they don't behave how you want, use violence on them. Under your ideology, workers would be chained to their machines and paid as little as possible to keep them alive. Your predecessors in the 19th century decried the end of slavery because it imposed higher costs to the plantation owners. At least you are consistent in your hatefulness towards workers and your obsequiesness towards the owners of the economy.
early aviators to fly over striking worker encampments and and throw hand grenades down on them, their wives and children. Reactionary politics is tantamount to sadism.
You crack me up.
It's called "history," not "hyperbole."
Who said that?
It simply means management actually growing a spine and managing the business, rather than letting it rot into the current mess which is muni. The bloated cost structure of muni is the number one problem.
It may be that the large former Redevelopment projects will be subject to separate transit impact fees, but I am not sure about that. I remain quite annoyed that so many other enterprises -- be they non-profit or for-profit -- were deliberately exempted in the legislation.
In the meantime, people should know that on Thursday, Dec. 6, the Planning Commission will be hearing yet one more of Scott Wiener's pieces of legislation, this one to expand the number of allowable parking spaces in new developments to accommodate car-share. I oppose this proposal:
AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING CODE, AMENDING SECTION 166 TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL CAR SHARE PARKING SPACES [BOARD FILE NO. 12-0900] - Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code Section 166 to: 1) authorize owners of projects with residential units to elect to provide additional parking spaces for car-share use which will not count against any parking maximums; 2) allow the car-share spaces to be used for other permitted uses other than parking a motorized vehicle if a car-share organization chooses not to use the space; and 3) making environmental findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Modifications
have a multiplier effect on freeing up other parking as it reduces the total need for vehicles. Most cars are used for maybe an hour a day - it makes obvious sense to make allowances for car sharing in that context.
Again, there were good reasons for the exemptions that were granted to TIDF, and many of us argued for hospitals and other vital service providers to be exempted, plus of course redevelopment area's since, by their very nature, they are given tax breaks and, anyway, they are mostly far from downtown where congestion is not such an issue.
Moreover, as main area's of POC population, we should be helping redevelopment zones in any way possible, and not hindering inbound investment.
Nothing "left" about the nonprofits, they were just singing on cue for their supper. This lays bare the bankruptcy of a progressive coalition that is centered around nonprofits that receive city funding.
they were justified in demanding exclusion. They are run at cost and so should be treated differently than for-profits, if we are going to have them at all of course.
Most people would regard a non-profit hospital as already furnishing a public service.
Nonprofits are corrupt and unethical because they pretend to represent "the people" but will sell out "the people" the moment their funding is threatened.
The city is run on "at cost" as well and we've got our own bills to pay. I thought you'd applaud forcing the advocates for the poor to pay their freight, but you're in it so that the public socializes the cost of private profit, just like a totalitarian communist.
unrelated to any real impact, and are more just a way of shaking down the deep pockets. Insofar as that drives developers elsewhere, that hurts the city more than the developers.
This decision at least provides some balance - the impact fees are there but reasonable exclusions and exemptions have been carved out for things like hospitals, depressed area's and vehicle storage. Most reasonable people can support that.
Except that the transit system is in a state of ill repair due to decades of conservative and corrupt governance, and we know that adding new workers and residents will further snarl the system and traffic.
Parking garages generate trips and generated trips snarl transit. Hospitals generate trips and generated trips snarl transit. The exemptions are not rationally based in that they reflect the demands of powerful interests for a free ride and clash with the needs of the transit system and San Franciscans.
lower congestion.
Muni's problems are weak management, rapacious unions, overpaid workers and chronicly inflexible working practices. Throwing muni at it without addressing the core, structural problems is pointless.
Observed empirical data lead only to the conclusion that parking generates auto trips.
And I've seen no evidence that people go out and spend 20K-30K on a car just because they think they might be able to park it.
The government exists to use taxpayers money to provide services for it's citizens.
These should include healthcare, education, and transportation. Energy, food, and housing should be subsidized to the extent that there is no such thing as "poverty."
The City of San Francisco has more money than many countries, and can certainly afford to not only provide free public transportation, but to upgrade the current ridiculous hodge-podge system into a modern, efficient model for the whole country.
Light rail on Geary, vehicles designed for wheelchair and strollers, more express busses where needed (not the 9 San Bruno on Saturday!), and both larger and smaller vehicles for certain routes. Cost?
About the same as 1 mile of subway......
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