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I'm having trouble finding the link right now but one of the ACC head honchos came out and said ESPN told them to go after Syracuse and Pitt. This happened right around the time the Big East announced they were going to take their TV rights to open market. Connect the dots. He later backtracked but you dont get a thought in your head like that out of nowhere.
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Here is a link for you from Business Insider.
I'm pretty sure there was more to this story than a mad father and you know it. Leach shouldn't have locked that kid in that room. He got fired because he's bat shite cray cray. Not because of ESPN.
You obviously only got the story from ESPN since that piece of shite kid said he lied about the whole thing.
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I think it is fair to say that one of the main selling points (in fact probably the biggest selling point) for the Xbox was the fact that is was/is the most powerful console on the market. People talked up how the graphics could be so much better, etc.
So if MS does release the Xbox2 in the summer of '05 it would stand to reason that Sony's PS3 would be more powerful since it is coming out later (unless of course Sony is run by complete idiots who don't see this opportunity).
so what will really sell the Xbox2? It's main claim to fame would be gone, there are tons of rumors about no backward compatablity, and no HD as well.
It seems like the Live service is all that MS would really have domination over (unless Sony puts out a great service). Is that really enough to carry a system?
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May 03, 2004, 05:50:42 PM »
Games games games games games
And q4 05. No way they are bringing it out in summer if they're not showing it at e3 this year.
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Games is right.
XBox was at a huge disadvantage to PS2 not only from the head start and name recognition, but they had a solid base of well-known 1st party titles to carry it.
This time could be different...
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They're not really going to call it the Xbox Next are they? That's just a code name, right? Right?
And they are going to have a shared Live account between Xbox and Xbox 2 right?
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Correct, Xbox Next is just a rumored name.
For me, it is ALWAYS about the games, but there is also the question of followup and followthrough. For instance, the Dreamcast was SOLID at launch with some somewhat decent launch titles...then....nothing for MONTHS. You can't do that, people bust out a game in a weekend or two, then they need a stream of games to sate their wants. The lack of EA support couldn't have helped either, but it wasn't the death knell.
I even held off buying a PS2 for an entire year because there was very few 'must haves' on the system for almost an entire year.
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Games- #1
Live account transferability/use it on both machine if #3 doesn't happen-#2
Backwards Compatability-#3
I don't think we'll have any worries about power as it seems, from the "leaked" specs, that the machine will be stuffed to the gills with power.
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From what I know, Microsoft is planning out its game strategy very well. Brilliantly, I might say, but I'm known as a fanboy
No doubt Sony and Nintendo will have heavy hitter games as well, but the lead should favor MS. It will be very interesting to watch.
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I don't think MS got big by resting on it's laurels. Even if it has to buy Sony. :twisted:
Actually, I think the fact the Son-of-Xbox is going to be powerful in more ways than just in the horsepower fashion will make a difference. Interoperability with the PC world, (LIVE is going to be on PC as well), Media Center stuff, possibly the HDD will be a port/addin much like an iPod. These are good things that I look forward to.
The only nice thing about the HDD IMHO is the relatively small game caching, ripping of music, and the downloads. The fact that the ripping took too damned long, and the current downloads aren't exactly breaking the space in the 'box leads me to believe they're going to go away from the 11ms HDD for faster game caching. That's not to say that it won't have a HDD, but lets face it, long load times and chugging bother people.
Pirates of the Caribbean, which was a buggy app to begin with, relied on the HDD caching. The game needed to run for 45+ min before the performance of the game was "acceptable". Ninja Gaiden did it better, but initially I found the load time to be annoying.
Frankly, if the PS3 is a better system than Son-of-Xbox, I'll switch, or have both. I just want great games, and a solid product.
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I don't know...one benefit of no HD and no backwards compatibility would be that it could be much smaller and quieter. I think a major complaint in the beginning anyway was the size and weight of the box.
I don't see it being a viable media center though without a hard drive...how else can you have something like TiVo without a LOT of space available...much less general multimedia and downloading. Flash memory is going to be too expensive compared to hard drives a year from now...I mean I can go out and buy 7200rpm 80GB drives for less than $80 now. But I'm still paying $40 for an 128MB compact flash.
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May 06, 2004, 11:40:02 PM »
I think we all realize that "Games" is what sells any systems, so as far as other features that differeniate it from the other consoles the things I would like to see:
- True HDTV support. I want everything from the Dashboard to the crappiest game to run in 1080i w/ full scene anti-aliasing. I can dream, can't I? Already if a game supports 720p I'm buying the Xbox version regardless of what features the other versions have (like I did with MVP baseball this week). And how about built in DVI/component/VGA out so I don't have to spend more $$ on adapters?
- DD5.1/DTS support. All next gen consoles will probably have it, but its still a big edge the current Xbox has right now so they'd better not screw it up.
- Tivo/Web Browser/MP3 Player/HTPC functionality. I already have a HTPC that does most of this, but it would still be nice if the functionality was in the Xbox2.
- Kind of goes with the previous, but file sharing on your home network would also be greatly appreciated. The Xbox music maker utility flat out sucks, and it would be nice if I could transfer saved games, videos, heck pretty much any sort of data I wanted between the two.
- Smaller, wireless controllers. Just copy the Wavebird and add rumble plzkthxgbye.
- Customizable - as in I'd like to swap out face plates, power lights, etc. much like you can do with shuttle/alienware PCs. That way I could put a big ass spoiler and a Type R sticker on it to make it run 15% faster.
- Make the network adapter a plug-in (ala Gamecube) so that you can choose between standard ethernet and, say, and 802.11g module (although I guess I already dropped $$ on an MS 802.11g bridge anyways).
- A **12 MONTH WARRANTY** and a DVD drive that **WORKS FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS**.
Now make it so.
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I have a feeling that built in wireless will be standard on all of the next gen consoles...since MS already has a wireless b/g adapter out it wouldn't be that hard to add it to the XBox 2. I would love to have the ability to share files with my computers on my network too...and I think it's a good chance as well with Microsoft pushing their multimedia center so hard. I can even see the XBox 2 running a version of XP media center like the Dreamcast had with Windows CE.
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I have a feeling that built in wireless will be standard on all of the next gen consoles.
Only if the controllers come with a builtin, rechargeable battery (maybe something like the battery in the GBA-SP). Otherwise it'll never fly.
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why not? I get close to 90 hours with my Wavebirds... and 2 AAs. Yeah I know, no rumble, but you know what? I honestly don't miss it one bit and even get highly annoyed by off-kilter rumble in my Logitech wireless xbox controller.
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My philosophy regarding consoles is "I'll only buy the system after it's been out for 1 year, and if there are exactly 5 games or more that I simply can't live without playing." Hence, I bought an XBox long after it'd been out, my PS2 I bought two years after it came out, and while I was tempted to buy a GameCube for cheap-o, I can just borrow my friends' GC and play Zelda then someday.
Regarding next year's consoles, there better be some doozy games upon release, or once again I'll be staying at home laughing at the "first-nighters" standing in line in the cold.
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The kingdom of God proves equally complex, for the Jews looked forward to a spatial kingdom. Instead, Jesus brought forth a temporal kingdom, borderless not on earth, but in time, an already-but-not-yet kingdom.
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The already-but-not-yet kingdom paints the kingdom of God as two periods of time. The first period, called the "present evil age," according to the Rev. Colby Cuevas of Tupelo's First United Methodist Church, begins with man's fall and will last until the second period, when God's reign is fully completed on earth.
"The already-but-not-yet is the idea that these two time periods are overlapping," Cuevas said. "God's kingdom has already come through Christ, but is not yet fulfilled."
Cuevas said Jesus, in a way, came as a second Adam to reconcile the corrupt world of man with God's unblemished kingdom. Jesus' sacrifice, in part, was an atonement to man's original sin.
In addition, Christ's death broke down the walls cloistering the holy spirit away from common folk.
"Before Christ, there were other kingdoms involved, like Babylon with their foreign gods and Egypt, where Pharaoh was god, but with his coming, God reclaimed the world," he said. "When the kingdom is complete, the cycle of death will be reversed. The Bible said the dead will be resurrected and the lepers healed."
For now, McAlilly said, we are living in an in-between state, an overlap of the two kingdoms.
"That comes with a lot of tension," he said. "The end of the story puts pressure on the middle to complete itself. It could be compared to childbirth, where there is this expectancy that urges the act forward. Meanwhile, this overlapping time in which we live is at the same time miserable and wonderful."
Wheat among the weeds
For Cuevas, the already-but-not-yet kingdom can be characterized as wheat growing among the weeds.
"The world is still messed up, but as followers of Christ we have the hope to bring light into it, to expand the kingdom as much as we can," he said.
In other words, it helps explain how spiritual victory may be achieved while spiritual struggle in the world still continues. Although the age to come still lies in the future, it can be tasted now.
The Revs. Stanford Adams and Paul Stephens of All Saints' Episcopal Church, said they get a daily dose of the already-but-not-yet at the church's Saints Brew program, which provides those in need with a hot breakfast each morning during the week.
"It's a perfect example of God's love for everyone right next to an obvious display of how broken this world is," Adams said.
Stephens said the kingdom is much more of a living experience than a doctrine.
"For me, it means as Christians we should keep our head on a swivel, looking back at what has happened but also working toward the kingdom that hasn't yet been achieved," he said.
That means immersing themselves daily in the humanity of others, an experience that can sometimes be painful.
"Even Jesus says in Luke, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me,'" Stephens said. "But Christ didn't die for us not to suffer. He calls us to be living at all times."
Father Albeen Vatti, associate pastor at St. James Catholic Church, said the resurrection completed the perfection of Jesus' birth, life, and teachings. Instead of tearing down the worldly powers, Christ elevated the lowest of the low to a level of worth equal to those at the top of the hierarchy.
"Jesus identified with the lame, the suffering, the margins of society by becoming imprisoned, naked, and hungry himself," Vatti said. "But without the resurrection, none of it would have meaning."


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PUSD Budget Reductions
Original post made by Kathleen Ruegsegger, Vintage Hills, on Jan 29, 2012
"Budget Information
Once again we face an uncertain future with the budget. The Governor's proposed budget released this month is based on a tax initiative on the November ballot that if not passed, will result in triggers and midyear cuts for the 2012-13 school year. Districts will need to assess the risk of a midyear cut, make an informed estimate of the potential exposure, and plan accordingly.
"For PUSD, the risk equates to approximately $5.5 million dollars for 2012-13. This is in addition to ongoing cuts made to PUSD's budget in the past four years. Due to statutory timelines, unfortunately we are unable to wait things out until November and hope that the Governor's tax initiative passes. As a result, we must once again come up with possible reductions Web Link in addition to a list of already approved cuts Web Link ."
One position still not on the list is the Public Information OfficerManagement Assistant. There appears to still be a "Your Schools" show on CTV; I don't know that it adds value or whether it is an expense to the district (there is, at least, a cost in personnel's time). I'm sure there will be more coverage on this topic.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2012 at 8:03 am
The Public Information officer position is still there, but the emails we now get show a different person in this position, with the previous person having been assigned to a different position. So now we have two people working for PUSD: the former and the current public information officers.
Also, it shows on the document that they want to reduce the car allowance... how about getting rid of it altogether?
I am okay with them reducing counseling services, especially at the elementary level. Come on, we are a school district meant to educate, not act as social workers. Troubled students in need of counseling should be referred to outside of school psychologists, and the parents need to finance their child's counseling services.
At the high school and middle school level: counselors are needed at the start of each semester to re-arrange schedules, but throughout the year they are not needed. Again, troubled students need to seek help outside of school and such help should be financed by their parents.
Custodian services need to not go away, we cannot have dirty schools. But we can maybe start using contractors instead of union employees. A union janitor is very expensive. Look around, and a janitor does not make that much money anywhere but a school. Get rid of the union janitors and hire independent ones.
The Barton program is run by volunteers. What funding is the district talking about? Some "management" type position that does not really do much? All the barton tutors are volunteers, and I am sure there will be someone who volunteers to coordinate the program.
Other cuts I suggest: trim management. THe PIO position is an example of waste at the admin level. Call the district office sometime, and ask for something: you may be transferred to so many different people before reaching someone who can help you. We do not need so many clerks and redundant admin positions.
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 29, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Agree with what Kathleen suggested here.
The PIO and related activities with TV should be eliminated now. IT is a matter of priorities. Expense there means something else on our high priority list is not being funded.
The auto allowances should have been eliminated some time ago. I bet we are still paying a fortune in cell phones also.
The budget cuts talk about not completely funding their OPEB contribution (that is the retiree medical program). This program should completely go away now! We cannot afford to give out free medical insurance to those who retire from the district. The money spent here could actually go towards education.
Kathleen, I agree with you on the social services of the school district being an issue. The school are supposed to be for education. Then the government said, "the kids are all there so this makes it easier to administer social programs." I have no problem with that EXCEPT the social programs should be funded outside of the education budget. If they want to use the school for convenience, fine. They can use the facilities, but fund those programs in other ways. And you are right, they should be referring people to counselors/psychologists in town for items other than educational items.
Speaking of unions, the city has been working with the school district to try to consolidate some functions to save money. However, the school unions will not allow that to happen. They will not allow anything that eliminates or reduces the hours of a school union job.
As for reading programs, the Barton program is highly successful and very cost effective since it is run by volunteers. With this success, the district has not reduced the paid reading specialists. That should be done now. We have overlapping items here.
I know there are jobs at the district office that can be eliminated, or outsourced. Need to look at the jobs there and say, is that job more important than a teacher or a reading program? If not, why is that job still there while we lay off teachers, or eliminate reading programs?
Instead of reducing the work year for management to save money, we should be doing what companies in the private sector do. Reduce the pay of management and they still have to work the same number of hours. In fact, I would advocate for management working additional hours and doing the job of some of the functions where we have to eliminate personnel. No reason why management should be having months of vacation time; especially for the salaries we give them. They have worked the system long enough.
We also need to do something about the step and column raises that will still be continuing. We cannot afford to keep giving out millions of dollars in raises while we eliminate needed items and teachers.
What is it with the portables in all the schools? We pretty much eliminated class-size reductions, which was why we needed the portables. Without CSR, we should be able to house the students without portables. In many schools, they are using the 'empty' classrooms for break rooms and other things, instead of getting rid of the portables which we are currently leasing and paying money for.
I would like to see the day when I feel the district has done everything it should to reduce expenses. Then I would consider paying a possible parcel tax. While I still see this spending going on, I see the district is not serious about doing what it takes and prioritizing expenses.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Simple solution: Do what Jerry Brown has suggested and leave everything alone until after the election and have it negotiated right now that two weeks go off the school year if the tax doesn't work out. Two weeks = 4.5 million, so the job is nearly done. There is a small shortfall that can be covered by the car allowance, PPIE fundraising and perhaps the suggestions above if needed.
There is absolutely no reason (other than to scare people) to be bringing any of last year's cuts back, suggesting new ones or sending out pink slips to 75 people.
My biggest concern is that management are suggesting one week off. It needs to be two weeks, which can be reinstated if the taxes come through.
Don't threaten the kids and the teachers, do what Jerry Brown has suggested doing and make the logical cuts that are needed OUTSIDE the classroom.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 29, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
They can probably stop offering retiree medical insurance for people who haven't retired yet. It is probably doubtful they can just stop paying retiree medical insurance for current retirees. So the cost-savings of doing away with it wouldn't save anything short-term.
a resident of Mohr Park
on Jan 29, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Regarding Barton, it's important to understand that the program does not address all different kinds of learning disabilities, nor is it large enough to serve all children who face reading difficulties. There is still a need for reading specialists to work with children who have other needs.
The Barton program is staffed by one specialist who conducts all the training of more than 100 volunteers per year, tests all the students referred to the program to ensure that they might potentially benefit from it, and helps to ensure that students are demonstrating progress. That specialist has access to individual student data that would not be available to volunteers. The state also requires that one certificated person be present to coordinate volunteers at each school -- those are very part-time positions.
Stacey is absolutely right that the district should renegotiate the payment of other post-employment benefits to future retirees.
I believe the Public Information Officer position was reduced in hours. The previous PIO is a staff member with seniority represented by CSEA, so moved into a different position in technology.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 29, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Sandy, The new Management Assistant (new name for the PIO) is management, is the last in, should be the first out, and is, at best, a nice-to-have, but non-essential position. The former PIO who was eventually paid out of multiple pots, was also management, but had bumping rights through CSEA. I didn't follow it closely enough to know if the person bumped someone else out of a job or filled a CSEA vacancy.
Do you know why Adult Ed is on the chopping block? This is an area that can increase fees, assuming there are still willing participants, and one that used to runs a surplus . . . which was eventually gutted to cover other district expenses.
As for summer school, there are districts that have worked to provide high school level classes for a fee in coordination with their local City. It seems our administration is not being creative or looking at the practices other districts are using to maintain services.
I still feel that County Offices of Ed should be regionalized to two or three (or frankly just use the current bloated state department of education) to stop the bleeding occurring in local districts.
a resident of Del Prado
on Jan 29, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Why arent we looking to eliminate or significantly reduce the district office. Those are some real high priced jobs and of little value for a city with only 2 high schools.
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 29, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I was not suggesting we cut the retiree medical for those who retired. Probably not legal anyway. However, if we cut that benefit right now, we no longer accrue additional liability. This should be done ASAP, or rather, should have been done some time ago. If it was done a few years ago, we would be getting more rewards for that cut now. However, it is completely irresponsible to give out a benefit that you cannot afford, or even properly fund. The district is just adding to the charge card. Since the district's retiree medical only covers up to seven years of insurance, if we stopped this benefit now, there would be no more cost to this program at all in 7 years. By stopping now, the unfunded debt will go down as the actuarial study for that liability assumes the liability remains there forever and so we have to fund it to the actuarial value (which we have not been doing). The liability goes down significantly each year we do not give out the benefit. In 7 years, there is no cost and no debt left.
Kathleen, I am also confused on what happened to Adult Ed. This used to run a surplus and had hundreds of thousands of dollars of accrued profit in their restricted fund. Not sure if the State significantly affected that but would like to know how the complete account was drained and we cannot cover expenses. The State used to pay for a significant amount of this cost so if we cut adult ed programs, not sure how that affects the income from the state. If it does not affect things much, I would much rather cut adult ed than K-12 classes. I like Adult Ed and think it is a good program but I would not want to save that if it negatively affects K-12.
Yes, do away with the County department of Ed. Nobody would even know it was gone as I cannot even think of one thing they do for our schools.
The former PIO replaced a staff member who retired so nobody got bumped there. She is now Director of Purchasing (and not sure why that is a director level position anyway).
Sandy, while Barton is not a complete replacement of all reading specialists, I think with Barton you do not need as many reading specialists.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 8:05 am
LTP, As the community gets more diverse, there is a value in Adult Education in what the parents can learn about the importance of their child's education. There may be other ways to deliver it differently and more cost effectively. So, yes, maybe Adult Ed impinges on K-12. I've been saying that we should start with the classroom and work out instead of from the DO and toward the classroom. The cuts, I think, would look much different.
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 30, 2012 at 9:19 am
No argument with you there, Kathleen.
However the DO will never let that happen. You probably remember the Budget Committee's they had some years ago. District Staff presented budgets cut possibilities to them and if somebody on the committee had some other items to consider, staff immediately shot them down and said they could only consider the items that staff brought forward. About half the people there were staff members trying to protect their own pet projects. The Budget Committee continued meeting until staff got them to agree that the only options on the board were those being presented. Then when the budget committee was completely run down and said ok, staff would come to a board meeting and tell the board that the budget committee agreed with the list of cuts being presented.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 11:17 am
Committees led by staff, heavily weighted by staff, and with presentations to the board made by staff are doomed to have the outcome staff would have come up with on their own anyway. Usually a waste of volunteers' time.
On the other budget topic, the question of "what to do" was raised. I'm pretty sure if we don't all start writing to the board members about our expectations of them as our representatives, they will only continue to nod to staff (well, three of them at least, and that's all that's needed).
Perhaps some independent thinking parents are willing to set up a survey and get the word out to the community so the board gets information directly from the voters. It is an election year for the board (three seats which could change the direction of decision making). I'd be willing to donate to that effort (on-line survey, ads).
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 11:26 am
I received a letter last week from PPIE to asking me to donate, and I have in the past, but will no longer do so.
The district just approved (maybe they were split votes on the board?) a series of high priced consultants to do sort of demography, facility and energy studies from unbudgeted money, one after another.
They should have anticipated their potential funding problems and not spent this money on consultants.
Since they seem to be spending money like Monopoly money instead of real money, I will no longer donate to PPIE or to PTA or to anyone else (the various other fund raising organizations) because any money I donate seems to be forked over to consultants for studies rather than actual education.
a resident of Ironwood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 11:38 am
I've been so generous with my money in the past. Now, I'll only donate if it's a worthwhile witchhunt that'll get rid of a secretary or two. I'm so tired of the union dictating matters. No more money from me until positions are axed, especially the communist union ones. My son has had communists in the classroom for five years running now. I caught him sleeping with Rosa Luxemburg under his pillow at night. I've written complaints until my fingers are sore. How dare they ask such a financially strapped community like Pleasanton for more money. Do they think we're a wealthy community, or what?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 11:55 am
"Independent," "Libertarian," wolf in sheep's clothing . . . This isn't about getting rid of a secretary or Pleasanton being financially strapped--but you know that and just have nowhere to go with your logic. If you are so inclined and have the wherewithal to pay for everything the various government agencies want and don't feel there is any reason to question the decisions being made when spending your money, please feel free to do so.
There are very few unwilling to pay for a reasoned and responsible approach to education or anything else. For instance, saving a teacher, counselor, reading specialist, site secretary, or custodian over a PIO position is an easy decision.
a resident of Ironwood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 1:43 pm
I judge reasoned and responsible according to my own pocketbook needs. And my needs don't include cawdelling custodians and counselers or PlO positions. We're not a wealthy community like Fresno or Bakersfield. Let them splurge. We've got to act reasonably and responsibly here, otherwise your acting illogical and unfrugal. I volunteer to participate when the mob forms. Kathleen Ruggsegger, I think you have a bad attitude. There's no place here for your uppidityism.
a resident of Ironwood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 2:06 pm
"I am okay with them reducing counseling services, especially at the elementary level. Come on, we are a school district meant to educate, not act as social workers. Troubled students in need of counseling should be referred to outside of school psychologists, and the parents need to finance their child's counseling services."
Besides, what do we have sniffing dogs for anyway? Sheeesh!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Lobbying elected officials doesn't require a mob; just asking for a better approach to possible cuts for K-12 education. Do you have any constructive suggestions for solutions?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Do you really think it would make a difference to email the board or go to meetings? Yes, it is an election year, but last election, we only had a few candidates running, and the two the teacher endorsed got in.
But even if Sandy had been elected, there were no other choices. As long as the incumbents run, and as long as the teachers heavily campaign for who they want (Bowser, Laursen last time), there is little hope of someone smart actually getting on the board.
Even Arkin, who seems to have good ideas, is now simply going with the flow. I don't blame her, she was always in the minority, but I wish she continued to vote her conscience even if the proposal got approved by the yes people she has to be on the board with.
Last time around, many suggested to trim the admin, to get rid of the position of the PIO, and did the board listen? No, the simply rubber stamped what the admin said
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Resident, It would take a collective effort of the community--a couple dozen emails or people at the meeting won't be enough. It would not be a small thing to organize.
I'd also like to think that teachers are aware that everything and everyone are on the line right now. They need board members who are asking tough questions about where the money goes and what the priorities should be as much as parents do.
a resident of Ironwood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 5:16 pm
"I'd also like to think that teachers are aware that everything and everyone are on the line right now."
Kathleen Rugseggeer might be uppiddy but she sure makes a good point. It's a travesty to have teachers who think they can rest on their laurels and not have to worry about the community waging a campaign to have them fired. Every teacher should be quaking in their boots, because that'll make them better teachers. I especially like the idea that we know better about their "performance" than they do. Who do they think they are? Bunch of union-paid slackers is all they are, and that's why the school scores dropped below Oakland this past year. Any campaign that spreads the fear of the Lord into them is good in my humbeld opinion. Promote insecurity among our union-fatcat teachers!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 5:27 pm
You're not getting it. We want the teachers to stay, to not get pink slipped. Parents and teachers together can push for a fair way ahead.
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 30, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Speak for yourself, "To Independent". I'm all for P-town's communist teaching corps to be served notice. Like Kthleen Ruegsegger says, they need to be put on alert because "everything and everyone are on the line right now." This is how a responsible electorate works. Make them so scared of us they won't dare shoving that collective communism down our kids throats. We need to show them we mean business. Private corporate model is what we need as a antidote to union financed, collectivist communism. Fight the teacher tyrants! Save our tax dollars!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 7:04 pm
The suggestion was exactly as "To Independent" says. I truly believe the interests of teachers and the community are the same. Money is being wasted, cuts are unbalanced, teachers are losing their jobs, education is suffering. The board needs to ask the tougher questions and be responsive to our community.
Editors: Independent/Bob Johnston . . . same person?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 7:08 pm
She meant because 75 jobs are on the line due to the cut list recently published by the administration.
There are other ways foward that would be less costly in jobs and have less of an impact on education that might well be worth exploring if you care at all about the future of our country - our children.
More than a few of us are a bit tired of the old, young and poor bearing the brunts of cuts in this state rather than looking seriously at the structural issues we face and that lobbyists on both sides of the fence are not allowing to be addressed.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 7:14 pm
How many times have we heard from Pleasanton USD that "The Sky is Falling!!!" "The Sky is Falling!!!!" "Really!!!"
And "The Sky is Falling!!! I REALLY Mean It This Time!!!"
I mean, talk about a broken record. Come on!
For those that don't know what a broken record is because they are too young to have ever owned one.
broken record (from the urban dictionary)
One who continually repeats the same statement with little variation, if any.
Derives directly from the (slightly inaccurate) term involving polyvinyl record albums, where such a "broken" record would repeatedly skip back a moment in what being played. (The term was inaccurate - usually such skippage was caused by debris on the disc.)
a resident of Amador Estates
on Jan 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I've been following the Board for many years and am disgusted once again by the actions of this district. As referenced above, I saw the recommendations of the budget committee and their list of priorities to John Casey and the Board. The PIO position was not in the top 10 to be funded, but JC and crew brought it back as #1 repackaged as Management Assistant. It's been on the chopping block many times since then. Considering the current PIO is from the Superintendent's former district, don't look for cuts to happen there.
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 30, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Teachers and community interests are not the same. Teachers are union and communist. They advocate collectivism in the classroom, God help us. Community is made up of free individuals who don't want their kids bearing the brunt of Governor Moonbeams communist policies. All we have left is to storm the bastion and demand that cuts be made. Our school board doesn't know what it's doing, and that's because communists, led by union teacher thugs, elected them to fiddle while Rome burns to cinders. Teachers are overrated. Theyre fat and pampered and protected by the union. We can start be threatening to fire them. Some might listen to reason and quit their corrupt communist union. What does a school board know that we don't know better? Next theyre going to tell us that teachers know what and how to teacher better than we do and other Marxist notions.
Editors: Kathrine Reugsegger/To independent ... same person?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Bob, not sure who you hope to represent with your comments. Editors already know I'm only posting with my real name.
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 30, 2012 at 10:11 pm
I'm sure you are always posing using your name the way you do. I only represent my own point of view which is held by millions of other GOD-fearing patriots. I'm joining hands in solidarity with the thousands upon thousands who raged against the machine and voted against the last Stalinist parcel tax, just like you did. I'm against goverment intrusion, just like you, because it's collectivist and communist. I'm against raising taxes because I'm libertarian, just like you. So we share a lot. Politics makes for all kinds of alliances. I'm happy we're on the same side here! Your friend, Bob. BTW, I'm planning to run for the next school board position that opens up. Can I count on your vote?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 10:35 pm
"Editors: Independent/Bob Johnston . . . same person?"
To the poster of this. The editors would have no way of knowing if they were the same person, and no, IP address does not tell you that.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 10:40 pm
My opposition to the parcel taxes was because of a record of poor management/transparency of tax dollars use and lack of specific language to designate the use of new funds. Not big on name calling or labeling. Best of luck on running for any elected position.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 30, 2012 at 10:44 pm
John, The editors have taken down posts linked to one poster using multiple names. I don't know what makes that possible, so I suppose you are correct that there can be a houseful of contributors on one IP address.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2012 at 10:47 pm
It can be a lot more than a houseful. It can be a workplace, or even multiple houses. The DHCP mechanism used by most ISPs can recycle IP addresses used by various subscribers. Pleasanton Weekly is mistaken.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jan 31, 2012 at 7:14 am
John, The editors would have to tell you what they are doing. So far, the posts that were removed as being attributed to one person using different names on one topic (not if they change their name on each topic) has been effective. The tone of the writing (insults, referrals to communism, and many other markers) has been the same. I'm not much for conspiracy theories, but I do understand there can be multiple posters who take this up for sport. Unfortunate because it slows civil discussion.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 7:16 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Frequently changing IP addresses... That's so '90s dial-up. Unless you keep powering down your cable modem or 2wire AT&T box whenever you post, of course. The PW's idea of managing it isn't without its flaws, but they can be pretty confident that multiple posts in the same thread from the same IP within a few hours of each other is from the same source.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 7:28 am
Stacey is a registered user.
No wait, I know! Someone just happens to be posting at the same time a stranger is also posting from their IP because they didn't read the instructions on their little wireless router on how to set up WPA security. Rogue wireless roamers writing on the PW... Go figure.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2012 at 8:29 am
Please keep talk of teacher lay-offs out of the classroom. My 7 year old came home yesterday, crying because her teacher told her she might not have a job next year, then she handed out the PPIE flier for the kids to take home.
These little guys should not be placed in the middle of the budget mess and using these tactics is only going to keep my wallet closed.
Please STOP!! The children simply don't understand.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 8:48 am
The Board should consider looking at more management positions in their cuts. What about cutting the management assistant? What about cutting (or at least reducing) the position of assistant superintendent of Ed services (the current person in this position is retiring at the end of this year). What about not using subs but instead using existing management to fill in for absent managers? Why haven't all car stipends been eliminated previously? Why not look at reducing the work year for asst superintendents and the superintendent? Why are retired mgmt hired to mentor newer mgmt instead of using existing employees? All positions are valuable, but the reduction of some services by mgmt are more acceptable than classroom cuts.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2012 at 9:23 am
The city of Vallejo declared bankruptcy a few years ago in order to get out of perceived sweetheart contracts with public employee unions and cancel lavish pension deals. Given the PUSD doesn't seem to have the backbone to do a pay cut and freeze on consultant contracts, the only option is to demand to the PUSD board that they get rid of supt and find someone with experience in financially troubled school districts.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2012 at 10:44 am
"but they can be pretty confident that multiple posts in the same thread from the same IP within a few hours of each other is from the same source."
No they can't. They could easily be too people in working at different desks in the same building of 1000+ employees.
"Unless you keep powering down your cable modem or 2wire AT&T box whenever you post, of course."
That is so 2005. People connect in Starbucks, Barnes and Noble, and McDonald's and get their IP addresses from that same pool. "flawed" is a gross understatement.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 11:12 am
Stacey is a registered user.
I can see it now, two people sitting in Starbucks having coffee for hours at a time and giggling with each other while they are posting under different names on the same thread with the same writing style. Yea, that's what Kathleen does. I see her sitting at Starbucks all day buying those lattes and typing away.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 11:16 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Or better yet, two random people who don't know each other sitting all day at Starbucks posting to... get this... the same exact thread on the PW. And amazingly their writing style is eerily similar! They could be twins! In the meantime the vast majority of people accessing the Internet from Starbucks could give a rat's *** about posting to the PW. I know the PW is just a popular site...
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 11:18 am
Stacey is a registered user.
If people are _that_ worried about having their posts removed because they are posting using the same IP as another person, I have an easily solution for them: REGISTER.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2012 at 11:24 am
Hey Stacey,
I did have a post removed by the Pleasanton Weekly for the multiple names things. It does happen. PW is very popular at times, like when parcel taxes are being debated, so it not only likely but probable that two posts from different people on the same thread could arrive at PW servers with the same IP address. It obviously happened to me.
a resident of Ironwood
on Jan 31, 2012 at 12:42 pm
My biggest pet peeve after communist teachers is people like Stacey who change the topic to some irrelavant.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Yea, let's stay on topic so Independent can continue to abuse anonymity by posting under multiple names and attack people like Kathleen.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Remember folks, you too can do as Bob/Independent does. Here's the short list: Web Link
- Attack an individual instead of the issue
- Use racist and sexist stereotypes
- Make ad hominem attacks
- Be loose with the truth or blatantly lie
- Make unsubstantiated negative generalizations
- Act like a hypocrite
- Pretend you're someone you're not
- Act as if you know it all
- Fail to apologize when you're wrong
- Innocently pretend that you're simply exerting your freedom of expression when you're acting like a jerk
a resident of Ironwood
on Jan 31, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Here are some others!
- Pretend to be searching for truth when you're actually pushing a political agenda.
- Pretend to be an interested citizen when you're actually angling for political office.
- Presume to know who other posters are and make wild claims about John being Simon being Shelley being Steve (actually, all rightwingers like Steve who engage in any of the above are okay, because they, unlike the lefties, are engaging in CIVIL discourse).
- Presume to censor others based upon your convictions that they must be jerks because they disagree with you.
- Ignore others' validity claims and carp instead about how you're personally insulted by their point of view.
- Feign disgust and indignation when others' arguments best your own, and fall back on how they don't use their registered name like you sometimes do.
- Condemn all uses of sarcasm, irony, hyperbole, unless they are used by yourself.
I'm certain there are many more. Oh, yes, and an overlapping category that deserves to be mentioned again:
- Act like a hypocrite.
- And perhaps finally: Act as if you own the internet posting site on which you are contributing.
- Oh, yes, and compliment your own civility because you offer a link that uses profanity, and ignore the creative accuracy of someone who actually takes the time to think up categories of boorishness.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 31, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Sorry, I didn't find those in any "how to annoy" or "signs of a cyberbully" list and I agree with you that there are other conservative posters who don't engage in civil discourse. What can YOU do to help elevate the level of discourse? You've been asked many many times and only ever come up with excuses for why you don't, that you're "kicking up" insults, etc. Now somehow it's my fault that you write the way you do because you think I'm angling for political office? LOL! It's very intellectually dishonest to pretend others are getting upset at your validity claims when you're also busy calling them names and misrepresenting their position. If your claims are really valid, they will stand without name-calling and calumny of other posters. Steve asked me to stop the sarcasm on another thread and I did. Why can't you?
president of the Pleasanton Weekly
on Jan 31, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Gina Channell-Allen is a registered user.
This is becoming a back-and-forth between two people and is totally off topic. If it continues I will be forced to close the thread.
a resident of Walnut Grove Elementary School
on Feb 3, 2012 at 5:51 pm
"I believe managing the education budget as has been done in California is nothing short of aggressive neglect of public education."
I agree.


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"Your dog learns as much by doing his work right,by your praise and encouragement, as he does by your displeasure and correction." DLWalters
Thanks for the suggestions. She has recently run two double header hunt tests which were separated by about 4 weeks. I also thought about her going into heat but checked both times and that wasn't the case. Also, I don't have a problem with handling, just getting her off the line and ONLY in the last 4 hunt tests or one field trial. Except for these recent problems, she has never had a confidence problem on cold blinds or memory blinds during training or in an event. It's almost like she is now intimidated at an organized event _ but only on blinds. In many cases she has been the best or one of the best on marks. I have even tried walking her to the line and sending her without trying to set up for a good line. That worked once.
As for more training, I have run many blinds of all types and difficulty and do not have a problem in training. I have even tried to wear her down first but still she always goes in training.
An additional thought came when looking over some other threads....When we don't know the drill or the actions that make up the drill we usually have some ideas in our minds based on previous material we read and or used ...Like the Hillman info on puppy collar stimulation , Evans idea of using the collar to in force (here) come in a very young dog....It seems most of the time we jump to conclusions that have no relevance to the actual drill...This is why it is best to have a mentor to train with and some one that has been down that road to show and explain the exact events .... Also I never got an answer to my question about addressing no-gos with back burn back or heel stimulation heel,sit and resend with back ... Steve S
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"Your dog learns as much by doing his work right,by your praise and encouragement, as he does by your displeasure and correction." DLWalters
The OP stated "I do notice she may appear to be confused on the above no gos but can not understand why . . ."
You know the dog better than any of us armchair trainers so you're the only one who can figure out why she is confused or uncertain. My kid went through a period of no-gos (though only once in a trial) and I tried all the "fixes." Finally just stepped back a few weeks and only did marks with guaranteed success, with a few wagon-wheel and dbl T drills. Finally back to cold blinds and after that re-enforced with some low-pressure FTPs. In my case I think the boy just went through a period where he was afraid of making a mistake. So he locked up. Just had to unlock him.
Good luck. Let us know how she does.
Only had one that was a 'true no-go' on blinds and quite recently ,where I actually asked advice for some nice guy's your side of the pond and they helped me tremendously.
Good Dog mentions ''Unlock him'' , and that's what we had to do with much consultation on a personal level rather than open forum,which can/could get mixed up.
Final 'Unlock' for this guy was having the bird boy throw a bird then I would put the dog in the truck! and drive off.........?...hope you get yours sorted.
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This post was originally published on August 22, 2007. It has been updated once since then
Summer is the time to fire up the grill… at least that's what the US food programs and magazines tell me. Here in Trinidad, I've never really known or been part of a huge grilling or BBQ culture. As a kid there was a time when my father went on a BBQ kick, that lasted about a month after which the grill was determined to difficult to clean and fell into disuse. I have no idea what became of it or the bag of coals that were so enthusiastically bought for it.
My next initiation into the world of BBQs was as a fundraising mechanism in both primary and high school. There was nothing like the smell of multiple grills all working in tandem to fill up the flimsy paper boxes that our paper chits would procure. The funds from these BBQs (and their equally popular counterpart the Curry-Q) presumably going to help fund the upkeep of a school or to support the mission of an organization. Even then my favourite BBQs had to meet certain requirements. The flavour had to be both sweet and smoky. The sauce had to be thick and shiny. And the chicken? Well the chicken had to have dark, crunchy, practically charred bits. Should any of these characteristics be lacking, and the BBQ would be a failure in my eyes.
Although there is no substitute for BBQ from the grill, oven-baked chicken recipes are in my eyes are perfectly acceptable substitute as the results of this recipe will testify! 😀
Oven Baked BBQ Chicken
Adapted from a recipe on KraftFoods.com
Serves 6
½ cup Italian Dressing
1 broiler-fryer chicken (3 lb.), cut up
1 cup Hickory Smoke Barbecue Sauce
1 scotch bonnet pepper, chopped
1. Clean chicken pieces with lime
2. Season with salt and pepper
3. Pour dressing over chicken in resealable plastic bag. Seal bag; turn to evenly coat chicken.
4. Refrigerate 1 hour to overnight.
5. Remove chicken from marinade; discard bag and marinade.
6. Preheat oven to 450F
7. Blend barbecue sauce and chopped pepper; set aside.
8. Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer in a nonstick, glass, or ceramic baking dish.
9. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the skin loses its raw look.
10. Pour about 2/3 of the bbq sauce mixture over the chicken and turn to coat
11. Bake for 25 – 35 minutes, basting with some of the remaining sauce in the pan every 5 to 7 minutes.
12. Place the chicken on a serving plate and spoon a portion of the remaining sauce on each piece
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