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Traffic snarled due to downtown 'Promenade'
Original post made on Jul 20, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link
on Jul 20, 2007 at 3:35 pm
More PAWAR - Palo Alto's Wishful Alternate Reality - to the people. ;)
Good grief! No wonder we get mocked in the national press.
It's imformative that the only comment with any context of experience came from the New York resident Allison Sands (ahh, it's soooo refreshing to hear from someone who actually knows what she's talking about!) - "This is a town with streets; it's not a park." Bingo!
Insight borne of experience is worth far more than dreams borne of a wish (can I coin that phrase?)
An occasional promenade on University is nice, but that's as far as it goes.
Note that the "retailers" who were quoted as liking the idea of a permanent promenade on University were NOT the owners of the stores mentioned - they were employees.
Those retail workers quoted might have been asked "would you be willing to see a permanent promenade on University Ave. if it meant that you would most likely lose your job within a year?" I wonder if the answer to that question would be "cool"? I wonder what the merchants who employ retail workers would think of that? Has anyone thought to ask?
I would LOVE to see a poll of merchants on University Ave., about turning it into a pedestrian promenade. Why haven't we seen that poll? Could it be because most of the merchants don't live in Palo Alto? Hmmmmmmm.....
I support the Mayor in most of her "greening" efforts, but imagining how "nice" it would be to be able to walk down University - and then promoting that utopian impulse into action WITHOUT considering the logistical and economic displacement fallout is mind-boggling. [on a more cynical note, I suppose - for some politicians - it's convenient to say that a lot of dreamy wishes would be "nice", and then take credit for "having been there first", or saying "it was my idea from the beginning" if 5% of those things ever happen...it pads one's personal future]
Look at the traffic displacement today. How much of an ADDITIONAL CO2 load did that add to the air that we breathe, or the residents on Middlefield Road breathe?
How many of those who will be able to lollygag downtown this evening are those who can walk from their homes, anyway? Will there be a survey? Just an informal survey would be helpful.
Long-term, how many locals vs. out-of-towners would come to University Ave. if we converted it to a pedestrian thoroughfare? THAT would be a survey worth taking.
How many of the almost 40% (soon to be almost 50%) of Palo Altans who are seniors would enjoy walking the entire length of University Ave. to get what they want?
How about offloading merchandise to stores? Are the alleys behind big retail on University big enough to handle that, 100% of the time? If not, better start planning how to widen those alleys.
How does the "Palo Alto University Mall" experience compete with the Stanford Mall experience? Someone better put their thinking cap on, and sharpen their pencil, because the result might not be as blurry as the original version.
How about this? How about our Mayor, who sits on the VTA board, hammering out something with other mayors to get some SERIOUS mass transit happening in our region, so that people could use the streets in convenient ways WITHOUT having to get into their cars? I'm talking SERIOUS mass transit here - accessible, affordable, and goal-oriented (gets you where you want to go, WHEN you want to get there, including the middle of the night)
Again, occasional promenades on commercial streets that are normally occupied by cars is a nice thing. Properly promoted, lots of people will come out to enjoy the festivities and have a good time - that's wonderful.
How do you maintain something like that, long-term - without massive retail displacement? Could it be that retailers are considered dispensible? That seems to be the case.
How do you, as a landlord, justify high street-facing rents to a lessee who wants storefront parking (proven to be - in our age of pathetically poor mass transit - something that people actually want - which is EXACTLY why thre mass-transit solution HAS to happen before you wan turn downtowns into bucolic promenades)
What's even more telling is the quote coming from the Downtown Association (BID) president, Sherry Bijan:
1) "Bijan said University is too crowded for most drivers hunting for a parking spot and that passersby on foot would be more likely to stop in a store or restaurant than someone driving through"
2) "Bijan said she thinks merchants along Lytton and Hamilton avenues would be pleased because the closure would bring additional traffic by their businesses."
Ms. Bijan, why on earth would merchant on Lytton and Hamilton be pleased about more traffic, while merchants on University would be more pleased with less? Never mind that a significant percentage of merchants downtown think that the downtown BID (Business Improvement District) is worthless to them.
This is the kind of logic that gets thrown around in Palo Alto, usually without a thought, especially when it comes to dreamy ideas that a few people think would be "cool"?
I may attend the promenade this evening; it should be fun - but when I see things written in the paper that appear to reflect PAWAR, it puts me ever-so-slightly on edge, like the retailers who will read that article and wonder what in god's name ever landed them in Palo Alto to begin with - because if University Ave. turns into a permanent pedestrian promenade anytime soon (especially before we have ubiquitous mass-transit), the merchant's respective gods are going to be the only ones that will help them (as no one with any PAWAR around here appears the faintest idea about how to do so).
See you at the promenade!
on Jul 20, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Provide adequate signage and traffic direction to eliminate backups.
on Jul 20, 2007 at 8:40 pm
This was not probably published / communicated to a wider audience .. I got to know about in on the TownSquare forums - however, three of my colleagues who pass through the downtown had no clue about this closure. They thought that there was a problem with the Walgreen's building !
I agree with Walter - this needs more communication to the people passing through on a regular basis. How about those big signs at strategic locations a week ahead of time indicating the time / date ?


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We anticipated rain today but it didn't come to cool us off. It's still very, very warm... and now humid, I can't remember it ever being humid here. It was a nice day to stand in the river and take pictures of my friends Marlys and Lance, they are expecting their first baby any day now. Tonight I have the usual several hours ahead on PhotoShop - especially when you click off 260 pictures in an hour! With their permission, I'll have some photos to show you tomorrow. I took their wedding photos in Jamaica in 2004, you can see them here.
Tomorrow Ben will be home, hopefully the weather will hold out for a nice backyard meal. My friend Sharon made these rocks for us - she and her father hunt nice, smooth river rocks and sandblast them with words. I use these for place markers, sometimes I stuff them in my decorative jars with sand, or I put them in our little water fountain... so many things to do with rocks etched with your name!
Now if you would just tell me... what should I serve for supper?
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- scrappaleica said...
Sasha,love the rocks!!!! another too funny thing, is I have a good friend whose name is Marlys (spelled the same way) and who had a cousin named Lance. (that's how I met Jim...) As for what to serve, I really think that it has to be a shrimp, steak ,scallops (something that is still manly but rich in flavour because if you get to eat by that glorious pool and sit on such a nice garden set. Seafood & steak scream out to me. Maybe with a vinagrette dressing on a bed of lettuce leaves ... can I be invited? tee hee.
- July 17, 2007
- Saucy said...
Can you believe... my husband refuses to eat seafood? He's crazy, I'll tell ya. Cr-azy.
- July 17, 2007
- Kelly said...
You should do bacon wrapped filet mignon with a stuffed potatoe and spinach salad with strawberries, slivered almonds and an apple cider vinegar type dressing. YUMMY. My mouth is fully watering!!!
Can I come too?
- July 17, 2007
- Miz Smoochie Lips said...
I love the rocks also!
For dinner I would serve a chicken & artichoke salad served on croissants, with fresh berries over sherbet for dessert. Maybe throw a ceasar salad in for good measure.
- July 17, 2007
- Q said...
Dear Sasha,
At my house we are having grilled zucchini steaks and sliced tomatoes. The peaches are in season so we will have peaches too. No seafood for us either or meat!
Beautiful place settings.
- July 18, 2007


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A fighting performance by Wasps was not enough to see off the Premiership leaders, but they can come away from Allianz Park with their heads held high, as they outscored them by two tries to one, and came away with a richly deserved bonus point.
After an entertaining opening to the game, it was the home side who went ahead in the sixth minute, with an Alex Goode penalty, following a good run by Chris Ashton, who had come off his wing to enter the line from a lineout 30 metres out.
Elliot Daly then showed his class, as he gathered an awkward, rolling ball inside his 22. He chose to run it back, and beat a series of defenders, to make 30 metres upfield. When he was stopped, Wasps won quick ball and Joe Carlisle found an excellent touch inside the Saracens 22.
A few minutes later, Saracens spilt the ball inside the Wasps 22. The ball bounced to Daly, who sent a huge kick downfield, to find touch in the Sarries 22.
Wasps were unable to profit from either position, and it was the home side who were winning more possession, but the solid Wasps tackling was forcing a series of knock-ons. One thunderous tackle from Ashley Johnson forced a turnover in midfield, and Charlie Davies sent another well-placed kick into the 22.
A minute later, a powerful charge by Nathan Hughes punched a hole in the middle of the home defence, and Wasps built up their most threatening attack of the afternoon, which ended abruptly and Sarries were able to pounce on the ball to clear the danger.
With 15 minutes left before the break, Wasps were reduced to 14 men, when Kearnan Myall was shown a yellow card for an illegal tackle, just inside the Saracens half. Alex Goode chose to go for the posts, but the range was just beyond him.
A Wasps penalty near their own line gave them the chance to lift the pressure, and another Nathan Hughes charge set up a good position on the Sarries 22. After a thrust down the left, Wasps came back infield and appeared to have an overlap on the right, but a fortuitous Saracens hand deflected a pass out of harm's way.
Wasps safely negotiated the rest of Myall's sin-binning without conceding a score and the immediate effect of his return was a powerful scrum, which produced a penalty, ten metres inside the Wasps half. Halftime came with the score still at 3-0, a scoreline which reflected the close nature of the contest, with the Wasps defence looking encouragingly solid.
Wasps made one change for the second half. Andy Goode replaced Elliot Daly at full-back.
With just over a minute played after the break, Wasps forced yet another knock, on their 22. The ball was quickly spun out to the left, and Josh Bassett raced away, only to be stopped by an ankle-tap from Neil de Kock.
A minute later, a threatening Saracens attack down the left produced a penalty inside the Wasps 22. Owen Farrell, who had replaced Alex Goode, sent his kick to the left of the posts.
Within a minute, a powerful Saracens driving maul sent Wasps back towards their 22. With the referee playing advantage, Saracens moved the ball out wide, and Will Fraser produced an impressive burst of speed to race over near the left corner. This time, Farrell made no mistake, to put his side 10-0 ahead.
From the restart, Wasps produced an effective driving maul of their own, to win a penalty just inside the home half. Andy Goode found touch on the 22 and Wasps won the lineout. The forwards were driven infield, before Ashley Johnson broke away down the blindside. He made 10 metres, but Wasps were penalised.
A Farrell up and under was then gathered by Wasps, and the ball was moved out to the left, where Josh Bassett showed his pace to beat one defender and cut infield before being floored by two tacklers, one of them Chris Ashton. Wasps kept the ball alive, but were penalised for crossing. The referee then consulted the TMO, to check Ashton's challenge on Bassett, which was eventually deemed legal.
With 15 minutes left, a thrilling Wasps counterattack from their own 22 produced a magnificent try by Chris Bell. First, Josh Bassett broke away down the left, then play was swung back out to the right and Christian Wade produced an electrifying run which beat a series of defenders, before he was stopped a few metres from the line. He had the strength to stay on his feet and slip the ball to Chris Bell who arrived at pace to crash over near the corner. Goode was unable to convert, but Wasps were now back in the game.
It took just two minutes for Saracens to stretch their lead to eight points, after a powerful forward drive won them a penalty, just outside the Wasps 22. Farrell landed a straightforward kick, to make the score 13-5, with 11 minutes left.
Two minutes later, Goode missed a chance to get back within bonus point range, when he was off target with a 42-metre penalty.
Joe Launchbury, who had been cropping up in every Wasps attack, was then forced to leave the field, looking extremely groggy, with six minutes left, just as Owen Farrell landed another penalty, to stretch the lead to 16-6. A further 3 points came, with two minutes to play – this time, an excellent effort from the ten-metre line, a few metres in from the left touchline.
Wasps seemed to have set up a chance on the left, only for Chris Ashton to cut off a potential scoring pass, inside the final minute. Wasps went for the corner, and produced a sustained attack, which ended with Goode's long pass out to Chris Bell, who crossed for his second try. Goode kept his nerve to land the awkward conversion and secure a well-deserved bonus point.
European rugby now takes centre stage for two weeks. Next Saturday, Wasps are in Italy, to take on Viadana. Then, on Thursday the 17th, they are back at Adams Park, for Bayonne's fourth Amlin Challenge Cup visit in five years.
London Wasps: Elliot Daly, Christian Wade, Chris Bell (c), Charlie Hayter, Josh Bassett, Joe Carlisle, Charlie Davies; Matt Mullan, Carlo Festuccia, Jake Cooper-Woolley, Joe Launchbury, Kearnan Myall, Ed Jackson, Ashley Johnson, Nathan Hughes
Replacements: Tom Lindsay, Simon McIntyre, Will Taylor , James Cannon, Guy Thompson, Jack Moates Andy Goode, Ben Jacobs
Saracens: 1.Rhys Gill, 2. Jamie George, 3. James Johnston, 4. Alastair Hargreaves, 5. George Kruis, 6. Jackson Wray, 7. Will Fraser, 8. Ernst Joubert (c); 9. Neil de Kock, 10. Alex Goode; 11. Michael Tagicakibau, 12. Chris Wyles, 13. Joel Tomkins, 14. Chris Ashton; 15. Ben Ransom
Replacements: 16. Schalk Brits, 17. Mako Vunipola, 18. Petrus Du Plessis, 19. Mouritz Botha, 20. Kelly Brown, 21. Richard Wigglesworth, 22. Owen Farrell, 23. Jack Wilson.


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Doctors in Kenya's public hospitals on Wednesday October 3 spent their 17th day on strike to protest the dilapidated state of public health care. Emergency rooms in some of Kenya's public hospitals frequently don't have gloves or medicine, and power outages sometimes force doctors to use the light from their phones to complete a procedure.
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Health care has been in a deplorable state in Kenya for a long time, but the country's poor — and many in Kenya — think the state of health care is the norm, said Bosire, the Nairobi branch chairwoman of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacist and Dentist Union.
Bosire said middle class and rich Kenyans do not realize the problems in public health facilities until they are forced to seek treatment there when treatment in private hospitals becomes too expensive. Public hospitals charge far less than private hospitals, where politicians and top government officials seek treatment, Bosire said.
The two top health officials in the country, Medical Services Minister Anyang Nyongo, who fired the striking doctors and has refused to negotiate with the union, and the Minister for Public Health Beth Mugo, spent months in the U.S. for cancer treatment last year at the taxpayers' expense, Bosire said.
"We have specialists in this country to treat such cases, though inadequate in number. We just lack the facilities," she said.
Doctors want the government to spend more money on health care, including hiring more workers. International advocacy groups have repeatedly criticized Kenya for not investing enough in health care. The World Health Organization says Kenya and several other countries in Africa have not met a pledge made in 2000 to increase their health budgets to 15 percent of their national budgets by 2010. Kenya, East Africa's biggest economy has set aside 6 percent of the total budget. Rwanda, by comparison, allocates 18 percent of the total budget to health care, Bosire said.
Kenya has one doctor for every 6,250 people. The World Health Organization's recommended ratio is one doctor for 100 people.
Mwalimu Mati, an anti-corruption crusader, says the health care funding shortfall is caused in part by non-essential government spending, like international and domestic travel by government officials. Kenya recently inaugurated a newly refurbished parliament chamber where each of 350 seats cost $3,000.
Bosire said 32 babies less than a month old die in Kenya each day because of a lack of incubators to keep them warm.
"If I must stay on the street to get the infrastructure I need to save life," said Bosire, "then I'd rather be on the streets, rather than certifying deaths in hospitals."
September 27, 2012
Recently, U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) invited members of the Southern California clergy to Washington, D.C., to discuss best practices for securing federal resources with government agencies. Twenty clergymen and women heard from officials from agencies including the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture and Labor, and the Director of White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua Dubois (pictured at podium).
September 27, 2012
Associated Press
A Texas judge has ordered DNA testing on a man who claims to be the brother of the late "The Jeffersons" star Sherman Hemsley.
Richard Thornton is challenging the validity of Hemsley's will, which names the actor's longtime manager, Flora Enchinton of El Paso, as sole beneficiary. Hemsley died of lung cancer July 24.
Judge Patricia Chew rescheduled the El Paso trial on Hemsley's estate to begin Oct. 31.
Thornton, of Philadelphia, sought the DNA testing and must provide results by Oct. 15. Hemsley was born in Philadelphia but had lived in El Paso for the past 20 years.
Court documents indicate Hemsley's estate is worth more than $50,000.


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|Given names:
|Vladimir Afanasiyevich
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Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing of the unmanned Soyuz 32 capsule 295 km northwest of Dzheskasgan. The crew landed with Soyuz 34 170 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.
Following a one day solo flight Soyuz 32 docked with Salyut 6 on February 26, 1979. The cosmonauts became the third resident crew.
When they arrived on the station, they had to make preparing work, because the station had to be repaired (sprung propellant leak of the propulsion system). Progress 5, an unmanned supply tanker, was launched March 12, 1979 and docked with the station two days later. The crew spent four days unloading the vehicle. Supplies delivered included parts for station repair, an extra storage battery, a television monitor, a new Kristall furnace to replace the old one which had broken, a gamma ray telescope and food. A total of 300 items weighing 1,300 kg were delivered. The tanker also delivered 1,000 kg of propellant for the station. The tank repairing took some time, after the arrival of the Progress 5 spacecraft, but was successful. The Soviets revealed the propulsion problem on March 16, 1979. They said a Salyut fuel tank was leaking fuel into the nitrogen bellows which pressurized the fuel. The station's engine systems were not affected, but valves and regulators in the pressurization system were at potential risk. Accordingly, the crew shut down the tank and used a reserve tank. The crew attempted to drain the leaking tank by rotating the station and succeeded by March 23, 1979, purged the tank with nitrogen and closed it off.
A milestone was reached March 24, 1979 when the cosmonauts installed a television monitor which allowed a two-way television link with ground control. For the first time, cosmonauts received television pictures in space. Seeing family, instead of just hearing them, was considered to have great psychological importance, especially as longer flights were contemplated.
On March 30, 1979, Progress 5 boosted the station's orbit, then Soyuz 32 boosted the orbit again on April 06, 1979 in preparation for the forthcoming Soyuz 33 crew. Progress 5 was undocked April 03, 1979 and deorbited two days later.
Soyuz 33 was launched April 10, 1979 with the fourth international crew in the Soviet Interkosmos program. Bulgarian cosmonaut Georgi Ivanov joined Commander Nikolai Rukavishnikov as the craft proceeded normally towards the space station. But, as the craft approached to 1,000 meters, the engine failed and shut down after three seconds of a planned six-second burn. Nikolai Rukavishnikov had to hold the instrument panel as the craft violently shook. A second firing attempt was made, but the engine shut down again, and Valeri Ryumin, observing from the station, reported an abnormal lateral glow from behind the Soyuz during the burn. Mission control accordingly aborted the mission and told the crew to prepare to return to earth. It was the first in-orbit failure of the Soyuz propulsion system.
It was only in 1983 that the Soviets revealed how serious the situation was. The craft had a back-up engine but it was feared that it may have been damaged by the main engine, potentially leaving the crew stranded with five days of supplies while it would take ten days for the orbit to decay. The station could have been moved to within 1,000 m of the craft, but the two craft were drifting apart at 28 meters per second, and time was needed to calculate the maneuvers. In any event, four crew on the station with one malfunctioning Soyuz and a second Soyuz (Soyuz 32) with a now-questionable engine (it had the same type as Soyuz 33) was not considered the best option. In the end, the backup engine did fire, though for 25 seconds too long, resulting in an unusually steep trajectory and loads of 10 G's to be endured by the crew. Nikolai Rukavishnikov and Georgi Ivanov were safely recovered.
After the Soyuz 33 failure, the station crew was stuck with a suspect craft. The Soyuz 33 craft was intended to be swapped for the Soyuz 32, but the failure called into question the reliability of Soyuz 32's main engine. Until the design was corrected and a new vehicle launched, the crew was safe on Salyut with the Soyuz usable in an emergency. The fifth international flight, scheduled for June 05, 1979, was postponed
Vladimir Lyakhov und Valeri Ryumin continued their station activities, including experiments intended to be carried out with the visiting crew (which had been delivered aboard the Progress 5 flight), such as one called Pirin which investigated the formation of metal whiskers on zinc crystals, and another which made multi-spectral measurements of the daylight atmosphere. They were given five days off for the May Day holiday.
Progress 6 was launched May 13, 1979 and delivered some 100 items. The Soyuz 33 engine failure did not affect the supply tanker as it differed in its design. Unloading took two days, a new navigational unit was installed, and the tanker raised the station's orbit on May 22, 1979. Refueling was completed by May 28, 1979, more orbital adjustments were made June 04, 1979 and June 05, 1979, and Progress 6 was undocked June 08, 1979.
After unloading, Progress 6 circularized Salyut 6's orbit on May 29, 1979 in preparation for the arrival of Soyuz 34. It undocked on June 08, 1979, clearing the port for the arrival of Soyuz 34, which ensured that Valeri Ryumin and Vladimir Lyakhov would be able to complete their mission. The Soyuz 34 was needed, because of the failing docking attempt of the Soyuz 33 spacecraft. Soyuz spacecrafts could only be used for 90 days at this time. Soyuz 34 also tested improvements to the Soyuz main engine meant to prevent recurrence of the Soyuz 33 failure. The spacecraft delivered 200 kg of cargo. Soyuz 32 returned to Earth unmanned with a cargo of experiment results and malfunctioning Salyut 6 equipment. The equipment was of interest to space station engineers.
Testing of the new developed Gamma-Ray-Telescope was one of the main objectives. Experiments in materials science were also performed. On June 14, 1979 the Soviets transferred Soyuz 34 from the aft port to the front port by rotating Salyut 6. This freed the aft port for the next unmanned freighter. Progress 7 was launched June 28, 1979 and docked at Salyut 6 two days later. It carried 1,230 kg of supplies including food, plants, mail and a 10-meter diameter radio telescope. The telescope unfolded independent at the stations tall. The crew tested the "Kosmic Radio-Telescope" (KRT-10).
Valeri Ryumin and Vladimir Lyakhov had not seen the complete system before because the KRT-10 was still being tested and manufactured at the time they were trained to assemble it. Control panels were attached to the conical housing in the large-diameter compartment and data recorders to the station's 'ceiling.' A 'cable entrance mechanism' was assembled in the intermediate compartment, behind the device for securing the antenna to the station, which filled the aft port. The diameter of the folded antenna was only 0.5 m. As Progress 7 backed away from the station, Valeri Ryumin commanded the antenna to unfold from the aft port. A TV camera on Progress 7 transmitted a blurry image of Salyut 6's aft port to the TsUP and the TV aboard Salyut 6 as the KRT-10 opened to its full 10-m diameter.
On August 09, 1979 the KRT-10 antenna failed to separate from Salyut 6. Examination through the aft-facing ports indicated that the antenna was snared on the aft docking target. This prevented further Progress dockings and interfered with the engines. The third resident crew attempted to free the antenna by rocking the station. After considering abandoning Salyut 6 - according to Valeri Ryumin, its primary mission was complete - crew and TsUP agreed to attempt an EVA to remove the antenna.
Vladimir Lyakhov und Valeri Ryumin conducted an EVA on August 15, 1979 (1h 23m). With difficulty Valeri Ryumin deployed a folded handrail, then clambered over the hull to the rear of the station. He discovered that the KRT-10s ribs had torn the station's insulation. As Valeri Ryumin cut cables the KRT-10 oscillated back and forth, threatening to strike him. Valeri Ryumin carried a 1.5-m barbed pole to push the antenna away after he finished cutting it away from Salyut 6. Once the antenna was discarded, the crew inspected the exterior of Salyut 6. They discovered that portions of its insulation had broken off or become discolored. They also retrieved samples of materials that had been exposed to space conditions on Salyut 6s hull, and a portion of the micrometeoroid detector.
At the end of the mission the crew set a new spaceflight record. Because the cosmonauts were so weakened from six months in zero gravity (a bouquet of flowers presented to them reportedly felt like "a ton of bricks"), a system of slides and chutes had to be deployed for them to exit the Soyuz descent module.
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27-02-2011 17:44
I have just bought this Nokia E7 from Singapore. Since my purchase I have noticed my phone keeps on restarting all the time. When I am browsing through my contacts or going through my sms, all of sudden the screen goes white and the NOKIA logo comes and it restarts. Did a installation of firmware and hardreset too.
I took it to Nokia Singapore and they kept the phone for a few hours and said the problem is solved. The problem still continues and Nokia Singapore cannot help me further.
Also I cannot install Nokia OVI Application on my E7, it dowloads the file then says installation failed.
Can anyone help me why this is happening to such a expensive phone please.
27-02-2011 19:21
If i have helped at all a click on the white star below would be nice thanks.
27-02-2011 20:19
15-03-2011 5:24 - edited 15-03-2011 5:29
I am surprised that there has not been much said about this recently. I have been playing with the E7 and it seems to keep restarting on me, sometimes when I try to access the mailbox and other times it just restarts before it even loads up everything.
Who's had this experience? I've googled this and this thread is all I could find.. as if there is no one else experiencing this?
Full review on this will be at www.mye72.blogspot.com once we are done with it.. for now we want answers!
15-03-2011 20:49
I have an open thread with the exact same topic. There are two others on this board as well. The two others had issues with specific applications they had installed. I have not found that to be the case, but after the first week, mine is not restarting as often. Only about 3-4times a day on its own.
There does not seem to be a commonality between when it restarts.
15-03-2011 21:26
Mine's still doing it as well - just putting the new software on to see if that helps!
Usually bombs when you try and do something "as it wakes up" if you know what I mean!
I'll let you know how I go on!!
15-03-2011 21:51
Phone borked lost USB connection when updating and wouldn't reconnect - plain white screen!! Tried rebooting and restarting the install it connects and then disconnects cyclically.
Trying a restore see if that works!
Fingers crossed
15-03-2011 22:12
Restored and updated. Thank goodness! Let's hope it's stable!
16-03-2011 14:30
So far so good!
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20-03-2011 7:47
Hi Shah2020,
Any updates on the repair status? Facing similar issues with my E7. Bloody fustrating. Will probably head down to the Care Centre once I can find the time.
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I'm surprise that this problem goes back Feb 2011. I just got my E7 yesterday and it keeps restarting just like what you guys experience. I would expect Nokia, being at fore-front of mobile technology, would have got the problem lick in no time.
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Actually I experienced similar behaviour with my previous phone (Nokia E70). If I was trying to make a call the phone would restart itself and only after restart let me make the call. I thought it was not that big of a deal, since I didn't make calls so often (mostly text-messages etc), but that (the restarting) was the only reason I decided to get a new phone eventually (the problem got worse over time. I had the phone for 6 years and only in 2 last years that behaviour occurred). And now I have a phone that restarts even more often (e7-00, mostly when i'm not using it, but sometimes if i try to write txt message, or use navigator or browser.. it must have something to do with the touch screen, 'cause when i write txt messages with the keyboard it doesnt crash), im somewhat disappointed.
Maybe I should go to the Care Center and see what they come up with.. Last time with my E70, they got nothing and the problem remained.
03-07-2011 15:05
15-09-2011 8:23
greetings! i hava the same problem also, have you solved yours? is it a software or hardware problem? thanks
16-09-2011 0:50
My E6 used to constantly restart on me for no reason. Very annoying.
I switched my Network mode from dual mode to GSM because 3G was causing the restarts.
I also noticed on a few occasions that the restarts wouldnt happen until connecting the phone
to me computer and update the phone's Ovi software.
My phone is fine now. no more restarts but I dont know how it got fixed. I can use 3G also.
I did reset the phone a few times. Just seems like the last reset did the trick.
02-11-2011 20:29
The moment I try to make a call the phone freezes and restarts. I don't know what to do. Where can I find a Nokia care centre if this is neccessary to go there.
11-01-2012 3:50
I also bought a Nokia E7 and just after six days began to restart itself naturally went to the phone service of Nokia and from there told me that I have to pay 220 euros for kav **bleep** my pelvis guarantee me what I'm guilty of that their phone is rubbish it is 6 days and was purchased!
14-02-2012 13:09
Well it's a whole year since the first post in this thread about the E7 restarting and it seems Nokia are still pumping out dud phones!
My problem is made worse by the fact I WILL NEVER deal with a NCP EVER AGAIN after my last experience.
I got this E7 in Jan 2012 as a replacement for the E7 I had that had a faulty charger port. I fought tooth and nail against my local NCP before out of the blue I got a call saying they will replace the phone (they did not except any liability, it was more just a way of getting rid of me).
They replaced the phone with what appears to be an alien version of the one I had. Apart from the charger port problem my first E7 was perfect. This "new" one restarts itself at any time with no warning - in the middle of a phone call!, or typing a text! I'm about ready to throw it against a wall for the amount of data I have lost and have had to re-type.
Can anyone give me some advice on what I can do that might help - that DOES NOT involve going to a NCP.
And does anyone have any suggestions for what phone I should buy next? Naturally it WILL NOT be a Nokia


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Girl Scout Shannon M. thought that her fellow Cypress Creek High School students could show a little more school spirit. For her Gold Award project, Shannon planned a two-step approach to encourage others to share her pride. First, she held an after-school meeting to talk about ways everybody could help with school maintenance. Also, Shannon revitalized a mural of the school mascot, the Mighty Cougar, with the help of local art students.
"I wanted to make a lasting contribution to Cypress Creek Senior High," says Shannon. "In beautifying the campus I hope to heighten morale, school spirit, and academic enthusiasm."
It is a significant honor to earn the Gold Award. Girl Scouts who earn this award have demonstrated leadership skills, career planning, community involvement, and personal development. It takes two to three years of intensive work to complete all the requirements for the award. Less than five percent of girls who join Girl Scouts earn this recognition. A major component of earning the Gold Award is planning and completing a Gold Award Project that is a service to Girl Scouts and/or the community.
Shannon's mother is impressed with her daughter's resolve to complete her Gold Award project. "Shannon continued to work on her project, even after she had started college. She drove the 250 miles home on weekends to finish what she started," says Theresa Knapp M. "She never talked about quitting."
Shannon is currently in the art program at the University of North Texas and will major in either Studio Art or Graphic Design.
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization for girls, with a membership of more than 3.5 million girls and adults. Today, as when founded in 1912, GSUSA helps cultivate values, social conscience, and self-esteem in young girls, while also teaching them critical life skills that will enable them to succeed as adults. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Chartered by GSUSA to provide Girl Scouting locally, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is one of the largest Girl Scout councils in the country serving over 63,000 girl members and 18,000 adults in 25 southeast Texas counties. For more information call 1-800-392-4340 or visit www.gssjc.org.
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DIETERICH — A man injured in a farming accident near Dieterich Wednesday said he is recovering well despite losing a foot as a result of the accident.
Kent Elmore, of Dieterich, was injured Wednesday afternoon when his foot became caught in an auger while farming. He was airlifted to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Elmore said Thursday he is doing well and wanted to thank the first responders at the scene.
"I'm doing fine, doing good." he said. "Hats off to the first responders."
Elmore said a truck driver at the scene applied a tourniquet to his foot, which cut off much of the potential blood loss and helped to reduce any potential complications. He said he had already gone through one surgery and had another one scheduled but added he had lost his right foot.
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Relay For Life: KAFT (Kids Are Fighting Too) by KAFT - about 5 years ago
"This photo was taken at a Relay for Life event in Clark, New Jersey. Me and my friends have been on a team for this organization, which raises money for the American Cancer Society, since 2006. Our team is called KAFT, which stands for Kids Are Fighting Too. We are one of the youngest teams who participate every year, and we have raised over 20,000 dollars on our own over the last few years. This year, we ordered sweatpants to make our team stand out even more. We got so many compliments, and everyone wanted to know where we ordered them from! We will definately be using CustomInk again in the furute. The sweatpants are extremely comfortable and the customer service was great."


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Triumph Princeton- Gose
A- Dark, thick, dirty, unfiltered banana yellowish brown with a good size head. Solid chunky lacing.
S- Thick strong wheat, cloves, bananas, and vanilla.
T- Again thick gritty wheat, clove, banana, and vanilla. Similiar to a Hefe just not as bubblegum fruity.
M- Thick viscious grittiness lends into a sour tangy end.
Overall- My first Gose and I say it was pretty good. So close to a Hefe. Just thicker, heavier, and a little less spicy fruitiness.
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My first gose beer. The specimen at hand was a dark hazy yellow with an inch of white head on top. Banana, clove and earthy spiciness round out the aroma. Slightly chewy due to the wheat, but still nimble on the palate. The flavors are similar to the nose, banana, clove, and some earthiness. There is a lingering acidity toward the end.
Definitely refreshing on a hot summer day. Similar to hefeweizen, but a little earthier. I very much enjoyed the pint.
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Had this on-tap at the Princeton location. Most likely brought back. The bartender said the alcohol content was comparable to the Hefeweizen so I'd peg it at about 5.5%. Color was a bit more orange than the older reviews. Served with an orange which I put in the beer but did not squeeze. Made a nice pairing with their smoked turkey sandwich. Slight alcohol aftertaste but not too distracting from the overall experience. Definitely recommended while it's around.
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Small world. But it's also one with a dizzying array of flavors at these 10 Long Island restaurants, which collect the cuisines of two or more countries and make them their own. Continental restaurants used to be the go-to choices for haute Long Island, with their hybrid Italian-French-and-maybe-more approach. These build on that local tradition in eclectic, inventive ways. They're Newsday's Top 10 international restaurants. The favorite: Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton. — PETER M. GIANOTTI firstname.lastname@example.com
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Leisurama Beach House, Water views, Private sandy be each in Montauk
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60's Leisurama home, designed by Andrew Geller,
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2 bedroom, 1 ½ baths, water views from deck and interior, private
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text: France choose Roland Garros as venue for semifinal against the Czech RepublicDavis Cup Stepanek calls for Berdych to compete in Davis Cup semi-finalsDavis Cup Davis Cup live: Smith: Murray 'put his team first yet again'Davis Cup France make emphatic comeback to reach Davis Cup semi-finalsDavis Cup Seppi v Ward: Can Ward pull off another huge upset for Great Britain?Davis Cup Davis Cup Live Streams Free live streams of the 2013 Davis Cup from our officially licensed live stream partners.Tennis Live Streams 2013 Davis Cup Federer is a fan of the 2013 schedule with the quarter-finals taking place early April.Davis Cup Schedule Davis Cup News Latest news & live streaming previews as the 2013 Davis Cup unfolds.Live Davis Cup News Recent Davis Cup StoriesDavis Cup France choose Roland Garros as venue for semifinal against the Czech Republicby Hannah Wilks, 28 April 2014Venues announced for September semifinals Davis Cup Stepanek calls for Berdych to compete in Davis Cup semi-finalsby Ian Horne, 12 April 2014Radek Stepanek is hoping that Tomas Berdych will join him in the Czech team for the semi-finals of this year's Davis Cup. 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The upcoming doubles rubber could be the key match in the tie. More Stories Davis Cup Live Streaming is now available online. Find out how to watch ITF Davis Cup for free - no download or membership fees.The Davis Cup is the most important tournament for men outside of the ATP schedule and all live streams are now available to watch live online!The history of the competition dates back to 1900 when Great Britain and the US first took each other on with Dwight Filley Davis, whose name was later bestowed to the tournament, on court.Today, more than 100 different countries take each other on in a system of groups and rounds. The most successful team by far are the USA with more than 30 titles, closely followed by Australia.The best European participants are Great Britain and France. In the last decades, particularly since the turn of the millennium, no country has been able to dominate the competition for successive years.Fans of the Davis Cup will not have to wait long before they get to watch their countries in action in 2012. The competition kicks off in earnest on the 10th February with the first round of World Group matches.It's a bizarre quirk of the Davis Cup format that a country can win it in December and then crash out in the first round barely two months later. With no seedings there's no protection for even the strongest teams and round one sees a mouthwatering clash between Roger Federer's Switzerland and the USA.It will be intriguing to see how seriously Federer takes the competition this season. The Swiss has started to feature in his country's ties on a more regular basis and he may be realizing that time is running out for his hopes of one day lifting the trophy. 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State and federal agents say the volume of illegal wildlife streaming into the U.S. still dwarfs the amount heading out. But globalization has altered the balance, and more goods than ever now flow out of the country. Consider the case of Puget Sound's geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck"), the world's largest burrowing clam. The bivalve is found almost exclusively in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and wasn't even fished commercially before the 1970s. But rising wealth overseas coupled with great strides in international shipping created high demand for this mollusk in Asia. Soon, poachers made millions selling geoducks to foreign markets. This winter, Hong Kong customs officials broke open a seafood-trafficking ring and seized $1.4 million in undocumented shellfish, including 87 crates of geoduck -- merely the latest in a long string of clam crimes.
The ecological implications of this type of thievery vary by species and location. Sixteen years after Washington state banned abalone gathering, the colorful underwater mollusks have declined 80 percent. Biologists believe illicit harvests by greedy scuba divers helped send the shellfish hurtling toward extinction. One diver told police he'd stolen so many -- tens of thousands, which he sold to local restaurateurs, some of whom shipped the shellfish overseas -- that the proceeds paid for his 26-foot fishing boat and his Jeep Cherokee.
Sometimes the damage is harder to calculate, or even observe. Not long ago Todd Swain, a special agent with the National Park Service, caught a poacher swiping owl pellets from Joshua Tree National Park. The thief sold the undigested feathers and fur to distributors who resold them to public-school science classrooms. "Taking a handful of those things might not seem like a big deal," Swain says. "But they play an ecological role just like everything else, and if you take them over and over from the same place, it's going to have an effect."
Nowhere, perhaps, is policing this crime wave more complex than in California, home to some of the world's busiest international ports and an exquisite terrain of rivers, deserts, forests, mountains and ocean beaches. With the state's human population pushing 40 million, it's not surprising that some fraction of them, like Yoshi Kojima, see the money to be made in fish, plants and animals. So while federal agents in San Ysidro battle every day to keep the world's illicit wildlife out, the theft of nature in California is on the rise. Poaching violations nearly tripled between 2003 and 2007, and some portion of that includes poaching for profit.
Each year, state authorities catch divers illegally bagging hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of abalone, some of it endangered. Most gets resold in San Francisco or Los Angeles or trucked over the border and shipped to Asia. And every year, undercover cops snag groups of major poachers who illegally hook and gut dozens of the state's white sturgeon for their eggs, which are used in caviar. The monstrous, bony sturgeon -- North America's largest freshwater fish -- can reach 20 feet, weigh half a ton and live a century. They mate infrequently and reproduce slowly. But the decline in the Caspian Sea sturgeon from which high-quality beluga caviar is made has turned the North American variety into valuable contraband.
Five sturgeon poachers were convicted just this January, and two more were arrested Feb. 25. One of those suspects had been caught five years earlier stirring sturgeon eggs into caviar in plastic buckets in a body shop. "We've got a lot of job security," says Kathy Ponting, who overseas the state's covert wildlife operations. "We consider the wildlife black market in California second only to the drug trade."
Yoshi Kojima had been on law enforcement's radar for years. Back in 2000, a tipster told federal agents that someone named Kojima was netting butterflies in the eastern part of Mojave National Preserve, where removing the slightest vegetation or tiniest creature is a crime. Kojima slipped away before anyone proved he broke the law. When wildlife cops learned three years later that Kojima would attend the bug fair, the tip worked its way to Special Agent Ed Newcomer.
"The plan was to go and snoop around and see if we could find him, and then just kind of see what he was selling and what was what," Newcomer told me. The agent was seated in his U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in a nondescript strip mall in Torrance, Calif., where files from old cases formed pillars all around him. "I knew nothing about butterflies, and I'd never been to one of these before so I had no idea what to expect."
Newcomer had only recently become an agent. He'd joined in his 30s, later than most. But he'd prepared for this moment for much of his life. He'd wanted to become a lawman since childhood, when he watched Adam-12 and played cops and robbers. In college he spied an advertisement for Fish and Wildlife special agents -- like FBI agents, but for animals, as he surmised. The poster recommended law school, already part of his plans. He got out and worked as an assistant attorney general for the state of Washington, but he knew he still wanted to be a cop. He flirted with the FBI, but considered Fish and Wildlife an elite posting. The FBI fields nearly 13,000 agents. Fish and Wildlife employs only about 200, who investigate crimes all over the country.
Newcomer had dreamed of working undercover and believed he could blend in almost anywhere. One of his supervisors had made her name chasing alligator poachers in the 1970s. She believed in giving her agents rope. Newcomer believed in using it.
To catch Kojima, Newcomer knew he'd need a fake identity, something beyond a new name and a different haircut. In undercover work, "you can't be judgmental, you can't be afraid," Newcomer told me. "You have to open up your soul in a way. You have to buy in to the philosophy and attitude of those you're after." Newcomer knew from his training not to map his character too precisely. Better to merely draw in rough contours, keep things vague and close to the truth. That made deception easier to manage. Newcomer wanted a name close to his own, one he would answer to if someone shouted it without warning. He wanted to be sure he could fudge a signature, even if he accidentally started signing his real name. The character would need to be vaguely well-educated and free to come and go as he pleased. The boating world includes jobs few people understand, so the agent became a middle-class guy who sold boating supplies -- a boring job that left time for new hobbies. Like bug collecting. Newcomer called this fellow Ted Nelson.


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text: Lorene E. Biesterfeld, 85, of Cozad, Nebraska, died July 22nd, 2013, at the Cozad Hospital. Lorene was born January 11th, 1928, at Wilton, North Dakota, to Iver and Nettie (Brown) Erickson. She attended rural school at Painted Woods in Wilton. On December 24th, 1944, Lorene married Leo Biesterfeld. Leo served in WWII and after his discharge they farmed in the Baldwin area. The couple moved twice between North Dakota and Nebraska and finally settled in Cozad in 1964. In the early years of their marriage, Lorene worked at several cafes in the Bismark area. They would eventually have six children and Lorene lovingly cared for them all. When the kids were older, she worked at Nebraska Plastics and later in housekeeping at the Cozad Hospital. She enjoyed helping others, cooking, baking bread and cinnamon rolls, sewing, gardening, working on jigsaw puzzles, reading and dancing, but most of all, spending time with her family.Lorene is survived by her children Joyce (Jim) Campbell of Cozad, Janice (Larry) Werner of Cozad, Dennis Biesterfeld of Cozad, Roger (Ramona) Biesterfeld of Auburn, Nebraska, Debbie (Larry) Tvrdy of Cozad; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Doris Binsfeld of Minnesota; and many other relatives and friends.She was preceded in death by her husband Leo; son Rodney in 1973; brother Melvin; and sister Delores "Toots".Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 27th, 2013, at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jeremy Jech and Ken Pitkin officiating. Inurnment will be in the Cozad Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, July 26th, 2013 at Berryman's Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.A memorial has been established in her memory and online condolences may be shared at berrymanfuneralhome.com.


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