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This South Tampa compound features two single family homes, totalling almost 5,000sf. They share adjoining backyards with an access gate.
The main house is a historic 2,800sf home built in 1925 and completely restored in 2011/2012, when it was painstakingly returned to "like new" condition, with the benefit of all the modern conveniences. The Tampa Preservation Society awarded a 2012 Historic Preservation Certificate for the extensive work that was performed on the home.
The cottage is 1,800sf with three bedrooms and two baths.
Enjoy the short, three mile drive to the convention site, unimpeded by even a single traffic light. Located in one of South Tampa's most desirable neighborhoods, you'll be within easy walking distance to the SOHO area's numerous restaurants and bars, as well as Tampa's historic Bayshore Boulevard. Enjoy the week in this home along a street canopied with grand oaks and meet your neighbors, who are some of Tampa's business, civic and social leaders. Traditionally decorated, with high ceilings, crown molding, and numerous original windows, the home could easily grace the pages of Southern Accents or Architectural Digest.
In the main home you will find three bedrooms and two full baths (all new) upstairs. There is a new Sleep Number king in the master and two twins in each of the other two bedrooms. Downstairs there is a queen sleeper sofa. A total of eight can sleep comfortably in beds, with six occupants being ideal. The cottage is single level and can easily sleep four with ease.
For entertaining, you will particularly enjoy the newly constructed outside brick patio, complete with wet bar, beverage refrigerator, Big Green Egg grill and large plasma TV. It's the perfect place to relax at the end of the day and watch the pundits debate on Fox News. Back inside you'll find the kitchen is all new with 2011 state-of-the-art gas fired appliances, and the living areas adorned with multiple large screen plasma TVs connected to a house-wide stereo speaker system.
High value convention visitors will feel secure in the main home, with 360 degree motion sensor outdoor floodlights covering the entire front, rear and side, and a monitored alarm system with multiple motion, smoke, fire, gas and carbon monoxide detectors. In addition, several nights per week the neighborhood is patrolled by off-duty Tampa Police Department officers paid by the neighborhood association.
Simply put, there is no better combination of location, luxury, size and security than our historic South Tampa compound. It's the perfect base for your convention experience.
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- Historic home w/ complete interior and exterior restoration in 2011 / 2012
- High ceilings
- Traditionally decorated
- All new appliances and electronics throughout
- All new bathrooms in 2012
- Verizon FiOS WiFi
- Monitored security system with multiple motion, smoke, fire, gas, CO2 detectors
- Front, rear, side motion triggered exterior lighting
- Large outdoor entertainment area
- Exactly three miles from convention site
- Walking distance to South Howard (SoHo) entertainment district
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- Access to the historic Tampa Yacht & Country Club for dining and entertainment (additional fee)
- Access to the exclusive University Club of Tampa for dining and entertainment (additional fee)
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Available only during the week of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. Additional nights on either side of the convention dates will be considered. The weekly rate is $15,000 for the main house and $22,000 for a combination of both the main house and cottage.


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We are in the middle of a support pack project for our SRM system, and I've run into a snag as I prepare to move them into QAS. We've had this system for many years, and when DEV was originally installed in 2000 it was as a B2B 2.0a system. It was upgraded to 2.0b before GoLive, and the QAS and PRD systems were installed directly as 2.0b systems. The entire landscape has been upgraded several times in the twelve years since, and today it is on release SRM 5.0.
The problem is that the DEV system still shows an installed software component of NDI_ERM (Extended Relationship Management) in release 20A. Obviously that is actually long gone, but it still shows up in SPAM in the Display Package Level function, and under Attribute SAPCOMPONENT in the properties of all transport requests released from this system. It should have been passively deleted during the first (or subsequent) upgrade long ago, but for whatever reason that didn't happen. This software component never existed in QAS or PRD and does not show up in SPAM in those systems.
This hasn't been an issue in the past, and so I've just ignored it as I always had bigger fish to fry. I've performed upgrades and support packages for these systems without an issue, but we hadn't done any of these tasks for the past three years.
Until now.
I successfully installed support package stack 28 for SRM 5.0 into DEV a few months ago, and I performed the required modification adjustments in SPAU, creating the usual modification adjustment transport. Now, however, when I am trying to import the support packs into QAS, I have a problem when defining the queue, at the step for adding the modification adjustment transport. The transport is marked with a Software Component Vector that includes the defunct ghost NDI_ERM 20A, and NDI_ERM doesn't exist in QAS. SPAM finds the transport, but marks it with a red light ("Transport does not fit"). Drilling into details shows me that everything matches perfectly except for my ghost. On that line I get "The software component is not installed," and SPAM will not allow me to add the transport into the queue.
I should point out that I can import regular transports just fine, and I'm pretty sure I could just import the queue without the modification adjustment transport, and then import it manually when SPAM gets to the step about performing the adjustment. No doubt that would work, and that's almost certainly what I'm going to end up doing. But it bugs me that I can't fix this.
I have some thoughts about fixes that might work, and I'd like input on whether anyone else has dealt with (and solved) this problem before.
I think that I could probably just delete the line in DEV in table CVERS for NDI_ERM and so have it no longer show up in the attributes of future transports. That might solve the problem going forward, though it won't fix the mod adjust transport I've already released. Any thoughts about this?
I was able to get the existing transport to no longer show NDI_ERM in its attributes by deleting the appropriate line in DEV in table E070A. After doing that the transport looked fine in the STMS queue for QAS when drilling into its properties. However, this apparently isn't enough for SPAM. As I had already uploaded the transport in SPAM once, SPAM 'remembers' it and seems to have therefore cached its properties, including the NDI_ERM software component. I haven't been able to figure out how to get SPAM to 'forget' this transport so I could completely upload it anew and hopefully get new attributes that will then match the correct software component vector for the target system. Resetting the queue status doesn't do it.
Any thoughts on where (what tables) SPAM stores information about modification adjustment transports, and how to clear that information out? Any thoughts on the (admittedly drastic) measures I've mentioned above?
Thanks in advance,
Hi Matt,
The best thing here is to raise a message with SAP as it is not allowed/supported to modify SAP internal tables. If you modify it manually and you run into further issues, SAP will not support.
Best Regards,
Yes, that is certainly true, and I would typically agree with that. However, SRM 5.0 has gone out of mainstream maintenance as of April 1 of this year. I have been working with my employer and account rep to get extended maintenance, and that is finally happening, but the wheels of bureacracy turn slowly and so we still aren't in support as of this moment. Meanwhile, I can't wait; I'm on a tight deadline for this project.
So, I ignored my SPAU transport, imported the queue without it, and then imported the transport when SPAM stopped for modification adjustment. It worked just fine like that, as I knew it would. This means, however, that when I get to production I will need to do things the same way in order to use a tested method. So now any fixes that might be suggested will only be relevant for the next round of support packages or upgrade, which means now I can afford to wait for extended support to kick in.
Nevertheless, I'm still curious to know where SPAM is caching the transport information.
While I never did find a way to clear the attribute cache for 'uploaded' SPAU transports in downstream systems, I did confirm how to eliminate the 'ghost' component from fouling the attributes of future transports. As it turns out, the component had to be deleted from tables CVERS, CVERS_LAN, and CVERS_REF, and the system needed to be restarted to clear out all the buffered/cached information. Deleting it from CVERS was enough for it to no longer show up in SPAM and System Status, but SE10 was still adding it to the transport attributes upon release. I was able to confirm with function module OCS_GET_INSTALLED_COMPS that it was still stuck in a buffer, but not in the underlying tables. I tried resetting the Generic Key buffer, but that wasn't enough. I tried /$SYNC, but that wasn't enough (which really surprised me). A system restart, and double-checking that the information was also up-to-date in SLD and SMSY in Solution Manager, did the trick. It's possible re-syncing the buffers and re-syncing SLD would have been enough without a system restart, but the restart made sure.
And Aniket is right -- this is NOT a recommended practice. I would not have done this in a production system. This was a DEV system, no one else was working in it, and I had access to good backups in case things went south.

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Illinois is famous for its rough and tumble politics, but Gov. Pat Quinn still managed to turn heads with a new TV ad that says his Republican rival, state Sen. Bill Brady, wanted to make it easier to put pets to death.
With creepy music in the background, the ad shows grainy images of dogs being forced into a chamber. As the dogs are put in, the soundtrack suggests the dogs are screeching and howling with fear.
Words superimposed over the images of the dogs say, "Just two days after Bill Brady won the primary for governor, Sen. Bill Brady's first priority was to sponsor a bill that would mass-euthanize sheltered dogs and cats in gas chambers."
It continues, "Bill Brady's law would undo a deal worked out over two years by veterinarians, Farm Bureau and Illinois' Humane Society." The ad cuts to shots of people with their pets denouncing the bill and Brady's role in it.
"Shame on Bill Brady!" says a woman holding a fluffy white dog. "I'm a Republican, but I don't support him for the mass euthanization of animals." We checked the facts and rated the claim Half True.
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The Giants have re-signed Carr.||||||| Carr, the former No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft, will again back up Eli Manning, as he has for four of the last five seasons. The backup role is somewhat ceremonial for the Giants. Manning has started 135 consecutive regular-season games, a run that started in the second half of the 2004 season.
Carr and the Giants tentatively reached their agreement last week but needed time before announcing it. It is for one year, and $925,000.||||||| Carr was Manning's backup quarterback in 2008 and `09. He played in three games the first season and in six games in 2009 and in those two seasons, he completed 33 of 42 passes (78.6 percent) for 340 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
The 49ers have signed Carr to a two-year deal. General manager Scot McCloughan said Monday that Carr will help provide depth at quarterback.||||||| Coach Mike Singletary has repeatedly said 2005 No. 1 pick Alex Smith is the starter, but didn't rule out signing an experienced quarterback who could push Smith and challenge for playing time. Carr, an eight-year NFL veteran, was the top draft pick in 2002 out of Fresno State. He spent the past two seasons as a backup to Eli Manning with the New York Giants.
Carr arrived in the Bay Area on Friday to visit with the San Francisco 49ers.||||||| While coach Mike Singletary has repeatedly said 2005 No. 1 pick Alex Smith is his starter going forward, Singletary didn't rule out signing an experienced quarterback who could push Smith and challenge for playing time.
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Once again, the world is dealing with increased rhetoric from North Korea, but does leader Kim Jong-Un really want to launch an attack? One Montgomery-based expert on Korean Affairs doesn't think so.
"I'm fairly confident that in the end what North Korea is driven by is its own continued existence, the regime's existence," said Jacques Fuqua, assistant provost for international affairs at Auburn University at Montgomery. "And to openly attack South Korea, Japan or U.S. bases would ensure its own destruction."
Fuqua says Kim Jong-Un, who is still relatively early in his tenure as leader, is trying to assert himself.
"He has to establish himself with the military, and with the North Korean Workers Party to ensure he is able to work himself into power as his father and grandfather did," Fuqua said.
And like his father and grandfather, get concessions from other world leaders and food aid for one of the world's poorest countries.
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions said the U.S. may be getting weary of North Korea's act.
"My conversations with top defense department people reveal they're tired of this," Sen. Sessions said. "They know this cycle cannot continue. If we reward a nation it should be for good behavior, not bad behavior."
Both Sen. Sessions and Fuqua agree the unknown is Kim Jong-Un, how will he react to the efforts to contain the crisis.
'They've pretty much have run the chess board in terms of viable moves that they have," Fuqua said. "And so I think the next few weeks will be crucial."
Fuqua says the South Korean economy, which has strong ties to the River Region, should not be impacted as long as the situation remained contained.
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"Blame the press," Daily Variety scoffed in mid-April, after several days of publicity about the automaker's move. "That's the latest coping mechanism for General Motors, whose slumping share price and falling profits have generated a wave of negative media coverage. … GM isn't the first Fortune 500 company to retaliate against a newspaper's editorial coverage by taking a punch at its ad division. But most companies understand the tactic just doesn't work; it only generates more bad coverage."
Drawing more attention to GM's financial woes, the ad-yanking gambit is likely to backfire. But news outlets are far from immune to advertiser pressure.
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For a different spin on a typical fruit salad, try this creamy mint sauce from Diane Hixon of Niceville, Florida. It's delicious dolloped on orange slices and other fresh fruit. TIP: "In summer, it's very refreshing served over melon, strawberries and red and green grapes," Diane notes.
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons minced fresh mint
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 2 medium star fruit, sliced
- 3 large navel oranges, peeled and sliced
- 3 large kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, confectioners' sugar, mint and cardamom. Chill for at least 30 minutes. Just before serving, arrange star fruit, oranges and kiwi on salad plates or a serving platter; sprinkle with cranberries and dollop with cream topping. Yield: 8 servings.
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Please assist me in choosing universityHi all,
Wed Mar 09, 2011 07:31 PM
My name is Anbarasu.K.A i have completed my B.com in 2009 with 72%.. I have two years of work experience as supervisor and inventory manager in a printing unit owned by my family... I love to do my MBA were i acquire more knowledge i am also intersted in CIMA .. I have completed inter in ICWAI, a professional cource in INDIA. i have certain questions
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MSNBC's O'Donnell Hails Obama's 'Organized Exit' From Iraq
The media never let President Bush live down the so-called "Mission Accomplished" speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003 when the then-president declared an end of major combat operations in Iraq, even though Bush pointedly noted "Our mission continues. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed....The war on terror is not over." But now that President Obama is earnestly trying to portray himself as the president who is once-and-for-all wrapping up the Iraq War, MSNBC is more than happy to give the commander-in-chief the benefit of the doubt.
"This president seems determined to deliver imagery of an organized exit" from Iraq, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell approvingly noted on today's Andrea Mitchell Reports right after watching live video of President Obama with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Iraqi prime minister is in Washington "for talks aimed at cementing U.S.-Iraqi relations in a new, postwar era," the Washington Post reported today, "kick[ing] off a week in which the administration will trumpet the imminent end of the war, and the fulfillment of Obama's election pledge to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq."
"The nation has waited a long time for this moment," even though it's mostly symbolic, colleague Andrea Mitchell observed, adding it "isn't exactly a Mission Accomplished sign" but then suggested that nonetheless the president was facing "a [presidential] campaign" in which "a lot of pitfalls" like Iran and Syria as well as Iraq's "many, many challenges" could come back to haunt him.
"He's in the position of, in effect, trying to sell to the world and the region... that this exit is going to work, so for him to engage in the hypotheticals of what-if, what-if doesn't make any sense, especially at this stage" O'Donnell argued.
"Surely he's in meetings that are filled with the what-ifs and surely he has worries about the what-ifs and contingency notions about what they're going to have to do if some of the worst what-ifs occur," the Last Word host added.
The same could have been said of President Bush from May 1, 2003 until January 20, 2009, only the media were far too willing to use every opportunity to attack President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq in a crassly political and partisan manner.
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al-Maliki is another dirty
Submitted by helomech on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 6:03pm.
al-Maliki is another dirty politician Obama is associating himself with; then again, are we not surprised?
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"Surely he's in meetings..."
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 6:07pm.
Not exactly, Crazy Larry:
Obama Schedule || December 9, 2011
10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Busy day, huh?
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Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 7:04pm.
You think Barry has time to shine his halo every day?...NAH!!!... he has scores of gaggle lapdogs for that!
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Larry O'Donnell -
Submitted by ray johnson on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 6:19pm.
Barry's Head Rimjobber - what would you expect him to blab about? Eventually he'll end up in the psuch ward, but for now, MSLSD will do.
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Moon Cheesers
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 6:29pm.
I can not determine who is the most shameless: The Messiah or Msnbc. I have come to believe that if the Messiah said that he could feed the hungry of the world by importing cheese from the Moon, Msnbc would support and praise him for forward thinking.
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I got a 'what if' for you O'Donnell...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 7:14pm.
What if Iraq falls back into chaos in a couple of years? What's Obama gonna do...invade Iraq for the THIRD time? How about: ' what if' YOU could find your own ass with both hands Larry?...that might be a good start!
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What if?
Submitted by Bob K on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 7:38pm.
There is no way that will fail to happen. To me, it is not worth any more lives trying to prevent the inevitable. Anyone who thinks it will not fall into chaos needs to head for crack rehab.
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Bush 41 should have taken the
Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 9:17pm.
Bush 41 should have taken the oil...He was accused of it by the MSM anyhow. What a wimp! His son was no better. We all know Iraq was about keeping the oil flowing and out of the hands of a wannabe Hitler.
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Yeah Obama is so worried about Iraq
Submitted by povertypimpin on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 7:22pm.
He never even spoke to Al-Maliki during the negotations. I wonder if past presidents participated in the negotiations of troop levels/withdrawal from Germany, Japan and Korea. Naaaaaah. Who could be bothered with work like that when you can hold your chin up to the American people and show them your great oratory skills.
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Did anyone really...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 7:32pm.
think that you could establish a democratic state in Iraq and then leave? Iraq will be in the hands of the radical terror groups and clerics within the year. There was NEVER going to be a 'victory' in Iraq since a victory could only occur if the muslim political movement (it is a false 'religion') was eradicated, and that is impossible. The loyalty of all muslims is FIRST to Mohammed, then to themselves, not to a ballot box.
An organized democratic political system can not exist in a muslim state. And since the goal of ALL muslims is the eventual takeover of the world, and the murder of every infidel (that would be all Christians, Jews, and other non-believers) this conflict between good and EVIL will continue if our civilization continues for another 1,000 years, or another 100,000 years. They will never surrender. They must be eradicated.
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The Last Word....
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 7:33pm.
We should be so lucky!
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Ken-I'd lilke to interject on fine little point in this charade.
Submitted by Gary Hall on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 8:07pm.
This has little to do with Obama.
- "kick[ing] off a week in which the administration will trumpet the imminent end of the war, and the fulfillment of Obama's election pledge to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq."
The MSM needs to phrase that just a wee bit differently, such as:
kick[ing] off a week in which the administration will trumpet the imminent end of the war, and the fulfillment of Obama's election pledge to uphold President Bush's agreement [Status of Forces Agreement] which set the withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq at the end of 2011."
Even Wikipedia get this rather straight:
The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: "Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq") is a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States. It establishes that U.S. combat forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011, subject to possible further negotiations which could delay withdrawal and a referendum scheduled for mid-2009 in Iraq which may require U.S. forces to completely leave by the middle of 2010.
All that Obama is responsible here, is not providing the proper leadership whereas, because of the recent escalation of the violence in Iraq, he was not engaged in properly (according to many) renegotiating "Bush's agreement," such that some US forces might be allowed to remain longer and/or be in a more strategic position in the event that all hell breaks out again, or such that their presence might provide the security and support needed for Iraqi officials to continue the transition.
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Saved me some time
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 8:50pm.
Interject away my friend...........
You beat me to the punch and saved me from posting the FACTS that Obysmal is just following the Booooooooosh plan that was already signed and Iraq STATED that Obysmal when taking office can't change OR THEY WOULD NOT SIGN IT.
Fact two is that the military leaders wanted 10,000 or so to stay as peace keepers, but Obysmal FAILED to get Iraq to agree because they can't get anyone to agree on anything as he sucks as a "leader".
I still laugh that he is seen as a leader while using drones by all the same liars that hammered Booooooooosh for doing the same.
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Submitted by Hog_Flambe on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 10:00pm.
It's Dubya's fault.... oopsie...
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Always remember: Liberals = "the smart people"
Submitted by needle on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 10:43pm.
"MSNBC's O'Donnell Hails Obama's 'Organized Exit' From Iraq"
This gem of what "the smart people" think needs to be bookmarked for future reference, depending on how thing actually turn out.
Because Obama "kept his promise" and completely bugged out Iraq, I suspect that the likelihood that things in Iraq will turn out well is as close to nil as I can imagine. But, hey, it's all part of his program to "transform America" into a POS. Mission accomplished.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
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Great success, just like
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:46am.
Great success, just like Syria, Libya, Eygpt and Afganistan. the radical muslims are batting 1000.
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Did the Vietnam War end just
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 9:16am.
Did the Vietnam War end just because we unilaterally surrendered? The now nonexistent South Vietnamese gov't would beg to differ. Seems like this will be fate for Iraq defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Weekly endorses Cook-Kallio for mayor; Pentin, Brown for City Council
Original post made on Oct 12, 2012
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Am I the only one that has a huge problem with a media outlet (be it small town media) endorsing a political candidate? Granted we can usually gauge who they are supporting, I am not a huge fan of coming out and supporting people...
on Oct 12, 2012 at 9:00 am
I'm having a tough time following the Weekly's logic in endorsing Cook-Kallio. The editorial states ". . .doesn't wear any party affiliation on her sleeve. . ." Did they look at her endorsement list? The first endorsement listed is the Democratic Party followed by a list of liberal Democrats.
The editorial mentions that she's supported by business. I believe the Chamber endorsed Thorne. Business folks have given her money because she's going to be on the council for 2 additional years regardless of the outcome of the election. But that doesn't mean support. And on her endorsement list all I see are endorsements by labor unions.
And yes she's for pension reform but it depends on who she's talking to. There's a reason the unions including our local unions are supporting her--ask yourself what that might be.
She supports Measure B1, the perpetual tax, yet the Weekly is opposed to it.
So I have to wonder what's really behind this endorsement?
on Oct 12, 2012 at 9:16 am
Am I the only one who detects a hint of sarcasm in the Cook-Kalio endorsement? It's as if the author had to endorse her against his will. Or else he's auditioning for writing for The Onion.
Stating that "pension reform was one of her issues"? Stating that while she's a Democrat, "she doesn't wear party affiliation on her sleeve"? Stating that it's a good thing she was on the side of developers on the Oak Grove development and worked against a citizen referendum - essentially trying to thwart democracy on the local level? Also - I don't get the comment about Jerry being "reserved." This is a guy who's campaign sponsored Concert in the Park and he "got his boogie on" in front of the whole town. I would say that Cook-Calio is reserved - because when I've emailed the city council on local issues - Thorne has always responded - while Cook-Calio's time must have been "reserved" for more important matters from her union and developer "constituents" - many of whom are from out of town.
No matter what the intent of this article - it does paint a clear picture of Cook-Calio as anti-Pleasanton resident, pro-union, pro-developer, and in the good graces of the higher-ups in the liberal Democrat bay-area machine; while Thorne is a pro-Pleasanton, pro-business, pro-pension reform patriotic American. If Cook-Calio is who the Weekly endorses, it obviously doesn't understand the values of Pleasanton.


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In the Paramount action drama "Flight," pilot Whip Whitaker (played by Denzel Washington) miraculously crash-lands a malfunctioning plane. He is hailed as a national hero for saving nearly every life aboard, but the investigation threatens to reveal Whip's darkest secrets. Costume designer Louise Frogley takes a break from the set of Iron Man 3 for an exclusive interview in which she shares some secrets of her own:
How would you describe the general look of Denzel's character? How many costumes did you create? We were trying to be conventional, to show him as a man who wasn't poor, but wasn't a showy type. He's dressed conservatively. It was about 10 looks [made with] clothes somebody could actually own…we mixed and matched.
What kind of research was involved in assembling Denzel Washington's wardrobe for this particular role?[It involved] seeing what pilots actually do wear. It's a very easy thing to search. It has a lot to do with shapes that Denzel likes. He really likes certain looks. He's got a pretty good shape so it was really about things like how big a collar should be in proportion to his face. It's just finding that absolute right size. He's very professional, he's very aware of what works for him, and he's usually right.
Can you describe your experience working with Denzel? What is his personality and body type like?He's very nice and he's very intense. He gets very into the character, he really wants to do the very best that he can do, and he wants everybody around him to do the same. He won't stop 'til everything is exactly right, which is great. It's very inspirational.
I recently interviewed John Carroll of Carroll & Co., a store with an established history of dressing film actors. He mentioned that Denzel wears one of their suede jackets in the film and that "they needed a bunch." Can you tell me a little more about the item?[We used it for] one of Denzel's casual looks. It's a light tan suede jacket from Carroll & Co. and it was just very well cut. It wasn't ostentatious—it's a nice classic piece. You wouldn't notice it and if you did, it would be just right. [Denzel] would like to have a lot of everything, it would make him feel more comfortable.
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Industry veteran Craig Burross has returned to lighting manufacturer High End Systems Inc. in Austin, TX as the new sales manager for Northeastern US.
Burross previously worked as HES sales manager for various U.S. regions from 1991-1999. He most recently came from Vari-Lite where he was the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic regional sales manager.
"I'm obviously overjoyed to be back with the High End Systems family!" Burross says. "The ever increasing use of the Digital Lighting platform weighed heavily in my decision to leave Vari-Lite and return to High End Systems, the industry leader with this particular technology. I'm grateful to once again have the opportunity to advance the understanding and use of High End's inventions, and be a part of this cutting-edge organization."
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The 2010 DC Universe Animated Original Movie and sequel to "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies".< read all 2 reviews
Talk about high expectations going in, ever since the release of Superman/ Batman Public Enemies, I have been terribly excited about this piece. Going through absolute withdrawal of the animated Justice League series, about the closest I can get to fulfilling that void comes in the form of these DCAU feature films starring some of the League's most influential members.
And in theory this one should have delivered there! After all, it features Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl (heck even Superman's dog Krypto makes a cameo) and pits them against the hordes of darkness on Apokolips. However, in execution, I found the finished product to be a bit too ambitious for its own good but more on that in a moment, first let's take a look at the facts.
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse is a 2010 direct-to-video animated film based on the Superman/Batman comic storyline "The Supergirl from Krypton" and serves as an unofficial sequel to Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
The story basically opens by making reference of the timeframe through blurbs on Gotham City radio suggesting it is within the weeks after the events that led to Lex Luthor's arrest, the impeachment of his presidency, and Batman's success in saving the world from the impact of an approaching meteor.
A spacecraft crash-lands in Gotham City Harbor apparently containing a naked young girl without knowledge of English or Earth or really much of anything. Without giving much away, the girl in question is of course the future Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) and while Superman welcomes his fellow Kryptonian refugee with open arms and works to teach her English and Earthen culture, Batman remains suspicious.
By the time the film is over, the viewer will have visited Gotham City, Metropolis, Themyscira, Apokolips, and Smallville. Considering its 78-minute runtime, there's a lot of ground to cover here!
I mentioned earlier that my biggest criticism of the film is that it may be a bit too ambitious for its own good and that statement certainly deserves elaboration. While the look of the film is spot on (with a unique, angled look to the character models), the vocal cast impeccable (opting to use the talent of the Justice League actors; in fact this was the noted as the first project Kevin Conroy and Susan Eisenberg (Batman and Wonder Woman) have worked on together since the end of the Justice League series) but the plot is a bit scattered and the pacing inconsistent.
I guess this is to be expected given the incredible number of characters and locations involved to be crammed within a film that runs only a bit over an hour in length. Call it wishful thinking if you must, but this whole thread would have been far better served had it been introduced as a multi-episode thread in the Justice League animated series. Maybe I'm still not over my adoration of that show, but I can't help but feel like a lot of these DCAU feature films coming from Warner Brothers of late would have made for awesome season-long threads for JL not unlike the Project Cadmus angle.
Back to reality though, the fight segments contained here are pretty impressive, and do a nice job capturing the inhuman power of the combatants involved. The inconsistent pacing and rushed ending can probably be overlooked by action-junkies on account of these awesome battles. The rest of us who have come to expect absolute perfection from Bruce Timm and company will likely come away from this film feeling as though the potential outweighs the finished product.
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The Cowboys repeatedly went after CB Lito Sheppard in the Vikings' 24-21 win, and it almost worked. All three touchdown passes came at the expense of Sheppard, who was replacing CB Cedric Griffin. With Griffin out for the season and no other reliable options to turn to, the Vikings must get rookie Chris Cook
healthy and get him in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Packers.
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Sheppard was signed as a stopgap solution while Griffin rehabbed his original ACL injury, which he suffered in last season's NFC title game. The thinking was that Sheppard could be a capable replacement as Griffin worked his way back. But right away, the Vikings found out what the Jets knew last season: Sheppard is not a man-cover guy. The Jets benched him late last season, relegating him to dime duties, but the Vikings believed Sheppard could be more effective in their zone-heavier scheme than in the Jets' pressure-based, man-cover defense.
One problem has been that the Vikings' noted defensive line hasn't produced the kind of pressure we have become accustomed to. That in turn, has forced defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to blitz more than normal. And with blitzing comes man coverage typically, which doesn't suit Sheppard's game well
at all at this point.
Sheppard made Cowboys WRs Roy Williams and Dez Bryant look very good Sunday. And in doing so, Sheppard likely put himself on the bench on defense for the foreseeable future. The ideal situation would be to get Cook, who is nursing a meniscus injury, his second knee ailment of the season, back up to game-playing shape. Short of that, the team could do a lot worse than letting the competitive Asher Allen, despite his flaws, get those reps.
But Cook is a young difference maker who has earned the praise of the team's veterans for his ability to play bigger receivers, adjust to thrown passes in the air and match good speed step for step. He has a knack for covering one-on-one and should be able to perform even if he's not completely healthy.


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BEDS: 3 Kings, 2 Queens, 2 Bunk sets, 1 Pyramid Bunk, Crib.
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