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Turn For The Better for a 1927 Ford Model T RoadsterWritten by on February 17, 2006 Contributors: Tom Pagano This cool coupler could change the way you steer your street rod.
One of the things that really grabbed our attention the first time we saw Tom Pagano's Hemi-powered '27 T roadster pickup was the wild steering setup on the car. Instead of rising from the floorboard at a 45-degree angle, the steering column stuck out of the dash almost horizontally, like on a new car. And in the engine compartment the steering shaft came out of the firewall about 18 inches lower than where it went in. As it turns out, the upper column is connected to the lower shaft by a series of sprockets and chains.
The part was not purchased from some aftermarket catalog, but was a prototype piece developed by Pagano's friend, car builder Dave O'Connor. Dave came up with the idea while trying to figure out how to gain a little leg room inside the cramped quarters of his chopped and channeled Model A Tudor. He knew the answer lay in getting the steering column out from between his feet, and his solution was simple but imaginative. He filled a machined aluminum case with quarter-inch shafts, sprockets, industrial roller chain, sealed bearings, and UHMW nylon glides acting as tensioners.
"The second I finished the prototype, I knew my life was going to change," Dave tells us. He now has a patent pending on his offset steering coupler, officially introduced at the '05 SEMA show, and hopes to have product available for customers by the time you read this story. We're eager to see how it catches on. In addition to the prototypes he built for his own sedan and Tom Pagano's roadster pickup, Dave created another coupler for a '46 Ford sedan, owned by Ron Kummerle. Tom photographed the progress of the conversion and passed the photos on to us. It's a pretty simple job, but the end results offer a whole bunch of benefits.
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The Wizard Fabrication offset steering coupler is about as simple as it gets. The coupler connects to the steering column at the top (left in this photo) and to the steering shaft at the bottom, via a chaindrive.The real secret to the success of this conversion is the correct location for the coupler. It can be mounted on the inside of the firewall out of sight, or on the outside. Either way, it should be mounted in a position that allows the best lower shaft access to the steering box using the least amount of U-joints. Keep in mind that the goal isn't necessarily to get the steering column as horizontal as possible; it's to get it off the floor away from your feet. That could be achieved with the coupler mounted low on the firewall. The surface of the firewall could be a limiting factor. If it doesn't provide a good mounting surface, your may have to fabricate one or more mounting brackets. For appearance reasons, it's a good idea to keep the coupler as vertical as possible, but that's not critical to its operation. In fact, in this case the lower part of the case was pivoted slightly toward the framerail to let the shaft clear the headers. If the coupler in this photo looks funny, it's because it is a dummy case that Dave used as a template to measure and mock up the mounting position and the path of the steering shaft segments from the coupler to the steering system (in this case a rack-and-pinion box) in order to figure out the best mounting position. Wizard Fabrication will provide a template to customers with center holes marked for that same purpose.After the position of the four mounting holes has been determined, the firewall is cut with a 3-inch hole saw to make room for the steering column. Look closely and you'll see that the upper mounting holes are marked just below the saw blade.If you measure correctly, like David did, the coupler will line up correctly with the steering column. As we forewarned a couple of photos ago, the coupler's two lower mounting holes extend below the firewall, so a bracket will have to be made.From underneath, it's easier to see that about half the part extends below the firewall. Dave is thinking about offering the product in two or three different lengths, which would help solve that probleFor now, the solution is an angle bracket built to tie the bottom of the coupler to the floorboard from underneath......Notice that the proportioning valve and brake lines were relocated to the bracket, which gets them out of sight and helps clean up the firewall.
Improvements to the interior are especially noticeable with the dash out of the way. A piece of rectangular tubing with a raised notch extends the length of the dash to support the column.The triangular Lokar column cable shift linkage bracket, clamps, and neutral safety switch are clearly visible from this bug's-eye vantage point, but are invisible from normal view.When the job was done, the improvements to the interior of Ron's sedan were huge. The brake swing pedal is still in place but has been curved to the left to bring the brake closer to the center. The accelerator pedal has been relocated a few inches to the left. Not only do the new positions for the steering wheel, brake pedal, and gas pedal look a lot better, they make the car a lot more comfortable, and a lot more fun to drive.


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Q: We have been trying to convince our local public works officials to specify segmental retaining wall (SRW) blocks on an upcoming project. We are located in the northern part of the United States. And the county's engineering staff is concerned that the SRW blocks will not be durable given our area's numerous freeze-thaw cycles and the heavy use of deicers on the roads and sidewalks.
While our SRW products have a good service life on many area projects, we have agreed to review our mix designs in search of even a better unit. Should we consider adding an air entrainment admixture to help prevent damage from frost or deicing salt scaling?
A: Although research and service-life assessments of existing structures have shown that using air entrainment in ordinary concrete can improve frost resistance and deicing scaling resistance, there is little agreement on how successful it works in dry concrete.
First, there's the question of whether the admixtures can even cause entrainment. Some studies have shown that air entrainment is extremely difficult, regardless of the admixture dosage rate. But other studies have reported some entrainment dependent on specific conditions of admixture type, mix design, plant mixer, and batching sequence.
This opinion was reported in the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) newly released "Durability of Segmental Retaining Wall Blocks: Final Report." FHWA funded a three-year study regarding the freeze-thaw durability of SRW units. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Cornell University, and Texas A&M University conducted the research.
The study was initiated based on concerns expressed by transportation officials on the durability of SRW blocks used in northern climates. These systems are popular for a variety of reasons, including lower construction costs, versatility, aesthetic appearance, ease of installation, and the increasing availability of a number of proprietary designs.
"Despite these inherent advantages, there have been some reported problems with durability of segmental retaining wall blocks in cold climates," according to the report.
In recent years, the Minnesota and Wisconsin DOTs have conducted extensive field surveys to assess the level of damage to SRWs. In Minnesota, 104 walls was each assigned a distress rating between 0 and 5, with 0 indicating the worst distress, and 5 indicating no visible distress.
While only 7% of the walls examined were classified as poor to very poor, more than 50% exhibited some type of freeze-thaw damage. Walls near parking lots or close to the road exhibited the most damage, due to increased amounts of snow accumulation and water runoff. This allows for greater saturation and exposure to deicing salts.
The walls exposed to fertilizer also exhibited more damage due to phosphates as the fertilizers behaved similar to deicing salts.
The project explored unit deterioration mechanisms in the field, identified variables that contribute to durability, and provided conclusions and recommendations for future work.
"It has been confirmed that the vast majority of segmental retaining wall blocks have performed well and continue to perform well, even in cold climates and when exposed to deicing salts," Gary Henderson, director of the Office of Infrastructure for FHWA, wrote in the report's introduction.
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|Soccer considered for role in GOCO grant
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
Prior to the Tuesday, June 18 Holyoke City Council meeting, members of the community were invited to the council chambers for their input regarding the possibility of bringing a soccer field to Holyoke.
Discussions about creating a soccer field came about after the City of Holyoke was denied a Great Outdoors Colorado grant that would have been used to make improvements to the town baseball facility.
In order for the city to improve its chances of being selected for a GOCO grant in August when the next grant cycle begins, they must first come up with ways in which to encourage more physical activity.
Four citizens showed up for the town meeting, most of which were in support of the recreation program, but some concerns were voiced.
Tom Bennett, who stated that he supports the rec program in general and believes soccer can be a great outlet for kids, voiced his concern that utilizing the smaller baseball field as a soccer field would be taking away from the intended purpose of the field, which is for baseball and softball.
Voicing support for soccer, José León said he was surprised to find out that several Holyoke and Haxtun kids were traveling to Sterling to play soccer. Keeping players and teams in Holyoke and having other towns and teams travel here would be beneficial to the city.
He noted that in the past 15 years, the sport has definitely gained popularity in the state, in part due to Colorado forming a professional soccer club, the Colorado Rapids, in 1996.
It has become common to see groups of kids around Holyoke playing soccer at any open space they can find. With the World Cup, which is only played every four years, set for 2014, León said the popularity of the sport is likely to rise even more.
Young soccer players have to join leagues in either Sterling or Julesburg to compete, forcing parents to make multiple trips a week for practices and games.
Yesenia Bencomo commented that holding games locally would be a great way to showcase Holyoke.
Sharon Jones mentioned that close to 100 Holyoke kids in preschool through fourth grade were involved in soccer leagues outside of Holyoke.
Jones has actually been in touch with Dennis Hill who heads the Julesburg recreation program about possibly making Holyoke a site for some of the league's games if Holyoke were to secure a site for soccer fields.
A few towns that border the Colorado state line, such as Oshkosh, Neb., Chappell, Neb., and Big Springs, Neb., all play in the Julesburg soccer league. Hosting teams from these towns would allow Holyoke residents to stay in town and avoid spending money in other towns while bringing in out-of-town money.
In order to host games for the Julesburg league, three fields would have to be constructed, according to Jones.
A 40x20-yard field would be used for kids in preschool and kindergarten, a 60x40-yard field for first- and second-graders and an 80x40-yard field for third-eighth-grade students.
Locations for soccer fields were discussed, including the outfield of the smaller baseball field and the open areas that surround the baseball fields.
A problem with using the baseball field as a soccer field would be the conflicting schedules. Sterling has both fall and spring soccer leagues. During the fall and spring, the fields in Holyoke are in use by the softball and baseball teams.
The paint needed to distinguish the field of play in the outfield would likely upset those associated with the baseball and softball programs during the season. Without having measured off the soccer field lengths in the outfield of the baseball field, it is hard to tell if more than one field would fit in the designated area without having to tear down the outfield fence.
Bennett also mentioned that it may be time to further develop the rec program. Other than the swimming pool, baseball and softball, those who want to play other youth sports generally are forced to look at what is offered in other towns.
GOCO chooses who is awarded grant money based on a points system. Of the 100 possible points, up to 15 points worth of criteria related to the public process can be gained. By holding the public discussion, the City of Holyoke may pick up more public process points than they have in the past.
City officials report
Holyoke Police Chief Doug Bergstrom reported that from May 30-June 12, HPD received 67 calls for service, made two arrests, issued one citation, wrote four reports and gave out 14 warnings.
Other business
In other business June 18, the council:
—donated $1,000 to Holyoke Volunteer Fire Department for fireworks for the 4th of July.
—donated 15, one-day swim passes to Baby Bear Hugs.
—renewed the annual lease agreement with Holyoke Golf Club, Inc.
—renewed the liquor license for Lucky's Liquor.
—approved a travel request for Kathy Olofson to attend the GOCO workshop in Yuma Tuesday, June 25.
—hired Danielle Brandt as a lifeguard and increased the wages for Meg Strauss and Brittney Prottsman for earning their WSI.
—approved a retail warehouse storage permit to allow Holyoke Hotels, LLC to store liquor outside of the previously approved licensed area.
Holyoke Enterprise June 27, 2013


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The wife is gluten free, and so far we have found out that Eatin Park has the best gluten free menu in our area. All the staff is very knowledgeable on Celiac, and have been very helpful like looking up recipes just to make sure you can eat it.
great experience! gf buns!
Very knowledgeable about celiac disease and gluten free. I ordered the chicken&strawberry salad. I told them I have celiac, and they told me they would cook the chicken on the part of the grill where gluten doesn't touch.
I eat here 2-3 times a week. The gf buns they use are actually good! Decent sized gf menu.
1911 Leesburg-Grove City Road, Grove City, PA 16127
Very nice breakfast selections. And burgers with gf buns are great.
2075 Snow Rd., Parma, OH 44134
While the menu is a little limited (they don't have a gf fryer), the staff is very knowledgeable about cross contamination and what options are celiac safe. Even if you get a server who is new and doesn't totally understand celiac disease, they will either bring a manager over to talk to you or be honest about it, and they usually ask a lot of questions and try to educate themselves. I have eaten there many times and never got sick.
926 North Center Avenue, Somerset, PA 15501
got stuck in town during the big snow storm- we were lucky we ended up right across the street! Ate there twice and then even ordered food to bring back to the hotel. Great, celiac safe food, and great service
100 Tolley Street, Bridgeport, WV 26330
awesome GF options even for the pickiest eaters.
1300 Banksville Road, Pittsburgh , PA 15216
my original server took my order and walked around the dining room and didn't bother with me again unail the bI'll ca me around. The other server was way more attentive. I wonder if the staff here need some retraining.
5100 Clairton Blvd., Pittsburgh , PA 15236
Gluten free buns and willing to make many accommodations
111 W. Byers Ave. PO Box 223, New Stanton, PA 15672
Menu states "Celiac Friendly" however there only "gluten free" option I was told was their home fries and they have gluten free buns ... I would not recommend this place if you have Celiacs.
19085 Perry Highway, Mars, PA 16046
I'm impressed by all the choices for gf items. They have amazing gf buns. If you didn't know they were gf , you would think they were regular buns. Nice and moist. Great service too.
9516 University Blvd., Moon Twsp, PA 15108
Absolutely fantastic! The staff is excellent with Gluten Free orders! On the receipt, it will state ALLERGY ALERT. One of my and my family's favorites! I love the wide GF menu selection! Salad Bar, Fries, and a Superburger are incredible! Way to go, Eat'n Park!
1355 Beeline Highway, Dubois, PA 15801
my go to place when I'm in town. very knowledgeable compared to other places. I've never been sick from eating at this eat n park. just wish they had dedicated fryers and gluten free smiley cookies!
1617 N. Atherton St., State College, PA 16803
My son loves the bread. It's hit or miss on how much servers know but they are always willing to help
1355 Beeline Highway, Dubois, PA 15801
80 Fort Henry Road, Triadelphia, WV 26059
The burger was absolutely flavorless. Also kitchen had cross contamination
926 North Center Avenue, Somerset, PA 15501
We were steered here by fmgf on a long cross country trip. The staff were so kind and knowledgeable. The food was good and fast and I didn't get sick. A total win!
553 Allegheny Blvd., Franklin, PA 16323
Buns are wonderful and they sell them individually wrapped! Manager wasn't sure if an item on the kids menu was GF and brought out the package for me to check. Burger was excellent!
353 Patteson Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505
Good food, good price...I got the steak salad. Good coffee too!
1617 N. Atherton St., State College, PA 16803
Very understanding waitstaff and kitchen, never been sick here. My husband and I come here often for. A confident fast meal - lots of sandwich options with gf bun. Breakfast is mostly eggs. Not a separate gf menu but a ceiliac section lists what is safe.
926 North Center Avenue, Somerset, PA 15501
I'd never heard of Eat'n Park before FMGF steered us here, but this is my new must stop when driving along 70. The celiac-friendly items are in a small listing in the middle of the menu. Waitress was very knowledgeable and super sweet, all of the staff were great. I had a burger on a GF bun and it was pretty decent. I just wish they had GF pie! The dessert options are pretty limited because of cross contamination concerns with ice cream.
7671 McKnight Road , Pittsburgh , PA 15237
My celiac (and vegetarian) kids like to order the breakfast scramblers (scrambled egg and cheese on a GF bun) with breakfast potatoes. It usually takes longer when we order this; a server told me it's because they have to clean the grill before making GF items. My kids love their GF buns, which you can buy by the half dozen at the checkout; unfortunately they are not cheap. One server told me that a second server is required to bring out GF meals if there is a gluten allergy. I noticed that they don't always do this though. The staff is generally knowledgeable. They sometimes ask if my kids want a cookie after their meal. They also have apples so it's not a big deal. Recently, I saw a poster behind the hostess stand announcing celiac awareness month.
1675 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, PA 15012
Fantastic extremely conscientious servers and kitchen. GF options in a section of the normal menu. Delicious alternative sandwich bun!
35 Perkins Road, Clarion, PA 16214
Had my first Gluten-free Hamburger here and it was AWESOME!!! Staff is friendly and the service was great. Only drawback is they don't have a dedicated deep fryer to avoid cross-contamination.
520 Mountain Laurel Plaza, Latrobe, PA 15650
Burgers & GF buns are great. Love the celiac friendly menu. Would be nice to have a gf option on the special/seasonal menus.
245 E. Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
The manager Jerry was wonderful! Great food and no gluten! We are very sensitive to even the slightest cross contamination. They were able to accommodate a soy allergy as well.
50620 Valley Center Blvd., St. Clairsville, OH 43950
Didn't know what was okay and not okay for celiac.
1617 N. Atherton St., State College, PA 16803
They do have a celiac-friendly section in the menu however not much variety. Also they DO NOT have gf pancakes as stated in this app.
80 Fort Henry Road, Triadelphia, WV 26059
Lacking knowledge on how to handle gluten free items so that they are CELIAC friendly (as the menu labels) and the manager was incredibly rude when I pointed it out. I simply wanted the sandwich made to be celiac friendly and she just gave me money back.
4596 William Penn Highway, Murrysville, PA 15668
I eat here often and have never gotten sick! Great staff who is very attentive to my needs- even with takeout!
1911 Leesburg-Grove City Road, Grove City, PA 16127
They call it a celiac menu, not just gluten free. The servers know what they're doing. I love it.
320 Oak Spring Road, Washington, PA 15301
The company is making an effort with a gluten free menu and rolls. They may have not, however, made enough of an effort to train their staff. Told server we were a celiac disease family (trying not to stigmatize my son who is the only one affected). She brought my daughter's fish breaded. When I reminded her, she did offer to fix. Then five minutes later, she asked if she could bring my children cookies. They do not have gluten free cookies, so this failure to recall our dietary restriction was both silly and unnecessarily disappointing to my children. May just be this one server, so we will try again with cautious optimism.
2650 Brandt School Road, Wexford, PA 15090
Love their gluten free roll - you can have a burger on a bum or an egg sandwich - it's soft and tasty!! I wish more restaurants offered a gf sandwich option
849 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
GF menu with several options
5277 Route 30, Greensburg, PA 15601
The service here sucks sat there for 20 mins never got service
19085 Perry Highway, Mars, PA 16046
Always good here never get sick.
926 North Center Avenue, Somerset, PA 15501
Extensive GF selections with a DEDICATED GRILL, great service, awesome non-GF menu, and an incredible salad bar! TOTAL WIN!!
35 Perkins Road, Clarion, PA 16214
Celiac friendly menu options. The gf bun was quite good and didn't fall apart while eating my egg and bacon sandwich. Highly recommend!
200 Howe Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
3 stars for actually having gluten free options, 2 stars for taste and food quality and 1 star for service. We had burgers. The buns were okay and we had baked potato as the sides. Burgers were dry and bland, and the potatoes were awful. Not sure why someone else would give it more stars.
35 Perkins Road, Clarion, PA 16214
Super friendly, knowledgeable and sympathetic staff, easy to read menu and bread!!!
137 Bowling Lane, Altoona, PA 16601
Celiac friendly options. GF rolls.
6035 SOM Center Road, Willoughby, OH 44094
Every time I come to a eat n park it's always fantastic. The girl (sarah) who helped us here today was wonderful and helped accommodate my girlfriends allergies(egg seafood and peanuts) and my wheat allergy. 5 of 5 stars
120 Wagner Road, Monaca, PA 15061
Lots of options and good food however, they charged me extra for baked potato instead of fries. I even explained my condition and they didn't care. If anyone else patronizes this restaurant please try and convince management not to do this to us.
1675 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, PA 15012
Awesome! I did NOT get sick! Told the server I have a gluten allergy and ordered the steak salad from the "celiac friendly" menu. A gluten free bun came with it and all their salad dressings are gluten free. I am very pleased with my experience here. I have eaten here several more times since, and did not get sick! 😄
2057 WalMart Drive, N.E., Warren, OH 44483
I had a very helpful waitress and appreciated that.
1617 N. Atherton St., State College, PA 16803
Finally a place where I can order a burger with a GF roll. The food was delicious. I have been back multiple times.
5220 Library Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102
Very knowledgable staff. I had a great salad and bacon burger on the gluten free bun. The bun was nothing special, but I didn't get sick so it was a success in my mind.
926 North Center Avenue, Somerset, PA 15501
We hit this establishment OFTEN...Most managers come to your table. We go when Lou is working. He goes ABOVE AND BEYOND!!!!
111 W. Byers Ave. PO Box 223, New Stanton, PA 15672
Great salad bar & GF menu, knowledgeable servers.
1816 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh , PA 15217
Ordered a salad - no fries - received a salad with fries. Asked for another without and ate half and realized there were fries under the lettuce. So instead of making a new salad they merely took the fries off and gave it to me. Very dissatisfied. I spoke to the manager and she only offered me a gift card, and called corporate and they didn't care at all. DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY.
1007 North Court Street, Medina, OH 44256
The gluten free menu has is own section in the regular menu. They have a lot of options. They have gluten free buns that you can get with any of the angus burgers. The bottom of the bun was a little soggie but not horrible.
5220 Library Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102
Always great! Well informed staff on GF! Any meal of the day I can always find something GF. Wish they had more soup options though.
35 Perkins Road, Clarion, PA 16214
I go here all the time and they are really good at taking care of me. They don't have a huge variety of stuff but enough and it is all on a section of their menu in the front marked celiac friendly. All their burgers are celiac friendly and come with a celiac roll for an extra dollar. The celiac rolls are good...I actually questioned if it was gf the first time I ate one. Great place to eat for somebody that has to be Gluten Free.
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F1 Fanatic - AndrewTanner
Petition to remove the man part-responsible for three time consecutive world champion Sebastian Vettel's rise to fame, fortune and sporting prowess?
Pull the other one.
This is motorsport, not a political tyrant, don't be so naive.
Hirvonen off? Not often we get one of those moments.
Loeb wins opening stage. http://www.wrc.com/news/loeb-leads-after-swedish-opener/?fid=18271
I read that S4C were showing highlights but I checked the TV guide extensively at the time and to no avail unfortunately.
You can catch it all on this YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/wrcforeva and it's all usually uploaded within a day of broadcast on Speed.
It's pretty rubbish to be honest. They had a golden opportunity to reinvigorate the championship this year with all the changes and that opportunity has gone.
Lighten up people, jeez!
That's an interesting livery, I quite like it.
The rear-end of this car is beautiful, love it!
Ah Jari :( He does this too often. The guy is quick, but often too quick for the stage. I hope this was just because he's getting used to the car and we aren't looking at another 2012 from him. Also, I hope he and Miikka are ok!
Pretty disappointed by the lack of any proper UK coverage (I've read about S4C having it on the WRC.com site but nothing in the TV listings…). Thankfully I can catch it all on YouTube.
Decent start from VW with Ogier! Shame there's such disparity in the times so far but it sounds like a nightmare out there for the tyres.
I hope so! I would have thought Red Bull would be all over it like flies around poo had they signed a deal though…
The car looks nice, pretty modest approach from the Red Bull side of things. Thanks for sharing the interview.
Anyone any ideas what's going o with coverage this year? I know Red Bull are the new promoters and it's not like them to miss a marketing opportunity.
Thanks for the summary @polishboy808 much appreciated! Really looking forward to this season with all these changes, just hope it gets some decent coverage, particularly on the WRC radio as that really was poor last year.
No Solberg's at all is sad. They're both great characters :)
Doesn't surprise me though, that was my main concern when Ford announced their exit.
Rubbish news but it just all went wrong when Pro Drive left and they could only afford to keep Sordo on the payroll.
Maybe this will release Sordo and Meeke into the market which would go nicely with the new Hyundai involvement?
A rare bit of good news for this season and it's a great sign that manufacturers are still willing to give to a sport that has really suffered in so many ways this year. The car looks like a simple, unassuming beast but very nice. I wonder who will be driving it?
@mazdachris It does seem like a silly decision when you look at it like that but I guess the big wigs at Ford would have decided this quite a while ago before they knew of Loeb's situation. I would expect that their various resources and cash will have been allocated to something else by now.
Very sad, but at least the WRC is getting all its bad news in one season! 2013 could be fantastic if everything works into position.


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Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) is not part of any city but is nestled among several. The airport is surrounded by Minneapolis, St. Paul and the suburban cities of Bloomington, Eagan, Mendota Heights and Richfield.
MSP has one airfield with four runways and two terminal buildings - Terminal 1-Lindbergh and Terminal 2-Humphrey -each with adjoining parking ramp facilities. Travelers who need to transfer from one terminal to the other use the light rail transit service. There is no pedestrian access between the buildings.
The airport is managed and run by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), a public corporation established in 1943 by the Minnesota State legislature to provide for coordinated aviation services throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
MSP's 3,400 acres arguably comprise the most valuable economic generator between the St. Croix River and Seattle, supporting more than 76,000 jobs, $10.1 billion in business revenue, $3 billion in personal income, $1.9 billion in local purchases, and $611 million in state and local taxes. Click here to watch MSP: Sustaining a First Class Economy, a video detailing the economic impact of MSP.
The airport and its leadership have received various awards in numerous categories, including safety, fiscal management, labor relations, legal oversight, snow and ice control, concessions, airport design and development, and marketing and communications.
Most recently, in 2015, MSP ranked third among domestic airports in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Airports listing.
The MAC uses funds from concession revenues, lease agreements and airline fees to operate the airport. Funding for airport improvements comes primarily from passenger facility charges, federal grants and bond sales as well as from revenue generated through airport operations.
Unlike other public organizations in Minnesota, the MAC receives no operations funding from state, federal or local income, sales or property taxes.
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Hotel Hollywood welcomes you to the heart of Rome a city that lies on seven hills. This is an unique place to experience the real scent of the Everlasting City where the mixture of ancient and modern makes you think that you are on a film set.
Even though it is situated in Romes central and buzzing area this small peaceful oasis guarantees a unique relaxation. We are easily situated for all parts of the capital and within easy reach of most of Rome's attractions with numerous connections from the Termini Station.
Just around the corner is the church Santa Maria Maggiore, Piazza della Repubblica and within walking distance (20 minutes) are the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.
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Do you hate your childhood? Unshy child bride Courtney Stodden and washed-up skeeve Doug Hutchison sure do! The attention seeking (and getting!) couple invited paparazzi along for a romantic outing in Los Angeles yesterday that involved feeding each other strawberries on a yacht, feeding each other spaghetti like in Lady & the Tramp, and feeding your anxieties about humanity's decay all the while!
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Hello! I'm thinking of including a simply drawn out map of sorts for my zombie-based RP (Role-Play) on a dragon-related forums. This is the main map of the game, but it's too vague to be used for the RP. I want a zoom in version of the largest/middle island, with simple/crude symbols for the landmarks and stuff. Because the RP is entirely run by zombies, I would like the map to be on an old looking parchment (some tears at the edge of the parchment would be great!), and the island and stuff looking like it was scratched out with a claw/sharp knife. The colours would just be black and the parchment colour. There are a few dragon caves dotted around the island (different symbol for one cave please, for the zombies' cave), and a human settlement or two around the coast/forest area. I want the impact of the map to be simple and easy to read, since it's supposed to be done by the zombies themselves (zombies aren't very bright are they?). There isn't a time limit for this, but I'd like it done before the RP gets approved and starts. Thanks, and if there is anymore need for details, just ask.
EDIT: Draft of the map I roughly want it to look like.
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I kind of like your drawing. It has a nice primitive feel to it. I coloured it in
Haha, thanks! Honestly, it was just a sketch. Sketched in pencil, outlined in blank ink, scanned and resized. The map has to look primitive since zombies are not smart people. Mind if I use your coloured version for my RP?
Thank you!


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A Taste of the Red, White, and Brew: A Delicious Success
The saying goes, "There can be no bargain without wine." The Urbana community proved this Latin proverb true on Friday, May 5, when Urbana University and members of the University Foundation hosted its annual fundraiser to support the endowment fund.
A Taste of the Red, White, and Brew featured a two hour wine and beer tasting with a silent auction followed by a live auction. Auction items included a trip to Nashville, a day at the Dayton Dragons, and a gift basket sponsored by Ohio Wine Producers Association. The highest bid was for the sponsorship of the women's basketball team's trip to Puerto Rico; an opportunity for the team to experience international competition.
Head women's basketball coach, Maria Marchesano, stated after the event, "This is just great! I'm grateful for this opportunity because the trip experience will round out the collegiate athlete experience for many of the women on the team. It's the caliber of work expected at a NCAA Division II school. Thank you to the bidders. The women on the team are going to be thrilled we are closer to our goal."
"The wine and beer tasting combined with the auction helps the future of Urbana University by keeping the institution competitive in Ohio. It allows the University to provide scholarship dollars to students by growing its endowment funds," stated Jeff Darding, chair of the Foundation Board. "By showing that we believe in the Urbana University students, the spirit of the evening helps connect the present to the future."
Proceeds from the event directly support endowed scholarships at Urbana University for many qualified students.
The money raised could not have been achieved without the support and commitment of the University Foundation Board and all of the supporters whose generosity made this event such a success. Special thanks to auctioneer Todd Woodruff for volunteering his talent and time.
For more information on Urbana University's A Taste of the Red, White, and Brew or to make a gift to the University, contact Jim Thornton at 937-484-1297 or visit www.urbana.edu/give.


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American Idol
How Far Does Matt Farmer Get on American Idol 2013?
Military man Matt Farmer certainly had the cuteness factor down when he auditioned for American Idol Season 12. Even Keith Urban was impressed by the dude and his tats. And his three-year-old Cadence was pretty adorable, too!
Matt also had a heart-breaking back story about suffering a traumatic brain injury from an IED explosion in Iraq. The show featured the sob story prominently in his introduction. According to what Matt appeared to say on the show, the injury forced him to take medication that was supposed to render him sterile. Miraculously, however, his wife turned up pregnant just six months later.
The problem is, now Matt says his military history according to what was shown on American Idol 2013 was "ALL lies," according to a statement published on GuardianofValor.com.
Guardian of Valor is a website dedicating to outing people who lie about their military service. In a post about Matt calling him "American Idol's 2013 Timothy Poe," a member of the site accused him of lying outright about his service record. (If you don't recall, Timothy Poe was a competitor on The X Factor who admitted to beefing up his combat record to appear more empathetic.)
The post claims Matt Farmer lied about being injured and was "never hit by an IED. According to them, you were drinking on top of some non-prescription acne meds and it caused you to have a seizure, hence the reason you were sent out of the AO."
Matt has since allegedly responded to the accussations with a statement saying he has "lied since a younger age and had a problem with it. I am coming out and making a statement (even though I was instructed not to) because I DO want to come clean," according to Fox News.
"I was told to keep quiet and not talk to anyone, and I have decided that what's best for me and my family is to come out and end the insanity," Farmer wrote. "I indeed have many many things to work with and need to get a lot of help doing it. Again I apologize to everyone that I have come across and hurt or lied too."
Of course, when Matt auditioned for the American Idol 2013 judges, they had no clue about any of this. With some raw notes and a smooth tone, the judges sent him right through to Hollywood Week with a golden ticket. How far does Matt make it in the rest of the unaired competition so far?
Well, it turns out Cadence's dad isn't on our American Idol spoilers list as one of the Top 40. Whether he just failed to deliver on his vocals, or was caught out in making up stories about his past, still remains a question.
Sources: GuardianofValor.com, Fox News


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Hot Rod Hood Fabrication - Put A Lid On ItWritten by Chris Shelton on November 1, 2010 Contributors: Mike Longley A Simple, Time-Honored, Affordable Way To Make A Proper Hot Rod Hood
A fender might frustrate you and a quarter-panel may leave you in a quandary, but you can probably build a hood for your hot rod. Believe it; builders with far fewer resources than you and I have made their own special fitting hoods ever since they found ways to make the stock one not fit.
Ken Crawford was one of those early examples. Just after V-J day, he built a Deuce roadster for lakes racing. He channeled the car to improve its aerodynamics, which required him to move the radiator forward. As a result, the original clamshell hood no longer properly spanned the gap between the cowl and grille shell. Being a racer, he did what racers do: he scared up some materials and made his own. After all, there was nobody there to tell him he couldn't.
Recently Crawford's old Deuce resurfaced, only this time without a lot of what made it unique-the hood for one. Since the car's resurrection was supposed to reflect the way it was when Crawford made history with it, the job required a faithful recreation of that hood. Longley Restorations in Deland, Florida, obliged.
The process the Longleys employed reflects the way pioneers like Crawford crafted their machines. In the absence of the hot rod and restoration shops we now take for granted, those enterprising racers employed resources not necessarily associated with the auto industry. We don't know exactly what resources Crawford used to make his hood but the Longleys used a local sheetmetal shop-a shop that makes ventilation systems specifically. It's an option that Crawford literally could have used in his day had he lived nearby: Jacob Sheet Metal Works has been around for nearly 90 years.
A few caveats before we begin. First, the construction method best suits cars with straight hood-top sides. In Ford terms, that's everything from Henry's first car to the '32 passenger car and the '37 pickup. The compound curve in the leading edges of the vehicles that followed requires more sophisticated tooling and considerably more work.
Second, this method doesn't accommodate character lines as found on cars and trucks from '30 onward. Some bead rolling prior to forming the hood flange would make it possible but that's beyond the scope of this story. Not that the absence of that line mattered to racers of the day; a car's looks didn't make it go any faster, which inspired a stripped-down, purposeful aesthetic all its own.
Sure this method has a few compromises, but what doesn't? If nothing else, the process redeems itself by its simplicity, affordability, and, most of all, authenticity. And chances are, you can do it yourself.
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After finishing the front cut he taped the leading edge of the template to the grille shell and repeated the same straight-edge/cut task at the cowl.With both ends cut, Longley scribed what will be the lower edge of the hood. Remember to install whatever you'll use as a hood seal prior to marking this line to ensure the hood's alignment later on. It also helps to mark the template where the cowl and grille shell bend.The hood's lower edge isn't a cut line; it's a fold line to create an inch lip that will strengthen and help align the hood. The only potential problem is that the folded edge will interfere with the hood-seal lip channel on the grille shell and cowl. Mark the seal locations and trim the template so the folded lip doesn't interfere.Just as he did with the hood top, Longley folded the edges of the hood side templates where they meet the other pieces and trimmed them for seal-channel clearance. He used a catalyst can as a template for the pipe outlet cut lines.The Longleys commissioned Jacob Sheet Metal Works to commit the panels' shape to metal. Jim Root started by transferring the patterns' shapes to sheet aluminum. This job called for 0.040-inch, but consider 0.063-inch if resources permit.Satisfied with the templates' shapes, Longley taped them to the car for one last trial fit. Note that the side panels aren't necessarily mirror images of each other. That and the side-to-side engine offset means the pipes exit the hood in different places.With the hood-top template still taped in place, Longley measured the space between the fold line and where he wanted the lower edge of the hood side to stop. Ken Stroner extended his hood to the top of the framerail and not the base of the cowl, a detail that Longley copied in the recreation.
The side panels proved simplest; after trimming them to shape, Root folded the upper and lower edges. Note that the folded edges stiffen the panel considerably.Root formed the hood curves in a slip roll, although enterprising do-it-yourselfers have formed curves by pressing or hammering sheet over tubing, welding bottles, and even light poles. Note that the radius tapers from the cowl to the grille shell. It helps to have the car on hand to test the shape but a stock hood can serve as a reference.A sheetmetal brake makes sense if you've got one, but just like the slip roll it's not absolutely necessary. For a simple alternative, clamp a sheet between angle iron or 2x4s and hammer the flange. Remember to work up to the final bend angle with many light blows rather than a few heavy ones.Just as he did to fold the side-panel flanges, Root bent the hood top's edges in a sheetmetal brake.Though the war effort inspired trick clamps and latching devices, they weren't yet surplus when Crawford built his car. He used simple over-center draw latches, aka cabinet latches. The Longleys will part with some of their stash of NOS U.S.-made pieces, incidentally.The initial finish doesn't reflect it, but the hood is in fact louvered. The Longleys recently invested in one of Williams' Lowbuck Tools' louver machines. The steel tab in the foreground clamps the metal as the dies form the louver, which leads to a sharper louver edge.


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OLNEY, Md. (WUSA) -- The first section of the Intercounty Connector highway in Maryland opened to drivers Wednesday morning after more than half a century of planning, debating, cancellations, lawsuits, fights, and construction.
The first seven miles of the highway opened ahead of schedule. "We were able to open the westbound lanes this morning at 1:15, and we opened the eastbound lanes at 3:20," said Harold Bartlett, the acting executive secretary of the Maryland Transportation Authority. "The first car came through at 3:30."
The first stretch of the ICC connects Interstates 270 and 370 with the Shady Grove Metro Station and Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97). There will be a temporary interchange at Norbeck Road (Maryland Route 28), which will allow drivers to proceed east towards Route 198 and Interstate 95. That interchange will close when the remainder of the highway opens in late 2011 or early 2012.
Eventually the ICC will continue eastbound to Layhill Road (Route 182), New Hampshire Avenue (Route 650), U.S. Route 29, and Interstate 95. Bartlett believes the time savings will be great for drivers heading from western Montgomery County towards Baltimore. "For example, the travel time to BWI will go from 70 minutes on local roads to about 35 minutes if you take the ICC," he told 9NEWS NOW.
The speed will come with a cost. For the first section of the ICC, a one-way rush hour toll (weekdays 6am-9am and 4pm-7pm) will be $1.45 for cars. For overnight drivers, the toll will be 60 cents between 11pm and 5am. At all other times, cars will pay $1.15 each way. Trucks and vehicles with more than two axles will pay more. The road will be toll-free until 12:01am on March 7. When the entire highway opens, a rush hour trip between I-95 and Gaithersburg will cost just over $6.00.
Tolls will be collected electronically through an EZ Pass transponder. There are no toll booths. Instead, overhead gantries will scan your EZ Pass at highway speeds. If you do not have an EZ Pass, a bill will be sent to the vehicle's registered owner, along with a $3 service charge. That fee will not begin until April 6. EZ Pass transponders are available at Maryland Transportation Authority offices or at Motor Vehicle (MVA) offices in Gaithersburg and Beltsville.
One big question: what to call the road? It has been known on planning maps as the ICC for decades. However, many signs will direct drivers to Maryland Route 200. "We call it both," Bartlett said. "It's official Maryland tag is 'Maryland 200.' But I think people know it affectionately as 'the ICC.'"
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Go get 'em Cyclones!!!
I'm thinking 44-7 ISU in a yawn.
Cause the moon told me to and its watching us right now
independent studies have concluded that humans are actually genetically linked to sheep more so than primates. Baaaaa.
I fell asleep at 8 last night and woke up at 4. Ugh. Stupid cold.
Only another 15 hours to wait... talk about an early indoor tailgate...
"So let me get this straight: you want to fly on a magic carpet, to see the king of the potato people, and plead with him for your freedom... and you're telling me you're completely sane? I think that calls for two hours of W-O-O."
Here's hoping for no injuries, rushing touchdowns by at least four different running backs, and passing touchdowns by at least three different QBs.
IMO, a blowout is not "a yawner" from the prospective of the fans of the winning team of any blowout.
To the end, I'm going to go 42-17 if a very enjoyable game.
Keep doing what you're doing to build Strong Towns.
49-7 isu. Can't wait to watch it on the radio tonight.
Are you a member?
I'm betting it will be a closer game than expected. 21-7. This really feels like a trap game.
Good day to work if there is such a thing. That will help pass the time til 7.
I hope the guys weren't looking ahead to next week when we play bye. One week at a time.
Slept in and on our way to the jack!!! Here we go!!
3-0 sounds good to me!! Cyclones roll 49-3.
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ISU will win big. this is a real bad WIU team.
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Good day to work if there is such a thing. That will help pass the time til 7.
Unless you're going to go watch the volleyball match!! Whooooo! (Only $2 if you bring your FB ticket)
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So....where did this new fad of "(day)" come from?
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Fallon and Charter Schools
Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/5/2011 8:14 PM EDTJust finished watching the debate for Malden Mayor. For any Charter School Parent out there from Malden whether at Mystic Valley or any other. Please watch the debate held against Mr Christenson. Councillor Fallon stated point blank tonight she would encourage the State delegation to change the funding formula and too take back any surplus a charter school had at year end. She might as well have said she would vote to close charter schools with that statement. It started with our kids not being able to play on Malden fields but now the real agenda is very clear.
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posted at 10/5/2011 9:09 PM EDTAren't you putting words in her mouth? I think she said they should follow regulations that pertain to district schools. If you don't use the money it should go back.
Twisting the truth perhaps? Trying to drum up some votes for gc?
Fallon outperformed gc tonight.
Fallon is the next leader of Malden. She proved that tonight.
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posted at 10/5/2011 9:19 PM EDTWhy don't the Charter Schools have to follow the same rules? It is amazing to me a publicly funded entity like a charter school can buy up so much real estate.
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posted at 10/5/2011 10:00 PM EDTMaybe if they had to give back the surplus they would spend that money on the students instead of apartment buildings and houses.
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posted at 10/5/2011 10:14 PM EDTSpend it or lose it!!! That seems to be working out fantastic for Malden Public!
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posted at 10/5/2011 10:15 PM EDTLet's not forget that the Charter School also drums out all the students in need of SPED services and/or who have behavior issues.
They send these students back to the district schools so they can pay for the SPED and behavior services.
It would be nice to see a pie chart on how many of the kids who leave the charter school are in need of SPED services.
MVCParent, care to meet that challenge?
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posted at 10/6/2011 6:33 AM EDTMystic Valley Charter School 4% leave per year. Malden Public 20%. Who drums kids out? Malden got what 80 million from the state to renovate just its High School? Mystic Valley got zero to build its facility. Bottom line Fallon showed she is an enemy to all Charter Schools in that debate. Change the formula and take away any surplus. No ability to save surplus means no rainy day fund, no ability to purchase property to build schools, no bank funding.. no charter schools. The True Colors showed up tonight. Fallon means no choice in education unless you have money for private school. Yea she is an advocate of the people... NOT.
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posted at 10/6/2011 6:40 AM EDTMalden has a 20-20% transient community. You are comparing apples and oranges.
What do you say about creating a pie chart for those 4%? How many of them are in need of services or have discipline issues that the MVRCS, a PUBLIC SCHOOL, doesn't want to deal with?
If you are a PUBLIC SCHOOL and take public funds you should be EDUCATING ALL students and not building $10 million dollar sports facilities.
Re: Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/6/2011 8:17 AM EDTHey MVparent is her disdain for the Charter School a surprise? I mean it has been so evident since the time she got on the City Council. Remember Roosevelt Park? By the way did anyone see the Council meeting the other night. One of Fallon's crazy people went ballistic at the end of the meeting when Roosevelt Park was mentioned. It was quite a show I've never seen anything like it. Guess this is what we have to look forward to.
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posted at 10/6/2011 12:41 PM EDT
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To All; I think Charter Schools are an asset to a community and its bring the increases educational standards for the students
and it makes the city a better place to bring up children. My problem with This Charter School is who is running it and how the Students are selected. I feel the Process is Bias when selection is done, the teachers have standards and have to be
tested on a regular basis again it comes down to the Running
of it's programs and who decides what subjects should be taught at the school. Most times the City's Schools have a tenure and senority problem with teachers I hope that somewhere and in time teachers have to have a standard for
the subjects being taught by them maybe being tested on a
regular basis.
Re: Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/7/2011 5:33 PM EDTHope people didn't miss this. Fallon wants formula changed for Charters and any money left over at the end of each year taken back. This means no saving for rainy day, means lay-offs when times get tough like in the regular public schools, it means no money for capital projects, it means no bank funding as there is no way to show you can pay them back. Bottom line it means a slow death for the best Charters and no life for new ones. The people's advocate is all for school choice obviously as long as its one choice.
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posted at 10/7/2011 6:34 PM EDT
MVCParent said: This means no saving for rainy day.
"Rainy Day " money. A rainy day real estate portfolio worth multi millions of dollars...and a rainy day multi million dollar athletic facility.
I thought this was about education NOT real estate and athletic facilities.
Of course, one can save for a rainy day when you have no homeless student transportations, no ELL students, and limited SPED costs.
Level the playing field councillor. No guts. Discard the kids that don't bring up your scores. You are a class act.
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posted at 10/7/2011 9:17 PM EDTAh Myrtle try again although some of us aren't as smart as you and your friends there are many of us who know how it works. What is that real estate portfolio that Malden got with the 77 million HS and those 200 million dollars of Kindergarten through eight schools. Yes lets level the playing field. No Charter Cap and same capital funding how about that one. The only thing that does not level the playing field is the cap which artificially protects poor performance. Ah but that debate is already won. If there were no cap things would be way different and that is why you hate Charter Schools as you know how many people are applying to get out of your school. Funny thing is competition works and only people like Fallon don't want that because it illiminates there ability to centralize power.
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posted at 10/7/2011 9:33 PM EDTMyrtle, how about we make a bet. Your school hold sign-ups and Mystic Valley holds sign-ups and we tell people the cap on Mystic Valley is lifted and both schools will accept as many as show up from each others school. Whoever ends up with the most sign-ups gets the Salemwood Building and whoever gets less gets Mystic Valleys? How about it would you go for that? Dont bother answering because you know you would lose your building and probably have 200 kids instead of 1200 to educate. Now please tell me in America why every parent shouldn't be allowed to choose and why you shouldn't have to compete for us the customers?
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posted at 10/7/2011 9:35 PM EDTHere is an even better idea. How about we mail each parent a voucher in the mail for each kid they have and then they go whereever they want. Who do you think would get more vouchers MV or your school?
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posted at 10/7/2011 10:45 PM EDTMVCrazySchizoparent: How about this: for every kid that leaves the school and goes back to public school you don't get a dime for the replacement kid? Maybe you would try harder to keep the students you get and deal with the emotional, educational and physical problems of the students accepted by lottery to your school? How many charter school students are homeless? Physically challenged? None of your schools are handicapped accessible. You know you're dealing with apples and oranges here. The charter school is elitist and you and I both know that.
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posted at 10/8/2011 11:23 AM EDTYep there you Go again crazy Annie NO. My kid got in on the lottery like everyone else including your kids. Thats elitist? Who makes the cap? Not Charter Schools. Why is there a cap? It must be to protect someone wouldn't you say. Ah and the lies never stop either. Saint Josephs where my little one is has an elevator. The High School has a Chair lift and the Maplewood has ramps. Yes and there are handicap bathrooms etc. Again the only thing keeping people out is the artificially imposed cap and the fact that so few people leave. So every kid who leaves a school the replacement should not be funded. You show yourself once again to be foolish and will stoop to know lie to big or small. Of course this is why you are an ardent FALLON supporter as the apple clearly doesn't fall far from the tree. If your great leader were the "Peoples Advocate" as she claims she would be calling for more charter schools and no cap allowing parents to make the decisions for their children. But alas she and Myrtle know whats best for everyone else. Lets let them vote on it. If you sign up for the lottery then and want to go their Mystic Valley I am quite sure would take every child if they were only allowed to but as you know that is exactly what your friends feer and will fight with every bone in their body to prevent. You are such a hyprocrite getting yours with your kids the Valedictorian no less and the two others but now just want to tear the place down. Its simply unbelievable. Annie NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo except when its good for hers.
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posted at 10/8/2011 7:30 PM EDTMVCS parent again you impress me with your lack of knowledge. Opening up the charter school to everyone is a great idea, I think you should go tell king kinnon about that, and after he kills you let me know what he said. Mvcs enjoys not having ESL students or special needs students or homeless students that need busing. I know you are going to say mvcs does have them but not to the ratio that the public school has.Your comment about the turn around percentages of the schools only proves to me that you are just a keyboard tough guy and have no knowledge into these matters. Malden public schools has a high transient population something that mvcs does not have to deal with. And before I leave I am absolutely sure that if anyone in the front office of mvcs knew of your ramblings about the their school they would tell you to shut up. You are not doing the charter school any good, in fact you are hurting it. THINK BEFORE YOU TYPE
Re: Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/8/2011 7:38 PM EDTAh Navy good to have you back. But as you know since you are a smart guy navalacademy and all the state imposes the cap and we know you and your friends are petrified of it going away as then you would have to really change and be faced with changing or having half empty buildings. Doubt it? Show up for the lottery this year at MV and see if you can get in with the line out the door. Old Public Schools are like the old Iron Curtain (you can appreciate that Navy that is if you really were) people speak with their feet. Ever here that. the only difference is the state wall called a cap. Its breaking down but the soldiers are on the wall shooting the trapped.
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posted at 10/8/2011 9:41 PM EDTMVC aka Last Maldenite
You are LOSING it there pal! WOW
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posted at 10/8/2011 9:55 PM EDTHey MVP/Last Maldenite
Oh no, I think you may have let your "ultimate" secret out. You were really hoping to get the Roosevelt Field and the Salemwood School as the Kinnon Compound. Don't think we didn't know that was your ultimate goal. It's too bad it didn't all come to fruition for you.
So how many SPED kids have been returned to the district schools from MVRCS?
How many ESL students do you have?
How many homelesss kids do you educate?
How many teachers leave your school each year?
Is education your goal or is it a real estate portfolio and athletics?
I'm confused. It seems strange to have a school be so focused on spending their funding which is intended to educate students on every thing but the best school buildings, technology, and science labs.
Care to explain this councillor?
Care to EVER address any of these questions?
You are a great avoider of the real issues so I'm doubting we will ever get a real rebuttal.
Re: Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/8/2011 10:06 PM EDTmvcs parent
I can see you just sit there and type away at the computer with out putting any thought into what you are going to say. That in its self is scary. I also see you dont read any of the responses, you just shoot your mouth off (key board tough guy). I welcome the charter school to take the kids that the public schools have, it will never happen. That will make the playing field equal and give away the charter schools elite status. Am I going slow enough for you to understand??? Please read before your mouth/fingers engage. I take great exception to you saying I wasnt in the Military. I sent many years away from my family in defense of this country, to give you the right so you can shoot your mouth off. Ive lost friends in action to give you this right. Like your rights thank a veteran.From the way you speak I can tell you where never in the service and if you were you got kicked out. In the last part of your response you talk about the wall coming down and the soldiers shooting the trapped. I hope to God you arent referring to the school and the students. You are beginning to scare me. Do the police need to keep an eye on you???
Re: Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/8/2011 10:36 PM EDTFor all the fools shooting your mouths off about the charter school please do us all a favor...STF.U!!!!Annie- You are possibly the single biggest hypocrite I've come across in my entire life... And a liar to boot!!!!For the rest of you- I hate to break the news to you but the charter school is the only thing this pathetic city has going for it into the foreseeable future. Deb Fallon is NEVER going to become mayor of this city and even if she did nothing will change with the school... period.... end of story!Those are the facts so please try to deal with them and stop the incessant whining!!! It's getting old.
Re: Fallon and Charter Schools
posted at 10/8/2011 11:07 PM EDTandrew25:
What you describe as "whining" about the Charter school is still an exercise of the First Amendment, which we should all be proud and glad that we have in this great country.
If you don't like what others have to say about MVCRS, you are free to tune out the conversation on these boards, but don't assume you can impose your will and opinion on others just by yelling and shouting "louder" than others.


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I'm in exactly the same situation. Knowing your current thought process would be very helpful.
Here's kind of the way I'm looking at it. First the math for the 2 services with only the sub level I would use, no premiums as they come and go.
Current (well, in August when rebates expire) = DirecTV
Choice Xtra Classic = $69
3 HRs Lease = $12
Total = $92
Switch to Dish:
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Total = $78, but after $25/month rebates = $53
Apparent savings of $39/month, but there would be a $240 ETF to cancel, which would bring it down to an actual $228 savings total.
Assuming E* drops AMC, there are 5 shows I would want @$35/series = $175
That would make the net savings only $53 total in my case, until I add back in a series purchase of Doctor Who, the only show I actually care enough about to buy, figure that would be $35, making the net savings $88 or $7.33/month.
Hmmm... That most likely will mean that if E* drops AMC, I'll not switch. If there were no ETF in there, or in the very unlikely event that E* would pay the ETF, I probably would.
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(Le Mars) -- The town of Le Mars passed with flying colors. Le Mars city officials were tested on how well they would perform when trying to recruit a new business to town. The program was coordinated by Main Street Iowa as a way to better assist communities when attempting to recruit new businesses. Doug Summers is a consultant, as well as a commercial realtor from Geneva, Illinois. Summers played the role of a potential businessman wanting to look at Le Mars as a possible site for a new women's fashion store. Summers says Le Mars officials did everything correct from meeting with Mayor Dick Kirchoff to meeting with banking officials, to providing information and important statistical data. The business consultant says he was quite impressed with what he saw in Le Mars.
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Insurance Representative Meets With County Supervisors
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors heard from Clarence Hoffman, the chairman of the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool. Hoffman oversees the insurance programs for several towns, counties and county fairs. He says 68 Iowa counties are currently participating with the insurance program.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Topsoil in more than half of Iowa's fields still needs more rain to reach adequate levels.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in Monday's weekly report that topsoil in 54 percent of Iowa's field rated very short or short of adequate moisture. The east-central part of the state
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa farmers are being urged to watch their cattle for signs of stress as the heat builds across the Midwest.
The Iowa Cattlemen's Association says cattle could be at risk with temperatures around 100 degrees on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. CEO Matte Deppe says cattle rely on respiration more than sweating to cool down, which means producers must also consider other means to keep them comfortable.
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I've seen quite a few threads about trouble accessing the source code, and some suggestions on how to fix it.
I wanted to take a second to personally post a note about what's going on and what we're doing.
As many of you know, last year, we were acquired by Yahoo! As a result, we now have access to more powerful machines and a "bigger pipe" for downloads, etc.
Over the past few months, we've been moving our sites, download locations, etc to newer faster machines. Of course, we've hit issues during the migration.
The latest issue has been our source access.
We had a double failure of our Raid Arrays. As any tech suport person will tell you, that's pretty unusual. This took depot.zimbra.com offline. Depot is what our engineers use for Perforce access.
Several years ago, we chose perforce as our source management. There has been discussion about moving to CVS and SVN, but we like perforce. This caused an issue about a year ago with allowing users to access our source code.
So, we opted to set up a perforce cache (at substantial cost to us) so that our community could freely, and anonymously access Zimbra's source code. The depot and codes.zimbra are synced every 30 minutes providing you with seriously up to date code.
Some of you noticed that change numbers aren't synced. So to get around that, we now branch every release and freeze it. So if you want 5.0.8, you check out Franklin_508, and so on.
We tried tar balls (one of the suggestions), and to be quite honest, it is a real pain. A serious pain on our part. There's dependency and tree structure issues, and that really isn't repository access. It's a file. If we have a file, do we include eng docs, and deprecated dirs, etc. The list of possible issues goes on and on and on. Then there are export restrictions. Another issue is how up to date the tar file is. Some people want cutting edge. Others don't really care. If we do a tar file, we don't have the chance to build one every night. The list continues.
So...when depot went down, codes went down too. So, none of us had access until we had to restore the machine(which took all day).
"Hey Zimbra, what are you going to do to make sure it stays open?"
1) We're keeping Perforce. As many long time Zimbra folks will tell you, this was a big deal for us to get it working. We're not going to abandon it. We're going to fix the problems. We're not quitters.
2) We just can't do tar balls. It's too much work, and distracts us from making cool software. Now, if you want to do a tar ball, and put it up somewhere, by all means, please do.
3) We have another cool solution (in addition to p4) up our sleeve. We promise that you'll like it. It is just taking time to write.
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Get the source. Play with it. Build it. That's why we do it. For you, the community.