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We had some time to kill in Jo'burg, so the girls did more shopping. There weren't too many stores, but enough to do damage with the rest of our rand. JB and I waited in line to get our VAT tax back for all the souvenirs we bought. To claim the tax, you need to have the souvenirs in possession to show them. This is their way of screwing you if you had already checked your bag (which we did in Hoedspruit). Luckily I had one bag of stuff, so I kept pulling out the same mask pretending it was each of the items we bought.
The plane ride home was much more crowded, so we were not able to stretch out. I was able to watch Yes Man, Slumdog Millionaire, and The Simpsons Movie on the way home. Amy's video system did not work (well the audio didn't work), so we switched seats in the middle of the flight so she could watch Bride Wars. We had to stop in Senegal for an hour in the middle of the trip to drop off some people and pick up new ones. I got to witness first hand how they clean a plane. They moved really quickly, and we had to take all of our stuff from the overhead lockers (that's what they call them) and put them in our lap so that security could make sure no one intentionally left a bag on the plane and got off in Senegal. Finally we were ready to go. They had to spray the plane once the doors were closed in order to kill any bugs that might have come on board.
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Star Power: This Olympian Thinks Outside the Box
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 02.05.2013 | Canada Impact
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Certain people have such boundless inner energy that it seems the whole global deficit might be solved, if only we could tap into their power reserves. Sylvie Fréchette is one of those people. It's not hard to see how this vivacious Québécoise helped Canada bring home the Olympic gold for solo synchronized swimming. We managed to pin down the bubbly Fréchette just long enough for a quick chat in Montreal.


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Has anyone found a website that shows photos of the different honeybee breeds? Something that shows the differences in the physical pure bred characteristics would be good.
Just starting to see the offspring of my Italian queen. She's obvious bred with some dark drones. I think they are Carniolan but want to see what a typical Caucasian looks like.
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I don't care if my state representative is sneaking off to Argentina to romance some exotic mystery woman. Given my rep's track record at the State House, he's unlikely to be any less effective in pursuing a clandestine international affair than in passing legislation.
I'm also not interested in the sordid details if my state senator is arrested by an undercover cop in an airport restroom for allegedly engaging in an elaborate foot-tapping code indicating he'd like to share his perverse desire to lip-synch to Moody Blues songs while cross-dressing as Margaret Chase Smith.
The governor's fetish involving those little rubber bands on lobster claws? Couldn't care less.
Don't bother to show me any photos found on the commissioner of environmental protection's computer of naked, underage sea birds participating in bizarre mating rituals.
The rumor that members of the Appropriations Committee are involved in a cult that worships chairman Bill Diamond's hair? Meh.
It's not that I don't believe public officials should behave ethically. It's just that I'm less concerned with their eccentricities than I am with their money. I want to know what they and members of their immediate families own and invest in. I want to be sure they're avoiding conflicts of interest. And I'd like to lecture any Argentine femme fatale whose standards are so flexible as to allow for a tryst with my representative. Surely, she could do better.
The Legislature has traditionally been reluctant to approve meaningful ethics reform. Its members claim that stricter definitions of conflict and increased disclosures would intrude on their private lives. Every time they'd crank up "Nights in White Satin" and adjust their wigs and rose corsages properly, they'd be interrupted by women dressed up like Ed Muskie and doing Dick Curless karaoke.
As a result of this belief that privacy trumps trust, Maine's Legislature was recently rated by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington DC as 41st in the nation in the effectiveness of its ethics rules. The state got marked down for not requiring enough information about legislators' property holdings and the financial dealings of their spouses. The center said the state's disclosure practices scored a mere 53 out of 100 points, earning it a grade of F.
In other words, our legislators do about as well with ethics as I did with high-school physics. If Maine's parents weren't so lenient, the state would be spending the summer in remedial classes. Instead, Maine is hanging out with its disreputable friends, like that awful Massachusetts and that despicable Illinois, buying beer and weed with money they got from who knows where.
Since 2005, when independent state Representative Thomas Saviello of Wilton got caught trying to use his position on a key committee to twist environmental regulations in favor of the paper company that employed him, nearly every session has seen the introduction of ethics legislation. Some minor improvements have been made (financial disclosure forms are now available online), but the most significant issues have been ignored (the current definition of conflict of interest covers less than an Argentine paramour's negligee).
How do legislators justify this inaction?
They don't. Instead, they claim they're in favor of reform, but then announce that any actual legislation needs more study, lest its passage lead to unintended consequences.
Such as their constituents finding out exactly how sleazy they are.
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Project overview: Benefits, time and materials
Lawn and garden tools present a paradox: You can never find the right tool when you need it, then when you aren't looking for it, it's in your way. This simple-to-build locker solves both problems. It stores tools so they're easy to find, and it does so in a convenient location in your yard so they're not cluttering your garage.
The locker's 4 x 8-ft. footprint provides ample room to store space-hogging items like walk-behind lawn mowers and snowblowers. Long- and short-handled garden tools, lawn treatments and potting materials also fit nicely inside.
In this article, we'll show you how to build this attractive storage locker using easy construction techniques. It's a great project for beginners looking to expand their building skills.
You can build and paint this locker in a weekend, although you might need another half day to give the pressure-treated trim a second coat of paint. The straightforward construction requires only basic power tools—a circular saw with a standard carbide blade and a drill. An air compressor and nail gun aren't necessary but will make the framing and trim work easier (and faster!).
We used fiber cement panels for siding because they resist rot and hold paint well (the panels come primed). If you substitute plywood panels, be aware that they'll eventually rot along the bottoms where they're in ground contact. We chose corrugated plastic panels for the roof because they let in light and are easy to install. Materials for our locker cost about $500.
A Clear Roof Lets In the Sunshine
These clear plastic roof panels let in sunlight so you can easily see inside. They're lightweight, faster to install than asphalt shingles and don't need sheathing underneath. You can cut them with a carbide blade in a circular saw. And best of all, they won't peel or tear like shingles, and they last for decades. The downside is they're not in stock at most home centers. You may have to special-order them.
Step 1: Find a site and gather materials
A flat or nearly flat site (less than a 6-in. slope over 6 ft.) is ideal for this storage locker. You can add gravel or stack up several sleepers on one side if your site has a steeper slope, but the doors need 3 ft. of space to open. If the locker faces a steep slope, you'll have to dig away the ground in front of the doors so they can fully open. You can find all the materials except perhaps the roof panels at most home centers. We used Sequentia panels from Crane Composites, which are available in several colors and clear. Buy treated trim material a few weeks early and let it dry. Otherwise, the wet wood will shrink and won't hold paint. Make sure to use galvanized nails or exterior screws because they won't corrode.
Step 2: Assemble the floor
Start by digging parallel trenches 10 in. wide by 6 in. deep and centered 3 ft. 6 in. apart. If the ground is slightly sloped (like ours was), dig out any high areas between the trenches so you can (later) place a level across the sleepers.
Fill the trenches with pea gravel so they're roughly level. Then cut treated 2x6 sleepers to size and set them over the gravel so the outside edges are 4 ft. apart. Place a 4-ft. level over one of the sleepers. Level it, then adjust the second sleeper until it's level with the first (Photo 1).
Frame the floor on your driveway or other flat surface with treated lumber using 16d nails or 3-in. screws, following Figure A on p. 49. Lay a full sheet of 1/2-in. 4 x 8-ft. treated plywood over the floor frame. Adjust the floor frame so the corners are aligned with the edges of the plywood, then fasten the plywood using 8d nails or 1-1/2-in. screws. Snap chalk lines at the floor joist locations to make them easy to find. Drive fasteners every 6 to 8 in. along the edges and every 12 in. in the field.
Place the floor over the sleepers, align the corners, then drive 3-in. screws at an angle into the sleepers (Photo 2).
Step 3: Frame the walls and roof
Build the front and back walls following Figure A. Use treated lumber for the bottom plates and the door trimmers. Attach the assembled walls to the floor with 16d nails or 3-in. screws. Drive the fasteners near the outside edge to ensure they go into the underlying framing, not just into the plywood.
Have a helper place a level on a stud near one end of a wall. When the wall is plumb, fasten temporary bracing between the wall and the floor (Photo 3).
If you're not an experienced builder, toenailing the purlins into place can be tricky since it's hard to drive nails and keep the purlins at their marks. Avoid this frustration by using fence brackets. Nail them to the outside studs on the front and back walls with 8d nails, keeping the tops 1-1/2 in. above the top of the shelf supports. This keeps the tops of the purlins and the shelves (installed next) aligned for a flat surface.
Cut the purlins to size, set them into the brackets and drive 4d nails through the bracket holes (Photo 4). Cut the shelves to size and fasten them with 8d nails. It's important to install the shelves now since they won't fit after the siding is on.
Set the header in place, flush with the outside of the front wall. Drive 16d nails or 3-in. screws through the underside of the top plate into the header every 6 to 8 in.
To mark the angled end of the rafters, hold them in place alongside the header and the back wall. Mark the rafters and cut them to size. Use the fence brackets to hold the rafters in place on the back wall.
Nail the brackets so the top is slightly above the top of the wall. Nail the rafters in the brackets. Hold the opposite end flush with the top and side of the header, then face-nail it with two 16d nails or 3-in. screws.
To frame the roof, install the rafters (Photo 5). Cut two mid-beams at 93 in. Mark the rafters at the one-third and two-third distances between the walls. Place the mid beams at the marks and attach them with 16d nails or 3-in. screws.
Step 4: Side with fiber cement
Use a carbide saw blade for cutting the fiber cement siding panels in a circular saw—and be sure to wear a mask. Cutting cement siding is extremely dusty. And be prepared—the 4 x 8-ft. panels are heavy.
We kept the siding 1-1/2 in. from the bottom of the locker to avoid direct contact with the ground.
Cut panels for the back and front walls following Figure A. Install the front panels, starting at a corner. Then install the back panels so they butt together over the middle stud on the wall. Don't worry that the panels don't fully cover the corners. You'll cover them later with trim.
Nail the panels with 8d nails. Drive the nails snug with a smooth-face hammer so you won't mar the siding. Drive nails straight, not at an angle. Keep nails 3/8 in. from panel edges and 2 in. from corners. Hold the side panels in place (don't nail them yet) and mark them along the top of the rafters. Cut them to size and nail them into place (Photo 6).
Step 5: Add the trim
Painting along the roof panels is a pain, so it's best to paint the trim now. If you're using two colors, paint everything—you won't have to cut in with paint later.
Install 1x4 fascia along the top of the locker. Start with the back, then add the sides, then the front. Hold each piece in place to mark the angle and cut it to size, then attach it with 8d nails before moving on to the next piece. Then cut and install 1x3 fascia over the 1x4 fascia.
Use treated lumber for the corner boards since they're in ground contact. Cut the corner boards to size and nail them into place with 8d nails. Nail the boards on the sides first, then install the boards on the back and front walls, overlapping the side boards (Photo 7).
Cut and nail treated 2x4 door supports flush with the door opening, butted against the fascia. Use 16d nails. The door supports stick out a little proud of the fascia, but the extra thickness is needed to support the doors.
Step 6: Install the clear roof
Before installing the roof, place wooden panel plugs flush with the outside of the fascia along the front and the back walls. Drill pilot holes through the peaks and nail the plugs into place with 4d nails. The plugs conform to the shape of the roof panels, sealing the openings to keep out the birds and the bees. For roof support along the sides, install supports (quarter round).
Cut the 9-ft.-long roof panels in half with a circular saw. Run a generous bead of silicone caulk along both plugs for 27 in., then set the panels in place so there's an equal overhang on the front and back and about 2 in. on the side.
Drill 1/8-in. pilot holes through every third peak at the plugs and the mid-beams, then insert 1-1/2-in. hex-head panel screws.
Caulk along the edge of the installed roof panel and the panel plugs (Photo 8). Then install the next roof panel. Overlap the panels by 3 in. When you get to the end, cut the last panel to size.
Step 7: Hang the doors and paint
Build the doors using treated lumber and following Figure B. Use scrap siding panels for the door panels since the middle 1x4 hides the gap. Assemble the doors with 6d nails driven at a slight angle so they don't poke through the opposite side. Make sure the seams in the top and bottom scrap pieces are aligned before nailing them into place.
If you haven't painted the locker yet, now is a good time. Install the doors. Start by nailing a scrap piece of wood in front of the opening so the top is 1-1/2 in. from the bottom of the locker. Drill pilot holes and attach heavy-duty door hinges to the top and bottom of both doors. Set both doors in place over the scrap lumber. Insert shims so the doors don't pinch at the top and side, then attach the hinges to the door supports with screws (Photo 9). Add handles and a lock as desired.
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Budget woes
You should see their faces when I tell people how big the state's budget really is.
The scenario goes like this: A citizen approaches me in our district or at the Capitol to talk about state spending. They usually are expressing disapproval over Democrats increasing it by around 8 percent, all the way up to $38 billion.
The All Funds budget — with federal funding included — is what the state actually spends and the excessive spending Minnesota Democrats passed this year leads to the largest dollar-for-dollar increase in state history. A new Minnesota Management & Budget report shows All Funds spending is set to rise by $6.2 billion in 2014-15, compared with the last two years.
This is a full 10 percent spike, 270 percent more than what Republicans put in place when they set the budget in 2011.
All the way up to nearly $68 billion.
Just to get things straight: The state economy produced at least $3 billion in more-than-projected revenue the last two years. Jobs are on the rise, to the tune of 55,000 last year. Yet Democrats responded by raising taxes and fees on all hardworking Minnesotans by some $2.5 billion and drove up All Funds spending by an unsustainable 10 percent.
I don't know too many Minnesota workers who received a 10 percent raise this year. I don't know why government needs one and don't see a return on taking more money from hardworking taxpayers.
We could have balanced the budget this year without raising taxes and were projected to enjoy a future surplus if we had just budgeted within the 3.5 percent revenue growth we are experiencing.
If only they could have stopped there. Instead, they raised our taxes to cover additional spending this biennium. Then, we the taxpayers will be told to pay even more in 2016-17.
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Survey: IT Spending Growth for 2013 Lower Than Expected
A sluggish economy forced many CIOs to delay investments over the past year, cutting expected increases for 2013 by as much as half, according to a new survey from Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd.
Despite signs of strengthening in recent months, CIOs believe the economic recovery will remain stilted. While U.S. corporate earnings have grown, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi says that global profits have not grown over the past four quarters. And technology spending "depends on what the economic climate is, and that has not been very encouraging," an International Business Machines executive said this week, according to Bloomberg News.
Bernstein lowered its 2013 IT spending growth estimate to 2% from an earlier projection of 3% to 4%, after conducting a survey of 105 American and European CIOs, released this week. And CIOs say the constrained spending may continue through the coming year. Bernstein estimates spending in 2014 will increase 2% to 4%.
Twenty-seven percent of CIOs surveyed said they restrained spending in response to their perceptions of the economy. "This year has not offered any kind of real recovery," Mr. Sacconaghi told CIO Journal.
Amidst these constraints, CIOs are turning to software as a service. Web-based software allows companies to quickly add users without worrying that they may be wasting money on unused licenses if they later need to downsize. Thirty-four percent of CIOs agreed that software-as-a-service was changing the way they look at IT budgets. When times are tight, companies feel better about spending on services that can be dialed up or down as needed, rather than making longer term, fixed investments, Mr. Sacconaghi said. "You don't like to buy big ticket items when your pocketbook is squeezed."
But as CIOs have transitioned to Web-based tools during the past year, they have found themselves with extra licenses for conventional softrware. CIOs said they now had a small surplus of software licenses, compared to a minor shortage a year earlier, according to the survey.
CIOs see VMware, Microsoft and IBM as leaders in cloud computing capabilities, while Oracle is seen as a "laggard," according to the survey. Mr. Sacconaghi says Microsoft and IBM enjoy this perception because of long term relationships with CIOs. "It's skewed by a strong incumbency advantage," Mr. Sacconaghi said. VMware benefits from being an early pioneer in the space, Mr. Sacconaghi said.
Meanwhile, though Oracle now offers many Web-based applications, the company is seen "as late to embrace cloud" and is still thought of as a more of a traditional vendor "dependent on large license and maintenance contracts," Mr. Sacconaghi said.
An Oracle spokeswoman declined to comment.
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Physical Education IS Necessary!
Original post made by Julie, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Mar 29, 2009
What Researchers Have to Say About
Movement and Cognition:
• Dr. Robert Sylwester: Movement facilitates cognition.
• Eric Jensen: Motor skills are fundamental to learning.
• Howard Gardner: Bodily Kinesthetic is one of eight
multiple intelligences.
• Carla Hannaford: 85% of school-age children are
kinesthetic learners.
• Ruby Payne: Most children in poverty seem to rely upon
their kinesthetic abilities to learn.
• Peter Kline: Physical activity increases NR2B protein that
increases memory retention.
• Pat Wolfe: The brain is hardwired for rhyme, rhythm,
movement, and emotion.
• Germund Hesslow (Cerebellum Research) What makes us
move, is also what makes us think.
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a resident of Downtown
on Mar 29, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Get rid of PE, get rid of FOREIGN LANGUAGE...Budget problems solved.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 30, 2009 at 8:24 am
Lucky Guy is a registered user.
We have alot of chubby kids. I think P.E. is important but it has to be taught seriously. I look at some of the P.E. classes at the schools and it looks like a social session. I see our nation in decline on all fronts---physical fitness and it's importance in education is not THE cause---just one of the many signs of a nation in decay. You want to get rid of a time wasting budget buster--get rid of the DARE program. Takes up valuable teaching time and kids will tell you it is a waste.....There are school districts out there that are efficiently operated-there is no need to reinvent, just look around the country.
a resident of Amador Estates
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the idiot who said to get rid of foreign language is so onerous and stubborn it makes me sick the point of those classes is for the student s to actually be bale to get into good colleges and universities who , by the way, don't accept students who haven't completed at least two years of a language already
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Leave them, they break up the blue block which would be overbearing without them.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Leave them, they break up the blue block which would be overbearing without them.
I like it.
Yea, I like the flakes too - but beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I always think of the song "Here Comes Suzie Snowflake...." if you don't know this one google it - it's cute.
Love it just the way it is. The snowflakes add to the "hand made with love" look.
The problem is no matter what other say if you don't like the snowflakes that is all you will ever see when looking at this runner soooo.....
I like the snowflakes as well. No 2 snowflakes are alike in real life, so these are perfect. But if your not happy with them take them off, because they will probably only bug you no matter what we say
Somestimes we are our own worse enemy.....leave them they look lovely...truly!!
I vote to keep them. They look nice as does the whole table runner. Good job.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Edmund Hillary
Since it says "catch me if you can" I would leave them.
If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.
I love the snowflakes!


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Games with manual lookup copy protection
Group DescriptionGames that use copy protection by identifying a specified letter, word, or symbol in the manual or equivalent, based on in-game copy protection instructions.
For purposes of this game group and to avoid confusion, manual is defined as:
"A set of instructions, guidelines, or similar equivalent included with the game. Copy protection sources in this regard must be included in the manual and not be provided separately".
A manual may come in the form of a 100 page manual book or a simple one page guide. Traditionally, manuals with manual lookup copy protection came in a hard copy format. Later adaptations may introduce a softcopy version of the manual with similar copy protection requirements.
Entering the correct letter/word/symbol will allow the player to continue the game, while failing to do so will prompt the game to exit or any equivalent inhibiting the player to continue the game.
Manual lookup copy protection from Keef the Thief.
- This game group is specifically for copy protection via a manual. Copy protection material that do not require the manual and come separate in origin (e.g. calendars, maps, etc.) should be excluded from this game group, unless of course such material is a part of mentioned manual;
- If copy protection material is part of manual, but later must be manually removed by the player (e.g. cut-out) and thus becomes separate from the manual, should be excluded from this game group.
Games that were later released as freeware and may have their copy-protection features disabled may also qualify for this game group.
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Giorgio Armani Spring 2012
If further proof was needed of what Giorgio Armani has given to women of the world over the years, it occurred a few minutes into his show Monday morning. The theme was aqua—or perhaps more accurately, what happens to aqua when moonlight hits it and causes all sorts of ripples and reflections. In short, we're talking silvery blues and greens, a touch of mother-of-pearl, and plenty of silks and satins, some printed to look like marble and swirled with blossoms. All of which were utilized for his latest idea of the Armani silhouette: a longer-length jacket set with small shoulders, before flaring out Empire-style and then finishing at the hips, and worn with a new pant shape, which is cut with a slight kick to above a side-slit ankle.
Okay, so you're getting the picture. Anyway, located among his variations on those were two superchic suits, one dark pearl gray, the other a marine blue. Both were cut with the skill and refinement that you can achieve only if you've been manipulating fabric for five decades and counting, and they moved with the kind of sinuosity you'd normally associate with slippery little nothings of lingerie. The jacket was cut on the bias, draped across the body with the merest suggestion of a closure, the skirt cut too on the bias, the slightest hint of a dip in the hem. (And thankfully only that. There have been so many up and down hemlines this season, it has been like looking at the performance of the financial markets on the pages of the International Herald Tribune—that is to say, deeply worrying, and leaving you desperate for a moment of even keel.)
Later, as a complete contrast, Armani offered another twosome that felt just right: Peplum tops and the aforementioned cropped trousers, in color combinations of mineral blue and gray, a look perfectly pitched between sharp and urban, soft and sensual. He then went on to abbreviate his trousers even further, finishing them at the knee and slipping them under the likes of a couple of killer crystal-encrusted short evening dresses with décolletés so deep they'd make a grown man blush. Well, this one almost did anyway.


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A town in central North Carolina, located east of Raleigh. It is referred to as 'K-Town' by it's residents. It's landmarks include: a wal-mart, a KFC, and US-64, the main road running through the center of Knightdale. It is arguably the worst place to live in North Carolina.
Dude, I'm straight outta Knightdale
by Rmilkman August 20, 2008
Town located just east of Raleigh NC along US-64. known by most in the area as the shittiest place on earth. populated by gangster mexicans from east LA and country gangsters (black people from towns east who try to be gangster, but can't get past the accent.)
Also used to describe something extremly ghetto, run-down or broke.
Also used as an insult to anyone not from Knightdale.1
Also used to describe something extremly ghetto, run-down or broke.
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by los-er July 29, 2006
very nice place to raise ur shilds an chillens to get loot like there scumbag ass dads did sellin any thing an there body we hard bodied niggas and we surounded by fuck niggas i watch boondock er night m'boy edriese do to so leme kno and ill come merk on you fuck niggas we clap biscuits round here peel the grapes split the wigs countin figs i should be a rapper myself wouldnt listen to lil wayne tell me bout his money he a fuck nigga to fuck g-unit we full up wit parkside power rangers, the grey city wolves, the blake jonsons, aj's posse, the goonies (minus sloth and ralph) ect. i put a pop-tart in the toaster and it didnt pop out, you know what i did i went an killed me a fuck nigga, after i shot him he cried out "stop killing me" i told him
full a fuck niggas in knightdale seems like all i see is scumbags out here its like god shit right here and called it knightdale
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California Leads the Way in Job Creation: Many Republicans Are Chagrined
Original post made by Dennis Winthrop, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2013
"In the past year, California has added 26,000 new information technology jobs. The construction industry is also booming with 26,400 new jobs, and tourism and hospitality has added 62,900.
New companies create most of the new jobs, and a recent study shows Los Angeles has the most entrepreneurs of any area in the country. That job growth is fueling consumer spending. Auto sales were up 14 percent last year. That's why true car is planning to add up to 100 more employees in 2013.
During the recession California was losing jobs to states with lower corporate and income taxes such as Texas. Since February California has created almost 234,000 jobs, more than Texas, Oregon and West Virginia combined."
Naturally, the California landscape is littered with anti-progressive neanderthals who deny the facts. "But facts are facts," stated a high placed administrator in Governor Brown's office. What is truly unfortunate is that the neanderthals want so badly the state to fail, that they are willing to lie about or ignore the very real data that is coming in.
Comments (38)
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 1, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Isn't this simply an eye opening insight about neandies?
tee hee hee
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 1, 2013 at 10:32 pm
Yet there are still more unemployed people in CA than Texas, Oregon and West Virginia combined. We can spin facts whatever way we want to.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 7:55 am
Don't know what your source is 'lancem', but even if accurate it says nothing about the positive growth of recovery in California. Sour grapes? It must pain you to see the state on a positive trajectory. It makes it so much more difficult to criticize the party of progress. Now, slither on back into your hole.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Dennis, here's how you cite a source for your propaganda, instead of mentioning a factious CBS 1/4 'report': Web Link
Another long time business shutters it's doors this week. But, don't worry, all is rosy...lets build a high speed choo choo to the desert so we can shuttle illegals up to NorCal even faster.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 10:25 pm
You're obviously not very bright. The original post pertains to job creation in California. Do you refute the numbers? No, instead you present a couple of sensationalist stories about a couple of companies moving out of California, thereby missing a few crucial steps of basic logic. But when you're operating with an incomplete deck as you are, what more can be expected?
I don't know what you mean by a "factious CBS 1/4 report." I doubt you know what you mean.
Your reference to "illegals" stinks and betrays your hatred of others but especially yourself.
Don't change. Use that logic you've got to keep waiting for Romney to win the election over the worst president since Jimmy Carter.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 11:05 pm
Oh great, now CA has new TECH jobs and people are moving out of state to avoid taxes, like..... pro-golfers, most pro-sports folk, retired Geo Clooney and others have villas in Italy...Tiger and Michelson have Fla their 'primary' addresses.
Now, 30 days later, is CA still hanging in their state jobs reports?? I know the US UNemployed numbers are back up agains, and starting another jobs recession.
Just can't seem to win for losing.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 11:30 pm
Your logical failings leave you unable to differentiate between general statistics and that which is merely anecdotal. You're not alone: See Mitt's belief that he was going to win based upon size of a few crowds in the last days of the campaign. But Mitt was simply engaged in self-deception, probably because he wanted so desperately to win. You, on the other hand, seem chronically unable to reason through anything, including something as basic as widely available empirical data. You seem to be the perfect rube who Glenn Beck and other fascists prey upon in an effort to separate you and your wife from your wife's income.
You can bray all you want about California companies leaving the state. And it's true! Some have — 254 in 2011, to be exact. On the other hand, 132,000 new businesses were created that same year—second highest per capita. And that was California's down year.
Now, in addition to statistical facts 132,000 v. 254, I might cite Jim Brady and his wife Giselle recently purchasing a 30 million dollar mansion in so-cal. But that would probably only further confuse you.
I apologize for using so many polysyllabic words. I realize it's going to cause you to stay awake tonight squinting at a dictionary. But it won't help you. You've got a tiny vocabulary, true enough; but your primary failing is an inability to think in a logical manner. Too much self-hatred for any rational sense to make its way through.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2013 at 10:52 am
"Yet there are still more unemployed people in CA than Texas, Oregon and West Virginia combined"
Can you provide links to this information? I know people who moved to Austin during the recession, and most are now coming back to California, and those still in Austin are telecommuting (work for CA company) and rethinking their decision since they have to fly to the Bay area quite often (not to mention the paycut they took!)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2013 at 10:56 am
" I might cite Jim Brady and his wife Giselle recently purchasing a 30 million dollar mansion in so-cal. But that would probably only further confuse you."
And don't forget Romney, who has decided that he will be making California his home:
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a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 3, 2013 at 10:58 am
Here is another fact. California still has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation. So much for the tremendous job creation going on here. 234,000 new jobs would be significant in much smaller states but barely makes a dent here.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2013 at 11:37 am
Doug Miller claims that a 2.8% reduction in the state's unemployment rate and 234,000 newly created jobs 'barely makes a dent'. Yeah, and I guess the 132,000 new companies in the state 'barely makes a dent' also? Right.
Notice the shift from the usual right-wing lament that the state is losing jobs and companies to that of, well, the progress being made is barely a dent. Their mission of sowing misinformation and delusional rhetoric is barely dented by the facts.
Can you imagine the collective hissing sound of Doug and the rest of the right-wing fascist crowd were the numbers reversed? The sky is falling! A tsunami is coming!
Thanks Doug for demonstrating that right-wingers will say almost anything in hopes of keeping a few quarters in their own pockets. A real class act you are!
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 3, 2013 at 12:36 pm
In spite of 234,000 new jobs and 132,000 new businesses, California still has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation. And concerning those who will say anything or sow disinformation, CA improved only 2.6%, not 2.8% as can be found on the current BLS website. This improvement in California was only slightly better than the national average of a 2.1% improvement during the same period. As for the 47 other states with lower unemployment rates, most of them are run by Republicans. Is it possible for progressives to respond without hurling insults or calling people names? Our president has asked us to tone down our rhetoric and have civil discussions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2013 at 1:03 pm
On Doug Miller's reasoning, since California's recovery numbers (2.6%) are better than the national average (2.1%), and since most of the nation's states are Republican led, then Democratically led California must be doing a better job with recovery than most Republican states. Thanks Doug, and do try to keep that in mind.
Doug makes a big deal about 2.6% recovery v. 2.8% recovery. Why? The 2.6% serves his own anti-California sentiment. But earlier he called 2.6% 'barely making a dent'. I doubt he realizes how silly he sounds.
I'm happy that Doug is willing to give deference to President Obama's moral authority regarding public discourse. My 'name-calling' culled up no names that I didn't think Doug would gladly own up to. If he desires to set the record straight, well, that's what the forum is for.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 3, 2013 at 1:20 pm
Did I mention that Caifornia still has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Great rejoinder, Doug. Very impressive. Yes, California's home market took a huge hit during the Bush Administration - more so than many other states, part of the reason being that people would rather relocate to California rather than some of your utopian southern states like Texas, Alabam and Mississipp. This contributed to a higher unemployment rate. Beyond that, Cal has historically had a higher unemployment rate than other states -- see Ahnold's tenure for reference. So, assuming you're still with me, Doug, the state has had more ground to make up than other states. Yet, its reduction of unemployment is well above the nation's average, as you point out, and its creation of new businesses is skyrocketing relative to other states, as you conveniently neglect to mention. All in all, then, only an ostrich wedded to the idea that anything progressive is bad could reasonably deny that California's recovery is on the upswing.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 3, 2013 at 2:21 pm
"Dennis" does make a valid point. Without all the improvement he mentions, this state would probably have the highest state unemployment rate, not the third highest.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Since "Doug" does not attempt to dispute any of my other claims above, I'll assume he accepts their validity.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2013 at 3:51 pm
Dennis, where do you sign up to get your current job of democrat apologist and chief propagandist? No one in their right mind cheer leads California starting to tread water in spite of a dem majority without being paid to shill. You've also learned to employ the dem play book in repeating lies often enough to make them true in some low information voter's minds.
You've done a masterful job selling this 'utopia', for what reason, God only knows.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Well, dem shill, you really know how to keep your eyes fixed on the data. It's so much easier simply to call someone a liberal or a shill than to actually contest what someone says. Hope you feel better now that you've relieved yourself. But I can tell you, you've impressed no one.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 5, 2013 at 9:37 am
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Dennis, you're sooo impressive with your reference to a 'CBS 1/4' report, for which you couldn't even figure out how to link to. Keep repeating the same lies or provide proof of your flowery situation you claim exists in our state.
Now, that would be impressive, but none of us living through this extended dem recession are holding our breath. Either provide proof or go away.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 9:51 am
You've made the same point, ad nauseum, when posting as 'lancem', New Recession, 'dem loser thorp' and now as the diseased one. Rather than attempt to refute the data, widely available across the internet but beyond your limited capability, you unload your stinking venon on all of us. Sorry, I haven't the expertise to deal with your sickness. As for the data, it really is pretty straightforward. It must be frustrating for you to be at war against reality.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 5, 2013 at 4:17 pm
So far no one has refuted the fact that California, with all of the recent job creation and new businesses formed, has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation. But I would say to all, please avoid name calling and insults.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 5:07 pm
So, Doug, you've thought about this conversation long and hard and this is what you come up with? Again?
Well, Doug, I have a neighbor down the street with a parrot that constantly squawks: "My favorite color is red." So there.
This fact that you seem to be so obsessed with means nothing if that fact is not placed into a larger context that gives meaning to it. For larger context, see, for example, California's accelerating job recovery; see California's new housing starts; see California's impressive business start-ups over the past couple of years.
But you seem stuck on the unemployment rate in a state that has for many years had a much higher unemployment rate than other states, but which has recently shown clear signs of significant decrease in that rate. I guess it must be because you and your Repubican brethren care so much about other people having jobs.
Perhaps next post, you'll consider actually putting forward an argument rather than simply a contextless fact. You might start with a challenge to the numerous facts I've presented or the validity claims which have given them some meaning.
A pretty smart fellow once said: concepts without facts are hollow; facts without concepts are blind. I've presented facts and explanations, but apparently you're unable to see them.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 10:17 pm
"So far no one has refuted the fact that California..."
What's to refute? It is true.
While were on the subject of not answering, did you see my follow up on the thread a while ago about AIG considering suing the government for not getting good enough terms on their bailout. You said something about banks being forced to lend to unfit borrowers. Then I said AIG wasn't a bank, didn't lend to borrowers, and wasn't forced. They got bailed out because they screwed up. It is related to this thread because proper regulation could have prevented AIG's bailout. In the same way California's regulation of business can create a favorable climate for business' and people just as easily as it can create an unfavorable one.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 5, 2013 at 11:04 pm
"Dennis" has added some great points and important context to this discussion. In addition to recent job creation and new businesses formed, there are other important anecdotal developments that have improved California's employments situation to the third worst in the nation. This is better than being the worst, or second worst.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2013 at 12:30 am
Re. that parrot down my street that squawks "My favorite color is red." Of course, we don't expect much more from a parrot.
We've learned here not to expect much more from Doug.
@Patriot, I recall your response to Doug Miller's naive claim regarding AIG. Given what he's "offered" on this thread, surely you don't expect any kind of rigorous defense from him on AIG, do you? That, it seems to me, would be like expecting a parrot to do algebra. Three. Squawk. Three. Squawk. Three.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2013 at 1:33 am
The original poster focuses on jobs numbers that my or may not be true, or may be just higher numbers benchmarked against extreme lows. Numbers are easy to manipulate or parse for political purposes. What's more important is the overall employment rate. Even more important than the jobs numbers or employment rate is the financial health of the state, county, city ,or special district.
I believe when the new financial reporting requirements take effect for government entities, which will require/demand increased transparency, the financial outlook is significantly more troubling then what's currently reported to the public. City government finances, special district finances, and school district finances will soon look very ugly in full sunlight.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 7, 2013 at 10:04 am
Doug Miller is a registered user.
To add some additional data, a review of BLS data for each month in 2012 shows that at the beginning of the year California had the second or third worst unemployment rate in the nation depending on the month. But with the progress in job creation and new business formation, California finished the year with the third worst unemployment rate in the nation.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 7, 2013 at 10:48 am
There's the parrot again. Squawk-Squawk. When you come up with an explanation or an argument, Doug, please revisit us. Until then, you'll have to somehow reconcile California's rate of recovery being considerably more robust than the majority of Republican-governed states.
Perhaps I'm being insensitive to your needs. I'm sorry if you're unable to find employment. You see, in California because of a strong resurgence of company start-ups there are many thousands of jobs available for skilled workers. Unfortunately, many folks - often transplants from Mississipp, Oklahome, Alabam, and other utopian meccas - and probably yourself, don't have an adequate skill set relative to the needs of companies in SF, say, or the Silicon Valley. This might explain why you're unable to read beyond the thinnest sliver of information that you've selectively chosen to offer us, without argument, without explanation, to our disappointment. Have you thought about going back to school? You might pick up that high school diploma or AA degree you never attained, or convert a limited skill set into something that might get you back into the labor force. California has one of the very best educational systems in the world. Wishing you all best in your endeavors, and God bless.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 8, 2013 at 8:23 am
Why must "Dennis" must continually resort to insults and personal attacks to distract from the basic facts regarding unemployment in California? The bottom line is that with all of the so-called improvements cited by "Dennis", the relative ranking of the California unemployment situation has not changed in the past 12 months when compared to the other 49 states. It currently ranks 47th worst in the nation, up only slightly from 48th worst a year ago. So much for the impact of robust job creation and new companies formed here in this state.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 8, 2013 at 10:20 am
Faced with improvement in California's job creation, Doug, I can understand why you're chagrined. Any good news while Obama and Brown are in office translates into bad news for you, thereby putting your rather stunted notion of politics in front of the good of the state or nation. Too bad, though the silver lining may be that demographic trends indicate that you and other Republican old white guys will soon be kicking the bucket.
Surveys show California's upswing on the job front and new business creation are enough to place the state at the front of the pack for well over a year now. While there is still much ground to be made up, an outcome of Ahnold's administration as well as other factors, California's rate of progress is undeniable. All you can do is ignore the progress and instead hang your hat on one number. Now, if you desire to compare California, with its relatively well-paying jobs, with so many of the 'right to work for peanuts' states, well then, knock yourself out.
I do hope you take to heart my recommendation about taking advantage of this state's educational opportunities. Going back to high school or junior college might help you think about the world using lenses that enable you to see facts within constellations of other facts. So, too, it might enable you to formulate arguments by using facts an edifice of facts, rather than sitting on a single brick, which is what you've decided to do. But, alas, all this may be too late for you. Sorry, and all best.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 8, 2013 at 10:04 pm
"Surveys show California's upswing on the job front and new business creation are enough to place the state at the front of the pack for well over a year now. "
Unfortunately this has had no impact on the dismal employment climate in California. This state still has the third worst unemployment rate in the nation, virtually unchanged in the past year.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 9, 2013 at 12:17 am
Doug, you seem a bit stuck on a statistic without showing much understanding of its significance. Instead of parroting this fact, why don't you attempt to explain for us its significance? I think other readers and myself have a pretty good idea why you don't, as it probably relates to how you don't see any difference in new, skilled, well-paid jobs in the Silicon Valley and selling burritos part-time at a sidewalk taco stand in Laredo Texas. Please try to demonstrate for us that you are not the ignorant rube that's being strongly implied in your repetitive posts.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 9, 2013 at 8:16 am
The only way to evaluate the tremendous job creation and new business formation here in California is to consider the impact on the unemployment rate and then compare that to the unemployment rate in the country as a whole. Surprisingly, after a year of this so-called progress, California still has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation. That is the bottom line in this discussion. Talking about right to work laws or where some people would prefer not to live is an attempt to distract the discussion from the inconvenient truth about the economy here in California. Continuing to hurl insults at someone who disagrees with this viewpoint demonstrates a weak argument and a lack of character.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 9, 2013 at 12:11 pm
Saying the same thing over and over, without considering others' validity claims, is the mark of softheadedness.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 10, 2013 at 9:22 am
Exactly! A claim of validity has been put forth about job creation in California which fails when put into the context of a more comprehensive set of facts. The population of this state is 45% larger than the second largest state. So, claiming that California leads the nation in job creation can be true in the strictest sense when only comparing raw numbers. However, when these job creation numbers are then evaluated based on the population of the various states, the claim that California is leading the way falls apart. In spite of job creation here, California continues to have the third highest unemployment rate in the nation. The comparative rate for California has remained almost unchanged in the past 12 months based on BLS data.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 10, 2013 at 9:52 am
I like what Doug says. I too like to stick to just one statistic because context confuses me. Mmmm...beer...
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One class shy of graduating, Burton moved to London with his sights set on a career as a trip-hop DJ. Once there, however, he decided to focus on producing his own hip-hop beats instead, taking a job as a bartender in a pub called The Rose to pay his bills. A friend convinced him to send his work to the British techno label Warp, and impressed with what they received (a mash-up of Air and Audio Two, and another of Nas and Portishead, as well as his own original beats), the label signed him to a two-record deal on their hip-hop offshoot, Lex. Now working under the pseudonym Danger Mouse -- the name of the title character of a cartoon he had watched as a child -- Burton moved back to the U.S. to record 2003's Ghetto Pop Life with Brooklyn MC Jemini, which was followed by 2004's Twenty Six Inch EP.
It was not until later that year, however, that the producer started getting significant recognition, when his now legendary Grey Album, a mash-up of the Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album, was leaked to the Internet. GQ magazine named Danger Mouse one of its top men of 2004, and Damon Albarn recruited him to work on Gorillaz's second album, 2005's Demon Days, which brought him a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year. Danger Mouse also collaborated with MC MF Doom to form Danger Doom, whose debut album, The Mouse and the Mask, starring characters from The Cartoon Network's nighttime program Adult Swim, came out in 2005.
More success followed in 2006, when Danger Mouse joined Goodie Mob's MC/singer Cee-Lo in forming Gnarls Barkley. The duo's debut album, St. Elsewhere, went double platinum on the strength of the smash single "Crazy," which topped the U.K. charts and peaked at number two in America. A second release, The Odd Couple, followed in 2008. Late the next year he announced a new project with the Shins singer/guitarist James Mercer dubbed Broken Bells. Their self-titled debut album followed in 2010. Meanwhile, Danger Mouse continued producing and/or remixing material for a number of artists, including Sage Francis, Beck, the Black Keys, Bright Eyes, Dinah Washington, and Joker's Daughter. Team-ups continued. Before the end of 2010, Burton released Dark Night of the Soul, an album of songs written with Sparklehorses Mark Linkous, which featured cameos by Frank Black, Wayne Coyne, Suzanne Vega, Jason Lytle, Iggy Pop, and David Lynch, among others. At the beginning of 2011, Danger Mouse revealed that he had been working on a secret project for five years with Daniele Luppi called Rome, inspired by Italian film scores from the 1960s, with guest vocalists Norah Jones and Jack White. ~ Marisa Brown, Rovi
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New York Giants Superbowl XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI Champions!!!!!
Dan Conner is a stud, he just hasn't shown it yet despite being in the league for 4 years. And our pass rush will be back, who needs new cornerbacks?
Hopefully Cweb and Hosley step up this year
Those positions are pretty packed
Prince will move to the 1st WR, leaving an easier job for Webster. Hosley will be better. And if Connor stays healthy that is an upgrade from Blackburn.
No need for CB's. We have "Ross Island".
I thought the Cb's were fine and didnt think the Giants needed to draft one, as for Lb's if they didnt take one high whats the point? No 5th or 6th round Lb would be starting.
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Lots of baby bumps in this part. Rachel Bilson decided to hide hers yesterday while shopping.
Peter Facinelli doesn't seem to really have one. Probably cold water.
Robin Thicke's wife might. Notice she has not been spotted in quite some time.
Apparently Rumer Willis got dressed in the dark.
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Tom Hardy on the set of his new movie.
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Town Square
$204k for a City Manager????
Original post made by AreYouKiddingMe!!!, Menlo Park: Sharon Heights, on Jun 26, 2007
"Mr. Rojas will start Aug. 2, at a salary of $204,000 a year -- a 25 percent increase over the $163,233 a year former manager David Boesch was making"
Guess what folks: Mr. Rojas is going to be paid MORE than any other state offical, except Governor Schwarzenegger, and he's almost at that level - Arnold gets paid $212k. See:
Web Link
And what the heck is going on with giving a 25% increase to the "new guy" before he even serves one day?
Guess where your utility tax money is going??? At this rate, they'll have to bump it back up to the maximum just to pay for all this free-spending that the new council is doing! Unlike Nancy Reagan, they can't seem to "just say no".
Somehow we've managed to go from one extreme to another in councils - from dumb to dumber! I say recall the Mayor and put in the guy who just missed out by a few votes last November - he couldn't do any worse!
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jun 26, 2007 at 11:10 am
I completely agree!! Did the entire coucil agree to this?? Chino? Has anyone actually been to Chino?? No wonder the mayor didn't want the new tax money returned!!!
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on Jun 26, 2007 at 3:52 pm
And didn't the city staff just agree to no salary increases for four years so they could get some new retirement benefits? How can a new city manager think he will get support from his employees that get 0% raises when he gets a 25% raise before he starts? CHINO????
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Jun 26, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Who ever engineered hiring Rojas should be sacked. Here is a stratified City Manger, who has been with the City of Chino for over 20 years. Do we want fast growth, which is certainly what Chino has been in the extreme? Do we want grade crossings and High Speed Rail?
Apparently the decision was not unanimous; eventually we will learn which council members were responsible.
Look for senior staff to be pushing for wage increases.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jun 26, 2007 at 9:17 pm
The City Manager job is very demanding and complex. $200K sounds completely appropriate for this position.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 27, 2007 at 6:24 am
Ridiculous. Another ploy by Mizz Kelly to put her political career above Menlo Park.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 27, 2007 at 11:53 am
Those of us who complained about Boesch may start to year for the good old days.
I don't care how much experience this guy has--he's been in Chino for eons. It's a very different demographic and different community from MP. If he were a dynamic, take charge guy with vision and fresh ideas, I'd have no problem with the $200k, but everything I've heard indicates that our troubles are about to multiply.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jun 27, 2007 at 12:35 pm
The 'stache alone makes him worth it! A handlebar is worth $260k.
There are a lot of problems and I have a hard time believing that they will be fixed, yet alone addressed.
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Jun 27, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I can't believe the level of discourse in this thread. Rojas can't do the job because he comes from Chino? His moustache is a valid point in the discussion of his salary? It's evidence that "Miz Kelly" is playing politics even though the vote to hire him was unanimous? Come on, folks. Can we stick to the issues?
If his record in Chino leads you to believe he was the wrong choice, please, give some examples.
Yes, I'm inclined to think that $204K is excessive, especially with the generous housing loan.
NO NO a thousand times NO, I don't think I'll ever yearn for the days of secrecy and questionable management practices that marked Boesch's rule.
And yes, Joanna, I too have a hard time believing that our many problems are going to be fixed, because I'm losing faith in the ability of this community to get beyond pettiness and divisiveness and pull together to help fix them.
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Jun 27, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Grow Up: Look at the examples from the other thread:
Protesters: Chino Officials Should Resign
Claremont Courier
Oct. 22, 2003
In a square, gray room on the second floor of the Broad Center at Pitzer College, Chino residents, Pitzer students and members of the Coalition for Social Justice and Action met with Chino City Manager Glenn Rojas regarding hostility between the Chino Police Department and Chino residents.
These groups have charged the Chino Police Department with brutality, corruption and racial profiling of minorities in the Chino community.
"The chief can't control his officers, the mayor can't control the chief and the city manager can't control the city," said Jesse Diaz, a member of the coalition and a Pitzer alumnus.
Groups Issue Demands to Police
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Oct. 11, 2003
In a meeting at Pitzer College, Chino residents and activists presented a formal list of demands to Chino officials regarding charges of brutality and corruption against the city's police department. Jesse Diaz, a 2002 graduate of Pitzer and co-chairman of the Coalition for Social Justice and Action, said, "There's no way that the police are being held accountable there in Chino for their action or inaction." Diaz and the coalition want Chino officials to do more to educate residents about their rights and arrange for internal and external review boards to examine police activity. Jose Calderon, Pitzer professor of sociology and Chicano studies, supported the request by the coalition, Pitzer students, the Mexican American Political Association and Chino residents, that Chino City Manager agree to a hearing by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Committee and create a citizen's police review board.
looks like a poor fit to me.
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Jun 27, 2007 at 4:30 pm
All these bold statements hidden under all these pseudonyms. Let's overlook the obvious weakness of your position with no name put to it and just analyze the facts. Fact one, city managers get paid a lot more than a city manager who had his last raise many years ago. Fact two, market rates for city managers on the peninsula have to be the highest in the state -- property values, gasoline et al are. Fact three, there was a full and comprehensive interview and screening process which was public and I heard from council on this many times. Fact four, it is ridiculous and amateurish to write off or slam a new hire without giving fair time to allow this person to succeed. Fact five, you will now proceed to insult me with hidden names and proceed to take the same empty stance against this post.
Pseudonyms Are Fun INDEED!!
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Jun 27, 2007 at 7:55 pm
PAF, if you are who I think you are, you know more about Rojas than has been in the press, and you should be well aware that there are reasons for many of us to be concerned.
It would be really nice if he succeeded. It would be nice if ten major companies established their sales offices in Menlo Park tomorrow. We can always dream.
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Jun 27, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Ugh. If you only knew. I know only what is public about Mr. Rojas.
But I can Google real well. Palo Alto's city manager hit the $200,000 mark in 2004-2005. I know Belmont is paying its city manager $197,000. Mike Garvey the former city manager of San Carlos made $191,000 in 2004. Type in "city manager" and "city" and when you get the name of the city manager, search that name and the word salary.
Quite the insider, eh?
I also know that this forum has been a little vicious. That is my point. I plan to judge this city manager on his record not on my feelings about Chino.
I have said in the past that this city council needs lots of fixes, but this is not one of them in my opinion.


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With results finally out following yesterday's NCEA glitch, high traffic on the site has brought it to a standstill today
NZQA was able to announce this morning that results were out after a bungled test run yesterday gave students brief access to preliminary results which were then pulled.
Complaints were flying from students and teachers, who felt the inconsistencies were unethical and confusing.
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Is Winning Enough to Cement a Legacy for Georges St. Pierre in UFC?
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At UFC 129 we saw UFC sell 55,000 tickets for what turned into North America's largest MMA event in history, in GSP's home country of Canada. Georges St. Pierre is one of the UFC's most decorated champions in history, a two-time Welterweight Champion with six defenses in a row, seven if you count retaining the Interim Championship against Matt Serra to be crowned the Undisputed Welterweight Champion. Of course, over that streak there are only two stoppages, including the win over Serra and defense against BJ Penn, which has earned him a reputation among hardcore fans as lacking a killer instinct.
Without a doubt, GSP is something very special for the MMA world. To see that all you needed to do was watch tonight's UFC 129 and watch for both fighters entering the arena. GSP came into the arena sporting a seasonally fashionable suit and looked very composed while Shields was shown stumbling in the arena dressed in a t-shirt, oversized hoodie, jeans, baseball cap and sneakers. For St. Pierre this is par for the course, he is the epitome of professionalism in the world of Mixed Martial Arts; he dresses well, he speaks well, he also comes across as personable and intelligent. He is really the total package in a business sense, with no one able to come close to him in this department and might not for a while. Shields, while the elder to GSP was walking into the biggest fight of his life looking like a NASCAR vehicle, splattered with his sponsors and a bit nervous.
There is also little doubt as to why there were so many fans in the arena tonight; 55,000 came not only for the UFC brand name, the experience and for fights, but to see a hometown hero like Georges St. Pierre fight for the honor of Canada. We may have to wait and see what the PPV numbers are, but there is a good chance that they are indeed very good considering the solid line-up and marketing leading into the event. For GSP, everything seems on par for him to become one of MMA's biggest legends and superstars, yet something doesn't feel right.
On the same card fans saw a humble Randy Couture knocked out by a Crane Kick (not joking) by Lyoto Machida and announce that he was officially retired. Couture has already cemented his legacy, oddly enough he did so with a 19-11 record, which for an elite level MMA fighter who is held in such high regards as he, a rather poor record. You could see Couture as the fighter that made the blueprint for GSP to follow; be humble, professional, follow the rules and never forget your fans. Yet for Couture, there is something about him that is very different, and that is his story and feelings he evokes from fans. Couture overcame insurmountable odds a few times in his career, hopping between two of the most competitive weight classes in the sport during his twilight years and securing big-name victories and title wins unlike any other fighter. Some of his fights when watched live were impossible not to be caught up in the moment and the passion of, like the Time Sylvia bout, don't hold up when viewed years later. The Sylvia fight is actually a rather boring fight with a very active crowd, but that is because it has already happened and we all know the outcome. Live, it was exciting and told a story of an over-the-hill underdog, former champion coming out of nowhere to stop a then-dominant champion. When Couture landed a punch you felt your heart race, when he took Sylvia down you wanted to jump out of your seat and cheer.
Randy wasn't always "good for business" with Zuffa, as they had a very public tiff a few years back including a lawsuit, Randy almost fighting for Affliction against Fedor Emelianenko and signing on for the EA MMA video game, all while holding the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Even with that said, Randy returned to UFC, was given a better contract than he had before, was allowed to keep his Heavyweight title and actually put it on the line against up-and-comer Brock Lesnar who was doing great PPV numbers for his previous fights. For many, Randy has an X-Factor, even if there are stories of him being a womanizer, hard to work with, terrible at managing his finances and possibly using hormone therapy to extend his career. None of that matters in the eyes of the public.
At this point UFC has two dominant champions; Georges St. Pierre at Welterweight and Anderson Silva at Middleweight, yet neither man really seem to be as beloved as Couture or primed to have as long of a lasting legacy as Couture. Both champions have been criticized for not finishing off their opponents, many of which are clearly not on their level. For Anderson Silva, the criticism tends to lean towards him simply playing with his opponents and becoming bored and disinterested with fighting them or putting on a good show. For GSP the criticism comes that he looks to fight a safe fight and only to win, not to finish his opponents. Anderson Silva plays more of a bad boy and GSP plays off more like a company man, and while both have great drawing potential in their home countries, possibly even become big stars on a world-wide scale, neither man have the untouchable aura of Randy Couture.
This makes one wonder if winning is really important for cementing a legacy as much as telling the fans an interesting story and having them get emotionally invested in you as a person, not just a fighter. A fighter like Brock Lesnar has this figured out, as to date he has only a handful of fights but has earned more money in those fights than some UFC fighters with lengthy, successful careers. On top of that, he will most likely always have a place in UFC history with fans all having a strong opinion on him, be it good or bad.


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