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Andy Duncan seeks $500,000 from city to restore theater
Original post made on Aug 9, 2007
Mr. Duncan, who in January announced his plans to restore the abandoned theater and convert it into a dance studio, sent a letter to the City Council on Aug. 8, requesting a $500,000 grant or no-interest loan to help restore the local landmark.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, August 9, 2007, 7:17 PM
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a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 9, 2007 at 8:11 pm
2 p.m. on a Monday in August! Surely the public will turn out in droves.
I think the half-mil grant sounds like a swell idea. I want to start a business too, and am hoping I can be the next recipient of the council's largesse. Who cares about Dumbarton rail--the gravy train stops here!
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Aug 10, 2007 at 8:43 am
I thought this was a joke. Maybe "The Onion" writers were covering local events. Apparently, Duncan is actually expecting public funds to fund his private venture.
Does this seem like a joke to anyone else??
If MP gives away half a million to this person, then I think I will ask for a similar amount to open a pet shop or a liquor store or a car dealership or a competing dance studio!!!
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 10, 2007 at 8:57 am
1. As a historic building
Let's be clear here. The Park Theatre is not a historic building. It has no legal standing as such. The staff report uses the language: ". . .the Park Theatre appears to be eligible for listing on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. . ." "Appears to be eligible" is a very far cry from actually being so or even ever becoming so. (Duncan's architecture firm, Garavaglia, told him what he wanted to hear.) The bldg. is sixty years old. There are many 60 year old buildings around that are full of interesting detail but that have not come to the Council's attention. In fact, since it is not at the present time a historic building and may never be, restoration for any public use will involve fire dept. code rules that may keep it from ever becoming a historic building. From this perspective, the staff has done little or no research. So, we don't actually know what the ground rules are for this restoration other than what Duncan tells us.
The building, both inside and outside, is in deplorable condition. In actual practice it may well be too far gone since everything inside has totally mildewed. The reality is that the theatre is not historic, and its restoration is driven, not by historic considerations, but by sentiment and romanticism. This "interest" is local, not state and certainly not national. We are not talking about Lincoln's log cabin! Duncan points out that every little girl in Menlo Park took dance lessons from his mom. Everybody over fifteen years of age went to the movies at the Park Theatre. Those charming memories don't justify a restoration using public funds. (Movie buffs: See "The Last Picture Show" and " Cinema Paradiso")
2. As a movie theatre
One aspect of this deal is that at some undetermined time in the future -- or maybe never -- the theatre will be available for purchase by the city, from Duncan the new owner, for use as a movie or legitimate theatre. As a movie theatre it's time has come and gone. The movie industry is no longer interested in small town theatres such as this, with almost no parking at all, and it will never be in the future. The movie industry itself is in deep trouble, is undergoing major upheaval, and its audience, now drawn more and more to adequate parking availability in malls, etc., go to multiplex theatres. Offering to sell the theatre to the city with no time frame is, frankly, cavalier, given the investment in restoration that is asked of the city. Packard's Stanford Theatre is a bad comparison since he built and is subsidizing this permanently with no public funds for a university based niche market.
3. On El Camino
The project is, in it's present and future concept, intended to become a private dance studio which is not open to the public (not even like Kepler's or Borders in Palo Alto). Here, of course, is another example of a single project intended for El Camino, under consideration opportunistically. The City continues to consider one project after another without a comprehensive El Camino plan or framework. Where is the business plan for the city? Duncan says, hurry up or the deal will go away. That is the exact opposite of how we should be thinking about what happens on El Camino. When does this piece-meal development stop? When is enough enough?
4. As a business concept
There is a basic reality here. Duncan wants to relocate his mother's dance studio so that she won't have to pay the higher rents asked for by the Derry family in her present location. That is what this project is all about. The restoration, historic registers, and movie theatre rhetoric and issues are all "lipstick on a pig" and have little relevance to anything pertaining to Menlo Park. Indeed, Menlo Park has just invested massively in a public theatre at M-A HS. If it's a good business concept for Duncan, he should go ahead, buy the building and make a dance studio out of it for his mom, period. And, keep the city out of it. If he wants to restore anything, outside or inside, that's his business. Since there is no multi-access parking to this new location, like the present dance studio with the parking lot in back for dropping students off, access by car to the new site will be more cumbersome, stopping on El Camino more of a traffic hazard, and longer term parking far more difficult than presently.
5. As an investment by and for the city
Remember, as a dance studio, Duncan's mom can stay there in perpetuity. As an investment for Menlo Park, it's a non-starter. Does Menlo Park have an investment policy in place at this time regarding private real estate? There was talk about buying the Park Theatre 34 space parking lot from Duncan for $500,000. for the city. It seems to me that if Duncan has his mom's dance studio there and has been given certain rights to the exclusive use of the parking lot, then the city can wait a very long time, if ever, to get it's public parking lot back for city public use.
If you step back and look at this project rationally, it is weird and makes everybody somewhat uncomfortable even talking about it. The city has a history of considering weird deals, like the golf course at Bayfront. Enough weirdness around here.
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Aug 10, 2007 at 10:49 am
Dear Do Due,
"It's" is a contraction of "it" and "is." Check your post and substitute "it is" everywhere you have "it's." If your sentence no longer makes sense, the word you want it "its."
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 10, 2007 at 10:58 am
Due Diligence obviously didn't do his! Thank you, Apostrophe Posse, you got your man! You are quite right and I apologize. That's what I get when I don't have my wife edit my turgid prose.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Aug 10, 2007 at 1:52 pm
What in creation are you thinking of to hand over 1/2 million in public money to a private business? Sure SOME people in this town are sentimental about their days of youth spent in the Park theater, but not all of us are from here and we are not obliged in any way to fund a monument to their wistful memories. This proposal should be rejected out of hand, it should not even make it to any kind of council meeting. Any council member considering this should be immediately marked for defeat at the next election for stupid and unprincipled expenditure of public money!
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 11, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Me-thinks someone should inform Mr. Duncan that the Jellins-Winkler-Duboc-driven developer gravy train deluxe was soundly driven out of business/town last November!
PS - Now if you want to give a grant to 7-11 to permanently turn it into a Kwik-E-Mart that offers free donuts every morning, you might be on to something!
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 11, 2007 at 11:50 pm
D-oh! HomerSimpson got it all wrong, this is more likely another Kelly's pet project, so she can add it to her resume saying her saved another MP's landmark. Stay tune! We are going to find out on Monday!
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 12, 2007 at 8:59 am
This project is pure Kelly. The old cabal has come out against it. See Web Link and Web Link
This isn't about Menlo Park.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 12, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Double d'oh!!! Thanks for the info.
BTW - A MONDAY AFTERNOON meeting on this??? While the "old cabal" simply steamrolled through stuff, looks like "da new Mayor" wants to take a different tack and try to SNEAK it through unnoticed.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 14, 2007 at 3:49 am
So now the Park Theater is "historic" and worthy of "restoration". If the Park is concidered historic why stop there? We should also label the abandoned auto dealership buildings on El Camino as historic and preserve them as well.
I grew up in Menlo Park in the 50s and 60s and saw many movies at the Park and the theater was nearly as run-down and nondescript then as it is today. It was nothing more than a plain box-shaped room with creaky old seats. The Park had none of the charm nor beauty of the Stanford or Varsity theaters in Palo Alto. Frankly, I don't think it's worth saving.
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Healthy living, long life?
Yorkshire's secret of longevity
'Oldest' woman dies at age of 111
Ada Mason
Mrs Mason put her long life down to daily doses bread and dripping
A woman from West Yorkshire, who was believed to be the oldest person in England, has died at the age of 111.
Tributes have been paid to widow Ada Mason, from Upton, who died in her sleep on Tuesday.
Mrs Mason, who had outlived all of her five children, put her long life down to eating bread and dripping "with lots of salt on".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west … 359547.stm
Have you ever noticed that that the people who live the longest seem to be those with the most unhealthy lifestyles?
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Re: Healthy living, long life?
Although I have heard some people saying they have lived long lives from daily gin and tonics, and other not so healthy diets, I believe a long life is due to genetics. But much as we have heard here in our neck of the woods most of them have decended from England, lol. Or maybe it's the juniper berries? Most of my decendents came from England and lived hard lives here at the beginnings of our province of B.C. Earliest decendents lived to 88/90 and that's pretty good considering. And that's when TB was in full force.
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Hmmm. My gran died last year at 104, also outliving her children.
Though I can't say she led an unhealthy lifestyle - hers was a diet high in seafood and olive oil. She did, however, have a predilection for wine and snooker, in that order.
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Re: Healthy living, long life?
I think it's just good genes. I have a long line of people behind me who lived well into their eighties (some despite serious illness), even a couple of hundred years ago. Unless I get hit my something large then I think it's all good. I did get a shock looking through old photos one day to find an ancestor who died at forty - but it turned out he died trying to cross a flooded river; so he didn't contribute bad genes but maybe stupidity. My granfather's uncle smoked until the day he died at 97, and ate fig jam alot as i understand it. I guess he was just outside that percentage of people who get cancer from smoke.
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I agree about it being down to good genes. One of the guys I work with has smoked 40 a day for over 35 years and has never even had a cold !.
One of my great, great uncles drowned in a vat of beer ( I have heard that he was pulled out 4 times before he succeeded ). Maybe that is why I like a beer now and again!.
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Increased support for innovation and research and development
Levels of investment in technology, research and development and green innovation in the UK lag behind those in other countries. The detailed targets mentioned above must be developed on the basis of high quality analysis of the technical options so that when they are implemented, green innovators and their investors can have confidence that they will be adhered to and that they are meaningful.
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Relying on the market to identify skills gaps and develop solutions to them is causing delays in the transition to a green economy. The Government should not be afraid to anticipate future skills needs and to intervene to ensure that these are met. It is welcome that the Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has indicated that skills policy will progressively be moving in this direction but there is a need for more urgent action by Government to rapidly develop a strategic skills strategy to support transition to a green economy.
With a framework based on these key policies, the UK economy will begin to take advantage of the growth opportunities provided by the development of a green economy and the current economic problems will ultimately prove shorter and shallower than may otherwise have been the case.
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By Tim Brownlee
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(Sept. 6, 2007)--Two 20-year-old UTSA students, Candace Hoyt and Farhan Rana, died early Monday in a one-car accident. From Odessa, Texas, Hoyt was an anthropology major. A native of Pakistan, Rana was a pre-business major and a member of the UTSA debate team.
According to a Sept. 4 story in the San Antonio Express-News, Hoyt was driving a 1993 BMW south on Stone Oak Parkway after 1:30 a.m. Monday when she tried to turn west onto the Loop 1604 access road. According to a police report, she lost control of the vehicle, hit a traffic island and the car went airborne and ran into a concrete embankment. Examiners determined that the driver died instantly and the passenger died shortly after.
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"What I most remember about Candace was her infectious wonder," said Deborah Wagner, UTSA anthropology instructor. "She was the kind of student who engaged her views creatively, courageously and unhesitatingly. I think this was what most endeared me to her -- her ability to speak her wonder without fear."
"Farhan Rana was a bright, energetic, charming young man with enormous potential," said Roy "Skip" Eno, UTSA debate program coordinator. "His bicultural experiences fueled wonderful discussions with his teammates and me -- perspectives that fostered increased understanding. We are all saddened that Farhan and his good friend, Candace Hoyt, will not be among us -- that his transition into adulthood and maturity was cut short. Farhan will be missed and fondly remembered."
"The hard part about this type of loss is that the two students involved were young and special in their own right," said Elizabeth Stanczak, licensed psychologist and UTSA executive director of health and counseling services. "We have a hard time saying goodbye to those who seem to have left us too soon. Personally, every student at UTSA is special and important, and we seldom miss the unique quality of our students. We mourn the loss of anyone from our valuable campus community."
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- Anger (Why her or him? It's not fair.)
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- Depression (I'm so sad, so why bother to do anything?)
- Acceptance (It's going to be OK.)
- There is no clear time limit for passing through these stages, nor a rule that one must experience each stage or in this order. For example, some of us move back and forth between denial and anger. With that said, grief is a normal, complicated and multifaceted process that may look different from one person to the next and from one culture to another.
- Grief can be experienced in many ways, but few will experience grief for an extended period of time or to the extent that they cannot continue with their lives.
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The Ride continues…Harley-Davidson Taste of Freedom Tour

We rejoin our heroes in Milwaukee Wisconsin this past Labor Day weekend and freedom has never tasted sweeter.

We rejoin our heroes in Milwaukee Wisconsin this past Labor Day weekend and freedom has never tasted sweeter. In the final chapter of an ongoing experiment, Harley-Davidson reunited a group of unlikely candidates to ride the open road and participate in an opportunity that will undoubtedly alter their lives in more ways than most would ever imagine.
{"pbembedwidget":"gallery","id":"15462","size":"medium","alignment":"right"}Cole Rise, colerise.com, Ray Frenden, frenden.com, Andy "Astronautalis" Bothwell, astronautalis.com, Greg Lutzka, greglutzka.com and Mike Chiesa ufc.com/fighter/michael-Chiesa all re-upped for more seat time on the final leg of the Taste of Freedom Tour in the "Brew City" and home of the world famous Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Both Harley-Davidson and Miller Brewing were celebrating their 110th anniversaries and Milwaukee was a rolling party with "bad ass" bikes showing and "The Champagne of Beers" flowing.
But first let's rewind time a little farther and go back to our unforgettable ride mid-July through Angeles Crest, the Rim of the World, Lake Arrowhead and around Big Bear in the mountains East of Los Angeles. Cole Rise, Ray Frenden and Greg Lutzka shed some light on the subjects of photography, art, skateboarding and their newly found love of riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles…
What was your perspective of motorcycle riding before you got involved with Harley Davidson's Taste of Freedom tour?
Rise: How often does a construction worker think about igloos? I'd say I thought about motorcycles as much. It was truly the furthest thing from my mind when Harley approached me - a total unknown - which was even more reason to give it a go.
Frenden: I'd never ridden a motorcycle before the Taste of Freedom Tour. My brother-in-law rode sport bikes and I'd stood in proximity to his. That was the extent of my exposure. I didn't learn anything through osmosis either. I'd long been bike-curious, but I wasn't born into a family of motorsport enthusiasts and felt like I wouldn't be able to learn. I'd never even driven a manual transmission before all this started.
Lutzka: Before I got this opportunity I really didn't think much about riding because it just seemed sketchy to me. Now after being part of the Taste of Freedom Tour and the Riders Edge program I feel super comfortable on my bike and I don't think about it (being sketchy) as much.
How much seat time did you get prior to the LA mountain run?
Rise: Let's put it this way… the bike had 6 miles on it, 3 of which were put on by the dealer while testing the engine. I was easily the least experienced of the group, but felt pretty confident I'd be able to swing at whatever came my way after the 3 day training course we took to get licensed, and the collective experience of the crew.
Frenden: Prior to the group ride to Big Bear, I'd taken the Rider's Edge training course and putzed around my rural Texas neighborhood a bit. I just moved to a town outside of Austin, TX, so I didn't have an in-built group of friends to go riding with and my work schedule was hectic. I had, maybe, fifty miles on my bike before the trip.
How would you compare riding a motorcycle to flying?
Rise: Riding and flying are incredibly similar, from the wind to the sound of the engine at a comfortable RPM. From a technical perspective, the engines are of a similar size and configuration to the Cessna 172's I've flown, the procedures and acronyms for properly operating the bike are taught in a similar fashion, and your hyper-awareness of your center of gravity as you carve through space, two hands gripping a bar, is just like hang gliding. It's easy to see how those returning WWII pilots traded their wings for two wheels, gunning it on the open road and gliding through turns. The experience is uniquely individual, and the feeling equally freeing.
How would you compare riding a motorcycle to your normal mode of transportation?
Frenden: Driving my car after the trip was revelatory. There's no participation. No fun. It just goes. The whole affair of driving a car feels as utilitarian as being a passenger on the bus now. I'm along for the ride and not in charge the way I am on the bike.
How would you compare riding a motorcycle to skateboarding?
Lutzka: Riding skateboards and riding motorcycles are both a thrill in their own way. I'm more cautious on my bike than my skateboard because I kind of just go for it on my board. On my bike I make sure I'm paying attention and that I'm on point with it.
How do you think motorcycle riding will affect your photography?
Rise: Seeing my bike in my driveway is like seeing a plane sitting on the tarmac, ready to take you somewhere else. It's a great motivator for getting lost on the weekends and exploring new places, which, is kind of important if you call yourself a travel photographer. It's also a much smaller vehicle than my car, which means it's easier to pull off on roads where wider vehicles can't - a big advantage for getting those shots I've had to begrudgingly forfeit while driving on four wheels.
How do you think motorcycle riding will affect your art?
Frenden: My work skews heavily towards monsters and sci-fi, but I draw on real experiences to ground the more fantastical elements. I try to keep myself open to opportunities to do new things. Boring lives make for boring work. If I just sit around all day and stare at the same four walls, I probably won't have much worth saying. This experience definitely adds to the mental Rolodex of subjects I can draw upon. All new things do.
What's your perspective of motorcycle riding now?
Rise: As you learn, it's amazing how quickly the cliché' evaporates and your perspective changes. I'm totally hooked, and tattoos weren't even a requirement.
Frenden: I never saw myself as being capable of riding a motorcycle, but I was eager to try and prove myself wrong. Flaubert said talent is long practice. I'm inclined to agree. I take solace in that idea. I tell people that are struggling with their art training that if you like something, you do it a lot. If you do it a lot, you get good at it. I like riding, ergo I'm riding a lot. The rest will come with time.
What's been your favorite part of the experience?
Lutzka: My favorite part is getting out on the roads every day. I skate and then I ride my bike. I've already ridden thousands of miles and I haven't had my bike that long. Experiencing the road every day is my favorite part. It's just you and the road and you're in your own zone and you feel free.
Time warp forward to Labor Day and we find ourselves back in Milwaukee. I took the occasion to arrive a day before the rest of the crew and Gina Garde at Milwaukee Harley-Davidson milwaukeeharley.com graciously set me up with a beautiful blue, touring package, Street Glide to ride around Wisconsin before the scheduled festivities got under way. With body painted beer maids, female mud wrestling and live music at the Milwaukee N.W. HOG Clubhouse, Milwaukee H-D's parking lot was a party in itself.
I caught up with the Taste of Freedom gang as things began to heat up and we made our way over to Harley-Davidson's corporate headquarters on Juneau Ave. where 1500 hard working folks help keep the dream alive for all of us. It's the site where the first "factory", a 10' x 15' wooden shed, was built in 1903 in the backyard of William C. Davidson's family home. A perfectly aligned row of glistening 2014 bikes met us upon arrival, ready to be ridden to the H-D museum where we would soon be joining the thousands of Harley enthusiasts who had made the "ride home" from near and far to celebrate the 110th Anniversary. Let the good times roll.
The following day we took in some exclusive tour time at the museum, a peek "behind the curtain" into the archives of this legendary company and beyond. Evel Knievel, Captain America, Easy Rider, classic race bikes, prototypes, the tsunami bike, it was all there and more and we took our time perusing it. To top things off, we were granted the pleasure of a private sit down with Bill and Willie G. Davidson. It's obvious the Davidsons are passionate about riding and fueled to continue sharing both the fellowship and the freedom that comes with life on two wheels. Their enthusiasm can be summed up in Willie's advice "Go loud. Go proud. Go like hell."
Even after 110 years Harley is improving, expanding and pushing forward. I'm sure the founding fathers would be proud to see where Harley-Davidson is today. With the launch of the high tech driven Project Rushmore and the city inspired smaller displacement, water cooled Custom 500 & 750 H-D continues to give us more options and reasons to love the brand and the experience.
Milwaukee came with so many good times it's hard to list them all. From the camaraderie with friends and fellow riders to conversations with the Davidsons, rides through the countryside in the Wisconsin rain and up the sunny West bank of Lake Michigan, a drivetrain factory tour, Kid Rock and even better was Astronautalis freestyling on the mic with Harley-Davidson's very own Jeff Wick on the drums live at the Up and Under Pub on Brady Street in the wee hours of the night! Cole "floated" next to his bike while Greg ollied a Forty-Eight. We ate amazing food at Palomino and Sloppy Joe's, were granted "Top secret" clearance at the Safe House and the list goes on…
By far and away though, the most surreal and memorable experience had to be riding in the Harley-Davidson Labor Day parade. Bar to bar with the Taste of Freedom bunch, along with thousands of other riders we began at Miller Park and proceeded to ride, high five and rev those big, beautiful, American made V-Twin engines through the spectator lined streets of downtown Milwaukee! Milwaukeeans embrace motorcycle riding like no other place in the world and we were feeling the love as we rolled. Cole Rise mentioned that science suggests the elation we were all enjoying was due at least in part to the release of serotonin associated with both smiling and even just simply viewing smiles. It's safe to say that none of us had ever had so many people smiling at us for riding a motorcycle before. It was really something special, a natural high. Smile and pass it on.


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- 3 medium apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 2 medium pears, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Mash until sauce is desired consistency. Serve warm or cold. Yield: about 2 cups.
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By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
I have no problem with women serving on a college football committee.
Over the years Condoleezza Rice has more than proven herself capable of learning on the job and making tough decisions.
If Howie Mandel is allowed to tell America who does and doesn't have talent, Rice is more than qualified to judge college football's beauty contest.
And that is what I have a problem with.
Rice's name has been attached to the group of people who will be deciding which four teams will make the college football playoffs starting next year.
To quote Jim Mora Sr. — "PLAYOFFS?"
When I think of the playoffs I think of seedings, pairings, division winners squaring off and even wild cards.
I do not think of 10 people sitting in some smoke-filled back room deciding who does and who does not deserve to play for a national championship.
I guess it is better than a bunch of old men dressed in colored blazers picking who goes to what bowl games and never once wanting to have even a hint of a playoff mentioned.
So we have come a long way.
However, giving the picks back to humans seems like a step backward.
Just a few years back, those in charge of the college game said humans could not be trusted, so they turned the selection over to computers.
It's worked out well for the Southeastern Conference but nobody else.
Now we are putting it back in the hands of humans.
As Charlie Brown would say seconds after Lucy again pulled the ball away as he was about to kick it, "Aaugh!"
Seems like the new system is taking one step forward and two steps back.
A four-team playoff is a good start. Having humans decide those four teams is going back into a bad past of politics and questions.
Ask any two people which are the four best teams in the land and you will likely get two different answers. Now add five times more folks to the equation and you can see the issues about to come up.
And we haven't even started on the politics.
Each will have pressure on them to pick the "right" four.
Think of all the arguing we already have when it comes to picking a president. And people will care about these winners.
Pat Haden can't go back to the other Pac-12 athletic directors if he votes against one of them making the playoffs. It will be the same for all the others.
More people involved in the process just means more politics and more chances of corruption.
There is a way to solve this: expanded the playoffs to 16 teams and let the players decide the champion.
Each of the big conferences, there are five now, can send their champ and runner-up automatically. That would take up 10 spots. Then there are six left for the rest of the country with no league allowed to send more than three.
Perfect setup.
Play the first round at the higher seed's home, then, when teams lose, they start going to bowl games. It might make for better bowls since the best teams will be playing longer and have less time between their last game and the bowl itself.
College football needs to find a way to keep the players on the field the focus, not the players off the field.
Jim Gazzolo is managing sports editor. Email him at email@example.com


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2010 6-10
2011 10-6
2012 4-8
Overall 22-38 (.367)
quote:i didn't realize this was possible
They could finish the year 4-11
i didn't realize this was possible
If they end the year on an 8 game skid, he gone
should get 1 more year
I think the complete lack of discipline for Suh, Schwartz's douche running after coaches and trying to fight them, and his poor game management might get him fired this year. He's a pretty terrible coach. It'd be scary to see what someone like Chip Kelly could do with the offensive talent they have. Then, bring in a guy like Steve Spagnuolo who has a history of making defensive linemen look like gods, and they could be very good, quick.
You guys must not look past the surface. Just check the list of injuries and the scores of their losses. He isn't the best coach in the world, but they have come a LONG way in the last three years. They were the worst team in football in ages four years ago.
Bear in mind that the Lions are down at least one RB, who may never play football again, and down pretty much their entire secondary. They were hiring guys off the waiver wire and putting them right on the field they were so depleted at one point this season. All that said, Schwartz gets one more year, based on the Lions resurrection from the dead. He has to fix the D, and the excuses won't work 2 years in a row.
With some good offseason moves (which the Lions have actually handled better the last two years), they could fix the issues on D and in the run game. Just look at the last minute losses to quality teams. At least three this season. They just need those two areas addressed, and they can become a legit contender
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Also the jets came crashing down to earth today
Also the jets came crashing down to earth today
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
***Stat provided by "Schloss22"***
Where is Crue, oh, that's right, only when they win.
Forget the Past, Live for the Future!
crue is buyin tickets to the super bowl duhh
Living here in SA, Tx, I saw the entire Boys/Hawks game & let me tell you that it was a total beatdown by Seattle! Boys had 84 total yds in the 2nd half! A WR named Tate for Seattle laid one of the most devastating blocks/hit on Sean Lee during a running play that I have ever seen! Boys fans were crying that it was a high helmet to helmet hit & in this new "softer' NFL, maybe it was. But it was still awesome to see their mighty Sean lee laid out like a rug!
Lot of blame to go 'round for this loss, but to sum it up, we played like girls today.
Credit to Seattle though. Their secondary is a bad matchup for our guys and their offensive line took over the game in the second half.
And I would not be so surprised that Seattle (or the NFCW for that matter) could cause trouble for us. We tend to struggle on the road vs the NFCW.
All in all, our best offensive players played like crap (minus Romo), and we were very soft today.
Not disappointed in the loss, but disappointed with how the guys played today.
Good to be humbled though. Hopefully that will keep this team hungry.


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text: Chuck Goldman is a staff scientist and Head of the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division. Chuck is LBNL's Principal Investigator for Electric Markets Technical Assistance activities sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution. In that capacity, he provides technical assistance to state, regional and federal agencies, utilities, and ISOs on Demand Response policies, programs, and technologies; design and implementation of public purpose energy efficiency programs, analysis of industry and market trends in the energy services (ESCO) industry, dynamic pricing, analysis of retail energy services and markets, and regional planning and utility portfolio management. On behalf of the California Energy Commission Demand Response Research Center, he leads research on dynamic pricing/demand response and dynamic pricing program/tariff analysis and evaluation. On behalf of the Federal Energy Management Program, he also advises federal agencies and customers on opportunities to manage and reduce their energy costs through energy efficiency, peak load management, pricing, or purchasing retail energy services in competitive electricity markets. He has authored over 90 publications on various topics including demand response programs, technologies, and policies, market monitoring, impacts of restructuring on energy efficiency and renewables, role of energy service companies, competitive bidding for DSM resources, design and evaluation of innovative DSM programs, technical and market potential for energy efficiency, and utility resource planning. Chuck has worked at LBNL since 1981 and has a M.S. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. From 1997-2000, Chuck served as one of eight members on the California Board for Energy Efficiency, an advisory board to the California PUC, which oversaw and provided advice on energy efficiency programs and policies, market transformation strategies, and administration for energy-efficiency programs with an annual budget of ~$275 million per year. He also serves as a member of the National Association of Energy Service Company's Accreditation Committee for ESCOs.


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House with Magical Garden/Views
Size2000 ft²
Floor No.2
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
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|Esmeralda Avenue, 94110 San Francisco, United States
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Downstairs are two bedrooms (with access to the garden) and one bathroom with a shower and jacuzzi tub. Upstairs are two more bedrooms and one bathroom with a shower. Each of the downstairs bedrooms have an extra single bed in them, so can accommodate three people.
The bright and airy kitchen is fully equipped with stove, microwave, dishwasher, toaster, blender and plenty of pots, pans and dishes.
The spacious living room with skylights looks out on to a large deck with stunning views of San Francisco.
Bernal Heights is a lovely safe, quiet and sunny neighborhood, just south of the vibrant Latino "Mission" neighborhood.
We are just steps away from Bernal Hill Park - a great place for a walk, sunset viewing, star gazing and the best 360 degree view of San Francisco.
The house is a fifteen minute walk from Cortland Street, a lovely shopping street complete with healthy grocery market, unique gift store, yoga, massage, library and art galleries. There you will find a multitude of delicious eating establishments - Japanese, Nepalese, Peruvian, Italian, Mexican, California cuisine, excellent coffee shops, a library, art gallery and bakeries.
The Alemany Farmers Market on Saturdays and the flea market on Sundays are fun excursions, just a short hike away.
The garden is also a perfect location for a wedding or a family gathering.
The convenient MUNI 67 bus line stops right across the street and will take you to the 24th Street BART station in five minutes. BART will take you downtown in minutes. MUNI buses connect here to all points in the city including Golden Gate Park, Fisherman's Wharf, AT&T Park, all museums and city attractions.
House rulesNo smoking in the house
No candles
No pets
Please be kind to our cats
Please be respectful of our neighbors
|Weekly rate for up to 10 guests
|€ 5174
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We really enjoyed our stay at Jeannie and Skate's house. Everything was good organized and the view from the garden is just amazing! They are very friendly and helpful with planing our trip. We had a great time in San Francisco and we recommend to room to everyone. Thank you so much!
We really enjoyed our stay with Jeannie and Skate. Their home is in the most wonderful location with fantastic views of San Francisco and great food places nearby. We also enjoyed relaxing in the garden with it's many pathways and secluded seats; I especially liked the tree seat where I met Raven the cat one morning before breakfast.
Jeannie was really helpful with travel information and places to eat and spend time locally. We were made to feel very much at home during our stay.
Jeannie and skate are very kind and welcoming persons. they have a very beautyful house. don't forget to go to their extraordinary garden. Our son still speaking about it. every morning, he went to the garden to see their cats. And they have a fantastic view of San Francisco.when there is no fog you can see the golden gate bridge. the neighborhood is great too with a café. Don't forget to follow their advice. we did it and we didn't regrate it.I recommend Jeannie and Skate and their house to all windu customers. See you in few years.
Very nice and kind hosts. Beautiful garden with view over the whole town - perfect to relax. Great Location with an bus stop right in front of the door.
We had a really good time at the home with magical garden an views!
It was just great! Jeannie and skate are incredibly nice and let us use your whole apartment. It was a great stay in a great neighborhood with a beautiful garden unfasbar. The view is amazing! I can recommend it only ........
Es war einfach nur toll!!! Jeannie und Skate sind unfassbar nett und haben uns Ihre ganze Wohnung nutzen lassen. Es war ein toller Aufenthalt in einem tollen Viertel mit einem unfasbar schönen Garten. Der Ausblick ist der Hammer! Ich kann es nur weiter empfehlen........
Whow,what a nice house with a very beautiful and wonderful view. The garden is great, like the fotos tell. You can see Squirrels, Colibris, cats Butterfly and may be an opussum. After a few days I feel a little bit like home. Jeannie and Skate are excellent hosts. Ask a question and you will get an answer. So I stay for two weeks there and visited SFr. It was a very good time for me inbetween a longer journey for three month from starting in Salt Lake City (USA) to Bogota (Columbia) over San Salvador and Panama City. Thank You so much.
Ich war 2 Wochen in Sfr um die Stadt zu besuchen.Es war eingebettet in eine längere Reise von Salt Lake City bis Kolumbien, über San Salvador und Panama. Es war die beste Zeit für mich und ein goßartiger Aufenthalt. Der Garten ist wie auf den Fotos, du kannst Katzen, Eichhörnchen, KOlibris, Schmetterlinge und vielleicht ein Opossum sehen. Jeannie und Skate geben sich alle MÜhe Fragen zu beantworten. Manche Stunde dort fühlte sich nach ein paar Tagen ein wenig wie zu Hause an. Danke
The room is small, but the fact that you can move quite freely in the house and the hosts friendly, open-minded, due to the many instruments also need to be very musical people, we can only recommend a stay in this quiet neighborhood here. But the hammer is the huge terraced garden with fantastic views of San Francisco, with plenty of seating, sun and shade. If we had not been so much downtown, we would like to use the garden to relax. The bus stop is virtually outside the front door, a 15-minute walk from several restaurants. Axel
Das Zimmer ist zwar klein, aber dadurch, dass man sich im Haus ziemlich frei bewegen kann und die Gastgeber freundliche, aufgeschlossene, auf Grund der vielen Instrumente auch sehr musikalische Menschen sein müssen, können wir einen Aufenthalt in diesem ruhigen Stadtviertel hier nur empfehlen. Der Hammer ist aber der riesige terrassenförmig angelegte Garten mit dem phantastischen Blick auf San Francisco, mit vielen Sitzmöglichkeiten, Sonne und Schatten. Wenn wir nicht so viel downtown gewesen wären, hätten wir gerne den Garten zum Relaxen genutzt. Die Bushaltestelle ist so gut wie vor der Haustür, einige Restaurants in 15 Minuten zu Fuß zu erreichen.
If you want to stay hostel-like, we mean if you have no problem sharing the bathroom, including the toilet with others, then it is acceptable for Jeannie and skate. We are but after one night, including live sounds through use of the toilet stranger, stripped, more questions? Unfortunately, reference is made Wimdu in the description of the accommodation with no word. We are pissed off! and are therefore positioned ourselves with recourse against Wimdu. Family Jenkel-Mueller
Wenn man Hostel-ähnlich wohnen möchte, wir meinen, wenn man kein Problem hat das Badezimmer inklusive der Toilette mit anderen zu teilen, dann ist es bei Jeannie und Skate akzeptabel.
Wir sind aber nach einer Nacht, inklusive Live-Geräusche durch die Toilettenbenutzung Fremder, ausgezogen, weitere Fragen???
Leider wird von Wimdu bei der Beschreibung der Unterkunft mit keinem Wort darauf Bezug genommen.
Wir sind stinksauer! und werden uns daher mit Regressansprüche gegenüber Wimdu positionieren.
Familie Jenkel-Mueller
We really enjoyed our stay at this beautiful and special place in San Francisco. Jeannie and Skate were excellent and nice hosts. They care for their guests and they are always ready to help. You can use the kitchen as well as the garden. You really feel like you are at home. The garden is a wonderful place with an awesome view.
Taking the bus that leaves in front of the house you can reach all sights in San Francisco.
I recommend this place to everybody visiting San Francisco.
We had a great time at the Magical Garden.
Jeannie and Skate are very friendly and we loved to talk to the at all the time. They gave us a lot of practically advices for our plans in the city!The garden is wonderful and spectacular.
The room is cute and large enough and the rest of the house leaves nothing to be desired.
if we ever come back(and we WILL), there's no better place for us to stay than at jeannie and skate's Home.
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Well... I got the first few pieces of my blasters cut today.
The first thing I have to do here is VERY important.
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Without his drawings I would have given up this whole Jango endevor long ago. I cannot speak for everyone else but Alan, Thank you.
anyways...I would really like some input from everyone on this project. Cause I think I already made a mistake. The pieces from today are 1/2" that I was going weld together, but then I would haveto cut a slot in the bottom (for that whatever you want to call it ) and the front for the trigger and trigger guard. But then it is only 1" thick, and that seem to thin. My next thought was to put a piece of 1/4" with the slots already cut out (which would make putting the bottom thingy [does anyone know what its called?] and the trigger and trigger guard alot easier) but that would make the grip 1 1/4" which seems too thick. The other thing I could try is to leave it at 1" but have 1/4" middle and 3/8" on each side..........
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Premier League
February 23, 2002
If you want to know how to close out a title, watch Arsenal's class of 2002.
Not for the first time, Arsène Wenger's side found themselves in a battle with Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United for the Premier League, with Liverpool also challenging strongly.
It was anyone's crown in the February of that 2001/02 campaign but, suddenly, Arsenal went into overdrive.
They reeled off 13 consecutive victories to win the league by seven points from Liverpool - and added the FA Cup for good measure to make it another Double for Wenger.
This game, a 4-1 dismantling of Fulham, was game No 2 in that run of 13.
A glance at the Arsenal team shows that a few key men were missing but Oleg Luzhny and Igor Stepanovs stepped in at the back to make it a real squad effort.
Lauren rounded off a flowing move from close range after just five minutes and, although Steve Marlet levelled, Fulham were blown away by two more goals before the break.
Patrick Vieira got the first of them before Thierry Henry took centre stage, netting seven minutes before the break and adding another on the hour mark to secure the points.
Wenger had the luxury of bringing Henry and Robert Pires off early for some welcome rest as Arsenal cantered to victory. Before long they had cantered to the title too.
Our FreezeFrame image shows a battle between Lauren, scorer of the opening goal, and Fulham winger Luis Boa Morte, who left Arsenal for Southampton in 1999 before returning to London.
Arsenal team: Seaman, Luzhny, Campbell, Stepanovs, Lauren, Parlour, Van Bronckhorst (Dixon), Vieira, Pires (Grimandi), Wiltord, Henry (Aliadiere). Subs not used: R Wright, Edu
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text: 1985 GMC Sierra classic, 2.8 liter V6, 3 speed overdrive transmission (700-R4 I think). The engine has been rebuilt by Jasper engines here in Georgia, as well as the transmission overhauled at the same time, approximately 8 years ago..The vehicle has been sitting, and or driven very little since...The little truck starts, and drives fine, except on the interstate. It seems to be revving really high rpms at 55 mph, but may be normal for that truck, however, it will NOT shift into the overdrive, or 4th gear under 57 mph, and unloaded, or on even roadways. At 57 mph, it will shift into the 4th or overdrive gear, but will immediately downshift into 3rd if any grade, no matter how slight, is encountered, or if I increase the gas pedal even a tiny amount. I feel like, from my "internal tach gauge" in my mind, that the thing should go into overdrive around 50 mph, but refuses....If you Google the TV cable adjustment for that truck, it tells you how to do it, which I've done, and also says it should shift into overdrive at about 45 mph...NOT HAPPENING... I took the truck to AAMCO transmission after a long talk to the proprietor, and he seemed experienced, and assured me he could find the problem...He called later after I left him the truck, and said that the transmission was working properly, and they couldn't find any fault with it, and that it did appear to be freshly overhauled, and everything working as it should.. The 30 year tech that did the work, felt like the carb could be the problem, as it may not be working as it should, and that a new carb would do it ALOT of good....Bought a new carburetor, no help...shifting problem still there....TV cable adjusted and re-adjusted, no help. I called the carburetor people, says that the vacuum hose routing has to be correct in order for everything to work right....The Chiltons manual shows an "air pump" on that engine, which simply isn't there on mine....All vacuum hoses connected to best of my ability, with what I have, and engine runs perfect, but still takes ALOT of RPM's to get her to shift into overdrive....Tech also suspected that the rear end may have been swapped out for better "low end" performance....no idea, but previous owner swears he hasn't touched the rear end, and he bought the truck new in 1985. Im SURE someone here has had this problem, or is familiar enough to recognize what's going on with the truck, or to even tell me that this is normal for the transmission to take such high RPM to shift....Just doesn't seem right for it to take such high RPM to shift the darn thing...Does this sound like a weak engine output, or transmission, or rear end? Frustrated in Atlanta.....ANYONE HAVE A GOOD 4.3 ENGINE FOR SALE????:grrrrrr: - - - Updated - - - Oh yeah, the electrical connector coming off the tranny goes up to the firewall, then is not connected to anything....Is this connector important? A knowlegable friend at work says it's for the torque converter "lock up" circuit or something, but says it has nothing to do with the shifting, just "locks everything together" he says, so there's no loss of motion, or something like that.....Thinking of running 12 volts to the connector to see if it makes any difference...thanks in advance for any help guys.......doc


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The parents of Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei, in the course of their business dealings in the 1980s and '90s, prompted a lot of complaints and lost a string of legal judgments. Most notably, in 1995, a court found them to have violated federal franchising laws and regulations, effectively defrauding their business partners.
Tisei, then a state senator, pocketed more than $30,000 by selling a house with them, for which he was accused in court of helping his parents hide assets from those who had won judgments against them.
Tisei insists he did nothing wrong, and certainly nothing illegal. He had no obligation, he contends, to sever all ties to his parents on the basis of some accusations about their business.
That sounds very much like what Tisei's opponent, Sixth District congressman John Tierney, has been saying about the black sheep in his own family — a controversy Tisei and his allies have made a major campaign issue.
Tierney, Tisei argues, should have known that his wife's brothers were involved in an illegal gambling operation in Antigua. Further, the congressman should have known that his wife, Patrice, was effectively laundering dirty money by managing her brother's US bank account — and that he was benefiting personally, if indirectly, from Patrice's use of some of those funds.
The basic facts of Tisei's dealings with his parents suggest, superficially at least, a comparable story. What is less clear — and what I set out to unravel — is whether the explanations and details behind those facts make it a fair comparison with Tierney.
That answer is elusive. It certainly doesn't appear that Tisei broke any laws or behaved in any egregiously unethical way.
But then again, even Tisei doesn't directly accuse Tierney of that level of wrongdoing in regard to his in-laws. Many who are genuinely bothered by the congressman's actions have struggled to explain what Tierney has done, or failed to do, that raises this from the commonplace experience of tolerating sketchy family members, and makes it a stain on his ability to represent his district in Congress.
When I asked him what about Tierney's actions, or inaction, raises doubts about his fitness to continue serving as congressman, Tisei spoke of the need for honesty, openness, and avoiding "even the appearance of a conflict of interest." He also said the episode raises questions of Tierney's judgment.
"I think the reason he's having problems is that he wasn't forthright," Tisei said, in a sit-down interview lasting more than an hour. "When things come up, you should be honest and you should be forthright, and clearly he hasn't done that."
By sitting for the interview — and producing relevant documents and records — Tisei may have distinguished himself on the issue of forthrightness.
But the accusations about Tierney seem to be about something much more — about the sense that he allowed himself to benefit from misconduct he should have been well aware of. So it's worth asking: did Tisei do the same?
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text: Hello all. I don't want to start a flame war, but why does GM still make GMC when Chevrolet makes pretty much identical vehicles? The Sierra is nothing but a re-badged Silverado with a different grill. The Yukon is nothing but a Tahoe with different badges. The Terrain is boxy looking version of the Equinox. With Cadillac making ultra luxury Tahoes, where does the Yukon Denali fit in? IMO having GMC is pretty much a waste of resources, I mean having to do make all those Sierra and Silverado parts is ridiculous. Ford makes one brand of pickup, GM needs to do the same. Here is my vision of what GM should look like. Chevrolet - Trucks, vans, and SUVs Buick - cars Cadillac - Luxury cars and SUVs Now Chevrolet can keep the Corvette and Camaro (niche vehicles), but let's be realistic, Chevy sells WAAAYYYYY more Silverados than Cruzes or Malibus. Buick can handle the bulk of making the cars. This way there is far less duplication. Ford has just Ford and Lincoln and they seem to be doing quite alright. Just my thoughts.


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periods. when you wake up in the morning and think eww whats this in my pants oh i know i will get a nice clean pair of pants on, it will just be my discharge. you go to the bathroom to find out that your life has just been ruined. a big red patch of gloopy blood in your pants and all up you. delightful.
period." oh shit i have started my first period" i wonderd why i broke that chair in a rage yesterday night.
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Hello There,
I'm an adult skater who is having a lot of trouble with my back-spin, and sit-spin.
My coach has tried every tecnique he knows, on my back-spin, and still don't work with me I get 2 revolutions some times and then I loose my balance. By the way I get dizzier by doing 2 revs on the b/s than doing 8 revs on the f/spin.
On the sit spin, its very hard to bring the free-leg together after I started rotating, but if I try getting them together before, I don't even get to one revolution.
Can someone help me? before a loose my coach from so much trying! LOL


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As an Avalon owner I noticed the feature "Comparison" in March isuue of Motortrend I would agree with your assessment, but there is one little quirk in these machines that the reviewer failed to uncover. The styling, finish, comfort, ride and handling on this car are superb, but a temperamental and persnickety accelerator pedal can make driving this machine an extremely unpleasant experience. I didn't a have a clue what was causing my problem. when the engine was cold and especially if the temprature was cold, acceleration and transmission shifting was effrotless and smooth as glass, but after driving several miles and the car warms up and (in a sporatic fashion) depressing the pedal would cause migrane inducing hesitation. The engine would over rev to 6k RPMs and floored would not reach 45 MPH. I thought it was the computer but turns out it was not that after all. After a several month long harangue Toyota sent a Field Technical Specialist to test drive with me, He was able to duplicate the problem from observing the angle of my foot while driving. This started me on a quest to figure out what was causing the problem. I discoverd that the vinyl pedal has tip at the bottom that would become flexible after it warms up, as a toe driver my foot woud touch the tip at times and send the drive by wire into a frenzy. I tested this on two other vehicles with the exact same issue. Seems a $20 peice of plastic was causing all this unpleasness. I adjusted my foot to place the greatest pressure high on the pedal and the problem went away. Any comments would be appreciated John R.
so you're saying that you like your Avalon?let me ask you this... why does it need premo gas?i know its huge but still
I believe he is saying is that this is a quirk that wasn't covered in the MT review.
That's kinda crazy. I guess most people, myself included (and most likely the MT guys and gals), don't drive with that foot position. Glad you figured it out and it wasn't something pricey to fix! Hope your new driving angle is comfortable.
since discovering the problem my feeling about this product has gone from despise it to tolerable displeasure.
Hey moving up, now if only they could find a quick and easy fix for it. I wonder though, could you just cut the peice off and solve the problem or would this cause even more problems?
tought about expoxying,giving it viagra,fabiricating my own pedal out of barnwood its was so frustrating, but I will just endure the leg cramps rather than possilby voiding the warranty. Just beyound me that they would not rpovide a $20 fix for what would otherwise be a superb $30k car
exactly chevroletman
Has anyone else exprerinced any issues with Toyota
I thought I saw a psot for 2005 avalon tranny prob but now I cannot find it. any clues
bigmac what is the car in your pic it looks like 1 sweet ride
who are you talking about?
I thought big mac
Murcielago LP640 which is to be announced in Geneva.
What happened to all the Bigmac posts? Did beav get to deletin' for some reason?


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Following the release of 2005′s Bleed Like Me, Garbage went on an "indefinite hiatus" and frontwoman Shirley Manson began work on a solo project but a mutual contract termination with the label ended that endeavor. The band briefly reunited to perform a gig at a benefit concert in 2007 and then released a greatest hits album inciting rumors that the band would begin working on new material.
On October 27 at the University of the West of Scotland, Manson announced that the band is now working on a new album. While chatting with students about a career in the music industry she said, "I'm working on a record right now with the band. We've recorded quite a lot but it's difficult to quantify. It's the first one in a long time. I took about five years off. I'd like to do some touring next year."
She did not elaborate on the musical direction of the new album or when it would be released., but did note that, "We're just winging it right now."
This is the best news, oh, in EVER.
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Alexander Forest Wildlife Management Area is located in south central Rapides Parish about ten miles south of Alexandria, off U.S. Highway 167, and one mile east of Woodworth.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture, Office of Forestry is the owner of this 7,955 acre tract which is managed as commercial forest with an emphasis on experimental forestry techniques. Indian Creek Lake, a 2,600 acre reservoir, is located on the area along with a 300 acre recreation and camping area.
The forest overstory is predominantly loblolly pine with scattered stands of longleaf and slash pines. Much of the timber is managed as pine plantations. However, creek drainages have been maintained in hardwoods. In addition red oak, blackgum, sweetgum, hackberry, beech, water and willow oaks are widely scattered over the forest.
Game species available for hunting include deer, squirrel, rabbit, quail and waterfowl. The featured species on the area is white-tailed deer. Herd density is good with antler quality and body weights typical of piney woods sites. Hunter success during the either-sex muzzleloader hunts is generally above average.
An education center is owned and operated by the Department on a 17 acre site within the WMA. The center is used for a variety of educational programs. Two shooting ranges are located on the grounds. The 100 yard rifle and pistol range and a shotgun range are used in education programs and also available to the public during specified times. Information on range hours and fees is available at (318) 484-2212.
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries operates two fish hatcheries adjacent to the WMA. These hatcheries are the primary source of fish for the statewide stocking program. Booker Fowler hatchery has a visitor center and offers hatchery group tours by appointment. For hatchery information call (318) 748-6914.
Two boat ramps are located on Indian Creek Lake. Sportfishing is the major activity on the lake. Water-skiing and swimming are also popular recreational uses. Camping facilities are operated and maintained by the Office of Forestry. Trailer and tent accommodations are available with electricity, water, bath houses and swimming areas. A fee is charged for the use of these facilities. For camping information telephone the Indian Creek Recreation Area at (318) 487-5058.
Additional information may be obtained from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 1995 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, LA 71360.
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