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I received this sample in the grapefruit scent and I'm absolutely in love with it. It smells refreshing and light, the cream itself is so silky and absorbs into the skin quickly. It leaves my hands feeling soft, almost like a baby powder finish. I'm really enjoying it and will be sad when it's gone.5

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I'm not a big fan of the 5 game series either. If you win the first two, you pretty much win it all. In a 7 game series nothing is ever final. Plus, having 162 games come down to just 3 put too much on those 3 games.
I forget who, but someone gave out a stat that if you win the first game, you have a 90% chance of winning the series. It's THAT SHORT.....make it 7....if you're going to go through the hassle of 162 games, why not make the postseason just a tad longer....
Exactly. But I guess they don't want the season to extend too much farther into the month.
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What happens when lawyers, public-relations experts, bankers and accountants, construction contractors, insurance brokers, and manufacturers join forces to get involved in emergency disaster relief in one of the most underdeveloped countries in the Western Hemisphere?
Much less than they hoped, it turns out. The brainchild of Darcy Pierce, a Scarborough-based independent consultant specializing in linking businesses with developing countries, MaineLine Haiti was a non-profit intending to make "a direct, specific difference" in Haitians' lives in the wake of a devastating January 2010 earthquake. The group is dissolving after just 18 months in operation, with no on-the-ground achievements, and is turning over its remaining assets to Portland-based Haiti-aid group Konbit Sante.
From the beginning, Pierce won backing from some of Maine's most reputable companies (including Preti Flaherty, Unum, Reed and Reed, and CD&M Communications) and parlayed that into glowing prognostications (10 schools built by "mid-2011") and fawning interviews in the Portland Press Herald and on several local TV stations. For this story, Pierce repeatedly declined to answer questions, referring the Portland Phoenix to attorney Susan LoGuidice of Preti Flaherty, who also serves on MaineLine's board of directors.
LoGuidice says the businesses "went in trying to do a good thing," but it didn't work out the way they wanted. A key pitfall was that MaineLine Haiti's decision to partner with a non-profit called Samaritan's Purse turned out badly.
In mid-2010 that group, run by Franklin Graham (son of evangelist Billy Graham) and focused on building schools, became the target of allegations that it was inappropriately spending federal disaster-relief grants on evangelical Christian missionary efforts. While Graham and Samaritan's Purse denied any wrongdoing, MaineLine ended the partnership because, LoGuidice says, MaineLine members were uneasy about the organization.
MaineLine, which had raised a total of $62,645 in cash (in addition to unquantified in-kind donations), including $28,500 contributed by the founding businesses, discovered that finding another partner proved difficult, she says.
After paying Pierce a consulting fee for "a number of months," and covering the costs of his two trips to Haiti, MaineLine's backers cut costs — telling Pierce they couldn't afford to pay him anymore (Pierce volunteered thereafter, LoGuidice says) — and looked for a less direct way to help.
"We found a high-quality institution . . . right in our back yard," LoGuidice says, referring to Konbit Sante, which has been helping Haitians improve their health care for 11 years. Pierce had met with the group in Haiti in April 2010, according to his Twitter feed; a tweet called them "great people doing great work." MaineLine decided to give them what remained of its money — around $30,000, LoGuidice says.
Nate Nickerson, Konbit Sante's executive director, says he understands what happened to MaineLine, because working in Haiti is unlike development work elsewhere in the world. "Some of the issues are the same, but the context is different," he says. In a country where more non-governmental organizations are at work than anywhere else on the planet, the people still live in grinding poverty because of a lack of coordination among all those seeking to help, Nickerson says.
Frustration and ultimately stalemate "was the experience of lots of groups that came in" after the earthquake, Nickerson says. His group doesn't have those sorts of problems because it has been working in Haiti since 2000. "We have the relationships in the community," he says, including 33 Haitian staff, an office in the largest hospital in the region that Konbit Sante serves, and a partnership with a group of Haitian medical professionals.
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I used my bees wax for a lost wax jewelry casting for my wedding rings.
you can see the gold before it
was melted. there is a large 14kt broken necklace, some 18kt
broken earings and small chains, and some 24kt gold ingots. worked
out to be all 18kt when melted together. then you can see the wax
casting i made from my original carvings.... then my wife left with the camera
so there are no pics of over a ounce of melted gold in the
crucible. that was wild looking. and no pics of the pouring of the
gold. but there are pics of the casting after they came out of the mold and then
what they looked like finished. i tought myself jewlry casting in
3 months and just finished them 2 days before we left for key west to get married.
bought books and supplies online. my ring has a small casting flaw,
but her's has 2 and one is pretty bad, so i'm gonna melt her's and recast it in a few months
once she will let me have it back for a few days. i'll prolly just
leave mine as is. hope the pics work. i'm not that computer savvy.


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Much better than drafting Ertz 19th overall. I really don't think he'll be available though....he's supplanted the #2 corner slot this year.
I would love the pick but like you said more than likely he'll be off the board
I like Rhodes in the 1st.. or Trufant
Ansah or Rhodes in the first would be my ideal situation. Overall, I just want a 1st round pick that has VERSATILITY. A DE that can play DT on passing down.. A CB that could play Safety if need be. Or even a versatile OL that can play different spots on the line.
The older I get, the more I can appreciate players that can help a team from multiple positions.
I would love to have Ansah paired with JPP but it's highly unlikey. The guy may not even make it out of the top 10. If the Giants can trade down and get another 2nd this year that would be the most ideal scenario for me.
I could get on board with that pick.
I would **** bricks if we drafted Rhodes
Yeah, is that good **** or bad ****...lol


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The recent case of Ember Coolbaugh, a nine-year-old girl from Pinellas Park, Fla., serves as a sobering reminder of the hidden electrical dangers relating to touch voltage conditions. Playing in a neighbor's yard, Ember touched a copper pipe connected to an outdoor water heater and felt a tingle. After calling her friends over, she touched the pipe again and was electrocuted. Ironically, the homeowners


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Last night I moved my 6 colonies out of the area I had them in over the summer. I moved them where they would get the earliest possible light in the winter to start warming up. I also split them up from all 6 being a foot a part to groups of 2. The were moved 40, 60, and 80 feet from where I had them. I put buckets and tops in front of the hives to mark the new spots and branches and limbs on the porches where they would have to crawl through them to get out.
I just went out and there are still hundreds of bees swarming and on the ground at the old site. I was told and read that they would start circling the area in larger circles until they found their hives, within reason.
I havent doomed these bees that were on "auto-pilot" have I?


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Hey, I love this car! There's really not much wrong with it. An off and on idle speed issue that lasts a couple minutes is the least of my worries. This car is gorgeous, and even the local dealer's service adviser was impressed. He said it was obvious someone took super good care of this car. And hey, I only paid $2000 for the nicest car I've ever owned. It only has a few very minor issues that the FSM would help me with, and I really want a wiring diagram. The check isn't THAT big, just big enough to get new tires and wheels, all new stereo system, and struts.
I know you were probably joking. But hey, this isn't such a bad car...
Yes, they are beautiful cars, but some come with a laundry list of "minor things wrong" that can sometimes make you question the day you were born and why it came to be. One thing will be constant, we'll be here to help you the best we can....
You have got newer body type Seville with great and reliable 4.9 liter engine instead of Northstar with known headgasket problem,
And yes I was joking, but sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet for some reason....
Just curious.. Did you end up getting that FSM? Im sure those ladies will get bored real quick sitting in a clean Caddy with nice rims and a bangin system while its sitting out front broke down waiting for another check to get it repaired again, but then you will still have to get that FSM
If you plan on enjoying your new Caddy for years to come, and like to save money repairing/mantaining your own vehicle, not to mention the great feeling of knowing exactly what is being done to your car and done right. then before Wheels, Stereo, amps, Subs, Tint, grill, Tvs, Navigation, etc go purchase a $25 FSM and keep them Ladies smiling while cruisin in your WELL maintained Cadillac! its sad to see how many people out there spend all there paper on making a car LOOK like the Shyt, but not perform worth a shyt, and when it takes a shyt, they are broke as shyt!
dont mind me.. im just runnin my mouth LOL
thats a clean Seville... take care of her.
I do plan to purchase an FSM as soon as I can. But as for other stuff, I already got the wheels and tires and installed the alarm but have put the stereo stuff on hold for now. You're right, and FSM is important! Thanks.
Here is my baby with the new tires & wheels (shots taken at Sears after I went to have a new battery installed)...
Glad someone awoke this old thread as I saved the old links "awadecki" posted a month earlier in 2007 as I need to explore this too. He has written the best info and thorough instructions on TPS and ISC adjustments and is a valuable member here on the forum:
Beatiful car "Hariball", Funny shyt above "Seok" as your in knee deep shyt with that door problem you have on your last post in the link below.........still thinking about it today:
Hopefully some others can help and have some ideas or maybe you should post up a new thread on how to get a 79 Eldo Pass. Door open when ALL releases won't work on an unlocked door.
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LOL! that I am Chris! hahaha. You put up some good info for me on my thread too! good ideas, most of them I hope to live without!
... why couldnt McGyver be my next door neighbor.
the weather is crap right now (NW) so it leaves me with a day or two every couple weeks to get down on the 79 thats NOT in a garage
And YES, that Seville up top is nice looking! great find, and that 4.9 will treat you well. Its getting so hard to find a nice taken care of "popular American" ride that hasnt been mechanically treated like ass and covered up with $5000 of cosmetics.
great choice on the wheel pckg BTW! are those 18? looks classy
Hairball, the gap should be the same if you went "Plus 1", is it still? What was size the orig. wheel/tire combo?
Off the subject; here's an idea to close the gap:
I checked both Eibach and Tokico for lowering springs and NOTHING! Maybe another mfg. makes a 1" lowering perf. spring. Of course, you would need matched lowering struts for the spring. Your car has the electronic struts right, and do they still work?
But the professional builders use air bag suspensions:
I'd love to do an airbag suspension on my cars like what Chip Foose and other high end builders use on their "Resto Rods" that they build on the show "Overhaulin" or when they build show cars for the SEMA show. I get so jelouse on how any new car handles and is so smooth compared to my Cads, and these air bag kits seem to be the best upgrade and way to lower, firm up, and give an ultra smooth ride. These are not the ghetto type airbag hydralic lowrider stuff. They actually lower the car a few inches and the better kits like Air Ride Technologies make the car handle extrememly well and extremely smooth.
Here's the universal A.R.T. Shockwave page:
I saw an article in HotRod Mag? 5+ yrs ago, when they converted a late model Camaro and they couldn't believe how it handled on the track and showed Still Photos of body roll before and after the Shockwave Airbag Kit. They remarked that the car drove unbelieabley smooth (like a Caddy) too......
Here's their media page: http://www.ridetech.com/info/categor...-media/page/2/
This company makes a kit but I think its very universal and not a direct bolt on:
The way that company advertises their kits; it seems to be a 1 size fits all, but I don't know. The AirRideTech. is supposed to be the best. Maybe some day I'm going to convert both my cads. when I get the long list of bugs worked out. Unfortunatly, the bugs are happening faster than I can work them out!
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There was a gap there before these tires, but now the car is a half inch higher from an inch taller tire. It originally came with 225/60-16's and now has 225/55-17's but I didn't think it would raise the car enough to notice. Yep, the electronic suspension still works but all the struts are shot! I need to replace them as soon as I can decide how much I want to spend. I certainly can't afford $4000 from the dealer! I was thinking about Gabriel Ultras but I would lose my electronic suspension. But I'd be happy to not feel like I'm in a boat! Can't decide. No matter how much I pay, if I get aftermarket I'll lose the electronic part. I'm tempted to check into used from a wrecking yard. If I can find a car that has had the struts replaced with OEM, I'd buy them.
(Looks like this thread got a bit off topic. Sorry, O.P.)
It looks very close Google Tire Size Caluculator or go here and see that the diameter difference is only about 1/8" taller on this calc:
Try some other calcs on the web.
You won't find electronic strut any longer. Long been discontinued along with the 2nd generation manual Delco "Reac-tecs" that I heard from Allante Source were great and gave a nice firm ride and lasted. The new Delco Struts appear to maybe be Monroe SensaTracks but I've heard they don't last very long. I just bought a set for my 91 Eldo as I went on the Junkyard excursion looking for them.
I was also told by either Allante Source or NorthStarPerformance , that even if you find new or used OEM Electronic Struts; they'll probably be locked up from sitting and he and one dealer he knew of a few years back went through a couple of new sets and had to cycle the electronic valveing all night to free them up. He stopped me looking for these things either new or used and everyone I ohm tested in the yard never ohmed out correctly.
Also, NorthdstarPerformance often posts on the forum, I can't remember his screen name but he's the mfg of a better block inserts for the Northstar Motors:
He has put together a deal with Delphi to re-make the discontinued Magnetic Struts for later model Cads. He told me, that he is working on sourcing the old CCR Cad. Struts some day in the future.
Also, I came accross this thread on the Cad Forum about dissableing the CCR/SDD suspension indicator message: I thought everyone had to use the Relay method from what I've read to deactivate the message and it appears it can be deactivated according to this TSB. I have mine deactivated by jumping the two wires on the Control Module. This is performed to get into the Suspensions Diagnostic Mode to read the flashing lights on the module but also deactivates the message! I never heard anyone say anything about using that message so at least I don't see the message until I get some new struts.
http://www.cadillacforum. com/forum/showthread.php?t=3160
I had to separate the link as it wouldn't paste because its a different forum.
Hope this helps, and your right! This thread did get off the topic!
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Electronic not available? That's odd, since there are people in the forum still selling them. But I'm not stupid enough (or rich enough) to pay $1000 each for any strut, even if it was gold plated with diamonds on it!
Looks like I'll buy the Gabriel Ultras tomorrow. $88/pair for fronts and $86/pair for rears at Auto Zone, or even cheaper online. I'll lose that famous Cadillac ride and lose my working electronically controlled suspension, but oh well. I don't plan on going on any road race courses anytime soon.
In my 40+ years around cars I've never heard of struts or shocks that freeze up from sitting, but then the electronic ones are probably a bit different than normal struts/shocks.
I also thought I might look for some in a wrecking yard, but then it will be too hard to tell if they're worn out too so I'd be taking a huge chance buying used. Maybe I can find someone parting out a 93 Seville who replaced their struts recently.
Where have you seen those struts located on the forum. I've never browsed the "for sale" ads? I may just ask them to test cycle them to see if they'll pass and guarentee them.
If you still want the best ride overall, then the Monroe SensaTracs that have a speed sesnsative valveing is probably the better strut out there but I've been told they all wear out as compared to the old Delco React-tecs. Maybe those are on this forum somewhere for sale and I was told have much better sporty ride that the Allante guys like and last a long time.
Also try Rockauto.com


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I have a lot of cookbooks, probably too many. But I like to go through them and ogle at all the yummy recipes, picking a few for experiments. That's sometimes the best way to start a Kitchen Adventure.
Do you want to take a taste of Italy, try something healthy or find a new sweet treat? The options are many, especially if you have a lot of cookbooks to choose from.
Wherever your cookbook takes you it's always fun to try something new.
Some of my cookbooks are written by big name chiefs and others are local cookbooks produced by organizations throughout the county. There's an entire shelf in my kitchen for all my cookbooks.
Recently, I received a new cookbook and decided to thumb through it to find something tasty to try. It is called "Homemaker Favorites: Hardin County Homemakers" and was given to me by Sharon Bush.
It contains more than 800 recipes from homemakers throughout the county. Proceeds of the cookbook go to the organization's scholarship fund.
She brought it to me because my grandmother was a lifetime member of homemakers and remained active as long as she could. Granny was always proud of her membership and activity with homemakers.
While I was thumbing through this particular cookbook I found myself drooling over the desserts and several options for Chocolate Chess Pie, one of which was Bush's recipe. I'd never made a chess pie so I decided to give it a try.
The No. 1 thing I liked about this recipe is that it is very easy. You basically mix all the ingredients together, put it in a pie shell and bake it.
For desserts, I usually make more cakes and cookies than pies but this recipe is an example of the adage, "easy as pie."
The pie has a sweet chocolate taste but a dollop of fresh whipped cream calms the sweetness and adds an extra special touch to the pie.
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Chocolate Chess Pie
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 stick melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 small can evaporated milk
2 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Mix all the ingredients together and pour into an unbaked pie shell. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes until the center sets.
It's best served with a dollop of whipped cream.
Recipe from Sharon Bush found in the cookbook "Homemaker Favorites: Hardin County Homemakers."
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Discussion in 'Member Introductions' started by heavyblackchevy, May 23, 2009.
haha yep from arkansas so go ahead with the joks and get them out of ya lol
Welcome to the site,from Calif. :glasses:,What are you driving and any pics?
Whooo Pig.....lol! GO DAWGS!
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Welcome to the site eh.
If you and your wife get divorced are you still considered brother and sister?
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Very select group of people reigning from Boone County Illinois that have been drinking Keystone for just about half their lives and have all built up a tolerancy of a 12 pack by the age of 15, in spare time they enjoy the outdoors and finding random hick-like things to do like fishing and bareknuckle boxing for no reason due to the lack of entertainment for miles n' miles outside of where they reside. You don't want to meet a Ground Bog when they're drunk so beware they'all can fight.
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Dean to lead team in Saturday's Tough Mudder
This Saturday, Wayne State University Law School Dean Jocelyn Benson will captain a team from the Wayne State community running the Tough Mudder, a 10-12 mile extreme endurance race.
Widely considered one of the toughest fitness events in the world, the Tough Mudder features a number of obstacles designed to test its participants' mental and physical determination, such as running through a field of live wires and jumping into vats of ice water. Many of the Tough Mudder events are designed to emphasize teamwork, the most important element of the race. "Mudders" must rely on their teammates' strength and encouragement to make it through the course.
Tough Mudder raises money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization that works to raise money and awareness for injured service members. The WWP provides assistance to service members through unique rehabilitative programs specifically designed to help treat the mental and physical effects of combat. Since its inception in 2010, Tough Mudder has raised over $5 million for the Wounded Warrior project, and Wayne State is proud to help contribute to their efforts.
Benson has assembled a team of "Wayne Warriors" — law students, staff and alumni who are coming together to represent the school's commitment to the themes of teamwork, determination and giving back that embody the Tough Mudder.
"The event is for a great cause: the Wounded Warrior Project," said Wayne Law alumnus Albert Dib, partner at Dib & Fagan PC. "We sleep under the blanket of freedom they have provided us. The least we can do is help them in some small measure."
Wayne Law student Dennis Klimek says that for him, the run serves "not only as a personal endeavor, but as an amazing display of teamwork."


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From President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.
Based on the pattern set by Jesuit institutions in places such as St. Louis, Boston and Washington, D.C., Marquette easily could have been named Milwaukee University or Tory Hill University. Instead, it's named after one of the greatest explorers and risk-takers in Jesuit history, Father Jacques Marquette. I'm certain that is not a coincidence.
Although he could have taken a post teaching Latin amid the civilized comforts of 17th-century France, Father Marquette set sail for a vast new world, plunged himself into the languages and customs of its native people, and, sometimes even without seeking the permission of his superiors, explored its uncharted reaches by canoe.
Time and again, Marquette University has shown a similar explorer's spirit in reaching beyond what is comfortable and familiar to pursue its mission. In 1909, it became the first Catholic university in the world to admit women students as educational partners. In the late 1960s, it established the Educational Opportunity Program to support first-generation college students. That program became a national model and led to the establishment of the federally funded Council on Opportunity in Education.
In fact, during its history, when the world called with needs for new professional fields of study engineering, business, dentistry, nursing, journalism and physical therapy Marquette was often the first American Jesuit university to incorporate these disciplines into its course offerings. In doing so, it grew from a tiny college serving the Milwaukee Archdiocese into a national university pursuing excellence across a very broad range of disciplines.
What are we to learn from this history of crossing new boundaries? Well, a good starting point is the realization that a drive to explore and innovate must define this university's present every bit as much as its past. With our world changing faster than at any point in our 132-year history, Marquette won't build on its excellence or succeed in its mission of preparing students to lead amid the complexity they encounter unless we identify what's around the next corner, what next great step we must take.
That is why I am so enthusiastic about the response of the Marquette community to the strategic planning process in which we are engaging this academic year. To develop a plan that helps us set sound university-wide priorities for the next 710 years, we are insisting on an open and inclusive process that began with 17 listening sessions across campus and has since been guided by a coordinating committee composed of faculty and staff.
Through these discussions, the community affirmed the mission of Marquette the transformative Catholic and Jesuit education that we always have been and always will be about. Moving that mission forward is an awesome responsibility, but in doing so we are doing what those entrusted with Jesuit institutions have always done: "Reading the signs of the times" asking "what is Marquette's reality right now and how do we respond to that reality?" The phrase "reading the signs of the times" is deeply rooted in Jesuit spirituality. It was Ignatius' vision for how he would shape the mission of the Society of Jesus and his road map for us: Discern the world's greatest needs, and determine how best to respond to them, given our talents and resources.
I am pleased to share with you that a clear and inspiring vision for Marquette is emerging through our collective work on this plan. Weighing all that we have heard, we have worked to distill and articulate this vision. We created a video so you can hear directly about its key elements, including the urgent way our community must collaborate and innovate to ensure that our students are ready to assume lives as agents for change and problem-solvers in a world of growing complexity.
Expect to hear more about this important planning project, both here in the pages of Marquette Magazine and via other communication as the university community embarks on next steps, such as the formation of clear goals and the preparation of a draft plan for review by the Board of Trustees in May, followed by a formal release of the plan in the fall. Like Father Marquette before us, we are guided by faith, our imaginations fired by the prospects of the new world that awaits us around the next bend, as long as we are ready to reach for it.


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Original post made by morris brown, Menlo Park: Park Forest, on May 8, 2012
What a deal! One really wonders if this board, which literally rubber-stamps everything that comes before them, ever exercises any thought on the actions they take.
This MOU replaces the original agreement between the Authority and CalTrain. That agreement would have funded not only electrification, but full grade separations of the line. Under that agreement, CalTrain would not be sharing its tracks with the Authority, but the Authority would have its own dedicated tracks and CalTrain would have its own tracks. Not anymore.
Now, CalTrain must allot time slots on its tracks to the Authority, reducing the number of trains and therefore the service that CalTrain will be able to provide to its commuters. It will prove to be an un-workable arrangement for both parties.
The original full 4 track deal was not acceptable to the communities along the Peninsula. This new arrangement is not be acceptable either. Passing tracks along about one-fourth of the 50 miles from SF to San Jose will be needed, and are not going to be acceptable to whatever communities they run through. San Mateo is already asking for some kind of grade separations, and there is no funding for those or other grade separation anywhere else either.
The fact of the matter is that High Speed Rail does not belong on the CalTrain corridor at all. It should have never been approved in the first place and it should never have been again approved last Thursday.
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a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Well yeah, but the safe bet is that high speed rail trains never actually run on Caltrain tracks. Right? There won't be any HSR trains in California until at least an additional $30 billion falls out of the sky and gets spent to connect the Central Valley to LA. Which is going to happen by ... oh, I don't know, let's say .... NEVER. And even $30 billion doesn't connect to San Jose, so even if there are HSR trains in California, it will take yet ANOTHER $30 billion or so to connect them to San Jose and up to SF.
So no HSR trains mucking up our tracks, but we DO get the tracks electrified courtesy of the MOU. Quieter and faster trains, and no more diesel pollution. What's not to like?
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Doodle is spot on.
And if HSR does come through, most of us having this argument will be long gone. Let the children of the future deal with that problem while giving them the one gift we can give them now (meaning 8 years from now, of course...)
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on May 8, 2012 at 2:54 pm
@ Dr. Doodle and @ John Murphy
If your comments are indeed the truth, and HSR doesn't come, and I admit that is a good possibility, then funding from Prop 1A funds could not be more illegal. Prop 1A funding from $9 billion of bonds is absolutely to be used for HSR and not for a commuter train like, CalTrain.
It could not be more fraudulent to use these funds in this manner, and that surely is a possibility.
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 3:20 pm
@Morris Brown, you're probably right that someone who doesn't want to see Caltrain get electrified could challenge the use of Prop 1A money for this purpose. Are you that person? What do you have against Caltrain?
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on May 8, 2012 at 4:15 pm
"What do you have against Caltrain?" I'm so glad you asked.
1. Mismanagement
2. Huge, inappropriate salaries
3. Unaccountable and lacking oversight (Yes, it's not their fault.)
4. Fixated on hardware and rolling stock. Not the appropriate business model.
5. Not integrated into Bay Area commuter and transit network.
Yes, the Peninsula should have an efficient commuter rail service that focuses on public mass transit as its mission. Furthermore, it should be integrated into the other transit operator services, such as BART, ACE and the Capital Corridor. The secret of effective transit in a wide-spread population base is seamless, multi-modal, connectivity. Without solving the first-and-last-mile problem, Caltrain fails to address its core problems.
Caltrain should have been tending to seeking permanent, preferably state subsidies for its operation. Instead, they focused on their infrastructure bells and whistles and will continue to whine about annual "fiscal emergencies" until hell freezes over.
Management of Caltrain should be taken out of the hands of Caltrain executives. The JPB should be dissolved for the useless, rubber-stamp, bureaucracy that it is. The transit rail operator should be Bay Area wide, even with mixed rail technologies. That is, BART should connect efficiently with the Peninsula commuter rail and with the Amtrak services out of San Jose, perhaps -- I say perhaps -- under the management umbrella of state-based Capital Corridor JPB with state assured funding.
Caltrain persists in operating with the wrong business model. It believes that they are in the railroad business rather than the public mass transit business. Electrification won't change that. They have no oversight and are not accountable to anyone, including we the taxpayers that keep them in business. They have an overpaid management team and there are too many on the payroll. They prefer the glamour of capital development projects, rather than hunkering down to solve their annual budget crises, which never go away.
Even as their ridership does increase, it is still a miniscule fraction of the transiting population. And that can only be fixed with superior connectivity; making transit more efficient, effective and convenient than driving.
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on May 8, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Just adding auxillary lanes onto 101 between Palo Alto and Menlo Park costs 50M$/mile. HSR and CalTrain is a bargain in comparison.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 8, 2012 at 8:31 pm
$50 million a mile? Care to back that up with a link substantiating it?
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on May 8, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Don't believe me ? Read the VTA fact sheet. 3.2 miles for a little under 150M$. And we're not really even getting a full new lane - just an exit lane really. I expect a few overruns. Does include some nice benefits like a new ADA-compliant pedestrian crossing. Expanding existing highways in urban areas is definitely pricey. The new 85/101 junction in Mt. View cost about 200M$ for about 1 1/2 miles worth of work.
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on May 8, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Sorry Menlo Voter - here's the link
Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on May 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Doesn't it feel surrealistic when our government makes these outrageous 'predictions' about HSR? The Legislative Analysts Office recently came out with a paper showing us how little honest thought has gone into this thing. My mouth is agape.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 9, 2012 at 8:09 am
according to your fact sheet it is a $72 million project. Work includes 3.2 miles in both directions plus other associated work. Even if you ignore the cost of the associated work and apply the $72 million only to the lane work, which is 6.4 miles total you get $11.25 million per mile not $50 million.
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Those are just the mass consumer exports; a more rarefied list would include Bruno Mathsson furniture and Josef Frank fabrics, and that list could go on and on. Any item of everyday life is fair game, from coat hangers to candleholders, from telephones to toasters. Swedish design was founded on a three-legged code: beauty for all, more attractive everyday products, and artists for industry. In the last category, Swedes invented both the safety match and dynamite (Alfred Nobel), giving new meaning to the term "design boom."
To witness Swedish design in full glory, book yourself a trip to the nation's capital. Built on 14 islands between Lake Malaren and the Baltic Sea, in a 24,000-island archipelago (the Swedish word for which, skargarden, means "garden of rocks"), Stockholm has used the slogan "Beauty on Water" to describe itself. It's an image that's perfectly apt. At night, the lights of Stockholm dance along the city's maze of channels and canals.
Looming over Stockholm's harbor in Gamla Stan, or Old Town, is the Royal Palace, which incorporates structures from as early as the 14th century. Although it is certainly imposing in all its handsome blockiness, the building reveals something essential about the Swedish character. In Sweden's Protestant tradition, vanity is regarded as a sin. Had this palace been in France, it might have been populated with an army of cherubs tooting trumpets among forests of Greek ornamentation. The Swedish version looks more like a very nice, very large commercial building, as though the Royal Family had opted to move downtown into a cool loft space.
Just walk the narrow streets and wide boulevards of the Old Town and the modern city and you may be reminded of Monet's Giverny home, though on a grander scale. You might sense the similarities in the bridges over canals, the wandering walkways, the arresting vistas that seemed planned with an artist's eye, the reflections from water in all its forms. Whatever it may be, clearly there is something in the soul of Sweden that demands refinement, in the most literal sense of that word, and which finds glorious expression in Stockholm.
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UTSA offices, University Heights Tech Center
(Photos by Mark McClendon)
Many UTSA offices move to office park
By Lynn Gosnell
Special Projects Writer
(May 6, 2009)--A number of UTSA offices have relocated to the University Heights Tech Center, a business park that functions as a satellite of the UTSA Main Campus... and more will be on the way. University Heights is located off Interstate 10 at Hausman Road and University Heights Boulevard, about a half-mile south of campus.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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>> See a listing below of UH office moves and how to find the appropriate office suite.
"It's no secret we have space deficiencies at the Main Campus," said Daniel Sibley, director of the Office of Space Management. "Having the University Heights location nearby has allowed us to provide quality, professional work spaces for staff members since 2003."
In spring 2003, the human resources, accounting, grants and contracts, TRIO and payroll offices were the first UTSA departments to relocate to the office park. Earlier this year, a number of offices from both the Main and Downtown campuses transferred to University Heights Suite 400, adjacent to the Office of Human Resources and Development in Suite 500; the suites are in the same building but are accessed through separate entrances. The moves free space for expansion and relocation of departments at the Downtown and Main campuses.
"The new office space in Suite 400 features a contemporary office design, a large conference room and a floor plan that divides the suite into private, closed offices and collaborative, open-office spaces," said Jonathan Jarrell, senior project manager for capital projects.
To provide room for expansion of the UTSA Library in the John Peace Library Building and to allow for growth of the Office of Human Resources, UTSA has leased additional space in University Heights Suite 300, across the parking lot and north of the existing UTSA University Heights suites 400 and 500.
By the end of the year, the offices for travel services, disbursements, budget planning and development, management reporting and Define administrative systems also will relocate to University Heights from the Main Campus.
The campus mailing address for UTSA offices at University Heights remains "The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0708." Parking at University Heights is free with no permits required; UTSA parking is not permitted in covered spaces, which are reserved for other UH tenants.
How to find the right building at UH
- Determine the suite number of the department you are visiting.
- Enter Suite 500 (Human Resources) on the north end of the building.
- Enter Suite 400 (University Advancement) on the east side of the building, facing the FBI Building across University Heights Boulevard.
- Enter Suite 300 on the east side of the building, adjacent to a dental office and southwest of a building housing the Jack in the Box restaurant regional offices.
New UTSA offices, University Heights Suite 400
University Advancement
- Publications (part of University Communications formerly in Monterey Building, Downtown Campus)
- Web and Multimedia Services (part of University Communications formerly in Monterey Building, Downtown Campus)
- Marketing (part of University Communications formerly in John Peace Library Building, Main Campus)
- Advancement Services (formerly in John Peace Library Building, Main Campus)
- Development Officers (formerly in Main Building, Main Campus)
New UTSA offices, University Heights Suite 300
- Legal Affairs and Equal Opportunity Services (formerly in John Peace Library Building, Main Campus)
- Audit, Compliance and Risk Management (formerly in John Peace Library Building, Main Campus)
- Art Curator (formerly in John Peace Library Building, Main Campus)
- Undergraduate Studies Computing Services (formerly in Multidisciplinary Studies Building, Main Campus)
Upcoming office moves to University Heights Suite 300 (from UH Suite 500)
This move will consolidate Business Affairs and Financial Affairs operations.
- Enterprise Systems
- Information Security
- Student Information System Operations
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October 19th, 2011
Discussion Minutes for October 19th,2011
I. Roll Call
· Nicole
II. Forum Special Session
· NameChange Forum (North Ballroom)
· GaryPierson-Vice president of student affairs, I want to thank you for coming heretonight and I want to let you know where we are in the conversation of a namechange. If you have any questions you can ask Jay, Teddy, or me. Our goal is toeducate and to inform you. So the process I want to let you know where westarted, Tome bur graph Brad Baca, and Jessica Young started out withconversations of how we could propel Western into the next 100 years. Alligatorsare things we deal with on a regular basis, and the spaceship is that we needto prepare for the future. The whole idea of a name change came from aninitiative of what we can do for Western State College of Colorado we went tothe board of trustees, who are ultimately going to make a decision of the namechange, on September 16th of the idea of a name change, to start adiscussion, our next step was to reach out top faculty and staff to bring outwhat were considering to get information back from campus constants, not onlyabout a name change but about other initiatives we can do to help retainstudents, maybe getting more graduate programs, benefits for faculty and staff.This discussion has been motivating because it has gotten faculty participationand randomly assigns tables to those who may not know each other. We think thisis a positive thing because of the input we getting. I can talk more aboutthese initiatives. With student input we had 2 prior meetings, two open forums,and unfortunately 7 students total at both forums. There will be another openforum next Tuesday October 26th. Tanya van he sent out emails toalumni and 82% were in favor of a change, interest of keeping Western andState. Mayors from different communities are in favor of these changes. We aregoing to the board of trustees, at an open public meeting, meeting in theAspinall Wilson center to let them know what they have heard from faculty andstaff, Friday October 28th. Sarah Newberry sits on this board andrepresents students. In the event that we decide to go with a name change, ithas to go to Colorado Legislature for approval, which is a whole process init's own. The senate eventually votes if we choose to make the name change ornot. Mesa State name change didn't go through until April or May. Juts somerational for a name change there are three reasons. In whatever name we go towe would like Western, University, and Colorado. The first reason is thenational and state landscape. The landscape has changed quite bit CMC offers4year degrees in sustainability and business. Now we have a 2year school thatcan grant a four-year degree, so we want to differentiate ourselves from other two-yearuniversities. Western Colorado Community College, we want to differentiate fromtwo-year schools. Certainly, politically there are things we want to keep upon. Metro State tried last year, but were blocked by Denver University. Nationallythere is a trend to go to University, where it once met a research institution,private schools are making the switch, which we resemble the most.Internationally College represents a high school degree. Certainly we don't geta lot of international students, if we wanted tot recruit more internationallywe need to change the name. It is about opportunity and timing. Many of you cansee a physical transformation on campus. Our foundation raised 40 milliondollars in the last 10 years; there aren't many schools that can match what wedo as far as private donations. Taylor renovations, Boric, and Union and changeour campus quite a bit. A state representative from the WETSERN slope was givena tour, those not been to our campus, when you see it through someone else'slenses, and they see the physical attributes on campus, they are blown away.Two graduate programs that have been introduced. Take away by legislation inthe 80's. Four years ago we were granted to get graduate programs MFA andMaster of teacher education. 30% increase in graduate school at Western,considering of offering ether graduate programs. It is time to consider,because of private funding, and the ability to do more with graduate students.50% of Western State College of Colorado students are in professional programs,which is more in line with a University, we will remain loyal to our liberalarts background, makes each student well rounded. Other programs, like ENVS isthe fastest growing major on campus. The third thing that I want to touch on isWestern State College of Colorado plans for the future, less funding fromstate, 500 million dollar deficit in state budget. Higher education is one ofthe few areas that they can actually go to higher education there and there isa lot of mandated cost that they cannot touch, and higher education is whatthey went after. We want to cultivate diners and private donations. Many peoplevalue Western, more prestige with University. PLMR great success, and startedthrough private donations. We lookat a name change we want to look at expectations of students. The idea is notto publish or parish like at a large university. Many of the faculty isinvolved in research, and some students get to help professors research, changein teaching load, small classes, faculty that want to teach undergraduatestudents. Every 10 years we go through a central accreditation, which is imperativefor us to function, a yearlong process, where we study everything about WSC, involvementcommittee. Taking a close examination of whom we are and where ewe wants to go.Make a campus visitation next September and opus together a report, and make recommendationsof what to do. This is important in pushing WSC as a future, and the timelinefits in well with the name change.
o Iwas wondering how Adams and Mesa went to University, if WSC go to Universitystatus are they bundled with Western Slope College on the decision.
§ Each group has their own governingboard, and they plan to keep this.
o Isthere legislation priority with going to University status?
§ No
§ CU Boulder has more lobbyists andprestige, and is funded at the highest level of the state. We are constrainedby student budgets, but we will not be locked in to anything.
o Wherewill the funds being coming from?
§ The cost associated with the namechange, the money comes out of general fund, which is state allocations, inprocess of cost analysis. What they heard was Adams 100K, Mesa 400K, Mesa dideverything associated a name change. We could be more sustainable, trying tokeep Western.
o Studentswere wondering what you were going to do to know how the students feel.
§ There wasn't very much feedback. Iwould encourage you as SGA to speak with constituents. Contact Gary or anymembers of the cabinet, open and willing to do that. Let us know, we want toknow more about what you think.
§ Students didn't know where to go tomake a pull, or nothing to do once they are informed.
· Ifthere is support and sentiment we can do a survey. If you think that'simportant to do.
§ Have there been other college that havedone this and seen success?
· Iam most familiar with private schools and there have been many in the east.It's a reflection of the need to think of the future and graduate programs,there is a few that completely changed their name, to position them best forthe future. Not outside of the norm, some full changes, some change justUniversity.
§ A lot of two-year colleges inCalifornia have been dropping 'community' more nationally, and statewide.
§ There are multiple peer schools, thereare 15 schools that Western is similar too, and they all are called University.
o Isthere any evidence that the name change makes it better?
§ Strategic decision of where they placestudents and have to reflect what the school has to offer. No national study,but individual schools have a choice.
§ One thing we have emphasized, namechange wont cure everything at Western, we presented various initiatives thatWestern is pursuing, and this is just one part, more graduate programs, maybeanother academic program. These are all things we can do to strengthen us tohelp improve recruitment and retention.
o Howdoes the faculty feel about a name change?
§ From my observation, I haven't heard alot of faculty conversations. The faculty is waiting for data, if there are anyquantities efforts.
o Talkingabout data, what measuring tool are we going to be able to look back andmeasure a change?
§ Some of it will be all of the thingswith the opportunity of making this change, perhaps additional enrollment, orincreased donations a measure of success. It is not just the name change it ishow we are looking to the future. What are we doing to ensure the institutionwill continue?
o Howcan you use the data 82% in favor when you only emailed 6,000 alumni?
§ Go to the board by October 28th,if we want to take this forward need to make a legislation bill, startedlobbying in Denver, we need to make a decision by January to get a sponsor.
§ We have certain windows of opportunity,people told them that Western State College of Colorado would never getgraduate programs, and we went for it and got it. We see a window ofopportunity. How will we know it will work? Think about all the previous namechanges. The move they made in 1923 really helped us now, political realities.We just have to get a pulse, and go with the best we got, we could spend thenext 15 years determining whether we have the correct data.
o Youmentioned that Western is like a small private
§ What about Western is like a privateschool, size, proximity, quality, facilities, and academic quality and staff?We have students from every state, a public college usually gets students fromin state, and we have a student dynamic that is much more like a privateschool. Students come from every state and every county, PhD to undergraduates.Incredible the geographic diversity.
o Whatis the general find usually used for?
§ Operating expenses, salaries, capital,and the money you need to run on a day-to-day basis, 75% is tied up insalaries.
o Reissuingdiploma's
§ Only for alumni that request that,haven't thought that far.
o Wouldthere be increase tuition in the name change.
§ Not really similar issues. Tuition'swill go up no matter what because federal government is no longer fundinghigher Ed.
o Dowe want Western to expand?
§ Western can grow, 2,800 would be on theupper end, and 2600 would really strengthen the college and the funding theyprovide. Never want to be a big school, not the style.
§ Constant pressure to grow enrollment. Statelegislature, community, if we don't see increases than we are in trouble ofbeing cut.
o Youmade points about the great education, and history of liberal arts and thecollege
§ One small part of the equation, nodecision has been made of the name change. Provide opportunities to bring inmore money. If it helps with recruitment that's also important.
o I'vemet several Western State College of Colorado alumni and the love for it goesanywhere, no matter the name.
o Nick:I wonder what the possible increase in graduate schools would be like?
§ We would have to go through an accreditationprocess, so there would be a lot of faculty input.
o Graduateprograms would never be sacrificed for undergraduate. All goes back intoundergraduate programs, run the programs like private enterprise. Out of 17peer institutions 14 of them are Universities, most of them normal school,state college, and then liberal arts, and then universities. Look ahead towhat's the organic evolution of higher education.
o Oneof my concerns is how much will this cost, and there might be the assumptionthat it will cost students; which it will not. Forum helps educate students.
o Couldwe take a poll on the Internet to get instant feedback?
§ Certainly, we would take direction fromyou, and that educational piece might want to come along with it.
o Worriedthat we are doing it only because of enrollment, common misconceptions, and whyit would benefit and improve Western.
o Thankyou for having me
III. Roll Call
IV. Approval of Minutes
V. Approval ofAgenda
I would like to motion to add the NativeAmerican student council bill
VI. Guest Speaker
VII. Action Items
VIII. Discussion Items
· MathBill-I am going to introduce everyone, Emily, Jesse, Daisy, Alicia, Andy, andKim. Jan 27th-29th, Nebraska Lincoln. Math department 60%women and 40% men. Need to support a growing major. Talks are at every level,but understandable, bring it back and present the work.
o Elijah-Wheredid you get the cost of airfare?
§ It is very expensive to drive, and inthe end it is cheaper to fly, with a group rate we are trying to get. We areflying out of Denver
o Couldyou get a better deal?
§ Prices are fluctuating; we have foundall sorts of airfare. Mix of upper class and lower class.
o Whatabout upperclassmen
§ There are five upperclassmen going
o Whatfundraising have you done?
§ Department is paying $1000
§ Requesting travel, lodging and sustenance.
o Whatif your stake in this?
§ We have the ability to do a poster talkin this conference. Other students could talk, a way to get our name out there.
o Whatdays are you all looking to travel? The 27th-29th, wewould get there Friday and leave Sunday afternoon. We will be at the conferencethe whole time we are there, no free time. It depends on when we can booktickets, and get estimations from travel agency.
o Howbig is the math department? Will you be attending at all?
§ We currently have 40 declared majorsabout 10 each year; we go to the other conferences each year. We also take agroup to the Mathematical association in Denver.
o Whatif we can't allocate the funding
§ We all plan on going.
§ Most of funding is coming from the NSFand NSA, we are an academic institution.
· NASCBill-Heritage month is in November, would like to bring in guest speakers.Speak in classes, Ute elder speaking in an anthropology class, and nativeAmerican art history class, which is coming up soon, and Friday evening to allthe students, on Ute heritage and culture. Friday November 18th,prof. from Fort Lewis or from a Tribal judge, speaking to classes and to publicin Taylor auditorium, CALL contributed, art department, and anthropologydepartment, requesting $1,200 to SGA.
· Shayna:What fundraising have you looked into for this?
o Anthropology,art, went to sociology and political science.
· Sarahon Friday evening you said this will be open for everyone,
o Theway the evening lectures go will have suggested donations; a film night gotgenerous donations.
· Funding?
o We'vesecured 3 departments contributions, but only one concrete donation.
· Dowe have a relative time frame of when they will be getting back?
o Intouch, and hoping to hear back soon. We have a small amount, and we have to paythe use of the ballroom, and food. What's left in our account is $200. The artgrant is secure, and we finalized that today. Waiting on the other two.
· Meg-Yousaid you finalized the $200, and the art department says they have not beeninformed. CCE is not donating anyfunds.
· Whatdo you plan on doing if not allocated the funds?
o Morefundraising, already in the contracts, it's happening.
· Maddy-Is there anyone in the community that you can outreach to?
o No,that is a good idea. I will get back to you. If departments make a donation, than they will cover the restthemselves.
o Thereis someone coming every week in the month of November. There committed tocoming up here for us. Four prominent departments that may step forward anddonate funding.
IX. Advisor Report
o Nametagslook great. Preview day is next Friday, so it would be ice to have an SGAtable. Family weekend is the following weekend
X. Senator Reports
o Erika:Multicultural center is doing Haunted house Saturday 29th and Monday31st, basement of Chieti 8-11pm
o ColoradoFreeskier, two premiers, $ 10 or 3/$25 new movie coming out, after party at theLoBar
o Kayla:Regarding the art classes, you are not allowed to take them unless you a major,many students interested in photography and sculpture, wondering on feedback onextended studies. Not would be included in tuition, and would not get creditfor it, pay for them out of pocket, they would try to push this throughextended studies. Other option is Gunnison Art Center. Curriculum group islooking for a student representative; bulk of work is in the fall. Greatcommittee, it's really interesting, just need one, has to be a senator withGinny Hays and Debra Clark, Tuesdays at 2pm.
o Walker:Free-cycle is now open in the basement of Ute hall; they got a couch in thereyesterday.
o Started in the spring of last year.People didn't have to throw away they didn't take home, now a space in bottomof Ute, freshman are taking over, all on a volunteer basis. Spurred from largeruniversities that would make quite a bit of money
o Youcan just donate, or just take, you don't have to trade
o Flushot at public health $20 between 2-6pm tomorrow
XI. Committee Reports
o Blake-Ifyou have anything to advertise talk to Shawn and advertise things on thescreen.
o Nick-USpro cycle committee challenge
XII. Advisory Reports
o Sarah-Thankyou for the excellent discussion throughout the forum. Just want to reiteratethe board of trustee meeting on October 18th, 9am. I have a report Igive if you want me to say anything. Meet with the steering committee for thefield house, architects are coming in, and hopefully they can get sketches.
o Raleigh-Laststudent forum Tuesday 6:30 pm. Push to get people to the forum.
o Grace-Friday Night Fright if you need volunteer hours & let Grace know. Sent anemail requesting resumes, for self-study of re-accreditation. So send Grace aresume! Also next Thursday night is Honors s'mores night at the fire pit 7pmThursday the 27th.
o Meg-Pathfinderis a magazine that recaps last year events; submission fest is next week, artwork,Quigley 129 tomorrow. 9pm Movie night Taylor auditorium. Convocation 12:30tomorrow Quigley, local ceramic artist is having an art display with snacks. TopWorld wants ideas and events, looking for an editor and chief. Word horde, costumeslams poetry at the wine bar. 3rd November guest speaker at Wordhorde. I am trying to figure out a way to bond these departments, email me withideas.
o Blake-Friday nigh VB game, Saturday XC in Metro, football school of mines in Golden,take them to the game if your portents are in town
o Travis-Pingpong league, schedule game report scores and keep standing for semester andthan 8-man tournament 26th, hockey registration.
o Hayden-Women'srugby at 1pm, means rugby at 2pm against CC. Football coach might play in it(rumor). Lacrosse has a tournament to Fort Lewis this weekend.
o Elijah-Familyweekend MCvicker a combo comedian magician, on family weekend open to everyone.Spoken with front room about PC and SGA, since things are being stolen andbroken to protect resources. During the day, the PC door will be open, andlocked at night
o Noah-Thisweekend we have a rock-climbing trip that is sold out. Family weekend rock-climbingHartman, Taylor, man biking Hartman's and free for students and family, tableset up in union, first come first serve, provide everything else. Noon sign-upFriday is sign-up.
o Maddy-Wejust got back from Pittsburgh, thank you for the support on going, it was agreat success.
XIII. Special Topics
XIV. Remarks for the Good of theOrder
o Iseveryone comfortable with putting a survey on website
o Maybea table, collecting temperature
o Onlinepoll would be skewed because of the order of the issue
o Ageneral idea of what people are saying
o Motionto do a basic poll in union, a box.
§ Second, if you have office hourstomorrow you are setting up a box.
o Mersaoutbreak, a form of a staff infection, worse case.
XV. Late Roll Call
XVI. Adjournment


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Strategy Game From Acclaimed Developer Massive Entertainment Will Bring War Home As Soviet Armies Invade the Free World
LOS ANGELES (April 5, 2006) – Sierra Entertainment will release World in Conflict™, a PC strategy game that delivers intense action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – an apocalyptic showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States. Developed by Massive Entertainment, World in Conflict represents the next generation of strategy games, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles. The game is expected to ship in Spring 2007.
"World in Conflict will take strategy games in a new, exciting direction, narrowing the gameplay focus on the best part – the intense action of modern warfare – and challenges gamers to work together to defeat the most powerful armies the world has ever seen," said Cindy Cook, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer for VU Games. "Massive Entertainment's critically acclaimed Ground Control® series represented landmark advances in 3D technology. World in Conflict will continue that legacy and bring the strategy genre to the next generation."
World in Conflict presents a chillingly authentic Cold War scenario where the Berlin Wall never fell. Created by Cold War authority and best-selling author Larry Bond, the story begins in 1989 as the Soviets, fearing certain collapse, boldly advance into Europe. NATO responds in force only to be met on a second front -- a full-fledged invasion of the American homeland. Players take on the role of field commander, leading the era's most powerful military machines in the campaign to retake America's cities and suburbs.
"With World in Conflict, our focus has been to create the maximum number of tactical choices, climactic battles and other game-shifting events that occur during each scenario or multiplayer match," said Martin Walfisz, Founder and CEO of Massive Entertainment. "We've done this through a focus on the one thing people love most about strategy gaming – the combat."
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Learn how to prevent common injuries by using your power tools safely. Keep yourself safe by following these rules and you'll save yourself a trip to the emergency room.
What's the best way to demonstrate really dangerous tool practices without taking the risk of hurting someone? With a crash test dummy, of course. It's just not easy to explain stupid techniques using words alone. That's where our dummy, Nigel, comes in!
Every year, emergency rooms report 120,000 visits for injuries caused by four tools: table saws, circular saws, nail guns and utility knives. Add to this the 200,000 ER visits for eye injuries—a large percentage of which occur during work around the house—and it's easy to see how we came up with this list of the most dangerous don'ts.
Our dummy, Nigel, is making some common mistakes that can result in severe injuries. But these are only a few examples of things not to do. Don't you be a dummy! When you start on your next project, keep these don'ts in mind so you don't become the next statistic.
Nigel the dummy is demonstrating one of the most dangerous table saw practices: cutting a board to length using the fence as a guide. There's a good chance the board will get pinched between the blade and the fence and get thrown back into his body with lots of force. That nasty incident is called "kickback." Broken thumbs, cracked ribs, ruptured spleens and punctured eyes are only a few of the resultant injuries you can suffer. About 35,000 people end up in the emergency room every year with table saw injuries, with 10 percent of them hospitalized. Industry experts estimate that about half of table saw injuries are caused either directly or indirectly by kickback.
In addition to avoiding the dangerous technique
Nigel is using to crosscut a board, here are a few
other ways to prevent kickback injuries:
Every table saw sold includes a blade guard, which has a splitter attached. The guard covers the blade, preventing you from accidentally touching it, and the splitter keeps wood from pinching on the blade and kicking back. Don't take them off! Sure, the guard may be a nuisance at times, but it's better to be inconvenienced than to lose one or more fingers. Of the 35,000 emergency room visits we talked about earlier, 83 percent involve contact with the blade.
If you're buying a table saw, consider spending extra for the SawStop brand. It's the only saw on the market that stops the blade when skin touches it. If your blade guard is missing, contact the manufacturer for a replacement. An add-on guard like the HTC Brett-Guard ($200 to $375) is a good option if your original guard is missing or doesn't work well. If $200 sounds like too much money, ask yourself what a finger is worth.
Even with a blade guard installed, you should keep your fingers away from the blade. Always use a push stick for rips less than 4 in. wide. If you're using your thumb to push the piece and the piece kicks back, you risk torn ligaments, tendons and broken bones. Push the cut piece past the blade, turn off the saw and wait for the blade to stop before retrieving the ripped piece. Don't reach near a spinning blade to remove a cutoff.
There are an estimated 14,000 visits to the emergency room every year as a result of circular saw injuries. Many of these injuries result in lost or severely damaged fingers. When you're using a circular saw, remember that if the blade binds, the saw can shoot backward a lot faster than you can move your hand out of the way. Anything in the blade's path, including fingers, hands, legs or feet, is in danger of getting cut. Avoid the risk by clamping your work and keeping both hands on the saw whenever possible. Also keep your body to the side of the saw rather than directly behind it.
Even if you're a nail gun expert, nails don't always go straight. Wood grain or knots can deflect the nail and cause it to shoot out the side of the board. If you're driving the nail at an angle to toenail a board, there's a good chance the nail can glance off and go shooting into space. If you must hold a board with your free hand, keep it well away from the nail gun muzzle. If you're reaching over a board to hold it down, move your hand out of the nail's path. Also avoid shooting into large knots that can deflect the nail. And, of course, always wear eye protection when you're using a nail gun.
You've all seen the news stories. X-rays of big nails embedded in someone's head, lodged in a spine or stuck in a foot. Ask any carpenter and you're sure to hear a story about a nail that went through a finger or hand. A tool that's powerful enough to shoot a 3-in.-long nail into wood can easily penetrate skin and bone. Depending on the type, some nail guns can be set to "bump-trip." In this mode, the operator can simply hold down the trigger and bump the nail gun nose against the surface to shoot a nail. This is great for speeding up jobs like nailing down plywood sheathing, but it creates a risk if you hold the trigger while carrying the nail gun. Bump your leg and you'll be heading to the emergency room. In incidents where accidental contact caused an injury, more than 80 percent of the time the operator had a finger on the trigger.
There are two ways to avoid this. First, get out your owner's manual and see if you can set your nail gun to sequential mode. This requires you to push down the muzzle and then pull the trigger for each nail. Second, keep your hand off the trigger when you're carrying a nail gun, or better yet, unplug the hose. Then there's no chance of accidental firing.
Power tools are one thing, but did you know that utility knives are one of the most dangerous tools, accounting for a whopping 60,000 estimated emergency room visits a year? One slip is all it takes to put a deep cut in any body part that's in the way. And while most cuts are superficial and may only require a few stitches, permanent tendon and nerve damage is common.
The best way to avoid an injury is to clamp materials whenever possible to avoid having to hand-hold them. If you do have to hold something while you're cutting, imagine a line at right angles to the cutting line and keep your hand behind it (on the dull side of the blade).
It's hard to think of a good reason not to wear safety glasses, goggles or a face shield when you're working around the house. It's obvious that Nigel should be wearing his face shield. Of the more than 200,000 emergency room visits a year for eye injuries, at least 10,000 of them involve grinders. Browsing accident reports on the Internet will convince you of the risk. Wood chips, metal shards, bits of tile, household chemicals, paint, solvents and sticks are some of the things that injure eyes. The good news is that it's easy to protect your vision. Just choose the right eye protection for the task at hand. For general work around the house, wear ANSI-approved safety glasses or goggles. Look on the frame for the "Z87+" marking, which indicates that the glasses are rated for high impact. Wear a face shield for grinding operations. Buy several pairs of safety glasses and keep them in convenient locations so you'll always have them on hand.


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forum: Food & Drink
#1 Sat 15 Sep 12 11:51pm
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Pork Tenderloins
What are your best recipes for pork tenderloins? We have two in the freezer. It would be nice to use at least two styles. We are only two, so MrP could cut them up and make more than two styles and freeze leftovers.
Recently, I marinated pork tender loin in lots of garlic, lemon juice , olive oil and Greek oregano and grilled it. That was excellent. I've also made a gluten-free sweet and sour pork using tenderloin, also quite good.
I would prefer low-sodium suggestions since I am in a cast and excess sodium causes swelling, well, sorry for TMI.
#2 Sun 16 Sep 12 12:19am
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
it makes pretty good souvlaki cut into chunks and marinated pretty much like what you described above and skewered. served in a pita with some tzatziki and a side horiatiki or greek salad. very tasty.
other option is to season and brown off in a heavy bottom pan , pull off to side and put some fingerling potatoes that have been par cooked and cut in half on the bottom of the pan with whatever herbs and spicing you like. We use garlic, rosemary maybe some golden thyme, lay the tenderloin on top and finish cooking in a hot oven til the pots colour up and the tenderloin is cooked though. with a green salad it is a fast good meal.
Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#3 Sun 16 Sep 12 1:34am
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
My absolute favorite is so easy and delicious. I can't take credit for it, I got the recipe from Whitney Miller's "Modern Hospitality". Take bacon and line them up side by side, slightly overlapping until you get the width of your tenderloin. Roll the tenderloin in the bacon and put the 'seam' side down in the baking dish. Bake at 350 about 20 minutes or so. In a sauce pan make a simple cranberry sauce. This is my version as it's easy as can be. I use about 1/2 cup orange juice and 1 cup whole cranberries and cook about 15 minutes or so. Take an immersion blender and puree the sauce. Coat the tenderloin with the sauce and bake at least another 10 minutes. Of course, it depends on the size,it could take longer. I buy the smallest I can find as I am just feeding myself.
The cranberry sauce in the book adds sugar and doesn't use the juice.
http://www.self.com/magazine/blogs/self … whitn.html
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#4 Sun 16 Sep 12 2:32pm
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
I've made this blackened bbq pork fillets a couple of times and it is amazing! Oh and look, it's a JO recipe It's a good way to send off the summer too. Serve it with some of the year's end's zucchini and some baked potatoes hooweee!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork … rk-fillets
#5 Sun 16 Sep 12 3:24pm
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
I have nt done this for a while as I used t cook the pork fillets like this when my family were younger,
I used to cut the pork fillet into disks , flatten them with the flat side of the meat mallet and then marinade the flattened disks of meat in all sorts of different marinades.
I then used to cook these on the griddle .
They did not really need flattening as the meat was very soft but it made them cook super fast and theis was always a consideration with having 4 small hungry mouths to feed and various activities that I had to take then to .
I also seem to remember rolling the flattened disks around a precooked filling , the cooking them and serving them with a sauce.
..cant remember now what it was I used to cook and fill them with !
#6 Sun 16 Sep 12 6:47pm
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
Funny is that we only buy it when in England where it is sold very cheap.
Depends on its size for the cooking times, lets say that its cooked when still a little rose inside...(our taste).
Seized in a little oil and butter on all sides. Add sliced shallots and onions and 3 big spoons of Dijon mustard and at the end just before serving 2 big spoons of cream then sliced and served with boiled or baked potatoes to soak the sauce
This site has many other recipes: http://southernfood.about.com/cs/porkte … erloin.htm
Next time i want to try the peach sauce.
#7 Sun 16 Sep 12 7:28pm
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
Somewhere in a RiverCafe book there is a nice one with wrapped in Parma
And cooked in red wine. Also my mother does a nice one with Prunes and port.
It�s been a while since I have had one.
#8 Sat 19 Jan 13 5:04pm
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
These all sound delicious! I will have to refer back to this thread as I now have another one in the freezer.
This worked very well with a gluten-free dough, but would be simpler with store-bought puff pastry. Very juicy and loaded with flavor.
Open the tenderloin like a book with a knife so it is fairly flat and even. Fill with spinach and cheese or shallots and mushrooms or apples and dried fruits or whatever you prefer, place over overlapping layers of prosciutto slices and pastry - puff pastry or a gluten free short crust in my case. Roll up and bake until the crust is golden and meat is cooked through in a medium oven. Cooking time varies, but there's no problem cooking this well as it stays very juicy.
#9 Sat 19 Jan 13 7:32pm
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
Lucky you, we only buy it in England.
Here is another recipe i often use.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/memb … ns%20/1695
#10 Sun 20 Jan 13 10:27am
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Re: Pork Tenderloins
I like to do medallion recipes simple and tasty.
This looks interesting....
Scroll down past the train wreck plated one to Medallions with prune calvados sauce.
This one sounds better then it looks
http://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/201 … -with.html
This one looks yummy though
http://www.pink-parsley.com/2010/03/bac … -with.html


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Get better performance from your bench top or stationary table saw. With these jigs and accessories you can make safer, more accurate rips, crosscuts, dados, rabbets cuts and more.
The plywood widens the base making the saw more stable. Plus you can quickly screw the plywood down to sawhorses, benchtops or other places you set the saw.
A "must do" with any new portable table saw (when you're not using a leg set) is to attach a 3/4-in. plywood base with a hole cut in the center. This simple base allows you to clamp or screw the table saw to sawhorses, which provide a wide foundation for added stability. This also raises the saw off the ground to a comfortable working height. The hole in the bottom lets the sawdust fall through and helps keep the saw running cool. But that's not all the base has to offer. Drill a couple of 1/2-in. holes on one side so you can hang the saw from hooks fastened to the workshop or garage wall when you're finished using it.
Cut the plywood base a few inches wider and longer than the base of your saw, and then cut a 1-sq.-ft. hole in the center. Center your saw on the plywood and mark the mounting holes. Drill a 1/8-in. hole through the plywood at each mark. Flip the piece over and drill 1-in. dia. holes about 1/4 in. deep to recess the carriage bolt heads. Next, drill 5/16-in. holes in the center of the recesses. Pound in the carriage bolts, slip the saw over the bolts (use spacers if they come with the saw) and fasten the saw to the base with washers and nuts.
Every table saw user has horror stories about near misses and not-so-near misses. No doubt about it: Table saws can be dangerous. Always approach them with respect. Use your blade guard whenever possible and always wear safety glasses and hearing protection. Read your owner's manual and make sure your saw is properly adjusted.
Clamped block allows you to make repetitive crosscuts without risking a kickback. Caution: We removed the blade guard for this photo; use yours!
Dangerous kickback can occur when you crosscut directly against a rip fence. Kickback happens when the part of the board between the fence and the blade gets pinched, and the blade, spinning toward you, catches it and hurls it back at you.
You can prevent this hazard with a simple block. Cut and clamp a block to the side of your rip fence and then position the fence the correct distance from the blade (the length of cut plus the thickness of the safety block). Clamp the block so that as the workpiece enters the blade it's no longer in contact with the safety block. This crosscutting method prevents the workpiece from binding between the fence and the spinning blade. Never make a cut that binds against the blade in any way. Think through all your cut setups before you start!
Make your first cut by aligning the top dado mark with Line No. 1 drawn on the miter gauge fence. This cut establishes one edge of the dado. The line takes into account the thickness of your blade. Caution: Blade guard must be removed for this procedure.
Make your second cut by aligning the same dado mark with Line No. 2 on the fence as shown. This cut establishes the other edge of the dado. To finish the dado, just make several passes to cut away the area between your initial cuts. Make slight adjustments if the fit is too tight or too loose.
The board should fit snuggly into the dado.
Cut accurate dadoes without a dado blade by making successive passes over the blade. The tough part here is to get a tight fit (Photo 3). Screw a 1x3 fence extension to your miter gauge and make a saw kerf in it. For a tight fit, trace the thickness of the board onto the homemade miter gauge fence extension (see Photo 1). Then follow the Photos 1 and 2. Try this method on a test piece to get the hang of it.
A simple outfeed jig supports those long, dangly boards.
Cut long boards confidently with an easy-to-make outfeed jig screwed to your plywood base. Be sure to have the highest point of the jig even with the saw table. The gradual incline of the jig (about 12 degrees) helps guide sagging pieces and slowly bring them up as you push your board through the saw. Ordinary rollerstyle outfeed supports don't work well for long boards because they have a tendency to tip over when the board sags and hits the stand beneath the roller. This jig works especially well for long, thin pieces such as siding, which tends to sag and separate as you cut.
Build this simple outfeed jig from ordinary 3/4-in. plywood and 2x4 scraps. Be sure to screw the jig to the plywood base of the saw for stability (your saw base must be screwed or clamped to the sawhorses as well). You won't need anything other than a single 2x4 for the far leg support.
Note: Figure A can be downloaded and printed from Additional Information below.
If you've ever covered plywood edges with solid wood, you know how hard it is to position the edging flush with the plywood surface. Next time, try this: Start with edging that's about 1/8 in. wider than the thickness of the plywood. That way, you can attach the edging fast, without worrying about a flush fit. To trim off the excess edging, clamp or screw a tall "floating fence" to your table saw fence. Then position the floating fence so it's flush with the outer edge of the blade.
Finding the perfect position requires a couple of test runs. But when you get it right, you'll be able to trim the edging in seconds. And if you use a good-quality smooth-cutting blade, you can remove the saw marks with only light sanding.
Cutting thin strips can be dangerous. There's no space between the blade and the fence for a push stick, and on some table saws you have to remove the blade guard. Five minutes and a 6-in.-wide scrap of plywood or particleboard are all you need to cut safely and quickly. Just screw a wooden "heel" to the scrap and you've got a sliding guide that lets you leave the guard in place and keeps your fingers safe. Add a handle to make it easier to pull the guide backward after each cut.
To cut a straight edge on any board, all you have to do is mount the crooked board to a larger carriage board and run the whole assembly across your table saw. You can fasten the crooked board with screws or—if you don't want to put screw holes in the board—hold it firmly in place with 4-in.-long screwed-down cleats at both ends. Set your saw's fence to match the width of the carriage board. That way, you can tell exactly where the blade will cut the crooked board.
A dado blade in a table saw is the fastest way to cut notches, or "rabbets," along the edge of a board. And here's a way to make the process even faster: Set the blade to cut slightly wider than the rabbet width. Then clamp or screw an auxiliary fence to the saw's fence. Now—instead of fussing with dado adjustments—you can precisely adjust the width of the rabbet by moving the fence and allowing the dado blade to cut into the auxiliary fence.
Admit it: You sometimes use your table saw as an auxiliary workbench, slopping it up or damaging it. Better to build a plywood cover to protect it from glue, paint and tools. Cleats at the edges prevent the cover from sliding off the saw. Makes a great coffee table too!
An auxiliary fence mounted tightly against the table is essential when cutting plastic laminate (or any other thin material) on a table saw. Without it, skinny stuff can slip under the fence and cause a crooked cut, major chipping, kickback and injury, and ruin an expensive sheet of laminate.
With a few minutes, a couple of 2x4s, a slab of plywood and a pair of sawhorses, you can build a stand for a benchtop saw, plus a long outfeed table.
On the version shown here, the 2x4s are notched so that the saw table is flush with the plywood. Screw the plywood to the 2x4s and the 2x4s to the horses. Also screw or clamp the saw to the 2x4s.
Upright cuts—for lap joints, tenons or rabbets—aren't a good job for a table saw. That is, unless you build a simple box to guide and support the workpiece. Precise cuts depend on a precise box, so take the time to build it square and sturdy. And as always, make your adjustments and mistakes using scraps before cutting precious wood.
Think of the markings on your miter gauge as approximate, not exact. For real accuracy, drop by a woodworking store or an art supply store. For a few bucks, you can get a setup tool that's as accurate as the most expensive square. Use it to set your miter gauge to 45 or 90 degrees. This works with your miter saw and other tools too.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
You'll also need a drafting triangle and a dado blade.
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.