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ALLOY ORCHESTRA presents SHORT FILMS OF BUSTER KEATON
Sunday, October 07, 2012
In this special show for the whole family, the Alloy Orchestra will play live, newly-composed musical scores for three hilarious shots featuring the great Buster Keaton: The Butcher Boy (Keaton's very first screen appearance), Good Night Nurse (also featuring the legendary Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle), and The Play House, which opens with a now-famous dream sequence in which, by way of Keaton's famous technological innovation, Keaton plays every character in a theater simultaneously – including the band leader, everybody in the band, all the dancers on stage, and everyone in the audience! These three joyous treats celebrate the talents of one of the greatest performers, comics and visual innovators in movie history – Buster Keaton – and they're brought to glorious life for a new generation thanks to the loving and lively scores by the Alloy Orchestra. (approx. 65 min.)
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For one night only, a Pequot Lakes High School cast and crew of students will perform their one-act play for the public.
The performance will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.
Fourteen students have come together to perform "Any Suspicious Activity" by Roger Nieboer, a one-act play that's roughly 28 minutes long. Their public performance will serve as extra practice for the competition that will follow.
Directing the play is Gary Hirsch, a Pequot Lakes transplant who taught high school English and directed plays in Mora for 22 years.
Nieboer's one-act tells of a man at an airport in a rather dream like — or more like nightmarish — situation of forgetting his confirmation number, losing his ticket, forgetting his destination and even forgetting his mother's maiden name.
An "immaculately conceptual blank," as the play refers to it.
Military-dressed security guards are ever-present and swiftly carry off anyone suspected of "suspicious activity."
Though the tone of the play is generally serious, Hirsch said the play has plenty of comic relief.
Hirsch and Nieboer are friends, and Hirsch explained that the plot was inspired by Nieboer's November airplane ride just after Sept. 11, 2001.
"This (one-act) is Roger's reaction to how the pendulum swung from too-lax security to take off your shoes," Hirsch said.
The performance has full costume, but little in the way of set. The minimalism of the set seems to place added focus on the audience.
Hirsch explained that the set is limited because the group will be traveling to perform and compete with other Minnesota schools.
The one-act plays are a Minnesota State High School League sanctioned activity. PLHS students will compete in subsections on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Wadena. If they do well, they'll go on to sections to strive for the state competition. Performances cannot exceed 35 minutes.
Hirsch explained that one-acts are different from full plays in more ways than just length.
"They're much more intense," he said. "I like the format because it builds quicker, and fits with the contemporary audience better."
He likened the length to a sitcom versus a feature film.
The audience at the Jan. 24 performance will see not only "Any Suspicious Activity" but also a one-act performed by Mora High School, where Hirsch formerly taught. Mora will perform a one-act titled "Infancy."
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_The Young Adults, "Complex World"
For a tiny state, Rhode Island has offered much to the world — Mr. Potato Head, the Claus von Bulow trial, and a rich local music scene that covers the waterfront from alternative acts to
blues, country, and a wide variety of artists in electronic noise, working out of the mill buildings and factory lofts that dot the landscape around Providence and Pawtucket. For most of these musicians, the story of Talking Heads is still legendary — a few emaciated RISD students who formed a band in Providence in the mid-1970s, made it to CBGB's in New York, got signed at the crest of the punk/new wave movement, and eventually became Brazilian.
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But for many Rhode Islanders, another band, contemporary with Talking Heads, left just as powerful an impact, even if they are little known outside the invisible force field of the state's boundaries. At first glance, the Young Adults had almost nothing in common with their friends and rivals in David Byrne's outfit. Where Talking Heads were all Adam's apples and googly eyes, dispensing artsy funk in Izod shirts, the Young Adults were a band of robust appetites. Musicians sprawled across the stage, changing costumes and instruments, and creating a sonic assault that included honking saxophones, tinkling ivories, and (this was the 1970s) a humongous guitar sound that Queen's Brian May would not have disdained. Sheer bombast, and proud of it. For sheer entertainment value, Borscht Belt banter, and the fez quotient (not knowing what kind of hat they would wear on a given night), there was nothing to compete with them. Musically, they were untouchable, able to dispense nasty licks and tight backbeats without breaking a sweat. Lyrically, they were even better, celebrating whatever came into their cluttered minds, from the late, lamented Harmon Killebrew ("Men") to Franklin Roosevelt ("New Deal"). "A Power Tool Is Not a Toy" told the story of a hippie who took LSD and got too close to a chainsaw ("his mind left his body the hard way"). Sometimes it was very rock and roll; at other times it almost verged into Cole Porter territory, as with "Christmas In Japan In July." They may have been the only band in history that cited S.J. Perelman as a major influence.
The Young Adults ruled Rhode Island from approximately 1975 to 1980, and to this day, there are thousands who remember their shows at the old haunts — especially the original Lupo's — with awe. Live tapes still circulate from those shows, and a brilliant short movie, Cobra Snake for a Necktie, captures a concert the Young Adults did with Bo Diddley at the height of their powers. It remains almost impossible to see, rendering it all the more essential.
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I have a observation hive with a fistfull of bees and a non laying queen. Is it even worth trying to requeen these girls?
I have a observation hive with a fistfull of bees and a non laying queen. Is it even worth trying to requeen these girls?
I have heard of people turning 50 bees and a queen cell into a thriving colony. However, it takes lots of work and I'm not sure if you could do it this late in the year.
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The problem is your non laying queen. I would combine them.
They probably aren't too old to feed brood, although their royal jelly production might not be the best anymore, but I'm not sure if you could get them to raise enough brood before winter hits. I'm not sure if anyone sells queens this late in the year.
Good enough is perfect - Joel Salatin
I caught a swarm this year that was about the size of a tennis ball and they have done well, but I got a good queen with them, and added a couple of frames of brood with bees. Unless you have resources to draw from, that is not the same as your situation.
I had a hive dwindle down to a queen and maybe a hundred bees one time. It came out of winter very small and really couldn't raise enough brood to grow. I was just going to just shake it out, but at the same time I had several hives ready to swarm that I wanted to take capped brood from. But I didn't have a place, with a queen, to put them. So I put 3-4 frames of emerging and capped brood in the hive. Man...she must have been holding the eggs in. That hive exploded and became one of my best hives of the year. So you never know.
I had a similar experience to beedeetee the year before last. I added a frame of emerging bees and attached bees to a tennis ball cluster of bees in the spring on a warm day. My queen had started laying, but she was restricted by the lack of bees to cover the brood - so much so that she was laying 2-3 eggs in some cells. After I added the frame of bees she took off, and I got a decent honey crop from the hive.
Was the queen laying when you put them into the observation hive? Just wondering if she possibly shut down egg laying. It's that time of year.
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Caught a swarm the size of a plum, gave them a frame that was 1/4 filled with brood/eggs if they needed to make a queen and they ended up drawing out 2 deeps by the end of the summer.
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Hill suspended for 4 games, same thing as Sash
Hill suspended for 4 games, same thing as Sash
Yup, yesterdays news. Thanks though!
Kind of annoying considering Hill has shown superior coverage skills vs Sash but we'll make due.
yea its too bad about Hill! i was beginning to like his enthusiasm a lot!
but Sash is a baller as well! hopefully hes ready to go!
Who else thinks these young players on our team took Adderral this offseason/training camp in order to study the playbook and film study?
Everyone who went to college in the past decade knows what the real use of Adderral is. CRAMMING.
Something fishy is going on. The timing with Sash coming back and Hill going out fits too well. Guess the NFL gave the Giants a break?
Also, how does Hill not win the appeal if it was as straight forward as his story: He got a prescription from a Dr., was signed by the Giants, found out it was banned and tested positive very soon after signing...and still got suspended? There's more to the story.
I don't understand either.
Andre Brown won his appeal.
Tyler Sash lost.
Will Hill lost.
All of them were Dr. prescribed according to transcripts. Curious indeed.
Its not that strange, I think the league allowed the giants to stagger the suspensions.


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The value of New Zealanders' investments in a frozen Australian fund continued to decline in the six months to December 31 last year, according to the fund's management.
Thirteen hundred New Zealanders put money into the Currency Protected Australian Income Fund run by Queensland-headquartered LM Investment Management.
This fund acted as a feeder into LM First Mortgage Income Fund, which has a number of commercial Australian property investments but was frozen in the wake of the global financial crisis. At the time of the freeze in March 2009, New Zealand investors had A$95 million of capital ($119 million) in this fund.
Despite voluntary administrators being called in to run LM last month, the firm maintained that capital distributions to investors would not be disrupted.
In a media briefing this week, the administrators - from FTI Consulting - said management had advised the unit price in the First Mortgage Income Fund was about A55c as at December 31, down from A59c as at June 30 last year.
However, FTI said the accounts to December 31 were still subject to a final sign-off by the board and auditors and could not provide any more details yesterday.
Calculating the unit price in the fund is part of the process being undertaken by the administrators, an FTI spokesperson said.
FTI's briefing documents said the fund was still in "work-out mode".
"This is where the fund will take possession of the distressed assets and either realise it, or develop the asset should the development be likely to provide a better return to unit holders," it said.
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The future of the unholy alliance. By Jeff Inglis.
Pulling political churches' non-profit exemptions. By Jeff Inglis.
In Maine, the Unholy Alliance and its members gave $2.7 million of the total $3.1 million in cash and in-kind donations generated by Stand for Marriage Maine, according to official campaign-spending reports on file with the state. (As far as organizations go, the National Organization for Marriage, which has been linked to the Mormon Church, gave $2 million; the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland gave another $570,000, including more than $250,000 from dioceses elsewhere in the country. The national Knights of Columbus Catholic service organization gave $50,000. And the evangelical-supported Focus on the Family gave another $120,000.)
But that's not even close to their fundraising capacity. "It's unlimited. It's as big as they want it to be," says Fred Karger, an activist seeking to expose the exact amounts religiously motivated donors have contributed to banning gay marriage. Donations can often be channeled through churches to make them tax-deductible, Karger observes.
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Even if you're only feeding four, it is a good idea to roast two chickens at once. It takes the same amount of time and then you have leftovers to use for sandwiches, soup or salad.
Nutrition Profile:
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Serves 8
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 120 min.
Step 1
Position oven rack in lower third of oven; preheat to 350°F. Coat a large roasting pan with cooking spray.
Step 2
To prepare chickens: Zest lemons, then cut in half. Combine lemon zest, parsley, thyme, rosemary, garlic, oil, salt and pepper in a food processor or blender; process until finely chopped. Reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture, covered, in the refrigerator for the gravy.
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Place chicken hearts, necks and gizzards in the prepared pan (reserve livers for another use). Remove excess fat from chickens. Dry insides with a paper towel. With your fingers, loosen skin over breasts and thighs to make pockets, being careful not to tear the skin.
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Spread 1/4 cup herb mixture in the pan; place the chickens on top, at least 1 inch apart. Rub 1 tablespoon herb mixture into each cavity; spread remaining mixture under skin. Place 2 lemon halves in each cavity. Tuck wings behind the back and tie legs together.
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Roast the chickens for 20 minutes. Drizzle with 1/4 cup broth and roast for 40 minutes more, basting with pan drippings every 20 minutes. Tent the chickens with aluminum foil and continue roasting for 30 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, away from the bone, registers 180°F and the cavity juices run clear.
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To prepare gravy: Transfer the chickens to a platter; tent with foil. Pour pan juices into a bowl, leaving giblets in the pan. Chill juices in the freezer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, add wine and remaining broth to the pan; bring to a boil over medium heat, scraping up any browned bits. Add any juices accumulated on the platter.
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Skim fat from the chilled juices. Add juices to the pan; return to a boil, then strain into a saucepan. Bring to a simmer. Whisk in cornstarch mixture. Simmer, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Stir in reserved herb mixture. Season with pepper.
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Carve the chickens, discarding skin. Serve with the gravy.
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|Personally, I would start with a single-species and some shrimp for a 6 gallon edge. If you feel it can handle more (bio-load) and aesthetically needs something else down the road, you could then add a second shoaling species.
|in your same tank, i have an oto, 4 fire red cherries, and i'm thinking about maybe a handful of rasboras....not sure if that helps, but from what i've read it seems to be a good combo
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Which size Fluval Edge is this? If it's the 6 gallon, you don't have room for too much variety. Since endlers seem to be your first preference, what about adding about 6 corydora pygmaeus or one of the other dwarf cories like corydora hasbrosus.
Whoops, 6 gallon. So you think I could put 6 Endlers and 6 Corydora Pygmaeus? I was picturing a small shoal and a fish that does well in 1's or 2's, plus shrimp.
|Which size Fluval Edge is this? If it's the 6 gallon, you don't have room for too much variety. Since endlers seem to be your first preference, what about adding about 6 corydora pygmaeus or one of the other dwarf cories like corydora hasbrosus.
|What would be an alternate suggestion to Gouramis? I would really like to have two kinds of fish, plus some shrimp and a snail.
Gouramis are terrible community fish. Some people report keeping them in communities without issue, and still recommend them, but I think they are merely lucky with the individual fish they got.
Gouramis have the tendancy to be very aggressive. Do not keep more than 1 male--you will end up with only 1 remaining. I have had them be aggressive with community mates (rasobars) as well, even when showing no interest in building bubble nests. Gouramis can also be very destructive to plants. I had one that ate all stem plants in my tank, even when I kept him fed with fresh veggies. I moved my last gourami to a solo tank.
I personally think it is irresponsible for people to recommend gouramis for community settings, especially to a beginning fish keeper. Unless you are prepared to return or quarantine an aggressive individual, just say no to gouramis in a community setting.
It's perfectly fine to cycle a tank with ammonia following instructions. People have explained this process on the forum. Yes, adding plants and other material is going to give you a start on the process. Remember, cycling is just giving time for nitrifying bacteria to colonize. They turn ammonia and nitrite into nitrate. It's really a very simple process. Don't overthink it.
I just got back from my LFS - I was hoping they had some gravel or media they could give me to jump start the cycling. Instead, he told me to get one fish, like a red borras, and keep it for a month. He told me that I should not cycle by adding ammonia.
I'm a bit confused at this point. Any advice?
Also, I'm still wondering about my final fish stocking. I like 5 Endler Livebearers, 3-4 shrimp and maybe 1 other fish but I'm not sure what that other one should be. Would one red borras be ok? He seemed to think so but I know you can get bad advice anywhere and I'm honestly a bit suspicious.
Another idea is 2 Sparkling Gouarmi, 5 Galaxy Rasbora or 5 Borraras Brigattae and 3-4 shrimp. And could I start with 1 Gourami?
Thanks for the advice
zico, the roots are partially burried but not the rhizome. They are basically trapped between some rocks and I was hoping it would attach to them or the gravel below. I think I'm just going to get some string and tie them up though because one in now floating
akpoly - any other suggestions on a 2nd kind of fish to put in? I wanted something that would fit so I thought Gouramis because they're pretty and don't need to be in a school.
Welcome aboard! You can check out my tank for some ideas I have almost the same setup.
I would advise against the gourami just because I had one as well and he would constantly take the plants out and rearrange things into his bubble nest. Very annoying
|if you have buried the roots of the plant then fine..but if you have buried the rhizomes as well..they will die in no time..so attach them to your wood/rock for getting them rooted up with a thread. Ideally there is always an ammonia spike for the first couple of weeks. My advice change water on alternate days for next 2 weeks since this is a low-tech tank(assuming) so it should be fine.
Started my first tank - Fluval edge, need some help
I'm 3 days into my first fish tank. It's a fluval edge (with stock LED) and I put in some driftwood, rocks and 5 plants (annubias and java ferns).
The substrate is some gravel from Petco. I've read a ton about these but I'm a bit lost on the cycling. Since I got plants and wood from a live tank I'm hoping the cycling is starting - plus I'm using the nutrafin cycle as directed. Should I now be changing the water regularly? My testing kit is on the way.
I also have some stocking suggestions. How would 5 Endlers Livebearers, 1 Dwarf Gourami, 2 small shrimp and 1 snail work out? I gather the only real question is the Dwarf Gourami and I've read mixed opinions on them in a tank like this.
Also, what kind of snail would I look for?
Lastly, when I start putting in fish what order do I add them? I know the shrimp/snail would probably be a month+ from now but would adding 5 Endlers at once be a problem?
One more thing! The plants are barely attached and I'm wondering how long it would take for them to root in the gravel, rock and wood I attached them to. They aren't actually attached, more like slightly burried.
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Re: Pension reforms bode well for Pleasanton's future
Original post made by To: Jeb, City management, City Council, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jun 4, 2013
Mr. Bing,
Your comments couldn't be further from the truth. There are/were no "Sweeping Reforms". Most people paying attention consider the current pension reforms as nothing more than a baby step. They certainly have little if any impact on the current group of 220 workers. But I want to challenge your assertions and accuracy regarding your above comments, and also a comment you about this contract on a previous post.
* First of all reducing holiday pay from 14 days to 11 paid holidays doesn't save 500,000 dollars, as you have claimed (in a previous article). It doesn't save a nickel from an accounting perspective. The real question is why employees were receiving 14 PAID HOLIDAYS to begin with. This PAID LEAVE excess seems to be consistent with soooo many other provisions in the contract. Is there a benefit to the consumer/taxpayer, probably? The consumer receives an additional 24 of service per employee. Right? Well I'm not so sure but more on that later.
JB says: "The Pleasanton City Council is likely to ratify a new three-year agreement Tuesday with the union representing 220 regular city employees that will raise individual pension contributions".
* Raising individual pension contributions by 4%, and then providing 7% in raises doesn't save money. It costs money, and it costs more than the three percent difference.
JB says: "Additionally, for those employees hired after Jan 1, the city changed retirement medical benefits from two-party coverage to one-party coverage, with an additional sunset at age 65 when the employee becomes eligible for Medicare".
* Sorry Mr. Bing, but that contract language was already included in the 2011 contract and, therefore, it isn't a concession as far as this contract is concerned.
JB says: "These changes move the city closer to long-term pension sustainability as "legacy" employees eligible for benefits under the pre-2013 plan retire from the system."
* Not true. In FY 2011-12, CalPERS earned 0.1% which is a far cry from the 7.5% they claim they'll earn. Those numbers are NOT yet reflected in any CalPERS actuarial report. The result is yet another increase in "employer contributions/taxpayer contributions" that will be reflected in the actuarial report the city will receive in November/December of the current year.
JB says: "It's not a perfect solution to the city's concern of unfunded liability for both the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and retiree medical benefits that total $131 million or $162 million depending on the formula used."
* The correct formula to use is always the Market Value of Assets. The Actuarial Values hide debt by only recognizing that debt in future years; in many cases thirty years out. That will change soon when the new pension accounting rules become a requirement. In the meantime even the Market Value numbers are suspect, and understated. When the new rules become a requirement both numbers will increase, but the MVA numbers are still king. For today's numbers please use the 161 million dollar unfunded liability number, which is now much greater due to CalPERS pathetic returns of 0.1 percent in FY2011-12 (as explained above). Jeb, did you even attend the two presentations (or watch the video) when Pleasanton paid for a CalPERS expert/pension actuary to present on the topic of Pleasanton pensions? I'm just curious.
JB: says: "But with city employees contributing a full 8% of their wages starting Dec. 31".
* Jeb, they do NOT start contributing 8% on January 1st. City employees haven't contributed toward their pension since 1982 (except for the four percent that was phased into the most recent pcea contract). Until then they haven't contributed toward their pension and they don't pay anything into Social Security, but for some reason they get some very large pension checks that start as early as age 50, or 55, depending on the bargaining unit. The take home pay must be nice.
* According to Emily Wagner the average PCEA employee was earning 87K per year back in 2010. That number should have been adjusted to reflect the 8% the city/taxpayers were contributing on behalf the employees, which increases the average compensation to $94,000. But when I looked at the CalPERS data that claimed pensionable compensation of 25 million as of their last report dated June 30, 2011, and see where Jeb claims there are 220 employees, that averages out to about 113K per employee in salary, and that doesn't include pension costs and many other employee costs.
How is that this city can claim cost savings when the overall cost of this employee contract is escalating rapidly. Does city management think - for one second, that articulating cost savings while ignoring known cost increases makes for a "Fiscal Impact Statement"?
The Fiscal Impact Statement is both shameful and self serving.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm
Taken directly from the contract covering the period November 1, 2002 – October 31, 2010. These are the employee contract raises that apply to every employee, and are separate, do not include,the 5% step raises many employees received during this time period which increased salary by 9-10 percent for many employees in multiple years:
"Salary Adjustments
Effective the first pay period after November 1, 2002, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased four percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2003, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased five percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2004, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased five percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2005, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased five percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2006, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased four percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2007, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased four percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2008, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased four percent
Effective the first full pay period after November 1, 2009, the salary ranges of all
classifications represented by the Association shall be increased four percent
This same contract increased the pension formula from 2.5@55 to 2.7@55, changed the pension calculation from average 3 year salary to highest 12 month salary, while also adding other perks that also cost money and have added to the unfunded pension liability.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2013 at 5:59 pm
The good old step raises. Just like the school district, the city says that step raises are not really raises. In my books, if you give somebody more money for doing the same job, it is a raise. Don't care whether you call it a step raise, cost of living adjustment, or what.
The school district was (and probably still is) paying an additional $1.5M each year to pay for step and column raises. Since it is cumulative, the first year costs $1.5M, second year $3.0M, third year $4.5M, forth year $6.0M; for a total cost of $15M increase in four years.
Does anybody have the dollar amount that step raises cost the city?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2013 at 6:10 pm
Jeb, I said I would get back to the "floating holiday" issue. And I don't remember any significant person in US history named "floating", not a one let alone three, but maybe they were triplets that made a significant contribution I'm not aware of.
From the current (proposed) contract:
"During 2013, seven floating holidays will be credited to each employee … additionally each employee will be credited for an additional three and one-half (3.5) hours of floating holiday for 2013. Effective January 1, 2014, floating holidays will be reduced to 32 hours per year."
* (profanity omitted) how is that both Jeb and the city can claim "floating" holidays are being eliminated when the contract seems to be stating the opposite. The above text is directly from the proposed contract that SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED TONIGHT. Why were employees ever granted 14 paid holidays to begin with. Who gets 14 paid holidays? And, while I'm at it, why are people making over 100K getting paid overtime?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2013 at 7:09 pm
Hiding raises....so clear this up for me, cumulative raises.... the school district has had a salary schedule for at least the last 20 yrs. Are you saying the exponential growth is now 40 million dollars increased? Sure dont see that is the school budget though, or in the increase in the teachers salaries.
Is this fear logic? Because the last 20 yrs dont seem to show what you claim. Also, not a word of complaint about this until the last three years. Where have y'all been if the tsunami was supposed to roll over us anytime now?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2013 at 7:29 pm
In the course of eight years PCEA members received 41% in contract raises, and probably an additional 20 percent (on average) in promotional and step increases, for a total compounded salary increase of 69%. On top of that their pension formula was increased by 3.2 percent of payroll to provide the 2.7% enhanced retirement benefit, and another 3% percent of payroll to cover the additional cost of allowing members to switch from averaging the highest three years of compensation for pension calculations to the highest 12 months - that costs money and the employees paid zero toward that benefit. Allowing for unused sick leave payouts and/or its use as service credits that apply to additional years of pension service credit also add to the cost by .2-.4 percent of payroll. Providing extra survivor benefits, which is also included in the 2002 - 2010 contract adds additional costs, as do the chiropractic services that were added. Medical costs are increasing at an average annual rate of 7.5%.
While the above costs are very large, especially when they're tallied up, they do NOT include the rapidly rising health care costs, life insurance costs, disability insurance costs, long term care costs, increased survivor costs, increased dental insurance costs, vision costs, or the cost to run the employee deferred compensation plan. And I thought the Rolls-Royce pension plan was a deferred compensation plan. Silly me! Unfortunately I'm yet to get the biggest ticket item; unfunded pension & healthcare costs.
That is huge number. The unfunded pension liability really represents what we owe employees for work prior to June 30 2011, and even CalPERS understates the number. But here is what CalPERS claims we owe for service provided prior to June 30, 2011: **** 71.5 million dollars ****. That is a conservative number that does NOT include the millions more for unfunded retiree medical benefits.
While 71.5 million might sound like a lot of money to be owed to 220 current employees and 254 retirees that may have worked anywhere from 5 to 35 years, CalPERS states that the cost of getting out of the pension plan, just for this one bargaining group (excludes police & fire as do all the other numbers I've provided) is:
That number comes from the very same CalPERS Report that the city received in December. And that number represents the exit cost for work consumed, and employees we thought were already paid in full, prior to June 30, 2011.
That money is currently being paid in very small amounts over a rolling thirty year amortization schedule, a deferred 15 year smoothing policy, and a 20 year schedule for pension plan changes. What that means is we have very extended terms, at 7.5% interest, to pay for costs we could never afford in the first place (they were based on the stock market (DOW) reaching about 30,000 in the current year).
That is about to change drastically and nothing in this proposed contract does one single thing to soften the blow.
Taxpayers beware.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2013 at 8:28 pm
While compensation has increased by about 69% since 2002, and the employee retirement age has shrunk from age 60 to 55 while the pension formula has increased (from 2%@60, to 2.5@55, to 2.7@55), and healthcare benefits have doubled, the employer paid pension cost has increased from increased significantly.
According to CalPERS, the current cost for the 2.7@55 pension plan is a 9.9 percent employer contribution and an 8% employee contribution, for a total "normal cost" contribution of 17.7 of payroll. Unfortunately, with the cost of increasing wages faster than what CalPERS actuaries assume, and lowering the pension age from 60 to 55, and then increasing the pension benefit from 2.5@55 to 2.7@55, and the stock market crash/recession, the cost to Pleasanton taxpayers has increased at an alarming rate.
Now, according to CalPERS, the cost to the city/taxpayers is 25% of payroll. In addition to that the taxpayers/city pay 4% of payroll toward the employee cost, for a total employer cost of 29% of payroll. I know some people that get a three percent match on their 401K. Unfortunately that 25% of payroll that calPERS charges Pleasanton is grossly understated, as will be quite apparent in the near future.
The good news is that the PCEA employees will increase their contribution to the full "employee contribution rate" of 8% over the next three years (is called employee contribution rate because the employees were always expected to pay it). The bad news is that the city is giving the employees a 7% raise to cover their additional 4%, while also providing ann additional 3 percent in increased compensation. That additional 3% in compensation actually costs closer to 4%, which may sound small, but when added to all the other additional costs & compensation brings us to where we are today.
But, the really bad news is the 25% employee pension contribution will most likely be 35% of every 100k in payroll in just a few short years. And increasing wages increases pension costs. No budget can continue to sustain these rapidly rising costs without reductions in service or increased demands for tax dollars. Not even Pleasanton.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 5, 2013 at 1:08 am
Yes, I realize that many of you may be thinking that I'm personally responsible for all of the above posts. But I'm not, I swear. Really. This small matter aside, I want to stress that the crisis we are facing is going to add up either to reduced service or increased taxes. As a freedom fighter, my job is to protect all Pleasantonians who own really huge houses from public workers who want to take those homes via raised taxes and convert them into union re-education camps.
Some people are worried that our children will live in a world that is burning up, with rising sea levels, apocalyptic storms, and annoying sunburns. All that is, of course, useless prattle. REAL freedom fighters want to make sure they're not forced to give their huge houses over to the city on account of not being able to afford higher taxes for servants of us.
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A GREAT ARIDNESS: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest. William deBuys. xii + 369 pp. Oxford University Press, 2011. $27.95.
While I was reading William deBuys's new book, A Great Aridness, two massive dust storms reminiscent of the 1930s raged across the skies of Phoenix and of Lubbock, Texas. Newspapers blamed them on the current drought in the West, which is proximately true. But what ultimately is causing this drought, and why would any drought produce such terrifying clouds of dust? The answer is that they may be portents of a more threatening world that we humans are unwittingly creating. As deBuys explains, "Because arid lands tend to be underdressed in terms of vegetation, they are naturally dusty. Humans make them dustier."
Agriculture is the main reason for those dust storms—the clearing of native grasslands or sagebrush to grow cotton or wheat, which die quickly when drought occurs and leave the soil unprotected. Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
DeBuys is an acclaimed historian turned conservationist in his adopted home of the Southwest. A Great Aridness is his most disturbing book, a jeremiad that ought to be required reading for politicians, economists, real-estate developers and anyone thinking about migrating to the Sunbelt. In the early chapters he reports on the science of how and why precipitation and ecology are changing, not predictably but in nonlinear ways that make the future very uncertain and dark. In later chapters he visits ancient pueblo ruins left behind by earlier civilizations that were destroyed by drought, and he follows the grim trail of migrants crossing the border from Mexico, stirring up a controversy that climate change can only exacerbate. The book is an eclectic mix of personal experience, scientific analysis and environmental history.
Smoke as well as dust is spoiling the southwestern skies. As deBuys points out, forest fires are getting much bigger. In June 2002 the Rodeo and Chediski fires erupted on Arizona's Mogollon Plateau, soon merging into a single conflagration that consumed nearly 500,000 acres. It was Arizona's largest fire—until the Wallow Fire eclipsed it in June 2011. Another devastating effect of climate change has been the explosion of bark beetles among western pines, which in turn contributes to the new fire regime; in 2003, dead trees covered 2.6 million acres in Arizona and New Mexico. Could anything be more demoralizing than the sight of green forests turned a grisly brown, then bursting into flame and left charred and black?
Even more depressing than declining forests are mountains bare of snow. When future springs arrive, the sound of running water will be much diminished. The biggest environmental catastrophe for the Southwest, already our most arid region, is losing the melting runoff from snowpacks into rivers, canals and irrigation ditches. An ominous chapter in the book examines the future of the Colorado River, which for decades has been the "blood" of the Southwest's oasis civilization. In the 1920s Americans divided the river between upper and lower basins, allocating to each a share of the annual flow. California, which contributes almost nothing to the river, sucks up the largest share of any state, spreading it across the Imperial Valley's agricultural fields and diverting the rest to Los Angeles. Years ago policy makers assumed that the river carried about 17 million acre-feet of water per year—that is, enough water to cover 17 million acres to a depth of one foot. They overestimated, as people tend to do when hope and greed outrun the facts. Now comes a drier and hotter future, when the Colorado River will carry even less water—perhaps as little as 11 million acre-feet.
Tim Barnett and David Pierce of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography estimate that to adjust to a sustainable level of supply, consumers of Colorado River water will have to get along with 20 percent less water than they use today. That is still a lot of water to lose, but the loss may not be catastrophic. Urban users are already conserving about as much as they can per capita. Farmers, on the other hand, who consume about 80 percent of the western water supply, including in California, are wasting much through inefficient management and low-value crops. Half of the water goes to raise alfalfa to feed cattle, and much of the rest evaporates or soaks into the sand. If some of agriculture's share could be diverted to cities, there might be enough to sustain the current population. Rural communities would decline, some lucky farmers would retire with a potful of money, and the public would have to figure out where to get its lettuce, tomatoes, oranges and meat. The cost of water would go up dramatically, and those without money would go thirsty and leave. New hierarchies would take the place of old ones.
Thirty million people now depend on the Colorado River. Perhaps they can manage to adjust to a diminished flow and to declines in domestic food supplies and hydroelectric power. But more people are on the way: Demographers calculate that the population of the Southwest may increase by 10 or 20 million between now and 2050. Some of those people will come from other parts of the country, some from Mexico and Central America, and some from other nations that are coping poorly with their current problems or are overwhelmed by climate change. Whatever their origin, the new arrivals will go to the familiar oases, hoping to find the good life with a swimming pool and a green lawn.
Developers are eager to make money by selling homes to these newcomers. The political and economic culture of the Southwest is dead set against any acknowledgment of limits to growth. In the last few chapters of the book, deBuys shows that even now those in power refuse to accept any check to expansion; business must be free to do business. Others say that they are helpless to stop the influx: Patricia Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority in Las Vegas, declares, "You can't take a community as thriving as this one and put a stop sign out there. The train will run right over you." Her solution is to create an expensive "straw" to extract water from a shrinking Lake Mead, drawing on the "dead pool" that will be left below the intakes for generating electricity. She doesn't have the money to build that straw right now, but she is working hard to keep her improbable city from drying up and becoming a casualty like ancient Mesopotamia. Similarly, Phoenix continues to issue building permits helter-skelter and counts on "augmenting the supply" of water sometime in the future. But where will the state and city go for more supply, and how will they bring it cheaply over mountains and plains to keep Phoenix sprawling into the sunset?
DeBuys gathers enough scientific evidence to make a convincing case against that growth mentality. A similar case could be made against growth in the rest of the United States, although in the East the threat may be too much water, not too little, and too many storms, not too much smoke and dust. The past warns us that ancient peoples once failed to adapt and survive. Will theirs be America's fate? Perhaps. But past human behavior may not be a reliable indicator of how people will behave in the future. If the environment is becoming nonlinear and unpredictable, as deBuys argues, then human cultures may also become nonlinear and unpredictable. No other people have had as much scientific knowledge to illuminate their condition. What we will do with that knowledge is the biggest imponderable of all.
Donald Worster is the Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. His current research focuses on the shift in America from a culture of abundance to one of scarcity. He is the author of a number of books, including Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West (Pantheon Books, 1985) and The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination (Oxford University Press, 1993).
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Today is a dreary and wet day in NorCal (SF area). I took a look at my hives and on one I saw about a half dozen dead or dying bees around the entrance. Two of them had shriveled wings, the others looked normal. I presume this is an indication of DFV and thus mites? I'd treated the hive in the fall with Hopguard and it's the strongest of my three hives, with a ton of bees as of the last sunny day last week. Is there anything I can/should do?
I do have some Hopguard strips left, and also have some MAQS from last year. Forecast is for drizzle and cold for the next week.


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what do you think about the a4 and s4. i am planing to get an audi s4. when the new 2007 a4 came out i thought why get the s4 when the a4 is just as nice. what do you think about my idea.
The A4 and S4 are indeed nice cars. They look cool and have some of the nicest interiors in the business. However, in terms of pure performance, they're nowhere close to the BMW 3-series, especially the new 335i sedan coming out soon. That car is faster, cheaper, and more fun than an S4, and more efficient to boot. If you're planning on taking your car on any exciting roads, go with the 3-series. If its just a highway cruiser, the A4/S4 is a fine choice.
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Mileage: 12.4
November mileage: 442.8
When sunlight emerges from the cold and rain, the only question is where to follow it. The obvious answer is along frozen streets, into the mountain shadows and higher until there is nowhere to go higher. Climbing toward the sun.
The day started out with a little bumpy ice biking on the frozen muskeg. Then I hid my bike in the woods (too well, as it turned out, when it took me a few passes to find it later in the day). I strapped on my snowshoes and cut a path in the crusty snow all the way to the Douglas Island ridge.
The first steps over the crest of the ridgeline are always breathtaking. Generally, I have been traipsing through shadows for most of the morning. The low sun, which never extends beyond the other side of the mountain, makes its first appearance through snow-laden branches. Just beyond the trees are the peaks of Admiralty Island, wrapped in clouds, and the shimmering surf of Stephens Passage.
All around, sunlight glistens in a pillow of untracked snow. Trees slump beneath the weight of hard ice and everything is cast in stark contrast against the sky. I always have to squint but I hesitate to put on my sunglasses, for fear of shutting out even a fraction of the color and light. The landscape is so beautiful it hurts.
It's a happy hurt, a kind of ache, a sharp longing for distant joys of the past and unfiltered hope for the future. I stop to remove my hat, caked in frozen sweat, and smile in the cold wind.
Powder snow muffles the crunch of my snowshoes as I make my way along the ridge. A bald eagle screeches just a few feet above my head, but the only tracks on land are my own. Clear skies reveal ridgelines many miles away, and at elevation I can imagine these alien places are within my reach. Elevation reminds me that I don't really live in isolation; that even Juneau is connected to the world. In my mind I outline the islands and coast on a map that carries me down the Inside Passage.
The city looks warm and cozy. I have to be at work in a few hours, and the thought of leaving the mountains and the marshmallow mounds of trees is sobering. Down there are a hundred hanging indecisions, a wall of uncertainty and a company on the verge of bankruptcy. Sometimes I wonder how I can justify spending so much of my time pursuing frivolous activity while the world struggles. But it is here that I'm most powerful in the fight against despair. It is here that I remember the things that matter, forget the things that don't. It is here, on the Douglas Island ridge, where I could walk the same lines a hundred times and never feel anything short of awe.
What good would life be without awe?
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These photos are breath-takingly beautiful.ReplyDelete
I was not able to discern if the problems you wrote about "down there" refer to the issues happening in your life specifically or in a more general sense related to the world
If something happens with your employment, I feel that it will allow you the opportunity to continue your adventure ( however you define it ) on your term.
Best wishes along your journey.
It's so beautiful. And amazing that you were the first to make those tracks.ReplyDelete
Wow! Talk about back to the regularly scheduled prgramming!ReplyDelete
Great photos and reflections. You seem to be squeezing Juneau for all she is worth in your outdoor pursuits.
I so want to go snowboarding right now!! Please tell me that you shredded that powder! I'm so jealous right now.ReplyDelete
I hope everything goes well with all the decisions you are making with your career and your life. I think "Author" may be a good way to go. But then you have to worry about the annoying health insurance stuff.
I can't wait to get your book. I ordered one, but may take your offer on a "signed" one!
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(May 9, 2005)--At its quarterly board meeting on the UTSA 1604 Campus, the UTSA Alumni Association recently elected four new members and renewed three members to its 21-member board of directors for three-year terms, announced Alumni Association President Linda Montgomery.
Returning to serve until 2008 are UTSA alumni Walter Ague ('90), Renée Crittenden-Garcia ('96), both of San Antonio, and Michael Kwiatkowski ('78), of Houston. Newly elected board members are Dinah Covert ('95), Rob Killen ('97), Deborah Bolner Prost ('79), and Joe Solis ('92), all of San Antonio.
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Ague is policy assistant to the mayor of San Antonio. His degree is in public administration. Crittenden-Garcia received a B.A. in communications and is president and owner of Crittenden Communications LLC, a public relations, advertising and marketing consulting firm. Kwiatkowski received a B.S. in mathematics, computer science and systems design from UTSA in 1978. He is a senior manager with Shell Oil in Houston.
New board members are: Dinah Covert (M.A., '95), owner of Covert Enterprises, a consultant in licensing and accrediting facilities; Rob Killen (B.A., '97, political science) attorney and partner with the law firm, Castro & Killen; Deborah Bolner Prost (M.B.A., '79), owner of local marketing research and strategic planning firm, Prost Marketing Inc. and Joe Solis (B.B.A., '92, management), small business owner.
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Home › Forums › Campfire › Pre-Trip Planning › Help! How do I get transport from Fresno to Kings Canyon??
Jun 21, 2012 at 9:24 am #1291248
I am thru-hiking the Sierra High Route starting July 13th. Per Skurka's experiences (and others on this forum and elsewhere), people have been able to easily secure a driver on Craigslist to drive them from Fresno airport 2 hours to Road's End (Copper Creek Trailhead) to start the route.
I posted two ads on Craigslist (different categories) and have had no response to either of them. They have been on Craigslist since yesterday morning.
Here's a posting I did on here a couple of weeks ago:
Any thoughts on how I can get some transport?
Only need transport for myself and my pack.
I'm starting to get concerned, as I was really counting on finding a driver through Craigslist.
Thanks in advance for your help and ideas.
Just tried removing one of my Craigslist postings and reposting in the "rideshare" category. Hope that helps.
http://fresno.craigslist.org/rid/3092046413.htmlJun 21, 2012 at 3:53 pm #1889054
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Maybe try posting in the rideshare section for both Los Angeles and Bay Area craigslists. See if someone can pick you up in Fresno on their way to Kings Canyon. Even if they aren't going all the way to Roads End, maybe they can at least get you to the north park entrance, and you can hitch from there.Jun 21, 2012 at 5:56 pm #1889091
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I had multiple offers within a couple of hours. I don't recall what section it was in but I was shocked how easy it was. You may also consider hitching up there. I wouldn't hesitate doing it but I have done quite a bit of to and from various trails.Jun 22, 2012 at 8:08 am #1889193
Only received one offer. He will do it for my price for the morning pickup, but for the evening he wanted $140 (including gas). A bit steep, but not too bad considering.
I agreed and now hopefully have my transportation secured.
Sounds like a reliable guy. Works for (or owns, not sure) a limo service and owns his own cars. Sounds like he's going to pick me up in a Lincoln Towncar.
Don't need anything that fancy, but it is the only offer I have and I'm happy that it is at least all arranged now.
Guessing I only got the one offer due to the time restrictions I had on the transport (late PM or early AM).
Thanks guys for the tips.Jun 22, 2012 at 1:55 pm #1889305
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"a Lincoln Towncar'
You certainly do not see many Lincoln Towncars at Road's End.
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Haha, yeah. Glad he is taking me there at night when noone will be around.
I know that I would definitely laugh if I was at a fairly remote trailhead and up pulls a Lincoln TownCar and a thru-hiker gets out. Would definitely be a good story.Jun 29, 2012 at 9:43 pm #1891181
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If you want to save $40 and can wait till 11:30 for pick up I can bring you to the campgrounds at Cedar Grove and then bring you to the trailhead in the morning, assuming you need to wait till the morning to pickup your permit. I'm from Fresno, I work till 11pm, and can be at the airport before 11:30. If you need to make any last minute food/gear trips I can accomodate that. I have a season pass to the park, so no expense there. I've been wanting to take a drive down the canyon so that works for me. Lemme know if you're interested, I'm not trying to steal business from the guy you have an arrangement with, just trying to help a fellow hiker save some money. Plus, any excuse to go to the mountains is a good excuse for me. :-) I also like to think my Kia Borrego is nicer than a Lincoln.
LaurieJul 2, 2012 at 6:37 am #1891556
Thanks for the offer.
As it turns out, I received another offer from an older man. He only wanted $80 and sounds like a very nice guy. I am going to go with his offer, but thanks anyway.
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New Boone Hospital president finishes up his first week on the job
In Jim Sinek's first interview as president, he explained his goals and what he expects during his tenure at the hospital
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Boone Hospital's new president is finishing up his first week on the job. Jim Sinek was named to the position last month. He previously was the president and CEO at Faith Regional Health Services in Nebraska.
ABC 17 News was able to sit down with Sinek for his first interview as president. Sinek said he's trying to get his goals for the hospital organized. He believes he's walking into a position where not many sweeping changes need to be made. Sinek said he doesn't want to fall into the trap of becoming idle, but there are some things he's targeted that need to improve.
Sinek said this is the best and largest hospital he's worked at. He explained what really caught his eye is how passionate the staff is. The president believes it can lead them to recruiting some of the best doctors in the world and eventually expand the hospital.
"While you have to reshuffle sometimes and adjust based on your needs given your patient volumes, I think at the same time and maybe more importantly you continue to grow your business," Sinek said.
Sinek said the health care industry is drastically changing by the month. He claims it's hard to develop long-term goals for the hospital because of that. The one thing he's sure of is spending for the hospital needs to decrease.
This comes after an announcement less than two months ago that 20 employees either lost their jobs or had hours cut. Sinek said it's important for them to keep people employed.
Even if they have to make cuts in one area, it's important they can keep employees on board and expand in another area. But Sinek said they need to come up with new methods and practices to prevent similar cuts from happening again.
"How can we use new systems, how can we leverage our BJC health care relationships to bring the cost down not just for the hospital, but cost down for our patients," Sinek said.
Sinek believes he needs to set the tone and push employees to achieve his, and the hospital's, goals. He was adamant, the potential for the hospital to be the best is there.
"This hospital has the capability of being one of the best hospitals in the country and we've already shown that its results are some of the best in the BJC system," Sinek said.
Sinek said they're also changing from acute to preventative care. He says it might be a struggle to mesh the old and new methods. But he's confident they'll be able to find the solution.
Boone Hospital was recently rated by consumerreports.com as one of five of the highest rated hospitals in the country for back surgeries. It also represents 4.5 percent of Boone County's general revenue.


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