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The summer before I became a junior I realized I had been missing out on the summer experiences that all my friends who went away to camp had. I thought it would be a good idea for me to do something productive, so I Googled art colleges and found the Young Artist Residency (YAR) program. When I looked at the Young Artist Residency (YAR) Program information, I was hooked. I liked the fact that I could look at a plethora of options to take six art classes from and I liked that when I emailed in for more information, I got a quick response, which was personalized and made me feel like they really wanted me to go. After begging my father and having him talk with Lisa [the Young Artist Residency (YAR) Program Manager], he said yes. As it got closer to summer, I got worried that I wouldn't make friends, I wouldn't do well in the classes, and I'd miss my house. But when I got there, I realized all my worries had been pointless. I arrived and people already knew me from my emails, I quickly made friends, and I was happy and excited to start the month.
Going to Young Artist Residency (YAR) I already assumed there would be supervision and I knew we would have a curfew. In classes, on buses, and at lunch we would always take attendance to ensure that everyone was there. It was an easy way to make sure no one got lost, and it didn't infringe on our own time. After class and dinner, we had free time to relax around the dorm or go out [in groups of three of more]. All of us had at least one of the Mentor's numbers so that we could call them and the Mentors had us write down our numbers and times of departure whenever we left, so that they could contact us if we were even a minute late for curfew. The balance was perfect for me. I never felt too controlled or pressured.
In my free time I went out around Boston with friends. We would go get ice cream. We found street shops to explore and we often walked to Harvard Square to see the street performers, grab Starbucks, or just walk around. Other times, I would go into the lounge and we would watch a movie or play board games. Young Artist Residency (YAR) offered other activities such as Artist Talks, Yoga classes, and Studio time. I loved having my own studio that I could go into whenever I pleased to work on homework or my own ideas.
When I got back to Miami, I felt like a different person. I was still me, but I felt like a better me and an older me. For a whole month I lived independent of anyone really telling me where to go or what to do, I made my own choices whether it was on what to eat or where to go out. I liked that, if I was unsure, I had friends to lean upon and the Mentors let us know they were there for help if necessary. I got home and I knew how to care for myself and see myself as a young adult.
One of the main reasons I went to the Young Artist Residency (YAR) program was because I wanted an early jump on my AP Art Portfolio. I hadn't fully realized that the classes I was taking were intense, college credit, experiences. But in each class I focused on a subject and I learned new skills and techniques. I took a painting class - we started from basics but I strengthened my ability to portray depth and I learned how to use a few spray paint techniques. I'd never really considered spray painting before, but now I'm back in AP Art and I've planned my next project to include two layers of spray paint. Overall I brought back new strengths and new ways of thinking and seeing that have benefitted me back in Miami.
Having a chance to do art in summer in a college setting was great. But the best memories I have there are with my friends and teachers. In just a month I made some of the best friends I'll ever have. It felt amazing how fast we could all become friends. It was fun, and the whole experience helped me learn to put myself out there and not be afraid to say hello to people. Not only my friends, but my teachers as well helped me grow and learn. All my classes were small and it was easy to get to know my teachers during our classes. None of them were simply "teachers" they were friends and mentors, and having this sort of connection with them helped me learn and grow on my artistic skills and people skills. When my teachers cared, I cared and I could really enjoy and value what I was doing.
I would just like to say that this experience is so beneficial in many ways and I really recommend it to
anyone who is interested in doing an art degree! The Young Artist Residency (YAR) Program was one of the best months of my life so far. If I could go back and see everyone and experience just one day of my classes all over again, I would. Back at home, I feel like a more independent person. College doesn't really scare me as much anymore because I know I'll love the feeling of growing and working with my friends. I missed my home, but I still felt my family's support and I could call them if ever in doubt. I feel like a better artist and a better person for attending YAR.
The Young Artist Residency (YAR) Program offers trips to art museums, galleries, and studios; local excursions throughout the Boston area and Artist Talk presentations hosted by practicing artists and designers. In addition to these activities that focus on professional pathways within art and design, other activity options include individual open studio time, exercise classes, and social activities hosted by YAR. Unstructured, free time is provided as well.
Learn more about student activities, daily schedules and residential life by visiting: Young Artist Residency (YAR) Residence Life page.
For more application information please visit the Young Artist Residency (YAR) Application Process page.
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The feedback we have been getting since Tuesday night has just been unreal. Some people have said it was the best game they have watched in the Olympics so far, so that is a great honour for us and we wanted to take the opportunity with both hands.
We did that and hopefully we can continue to encourage young girls to keep playing or take up the game. Fingers crossed it has given women's football a massive boost in this country because I think it is what I think we all needed.
After my goal against New Zealand I said my dad had started a scrapbook - now it's more like a novel! I'm sure there will be a lot more paper cuttings now after he's been to the shops to buy all of the papers. It is all so overwhelming and hasn't really sunk in. As a squad we have had to keep our feet on the ground and focus on today.
On Wednesday afternoon we travelled up to Coventry. The morning was all about massages after Tuesday night's test to unwind before we left the Olympic Village.
We had the morning off on Thursday before training to look ahead to tonight's game. It has been all about focusing on our game against Brazil, looking at how Canada play and how we can stop them. We obviously want to exploit their weaknesses.
We are just excited about getting back into action again now. We think Coventry's Ricoh Arena has almost sold out, so there is obviously a massive buzz. The main thing now is getting through to the semi-finals and I am sure we will be prepared both mentally and physically for it. It is just as exciting as the Wembley game to be honest as we know we are one step closer towards the semi-finals and final.
You don't really go into a tournament without being confident that you can go and beat teams. I think we have showed in the last three performances that we are getting better and better. Now we just have to make sure everybody stays fit and healthy and that we manage to keep everybody that way. If we can do that I think we have a really good chance of going far. We said at the start of the tournament that we would take it one step at a time and not look too far ahead.
We know that Canada are going to be very organised, and they are also big and strong. We think they like to play quite direct as well so they will of course provide some really tough opposition. They will want to get at us and put us under pressure early. We just have to be aware of that.
Now we can't afford any slip-ups but at the same time we will always be going for the win. It is going to be very exciting and we want to make sure we stay in this tournament for as long as we can. That is everybody's attitude - we just want to stay in the Olympics for as long as possible!


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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 10, 2012 at 9:14 am
Not only construction at many schools, but there seems to be road construction all over town which is going to make school commutes more difficult for drivers and those on bikes too.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 10, 2012 at 10:19 am
Yes, PG&E major pipeline work; PA Art Center; new Mitchell Park library and community center - I wish there could be incentives given for (accurate) completed work ahead of schedule...it seems to stretch out over a very long time. Commercial construction seems to move along so much quicker (not necessarily in Palo Alto - that's not what I mean...)
Let's all remember tiny kids will be walking to school next week -
Parents, please instruct your kids on proper biking - I have had many kids, especially middle-school aged, cut across residential streets like mine without looking and even very careful drivers like myself are concerned with the potential for accidents.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Aug 10, 2012 at 10:21 am
Wasn't the calendar adopted during one of those meetings that was tainted by private communication between the Superintendent and Board members in violation of the open meetings requirements? Also, I never heard the Board or Superintendent discuss potential consequences of breaking the trust implicit in the calendar. What happens when teachers defy the schedule and give finals whenever they want, or assign work to be turned in immediately after the Winter break, as has been the case for years now? How can a student be expected to turn in a project or assignment those first few days after break and expect to have a work free holiday? Strangely, this calendar does not take into account the train wreck of asking students to take finals in the middle of preparing college applications. Also left unresolved is the unexplained decision not to monitor whether students attend the tutorial period, which schools count as instructional time.
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on Aug 10, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Avram, I agree with all of your comments. I am a district teacher and I find it unconscionable that some of my colleagues defied policy and were not censured. Also, despite the uproar surrounding the calendar change, I feel strongly that the calendar change is taking the easy way out, i.e., it's easier to do this than formally discipline teachers or shift the paradigm to try something progressive like moving to trimesters.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Aug 11, 2012 at 5:47 pm
katie--thank you for your comments. You are so right. Changing the calendar is something the Board and Superintendent can "do." It is much harder to change behavior. I wish you a pleasant and productive school year.
a resident of Downtown North
on Aug 13, 2012 at 11:02 am
The City of Palo Alto reviews every new housing develpoment and concluded that there will not be enough new students to trigger any school construction impacts nor traffic impacts that require mitigation. No impact from each project and no cummulative impact from the sum total of all the projects. How can that conclusion be reconciled with the construction happening at all the school sites listed in this article?
Burt, Espinosa, Klein, Scharf and Shepherd represent the developers and landowners, not the people who live and work here. They are advancing their own political and egotistical aspirations at our expense. They give us higher tax bills, fewer services, more congestion and overcrowding.
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|cookie bar from Magnolia Bakery (didn't know there was an LA location!)
|hanging with my neph-cat, Gary (he says hey)
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no pictures!!!!! sad! i wish i could have met you both, that had to be a fun lunch :)ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a great weekend! :D :D
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mmmmm magnolia bakery!!!!!!! -- and ya know i NEVER ate out of the chinease containers - i dunno what's stopping me!
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what a fun weekend! i wish i could do a weekend getaway to la but i'm a little far! :) but i did travel to charleston, sc this weekend and that was great!ReplyDelete
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Happy Monday.
Ahhh so fun you and Carrie got to hang out! I love it!
That cookie bar looks AMAZING!!! I've never seen that there. Will definitely try it next time I go. It sounds like you and Carrie had a blast! I'm so sad I wasn't able to meet up with you guys. I'd love to see you next time you're in town though!
That treat from Magnolia looks so tasty! And it sounds like you and Carrie had so much fun -- jealous! This looks like the perfect weekend, my dear!
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Okay and the next time you're here I'm saving up my gluten-free wagon fall off for a trip to Magnolia Bakery. mmmmkay??
ps-love your neph-cat! BAHAHA!
How happy that you were able to meet each other! Hello, cookie bar and cat that says hey :)ReplyDelete
Have to say I am a tad (lots) jealous. I would feel lost in a city like that- just wish I could enter one and feel at home and Enjoy it!!!!
Maybe one day....
Looks like a ton of fun.
I just need to be cultured!!!
Sounds like your weekend was perfect! I love the Hungry Cat! Gosh, I haven't been there in ages, and I'm not sure why! The have the best cocktails ever!
Glad you got to meet up with Carrie! Isn't meeting bloggy friends in real life fun?!
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look at the ears on that dude! he is awesome.
Yay for meeting my West Coast alter-ego, C. Did you guys talk cats? I'm sure I wouldn't be able to get off that topic were I present. I mean, I can't even stay off topic here. Ha, ha!
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Today we are going way back to the 90's and taking a look at an English fighter who was miles ahead of the game, Ronnie "Machine Gun" Green. Ronnie Green was known for his quick footwork, nasty left hook and hard low kicks. He was one of the very few foreign fighters to go to Thailand, beat the Thai's and be considered a Master now that he has retired. Outside of the ring Ronnie is a very quiet, polite and humble man. He will never brag about being a multiple time world champion in 3 different weight classes, to be honest he would probably never even mention kickboxing, but when you watch him fight his skills are remarkable. I have watched him since I was probably 5 or 6 years old and I feel that he is one of the best fighters of all time, if he was in his prime now he would still be at the top of his weight class that's how far ahead of his time he was.
In this fight Green is fighting Joao Vierra, a very tough dutch trained fighter with an aggressive and powerful style. Vierra even knocked out a very young Ramon Dekkers back in 1988 with a right hand so he was definitely no slouch. Ronnie was just too slick for Vierra's style though. His foot work, his head movement, he was just never there for Vierra to land anything. These two fought three times, and Ronnie had Vierras number and won them all.


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Illusions, what are they saying?
Original post made by David Braun, another community, on Mar 23, 2008
Dear neighbors,
As I read commentary by local politicians, especially the proponents of Alamo incorporation, I see the same lack of content and same attempts to create the illusion of content that is used in our county, state and national campaigns. Using vague references and comparisons rather that definitions seems to be substance, or lack thereof, of campaigns.
The vaque references are repeated over and over again, then used as basis for claims of results that in reality have no basis. Neighbors have noted that "it is a trick done with smoke and mirrors" or in more Silicon Valley terms, "Vaporware" that simply has no substance to warrant our acceptance or belief.
"Consider WHAT and vote for WHAT?" that is the question.
Iron Horse neighbors
Diablo Vista region
posted from Diablo Vista e-exchange via email@example.com
a resident of another community
on Mar 24, 2008 at 8:28 am
Dear neighbors,
There is a strange silence in all the campaign noise. After all that is broadcasted, printed and posted, the audience simply turns a deaf ear to that repeated commentary and lack of content. I wonder if local, county, state and national campaigns realize that voters are simply tuning out the campaign noise and enjoying silence in their own research of candidates and issues.
As many Diable Vista (Alamo) region neighbors have noted, campaigns within our region do not have issues as content or answers as commitments. Much of these campaigns have been repeatedly recognized as drivel by neighbors. The good news is the results. Our neighbors are studying the issues in-depth and creating answers as expectations. No campaign will warrant a majority of neighbors' votes unless neighbors' in-depth answers are confirmed as campaign commitments.
Is that too obvious for politicians?
Alamo Ridge neighbors
Posted by request of the author via firstname.lastname@example.com
a resident of another community
on Mar 25, 2008 at 7:42 am
Posted at the request of the author
Dear neighbors,
Campaign commentary only implies content and does not promise answers.
As an example, our local incorporation campaign proponents are implying that another level of government promises answers but proponents have not detail any of those answers or what benefit they are to the majority of residents. Our county campaigns are gathering testimonials and sponsorship from countywide leaders but offer no commitment or answers to county issues.
Our State campaigns are lost in political crossfire and only suggest emphasis on certain subjects when elected. Our national campaigns are locked in back-and-forth commentary of our economy and failure in Iraq. All campaign without defined issues, with a lack of answers, and with no real substance in proposals.
Maybe it is time we provide the answers and determine if politicians understand the questions?
Kathy Bell
Iron Horse neighbors
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a resident of another community
on Mar 26, 2008 at 7:59 am
Posted at the request of the authors
Dear AIM and Contra Costa LAFCo:
Our neighbors have repeated a request submitted to your websites and e-mail addresses, "Please define the structure, operations, staffing, commissions and committees that will be part of a successful incorporation of the Town of Alamo government as is described in AIM's incorporation proposal submitted in application to Contra Costa LAFCo for incorporation."
Iron Horse neighbors
Diablo Vista (Alamo) region
a resident of another community
on Mar 27, 2008 at 8:05 am
Posted at the request of the author
Dear neighbors,
In response, LAFCo yesterday declared that no specification of incorporation may occur beyond the AIM incorporation proposal. Although not fully accurate within general and municipal law, LAFCo commentary does illustrate one of our Diablo Vista (Alamo) region's issues, the lack of community.
Community exists when people come together in an area or region with common interests and pursue trust in each other to pursue common values. In our region, various local organizations representing a very small minority of residents have joined together to oppose the interests of a majority of neighbors and to ignore any efforts to form a community among neighbors and their neighborhoods. That small minority has declare itself the Alamo Community and appointed themselves community leaders without invitation or inclusion for a majority of neighbors.
Of the major areas of issues neighbors have defined as community, infrastructure, economic development and land use/in-fill, the absence of community is critical. Without community among neighbors no other issues can be defined and resolved. At present, there is only the illusion of community expressed in Alamo Today and by the local organizations in their special interests campaigns.
Bethany, DVRCC
Iron Horse neighbors
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a resident of another community
on Mar 27, 2008 at 8:41 am
Dear neighbors,
What did you expect? Making a request for incorporation definition and expecting a meaningful response is an oxymoron.
We can only laugh at ourselves,
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of Alamo
on Mar 29, 2008 at 10:49 am
Methinks it is downright strange that people all post through the same person 'with permission'. Are these all best friends? They all repeat the same things. They always claim to speak for many. Noone else seems to ever heard of or know them so if they are using aliases why even go through another person to post. None are in any other papers. Almost all the blogs in this paper are through this one person on every subject. Just wondering who has so much time. As to illusion, it is illusion to state a 'majority' want this or that as they do above. Was there a valid poll or just inside someone's head madeup numbers to sound good to promote argumentariness? They accuse AIM of not answering questions but they have at least a website that tries. These people mention meetings, a new name for Alamo, etc. Yet no verification is found of that. Maybe it is all done just for a laugh.
a resident of another community
on Mar 29, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Dear Askidoo,
Let's answer your questions:
#1 - email@example.com, as the CDSI information address, is serving as a firewall to prevent attempts, in December and January, to hack the e-addresses of individuals previously directly posting to this forum. The messages are sent to CDSI and re-entered for posting by request and permission of the author.
#2 - All participants are advised to use an on-line name and a secondary e-mail address through yahoo or hotmail to protect their privacy. The privacy advisory to our region's neighbors is copied from Yahoo as part of Yahoo's recommended security practices for on-line discussions.
#3 - 7418 e-mail addresses currently participate in e-exchanges within their neighborhoods and neighbor to neighor among neighborhoods. Polling is done within neighborhoods and then results are distributed neighborhood to neighborhood. In addition, CDSI has members within professional polling organizations, corporate research organizations and media service research groups that reqularly used e-focus groups in our region to determine preferences on issues.
#4 - e-exchanges are focused, for the most part, on issues and answers with intentions to create discussion within e-exchanges on a private, neighbor to neighbor basis.
#5 - Town Square Forum is the appropriate website for issues and answers from all positions, interests, perceptions and considerations. This forum is broadly read and even more broadly copied and circulated to our region's neighbors.
#6 - The courtesy of changing the name of the broader region to Diablo Vista was to reduce the confusion with the segment that is considered Alamo and the <1400 residents that consider themselves the Alamo Community. The name change was a courtesy to AIM participants and supporters.
#7 - Much of neighbor's e-exchanges are done with exceptional humor and 1 in 1000 messages within the exchanges are ever posted to this forum.
#8 - Neighbor's privacy will never be offered for public validation. Issues and answers of the posted commentary are simply courtesy public presentation often provided with actual data references, such as websites, for public validation.
Neighbors respect your privacy and commentary, and continue to appreciate your challenges. You are an important part of better forum for public consideration of issues and answers.
It is a beautiful day in the neighborhoods,
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of another community
on Mar 29, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Posted at the request of the author
Dear neighbors,
Askidoo is repeating a request for public disclosure of private identities. Such disclosures have been made very painful for neighbors considered to be opposition to regional and local political groups. Issues and answers, including detailed reference and research opportunities, are the goals of neighbors' postings to this forum and broad response is appreciated.
Askidoo only has questions without comment on issues or provision of answers. "They accuse AIM of not answering questions but they have at least a website that tries." The AIM website is a campaign site that offers campaign positions and commentary without defined answers to questions posted to the AIM site and this forum.
Unfortunately, Askidoo proved the illusion of such commentary.
David, Iron Horse neighbors
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Original post made by Jag Singh, Duveneck/St. Francis, on Sep 13, 2006
The only proper course of action is for US troops to withdraw from Iraq immediately, extend an unconditional apology to the Iraqi people and offer payment of reparations for the 'shock and awe' destruction of their infrastructure and the killing of so many of their people. Bush and his gang of neocons should be removed from office for 'high crimes and misdemeanors'. A staggering number of Iraqis and US soldiers are dying each week. 'Staying the course' is no longer an option! I urge readers to obtain a copy of 'HUBRIS: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by journalists Michael Isikoff of Newsweek and David Corn of The Nation, which described in detail the White House shenanigans in the run-up to the Iraq War.
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a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Sep 13, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Part of what you said was:
"to establish its unwelcome presence in the Middle East and steal its precious oil resources."
The Middle East countries sell their oil to the U.S. and other consuming countries. Are you saying that they should stop importing foreign currency, Jag?
Clearly, the Iraq war is not for oil. If the U.S. wanted oil from Iraq, it could have simply done a deal with Saddam. Such a deal with the devil would have resulted in lower gasoline prices today.
In case you are too dense to get my meaning, Jag, I am saying that the Iraq war was NOT about oil.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 14, 2006 at 6:45 pm
The war in Iraq was never justified by claiming any connection to 9/11.
Sadam tried to assasinate a US President. Pursued WMDs, and slautered thousands of enemies and his own people with them and invaded 2 neighboring countries.
Although he has no formal links to AQ, his connections to other terrorist organizations are well documented.
Where have you been the last 20 years?
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 16, 2006 at 9:48 am
Again I hear the same old tired and false claim. Nobody in this administration claimed we were going into Iraq because Saddam had something directly to do with 9/11, nor claimed we were going into Iraq because he had WMD. We went in because he defied 12 years of 17 UN resolutions demanding that Iraq tell the world HOW he disposed of the WMD we all knew, for a fact, he had through the 90's. And he wouldn't comply. He believed that his French and Russian friends, who made a lot of money doing business in Iraq, would protect him from any repercussions from defying yet another UN resolution. They almost succeeded. But, poor things, they lost their 40-50 million dollars per year contracts with Saddam after all.
Well, hmmm..6 months of delay in going into Iraq is a long time. Even so, they didn't manage to hide the centrifuges we have found that have one purpose..the 500 tons of near weapons-grade enriched uranium we found, yet there is no nuclear plant in Iraq,...the recently discovered deadly powders in bomb heads. No weapons of mass destruction? What papers are you reading? Oh yes, Saddam was an honest and truthful guy, and we should have believed him when he said that he had gotten rid of everything. He just couldn't tell us how.
A happy side benefit of doing this has been that he is no longer capable of authorizing acts which resulted in the deaths of over a million people..all Muslim......add it up..between the 2 wars he began, stealing from his Oil-for-Food program and thus starving and depriving medical care to Shia's, draining the southern swamps in retributional payback, and torturing and killing anybody he wished for any reason he wished, he was responsible for the deaths of, at the VERY LEAST, 1.2 million Muslims over the last 30 years. That is using the most conservative number even the biggest Saddam supporters will admit is true, which is 300,000 dead "prisoners". Most people believe the number is much higher.
I am proud that my country is one of several responsible for saving the future lives of hundreds of thousands of people..who are real Muslims. Just like we did in the 90s.
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Discussion in 'Chevy Silverado Forum (GMC Sierra)' started by slimcubby, Mar 21, 2013.
I've read posts by many that turning AFM off does not affect mileage that much.
Like your truck...
Thanks, it looks like yours has the factory sunroof. I wish mine would have come with it. I am thinking of getting one put in. A shop wants $1200 out the door for the job. What color is your interior, mine is the light/dark cashmere. Your appears to be an LTZ as well.
If your truck does not have nav, I put the Advent OGM1 nav unit in and it is pretty nice.
As far as the AFM, this is the 2nd Silverado I've owned with AFM. My 2008 had zero issues with AFM (73K miles), and my 2013 only has 6200 miles but I checked the oil level before changing and it was on the full mark.
I have a 2011. I do not have oil consumption issues as well. I change my oil at 30% oil life remaining.
My only worry is the low 40 psi oil pressure at cruising compared to the 60 psi on the non-AFM 5.3L engines.
Same interior, I believe all the White Diamond editions came with the light/dark cashmere. I also have the factory Nav unit.
My biggest problem with AFM is it kicks in at speeds too low. If it only kicked in at hwy speeds, I would not have a problem, but around town it drives me nuts.
The White Diamond Silverados can have black or light/dark titanium as well, just that most dealers order them with cashmere interiors as the color combination looks the best IMO.
Your Silverado I gather is fully loaded with factory nav and sunroof.
I would like to play with the factory nav and see how different it is compared to the Advent unit.
Try putting your transmission into manual mode and select 5th gear. I've read M5 turns off AFM. See if this works for you and then shift into D when you are on the highway. Remember, if you disable AFM, it will be disabled all the time.
Didn't know about the interior. As for AFM, I am aware if I disable it, it will be off at all times; unless I pull the box out of the DLC (if I get the Range unit). As for M5, yes, it turns off AFM. As for hwy, on the interstate here in UT it does not remain in AFM mode that much due to the hills. I do not believe turning it off will affect fuel mileage that much in this area. If I lived in flat states, I could see it having a greater affect on fuel mileage.
Factor Nav is ok, like the interface with Onstar and like the USB port for MP3 files. However, I have used Pioneer units in my H3s. Had a AVIC Z1 in my 06 for two years, and then transferred it over to my 08 in 2008, and late last year pulled it and replaced it with a Pioneer 940. The screens and interface are more friendly, and like the direct plug into the front of the unit for a micro sd card.
Then it appears that your problem of AFM kicking in around town is solved. Just use M5. A tuner will cost you ~$300 (what I paid for my Hypertech).
My 2013 had the stock radio (big center knob) and quite frankly the audio quality sucked. I used to think it was a Bose problem. When I put the Advent unit in it sounded SO MUCH better over the stock one. The Advent has an equalizer. Does the factory nav unit have an equalizer?
[MENTION=59753]f5fstop[/MENTION] , I tried a search and couldn't find anything, can you provide more info?
Here's there website....http://www.rangetechnology.com/
Here's an interesting thread running on the AFM disable function.http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/top...etter-fuel-economy-for-afm-engines-the-range/
Thanks, that was an interesting thread.
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Vardanian had served more than a year of jail time since the PMR arrested him on treason charges in April 2010; he was accused of allegedly spying for Moldova proper. Vardanian denied the charges. He was convicted in December in a closed trial and was serving a 15-year-long term until his pardon on Thursday. The PMR, commonly known as Transdniester, broke away from Moldova proper in 1990.


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wall mart has wanted an internet sale tax for years.
the irony is wall mart collects sales tax in many stated yet has a inside deal where they do not return the money to the state.
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Lisbon 202 - Amazing view in Chiado!
Size64 m²
Floor No.5(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
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This luxury apartment is set in the old part of the city center, in the same building as one of our other apartments. It's bright and filled with daylight, set on the 5th floor (with elevator till the 4th) of a recently refurbished building at the heart of the elegant neighbourhood of Chiado.
This acommodation has a privileged situation and an impressive view over the castle, the river and the roofs of old Lisbon.
Located on one of the main streets of chic and active Chiado, you will be surrounded by trendy cafés and shops. Definitely it is ideal for a stay in the city during holidays or for business...
The subway is at a few steps away and is it also walking distance to the train stations that can take you to the beaches around Lisbon, to Sintra and to all the sightseeing in and outside the city.
The apartment is 64 m2 and has been renovated to include the following:
- a bedroom with double bed (165 cm x 200 cm);
- one living room with dining and sitting areas, one single sofa bed, flat screen TV, DVD and stereo;
- a complete kitchen with stove, oven, microwave, washing machine and dish washer;
- a bathroom with bathtub.
The apartment is provided with central heating and air conditioning.
The building has an elevator.
Wireless broadband access available for those who have their own laptop with Wi-Fi compatible equipment.
We will welcome you with a bottle of cold "vinho verde".
You will also find in the apartment various CDs of Portuguese music to complete your cultural experience.
House rulesCheck-in and check-out:
- Check-in is after 4 PM (You can always come after 11 to leave you luggage and get the keys, but if we have someone else leaving on the same day the apartment won't be ready before 4 PM).
- Check-out is until 11 AM.
In labour days, you can leave the luggage in our office before 11AM in the day of your check-in and/or after 4PM in the day of your check-out.
Please call us 30 minutes before your arrival.
Check-in Monday to Friday from 4PM to 9:30PM is free of charge, except on Portuguese public holidays.
Particular situations:
- additional 30 Euro for check-in from 9:30 PM to 00:00 AM everyday;
- additional 45 Euro for check-in from 00:00 AM to 8:30 AM everyday;
- additional 25 Euro for check-in on Week-ends and on Portuguese public holidays till 9:30 PM.
Please note that, for security reasons, you must bring a copy of your id card or passport when you check-in.
Kindly note that a damage deposit of 150€ OR a credit card responsability term will also be asked upon arrival.
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Excellent apartment. Perfect location. Great view. GDS efficient and very professional.
Excellent appartement. Emplacement parfait. Vue superbe. Loueur efficace et très professionnel.
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Great apartment in a perfect location. Highly recommended!
We had a very nice stay in an amazing apartment in an amazing city. Very good contact with the host before and during the travel.
10/10 would book again.
Although it has been some time, I remember very well that it was a great experience to stay at this appartment for some days. We even stayed longer than intended and that was no problem at all. Beautiful view when sitting on the rooftop at night or day. The slanted walls throughout the whole appartment give it a funky feeling, but is a bit inconvenient for very tall people. Would recommend this place to anyone wanting a Lisboa city experience, as it is very central and close to most sights.
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Absolutely wrong described Apartment: not quiet !!! otherwise very stylish, but very non-functional. Loud, hot, not really be ventilated because of the noise ...; Floors and great mattress great, but bed too narrow. No shelf next to it ..
Absolut falsch beschriebene Wohnung : NICHT ruhig!!! ansonsten sehr stylish, aber sehr unfunktional. Laut, heiß, nicht wirklich lüftbar wegen dem Lärm...; Fußböden toll und Matratze toll, aber Bett zu schmal. Keine Abstellfläche daneben..
Upsides - Absolutely amazing location. Beautiful apartment. Friendly staff. Bottle of wine on arrival. Couldn't ask for a better place to stay.
Downsides - hot water service would heat up once, then shutdown and had to be reset 2 hours prior to every shower. Pillows were really flat and little. Tried to charge extra 30 euros/night when I requested a 3rd bed to be made up. Left waiting for an hour after arranging the arrival time by email and had to make an extra phone call. No hand towels in bathrooms. Had to buy more toilet paper. A partial roll in each bathroom is not sufficient for a 4 days stay for 3 people!
Very welcome. Many explanations on life ã Lisbon, good restaurants. The good addresses ...
No problem. The apartment is perfect ã all points of view.
We were very satisfied.
Très bon accueil . Beaucoup d'explications sur la vie ã Lisbonne , les bons restaurants. Les bonnes adresses ...
Aucun problème . L'appartement est parfait ã tous les points de vue .
Nous avons été très satisfaits .
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Oak Grove feud moves toward court-ordered resolution
Original post made on Feb 15, 2008
Opponents and supporters of a plan to build 51 estate homes in the hills above Kottinger Ranch and Vintage Hills along with giving 496 acres of the hilltop land to the city of Pleasanton as public open space will meet next Friday in Oakland Superior Court to resolve their disputes.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 15, 2008, 10:22 AM
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a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Feb 15, 2008 at 8:35 pm
The briefs being filed during the last three days have set a record somewhat. You will see this if you are following the Register of Actions for case RG07361370 at the Alameda Superior Court website. Another should appear by tomorrow or next business day (Tuesday?)
The Lin's Petition for Writ of Mandate and Ayala's two part Demurrer and Motion to Strike (the anti-SLAPP counter lawsuit) have been joined to a single hearing date of February 22.
To simplify matters, the most relevant and central issue is whether the referendum petition needed to include the entire Development Plan documents in order to be legal under Election Code when it went out for signatures. The other complaints of a poison pill and false statements are secondary. Ayala's lawyers say that the petition contained everything required. Lin's lawyers say it did not. Both cite case law to support their claims.
My earlier research into the case law cited by each side suggested to me that the Lin's have a stronger case. However, the most recent filings by Ayala's lawyers seem to be more focussed upon the issue of "ripeness". They are not being so assertive on the central issue, but rather arguing vigorously that the Lin's complaint, when filed, was not "ripe".
"Ripeness" is a technicality and does not address really whether Ayala and her troops did bad to Lin. On December 14 when the Lin's filed their lawsuit, the City Clerk had already sent the petition and its signatures off to the county to validate signatures. The Clerk did NOT deny the petition at that time because of insufficiencies such as claimed in the lawsuit. Lin's lawsuit says she should have.
Ayala's lawyers claim that this was too early. The Lin's should have waited until the Clerk officially certified the petition which she would have done once the county notified her that there were sufficient, valid signatures. Therefore, Ayala's lawyer say the lawsuit is not "ripe". The Lin's lawyers say the lawsuit became "ripe" at the moment she sent the petition off to the county and did not at the first moment she had the opportunity deny the petition because it lacked sufficiency under Election Code.
Get it?
Both sides cite case law regarding tests for "ripeness".
Common sense suggests that once the City Clerk received the petition and did not at that time find any insufficiency, then to maintain their rights in the situation the Lin's had to file their suit. To wait is simply damaging to their position. This is a technicality. Can it be that Ayala's lawyers really know that their case is weak and are hinging their fortunes on a technicality?
The judge will decide. If it goes against the Lin's, my bet is it will be immediately appealed because the details of this case suggest to me that the appellate court will be friendly to resolving the central issues, not the technicalities.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Feb 17, 2008 at 9:10 am
Frank, thanks for the highly technically discussion. I checked my trusty on-line legal dictionary and found this definition, "ripe: The mandate contained in Article III of the Constitution that requires an appellate court to consider whether a case has matured into a controversy worthy of adjudication before it can hear the case."
It sounds like the Lin's are trying to state this case is a new situation that has never occurred before and may require special judicial review. What is new about collecting signatures to put an issue on the ballot? Wouldn't Ayala and group have precedents for the previous developments here in town that went to a vote by referendum, without signature gathers having to haul around the development agreement and PUD, EIR and all the rest of the stack? Didn't the city attorney take into consideration the ridiculousness of hauling a huge stack of documents around to collect signatures?
To go one step further, when an item is approved to go to a vote of the people, there is summary information in the voter's pamphlet regarding the subject manner and pro/con discussions. The amount of material is a few pages, not stacks. If the voter's pamphlet can boil an issue down to a few pages, so can the signature collectors, and "don't sign" folks.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Feb 17, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Yes, Karen, highly technical arguments. And it gets tougher. Here's even more...
On the issue of "ripe". Quotes from Lin's briefs.
"A two-pronged test is used to determine the ripeness of a controversy: (1) whether the dispute is sufficiently concrete so that declaratory relief is appropriate, and (2) whether the parties will suffer hardship if judicial consideration is withheld. (See Farm Sanctuary, Inc. v. Department of Food & Agriculture, 63 Cal.App.4th 495,501-02 (1998). The case law is clear that the City Clerk has a ministerial duty to reject for filing all referendum petitions that, on their face, do not comply with the full-text requirements of Elections Code § 9238(b). (See Billig v. Voges, 223 Cal.App.3d 962,970 (1990).) Petitioners' claims ripened the moment that the City Clerk failed to discharge her ministerial duty to reject the facially deficient Referendum Petition. Once the Clerk commenced processing, the facts were sufficiently formed to permit an intelligent judicial determination as to whether (i) the Referendum Petition conforms to the requirements of the Elections Code, and (ii) whether the City Clerk had a ministerial duty to reject the Referendum Petition. Accordingly, Petitioners' claims satisfy the first prong of the ripeness test."
"Real Parties contend that Petitioners' claims will not ripen unless and until the Referendum Petition is successful, which is contrary to the well-established requirements for a preelection challenge."
There is more to the argument if you bother to read it. To decide for yourself if the writers of the brief are correct, you have to read counter arguments in Ayala's briefs as well as read all the respective case law citations found in both.
Regarding the central complaint of Lin and the size of the plan. I quote from Nelson v. Carlson (1993) 17 Cal.App.4th 732. This case law is prominently cited in the Lin's complaint. The case was very similar to ours but occurred in Dana Point in 1993.
"[4b] The failure to attach to the referendum petition the exhibit containing the plan presents a fatal defect in this case. The resolution's focus was on the adoption of the plan and that document was incorporated into it. Without the plan individuals reviewing the petition had no way of informatively evaluating whether to sign it.
In Billig, the ordinance was 22 pages long. In Chase, the exhibit in question was a lengthy legal description of real property. In the present case, the general plan is several hundred pages long and roughly two and one-half inches thick. Given the size of a general plan, the question arises whether [17 Cal.App.4th 740] attaching it to a referendum petition would realistically assist someone considering whether to sign the petition.
No case has considered a document as voluminous as the plan considered here. We conclude plaintiffs were required to attach the plan to their referendum petition. This conclusion enforces the express requirements of section 4052. As Billig noted, the meaning of the term "text" in section 4052 is clear. By it "the Legislature intended referendum petitions must contain the exact wording of the challenged measure." (Billig v. Voges, supra, 223 Cal.App.3d at p. 967.) Here, the plan was the resolution's focal point and was expressly made a part of it. Section 4052 delineates no exception to the requirement that the petition contain the text of the challenged legislation. If the Legislature had wanted to allow an exception for bulky ordinances or resolutions it could have provided for that situation. So far the Legislature has not done so."
So, it's too bad if the document was thick as far as the appellate court judges were concerned. If you want a referendum to obey Election Code, you deal with it, no short cuts. The main difference with the present case vs. the Dana Point case is our Pleasanton city attorney did not in the ordnance draft explicit language saying that the plan was attached. Maybe he was lazy, like the petitioners. However, it is unlikely that the perceived deficiencies of our city attorney in drafting ordnances will save Ayala's case, since it is the duty of the petitioner of the referendum to obey Election Code, not the city attorney by virtue of how he drafts ordnances. There are separate case law citations in this regard.
All of the above is not me opinionating, but the writings of attorneys and judges.
Who knows, though, how this judge will rule.....
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