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:sheesh:Just clutching at straws...
interesting.... so there are STILL current skaters on those DVDs... no wonder american judges have been hammering johnny these last 3 years or so, lol. basically all reputable judges have seen those negative videos of him...
sissy krick? ah yes, not good for plushenko at all..... we'll see how these games play out....hopefully not like a horror story
There is nothing a TV or icenetwork viewer can do about what they see on those screens, the last word on URs is the Technical Call or the Judges' score.
Maybe someday, isolating a questionable call will be shown on the Jumbothon and also on screens in slow motion. Icenetwork does show some but not enough.
but,why do you ask me about mao and rachel?
i am just saying that yuna SOMETIMES jumps a cheating 3-3 like everyone elso, because she is a human.
so SOME yuna's fans should know about it.
and i think her flip is not lip this year,but her flip was lip last year.
so jugdes gave yuna E call or ! call last year.right?
The only thing that I want as fan of Yuna is fair judgement. If Yuna makes underrotation, downgrade her. If not, not downgrade her. I think most of us, fans, want it that way.
In my opinion, and I watched her GPF SP a lot of times, that 3-3 was not underrotated, but, well, I hope that this was just an error from tech specialist. Yuna is human and tech specialist is human too.
I think that now the technical panel has a chance to repent her folly. Maybe she just wanted to show off her position and authority by daring to give wrong marks to the most acclaimed jumps of Yuna,the world top skater.---first 3F/3T, then 3L/3T. Enough is enough. Now I hope that tech specialist repent her foolish acts, and never do it again. This time, she has to judge fairly and prove to the world that she can be a tech panel with conscience .
As for Yuna, don't be afraid. I believe everything will be all right for her. We all know Yuna's 3/3 is a textbook as shown in NewYorkTimes, and all Yuna has to do is just do her usual perfect jumps. God bless Yuna!
Last edited by dorothea; 02-13-2010 at 02:58 PM.
Funny that the controversy has begun even before the event started...
That's nothing - look at the Chan/Plushenko thread The only problem with this judge is that she has a story of being picky at Yuna with questionable calls, even statistically that looks suspicious. That's why fans are worried.


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August 31, 2011
Minutes for August 31st,2011
I. Roll Call
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Guest Speaker
· Ceria Glenn- Enrollment counselor working on social media
Facebook group-goal: to get all currentstudents to a main access page. Enter Western email address and can sign up forface book app, then you can sign up for what you are interested in, meetingtimes, minutes and other things for clubs can be posted and shared. Each membercan see what is posted, but it is mostly for students, no adults can see, onlyspecific groups and students can see. Resident halls can be groups. This is agreat way for students to stay active, and a great opportunity for students toconnect. Engage the student population, great to post. Future students will beinvited once accepted into Western.
V. Senator Reports
· Erika: No
· Allen: No
· D'Andre: Football has first home game Saturday at 1:00. Rare Air isclosing for that time, for a tailgate to get a meal on Saturday.
· Kayla: No
· Nicole: No
· Chase: No
VI. Action Items
VII. Discussion Items
o Homecoming
§ Held on October 1st, SGA runs homecoming, hoststhe parade, lighting of W, bond-fire, Alumni, publicity-contacting media, ordersupplies for float, W-cotton, royalty ordering crowns getting people nominated,parade (getting permits), organizations, marshall, check sheet, bonfire talkingto sports teams to attend, bowl decorations (happen day of)
§ Sarah: Western's 100th year. October 1stfootball game, September 31st dance
§ Club team games? All games happening that week to advertise.
o Office Hours
§ 2/senators
§ Make sure we have a face in SGA office to be available ifneeded, SGA related activities, keep office clean, be PRODUCTIVE
§ 6/Exec
§ 4/Advisory committee
o Committee Sign-Up
§ Club fair sign-up sheet, 30 minute slots, wear "We R Western"T's
§ Mark has his own committee (Nicole D'Andre & Chase)
o Sustainability Conference Bill
Maddy, Emily V., and Emily L.: Association for Advancement of Sustainability in HigherEducation (AASHE). Pittsburgh 8-12th of October for annualconference student represented at conference, not as many students attendingsince it is not in Colorado. Lenny, Virzi, and Maddy want to see what otherstudent are doing across different campuses to bring it back to Western. A one-hourslot for presenting at the conference to promote education and awareness oncampus, A program/mixer distributing power strips to students. Getting new informationfrom other students can further Westerns strategic plan. As positions develop,a good way to outreach to administration and faculty. Lucky to have thisopportunity to show that other students at other campuses have similar opportunities.A portion for round trip tickets $963, $672 for hotel, $1600 total requesting $1500from SGA. Thing learned at the conference will be eventually filled bynewcomers, widen knowledge and keep knowledge among students. At lease onerepresentative from every state.
Kayla: How long have you been a club oncampus? How are you continuously using your knowledge to further W?
Emily: Not a club, paperlessadvertising, power pledge, power strips going to freshman for dorms, free cyclegoing (recycling all things not recyclable for free), Reduce reuse recycle committee,creating education and awareness for students.
Maddy: this summer in theresidents hall 100 recycling bins were once there, now 450 recycling bins,informational pamphlet Western recycling guidelines. To see what other studentshave done will help expand sustainability initiatives at Western.
Sarah: Oversee and explainwhat is going on campus
IF not all donated, what?
Maddy: Sustainability commission, orown pockets.
VIII. Advisor Report
· Total bill money $9,252 for the year, after safe ride.
· Shelley Jansen introduction, opening weekend was amazing and kind of crazyat the same time WOW, pro cycling etc. energy was great student were engagingin and off campus, seems like a good class with good energy, wellness workshopsto talk about how tot transition from HS to Western. Good neighbor programtomorrow night 6 or 7 years, staff members go out in community, how to beappropriate neighbors, talk about party quietness and politeness, 1000 fine foroff campus parties hosting students that are drinking under age, an educationalprogram, how to be a good neighbor. 5:30pm tomorrow at community center, pizza!Open house from 4-6 community member and students. Looking for two students toparticipate in Sodexho food committee to give feedback after lunch as towhy/why not to include certain food items. They meet every month Sept 14th@ 12:30 at Rare Air Café, off-campus no current meal plan. Sign up & pullnames from hats. Labor day this weekend and no classes on Monday! Tail gate atmountaineer bowl, next Wednesday last day to drop classes without a W.implicate for financial aid if student goes under 12 cr. Preliminary enrollmentnumbers, looking like 60 full time student below last year. Why are we turningstudents away from Western? Office in SE corner of Taylor hall.
· ADHOC: this upcoming month marks the anniversary of Sept. 11th,even though we are not really effected here at Western, we have an obligationto remember the people that lost their lives that day. Open for suggestions andideas
· D'Andre: hand out shirts, it's a cool deal
IX. Committee Reports
· Recreation Center Field House, met every Tues. this summerto see student apartments, to add what students really wanted (hot tub, foampit, ice-climbing wall coming through alt. funding). Gold certification forres. Halls with the student apartments (pinnacle) furniture committee pickssupplier and mocks rooms to pick what furniture is most suitable andfunctioning for students.
X. Advisory Reports
· Erika: No
· Sarah: We had our first step up certification on Monday, thankslacrosse for all members showing up, coach Dave has been there from the start.Step Up intervention and alcohol awareness training, hazing, eating disorders, Sept.6th for female athletes in Taylor 228 7pm, peer educating. Politicsclub looking for new member Kelley 201, September 16th first board ofTrustees meeting on Campus
· Nick: First city council meeting, fun. Mayor is 41 years old,Western grad, has been here for 20 years. Freshman will know ditches will beemptied last day of Sept. 10,000 for baseball fields on Teller, new scoreboard,infield, etc. Use it a lot in summer and for club team. Gunny rising,annexation, renovation of hiking/biking trails 3-4 years outdated, changes aremind-blowing. HS recently put lights on football stadium, first game thisFriday night, it will be cool. Amped about pro challenge, no exact numbers butwill know pretty soon. Typed up 2 letters for returners, welcome back, forfreshman a different letter, with some other stuff (sentimental).
· Haleigh: Float Committee Bond-fire sign-up
· Grace: Sex Plus Club on campus that promotes healthyrelationships on campus, Sept. 14th 4pm in LEED office, at club fairtomorrow. PPT, intramurals birthday. Rundown of budget and rundown of budget toget other students not in SGA to allocate money. Student fees $337,545, moneyhas approved to spend $35,000 mostly salaries, and bill-fund: safe ride,everyone else gets budget from SGA, wilderness pursuits etc. Questions aboutsafe ride cost allocation, do bars contribute to fund? Based on figures that was approved lastyear, but may change with low enrollment. Clubs have their own fundraising abilities. How to write abill for senators. Get every bill to each member, and revisions for executivemembers to sign. Person who writes bill needs to be present.
· Access reserve: some years we do not spend all moneyallocated, we guarantee that there will always be 20K in reserve, but currentlyabout 40K. The money we have was assuming there was full enrollment, but we canuse reserve to supplement SGA fund. We need to decide whether or not to drawfrom reserve. Senators vote, when budget is not 100%. Kept growth rate theexact same as last year. Talk about the issue at budget committee meeting,Wednesday 8am.
· Meg: No
· Blake: Volleyball game at Angelo state starts on Friday, wish theladies luck.
· Mark: No
· Travis: New intramural website, cool social networks with sports,specialize for teams, communicate, flag football starts Tuesday softball startsWednesday, 93 users, 7 teams for football 10 for softball. Spread the word.
· Hayden: Anyone not in athletics please encourages them to come outfor club sports. If they have questions fin Hayden in fitness center or duringoffice hours.
· Elijah: Program Council few members short from last year, peopleare reapplying for positions, an event coming up a group like STOMP performing(percussion) known as the fastest drummer in the world, sponsored by music department,We have been trying to get these performers here for 2 years. Comedian for endof year. Looking gravy.
· Aurora: No
· Noah: Check out the paddleboards. Some Universitiesare recording lectures in case it is missed see if some professors would bewilling to do that (stream or podcast).
· Middy: No
XI. Special Topics
XII. Remarks for the Good of the Order
· Shelley: Travis made other messages for intramurals, disc golfcourse complete, and down-hill biking, quite the upgrade, disc-golf tournament
· Mountaineer Monday? Powder Puff game-spread hype. Tournamentwith smaller teams, round robin, up for any suggestions.
· Sarah: Excellent turn out for ice cream social. Reinforce no cellphones, be alert, no food, business casual.
· Erika: Grace had a tour this week of a prospective student, shehad an accident when she was younger and now she is in a wheel chair, visitedadaptive sports and WP for students that are handicapped. Is coordinationbetween WP and adaptive sports possible?
· Haleigh: Senators who signed up for committees.
· Sarah: App's due at 5pm, tomorrow,elections next week.
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[quote user="Shockey+Manning=Shocking"]I hope one day we hire a good DC with NO HCing aspirations. Jim Johnson and LaBeau are sick for their respective teams!
you ain't lying....i totally agree with you! would you prefer "lifelong 4-3 or 3-4" ?

i like tradition so i'd prefer the 4-3

Doesn't matter to me as long as the DC is good and has no Hcing aspirations. Guys like LaBeau, Kiffin, and Jim Johnson are legends and stick to being a coordinator. LaBeau tried to leave, and when he came back to replace Tim lewis he won a superbowl again. And now won again! And he won't leave so that defense is set and stable.
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My point is that I've had more interactions with that community and those types then you and I'm telling you they are not as bad as their reputation, they can be annoying as a community I'll give you that, but if you sit down with an individual family I'd go out on a limb and say they would most times be perfectly polite....I know that they cause problems with their communities (trust me I know it well) but as individuals they are often pretty normal people (just with some extra devotion to religious beliefs)
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come to the shoprite or the walmart once a week like me and amanda do. They are generally rude people...
[/quote]Walmart is a thing in and of itself. The people that shop there are one thing. The way they dress is another. I swear to god, sometime's I think that I am at a latin dance festival. WTF? Downright Ethnic Fashionistas. I don't have to bring my kids to the city for culture, just take them to walmart.
dude u have NO CLUE what this WalMart is like though. Everybody alwyas says that until they experience it. These people bring back and try to hustle Walmart and their return line is thru the door no matter waht time u come in, FILLED with HJs.
[/quote]Dude, I do know. I go there all the time for the deals like you. I dress down, put on a sleeveless for the gun show to protect the lives of my childeren and I go there. It's an experience, but what I save is worth it. I was uncomfortable a few times with, the worst was when I was sending some cash with their moneygram they have. I had stacks on the counter and I realized there was no cop there and I should of brought flashlight with me--if you know what I mean? I covered up the $ with some paper's and hoped for the girl to finish quickly..
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EXERCISE 4I think you either allowed this to overwhelm you or you worked your way through it too quickly. The impression I get is that you were viewing it as one entity instead of breaking the job down into small, manageable areas. If you had concentrated on one single lock at a time and treated it as a drawing in its own right, I think you would have suggested more reality than you have achieved. You're frustratingly close to getting it right, but I can't help feel you were creating a drawing and not creating a living animal. To create a sense of realism you have to set out with that intention - to believe that it's a living animal (or any subject) that you are about to recreate. That you will be sculpting the form and seeing every hair as a hair. It only needs one sketchy or hurried lock to drag the rest down to its level, so quality time spent on each is never wasted.The important thing here is seeing the ways you can break it up into work areas - dark to light, and background to foreground. Concentrate on just one area. Let's take the area the left of the nose as our example (see image below).There are three LAYERS.A: foreground lock of hairB: midground layer of hairC: background shadow beneath the top jawBy drawing the darkest tones first (and the furthest away) you will know the tones available to you for the whole drawing, so begin with AREA "C". You don't need to complete it - just draw enough of it so you know what the tone is. Outside of the nose and lip, your darks are rather weak so you've lost depth.Lightly (and accurately) outline AREA "A" to protect it, because we won't be touching that area. I use a sharp 2B so I can erase it completely if I need to. Leaving it as pristine white paper means we can do whatever we want to do with it later.Next begin AREA "B" (the midground). Draw this completely one small manageable area at a time, taking care to make certain that any line crossing underneath Area A stops at one edge and continues correctly from the other edge. Your dark midground shadow actually cuts into the hanging lock in front of it, which damages the spatial relationship between the two. By creating dark shadows between hairs in this area that deliberately cross underneath "A" means that "A" is visually pushed forwards - it's obvious to the eye that it's in front.Finally, now you know all the tones of the background, shade area "A" to give it some form. And, as we left it pure white, you can now use those whites to create your highlights.Take it easy, one step at a time; and concentrate on just one small area so you understand it completely. If you try to draw too much at the same time, you will not fully understand each area and your drawing will lose its feeling of reality. And think "hair" and not "drawing".Never worry about how long any of this might take. In this case you'll learn more from slowly building one area than you will by rushing through the whole drawing.
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Apartment can accommodate up to 6 people. Each of our apartments is equipped with TV-sat. Moreover, in the building you will find free internet access and laundry free service on request.
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This 3*** apartment offers the discerning tourist or businessman a self-catering alternative to expensive hotel accommodation. This apartment has been created especially for those, who wants to have high standard accommodation in Krakow, within easy reach of Old Town, and do not want to overpay for hotel. Apartments Krakow guarantees much cheaper rental solution.
We have created a warm and inviting living space, which is ideal for a short-term and long-term, relaxing and comfortable stay in Krakow whether you are here on business trip or with your family. Outside the building are twenty-four-hour shops and restaurants, so very convenient for those not wanting to cook. For cooking passionates the apartment provides a well equipped kitchenette.
Next to the building you will find are taxi stand, railway station (300m), tram and bus stop (200m) and parking (100m). Next to apartment there are parking facilities (extra charge).
House rulesCheck-in 14:00
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Check-in should be made at the office, which is located at 39 St. Florianska, where you will be taken to the apartment by staff.
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The appartment is located in a very good place because
Is into the old city and near the old square. The problem
With this appartment is the four large floors that we must
Climbed by foot with our bagages and the kitchen has no
Windows and there aré no living room.
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Upon Arrival we have been changed to another appartment, but with the same facilities and also close to the city centre. I was big enough and clean with all the facilities we need. The location was great and we didn't have any Problems.
Me and my family spent one week in this apartment and we had a great time there. It is very well located, with stores nearby where you can get everything you need in case you don´t want to spend so much money eating outside. The rooms are big and confortable and the people who manage the apartments always willing to help or provide anything you need. We will never forget our stay there. Thanks very much!! María
Highly recommended. It's agency with many apartments, very professional and resourceful. Upon arrival we were informed that our apartment had been damaged and were moved to a larger one. Change without paying more. Upon arrival we saw that the TV did not have USB and changed us for another very fast. I recommend it without any doubt, very friendly and professional. They have in the office with a person who speaks Spanish, not met but is very useful.
Right in the centre of town. Easy walk to everything. Big apartment. We (me, wife and 18 year old son) were very comfortable. We parked our hire car out of town for 3 days then caught a tram back to the apartment.
Apartment very well located a few blocks from Plaza the historical center, quiet street so you can sleep well.
It has enough amenities to make any breakfast or dinner on days that have made some Excursion do not leave apatece restaurant. It also has Placha, TV, WiFi and a small kitchen with refrigerator, microwave, cutlery dishes, etc ..
The bed is comfortable and spacious, the bathroom recently renovated has ducha.secador hair, towels.
Overall compared to other options in the environment I think it is a combination; quality, location and excellent price.
Apartamento muy bien situado a un par de calles de la plaza del centro historico, calle tranquila por lo que se puede descansar bien.
Cuenta con las suficientes comodidades para poder desayunar o realizar alguna cena en dias que por haber realizado alguna escursión no te apatece salir de restaurante. Tambien dispone de placha, TV, wifi y una pequeña cocina con nevera, microondas, platos cubiertos, etc..
La cama es cómoda y espaciosa, el cuarto de baño reformado recientemente dispone de ducha.secador de pelo, toallas.
En general comparando con otras opciones del entorno me parece que tiene una combinación; calidad, situación y precio excelente.
The appartameto is located in the main street of the center, is very large and we found it clean so far so good, the problem is that they forgot to say that we must do without acsensore 4 floors and 2 luggage, a controls, a passseggino and 3 children 2 to 5 years c''è been some problems, the matrimoniane bed in the loft is laid directly on the wooden floor and assure that the mattress springs create some problems, the sofa in addition to a few holes and is the less, has several spots of dirt and meleodorante.
L'appartameto si trova nella via principale del centro, è molto ampio e l'abbiamo trovato pulito fin qui tutto bene,il problema è che si sono dimenticati di dire che bisogna fare 4 piani senza acsensore e con 2 bagagli,un trolli,un passseggino e 3 figli da 2 a 5 anni qualche problema c''è stato,il letto matrimoniane nel soppalco è posato direttamente sul pavimento in legno e assicuro che le molle del materasso qualche problema lo creano,il divano oltre a qualche buco ed è il meno,ha parecchie macchie di sporcizia ed è meleodorante.
The actually rented apartment was not obtainable due to an accident. Uncomplicated was a similar apartment in the city center (Florianska) offered. There, the nights are of course very noisy as it is located almost at the party mile. All in all, everything went well, eventful days in a wonderful city.
Die eigentlich angemietete Wohnung war leider aufgrund einer Havarie nicht beziehbar. Unkompliziert wurde eine vergleichbare Wohnung im Stadtzentrum (Florianska) angeboten. Dort sind die Nächte natürlich sehr laut, da man sich quasi auf der Partymeile befindet. Alles in allem hat alles gut geklappt, erlebnisreiche Tage in einer wunderbaren Stadt.
We enjoyed our stay in cracow very much!! Th city ia really great and tanks to the apartement we could really enjoy it. The place was perfect for five people. Very big bathroom and it`s location is perfect. It is next to the big market place where all the sightseeing must sees are located! So we can really recommand this apartment!
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Walter, Jun 25, 2009.
SOURCE: Magic in talks to acquire Nets' Carter - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Wow. He can shoot the 3.
Saw this coming
Magic + Vince > Cavs + Shaq ...assuming Turk returns.
Or are they doing it in case Turk walks?
If this goes down the Magic will be the favorites in the East next season. I tend to agree with those that say Shaq will just clog the lane on LeBron and take that facet of his game away. Magic will take the 'ship next year.
Yahoo now says the terms have been agreed upon Magic in talks to acquire Nets' Carter - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
The trade is official!!! Carter to Magic trade official - Celtics Blog - Boston.com
I love it how the trading frenzy is starting!!! Shaq a Cav, Vince to Orlando, alot of things changing, it's getting interesting
No way. So what if Orlando gets Vince Carter and Cleveland gets Shaq? Joe Dumars is going to make the jaws of every GM in the league drop when he trades down our pick and drafts Capp Spayce. I don't know much about him. Some say he has great hands and some say he is turnover prone. Some say he plays Center but some say he is most valuable as a Guard. Some say he is European and other claim he played most of his ball in the United States. But I will tell you this. Capp Spayce will be the savior of the Pistons. Just watch. In Joe we trust. What an exciting day this will be when that announcement is made. Yessir. I can't wait.
By the way, you'll have to add another 20 pts on the top of the Magic's scoring average if they also retain Turk. That way they should average about 120 PPG.
I hear ya. It seems that instead of the talk that Joe is trying to compile a team full of combo players, he's really looking to fill the roster with cap space......
They will regret trading CLee. Still a good move for ORL. edited to add; Although if Hedo comes back, Howard will now never get the ball.
Carter is bad juju.
ho hum. We are so far from the top of the conference that these trades don't even matter. but, I think this one hurts the Magic.
Mark my words, Vince will ruin the Magic. Team chemistry is very fragile. Also, Shaq does not make Cavs the favorite either. I hate Shaq. Gives me another reason to hate Cavs.
This just in on the wire: Joe Dumars is about to complete a blockbuster trade following his selection of Capp Spayce with the 15th pick in the 2009 NBA draft. An unpopular selection amongst Pistons Forum fans, the rights to Capp Spayce have been traded for the rights to Branew Rosta. Not much is known about Branew Rosta, although Hubie Brown has described him as a combination of multiple players and positions, and that he has temendous upside potential. The Pistons organisation will be counting on Branew Rosta to return them to the elite of the East in the coming seasons. Stay tuned for more details.
In the future I think they will as well, and not just because I'm living so close to his mom. In the short term though they could be scary. Howard is surrounded by nothing but incredibly DEADLY draw and kicks. If they double team D-HO then somebody is in some "bleeping" trouble. Offensively this team is the best I have ever seen on paper given the current rules.
Capp Spayce...Branew Rosta... You folks are a trip.
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Sunny and Classy Apartment
Size49 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Elevator in building
- Towels
- Internet/WiFi
- Dishwasher
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The apartment, thanks to its convenient location, good infrastructure, leisure and recreational opportunities is well suited both for tourist and business trip to Vienna. The apartment was renovated and newly furnished in 2012 (has also WiFi spot).
The two room apartment is located on the 2nd floor (there is an elevator) and has a bedroom with double bed, living room with a sofa (sleeping possibility for additional 2 persons), a fully equipped small kitchen, hall, bathroom with bathtub and toilet. The apartment windows are facing a backyard making an apartment really quiet.
The house is located in a quiet one-way side street. Supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacy, bakery, several shops, cafes, tobacco shop, bank and restaurants are located at the neighboring street. Public Transportation: the tram 2 brings in just 7 minutes to the city - Schwedenplatz (also bus stop for an airport bus), the tram line 5 brings in 3 minutes to the Praterstern station/Prater Park or in 35 minutes directly to the Westbahnhof .
Only 7 minutes by tram to the center. The nearest underground station U2 / Taborstrasse is only 8 walking minutes away; Prater Park is 15 min walk away. Prater Messe (Exhibition center) can be reached in 15 minutes by U2.
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Please flats are available just for the people who made the reservation, so do not bring extra visitors.
Please, these are non-smoking apartments, thus please, don't smoke (also not at the staircases).
Please sorry, but do not bring your pets.
Parents are responsible for their children.
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Apartment is new and modern, very clean, well equipped and quiet. The location is excellent; close to transport, shops and restaurants. The host was waiting for us as we got off the tram from the railroad station....good service. Would definitely recommend, and I would stay here again. A recommendation for the host: leave a brief note in the apartment with location of neighborhood supermarkets, restaurants, tram/underground to major tourist sites etc..
Excellent service. The aparment is very cozy and the interior new and in very good condition. Very fair price for the stay. We had had a lovely time in Vienna. There was absolutely nothing missing in that apartment to make us feel more welcome . We will definitely come back again.
Thank you very much for everything!
Very nice apartment, big with a very well equipped kitchen and a nice living room. Hosts responded fast to Email.
Very good hostess. The apartment is conveniently located (fast connection to the city center by tram and the airport with only one change). The apartment was cozy, clean and pleasant. The Baroque Augarten is also right next door and is handy for a picnic :-)
Sehr gute Gastgeberin. Das Apartment ist praktisch gelegen (schnelle Anbindung in die Innenstadt mit Tram sowie zum Flughafen mit nur einmal Umsteigen). Die Wohnung war gemütlich, sauber und angenehm. Der barocke Augarten ist auch gleich nebenan und ist praktisch für ein Picknick :-)
Very nicely decorated and very quiet apartment, all in excellent condition and very clean, well-equipped kitchen. The location of the apartment at the Augarten has us as a family with three kids (3,5,5 years) very much, playgrounds and beer gardens just outside the door. Very nice landlord, Kateryna has sent detailed Anreisedetals in advance and responded promptly to emails. Thank You Very Much!
Sehr schön eingerichtete und sehr ruhige Wohnung, alles in bestem Zustand und sehr sauber, gut ausgestattete Küche. Die Lage der Wohnung am Augarten hat uns als Familie mit drei Kindern (3,5,5 Jahre) sehr gefallen, Spielplätze und Biergärten gleich vor der Tür. Sehr nette Vermieter, Kateryna hat im Vorfeld ausführliche Anreisedetals zugesendet und umgehend auf E-Mails geantwortet. Herzlichen Dank!
The accommodation is very nice, well equipped and close to the center. The only drawback: the curtains too light and not be able to shield the light, so rather morning awakenings ... Kateryna is friendly and welcoming. Vienna is a beautiful city ...
L'alloggio è molto grazioso, ben accessoriato e vicino al centro. Unico neo: le tende troppo leggere e non in grado di schermare la luce, perciò risvegli piuttosto mattutini...Kateryna è gentile e accogliente. Vienna è una città bellissima...
A beautiful apartment with a great location. The cleanliness and the care in every detail is appreciated. Kateryna is very friendly and attentive. If we return to Vienna we would love repetir¡¡
Un apartamento precioso con una situación estupenda. Se agradece la limpieza y el mimo en cada detalle. Kateryna es muy amable y atenta. Si volvemos a Viena nos encantaria repetir¡¡
We were very warmly welcomed by Katerina. The apartment exceeded our expectations. We did not miss anything. It was very quiet and still centrally located. We will come back!
Wir wurden sehr freundlich von Katerina empfangen. Die Wohnung hat unsere Erwartungen übertroffen. Es hat uns an nichts gefehlt. Es war sehr ruhig und trotzdem zentral gelegen. Gerne wieder einmal!
Wonderfully quiet and yet close to the center. Spacious, good bed, kitchen and bathroom with all the trimmings. All messages within walking distance. Gracious hostess. Nothing but positives!
Heerlijk rustig en toch dicht bij het centrum. Ruim, goed bed, keuken en badkamer met alles erop en eraan. Alle boodschappen op wandelafstand. Hartelijke gastvrouw. Niets dan pluspunten!
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March 9, 2013
Site: Champaign, Ill. (Assembly Hall)
Event: Big Ten Championships (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: 6th Place of 12 Teams (61 points) after Day 1
Next U-M Event: Sunday, March 10 -- at Big Ten Championships - Day 2 (Champaign, Ill.), 11:30 a.m. CDT
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With nine individuals alive in the consolation bracket, the University of Michigan wrestling team sits in sixth place after the first day of competition at the Big Ten Conference Championships on Saturday (March 9) at Illinois' Assembly Hall. Five Wolverines are already guaranteed to outplace their tournament seeds, while five have already locked up an automatic-qualifying bid to the NCAA Championships.
Michigan has five wrestlers in the consolation semifinals, including senior/junior Sean Boyle (Lowell, Mass./Blair Academy), freshman Taylor Massa (St. Johns, Mich./St. Johns HS) and senior/junior Dan Yates (Hesperia, Mich./Hesperia HS), who all dropped semifinal matches to higher-seeded opponents to slide into the wrestlebacks.
Boyle was pinned during of a wild scramble late in the first period of his 125-pound semifinal against Iowa's top-seeded Matt McDonough. It was the second of two extended scrambles early in the bout, and with Boyle already fighting off his back, McDonough gained control to end the match at the 2:46 mark. The Wolverine junior, seeded fourth, used a pair of takedowns to edge Ohio State's fifth-seeded Nikko Triggas, 4-2, in the morning quarterfinals. He took the early advantage on a late first-period single leg, but Triggas evened the score with second-period rideout and quick escape in the third. Boyle scored again in the third, finishing on another single and riding off Triggas' time advantage before giving up a late escape. It is Boyle's second win over the Buckeye wrestler this semester.
Massa and Yates dropped decision losses in 165- and 174-pound semifinal rounds, respectively.
Massa, seeded third, lost a 7-1 decision to Illinois' second-seeded Conrad Polz -- his second loss to Polz this season. He gave up takedowns in the first and second periods and was ridden for 1:21. The Wolverine rookie took advantage of a quick start to defeat Northwestern's sixth-seeded Pierce Harger, 6-2, in the quarterfinal round. He scored on takedowns in the first and second periods and despite getting ridden out in the third, ended the bout with 1:02 in time advantage.
Yates, who knocked off Minnesota's top-seeded Logan Storley in the quarterfinals, suffered a 5-1 decision loss to Penn State's fourth-seeded Matt Brown in the semifinals on PSU takedowns in the second and third periods. His 3-2 win over Storley was one of two in the morning session. Yates converted on a single-leg shot early in the first period and never allowed Storley in deep on his legs through the remainder of the match. The wrestlers traded escapes in the second and third periods and little else.
Junior/sophomore Max Huntley (Emerald Isle, N.C./Blair Academy) and fifth-year senior Ben Apland (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South HS) avenged earlier-season losses in quick succession, both advancing to the consolation semifinals to cap the day for the Wolverines.
Huntley used a big first period, scoring a takedown and three near-fall points, to edge Purdue's fifth-seeded Braden Atwood, 7-3, in the 197-pound wrestlebacks. The Wolverine sophomore went 3-1 on the day, adding bonus points with a 14-4 major decision over Michigan State's Luke Jones. Huntley scored four takedowns, two back points and 2:15 in time advantage to cruise past Jones.
Apland, who also posted a 3-1 record, earned bonus points in his final bout of the evening, pinning Michigan State's fifth-seeded Mike McClure at the 2:23 mark of his heavyweight consolation match. Apland used a snap down and spin to secure the quick takedown before turking McClure to his back for his fourth fall of the campaign.
Four additional Wolverines, including unseeded freshman Rossi Bruno (Brandon, Fla./Brandon HS) and junior/sophomore Chris Heald (West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield HS), will wrestle in their respective weight class' seventh-place matches after suffering a pair of losses on the day.
Bruno posted a 2-2 record at 133 pounds to lock up at least eighth place in his Big Ten Championships debut. In his pigtail victory, Bruno avenged an earlier-season loss, using a third-period rideout and late two-point near fall to rally past Nebraska's eighth-seeded Shawn Nagel, 5-3. He also defeated Michigan State's Brandon Fifield, 8-2, on a pair of takedowns and two back points.
Heald earned a sizable 8-2 decision over Michigan State's fourth-seeded John Rizqallah in the 184-pound wrestlebacks to stay alive in the tournament. The Wolverine sophomore struck first, scoring on a double leg on the edge early in the first. The wrestlers traded reversals late in the frame, and carrying a two-point lead into the third, Heald caught Rizqallah in scramble early in the period, holding him in a pinning situation for most of period to tack on three back points late.
After dropping his first-round match to top-seeded Hunter Stieber of Ohio State, sophomore/freshman Camryn Jackson (Lansing, Mich./Eastern HS) rolled to a dominant 17-8 major decision over Illinois' Steve Rodrigues, scoring eight takedowns in the match, including six in the third period. Jackson carried the momentum into his next wrestleback match, where he took down Penn State's fourth-seeded Bryan Pearsall down three times in the first period. The Nittany Lion wrestler rallied, however, from the top position, cradling Jackson four times en route 11 back points and a 19-11 victory.
Senior/junior Eric Grajales (Brandon, Fla./Brandon HS), the top seed at 149 pounds, went 1-2 on the day, earning bonus points with a 16-4 major decision over Indiana's Preston Keiffer before falling to Ohio State's Ian Paddock and Penn State's Andrew Alton. In the former bout -- a 7-4 loss -- Grajales gave up takedowns out of flurries in the first and second periods with eighth-seeded Paddock countering a Michigan headlock attempt in the latter. He gave up six takedowns to fifth-seeded Alton, including several on counter attacks, to lose 14-8.
Michigan will wrap up action at the Big Ten Championships tomorrow (Sunday, March 10). The third session is slated to begin at 11:30 a.m. CDT, while the finals will start at 1:30 p.m. and be aired live on the Big Ten Network.
Team Standings (After Day 1)
1. Penn State 123 2. Minnesota 112.5 3. Iowa 109 4. Ohio State 92 5. Illinois 73.5 6. MICHIGAN 61 7. Nebraska 52 8. Northwestern 50 9. Purdue 28 10. Indiana 26.5 11. Wisconsin 26 12. Michigan State 17
Michigan Results (Day 1)
Numbers listed are tournament seedings
125 pounds -- #4 Sean Boyle
First Round - Bye
Quarterfinals - dec. #5 Nikko Triggas (Ohio State), 4-2
Semifinals - pinned by #1 Matt McDonough (Iowa), 2:46
Consolations - vs. #7 David Thorn (Minnesota)
133 pounds - Rossi Bruno
First Round - dec. #8 Shawn Nagel (Nebraska), 5-3
Quarterfinals - pinned by #1 Logan Stieber (Ohio State), 1:30
Consolations - dec. Brandon Fifield (Michigan State), 8-2
Consolations - major dec. by #5 Daryl Thomas (Illinois), 13-5
Seventh Place - vs. #8 Shawn Nagel (Nebraska)
141 pounds - #8 Camryn Jackson
First Round - Bye
Quarterfinals - major dec. by #1 Hunter Stieber (Ohio State), 10-2
Consolations - major dec. Steven Rodrigues (Illinois), 17-8
Consolations - major dec. by #4 Bryan Pearsall (Penn State), 19-11
Seventh Place - vs. Tom Kelliher (Wisconson)
149 pounds - #1 Eric Grajales
First Round - major dec. Preston Kieffer (Indiana), 16-4
Quarterfinals - dec. by #8 Ian Paddock (Ohio State), 7-4
Consolations - dec. by #5 Andrew Alton (Penn State), 14-8
Seventh Place - vs. #6 Caleb Ervin (Illinois)
157 pounds - Collin Zeerip
First Round - pinned by #1 Derek St. John (Iowa), 4:08
Consolations - dec. by #7 Ryan Watts (Michigan State), 7-4
Eliminated with a 0-2 record
165 pounds - #3 Taylor Massa
First Round - Bye
Quarterfinals - dec. #6 Pierce Harger (Northwestern), 6-2
Semifinals - dec. by #2 Conrad Polz (Illinois), 7-1
Consolations - vs. #5 Cody Yohn (Minnesota)
174 pounds - #8 Dan Yates
First Round - dec. #9 Scott Liegel (Wisconsin), 6-4
Quarterfinals - dec. #1 Logan Storley (Minnesota), 3-2
Semifinals - dec. by #5 Matt Brown (Penn State), 5-1
Consolations - vs. #3 Robert Kokesh (Nebraska)
184 pounds - Chris Heald
First Round - dec. by #3 Josh Ihnen (Nebraska), 7-5
Consolations - #4 John Rizqallah (Michigan State), 8-2
Consolations - dec. by #8 C.J. Mangrum (Ohio State), 8-4
Seventh Place - vs. #7 Luke Sheridan (Indiana)
197 pounds - #8 Max Huntley
First Round - dec. #9 Alex Polizzi (Northwestern), 7-3
Quarterfinals - pinned by #1 Quentin Wright (Penn State), 1:20
Consolations - major dec. #10 Luke Jones (Michigan State), 14-4
Consolations - dec. #5 Braden Atwood (Purdue), 7-3
Consolations - vs. #6 Nathan Burak (Iowa)
Heavyweight - #8 Ben Apland
First Round - dec. #9 Spencer Johnson (Nebraska), 8-2
Quarterfinals - dec. by #1 Tony Nelson (Minnesota), 4-0
Consolations - vs. #10 Kosta Karageorge (Ohio State), 7-0
Consolations - pinned #5 Mike McClure (Michigan State), 2:23
Consolations - vs. #3 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin)
Contact: Leah Howard (734) 763-4423
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posted at 10:11 pm on January 8, 2013 by Allahpundit
Tuesday marks the 1,350th day since the Senate passed a budget. The law requires Congress to pass a budget every year, on the grounds that Americans deserve to know how the government plans to spend the trillions of taxpayer dollars it collects, along with dollars it borrows at the taxpayers' expense. But Majority Leader Harry Reid, who last allowed a budget through the Senate in April 2009, has ignored the law since then…
"I think it should be a firm principle that we should not raise the debt ceiling until we have a plan on how the new borrowed money will be spent," Sessions told me Monday in a phone conversation from his home in Alabama. "If the government wants to borrow money so it can spend more, then the government ought to tell the Congress and the American people how they will spend it."…
As Sessions sees it, Reid's budget gambit is the result of a long-term plan. "It's not a failure of leadership," Sessions said. "This is part of the president's political tactics. There's no doubt in my mind that the White House and the Senate leadership calculated that the lumps they would take for not producing a budget were preferable to actually exposing their financial plan for the future."
The debt ceiling ought to be raised because nobody has a plan to eliminate the deficit immediately, and there is no popular support for doing what that would take. A congressman who isn't presenting and supporting a zero-deficit-now plan has an obligation to give the federal government the additional borrowing authority that continued deficits make necessary.
For liberals, that's the end of the matter. The debt ceiling should be raised without any spending cuts attached, and ideally it should be raised to infinity. One common argument goes like this: Since Congress sets spending and tax levels, no good purpose is served by holding a separate vote making it possible for the government to follow Congress's original instructions.
That argument would have more force if the federal budget were the result of a deliberate policy. Instead, more and more of our spending rises on autopilot because of decisions made long ago, and nobody is forced to take responsibility for the gap between revenue and commitments. Bills to raise the debt ceiling are the only occasions when congressmen and the president come close to doing so. They are thus appropriate moments to attack the trends that are driving our rising debt.
The trillion dollar platinum is an absurdity wrapped in a legislative incongruity inside a farce. It is the logical extension of an utterly illogical legislative process that only becomes more irrational with each passing day. Each partisan battle has become stupider than the last. Silly loopholes are exploited for bargaining power, and the resulting stalemates are generally solved with a temporary patch that solves the immediate problem by creating a bigger one down the road. When the bigger problem arrives, naturally the other side seeks an even sillier loophole, resulting in an even more temporary patch…
Consider the fiscal cliff deal that we just passed. Virtually every economist agreed on what needed to happen: Congress should extend all the tax cuts and spending hikes temporarily, because any fiscal tightening would also reduce economic growth and raise unemployment. But because our current trillion dollar deficits are entirely unsustainable, Congress should also set a deadline to have all or most of these temporary measures expire. My favorite proposal would have pegged the expiration to the unemployment rate.
In a month-long round of backroom bargaining interspersed with public name calling, our politicians essentially managed to craft the opposite of this deal. We raised taxes immediately, which will put pressure on a still-weak economy. On the other hand, we also made the overwhelming majority of the Bush tax cuts permanent, at a cost of trillions over the next ten years. Just as Baby Boomer retirements put unprecedented pressure on the Federal budget, we have decided to fix tax revenues at the low end of their historical average…
Try this exercise: name some of President Obama's campaign pledges. Unless you were actually covering the elecetion, I bet you can only name one: the pledge to raise taxes on people who made more than $250,000. No new programs to solve some problem, no high-concept bargain to unite the nation . . . no, the one thing that Democrats wanted to do was raise taxes for 2% of taxpayers, and only 2% of taxpayers. Not to pay for anything in particular, but just because the rich had too much. And why was this—rather than some actual policy program—the centerpiece of his agenda? Because his base liked it, and because opposing it made the ultra-rich Mitt Romney look like a selfish heel.
[I]f liberals can't win, conservatives can't win, and the two sides can't strike a deal, how are we actually going to get our fiscal house in order?
I think one all-too-plausible answer is that we aren't. That might mean a genuine debt crisis, a near-default scenario that forces a combination of spending cuts and tax increases, perhaps with some swift inflation worked in, that's uglier than any grand bargain either side would countenance. But given the resilience of global confidence in the United States over the last two years, it might just mean living with structural deficits that drag on growth for years and decades to come. Indeed, if I were rank-ordering scenarios for the American future right now, the latter possibility would probably rank highest: Neither a massive crisis nor a sweeping legislative solution, but an ugly equilibrium in which muddling-through politicians win enough small victories and reach enough small deals to gradually stabilize the debt-to-GDP ratio … but at a level that all-but-ensures a generation or more of economic stagnation and lurching, shortsighted, crisis-driven domestic policymaking…
In this landscape, no matter which painful solution polls better in the abstract, a political coalition that's actually laid the groundwork for what it wants to do seems more likely to succeed in doing it. The Republican Party is an unserious party in many ways, but it has leaders (from Paul Ryan to Tom Coburn) who understand that crucial point, and who have spent the last few years elaborating the kind of entitlement reforms that the conservative vision of government requires, and putting their fellow Republicans on the record in support of them. From Barack Obama on down, I don't see the same thing happening on the Democratic side; instead, I see a party that's still loath to acknowledge that its program requires sacrifice from anyone save the wealthy, and that just responded to a moment of maximum leverage by narrowing its definition of who constitutes the rich. If Democrats want to raise middle class taxes — and I mean really raise them, not just cut deals that nudge revenue upward a little here and there — they need to lay the political and policy groundwork for that kind of push, and they need to start relatively soon. Until that starts to happen, it seems reasonable to give conservatism slightly better odds than liberalism of winning the long-term fiscal war outright … with the aforementioned structural-deficit stalemate, unfortunately, remaining the most likely outcome of all.
The choice the country faces is simple. We can have big government and the Life of Julia (at least for a while, but that is another essay), with everyone paying through the nose and the middle-class share of taxes rising not falling, or we can return to the American tradition of limited government, with everyone paying a smaller burden to the state, with relatively limited services for, and relatively light taxes on, the middle class. What we cannot have is the Life of Julia at no additional burden to 99 out of 100 of us. Nobody, Left or Right, really thinks that math works, no matter what they may say in public.
So what happens if we continue down the current path, with perhaps some small amount of revenue raised from some additional taxes on the rich? Remember, the only way to finance a big European-style state is to have it paid for by massive taxation of everyone, mostly the middle class. Right now we are avoiding honest debate on this fact, perhaps because those desirous of this change know the middle class would rebel if it saw the future bill it will have to pay. Instead, large government benefits are being continued and increased, and still new ones introduced, with little accurate discussion of who will ultimately pay…
The way to boil the frog of freedom is slowly.
We may, with open eyes, choose the reassuring security of big government with a far larger safety and subsidy net and far higher taxes for all — by no means just the "rich" but in fact more so on the middle class — and likely the sclerotic growth and dependency of Europe. Or we may choose the opposite. But we deserve an honest debate about this critical issue. A debate missing from the last election.
Optimist though I am, I can't help feeling there's something to this downhearted consensus. After living through the most peaceful and prosperous half century that any nation has ever experienced in the history of humankind, it seems impossible to believe we would re-elect a mediocre reactionary out to "fundamentally transform" our success into failure. But we did, and that's — well, let's call it "less than cheering."…
So in the interest of letting a little light into the room, and with a full realization that our president is doing a bad job, the congress incapable of stopping him, and the media protecting him with coverups and lies, let me list three positive trends that might transform our country for the better in the next two years…
3. Reality is on our side. When I call Obama a reactionary, what I mean is that he adheres to a grievance-based socialist ideology he learned in college from professors who were probably old even then. As these academics die and go to hell for all eternity, up-and-comers may begin to notice that the poor suffer under left-wing programs and rise under the free market, that education improves under conservative guidance and gets worse under liberals, and that big business actually gets more entrenched and powerful under the left while the right helps the little guy thrive. That, after all, will be the off-beat, radical position, and academics love to be off-beat and radical as long as everyone around them is being off-beat and radical too. A new generation is already on the rise that understands entitlements are unsustainable and that freedom works. It won't be long at all before we begin to hear their voices in the mainstream. I hope.
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I agree with you. If you Cant protect Eli it doesn't matter if you have Megatron to throw to. He cant throw the ball laying on his back
Eli had the absolute worst o line in the league in 2011 and had a career "elite" year. All Eli needs is Cruz and Nicks healthy at the same time and he will play like that again. Defense on the other hand... no linebackers... no CB depth whatsoever... no pass rush whatsoever. We need major help there.
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Barrett Jones just became one of my top targets if he's still there in the 2nd round. Has played LG, LT and Center... and he did them all well, in the best conference in CFB playing for the best team right now in CFB. I don't think he'd be great at OT, but now having a guy that could project at center or guard is perfect for us.
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Looking for further information on the Board's Action re: Administrators
Original post made by waiting for the light, Charleston Meadows, on Oct 17, 2006
Have the Administrators come back with "clarified" issues (how they could be more clear eludes me, but anyway . . . )?
Have they all agreed on a mediator?
What is the timeline for action or resolution? Is it too much to ask to know that the Board expects to address this issue in a timely manner?
The silence from the Board is disconcerting.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 17, 2006 at 2:23 pm
More resounding silence. Interestingly though, the community aren't the ones who need to be answering these questions.
Light's questions above are completely legitimate and the answering of these questions would in no way be disclosing anything confidential - they are purely about process and timeline. But the questions need to be asked and required of the board.
(I happen to think also that a public disclosure of the clarified issues would also be appropriate.)
Is anybody asking the board directly for accountability to the public on this issue? How? Posting to PA Online won't do it. Needs to be letters to the board. Ask for an open session agenda item at the next board meeting:
You don't need to be an expert on the issue, you just need to be a concerned community member and you have the right to ask.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Oct 17, 2006 at 6:13 pm
You don't know any answers because no board member is *giving* any answers, at least not to anyone who can talk about it. I used to pooh pooh the thought that this would just be swept under the rug, but it certainly seems headed for NOTHING. What has it been, a month since this first began to break to the board, according to the Weekly's timetable? And the best they can do is, "We'll look into a mediator?"
They might at least articulate why a mediator, when, to whom to report, what the goals are, what they're trying to do if ANYTHING AT ALL except hoping this goes away.
I'm trying to keep the faith, but it's getting pretty hard. And I am not alone in LOSING PATIENCE....
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Oct 17, 2006 at 7:33 pm
Interestingly, just what many speculated the Board (and MFC) were counting on -- namely, that with enough public dialogue and official silence, the discussion would become diluted and the issue disappear -- almost seemed in danger of occurring on the last thread. Specifically, the conversation veered from MFC's record and potential accountability to a discussion of the relative merits of the indivdual Board members. While I am glad that any Board members who read Town Square will be able to find honest reviews of their performance while on the Board and a reminder of whose interests they were elected to serve, still I do want to focus attention back on Mary Frances Callan where it belongs. Regardless of Board action or lack thereof, this entire fiasco would not have come about if not for MFC's widely-known, chilling, abysmal record in this District.
Please, do advise your Board that you care about this issue and are watching what they do. Flout their apparent strategy of waiting until pople are burned out and stop noticing or caring what happens. A slap on the wrist (i.e. verbal warning to improve her communication skills) for MFC would be tantamount to inviting her to abuse her position with even more vindictiveness against opposing voices and an even greater sense of entitlement than she already has demonstrated.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Oct 17, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Essentially, the Management Group and Board have "closed ranks". Like it or not, there is a tradition of keeping this stuff behind closed doors. The precedent is there, and it's not necessarily a bad prededent, because a public airing of details by one or more administrators or teachers would brand them, and possible cause more district dissention.
It IS important that the letter was written. That was a brilliant tactic on the part of the Management Team, because it brought forward a big problem that wasn't getting attention. It worked, and goave the management team the leverage they needed for the kind of negotiation they want. It will go from there, mostly in silence.
All that said, Mary Frances Callan remains mostly unpopular among PAUSD teachers and administrators. Many of the problems encountered by administrators and teachers remain; a chilling communicatoins environment caused by senior executive actions is VERY hard to repair, because the change has to start at the top. The environment that has been created by Callan remains, and will remain for a long time, no matter her statements, or actions to the contrary.
For anyone who has ever worked in an environment that is infused with random discipline, poor communication, de-motivational tactics, and sheer abuse of administrative power, it's not hard to understand why morale in this district is broken.
Regarding Callan, there really is only one action that the board can take towards getting an *immediate* trun-around happening - that action is to depose Callan, and reassign or relieve of duty at least two of her senior staff. There has been a clear failure of leadership, leading to a vote of "no confidence". Callan has to go. How that happens is of little import; she can resign, retire, take a permanent sabbatical, etc.
Our professional teachers, administrators, kids, and parents deserve FAR better than they've been getting from the PAUSD senior execs, especially given PAUSD's superb student talent, parent dedication, taxpayer contributions, and sheer pride of accomplishment.
a resident of Addison School
on Oct 17, 2006 at 9:59 pm
It seems to me that the School Board is unwilling to change the way they oversee MFC's performance. And the board seems unwilling to acknowledge just how lasting a problem has been created by the breakdown of trust. Some board members insist that the full management group does not subscribe to the Sept 6 memo, therefore the problem isn't so bad. Apparently, MFC has successfully courted the favors of some managers, not others (could that be what they mean by preferential treatment?) As it has evolved, we now have a major trust breakdown between MFC and most of her management team as well as within the management team itself! Great.
We want a superintendent who is in touch with the morale of his/her staff; who will listen as well as lead. A person who is genuinely interested in consulting his/her managers (principals and district staff) and teachers. A person who doesn't rush to solutions before fully understanding a problem. A person who takes collaborative approach to problem-solving and strategic planning, but who is also willing to taking a stand and give their rationale. We don't want someone who will waste time paying lip service to gathering community input when the outcome is already determined and closely guarded. We want a person who attracts a strong, competent cabinet team. This town needs a superintendent with a thick skin, but not so thick that they can't listen and learn. We need a superintendent who earns the trust of her staff, even if they don't agree with all of his/her decisions.
I've heard people ask if MFC is coachable? Apparently she has lead our district in a similar fashion to the way she has lead other districts. She is a known quantity. We've gotten what we asked for...The better question now is "Do we want a superintendent who hasn't earned the trust of her managers and staff?"
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 18, 2006 at 9:25 am
Anyone know what happened at the Board Meeting last night? There was no announcement beforehand on channel 11 and they showed a rerun of last week's non event (which was shown previously not live) instead. Is someone deliberately trying to keep live meetings off the air until it is deemed OK to broadcast?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 18, 2006 at 10:24 am
RWE, can you specify what is meant by "chilling communications environment" - "random discipline" - "poor communication" - I am a parent who doesn't know and can't understand what EXACTLY the complaints are against Ms. C. - the statements/complaints are too vague and I don't know any of the examples. The only story I have read is the confusing departure of Mr. DiSalvo at JLS, which still baffles me. If Ms. C goes, who steps in and how much will it cost?
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Oct 18, 2006 at 10:34 am
To waiting for the light re: "Interestingly, just what many speculated the Board (and MFC) were counting on -- namely, that with enough public dialogue and official silence, the discussion would become diluted and the issue disappear -- almost seemed in danger of occurring on the last thread. Specifically, the conversation veered from MFC's record and potential accountability to a discussion of the relative merits of the indivdual Board members."
The Board of Ed. and MFC together represent the leadership of this district. MFC could never have gotten away with some of the things she has over the years without the cooperation of the BOE. MFC actually serves as the 6th ex-officio member of the board as its clerk. It's an arrangement that's a little too cozy for my liking, and I wonder if this is how it's done in other districts.
As an example, when MFC decided to put Joe DiSalvo on paid administrative leave after the end of the school year in 2005, the BOE had to vote to support that, and it would be valuable to know if any members dissented.
So I think a discussion of the merits of current and former BOE members, including who supports MFC and her decisions and who doesn't, is useful. It helps us as a voting community know what to look for and what questions to ask, in terms of their service on the BOE and their future political careers. John Barton is now on City Council, as we all know.
This is pure speculation on my part, but I'm guessing that Barb and Gail are in favor of booting out MFC, Camille and Mandy are for. I have no clue about Dana. It's important for the BOE to know that people trust and respect the ones who support the views of the community.
All that being said, I'm in complete agreement with the initial premise of this thread, that parents and concerned citizens of this community must keep the pressure on the BOE to resolve this issue, and not let it fade away like so many other concerns we've expressed in the past.
We need to keep sending emails to the BOE, letters to the editors of the Weekly, Merc and Daily, participating in this online forum, showing up at BOE meetings, and not letting up until some substantive steps are taken to address this crisis. Tell everyone you know to do the same.
a resident of another community
on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:11 am
To respond to "Interested," there was no Board meeting on October 17. Reruns are shown routinely by the Media Center on those evenings when there is not a live broacast. All meetings of the Board are posted as required by the Brown Act. Closed Sessions are limitied by the Brown Act in scope and are not open to the public or televised. Study Sessions also are posted and open to the public, but are not always televised. If I can be of any further help, my email at the district office is email@example.com.
a resident of Escondido School
on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:23 pm
I agree that MFC was and is a known quantity, and not known for her relationship skills with either teachers or administrators. Quite frankly, many despise her. However, it really comes down to the will of the people and how much pressure they exert on the BOE. I don't really know what year of MFC's contract it is, but if she has some years on that contract, she's entitled to at least a year's pay and more likely 18 months. That's literally hundreds of thousands of dollars for a buyout. The BOE may receive some intial heat in this debacle, but they may thinking that they would receive a lot more heat if they have to buyout her contract.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:34 pm
The BOE has to weigh how much is lost in terms of human capital, real capital (from inefficiencies resulting from operations), lost forward progress (which has a real cost), lost innovations, and other negatives weigh against a few hundred thousand dollars.
Just the first item - human capital - is huge. How much does it cost PAUSD to have administrators and teachers working at less than full efficiency because of operational roadblocks? How much does it cost students (in the long term) to be part of a system wher ethe people responsible for their care are NOT ABLE to do what they think is best, because adminsitrative roadblocks are in the way.
If the BOE considers _only_ your objection (one that shuold be considered only as PART of the cost of firing Callan), they will be making a misguided judgment that fails to see the big picture.
There are many paths forward, but the key to accessing those facts is to break free from a system of administration that has seeped into PAUSD's pores, and created geberal dissatisfaction, dissention, and displeasure from many staffers and parents. Kids are the biggest losers in all this - If for no one else, let's get a new beginning at PAUSD for our kids.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Oct 20, 2006 at 6:52 am
As said in an earlier thread, this has quickly become a "non-news" item. We now have the same 4 people posting the exact same stuff.
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, does it make a sound?
Welcome to the woods, my fellow trees.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 20, 2006 at 8:58 am
"More Info,"
On the contrary, all the PAUSD parents I know are very concerned about this issue. The lack of trust, communication, and leadership at the top levels of PAUSD affect our children directly. When teachers and administrators are disgruntled, it affects the students too. If you personally are not interested, fine--don't bother to read about it. But many of us are interested and recognize the seriousness of this situation.
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 20, 2006 at 12:57 pm
"More Info" - - Stay tuned, walk inthe forest, and notice everything that's going on. There's more going on in a quiet forest on an autumn afternoon than you think. Issue like this shouldn't require a headline everyday to keep them alive. Aren't you curious about solving what has become a vexing problem in our schools? Or do you need a "USA TODAY" headline to keep you going?
You might look into your own statement for a clue about what's going on, and how keeping something like this "quiet" tends to let it - and other important issues that effect the lives of you (and our children) - dissipate into the vapors.
That's the PR strategy at HP, where Mark Hurd has preseded over crimes he won't accept responsibility for, and has spun into a "call for change", with Hurd as HP's personal savior.
That's also - in a different way, for different reasons - why the PAUSD issue is being held back. If you're not looking inot spin and PR tactics used by those whose backs are to the wall, you're being played. Look deeper.
btw, if you think people don't care about this issue, just wait and see what happens during the next PAUSD BOE elections if this board doesn't do something to right a situation that has caused us (inlcuding you) real TAX DOLLARS, and inefficiencies in the classrooms that our kids (and yours, if you have any) live in several hours a day.
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Obama: Health insurance isn't expensive – just cancel cable and phones; Update: White House responds
posted at 10:01 am on March 12, 2014 by Ed Morrissey
This is a few days old, but it's amusing nonetheless. Barack Obama appeared in a town hall for Spanish-language media on March 6th to discuss ObamaCare and promote enrollments, and got challenged by a viewer on the economics of it for low-income Americans who are now forced to buy comprehensive health insurance. On a $36,000 annual income, the requirement to buy the broad policy rather than something a little more economical — say, hospitalization coverage combined with an HSA, a strategy which is now all but illegal — makes it impossible to comply. Pshaw, Obama replied. Why, all those low-income folks need to do is stop spending money on luxuries like cable television and cell phones!
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The President responded that "if you looked at their cable bill, their telephone, their cell phone bill… it may turn out that, it's just they haven't prioritized health care." He added that if a family member gets sick, the father "will wish he had paid that $300 a month."
The Libre Initiative points out that premiums have skyrocketed, thanks to the forced changes in ObamaCare, along with the mandate for comprehensive coverage:
According to the National Center for Public Policy Research, the health care law is reducing choice and increasing premiums for millions of Americans. Ehealthinsurance reports that consumers are paying an average of 39% more than they did before the law was implemented. The high cost of policies is contributing to the continued weak enrollment numbers under the law, which are now showing signs of decreasing with less than 3 weeks left to enroll. When he sought the Presidency, Mr. Obama said his plan would deliver affordable care that people would be "desperate" to purchase.
Daniel Garza, Executive Director of The LIBRE Initiative released the following statement:
"If the President actually believes that a family earning less than $40,000 per year can afford nearly $4,000 in health insurance premiums, then he truly does not understand middle-income families. Americans do not need the President to tell them how to budget their households. People are already cutting back on things like cable television and cell phones, just to compensate for an awful economy.This President promised he would deliver on affordable health care. Instead, premiums are up, out-of-pocket expenses are up, and overall cost of living is up. The President simply doesn't get it. And his condescending attitude adds insult to injury."
Let's take a look at that $300 a month, too. Assuming that we're talking about a family of four, that would force the family to spend $3,600 a year. While that might be money well spent in the case of catastrophe, it's a bad investment on several levels otherwise. If both kids break a bone, it might run them $500 each to get treated, or perhaps even a thousand each if they go to an emergency room. If they get the flu, perhaps another $200 each for a doctor visit. Throw in wellness checks for everyone at $250 each, and we're talking about $3400 in medical care, $200 less than their premiums.
But wait! In most plans of that cost, the family will have to spend thousands of dollars in deductibles first for everything but the wellness checks — so the only benefit will be covering the $1000 those cost. In this example, the family that normally would have spent $3400 out of pocket in that year will now spend $5,800.
That's why families such as the caller's used HSAs to spend pre-tax money on routine care and smaller emergencies, and chose so-called catastrophic insurance to deal with serious issues requiring hospitalizations. They could do that and still afford to have a phone and cable TV, at least until Barack Obama assumed he could prioritize their budgets better than they could.
Update: Jesse Lee at the White House responds:
.@mckaycoppins @EdMorrissey Here's what the video *mysteriously* cuts out from middle of clip. Kind of unlike you, Ed pic.twitter.com/4AQf6GJiZq
— Jesse Lee (@jesseclee44) March 12, 2014
It's difficult to read with the red background, but Obama discusses other options for lower-income families in this part of the Q&A. He also attacks the states that refused to go along with Medicaid expansion, although at $36K a year that's probably a non-sequitur. This still doesn't really address Obama's own suggestion that $300 a month is a reasonable cost for comprehensive family insurance, nor does it negate his implication that families could choose to live without cable and phone service instead. That may well be a fair argument on basic economics, but it's a far, far cry from the argument offered over the past five years of affordability in ObamaCare. For many uninsured, they had that option in 2009, too.
Also, for the record, I didn't notice a "mysterious[]" cut in the middle when I posted this, but I'll watch more carefully for that in the future.
Update: The Federalist looked at the whole response, including what the White House sent me, and scoffed even more:
"Is the Affordable Care Act really affordable?" the moderator then asked Obama. Obama couldn't settle on a single answer to the question, so he instead suggested that the man should just sign up for Medicaid, blamed Texas for affordable insurance not being available, and concluded by saying the man should cancel his telephone service if he can't afford to pay for any of Obamacare's health insurance options. …
That's right: it's not Obamacare's fault that insurance is now unaffordable. It's Texas' fault for not expanding Medicaid. If you like your health plan, you can…just go sign up for Medicaid. Or cancel your phone service. Whatever.
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I was wondering if anyone has plans for a honey warming box. I would like to use it to heat both extracted honey and honey frames to be extracted.
I was wondering if anyone has plans for a honey warming box. I would like to use it to heat both extracted honey and honey frames to be extracted.
I built a solar honey heater from 3/8" plywood. The dimensions were large enough to hold 6 five-gallon buckets of honey placed 2X3. I bought an aluminum framed plate of glass (single-paned) at a "Goodwill" store for $3 and constructed the box around its dimensions (roughly 3 by 4 feet). The back side sloped down to the front side by about 30 degrees and the bottom was flat to the ground. I painted it inside and out with flat-black exterior latex paint. The plate glass sits on the sloping sides.
On its trial run, I placed the box outside at 10AM with the temperature at 70F with 2 full five-gallon plastic buckets of honey inside. By 11:00AM the outside temperature was 75F and the temperature inside the box was 120F. Within a couple hours the outside temp was 80F and the inside peaked at around 145F. After about 6 hours, the honey flowed fairly smoothly through stacked 600/400/200 micron screens.
I built a smaller solar wax melter using two panes of glass spaced 1/4" apart and the inside temperature usually peaks at about 150-155F. I filter the melting cap-wax through cheese cloth and a 1/4" screen. The melted wax flows into a Teflon bread pan. Two meltings of the wax yields a clean product. A web search for "solar wax melter" will point you to a few plans you can modify to suit your needs. Mine is similar to the melter found at http://members.aol.com/beetools/solar.htm.
[This message has been edited by BeeMiner (edited September 03, 2003).]