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An Update from SummerHill Homes on the Magee Ranches Development Proposal
Original post made by Wendi Baker, SummerHill Homes, Danville, on Oct 10, 2011
The most recent article, written about a Traffix bus delay on October 3, grew from the reporting of a delay (caused by a last-minute bus driver change and traffic on I-680 from the bus yard) to a forum about traffic on Diablo Road and how much existing conditions would be impacted by the proposed neighborhood by SummerHill Homes.
As the discussion continues, let us remember that an Environmental Impact Report is being drafted, and its findings—about traffic, land use, the East Branch of Green Valley Creek, and the natural habitat—will be available to the public some time in the Winter of 2011.
In the meantime, please keep in mind these facts about the proposed community:
FACT: The application for development by SummerHill Homes is NOT for the right to build; that was decided in the General Plan, which allows for 78 large home sites scattered over the entire 410-acre property—and SummerHill is NOT trying to build more homes than the General Plan allows. The Development Proposal is to build these 78 home sites on a smaller portion of the property rather than on the entire 410 acres.
In addition, SummerHill has chosen to work with a local land planning and architecture firm, Dahlin Group, to plan the home sites for the flattest portions of the property, and dedicate as permanent open space 290 acres of hillside, instead of building on it.
FACT: The Town of Danville has an Affordable Housing Ordinance, which is in compliance with regional and state planning. This requires that new residential construction provide a fair share of dwelling units that could be considered "affordable" should they be rented. This is the "casitas" concept, in which 25%, or 20, of the homes are required to have a 500 sq ft +/- attached unit—for the owner to enjoy or rent. It should be noted that any residential lot in Danville which meets certain development guidelines, including the majority of homes in the immediate region, can acquire a building permit for a casita.
Traffic is an existing problem. It is SummerHill's goal to become a part of the solution, and create opportunities to alleviate some of the traffic problems for the existing residents who currently travel this corridor.
As the Project Manager for the Magee Ranches Development Proposal, I encourage anyone with questions or comments to please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com, or 925-244-7534. The Development Proposal is explained at the project website, at www.mageeranches.com.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 10, 2011 at 4:38 pm
In response to Ms. Baker's posting, I'd like to highlight a few facts she conveniently left out.
FACT: SummerHill and/or the current landowner, Jed Magee, is asking that the property be REZONED to allow for the clustering of homes on the property. We all agree the right to build exists but only consistent with the current zoning.
FACT: Please don't make it sound like SummerHill is doing us a favor by asking to cluster the homes. The motivation for clustering is that it is consistent with the General Plan and thus SummerHill avoids putting this project to an expensive and risky vote on the ballot required under Measure S.
FACT: The motivation behind clustering is also economic - there is no way that building homes in accordance with the current zoning of one home per acre is economically feasible. Scattering homes across that land requires far too much investment in infrastructure for SummerHill or any other developer to make a profit developing it. You have admitted that in public meetings.
FACT: Numerous studies prepared by credible institutions have convincingly shown that converting agricultural land (that's the current zoning on and use of the property in question) to residential homes is a net tax burden on the existing property tax base. In other words, rezoning that property will result in a windfall increase to Magee in the value of his property, a profit to SummerHill and current Danville taxpayers are left holding the bag.
Thanks, Ms. Baker, for giving us yet another opportunity to refute the myths SummerHill is pitching. You can try to sugarcoat this project but there are many of us in Danville (and the number is growing) that see it for what it is. We don't want your project or your "good deeds".
a resident of Danville
on Oct 10, 2011 at 4:39 pm
This salesmanship piece by San Ramon-based development corporation SummerHill Homes doesn't tell you the real picture.
FACT: 78 LOTS containing 78 primary dwellings plus a MINIMUM of 20 second dwelling units is a MINIMUM of 98 dwelling units! The maximum number of dwelling units is limited only by market demand. It could be as many as 138 dwelling units on this project!
FACT: Additional dwelling units (no matter what quaint name SummerHill gives them) means more people, and more traffic, and more students, generated by this subdivision. Just look at Windemere and Dougherty Valley. The trend is for more and more multiple families to crowd into homes of this nature, attracted by the second dwelling units. This generates far more traffic, and far more children crowding the schools, than the number of lots would indicate. Just look at the schools out there. They are brand new, the housing isn't even built out yet, and yet the schools are well over capacity and diverting students.
FACT: Without the rezoning, this project will not be built. The rezoning to a higher density (for which there is NO right or entitlement) is what makes this PROFITABLE for SummerHill Homes Development Corporation. Any insinuation to the contrary by SummerHill Homes Corporation is simply dishonest. Ask them. They won't build this project on the existing zoning.
FACT: Not even building in the current zoning is an absolute right or entitlement, as SummerHill claims. That is what the environmental review process and CEQA is all about. If the traffic, life-safety and other environmental impacts of this project cannot be adequately mitigated, SummerHill Homes Development Corporation is NOT entitled to build.
OPINION: (Hey, I'm honest!) There's no way addiing this major subdivision and all of these people and cars to this narrow, already overburdened corridor can do anything but drastically exacerbate traffic conditions, and seriously impair our life safety and lifestyles. Assuming the Environmental Impact Report (which is paid for by SummerHill Homes) is fair and accurate, we will see this borne out.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 10, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Fact: SummerHill Homes' proposed development can can not be built without a REZONING of Jed Magee's property to allow building on 10,000+ square feet lots. The General Plan does NOT grant Jed Magee a RIGHT to REZONE his property. The 2010 General Plan states that it "designates a majority of Magee Ranch... for agricultural use. Application of the Williamson Act to retain these areas for grazing is strongly supported. Consistent with the Danville 2005 General Plan, nearly half of the site has been designated for rural residential use, with maximum desnsities of one unit per five acres."
Fact: If Jed Magee kept his current zoning which allows a maximum density of one home per 5 acres on most of his 400 acres, no developer would be interested in buying the entire parcel and developing the 78 lots. It would not be profitable, given the expense to put in the roads, grade the land, construct the power lines, sewer lines, and water lines, cut out the slides, and do all the other work that would be necessary to develop the entire parcel in 5 acre lots.
Fact: Adding possibly 1000 car trips per day to Diablo Road traffic (per the International Traffic Engineers Trip Generation Manual, available on the web) will not and cannot improve traffic.
a resident of San Ramon
on Oct 10, 2011 at 4:54 pm
SummerHill is right. There ARE traffic solutions if the Town Council members want to develop this agricultural property into a higher-density subdivision. It is done all the time, as SummerHill knows. It will change the community, but if the Town Council wants to see it happen, the traffic issues can be solved, as SummerHill points out. The are just becomes a major suburban thoroughfare, like Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek.
There is enough land available to widen Diablo Road to four lanes (two in each direction) from Blackhawk to the Green Valley intersection. The hillside could be cut back with retaining walls, and the Creek rerouted, or simply channeled or entubed under the new lanes. Northbound lanes could be added on Macauley. The setbacks of some homes and HOA's along Diablo Road would have to be taken (condemned) up by existing Magee Ranch and Diablo communities, but the space is there. Full traffic signals could be placed at Tennis Club, Magee Ranch Road, Still Creek Road, Jillian, Mt. Diablo Scenic, Avenue Nueva, Alameda Diablo, and Fairway (at St. Tim's). These could be timed to remain green during non-commute times, and to regulate traffic in four lanes all the way through the corridor during peak hours, much the way traffic is regulated on any other major urban thoroughfare. Additional dedicated turn lanes could be added at Green Valley. (I doubt it would require relocating the fire station, just taking some of the setback.) Green Valley Road itself (from Diablo to Stone Valley Road) is a bit of a problem. Widening it there would requires some additional condemnation of private property, but it's doable. And the new cut-throughs the Town Council approved as part of the Weber Development could be used to route through-traffic (680 commuters) and Monte Vista traffic into Alamo through Ackerman Road and those communities. It would be a different community - more like the highly developed portions of San Ramon or Dublin -- but it's doable. And you can't stop progress if that's what the Town Council want for the Town.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 10, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Traffic Solutions has given us really good food for thought. The traffic problems that exist along Diablo Road and nearby could all be solved with large amounts of asphalt and concrete. While what Traffic Soultions outlines may be feasible (and add to that paving McCauley Road and Merano Street all the way through to Blackhawk Road), but are we really willing to pay the price by sacrificing the natural beauty that prompted us to choose this area to live in the first place? Do we really want to live along something that resembles Ygnacio Valley Road? Wake up, Danville! It's time to make your voice heard. Contact the Town Council and make sure they know you don't want this project to be approved. Remind them that it's not about what they want - it's about what we the voters want. Remind them they work for us! Make your voice heard!
a resident of another community
on Oct 10, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Dear Editor,
No matter what excuse Ms. Baker gives for being the core of a problem created by an illegitimate approval by Danville government, her corporation is still an absusive part of Diablo Road issues.
As stated in purposeful ingnorance by Ms. Baker, "Traffic is an existing problem. It is SummerHill's goal to become a part of the solution, and create opportunities to alleviate some of the traffic problems for the existing residents who currently travel this corridor."
That is an excuse and a hollow promise by a commercial real estate interest that is only focused on its own profits. More specifically, it is nonsense.
Just how much did Ms. Baker and fellow executives provide as contributions to Mary Piepho and the Danville counsel?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 10, 2011 at 8:37 pm
To "Traffic Solutions": You have got it all wrong. It's not "progress" to destroy General- Plan- protected Diablo Road scenic vistas and country ambiance. And it is not what the "Town Council wants" for the Diablo Road corridor that is determinative. It is what "the People" want.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 11, 2011 at 8:40 am
"Traffic Solutions" conveniently left out a key matter: what will his/her "solution" to traffic congestion cost and WHO WILL PAY FOR IT!!! SummerHill Homes will run the other way if it has to pay for creating 2 more lanes along Diablo and Blackhawk Roads. Certainly the Danville taxpayers will not want to finance the building of two lanes of roads so that SummerHill and Jed Magee can reap huge profits. And you have forgotten that there are other serious issues surrounding SummerHill's proposals, such as flooding and erosion. Any ideas on "solving" those other issues, "Traffic Solutions"?
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 11, 2011 at 11:23 am
Traffic on that stretch of Diablo Road has been terrible at commute/school times for At Least Thirty Years. Posters here act like it's something new -- it's not.
I think the widening needs doing, and the bulk of it should be paid-for mostly by we who live in the corridor from Green Valley to Crow Canyon Road. Others who use that route occasionally should pay a little, too. Special assessment time?
If you take all the unproductive money you-all and Summerhill will spend on lawyers and EIRs and devote it instead to capital improvements, you can pay for a significant chunk right there. Then you can have your country OM-Bee-Onse, and convenience, too.
So many lawyers -- too few engineers.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 7:59 am
Friends and neighbors,
Has anyone else noticed the development south of Los Cerros Middle School and the future development of the farmland on San Ramon Valley Blvd south of Podva Road?
How many more houses do we need?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 8:22 am
Wendi Baker is obviously on Summerhillls payrol given the content and " tone " of her article !
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 12, 2011 at 8:25 am
Why do some residents of Danville think they can solve their traffic problems by diverting traffic to Alamo streets? We didn't cause the problem and we don't want to be the solution. There are many neighborhoods whose only entrance and exit is from Stone Valley Road. Why should these residents be inconvenienced just so Danville can build another housing development that the infracture cannot support? And certainly we are not going to support a special assessment just so we can go to work in the morning and return home in the evening. When Summerhill completes the development, just were will the students going to Monte Vista park? The parking lot is already full. So, then these students will park on the side roads off Stone Valley or Green Valley that are barely one lane roads. With parking on these roads, not only are we house-bound, but emergency vehicles (fire, ambulance) cannot possible navigate the roads if any of the residents need help.
a resident of another community
on Oct 12, 2011 at 9:48 am
Dear Editor,
It is likely reasonable to provide Wendi Baker's e-mail address, firstname.lastname@example.com, so your readers can ask SummerHill their direct questions or make direct comments.
In addition, CDSI Research members in our region are not the authors of postings such as "Angry" above but do support actions to limit Danville's government from imposing traffic on neighboring communities for the sake of tax and fee income.
This issue is gaining attention in Alamo and various neighborhoods and community meetings are including such discussions in their agendas. The AIA, as direct and representative members' independent voice for Alamo, will have a board meeting on October 13 at 7PM, Creekside Church, that would be an appropriate place for Alamo region neighborhoods to pursue public commentary on the imposition of traffic from the Magee and Weber Ranches developments on the Green Valley/Stone Valley corridor, www.alamoca.org.
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 12, 2011 at 9:54 am
Uh, Tango? Thanks a bunch for restating the blindingly obvious affiliation that is stated in the Ms. Wendi's self-identification.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:09 am
Cardinal ! In a hurry this am and had not had my venti coffee yet !
a resident of Los Cerros Middle School
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:10 am
Thank you, Summerhill Homes, for clarifying the FACTS. With Summerhill and Dahlin at the wheel, this community will be an improvement to our beautiful area. I get a little tired of the narrow view taken by some in the neighborhood who, in an attempt to prevent healthy growth, misrepresent the plans of home builders, and misplace blame for community ills (traffic, etc.) This negativity from some in our community is really just the old, tiresome, selfish attitude, "I've got mine ..". It's great that we have open communication both pro and con, but hope everyone will keep an open mind as this project moves forward. I look forward to seeing the EIR.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:39 am
By all the comments, this proposed development has generated a lot of angry anti-development (anti-Summerhill) sentiment in the area. I am sure all of the negative comments come from people whose homes are on land that one was farm land or pasture. This development is an example of "in-fill" in which new housing is developed within areas that are already developed. It will continue to happen throughout the East Bay and makes sense now and over the long term. Projections are that California will grow in population over the next 20 years by another 10 million residents. In-fill is a far better solution than sprawl.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 12:49 pm
OMG? Really? Growth in California? We've heard this all before, except how many homes sit vacant due the bank's foreclosures? Do we really need more new homes in this economy? And squeezing dense housing in an area that is already greatly impacted with traffic woes, not to mention the potential land erosion due to widening Diablo Road. Sorry, I don't see a "need" for housing but only a "greed" for money here plain and simple.
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 12, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Tango: thanks for not going ballistic -- you must be new around here. ;-)
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Well Mike, you are right about growth projections, but you are incorrect about who is posting here. I live a good mile as the crow flies and this project won't effect me traffic-wise. I just happen to be one of those enviro-loonies who finds open hillsides to be appealing.
There are two unrelated points I would like to make that on one here seems to be discussing.
The first is the assumption by SummerHill and most of the people posting that these expensive properties will SELL. I have my doubts. I know there are still Diablo-country club wannabe's out there, but how many? A very small "green" development (average price per home with in-law unit: 2.1 million) close to us & adjacent to the Iron Horse trail with a mere eight units didn't sell. Three sat vacant for ages, one may still be, and at least one turned into a very costly rental for the owner. It was built about 3-1/2 years ago.
I am unconvinced of the further need for high-end yuppie dwellings.
Second, and one nobody likes to talk about: we will always need more houses until the human race curbs it's breeding habits. I am strongly against this project, but I would also say there is a bit of hypocrite in anyone posting that has a large family.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 12, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Cardinal ! Nope, a resident for over 25 years !
a resident of Blackhawk
on Oct 12, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Get over yourselves and Derek
Thank you for making the points I was about to make. In Blackhawk alone, there are currently 129 homes for sale. And, for those whose only exit from their homes is Diablo Road, is it really smart to be adding when someday we could (God forbid) have an Oakland Hills fire situation. Also, although California's population will continue to grow, a majority will be the illegal immigrants from south of the border and their families who shouldn't be here in the first place and definitely cannot afford a home here!
a resident of another community
on Oct 13, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Dear Editor,
Subscriber news service and CDSI Research members have combined efforts to respond to Wendi Baker in distribution to corridor e-exchanges and news service subscribers:
#1 - There is very questionable demand for homes on the Magee Ranch property and likewise for Weber Ranch development due to Diablo Road access and available properties in established neighborhoods such as Blackhawk, Danville and Alamo.
#2 - Environmental Impact Report noted by Wendi to be available in the winter of 2011 is reportedly still in process and our county should be primary in the traffic and infrastructure study due to impact outside of Danville's boundaries.
#3 - Danville's general plan, including low cost housing provisions, is built to state and regional requirements that were established before the housing market reduced occupancy of current homes, destroyed demand and prices, and placed much of Contra Costa's housing in distressed positions.
#4 - Wendi's commitment to be part of Diablo Road traffic solutions simply obligates SummerHill to eliminate the impact of trafffic additions created by Magee development. The same obligation is applied to Gayle Uilkema and Mary Piepho in leading the county's effort to restrict the imposition of Danville-created traffic on surrounding communities.
With questionable demand, difficult traffic and infrastructure issues, and Danville voters questioning Danville's council's willingness to serve their neighborhoods' will and interests, SummerHill has a very risky business proposal in process.
Journalism, and not PR releases, are needed to fully tell the growing discontent among Danville and region neighborhoods for the disregard of Danville government's planning and their devotion to developers such as SummerHill.
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 14, 2011 at 9:30 am
I like to pretend I'm still living in the '70's and this area is still rural.
we raise chickens and sheep, meet at the grange on sundays and get fresh whole milk from farmer Jones. My jalopy gets 18 rods to the hogshead. Ha ha ha.
Widen the road and put in a safeway so I dont have to go to Alamo for deli chicken. And make sure each of the new homes has a fire sprinkler system installed so we can keep more union fire department desk jobs.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 14, 2011 at 4:09 pm
I so agree with you, Angry. I am angry,too, at Danville's Planning Commissioners and Council members---none of whom live in the Diablo Road corridor--- for endangering our lives by imposing a lot more traffic on us. Can't they get the FACT that Diablo Road is OVER ITS CAPACITY! Apparently Danville has now asked its consultants that are preparing the Draft Environmental Impact Report to STUDY DIABLO'S ROADS! Are they planning to divert Diablo Road traffic through Diablo???
a resident of Danville
on Oct 17, 2011 at 8:27 am
I live in Danville but try to avoid the dangerous, winding, hilly portion of Danville's Diablo Road that is adjacent to Diablo by driving through Diablo. I have seen several accidents on that winding portion of Diablo Road. Can you imagine what that winding portion will be like with hundreds (probably thousands) of huge construction vehicles driving there if SummerHill gets its rezoning?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 23, 2011 at 10:25 am
I'm not for or against this development, since I live in Greenbrook and not affected by the traffic complaints. But as others have pointed out, we all live in homes that were built on former ranch, pasture or farm land. Just because Jed Magee waited and held out on selling his property, doesn't mean his rights go out the window. There used to be less than 300 people in Danville not too long ago. If everyone's property rights were taken away, none of us would be living here. I also find the "other new homes didn't sell" or "there are enough homes for sale" a hollow argument. Whether or not homes can sell? Yes address the environmental issues. But I have to say, clustering homes seems way more environmental that spreading them out and disturbing more land, and following a prescribed zoning without thinking though real solutions.

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The National Association of Educators (NEA) created the annual literacy campaign 13 years ago. This year, more than 45 million readers joined the celebration, according to the NEA. The goal? To get kids excited about reading.
"Regardless of whether a student's favorite subject is math, science, music or English, the common thread to success [in school] is reading," says NEA President Dennis Van Roekel.
Reading Fun with the First Lady
First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan helped to kick off the celebration in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world. The two read books by Dr. Seuss. The First Lady read The Cat in the Hat to nearly 300 students from Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C, Duncan read Horton Hears a Who!
After the reading, Mrs. Obama answered the children's questions. One child asked her about her favorite books. She said that the Obama family favorites are Dr. Seuss's Horton Hatches the Egg and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
"Do you know that the President of the United States reads all the time?" Mrs. Obama said. "Our girls read every single night."
The First Lady also told the audience that she allows her daughters, Sasha, 8, and Malia, 11, to stay up 30 minutes past their bedtime if they are reading.
Seuss on the Loose
The celebration did not end on March 2. The Cat in the Hat hit the road this week for the NEA's Read Across America "Cat-a-Van Reading Tour." The famous feline will travel to Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin to hand out 16,500 Cat in the Hat books to children. The NEA will also donate thousands of dollars to public school libraries.
How can you join in the fun? First, take the reading pledge: "I promise to read each day and each night. I know it's the key to growing up right." Then find a cozy little nook and curl up with a good book!


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State-sponsored child abuse
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published: August 2010
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In 2004 15 year old Gareth Myatt died whilst being "restrained" by three members of staff at a privatized children's prison called Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Warwickshire. In the same year 14 year old Adam Rickwood hanged himself in another children's jail, Hassockfield Secure Centre in Co. Durham.
A Judge later ruled that the guards who "restrained" Adam shortly before his death had used unlawful force on him. Six years later and following a sustained campaign by parents of imprisoned children and groups like the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) a shocking government document detailing control methods used on children, some as young as 12, in custody has been revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Published by the Prison Service in 2005 and classified as a restricted government document, the manual provides staff in secure training centres with authorization to inflict physical pain on children with so-called "restraint and self-defence techniques". The methods of physical force described in the manual are so legally questionable that the government was prepared to be taken to a tribunal to fight against disclosure of the document despite a ruling by the Information Commissioner that it should be publicly released.
Previously government officials had even refused to provide a copy to the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee. Eventually the Ministry of Justice was forced to back down and release the document; its contents made the reticence of the Justice Ministry to shame with the public, such information all too self-explanatory.
Some of the "restraint" methods used against children in custody approved by the Justice Ministry, currently headed by the liberal-thinking Ken Clark, include ramming knuckles into the ribs of children and raking shoes down the shins. It also authorised staff to: "Drive straightened fingers into the young person's face, and then quickly drive the straightened fingers of the same hand downwards into the young person's groin area". "Use an inverted knuckle into the trainee's sternum and drive inward and upward". "Continue to carry alternate elbow strikes to the young person's ribs until a release is achieved".
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A government manual instructing prison staff on how to inflict pain on teenage inmates was today labelled 'state authorised child abuse'. The Ministry of Justice was forced to release details of its approved 'restraint and self-defence techniques' for children in secure training centres after a lengthy freedom of information battle. — Mail On Sunday
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After three years of secrecy and resistance, the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has agreed to hand over the instructors' manual which governs the use of physical restraint in the country's four privately-run child prisons. — Children's Rights Alliance
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Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise: Poetry
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught: Distance-Learning Courses:· Creative Writing I-IV · Craft and Reflection I-III· Graduating Seminar Preparation· Creative Thesis
Education: B.A., College of Letters at Wesleyan University; Graduate degrees from Hollins University and Washington University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions: Books of Poetry:Churches (2014)In a Beautiful Country (2011)National Anthem (2008)Fallen from a Chariot (2005)The Finger Bone (2002)Strange Wood (1998)Editor: numerous anthologies including New European Poets, New Young American Poets, Dunstan Thompson: on the Life and Work of a Lost American Master (2010) the forthcoming Russell Atkins: On the Life and Work of an American Master (2013) and Until Everything is Continuous Again: American Poets on the Recent Work of W. S. Merwin (2012).
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Hungarians Relieved from Paying Real Estate Tax – Should We Cheer?
Hungarians last week got off the hook of having to pay real estate taxes. The Constitutional Court ruled that the legislation, which would have levied a tax on homes worth more than 30 million forints ($156,000) and/or a second home worth more than half of that amount, was against the constitution and annulled the bill retroactively to Jan. 1, 2010.
The reasoning went that the government unilaterally put the burden of uncertainty linked with the definition of the commercial value of real estate on the taxpayer alone. Also, the commercial value of real estate could differ as much as 30% or even 40% compared to the tax office's estimates.
I agree that the real estate tax in its current form had many pitfalls such as a lack of a reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive real estate registry, and you would think anyone displeased with not having to pay the real estate tax is out of his or her mind.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by Sugar, Jun 15, 2011.
Wow I take this as a retirement demand
They should have gone after Tom Z, too.
So...is Flatt definitely not competing this season?
According to the article, "[t]he federation is addressing separately what if any action to take against Tom Zakrajsek, who was her coach at worlds." So, they still might go after him (and I agree with you that they should do so)
Wow this is a strong stand to take and pity the girl - but glad to see the point being made. Hopefully all other skaters/coaches/teams sit up and take note.
I still think Rachael thought to have a last hurrah at Worlds. Not the smartest move, and definitely selfish, but I can understand where she was coming from. What a dark mark on what was otherwise a very respectable career.
Kudos to Hersh for following up on this.
Holy Sh*t. Phil Hersh got what he wanted. Kudos to him for not backing down on this one. And I agree, action should also be taken against Tom Z.
Ohh! (((Rachael))) I though the skaters skates even with injure is not that rare in figure skating? Now blame on US girls no 3spot on Racheal..
And she bombed at Nats (otherwise she'd have gone to Worlds) and bombed last year at Worlds (otherwise we would have had 3 spots this year and she would have gone to Worlds - see a trend?). I like Mirai, and I like Frank, but he needs to stop whining and focus on preparing his student for next season.
I imagine that the root of Frank's ire has nothing to do with Rachael. I'm willing to bet this is about some feud between Frank and Tom Z.
I have never seen the specific requirements the USFSA gives its int'l team members regarding reporting injuries, but if Rachael didn't follow them, I agree with the USFSA's actions. But I'm not sure it's realistic to think that Rachael made (or could make) the decision to tell or not to tell all by herself. Tom Z was likely a major driver in this and I think he should bear the brunt of the consequences, not Rachael.
I hope we hear about what the "separate action" against Tom Z turns out to be.
When Caroll had Evan, and Evan was injured right before worlds, he called Tom Z to give him a heads up that Jeremy might need to be ready as alternate. Jeremy ended up going to Worlds.
I think Caroll has a legit gripe that when Rachael had a significant injury, Tom Z didn't do the same
I'm very sad that Rachael took a year off college to skate, and it ended like this. I hope she can go on to University and be great at academics. It is time for her to retire from skating.
I think the root of Frank's ire is that he believes that injured athletes should not be competing. I agree with him.
I see absolutely no problem with her trying to compete through injury. At least through the short program, she was still trying to complete her planned content.
I would think this "punishment" is based on the fact that Rachael/Tom did not report the injury even though they had gotten a diagnosis, which meant USFS could not inform the alternate and give her the heads up that she may be needed to compete.
Didn't Evan compete with a stress fracture while being coached by Frank?
ETA: Yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Lysacek
It appears she was reprimanded not for competing with the injury but for failing to disclose the injury prior to compete according to the wording. Obviously, other skaters have competed with injuries, but they may have been known and/or reported to U.S. Figure Skating beforehand (in which case, what do they say?)
Also, I wonder if other skaters have been fined for not reporting injuries and we just didn't hear about it.
She might need to earn some prize money to pay the fine!
And to think some posters wanted to sweep this under the rug...
Hopefully it sends the message: Don't try to grit it out on your own. And for heaven's sake, don't try to hide it.
I'm glad the USFS is taking action, even if it had to be nudged by Phil Hersh to do so.
Yes, but it obviously didn't affect his performance ability as he won his first and only world title that year.
Frank Carroll coach of OGM Evan Lysacek, OSM's Michelle Kwan, Linda Fratianne, OBM Timothy Goebel, Christopher Bowman, Tiffany Chin etc ?
A feud based on what because it certainly isn't professional jealousy.
On the other hand, there is something wrong when the PSA is nominating Tom Z for coach of the year and here we have Rachael Flatt being reprimanded and fined by the USFS. I realize they are not one and the same, but it's just off.
Tom Z had two athletes competing with bad injuries at major competitions this season. I'm surprised they didn't start the investigation by looking at him.
I was NOT expecting this. I feel bad for Rachael, but I think it was wrong on many different levels of her and Tom decided not to back out of worlds.
I will be extremely shocked if Flatt continues to compete after this. USFSA is pretty much telling her "don't let the door hit you on the way out".
I forgot about that. That's a good point.
Exactly. She may have still competed, and the result may have been the same, and frank would still be talking about it. I don't think Frank's response has to do with a (blanket) opinion that injured athletes shouldn't compete (b/c then Evan wouldn't have competed at '09 Worlds). This seems more personal than that, and it may be the issue Centerpt1 noted above.
These coaches travel on teams together and spend a lot of time together. Coaching is kind of like a fraternity/sorority anyway. There are plenty of things for coaches to feud/dislike each other about that have nothing to do with the medals their students have earned.
I believe that Rachael and her coach share responsibility.
They both knew that she was not fit/physically ready for competition; and concealed it,
I'm glad that Hersh persisted with follow-up, or we might never have known about this action.
I hope that there will be clearly defined policies and procedures in place to prevent similar situations in the future.
Whatever it is, it should definitely be harsher than the action taken against Flatt. Honestly, I think the whole situation falls on Tom Z. HE was the one who made the decision to send her- and the one who is ultimately responsible for his skater.
Ok, what does "reprimand" here mean exactly?
She will be banned from competing for the next season?
How do you know Frank would still be talking about it if Rachael's camp had reported her injury?
USFS not releasing how much they are fining Rachael is a bit odd. It could be something totally ceremonial like $100. It's not like Rachael is rolling in endorsement money or anything like that. This might have just been a gentle token gesture by USFS to get Phil off their backs.
Either way, I think it's an important step. This sends a huge message to other skaters down the road who might be in her position. She has every right to skate injured at Nationals, where she's only skating for herself, but with so much more than her own result at stake, her Worlds behavior was inexcusable.


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I'm thinking about bees and how they've lived for thousands of years without us, and, thinking that a tree hive offers a few things, but, I don't know details and haven't done research much. Seems a bee hive in a tree has a low hole, and no vent at the top. Trees vary in thickness and cold prevention, etc, based on wood density, quality, and thickness. No idea if bees prefer a thick wood or if they just pick something that is about big enough inside and deal with variances in heat due to trunk thickness.
A few observations-summers are cool as leaves shade. Winters get sun because leaves are gone. Low hole allows ventilation out during winter, but condensation can happen in the top of the hive? Other than that, it's live and let live.
I have a first year TBH and it all worked fine, low entrance holes on one end, one high hole on the far other end for ventilation, but, haven't been thru a winter yet and I've been scared at the whole humidity talk people mention, contradicting my earlier statements about a log hive.
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So, I have several questions related to chalkbrood. First some background. Rcvd an over-wintered Nuc in early May. Installed in Deep same day. Within a week, started to see some dried brood on front porch, but thought it might be some old brood they had cleaned out from the 5 other frames I gave them. After another week of continuing to see more dried brood, I finally realized it was chalkbrood. (Had never seen it before). My research said that they will outgrow it and that it is thought to be caused by stress and possibly environmental factors as in moist environs with low circulation. Well, the weather had been like that for a week, and was going to be like that for another week - great!
So, the dried brood on the doorstep has continued, but finally we have some good weather. Every weekly inspection I had sighted the queen, and she was doin her thing. Big dark queen! I've read that sometimes one needs to replace the queen. So my questions:
How long do I give them, to out grow this?
When do I make a decision to pinch the queen, and why would that work if chalkbrood spores are prevalent everywhere, and certainly now in this hive.
Do I need to be concerned with sharing equipment with other hives, disinfecting hive tool, etc?
Would making a split, by pulling this queen and put in a nuc, and then adding a new queen to the old hive be a possible solution? Or would I now have two hives with chalkbrood?
Frustrated and looking for a way to turn this hive around. Lastly, should I notify the Nuc provider?
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UTSA hosts farewell reception Dec. 9 for Guy Bailey
By Tim Brownlee
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(Dec. 6, 2005)--Guy Bailey, UTSA provost and executive vice president, in July was named chancellor of the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC). A professor of English, classics and philosophy, he has served as provost at UTSA since 1998. Bailey's last day at UTSA is Dec. 31.
The UTSA community is invited to a reception for Bailey from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9 in the Main Building Regents' Room (3.106) on the 1604 Campus. The reception is an opportunity to bid a fond farewell and congratulations.
"Guy Bailey is an outstanding scholar, teacher and administrator," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "As provost, he helped shape UTSA as one of the next premier research universities serving Texas. He understands the complex role of a university in the community as a center of excellence in education, research and community service."
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During his tenure at UTSA, more than 10 doctoral programs have been created, external funding for research has more than doubled and total enrollment has increased from 18,000 students to more than 26,000 students. Graduate enrollment has risen nearly 50 percent, and he has led efforts to recruit 200 faculty members during the last five years.
"It is a privilege to have served with my colleagues at UTSA during this period of rapid growth in both enrollment and academic programs," Bailey said. "I look forward to assuming the chancellorship at UMKC, and working with the team there to take the institution to the next level and strengthen its role as a metropolitan university." His appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2006.
"I have no doubt Guy Bailey will be a great chancellor for UMKC," said Romo. "He has been an integral part of our academic community and is respected by his peers. Missouri's gain is UTSA's loss. I have enjoyed working with Guy the last few years to lift UTSA to the ranks of premier universities, and will miss him greatly."
In collaboration with his wife, Jan Tillery, an associate professor of Engish, classics and philosophy, Bailey conducts research on language variation and change with special emphasis on the English of Texas and the American South. Since 1984, their research has earned more than $1 million in external funding and has been featured in numerous journals, The New York Times, PBS and other national media outlets. He was named the Peter T. Flawn Professor of English Language and Linguistics in 2004.
Bailey is the author of more than 90 books and articles, and has written 120 conference papers. His has earned international and national recognition and is frequently cited in dialectology and sociolinguistics literature.
Before joining UTSA in 1997 as associate vice president for research, Bailey was dean of liberal arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He earned his Ph.D. in English linguistics at the University of Tennessee, and both his bachelor's and master's degrees in English at the University of Alabama.
Since 1999, under Romo's leadership, four senior administrators have become university presidents. In addition to Bailey, Jim Gaertner, former dean of the College of Business, is president of Sam Houston State University and Blandina Cardenas, former dean of the College of Education and Human Development, is president of UT Pan American. Zorica Pantic-Tanner, former dean of the College of Engineering, recently assumed the presidency of Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
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Dan Kaercher: A hobo's life is transient but the life and history of the hobo are forever honored in just one place, the North Central Iowa town of Britt. At the tail end f the 19th Century, Britt's railroad brought a new type of tourist to the community. The town's founding father saw an opportunity to boost Britt's visibility when a struggling convention needed a new home. A home for thousands of people without a home of their own.
Linda Hughes: Our founding fathers here in Britt, Potter, Way and Bailey was their last names, saw it in the Chicago paper that they no longer wanted to hold this - it was called Tourist Union 63 Convention out there. So these three men thought hey, maybe we could put Britt on the map by inviting the hobo to Britt. And the first hobo to come was Onion Cotton. They had a big party for him out at the fairgrounds. He agreed that Britt would be the home of the National Hobo Convention and that was 112 years ago.
Dan Kaercher: Now hobo that is an interesting word. I wonder why were these men called hoboes?
Linda Hughes: The word hobo actually comes from hoe boy. After the Civil War he went home and he found that his home was no longer there. So, he grabbed his hoe, his shovel, and he would go out and look for farm work. Well, hoe boy turned into hobo.
Dan Kaercher: Every August, Britt welcomes back old hoboes and new tourists alike. There is an outdoor market during the convention for those looking to snag the newest treasure. But the real draw is the Chief Theatre. The Britt landmark was purchased by the Hobo Foundation for one dollar in 1988.
Linda Hughes: It started with a just a small box of artifacts and today our building is pretty full.
Dan Kaercher: The exhibits at the museum illustrate the origin of the hobo and showcase a certain pride in this unconventional way of life. Due to economic factors the hobo population peaked during the Great Depression as thousands of people rode the rails looking for opportunity. But don't confuse a hobo with a bum.
Linda Hughes: A hobo is one who travels and works. A tramp will travel and a bum will do neither. So, you never want to call a hobo a tramp or a bum. Iowa Blackie was probably the most famous hobo in Iowa. He actually started to hobo when he was 13 years old. He hopped a freight train. By the time he was 17 he was hoboing full time. He had the love of the train. He had the love of the hobo and he lived that life. He was a hobo through and through. Well, last February we did loose Iowa Blackie. He caught the Westbound. We got his leather jacket. We got a couple of his journals. It kept track of his travels. His hobo way of life. Everything about his life were in these journals.
Dan Kaercher: Iowa Blackie was crowned King of the Hobo Convention in 1993. Every year the people of Britt and its adopted citizens still gather for a special coronation.
Linda Hughes: Well, on Saturday afternoon of Hobo Day everybody gathers at the city gazebo and the candidates get up and give a two minute speech and whoever gets the longest and loudest applause is the new king and queen of the hoboes. The king wears red. The queen wears blue. They each wear a Folgers coffee can crown.
Dan Kaercher: And when can people visit this museum?
Linda Hughes: The Hobo Museum is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Our hours are from 10 in the morning until five in the afternoon. We also will take tours by appointment or if someone wants to call through the year, I will bring them through.
Dan Kaercher: After you tour the museum you can explore the rest of Britt's hobo heritage. View the queen's flower garden and meet up with some past hobo royalty, Connecticut Shortie and New York Maggie, the pair are the only sisters to be crowned hobo queens of the convention.
Connecticut Shorty: The queen's gardens were built and maintained by Mary Jo and Linda Hughes. And there is several different queens here that have gardens. A lot of the queens pick their own flowers. If you look at them close you can usually find the name of who they have been dedicated too.
Dan Kaercher: Outlining the gardens is a beautiful walkway comprised of engraved bricks. The names on the bricks include Britt townspeople, hoboes, and friends of the hobo. The path leads to more memorials placed throughout the small park.
Connecticut Shorty: This brick walk is a combination of local Britt people and hoboes. And since their history has been entwined for 111 years, it is only fitting that they have bricks together in this walk.
Dan Kaercher: From there head off to the Hobo Jungle and see some interesting symbols as New York Maggie explains.
New York Maggie: Well it could be folklore. It could be true that hoboes marked houses if there is a cat marked on your house it means kind lady lives here. Safe camp an "X" with a little campfire.
Dan Kaercher: The Hobo Jungle is on the north side of Britt appropriately near the railroad tracks. During the Hobo Convention it is "the" center of activity.
Connecticut Shorty: This Hobo Jungle fills up with hundreds of people really.
New York Maggie: Any hobo that wants to get up and entertain, sing, do poetry; the hoboes are the main entertainment for the evening. We also set up a kitchen and feed the hoboes all weekend long as well as the town folks.
Dan Kaercher: End your day in Britt as the Hobo Cemetery. It is a small section in the Evergreen Cemetery reserved for hoboes who have caught the Westbound Train.
Connecticut Shortie: When a hobo dies, he catches a train heading west which is where the sun sets, in the west. All good hoboes go to Heaven. God knows that hoboes have to ride. So he allows them to ride the tails of the comets and the shooting stars. So whenever you see a streak of light across the sky, it might just be a hobo riding by.
Dan Kaercher: Britt keeps the spirit of the wanderer alive today. A home for everyone who is always looking for the next adventure waiting around the bend.
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Re: st: non-normal residuals
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Some of this is textbook stuff but a standard if not universal line is
that linearity is the most important assumption of the linear model.
I'd like to repeat my advice that residual vs fitted plots are the
best general guide to whether the pattern of residuals is
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> Thanks Maarten,
> If the non-normal residual is not a big problem for linear regression,
> what about heterokedasticity? I tried to test whether my linear
> regression makes sense by testing the assumptions, and the results
> showed that residuals are not normal and residual variances are not
> constant. I thought robust standard errors were correcting for
> heterokedasticity, and it would not change the coefficients? Since the
> coefficients do not change for the regression, what is the point of
> using robust standard errors if my goal is to get the coefficients?
> I used ladder/gladder commands because I thought if I can transform
> the variables to normal, then the residuals might be normal as
> well.----It turned out to be not working, because most of the
> independent variables do not have a fit transformation to normal.
> In order to make my regression more valid, what else shall I do? Shall
> I try to add and test for more independent variables?
> Thanks a lot for your patience and help.
> Best,
> Xixi Lin
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Maarten Buis <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Non-Gaussianity(*) of the residuals is on its own almost never a real
>> problem. Linear regression(**) is well known to be remarkably robust
>> in that sense. What you need to take care of is whether or not your
>> effects are linear, as strong deviations from Gaussianity can be a
>> sign that that might be a problem. But as long as your effects are
>> reasonably linear, you either do nothing about non-Gaussianity or you
>> specify -vce(robust)- or you specify -vce(bootstrap)-. I'd be worried
>> if the method matters.
>> Notice that -ladder- or -gladder- do not look at residuals but at the
>> marginal distribution, so those commands cannot solve your problem.
>> -- Maarten
>> (*) Gaussian distribution is another name for the "normal"
>> distribution without the normative connotation.
>> (**) OLS is the name of the algorithm used for estimating the
>> parameters of a linear regression model. So the name of the model you
>> want to estimate is "linear regression model" not "OLS".
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Xixi Lin <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> I have a cross-sectional multiple regression, I wanna use OLS, and
>>> tested for its assumptions. It turned out that the residuals are not
>>> normal. And I tried to transform Y and X to other forms, however, it
>>> does not help to solve the non-normality problem. I use the following
>>> code to find the best fit for transformation.
>>> ladder Y
>>> gladder Y
>>> Is there any other way that I can fix the non-normality problem? Thanks.
>>> Best,
>>> Xixi Lin
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Thanks for your kind comments! I think this is one of the most fun and challenging things I have been a part of!
Jillnjo I love what you added, I am a big fan of applique, you done a great job.
Glad everything is going smoothly for everyone. I'm starting on my next one (judith1005) so excited to figure out what to add next it is so pretty now.
Happy Quilting,
Judith, I put Tammy's quilt in the mail friday(yesterday). You should be getting it the first of the week. I look at Gina's each time I walk into my sewing room and while I sew. It really helps to have it hanging up there! It starts to take direction in my mind as to where I want to go with it. I find they really grow on me the more I look at each one! I am planning on going with a friend to a local guild this month where they do many robins and this has given me lots of ideas towards choosing borders, it is almost limitless in creativity. Nancy.
I finished Nancy's today. What do you think? Is it ready to mail on to Gena?
It is straight, I just had to take the pic on an angle so as not to get my shadow in the picture. :-)
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
Oh Paula, its gorgeous!! I hope Nancy loves it. I love all the colors you used!! It's perfect.
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These are so amazing!! I just went through the posts start to finish and I am so amazed! The centers were so pretty and each round has made them even more beautiful!! I would love to try something like this one day! There is always a quilt pattern I love but can't figure out how to make it complete and this type of thing would be a great solution for that problem. You all are such an inspiration to me!!!
How beautiful, Paula!! I do truly LOVE what you added to my center! Perfect colors and design. How exciting! And, Judith, I'm assuming you did get Tammy's quilt in the mail? I have been so busy that I kinda forgot to check and make sure it arrived. Thank you, Paula for that gorgeous round! Nancy
Nancy - I am so glad you like it.
Here are the side-by-sides for Tammy's and yours so far. I will post the others as the pictures come in.
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I've got six langstroth hives and one topbar hive this year and I'm looking for a good way to package the topbar honeycomb so that it is appealing for a customer. A couple years ago I tried topbar hives and did package some comb for our family to use in large ziplock bags. The bags of honeycomb were then stored in large clamshell styrofoam containers. We recently used up the last of that supply. The comb was well preserved and none of the honey had crystalized. Putting the comb in the zip lock bags was rather difficult and messy though. Any ideas on packaging the honeycomb in nice presentable fashion?
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Only human beings can be "racist" or "anti-gay" or any other of your complaints.
And there are people who work for businesses all over America who are racist, open minded, hateful, loving ect.... Its true of the business you referred to and every other company with more than a few employees.
Your notion that since the CEO opposes gay marriage, it makes a "Company" racist or anti anything is ignorant.
"Ignorance" is not knowing. And "not knowing" is what you are guilty of here. Call it what you will Pizz., but this nonsense pisses me off.
Guess what...there are plenty of gay employees of Chic-Fil-E that I'm sure are quite loyal to their employer. Because they "know" that the political activity of one executive can't possibly define the company he works for.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. - If you could watch TV Friday night, that's more than thousands of people across our region could do. 24 hours after a winter storm blew in, power is still out in many places and could be for some time.
Right now, utility crews are working in tough conditions to get the lights back on.
The lights are off and cold drinks aren't as cold at Green Springs Grocery; those gas pumps, along with employees, are waiting for power. This store has been without since 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Report: 10:44 a.m. Vandalism to grassy area at Ells Field.
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Arrest: 1:57 p.m. Mark Owen Nunnemaker, 52, of Willits, was arrested at Safeway on suspicion of public intoxication.
Arrest: 3:12 p.m. Rickey Wayne Phillips, 20, of Willits, was arrested on suspicion of violating felony probation, being under the influence of a controlled substance and violating a court order.
Report: 10 p.m. Skate park violation.
Arrest: 10:53 p.m. Skyler Amon Bailey, 18, of Willits, was arrested on suspicion of battery and obstructing an officer.
January 4
Report: 12:20 p.m. Traffic collision at 1000 S. Main Street.
Report: 4:21 p.m. Two persons cited and released at Flyers.
Report: 8:41 p.m. Robbery with shot fired on 800 block of Coast Street.
January 5
Report: 2 a.m. Physical altercation at John's Place.
Arrest: 8:10 a.m. Shannon Gerald Williams, 38, was arrested at Oak Glenn Apartments on an outstanding warrant and on suspicion of driving with a suspended license, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Report: 10:13 a.m. Man cited and released at 1611 S. Main Street.
Report: 12:48 p.m. Domestic disturbance on Redwood Avenue.
Report: 2:15 p.m. Hit and run on Margie Drive.
Arrest: 3:15 p.m. Charles Eugene Ford, 39, of Willits, was arrested on Della Avenue on suspicion of violating felony probation and forgery.
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Report: 7:24 p.m. Disturbing the peace on 300 block of Coast Street.
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Discussion in 'GM Electrical Tech' started by 97mud, Feb 4, 2013.
i have put 2 on and they both go bad could my computer be bad
What year truck are we talking about? By light circuit do you mean the diode warning light installed on some alternators? Or you talking about the light on the dash? I think being a little more descriptive about the situation may help get some valuable responses.
More info would be nice and a Pic if you can
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Pueblo County Commissioner "Buffie" McFadyen missed her third meeting Monday morning.
The reason for last week absence – reports that she was on vacation. But KRDO found out county commissioners don't get vacation days. Pueblo Clerk and Recorder, Gilbert Ortiz says County Commissioner is a salaried job.
KRDO Newschannel13 got a copy of the oath that McFadyen signed in January when she was sworn in. The oath states, "I will faithfully discharge the duties of office of Pueblo County Commissioner, to the best of my ability so help me God." However, it doesn't have specifics on the required number of work hours.
Pueblo County Commissioners make more than $87,000 a year. Those salaries are set by state legislature.
Besides a recall, there are no consequences of missing commissioner meetings.
Last January McFadyen was questioned and released by a Pueblo County Deputy, even though he says he believed she was drunk.
On Monday the El Paso County District Attorney's office told us they still have to review McFadyen's case, at the request of the Pueblo District Attorney, to see if any charges will be filled.


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So me and my 7 year-old son were riding in my neighborhood yesterday and I happened upon some faux/particle board wood that was thrown out by the street.
I backed my van up and proceeded to haul it away, and look what I've slapped together thus far.
I just need to make a roof, legs, top bars and I've already done a follower-board:
Will it last forever? Heavens no. However, once the roof is on (with overhangs), it will last quite a stretch.
It's free - so what's the big deal if it doesn't last a decade?
By the way, are there any recommendations of types of paint to go over that faux finish for added protection, or is the faux finish protection enough??


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The products that lurk inside tins of 'hotdogs in brine'. Actual hotdogs consist of lamb's gonads, beef rectum and murdered vietnamese boys. The 'brine' is simply filtered old man's jizz. Often eaten in times of altered mental state.
There are many different types of brand. All are essentially evil, but they can be strangely alluring at certain times. If consumed, a feeling of dirtyness and filth will become apparent in your digestive system.
by Gumbo Jenkinson November 17, 2003


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Globalizamos La Lucha, Globalizamos La Esperanza
Posted by Carleen Pickard in Community Rights, Global Exchange News & Events, World News & Events on 7th December, 2010 | No Comments
The "1000 Cancúns Global Day of Action for Climate Justice" took place December 7th, with actions happening around the world. Here's a wrap up of Global Exchange's participation, on the ground in Cancun.
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