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Over the past decade, Providence art has been known for its visionary printmaking and graphics, crafty constructions, and funhouse installations, but local painting has tended to operate out of the limelight. It probably hasn't helped that the painting coming out of RISD's MFA program over this span has been lackluster. This is not to say that there aren't prominent painters here (Ruth Dealy, Lloyd Martin, to name two), but they tend to be, um, artists of a certain age.
So the 10-artist roundup "Among the Breakage: New Paintings from Providence" at Brown University's Bell Gallery (64 College Street, Providence, through July 10) offers a chance to see what local painters have been up to. The exhibit is organized by AS220 gallery director (and abstract painter) Neal Walsh and departing Bell curator Maya Allison, who are as tuned in to what's going on here as anyone.
Since the height of Abstract Expressionism in the '50s, a sort of industry rule of thumb for painting (and art in general) is that bigger is better. Lisa Perez takes the opposite approach, making small, precisely orchestrated mod abstractions. Intuit is a lopsided gray rectangle of wood with a hole cut out revealing a black panel beneath. Intuit projects a bit off from the wall, which glows pink-orange in a halo around the painting. The magic, which she repeats in several works, seems to be that the wall is reflecting bright colors hidden on the back of the painting. Her art is filled with such subtle but acute color gestures that make her paintings hum.
Shawn Gilheeney, who organized the pop-up group painting show "We are going to make some big decisions in our little world" on Sims Avenue this spring, turns an entire wall of the gallery into a black and white mural titled Eliminate All Blemishes. He activates the surface by imperfectly wheat-pasting parts with paper, like old advertising posters that have been whitewashed. Then with black ink, he draws a tree, an old refrigerator, a cloud, and a crumbling wall that come hesitatingly into focus among ink drips and globs of white joint compound. Gilheeney's stand-alone paintings have toggled between abstraction and images of ruined buildings that he has fashioned from paint scraped atop carved and burned surfaces. The imagery here doesn't quite come together, but while his previous work could feel like illustrations about architectural ruins, here by working directly on a wall he begins to embody the subject in his art.
Sam Duket fashions sculptures that look like shiny emerald green or blue chrome tubes half-embedded in the gallery walls. Their allure comes their Minimalist simplicity, their fetish finish, their specific but mysterious shapes. His Buoy feels like the Pop flip side of this, with its title and catchy colors — bands of black, white, and red — amusingly echoing a lobster float. Ara Peterson, who often makes textured reliefs and sculptures of eye-popping rainbow patterns, here gangs together gray strips of wavy-edged wood that shift tone depending on the angle you're looking from, a bit like how breezes shift the way light falls on a prairie field.
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BBR golf tourney aids Sisters HS soccer
Athletes use newly renovated Glaze Meadow course
BLACK BUTTE RANCH, Ore. - The Sisters High School soccer program has been in need of funding and the athletes have done everything from car washes to pulling weeds. On Sunday they put on a scramble golf tournament at Black Butte Ranch.
A total of 18 groups of four participated in the scramble format tournament, meaning the lowest score wins. There were no handicaps.
Rob Jensen, the director of Sisters soccer, says the boys and girls varsity teams hoped to raise $5,000 to $10,000 from the tournament.
"Well, it's a one-day event. As opposed to a bunch of little things. you get the fundraising out of the way in a day," Jensen said. "And you get to enjoy a beautiful course in Central Oregon, and it's a really good time for everyone."
The funding for school sports has been cut dramatically, and the team needs to raise money for transportation, coaches and equipment.
Earlier this year, the soccer kids served meals and bused tables at the Sisters Quilt Show's annual dinner.
The teams also earned $1,300 for pulling knapweed at the Sisters Industrial Park.
The athletes were lucky to partner with Black Butte Ranch and try out the new Glaze Meadow course.
The course renovations for the 35-year-old course started in 2010.
They were just finished and opened the new course at the beginning of the season.
The master plan included fixing infrastructure and irrigation problems.
The new course includes a pump house, square tee boxes, cart paths and sidewall bunkers, plus a 20,000-square-foot putting green that owners say is fun for families.
"The nice thing is that everybody wants to play it because its new but are they going to come back," said Jeff Fought, director of golf for Black Butte Ranch. "We feel that so many people have had so much fun with it that we really created something for people that this will be the stop for them in Central Oregon when they are playing golf."
The owners also thinned out all the trees along the fairways and over all the greens.
The year has been phenomenal for people playing on the golf course and has beat expectations, Fought said.
The course is already receiving pre-bookings of groups that want to come back to play.

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A bit old, but still really useful, i used this method on a server. Article by Tom, first posted on Tombuntu
Wouldn't it be useful if your computer could email you? I'd like to be notified by email when my server is in trouble, but I don't want to run my own mail server. sSMTP is perfect for this; it's a simple way to send email from your system to an SMTP mail server, like Gmail's.
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High School kicker makes 67 yard field goal.
SPOKANE, Wash.* -- A Washington state senior hit a 67-yard field goal to tie the mark for the second-longest field goal in a high school game. *
Central Valley High's Austin Rehkow drilled the kick, with distance to spare, to tie a game with Shadle Park High at 55 as regulation expired Thursday night. Central Valley, in the Spokane suburbs, went on to beat Shadle Park 62-55 in overtime. *
Heck, I say Reese goes out there and offer him a contract after he graduates. let him be Tynes' understudy and workout with Weathervord and DeOssie. By the time he goes through there workouts he'll be kicking 70 yard field goals with ease.


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Pulaski Technical College recently announced outstanding faculty and staff awards for 2006-2007 during the college's annual Employee Recognition luncheon held May 17 in the college's Campus Center Grand Hall.
Candace Pierce of Little Rock who teaches sociology at Pulaski Tech's Little Rock site and who serves as Pulaski Tech's Faculty Senate president, received the Susan K. Reid Award for Teaching Excellence.
Lennon Parker of North Little Rock, the college's Web communication specialist, received the Quenton C. Burge Award for Service Excellence, which recognizes an employee who has made significant contributions to the college. The award is named in honor of Pulaski Tech's oldest and longest-serving employee, Quenton Burge, who presented the award.
The Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence was awarded to two instructors: Dr. Milton Lites of Little Rock, a music instructor and director of the Pulaski Technical College Choir, and to Little Rock restaurateur Donnie Ferneau, who teaches at the Pulaski Technical College Arkansas Culinary School.
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Family businesses from every trade imaginable have been around for centuries from shoemakers to confectioners to farmers. But did you know that the world's oldest documented family business is a construction company? It's true, according to research conducted by William T. O'Hara, president emeritus of Bryant College in Rhode Island and author of Centuries of Success: Lessons from the World's Most


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It's not only the scale that is bigger but the nature of capital projects is very different from earlier periods of capital project expansion in the sector.
Projects are more likely to be managed in a range of territories. They have to be delivered against the background of significant and often volatile market change. And the rate of technological change means you have to allow for technology and software moving on by the time the project is completed.
There's also the sheer variety of requirements. Grid infrastructure, new transmission networks, better interconnectors, replacement of ageing assets are all pressing concerns quite apart from investment in new renewable, nuclear and fossil fuel generation capacity.
New and challenging locations add to the risks that have to be managed. Deepwater offshore windpower development in Europe's North Sea, for example, is now being planned at 50 metre depths with substantial shipping, port, foundations and rig requirements.


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"Coming home from work to find my boyfriend banging our hairy, married landlord - in our bed - was bad enough. Discovering Jamie had also cleaned out my bank accounts made it officially the worst day of my life. I think I can be forgiven for wanting revenge, even if a few little laws (and possibly Jamie's nose) got bent in the process.
"Fortunately, the law is on my side in the form of my oldest friend, Tony Gervase. I've tried to deny my attraction to the sexy trooper for years. After all, he made it clear long ago that he wasn't interested in me that way. But if the hot encounter in his kitchen is any indication, he is now. At least the day is ending a whole lot better than it began....
"But the morning after, the Jamie situation goes from bad to seriously messed up. The jerk's in more trouble than I could have imagined. And as it turns out, I don't know Tony as well as I thought I did, either."
©2012 L.B. Gregg (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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"Funny but I didn't like one of the voices"
**3.5 stars**
I think I would have liked this better on my Kindle and rated it a solid 4 stars instead of 3.5 stars. This was my first audiobook and I'm not completely sold on it. Most of my friends loved this narration. I think the narrator did a great job except for the voice of Tony, which kiiiillllleeeeddd me. He sounded like a constipated Tony Soprano, and I couldn't feel much for him as a character because I hated the voice so much.
This book had many things that I like. It was funny, it was paced well, and it had a lot of action. It confirmed that L.B. Gregg is an author to watch for me. However, I didn't like how the romance part of the book went down. I didn't really get why either of them didn't make a move until now, and I certainly didn't feel the love from them. I wanted more development of their romantic relationship. Also, Mark, who I thought was really funny and endearing, bordered on too-stupid-to-live some of the time. I honestly thought he was going to get his butt killed for most of the story. Silly man.
"Not Bad"
I would say that yes, the majority of the time I spent listening to this book was worth it. Why? Because it had a good blend of a strong male who wasn't DOMineering.
That Mark saved his sorry ex. The least interesting were some of the accents.
I enjoy accents, just not this one...it was like I enjoyed some of the accent but then there were times when I was just like 'uh no'.
Reminded me that I need to make sure I KNOW who I am dealing with.
"Gobsmacked - In a Good Way"
Yes. I read this story a couple of years ago when it was entitled "Gobsmacked". It was the first story I read by Mrs. Gregg and I enjoyed it so much, I purchased others. I never could have imagined the characterizations in my head as interpreted by the narrator.
It was hilarious and I could see myself reacting in many of the same ways as Mark. The bible incident at the church had me guffawing out loud. Good thing I was at home alone and not at work while listening.
This was the first book that I actually listened to that Mr. Gunn narrated, but not the first one I purchased. I love his narrative skills. He has a way with accents and he emotes very well. I hope to hear a lot more from him.
Completely Gobsmacked would do it justice. It describes perfectly the emotions Mark felt during the horrific chain of events before his HEA.
Hurry and release the rest of the series!
I really enjoy the world of books! Narration just add layers to that world... don't u think? :)
"Funny! Gobsmacked!!"
This is a great m/m romance... the whole gobsmacked with the bible was too funny!! I really enjoyed the story and the relationship between Mark and Tony... well worth a buy or credit...
Narration was pretty good... I am fan of Gunn after listening to Try and Tempt by Ella Frank... this is his older work b/c Gunn has gotten way better.. so kudos to Gunn!
"Very Funny"
I loved the sarcastic humor of the story. The MCs are very endearing. The narrator was really great as Mark, not as great as Tony, but still good. The story was OK, about average as a predicable romance, could have been better.
Mark, easily Mark. He made me laugh out loud.
Yes I did
I really enjoyed this book in the audio format. Strangely this is one of those rare occasions where I don't think I would have liked the printed version better. The narrator was funny as hell and I found myself laughing out loud. So fair warning if you listen to it in public.
"Definitely worth the money"
This was a new to me author, so I had low to no expectations going into this, since it was such a bargain! This book made me a fan. It's short and fun. I thought the narrator was great. I loved his Italian cop, Tony, and he perfectly captured the loveble but maddening nature of Mark. I definitely recommend it if you're looking for a good m/m romance.
First off, a good narrator can make or break an audio book and I have to say this narrator is awesome!!! I laughed throughout this whole book. When I need a good laugh I go back and listen too this book. Second, the narrator wouldn't do such a good job without good material. Good job to both the author and the narrator!!
"short but sweet"
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The church'''''
The funny fight*s Mark is funny''''
''''''Laugh '''' for sure Mark is a pill ,,,,,and the hairy landlord to funny ''''
"Funny, could have been longer"
Love the start of the story - laughed out loud - and loved the Way u Can almost feel marks rage and his desciptions of his cheating boyfriends lover. U just know that he is not seing things clearly because he is almost irrational with anger. Liked the love story too - the story could have been expanded and that is my only complain - things are happening Way to fast with almost no Build up.
"Justice isn't always lawful!"
It's in my M/M romances to be listened to again category.
I really like Mark. He gets mad, does without thinking, and then figures out how to fix his mistakes, without wallowing in too much self-recrimination. I enjoyed his sense of justice which in real life most of us would only fantasize. I know I've had relationships end where I would have loved to hurt them as much as I was.
It's a toss up between the church scene and Mark trying to be quiet after crawling into Tony's pantry.
Mark - for the reason mentioned above.
I chose this book because of a recommendation to try Shannon Gunn reading L.B. Gregg. I am glad I did.
"A quirky turmoil of issues and the past catches up"
It was good but no, I wouldn't listen to it again as there's many more titles that want to be heard.
Mark (the protagonist) because he can be quite funny and reckless, which is an interesting combo.
I liked how some parts where there's a funny remark that he takes the effort to make it so.
I have to proclaim that I enjoyed this Men of Smithfields book compared to Men of Smithfields: Seth and David. This book had a story that was explored. Behaviour that is more realistic to the characters and it didn't close of issues in the plot in a quick scene. I was dreading to listen to this because of my previous listen but I'm glad I did.
"This book had me in stitches from start to finish!"
At the moment easily in the top 5
Marks character, he was funny, impulsive and sexy as hell & i just love his act now think later attitude through the book
Shannon Gunn really bought all the characters to life, an amazing job especially with this story
I laughed a lot listening to this book, yes i was the crazy lady on the train & walking down the road laughing to herself, but it was so worth it!
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Don't aim the gun at the salesperson or any other customer. If you feel the need to look down the sights, do it off in a corner after you've made sure you're not going to be having someone staring down the barrel of a gun. I HATE when I go to a shop or a show and I'm swept by some moron!
Don't take the word of the salesperson as gospel. Many have personal preferences that are not based on fact, and many are told what gun to push be it because they are told to do so by management, or if they sell enough of a certain product they can win cash or prizes. Go with what gun you feel is right for you, not on what the person behind the counter tells you is the right gun for you.
Don't fall for the whole "Stopping power" crap. If you're new to guns, don't be pressured into buying a .45 or a .40 over a 9mm because the you hear from some gun rag or a sales person that the .45 has more stopping power. There are plenty of dead people that will argue that the 9mm has plenty of stopping power. Again, go with what you like.
Do rent guns if you have a chance and shoot the ones that feel good in your hand.
Do shop around and check prices on the internet before you buy. Even after FFL fees, you may come out ahead.
Ask if they have a cash price and/or make sure the price they have on the tag is not a cash price. One of my local shops adds 3% to the price of every gun they have if you use credit as opposed to cash or ATM.
I probably could think of more, but my kids are using me as a jungle gym right now and I'm a bit distracted, so I'll let others add on.


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Majority of Businesses Look to Video Surveillance to Improve Operations
A new survey by Eagle Eye Networks finds that many companies seek to use CCTV to enhance customer service and manage general employee productivity.
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AUSTIN, Texas — More than two-thirds of companies plan to expand their use of video surveillance beyond security and into operations improvement, according to a new survey sponsored by Eagle Eye Networks, a provider of cloud-based video management system (VMS) products based here.
The first annual report covers the results of multiple 250-500 respondent surveys of video surveillance and IT professionals. The survey topics spanned targeted use of video surveillance systems, cloud video surveillance, plus the role of IT departments and their view of video surveillance system vulnerability.
"More than two-thirds of companies now plan to expand their use of video surveillance systems beyond security and into operations improvement," says Dean Drako, president and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks. "Additionally, there is a deepening involvement of their IT personnel in many aspects of video surveillance activities."
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• Business Plans for Video Surveillance — Among the 500 respondents surveyed on their video surveillance systems usage plans, 68% indicated they were targeting using surveillance for business operations improvement. That number is more than twice as many than plan to continue using video surveillance exclusively for protection purposes.
• Cloud-based Video Surveillance — Two-thirds of the 250 survey respondents surveyed cited their company's ideal preference for the location of their video recording wanted at least some cloud video recording. The largest group, 44%, wanted a mix of both cloud and on-site recording. Only 35% exclusively prefer on-site video recording.
• Hurdles to Cloud-managed Video Surveillance System Deployment — 79% of respondents reported at least one hurdle to cloud-managed video surveillance. The top two hurdles cited were cloud security (45%) and high bandwidth usage (41%). The second tier concerns were system reliability, the expected transition effort, and incompatibility with existing cameras.
• Portion of IT Professionals Involved in Video Surveillance — As of April 2014, 58% of IT professionals are now involved in video surveillance in some way. This grew from 49% of IT professionals that said they were involved in video surveillance six months ago (October 2013). It is unclear whether incidents with the HeartBleed virus vulnerability and open ports to video surveillance system have been factors in the increase.
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Two Bend raids preceded officer-involved shooting
Mother, two sons arrested; drugs, guns seized, stolen cargo trailer recovered
BEND, Ore. - While authorities have yet to divulge many details about a fatal officer-involved shooting at a northeast Bend home Friday night, Bend police disclosed Sunday a timeline of a theft, guns and drug investigation that led to a pair of raids Friday – one at the home – and the arrests of a Bend woman and her two sons.
Bend police opened an investigation Oct. 28 into a series of cargo trailer thefts, firearms violations by convicted felons and heroin possession and sales, said Capt. Jim Porter.
The investigation identified Christopher Lee Edlefsen, 26, and his younger brother, Mitchell Kelly Harpole, 22, as suspects, along with "unnamed others" involved in stealing the trailers, illegally possessing guns, and possessing and delivering heroin, Porter said.
The brothers live with their mother, Sharon Ruis, 52, at a home at 2878 NE Jackdaw Drive where the fatal shooting occurred, the captain said.
Last Wednesday, investigators recovered one of the stolen cargo trailers parked near 1565 NE First Street, across the street from Edlefsen's rented business/shop building at 1560 NE First St., No. 13, Porter said, and he was identified as a suspect in the theft of the trailer.
On Friday, around 11 a.m., Bend police served two search warrants, one at the Edlefsen's Jackdaw Drive home and the other at his business. The two brothers were arrested at the shop and lodged at the Deschutes County Jail. Ruis was at the Jackdaw Drive home at the time of the raid and was taken into custody on an unrelated arrest warrant.
At the First Street shop, Porter said, police seized a 9 mm "machine pistol," shoulder holsters for pistols, documents implicating Edlefsen in the cargo trailer theft and a substance believed to be heroin.
At the Jackdaw Drive home, officers seized four guns illegally possessed by Edlefsen, as well as amounts of heroin and a substance believed to be methamphetamine, the officer said.
Officers finished their search of the home and left around 5 p.m. Friday, Porter said; that's about 5 ½ hours before a report of a possible burglary in progress brought police back to the scene, resulting in the fatal encounter with a 31-year-old man.
Edlefsen remained jailed Sunday, held on $90,000 bail and facing charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle, unlawful entry into a vehicle, heroin and methamphetamine possession, four counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and conspiring to commit a felony.
Harpole was conditionally released Sunday on a charge of heroin possession, a jail officer said, while Ruis posted 10 percent of her $30,000 bail and was released from jail Friday. She had been charged with two counts of failing to appear in court on earlier charges of DUII, resisting arrest, and first- and second-degree criminal trespass, a jail officer said.
Christopher Edlefsen was in the news in mid-September, when Oregon State Police arrested him on several charges after he allegedly eluded police on Third Street in Bend at speeds of up to 85 mph, then filed a false police report claiming that his silver Subaru Impreza had been stolen.
He later was arrested on a felony charge of attempt to elude in a vehicle, as well as reckless driving, recklessly endangering another person and initiating a false police report.


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The Emotional Toll of an HT
Since I have been on this forum, one thing that I have noticed is the immense emotional toll that a hair transplant has on the patient. Hair loss as well.
As men, many of us will not even confide in our best friends our insecurities that comes with hair loss and hair transplantation.
With an HT comes other worries for some. Before my HT I was consumed with the slow erosion of my hairline. I have to say that even at 2 months post op I feel better and look in the mirror much less often. But new questions arise.
In my case, it is questions like: Is that spot going to fill in? Is it going to look dense enough? When is the growth spurt going to happen, and will it?
Then the next stage after if grows: How long will this last before I noticeably thin behind the HT? Will it look natural when I do? How quick can I finish paying off my last HT so I can be ready for the next one if and when needed?
These are the things I, and I assume most , worry about post-ht. Many worries are had before the ht, but that is not the end of the road.
At 2 months 5 days post op, I read about people saying, "Wow, I can't believe it has been a year already! It has really flown by."
I promise that I will not say that.
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I think the key to it is detailed preparation, forward planning and realistic expectations.
I read about so many people who have a HT then come on here saying "what happens now", this is a disaster waiting to happen.
There are some fundamental things that people need to prepare themselves for. For example:
- Make sure you fully understand that all you are doing is moving around what hair you have left on your head, not getting new hair. This is a regular misconception which leads to 'i have poor density' type posts.
- Make sure you have read up on the full lifecycle of a HT, not just the procedure, so things like prepping, what to do immediately afterwards, post op care etc etc
- Be aware that for the first couple of months after the operation, you are going to look the same, if not worse than you did before, with less money in the bank! Prepare yourself for the ugly duckling phase and accept it.
- You should always expect further hair loss as you age, so don't use up all your donor supply in the first HT just in case.
If the fundamentals are addressed, the patient is educated and supported, the rest is just a waiting game.....
p.s my progress so far dictates i will be one of the annoying "i can't believe a year has passed by" posters, especially as it's the anniversary mark to end my year long blog.
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I agree with both of you. I am about two weeks behind you Spanker on the same journey. When I get a little down about the ugly duckling phase, I remind myself I was kind of in a "ugly duckling phase" pre-op because the balding was gradually was getting worse, now at least it is gradually getting better....sure the ugly duckling phase is a bitch....but at least there is "light at the end of the tunnel" where before the operation there was no light ahead.
Mostly the ugly duckling phase is uneventful, but sometimes ya wanna just cringe a bit, but I have become pretty good at laughing it off. I don't wear a hat at work. Pretty much everyone at work knew before the surgery I was getting it done, so I said "what the heck they know, so I will just return to work and in a day or two the novelty will wear off". That has worked pretty well. Nobody really cares or says much now.
So I had dinner last night after work with my brother and a friend of his and the guy's 30 year old daughter. Unknowingly to me, my brother had told this other guy about my transplant, so as soon as we all sat down at the restaurant table this wise-guy blurts out "hey why you wearing a hat tonight I thought you worked today"? I brushed it off, but then later towards the end of the meal he says "hey lemme see...Terry told me you had a hair transplant". So I lifted my hat a bit and he said "oh that dont look bad". It wasn't really an "OMG moment" for me....but dealing with the post-op wise-guys is not fun, but they are few and far between. Most people are supportive, but gosh it will be good to be beyond the ugly duckling phase.
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Dr. Jerry Wong - 4352 Grafts - August 2012
Dr. Jerry Wong - 2708 Grafts - May 2016
I firmly believe I will have a good result, but I am talking about beyond that.
While you are moving hair from one place to another and not getting new hair, it is new hair to that area. Expectations should be based on your plan. Someone of the proper age having a hairline procedure should expect more density than an NW6. I think the "I have poor density" posts are a combination of expectations, poor planning or maybe just a poor procedure. I like to be very careful about placing blame on the patient. It is an easy out.
I am an online representative for Dr. Raymond Konior who is an elite member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians.
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I am not a medical professional and my opinions should not be taken as medical advice.
Shampoo, do you have a thread or links to your post-ops?
I am an online representative for Dr. Raymond Konior who is an elite member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians.
View Dr. Konior's Website
View Spanker's Website
I am not a medical professional and my opinions should not be taken as medical advice.
I know it's an important part of helping the community, but I have not felt comfortable doing that due to so many nuts being on the internet. You may wake up one day and see it's there, but I am not there yet. I have placed a detailed description of my journey on my profile and I try to be as helpful as I can with posters asking questions, but I am just "not there" yet on posting pictures. I know I could black out certain parts of the pictures, but if I do it I don't wanna do it that way. It may happen, just not yet....lol
Dr. Dow Stough - 1000 Grafts - 1996
Dr. Jerry Wong - 4352 Grafts - August 2012
Dr. Jerry Wong - 2708 Grafts - May 2016
Spanker - I agree and can relate 100%. I want to go back and hit the crown but I am finding it hard to dig deep, bear down, and get the strength to do it all over again (even though I had a great result the first time around). The down time was hard as well as the effort that went into keeping it a secret.
My Hairloss Web Site -
Procedure #1: 5229 Grafts with Dr. Rahal Oct, 2010
Procedure #2: 2642 Grafts with Dr. Rahal Aug, 2013
7871 Grafts
On the subject of a year going quickly, I find it hard to believe that is has been one year to the day since my HT. Although the first few months are difficult I think to myself that it has all been worth it.
2968 FUE Dr Feriduni 20/21 October 2011
My HT story: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.co...-feriduni.html
1297 FUE Dr Feriduni 3rd May 2013
I am very pleased with the results and will post some pictures up in the next few days.
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Operating theater
An operating theater (also known as an operating room, operating suite, operation theatre or operation suite) is a facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in a sterile environment. Historically, the term "operating theatre" referred to a non-sterile, tiered theater or amphitheater in which students and other spectators could watch surgeons perform surgery.
Operating rooms[edit]
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Contemporary operating rooms are devoid of a theater setting (though some in teaching hospitals may have small galleries), making the term "operating theater" a misnomer for the modern facility. Operating rooms are spacious, easy to clean, and well-lit, typically with overhead surgical lights, and may have viewing screens and monitors. Operating rooms are generally windowless and feature controlled temperature and humidity. Special air handlers filter the air and maintain a slightly elevated pressure. Electricity support has backup systems in case of a black-out. Rooms are supplied with wall suction, oxygen, and possibly other anesthetic gases. Key equipment consists of the operating table and the anesthesia cart. In addition, there are tables to set up instruments. There is storage space for common surgical supplies. There are containers for disposables. Outside the operating room is a dedicated scrubbing area that is used by surgeons, anesthetists, ODPs (operating department practitioners), and nurses prior to surgery. An operating room will have a map to enable the terminal cleaner to realign the operating table and equipment to the desired layout during cleaning.
Several operating rooms are part of the operating suite that forms a distinct section within a health-care facility. Besides the operating rooms and their wash rooms, it contains rooms for personnel to change, wash, and rest, preparation and recovery rooms(s), storage and cleaning facilities, offices, dedicated corridors, and possibly other supportive units. In larger facilities, the operating suite is climate- and air-controlled, and separated from other departments so that only authorized personnel have access.
Operating room equipment[edit]
- The operating table in the center of the room can be raised, lowered, and tilted in any direction.
- The operating room lights are over the table to provide bright light, without shadows, during surgery.
- The anesthesia machine is at the head of the operating table. This machine has tubes that connect to the patient to assist him or her in breathing during surgery, and built-in monitors that help control the mixture of gases in the breathing circuit.
- The anesthesia cart is next to the anesthesia machine. It contains the medications, equipment, and other supplies that the anesthesiologist may need.
- Sterile instruments to be used during surgery are arranged on a stainless steel table.
- An electronic monitor (which records the heart rate and respiratory rate by adhesive patches that are placed on the patient's chest).
- The pulse oximeter machine attaches to the patient's finger with an elastic band aid. It measures the amount of oxygen contained in the blood.
- Automated blood pressure measuring machine that automatically inflates the blood pressure cuff on patient's arm.
- An electrocautery machine uses high frequency electrical signals to cauterize or seal off blood vessels and may also be used to cut through tissue with a minimal amount of bleeding.
- If surgery requires, a Heart-lung machine, or other specialized equipment, may be brought into the room. Heart lung machine takes the temporary control of the heart and lung during the surgery maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen content of the body
- Advances in technology now support Hybrid Operating Rooms, which integrate diagnostic imaging systems such as MRI and Cardiac Catheterization into the operating room to assist surgeons in specialized Neurological and Cardiac procedures.
Surgeon and assistants equipment[edit]
People in the operating room wear PPE (personal protective equipment) to help prevent germs from infecting the surgical incision. This PPE includes the following:
- a protective cap covering their hair
- masks over their lower face, covering their mouths and noses with minimal gaps to prevent inhalation of plume or airborne microbes
- shades or glasses over their eyes, including specialized colored glasses for use with different lasers. a fiber-optic headlight may be attached for greater visibility
- vinyl gloves on their hands; latex is used as well, but much less common due to latex sensitivity which affects some health care workers and patients
- long gowns, with the bottom of the gown no closer than six inches to the ground.
- protective covers on their shoes
- if x-rays are expected to be used, lead aprons/neck covers are used to prevent overexposure to radiation
The surgeon may also wear special glasses that help him/her to see more clearly. The circulating nurse and anesthesiologist will not wear a gown in the OR because they are not a part of the sterile team. They must keep a distance of 12-16 inches from any sterile object, person, or field.
Operating theatres had a raised table or chair of some sort at the center for performing operations, and were surrounded by several rows of seats (operating theatres could be cramped or spacious) so students and other spectators could observe the case in progress. The surgeons wore street clothes with an apron to protect them from blood stains, and they operated bare-handed with unsterilized instruments and supplies (gut and silk sutures were sold as open strands with reusable, hand-threaded needles[citation needed]; packing gauze was made of sweepings from the floors of cotton mills[citation needed]). In contrast to today's concept of surgery as a profession that emphasizes cleanliness and conscientiousness, at the beginning of the 20th century the mark of a busy and successful surgeon was the profusion of blood and fluids on his clothes.[citation needed]
In 1884 German surgeon Gustav Neuber implemented a comprehensive set of restrictions to ensure sterilization and aseptic operating conditions through the use of gowns, caps, and shoe covers, all of which were cleansed in his newly invented autoclave.[1] In 1885 he designed and built a private hospital in the woods where the walls, floors and hands, arms and faces of staff were washed with mercuric chloride, instruments were made with flat surfaces and the shelving was easy-to-clean glass. Neuber also introduced separate operating theaters for infected and uninfected patients and the use of heated and filtered air in the theater to eliminate germs.[2] In 1890 surgical gloves were introduced to the practice of medicine by William Halsted.[3] Aseptic surgery was pioneered in the United States by Charles McBurney.[4]
Surviving operating theaters[edit]
While operating theaters are no longer used for surgery, some still exist. One of the oldest surviving operating theaters is the Old Operating Theatre in London. Built in 1822, it is now a museum of surgical history. Another theater still exists at the University of Padua, in Italy, inside Palazzo Bo. It was commissioned by the anatomist Girolamo Fabrizio d'Acquapendente in 1594. Another famous operating theater is the Ether Dome in Boston. Built in 1824, it is now a conference room and tourist attraction. Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia also boasts its own surviving operating theater, built in 1804.[5]
Popular culture[edit]
- In the "Homer's Triple Bypass" episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson has an operation performed on him in an operating theater.
- In Lemony Snicket's The Hostile Hospital, Count Olaf disguises his henchmen as doctors and tries to perform a "cranioectomy" (decapitation) on Violet Baudelaire for a live audience in an operating theater.
- In the Seinfeld episode The Junior Mint, Kramer accidentally drops a Junior Mint into the body of the patient Roy, Elaine's boyfriend, who is having a splenectomy. Miraculously, his condition improves and the doctor declares that, during the operation, something "staved off [the] infection; something beyond science...something, perhaps, from above."[relevant? ]
- Many scenes of the Cinemax series The Knick, set in the fictional Knickerbocker Hospital in New York City in 1900 and 1901, are set in the hospital's operating theatre, which has tiered seating surrounding the operating table from which other surgeons, students, or just interested spectators can watch the surgical procedures.
- In The Terminal Man a large number of hospital staff watch an experimental epilepsy surgery being performed, while one of the spectators explains the procedure.
See also[edit]
- ^ Deysine, M (2003). Hernia infections: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention. Informa Health Care. pp. 13. ISBN 0-8247-4612-0.
- ^ Bishop, WJ (1995). The Early history of surgery. Barnes & Noble. pp. 169. ISBN 1-56619-798-8.
- ^ Porter, R (2001). The Cambridge illustrated history of medicine. Cambridge University Press. pp. 376. ISBN 0-521-00252-4.
- ^ Gross, E (1990). This day in American history. Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft. pp. 61. ISBN 1-55570-046-2.
- ^ http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour5.html


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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Columbia police said Friday afternoon detectives were still investigating a shooting last weekend in downtown Columbia but that a person who captured video of the incident was not involved.
A citizen sent ABC 17 News video of the shooting near the intersection of 10th Street and Broadway from the early morning hours of Saturday, June 15.
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I just looked at the info tag that was in the port when I took delivery and this is what it says:
Please use this USB interface only for:
-Changing personal settings
-Importing and exporting music collections
-Importing navigation data/trips
Please check specific functionality and the detailed description in your vehicle's Owner's Manual
For connecting your external device (i.e. smart phone) to the vehicle, please use the USB audio interface in the center console
I have the iDrive - to find the glovebox USB port you need to be in the passenger seat or even outside of the car and look at the left corner of the glovebox behind the lip - you really have to bend over to see it. If you imagine that the wires are being threaded in a straight line to the console buttons you will have a good idea where the port is.
Update - for those with iDrive and a cradle. All of the playlists I had uploaded prior to installing the cradle disappeared once I used the cradle. When I put the phone in the cradle I choose the playlist from the phone. So far haven't found a way to change playlists without going back to the phone in the cradle - somewhat inconvenient while driving as the phone is actually somewhat behind you. I can move through the selected playlist from the steering wheel controls however. When I receive a call, the music automatically pauses when I push the phone button on the steering wheel and then starts up again when I disconnect the call. When an email or text comes in the music sound is dimmed and the alert is heard. I haven't set up the office feature as I'm not that concerned about reading emails or texts while driving. Not sure if I can configure the alerts to turn off when the phone is in the cradle - seems like a pain to manually adjust the settings each time; might change my mind if I start getting a lot of alerts though.
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Would these be your top priorities for Palo Alto?
Original post made by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Apr 6, 2007
The Weekly ran a story that listed Palo Alto's capital improvement priorities planned for June 2007 to June 2008.
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The following are not my priorities, nor, do I suspect, would they be the priorities of many residents. They total $5,584,000.
• Remodeling the kitchen, dayroom and training room in the fire station on the Stanford campus — $60,000
• Updating the electrical and mechanical systems at Cubberley Community Center — $1.325 million
• Improving the electrical and lighting systems at the Municipal Service Center — $1.05 million
• Design and review of the proposed police headquarters at Page Mill Road and Park Boulevard — $600,000
• Replacing fencing and fixing dugout and parking at Baylands Athletic Complex — $580,000
• Restoring roadways and parking in Foothills Park — $525,000
• Completing Greer Park by installing landscaping, pathways and furnishings — $400,000
• Renovating playground equipment and other portions of Peers Park — $444,000
• Repairing and resurfacing tennis and basketball courts throughout the city — $425,000
• Sprucing up California Avenue —A $175,000
My reaction: Some of these will better satisfy the city staff than the residents: remodeling the fire station, improving the municipal service center.
As for designing the new police station, I keep on wondering how much money the city is going to spend on a proposed station before it lets voter decide if we want to pay for this station, estimated to cost around $50 million. The council has already authorized a $1 million Environmental Impact Report for the station. Yet a survey found the proposal cannot garner necessary residential support – plus we won't even vote on this police station proposal until November 2008.
Repairing playing fields and tennis courts is all right, except not as many people play tennis now.
I do think that sprucing up California Avenue is great.
In fact, if I were to put together a priority list for the city, mine would include:
• Repairing the roads at a more rapid rate. We are $28 million behind in road improvements. Have you seen the condition of Waverley Street in front of the Gamble Gardens? It's a mess.
• Sprucing up the downtown: clean sidewalks, colorful banners, installing tree lights on Hamilton and Lytton Avenues, more directional signage.
• Transforming the plaza in front of City Hall into a seating area with an array of planters, tables, umbrellas and chairs, so people could sit and enjoy the downtown – and each other.
• Finding ways to trim utility department costs so we don't see an average $360 increase in our utility bills each year, like we are probably going to get this year.
• Improving our libraries.
What are your priorities?
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a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 6, 2007 at 7:20 pm
$60,000 to remodel a fire station? I spent over $100,000 just on my own kitchen.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 6, 2007 at 10:51 pm
$5 Million would fix the Chaucer St. bridge, preventing the flooding at the 1998 level. This would protect the city from 10's of millions of dollars in flood damage.
a resident of Professorville
on Apr 7, 2007 at 10:40 am
I agree that the Chaucer Bridge should be a top priority and I would like to know where you got the figure of $5M.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Whereas these are top priorities for spending money, I would like to see a top priority being made to raise money. I would like to see some serious thought being put into where and how to get more tax dollars into the coffers. I would like to see some overall policy of getting sales tax revenue from non top of the line stores coming into Palo Alto. I note that Discovery Store (which I believe is the last toy store at Stanford) being replaced by Burberry, which is a store that the majority of Palo Altans will not shop in.
I would also like to see no more new housing planned until new family friendly infrastructure were planned. We need more space in our parks for children's sport, we need more swimming pools, parks and indoor gyms, all for family/children use. We need more after school facilities for our teenagers and more space in the summer programs.
We need to improve Palo Alto to the levels that Mountain View and others take for granted.
If this is not the top priority then most of the other priorities listed are not valid. Yes, we do need to spend money on these listed items, but if we are not improving the income base, then we are only limiting ourselves when it comes to improvements. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to do all these and more. If we can only do what is top of the list then we will never reach the items lower on the list as there will always be something to top them. I would rather look into seeing how we can do them all.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Apr 7, 2007 at 12:14 pm
These are priorities of the staff - who really run the city - and not the citizenry, who are viewed as complaining nuisances by the bureaucratic overlords.
The firestation expenditures (which should be paid by Stanford), and the municipal services expenditures are things that will make the working conditions of the staff there more pleasant.
We are spending $600,000 on another police station, that needs to be approved by a skeptical electorate? You don't need to be a political sleuth to see what's going on there.
A year a go, the Auditor said we had $29 million in street repairs and that the streets were deteriorating at an accelerated pace because of their state of disrepair. No doubt the backlog is over $30 million, and yet with the paltry Foothills Park exception, nothing is being done about that.
I guess they figure if they just let it go a few more years, they can justifiably say it's impossible to fix out of general fund revenues - and tell us we need a Street Repair Bond so the police can get to their new Police Station on smooth roads.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 7, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Many of these items have to do with our parks, which are a great Palo Alto resource, and which need constant upkeep and repair. Many others are electrical repairs or upgrades. Cubberley is old. I'm sure the electrical systems need extensive updating for safety reasons - this is just normal! Ms. Diamond has taken these things out of context so it is impossible to tell if these items are necessary for safety and to keep up city property, or if they might be unecessary. Ms. Diamond is, once again, throwing out incomplete information to get a rise out of some citizens. If you want to know all the details, find out from the city. Don't just read D. Diamond and the Weekly - you'll never get the whole story that way!
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 7, 2007 at 2:35 pm
You and I are (hopefully others) understand the dislike of city employees and incomplete information that is always Ms. Diamond's Blog.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 7, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Bravo, Diana for another interesting posting.
$600 K for consulatnts and "experts" for a new police station that the voters have not approved yet?? No wonder we are inthe shape that we are in.
the top priority should be the recall of our "mayor" Kishimoto--who never seems to miss a photo op for her "pet agenda", while ignoring the cities problems.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 7, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Let's see; If Diana was our City Manager, we'd have nicely paved roads (even though our roads are no worse than anyone elses's); some "sprucing up" on California Avenue and Downtown (maybe some balloons?); planters at City Hall; firing PAU workers because the costs of fuel and power are rising; and, oh, yeah, she'd "improve" our libraries. That last item is a hoot, because we all know that Diana doesn't want the library bond to pass. So, maybe some planters and balloons at the library, too?
Mr. Beamer's suggestion is a good one, btw. The Chaucer St. bridge needs fixing _yesterday_. If we ever get a serious overflow there, we're heading for a new chapter in the Canterbury Tales.
ToldUSo's idea is a great one. How about figuring ways to increase revenue, for stuff we _need_.
Diana's philopsophy, in a nutshell: "We're short on cash, so let's eat dogfood, instead of figuring out a way to make more cash.
Sorry, Diana, that won't fly in Palo Alto.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 7, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Let's not blame Diana for "incomplete information." Getting details isn't easy. I just tried to find more info on the city's website. No luck.
I'm wondering what items did NOT make this priority list and how these particular items were selected. Norman raises an excellent question about the Chaucer bridge and flood prevention.
It would also be interesting to know how much of the costs listed are for labor. It's hard to imagine what kind of playground improvements cost $440,000! And why are we spending more money on a police station that hasn't been approved yet?
I'm absolutely in favor of repairing our infrastructure, because the entire city seems to be falling apart. I'd just like to know how the priorities are set.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Apr 7, 2007 at 5:55 pm
We have some priorities; the City Council has a goal to improve the Public Safety Building, libraries, and the recreation infrastructure.
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 7, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I disagree with the proposition that we're short on cash in Palo Alto. Actually, Palo Alto spends far more (about twice in most instances) than other nearby cities per capita. These cities do not have an infrastructure crisis, nor do they need to pass special bonds and taxes to keep their infrastructure up to date and in good repair. What they do have, that Palo Alto does not, is leaders with the will to stand up to special interests who always want more.
While it is true that Palo Alto has traditionally had a higher level of services than other cities, that refrain rings increasingly hollow as we look at the new library and performing arts center in (for example) Mountain View. I don't think any reasonable person can claim wiht a straight face that Mountain View's "services" menu is half of Palo Alto's, but that's what the differences in budgets would ask one to infer.
As for the claim that Palo Alto's streets aren't any worse than neighboring cities, I ask anyone making that claim to have someone else drive them blindfolded down a couple of the main streets shared by Palo Alto and Mt. View (say Alma and Middlefield). The uneveness of the patched pavement in PA compated to MV is very easy to detect, even without seeing it. Of course this is exactly what the City Auditor found a year ago - and nothing has been done in the interim to correct it.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 7, 2007 at 6:05 pm
"make more cash" Hey, what a great idea! Look at the cities around us- they think it is a great idea too. Only difference is, they are doing it!! Home depot, Best Buy, Bed and Bath, Wallmart, Target, Hotel at Sandhill Rd, New Auto dealerships, Super (food) stores, Cost-co, OSH,- I could go on but I need to go shopping in the OTHER city!!!
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 7, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Some of the "make more cash" crowd don't have in mind more chain stores and hotels. They have in mind more taxes on businesses and residents.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 7, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I completely disagree with the priorities set by the City.
What is the procedure that need to be adopted to get this priority fixed. Do we have any say?
Why is the city council sitting around and taking it on the chin.
HELP. I need to find out what is the procedure used to fix this list.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 7, 2007 at 7:38 pm
People keep saying that Palo Alto has so many more services than neighboring towns - what are they? A great library? A performing art center? Smooth paved streets? A new senior center? Multiple public pools? Practical shopping?
OK - some of that was sarcastic, but except for the beauty of our town (not a service), the open land and our schools (not run but the city) and Stanford, I would love to know what these services are that we have?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2007 at 7:53 pm
PA Mom
To answer your question for one, the free shuttle. It is a great idea, but it really needs to be expanded. The shuttles that serve the two high schools are greatly crowded, to the extent that it is probably dangerous. The routes are good, but more areas need to be served, e.g. there is a neighborhood in the south where students attend Paly, but there is no public transport system to get them there. The shuttle should also be a means to get to the Caltrain stations from almost anywhere in the City with only a short walk. This would then enable people to get to both SF and SJ for either daytime work or more importantly evening entertainment without driving, very important when someone wants to drink e.g. baseball or ice hockey games.
The shuttle is a great service, but could be even better.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 7, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Free shuttle service is a bogus service. Maybe, just maybe it is useful to some students.
However most of the time it has no passengers in it. It runs every hour with no passengers.
Kill this shuttle service, let us rebuild Chaucer bridge instead.
Think... when did you last use this service??
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2007 at 8:37 pm
OK maybe the shuttle is a great school service and should be expanded as such and at the times when it is empty it should be cancelled, likewise when the schools are out. But, it is a great service for the high schools and for many reasons, this is one of the good services Palo Alto offers.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 7, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Shuttle service was OK for the dot com boom times. City needs to reprioritize services and focus on city services like Chaucer Bridge.
School bus service should be provided by the School District. City needs to focus on City services.
Focus, focus, focus.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 7, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Why are the schools "out and empty" as much as they are? The shuttle _could_ be serving many, many off-season proframs coordinated between the city and PAUSD. There's _way_ more promise in areas like this than we have opened up.
Also, by more "cash", I mean any way that we can get it, and that our citrizens agree to. There's nothing wrong with a hotel tax; there's also nothing wrong with making sure we have a shuttle that runs almost around the clock, that's easy to access, that's cheap, and so on - so our hotel guests and residents can enjoy our city.
How about working with other cities to create a killer regional shuttle system. Diana and her crowd need to wake up and smell the opportunity, and quit with the beggarly attitudes; it's really defeatist stuff that gets people into a "loser" and poverty-striken" mentality.
a resident of Green Acres
on Apr 7, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Another Diana Diamond Moment
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 9, 2007 at 12:28 pm
I just wanted to chime in that I only included a partial list of the city's 2007-08 Capital Improvement Projects. There are many more.
The projects will go before the Finance Committee and the City Council before they are approved.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Apr 9, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Wouldn;t that money be better spent addressing climate change instead of Capital Improvement Projects?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 9, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Gore is right,
You are so correct! I don't understand why the city government is spending so much on amenities and services for us residents when we have the specter of something as urgent as Global Warming hanging over our heads.
We need to take this seriously. The city takes in about $130 million a year. We ought to spend at least $100 million combating global warming even if our infrastructure gets a little shabby around the edges, we have to cancel a few of our services, and of course, fire a large part of the employees who provide them.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 9, 2007 at 4:29 pm
The Chaucer St bridge should be just removed. The land along the creek should be zoned "Creek-Side Parkway" and a trail built along the creek area from the baylands to the skyline.
Spending money for consultants on a future police station is crazy at this time. The land hasn't ever been purchased.
The city found over $5million to build a little used pedestrian/bike underpass downtown near the University underpass.
The city is planning on spending what could be $10 million to relocate the Alma St power substation near and for the benifit of the 800 High St Condos. The humming noise from the transformer bothers them.
The free shuttle bus shouldn't be free. It was or is primarily to bring shoppers to downtown business district and also to provide a way many downtown workers can park in neighborhoods and get a free ride to work and not take up parking space downtown.
The city rezoned a large, vacant of buildings, parcel near Hwy 101 to residental and would have been a almost ideal place for auto dealerships. It is in a flood zone and is over 10 acres. Many millions will be lost in sales taxes each year and millions will be needed for the new housing.
The Alma St prior Albertsons site may be zoned for housing. It should be a retail center on all of the ground floor. It would produce tax revenue
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 9, 2007 at 4:32 pm
To Donnie,
Your late for April 1st. $100 million on global warming- you have no idea what it cost to run a city.
Hope you enjoy the dirt road in front of your home and next time you dial 911 (if you still can)- I hope the police will be able to response in a few weeks. Oh yea- kiss your fire stations, parks, community centers and libraries goodbye! $100 million- your killing me!!
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 9, 2007 at 5:53 pm
You are right about most of what you have said. Unfortunately there is no one who listens to reasonable thought in this city. Mayor has no power. Council has weird priorities. City manager does what he likes and has the ability to convince the council with lots of process/paperwork/legalize, if not he will delay-delay delay and do study after study until council forgets and moves on to random priorities, since they have to show progress.
And oh BTW folks like you and me are called "loud citizens".
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 10, 2007 at 10:52 am
How about Storm Drains?
Weren't they an "item" a little while ago?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Do you think the people in Africa who are most effected by the impending global warming holocaust have paved streets and 911 service? No, they do not.
If we give $100 million to the fight against climate catastrophe - which should rightfully be the city's #1 priority, we still will have almost $30 million to run our city.
We in Palo Alto, who are the leaders of Silicon Valley, owe it to the nation and the world not to be stingy with our wealth in the fight against climate change.
Just ask our Mayor, who by her recent travels shows her heart is in the global community, and not just focussed on our little parochial interests here in Palo Alto!
We are the world.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 10, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Donnie - I thought you were kidding in your first post, guess not. Its great for us to be globally focused - she's mayor of Palo Alto and after she proves she can lead the town, then she can take on the world.
a resident of Green Acres
on Apr 10, 2007 at 6:13 pm
But our mayor is not interested in leading the town--she is interested in climate change--what happens here does not bother her--she will just smile, shrug off the city's problems and claim that everything is under control (i.e. no budget or infrastructure problems, no storm drain parcel tax problems, no tax revenue issues)--so she can focus on climate change.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2007 at 6:34 pm
But haven't you seen all the great articles in the press featuring the mayor's battles vs global warming. This is, afterall, a topic on which Palo Alto should be the leader - showing other, less enlightened towns how to proceed in the global warming era.
Do you think the mayor would have such a felicitous effect on the fate of the world if she were focused on storm drains and streets as some of you suggest? Really, I ask you...what's more important, storm drains or the fate of the earth?
a resident of Professorville
on Apr 10, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Fellow Palo Altans,
One possible avenue of recourse: If you have a different list of priorities compile your own list, get as many signatures of Palo Alto residents you can, make appointments with as many council members as possible and submit your ideas with the signatures to each of them and advocate for your list/vision/priorities. The only way things will change is if each of us ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES. Here is a link to the City Council website which contains their contact info:
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Palo Alto Online blogger
on Apr 10, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Diana Diamond is a registered user.
Message to Senior Blogger -
You asked if storm drains would be one of my priorities. But storm drains are already (theoretically) being worked on -- when voters approved increasing the storm drain fee two years ago from $4.25 to $10/month, the city is collecting that money and (presumably) going ahead to improve our storm drains. Granted, the city's oversight group is now saying that it can only fund 58% of the work that needs to be done -- and this is only two years after passage. But I am presuming this work, albeit 58%, is already going forward.
And as to the suggestions about the Chaucer Street Bridge, I agree that the possibility of the San Francisquito Creek overflow absolutely should be a city priority -- and not left into the hands of the Joint Powers Authority to decide over the next 30 years or so. But I digress, and that is a different issue...
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2007 at 10:49 am
Yes, we do need a new ELECTED mayor – not a mayor appointed by council members just because he or she is due for the position by virtue of seniority. And we need a new city council, with fewer members.
Steven S is right. Folks who complain are called loud citizens or disgruntled or frustrated or naysayers, which absolves the council of any sense of responsibility or accountability.
BTW, Mayor Kishimoto took the time to go to DC to visit Senator Boxer recently. Senator Boxer wrote: "I recently had the pleasure of welcoming Palo Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto to my Washington, DC office. We had the chance to chat briefly about the Mayor's federal priorities for Palo Alto and about the City's efforts to conserve energy. I deeply appreciate that Mayor Kishimoto took time from her busy schedule to visit me. If you would like to see a photo from our visit, please click the link below to visit the photo gallery section of my Senate website."
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a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 11, 2007 at 11:57 am
Steve S--the mayor may not have any power--but that is compounded by the fact that the mayor does not care about any of those issues--it is all about the environment. In all my years in Palo Alto, I have never seen a mayor involved in so many photo-ops, while pushing her pet agenda at the expense of the entire city.
Pat--you are correct, we do need an elected mayor. It is clear that our current mayor is a one-issue person (in the past it was traffic calming on Embarcadero road, now it is climate change). Nothing will get done this year given our council's reluctance to address problematic issues and the mayor's belief that there is nothing wrong in the city that needs to be attended to at the expense of her pet project.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 11, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I am beginning to get seriously worried about the state of Palo Alto. I don't like what I see. We pay our taxes and the services we get are at the best suspect. The latest fiasco of the emergency warning last Saturday, or lack thereof, is just the latest in a long line of what is wrong with the city. I see pictures of the mayor and her entourage doing their "bit" for the environment with light bulbs, etc. in today's Weekly, but I don't see anything being done about the infrastructure as a whole.
So, I think that the top priorities for Palo Alto must be to get a City Council and a Mayor who will actually do something for the city.
I think that this forum is actually education a lot of us in what is wrong, although we all suspected it for sometime.
I have no idea who may want to sit on the Council, but as long as it is someone who will actually do the job they were elected to do rather than pat themselves on the back and tell the rest of the nation how wonderful we are, then it may not really matter. Please everyone, let us try to find a way out of the hole that is being dug for us and look forward to a future Palo Alto that we can continue to live in without all the apologies and holdups.
a resident of another community
on Apr 12, 2007 at 7:22 am
Notes to posters who think that they know more and can do better: Run for public office!
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 12, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Publicus: "Notes to posters who think that they know more and can do better: Run for public office!"
Hear! Hear!
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 12, 2007 at 4:07 pm
To Donnie,
It is easy to sit in your warm comfortable Palo alto home and demand this and that with the $130 million the city needs to "keep running" it's services. How about if you run for office (city council), get yourself elected, and then you can see first hand what it takes to run a city like Palo Alto. Or maybe you can do what my friend Steve did- volunteer for one year in South Africa building bridges, so food could be deliver to poor parts of the country.
It is so easy to talk the talk- it is another thing to WALK the WALK.
a resident of Professorville
on Apr 12, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Gosh, I guess under Tim's standard, if we haven't run for city council or built bridges in South Africa, we can't comment on politics on this board.
And here I thought that in a democracy any old citizen could comment on what the government was doing to displease us.
I guess we'll all have to stop our Bush criticism too since (with the exception of Paul McClosky years ago) none of us have run for President either.
Sad thing is that it's going to be a pretty dull forum with only City Council Members congratulating themselves on what a good job they're doing.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2007 at 12:02 am
This may not be on the main subject, but after reading all of the above I have kind of lost track of the main issues. Anyway the elephant in the room or city is that over 60,000 cars/commuters drive to Palo Alto every week day and possibly consume 500,000 gallons of gas a day to work here. Many come from the Sacramento Valley and spend hours on the road. No one is talking about this issue or how to solve it (mandatory car pooling, large taxes on business parking places, solving the housing/work employee inbalance by getting low tax paying (to the city) to move to where their employees live, etc,,etc))
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 13, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I like your style. But lets be real- When someone like Donnie says "lets take $100 million of the city's $130 million budget and spend it on globle warming", she obviously has no idea what it cost to run a city and it's services.
Now, if she had said "lets show that Palo Alto is serious about the worlds problems" and used a more realistic number like $4 to 5 million and this is where we could cut cost/services to get it, then I think more people would support the idea.
But just throw out a crazy number and not support it with facts or research is just laughable.
I get tired of people saying do this or that without doing their own "homework". Like I said "it is very easy to talk the talk but another thing to.........
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 16, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Wow, just wow. sprucing up california avenue? remodeling the fire station? these things are ridiculous, and why should the money be going to them? i feel like a lot of money is wasted on things that palo alto doesn't need. so there's uneven pavement on a roadway... here's an idea, DON"T TRAVEL DOWN THAT ROAD. people, be practical. palo alto is extremely nice how it already is, why not spend the money on things that actually make sense? i like the idea of fixing the chaucer bridge, it would prevent the possibility of another major flood. but don't get rid of the shuttle system, that is crucial to student transportation in palo alto. just fix the current schedule, maybe cut back on the number of vehicles. furthermore, our city should do more to help PEOPLE who need HELP. honestly, a lot of the proposed ideas help people who do not need to be helped. do we really need a new police headquarters? i feel like that would be a major waste of money, and how would that help police efficiency? it seems to me that a lot more money should be spent on helping those in need. more homeless shelters should be built, more community homes for underprivileged children should be constructed. it's time for city officials to stop thinking about the well-off residents of the community, but rather focus on those who can not support themselves.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 16, 2007 at 7:27 pm
How about you start by opening your home to the homeless. Or you could start a soup line in your kitchen.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 17, 2007 at 12:37 am
Andy, If a homeless shelter did open in Palo Alto I would be more than glad to volunteer and help out. Your sense of sarcasm isn't going to get you far in life. But you can be like every other rich Palo Altan and ignore other people's issues...
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 17, 2007 at 8:02 am
Your in luck! A 4 million dollar, 3 story homeless shelter just open next to Town & Country shopping center (left side).
Ryan- you need to keep up on the current events in the city more.
Have fun!!
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 17, 2007 at 1:52 pm
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a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 19, 2007 at 11:10 am
Okay Diana,
Let's hear from a knowledgeable City Staffer.
Is there Storm Drain work going on- or not. If so, Where?
Is that the major tearup on Loma Verde, or is that sewer work.
They are different you know....
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 27, 2007 at 6:30 pm
So now we have the work on Loma Verde finished, (after literally weeks of inconvenience), but the result is a road I hate to drive on. The only unbumpy way to drive is in the bike lane (or what would be a bike lane I think because there are no white lines). The final result is terrible. My priority would be to finish a job and leave the place in a fit state for local residents.
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If you want to be a thorough-going world traveler, you need to learn 6,912 ways to say "Where is the toilet, please?" That's the number of languages known to be spoken by the peoples of planet Earth, according to Ethnologue.com.
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There are programmers of my acquaintance who will dispute that last statement. I expect to hear from them. They will argue—zealously, ardently, vehemently—that we have indeed found the right programming language, and for me to claim otherwise is willful ignorance. The one true language may not yet be perfect, they'll concede, but it's built on a sound foundation and solves the main problems, and now we should all work together to refine and improve it. The catch, of course, is that each of these friends will favor a different language. It's Lisp, says one. No, it's Python. It's Ruby. It's Java, C#, Lua, Haskell, Prolog, Curl.
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