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Size45 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Rue Poissonnière, 75002 Paris, France
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The Opéra Garnier and the Grands Magasins are both within a fifteen-minute walk and the fabulous Musée du Louvre is just twenty minutes from the apartment. Travel around the city is quick and easy; the nearest metro station Bonne Nouvelle, served by lines 8 and 9 is just one hundred metres from the building and leads directly to the Place de la Concorde, the Trocadero and the most beautiful avenue in the world the Champs-Elysées. In the area surrounding the apartment there are numerous shops, cafeterias, terraces and restaurants – the only problem is choosing from such a large variety!
This comfortable 45m2 apartment has designer and vintage furnishing and is located on the sixth floor (with a lift) of a beautiful brick and stone building. Its layout, fittings and great comfort offer a serene atmosphere ideal to relax. It has been designed to comfortably sleep up to four people and includes a pleasant lounge with comfortable double sofa bed and a dining room area. The pleasant balcony area offers the possibility to enjoy outdoor meals enjoying the beautiful view over the Parisian rooftops. The independent kitchen is fully equipped with everything guests might need during their stay and also has a marvelous view over the Tour Eiffel. The bathroom includes an Italian-style shower with rainfall effect, an ideal spot to relax after a long day's sightseeing around the city. The toilet is independent. There is a dressing table available as well as flat-screen television with cable channels, an I-Phone station, internet connection for work or leisure purposes and unlimited calls to hundreds of destinations
House rulesWe can often keep your luggage in case of early check in or late check out.
The security deposit is 300 euros in cash at the check in, and back in cash at the check out.
|Maximum nights
|2 weeks
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|Check-in before
|On arrangement
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Reviews of this property
We had a wonderful stay at this apartment in Paris. It was well located, close to the metro with an easy walk to many great food stores. The apartment was a perfect size for us (three people), well equipped, with a wonderful balcony. It has a separate bedroom and a pull-out bed in the living room. Thierry was a great host and we would definitely rent this apartment again the next time we are in Paris.
A beautiful apartment, comfortable, plenty of space and brilliant location to discover Paris. Close to shops, restaurants and the sightseeing bus tour route. Thierry met us on arrival and departure, he was very welcoming and gave us good information about the equipment in the apartment and local area. Would definitely like to stay here again if I return to Paris and would recommend it.Thanks Thierry, we really enjoyed our stay in your apartment,
It is really a wonderful flat, tasteful, charming and very clean. Nice balcony to have a glass of wine in the evening overlooking the rooftops of Paris after a long day of sightseeing. Perfectly located to explore Paris. You can either walk or take the subway which is just around the corner or rent a bike. Thierry is very friendly host. We ( a family of 4) can really recommend it. Thanks a lot, Thierry.
Thierry is a nice housekeeper, very easy to contact to because he leaves in the same bulding.
The apartment is in a very good location - only 1-2 minutes' walk from the nearest metro. Supermarkets and bakers can be reached in 5 minutes. Directly opposite is a very small but also very expensive "supermarket".
The apartment is exactly the images. View of the Eiffel tower possible!
The "caretaker" is available at all times, very helpful and speaks English!
Would not hesitate to book this apartment again for a few days
Die Wohnung ist in sehr guter Lage - nur 1 - 2 Gehminuten von der nächsten Metro entfernt. Supermärkte und Bäcker sind in 5 Gehminuten erreichbar. Unmittelbar gegenüber befindet sich ein sehr kleiner aber auch sehr teurer "Supermarkt".
Die Wohnung entspricht genau den Bildern. Blick auf den Eiffelturm möglich!
Der "Hausmeister" ist jederzeit erreichbar, sehr hilfsbereit und spricht auch englisch!
Würde diese Wohnung jederzeit wieder für einige Tage buchen
Thierry rented here excellent facilities in a very central location; Metro, supermarket, restaurants - are just around the corner to reach everything on foot. From Paris East Station, the apartment is very good and fast away.The 2 rooms / kitchen / bathroom are very well equipped and has (2 adults 2 children) commanded us enough space. Thanks elevator is the 7th floor right pleasant (above the rooftops of Paris) Communication with Thierry is great and without any problems; he stood before and during our stay with advice and practical help. We recommend Thierry very happy to love to come back!
Thierry vermietet hier hervorragend Räume in sehr zentraler Lage; Metro, Supermarkt, Restaurants - alles praktisch gleich um die Ecke zu Fuss zu erreichen. Vom Pariser Ostbahnhof ist die Wohnung sehr gut und schnell zu erreichen.Die 2 Zimmer/Küche/Bad sind sehr gut ausgestattet und hat uns ( 2 Erwachsene 2 Kinder ) ausreichend Platz geboten. Dank Fahrstuhl ist der 7te Stock direkt angenehm ( Über den Dächern von Paris ) Die Kommunikation mit Thierry ist super und völlig problemlos; er stand vor und während unseres Aufenthaltes mit Rat und Tat zur Seite. Wir empfehlen Thierry sehr gerne weiter und kommen gerne wieder !
Good location
Good apartment.
Fully equipped kitchen, comfortable sofa-bed and double bed.
Warmhearted landlord
Easy check-in and check-out.
We had a wonderful stay at this apartment. Good location, comfy, clean and bright room, great douche! We stayed here with a baby of 10 months, at arrival we found a baby bed. Thierry was very friendly and helpful. We would definitely come back here for a stay in Paris!
It was the second time we rent this apartment and we were very satisfied. It's a nice and clean apartment with a good location. Therry is accomodating and a good host. We would recommend our friends to rent this apartment.
Very nice, clean and spacious apartment in a very good location. With the keys everything went very well, even though we arrived very late in Paris. Thierry is very friendly! We spent a couple of very nice days in the apartment!
Sehr schönes, sauberes und großes Apartment in sehr guter Lage. Mit der Schlüsselübergabe hat alles sehr gut geklappt, obwohl wir erst sehr spät in Paris ankamen. Thierry ist sehr freundlich! Wir haben ein paar sehr schöne Tage in dem Apartment verbracht!
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Olbermann: I'll go to jail before I comply with health-insurance mandate
posted at 1:55 pm on December 17, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Hey, I actually agree with Keith Olbermann in this clip — although not for the same reasons. I think a federal mandate to buy health insurance from a government-selected list of choices is "heinous," too, but that doesn't rely on whether the same government offers its own health-care plan in the exchange. It's heinous when the federal government dictates to its citizens far outside the constrained powers granted it in the Constitution, and it's also illegal (via The College Politico):
I want to address this point:
"We must not buy federally-mandated insurance, if this cheesy counterfeit of reform is all we can buy. No single payer, no sale. No public option, no sale. No Medicare buy-in, no sale. I am one of the self-insured, albeit by choice, and I hereby pledge that I will not buy this perversion of health-care reform."
What Olbermann says here is that while he's self-insured by choice now, he doesn't think that's a choice other Americans should be able to make if the federal government offers a public plan along with the mandate. Does that make any sense at all? Would Olbermann dump his self-insurance, presumably taking advantage of HSAs and market-based competition for his health-care dollars, in favor of a Medicare buy-in or a public option? After all, Olbermann seems blessed with good health, and withholding himself from the risk pools could be arguably skewing costs upwards (infinitesimally) for other Americans. And if that seems like a silly argument, well, that's the argument for insisting on a mandate in the first place.
Olbermann would be better off insisting that other Americans get the same choice he already has, rather than demanding a single-payer system or its precursors (public option and Medicare buy-ins) that would strip us all of those choices. Americans should join Olbermann on his call for civil disobedience on federal health-care mandates, but ironically in order to allow Olbermann to continue choosing to eliminate third-party payers from forcing themselves between Olbermann and his medical care.
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From what I've read, Buddha said that business in meat is one of the five types of business that we should not engage in. I'm a vegetarian myself and I would like to cook for vegetarians at a restaurant of the like. But in order to graduate from culinary school, I would have to cook meat as well.
Is this considered wrong livelihood to cook the meat? What if I can't find a job at a vegetarian restaurant and have to cook meet for a living? Would being in that business be wrong livelihood?


text: Just did a tranny fluid and filter change on my 04 Colorado Z71. It's got 125K miles on it and a tranny cooler. Followed the Haynes manual and added 3 qts (mix of LucasOil Sure Shift, Fluid Conditioner, and Stop Slip) after buttoning everything back up, and then ran it, parked, for about 15 minutes. Went through each gear, and held a constant 1500 RPMs, without revving, just as the manual advises. Checked the fluid level and the stick indicated I was good. When I took it out for a test drive last night, I had little power, shift points were all over the place, engine was working too hard (3000 rpms in 4th/OD), and everything was getting very hot. When I got it home, I checked for leaks, and checked the fluid level again. Still full, but now the fluid was starting to turn brown. I'm thinking that the filter slipped, and I'm subsequently burning fluid. Does this sound right?


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I'm Only Stupid Because I Know Too Much
Posted on 8th Oct 2009 at 12:09 by Joe Martin with 17 comments
The question was; if you have a rectangular piece of paper and fold it so that there's an extra centimetre on one side and then you fold it the other way with a centimetre extra on the other end, then how far in millimetres would it be between the two creases when the paper is unfolded?
It's a simple, easy question and the game gave me three spaces to write a number into. I quickly scribbled my answer down; 100mm and was told that was incorrect. Baffled, I got a piece of paper out and tried it out – measuring the gap as one centimetre. Again I put my answer in. Again; incorrect. It was only on the third go that I slapped my face and realised that there were only 10 millimetres in a centimetre – not 100. I was being a moron and had been led astray by the fact that the game gave you three spaces to put an answer in, not two. I'm an idiot.
That then got me thinking (as best as I was able anyway) about how my brain is stuffed with useless information that I use everyday and all the actual useful stuff that I never need to know has trickled away over the years. It's ironic and twisted, but I can get more use out of game memory than I'd ever get from remembering how to do trigonometry properly.


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Town Square
City Council Election being bought by deep pockets
Original post made by Nona, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Apr 2, 2013
Several Google searches of "City Council Election Pleasanton" via Google, yield results with the first entry an ad for Miller.
When I came to this forum to point out these disconcerting facts, I was greeted with a BANNER AD on top of the page, paid for by Miller.
Is he so afraid that the voters will delve into his recent political past, helping to thwart much needed school funding by being the main signatory against the recent school parcel tax initiative?
Does he worry, that his Tea Party affiliation seems a bit distasteful, given that he can afford to own and live in one of Pleasanton's most expensive properties?
Mr. Miller will not get my vote. I want someone more in touch with me, and my neighbors in Pleasanton.
Comments (43)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 2, 2013 at 8:27 pm
While I wouldn't vote for this Miller character under any circumstances, given his shady, unethical behavior in numerous instances with his signs, it is perfectly legal to buy Google and other ad placements, and I would staunchly defend his right to do so.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 2, 2013 at 9:15 pm
I believe Miller on the council would be nothing short of disaster for Pleasanton and that's not just hyperbole. If you want Pleasanton to become the Bakersfield of the Bay Area, he is your man. He symbolizes everything we DON'T need in this city: partisanship, bully tactics, divisiveness, resentment, empty platitudes, and dishonest behavior. He exhibits the typical win-at-all-costs Tea Party mentality. The rules don't apply when you are busy fighting for freedom and liberty, as if conservatives have a monopoly on those things.
The guy talks about fiscal responsibility yet wants to spend countless City dollars fighting a housing cap lawsuit that has already been settled. He thinks its ok to declare war on public school teachers because "his mom was teacher". Oh boy! Mommy was a teacher so he must be looking out for their best interests! I'm sure teachers can really take comfort in that.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 2, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Was just going to start my research on the candidates to confirm what I thought I knew. The comments above were very helpful.
Miller has my vote!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 2, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Wow, you would base you vote on comments on a blog? Especially based on what's been written here? Amazing!
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:05 am
I'm with Sandra. Although the inane posts from the loons that gather here don't lock my vote, they certainly lead me to believe that Mr. Miller should be near the top of my list for consideration.
Our friend Sal/Nona "Alinsky" continues his guerilla warfare by trying to make a local election for city council a partisan battle. No facts are offered other than he lives in a large house, would make the Bay Area into Bakersfield north, and he obviously hates teachers and no doubt, children as well. The "Tea Party mentality" label is a good catch-all to to make Sal/Nona's point that Mr. Miller is a dangerous extremist.
I'm sure this is the same Sal who claims to be a fair and open-minded independent voter. Right.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:33 am
I too have begun to launch some deep and really serious research on the upcoming city council election. After encountering the above posts, I realize Daniel Miller is my man. He'll rid the city of union infestation of teacher ranks, and he'll eliminate tenure within the first two years he's in office. For me, this is a no brainer.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:56 am
I received an email from the Miller campaign asking for volunteers. What concerns me is that the email made a point of saying you don't have to be a resident to help. Why does he need to resort to outside folks with his campaign? Afterall, isn't it about Pleasanton?
So I looked at his endorsers on his website. It looks like at least half don't live in Pleasanton. For example what does the Mayor of San Carlos have to do with Pleasanton? Again, when is it about Pleasanton?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:27 am
Here is my observation. Based on the many posts assailing ONE candidate here on PW, including the MANY pseudo 'pro' posts with comments like " He'll rid the city of union infestation of teacher ranks", I think there is a lot of WORRY and FEAR over ONE candidate in this race.
Who would have this fear? What would be the basis of this? I believe, that another candidates supporters, it would appear, FEAR that one candidate is running a strong campaign, so they are SLINGING MUD against this ONE candidate.
No candidate campaigns against, slings mud against, and defames another candidate, if the other candidate is considered WEAK. They fight against the STRONGEST opposition. It appears that there is a group here, on PW, that fears DAVID MILLER is, indeed, a very STRONG candidate. One would want to know why?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:33 am
Agree, Millers actions as a tea partier says it all, not in Pleasanton, please.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:33 am
If "wow" was running for city council as a Democrat and President Obama wanted to endorse him/her, would "wow" refuse the endorsement because the President didn't live in Pleasanton?
a resident of Apperson Ridge
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:34 am
WHY would someone sling mud AT an opponent? Maybe THEIR afraid that their precious teacher union will be broken UP! I'ts clearly TIME to restore Christian values to THE CLASSROOM and to OUR hearts, and the powers of satan and Liberalism are quaking in THEY'rE boots! WHY would ONE not want to KNOW why? FEAR!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:40 am
Fear of one candidate or another?
Try laughter ... at the candidate and those who support him. Please continue! It makes my day!
a resident of Del Prado
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:46 am
I think the ultimate goal of David Miller is to destroy the public school system, or at the very least, cheap out on our childrens' future. Keep in mind that this guy was a big supporter of David Harmer, who said in no uncertain terms that he would like to "abolish public schools" when he wrote an article for the SF Chronicle. If the school district gives into the slash and burn demands of Miller, he'll simply move the goal posts, say it wasn't good enough, and demand more cuts. We've already seen this in action. If you're wondering why other communities were able to pass a school parcel tax while Pleasanton failed, look no further than Miller and the Tea Party. It's not that the school districts in other cities are so much better run (despite what nitpickers say), it's that they don't have a bunch of Tea Party zealots obstructing the funding of their schools.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:58 am
Freddy Freedom seems to have not done ANY reseach.....says he had done some 'really serious research' and found he needed to vote for 'DANIEL miller'...Yup, REALLY SERIOUS RESEARCH ! ! ! what a joke! Just check brains at the door, and use your TP rubber stamp....the intrusive meddlers...the end of freedom, and commitment to fighting.
I'm conservative, and real conservatives do not meddle and intrude into personal lives... I'd sort of shhhh the tp label if I were you.It's going to be a loser in deeper thinking areas. I'm a very serious union fighter, like most Californians these days...don't need single issue condidates for that.
a resident of Mission Park
on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:01 am
Miller recently reformatted his "Endorsement" list and removed among others, Peter Singleton from it.
Like many of Miller's endorsers, Singleton does not live in Pleasanton. He is an attorney from Menlo Park with a practice in Las Vegas.
Singleton also supported Sarah Palin in 2010. Here's an article from the Wall Street Journal by Neil King in which Singleton admits he is a "dedicated activist working on my own".
DES MOINES, Iowa—Prominent Republicans here pretty much splinter into two camps on the question of whether Sarah Palin will jump into the 2012 presidential race.
One side points to a mysterious California lawyer named Peter Singleton as proof that Sarah Palin will definitely run. The other side points to Mr. Singleton as proof she won't.
"When it comes to Palin in Iowa, it's pretty much Peter Singleton," said Iowa Tea Party Director Ryan Rhodes. "The guy is everywhere."
Neil King/ The Wall Street Journal Peter Singleton at the Iowa Capitol, where he buttonholes lawmakers between forays around the state boosting Sarah Palin.
Crisscrossing the state in a series of rented cars, the 56-year-old Mr. Singleton has spent the better part of five months visiting obscure county GOP chairmen, befriending tea-party activists, buttonholing lawmakers in the lobby of the state Capitol, and amassing a database of potential Palin supporters. His base camp is the Days Inn in West Des Moines, where he washes his shirts in the sink.
Deepening the mystery: Mr. Singleton swears he has never met Ms. Palin and has no contact with her team. "I'm just a dedicated activist working on my own," he said.
Ms. Palin's aides concur, insisting that she hasn't met with Mr. Singleton and that he is in no way coordinating with her political-action committee.
But not many Republicans here buy the lone-wolf theory.
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a resident of Birdland
on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:14 am
I am one that always looks at who is supporting a candidate - look for local endorsements and also the breadth and depth of endorsements. website, learned that half of Miller's endorsements are out of towners and majority of those in town are from the Tea Party special interest group. There appears to be little breadth or depth of support from Pleasanton residents.
Also do not see Miller walking his talk. He says he is against special interests, but that is primarily who is supporting him - Tea Party special interests. Nothing wrong with having support from the Tea Party, but why does he say he is against special interests (but then be OK using his own special interest group).
Miller will not be getting my vote - he does not walk his talk and does not seem to have broad local support across the City.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:20 am
To Whistling in the Dark, if you are so concerned about "Christian values" in the classroom, send your kids to a private Christian school. Our public schools are supposed to encompass all children, no matter what their religion.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:33 am
Council Members don't control the school district, that is why you have a school board. The Council is now controlled by the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and candidate assassination is a regularity course of business these days. Jerry was the Chamber's "Chosen" one and Kathy Narum is the Chambers "Chosen One" in this election, hence all the garbage in this thread. Research and vote your conscience like good Americans should. Party politics should not, I believe enter city council races but that "bus" has left the station and we are now into nasty personal attacks. The Chamber has a solid core of soldiers on the Council now so relax "Kathy backers", your "horse" will win. Let the attacks on me now begin!!! Shame on you Pleasanton Weekly for allowing such nastiness to be associated with your paper, but then you are a "Kathy Backer" too.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:47 am
The source of much of the character assassination and misinformation in this town is the Chamber of Commerce. The 'soldiers,' the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, is the champion for out of town development and corporate interests that mainly live out of town.
Most of the time, candidates with the Chamber endorsement do not win. In fact, if the Chamber has endorsed Narum, that will probably cost her votes.
a resident of Mission Park
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:07 am
Correction to the comment about an earlier post referring to Peter Singleton. He is still on Miller's endorsement list.
a resident of Birdland
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:16 am
Since most of you seem to be bringing up the schools....
Tell me where in the constitution it says anyone is guaranteed an education or the right to an education? The problem is, government has ruined our education system and it needs an overhaul.
How is it fair that I send one kid to school, yet, my neighbor sends five kids for the same price? Why do I have to subsidize their four other kids? See, the system is flawed. Big time. So before you go spouting off that they want to 'abolish' the public school system, understand the dynamics. Understand what they are talking about. If the majority in a city did not want their property taxes raised to fund the schools, how can you blame 1 guy. This city consistently votes left, so your logic or point does not make sense. But of course, the left blames the TP for everything.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:16 am
If the Chamber endorses Kathy, it will prove I need to vote for someone else. I agree with Scott Walsh above. Scott R, Otis and others enjoy the chance to control our elected officials and it has to stop.
Heads up Kathy and grow a backbone. If they pick you - tell them NO THANKS. Are you truly an independent thinker or a puppet for the Chamber?
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:20 am
can we all get along...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:26 am
Kathy Narum has on her endorsement list Peter Macdonald, former member of the good ol boys club and now a private attorney representing deep-pocketed interests before the city. BRE, builder of a forthcoming 500 unit apartment complex near Pleasanton BART, will expect votes in return for support and endorsements. Do Pleasantonians really want this type of representation, pay-for-play and back room dealing, or do they want an independent voice on the council?
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Pleasanton attorney Peter MacDonald spoke for West Coast apartment developer BRE, which has approval for more than 500 units in Hacienda Business Park.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:28 am
And Peter MacDonald is the puppeteer. Learn the connections, and see what you will get before you vote. Learn who is in the pocket of the deepest pockets in town, before you decide & vote.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:32 am
"wow" said "What concerns me is that the email made a point of saying you don't have to be a resident to help. " Not sure why that bothers you. Where you complaining when Kook-Callio had all of her students from Fremont "volunteering" for her. At the same time giving them extra-credit in her class for "volunteering" for her?
I agree with the above posters that the chamber of commerce PAC's purpose is to stack the council with those who will support all of the additional housing they want in Pleasanton. The only time the chamber comes to city council meetings is to lobby for new housing. The Chamber PAC is independent of the chamber of commerce and is controlled by developers and developer-interests. They could care less about business.
For me, being endorsed by a public employee union or the chamber PAC is enough to let me know that I would not want to vote for that person.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:32 am
Hey Kath-you don't need to take every endorsement. Think about it before you accept an endorsement from these people with strings attached.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:38 am
Next on the list, find the connections. Kathy Narum is endorsed by Janice Sangster-Phalen, commercial real estate sales and Pleasanton Chamber 2013 Economic Vitality Committee Chair. Friend of Peter MacDonald. Look at social media, look at 'likes' on Narums campaign page, you can easily see Narum's deep-pocketed supporters.
The Chamber and City Hall groomed, hand-picked candidate, Kathy Narum. If you want a voice on the council, it isn't Narum, vote for an independent voice.
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on Apr 3, 2013 at 12:33 pm
why would miller care about our public schools when he sends his kids to a private school?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Thanks Member for the info on Miller's outsider special interests, like Singleton.
AND, to Puppet, independent voices? you mean like all the TP rubber stampers, who doesn't even know the NAME of the candidate they're campaigning for !?
A friend just dropped by, and saw my Kathy N sign. & made a comment and I screamed... _ __ _ _ ____ _ miller's TPers are such uninformed, shallow thinkers, they ramble on calling him Daniel!!
His history is a mystery ! No local civic experience for him ! !
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 2:41 pm
The current Council has plenty of "local civic experience". That's the problem.............
So now we have a comment, from a self-described Narum supporter, and avowed TP hater. Kinda confirms what is said above. The Narum supporters are just a little bit worried. His history is a mystery, isn't that a telling comment? Translated, we cannot find anything on him, so we will just keep on SLINGING MUD.
And that answers the want to know why part too. We don't have the goods on Miller. We can only, therefore SLING MUD.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 2:59 pm
can't win on nothin'. Any candidate for anything, runs on his performance, and history. Like I said, miller's history is a mystery!! Very nebulous,,, here a 'long time', 'haven't done anything here'. Impressive! Looks great in an ad. Just a little to vague for me. On-the-job training in the last few years, is proving disasterous.
Oh, we have political OUTSIDERS 'ON' him and that is quite enough.
OUTSIDE TP money REelected Harry Reid, thus making him , again, Senate Leader. TPers do NOT understand to skills required for winning....only, charge the field, and attack! Ultimately, making things worse than before. . . but still believe they 'know-it-all.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 3:31 pm
???"OUTSIDE TP money REelected Harry Reid, thus making him , again, Senate Leader."????
Just what's wrong with a fiscal conservative on the city council. If there ever was/is a time for fiscal conservatism/prudence I think that time is now.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 6:33 pm
I was illusstrating, TPers are clueless about the 'political PROCESS". Surely, you are aware of the OUTSIDER money (from Palin & others), meddling in a NEV race, with TPs usual scheme of running against VERY ELECTABLE REPUBLICANS in primaries, then LOSING what's important,the NOV GENERAL elections, over and over. So in all their brilliance elected incompetent Sharon Angle in the primary, when Harry Reid was FINALLY LOSING NEV to Angle's opponent...But petulent, childish TPers would rather stupidly set up easy Dem victory, than elect a Repub who wasn't one their own extremists. So Dems LOVE them for their blundering.
BTW, IF you had done appropriate research and vetting, you would KNOW KATHY IS a fiscal conservative ! ! ! The time is now and Kathy will serve Pleasanton in a fiscally responisble manner.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:22 pm
"BTW, IF you had done appropriate research and vetting, you would KNOW KATHY IS a fiscal conservative ! ! ! The time is now and Kathy will serve Pleasanton in a fiscally responisble manner"
I didn't mention one single candidate. I'm actually thankful there are several that are running and willing to put up with the lame personal attacks, and that includes David Miller. Why don't you just promote Kathy? And why don't you tell people why she's the best candidate? Tearing other people down to promote your own personal agenda strikes me as bad/weak argument/strategy.
a resident of Castlewood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:36 pm
I am a Pleasanton voter, and getting a bit fed up with the attacks. I concur with the previous comment! Why is it that supporters (of any candidate) don't just support there candidate, and avoid the nasty attacks. C'mon people, we are better than this. Have some pride in your town. Our town. Ugliness is not needed.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:04 pm
People attack character, insult with words and name call when they don't want to debate the issues. It takes no critical thinking to participate or be influenced by such tactics . These kind of school yard tactics are only successful influencing that population of voters who are least informed. Like many, when I see it, those tactics speak volumes about that candidate and the kind of support he/she attracts.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:18 pm
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:35 pm
????, Another, & Sandra, Miller's followers all first came online a month ago offering nothing, no skills or history. All just flooded PW with we're TP, Miller's TP. Wow! Like waving and wand and parting the seas....except that doesn't work, and is no substitute for providing some history. There have been many, repeated threads on Kathy Narum, no need for that much repetition.
We're all still waiting for accomplishments and reasons why Miller should be in the race. Just being a TPer doesn't quite do it.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:13 pm
I think there's a forum scheduled for next week. I hope you can set your bias aside and ask the appropriate questions at that time. Like you, I also think this election is important.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:36 pm
It's important for Miller to get a lot of outside money because, well, you see, what the city council does has significant reverberations for the rest of the nation. Harry Reid? Not so much. What impact can a senator from Nevada have on anyone outside of Nevada? But if Miller stands up, foams a little bit at the mouth, and spits a little bit of spittle at his colleagues, it'll have major consequences for people in Maine and Florida. Yeah, I GET it!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 4, 2013 at 12:25 am
You'redk8zX quite a case, Freddie.Obviously, you're not conservative. or don't understand our government. You think Harry Reid doesn't cause any 'revrberations' for the nation....as Senate LEADER... Just destruction for all, political ignorance is a dangerous thing, when some blunder along holding the door open for Reic. ...just changes the course of history.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:51 am
As a voter i understand the 4 candidates want to provide a high quality of life for our City. of course they do. but can anyone tell me where ANY of the candidates stand on:
*El Charro road on East Pleasanton and how it going to be paid for? Est. of $70-100 million!
* How much housing should go into the East Side?
* What are your ideas to work with PUSD to keep our schools great?
* what is Pleasanton doing to ensure my kids are safe at school?
* did you back PP or QQ and why?
* comment on Pleasanton's Inclusionary Housing of 15% required by developers, even though the Palmer case made that illegal
* is a road a structure?
* crime appears to be rising. What are you going to do about it, if elected?
* what do you propose should be done to address pension reform, that has NOT already been done?
* Pleasanton's downtown region is under review to add stricter guidelines for residential housing. Do you support this?
I could go on and on, but the question is, does anyone know where candidates stand on these important issues?
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Never had a cop of coffee in my life. I don't understand the whole coffee shop atmosphere. I guess I am not cultured enough
Now I understandd sitting in a bar drinking tequilla, but that is a different story.
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After months of wrangling over the highly-emotional issue, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz late Tuesday announced that guns are no longer permitted in Starbucks stores or in Starbucks outdoor seating areas.
Schultz made the comments in an open letter to his "Fellow Americans" that was posted on the company's website.
In an interview with USA TODAY, also Tuesday, Schultz says: "The presence of a weapon in our stores is unsettling and upsetting for many of our customers."
But, to be clear, Starbucks will not slap an outright ban on guns, he says, because enforcing such a ban "would potentially require our partners to confront armed customers."
Full-page newspaper advertisements announcing the change will appear in Thursday's editions of USA TODAY, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
For Starbucks, which has been embraced by the gun lobby for permitting guns in stores in those parts of more than 40 states that allow them, it's a major change of policy certain to have immediate blow-back from pro-gun enthusiasts.
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Black Blade: Well, their coffee tastes like dog piss anyway. I tried it a couple times and was not at all impressed. I can go to my local coffee shop (owned by a LA hippy no less) where guns are no problemo at all. I tried a double cafe Americano in Starbucks in Salt Lake City airport and it was like drinking hot water. I tossed it after a couple sips. I guess besides low quality coffeewe now have low quality management willing to cave into political pressures.
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Never had a cop of coffee in my life. I don't understand the whole coffee shop atmosphere. I guess I am not cultured enough
Now I understandd sitting in a bar drinking tequilla, but that is a different story.
I suspect that to many open carry groups an types were going there to show off or be seen with guns.
I doubt it would have ever been a issue if people had never seized on the fact that starbucks was a gun friendly store.
I dont like there decision but I do know some groups would hang out here for the above reasons . apparently this has become bad for business .
there is a guy who is the grocery store ever day packing open . its obvious to me he is there only to walk around with a gun on his side then talk when people ask about it . IMO the guy a racist wack job just looking for trouble an is very vocal in the store on gun rights . eventually I suspect the store will ban guns because this one idiot .
There is a group in my area whos thing is to strap a gun on an all show up fior a gathering a resturant or other place an see if there confronted . the made news about 3 years ago when exactly that happend an the cops arrived an they refused to show ID or somehting .. theny were cited an then they won in court or it at least drew attention for them it worked . problem is joe blow customers dont want any part of it .
people need to just go about there daily business if they carry not try to make a spectical out of it . I know for a fact that some open carry groups hope the cops will come so they can push a legal issue or file suit.
Flame me if you want but some times gun owners our our own worst enemy's .
i wouldn't drink starbucks brew if you paid me too.
no telling what some of those gay "partners" of theirs do to that coffee and coffee making equipment when no one is looking.
i think they might be "having their way" with the stuff and then giggeling when someone says their coffee don't taste right--
i'll take my chances with the chepo 3lb tins at wally world a brew it myself --
Mis-read of the article. Thank you media wanting to sell newspapers for mis-informing us yet again...
The guy they interviewed said "they would not ask you to leave" if you brought in a gun... they are simply not wanting the crap that goes along with it (e.g. anti-gun demonstrations, etc). Can't say that I blame them... they aren't in the gun business after all.
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EXACTLY pro gunnsrs ahve put them in political position they would rather not be in .
bottom line is they dont want to be campaing head quarters for every local open carry group they what to please every one an sell coffee .
I know for a fact that a local pro gun open carry group like to use them as a meeting spot . frankly some of those guys are idiots an scare the hell out of me.
being pro open carry is one thing do it if you want . getting a group together an shoving in every ones face looking for attention is wrong IMO . if your carrying a gun to be noticed or hoping for conflict you need a reality check . Sooner or later some is going to challange one of those idiots an its not going to end well .
I have seen the one group in person . they all want to talk a littel louder than every one they all want to preach about there rights if asked whats up . Wrong way to go about things IMO.
a bunch of lottaie drinking quisch eating , wanna be hipsters who just wrote a book hang out there and drink $5 coffee all trying to get on the "opra" show.
a little PINK and light in the loafers but they got to know something --like how they was abused as a child , or pushed around by some big bad bullie or how the system is stacked against the GLB community.
i'm like thinking what kind of open carry guy wants to go into a starbucks anyway? there is all ways some hippiee in there writing some communist manifeto.
i hang out drink my coffee at joes diner or the waffle house --wherever the cute waitress is--LOL-- and listen to the loggers and truck drivers gripe about their bad backs--
Go in a public food store, I don't want kids staring at my gun on my hip.. Unless their is a badge next to it.. Conceal the damn thing..
Personally the videos I have seen, yes the carry people were 100% in their rights doing what they did.. But one lib homo gets upset, Police on the way, cameras come out. No we do not have to show you I.D..
Some states, Vermont, Arizona I believe? Open carry is fully accepted.. But even here in gun friendly Florida, I walk downtown Daytona. Bet money the Police are going to ask who I am with a big iron on my hip..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
lol THAT WOULD BE LIKE ME HANGING MY 14" BARRELD AK PISTOL AROUND MY NECK WITH A DRUM AN WALKING AROUND TO SEE IF ANY ONE OBJECTS. THEN BITCHING ABOUT MY RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED .
iF YOU SEE ME PACKING A GUN ITS BECAUSE I PLAN ON USING IT AT ANY MOMENT . i DONT EXPEXCT TO NEED MY GUN AT ANY MOMENT IN THE GROCERY STORE OR THE PIZZA PIT OR THE COFFEE SHOP . iD RATHER HAVE THE ELEMENT OF SUPRISE ON ME .
i STILL HAVENT GOT MY CONCILED AN ITS BEEN LEGAL FOR 2 YEARS HERE . I DONT REALLY WORRY TO MUCH ABOUT THAT STUFF WERE I LIVE . I HAVE ARMS IN MY VECHICLES LEGALY IF I NEED ONE . YEA I KNOW YOU NEVER NOW WHEN SOME NUT IS GOING TO START SHOOTING IMIGANARY ZOMBIES .
THE TRUTH IS IM MORE LIKLEY TO BE KILLED DRIVING HOME BY A DRUNK OR HITTING A DEER ON THE ROAD . i KNOW A GUY WHO CARRIES TWO GUNS EVERY WERE AN A BUNCH OF MAGS. HE IS NOBODY SPECIAL AN LIVES IN THE COUNTRY . IMO THE GUYS A LITTLE OFF.
IF AN WHEN I GET A CONCEALED I MIGHT CARRY A SMALL POCKET PISTOL . I SHOOT POOL A LOT AN AM IN THE BARS ON WEEK ENDS SO I CANT CARRY THERE AN I SURE DONT WANT TO BE DRINKING AN CARRING AS THATS ILLEAGE HERE . IM MORE AFRAID OF A NEGATIVE RUN IN WITH THE LAW AN LOOSING ALL MY GUN PRIVILAGES THAN GETTING KILLED BY SOME ONE . iD HATE TO HAVE FEW BEERS IN ME AN GUN AT A TRAFFIC STOP .
Perhaps if some people weren't dumb asses and just went about their business instead of having to stage demonstrations StarBucks wouldn't have been forced to take this action to keep BOTH pro-gun and anti-gun demonstrators from disrupting business.
It appears the presence of demonstrators from BOTH sides prompted this action. It wasn't like they weren't warned. StarBucks being a privately owned company can set its policy however it likes and it seems to me a few idiot gun owners pushed the issue by doing exactly what the CEO asked them not to do.
Either way it doesn't effect me in the least because I don't drink coffee and if I did I certainly wouldn't pay the ridiculous prices StarBucks wants for a cup of coffee. Just pass me my ice cold Mountain Dew and that my friends, or enemies, makes me happy!
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The California attorney general has granted permission for the city of Salinas to sue Jose Castañeda to force him out of his seat on the Alisal Union School District board.
In a two-page letter addressed to Castañeda and Salinas legal counsel, the attorney general said, "There is a substantial legal issue as to the incompatibility of the two offices Mr. Castañeda currently holds. ... We conclude that it is in the general public interest to have this matter judicially resolved."
Castañeda replied with an emailed statement: "I am focused on the priorities that have affected District 1 for many decades such as housing, water quality issues, small businesses sustainability, fiscal accountability and targeting crime which has significantly affected our residents and businesses. I am not focused on any lawsuit that will be moot at the end of the day.
"This city has lost another young man to violence and that's a greater issue we all need to be talking about instead of frivolous lawsuits. I will stand on Psalms 18:2."
Castañeda was referring to a young man shot to death near Closter Park in Salinas about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday.
When Castañeda was elected to District 1 of the Salinas City Council in November, it was widely expected he would give up the seat he has held on the school board since 2002. Instead, he continued to serve on both, and soon community members began to demand he give up his school board seat.
According to California Government Code and the California Conflict of Interest Manual, no official can hold two offices that are considered "incompatible" — such as a seat on a city council and a school board in the same jurisdiction.
While the code and manual say the first office is "automatically vacated" upon being elected to a second post, there is no provision to enforce the ruling. Instead, an interested party needs to get permission from the attorney general to file a writ of "quo warranto," a legal procedure by which a public attorney challenges a presumed usurper of public office.
Now that the attorney general has granted the quo warranto, Salinas can proceed with filing a lawsuit against Castañeda in Monterey County court that will order him to be removed from the Alisal board.
The issue of Castañeda holding two public offices has brought considerable turmoil to an already turbulent city. Numerous public officials, including county Superintendent of Schools Nancy Kotowski and Salinas Councilwoman Jyl Lutes, have urged Castañeda to give up his school board seat.
The concern is that Castañeda could vote on issues that affect the city and the school board from different perspectives, in ways that could be contradictory. The code and manual say it's not sufficient for an official to recuse himself from a vote that could be a conflict of interest for holding two positions.
Castañeda has been circumspect about his motives for holding on to two seats. His supporters have said it's unfair that attention is focused on him when another local figure, Don Chapin, is holding two seats as well.
Chapin, owner of one of the largest construction companies on the Central Coast, has been on the Lagunita School District board in North Salinas for about 30 years and on the North County Fire Protection District board for about 12 years.
He has said he's reviewed the matter and found the seats are not incompatible.
"We hope we can get a quick decision and move on," said Mayor Joe Gunter in a statement. "We have a responsibility to get this issue resolved and restore the focus on the people's business."
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The bus was easy to catch and our stop was the last one the bus made so there was no way we were going to miss it. We got off the bus and soon realized that this was not a place that was used to tourists. First of all we couldn't find one person that spoke English and none of the jeep or rickshaw drivers ever approached us to ask if we needed a ride somewhere (that was the clearest sign that tourists weren't common). We asked for Hotel Champaner and got pointed in a couple of different directions before we got started in the right one. Later we would find out that everyone was probably pointing us to the jeeps but we thought they were pointing to where we needed to go
About 5 kilometers all uphill and 2 hours later (during the hottest part of the day) I realized we probably should have taken a jeep. In the beginning we met two young guys who showed us the trail we were supposed to follow and walked with us for a bit which was nice. Later we met two old men who were walking the same path and offered us some type of snack while we were resting. It tasted like sugar but I think it was more than that. It was obvious that all of the people we saw were wondering why we were carrying such big bags up the path when we could be taking a jeep. I figure the whole experience built character and I felt truly accomplished by the end. I would have to say that I have never been more happy to see a city then I was when we got to the top and the small town of Champaner.
After checking in to the hotel we headed out to get lunch and then headed to Pavagadh which is a temple at the top of the mountain. Luckily we didn't have to keep walking the rest of the way to the top because there was a gondola that you could take. I will admit that I am a little confused on exactly what is Champaner because there is a small town (and by small I mean one area of about 10 shops and a couple of houses) where the jeeps drop you off and then there is a small town at the top of the gondola but that is mostly made up of shops. Maybe it is all Champaner.
Once off the gondola we still have to climb a set of stairs to get to the temple. In the temple a priest gave us some type of blessing but I have no idea what it meant. There is a picture of me and Rachel with the priest.
Later while we were taking in the view we noticed that a very large group of men were coming towards us and we wondered if we were doing something wrong. Not to worry though they just wanted to have their pictures taken with us. None of them spoke English and it was pretty amusing trying to figure out exactly what they wanted. After the pictures we started heading down and decided to walk instead of take the gondola. It was a nice walk and the view was really great.
I really loved this small city partly because we could walk around without anyone asking us to buy anything or asking if we needed a ride somewhere but mostly because the people were really nice. Most of them didn't speak English so it was a pointing game with a couple of common words but we always understood each other in the end.


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Location: World Forum, Churchillplein 10
The World Water Day celebrations organized by the United Nations and the Government of The Netherlands in The Hague addressed both water cooperation and the outcomes from the Thematic Consultation on Water in the post-2015 agenda.
The programme of the day involved political and governmental leaders and members of the UN High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Development Agenda, and included inspirational speeches, presentations and interactive discussions. A series of thematic sessions also gave the opportunity to reflect on the different dimensions of water cooperation, and brought new ideas and innovative approaches from different sectors of society.
Challenges identified on 21 March at the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Water organized by the Dutch Government were incorporated in the thematic sessions.
The High Level Forum assembled in The Hague on World Water Day 2013, recognizes the key outcomes and recommendations of the Thematic Consultation on Water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, as presented in the advanced summary of the consultation's synthesis report.
Members of the Forum discussed water cooperation as an essential means to achieve a water secure world. A synthesis report of the consultation will soon be available for public comment.
> Outcome Statement of the High-Level Forum, 22 March - The Hague
> Advanced summary of the Thematic Consultation on Water synthesis report
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Walking for Water
Walking for Water is an awareness and fundraising initiative. School children aged 10-15 are sponsored by friends and family to walk 6 kilometres while carrying 6 litres of water in a backpack. Children learn about global water issues, while raising funds to help solve them.
Movies that Matter
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In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Ever Merciful.
Love for All, Hatred for None.
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Biat on the Centenary Day
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Essay competition 1st Prize winner among Khuddam Ehsanul Habib Joy receiving Prize from National Ameer sb.
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Sam Houston High School students laugh during an assembly at school Wednesday morning. The Sam Houston student council and the Iowa High student council sponsored an anti-bullying campaign called ''Save the Drama 4 Ya Mama.'' (Rick Hickman / Special to the American Press)
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By Nichole Osinski / American Press
Phil Gugliuzza had a miserable time in high school.
"I was a nerd, I was a geek," he said. "I was that weird kid."
But things changed, he said, when the captain of the football team took him under his wing and acted as an older brother.
"That made all the difference in the world," said Gugliuzza, a former educator who now heads the Louisiana Association of Student Councils.
Gugliuzza, the keynote speaker Wednesday at an anti-bullying event at Sam Houston High School, gained experience addressing bullying as director of student activities at a high school in New Orleans.
He talked about the importance of reaching out to friends and family and about the power of saying, "I love you," and simply hugging someone. He then directed students to turn and hug those on their right and then those on their left.
"It does make a difference who you are, where you're going and what you're living for," Gugliuzza said. "Because, you see, ladies and gentlemen, you've got a job to do: You've got to make people feel loved, wanted and needed. And it's not always easy."
The student councils at Iowa and Sam Houston high schools recently teamed up to sponsor the anti-bullying campaign, called Save the Drama 4 Ya Mama. The schools raised money to bring in Gugliuzza, who spoke at assemblies at each school.
As a reminder to stop bullying and the "drama" each student received a free silicone wristband with the campaign slogan. They also pledged to end bullying by signing banners to be displayed at both schools.
"This has become a detrimental effect," said Vickie Barto, Sam Houston High School library media specialist. "I hope that students just glean what ramifications could come about if they decide to bully."
Student council officers at Iowa High School decided to bring in a speaker to address the issue after hearing about another high school that had done a similar project.
Iowa High Student Council Adviser Jenna Kramer said bullying has spread in schools and has only increased with widespread use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Congratulations to the Student Councils of Iowa and Sam Houston High Schools for sponsoring the anti-bullying campaign! It makes me happy and proud to know these young people are trying to " make a difference." I hope and pray your efforts will catch on and spread all over the country.


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I'd like to know what options there are for commercial honey/wax handling. I'm slowly growing my want to be commercial operation, which should be ~30/50 hives in the spring/fall and hopefully 500 in the next few years.
Currently, I'm using a hot knife and a borrowed 36 frame extractor. Where is the best place to spend my money? I can continue to use the borrowed extractor, but I will need to buy one. The hot knife is the slowest part of the extraction process. Short of letting the cappings drain manually.
So, I'd like to know about options for uncappers, wax spinners, bottlers, and extractors that would continue to grow with me.
I've looked at the maxant and cowen lines. Are there other vendors in this market?


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A nurse who lost her husband in Christchurch tragedy finds fresh purpose overseas.
Christchurch's Cindy Gibb made a deal with her husband - one day she'd be able to travel the world to places where nursing skills were in short supply and work.
But that day came sooner than either she or Sam Gibb planned. A journalist in the CTV building, Mr Gibb died in the February 2011 earthquake.
Mrs Gibb, now 30, left the city in November 2011 and for a year worked in Tajikistan, as a nurse with Doctors without Borders.
"I was going to do it years ago and Sam and I just talked and decided we'd get married and have a family, but we had an agreement ... just one day, we didn't know when it would happen, after the kids - I had Sam's full support.
"After the earthquake I knew very quickly that this was the best thing for me to do. You can see it probably as running away a little bit ... but I had to find something to do and I was just really, really lucky that I had something else to fall back on that was so good and so right."
Tajikistan gained its independence after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 and experienced a civil war during that decade. Mountainous, landlocked with more than seven million people, it remains one of the poorest countries in the region.
It also has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis in the World Health Organisation's European region.
Doctors without Borders estimates between 200 to 250 people per 100,000 have the highly infectious disease.
She was based in the capital, Dushanbe, but travelled extensively throughout the country to treat children. It's an experience that helped her process her feelings away from the collective grief of her home city.
Many live in isolated villages accessible sometimes only by donkeys because of the terrain, may not have electricity in the winter and experience temperatures from below freezing to 40C. But they take pleasure in laying on a spread for visitors, a gift to cherish given that it is only in people's homes that the scale of poverty becomes clear.
"They work really hard because life is hard. The warmth in people's eyes, it sort of overthrows all of that.
"You meet people with the most gorgeous olive skin, and pale green eyes. Old men with big snowy white beards, and these beautifully weathered faces and wearing these thick coats ...
"It's really quite magical, it's such an unknown part of the world and I just feel really privileged I got to spend so much time there."
Mrs Gibb wants to raise the profile of the aid organisation in New Zealand. It survives on donations and provides impartial assistance in countries where people are threatened by violence, neglect, conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, natural disasters or excluded from health care.
On Friday, following a six-week break at home with her parents, she leaves for a child and maternity contract in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border.
She's not overly concerned about her safety even though she acknowledges it will be dangerous. There will be higher security protocols to follow and she'll wear a veil for the entire time she's there. But life is to be lived and that's something her husband understood, she says.


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Company expands in Bristol, Tenn., creating 128 new jobs
BRISTOL, Tenn. - A company jumps from Virginia to Tennessee, creating 128 new jobs and investing $117,000.
U.S. Solutions cut the ribbon to their new facility Wednesday morning in Bristol, Tennessee.
Officials said opening shop on West State Street is part of an expansion and over the next two months, 120 people will be hired
Right now the company that provides call center services employs more than 500 people locally.
Bristol, Tennessee's deputy city manager, Mike Sparks, told us this is a bright spot after losing the facility's former tenant, Touchstone Wireless, two years ago. "That was a big blow to the community, because at that point in time, Touchstone was close to 700 employees here, and it had been a homegrown company. There was a lot of disappointment with that," said Sparks.
We've learned U.S. Solutions' new home in Bristol, Tennessee will likely allow it to further expand their operations in future.


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Marian Bromen, 64, of Pequot Lakes, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. She was born Nov. 3, 1948, in Ramsey, Minn., to Douglas and Mildred Larson.
She will be dearly missed by her loving husband, Dennis; children: Tina Wise, Tim Zengerle, Kim Lauer, Arthur Wood; five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, David Larson.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are with Kline Funeral Home, Pequot Lakes.


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The Stanback-Stroud Diversity Award, named for former Senate President Regina Stanback-Stroud, honors faculty who have made special contributions addressing issues involving diversity. One person receives a cash award of $5,000 and a plaque. A call for nominations goes out in December with an announcement letter, application, criteria, and scoring rubric. This is a Senate award, is sponsored by the Foundation for California Community Colleges for $5,000, and is presented at the Spring Academic Senate Plenary Session each year.
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The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is pleased to provide you with a list of the Senate awards that will be offered this year along with timelines for submission and the criteria for each award. Please note that as each deadline approaches, senate presidents will receive a reminder letter from the Academic Senate Office for that specific award. This letter will include all necessary application materials. You do not, however, need to wait for the materials to apply for any award. Just download the award material and work with your senate to process the application. Please note that no applications for awards will be accepted after the due date listed for each award, and no faxed applications will be accepted.
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The Hayward Award is conferred upon four faculty members annually who have been nominated by peers from their college. Named for former California Community College Chancellor Gerald C. Hayward, the award honors outstanding community college faculty who have a track record of excellence both in teaching and in professional activities and have demonstrated commitment to their students, profession, and college.
The Norbert Bischof Faculty Freedom Fighter Award (NBFFF) is presented to faculty leaders who have exhibited exceptional leadership skills by helping to maintain a healthy and functional system of governance or by having demonstrated exceptional courage and effectiveness in support of the adopted principles and positions of the Academic Senate. In 2009, the Executive Committee renamed this award after the Senate's founding father Norbert Bischof.
The Exemplary Program Award, established in 1991, recognizes outstanding community college programs. Each year the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate selects an annual theme in keeping with the award's traditions. Up to two college programs receive $4,000 cash prizes and a plaque, and up to four colleges receive an honorable mention and a plaque. The call for nominations goes out in October with an announcement letter, application, criteria and scoring rubric.


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A while back I wanted a 07' Tahoe LTZ but now I really wanted a Range Rover HSE. I know they are in a different class but I saw a used 03' Range Rover HSE with 53k miles on it and they're selling it for $44k. I was wondering how realiablity is Range Rover? I just love the look for Range Rover but I wasn't sure how they hold up in the long run. But if you guys have any other suggestions let me know. Thank for helping
Well, the first thing I do when looking into reliability is head to the Edmunds Problems and Solutions boards. And what I found was concerning. As you know, the Range Rover was new in '03, so I focused on problems with 03-06 models. I found two guys who'd had overheating problems with one having them after just two months after he bought it, and the other one right after he drove it off the showroom floor. Here's what they said.
Quote:On the ride home after picking up my new 06' Range, I noticed the vehicle was overheating, I immediately called the dealer and demanded a new car and they told me it was just a loose radiator cap. I took it to another dealer for a second opinion and that dealer suggest I return the truck for a new one, so that's what I did. I think it's a known issue because a friend of mine had the same problem.
Quote:I've owned a 06 RR for two months and on 2 occasions have had the car over head and dried out the coolant. This last time I was in the snow and I had now power or traction to get through it and it overheated. 4 hours later the engine temp was down but I couldn't get the car over 50 mph on the freeway and the rpm didn't go over 3. This was before I refilled the coolant. On my way home at a light the car said Check Oil STOP engine and the car turned off and wouldnt start again. I check the engine oil and there was plenty of oil but the coolant was almost gone again. Has anybody had any simlar problems?
Quote:I traded an 04 Lexus Lx470 (which ran flawless) for an 06 RR HSE about 2 months ago. The RR now has 2200 miles on it and has been back to the shop 3 times now. First time was the Transmission at 65 mph slipped to 3rd gear and a light on the dash stated, "transmission fault, limited gears only", so it was towed to the dealer. Second and third time was for the same reason, stopped the vehicle and went to put it in park and the engine reved high and the check engine light came on, was told by the dealer that a software upgrade was on the way and all was ok. mmm, the Lexus ran great and now I am sort of sorry I traded it, but love the looks of the Rover. I hope the next gen LX comes out soon because I may be trading for that.
I know Range Rover have a few problems but didn't know it was this bad......hmmmmm
and are you sure you need full time 4x4 with no transfer case?i don't see why they don't have transfer cases or why they dont make one with AWD. if they did they would be faster and more fuel efficient.
I thought they had a two speed transfer case.
i've heard that the quality of the land rover brand is pretty good now. the only problem with a forum like the one on edmunds is you will always find the majority of thing to be negative. if everything goes well then no one talks about it on a forum. according to the nhtsa, the '03 range rover was subject to 0 recalls and only had 8 tsb's (technical service bullitens) issued for it. that ain't bad. look here for the list of tsb's. the only concern that i would have with the one that you are looking at is it seems to be a little on the high side for average milage for that year.
Quote:the only problem with a forum like the one on edmunds is you will always find the majority of thing to be negative. if everything goes well then no one talks about it on a forum.
Quote:I thought they had a two speed transfer case.
All that means is it's AWD until you shift into 4Hi or 4Lo, just like in Chevy trucks.
oh so really its "sometimes real 4x4, sometimes fake 4x4" then maybe i could go for a ranger. i'd get the superchared one, but not the one that has that wierd boxy thing on the front facia. i'd get teh one that costs 70 or so.
yea, thats the thing. brand new its over $70k and this used sample is only $44k. Look really good.
Quote:yea, thats the thing. brand new its over $70k and this used sample is only $44k. Look really good.
i'll take a used range rover unless its missing a wheel or something.
what about a 1995 land rover discovery? the one im looking at has 113,000 miles and dosent run (i think it just needs new spark plugs) the guy says it turns over but will not start.
Generally speaking, they're crap.


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That boy Wilson can FLY! As soon as he hit that that hole i was like "Yup, this could go all the way!"
I was so happy for him. He deserved it.
Great run! Hopefully he keeps it going when we need a home run in the future!
it's what i've been saying since pre-season,It comes with experience, Wilson said. The more and more youre around the offense, the more comfortable you get, the more you can start playing like yourself.
he needs experience with the team, and the team needs experience with him, they need to get used to Wilson's abilities, his speed,cuts Etc,
the most carries he got in Pre-season i believe was Five, in the Bears game, and he had a brilliant run Game,


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Pronounced: (Well-bow). This term is given to the moment you discover that the bar surface you are resting your elbow on whilst waiting to order drinks has not been maintained to a "dry" standard. The result is a "Wet Elbow" or "Welbow" Discovery of a "welbow" often leads to outrage and losing your place at the bar as you reel away in abject disgust. A level 1 "welbow can be dealt with by a casual rub on a friends jumper. Level 5's require time under the hand dryer to reduce the "welbow" to a more manageable level.
With the recent introduction of so called "extra cold beers" and also the dreaded "frozen glass" "welbows" are on the increase. As condensation increases on the glass and bar staff are cut due to the economic climate "welbows" are common place, visual checks are not enough borrow a friends item of clothing to spare your wetness as you use it to dry the area.
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- Gale Force winds are expected later today- Gale Force 8 by midday and Gale Force 9 by 4pm.
- Flood warnings are still in place for Chiswell, Portland Harbour and the River Frome from Dorchester to East Stoke.
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- The Met Office has issued an AMBER weather warning for rain from 3pm today until 11pm on Saturday.


text: All the dado stacks I see are -5 deg cutter rake. It works fine for cutting with the grain (ripping) but I think something with positive rake would be better for cutting box joints across the grain on end. The neg rake chipper break and pulverize the wood, not cut it. I searched the web and could only find a 0 rake dado stack that was over $250.


text: Running a little behind here. I'm throwing my recently acquired PAU OPER, retired, work-bike into the ring. Some of you guys look like y'all are almost done....with several page threads. Not too late to enter is it? Last night, while I finally had a chance to take it apart, I had a good brain-fart on how I wanted it to look. I want to keep the same feel and look of the bike, but not have it be just another rustoration. Gotta rod it up. As found at Helotes Bicycle, Helotes, Texas. I still need to investigate the history of this bike. I have strong leads. These will probably buff out...hahahaha. Not a whole lot can be reused here. Most all bearings were gone. I think I'm going to take advantage of this little girl for some of her goodies....'62 Western Flyer. I want to get the frame media blasted. I have a couple leads here in town. I just don't have time to strip it myself....plus I hate doing that. :mrgreen: We'll see how it cleans up. Now I'm off to pull a leaky radiator out of our Oldsmobuick.