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Faith in Action for Cass County is seeking applicants to fill a VISTA member position for this upcoming year.
AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed specifically to fight poverty. Authorized in 1964 and founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, VISTA was incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993.
VISTA members commit to serve full-time for a year at a non-profit organization or local government agency, working to improve social services, strengthen community groups and more.
VISTA members receive a modest living allowance, health coverage, leave time, professional development opportunities and an end-of-service education benefit of $5,550 for college tuition or a service stipend of $1,500.
VISTA has been referred to as a "domestic Peace Corps." The VISTA member commitment will support and enhance the services offered by Faith in Action for Cass County. Faith in Action seeks a VISTA member to help the organization grow and develop greater volunteer opportunities throughout Cass County.
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[quote user="JPizzack"]I dont care either way. I cant put into words how absolutely tired I am about hearing about everything Obama nonstop....MOSTLY I'm tired of people who complain about everything, because general rule of thumb is; when everything is fine, quiet as all can be......but if something's wrong....open up the goddamn flood gates! Everyone wants a piece of the action!!!
There's a time and place for political discussion......and it's not on an NFL forum. Argue with each other in person if youre so inclined. But honestly....it doesnt belong here...[/quote]

well I'm kind of with you on this JP I hate politics and talking about them tends to upset me....I come here for fun.. The last thing I would ever want todo thois ruin others fun here...so I try to stay quite.....but Ifail sometimes but here is the truth as I see it...buying into politicians rhetoric is a total waist of time I don't believe for one minute theywill fix one ****ing thing till they have to...and we all know how they do that ...."bailout" plug the ****ing holes and immediately start making new ones that will need to be plugged down the road....and of coarse they know exactly how to do it and what is best for us all.....its not going to change man ...I will do my best to make this ismy last political post....

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Running a small business is very difficult. Anyone who owns one, that does a good volume of business and says otherwise is lying or their wife runs the operation . I cannot tell you how many times we've wanted to just throw in the towel and go back to just keeping bees. We source "stock" (pine, aluminum, stainless, jackets, smokers, tools, extractors, wax, foundation) through 20 different vendors/suppliers. SO we have to deal with 20 different vendor's inventory availability, shortfalls, price increases, busy times of their year etc. But regardless we still keep moving forward and do the best with what we have. We get hundreds of new customers each year as well as the few thousand that we have helped so far. Most days we have happy customers, here and there we make a mistake and have some that are not so happy, but again we still move forward and do the best we can. I've gone as far as giving locals customers my own personal equipment because we didn't have something in stock at the time. Its always a good feeling when you can brighten a customer's day. Its just equally good of a feeling when a customer can brighten my day when neck deep in saw dust and orders due. I want to share a review that we received from the website left by a customer that did exactly that.
"Put together an HT Krantz deep along with a national supplier's deep right after. The fit and finish of HTK is remarkable. Snug and tight yet went together with three whacks of the rubber mallet. Wood is top quality (while the national supplier gave me a nice knot at the finger joint!) Another positive for HTK is the depth of the hand holds. nice and deep for days when gloves are a must! Not sure if the best part of this company is the quality of their products or the proximity to home!"
Whoever this customer is, thank you! You gave me a much needed "pick me up" during this crazy busy time of the year.


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Cool studio close to Moulin Rouge
尺寸16 平方米
Floor No.
- 厨房
- 洗衣机/干衣机
- 电视机
- 互联网/无线网路
Accommodation summary
|Rue Véron, 75018 Paris, 法国
The apartment proposes 1 sofa reads, a TV LCD as well as a DVD reader, kitchen is totally equipped (electric patches, extractor fan, oven microwaves, toaster, refrigerator, washing machine, iron, hairdryer). The bathroom offers a shower hydrotreating.
Numerous businesses, bars and restaurants near.
Close subway and bus.
Subway: abbesses / Blanche
住宿规定Free access WiFi High-speed Internet, Sheets and towels supplied, Transfer airport / station (with supplement), Between 10pm and 8 am there is a 20-euro supplement for the arrivals / departures. PLEDGE: 150€ to be put back(to be handed) on arrival.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Check-in before
L'appartamento è maltenuto; vetro della finestra rotto, piastrella staccata ecc.
L'ho trovato anche molto sporco; piano cottura unto, tavolino sporco, bagno con muffa sulle piastrelle e nelle fughe , dietro al wc,ecc. doccia sporca, Appartamento molto disturbato sia di giorno che la notte con musica e schiamazzi, lavori in corso. Unica nota positiva, il letto comodo. Sconsigliato!
Sue et Claude ont été très aimables, tous les deux.
Le studio se trouve pas vraiment au premier étage, mais plustôt sous sol (il faut descendre une escalier). Ceci, et le fait qu'il n'y pas de "fan" dans la douche, rend le studio asses humide. Nous sommes restées longtemps (deux semaines), donc, pour un séjour plus court, ceci ne sera peut-ètre pas un problème du tout. Le lit est confortable.
A mon avis, le studio n'était pas très propre (cuisine, tasses etc.) mais le prix est bon, le deplacement est super, proche de tout, quartier sympa.
Marian et Henny
Nous avons passé un excellent séjour dans ce petit studio agréable, bien chauffé, très bonne literie, très bien situé dans un quartier vivant, typique, avec un grand choix de petits restos et bistros montmartrois sympas. Nos hôtes, Sue et Claude sont très chaleureux, à l'écoute. Nous les remercions encore de leur charmant accueil : même très tard dans la nuit, Claude était là pour nous accueillir avec le sourire. C'est bien agréable. Nous vous les recommandons.
We really liked the apartment. It is located in a rather quiet street and since it was about 29 degrees outside, the apartment was cool. But, when we arrived at home, we have bites from bedbugs and we can not recommend to rent this apartment until they have fixed the problem, which we can read about in other rewiews.
The luminaires in the bathroom and the little bedroom where not ok. The refrigerator was very small and the kitchen was not in the dimension of cooking food.
Sue behaved very well. She was in contact with us all the time until we got to Paris, by email, she was very flexible with the check-in and check-out time and besides that she transferred us to a better and larger apartment, also in Montmartre, because the Studio in Place du Tertre, Sacré-Coeur that we had hired had been a serious water leak some days before and the repair work was not done for our arrival.
Claude was very kind and nice and there was no problem with our schedule for check-in and check-out time (11:00 p.m. and 05:00 a.m.) Besides he gave us a lot of information about Montmartre, the coolest neighborhood in Paris.
We had a really nice stay. The host are really sweet and helpful. The apartment were perfect for our family.
It's a very nice apartment and the area around is great! We have a lovely stay in Paris and Sue and her team are very nice and helpful!
Perfect !! the host was very helpfull and the appartement couldn´t be in a better place.
This year we are married for 40 years. We want to celebrate this with my childeren.
We looked for months for an appartment with 3 bedrooms and enough space for the 6 of us. Unfortunately we didn't get the appartment we have booked because there was a water damage.
I understand that those things can happen.
That's why we are placed in this appartment on rue the gabrielle.
It is a 2 bedroom appartment. The host said there are beds for 8 people. I don't agree. An adult can not sleep on the beda upstairs. The matrasses are very very thin. And you lie down on a wooden plank.
The sofabed is very very bad. You lie down in a hole and there are stains everywhere. You even can't sit normal on it without getting a pain in the back. The blankets smelss like wet dog and the appartment was not very clean.
Unfortunately the host (Claude/Kloot) was talks very agressive. He was not thinking in solutions. The only thing he said was look at the view.
You must know that in the night my eyes are closed and I really don't care about the view. The only thing I care the is the quallity of my bed.
He also said a couple time that when we don't like it we must pack our bags and go to a hotel.
It was not very nice.
When we asked for another bed we get an air matress that was broken. The host said nothing about a payback for this dissapointing stay.
The possitve thing about this appartment is the view. It's really nice. Maybe for 4 people this appartment is good but certainly not for 8 people.
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Don't pay a 6% real estate commission!
Original post made by Kevin J., Crescent Park, on Oct 9, 2006
I told my agent that I liked her, and I knew she had a good reputation in the community, but that was too much money. And, obviously, houses sell quickly in this town, even when the real estate market is "slow," because of the lack of supply.
So I proposed a 4% commission -- and she took it. And we had no problem selling the home. And we saved $30,000.
After closing, my agent told me that her agency instructs agents to initially refuse to negotiate the commission with a seller, but if the seller persists, to agree to anything they want on the grounds that the agency doesn't want to lose market share.
I talked to a reporter from the Weekly a few weeks ago about this subject and she says they're going to do a story on cutting commissions. Keep your eyes open for it.
Comments (5)
a resident of Green Acres
on Oct 9, 2006 at 10:19 am
Can't wait for the story. Realtors have been making obscene amounts of money for years. Time to level the playing field!!!!
a resident of another community
on Oct 9, 2006 at 5:07 pm
I don't mean to burst your bubble, and I'm sure there are going to be realtors hating me for saying this, but 4% is not necessarily such a great deal.
If you take a close look at the listing agreement, you will notice that it give a space to fill in a percentage, which specified that the split between listing and selling agent will be up to the listing agent. Only if you check the box explicitly breaking down the selling/listing commissions will you really know what is happening.
In all likelihood, your agent listed your house with 2.5% or even 2% to the selling agent. If he/she used the latter number, they should be shot since a 2% commission is guaranteed to bring less traffic into the house. 2.5% for selling agent is not uncommon at $1.5M, but mostly kicks in around $2M. It's not that the selling agent won't show the houses listed with a 2% sales commission, but just coincidentally, they'll talk them down just happening to find just enough fault that it would take a bold buyer indeed to overcome the "advice" of the experienced sales agent.
I speak as somebody who has done it both the right way and the wrong way. A few years ago, I foolishly let an agent have 6%, and was extrememly disappointed that she listed the house with 2% to the SELLING agent, keeping 4%(!) for herself. I vowed never again. Three years ago when I sold my house in PA, I found a broker who would provide full service (including open houses) for a flat fee of $5000 on my $1M home. I paid the full 3% of the sales agent and sold for about $70K over asking due to the multiple bids coming in.
Looking around on the web, I found many realtors that would have done the same job for $3K or less, but I felt comfortable with this one.
When I bought my next house, I shopped till I found it, then found an agent that would rebate all but .5% of her commission back to me to close the listing, which saved me 2% on the the deal.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 10, 2006 at 2:21 am
I like the flat fee idea best. I wish I had pushed a little harder on this issue when I was involved in a transaction a few years ago.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 10, 2006 at 10:03 am
Thanks for your helpful story!!!
a resident of another community
on Oct 10, 2006 at 1:01 pm
One thing that I did want to add is that I make it all sound quite easy and simple to get a better deal, but the reality is that the the real estate industry, and realtors have stacked the cards to keep commissions high (IMHO).
Realtors that will provide flat rate pricing will not readily advertise for fear of reprisals and intimidation from traditional real estate professionals. Although it was pretty easy to find flat rate listing brokers on the web, getting a great deal on the purchase side is non-trivial. I had to shop around, ultimately finding an out of area broker who owned her own firm yet maintained MLS membership for the entire region. Still, the dozen hours or so that I spent emailing and calling around were rewarded with multiple 10's of thousands in discounts.
The other side of this is an ethical issue. If you are going to pursue discounted services on the purchase side I believe that it is absolutely reprehensible if you engage the services of a realtor to show you a property and then have you purchase through somebody else at a discount that has not invested their time and energy in showing the property to you. When we were looking we generally confined our searches to open houses and then compiled a list of houses which were listed that would require our out of area broker to help us gain access to.
Still, that said 6% (or even 5%) real estate commissions are simply absurd (again my opinion) in areas with multi-million dollar houses. Out of the area where houses are measured at 1/10th the cost, the same work gets done with the same commission percentage. I understand that our cost of living is higher, but what has happened here is that the high commissions draw in a huge base of realtors and then the commissions have to be high since there are fewer properties per agent to be bought/sold.
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Google Seeks to Ban Almost Apple's Entire U.S. Product Line
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New ITC complaint leverages 8 of Motorola's patents
Apple, Inc. (
) has made it pretty clear that it wants to try to ban all of the top Android phonemakers off the market. Google Inc. (
) has vowed to fight back, using the treasure trove of patents from its recent acquisition Motorola Mobility to
help protect its partners
. Google was seeking a ban on Apple's iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers to counter a potential Android ban.
Thus far that protection scheme didn't work out so well, as Google-owned Motorola Mobility and Apple had their suits/counter-suits
from the
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
(Chicago). In fact, so far federal courts have proven relatively retiscent to ban products from either side.
So Motorola Mobility's latest legal salvo -- a
50 page complaint
[PDF] with
187 exhibits
, pertaining to eight patents -- instead hopes to sway the
U.S. International Trade Commission
to ban imports of Apple's products, an approach that Apple
successfully used to ban shipments
of top Android phonemaker HTC Corp. (
) earlier in the year.
The new suit targets:
iPod Touch
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4S
"the new Apple iPad (aka the iPad3)
Mac Pro
Mac Mini
MacBook Pro
MacBook Air
It demands satisfaction in the form of a resolution within 15 months and a court-order "excluding entry into the United States of wireless communications devices, portable music and data processing devices, computers, and components thereof that infringe."
As Apple manufacturers all its products outside the U.S., this means, basically, a complete ban of all Apple's products.
Google is seeking to ban virtually all Apple's devices [Image Source: Apple]
The lawsuit leverages eight patents:
No. 5,883,580
, "Geographic-Temporal Significant Messaging"
No. 5,922,047
"Apparatus, Method and System for Multimedia Control and Communication"
No. 6,425,002
"Apparatus and Method for Handling Dispatching Messages for Various Applications of a Communication Device"
No. 6,493,673
"Markup Language for Interactive Services And Methods Thereof"
No. 6,983,370
"System For Providing Continuity Between Messaging Clients And Method Therefor"
No. 7,007,064
"Method And Apparatus For Obtaining And Managing Wirelessly Communicated Content"
No. 7,383,983
"System And Method For Managing Content Between Devices In Various Domains"
A couple of quick thoughts on the patents:
They appear not to be standards patents -- e.g. Motorola Mobility's standard 3G/4G fodder. This means that they are likely not subject to "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) licensing requirements, something that
has plagued
Google's past attempts to litigate against Apple. In other words, Apple and Google are now fighting on
a level playing field
The patents -- much like Apples -- are often
rather ambiguous/nebulous
in terms of describing there invention. Given the broad descriptions (e.g. the one patent appears to be describing all forms of geo-tagged communication), it may be hard for Apple to escape from being found in infringement, must as Android has struggled to escape Apple's vague and overly broad patents.
WWIII is upon us in the patent world -- the dying Apple co-founder Steven P. Jobs
wish for "thermonuclear" legal war
has come to fruition.
Steve Jobs dying wish of "thermonuclear war" with Android has been fully realized.
It's possible that only a handful of products will be banned, but as Apple and Google step up their legal barrages, it's also quite possible that most Android and Apple devices could eventually become subject to a ban -- an outcome that one would expect -- or at least hope -- would lead to a broad cross-licensing pact à la Apple and Microsoft Corp.'s (
) "special arrangement".
One thing's for sure, though. Google isn't about to roll over and die or let the same happen to its partners. It is determined to fight Apple's efforts to the bitter end.
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Very, very nice! Enjoy.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Very, very nice! Enjoy.
This too shall pass.
Nice set-up - you should really be able to create in this space!
You have a wonderful sewing space, love the peg board!
Nice area.
J J (jbj137)
I am a G.R.I.T.
G = girl R =raised I = in T = the S = South
I see lots of creativity & beautiful quilts coming out of this room. Very nice space - but way too neat! Enjoy your space & Merry Christmas!!
Always in Stitches,
So blessed in the opportunity of life, the gifts of nature, and the choice to do good to others. I'm thankful for this day.
Nice room. Can't wait to see pics after your creative juices flow. : )
Wow your very fortunate to have such a terrific space!
Wow, what a beautiful space to craft in. Hope you enjoy the time you spend there. I love the light airy feel of you work space.
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Green Gazpacho with Crab
Green Gazpacho with Crab
2 cups coarsely chopped, seeded and peeled cucumbers
1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
1/2 cup coarsely chopped green pepper
1/4 cup coarsely chopped onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
2 teaspoons chopped fresh garlic
1 cup cubed, crustless white bread
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup thinly sliced romaine lettuce
1/2 cup fresh crabmeat, shredded
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
Additional olive oil
Puree first 8 ingredients in food processor. Add bread and let stand until soggy, about 2 minutes. Puree until smooth. Mix in the water and transfer to a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.
Divide gazpacho among 4 bowls. Place thinly sliced romaine in center of each serving. Top with crabmeat and chives and drizzle with olive oil. Serves 4.


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Chanel Beige -- could not wait until the smaller bottles are on the market. Will swim in it if nothing else.
Thread: Today I Bought - September 2010
Chanel Beige -- could not wait until the smaller bottles are on the market. Will swim in it if nothing else.
I made an ebay purchase of Emeraude edt, a partial bottle that looks like this.
It's hard to get info on dating these bottles. There are so many variations. I think the one I bought is 1960s - 1970s. We'll see whether it's any good. If I like it I may look for more.
YVRESSE!Chypre fruity:Fragrance Notes:top notes
middle notes
Carnation,Litchi,Iris,Cinnamon,VioletRose,Jasmine, Rose OilLily-of-the-Valley
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Amber,PatchouliMusk,Benzoin,Coconut,Vanilla,Oakmos s,Vetiver,Cedar,Styrax
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Devil on left shoulder: "You love it- buy it!"
Angel on right shoulder: "But it's so expensive..."
"But you love it."
"i can't find a good deal on Ebay."
"But you love it."
"I could use the money to do something good for mankind."
"But you reeeeally love it - and besides, you can get 15% off on Fragrancenet, with free shipping."
"Oh. Okay!"
I'm awaiting my first-ever full-price full-bottle purchase of a fragrance I truly love - Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille, and I couldn't be more excited.
If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
My parents went on a Alaskan cruise for their 30th -I house and 2dogs,3cats,3cages of finches sat for 2 weeks and they bought a bottle of Alaskan Mist fragrance home for me .It reminds me of CK1 citrus opening soft cedarish drydown.
I'm in for a split of Sycomore. This is one I have wanted to own for a while now.
we have seen the enemy...and he is us.-Pogo
I have been busy on Ebay lately:
(2) giftsets of Norell -supposedly a perfume and a cologne in each set $5.99 each set
bottle of Coriandre $2.99 -reviews sounded interesting and it rides free with the Norells
Mini of Mahora by Guerlain-wanted to try
FB Ysatis -loved this as a teen with a test vial have a mini and still love it and my mom loves it too (may have to get her a bottle)
70% bottle edp Anne Klein -I fell in love with a mini Green gardinia floral,soft sweet honey soft spice. MMMMmmm!!!!
'bout half bottle Anne Klein-It's Discontinued!
FB Anne Klein_-Alright! I'm stocking up NOW !
Miss Dior 1.7 oz FB-got a mini parfume and liked quite a bit
Escada Sport Spirit Fb -blind buy I love the other in the collection and the notes and reviews sound promising and it is dc-d so for $20+ shipping I thought I would chance it.
Lumiere by Rochas FB don't know which formulation it is yet .It comes from an estate selloff the elderly lady liked a WHOLE LOT of Marylin Miglyn off QVC though.
bookwyrmsmith, you are really going to town on Evil-Bay- you go, girl. I just hope we're not drivin' the prices up bidding against each other. LOL There's a few Marilyn Miglin I enjoy a lot- Goddess, and Divine
I got some blind buys on Evil-bay since my last post:
Bosari IL MIO SOGNO Cologne - only one review on BN but it's from foetidus, who has impeccible taste, so i could not resist.
Jill Sander #4
Forvil Poeme
And finally, a reasonably priced Vent Vert I have been wanting one for some months.
Knit_at_nite the seller was jewels-n-tools for the Lumiere by Rochas the couple sells a lot of jewelry and they did have Destiny availiable .Recently I got a promotion at work to Assistant Manager so I've had a bit more income to play with.
Congrats on your promotion!
Thought I would join you intrepid ebayers! I bought a one ounce bottle of Niki de Saint Phalle parfum! It was 39.00 and was a steal for the parfum version. Great scent and often available for very little. The bottles themselves are small works of art.
Miss Dior is a great fave of mine and I hope you love it, bookwyrmsmith, and you can't go wrong with Jil Sander #4, it's just beautiful! Enjoy.
Okay you convinced me . If Knit_at_nite,Zibeline,and several Bn reviews say Jil sander # 4 is good then it gets off the watch list and into the bid list.
Mail arrived . Two packages for me . Anne Klein edp 70% full 1.7 oz and Mahora mini 5ml/.17oz-doesn't say what concentration .Mahora does smell like a '80's tuberose to me.Nice,but not what I feel like wearing right now.
I received my Emeraude pdt today. I think I'm going to be very pleased (I need to try it on its own, not over today's Obsession), except those tangy very top notes are no longer there.
I bought a Coty L'Aimant Flacon Mist, too, and I'm looking forward to trying that when it arrives. I'm not sure of the vintage, maybe 70s. I can't tell you how I'm reveling in these vintage reekers lately. I know what will happen soon. I will wake up and say "what happened to me?", and the vintage reekers will go on the shelf with the others.
Today is my day off so I went thrifting- and wouldn't you know -I got a nearly full mini parfum of Jil Sander #4 along with a lg atomizer bottle and sample vials of Evyan White Shouldersand Claude Fabri parfums 21 and a nearly full mini parfum of 360 degrees and I only spent $1or 2 for all of it!
My haul off the Bay for today...mostly used perfume
Petty small minded people have no place in my life.
Added 2 wonderful black bottled perfumes in my collection which i have just ordered :
Bijan Black for women and Jesus Del Pozo's in Black
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partial bottles of Soir de Lune (Cartier) and Maitresse (Agent Provocateur)
24 faubourg by hermes $12.99 for 1/2 of a 50ml bottle counting shipping!
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As my first venture into the world of 'female' fragrances today I bought Opium. Wearing it and I am very happy.
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Partial bottles of Dioressence,and Caleche(vintage)($26counting shipping)almost full bottle of Bulgari Au the Rouge 3.3 oz($12.50+shipping) and a lot of four minis that had Rose cardin ,1empty and two others I can't tell till I get them.Bout $7 for the 4.
Lumiere by Rochas arrived today and turned out to be a mini (stupid decimals)Iwouldn't have bid as high had I known it was a 3ml bottle rather than 1oz .Paid $11.99 for it -Humph!!! oh well win some lose some on bargains .Caveat emptor and all that.
Two bottles and a legend in the middle
I was weak, after a hard day at work, I went running to my local mall and bought Eau Claire des Merveilles.
I bought 2 more samples of Ubar - I want to keep testing it out though I do love it.
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The following article, excerpted below, appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) (3-6-06):
"As The Enquirer's education team reported in its Sunday analysis of No Child Left Behind, the 4-year-old legislation has shaken up nearly every aspect of public education…."
"The legislation set off a new round of testing, forced schools to show how particular groups of students are performing and set achievement standards schools that must achieve or be penalized for failing. The goal: close the achievement gap for poor, minority and disabled students.
"But bold and brash as NCLB is, it will take something more powerful than federal legislation to get the job done…."
"In the schools that have truly sought to serve all children - and there are plenty - adults have long been asking these types of questions. They scrutinize performance data, look for clusters, question patterns, and keep trying to crack the code of how to best help all kids.
"But in other districts, patterns of underachievement have been right under educators' noses for years, and they've failed to ask the most obvious of questions - what lies behind these children's poor performance?
"Critics say No Child Left Behind has failed to close the achievement gap. We say the act has succeeded in opening people's eyes to it.
"Now people - teachers, parents, students, taxpayers - are going to have to decide what to do about what they see.
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The following article, excerpted below, appeared in the Hartford Courant (CT) (3-7-06):
"In the 2004-05 school year…fourth-graders who took the Connecticut Mastery Test scored highest in the nation in writing, tied for highest in reading and placed second in mathematics.
"Connecticut is so taken with its own smartness that state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court contending that years of CMT success should relieve the state from complying with key provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
"Connecticut also has what is perhaps the largest achievement disparity in the nation between white English-speaking students and their low-income black and Hispanic counterparts - precisely what the act was created to close…."
"For Connecticut to claim it supports the goals of No Child Left Behind as it clings to practices that undermine those objectives is sheer hypocrisy.
"The NAACP, in asking court permission to intervene…said it best: 'Connecticut's action in bringing this lawsuit is analogous to a polluter claiming to support the Clean Water Act while petitioning for the ability to dump hazardous waste in to the Connecticut River.'…"
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New Pathways homeless program helps families in need
Families will tap every possible resource before they get to New Pathways, the only homeless shelter in the lakes area, said Kathy Carlson, program manager for New Pathways.
This could mean that families are "doubled up" (living with a friend or family member) or living in fish houses, tents or vehicles before they seek help from the program, Carlson said.
New Pathways is a program serving five counties with two offices, one in Brainerd and another in Cambridge. They provide shelter to homeless families (though not singles) through a network of churches and volunteers.
The program then provides daytime help with case management, skills training and efforts to find the families permanent housing.
The program is successful, too. Statistics show that 90 percent of families leave the New Pathways program to permanent housing.
Carlson said the goal is to help homeless families thrive long term, even though they're generally only in the program for a short time.
Families have to qualify for the program and can stay for 30-60 days. At night, the families stay at area churches, which rotate to provide sleeping accommodations and three meals a day.
New Pathways helps with résumés for job applications, interview skills and parenting skills. Each day participants have goals to meet.
"The overriding goal is to not put a Band-Aid over a bad situation but to give them some skills," Carlson said.
In situations that are particularly difficult, the program takes a collaborative approach to case management. In some cases, families just need a hand up. In others, Carlson said, New Pathways knows it needs to form a team and put support in place.
That support can include following the families at their permanent housing, continuing to provide laundry, computer use and basic needs, and following up after six months.
Carlson said the most common barrier families meet is a lack of affordable housing. Working minimum wage, families can't afford $500-$600 a month in rent. Access to affordable housing is limited, Carlson said.
Sometimes, it's circumstances that lead families to homelessness. This could be illness or medical expenses. Other times its poor rental history, an eviction or something negative on a credit report.
Carlson said the New Pathways team works with families on budgeting skills and ways to be responsible renters, so families can maintain permanent housing once they have it.
She said that generally the program sees a drop in attendance around this time of year as tax returns come back, but this year that isn't the case. Numbers are staying steady.
New Pathways can provide help and temporary housing to up to 18 people at a time, but has had to turn people away due to lack of space.
Furthermore, the challenges homeless families meet are not improving; they're staying the same, Carlson said.
"I admire the families in our program," Carlson said, "for their resiliency and ability to press on."
She said the program is very grateful to the people who volunteer at area churches to house and feed families in the program, the program's donors, and the community support and collaboration.


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Virtual Reality Upgrades at ARSC
ARSC is pleased to announce the arrival of the center's second immersive environment, a Mechdyne MD Flex™ system. The room housing the system is called the ARSC Discovery Lab. This addition to ARSC's visualization resources will aid ARSC scientists and researchers in visualizing their data in a three-dimensional, immersive environment. The MD Flex is a small room approximately 10' x 10' x 8' in size. Three walls and the floor are equipped to display stereoscopic images, which allow researchers to virtually immerse themselves in their data set. The MD Flex is powered by an SGI Onyx 3200 image generator with four CPUs, four gigabytes of memory, and two Infinite-Reality4 graphics pipes.
The MD Flex system can accomodate several researchers at once, allowing simultaneous viewing of the same data. In the immersive environment, the image generator draws the stereoscopic images based on the perspective of a special tracker worn by the "driver." All other participants wear standard, active or passive 3D glasses, and are able to view the same image drawn from a slightly different perspective.
Projects that will take advantage of the new MD Flex system include ARSC's Body Language User Interface , ionospheric modeling, seismology and tsunami modeling, oceanography, and a new aurora project.
The Discovery Lab is located in the Rasmuson Library on the UAF main campus. The SGI Onyx 3200 is located in the Butrovich building machine room along with ARSC's other supercomputing systems.
For information regarding accounts for the Discovery Lab, contact User Support . Public tours of the lab will be held each Wednesday in June, July and August at 1 p.m. For information regarding public tours, please contact ARSC Public Affairs at 907/450-8662.
An empty Discovery Lab is prepared for installation.
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The projectors, mirrors and frames are installed in theDiscovery Lab.
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Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Release Date: March 2004
Platform(s): Sony PlayStation® 2
Peripherals Required: PlayStation® 2 controller required
ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
Genre: Sports (Soccer)
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Multiplayer: Yes; Up to 8 players with Multitap
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text: So last night as i was driving back home from a trip down to my family, (about 360 miles), its about -40 outside, about a hundred miles out from where my truck stopped, i started getting some jerky motions from my truck like it was mis-firing. It stopped after about 20 seconds or so, so i didnt think twice about it. I had just previously fueled up, and started my truck and got back on the road, the sudden jerks happened about 5 minutes after i left that gas station. Now about, 5 miles outside of the town my truck stopped at, i got the same kind of jerky-ness come back, and i couldnt get my truck to shift into its final gear (its an automatic), so i had to put into the 3rd drive for the last 5 miles, and even still the jerky-ness was intermitten. When i pulled into the gas station and put my truck in park, the ticker for my idle was jumping all over the place, ranging from about 200-700 rpm. After about 30 seconds of that, my truck just died. Tried several times to get it to start, it would run for about 2-5 seconds then die again. After about an hour of that, it wouldnt start at all. I dropped a few bottles of isoheet into it, as well as a few gallons of gas to mix it up, my tank is probably about 3/8ths full now. I originally thought the fuel line was frozen and the pump wasnt able to pull anything once the truck started. However, the mechanic who looked at it today, says its the fuel pump after he let it warm up in his garage. Just curious if anybody has any other thoughts or ideas on what the issue might be. Also, the mechanic wants to charge $700 to replace the fuel pump. Is that a decent price? My truck is 2003 1500hd pickup. Thanks a bunch!


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Hillary Clinton left the State Department nearly two months ago, but she still needs a staff to keep up with the considerable business of being Hillary Clinton. A half-dozen people now work for the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate in a tiny corporate space on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, in what is called her "transition office."
Transition to what, Mrs. Clinton and her aides have not yet said. But the question hovers over her every move and has frozen in place the very early — but for some potential candidates, very important — presidential maneuvering on the Democratic side…
Adding to her rivals' anxiety, a new report emerges almost weekly from a Democratic dinner party in New York or Washington that Important So-and-So heard from Still-More-Important So-and-So that she is absolutely, positively running — only to draw swift rebuttals from her representatives that she has decided nothing of the sort.
Democratic strategist James Carville asked supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday to pony up some cash if they want to convince her to run for president in 2016.
"It isn't worth squat to have the fastest car at the racetrack if there ain't any gas in the tank," writes Carville in an e-mail sent by Ready for Hillary, the super PAC that was formed to encourage the former secretary of State to make another White House bid…
"We owe it to Hillary to start putting the building blocks of her campaign together now," Carville said.
"I've always looked at Hillary as a brand," says Parkhomenko, who at age 27 will be the executive director of Ready for Hillary PAC. "That's been especially true in the last couple of years. It's a brand I believe in. It's a brand I want to protect. It's a brand I want to build."
There have been presidential draft campaigns long before they were caucuses or primaries or, obviously, PACs. But Clinton's advantage is so deep and broad that the super PAC looks downright gaudy. By miles, she's the most popular Democrat in America. In Iowa, whose anti–Iraq War caucus-goers hobbled her 2008 campaign, Clinton leads the field by at least 39 points. In New Hampshire she's up by 50. In trial heats, in their own home states, she slaughters the strongest Republican candidates.
So Democratic donors are holding out for Hillary.
[T]he surge of cash from Clinton backers for McAuliffe should be considered a signal that donors are ready and eager to dig deep for Clinton, asserted John Morgan, a Florida lawyer who hosted Bill Clinton at his Orlando mansion for a fundraiser that he said pulled in $400,000.
"No question about it. It is Hillary's if she wants it," said Morgan, who met McAuliffe in the mid-1990s when both raised money for Bill Clinton's reelection. "I did tell President Clinton that if she ever decided to run, I would like to help. I think most people at my event would enthusiastically support her. Me, especially."
Why is the media covering this as if it were a question? It's never too early to run for president. And Hillary Clinton has been running for president since 1993. So unless health or age issues get in her way, you and I both know there's no way she's sitting out 2016…
There's no one in the Democratic Party who possesses her abilities or her name recognition; certainly, no one who can marshal the kind of heavy hitters and money needed to pull it off. There's no charismatic upstart to trip her up. Andrew Cuomo? Martin O'Malley? Elizabeth Warren? John Hickenlooper? Joe Biden?…
She has to run. This is the woman who believed herself qualified to lead an effort to craft and then implement a massive overhaul of the entire health-care system, despite her complete lack of expertise or experience on such matters. This is the same women who decided to run for the Senate lacking any of the experience most people might associated with the position– most notably living in the state she allegedly represented.
Hillary Clinton is 14 years older than Barack Obama. A party has never nominated a leader that much older than his immediate predecessor. (The previous record-holder was James Buchanan, 13 years older than Franklin Pierce when the Democrats chose him in 1856. Runner-up: Dwight Eisenhower, 12 years older than his predecessor, Thomas Dewey.)…
[T]he biggest risk to Democrats from a Hillary Clinton nomination is not that it would be generationally backward-looking — or that it would reopen embarrassing ethical disputes — but that it would short-circuit the necessary work of party renewal.
After eight years in the White House, a party requires a self-appraisal and a debate over its way forward. Bill Clinton offered Democrats just such a debate in 1992 with his "New Democrat" ideas. Barack Obama offered another in 2008 with his careful but unmistakable criticism of Clinton-era domestic policies and Hillary Clinton's Iraq war vote. But if Hillary Clinton glides into the nomination in 2016 on the strength of money, name recognition, and a generalized feeling of "It's her turn," then Democrats will forgo this necessary renewal.
Having passed the torch to a new generation of leaders, will the American public really be willing to go backwards — back to a politician formed during the bitter political divides of the 1960s?…
(This isn't just about age, though that's a factor. Hillary Clinton would be essentially the same age Reagan was when he became president. Of course, he was the oldest president, and age was an issue. But the bigger problem isn't her age, it's that she's old news. Hillary has been in the public eye for more than two decades now.)
One could imagine a scenario where a young leader like Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, or Paul Ryan would provide a stark contrast to the Baby Boomer Clinton. If one of them wins the nomination, the question will be whether we want to build "a bridge to the future or a bridge to the past?"
Here are some important pieces of unfinished business from the Obama years that a re-elected in 2016 Democratic party must resolve:
* Were President Obama's counter-terrorism policies effective and necessary? Or did they over-reach and violate important liberties?
* Is Obamacare a charter for regulated competition among private health insurers? Or is it a deeply flawed half-way step on the way to Medicare for all?…
* How much should the interests of the native-born working class matter on issues like energy and immigration, vs how much for the party's new constituencies among upper-income professionals and recent migrants?
If these issues don't get discussed in the course of a presidential primary, when do they get discussed? And if Hillary Clinton glides to an easy victory on the strength of name ID, big money, and "it's her turn" sentiment, they won't be discussed at all.
The pro-Clinton media … assumes that she will somehow remain aloof from real-life, every day, divisive politics. The key to her high favorable numbers, Nate Silver points out, is precisely that "she has remained largely above the partisan fray that characterizes elections and fights over public policy." But that will end if she runs for president. Candidate Clinton will have to state positions that will not satisfy everyone, not even every Democrat.
In 2008, Clinton assumed her eminence would insulate her from criticism of her position on Iraq. That did not happen. Already in this cycle she has had to play catch-up on same-sex marriage, announcing her support almost a year after Joe Biden announced his. One of these days something will come up that will separate Clinton from the rich men who finance her party. Out of elective office since 2009, she may have more trouble finessing issues than the governors and senators who have to make controversial decisions regularly. Her numbers will fall…
Her finances and business relationships will be scrutinized. Her husband's foundation and world traveling will be a treasure trove for opposition researchers. God only knows what else he's been up to. Or what he might say on the campaign trail…
Now, I could be wrong. Maybe Hillary Clinton is on a glide path to the 2016 Democratic nomination and then the presidency. But aren't we obligated, in this supposedly data-driven, scientific, all-too-cynical age, to look skeptically on the messages emanating from the political and cultural establishment? Especially when a media that hilariously believes it speaks truth to power is parroting those messages? And when what they are saying, in exactly the same terms, was falsified spectacularly only five years ago?
Enormous efforts are being made to sweeten an already delicious pie. But if there's one thing Clinton knows all too well, and which her most dedicated supporters might be blind to in their ardor, is that even as Clinton espies that pie, she's probably pondering the portion of poison on the menu as well…
[L]est you think that memories of what it was like to be the target of such attacks are far in the misty distance for Hillary Clinton, let's recall that one thing Clinton was dealing with in the waning days of her Foggy Bottom tenure was the unrestrained insistence that she was faking the concussion that was keeping her from testifying about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. I wouldn't worry overmuch about the possibility that Clinton's dog-tired and done in from the past four years of peripatetic global travel, but I have to imagine that having to endure a round of "Concussionghazi" was unimaginably exhausting…
The question is, can Clinton's supporters and donors get this groundswell to the point where it becomes the proverbial offer she can't possibly refuse? Because those are pretty great conditions to make an exit from life in public service, too.
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Matthews continued to press Gibbs, who continued to parry, offering to bet even money Clinton wouldn't run, and even pointing out that, in 2016, Clinton "will be 69 years old. She may decide she doesn't want to do it."
Gibbs did point out that Hillary "could wait until ten minutes before the New Hampshire primary filing closes to decide to run for president and still be the nominee."
Matthews signed off the segment with a parting "Fifty-fifty. Give me a break!"
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text: Ok Giants and Giants fans. Being a Giants fan in Dallas is a tough thing. So much praise is given to the Cowboys and in particular Mr. Romo yet so much criticism is given to the Giants and Eli. Well, the Cowboys are down here talking a but load of mess about the Giants. I am a former professinal athlete and have ties to some that are regulars around several Cowboys players. Mr. Romo in particular speaks very poorly behind closed doors of the Giants defensive front. Claims they are overrated and that his offensive line will provide all the time he needs to pick the Giants apart. I have to admit that I was hurt by the performance last game when they seemed to pressure Romo in the first half but severely fell off in the second allowing Dallas to win. Garrett has mentioned in this weeks practices that beating the Giants again this Sunday is the first step in their Super Bowl run. Giants, please make sure that does not happen. I have confidence in my team. Let's dominate the Cowboys and send Romo home early this season. GO GIANTS!!!!!!


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Harriett Romo (left) with children and staff at new center
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SAISD, UTSA open childhood development, community centers
By Leigh Anne Gullett
Public Affairs Specialist
(Jan. 27, 2006)--The San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have joined forces to open an early childhood development center that will demonstrate the best practices in early childhood education. A dedication ceremony was conducted Friday, Jan. 27 at the Navarro Academy, 623 S. Pecos La Trinidad.
One of 31 early childhood facilities built through SAISD's 2001 Bond Program, the center will showcase academic programs for 3- and 4-year-old students. It will serve approximately 96 children and will function as a laboratory for SAISD teachers and UTSA students in early childhood education. Parent Child Inc. also will offer its instructional program at the center.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"This collaborative has many beneficial aspects to the early childhood educators who will exchange ideas to better their professional skills, to UTSA students who will learn the latest effective teaching methods and to parents who now have another outstanding educational resource in this community," said Rubén Olivárez, SAISD superintendent. "More importantly, we're confident that the future educational success of our children will be established here in the nurturing environment of this early childhood facility."
SAISD funded the project at $1 million from the 2001 Bond Program for design and construction and is providing a teaching staff.
Additionally, Harriett Romo, UTSA associate professor of sociology, obtained a $584,972 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program. Funds have been allocated for curriculum development, new teacher training and construction costs.
"We want to address the quality of services currently offered and hopefully provide the children the boost they need to gain equal educational footing with other children throughout the nation," Romo said.
The center will serve as a lab school with UTSA students studying early childhood education able to observe classroom situations from the Downtown Campus using distance learning technology. A second component offers a community center with a reading laboratory for children with limited language development and parenting classes, as well as instruction on home ownership and small business development.
Romo hopes parents who come to the center for support will take an interest in its programs, strengthening each child's support system beyond the center's walls.
Student registration is ongoing until all openings are filled. To enroll, children must be 3 or 4 years old and meet one of the following criteria: limited English proficiency, income eligible or presently in a homeless situation.
The center also is open to children of students enrolled at the UTSA Downtown Campus. Children need not live within the SAISD school boundaries. To register their children, parents must bring the child's certified birth certificate, Social Security card and updated immunization record, as well as proof of residency such as a utility bill, and proof of income such as a paycheck stub.
For more information, call (210) 354-0920 or (210) 224-5700.


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iBridge Connected Home Technology Presentation, Cocktail Reception at ISC West
Join iBridge Connected Home for a cocktail reception and technology presentation on April 3 at ISC West 2014.
By SSI Staff · March 26, 2014
iBridge Connected Home is holding a free info-packed and spirited event and reception at ISC West for all dealers and integrators, 2:30pm, April 3, presenting the technology and marketing insights of two award-winning industry experts during the debut of its unique, new iBridge Connected Home Dealer Program.
Attendees can learn all about the latest in connected home technology and the marketplace, and how to put it to work their company and seize the explosive new game-changing RMR and sales opportunity quickly spreading via the news and media outlets. Dealers will also see how to tap into integrated marketing and social media to enable local companies to out-compete goliath cable and telco providers, and even leverage their TV/ad campaigns.
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Menlo Park Fire Protection District meetings on TV
Original post made by Jim Lewis, Menlo Park: Downtown, on Nov 17, 2012
This is a very exciting enhancement to the Community Engagement process. Critical decisions being discussed and made concerning the safety of the community will now be transparent. The Fire Board oversees a significant budget to provide a wide range of services to the community.
This is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. The process involves video taping the meeting, then taking a DVD copy to the Comcast media center. The schedule of delayed broadcasts will be soon published along with an announcement of the URL address.
The City of Menlo Park is located in one of the most technologically advanced areas of the world. One can be proud of the many advances made to enhance communication and the ability of decision makers to provide services to the public. This was been embraced by the City of Menlo Park by broadcasting its City Council meetings along with the meetings of the Planning Commission and the Transportation Commission.
Kudo's and thanks go to those that have helped to make this possible. It's just one more reason that makes the City of Menlo Park a very special place that many have chosen to call home.
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a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Nov 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Making a DVD is one option. Does anyone even own a DVD player anymore?
The MPFPD should consider creating an account on YouTube, and enable that account for live streaming. Any laptop with a webcam can be used to stream live, you can even do it from a Google Hangout. No need to do any post-production, burn a DVD, or drive anywhere.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 17, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
" It's just one more reason that makes the City of Menlo Park a very special place that many have chosen to call home."
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is a special district with no relationship to the City of Menlo Park except that its serves its citizens along with those of East Palo Alto, Atherton and parts of the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. MPFPD was established before any of these cities were founded.
The MPFPD has a long tradition of going about its business without the drama which seems to accompany other local entities. That said it would be great if the citizens whom it serves took advantage of the opportunity to watch their elected officials do the public's business - they do it in style! Every MPFPD Board meetings offers multiple opportunities for public comment with this statement in their agenda:
A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives. Therefore under Public Comment #2, the public may address the Board on any subject not listed on the Agenda. Each speaker may address the Board for a limit of three minutes. The filing of speaker cards is not mandatory, but is helpful in creating an accurate record. The Board can't act on items not on the agenda and therefore the Board can't respond to non-agenda issues brought up under Public Comment other than to provide general information."
And there are also opportunities to address any issue which is on the agenda and then another opportunity to speak after the regular agenda items:
"A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives. Therefore if unable to address the Board under Public Comment #1 and 2, the public may address the Board on any subject at this time. Each speaker may address the Board for a limit of three minutes. The filing of speaker cards is not mandatory, but is helpful in creating an accurate record. The Board can't act on items not on the agenda and therefore the Board can't respond to non-agenda issues brought up under Public Comment other than to provide general information."
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Nov 18, 2012 at 6:56 pm
The district should consider putting this item on the agenda. No point setting up an expensive process to record meetings, burn DVDs, then have some poor individual drive down to the media center. Very few people get channel 26, it is not enabled with my basic Comcast package. Everyone with an Internet connection can watch a live stream on YouTube.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Nov 18, 2012 at 8:35 pm
I just bumped into one of the fire board directors and brought up the recording and broadcast that I read about here. This director was unaware the next meeting would be broadcast.
Is this posting a joke, or is this a secret project?
a resident of another community
on Nov 18, 2012 at 8:57 pm
This District's budget is nearly as large as the City of Menlo Park's. It dwarfs Atherton's city budget, though that Town pays the most per parcel. A lot of taxpayer money goes into the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.
It's about time these meetings were broadcast. The more the citizens know about how their government operates, the better.
Does everyone know the entitlements the District electorates receive? Would it surprise you to learn they receive health insurance? Turn out gear? Badges?
Is everyone aware of the dispute between the Firefighters and the Board of Directors?
This should make for some interesting viewing. Please post the link to the YouTube channel!
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 19, 2012 at 2:01 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"This District's budget is nearly as large as the City of Menlo Park's. It dwarfs Atherton's city budget, though that Town pays the most per parcel. A lot of taxpayer money goes into the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.
The more the citizens know about how their government operates, the better."
Interested citizen should know that the Fire District serves over 90,000 people, has a balanced budget and has reserves sufficient to cover all of its equipment and facilities replacements. The Fire District does not and never has had a parcel tax. And the District and its elected Directors welcome citizen input and scrutiny - as is exemplified by their policy on citizen input "A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives....."
No other local entity is as open to public input as is the Fire District. However, since the Fire District operates in a professional and drama free manner there is a lot of education but not much entertainment in observing them in action.
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Nov 19, 2012 at 10:14 pm
MP is the fire district. Without our property taxes, Atherton and EPA would have to find an alternate solution.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 19, 2012 at 10:32 pm
The truth is, every jurisdiction that the Fire Department serves pays for their share of the service, from their property taxes. Even though the words "Menlo Park" appear in the name of the Fire Dept., it is somewhat misleading, as the Menlo Park Fire Protection District primarily covers the cities of Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto and parts of the unincorporated area of San Mateo County. It might be better to call them the "Mid-Peninsula Fire Protection District". The Fire District was created BEFORE the cities of Menlo Park, Atherton and East Palo Alto became cities. The Fire Dept. website provides a page on its history- and a host of other interesting and valuable information. Go to www.menlofire.org. There is information about their budget, their annual report and related financial information. All five members of their Board are elected. Video taping the Board meetings and making them available on TV, on the computer and archived for easy access seems like a good idea.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 19, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The real truth is that almost a 100 years ago the residents of this portion of San Matei County decided that they needed a critical public service - fire protection - and they formed the MPFPD. Years later those same citizens formed towns and cities to perform other less vital functions.
The founding citizens realized that fire services could only be efficiently provided on a wide area basis and hence they did not form neighborhood fire services. Almost a century later the wisdom and the truth of these founding citizens still holds. Today even wider area consolidation would be the wise way to move rather than devolution and balkanization.
(How could a city that can't even do a housing element or a downtown element for its general plan manage a 24/7 function like the fire service?)
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 20, 2012 at 8:07 am
Today's fire district is a multifaceted agency providing much more than fire suppression. It is the FD who unlocks cars when children get locked inside, it is the FD that provides emergency management and CERT coordination, it's the FD that does many building and hazmat inspections, it's the FD that performs elevator rescues, water rescues, urban search and rescue (including NYC, the Pentagon, Katrina, and more). And while there are substantial issues regarding labor contracts that need resolving, this is the same FD who responds 24/7/365 to all 9-1-1 calls.
It's a good thing for agencies and municipalities to have their business conducted in the open so that the residents and others can observe how their elected officials are managing their responsibilities.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm
The video taping of the Board meeting occurred last Tuesday, 11-20-12. It will soon be available to the general public in a variety of ways. The schedule will be posted, both on Community Access TV and on a URL. The meeting lasted approx. an hour and fifteen minutes. Approx. ten minutes was devoted to this topic at the beginning of the meeting, at which time two questions were asked, as follows: 1) What is the West Bay Sanitary District - Board of Directors doing in this regard and 2) How many people actually watch?
What's interesting, it all the cities that the Fire District represents, that is 1) Menlo Park, 2) Atherton and 3) East Palo Alto all of them televise their meetings. The cost can be minimual with a short delay broadcast, such as the U-Tube approach currently being provided by the Town of Atherton. (see their website).
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Dec 19, 2012 at 10:07 am
Can't get enough of government meetings? Want more....
Consider tuning in to the world premier, perhaps the first, video taping of the monthly Board of Director's meeting of the Menlo Park Fire Protection Distirct.
The District services the communities of 1) Menlo Park, 2) Atherton, 3) East Palo Alto and 4) parts of San Mateo County. The Board consists of five members elected by the community. The Board selects its President and Vice President on an annual basis. In additional, several active communities review finances, stategic planning, etc.
Each of thr juristictions they serve currently make available to the general public their City Council meetings on Cable TV, with others also providing access by streaming the meetings on one's computer, tablet, Iphone and similar devices. For a sample, try clicking the video button on the Menlo Park and/or Atherton city council websites.
We live in an age where communications on a variety of topics is immediately available. Tune in and find out what is happening instantly.
The Fire District Board should follow suit with the communities in which they serve. If Public Access, Community Engagement, Transparcency, etc. are going to have true meaning, making the meetings available in more contemporary terms should be a more than a goal, it should be a reality.
The November Board meeting of the Fire District has been placed on the following link. Other means of access are being explored and will be posted here when available.
Thanks for watching...... and tuning in.
Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Dec 19, 2012 at 10:26 am
Menlo Park Fire Protection Duistrict (MPFPD)
Board of Director's Meeting
November 20, 2012, Tuesday, 7:00 pm
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[quote user="Morehead State"]I guess i think the reason RB's are more valuable is that they are more consistent game in and game out. (all things being the same of course). When you plug in a guy like Ray Rice or MJD, you pretty much know they are getting you a decent amount of points. Any WR, even great ones can have 2 catches for 23 yards on occasion. Obviously with a guy like Megatron that may not be true, but is is for most anyone else.[/quote]

how about when Ray was splitting time with Willis McGahee and MJD ad a terrable year last year as I remember it....Idk man you have to Rbs but I don't think it makes or breaks a draft...end of the day you have to have a team that gets ff points and it don't matter where they come from.... a lot of stuff factors in as to how any decision draft wise or trade wise works out for you....make got choices and hope for the best is about all we can do as ffplayers...with some luck thrown in ,one can look brilliant or lucky depending on where your standing...[]

[/quote] but how it ends up is moot in this subject, it takes the stratagy out of the draft. Becuase everybody should and would go for the RBs. The woulda coulda shouldas can happen anywhere at any position the point is to keep the competitive and not a luck of the draw.[/quote]you are trying to get people to draft a certain or think they should ?...so making the rules complicated makes it morecompetitive..I think this leauge is plenty competitive now if your trying to get us all to play like you Idk man..!?!

I'm just kidding !

I'm ready!!

beware of the lucky dog !
[/quote] haha na, its just how flex drafts ALWAYS work out becuase your basically a ****ing urself if u don't get that talent at RB stacked if u can... it dictates the draft[/quote]well man I guess...the draft is fun I get my first couple moves figured out after that all bets are off I'm on the fly....love the pressure of it..