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No Escape for Jellins
Original post made by Steve Schmidt, Menlo Park: The Willows, on Nov 16, 2006
Mickie Winkler blames the ladies who made up the Bayfront Park Coalition for scaring voters.
Who would I blame for the rejection of Winkler, Duboc, Measures J and K? Who else but Nicholas Jellins!
It was Jellins who some believe made a deal with his cohorts Winkler & Duboc to uncritically support everything they wanted in exchange making him mayor twice out of turn in violation of established City Policy.
It was Jellins who joined Winkler & Duboc in packing key city commissions with their loyal supporters.
It was Jellins who joined Winkler & Duboc in betraying the voters by killing the new Menlo Childrens' Center which was promised as part of Measure T.
It was Jellins who joined Winkler & Duboc in passing the realtor-friendly residential design Ordinance #926 which was later rescinded because of strong community opposition.
It was Jellins who joined Winkler & Duboc in their efforts to build a golf course and fill 10 acres of tidal wetlands at Bayfront Park Later these three also tried to drum up support for the impossible playfields at the same location (Measure J).
It was Jellins who joined Winkler & Duboc in handing a no-bid contract to the "beloved" Tim Sheeper for operation of the brand-new Burgess Pool.
It was Jellins who distributed a last minute "press release" that he thought advanced the campaigns of Winkler & Duboc. Instead it confused voters, made City Staff appear incompetent and probably led to the defeat of Measure K, the utility user's tax.
It was Jellins who joined Winkler & Duboc in creating a toxic political environment in Menlo Park that turned residents against the incumbents and nearly everything they supported.
It was Jellins who squandered his impressive resume and his political future by creating a divisive and hostile atmosphere on the City Council. You have to wonder what Lee Duboc was thinking when she told Kelly Fergusson in 2005 that as mayor Pro Tem, she could "learn a lot" from Jellins.
And it was Jellins, realizing that the voters would also hold him accountable for these and other follies of his cohorts, who ducked out of this year's campaign. While Winkler & Duboc suffered the humiliation of defeat, Nicholas lost only his opportunities for more revolting public posing, dramatic entrances and word play from the dais.
My vote for scapegoat of the 2006 election goes to Nicholas Jellins.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Nov 16, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Alas, poor Nick
was not as slick
as the man in the mirror
thought him to be.
His flaws displayed,
the games he played
were exposed by his
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 16, 2006 at 3:35 pm
He's not the scapegoat. Just the goat.
I believe you are forgetting to mention how much he's going to benefit from having the developers he befriended while on the council as clients in his new career.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 16, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Regarding Mayor Pro Compello Jellins, I don't remember the last time I
came across someone so in search of syllables, so free with the
dramatic pause in his quest for grandiloquence. He's the only person
I know who uses the term "piece" for his comments, "I have one more
piece...." And I'm sure his pieces are, to him, as carefully crafted
as a Mozart concerto, but it's a dangerous business aiming so high, so
late in the evening. At one particularly late-running council meeting a year or so ago I witnessed Jellins stretch for one too many uses
of the word "context" or some other from his arsenal, when he so
completely lost his train of thought that he was reduced to muttering
2- and 3-syllable words until he finally concluded, awkwardly, with
the lone utterance of "procedure" or "process" before turning off his microphone.
I don't claim to be a better public speaker than Mr. Jellins, and public service at the city council level is no picnic, assuredly, but I do wish Jellins had placed the interests of residents on par with or above those of developers on at least one occasion while he was in office. As a resident of Linfield Oaks I feel utterly forsaken by Jellins and the slate (witness Tuesday's council meeting, when they approved the 75 Willow Road Boondoggle), and I won't miss their presence on the Menlo Park political scene.
Mark Drury
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Nov 17, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Mr. Schmidt: you hit the nail on the head. Jellins seems to be an expert at escaping responsibility. So smug, he hides behind his Harvard degree and his pompous mannerism.
Every time the MP Council has an attorney, he's been a dud. Jellins does not have the temperment for the council and let's hope we don't see him ascend to the bench. His treatment of the public is disrespectful and some times actually mean.
a resident of Hillview Middle School
on Nov 17, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Although I'm pleased with most of the local election results (wish the truly decent independent thinker Bressler had won), I call for everyone to halt the personal attacks. Now. As disappointed as I have been with decisions and the conduct of the Council for the past 4 years, I believe such personal attacks are not healthy in a family, and not healthy for our community. Let's focus on the issues and not on individuals.
a resident of Encinal School
on Nov 19, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Dear Average Joe,
I read this posting and did not think it was personal. If you haven't been outraged by the routine conduct of this particular public official, you haven't been paying attention. In addition to this guy's lack of respect for the public, he has used his position as mayor to publicly humiliate Council Member Fergusson. This treatment of people seems mean spirited and that is personal. It looks like the list actually left the personal out and instead addressed only a handful of actions that will be his legacy as a public official.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 20, 2006 at 3:26 pm
You should check out what the San Jose Mercury News had to say about Jellins/Winkler/Duboc triumvirate in the Internal Affairs column. I think this line is my favorite:
"Their my-way-or-the-highway attitude and snotty manners during public meetings seem to have caught up with them."
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a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 20, 2006 at 10:50 pm
Here's the entire piece that ran in the Merc's Internal Affairs column on Sunday:
Clinging to power
Mickie Winkler finished in last place in this month's Menlo Park City Council race. Lee Duboc came in second to last. And these were the incumbents.
In just four years, Duboc and Winkler fell fast and fell hard.
Along with the suave Nicholas Jellins -- who, perhaps wisely, decided not to run again -- the trio enraged many Menlo Park residents. Their my-way-or-the-highway attitude and snotty manners during public meetings seem to have caught up with them.
So will they go out with grace? Hmm. At last Tuesday's council meeting, Councilman-elect Rich Cline urged the panel not to make any big decisions and instead leave things up to the new council that takes over next month.
And for backup, he brought some facts with him. Cline, a former journalist, read agenda minutes and newspaper articles from four years ago, when then-newly elected council members Duboc and Winkler asked the old council not to make any big decisions and instead leave it up to them.
Cline was specifically concerned with a major item on last week's agenda: a decision on whether to change the city's general plan to allow a $33 million housing development to go up in place of commercial office space. He also wants the council to punt on taking action later this month regarding a proposed auto mall in the city.
``Those are big, long-term decisions that we should allow the new, incoming council to manage,'' says Cline, who (like IA) noticed that Duboc and Winkler failed to make eye contact with him while he spoke. So what did the council do? The Duboc-Winkler-Jellins clique voted to change the general plan.
For a majority of Menlo Park residents, December can't come soon enough.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 21, 2006 at 12:51 pm
To June Benito:
Please do not be so quick to paint all lawyers with the same "dud" label as you attributed to Jellins! You generalized that "every time Menlo Park's council has had a lawyer, he has been a dud" (were you also referring to Bob Bermeister, there?).
You forgot another lawyer who ably represented us on the City Council -- though not a "he" so perhaps was not intended to be encompassed in your remark: Gail Slocum. Her leadership as Mayor on East Palo Alto tri-city coordination in 1993 was exemplary and effective -- very "hands on" and down to earth as were the full range of Gail's accomplishments. Refreshing.
I understand Gail now serves on the San Mateo County Planning Commission, and she assists nonprofits on climate change issues in her free time as well as helps behind the scenes making continued contributions in Menlo Park. She is the kind of lawyer we could use more of serving our interests in local government.
Not all lawyers are empty suits. And we may benefit from having another one on the Council again in the future. Perhaps then we should avoid broad brush labeling and let each councilmember's record of accomplishment speak for itself. In fact much of the tenor of this thread makes me uncomfortable, as the City needs to come together and get things done. Playing the "blame game" doesn't do that -- nomatter which "side" is blaming whom.
a resident of another community
on Nov 21, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Speaking of parting shots, I noticed the council couldn't resist instructing its negotiators to declare impasse in contract negotiations with city employees. The city employees were mystified by the city's sudden decision to say in bargaining parlance: "We have nothing left to discuss." In another community, I'd assume the parties exhausted efforts to compromise and reach an agreement at the bargaining table, but why do I find that hard to believe here? I think the council majority decided to give the city employees a big one-finger salute.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Nov 28, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Wow! I don't think I've ever had such a flip-flop of emotions as I did first seeing Nicholas Jellins leering up at me from the Mercury News article...and then reading the full text: from repulsion to pity.
I urge everyone to read the piece. What first appears to be a glowing farewell to a civic leader evolves into exposition of narcissism on an epic scale.
"I have long been aware of certain gifts that I have," Jellins told the Mercury News. Hats off to journalist Joshua Molina who gave Nicholas all the rope he needed.
The only item-of-record that I would add to Steve's rap sheet is that Nicholas was "Council Liaison" to the volunteer community group that put the infamous barriers on Santa Cruz. Problem was,he didn't come to the group's meetings.
And went the stuff hit the fan about the barriers...Nicholas quietly stood on the sidelines, side-stepping any involvement.
"I have long aspired to serve as a policymaker", Jellins concluded in the article. Gee...the last eight years would have been a great place to give it a try.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 28, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Thank you Mr. Dippery for reminding us of the Santa Cruz streetscape project and the council representative, Jellins only showing up for 2? meetings.
My best recollection will always be Lee Duboc in December 2005 telling Kelly Fergusson that she would not support her for Mayor and that she could serve as Mayor Pro Tem so as to learn from Jellins. Learn what?
Ahh the hubris of this council majority. Jellins' grab for the mayor position 2 times out of the last 4 years will prevent his replacement, John Boyle of serving as mayor for the next 4 years and he will have to run for a second term if he wants this honor.
I wonder of Jellins thought this through?
a resident of another community
on Nov 29, 2006 at 9:31 am
Dan's hat is off to journalist Joshua Molina? But surely the reporter misquoted the tragically misunderstood Mr. Jellins -- again and again. No one, surely, could have said such things to a reporter, particularly someone who is known for choosing his words o-o-oh-so-o-o-c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y. How could anyone be so arrogant, so narcissistic, that he wouldn't realize how comments such as these would only hold him up to ridicule? But then again, looking back at how this man has behaved over the last eight years, methinks Joshua got those words down in his notebood flawlessly. Hubris only begins to describe it.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 29, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Thank goodness that Lee and Winkler lost. They acted with impunity when they changed procedural rules to benefit themselves. No elected official is above the rules.
Aside from that, all of the political banners and signs were very annoying. I felt that the political signs were a form of pollution. It made it seem as if they were the only ones running. It reminded me of a sham campaign that you would find in a Banana Republic country.
The sheer magnitude of the signs were reason enough to unseat them.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 4, 2006 at 1:31 pm
An amusing aside: I heard from a campaign volunteer that not all those people with Boyle/Duboc/Winkler yardsigns actually voted for for them.
Apparently it was easier to pollute their yards with those signs than it was to 'fess up to the majority that they were voting for the opposition!
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Dec 5, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Two things:
Could someone please share the Merc piece on ex-Mayor Jellins by re-posting it here for all to read - thanks.
As for the Boyle/Duboc/Winkler yardsign comment: It was pointed out somewhere else that many of their campaign signs were posted on rental unit properties (apartments or houses), reflective of the strong backing of real estate interests as opposed to ordinary citizens. And quite frankly, if I was a renter who had a political sign hoisted upon me by my property owner, I'd tend NOT to vote for that person just out of spite.
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on Dec 6, 2006 at 11:12 am
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This is the Mercury News Story of Nov. 26, 2006 that is being discussed:
Council `star' plans his exit
By Joshua Molina
Mercury News
It's a recent Tuesday night in Menlo Park, and Nicholas Jellins looks more like he's ready to hit a nightclub than lead a city council meeting.
In a black jacket over a white shirt, the dapper Jellins sits perfectly upright, shoulders back and head high. With impeccable delivery, he welcomes the audience in the room and the ``millions'' of people watching at home via public access TV and the Internet.
In the often dramatic, sometimes bizarre and always entertaining world of Menlo Park politics, the departing councilman and three-time mayor has been a controversial star. His seemingly scripted delivery, flawless fashions and notable charisma always seem to strike a nerve.
``I have long been aware of certain gifts that I have,'' Jellins recently said from his law office on Menlo Avenue. ``I have always been conscious of how I speak and how I appear in public. I believe I have been gifted with the ability to express myself.''
The man who loves to be the center of attention will step aside Dec. 5. After eight tumultuous years on the council, Jellins will be all dressed up with no place to go.
Citing personal and professional reasons -- including a recent divorce from his wife, with whom he has three children -- he decided not to run for a third term. He has no immediate plans to run for office again, although he says he would love to one day be a county supervisor or congressman. The land-use attorney may also seek a judgeship down the line.
Jellins' legacy is up for debate. During his two terms, he earned favor with developers and used the mayor's platform to bask in the spotlight at community events.
``He is just a masterful legislator,'' said Rick Ciardella, chairman emeritus of the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce, adding that Jellins had a vision for economic growth.
Yet Jellins notably failed to bridge differences between the pro-business and slow-growth factions on the council, seeming to embrace the rift -- if not stoke the fire.
``I thought Nick had great potential to go far in politics,'' said Jon Levinson, longtime member of the San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee. ``I envisioned him as running for the board of supervisors. I thought he had a terrific chance for that, and who knows, maybe he could go beyond that? I really don't know what happened to him.''
When Jellins was first elected in 1998, he won by four votes -- after a recount. At the time, he was in the minority. Jellins tended to lean moderate and often found himself the odd man out on a council that swayed all the way left.
But things changed in 2002, when Lee Duboc and Mickie Winkler were elected. Together, the three dominated Menlo Park. They backed the privatization of a public swimming pool, supported the contentious Derry Lane mixed-use housing project, tried to outsource the city's child care programs and pushed to build a disputed golf course, a plan that was ultimately abandoned by the developer after community outcry.
In January, Jellins, Duboc and Winkler broke tradition and voted to re-appoint Jellins to a third term as mayor -- even though Vice Mayor Kelly Fergusson was in line to assume the rotating position.
``I was disappointed that they didn't follow the policy and the tradition,'' Fergusson said. ``There's no question that it has been a challenging relationship.''
Things got so bad that, during one recent public meeting, Fergusson accused Jellins of shining a laser pen into her eyes.
Jellins has an explanation for not appointing Fergusson to the mayor's post.
``I have a set of skills perhaps unequaled by others,'' he said. ``At the time, I had served six years on the council and Kelly had barely served two.''
And Jellins has plenty of supporters who agree that he is unparalleled on the council.
``I really admire the guy,'' Ciardella said. ``He has this commitment. He has integrity. Prior to Nicholas' tenure on the council, the city was in a position with a lack of leadership in providing a strong economic condition.''
Developer David Bohannon backed that up.
``Nicholas was interested in what was good for the city,'' said Bohannon, who met Jellins when he was on the city planning commission. Jellins backed at least one of Bohannon's projects while on the council, an office project on Marsh Road.
But to others, Jellins was a disappointment.
``Nicholas was on the council for eight years, and I don't recall his ever advocating a policy or project that truly benefited residents,'' said former two-term Councilman Steve Schmidt, who served with Jellins from 1998 to 2002. ``He seemed to be more interested in being the center of attention.''
Jellins was born in Berkeley but grew up in Atlanta. He was raised by his mother and lived next door to Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., father of the civil rights leader; Jellins said he met the younger King once when he attended a neighborhood birthday party.
A few weeks later, Jellins watched on TV as King delivered his ``I Have a Dream'' speech. Jellins remembers the impact the encounter and the speech made on him.
``No matter what your background, there's no limit to what you could accomplish,'' he said.
Even as a child, Jellins seemed to be grooming himself for the public eye. ``When he was 13 or 14 years old, he wouldn't let me touch his clothes,'' said his mother, Miriam Jellins, 79. ``He was never, ever sloppy, and that is unusual for a boy.''
After college at Harvard and law school in Virginia, Jellins moved to Menlo Park in 1989. He had returned to the Bay Area in previous years to visit his father, and Jellins and his then-wife fell in love with the area.
Next year, Jellins turns 50. His decision not to run again was wise, insiders say: His like-minded colleagues, Duboc and Winkler, finished at the bottom of a six-person race.
Unapologetic and proud of his time on the council, Jellins said he won't look back. ``My only regrets relate to things I didn't try,'' he said. ``I have no regrets about things I tried or failed at.''
Jellins also hints he won't be a stranger in council chambers, saying he might represent clients on development issues or other matters.
``I have long aspired to serve as a policymaker,'' he said. ``Policy is made in many ways, and not just in elected office.''


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Tavernier's new cellphone shop has a rather quirky location inside the Yazmin Tile Marble storefront at Mile Marker 92.3, bayside.
But it's the monthly plans offered by Total Mobile that owner Michael Valdes and manager Tony Cruz hope will draw a crowd.
"We did this because we are trying to give the local people an alternative," Cruz said at the store on a recent morning. "We are working with smaller companies with the same services."
Plans sold at Total Mobile start at $29 per month for unlimited talking and texting. Throw in unlimited online use and the price goes up to $40 for simple smartphones that can mainly do routine Internet searches and emailing. The price is $50 per month for more sophisticated models, like the newer iPhones, Galaxies and Androids. Total Mobile's rates cap at $65 per month for those who want unlimited international calling in addition to domestic phone service. All of the plans are prepaid monthly, contract free.
The prices may sound too good to be true for many out there who are paying more than $100 per month for their smartphone service. But Cruz said the explanation for the good rates is actually quite simple. Total Mobile is selling plans of several companies that lease space on AT T and T Mobile towers, then offer pre-paid services at reduced rates. Major operators, like Verizon, Sprint, AT T and T-Mobile, typically bill for services only after they have been rendered.
Because the lower-cost plans offered by Total Mobile use the tower networks of major providers, their reliability is on par with those providers, Cruz said. He added that the plans, through companies such as Net10 Wireless and Stop Mobile, allow for unlimited roving.
Total Mobile will also unlock any phone and transfer it over to the AT T network for $45.
In addition to monthly service plans, the new Upper Keys shop sells a full slate of cellphones, as well as accessories such as chargers, cases and SD memory cards. Very basic phones start at $30, while the iPhone 5 retails for $700. Older generation smartphones, like the iPhone 4S, are about half as much as the first generation models.
Total Mobile is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and will also be open Sunday, May 12, from noon to 5 p.m. The shop is offering grand opening discounts on accessories through Sunday. For more information, call 305-853-8855.
"We're the one-stop shop for the best cell brands and services," Cruz said. "No contracts."


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- Future Residents
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When you get to campus, here are some of the things you'll probably need right away:
Use this alphabetical listing of UNC's residence halls to link to photos, details and fun facts about each hall. There are details about room and hall amenities and downloadable floor plans! This is your basic guide to the best at what UNC Housing has to offer!


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BENICIA -- A plan by merchants to collect funds from business owners to pay for downtown improvements is set to be approved Tuesday by the City Council.
The proposed business improvement district would levy annual assessments on businesses fronting First Street and some that are on side streets. A majority of business owners petitioned for the district earlier this year, and city officials have been assisting in the planning effort.
If established, the district would generate about $35,000 a year to fund newly installed tree lights on First Street and marketing efforts aimed at benefiting the downtown shopping district. The district would expire after five years.
First-floor businesses would be assessed $192 a year; businesses on the second or higher floors would be assessed $60 annually. The assessments would be charged with business license fees, according to the city.
Four business owners have written letters to the city opposing the proposed district on the grounds that it would only help retailers. However, 114 business owners have signed a petition in support of the district.
In other scheduled business Tuesday, the council is set to review a projected $1 million budget shortfall primarily caused by unanticipated property tax declines. In response, the city manager has initiated a temporary hiring freeze on five vacant positions and outlined possible budget adjustments for the council to consider at a later date. City officials say adjustments are needed to avoid using the general fund's 20 percent reserve.
The council is also set to consider approval of a state-mandated housing plan and details about the recently approved waterfront park public planning process.
The council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 250 E. L St.
Contact staff writer Tony Burchyns at email@example.com or (707) 553-6831. Follow him on Twitter @tburchyns.


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Thought you guys would like these fan made logos for the NFCE
Pretty well done!
Thought you guys would like these fan made logos for the NFCE
Pretty well done!
they'd look good on a Polo and on a frat boy hat
It's pretty neat. As for the real uniforms, I just hope Nike doesn't EFF it up.
I like them, especially the Philly one. I think that one's better than the Eagles current logo. The Cowboys one is good too.
The Redskins logo is awesome. The Eagles logo looks like an american eagle rip off.
And I really like the addition of "Football Giants" on ours.
Just looked through all of them, and I like the Redskins logo the best, and the seahawks number 2. I'm fairly certain Reebok doesn't own logos, though. Teams own their logos. Nike isn't going to come in and completely change every teams logo. Probably not even their jerseys. The biggest difference we'll see is a check mark.
Dolphins and Bills logos are pretty awesome too.
[quote user="THE_New_York_Giants"]they'd look good on a Polo and on a frat boy hat[/quote]
I like most of 'em.
Very Throwback, very nostalgic. Nuevo-Vintage.
NFL Championships : 1927 1934 1938 1956 Super Bowl Champions: XXI XXV XLII XLVI


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When Halo 4 was released in New Zealand earlier this week, copies of the game were labeled with the Australian "M" for mature rating certificate.
Under the New Zealand Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act (1993), games that are rated by British or Australian ratings boards in a way that declares they have no restricted content (including an Australian M rating) are not required to be classified in this country.
Halo 4 was submitted to the New Zealand classification board, and has since been rated as R13 - restricted to gamers 13 and over, with a classification note that simply states "Violence."
Under New Zealand's classification legislation, copies of Halo 4 with the blue "M" rating are now in breach of the Act, and selling them without the new R13 label is against the law. As a result, Trade Me are blocking copies of the game from being sold until such a time as they are correctly labeled R13.
This restriction includes all sales of the game, even secondhand.
Customers who require an R13 label have been advised to contact Xbox Support.


text: Is the trinity basically the predator but with a lcd display? do the pretty much do the same things as far tuning wise? and is the trinity worth the extra 300 bones? also i have 2010 silverado with the 5.3l and 6 speed auto would i run into problems becuase of the new 6-speed?


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The Best of the CyberGirl of the Month-Video
If you haven't voted for the CyberGirl of the Year 2013, let this video help influence your choice.
Voting is already underway for the CyberGirl of the Year. If you're still unsure on who you want to see in a monthly photo shoot for 2013, we made it that much easier for you by creating a video with all of our sexy hopefuls. With only 20 days left, now is the time.
Make sure to check back in on February 15th to find out who has been chosen to win the coveted title.


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2 min Sea for 2 guests Center - 1
お部屋の大きさ23 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- キッチン
- ペット可
- 洗濯機/乾燥機
- テレビ
- 喫煙可
- イベントに適している
- 建物内にエレベーター有り
- 鍵つきの部屋
Accommodation summary
|Boulevard François Grosso, 06000 Nice, フランス
The flat was recently renovated with quality materials and furniture. It is well fitted, bright, elegant, clean, has a well-equipped kitchen (stove, microwave…), a pleasant bathroom and very high ceilings. It can accommodate up to 2 persons. Amenities include TV and internet. Linen, towels, water, electricity and heating are included in the rate.
The city of Nice is the second biggest after Marseille in the Region that covers Provence, Alpes and Côte d'Azur. Nice is the most visited destination in France after Paris.
How to reach the apartment:
It is easily accessible by most means of transport.
- By car, take exit 'St Philippe' on the fast way.
- By train, take bus 23 until the stop "Gambetta Dante".
- By plane, take bus 23 or 98 until the stop "Grosso CUM".
Then, whether it is by car, tram, bus or on foot, since the neighborhood is extremely well served, going around in Nice is not complicate at all. Visiting all Nice and its amazing surroundings (Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, Italy etc..) is therefore nice and easy! Last but not least, various public parking facilities (and also streets with free parking spots) are close by.
Everything that the seaside, the down-town, the historical center and the pedestrian zone have to offer is at your door! Whether you are looking for beach, walks along the seaside, cultural tourism, typical or modern restaurants, shopping or night-life, everything is at few minutes walking distance!
In Nice, you can enjoy a Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures most of the year. You have lots of cultural spots and museums like the Opera de Nice (constructed in the 19th century), the Marc Chagall Museum and the Matisse Museum, among many others. You also have the lovely botanical garden and several monuments and visit cathedrals like Sainte-Réparate, Saint-Jacques, Notre-Dame de Nice and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral. You can also enjoy lovely walks in the Promenade des Anglais, along the Baie des Anges (Bay of the Angels) and you also have a large selection of stores, restaurants and cafés where one can sit outside and enjoy an appetizer.
Cannes – 25 km
Antibes – 18 km
Saint-Tropez – 70 km
Feel free to contact us with any doubts you may have. With the hope that our apartment will allow you to make the best of our beautiful city of Nice, we are looking forward to seeing you!
ハウスルールWe will meet you directly at the apartment. The arrival times and departure must be agreed in advance. Arrivals are preferably after 5 pm, departures are preferably before 10 am. When possible, you will be able to leave your luggage.
We are not available to receive guests after 8pm from Monday until Saturday or on Sunday, the whole day. Nevertheless, we can send a trusted contact person to meet you (for an extra 20€).
Security Deposit: €150
|Check-in before
We were satisfied with the Studio. It is located very close to the Promenade des Anglais. The host was very kind and helpful.
The location for me was perfect as very easy reachable by public transport from the airport and really only a 5 minutes walk to the beach.
The handling of the keys was absolutely on time - I did not had to wait one single second. Everything was superclean and the bathroom is totally new with a nice shower and a hairdryer.
Personnally speking, I found it a bit too functional - a bit too sober... there was no decoration like e.g. a little picture on the wall or anything.
And I would not recommend it for two people as it has just a sofa (no real bed) and for 2 people I consider it to be too small. Besides, you are sleeping directly next to the fridge that I had to switch off at night to be able to sleep.
You better bring earplugs with you, as the walls seem to be very thin and as there is another apartment right next to yours, you will hear EVERYTHING from your neighbours (in my case I was waking up every night by hearing them having sex and talking until 3 o clock at night).
It was ok for a short stay but I would recommend it more to younger people who just need a place to sleep. I would not have really liked to stay inside (e.g. in case of bad weather).
In my case, I was very unlucky, as I was arriving 3 days later and leaving 1 day earlier as originally booked because of a strike of the french air traffic controllers and I was informing Salvatore directly about this problem. Of course it was absolutely neither his fault nor problem, but I would have considered it to be nice to be reimbursed for at least 1 or 2 nights of the 4 ones I could not use the apartment.
WIMDU does not want to be involved into problems like that. They recommended me to deal about this directly with the owner. As soon as the booking is done and payed, they don't care anymore.
So next time, subjectively speaking, I think I will get back to booking a hotel in oldschool manner but objectively, everything was ok with the apartment.
We had the best stay at Salvatore's flat. It was small but had absolutely everthing it needed. Very close to the beach, clean towels and linnen and the room was clean and everything was fine! I would recommend this place to all wanting to go to Nice.
My girlfriend and I stayed at the apartment for 12 nights. The host was very nice and helpful, and the apartment was cleaned really well for our stay. The apartment is nicely designed/decorated and the bathroom is really good too. Overall the apartment has everything you could need, with a laundromat just outside the front door of the building and a small grocery store in the same street. There is a bigger supermarket about 5 minutes away. The beach and boulevard are also just a 5 minute walk from the apartment and the train station is a nice 20 minute walk, but with the great bus connections you could be there in like 5-10 minutes.
I really recommend people, especially couples, to choose this great apartment when staying in Nice. My girlfriend and I really enjoyed it and are very satisfied.
the first nice location u can walk to beach with in 5 mins that is the great part to me
me and my wife we almost spent time on the beach in nice of course u can
go old town it's little fat away but i only went to old town 1time only
if u stay in nice , i think u dont wanna do any thing just wanna lay down on the
beach So here is the best way in nice
The host is service-minded, reliable and flexible. The apartment was small though fulfilled all the basic requirements, incl. a reasonably comfortable bed, basic kitchen and a surprisingly nice bathroom and toilet. Though the furniture is mainly IKEA quality (or lack thereof) it is a good place to spend a weekend in walking distance from the promenade (5 min), place Massena (15 min) and the old city (18 min). It's even got a Blue Bikes (Velobleue) station right next to the entrance. Even though the street outside is heavily trafficed, the windows blocked most of the noise and we had a lovely time in Nice. I can recommend a stay at Blvd Grosso for any young couple on a low budget trip to Nice.
Wszystko poszło świetnie. Nawet gdy na drugi dzień chciałam zmienić apartament na większy nie było problemu. Nicea jest piękna a w szczególności śniadania na tarasie apartamentu z widokiem na morze ! Pozdrawiam Agnieszka
Les - : appartement cher pour une surface très réduite. Lit très inconfortable sur matelas usagé en mousse. Un des store bloqué. Lampe de chevet ne marche pas, ampoule kc, je l'ai remplacée. Lieu très bruyant (bvd François Grosso) obligeant de dormir fenêtre fermée.
Les + : appart propre. porte linge dans la sdb. porte appart sécurisée. bon état général.
Keine Weiterempfehlung - trotz nettem Vertreter des Vermieters
- Haus ist alt und abgewohnt (Renovierung im Flur war im Gange)
- es riecht muffig und schimmlig
- Fenster zum stickigen und dreckigen Hinterhof / Lärmpegel und Geruch enorm
- es ist keine Wohnung/Studio (Nr.3) - kl. Zimmer mit Küchenzeile und mit Bad (steht das Bett, ist alles dicht)
- es sind mehrere Zimmer mit Bad in dieser Wohnung - man hört alles
- kein Schrank - nur ein Regal mit Vorhang (Klamotten aufhängen nicht möglich)
- Bad neu eingebaut, aber Abflüsse muffig
- Waschmaschine von Boss - aber leider auch muffig
- nichts vorrätig, kein Toipapier oder Reinigungsmittel (etwas Spülmittel war da)
- Wasser drang in der letzten Nacht durch die Wand unter dem Fenster ins Zimmer
- Lage ist nicht so gut wie versprochen - keine Sicht aufs Meer, auch nicht seitlich, aber bis zum Meer nur 5 min zu Fuß
- mit dem Bus vom Flughafen 20 min und Haltestelle 5 min von der Wohnung
- gute Busanbindung / auch zum Bahnhof
- in der Nähe nur Pizza zu bekommen
- ich werde dieses Angebot nicht nochmal buchen - meinen Urlaub hat es nicht verschönt
- すべてのお部屋はチェック済み
- どのホストともお電話で直接お話いただけます


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A routine traffic stop Thursday afternoon, led police on a wild ride before ending in a foot chase and arrest on Tomki Road.
Willits police signaled Jerry Jasper Bailey, 35, of Willits, to pull over in the 500 block of East Valley Road at about 4:45 p.m. on April 18. The officer had recognized Bailey from prior contacts and was aware he had an outstanding felony arrest warrant pending.
As Bailey's vehicle sped away, the Willits police officer called for backup, and other Willits officers and Mendocino County sheriff's deputies responded. Soon after the chase reached Tomki Road, the driver ran from the vehicle and into the brush.
Police learned the abandoned vehicle had been reported stolen.
During the foot pursuit, Bailey allegedly stole another vehicle parked near Tomki Creek; he was attempting to drive away when a sheriff's deputy stopped him.
Bailey was arrested on suspicion of felony evading a peace officer while driving on the wrong side of the highway, two counts of auto theft, a number of felony enhancements for committing a crime while released from a prior offense, plus the original felony arrest warrant. He remains in custody; his first court hearing was April 23.


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Miyazato pulls out of HSBC champions with whiplash
(Reuters) - Japan's Ai Miyazato withdrew from this week's Women's HSBC Champions tournament in Singapore on Wednesday because of neck and shoulder pain caused by a car crash that involved two other golfers.
World number 13 Paula Creamer and seventh-ranked Suzann Pettersen were also involved in the six-car crash late on Sunday in Bangkok, where they were driving to the airport to catch a flight to Singapore for the $1.4 million tournament which starts on Thursday.
World number nine Miyazato, who won in Singapore in 2010, practiced for about 15 minutes at the Sentosa Golf Club on Wednesday before pulling out with whiplash.
"I have pain in my neck and shoulder, so I'll sit this tournament out as a precaution," the Japanese said in a statement.
American Creamer strained a muscle in her neck and sustained whiplash, but participated in a photo shoot on Tuesday with fellow LPGA Tour players Pettersen, Angela Stanford and world number one Yani Tseng to promote the event.
"I've felt better, that's for sure," Creamer said. "Those things happen all the time and you can't control something like that.
"I had pretty bad whiplash from hitting the headrest but I took it easy and hope that I can tee it up on Thursday. ... It's pretty amazing, like I said, how we walked away, but things happen."
Norwegian Pettersen escaped the worst of the crash as her vehicle was at the end of the convoy and avoided smashing into the other vehicles, but she was still shaken by the incident.
"We're just lucky enough that we all got away with no major injury." Pettersen said.
(This version of the story was filed with a new picture as the picture previously associated with this story was incorrect.)
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty. Editing by Peter Rutherford/Patrick Johnston)
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MPH Online Curriculum
MPH Online Department Requirements*
The Department is pleased to offer both the generalist and EH concentration as on-campus and fully online options. Students must consult with their adviser before registering to develop an educational plan and choose the appropriate elective hours. Courses from outside the department must be approved by the program before they can be included in the 48 hours required for the degree.
Students must specifically apply for one of the online degree concentrations, and only students admitted to the online program are eligible for e-tuition. The degree is identical to the on-campus option, and the courses are fully integrated with the on-campus program. However there are not as many electives choices available for the online program. There is no reference on either the diploma or transcript that the courses were completed online.
Please consult the Master Course List for the schedule of available online courses for MPH Online and MPH-EH Online Majors.
This degree is fully accredited by the National Environmental Science and Protection Accreditation Council.
* Students who were admitted before fall 2014 should consult the catalog requirements in place at the time of admission. Students who wish to update to more recent catalog requirements must consult with their advisor.
For assistance or information email or call 217-206-6720
Are you ready for MPH Graduate School? Apply Now
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BlackBerry: FYQ1 Upside Possible, Say RBC, BMO; Sell-Through 'Slow,' 'Muted'
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are down 22 cents, or 1.6%, at $13.76, as the Street continues to handicap the fiscal Q1 report due a week from today, before market open.
The Street is modeling $3.38 billion and $5 cents profit.
While today's reports are skeptical of demand, they also point to upside for next week's report.
Raymond James's Tavis McCourt reiterates a Market Perform rating, projecting revenue of $3.7 billion for the quarter, and a 7 cents profit, based on shipments of 8 million BlackBerry devices, including 4 million BB10 devices, which he believes is ahead of consensus of 7.3 million units and 3.3 million BB10 units.
McCourt thinks sales may be running ahead of actual sell-through of the devices:
We forecast channel fill of ~470k to drive above-consensus units of 8 mln and BB10 units of 4 mln. However, we suspect sell-through trends might have been slower than expected this quarter especially given BES 10.1 was only launched at the BB Live Conference in May (meaning there has not been much enterprise upgrade for both Z10 and Q10).
McCourt also thinks paying subscribers are still defecting, with perhaps 3 million subscribers leaving this quarter:
Emerging markets was BBRY's biggest subscriber growth driver last year. Recently, BBRY emerging market shipments have been declining. According to Gartner, BBRY's emerging market shipments declined -33% y/y for C1Q13 (second quarter in a row of -30% decline). BBRY has launched the Q5, a mid-range QWERTY form factor BB10 device targeted at a younger audience in emerging markets while BB7 devices will continue to satisfy the $200 and lower price points. We forecast sub loss of -3 mlm for F1Q14 (Q4: -3 mln; Q3: -1 mln) vs. consensus of -2.4 mln.
Similar to McCourt, BMO Capital's Tim Long reiterates an Underperform rating, and a $9 price target, writing that "We believe BBRY is building more channel inventory for BB 10 devices."
Long is modeling sales of 6.5 million of the older BB7 units and 2.5 million of BB10-based devices, for revenue of $3.1 billion, though he hedges, writing "but the higher sell-in of BB 10 devices could make consensus attainable."
Long writes that his "checks" suggest production continues apace for the newer models but that demand is "muted":
Last quarter, we assumed 300k–400k of sell-through on 1M of sell- in for BB 10 devices. We believe May could have an even larger sell-in/sell- through discrepancy […] Our recent checks in Asia indicate that the supply chain has not slowed, yet our checks on sell-through remain muted. As a result, units and ASPs could beat expectations for the May quarter. We don't expect that to last, however. We believe BBRY could lose more than the 2M subscribers that we forecast for the May quarter. More concerning, we have noticed a more rapid decline in ARPU at one emerging markets carrier, which we expect to pressure Service revenues. We do not expect a gross margin lift like last quarter, where hardware margins improved and lower amortization helped by 500 bp. We also expect to see flat to slightly negative cash flow from operations in the quarter.
Long thinks subscriber count may have dipped by 2 million in the quarter.
McCourt's and Long's notes are in contrast to a piece yesterday from Jefferies & Co.'s Peter Misek, who opined the results could blow away consensus numbers by a wide margin on continued. Evercore Partners's Mark McKechnie, also suggested results could beat.
In case you missed it, Bloomberg's Hugo Miller was on BloombergTV with Betty Liu this morning talking about the appeal of the Q10 handset's physical QWERTY keyboard.
"Ultimately what may be the company's salvation is the good-ol' fashioned keyboard variety," said Miller. "What they've taken is put high-power software, a whole new operating system, into what's a pretty traditional familiar format. And that's what the bankers, the lawyers, the original BlackBerry faithful really love. There are 76 million of them out there waiting to upgrade their phones."
"The Q10′s only been out in the U.S. for a week, and the U.S. is still the largest market for them. That's the one thing analysts are in agreement in is that the Q10 is selling well. The Z10, one day you read a bearish report, the next a bullish. But there does seem to be a consensus that the Q10 plays to the faithful, and will be a solid seller this quarter and probably next quarter, as long as those 76 million subscribers are upgrading their phones."


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Excerpt: "As we meander our way through reviews of the New York Giants much-too-short 2012 season we have come to the point where we discuss offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride. Which is a nice way of saying we have come to the post where Giants' fans unload all of their venom at Gilbride, the offensive coordinator many love to hate no matter what he does.
Do the numbers support the venom? I have never believed that, and still don't. Gilbride is a far better offensive coordinator, I believe, than many are willing to give him credit for. He has called plays for two Super Bowl-winning teams and the Giants' offense, despite whatever short-comings it has, is always among the league's most prolific.
Gilbride has been with the Giants since 2004 and has been calling plays for Eli Manning since the end of the 2006 season. Is his offense, or his message to his players, stale? When I spoke to Jim Sabo of Ourlads recently, he theorized that it might be.
"There's something to be said for continuity, I believe in that. But, there's also a time when some of these guys start getting tuned out," Sabo said. "They've given 'em all the speeches, they've given everything they've got and pretty soon they stop listening to 'em. I don't know if that's the time for both Gilbride and [Perry] Fewell to move on. But there's something not right with either group."
It is an interesting theory. It is one, however, that I am not buying. Yes, the Giants as a whole had some awful games in 2012. The Giants did, however, score 429 points -- second-most in franchise history behind the 448 scored by the 1963 Giants.From Team Rankings here are some of what I consider to be the most revealing numbers about the Giants' offense in 2012:
Points Per Game -- 26.8 (5th)
Points Per Play -- 0.443 (2nd)
Touchdowns Per Game -- 2.9 (7th)
Red Zone Scoring Attempts Per Game -- 3.9 (4th)
Red Zone Scoring Percentage (TDs only) -- 54.84 percent (13th)
Plays Per Game -- 60.5 (31st)
Yards Per Play -- 5.9 (4th)
Avg. Time Of Possession -- 29:10 (23rd)
Third Down Conversion Percentage -- 40.62 percent (11th)
Rushing Attempts Per Game -- 25.6 (23rd)
Yards Per Rush Attempt -- 4.6 (7th)
Rushing Play Percentage -- 42.25 percent (15th)
Passing Yards Per Game -- 239.1 (12th)
Yards Per Pass Attempt -- 7.1 (11th)
Yards Per Completion -- 11.8 (4th)
QB Sacked Percentage -- 3.58 percent (2nd)
Average Team Passer Rating -- 87.2 (14th)
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Rowdy New U Wellness Program begins March 31
(March 17, 2009)--UTSA faculty and staff members are invited to join a new free wellness program, Rowdy New U. The six-month pilot wellness program kick-off will be outside the Main Building on the 1604 Campus at noon, Tuesday, March 31 with a group walk to the west lawn of the Convocation Center. At the Convocation Center, President Ricardo Romo and Provost John Frederick will introduce the new wellness program.
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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At the event, there will be registration tables and the Health and Kinesiology Mobile Health Lab to provide free baseline health screenings. Participants are invited to bring lunch; healthy snacks and water will be provided.
Rowdy New U is available to UTSA faculty and staff interested in increasing their activity level, changing nutritional habits and becoming more involved in healthy living. The first 225 to register will be included in the pilot program and will receive special incentives. To register, visit the Rowdy New U Web site. The program will provide tools to help reduce health risks and increase health awareness.
Sponsored by the Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management, special wellness activities and programs will be available at the Recreation Center and other venues for program members. The special programs and activities will include The Biggest Loser, group walks and runs, smoking cessation, healthy nutrition and demo kitchens, aerobics and dance, disease management and Lunch 'n Learn seminars, along with other activities associated with the Governor's Texas Round-Up health and fitness initiative.
For more information, contact the UTSA Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management at (210) 458-5250.


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If Oscar De La Hoya can get a statue, then Ray Lewis can get one too.
Originally Posted by Greg Schiano
I think I deserve a statue outside of Metlife.
I don't know if we can do that, but we can try to get portraits of you above each urinal in the bathrooms...
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
It should include a ball and chain around the ankle.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by PRlady, Feb 19, 2013.
For most American skating fans: http://www.gocomics.com/bignate?ref=comics
Whee! Even a Finn can laugh loud to that!
Sad thing is that is actual Sandra-Scott dialogue.
Loved it!
O.M.G. This Canuck finds it funny especially when you factor in that I have heard the two of them a number of times and yes, they really do sound like that. Probably why I'm willing to put up with our Canadian announcers -- yes, even Rod Black
No, that's the BEST part , that the cartoonist actually follows the sport, and commiserates with us fans
I thought the best part was when the people commenting at the end thought that the girl had turned up the volume just as Nate got to the TV. Um no, that's how Scott actually commentates.
Oh and when that guy thought that people should just be able to jump with no warning/preparation and the reason skaters don't do it is because no one had thought of it yet.
Hey everybody! Little skateycat found yesterday's Big Nate comic . It's the prequel to the one we like so much.


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Nail-Biter in 3 Key Counties
The presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have bombarded the corner of Ohio where Alex Gerard lives with $33 million in TV ads. The 22-year-old, however, is just where he was when the year began: undecided.
That's why Wil Schroder, a 30-year-old prosecutor from neighboring Kentucky, knocked on Mr. Gerard's door as part of a brigade of Romney volunteers canvassing for votes. Mr. Schroder didn't make an immediate convert of the mobile-phone salesman, who lives northeast of Cincinnati, but vowed to try again. "You haven't seen the last of us," he promised.
After hundreds of millions of dollars in ad spending, tens of thousands of air miles and scads of campaign rallies and emotional speeches, amazingly little seems to have changed over the past 10 months. Polls show that voters are still almost evenly divided between Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney, indicating the degree to which Americans are fundamentally split over how they would like to be governed.
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That makes voters like Mr. Gerard a major prize, and puts the onus on the most basic of campaign questions: Who can get more people to the polls?
The Wall Street Journal has throughout 2012 kept a close eye on three swing counties that will help decide the presidential race: Hamilton in Ohio, Arapahoe in Colorado and Volusia in Florida. The year opened with these counties and their states up for grabs, and they remain so down to the eve of the election, where enthusiasm mixes with exhaustion among both voters and partisan activists.
In less than seven months, Messrs. Obama and Romney and their supporters have spent almost $204 million on advertising in Florida; a Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist Poll shows Mr. Obama with a small edge there, but others show the state leaning slightly toward Mr. Romney. They have poured $216 million into Ohio, where polls show Mr. Obama maintains a slight lead. And $87 million has gone into Colorado, where the two campaigns remain deadlocked, polls indicate.
Mr. Obama took all those states and counties four years ago with varying degrees of ease. Today, based on final visits to each county, the challenges both men face are clear. Mr. Obama is striving to get voters to look beyond their disappointments and economic doubts while Mr. Romney is trying to persuade wavering voters he can chart a different course.
All three counties are showing signs of economic improvement, although only Hamilton, with an unemployment rate at 6.8%, is faring distinctly better than the country as a whole.
In all three pockets one finds evidence of true fervor for the Republican nominee as conservatives and tea-party stalwarts shelve their differences and rally around Mr. Romney. And despite clear slippage from his 2008 highs, Mr. Obama can point to key constituencies—African-Americans, women, union workers, Hispanics—that he is banking on for a second term.
One of the most contentious and close presidential elections, and certainly the costliest, is down to its last hours, its last burst of ads, its last round of canvassers trudging door to door. Mr. Romney visited Arapahoe this weekend; Mr. Obama hit Hamilton and was set to visit Arapahoe late Sunday.
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They have streamed in from Manhattan, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and north from Kentucky and Texas—fired-up partisans determined to help their candidate win in a place as key to the election as Hamilton County.
Mr. Schroder, the Kentucky prosecutor, has organized the Blue Grass Brigade to bus Romney volunteers in from nearby Kentucky. Obama stalwarts have poured in from out of state to knock on doors, drive vans and operate phone banks.
Hugging the Ohio River and embracing the whole of Cincinnati, Hamilton was for decades one of Ohio's few large, reliably Republican counties. That changed in 2008, when Mr. Obama took it by 21,000 votes thanks to huge support from African-Americans, blue-collar voters and a large dollop of disenchanted suburban Republicans.
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The Wall Street Journal this year has tracked three key swing counties that will help decide the presidential race: Hamilton in Ohio, Arapahoe in Colorado, and Volusia in Florida.
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Hamilton today is a true battleground, with both sides predicting they will take the place. About a fifth of all presidential ad spending for Ohio has poured into this southwest corner of the state. Among the ads: a final flurry by Mr. Romney trying to poke holes in Mr. Obama's role in the turnaround of the auto industry.
The two campaigns' footholds in Hamilton say a lot about their focus. The Obama operation has eight field offices, ranging from an abandoned bar downtown to onetime storefronts and brownstones in the leafier neighborhoods. The combined Romney and Republican team have three, all in suburban office parks.
With a significant assist from the unions, that are operating their own war room from a warehouse north of downtown, the Obama team is targeting African-Americans, students, unionized workers, professionals, and a broad array of Democrats and independents pinpointed by months of data crunching.
The Romney camp, aided by tea-party organizations and church groups, has a similarly elaborate ground operation to zero in on suburban couples, seniors, conservative Catholics and working-class Republicans.
"Hamilton County is do or die for us," said George Brunemann, head of the Cincinnati Tea Party, which has printed its own voter guides and crunched its own data to identify thousands of likely Romney supporters around the county. The group has hundreds of its own foot soldiers going door to door.
Both sides are going to great lengths to seek out and motivate early voters, as 83-year-old Esther Hampton can attest. Her husband, a retired unionized construction worker, died 11 years ago. But a union canvasser still came to knock on the widow's door, and arranged a van to bring her and her 86-year-old sister, Lula Hodges, to the downtown Board of Elections to cast their votes.
"I didn't even get a chance to vote for Obama the last time," Ms. Hampton said, rocking in her chair as someone held her place in line. "But when I heard that knocking I put my head out the window and said, 'I'll sure go to vote if someone will bring me.' So they came, and they brought me."
Arapahoe County, Colo.
Residents in this county of 575,000 southeast of Denver might feel there is no escaping Messrs. Romney and Obama. Their ads blanket the airwaves, their signs dot the landscape and the candidates themselves have this area in heavy rotation on their travel schedules.
While the focus is on Election Day in many states, here it is firmly on the mad dash preceding Nov. 6. By Tuesday, most voters already will have cast their ballots, as 80% did in 2008.
For Republicans and Democrats, the mantra is the same: As goes Arapahoe, so goes Colorado, a key piece of the puzzle for both campaigns plotting a pathway to victory in the Electoral College.
Republicans and Democrats have spread out across the county, working block by block to knock on doors with all the precision of a data-driven marketing campaign.
As two Romney campaign volunteers made their way through a neighborhood in Centennial on a recent afternoon, it was apparent that this was well-trod ground. Some residents noted they already had been contacted repeatedly by the campaign.
"I don't have time for election stuff," one woman said as she opened the door and quickly shut it again. "I just want this to be over."
Mr. Obama won Arapahoe County by a comfortable margin four years ago with 56% of the vote to Republican Sen. John McCain's 43%. Since then, the number of registered Democrats in the county has grown from 120,000 to almost 132,000. Republicans have added to their ranks as well but count only 119,000 on their rolls in Arapahoe County.
Key to a Romney victory here is winning a large percentage of the county's 133,000 unaffiliated voters. That group has grown faster than either party during the past four years.
Early indications suggest a high level of voter interest this year. Almost 250,000 people in Arapahoe County requested mail-in ballots, compared with about 207,000 in 2008.
The campaigns have a lot of ground to cover in a county that stretches 72 miles across, encompassing inner-ring suburbs, wealthy enclaves and rural outposts.
Colorado Democrats, who say they expect a closer race than 2008, are counting on what they describe as a superior ground game. The Obama campaign has more than 60 offices in Colorado and more than 400 locations that serve as bases for neighborhood volunteers.
First time volunteer Laura Von Drehle, who knocks on doors with her 83-year-old mother and 12-year-old son, said she didn't previously care much about the presidential election. Now, "If Romney wins, I think I'll cry. I feel much more emotionally connected this time."
Other Obama volunteers are bumping up against their share of disappointment. "Some people are concerned because they expected so much," said Brunilda Shelby, a retired teacher from Aurora. "It's kind of hard to live up to when you put someone way up here."
The Romney campaign hopes to capitalize on that sentiment. Republicans said the economy looms large in Colorado, where unemployment stands at 8%, just above the national rate.
Vince Hulbert, who cast an early ballot for Mr. Romney, said the Republican nominee has a better vision for the economy and for foreign policy. "I just don't like the direction the country is going," said Mr. Hulbert, of Aurora, Colo.
Romney campaign officials said improved organization and a wave of momentum for the Republican nominee should spur turnout and deliver Colorado to Mr. Romney. James Garcia, head of the Romney Colorado effort, said he saw a surge in enthusiasm after the first presidential debate.
"We were flooded with volunteers the next day," he said. "It has stayed that way ever since."
Those seeking a respite from politics will find few havens in Arapahoe County. On Halloween, one group deployed costumed adults to knock on doors and encourage people to vote. Steve Fenberg, executive director of the New Era Colorado Foundation, a nonpartisan group that works to interest young people in politics, said it is the "one night of the year when people expect strangers to knock on their doors."
Volusia County, Fla.
Volusia is a welter of activity as the presidential campaigns make their final push. The Obama team is focusing intently on black voters concentrated in Daytona Beach and Hispanic voters clustered in Deltona. Among the county's 327,000 registered voters, there are now 700 more blacks and 3,000 more Hispanics than in 2008. By contrast, there are 2,700 fewer whites.
If President Obama ends up winning Volusia County, he can thank people like Dolores Guzman.
A 56-year-old first-time activist who was raised in Puerto Rico and founded the county's chapter of the Democratic Hispanic caucus early this year, she has spent almost all her free time trying to galvanize the Latino vote. She has registered about 500 new Hispanic voters, canvassed neighborhoods during evenings and weekends and helped recruit dozens of volunteers, she said.
When early in-person voting started on Oct. 27, she set out before dawn to a polling station in this city, where the Puerto Rican population, which leans Democratic, has been growing rapidly.
"Pa'lante con Obama!" ("Forward with Obama!"), she and fellow volunteers shouted in Puerto Rican slang, as cars began streaming in to the parking lot.
Mr. Romney is benefiting from a different trend in Volusia. Whites, who still make up the vast majority of voters in the county, have become more Republican or unaffiliated in the past four years. That has resulted in a GOP gain of 1,500 voters and a Democratic loss of 8,000 voters—though Democrats still have an edge overall.
The Romney campaign said it has built a robust turnout operation in Volusia, aided by some 400 volunteers. One recent morning, a dozen Romney volunteers fanned out in a tidy subdivision in Ormond Beach, a GOP stronghold on the coast. Armed with stacks of voter information and campaign literature, they zeroed in on residents the campaign had identified as Romney backers through prior phone calls and visits.
"Can we count on your support?" a volunteer asked Sandy Rue, 71 years old, who answered the door at one house. "We've already voted absentee" for Mr. Romney, Ms. Rue replied.
In an interview later, Ms. Rue said she didn't trust Mr. Obama and believed Mr. Romney would create jobs and draw down the deficit. Now that she had voted, she said, she hoped the Romney campaign would stop calling her home.
"It's getting to the point where I don't want to answer the phone," she said.
The Obama campaign has been just as persistent. At its office in Daytona Beach, which buzzes with volunteers manning phone banks, a sign taped to the wall speaks to the urgency of their task: "65 call attempts per hour are needed to help re-elect President Obama."
More than 74,000 people requested absentee ballots this cycle, compared to about 59,000 in 2008, according to the county supervisor of elections office. Ever since early in-person voting started, hourslong lines have been the norm.
In 2008, Mr. Obama carried Volusia by five percentage points. Both sides are girding for a closer battle this year.
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(Sept. 16, 2008)--Follett's UTSA Bookstore in partnership with UTSA will host the dedication of the two newly renovated campus bookstores. A ribbon cutting ceremony including comments by UTSA Vice President for Student Affairs Gage Paine and Follett administrators will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17 in the 1604 Campus bookstore. The event is free and open to the public.
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A culmination of many months of planning and construction, the renovation was initiated to enhance the shopping experience for the UTSA community. According to Jane Wilcox, UTSA director of business auxiliary services, "Business Auxiliary Services is pleased to partner with Follett to provide the UTSA community with a bookstore that incorporates functionality and a completely redesigned retail space, making room for expanded merchandise offerings."
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- Improved store lighting accomplished by re-working the light fixture pattern and lumen output
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Light refreshments will be served at both the 1604 Campus and Downtown Campus bookstores.
"We want this store to be the heart of the university's book, supply and gift needs and to be considered a destination for students and a meeting place as well," said bookstore director John Palmer. "We know we've achieved this goal in our renovation."
The UTSA Bookstore is the official bookstore of The University of Texas at San Antonio and is located in the University Center on the 1604 Campus and the Buena Vista Street Building on the Downtown Campus. Store hours for the 1604 Campus bookstore are Monday-Thursday, 7:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:45 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Sunday. Store hours for the Downtown Campus bookstore are Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday. Hours are extended during back-to-school periods.


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Obama: McCain's message is that I don't "look like the other presidents on the currency"
posted at 8:40 pm on July 30, 2008 by Allahpundit
In the unlikely event that you don't see what he's getting at, revisit Ed's post from last month, when Obama made this charge much more explicitly. Simply the perfect ironic counterpoint to his complaints that McCain has been unfair, culminating in an ad entitled, I kid you not, "Low Road."
"He's spending an awful lot of time talking about me. You notice that?" Obama asked a crowd of just over one thousand seated in a university gym. "I haven't seen an ad yet where he talks about what he's going to do. And the reason is because those folks know they don't have any good answers, they know they've had their turn over the last eight years and made a mess of things."
"They know that you're not real happy with them and so the only way they figure they're going to win this election is if they make you scared of me," Obama continued, repeating an attack from earlier in the day. "What they're saying is 'Well, we know we're not very good but you can't risk electing Obama. You know, he's new, he doesn't look like the other presidents on the currency, he's a got a funny name.'"
Mind you, this comes on a day when not only does conventional wisdom have it that the GOP is running the same campaign they ran four years ago against the spectacularly white John Kerry, but the great boogeyman to whom Obama is being compared is … Paris Hilton. This isn't the first time either that the left has gotten impatient with the lack of racial attacks from McCain and demagogued him anyway just to defibrillate the narrative (as they also did with Hillary), but it's unusual to see the Messiah himself stoop to making the charge instead of outsourcing it to an aide or waiting around for one of his slimier fans to do it for him. Which leads us back, inevitably, to TNR's piece from February on how Team Barry played the race card on the Clinton machine. Read it if you neglected to do so the previous thousand times I linked it since it's a playbook for what's ahead.
Exit question: Was Mark Hemingway being ironic at the Corner when he said of Josh Marshall's latest consultation with his secret racial decoder ring, he's "usually above this sort of thing"? Hey, Mark? Define "usually," please.
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