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Niland Power Plant Licensing Case
Docket Number:
06-SPPE-01 (Application For Certification)
06-SPPE-1C (Compliance Proceeding)
Project Status: Licensed; In Compliance Phase. Operational: May 29, 2008
The California Energy Commission approved this project's Application for Certification on October 11, 2006. The Commission monitors the power plant's construction, operation and eventual decommissioning through a compliance proceeding.
Committee that oversaw Original Licensing Proceeding:
James D. Boyd, Vice Chair, Presiding Member
Jeffrey Byron, Commissioner, Associate Member
Hearing Officer: Garret Shean
Key Dates
- 3/13/2006 - Project SPPE filed with Energy Commission.
- 6/23/2006 - Commission staff issues its Draft Initial Study
- 8/31/2006 - Commission staff issues its Final Initial Study
- 9/20/2006 - Presiding Member's Proposed Decision is released.
- 10/11/2006 - Energy Commission votes to approve the small power plant exemption for project.
- 5/29/2008 - Power plant on line and producing power.
On March 13, 2006, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) filed an application for a Small Power Plant Exemption (SPPE). The IID is seeking an exemption from the California Energy Commission's licensing requirements. If an exemption is granted, the applicant would need to secure the appropriate licenses and permits for the project from various local, state and federal agencies.
The IID proposes to build and operate a nominal 93 megawatt (MW) simple-cycle power plant on a 22-acre site northeast of Niland, California. This proposed facility is referred to as the Niland Gas Turbine Plant (NGTP). The IID would own and operate the facility. The proposed site is owned by the IID and is adjacent to the IID's existing Niland Substation. The project would supply the internal power generation needs of the IID service territory during periods of peak electrical demand.
The plant would consist of two General Electric LM6000 PD SPRINT NxGen combustion turbine generators (CTG) equipped with inlet air chiller coils, zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment system, water storage and treatment systems, gas compressor equipment, and electrical transmission and interconnection system and associated auxiliary systems and equipment.
The project will interconnect directly to the 92-kilovolt (kV) bus at the adjacent Niland Substation. A new intermediate generation switchyard will be constructed to gather the output from the project and provide a common point of interconnection to the Niland Substation.
Energy Commission Facility Certification Process
The California Energy Commission is the lead agency (for licensing thermal power plants 50 megawatts and larger) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.
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Come on people! Who the hell is going to believe this tripe about the Honda Ridgeline being the Truck of the Year???This "truck" is nothing more than a "Odd-essy" in drag, having nothing in common with "TRUCKS".IT IS A "CHICK" TRUCK, or more to the point a "CITY-DWELLER" TRUCK. I live in rural Northern California where trucks are a way of life and there are NO Honda Ridgelines running around here! Not because of the price, but because they can't do the job of a "TRUCK". This Honda abortion is not a truck in any sense of the word.The Dodge 2500 in this test can haul a cord of fire wood, while the Honda doesn't even have the bed space (or the legs) for half that amount.We're talking trucks here, not Japanese toy wanna-bees.Motor Trend, if you wish to test trucks, do so. Just don't include trash that should NOT be included in the real definition of a "TRUCK"!
Sorry to dissapoint you, but there have been many other posts like this in the "General Forum".
You know, it's amazing how much negative feedback there has been on MT's choice...I hope they regret making the Ridgeline truck of the year, because I can guarantee that the big majority hate that minivan-trucks ugly guts.
Quote:You know, it's amazing how much negative feedback there has been on MT's choice...I hope they regret making the Ridgeline truck of the year, because I can guarantee that the big majority hate that minivan-trucks ugly guts.
I'm not going anywhere. I've read other car magazines, and they just didn't measure up to MT. But you have to wonder what they where thinking to make K-Cars and Renaults and most recently the Ridgeline car or truck of the year.
LOL, true, true, or the 1974 Mustang II, but I think they generally get it right.
The ridgeline won truck of the year at the Det. Auto show today.
Come on Motor Trend !!! The Honda is not a Truck by Truck Standards. Trucks are Full size all purpose transport vehicles. Transport workers, passenger people, plow snow, move earth, cargo, work supplies, cords of wood, 2x4x8's, 4x8 sheets of plywood, furniture, etc. Hard to believe this ridgeline can do most of that with less than a 6' bed. I cant believe these MT evaluators can honestly rate this better than a Chevy/GMC 1500, Ford F150, or Dodge RAM 1500. Guess we know who contributes the most advertising Dollars to MT !!!!
It seems the only reason people don't like this choise (and thus claim honda bought the title) is because it's not a work truck... IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A HEVY/MEDIUM DUTY WORK TRUCK! It's a truck that, on very rare ocassions, will go onto a packed dirt path with some light camping gear. It's a new world, Crossover SUVs have settled in, get ready for more Xover trucks. And anyways, full size work trucks are for hicks anyways.
please tell me that was sarcasm. please.
I don't think it was.
I don't think it was sarcasm....I just have to say something about trucks....As someone who has owned, used, and driven trucks from Datson's to Mack's, I can only say that a front wheel drive unibody truck will fall on the very low end of the utility scale. imoWhat happens if you fill the bed to capacity and hook onto a trailor in muddy conditions. I don't think you'll be able to move. Most trucks put the load over the drive tires for a reason, traction..... Do people use trucks as trucks these days? No, most people don't, they use them like cars. They want great handling and a cushy ride and a trunk.....They don't really care if it is a "real" truck because they will never use it as a real truck. The Ridgeline is a product that fills a niche, a large niche... It won't replace a truck around here for farmers, hunters,week-end racers and construction workers, but it could replace a truck for all those people driving trucks that use then as cars and shop and commute in them...imo If they don't need a "real" truck, let them drive Ridgelines...
Quote:... And anyways, full size work trucks are for hicks anyways.
yeah i agree. and me, you, and a lot of other guys here have drove trucks.
Forum Mod at www.automobilediscussion.com
The smily face was intented to show sarcasm...sorry for the confusion. If you do manual labor, or tow things, a truck's the only option, no problem with that, the redneck thing was a joke...unless you've got a sticker of calvin peeing on something, or a nascar logo there's no excuse for Oval racing (circle track sprint cars are OK).


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Good tips on placement and varieties, etc.
Good tips on placement and varieties, etc.
Sparks, MD
I'll take one issue with that article. They recommend planting bindweed.
NO NO NO! Bad! Bindweed is the devil!
They are related somehow I believe, and I've heard it called "wild morning glory." However... domestic morning glory will stay put. Bindweed (convolvulus arvensis) will take over everything. It's the western version of kudzu. It spreads via seed or rhizome, outgrows most any food crop, and is very difficult to eradicate. I don't use chemicals, but I'm told you can hear bindweed snicker at Roundup.
Jen - Very nice article! Thanks for sharing.
Apiator...I think bindweed it what we call "hen and chicks vine" here in TN. But its not invasive here. I baby the stuff and try to help it grow, but it won't take and only grows in one tiny corner of my property. Wait...maybe babying it is the problem...it takes it from weed status to wanted-plant status. I need to go baby some bermuda grass and see if it will die too!!
For the love of all that is good, do NOT plant bindweed. It is the most invasive species of plant I've ever seen. Our entire yard is infested with it and after 4 years of no chemicals I actually was driven to use weed killer. It didn't even touch it, and now we have learned to just live with it after 6 years.
Bindweed = fromhell.
JulieBee, I kinda doubt it. Check this for comparison.
Kincade, there is hope. Maybe not in your generation, but there is hope. This makes perfect sense once I read Alan Savory's Holistic Management. Bindweed, and all the other weeds we hate, are pioneer species. Their job is to colonize damaged or new soils, put down roots, grow and reproduce quickly, grow in the worst conditions possible, stop wind and water erosion... hold the soil together for the next wave of species to come along. In its turn, each species leaves the soil with more nutrients that it was previously lacking.
So, eventually, bindweed, left to its own devices, improves the soil to the point where it can't live there any more. But if all you do is chop it and throw it in the trash, all its hard work goes for naught. And yours. (And mine, before I took up lazy gardening!)
Thanks for the article. I consider our soil to be exceptionally healthy to be honest with you; our crops grow very well on their own, it is well balanced, etc. The problem is that it will literally grow up around our tomatoes and other veggies and choke them out if not removed. We've learned to live with it but we don't really have another choice. I won't use chemicals again, and horticultural vinegar just burns the visible parts and leaves the root system intact.
I should add that we are next to a canal, and that is the likely source of the root system. I doubt we'll ever be able to get rid of it.
It's listed as invasive and should not to be planted at all.
Think about it....Buy American
I wish "babying" the multiflora rose around here would make it die. Ugggh. That stuff is unbearable.
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Just the thought of bindweed makes me shudder. I fought that evil plant for years back in the Adirondacks. In fact, it is the only thing that I do not miss since moving.
Nearly impossible to kill. Its roots go down 40 feet or more. Almost to Hell, itself.
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a person who only eats food which is grown or produced locally
'Since eating locally was all the rage in 2007, forage for an edible basket of Ontario (or at least Canadian) goodies for the locavore in your life …'Toronto Star 20th December 2007
'One of the ways many people are supporting the environment is by becoming a localvore, at least as much as they can, trying to eat foods grown and produced as close to home as possible.'Portsmouth Herald, USA 27th June 2007
You're in the UK, sitting down to what looks like a conventional meal of fish and steamed vegetables. But take a minute to consider the collective distance the component parts might have travelled before reaching your plate. New potatoes from Ireland, organic carrots from Spain, green beans from Kenya, and salmon fillet from … Scotland? Well, no, Norway, actually. If you're suddenly consumed by guilt because the resulting number of food miles equates to a round-the-world ticket, then maybe you should consider becoming a locavore.
arguing that fresh, locally-produced food is more nutritious and tastes better, the locavore movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers' markets or even grow their own food
The new noun locavore (also sometimes localvore), refers to a person who prefers to eat food which is grown or produced locally. By 'locally', a locavore usually means very close to home or within a particular distance of where they live, generally no more than a 100-mile radius. Arguing that fresh, locally-produced food is more nutritious and tastes better, the locavore movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers' markets or even grow their own food. Locavores are also keen to emphasize the environmental benefits of sourcing food locally, i.e. cutting or eliminating the cost of transportation and its related use of fuels, packaging and other non-renewable resources.
Fellow locavores can share tips and provide inspiration to one another on a dedicated website locavores.com.
Closely associated with the word locavore is the expression 100-Mile Diet, which similarly refers to the buying and eating of food grown or produced strictly within a 100-mile radius of the consumer. This expression is based on an experiment undertaken by Canadian authors Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon, who for one year sourced all their food and drink within a 100-mile radius of their apartment in Vancouver.
In connection with World Environment Day, the noun locavore was coined in 2005 by Jessica Prentice, a professional chef and author from San Francisco.
The term is of course a blend of local and -vore, modelled on nouns such as carnivore (a human/animal that eats meat) and herbivore (an animal that only eats plants). The productive suffix -vore is derived from related adjectival suffix -vorous meaning 'feeding on a specified food'. Following the model of carnivorous, there is already some evidence for a related adjective locavorous. The noun locavorism is also sometimes used to describe the practice itself.
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I totally forgot I had sproles and now Thomas on my team, I am looking to get rid of something!!!
I don't even care at this point, I had a horrid bench and I think that's a fine pick-up.
Your bench is still pretty horrid, lol.
Should I trade Peyton for Eli?
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Just a suggestion, but Reggie/Nicks for Tate/Dez seems like a fair and sweet deal. I'm almost convinced that Dez will go for at least 1500 yards and 10 scores, though, so...
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I am looking for instructions and or projects on how to use the printed salvages edges. Potholders ?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I am looking for instructions and or projects on how to use the printed salvages edges. Potholders ?
Oh, you have no idea all the things people can come up with - Dresses, ottomans, lampshades, umbrella. An UMBRELLA!!!
Here's the mothership of all things selvage related:
My all time favorite is the dress - hang on while I find the link
awesome site! THANKSOriginally Posted by MTS
That dress is amazing!
The pattern for it is very nice. Not real complicated though I never liked collars.
Her attention to detail is apparent, and the amount of sewing involved in the finished product is mind boggling! Wow! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I have saved the site! What terrific projects! I have recently started to collect my selvedges, so will be looking for a project in the near future!
I love these especially the dress!!
How about a Selvage Bag?
My wife made one. Im not sure what bag pattern that she used, but there are several that would work. She made blocks as she accumulated selvage edges, and made the bag when she had enough blocks assembled.
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Now, that is a great idea!Originally Posted by ThayerRags
I have lots of selvages cut in WOF by 1.5" - 2.5" strips. A purse for fabric shopping or quilt shows. Wow, thank your wife for me, please. :-D
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The Summit
The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, In My Time of Dying, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, (Out On the Tiles intro) Moby Dick, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Trampled Underfoot.
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I also remember this concert well. I don't remember any sound problems though but I was front and center about 10 rows back. I had been a huge fan and even after the hard time at Wharehouse records was able to get tickets. (Yes I remember the broken window and the cops coming by during the night to where we had to hide our pipes)
The show did start late but was expected. First concert where they were no bands that played beforehand. The excitement that rose through me as it was getting closer was huge. I was stoned and ready to be awed and I was. To me the third song "Nobody's fault but mine" set the tone for the rest of the night. I was rocking and rolling all night. The mid acoustic set was awesome and unexpected and a pure delight. Of course Jimmies solo with the lazer show and pyramid was a sight to behold. John paul Jones "No quarter" was memorable. The length of concert stunned me but in a good way.
Energetic, exciting, ageless. All can be said. It was a memorable night as few concerts could be and only a band like Led Zep could bring this about.


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I haven't heard too many good things about them, I'm sure a google search will bring up a good bit of info
does anybody if FTF Industries is a good company, whats your opinon or reviews of the site?
Thanks ok92
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I haven't heard too many good things about them, I'm sure a google search will bring up a good bit of info
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
FWIW, I've dealt with them twice over the years. Delivery took quite a while but they came through both times.
Did I do that?
I ordered a gas tube and free float tube from them a few weeks ago, everything arrived relatively quickly and was as described. So they were fine for me. I did zero research before ordering.
When I was looking to start buying AK kits back in 2007 I looked at them.I bought my kits from COPE'S,AIM,and AKParts.
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they did have a very bad rep--maybe they have improved?
It sounds like they are still 'hit or miss'. IMHO, I'd personally go other places unless they were the only ones who had whatever I was in need of. There are many other vendors I'd go to first.
Did I do that?
I've won a couple items from them also. While they took some time, they did deliver...
used them several times for some hard to get stuff... never had an issue...
they didnt do any communications with you.... but the stuff showed up on time.
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A person who identifies with the right wing, but knows nothing about political ideology and speaks mostly in talking points when it comes to politics. Derived from the words schmuck and maverick.
What a schmaverick. She can't name any supreme court rulings but would like to be VP.
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Leighton 1.25 miles.
One of a group of lovely cottages in a picturesque farmyard location on a 100-acre working cattle farm on the outskirts of the Shropshire village of Leighton.
Located near to the owner's delightful black & white farmhouse, this semi-detached Shropshire cottage offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere with exposed oak beams, vaulted ceiling and is spacious and comfortable, with attractive open plan living area and a charming double bedroom, which offers a French door opening out to a walled garden with seating area, from where you can admire the lovely views over the Shropshire hills.
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Enjoy world famous Ironbridge Gorge, Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury, Wroxeter Roman City, various NT properties and the stunning South Shropshire Hills.
A lovely Leighton cottage in a delightful location, ideal for a romantic break any time of the year.
Note: This property can be booked with Refs 3700, 4210, 8402, 17899, 22111, 919049 and 929381, together they sleep 20.
All ground floor. One double bedroom. Shower room with shower, basin and WC. Open plan living area with fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area with log-effect electric stove.
- Wall mounted (instant heat) electric convector heaters with electric stove in sitting area
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, washing machine
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- Electricity inc. in rent
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- Bike storage
- Front walled garden with sitting area, furniture and countryside views
- Sorry, no smoking and no pets
- Shop 3 miles
- Pub 3.5 miles drive or 20 mins walk by footpath
- Note: Babes-in-arms only.
About the location
Ironbridge 4 miles; Much Wenlock 6 miles; Shrewsbury 12 miles.
The historic village of Leighton, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1087, stands in the heart of beautiful Shropshire, and is only four miles from the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge, home of the world's first iron-built bridge, built 1777-79. The Ironbridge Gorge is one of the country's most delightful tourist attractions; situated in a lovely wooded valley, the pretty village has many pubs, restaurants, shops and tea rooms. A collection of industrial and Victorian themed museums make up the Ironbridge Museums, including the renowned Blist Hill Victorian Village, where you can step back in time. Enjoy the nearby medieval towns of Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury and Ludlow, as well as many NT properties including Attingham Hall and Park, along with the fascinating Wroxeter Roman City and Vineyard. A wonderful all-year-round location.
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I saw this, and thought that it was kinda neat to see how the "heros" from that team look now. Amazingly Eddie Joost looks pretty good for being 91 yrs old.
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This always the method my family uses to make potato salad. Along with making the peeling eaiser it keeps the potatoes from absorbing as much water. Baking works too for regular or sweet potatoes.
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This always the method my family uses to make potato salad. Along with making the peeling eaiser it keeps the potatoes from absorbing as much water. Baking works too for regular or sweet potatoes.
Thanks for the tip. After peeling potatoes and sweet potatoes for the gang on Thanksgiving, my fingers hardly bend at all. lol
If you want to try some really excellent mashed potatoes, try Ore-Ida's Steam N Mash. Real potato cubes that you cook in the bag in the microwave. Directions say 10 minutes, but I do 11-12 minutes. Just add your milk, salt and pepper, mash as you usually do. My family actually prefers them. There are several different varieties as well - garlic and sweet potato.
A trick I use is frozen southern-style hash browns. The cubed type. Great in soups and stews. No peeling or dicing. Just pour out the amount you need, fasten the bag with a clothespin and put back in the freezer. For roasted or mashed, I leave the peel on. More vitamins and fiber that way.
I boil potatoes in their jackets for my potatoe salad too. It gives the salad a richer taste.
I rub the skins off and then cut them in cubes when they are cool. Don't cut them when they are hot or you will have mashed potatoes. lol Miracale Whip Mayo, relish, onion, and 6 boiled eggs chopped. People love it.
My Momma would boil potatoes with the skins on and then peel them when cool for potato salad. I just leave the skins on reds and purples.
I have a peeler that slips over one finger like a ring. It's much easier than gripping that peeler for all those taters
I cook red skinned pototoes with the skin on , esp. good in a potato salad. Also mashed with onions and garlic
Great ideas here and having arthritic hands all my life makes for many challenges. Thank you so much for all the wonderful ideas and I make red, yukon gold smashed potatoes while adding sour cream, milk, parsley, and other herbs. Whatever suits your fancy and the Kitchen Aid mixer helps for making potatoes for a large crowd. Bon Apetite!!!!!
I got that kind of ring peeler a couple years ago and wish I had it long before. So much easier. Also if you can stand to watch Dawn Wells ,who was Mary Ann on Gilligans Island on TV in the 70's, she shows how to peel potatoes in a video on YouTube.
I don't peel white potatoes at all. Waste of my time. I buy Yukon Gold for the thin mild skins. If the family wants no peels then they can make instant or be here to peel the potatoes or not eat them. Either choice is fine with me.
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All of these San Mateo County police departments provide for the safe disposal of old medications:
There are confidential drop-off containers at the following Police Departments:
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One Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA
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Brisbane Police Department
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Daly City
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Millbrae Police Department
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Pacifica Police Department
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San Bruno
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San Carlos
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San Mateo
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South San Francisco
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HOWEVER, it turns out that the Atherton police department officers could not empty the collection containers without getting stuck by discarded needles so Atherton discontinued this important service. Why are Atherton police officers uniquely incapable of doing something that every other police officer in the county seems to have mastered?
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What makes Atherton Police department special
Original post made by Peter Carpenter, Atherton: Lindenwood, on Oct 11, 2012
Like this commentPosted by Michael G Stogner
a resident of another community
on Oct 11, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Great question Peter, they are one of the only Police Departments that tell their employers/residents who they better vote 4, both by phone and new political signs.
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a resident of Atherton: Lloyden Park
on Oct 11, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Maybe because the APD does not have the proper funding for providing the law enforcement Atherton needs.
Maybe because the APD has been too busy being pumeled by the attacks of you , Mckeithen, Stogner?
More than 99% of residents think they're getting all the service they need.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by roscoe36, Apr 27, 2007.
DREW SHARP: Pistons officially fixated on refs
The Pistons shutting up just isn't gonna happen. Watching other stars on equally talented teams (read - Shaq, Wade, ect.) not getting the calls will unravel this team again. I applaud Sharp for his column..
This BS against the Pistons has been going on since the playing days of Zeke. All good Pistons teams, except in the Brown era, were subjected to this league bias against them. When Brown was the coach it was mitigated out of the leagues respect? for Brown. AJ may be able to turn things around, but short of a league poster boy, as long as Stern is running the league this is how it will be.
From Matt Dery's blog
Is this sarcasm or actual angst against the FREEP writers?
I don't know what it is, but I'm with Dery. Drew is a complete joke and waste of everyone's time. He's the armageddon type of guy - the end is near, the end is near!!! Everything is bad. More about the article. I think Pistons have been doing what they needed in the playoffs to get the wins, so why start this nonsence? They said they'll play better in the playoffs - and they are doing it. I know there is room for improvement, but they put in more effort, they are more consistent and they do the little things needed. I'm sure when it matters, they'll keep their mouths shut and not give up additional points, etc.
I think deep down inside, the refs like Sheed because he gives them a chance to be on stage.
That's priceless.
Little too much ado for me. Sheed's tech was a Sheed tech. Nothing to be done except protect him when you can and ride him when he gets going. Newsflash - Sheed gets techs. Dice's was, well, pretty incomprehensible. Nine out of ten times nothing gets called. And DD and Rip? I liked them both. Nice scrappy, forearm shiver kinds of techs. Both well deserved and both messages sent and received.
The one on Rip was lame. Howard should have been T'd up for pushing him, but he already had one earlier in the game, so the refs didn't want to run him. I don't mind that, but if that's the situation, you can't T up the other guy alone. Just let it go without any techs on anyone.
From my point of view it looked like Rip was deliberately trying to draw a double-technical to get Howard ejected, and the referees weren't buying it.
Agree - probably should have been both or none. But it's nice to see Rip dishing it out a little rather than always picking himself up off the floor.
Rip is one guy I would rather not see in the scrum.
Only because he is built more like a Fly-Half than a Prop right?
Crazy Cannuckian! I thought you were comparing him to some sorts of aircraft until I clicked on the links! :nerd2:
Me too. "Under modern rules non-specialists are not allowed to play as props (or hooker) as specialist skills are required to assure the scrum does not collapse, a situation which can be very dangerous sometimes resulting in crushing or breaking of the neck and spine." Specialist skills as in having a neck as big around as my leg. I guess that makes Rip more of a fly-half. But a spunky one.
"Under modern rules non-specialists are not allowed to play as props (or hooker) as specialist skills are required to assure the scrum does not collapse, a situation which can be very dangerous sometimes resulting in crushing or breaking of the neck and spine." or delicate, twice broken beak. Learn something new every day. :nerd2: Thanks, I think.
It is an old bit. Notice though that when they do call the refs out they usually start getting better calls? I am glad they do not roll over and take it. All teams work the refs. We just have Sheed which stands out. At least no Piston threw their mouthpiece into the stands.
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Original post made by Margaret Suozzo, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 17, 2007
In the rain!
The event, Step It Up Silicon Valley, held in Mitchell Park, was sponsored by Acterra, the City of Palo Alto, Roche Palo Alto, and Silicon Valley Leadership Group -- all leaders in addressing climate change. We were joined by 1,400 other events throughout the country on Saturday, each calling on Congress to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.
Why? To combat global warming.
Already, we are seeing the impacts of human contributions of carbon dioxide to the earth's atmosphere. Current CO2 concentrations are higher than any seen in almost a million years Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years on record. And the rate of global climate change that we are currently experiencing is greater than that during any time since the end of the last ice age!
Since the late 1800s, sea level has been rising by over half a foot per century and is accelerating. This temperature increase has brought with it melting polar ice caps, melting tundra, snow cap loss, rising sea levels, more extreme weather conditions, and changes in species habitation and migration patterns.
Here in California, we're losing the Sierra snowcap, which accounts for much of our water supply. Projections for resulting water loss range from 20-80 percent in the coming decades depending on how much and how quickly we act. Further, observed sea levels off the coast of California have been rising at the rate of about half a foot per century.
If we don't act now to slow the pace of climate change, we are in for more of the same and worse. So what can we do about it?
1. Join the call to Congress to "Step It Up: Cut Carbon Emissions 80% by 2050." Write your Senators and Representatives telling them that you support the goals of Step It Up 2007.
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• take the lessons learned from leading communities, such as Palo Alto, back to your community.
• connect with others in your neighborhood or city, through neighborhood groups, and organizations such as Acterra, and Sierra Club.
• encourage your community to join Sierra Club's Cool Cities in signing the Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement.
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Comments (18)
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 17, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Highly recommend reading the book
"Unstoppable Global Warming" by Singer
Factual, no hyperbole, real science and some political background to all the furor over anthropogenic global warming.
Bottom line...we have multiple cycles of warming documented, and we are nearing the peak of one of them. Every 1,500 years, with cycles w/in that one also. And they are correlated with a warming sun. Which is happening now. Anybody notice the big news a few weeks ago that the ice on Mars is melting? Is that our fault, too? No, the sun is in a warm cycle.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 17, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Even the Bush Regime has reluctantly accepted the fact that global warming is happening due to the burning of fossil fuels and other man made creations, like coal burnig plants. Sure, global warming has occurred before, the last time being during the cromagnon period. This was no problem back then because the vast majority of people did not live near the oceans, like the majority of humans today. Scientists on top of Monau Kea in Hawaii over the years have noticed a dramatic increase in ozone layer, greenhouse gas buildup, and so on. Amphibians, like frogs and salamanders, an indicator species, are rapidly nearing extinction, along with many other creatures, like the polar bear, who is not expected to be found anyplace but in a zoo in aprox. 50 years or less. Mankind has a greater ability to survive the warming, which is expected to increase by roughly three degrees over the next century at the rate things are going, but the animals are less adaptable to these changes, and many species are predicted to become extinct over the next fifty years as well. This has been all over the news. Things can be done to make alter the process, but to deny this is simply misguided at this point. To perpetuate the misinformation is not helping this dramatic problem. The VAST MAJORITY OF SCIENTISTS THAT STUDY THESE ISSUES ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE EARTH IS GOING THROUGH ITS SIXTH MAJOR EXTINCTION PROCESS, AND THAT WE ARE HELPING THE PROCESS ALONG. Top Generals in our own military have recently suggested to the president that something needs to be done. Where shall we draw the line in regards to the planet? Believe what you will, but please don't bury your head in the sand, or underground will be where were living in the future.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 17, 2007 at 5:16 pm
refer to the following webstite for an article by Kurt M. Cuffey, Professor from UC Berkeley, who is speaking at Stanford as I write this post. I apologize for my lack of computer knowledge, and must leave you with this long winded entry. Perhaps one of you could make is more accessible. That would be great. I think you wil find the article very useful.
title: There's no disguising it-global warming's no put on
From sf chronicle 10/9/05
Just thought it might be useful to have experitise of someone who is actually studies this stuff four a living, as opposed to the local spammer.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 17, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Yes, thanks. Cuffey is one of the guys cited in Unstoppable Global Warming. An actual climatologist..
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 17, 2007 at 5:50 pm
yes, he studies glaciers while your at home
a resident of Ventura
on Apr 17, 2007 at 5:54 pm
today's issue: www.guardian.co.uk/
lead story in world section
ttile The New WMD? Climate Change Threatens Security UK Tells UN
check it out, these are not the words of partial pundits
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 18, 2007 at 8:47 am
Margaret, thanks for an excellent post. To others, please consider that whether or not you accept the well-documented reality of global warming caused by human factors, there is a vast multitude of other good reasons to adopt the practices that can offset global warming. Reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, creating less waste, curbing pollution, working to foster biodiversity (and combat species' extinction rates) are all things we need to be doing *regardless*, for our personal health, and that of our environment.
a resident of another community
on Apr 18, 2007 at 10:20 am
Draw the Line suggests that current warming is due to a warming sun. If the warming we are observing were primarily due to changes in energy output from the sun, however, the whole atmosphere would warm. This is not happening. The observed pattern -- warming in the lower atmosphere, cooling higher up -- is a "fingerprint" that emissions are trapping heat at lower levels, and is one of a half dozen such fingerprints that support human emissions as a main factor in recent climate trends.
I repeat, we can and do have an impact. The time to act is now.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:07 am
The warming sun heats the oceans causing more water vapor--the major greenhouse gas. The small amount of man-released CO2 has an insignificant affect.
Chicken Little lives.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:48 am
Thank you Dick. People have a very hard time understanding all of this, since it is such a very complex issue.
The tendency is to reduce it to its simplest belief system, which I wouldn't care about, but the belief system is trying to force itself on me, so i object.
Everyone who wants to learn anything, go to the thread where we went through all the science, links, books, arguments etc
Web Link
Or, just read the book, Unstoppable Global Warming.
There was also a Channel 4 ( Britain) documentary that was not badly done if you prefer to watch your info instead of read it. It was on youtube also. Can't find it now..anybody know what the name of it was?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 18, 2007 at 3:43 pm
The name of the great documentary is "The Great Global Warming Swindle". It can be found by a Google search, "warming swindle".
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 18, 2007 at 3:53 pm
The full documentary (about 1 hr 15 min) comes and goes on YouTube. It may not be there now. Try later.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2007 at 4:35 pm
I couldn't find it either, which is why I thought I had remembered incorrectly. I didn't realize videos came and went. Thanks
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2007 at 4:42 pm
May I add that clarifying how small the impact of humanity is on the warming of our planet does not lessen the inherent "goodness" of being smart about conservation, recycling, etc. Being as clean as we can voluntarily be is one thing..forcing changes on nations through governmental regulation which will have no demonstrable effect on the warming, and which would cost trillions of dollars that would be better spent in simply vaccinating everyone, planting food, building irrigation, eradicating malaria spreading mosquitos, all of which would have proven and demonstrable effect on the lives of humans..it makes no sense.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 19, 2007 at 4:34 pm
For a country composed of people who mostly cannot set the digital clock on a VCR, we certainly have millions with a clear and complete understanding of global warming and its causes.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 21, 2007 at 10:35 am
Another pretty good movie on climate change can be found at www.aconvenientfiction.com.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 25, 2007 at 10:37 am
Still, another good YouTube presentation is "Global Warming-Doomsday Called Off". (5 parts)
Web Link=
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 28, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Ok, finally watched the ConvenientFiction link you gave, Dick.
At last, a coherent, reasonable, undramatic, ( read dry, but factual) presentation that acknowledges that there is some truth in Gore's movie, but does an excellent job of explaining how it isn't the WHOLE truth.
Great link.
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The thing is, anyone can plug anything into the end of that URL, and it'll redirect to that site. For instance, you could come back to the front page of this blog. Of course, there's nothing in place to prevent a criminal from redirecting users to something worse, like a drive-by download or phishing page. But in this case, recipients who click the link end up bounced through MySpace's link shrinker, and finally into a site selling a "work at home making money from Google" pyramid scheme.
The spam message shown above eventually led us to a page that looks like a news site, with a story headlined "Is working online at home the next gold rush?" The scam page uses IP address geolocation to insert the US state you're browsing from into the "masthead" of this "newspaper," which promises visitors they can "earn up to $978 a day*" by doing, uh, something that has to do with Google. They're pretty vague about exactly what you'll be working on from home (or, in their words, "from HOME").
Apparently, once you get going, the money literally appears out of thin air in front of your laptop's LCD display. Man, a laptop that vomits cash money like that sure would be sweet. I wish I could qualify for an amazing opportunity like that.
Note the asterisk: The fine print informs users that Google has nothing to do with this scam, and "Your level of success in attaining the results claimed in our materials depends on the time you devote to the program, ideas and techniques mentioned, your finances, knowledge and various skills."
"Various skills," such as sending well-obfuscated spam messages to gullible suckers potential affiliates. Yeah, that's a growth industry.
The big question is, should you trust Bing redirection links you receive in email? Personally, I don't think anyone should be clicking any links received in email messages, but that kind of advice is hard for some people to swallow. So, for now, I'll just say that you should remain suspicious of all email that includes a link, especially if it looks like that link is designed to take you somewhere other than the Web address that follows the http:// prefix; and if an email with a link in it doesn't pass the smell test, trust your instincts and don't follow it.


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Hey I like the system nice and clean install. She looks good...now put it in "DA WEEDS" then put graphics in tinted area of windshield "Low Colorado" or "LOW CO" ha ha
Clean looking ride. Makes me feel like my truck is dirty ... oh so dirty.
We'll have to get you a GMTruckClub.com sticker for your rear window if you want one. I hope to have them by the end of next month.
Here's how it should look. Or something like it.
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Go for it but if it were id go for the 6.0 lq4 from the truck or the lq9 6.0 from the escalade.they have more power and same work to install
If you shop around you can pick up a 5.3l for $400. If you find a 6.0L for less than a grand its a miracle.
400 bones, good luck..
I just pull all the pig tail connectors I need and make my own harness, IMO its a lot easier and it gives a cleaner install.
Its not hard to put a Muncie behind an LS motor; and a Luk Repset clutch is absolutely fine for what you're doing. Best thing you can do is figure out which Muncie you have; Ive posted it all before, or just PM me. If its an M21 or M22; You'll want a 3.73 rear to get your tank moving. At that point you may be better off selling it and saving your pennies. If you're mechanically inclined and have a shop press, you may want to disassemble the trans. If its a stuck pig, planning your build around it will take on another $5-700 easily. I'd say the best bet for you is an M20 (2.52 1st gear), but you're still going to want something like a 3.23 or more rear gear. There is a 2.98:1 1st gear M22 gearset (aftermarket only), you could run 3.08s happily but between that and an overhaul kit, you'll be in it almost a grand in short order (you'll probably need forks, mainshaft reverse, the splined reverse idler and I'd definitely pop for an iron midplate). This is assuming the countershaft bore hasn't had a cobb-job to keep it from leaking.
I love 4 speeds; but Ive seen a lot of junkers and I want you to be realistic. Nothing worse than planning around something, muscling it into place and finding out it in sad shape. Then you gotta tear it out, find the money, fix it and shotgun it back in there.
BTW the Z-bar is the way to go. A lot of hydraulic setups in the aftermarket just don't seem to last long, or work as expected.
Thanks for all the responses guys you're all a lot of help. I'm not buying anything until i get the tranny checked out to make sure it's in good shape. I got it for cheap out of a driving car so i'm not too worried. I believe its an m20 but i'll find out for sure. Around here it's not unheard of to get the motor for $350. They are all over the junk yards in wrecked trucks. I'm going to grab the computer and harness with it and modify the harness for what i need. Doesnt seem like too bad of a job, plus i'll save a lot of money over an aftermarket piece. I dont want the 6.0 cause they are expensive and it would kind of defeat the purpose of the swap since i'm really wanting more mpg's so i can drive it more.
If the 4 speed isn't in as good shape as it seems then i might get the trans with the motor. But i'm hoping that's not the case and i can have the 4 speed i want.
I'm not doing anything with it til the summer but i like to plan ahead so i can get an accurate parts list and get the swap done trouble free instead of having to gather parts with the engine half way in the car. I hate working like that.
I'm not too worried about how fast the car will be, i just want something that i can take on the highway comfortably without it revving sky high or anything. So i guess i'll have to do some more thinking about what i want to use for the transmission. I can always sell the muncie for what i bought it for and come out even. Plus i still have the running small block and the th350. If i were to sell the current engine/tranny i could easily pay for at least half the cost of the swap.
I really want to modernize the car without losing the classic look. I got some bmw e46 seats planned for the interior, all new gauges, vintage air a/c, keyless entry system, the works. Only thing holding me back is school
Any more advice about the swap i'd really appreciate. Thanks!
If you're just wanting to get good mileage and decent power a TPI 305 with a T5 will get you suprisingly good mileage, and with a few little parts can get over 300hp. I picked up a chevy WC T5 for $200 about a month ago, freshly rebuilt too.
A well build gen1 sbc can get good mileage, but it will never be the Gen III/IV stuff.
If you're really after mileage you either need an OD trans or need to swap the rear gears. Drop your highway cruise speed to right under 2,000 will make a huge difference.
LS swaps have a lot of potential, but they do cost more than swapping in a different gen 1 sbc- if cost is a major factor (which it sounds like) then you may want to explore other options.
an LT1 is a great in between compromise, as is a Vortec enigne with a intake swap (thought going MPFI is more expensive going this route).
The 5.3 is a go. I'm really just down to deciding on a transmission. Is the 4 speed going to hold me back? I want good mpg and highway drivability but i don't want it to be a slow pig. With the 4l60e that comes on the 5.3's i know i will have the benefit of overdrive but i dont want it to be boring to drive. I really enjoy shifting actually and i dont want to get bored of the auto.
5.3's low miles 90k and under 700-800 all day
Lets do the math.
I'm a big fan of ls engines, a couple years ago I traded my 5pd, 4cyl Cherokee for an 04 gto w/m6. The Cherokee managed about 19/23 mpg, the gto with careful driving can manage a decent 19/26 mpg. Not that it matters, because the way I drive it yields much less. But I drive less than 10k miles a year so I fund the difference as "entertainment".
The swap, if well planned and executed, could provide a great improvement for your Firebird project. But, is it worth it?
To do this right we need to know how much you drive, before and after estimates of mpg, average price of gas, and what the swap really costs. I don't propose to argue the fine details of each parameter, instead I propose an example you can use to do your own calculations.
In my example, I assume you drive 10k miles a year, the bird is nailing down 15 mpg now and after the swap (using your 4spd as is, and with optimum tune, gearing, etc) you manage 20mpg (a 30% increase). I'll use the good gas at $4/gal; and expect to complete the swap for $1500 (low end estimate IMHO).
Monthly savings equals milesdriven*mpgafter/mpgbefore*price/12=10000*20/15*4/12=$55/mo
So before the swap you spent 10000/15*4=$2667/yr or $222/mo on gas.
After the swap you'll spend 10000/20*4=$2000/yr or $167/mo on gas.
222-167=55 (Notice the 30% savings in cost)
With savings of $667/yr or $55/mo, it'll take more than 27 months ($1500/55) to break even. While $55/mo isn't a fortune, it is worthy of consideration.
Of course you can change the assumptions used and get a very different result. Keep in mind the calculation is only useful if your assumptions and estimates are correct.
Now let's look at how changing the assumptions affect the outcome:
miles per year - double the miles, double the savings and cut time to recover cost in half (keep in mind though that double the miles also means double the total cost of gas).
ratio of mpg before/after - increasing this parameter is the heart of the matter, resulting in more savngs to match the improvement realized in mpg (again, keep in mind to achieve more improvement, expect to spend more on the swap)
price of gas - as prices go up your savings increase (the inverse ain't happening, don't get me started)
cost of the swap - increasing cost of the swap increases the time to recover your investment (this parameter is the most difficult to get right and the impact can be huge)
So is it worth it?
Put your own numbers in the calculation and you'll know (as long as you are honest with yourself, and not dreaming of going from 15mpg to 30mpg after a $1000 swap).
A few other factors to consider:
seat of the pants thrill an ls can provide
satisfaction from being smarter than the average bear (thx Yogi)
satisfaction of a job well done
pain and anguish of an unfinished project because of time, money, etc
Wow thanks! In my case the swap will pay itself off rather quickly. I have to use 89 octane in my current setup because of compression, so that's 25 cents per gallon more than the ls engine which i could run 87 in. I'd estimate 10k miles per year, is about right. Also in the car's current form I average about 12 mpg. So:
10,000/12=833 gallons@ $3.90 per gallon = $3248 per year.
10,000/20=500 gallons @ $3.65 per gallon = $1825 per year.
That's a $1400 savings per year. So it will just about pay for itself in a years time, but wait there's more
Lets say i get $600 for the engine and trans i have. Well now the swap only costs $900 out of pocket. So if i do this swap this summer then by next summer i would have actually SAVED $500 over not doing the swap. Well what the hell am i waiting for?! Wow I'm excited now
buy a little toyota and drive the sports car in the summer time.Make the sports car a lot nicer so you can actually show off.
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OROVILLE -- The City Council's agenda includes waiving fees for a fishing tournament, attracting a bottled water company, updating a disabled accessibility plan, funding public safety positions and a relocation plan for the Oroville Mosquito Abatement District offices.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers, 1735 Montgomery St.
A few items sit on the consent agenda, which can be approved in one vote without discussion.
The Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce is asking the city to waive the $400 fee for the State Theatre for fishing tournament registration and the $210 fee for an equipment attendant.
Forrest L. Woods Outdoors Company is planning an EverStart series bass fishing tournament on Lake Oroville Jan. 17-19. The event brings up to 150 pros and 150 co-anglers to the area, according to a city report.
The company last held a tournament on the lake in 2009.
The tournament company claims these events bring substantial dollars into the community.
Another non-foreclosure of a city-owned house at 1230 1st Ave. also sits on the consent agenda.
The primary lender holds a $73,639 principal loan, and $57,869 is due to the city. The market value of the house is $87,901.
In another consent agenda item, council will get an update regarding the joint efforts of the city and South Feather Water and Power to entice a bottled water company into the area.
Council has also scheduled a second public hearing on the City's Transportation Capital Improvement Program and Impact Fee Update.
During regular business, council will review disabled accessibility issues related to city buildings, facilities, sidewalks and streets. Then council will review staff proposals to update the city's disabled accessibility transition plan. Staff is asking for direction to evaluate the city's accessibility issues and to hire a Chico State intern to help.
Then staff will report on the half-funded firefighter and two police officer positions.
The funding for these positions ends December 31.
It appears to staff that one firefighter and one police officer position is vacant, so these positions would not need funding for the remainder of the fiscal year that ends in June, according to the city report.
Police Chief Bill LaGrone has found $79,000 in grant money to fund one officer position. Fire Chief Charles Hurley has asked for $26,500 from the Indian Gaming Fund to help pay the firefighters salary for the rest of the fiscal year.
Interim City Administrator Peter Cosentini recommends that council take up funding for the vacant firefighter and officer position in the coming budget and labor negotiations.
Council will also look at approving a conceptual plan to relocate the Oroville Mosquito Abatement District operations to the west part of the city's corporation yard.
Several years ago, the OMAD board approved a recommendation by District Manager Jeff Cahn to set aside money in a facilities fund to build or buy a new facility for district operations.
The district began as a privately financed enterprise in 2010 and became a public agency in 2015 with the purpose of controlling mosquito generate malaria, according to the staff report.
The district provides mosquito control for 7,662 acres centrally located offices in the east side of the corporation yard.
This would involve leasing or selling up to two acres at the yard to the district.
Council will also consider hiring one seasonal employee and two interns for the Storm Drain System Inventory Study.
The meeting is open to the public.
The next regular meeting will start at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 when Vice-Mayor Thil Chan-Wilcox, and councilors David Pittman and Al Simpson will be sworn in for new terms. The councilors were re-elected in the November election.
The City Charter requires the later time at the first meeting in January after an election to swear in new councilors.
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Anyone fortunate enough to have spent more than a week or two holidaying in New York will tell you Times Square is the worst place in the world.
Sleazy. Cheap. Tacky as tiki salad servers but without the kitschy redemption, the billboards and lights provide only momentary distraction from what is a grimy, charmless, crowded and overhyped intersection.
Needless to say, I was thrilled to be running errands at 42nd and Broadway on a Saturday night, weaving through the babbling masses as they poured from nearby theatres and restaurants to gaze up and amble about in search of new ways to blow their cash.
Many paused by the ubiquitous costumed oddballs, dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants or Michael Jackson, posing for tips. Three separate people were garbed as the Statue of Liberty in separate parts of the square. They each wore the same costume, all trawling for the same change.
I was moving as quickly as one can in Times Square, trying to appear as disinterested and curmudgeonly as possible.
"You look like a fun guy!"
I'm not.
"How about tickets to a stand-up comedy show?"
Nearby, men in red polyester jackets offered discount seats on an open-top bus tour. The ever-present and never-witty "need money for weed" mob held up cardboard signs reading just that. On Saturday night at the crossroads of the world, I wallowed in unreasonable, ungrateful self-pity as the world's tourists swarmed and delighted. They were Australian. European. Asian. I even heard the rising Antipodean inflection of a tourist from closer to home, and turned to see a few-seasons-old All Blacks jacket wandering off into the nether. But in the tourist heart of New York, the only American voices I heard were from those still on the clock.
You could spot the Slavs, eye the Italians, find the Frenchies and pick the Poles, but domestic visitors were scant.
In a country of some 300 million, there's a simple reason: the United States is the only advanced economy on Earth not to guarantee its workers a paid break. There is no Federal requirement to offer paid leave - it's simply up to an employer's discretion. As a result, a quarter of private sector employees receive no paid holidays whatsoever, and even those in more fortunate positions average just 15 days' paid leave a year.
My comparisons with New Zealand's employment law have been greeted with bewilderment and envy. It's best not to mention the legal leave requirements in the UK or Scandinavia. Even Tunisia guarantees twice the US average. As a study by the US Centre for Economic and Policy Research notes, America has become the world's ultimate "No Vacation Nation".
In the past I've been quick to criticise what I perceived as international ignorance in parts of US society.
Naively, I could never fathom why so many Americans had never owned passports or travelled overseas. But if millions don't have the time to play tourist in their own country, there's little hope of seeing the rest of the world. And as with everything, it's the poor who miss out.
In low-paid jobs without contractual holiday pay, many people risk losing their jobs by taking leave without pay. Many couldn't afford to, anyway.
A grinning German family gathered around SpongeBob. A British girl in an unnecessarily short skirt cooed at an NYPD cop. In Times Square on Saturday night, I hoped someone else might soon see the light.


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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - On Tuesday night, the woman accused of neglecting her horses in Bonneville County opens up about the case
Sharon Wilson pleaded not guilty to charges of permitting an animal to go without care on Tuesday after the condition of horses on her property caught the attention of law enforcement in March.
But she wasn't the only one fighting her charges.
"I do not abuse my horses," said Wilson. "They're fed twice a day, everyday. They all are."
Facing animal neglect charges, Wilson was in tears after a court appearance Tuesday.
"Now to be charged with withholding feed, or withholding care, it's very very painful," she said.
In March, our station aired stories on Wilson's horses after photos of her property south of Ucon prompted a social media uproar.
Charges were filed soon after, and Wilson voluntarily relinquished two horses to the county.
"I'm going to plead not guilty," she said in court.
Animal advocates filled the courtroom -- but another "Sharon" was there, too.
Sharon Willamson said she's never met Wilson before Tuesday, but stood by her side at the defendant's table.
"My support is upholding the constitution," said Williamson.
Williamson said the charges against Wilson are counterproductive and violate property rights.
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Wilson insists she doesn't starve her animals.
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To those accusing her of abuse, Wilson has a clear message:
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Failing Queen or laying worker?
Can this hive be saved?
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Zambidis also talks about K-1 and how he believes that the new owner of K-1, Mike Kim, is a very positive direction for the promotion as Kim is an accomplished businessman. He believes that K-1 has a bright future under this leadership. What I was happy to see was that Stefania was not going to pull any punches and asked about the issue of payment, as people always seem to harp on K-1 "not paying." According to Zambidis, he believes that everyone will be paid in time and understands that there are parts of the contract that specifically deal with payments and that there are certain procedures involved with this, that it just takes time.
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Size is important so figure out what and who you want to fit on it before you build, suggests Leigh Bramwell.
When decks came into fashion in the 70s it was easy to choose the perfect decking material. There were only a few options and homeowners based their choice on the longevity of the timber available.
The limited natural wood choices available 30 years ago are merely a drop in the bucket in today's decking industry. Thanks to modern technological advances there are all sorts of manmade and composite materials out there which can satisfy both aesthetic, economic and ecological requirements.
Timber has a good look but it's not maintenance free. It may fade and warp, grow mould, moss and algae, and require re-staining or oiling to keep it looking smart. Modern decking materials made from combinations of recycled timber and plastic require less attention to maintain.
As well as being functional and having aesthetic appeal, a deck needs to complement the style of existing architecture and buildings, offer privacy and shelter, enhance the existing landscaping, and, if possible, extend the outdoor living areas.
Size, in this case, does matter, and it pays to be aware that whatever size you make it, it's likely that within a few weeks you'll be wishing it were bigger.
So give careful thought to how the deck is to be used. If it's going to be an entertaining area, factor in space for a barbecue, preparation and cooking facilities, a tableand chairs to accommodate the number of guests you usually have, standing space for people to gather for pre-dinner drinks, and space for planter boxes, container plants, pots of herbs and other decorative elements.
You may also want to factor in space for an outdoor fire, brazier or patio heater.
Keep in mind that if you have a large expanse of deck it's likely to look a bit boring. It's easy enough to introduce a second material, so if you've chosen man-made decking and want to add a more rustic element use a rustic timber as edging, or to divide your deck into different areas.
Channels of stones or plants incorporated into the decking will create interest, and you can leave cut-outs for existing trees or plants.
Before you so much as lift a spade or hammer, consult the local council to check the regulations.
Safety features such as handrails will be required, there may be boundary restrictions, and you will almost certainly need a consent.
The exception to some of these limitations is if you want a freestanding deck. Although we are more accustomed to decks that are part of the house, decks are more and more often being used as separate spaces within the garden.
A deck that's virtually flat on the ground can be used to provide a sitting space near a focal point of the garden, or simply to enhance a landscape design.
Of course, you can't simply plonk a deck in the middle of the grass and leave it at that. If it isn't attached to a building you need to provide edges and borders that will give the sense of enclosure you'd otherwise borrow from the house or the wall.
Substantial rocks that are from 60cm to 90cm high are fantastic for this. They anchor any structure or garden design and give it a reason for being.
They also create boundaries, provide focal points and can be arranged to give you pockets to plant in or a backdrop to plant against.
Another great advantage of a deck flat on the ground is that your plants don't have to be very big to make an impact, so you're not going to be waiting till next spring for it to look good.
Choose a couple that are a decent size to give it an established look, and fill in the gaps with smaller ones.
Add a couple of stylish chairs, a table big enough for a book and sunglasses and you're done.


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