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Preached at West Point Cadet Chapel.
We remain standing for the reading of the text from which I will speak to you in a moment, Psalm 19...Psalm 19. It is a Psalm about revelation. It opens with testimony to God's general revelation in creation and closes with the testimony to God's special revelation in Scripture.
Psalm 19, "The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech. Night after night they display knowledge. There's no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other, nothing is hidden from its heat. The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold. They are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. By them is your servant warned, in keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep Your servant also from willful sins. May they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer." May God bless His Word. You may be seated.
It is obviously a great honor and privilege to be with you today in the cadet chapel. I owe a debt to Colonel John Cooke for the gracious invitation that has brought me here, along with my son and grandson, to enjoy a weekend here at West Point...and the half has not been told, to come here is to experience one of the great experiences in our great nation.
Of course, beyond that it is indeed and always a privilege to represent the King of kings in the proclamation of divine truth. For that privilege I thank the Lord.
God has exalted His Word. In fact, Psalm 138:2 says He exalted His Word above His name. That is because God is not to be known apart from His Word, and that is to say spiritual truth is not to be known apart from His Word.
I have often said the truth is the most important thing that exists. The truth about anything is what you must know, whether it's the truth about your physical condition, or the truth about your spiritual condition. What is truth, said Pilate? The answer is, truth is the way it really is. Truth is reality. And the most important truth is that truth that tells you the way it really is about your own soul and your own eternal destiny. You will live forever, and understanding the truth that relates to that is the most important thing of all.
For that truth we turn only to the Word of God. The Scripture's testimony to its own power is bound up in many passages, familiar ones like Hebrews 4:12, "The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Perhaps the greatest testimony to Scripture, we just read. Psalm 119 is a testimony to Scripture, 176 verses long. That might be a little much for this morning. In Psalm 119 you have 176 verses, each of which is a two-line testament to the truth of Scripture. In Psalm 19 it's a little simpler, you have three verses. But God is the master of an economy of words. He in His revelation can say everything that needs to be said in very few words. What you have in verses 7 through 9, and if you will, keep your Bible open and let's look together at Psalm 19, and in looking at Psalm 19 I want you to notice verses 7 through 9, particularly, because this is a summation of God's own Word on His Word.
Now in these three verses you have Scripture referred to in six ways, and I'm going to work with the original text a little bit so it might differ from whatever version you are reading which will be certainly related to that.
But going back to the basics, in verse 7 you have two references to Scripture. It is the law of the Lord, and it is the testimony of the Lord. In verse 8 you have two references to Scripture, it is the precepts of the Lord, or it is the commandment of the Lord. In verse 9 you have two references, the fear of the Lord and the judgments of the Lord. But you will notice in every case it is of the Lord...of the Lord...of the Lord...of the Lord...of the Lord...of the Lord...of the Lord, just in case somebody might question the origin of Scripture.
But please notice that while it is always the Lord who reveals His Word, else we would not know Him, we have no capacity to crawl out of our time/space box and truly ascend to the mind of the eternal God, He must break in with His own self-disclosure and that's what He's done in Scripture. But I want you to notice the facets of this glorious diamond...it is law, testimony, precepts, commandment, fear, and judgments. You can look at Scripture all these ways.
You also see here that there are six characteristics of Scripture indicated. It is perfect, it is sure, or trustworthy, it is right, it is clear, it is clean and it is true. And then you have six effects, it revives the soul, or restores the soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, endures forever and produces comprehensive righteousness. These are sweeping and powerful statements about Scripture. Let's go back and take them one at a time.
Scripture as law...that is to say it is God's laws for man's life. God the designer has written the manufacturer's manual. This is how human beings are to operate at maximum level. This is what it takes to live a life to the full. Scripture is the manual for human life. Tells us how to live, how to prepare to live forever. God's laws for man's life.
As such, it is perfect. I remember years ago I was doing a study of the Hebrew word for perfect. I spent about two or three hours chasing around in Hebrew lexicons trying to get the nuances of the word. After three hours I determined that what that word actually means is perfect...a little bit disappointing. That's what it means, perfect not as opposed to imperfect, but perfect as opposed to incomplete. You understand the difference? That is to say that Scripture is complete. That's why at the end of the Bible it says, "Don't add anything to this, or take anything away, or it shall be added unto you the plagues that are written in it." It's complete. Jude put it this way, "It is the once-for-all delivered to the saints faith." Everything that God wanted you to know is here, nothing is left out.
So Scripture, says the Psalmist, is complete, it is comprehensive. That is to say it covers everything necessary for life and godliness. The impact of this, the first effect, is restoring the soul. Let's talk about the word soul, Hebrew word nephesh. You can take just about any Bible you have in the English language, go back in to the Old Testament which was originally Hebrew, and you will find words like soul, spirit, self, person, heart, mind, many different words like that and if you went back to the Hebrew they would all be nephesh. It simply means the inner person, the real you.
So what is this telling us about Scripture? The Word of God is comprehensive and it is directed toward the inner person. What does it do for the inner person? Notice what it says. Restoring or reviving. Actually that is a word that means totally transforming. Reviving would be giving life to the dead. In other words, the Word of God has the power to give life to the dead. And given the fact that all men are dead in trespasses and sins, the only hope for life is through the Word of God. You are dead in your sins, but you are made alive together with Christ by grace through faith.
And how do you come to that faith? Faith comes by hearing the Word. Peter says you are begotten again by the Word of Truth, you've been given life through the Word. In Romans 10 Paul says Israel is dead in trespasses and sins. Israel is cut off from the life of God. What hope do they have? If they believe, if they confess Jesus as Lord and believe in their heart that God raised Him from the dead, they can be saved. And they can have life. But how will they hear without a preacher and how will a preacher go unless a preacher is sent because faith comes by hearing the truth. Scripture has alone the power to totally transform the human soul, to give it life. We are begotten again by the Word of Truth. We are given life through the glorious revelation of the gospel in Scripture. That's the first thing he says about Scripture.
The second thing in verse 7, the testimony of the Lord, or the statutes of the Lord...this is sort of a word that means God's own self-disclosure. When you look at the Bible, you can view it as a manual for our lives. You can also see it as God's self-disclosure. It's God giving His testimony of who He is. And as such, it is sure or trustworthy.
One time I was visiting a Los Angeles Public Library and they had, I don't know, how many millions of volumes there. And I just stopped, I was a student at the time in seminary, and I just wanted to have a little conversation with the librarian and I just asked the question...which of the books in this library that are absolutely without error, completely and totally and absolutely true? She looked at me like...what? That's not the point of a library. It's to give you options. And obviously she was stunned by the question. I said, "Well, Ma'am, you only have one in here and it's the Bible." In a world of lies and deceptions, in a world of people being fortified in destructive and damning error, there's only one source of truth that can deliver them. Paul says in 2 Corinthians chapter 10, "The weapons of our warfare are not fleshly." You cannot liberate souls from their prisons, their ideological prisons with human weapons.
Paul says we're engaged in a struggle against...and he uses the word in 2 Corinthians 10, "fortresses," same word in the Greek for prisons. Because people's fortifications, their ideological fortifications become their prisons. What are these ideologies? He says in the same passage, "Any idea raised up against the true knowledge of God, any unbiblical idea is a damning, dooming fortification." And what do we do? We assault those fortifications and we bring those people out of those fortifications and we leave them captive to Christ. We are spiritual liberators. That's what evangelism is. And it's a mental battle, not an emotional one. How do you attack the errors in which people are imprisoned? Only one way to attack error, what is it? Truth...you bring the power of the Word of God to bear because it's sure. And look at this, it says it makes simple people wise. I love the Hebrew word "simple." You know what it means? Open door, that's what it means. It's actually a very, very practical word, an open door. A simple person was like an open door, couldn't keep anything in, couldn't keep anything out. You hear people say, "I have an open mind." Well the Hebrew would say, "Close it." You need to keep some things out and some things in. This is a word for discernment. Sometimes you hear somebody say, "Ah, well I'm an agnostic." Well the Latin equivalent is ignoramus, I've never heard anybody say "I'm an ignoramus." I don't know, I just let everything in and everything out.
How do you know what to keep? How do you know when to close the door? The Word of God takes the people who have no discernment and no wisdom and makes them...what?...wise. Wise is chakam in Hebrew; it means "skilled in discernment in living." The Word of God totally transforms the whole inner person. The Word of God also enables the person who has been transformed to know the truth to have discernment and to live wisely.
Verse 8 gives us two more. The precepts of the Lord, principles, doctrines is what's in view here. You can look at the Bible as laws for life, you can look at the Bible as God's own testimony which is sure and reliable. You can look at the Bible as principles, as doctrines. And he says they're right. Now that's right not in the sense of right as opposed to wrong, that's obvious, but in the sense of setting a right course. That's the word. It's the rightness of going down the right path. We read a little earlier the law of the Lord is a light and a lamp to my path. Well it is not only the law of the Lord that is the light and the lamp, it is actually the law of the Lord that sets the path. So he says the doctrines that the Lord has revealed in Scripture set the right path for life.
And what is the effect of this? It rejoices the heart. It brings joy. Where do you find real joy? Walking in a righteous path. Jesus said, "Happy is the person who hears My Word and does it." John says in 1 John, "These things I write unto you that your joy may be full."
Look, God has given you a phenomenal mechanism and every human being has it. It's called a conscience. And its purpose is to affirm you or condemn you. And we all know the experience of a guilty conscience. But when you walk in the righteous path, your conscience excuses you rather than accuses you and you experience the joy of an obedient life. The Word of God provides that for you.
I love what the Apostle Paul said when he was being just maligned brutally by the false teachers who had come into the church at Corinth where he had given so much of his life and what they wanted to do was teach heresy. They wanted to overturn the gospel and have people believe lies. And in order to pull that off, they had to cause the people to lose their trust in Paul who was their teacher. And so, in order to do that, they came into Corinth and they started an ad hominem assault on the Apostle Paul and they just ripped and shredded him any way they could. They said he had a secret life of hidden sin and shame. They said he was in the ministry for favors from women. They said he did it for the money. They said his speech was contemptible, his personality unimpressive. They just went after him with everything they could. And this is the answer that he gave. "My conscience is clear."
Wow, that's where you want to live, isn't it? You want to live with a clear conscience. You don't want to live with an accusing conscience. You walk in the path of righteousness, they can throw their arrows and their darts, they can fire their weapons at you, but your conscience is clear. He says, "My conscience is clear," 2 Corinthians 1:12, "that I have lived in godly sincerity before you and before God." You walk that way, your life will be filled with joy.
The second one in verse 8, the commandment of the Lord. This views Scripture as mandates, absolute commands. If you're here you understand authority and you understand commands. Not everybody in our culture does, but Scripture is not suggestions but commandments.
Notice it says they are pure or clear, I don't know what your translation says. The word is lucid or clear. That is to say the Scripture is not unclear. There's a very, very fast developing movement in evangelicalism today that denies the perspicuity of Scripture. Perspicuity is an old theological word for clarity. And what they're saying today is, "Oh, yeah, we believe the Bible is the Word of God and we honor the Bible and all of that. But hey, it's not clear. It's an old book, we really can't know what it means. It's very difficult to interpret so let's not get caught up in doctrine because it's not that clear anyway."
Well that is frankly to deny the testimony of Scripture itself. The commandment of the Lord is clear. Why would God give you commands that aren't clear? I mean, that's pointless. It is crystal clear. As a result of being so clear, it enlightens your eyes. You read the Word of God and its clarity will penetrate your mind and heart if you are a believer. You have to start with the transformation then comes the discernment and the wisdom, then comes the joy then comes the enlightenment.
Some missionaries from our church in Brigham City, Utah, tough duty, trying to win people to Christ. They had two beautiful daughters and a son. They decided to come down to our church. They wanted to hear the choir with us. They were in a little small church in a hard missionary field, John and Nora Romanosky, gathered up their two daughters and their one son and a foreign exchange student from Europe who was staying in their home. They were trying to win him for Christ. Came down to our church on Sunday and Monday they wanted to go out to the Master's College to enroll their daughters. Went out there. On the way back, I don't know how, John pulled into an intersection against a red light, a truck coming down the hill very fast hit the car, catapulted the two girls out the back window, both dead lying in the street. A horrific experience.
The boys ended up in critical care. John and Nora escaped the serious injuries because the truck hit behind the front seat. I talked to John within a few moments after that. I said, "What are you thinking, John." My first thought is, "Maybe it's just a dream but I know that's not true." He said, "My second thought is, well I wanted my girls to hear a big choir, I just didn't think it would be the angelic one." And then he said this, "I'm so glad it took those two girls that know Christ and spared that boy that doesn't know Christ." Now how can you see that clearly in that crisis? Because Scripture says you have hope in His Word, right? You know where those girls are, rejoicing in the presence of the Lord. You know where that young man would have been, out of the presence of God forever. That's clarity....that's clarity.
Old Bishop Bergerov(?) was asked one time, "Can you explain death to me?" Some parishioner asked him. He said, "Sure. One day there was a man in a village, said to his wife...I've got to go to another village, do some business, be back before the sun goes down." Had a little five-year-old boy. The little boy said, "Can I go with you?" He said sure, love to have you. Grabbed his little hand, off they went in the morning sun. Came to the river, recent rain swollen, washed the bridge out. All that is left are pilings. He looks at this and says, "I think I can make it." Grabs the little guy by the wrist, dangles him over the torrent, steps from piling to piling. Gets him, throws him on the shore, makes it.
He goes off. Does his business, takes longer than expected. By the time they start back, clouds have filled the sky, it's pitch black. As they walk back and the little boy starts to cry and his father who is holding his hand in the darkness says, "Why are you crying?" He said, "We'll never make it across the river, we'll never make it." The Bishop said the peasant reached down, picked the little guy up, pressed him to his chest. In a moment he was sound asleep in his father's arms. Next thing he knew, he woke up in his own bed, in his own house. Bishop Bergerov(?) said, "That's what our hope is in Christ. What you fear you never experience, you fall asleep and wake up in the arms of Jesus."
Where do you get that hope? Let me tell you, folks, if I have that hope I can take anything this life brings...anything. Many of you cadets will put your life on the line as many before you have. You need to have that hope burning brightly in your heart.
Verse 9, the fear of the Lord. What is that? That's a way to view Scripture. What do you mean fear? What does it mean to fear God? We did it this morning. What's another word for fearing God? Worship, adoration, exaltation, praise. The Bible is a manual on worship. It is the law how we are to live. It is God's self-disclosure. It is the doctrines that are right. It is the commandments that are mandated of us and it also is the manual on worship. The Bible has all these facets and, I love this, it is clean. That is to say it is flawless, it is unstained. Everything that is human has a measure of corruption, doesn't it? But not the Scriptures. That's why it endures forever, the effect, that's why it endures forever because it doesn't die, it can't die. Every word of God is pure, every word of God is pure. And because it's pure, it endures forever. The Word of God lives forever.
What does that tell you? Any culture, any time, any nation, any period, the Word of God is relevant. I hear people say, "Ah, you know, the Bible is not really relevant to the modern day." You know, I've been all over the world, most places many, many times through my life. I've been in the jungles of certain places, sophisticated, elite universities of other places in the world and everywhere I go, do the same thing. Open the Word of God and let it loose. It's like a lion, you don't defend it, you let it out. It's okay on its own. It's powerful. It endures forever. It is always relevant to every person in every period of time in every place in the world in every language.
Well, the last comment on Scripture, but not quite my last, the judgments of the Lord. This says Scripture is divine adjudications from the judge of all the earth, the one who sits on the bench. It renders God's judgments and they are clearly laid out in Scripture both in the past and what is to come. The judgments of the Lord are true. I love that. I love that. Truth is what I love. I get up in the morning for the truth. I go to sleep at night only so that I can get rest to get up the next morning for the truth. Everything is about truth. I wrote a book not too long ago called The Truth War. It is a war about the truth in the world. And the Word of God is absolutely true...absolutely true. Everything is true that Scripture states. And as a result, please look at verse 9, "These words of Scripture, these judgments of the Lord are righteous altogether." You have some kind of translation like that. Simply means they produce comprehensive righteousness because they are true. The Bible will tell you the way it really is.
I went in to a philosophy class at California State University at the invitation of the philosophy professor who was a former rabbi who had abandoned his Judaism for an agnostic position, and was teaching philosophy. And, of course, if you're an agonistic, you're a perfect philosopher because to be a qualified philosopher, you have to just look, you never have to find the truth. If you found the truth, you know, the search would be over, class would be dismissed, that would be it. So he invited me to the class and he said, "I want you to talk on biblical standards of sexual morality."
Now there's a popular class at a university. That will be a winner. I said, "Sure." So I went into the class and I said, "It's a pleasure to be with you students today and I am going to tell you what the Bible says about sexual morality, but before I do that, I just want to let you know one other thing...you're not going to accept what I say. You're not going to like what I say because you're incapable of responding to it." I just wanted to generate a little collegiate rebellion there. What do you mean I'm incapable of responding to it? I said, "Well, Scripture says the natural man understands not the things of God and to him they are foolishness because they're spiritually discerned and you're all spiritually dead."
They kind of chuckled a little bit like you did. So I said, "I think we probably need to talk about how you become spiritually alive so that you can really understand what I'm saying." One student in some of the course of this said, "How do you know we won't understand?" And I said, "Well let me tell you a way you can really understand." I just gave them the gospel for the next half hour...which made Rabbi Kramer squirm, as you would imagine. But that was really the truth. There's no way to get a comprehensive world view apart from embracing the truth written and incarnate...no way, that produces comprehensive righteousness.
I remember saying to the class, "You should be glad that I'm here today because I can tell you the truth about everything you want to know. Origins, tell you how we got here. Consummation, I'll tell you how the whole world is going to end. I can tell you what is true about life, death, right, wrong. I can tell you what's true about relationships, how parents ought to act, children ought to act, spouses ought to act. I can tell you all the truth you want to know.
And, of course, they're saying, "Is this guy crazy? What kind of a person is this?" But you don't understand any of it unless you've embraced the truth through the living truth, Christ, and the written truth, Scripture.
Well more to be said about that, but let's leave that. Okay? This is God's own testimony to the sufficiency of Scripture. It is perfect, sure, right, clear, clean, true. It totally transforms the whole inner person, makes the undiscerning and naive skilled in wisdom, both understood and applied. It produces a true and deep and lasting joy. It makes the dark things clear. It enlightens the eyes. It is eternally relevant, enduring forever and produces comprehensive righteousness.
What do you want out of life? I think most people would like to be transformed totally. The Word does it. I think people would like to be wise and have true discernment. The Word of God provides it. I know people want joy. I know they want clarity on the dark things of life. I think people want a relevant source of truth. And I think people want to be, to borrow an army phrase, all that they can be. The Word of God does it all and that is why the Psalmist said this, "These words are more desirable than gold, yes than fine gold. Sweeter than honey in the drippings of the honeycomb. Their desirable and they're sweet. Scripture is your greatest possession, more important than gold. It's your greatest pleasure, sweeter than honey. It's your greatest protector, verse 11, it is by the Word of God that you are warned about what will destroy you. It is your greatest provider. In keeping it there is great reward. It is your greatest purifier. Who can discern his errors, acquit me of hidden faults, keep me back from presumptuous sins, don't let them rule over me, don't let me fall into great transgression. The Scripture...says David...I hid in my heart that I might not...what?...sin.
Yes it's your greatest possession, your greatest pleasure, your greatest protection, your greatest provider, your greatest purifier. And so the Psalmist ends with this, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation in my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer."
Why does he say that? What does he mean by that? It seems a little bit distant from the point which is all about the Scripture, but it isn't. He's borrowing from Joshua 1, and you look at Joshua 1:8, we're going to close there, Joshua 1...in fact, let's look at verses 7 to 9, I'm just going to read them to you. This is a place that you ought to find yourself often resetting your life.
Let's start in verse 7. "Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Moses gave you. Do not turn from it to the right, or to the left that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth." What's the next word? "Meditate." There's mouth and meditate, back to back. "Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it, then you will have prosperity and success." Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. When you take the Word in, the Lord comes along with all His power. You see, that is what's behind Psalm 19. Go back to that verse, that last verse, let me make just one comment, it says this, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." How can our words be acceptable? How can our meditations be acceptable when this book of the law does not depart from our mouths, but we meditate on it day and night? Then it's acceptable and we enjoy His presence and His power.
Our, Father, we thank You for the greatness of Your truth. We pray, Lord, that You will seal this great text to our hearts and out of it may there come glory to Your name as we live in response to it, for the sake of Christ. Amen.
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Commissioners: Summit Stage is in good shape
Summit County Board of County Commissioners.
After reading the Summit Daily News article in the paper on Friday, March 29, one might think that the Summit Stage fleet is falling apart and the fleet maintenance company contracted two years ago by the County is asleep at the wheel. On the contrary, the readiness, safety, reliability and overall maintenance program of the Summit Stage are better than ever. However, there are a number of facts not reported that the citizens of Summit County should know.
The article creates the impression that the drivers are being forced to drive buses until they break down and that there are no spare buses available to put into service when a legitimate mechanical problem does occur. After years of having to carry more than twice the national standard of spare buses due to less than acceptable maintenance, the number of spares needed has been reduced significantly down to the Federal Transportation Administration's target of 20 percent for the first time ever. Since First Vehicle Services began maintaining the Summit Stage fleet in the spring of 2011, six spare buses have been eliminated, reducing the overall fleet from 32 buses to just 26 for the same number of routes. That means a savings to the Summit Stage budget of nearly $3 million in avoided replacement costs going forward. Those savings over time will help keep the Summit Stage viable and help reduce the need to make service cuts or driver layoffs in future years.
As reported by the SDN, there are indeed times when drivers are told to continue operating a vehicle after reporting an issue, but that alone does not indicate a disregard for safety or necessary maintenance. Every service call is seriously analyzed and the decision to keep a bus on the road is made only after carefully considering the specifics of the problem and the safety of the passengers and driver. A bus will never be put into service or allowed to remain on the road when a safety or maintenance issue exists. The mere fact that a warning light comes on while driving is not necessarily cause for alarm – it may simply be an indicator that a service is due or some component in the very complex computer system that serves as the brain for the bus needs to be serviced or adjusted. Evidence of that lies in our average breakdown rate on the road, which is a well below the national average, despite the frequently harsh driving conditions. Two years ago, with 32 buses in the fleet, there were often days when runs had to be cancelled due to maintenance issues, but since First Vehicle Services has taken the helm, a scheduled departure has never been missed despite operating the same number of routes with six fewer buses. Generally, between two to six spare buses are available, and can be inserted into the schedule when warranted.
It is important to note that First Vehicle Services also maintains not only the Summit Stage, but the entire Summit County motorized fleet, including all Sheriff's Office patrol cars, snow plows, heavy equipment and other general purpose vehicles. All of these departments have seen improved maintenance services and enhanced reliability since the introduction of First Vehicle Services.
Maintenance of heavy-duty coach buses is a team effort, with federally required pre-trip and in-service inspections by drivers double checking the work done by mechanics. It is this team effort that creates an additional layer of oversight to catch potential issues such as a worn tire or an inoperative headlight. Good drivers catch these things before heading out on the road and get them reported to maintenance, but all issues identified do not necessarily warrant replacing a bus, any more than they would on your personal vehicle. It takes great teamwork by drivers, supervisors and mechanics to provide the high level of safety, security and comfort that our passengers demand and deserve.
We are proud of the improvements that have occurred in the Summit Stage maintenance program and will continue to rely upon the high level of service provided by the operators and mechanics that together provide a truly safe and efficient bus service in our mountain community.
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Let the 'Tuck Rule' go?
Not Charles Woodson.
In a segment with Deion Sanders and Jamie Dukes on the NFL Network, the Raiders safety took a moment to get something off his chest regarding the historical event of Jan. 19, 2002.
'Lets get this out of the way. If they make the correct call, which they did at first, and then they overturned it, this 18 (playoff wins) that Tom Brady has, it never happened,' Woodson said. 'Tom Brady owes me his house. I'm the reason why he's married to who he's married to. Everything. Because they overturned that call. Tom, come on now, fess up, it was a fumble. It's still a fumble.'
Woodson's rant was good-natured and done in part for comedic effect. He and Brady were teammates at Michigan.
On the play, Woodson came on a corner blitz and forced an apparent fumble by Brady which was recovered by Greg Biekert, appeared to secure a 13-10 win for the Raiders at Foxboro Stadium.
Instead, referee Walt Coleman overturned the play, ruling it an incomplete pass. He cited the 'Tuck Rule,' making it an incomplete pass. The Patriots went on to tie the game 13-13 on a 45-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri and won the game in overtime.
The 'Tuck Rule' has since been stricken from the record book.
It was Brady's first playoff win - he now has 18, the most in NFL history - and jump-started a Hall of Fame career and a life that includes a marriage to super model Giselle Bundschen.
Woodson, 37, is scheduled for unrestricted free agency and said he wants to come back and play for the Raiders.
'I thought he was very solid and could contribute and I told him so,' Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said this week. 'I told him I would like to talk about getting him back here.'


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It was a record entry for the Kings Cup Regatta in its 25th Anniversary year with more than 120 craft taking part and amongst them for the first time ever was kiteboarding giving a new edge to a week of multiclass racing in Phuket Thailand.
Inaugurated in 1987 to celebrate the 60th birthday of His Majesty the King of Thailand, the event has been held every year since during the first week of December. The Regatta began with a mixture of keelboats, catamarans, Lasers and even windsurfers, but more recently the Regatta has become a big boat event, attracting keelboats and ocean-going catamaran teams from around the globe. The Phuket Kings Cup is considered internationally as one of the top sailing events in the World and is Asia's largest regatta, so quite something for the KTA and kiteboarding to be invited into.
Being part of such a major regatta has been quite an experience for us all, be they riders, race team or supporters, but from top to bottom there has be a great welcome, fantastic support and a lot of keen interest from everyone we met. Kevin Whitcraft, President of the regatta committee summed it up in one of the events news items saying, 'ISAF is promoting kiteboarding and it could be an Olympic demonstration event as soon as 2016 in Brazil. We thought it was important for the Phuket King's Cup to be a leader and bring kiteboarding into this event
For the racing itself the pre-event plan was for the kiteboarders to join the fleet starts at one of the two course areas the regatta sets – the north island courses and the south island courses. For those of you that know Phuket or want to check out on Google Earth the kiters were racing out from Karon Beach, which put us with the south island start boat Saraph. So the plan was to start the kiteboarders as the last fleet in the sequence and for us then to run up to three back-to-back races on a shorter course while the larger boats set out on their courses around the islands.
Unfortunately due to the winds being on the light side and the regatta running on the off-shore side of Phuket the start boat had to be pushed further out to sea to find the wind than the original 2nm planned, putting it beyond a safe operating distance for the kiters and added to which day one saw no wind at the beach for kiters to even launch. Day two a different race plan was hatched as the wind had improved allowing the kiters to get on the water, so Saraph was moved back in from the fleet start line at 4nm shoreward for the kiters. However, the wind was to prove to be completely fickle and decided to die as the riders headed to the start, giving the rescue crews a very busy period to bring everyone back to the shore.
photo by Agata Rybina
The wind pattern and forecasts were sticking to a morning only option for racing for everyone, so with this in mind and the kiters starting as the last fleet giving them less wind time it was decided to run a separate kite course and start boat for the rest of the regatta. It's no small task to suddenly find extra boats, markers and race team members in the middle of a regatta but the King's Cup Race Director Simon James came through for us brilliantly and helped us to give kiteboarding its inaugural day of racing at the regatta on day three.
With the wind up to around 20kts in Karon Bay the riders at last had their chance to show all the other sailors what kiters can do and blasted around the courses, with some well overpowered from earlier light wind kite choices to put kiteboarding in a world class sailing regatta for the first time. Pro-rider Olivier Dansin from France took the two races of the day, with Asian champ Yo Narapichit Pudla battling him all the way for his second places. Philippines Ken Nacor and Turkey's Salih Alexander fought it out for third and fourth places, with Hong Kong's Jay Chau having some great race action to take the fifth slot. Unfortunately the exhibitions fleet's other pro-rider Blazej Ozog had to pull out after twisting an ankle that stayed locked into his foot strap after he got hit by a vicious gust during the first race.
That night though the kiters could finally exchange race stories with the best of them at yet another of the regatta's lavish social bashes being hosted each night in top resorts around the area. Certainly they know how to live at these sailing regatta's just check out the rider's hotel we all had to put up with for the week. It may not have been a kite comp with big prizes or points a stake, but we were certainly looked after well.
Stubbornly though the wind kept its distance for the next two days, one of which was a reserve day for the regatta in any case, but thankfully the final day was to give us what we wanted and allow us to finish the week in style. With the wind strength again getting up to around 20kts the riders made their way from beach for the first race of the day and completed a full three before returning home. With a triangle course set the riders were tested on each wind direction and again put out some stylish racing with more battles at the top of the fleet between Yo, Olivier, Salih and Ken. The day also saw a number of the sailors joining us at Karon Beach and loving what they saw unfolding, with many of them seeing kite racing for the first time. Key moments mentioned by them where the riding skills as people tacked and gybed at the marks, the perfectly timed start run by Salih, Yo and Olivier to all hit the line together as class flag fell for race three, and the outright speed which at one point saw the riders pulling away from one of the safety Ribs when it was chasing them at 32kts.
At the end though the day belonged once again to Olivier Dansin, although Yo did take one race from him which pleased him no end. Also showing well and worth a mention was Britons Dave Barnes who as one of the fleets least experienced racers was to pull through into overall 5th position by the end. Li Peng from China also turned in three great races to come right back up the rankings after some harsh errors that cost him on the first day.
photo by Agata Rybina
With the racing done and dusted all that then remained was the overall prize giving for the week and wow was that a different affair to anything us kiters have ever been to or the KTA has ever presided over itself. With a proper dress code and award receiving procedure demonstrated for each winner to follow a wonderfully fitting Royal Awards Ceremony took place with the Kings Royal Representative, awarding each trophy on behalf of His Majesty the King of Thailand. The regatta was then completed with another great beach front party and feed which was of course be followed by a goodly number of after parties to see everyone safely through to the wee hours as it should be.
So kiteboarding at a major sailing regatta a success? Well lessons were learned for sure and a different approach was already being discussed before the end of the week to make it all run more smoothly for the kiters and the regatta in the future, but it certainly proved what both the Kings Cup and the KTA had set out to do and that was to show that kite racing can operate as part of a multi-class sailing event. Certainly we had a great deal of interest and support throughout the week and for the riders it was a challenging and unique experience, which we will build on in 2013 if the Kings Cup Regatta is good enough to have us on-board again next year.
For now though a big thank you to the Kings Cup Organising Committee for giving kiteboarding the opportunity to be part of things this year. Special thanks to Simon James for pulling out all the stops to make racing possible for us in the conditions we had and to Duncan Worthington and his media team for getting everything we did well and truly noticed. From our team big thanks as well to our race officers Stephan Hertig and IKA class rep Phil Mandeau for putting it together on the water for the riders and to the safety team Chris, Willy and Neil , with Windy completing the picture as our event beach marshal making sure that we got back everyone we sent out.
Massive hats off also to all the riders who presented some great racing in very tough conditions and did kiteboarding proud at every level throughout the week. A final cheers also for the support from Kite Zone, Cabrinha and Maelstorm whose inputs helped in a big way to also make this a great event.
Top Five Riders for the 25th Anniversary Kings Cup Kiteboard Exhibition Race Class
1. Oliver Dansin - North - France
2. Yo Naraprichit Pudla - Ozone/GAC/Nok Air/Underground - Thailand
3. Salih Alaxander - Cabrinha - Turkey
4. Ken Nacor - Cabrinha - Philippines
5. Dave Barnes - KiteZone - UK
For the full kiteboard and regatta results go to - http://www.kingscup.com/index.cfm?ntid=1223


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We are still nearly a week away from the NFL's Super Bowl 48, but speculation has already begun about what changes could be coming down from Commissioner Roger Goodell and the owners of the NFL's 32 teams over this offseason, and one idea that has been resurrected has been the scheduling of an 18 game regular season rather than the current 16 game season we currently enjoy. I had some thoughts about this way back in 2010 that you can enjoy here.
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This humor-filled tale of political corruption, ingratitude and revenge concerns an idealistic young Washington attorney who persuades her former law professor, a man of lofty rhetoric, to run for Congress. Ideals shrivel in the Washington air as the professor is swept into an insider's circle that includes a leering, power-drunk senator and a slinky Southern power broker. When the heroine is snubbed by the politically powerful at a fancy restaurant, her hurt feelings precipitate an all-out war. She promotes a sex scandal that unexpectedly makes her the darling of the religious right.


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US President Barack Obama will take the oath of office for the third, fourth and final time this weekend during an inauguration celebration that kicks off his second term in a more muted tone than his historic swearing-in four years ago.
High unemployment and partisan fights over fiscal policies have drained some of the hope that marked Obama's first swearing-in after he swept to victory on a mantle of change in 2008 to become America's first black president.
This time around, there is a less festive inauguration. On Sunday, following a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama will be sworn in officially at the White House at 11:55 am EST (1655 GMT), meeting the constitutional requirement that he do so on Jan. 20. That portion will be private - except for a media presence - with a small audience of mostly family members. Obama repeats the procedure on Monday during a public ceremony at the US Capitol.
Both times he will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts who, in 2009 after flubbing the oath the first time, administered it to Obama again in the White House the day after his inauguration.
The president's two recitations this year will be the third and fourth time he has taken the oath. It will be only the second time he has made an inaugural address, however, and millions worldwide will be watching. Some 800,000 people are expected to flock to Washington for the event, down from a record 1.8 million in 2009.
Obama is expected to talk about the need for political compromise where possible - a nod to the divisive fights with the Republican-led House of Representatives over the "fiscal cliff" and raising the US debt ceiling.
He will emphasize that the values on which the United States was founded should still guide the country in the 21st century and encourage Americans to make their voices heard to influence lawmakers' actions, according to an administration official. He will also touch on the goals he hopes to address in his second term, while leaving detailed policy blueprints for his State of the Union address next month, the official said. Deficit reduction, gun control, immigration reform, and energy policy are likely to be top priorities in his second term.
Obama has been working on his inaugural address at the White House, scrawling out drafts by hand on yellow legal pads. While second inauguration speeches rarely go down in history, Monday's address is a rare opportunity to face millions of television viewers and seek support for upcoming fights with the men and women who work in the Capitol building behind the podium where he will speak.
The White House views the two speeches - he delivers his State of the Union address before Congress on Feb. 12 - as two parts of a package, with the first one spelling out a vision and the second one specific policy proposals.
"The president, I think, is very appreciative of the fact that the American people have given him this opportunity to deliver a second inaugural address," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters this week. "He believes that we have work to do, and he believes that both the agenda he has put forward so far and the agenda he will put forward in the future will help this country move forward in a variety of ways," Carney said.
After lambasting Republican opponent Mitt Romney during the campaign for remarks that dismissed nearly half of the US electorate, Obama is likely to offer some words of humility and resolve to represent even those who did not vote for him last year. After the speech Obama and his wife, Michelle, will join Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, at a luncheon at the capitol.
Later the two couples will take part in the inaugural parade, returning to the White House in a motorcade and likely getting out to walk part of the way, waving at the crowd and surrounded by Secret Service members. For weeks, workers have been building stands along the parade route for visitors to watch.
After viewing the rest of the parade from a spot in front of the White House, the Obamas will attend two official inaugural balls, dancing for the cameras and, in the first lady's case, donning a gown that will be scrutinized closely for its style and fashion sense. The inauguration weekend starts on Saturday when Obama, Biden, their families and cabinet members participate in a day of service, hoping to encourage Americans to follow suit with volunteering projects nationwide.
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-- Thomas Paine
How did public education get to be so complicated, cumbersome, expensive and ineffective? I know that teachers care and try hard. I know staff members capably do their jobs. Yet, ineffective classroom policies persist. Teachers feel they can't speak freely. Parents are shut out of the decision-making process. Administrators continue to enthusiastically embrace ridiculously ineffective curricula. Money continually gets frittered away on things that won't have a positive effect on student learning.
"This is the first time I've ever heard of problems like the ones you've described."
"Parents who leave our district don't leave because of the curriculum or learning environment."
More than a year ago, I wondered what administrators thought of the reform math curricula that have resulted in such low levels of competency across the entire country. In November 2007, I asked Debbie Oakley, Spokane's elementary math coordinator, if she thought the district's K-6 math curricula (all reform) were good. All she would say is that the curricula wouldn't be here if administrators didn't think they were good. Logically, then, district administrators must believe the programs are good – since they're still here. But that's weird, inundated as the district is with a wealth of evidence that says otherwise.
In the fall of 2008, a survey was done of families who had chosen to leave Spokane Public Schools. Thirty-three percent of the respondents said they left partly or solely because the quality of the curriculum was less than they expected; 21% said the desired coursework wasn't available. (This survey did not include families who chose to go to private schools. I suspect that many of them also left over the curriculum.)
On Jan. 14, 2008, I emailed Spokane Superintendent Nancy Stowell to ask the following questions about this survey:
- "What did you learn from this report that you didn't know before?
- Did this report say what you thought it would say? If not, what were the surprises?
- What does this report indicate to you about why these parents have left Spokane Public Schools?
- What do you think Spokane Public Schools should do as a consequence of this survey?
- Will Spokane Public Schools try to get these parents back?
- How will Spokane Public Schools encourage other parents to stay with the district?
- Will there be more exit surveys like this one? Will surveys become a regular process? If so, when will that start?"
Ten days later, Dr. Stowell emailed me back. This was her entire response:
One of the important things we learned in this survey is that we probably need to dig a little deeper with the questions if the information is to be valuable and actually inform our decision making. In many cases it is hard to draw any solid conclusions from the information. We are still very interested in providing options for parents so that they choose Spokane Public Schools; we will continue to work on that. Right now our focus is on providing information regarding the bond and levy renewals on the March 10 election ballot. That is really consuming our time right now. We're out making several presentations a day.
When someone says the grass is green, and all of the evidence indicates that it's brown, there are several possible reasons for the inconsistency:
a) the person doesn't understand what's being asked
b) the person doesn't want to know what color the grass is
c) the person has a different definition of "green," "grass," "color" or "is"
d) the person is lying
e) the person is foolish
When a survey clearly says parents are frustrated with the district curricula, what are we to think when administrators refuse to acknowledge that?
Different definitions: Perhaps the definition of "good" is the issue. I think "good" mathematics curricula are structured to lead 85-100% of students to competence in pre-college mathematics. Perhaps administrators think "good" curricula are structured to lead 60% of the students to pass simplistic standardized tests (or some loopy alternative) in one of five possible attempts. It's distressing to see the yawning maw between where I stand and where administrators appear to stand. It's as though I'm looking at a chair, and they're looking at a table, and we could sit and argue all day about what we see, but at the end of the day, they'll see a table and I'll see a chair. Can a gap like that ever be bridged?
Foolishness: Many administrators are accomplished at "edu-speak" (an annoying blend of words, pretend-words and almost-words commonly used in education circles). Administrators are also good at diverting conversations to more comfortable areas. It can be instructive to try to pin down the half-statements and leaps in logic; when one does that, people who are unknowledgeable or hiding something tend to quickly become defensive, accusatory or dismissive.
Don't want to know: Early in 2008, Dr. Stowell mused: "Sometimes I think people don't want to know (why families are leaving) because … when you know, … you have to do something about it."
I'm sure she's right about that.
Meanwhile, if the public believes that math and education advocates are stupid, foolish, selfish, extremist, unreasonable, unknowledgeable, rude or impatient; if we can't be pleased; if we're alone in our complaints; if we're expecting too much … then administrators don't need to take us seriously. They don't need to make hard decisions or speak honestly of their errors – especially the big ones. Instead, they can look like they're listening, they can write nice little notes or letters, and they can even meet us for coffee. Then they can go right back to their original plan, having already forgotten what we said.
It's darn frustrating. Some frustrated parents will quietly resort to other options. They might be too frustrated to tell administrators what they're thinking, but it will be some variation of this:
Please note: The information in this post is copyrighted. The proper citation is:
Rogers, L. (January, 2009). "Parents have the power to change everything." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/


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WALTHAM, Mass. – The top-seeded Brandeis University men's soccer team successfully defended its Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England tournament title today as the Judges cruised by second-seeded Albertus Magnus College, 8-0, on Gordon Field. Brandeis finishes its season with a 15-5-1 record, while AMC is 17-4-1.
Junior central defensive midfielder Joe Eisenbies (Hingham, Mass./Hingham) was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Eisenbies led a tremendous team defensive effort, holding Brandeis's three opponents in the tournament to a total of nine shots. In all, the Judges outshot their opponents by a 93-9 margin, including 30-4 today.
Eisenbies helped the Judges set a new school record for a season with 0.61 shutouts per game – 13 shutouts in 21 contests, including four in a row to end the season. Of their 15 victories, 13 came by way of the clean sheet, with junior Blake Minchoff (Fiskdale, Mass./Tantasqua Regional) finishing with 12 individual shutouts on the season, two shy of the school record.
Offensively, the Judges were balanced in their scoring today, with seven different players tallying the eight goals, and five players accounting for 10 assists. The only multiple-goal scorer on the afternoon was senior forward Steve Keuchkarian (Watertown, Mass./Watertown), who notched what proved to be the game-winning goal just 7:03 into the contest when he bent a ball from deep along right sideline into the far left corner of the net. Classmate Theo Terris (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) had the assist on the play, one of a team-high three on the afternoon. Terris finishes the season with eight helpers to lead the Judges.
Two other players were involved in three goals today, as senior forward Alexander Farr (Nahant, Mass./St. John's Prep) and junior Lee Russo (Westford, Mass./Westford Acad.) each had a goal and two assists. They became the 20th and 21st players in school history with 50 career points. Farr finished his career in 19th place on the list with 23 goals and six assists for 52 points, while Russo will enter his senior season tied for 20th with 20 goals and 10 assists for 50 points. One of the players they passed today was Albertus Magnus associate head coach and Brandeis Hall of Famer Frank Raio '84, who had 49 points.
Other offensive highlights for the Judges included a goal and an assist by junior forward Sam Ocel (No. Attleboro, Mass./No. Attleboro), two assists by sophomore back Ben Applefield (Avon, Conn./Avon) and the first career goal by senior back David McCoy (Weymouth, Mass./St. Johns Prep) in the 64th minute.
Brandeis coach Mike Coven, in his 39th season, has helped guide his team to its fourth ECAC crown, to go with titles in 1994, 2006 and 2010. They have won nine-straight ECAC tournament contests dating back to that 2006 crown. The 15 wins by the team this season are the most by a Brandeis men's soccer team since 1997.


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Cambria, California is a popular stopping point for tourists visiting Hearst Castle with many art galleries, antique stores and restaurants nestled in a beautiful outdoor setting. Yet along with this historic town center, there is a special attraction few people ever get to see – Cambria Cemetery. Wander around here long enough and some interesting sociological observations can be found.
The first photo shows the grave of The Reverend Henry C. Thomson, D.D., born in 1844, dying in 1928, listed with his daughter Amy Hatch Thompson. Buried to the left of the Reverend (with her stone hiding behind some plant leaves) is his loving wife, Laura M. Thomson, born in 1854, dying in 1919. However, a closer inspection of the second photo reveals something of a "Hmm…." factor.
Anna Ladd was also married to Reverend Thompson and was 42 years old at the time of her death (April 17, 1895)*. Of course it was quite common in the 19th century for men to marry two or three times due to high childbirth mortality rates or fevers, but this is not what gives the site double-take status. Here is what does.
Anna is the first wife, dying in 1895 while Laura is the second, passing in 1919. The photo shows the two wives buried next to each other but after looking closely at the dates of death, Reverend Thompson died in 1928; almost 10 years after his second wife Laura. Interestingly enough, he's buried alongside of Laura – not his first wife, Anna.
Thus, it would appear that Cambria Cemetery seemingly provides evidence that a "First Wives' Club" existed even in the 19th century.


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AMES, Iowa The Iowa Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation, has scheduled in-person public hearings and online, self-directed meetings for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study.
The Dec. 12 meeting is:
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Public input will be sought on the Draft Tier 1 Service Level Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), including the project's purpose and need, all reasonable alternatives, the affected environment, and the potential environmental impacts of the alternatives considered. The basis for recommendation of the preferred route alternative will be presented. Preliminary reports, including environmental documents with exhibits and maps, will be available for review.
Each public hearing and online meeting will contain the same presented information, so individuals can attend in-person at the public hearing, or view and comment at the online meeting. We encourage all those interested to participate. The public hearings will be conducted the week of Dec. 11, 2012, using a combined informal open forum and formal format. Iowa DOT staff will be available to discuss the project informally between 4 and 5:30 p.m. A formal presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session concluding at 7 p.m.


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How does this sound for an idea: wear a different shirt every day for a year and have people pay you to do it.
That's exactly what Jason Sadler is doing at I Wear Your Shirt. The concept is very simple, you buy a day that you would like your tee to be worn, you ship the tee out and it's gets worn by Jason and marketed on his blog, YouTube, Ustream, Flickr and Twitter. The hope is that for a day, your tee will go "viral" and thus putting your brand or company in the spotlight for 24 hours.
I personally think that this is a great idea and even wish I had thought of it! But will people be intrigued long enough to follow Jason for an entire year?Â
"Days are sold at "face value" so January 1 is $1 and December 31 is $365." Jason has already sold out of tee days up to March 2009. That means that the starting day price is at $90+. Someone has even bought the last day of the year, December 31, 2009 for, you guessed it, $365. If you do the math, and if Jason sells out every day in 2009 then he stands to make over $60,000!
Does the price tag warrent the rising day costs? Potentially. Especially if Jason becomes an Internet celebrity and is paraded all over old media (i.e. News stations, radio and magazines).
I would definitely say that if your company has some "change" to spend then this might be an interesting way to market your product. But for the rest of you, you might be better off spending 30 bucks for a months worth of ad time on a good t-shirt blog.


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|2120 Cowell Boulevard (part of Oakshade Commons)
|(South Davis, just south of the Cowell Blvd. & Interstate 80 intersection)
email: email@example.com
|FULL SIZE Washer/Dryer in each unit
|Central Heat/Air
|Pool/ Free WiFi for Residents
|Designer kitchens w/ stainless appliances, granite counter-tops
|Slate shower surrounds
Professional Management
|Office Hours
Oakshade Commons Apartments offers primarily four-bedroom apartments with one two-bedroom unit and one five-bedroom unit; apartments are leased through FPI Management. Rents are openly published, and range between $1900-$4000. There are flexible options for roommates, so you should consider the per-person cost rather than the total cost. The four-bedroom units have 3 or 3.5 bathrooms with pretty big bedrooms. Most rooms have two closets except for the smallest room, and the living room is long and narrow, making it difficult to arrange. Each unit is assigned two parking spaces and visitor parking is available, as well as on-street parking. Safeway, Rite Aid, Office Max, and several food places are right across the street and Unitrans W bus line stops right in front of the complex.
They currently have two, four, and five bedroom apartment homes ranging between $1900 - $4000.
In 1999, Paul Petrovich proposed building a 3.5 acre shopping center across from Oakshade Town Center, anchored by Ross Dress for Less. The City Council initially approved the proposal but later decided to rezone it after protests from residents and business owners in the area. Petrovich then proposed a 41-unit apartment complex above 5,000 square feet of office space. The Council approved the plan in March 2001 and the site is now occupied by Oakshade Commons Apartments, Moshi Moshi, and others.
Their management changed to FPI Management on March 6th, 2013. They used to be under Acadian Properties.
- To learn more about additional rental housing options in Davis, please look at our Housing Guide as well as our Apartments pages.
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2014-01-28 18:39:56 Terrible!
The hot water heater stopped working a few days after I moved in. It took them an entire MONTH to fix it! For a MONTH we were without hot water. There were also a few lights in our apartment that were not working when we moved in. It took them even longer to fix some of them. We've been there 4 months now and some of them still haven't been replaced! We have to walk down and up the stairs in the dark because they can't be bothered to install a light for us.
When we first moved in (which was way after the time slot which we were told), the carpets still needed to be cleaned. We had to sit with our stuff outside the rooms for a few days waiting for the cleaner to finally come to clean the carpets (which weren't even clean afterwards).
There is a pool, but it took them over a month for us to get a key. Now the pool is closed for maintenance so who knows if we'll ever get a chance to use it judging by their speed (or lack thereof) of repairs.
There is a storage closet located by the front doors, but it took them a few months for us to get a key that gave us access to it.
The washer and dryers are old ones that will be terrible for your electricity bills.
The model home looked great, but it's considerably less enjoyable to live in a place where half the things don't work.
Unless you want terrible maintenance service, don't even think of living here. —AABrar
"2014-05-04 07:59:00" Actually quite nice! Would live here again except looking for a one-bedroom place for next year.
The comment above refers to a hasty turnover of apartments that management had to deal with, so in the beginning, basically all maintenance requests were ignored for months. Moving in last year was a bit bumpy but there's no reason to believe it would be rough again in 2014, since they have a new manager who's dedicated to Oakshade when before they were double-booking a manager from another apartment complex.
What's nice about this place: Location is SUPERB. About 2 miles from campus (need to bike 10-15 minutes or bus to campus probably) and right across the street from a 24 hour Safeway, an Office Max, a Rite Aid, and there's a Starbucks and Wells Fargo inside the Safeway (but those are not 24 hour).
Room is nice, with good closets, nice carpet and a big window. The common space is great. It's nice and all the appliances do their jobs well. Washer and dryer in apartment is very convenient and handle large loads.
What would be different to make this place perfect: Move-in was a bit of a hassle. Something that probably will happen again in 2014 is that you'll move in and there will be no blinds on your window and no ceiling light (or any light at all) in your bedroom. These things are inexpensive, but you have to go somewhere to get them, which is difficult without a car.
Noise: Walls are paper thin. Roommate in room on top of mine complained of getting woken up at night when I was speaking at a conversational volume, so basically if you want privacy you have to whisper, even in your own bedroom. You should probably get a fan to block out noise, too. Also, outside of my window there are TWO AC units that start and stop randomly and could wake a corpse from the dead with their noise. Get a fan to block out noise and you don't even notice them!
Oakshade Commons is pretty great. The only reason I'm moving out is because I'm looking for a one-bedroom place and they don't have those here. Oh well. —MKC


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RICHMOND, Va. – Behind one of the best turnarounds in the country this past fall, the VCU field hockey program really started to rise on the national stage. That rise took another step forward on Friday when the Black & Gold were selected among 14 programs to host USA Field Hockey's new "You Go Girl" development initiative.
"We are so very excited to team up with each of the fine universities to not only grow the game, but also, improve the lives of young women living in at-risk environments" said USA Field Hockey Executive Director, Steve Locke.
The You Go Girl program is an initiative that will expose the sport of field hockey and enhance the lives of girls, ages 10-18, in urban or non-traditional areas. With the help of current NCAA student-athletes, USA Field Hockey will look to introduce field hockey to over 1,000 young women in metropolitan areas.
Each of the selected colleges possessed an astonishingly strong commitment to community service, a clear comprehension of the program or a distinctive opportunity to work with urban or at-risk girls, but most possessed all three.
"The goal was to have a balanced spread, both geographically and through all three divisions of NCAA field hockey," said You Go Girl Program Manager, Simone Attles "If we could have awarded 25 locations, we surely would have. But that is part of the excitement of year one, there's always room to grow."
Each university will receive equipment, provided by program sponsor CranBarry Field Hockey, to use during mentorship sessions at local schools, Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCAs. The program not only includes basic field hockey coaching, but also highlights additional topics, including healthy lifestyles, nutrition and the value of higher education.
"One of the core ideas for the program was knowing that all of these metropolitan universities, with field hockey teams, existed right down the street from a young woman who may have never seen the sport. The mission became 'how can we use our sport to better the lives of girls living right next door?" said Attles.
These 14 schools will be asked to regularly report to USA Field Hockey on participation numbers and mentorship hours for the remainder of the spring and summer semester. The NCAA field hockey team who accumulates the most hours will be announced in fall 2013.
Listed below our each of the communities this program will be in and the universities tasked with mentoring the local youth.
- Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, Michigan (University of Michigan)
- Baltimore, Maryland (Goucher College)
- Chicago, Illinois (Northwestern University)
- Durham, North Carolina (University of North Carolina)
- Hartford, Connecticut (Trinity College)
- Louisville, Kentucky (University of Louisville)
- New Haven, Connecticut (Southern Connecticut State University)
- Philadelphia, PA (Temple University)
- Richmond, Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Rochester, New York (University of Rochester)
- Springfield, Massachusetts (American International College and Bay Path College)
- Springfield, Ohio (Miami University)
- Trenton, New Jersey (Princeton University)
Note some universities will be working in neighboring cities or communities and not necessarily their campus location. Additional universities can apply in October 2013 at usafieldhockey.com.
The You Go Girl program is a part of USA Field Hockey's greater campaign, Grow the Game. The Grow the Game campaign will expose the sport and inspire participation in both male and female athletes, coaches, umpires, parents and fans. Together, let's Grow the Game.


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Ms. Librarian Goes to Washington
I am writing from Washington D.C. where I just toured the White House and met with the U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, and tonight will be live-Tweeting the State of the Union from next door to the White House and then having a Q&A session with senior officials from the Obama Administration. You can follow the Tweets of our whole group all day at #whtweetup. Our Tweets about the State of the Union tonight will also be tagged with #sotu.
A few days ago, I thought I'd be at my library today working on statistics. Big thanks to San Rafael's City Manager Nancy Mackle for letting me take a few days off last minute! So, what happened? Why am I not at my desk, drinking espresso, and looking at spreadsheets until my eyes cross?
State of the Union Tweet-Up: The White House Twitter account (@whitehouse) posted a contest of sorts for people to be selected to attend this official State of the Union Tweet-Up. The contest was only open for 24 hours, and you just had to fill out a brief form and describe in 140 characters why you'd be a good people's representative. Because of the low barrier to entry for this once in a lifetime experience, I entered. I wrote something about being a librarian and how libraries are centers for technology access and digital civic engagement. And then a couple of days later–boom! In my inbox, a message with the White House logo and the following text: "Congratulations! You've been selected to attend the State of the Union Tweetup at the White House…" To be frank, I first thought it was spam. I mean, really…the White House emailing me? Those of us who were selected can find no common thread in why we'd be picked–different political beliefs, professions, ages, interests, etc. We're guessing it was either random or that they were aiming for diversity, but in any case–who cares? I'm at the White House!
Getting my California Self to D.C.: I scrambled to get last minute plane tickets and hotel reservations, and then submitted my information to get security clearance (I was a little nervous about that part). Without even knowing if I had passed the security process, I boarded a plane from San Francisco to DC. Weirdly, the other Bay Area representative (@darryl_davis from Oakland) was on my same flight (thank you Southwest for your comparatively cheap last minute seats). Only three people that we know from west of the Mississippi were chosen and were able to come. @brentpliskow made a nice map with everyone's locations. I love my fellow nerds and our use of technology to share information.
White House Tour: This morning we got a tour of the White House. I'd never been before, so it was super neat to see the rooms and hallways you often see in photographs of official events. It is indeed much smaller than one might think. I got to see Bo (the first family's dog) being brought in the front door (the front door!) presumably after a walk and bathroom break. My favorite parts were getting to see the White House Library and seeing the hallway that you often see the President walk down before an address (you know…this one).
Aneesh Chopra and Mike Krieger: Soon after that, a smaller group of us got to have a meeting with Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, other technology advisor folks, and a surprise visit with Mike Krieger (@mikeyk), co-founder of Instagram. Each of them spoke for a while (The administration is doing a ton of stuff with open government which is awesome, and Instagram is building an Android app, thank ba-jeezus), then they took our questions. I jumped in with the second question and asked how the administration planned to address the failed system of copyright in a digital media age, particularly the restrictive DMCA, and cited how some vendors refuse to sell digital content to libraries. Chopra's practiced very political response was that copyright was a macro-policy issue, and then he talked about the administration's work on sharing and open data standards through leading by example–their work on the Learning Registry and other open education and data initiatives (check out all the stuff at data.gov). He did use the phrase "metadata standards," which literally made me shiver. I guess I am a true librarian nerd girl at heart (as if there was any doubt)! Other questions asked about healthcare records, open data standards, SOPA and PIPA, broadband, delegating some of the wireless spectrum to public safety officials, resources for primary education, and more. It came across as truly practiced messaging. I suppose that's to be expected. Chopra comes off as one of the most laid back, approachable, and excited government officials I've ever met. If only I could muster that much jump-for-joy enthusiasm every day! We did get to hear more about what initiatives are being done by the administration, all good stuff and seriously a departure from the tech-resistant Bush administration. Open government, open data, and open education are all important philosophies for libraries to embrace and share with their residents and users.
State of the Union: Tonight a larger group of us (we think 50 at this point?) will meet up at the White House Complex (the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to be exact) to watch the State of the Union address, and live-Tweet the SOTU and our reactions to it. After the address, a panel of senior advisors in the Obama administration will do a Q&A session with all of us Tweet-Up folks, also taking questions via Twitter and Facebook. Learn more about how to participate at the SOTU website. I do have to give big props to the administration for using social media in a really useful way. They're taking questions via Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and YouTube, and having live interactions with not only the POTUS but also his advisors all week. Really making themselves accessible is pretty commendable in my opinion.
I'll try to write more when the SOTU event is over tonight if I am still awake 🙂 In the meantime, I want to say how thankful I am to those who have sent in questions for me to ask, and how thankful I am that I was chosen. This is truly a surreal experience…just being near people with this much influence into the nation's direction makes me giddy. I know that sounds all stupid naive fan-girl and what not, but I'll put aside my bad ass image for a moment and just admit it–whether you care about politics or not, whether you like this administration or not, being even marginally involved in the democratic process like this is pretty freaking cool.
Below are photos from today so far. I'll be adding to the set later.