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Gregoire can't afford to do any more 'studies.'
More indecisiveness by the State Democratic machine gives Dino Rossi a perfect opening in the next race for Governor: D in Democrat stands for "dither."
Gregoire must choose the Retrofit and simply tell WSDOT to make it work, which they can do if told to.
Yes, David. Retrofit. Yes, David. Gregoire must. Yes, David.
No one is about to spend $2 billion on a retrofit that may or may not work. The combination of a waste of money and uncertainty kill that idea.
Chopp's letter was nothing but a speaker's letter. He controls committee assignments in the House, so folks had to sign the letter or risk the Speaker's wrath. Frank Chopp sucks.
And the transit is exactly where, Josh and Dan? According to everything I've seen to date, everybody west of Highway 99 gets screwed. Check out the latest Sound Transit plan. Absolutely nothing in there that's going to provide "transit" of any kind of rapidity to Ballard, West Seattle, Greenwood, etc. SDOT's "BRT" plan is a joke- they don't even have a clue about how to get buses through the Junction. I'll probably keep driving since my car will be stuck behind that West Seattle bus and at least there I can tune in my own radio station.
"Condescending planners in Olympia," is it?
That's just funny, Josh, just hilarious. You call the kettle black with such style and such grace.
Well I think the hope is, that settled on a surface-transit option, they would have to pick an effective transit option, which would hopefully be something more like a monorail and less like BRT.
And we alll want transit up to Ballard, but for the moment our leadeers 'cough cough Greg Nickels' suck.
It wasn't money that killed the monorail, if the state coughed up a little more or they raised taxes a piece, which is what happens in every other city that builds mass transit, it woulda been fine. There was just a lack of political will. Again, one would hope that the surface-transit option would make politicians warm up a little bit.
Well I think the hope is, that settled on a surface-transit option, they would have to pick an effective transit option, which would hopefully be something more like a monorail and less like BRT.
And we alll want transit up to Ballard, but for the moment our leadeers 'cough cough Greg Nickels' suck.
It wasn't money that killed the monorail, if the state coughed up a little more or they raised taxes a piece, which is what happens in every other city that builds mass transit, it woulda been fine. There was just a lack of political will. Again, one would hope that the surface-transit option would make politicians warm up a little bit.
Heads up: The "tunnel" option is a non-starter. Nickels has been planning on abandoning it for six months.
It is a card he wants to discard: that gives him a leg to stand on when pitching RTID and ST2 -- "I'm fiscally prudent, and we will save you money by not building a tunnel!"
It gives Gov. Gregoire political points too. She gets to show what a big swinging dick she has: "I made Nickels back down on his fervent desire for a tunnel. What a strong, fiscally prudent leader I am."
The "tunnel" debate is meat tossed to the pack-of-servile-dogs-press so they don't write about real issues.
Oh so witty.
What makes you say that, grow up? Do you know something I don't? Or are you speculating?
David Sucher:
Gregoire can't afford to do any more 'studies.'
More indecisiveness by the State Democratic machine gives Dino Rossi a perfect opening in the next race for Governor: D in Democrat stands for "dither."
Gregoire must choose the Retrofit and simply tell WSDOT to make it work, which they can do if told to.
Mr. Sucher, I happen to think the retrofit isn't such a bad idea after all, but would you mind putting down the pitchfork? Shaming and threatening anyone who doesn't agree with your one narrow viewpoint among many isn't exactly a formula for winning over converts.
By the way, in the last viaduct thread, I made a case for why the retrofit could be an acceptable, tolerable outcome for transit and density supporters like myself.
Oh, and I would argue that Gregoire doesn't necessarily have to make an absolute, final choice -- politically or practically. She could say:
"Okay, the tunnel is politically radioactive. And Seattle's elected leaders are dead set against a new viaduct. So it's time we changed the parameters of this discussion.
"I've decided to ask WSDOT to formally evaluate the retrofit. Specifically, what would it cost to retrofit the existing viaduct to make it reasonably safe against an earthquake? And I've decided to ask WSDOT and the City of Seattle to formally evaluate the no-build proposal. If we did tear down the viaduct without replacing it, how would we and the city reasonably mitigate the traffic impacts, what would that cost, and who would pay for it? Also, how would the city address concerns about the seawall?
"In changing the parameters of this discussion, I am expecting and insisting that the full amount of funds originally dedicated to viaduct replacement from the nickel gas-tax increase will no longer be available. Some portion of those funds needs to be shifted to the 520 project. Precisely how great that portion is I will not say so as not to prejudice the reports I've called for, but I can say for certain that the savings to Washington taxpayers from a retrofit must be significant. And the savings from the surface option must be even greater."
Heck, if Gregoire makes a move like this, she could cast herself as the governor who wants to save the taxpayers of Washington and the central Puget Sound a billion or so dollars. Let's see how Dino Rossi positions himself against that stake in the ground.
Re 6/7: Well I know *hope* for transit is what's pressing a lot of the surface transit people. It's the Grover Norquist methodology of reduction- take away options, squeeze government down, and things will be better. I can't think of anything less progressive and more elitist, in my opinion. It's leaving an entire set of the population out in the cold, so to speak.
There is nothing in the plans for anything more than BRT for West Seattle. Facing facts, BRT is simply lane marking. That stretch of highway over the West Seattle bridge (eastbound only) in reality does little to get buses moving that much faster. And with ST2 taking things out 30 years, you're talking at least the year 2040 before anything real has the potential to be planned to be completed for the people that live and work west of Highway 99.
Looking at the PWC's plan for dealing with the south end of the viaduct, they say:
- South End Distributor: create more and better connections from Spokane Street to 1st Ave, 4th Ave, I-5
- Make better links to Airport Way, 4th Ave, 6th Ave south of downtown
How exactly is this to be done PWC? Crossing those same railroad tracks on Spokane that are blocked hours a day from the same freight moving through you want to speed up? How exactly will West Seattle residents get to Belltown or Ballard (or those residents to West Seattle) when they have to plow through the heart of downtown to do it? Is the PWC calling for a total rebuild and expansion of the Spokane Street Viaduct, to dump more cars on one of the most clogged sections of I-5? That seems to be the scenario the surface option supporters lay out. I'd like to know exactly how many of them live west of Highway 99.
Also missing from this surface option plan is the integration of how cars/transport/people deal with Colman Dock. How will those people wanting to use the ferries (and in fact, the proposed *Mosquito Fleet* that will help bring people downtown) get into and through downtown? Through expansion of the Route 66 bus? Laughable. We'll then see the backups onto the ferry then either clogging Alaskan Way itself, or some frontage road.
The reality is that there is no planning to incorporate transit into PWC's plans. I'd like to see the research that backs up what Moon's urban planning has to say. That isn't done with the PWC's glossy pictures of "What the waterfront could look like".
Let's see, in painting his doomsday scenario against the PWC, Dave Coffman managed to work in Grover Norquist and one "elitist." Gee Dave, while you're at it, why don't you work in a Karl Rove and a "liberal" too?
Actually, the line of Dave's I find most amusing is this: There is nothing in the plans for anything more than BRT for West Seattle. Facing facts, BRT is simply lane marking.
It's amazing the double standard we have here for BRT:
You know things are getting a bit hyperbolic when you start seeing wild claims like "And with ST2 taking things out 30 years." If we'd had the guts to follow through with the Green Line, we could have had transit along that corridor in three years, not 30. The reality is that the ramifications of the PWC option or the tunnel are nowhere near as apocalyptic as their opponents make them out to be. By the same token, none of the real choices we're talking about here are painless.
And that speaks to why Seattle has gotten in the transportation mess it's in today: we've been going on and on avoiding change and pain in favor of the status quo. (Well, of course, there's another reason Seattle's in the fix it's in today: as far as I know, we're the only big city left in America without mass transit. Now that's something Grover Norquist could admire us for.)
It is entirely possible to get a decent BRT service to West Seattle, but people need to speak up to make sure that happens. The Spokane St Viaduct is going to be widened in a project starting next year. The new eastbound lane is listed as a "possible" HOV lane. We need to make sure that it is to make the existing one on the high level bridge useful.
They are also building a new ramp to 4th Ave from the eastbound lanes. That will *almost* connect to the busway. They plan to tear down the existing 4th ave ramp on the north side. Why isn't that being converted to an HOV on-ramp?
With those ramps, West Seattle's BRT route could proceed more or less directly onto the busway and into the tunnel. Not quite a monorail, but better than nothing.
West Seattle people aren't the only ones who use the Viaduct. Don't forget Vashon Island, which goes through West Seattle, and also Burien, Seatac, Tukwila, Normandy Park, and Des Moines, all linked to SR 99 by SR 509 and/or SR 599.
Until and unless there is rail rapid transit to connect all these communities (other than Vashon) with downtown Seattle and points beyond, The PWC option remains the most irresponsible, region-destroying idea imaginable.
The people who are really being condescending here are the amateur little would-be little social engineers who want everybody to get out of their cars and sacrifice their time and money to satisfy some wet-dream vision of their green, nonpolluting, "vibrant" city.
Some of them have even gad the gall to refer to themselves as "new urbanists." Hmph! Last time I heard something like that it was "New Socialist Man."
Oh, and Sucher, there is no "State Democratic Machine." Go peddle that crap on Sound Politics.
Cressona, I was in favor of the Green line from start to finish (and still am). I've never been in favor of BRT. I don't believe it's mass transit at all. Without infrastructure that dedicates space to BRT, buses still run on the same clogged roads. In my opinion a couple of traffic light changes and some lane marking don't change that. If infrastructure is going to be created lets at least get some of the traffic off of the roads everyone is talking about.
I agree that people will muddle through Cressona. I also agree that none of the options will be painless.
I do stick by my Grover Norquist analogy. ST2 taking things out 30 years isn't hyperbole- it's what's in the works. Check out their web site and documentation. I might even support parts of PWC's plan if I simply knew what it was, other than some glossy web site love-in and Stranger driven propaganda.
We need rapid transit. It's either going to be planned for now, or much more expensively later. The PWC is doing exactly what the Mayor is doing- putting forth their ideas about roads with nothing in the bucket for rapid transit. I think that's wrong.
Dave Coffman: Cressona, I was in favor of the Green line from start to finish (and still am). I've never been in favor of BRT. I don't believe it's mass transit at all. Without infrastructure that dedicates space to BRT, buses still run on the same clogged roads. In my opinion a couple of traffic light changes and some lane marking don't change that. If infrastructure is going to be created lets at least get some of the traffic off of the roads everyone is talking about.
Dave, I'm glad to know you were a Green Line supporter. As for BRT, I myself am opposed to it whenever it is offered as an alternative to real mass transit. I do think BRT has some limited potential where it complements mass transit and where it can serve as a stopgap until we get some real mass transit in.
West Seattle and points beyond could be a test case for the latter. I think Some Jerk put it right: just how rapid the "bus rapid transit" can be is a question of political will. It takes political will to establish dedicated lanes and build in some grade separation. And as Some Jerk noted, the Spokane Street project that's part of the "Bridging the Gap" package that just passed is a start.
In the long term, the only thing that's really going to work for West Seattle is light rail or monorail or the like. I know Richard Conlin has spoken of light rail to West Seattle in light of the Green Line's demise. And it's probably very much in line with Greg Nickels' vision since the only way he was going to try to save the Green Line was if it was truncated from West Seattle to King Street Station.
Dave Coffman: ST2 taking things out 30 years isn't hyperbole- it's what's in the works. Check out their web site and documentation.
I'm sure some economist put this more pithily, but you can never use current circumstances to project the impact of something that represents a fundamental change from current circumstances. If we really were going to go with the surface route, you would see light rail to West Seattle (and possibly points beyond) move up a lot higher on the priorities list. It would have to. Actually, even the retrofit probably would make that light rail route a higher priority, if only because of the retrofit's limited expected lifespan.
But even putting aside light rail specifically, the more high-powered backing the no-build receives -- the more possible it becomes -- the more you're going to see the blanks get filled in as to transit and alternative routes and mitigation. And it's not going to be Cary Moon filling in those blanks; it's going to be the electeds and the pros on the inside filling in those blanks.
Seattle commissioned a study on the west side corridors, the ICT study. Kinda painful to read now, since it makes such a good case for monorail. But it also showed streetcar was a good option for West Seattle.
BRT is a good interim option, but thinking big, why not interline a streetcar with Link in the tunnel and along the busway? Need to add track along Spokane and up to Fauntleroy, but this alternative had almost as many boardings as the WS leg of the monorail would have had. $450 million capital cost. (2000 $) Check it out.
Cressona, all of what you say kind of gets back to my main point- there's nothing in the transit bucket for anybody west of Highway 99. My read on what you say is tear down the viaduct, and then things will be so desperate that someone will have to do something. That's not planning, that's reading into a crystal ball and rubbing the lucky rabbits foot that the money will be left over to actually do something.
My point was that I don't see a light rail route to West Seattle or Ballard or anywhere west of Highway 99 on anybody's priority list. I don't see how when it's not there it moves up in priority. I also think that's an irresponsible way to plan for the future and in the end drives the costs up even higher. All of the transit and roads planning to date has included the viaduct or someway to move traffic through in an orderly fashion. Your "change in circumstance" will have widespread reprecussions throughout the region.
I don't share your enthusiasm that the blanks will be filled in by the politicos and people on the inside. It hasn't happened in the last 30+ years, and I don't see the leadership from the electeds and pros now. Which brings me back to my original point- which is people west of Highway 99 will get the short end of the stick.
Finally, I see the *nobuild* option as a version of "If you don't build it, they won't come". The problem with that is that *they* are already there, *they* are increasing in population (and encouraged to do so by the urbanists and politicos that want more density in exactly the place where there won't be the means to get them in and out) and *they* still need to be able to move about. I actually agree that density is the right way to increase the livability of the city, but I don't think taking away one of two routes through the city is wise. If we do it, future generations will pay without the corollary transit planning.
Dave Coffman: I don't share your enthusiasm that the blanks will be filled in by the politicos and people on the inside. It hasn't happened in the last 30+ years, and I don't see the leadership from the electeds and pros now.
This is a classic, easy, cynical cop-out. We can't trust the politicians to do anything right, so let's just assume they'll screw up any plan we don't like. Dave, what's your plan, and how do you know the politicians won't screw that up? At some point, the politicians have to do something right, or else what the heck is the point of continuing to live here?
By the way, the history of this region over the last 30-40 years is that the politicos have been way out ahead of the public in terms of transportation and land-use planning. How about all the mass transit packages that were voted down? How about the Growth Management Act? That wasn't coming from some grassroots groundswell.
Nobody is making the presumption that the no-build can't work without light rail to West Seattle. I myself am just saying the long-term solution has to be light rail or monorail. In the short term, BRT could be made to work just fine, and why wouldn't there be the political will to do that? I can virtually guarantee that Greg Nickels and an overwhelming majority of the City Council would enthusiastically support real BRT to West Seattle in a no-build scenario. And I can virtually guarantee that, if they put the extra funding for it to voters in the RTID or ST2, the voters would agree, or at least, that item wouldn't be the thing to bring down the RTID or ST2.
Likewise, nobody is presuming that BRT won't be in place already by the time the viaduct has to come down -- or that other mitigation and improvements won't be in place either.
Also, let's get real here. The viaduct is, at best, a weak #5 on the list of regional thoroughfares of significance. Look at all the other cities where they've torn down elevated highways. All the predicted catastrophes never came to pass.
Dave Coffman continued: Which brings me back to my original point- which is people west of Highway 99 will get the short end of the stick.
You see, Dave, you're engaging in classic Seattle conventional wisdom. We're so afraid of leaving somebody with the short end of the stick -- or even worse, leaving somebody else with the long end of the stick -- that we end up doing nothing. The prudent and cautious and thoughtful thing always becomes "do nothing" and "change nothing."
Just as a thought experiment, let's say we were overwhelmingly prudent and cautious and decided, okay, we're going to do the PWC option in the long run, but in the short run, we'll do the retrofit. So we go ahead and build a fabulous light rail line to West Seattle and points beyond. We build all kinds of alternative routes. And you know what? Even then, even if it's 25 years from now, no matter how much we mitigate, no matter how much alternative capacity we put in, someone's going to be bent out of shape and someone else is going to feel some kind of impact the moment we tear down the viaduct. It's going to be some kind of trauma whether you get weaned off your mother's tit when you're two years old or 10 years old.
Ok Cressona, let's get real.
1) Since there are only two north south true through routes in the city, I have a hard time how you get that the viaduct is a "weak #5". Please explain that one.
2) I'm happy to see that you're "virtually guaranteeing" that Nickels and the City Council will come through for West Seattle and that the voters will as well. I'd like to hear it from the horses mouth.
3) I'm in favor of rebuilding our infrastructure and seeing that a rapid transit system takes hold. I'm in favor of a tunnel/rebuild but not in favor of PWC's plan as it sits without a comprehensive vetting of how public transport and other travel ways will deal with the loss of a critical piece of our north/south infrastructure. For me they are not mutually exclusive. I believe many people that live west of Highway 99 feel the same way. Making life a travel hell for a couple of hundred thousand people is one hell of a short stick. I believe common sense has been thrown out the window.
Comparing apples to oranges and bananas (ie SF and other city teardowns) is a waste of time. None of those cities have only 2 true ways through the city and in my opinion are not comparable.
We're gonna disagree Cressona (and I'll disagree with Josh, Dan, ECB and the rest of the Stranger crew as well). I think it's terribly shortsighted to destroy a part of necessary transportation infrastructure without more than just a funky website, and promises made by bloggers that the politicians will "do the right thing". I might be cynical, but it's no cop out.
Dave Coffman: Ok Cressona, let's get real.
1) Since there are only two north south true through routes in the city, I have a hard time how you get that the viaduct is a "weak #5". Please explain that one.
Right off the bat, I can name four thoroughfares that are of vastly greater regional significance:
Even SR 167 might be more heavily used.
And here's a passage from Erica Barnett's recent story: "A look at WSDOT's actual traffic counts, as measured by a computerized sensor on the roadway itself, however, shows 'annual average daily traffic' of just 74,700 vehicles—just 68 percent of the number tunnel boosters like to use." In comparison, Montlake Blvd., a surface route, carries 62,00 cars a day. If Montlake, a humble surface route, carries only 17% less traffic than the double-decker, grade-separated viaduct, you could make a strong case that the Montlake route is far more vital and more richly deserves a grade-separated highway of its own.
On top of all that -- yeah sure, we have only two north-south highways through town -- but for all practical purposes, not only is the viaduct small potatoes compared to I-5 in terms of raw trips, but it's got to be even less significant in comparison in terms of actual trips through downtown. I mean, how many drivers actually use the viaduct to just pass through downtown? Never mind that, if there's anything urban planners have learned in the past generation, it's that it's an incredible waste to build infrastructure that's intended only for passing through downtowns. And never mind that nobody's building elevated highways along downtown waterfronts anywhere in the Western world today. So we really are considering spending billions of dollars to essentially preserve (and expand) something that we would never do today from scratch.
And you think this is worth $3 billion? There are 6 million people in the state of Washington. Let's say the taxpayers of this state are on the hook for $2 billion and another $1 billion of interest. And let's say over the course of paying that debt, the population averages out to 7 million. That comes out to $429 for every man, woman, and child in the state of Washington. You think that's worth it? And do you think that's a higher priority than the 520 project?
Dave Coffman: I'm in favor of a tunnel/rebuild but not in favor of PWC's plan as it sits without a comprehensive vetting of how public transport and other travel ways will deal with the loss of a critical piece of our north/south infrastructure.
I don't think any elected official who is seriously considering the surface route is not expecting to undertake a spectacularly comprehensive vetting.
Dave Coffman: Making life a travel hell for a couple of hundred thousand people is one hell of a short stick.
Dave, you must be getting pretty desperate if you're drifting back to hyperbole land. Actually, "hell" is what's going to happen to millions of people as they lose places to live and farmable land as a result of global warming. Hurricane Katrina was our own little all-American foreshadowing of a bit of that. "Hell" is what our troops are going through in Iraq -- a country that we wouldn't have given a second thought to invading if not for our nation's dependence on foreign oil. "Hell" is not the minor inconvenience that will be inflicted on people by a project that, by the time it's implemented, will have been planned and mitigated ad infinitum.
I'm not desperate Cressona. I'm just practical.
And by the way, I've been to and seen some hellish places in this world. I don't need someone else to define it for me. I will however, turn to you when I need a show of hyperbole.
To paraphrase Dean Wormer from Animal House - condescending, dogmatic, and naive is no way to go through life.
Re #23: Hate to break it to you, but removing the viaduct will not stop global warming. (It might even increase CO2 emissions, if people spend more time in stop-and-go traffic.)
Also, ECB's 74,700 vehicles number was debunked way back in the comments to this story. It's pretty clear she got it by cherry-picking a spot with low numbers.
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Madden NFL 13 demo drops next week
With just a few more weeks to wait for the full thing, EA Sports has prepared a Madden NFL 13 demo. Check out a teaser video and get the details through the break.
According to an EA Sports blog post, the August 14 demo includes two matches; the Seattle Seahawks versus the Washington Redskins, or the New York Giants versus the San Francisco 49ers, a Superbowl rematch.
All of the game's most important new features are available, including Total Control Passing, Ball Hawk, and Kinect controls.
Madden NFL 13 launches on August 28 for PlayStation 3, Vita and Xbox 360.
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Mom to Be Ali Landrys Healthy Snack Choice? Homemade Kale Crisps!Sunny Chanel
Personally, I am not a fan of the kale. Really, I've tried. But I have yet to find an application where I'll find this leafy green not just tolerable but yummy…until now.
Actress and mom Ali Landry and her family has been snacking on homemade kale crisps, and they sound pretty darn good. And good for you. Ali needs all the nutrients she can get since she announced this week that she is pregnant with her second child. So how do you make them? Ali shared the recipe via Twitter (because pal and fellow mom Lisa Rinna wanted to make them too!).
Ali first wrote, "Making Kale crisps as a snack for the family tonight. I feel so healthy;) Really, they ARE good!" When Lisa Rinna replied and asked how to make them, the directions were simple: "Kale Crisps– de stem and vein kale, toss with one tablespoon olive oil, add little salt and balsamic vinegar, bake at 375 until crisp. Voila!"
And kale was a good choice for not just Ali Landry, but any pregnant lady. During pregnancy kale will supply the body with important minerals like calcium and iron. Plus it is high in folic acid with is needed for a healthy development of the baby's nervous system. Plus after the baby is born, kale (as well as other leafy greens) will increase the breastmilk supply.
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What's on sale? Your grocery deals this week
UPDATE: This deal has ended but please don't be sad! You can see all our current deals here http://ocdeals.ocregister.com/
Here are your Southern California grocery deals from Wednesday, Sept. 28 to Tuesday, Oct. 5 (a few stores go Thursday-Wednesday so check their websites).
To see the entire circular for each store, with all your favorite items on sale, go to the second page of this blog and click on the blue supermarket names to go directly to their weekly ads. I strongly recommend doing this, because I can only list a tiny fraction of all the items on sale!
Deals I like this week:
- 10-lb. bag of Russet potatoes 99 cents at Superior
- Springfield chunk cheese $2.19 lb (various varieties) at Superior
- Two 18-egg cartons of large eggs (that's 36 eggs for the math challenged) for $4 at Fresh & Easy
- Fresh whole Foster Farms chicken 77 cents lb. at Vons and Pavilions
- Black Temptation California seedless grapes 99 cents lb. at Stater Brothers
- Rice-a-Roni or Pasta Roni 79 cents box (must buy 5) at Stater Brothers
- Fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs $1.87 lb. at Food4Less
- 20 lb. bag of Blue Ribbon long grain rice $5.98 at Food4Less
- Oceanside grown beefsteak tomatoes 49 cents lb. at Sprouts
- Fresh Columbia River steelhead fillets $5.99 lb. at Sprouts
- 1 dozen large Grade AA eggs 89 cents at Smart & Final
- 2 lbs. of shredded cheese $4.49 at Smart & Final
- USDA Choice Tri-tip $6.99 lb. at Gelsons
And, note, if you need a coupon to do the deal, supermarkets usually have copies of their fliers somewhere around the front of the store or you can ask for one, except for Albertsons which only has fliers without coupons available (boo!)
And, if you know of a good deal, let us all know in the comments at the bottom! If there's a market you particularly like, tell me why!
And here's a link to my list of 5 ways to save at the grocery store!
Albertsons (all specials require free loyalty card)
- Fresh California green seedless grapes 99 cents lb.
- Buy 1 get 1 free Albertsons steaks
- 3 oz. lobster tails $4.99
- $1.75 each if you buy 4 boxes of Fiber 1 bars, Nature Valley, Bugles and more
- Stouffer's Entrees or Smart Ones $1.88
- Buy 1 get 1 free Jennie-O fresh ground turkey
- USDA Choice Angus top round roast or steaks buy 1 get 1 free
- Gorton's breaded seafood buy 1 box get 1 free
Readers have told me this store is out of business, a shame because they had good produce deals
- Fresh nectarines 3 lbs. for 99 cents
- Fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs $1.87 lb.
- Yellow onions 6 lbs. for 96 cents
- Fresh boneless pork chops $1.67 lb.
- 10 cartons of Yoplait for $4
- 48 oz. bottle of Crisco vegetable oil (various) $1.98
- 20 lb. bag of Blue Ribbon long grain rice $5.98
- Betty Crocker cake mixes 78 cents each
- Two 18-egg cartons of large eggs (that's 36 eggs if you're math challenged) for $4
- Two 25-oz boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios for $5
- Boneless aged beef New York steak $4.99 lb. (limit 4)
- Fresh & Easy milk $2.59 gallon
- 80/20 ground beef $1.99 lb.
- 24 bottles of purified drinking water $2.88
- Seedless grapes 79 cents lb.
- USDA Choice Tri-tip $6.99 lb.
- Organic red seedless grapes $1.99 lb.
- Extra large cooked shrimp tail-on $15.99 lb.
- De Cecco pasta 16 oz. $1.99
- Blue Diamond almonds $1.99 for 6 oz can
- Applegate Farms lunch meat $3.99 for 7 oz. pkg
- Lean Cuisine 2 for $5
Henry's Farmers Market (shopping at work warning: Site makes annoying sounds and is hard to navigate)
- I am providing the link to Henry's so you can click and see their specials, personally, I find their website too annoying to try to read and post from it. They do have good specials, though.
- Note that Henry's has double ad Wednesdays, where they honor last week's and this week's ad both!
- Penta premium water 79 cents
- Organic juice blends $2.69 for 32-oz container
- Gluten free cookies $2.29 for 6 oz.
- Newman's Own organic microwave popcorn $2.19 for three bags
- Tasty Bite Indian entrees 2 for $4
- Pure Green Protein $23.99
- Locally grown organic jumbo avocados $1.99 each
- Organic jumbo yellow peaches $1.99 lb.
- Organic heirloom tomatoes $2.99 lb.
Northgate Markets (Gonzalez Northgate) (prices start Thursdays and go to following Wednesdays)
Pavilions (all specials require free loyalty card)
- Fresh whole Foster Farms chicken 77 cents lb.
- Buy 1 get 1 free Foster Farms ground turkey
- Rancher's Reserve New York strip steak $3.77 lb.
- California grown Bartlett pears 68 cents lb.
- Bananas 48 cents lb.
- Starbucks coffee $6.99 for 11-12 oz bag
- Fresh asparagus $1.49 lb.
Ralphs (all specials require free loyalty card)
- Fresh chicken drumsticks or thighs 99 cents lb.
- Yellow Nectarines 59 cents lb.
- Cantaloupe 88 cents lb.
- USDA Select whole tri-tip $2.47 lb.
- Barilla pasta 88 cents for 12-16 oz. box
- Ralphs chunk or shredded cheese $1.99
- All laundry detergent 32-60 oz. $2.99
- Organic seedless grapes $1.99 lb.
Smart & Final * You don't need a card here anymore for the deals
- 1 dozen large Grade AA eggs 89 cents
- 2 lbs. of shredded cheese $4.49
- Four large Hass avocados in a bag $2.49
- 12 pkgs. of Nissin Top Ramen soup $1.99
- Extra Fancy long grain rice $3.99 for 10-lb. bag
- Fresh 80/20 ground beef $2.49 lb.
- 6 fresh tomatoes in a pack 99 cents
- 28 bags of Act II microwave popcorn $6.99 box
- Fresh Oceanside grown beefsteak tomatoes 49 cents lb.
- Hass avocados 49 cents each
- Cucumbers or Italian squash 49 cents lb.
- Red or green bell peppers 49 cents each
- California nectarines 49 cents lb.
- Broccoli crowns 77 cents lb.
- Seedless watermelon 19 cents lb.
- Sprouts multigrain bread 2 for $4
- Fresh Columbia River steelhead fillets $5.99 lb.
- Note that Sprouts also has double ad Wednesdays, shop the new and old ads both!
- Fresh green asparagus 2 lbs. for $3
- Black Temptation California seedless grapes 99 cents lb.
- T-bone steak $3.99 lb.
- Progresso soups 99 cents each (limit 12)
- Minute Maid premium drinks 99 cents for 64-oz carton
- Stater Brothers cereal $1.69 box
- Stater Brothers instant oatmeal $1.69 box
- Rice-a-Roni or Pasta Roni 79 cents box (must buy 5)
Super King Market Anaheim (these deals are good through Wednesday Sept. 15 only)
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- Notice that Superior now has a store in Buena Park
- 10-lb. bag of Russet potatoes 99 cents
- 3 lbs. of tomatoes for $1
- Bananas 3 lbs. for $1
- Ground beef 70/30 99 cents lb.
- Chicken leg quarters in a 10-lb. bag 49 cents lb.
- Springfield chunk cheese $2.19 lb. (limit 6) various types
- 42-oz box of Quaker oats $1.99 (limit 2)
- *Superior does not work very hard to make sure its meat specials are available. If you go in and can't locate an advertised special, find an employee and ask for it. If they give you a story about how you need to come back later, complain to the manager and tell me, too! I've been given that story more than once. I have also gone myself into the cold room and found racks of specials that were not put out for customers. However, their deals are so great, like this 39-cent chicken legs, that I put up with the aggravation.
* Trader Joes does not have weekly specials but here's a link to the website and Fearless Flyer when it comes out.
Vons (all specials require free loyalty card)
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- Buy 1 get 1 free Foster Farms ground turkey
- Rancher's Reserve New York strip steak $3.77 lb.
- California grown Bartlett pears 68 cents lb.
- Bananas 48 cents lb.
- Starbucks coffee $6.99 for 11-12 oz bag
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Is my liver being damaged? and would a pain medication like actiq be better for my body?
I've been on methadone for 4 years for chronic rsd pain?
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- actiq, pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, methadone, breakthrough pain, chronic, medication
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8 Aug 2011
Methadone collects in the liver, however causes the liver absolutely no harm whatsoever. Methadone is actually one of the better drugs to use long term, as long as your heart is ok with the drug. People with liver diseases can even take methadone. If the methadone has been working for you, it really would make very little sense in switching simply due to the difficulty in switching and guessing how much of the drug is in your system. Methadone is also a drug with no ceiling, so not only does it not harm the liver, if need be, you can up your dose as is needed.
I hope that this is of some help to you,
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High-quality research is essential before you commit to trading overseas. Exporting to a new market is a serious undertaking, and getting it wrong can be extremely costly. Fortunately, carrying out market research need not be intimidating or difficult. Much of the information is readily available, and business support organisations are keen to help. But it will be time consuming and you will probably have to make some sort of investment over and above your time. Following a logical procedure, and making sure that you're on top of all the details you need to know, can boost your chances of success enormously.
The first step is to identify which markets you could successfully sell your products to. The basics of this are similar to selling in the UK -understanding customers and why they buy from you. Once you have an idea of possible export locations, it's time to check the details. At the end of this initial research process, you should know everything from local customs and business practices through to potential market size and how best to serve it.
Your need for research doesn't end when you start trading overseas. You'll need to keep on top of developments in your new market just as much as you do at home.
Establish what defines your potential customers in overseas markets in the same way as for existing markets. For example, consider what sort of consumers or businesses they are, what need your product satisfies, and how your market position is defined.
Think about which markets most closely match these criteria.
Don't rely on preconceptions. Thorough research may show that a market you thought was a sure-fire success will not work for you, while countries you had not considered initially are more attractive.
You may want to research countries where you think there is a potentially lucrative market, or where you have existing contacts or experience.
You might prefer to restrict yourself to countries that you expect to be relatively easy to deal with, for example, other EU countries.
Don't assume these markets are automatically promising. Your competitors may have a dominant position, or may be struggling in these markets themselves.
Potential business customers are usually easy to identify and research, for example using sector statistics and trade directories.
For consumer products, find out what the gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per head is as a rough guide to spending power. Check how evenly income is distributed.
Identify the key market segments, and what their different product or service requirements are.
Look for information on market trends and growth prospects.
Find out what distribution channels are used. For example, some business customers might concentrate their purchases with wholesalers rather than dealing directly with manufacturers.
Investigate the local culture. For example, what kind of relationship customers expect with their suppliers, and what their attitudes are to overseas suppliers and foreign products.
Identify competing products and suppliers. Look at the quality of their products and services, and their strengths and weaknesses.
Research competitors' strategy: which customers they target, what they charge, and how they market and distribute their products.
Be wary if you cannot identify competitors: there may not be the demand.
For example, your product or service may need to meet local safety standards.
Check what taxes and duties will be charged.
Check if you will need to comply with legal packaging requirements.
Find out if you need an export licence, and if so, how long it will take to obtain.
Logistical issues include agreeing who takes responsibility for every stage of the product's journey from you to the customer.
Consider how you will transport your goods. How quickly will they need to be delivered? Are they perishable or will they require protective packaging? Is it possible to reduce costs by arranging for your goods to be shipped with goods from other companies?
Consider who will arrange and pay for insurance. Depending on the trading terms you choose responsibility could fall on the importer or exporter.
You may need to conform to local payment practices such as offering competitive credit terms.
Key risks typically include the non-payment by the customers (and that enforcing payment may prove difficult or impossible).
You may find it hard to keep up to date with changes in the market.
The extra costs of supplying customers overseas may put you at a competitive disadvantage against local suppliers.
The government-backed UK Trade & Investment information centre is a free self-service centre for exporters. It offers marketing, statistical and contact information for more than 200 countries, as well as sector reports for particular industries.
Find market reports, country profiles and advice on developing your trade potential on the UK Trade & Investment website
Your trade association may have market data available, including information specific to your sector. This information is generally only open to members.
Find a trade association for your sector, on the Trade Association Forum website at www.taforum.org
A wealth of companies provides market and sector data for countries across the world. You will have to pay for the reports, but they can provide information quickly and save you duplicating effort.
You can search for international market research reports on the Euromonitor International website at www.euromonitor.com
Check local retailers' and distributors' websites to see how they price and market similar products.
Overseas government websites provide information on local legal requirements, taxes and duties.
Check the UK websites of foreign consulates for further trading information.
Many embassies in the UK offer market data for businesses looking to export to their country. Much of the information will be free or subsidised.
Find a list of foreign embassies in the UK on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-embassies-in-the-uk
The Export Marketing Research Scheme includes free advice and subsidies of up to 50% of the costs of researching overseas markets.
The Overseas Market Introduction Service includes preliminary research and advice, together with support when you visit the market. The service is tailored to your individual requirements and costs from as little as £500, depending on your individual requirements.
An agency based in your target market is likely to be able to get information faster and more easily.
You may find it easier to work with and control a UK-based agency which subcontracts the work to an agency in the target market.
To get the most of your commissioned research, set out exactly what you expect. The brief should:
Choose an agency whose response to your brief shows that they understand the project and your requirements.
Make sure they include the background and qualifications of the researchers involved and give full costings, including a breakdown of anticipated expenses and fees.
Agree milestones and deadlines that ensure the agency sticks to them.
Include a confidentiality agreement.
Visiting your target markets can give you some essential insight that paper-based research can't match.
You may want to use visits to start building relationships with potential agents and customers, or to negotiate sales directly.
Consider joining a subsidised trade mission organised by a business support organisation.
Consider building your visit around a local trade exhibition. This will enable you to see your competition at close quarters, as well as making useful contacts.
Set up meetings in advance with key contacts such as potential retailers, distributors and agents.
Make sure you understand local business etiquette.
Make an effort to learn the local language. Potential partners and customers appreciate it if you at least know some key greetings and business phrases.
UK Trade & Investment has representatives based at many British diplomatic missions. They provide an essential point of contact and can offer practical advice and support.
Check if UK Trade & Investment can provide financial assistance for visits, trade missions and exhibiting at overseas trade shows.
Your trade association may offer discounted travel and accommodation for international trade events.
It's unlikely that your domestic business practices will directly transfer to overseas markets.
It's unlikely that your domestic business practices will directly transfer to overseas markets.
You may need to alter product specifications, such as packaging, to suit local customer requirements and regulations.
Your choice of sales and distribution method will be crucial. For example, appointing a local distributor may be more cost-effective than setting up a local office.
Consider ways of organising the logistics to make your business more competitive. For example, it might be cheaper to ship in bulk and pay for warehousing, rather than supplying on an on-demand basis.
Your pricing needs to cover extra costs such as shipping, local overheads, and local taxes and duties.
Your need for research will not end once you start trading in your new market. You will probably need even more local knowledge as the business progresses.
Keep in regular contact with local representatives, agents and customers, or make regular visits.
You need to keep your business sharp and competitive. This will often involve making changes to reflect shifting market needs.
Always base your decisions on proper research.
The government-backed UK Trade & Investment offers businesses a variety of practical support on researching overseas markets.
Find market reports, information and advice for exporters on the UK Trade & Investment website at www.ukti.gov.uk
Find your local UK Trade & Investment trade team on www.ukti.gov.uk/export/unitedkingdom/contactus.html
The British Chambers of Commerce offers a range of support services for exporters.
Your local chamber of commerce may run an export club or offer training events to help you research target markets more effectively.
Your trade association may offer tailored export market reports and organise trade missions.
Some local authorities offer financial support to businesses in their area which want to start exporting.
Visit the British Chambers of Commerce website to find your local chamber of commerce at www.britishchambers.org.uk
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My character was affected by the dominate person spell (and failed the will save) and was given some orders. Does he have any recollection or memory of the orders after the duration of the effect expired?
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A creature that's been the victim of a dominate spell usually remembers the events that occurred unless steps are taken to make the creature forget
In Pathfinder, if the creature couldn't otherwise choose to forget, the dominated creature can't be ordered to forget.1
The spell dominate person et al. says that
Emphasis mine. Among typical creatures, there's no action for forgetting. So while a dominator can totally command the dominated creature to forget something, doing so won't have any more effect than commanding the creature to experience love for the dominator, suffer pain, catch a disease, remember its own birth, see something ethereal, or poop out a squirrel. Having the dominated creature perform such (presumably) impossible actions are beyond the scope of dominate spells. (If the creature does have special abilities that enable it take one or more of these actions, however, all bets are off and the dominator can command away.)
So the creature, in fact, remembers the entire dominated experience, and, actually, the creature can't just forget it. Further, as memory is so closely intertwined with the fundamentals of personality, dominators may know that even commanding a creature to perform such an act is "against its nature [and the creature] receives a new saving throw with a +2 bonus," but that's probably a bit extreme.
A very careful dominator could make it difficult for the creature to understand the actions the creature undertook while under the influence of a domainate spell, such as commanding the creature to close its eyes or cover its ears, but those are actions which can be performed.
So while under the influence of the dominate spell, the creature's memory remains as functional as his mental abilities, experiences (personal and perhaps game-mechanical), and abilities allow. Properly speaking, recall isn't governed by any particular ability score (although Intelligence appears the most likely candidate, arguments can be made for Wisdom and even Charisma—My sense of self is so vast that anything I experience matters deeply to me or whatever), so determining the extent of typical memory is up to the GM. However, unless steps are taken to make the dominated creature's memory of its dominated experience fuzzy (e.g. the enchanter commands, "I order you to consume booze until your memories of my commanding you are a blur," and then lets the spell run out), a creature should be able to recount anything it's done as the enchanter's puppet, and such memories should be as accurate as anything else its done in its life, limited only by the GM's judgment of the creature's ability scores, special abilities, and experiences.
This, by the way, may help explain why vampires are frequently depicted as throwing the best parties.
1 Dragonmarked for Pathfinder's antecedent Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 on Mnemonic Training says
Whether such techniques can be used by anyone or only those of House Sivis in the Eberron campaign setting is the GM's call, as is whether such techniques can be used to forget events as well as conversations, phrases, messages, and text. The skill Autohypnosis is available from 3rd-party publishers in Pathfinder.
By RAW the target remembers, unless something else happens to make the target forget. But I would argue that the caster can safely order the subject to submit to modify memory spells or similar effects, as this isn't obviously self-destructive.
RAW, nothing about Dominate Person says that the subject forgets about their dominated activities by default.
Mind-affecting spells are often a place where effects are subtle and ill-defined however, if the dominator explicitly orders the victim to forget everything they've done, I'd probably allow it to persist past the duration. If for no other reason than you want a vampire's dominated victims to be pleasingly unclear on what happened...


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