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At the Nov. 19 meeting of the City Council Finance Committee, the city's Chief Financial Officer Lalo Perez noted that the city's revenues are now higher than they were before the Great Recession of 2008. This includes a record high in documentary-transfer tax, which is derived from real-estate transactions and which spiked from $4.8 million 2012 to a $6.8 million in 2013, a 41 percent increase. Hotel-tax revenues rose by 11.3 percent, from $9.7 million to $10.8 million; sales taxes jumped by 15.8 percent from $22.1 million to $25.6 million; and property taxes increased by 8.3 percent, going from $26.5 million to $28.7 million.
"We continue to see revenues returning from the recession years, with strong growth in virtually all of our major tax revenues, particularly sales tax and transient-occupancy tax (also known as hotel tax)," David Ramberg, assistant director of the Administrative Services Department, told the Finance Committee.
Like other jurisdictions across the country, Palo Alto is now "in a solid recovery mode," a report from the department states.
"In the past year, there has been a rebound in economically sensitive revenue sources such as sales tax, which was driven by department store, electronics and auto sales," the report states. "Increased business and real estate activities within the city resulted in higher transient-occupancy tax and documentary-transfer tax revenues."
The trend is expected to continue in fiscal year 2014, which began on July 1. On Wednesday, the city released the financial results from the first quarter of 2014 (the Finance Committee is scheduled to discuss this report on Dec. 3). The numbers are even more stark. Sales taxes are up by 48 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2013, having risen from $3.7 million to $5.4 million. Hotel taxes, meanwhile, jumped from $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2013 to $2 million in the first quarter of 2014, a 57 percent increase.
The surging revenues helped offset a 31 percent dip in service fees, a trend related to the renovation of the city's golf course (which resulted in a dip in golf fees) and a $1.2 million decrease in plan-check fees, which indicates less building activity.
City officials also expect the documentary-transfer revenues to continue their upward climb. Joe Saccio, deputy director of Administrative Services, told the committee on Nov. 19 that the high number of real-estate transactions the city has been seeing in recent months is forcing the city to revise its projections.
"We are going to be raising it (projected documentary-tax revenues) in the midyear considerably, and it is going to exceed $6.8 million, we believe, based on what we're seeing now," Saccio said.
He noted that the number of real-estate transactions are up almost 10 percent from the prior year, and that property values involved in the transactions are exceeding the prior year's. It also doesn't hurt that the city has several new hotels preparing to open their doors, including at the downtown site of the recently shuttered Casa Olga and on the former Palo Alto Bowl site near the southern edge of the city.
The committee welcomed the financial news, with Vice Mayor Nancy Shepherd lauding the fact that revenues are now higher than they were before 2008 and Councilman Greg Schmid congratulating staff on the revenue outlook.
"We seem to be in the midst of a very nice period," Schmid said.
The committee's discussion came at a time when state and county officials are also shaking off the doldrums of the recent economic meltdown. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office released a report earlier this month that projects a $5.6 billion surplus in the state's budget reserve. Much like the city, the state has revised its expectations upwards in recent months. The report cited the "restrained state budget" that Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature agreed on for 2013-14 and notes that the office's "forecast of state revenue collections has increased since last year."
"Accordingly, we now find that California's state budget is even more promising than we projected one year ago," the LAO report states.
In Palo Alto, the brightening outlook is expected to give the city a big boost in addressing its backlog of infrastructure problems, which include more than $200 million in needed new facilities. These include a new police headquarters to replace the small and seismically unfit one at City Hall and the rehabilitation of two obsolete fire stations. A specially appointed Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Commission also identified about $42 million in needed maintenance, work that the new revenues are expected to help fund.
In addition to approving the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the committee agreed to transfer $8.9 million from the city's General Fund to the Infrastructure Reserve, bringing the total amount of surplus funds transferred between the two to $16.5 million since 2012. Even after the transfer, the city ended fiscal year 2013 with a General Fund reserve of more than $30 million.
"Those are healthy contributions to the infrastructure priority as set out by Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Commission and also the City Council," Ramberg told the committee. "Clearly, there is still a liability on the infrastructure side that must be addressed, but these are opportunities for us to contribute in the years that we've recently had and again this year."
It helped, Ramberg said, that the city had achieved greater savings than expected from City Hall staffing vacancies. Furthermore, recent negotiations with labor groups, which resulted in greater cost-sharing on medical expenses and new contributions for health care by employees, are expected to save the city nearly $9 million annually.
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Upton hits for first cycle in Rays history
Single in fifth completes bid for feat against Yanks at Trop
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
When Upton stepped to the plate in the fifth for his fourth at-bat of the game, he needed only a single to achieve the elusive hitting feat.
He took the first three pitches he saw from Yankees right-hander David Robertson and fell behind, 1-2, in the count. Upton knew he needed only a single to complete the cycle, but he said a hitter can't go to the plate trying to hit for the cycle. So he concentrated on getting a good pitch.
"Don't chase anything out of the zone," Upton said of his approach. "Probably going to have to hit his pitch at that point -- just stay in the strike zone and try and put a good swing on it."
Upton lined Robertson's fourth offering into right field for the historic hit prompting a standing ovation from the crowd of 22,704 and a rousing ovation from his teammates in the home dugout.
"It's definitely comforting, man," Upton said. "We're family over here, and we stick together. To get that kind of applause feels good."
By completing his cycle by the fifth inning, Upton collected the quickest cycle in a game since Colorado's Mike Lansing did it in the fourth inning on June 18, 2000, against Arizona.
Upton claimed the most difficult piece of the four-hit puzzle with a bases-loaded triple off CC Sabathia in the first.
"[The] first at-bat was a big one obviously," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "That kind of broke it open a little bit. That ball was absolutely scalded to right-center on a line. ... It was an incredible night for him."
Upton doubled off the left-field wall against Sabathia in the Rays' four-run third, then added a two-run homer off Jonathan Albaladejo in the fourth to put the Rays up, 11-1, and leave him a single shy of the cycle.
He added a single in his final at-bat to go 5-for-5 on the evening with three runs scored and six RBIs.
Upton's cycle is the eighth in the Major Leagues this season, which tied an MLB record set in 1933. Prior to Upton, Felix Pie was the last player to hit for the cycle this season on Aug. 14, against the Angels.
Six of this year's cycles occurred in the American League, and Upton's became the 289th in Major League history.
Detroit's Carlos Guillen is the only other player to hit for the cycle at Tropicana Field, where he did it against the Rays on Aug. 1, 2006. The Marlins and Padres are now the only two teams remaining without a cycle in their history.
Upton, who carried the Rays offensively during last year's postseason run, has had a difficult 2009 campaign. David Price, who started for the Rays and picked up his 10th win of the season, was happy for Upton.
"That was phenomenal," Price said. "Hopefully he can carry that into next year and keep it going. The way he was swinging the bat tonight was the way he was swinging the bat in the postseason last year.
"It's kind of been up and down for him this year, and he's got to be a little bit frustrated. But tonight it had to be a big confidence booster for him."
Upton said Friday night would help him during the offseason when he thinks about his 2009 season.
"Yeah, definitely," Upton said. "I definitely like the way we're playing right now. We haven't given up -- we're still going out there playing hard. Especially at this point, it would be easy to give up. But we're playing hard and trying to finish on a high note."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Welcome from the Associate Provost
Welcome to the Office of International and Border Programs (IBP) at New Mexico State University. We are an administrative unit dedicated to the comprehensive internationalization (defined here) of the NMSU campus.
Whether you are a local student looking for opportunities to become globally engaged, an international student thinking about coming to NMSU, an NMSU faculty member, or a scholar from another institution, this site is for you. Global engagement is a top priority at NMSU, so this is an exciting time to be part of the NMSU global family. Welcome to NMSU, to the Office of International and Border Programs, and to Las Cruces, New Mexico!
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Alpspitze Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Via Ferrata
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2014
|Despite horrible weather, rain hail sleet and snow we made it to the top. Pretty easy climb with only one area that seems exposed and is often windy. I completed this climb a month earlier solo in perfect conditions.
|Posted Aug 17, 2015 1:12 pm
|Dan Wiedrich
|Via Ferrata
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2015
|My son, Nick, and I got a bit off-route on the way up and found some fixed ropes to follow. We eventually found the main route (metal cables,etc.). We're both glad we brought along the 'chicken slings'. It was socked in by fog/clouds during much of our time ascending and descending this peak.
|Posted Jul 28, 2015 1:47 pm
|Nice climb
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2015
|Nice climb via the eisenweg, decended via the nordwandsteig.
|Posted Jul 22, 2015 4:17 pm
|crowds all over
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2014
|Ascend by Ferrata, descent via Nordwandsteig. First day after a week of bad weather. Way too many people.
|Posted Aug 17, 2014 9:18 am
|Via Ferrata
|Fun hike. We were treated to songs by the Trentino Mens Choir at the bar afterward.
|Posted Jul 8, 2013 1:17 am
|Winter conditions
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2013
|Quite a lot of snow in the ferrata, but fun anyway.
|Posted Jun 30, 2013 6:09 pm
|Winter conditions
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2013
|Quite a lot of snow in the ferrata, but fun anyway.
|Posted Jun 30, 2013 6:09 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 1988
|A great route to take an aspiring or non-climber. Anything even remotely exposed had either spikes, ladders or cables. Took my wife on this and she thoroughly enjoyed it.
|Posted Nov 13, 2012 6:54 pm
|North face via ferrata
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2012
|Took the tram and climbed to the summit and back in a little under an hour and a half. Later in the day so it was not crowded at all.
|Posted Sep 10, 2012 4:30 pm
|Traffic Jam
|Be the first on the ferrata! Climbed it two times.
|Posted Feb 29, 2012 1:32 am
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008
|coming from the Zugspitze by the Jubileumsridge
|Posted Dec 10, 2011 6:39 am
|Great climb Schöngange - East slope
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011
|Walked the first day from the Kreuzeckbahn station up to the Kreuzeckhaus (3h) where we spent the night. Did a short tour in the afternoon to Hochalm-Osterfelderkopf-Kreuzeck. Day two left early and hiked Hochalm-Bergwachthütte-Schöngange klettersteig. Once at the sattel turned left to the Bernardeinkopf first, then turned towards Alpspitze. Went up the Alpspitzrücken east slope, down the other way back to the sattel, down the Schöngange again. Then walked down the Kreuzeckbahn again. Great climb, great views only some clouds and sunny weather only interrupted three times by a short thunderstorm.
|Posted Jul 11, 2011 10:46 am
|Nice trip
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010
|We were forced to stop for almost 1 hour in the tunnel half way up due to thunder and lightning - scary with the via Ferrata cables
|Posted May 12, 2011 2:00 pm
Date Climbed: May 29, 2003
|Hiking up all the way from Garmisch-Partnekirchen train station. Ascending via Schöngänge and Oberkar and descending via the ferrata. Great day.
|Posted Feb 8, 2011 12:46 pm
|side trip from Munich
|Had a one-day business travel layover in Munich... took the early train to Garmisch, managed to get on the right bus route and up the cable car, hiked the peak and back to Munich for late afternoon flight to Japan. Would love to get back here with more time on my hands...
|Posted Oct 26, 2010 2:28 am
|Garon Coriz
|Forgot to Sign
|I can't believe I missed signing this climber's log. I started the hike from outside Garmisch and hustled my butt to the klettersteig on the north side as thunder bellowed only miles away.
|Posted Sep 15, 2010 10:32 pm
|First Summit
Date Climbed: May 6, 1992
|My first Summit!
|Posted Jun 29, 2010 2:58 am
|Via Ferrata
|Climbed the Ferrata. Would have liked to have had a harness and lanyard. Really fun climb.
|Posted Jan 25, 2010 11:06 am
|Lukas Kunze
Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2009
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Pontiac Bonneville Starting/Stallling/Ignition Problems
Good God, you've replaced a lot. Unless it's a connection for the ignition control module that makes and breaks (ground?) you've pretty much hit the points.
EGR valve might be sticking open due to crud on the pintle and sliding neck--but mine would stumble and almost die unless I opened up the gas pedal a little as I came to stop.
How does it die? At idle? at 50 mph?
Stumbles? quick quit like ignition shut off? rolling feeling like rich choke used to do? maybe trans staying locked up as you slow down with jerks?
Does the tach go to zero as it dies while engine is still spinning?
When it won't start, check for spark with a spare plug laid on the engine metal with a spark wire to it.
Also try the Schraeder valve for fuel pressure (use a cloth to catch it or you might get covered or the car go up in smoke -- insurance value??? grin)
You're going to have to diagnose for fuel, spark, and air. Those are the three things it needs.
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glenn36 Posts: 3it will die at 50mph or how ever fast you were going and it would be a total loss of power instantly tach to zero a quik quit like ignition cut off then sometimes it will start and then it wont what about the security system the security light goes off every time so i dont believe thats the problem
Crankshaft position sensor would be a first choice, especially if it's proportional to how hot the motor has gotten.
But I recall comments in Bonneville discussions that a higher than usual number of problems came from the computers for those two years. I can't check to see if you replaced the computer...
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abbhrsn Posts: 1Check the ground under the driver's side carpet, by where the door is but in front of the seat.
wicked7 Posts: 1I have a 01 bonneville and it cuts off at stop lights or like after ten minutes of driving sometimes it start right back up, and most times I have to wait a few minutes. Its not my battery, n I don't think its my fuel pump because gas is coming up n I hear the fuel pump, but it really seem like a lack of power. If I take off a wire from the coal pack then the engines shuts right off. I seen a lot of people on here with the same problem can someone please help me on this issue??
It could be fuel pump failing. You could install a fuel pressure gauge taped to the windshield with duct tape while you drive and watch.
Also, it could be a fuel pressure regulator with a leaking diaphragm. That switches the amount of pressure at the injectors based on vacuum. You can check for raw gasoline in the line by pulling it off of the fuel pressure regulator (on front of engine on driver side with one vacuum line going to it--it will be shown on the vacuum diagram under the hood).
And it could be the crankshaft position sensor. With that the tach would drop to zero and be your first sign the engine is dyiing, because the engine loses ignition control to trigger spark when the position sensor fails.
People say splashing cold water on the crankshaft position sensor to cool it speeds up the restart if it consistently has to wait to cool before the CPS starts working again. It's behiind the edge of the balancer pulley.
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My 96 Bonnevile SE started shutting down while Im driving down the road about 5 minutes after I got on the road, I would keep trying to start it over and over and finally it would crank and seem to do fine for another week. Then it would not start one morning at all so I checked for fire at the plugs and there wasn't any. I watched as my wife kept trying the key and it would fire for a second and stop, after alot of tries it starts, Its been so intermitent that I wasnt afraid to drive it but Its gotten now where I dont want to chance it. Could it be in the switch itself and how can I check the switch,(does the steering wheel and air bag have to come off to replace the switch)? Thanks
kkcolorado Posts: 1My brother has a 2001 Bonneville and has had this problem as you've mentioned above. He's thought of replacing many of the same items, but no one could diagnose what was causing the shut off in the middle of the highway shortly after starting to drive. As it turns out, today it was diagnosed as the Ignition Switch. It's not been replaced yet, but hopefully this will fix his problem and hopefully this helps all of you with similar issues!
casoriagag Posts: 1Hi--what is the update on your car. I have a 2003 Pontiac Aztec--the problems you are discussing sound identical--car shuts off even on the highway at 60 mph. Gives me these security lights and then drops the gas light as if I have no gas, shows it to empty and then the call stalls, I pull over, start it up and I can go again. I have had other things fixed and doesn't fix the problem. The last I heard tonight is it can be the ignition control modual. Is that what it was for you?
Crankshaft position sensor, someone had told me to ck it so I went to auto parts store and they put a code reader on it and that was the answer and the fix.. Good Luck I know I love my Bonneville and would drive it forever if it will let me..
> they put a code reader on it and that was the answer and the fix
I thought the CPS did not set any kind of code? That's what makes it difficult to diagnose using circumstantial evidence as to its being bad or not.
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>--car shuts off even on the highway at 60 mph. Gives me these security lights and then drops the gas light as if I have no gas, shows it to empty and then the call stalls,
I would check the ignition switch carefully. I do not know anything about the physical arrangement of the parts on your car, but that ignition switch can have different contacts for different services. As it heats while the car's running, individual contacts can lose connection while others stay in contact. Heat, vibration, burning, can lead to the bad contact while running.
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yamiracer Posts: 100 bonneville that will start and run but hit throttle and dies. Have replaced fuel filter, fuel pressure regulator, thought maybe cat was plugged but eliminated that and still runs like crap. Once it warms up, it will just start up and shut off. Will not hold fuel pressure with key on not running, once running has pressure, not sure how much dont have guage. Have checked all vacuum lines and cannot find any leaks. When I first start it up I can drive it down road and seems to go ok but if you kick it down seems to not have a lot of power or cuts out funny. Have been digging around a bunch and am stumpped. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. thanks
96bonnimom Posts: 1hello tamwa, did you get your problem resolved? If you did could you post on here what you did to get it going again.
I am having the same kind of problems with my '96 bonneville ssei supercharger.
You need to verify your fuel pressure. You can get loaner pressure gauges at certain auto parts stores in this state of Ohio. Don't know where you live.
The pressure should be tested with the engine off and the key on. The pump will run a couple seconds and then shut off. The pressure should hold unless there's a bleed down from a leak or the fuel pump. Then the pressure should be checked with the engine running at idle, and then the pressure noted when the engine is accelerated causing the vacuum to reduce which lets the fuel pressure regulator up the pressure.
Second choice would be the MAF sensor may need cleaning.
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ive heard a lot of horror stories about it being a feul pressure regulator and if not fixed can be very bad for both the car and you .it can pool gas in the intake and explode the intake off.there about 60 bucks
also there is a ground under the kick plate on the driver side that gets corroded and can cause all kinds of fits
scscars Posts: 92I had this problem late last year. It is related to the MAF sensor. Worn motormounts created stresses that "tugged" on the MAF sensor and caused it to malfunction. Replacement of one of the motormounts helped, along with a MAF sensor cleaning. I still need to replace the second motormount and probably should replace the MAF sensor as well, even though it is only about three years old. So far, I've spent about $350 on this problem. I have a 2002 Bonneville with a non-supercharged 3.8 Liter V6. Hope this helps.
95sseijoe Posts: 195 bonneville ssei, 90,000 miles. I am having a variation in my idle. It at times is smooth, slightly rough, very rough, and choppy. This can all take place within a 10 minute period. Any thoughts on what it can be? We've tried 2 computer replacements, 02 sensor. Please help?
93celicaconv Posts: 1Yes. I had a similar issue 7-8 years ago. Your have a Pass-Key theft deterant system. Your key has a tiny chip in the shaft of the key that is picked up by a couple of clips inside your ignition lock cylinder. Over time, especially with keys that are attached to large/heavy key chains, the chip wears down, or damages the clips in the ignition lock cylinder. I had both probems present. I needed a new ignition lock cylinder and a new set of ignition keys. Once that was done, problem never surfaced again. Your owners manual will tell you what your car normally does relative to the theft determant system, and what happens when a non-conforming key is used. I'll bet if you read that, your system is telling you that you are using a non-conforming key (subtle method with a blinking light). If that is your case, you know you need either new ignition keys or a new ignition lock cylinder, or both.
92bonny's post is from 2010. He hasn't logged in on Edmunds since March 20, 2010.
But for others reading this, I'd like to offer a cheaper way to handle VATS problems where the security light blinks for 3 minutes AFTER the key is turned indicating it's getting a wrong reading on the resistance through the key.
The owner can identify the usually orange tube that has two fine white wires in it that comes from the ignition switch (not the lock) and goes to the connector on the firewall above the parking brake. Cut those nearer the steering column to leave some slack. Put in soldered resistors in series that add up to the resistance on the key chip, within 5% or so. Usually that will fool the TDM (theft deterrent module) into thinking the same key resistance is presence. This will cost a dollar or two for resistors from Radio Shack if you are able to do the soldering and locating work yourself.
The usual break point for the two fine wires is where the tilt column is flexed every time it's moved. The contacts in the lock also do wear and cause trouble along with a dirty key contact. So bypassing the whole mess eliminates the antitheft protections, but saves a whole lot of money.
Locating the orange tube with white wires inside that looks like a solid orange power wire is the hardest part. There are youtube videos that show some of this.
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a resident of Alamo
on Sep 5, 2008 at 8:08 am
Dear neighbors,
On Monday, September 8, all position statements to be included in Contra Costa LAFCO commissioners' consideration of AIM's incorporation application must be delivered to Ms. Lou Ann Texeira, email@example.com. Please refer to www.alamoinc.org for complete LAFCO instructions on submission.
At present, opposition, definition, annexation and exclusion supporters are preparing position statements for commissioners' consideration. A typical position statement is 200 to 400 words and includes the following:
(1) Commissioners' summary - what is your position in brief.
(2) Additions, deletions or changes requested to LAFCO application and incorporation proposal in detail.
(3) Group or individuals proposing this position.
(4) Conflicting proposals such as a Municipal Advisory Council and justification.
It should be understood that if LAFCO commissioners approve incorporation without additional positions to consider, the resulting incorporation proposal will be the defined choice for voters in an incorporation election.
a resident of Alamo
on Sep 5, 2008 at 10:06 am
Dear Alamo,
So Jean Taylor is quoted above as saying,"It doesn't matter if the numbers are right or wrong."
Jean, Jean, don't you know that such a statement undermines the opposition's credibility? It says that opponents are mindlessly against incorporation no matter what. No need to think, no need to assess, no need to evaluate.
What you're really saying is that you don't care what the truth is. I would hope you would spend a bit more time looking at the many benefits that incorporation would bring.
Please give it a little more thought, ask questions and assess facts. You may be surprised at what you might learn...
Alamo Ron
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2008 at 10:17 am
Dear Jean,
After rereading your commentary, I now realize that you were pointing to the reality that it does not matter to proponents of incorporation whether or not the study numbers are right or wrong because proponents are blindly focused on the goal of their own control of local government and not its affordability.
You have my regrets for the misunderstanding,
Alamo Ron (by a HAL of a group of friends)
a resident of another community
on Sep 6, 2008 at 8:04 am
For all Alamo Rons and other neighbors,
I'm confused! That's it, I'm confused
Was I someplace else when this conversation started or are we all listening with our own opinions?
Would those neighborhoods, groups and organizations providing position statements for LAFCO commissioners' consideration, please post them here so we might better understand all points of view?
We all wish to be informed residents and your position statements provide all neighbors a better view of the issues of local government.
Informed Resident
and one HAL of a Pal
a resident of Alamo
on Sep 7, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Just for the record, the meeting place mentioned in the above article, is not my residence. I have lived in the Round Hill area since 1976. Although the Danville house is in a residential neighborhood, it is an extension of my home office which is too small to carry on all my different interests.
As for offering my website alamospotlight.com as a voice of opposition to the savvy proponents of Alamo, Inc., the red thermometer icon measuring the rise of public funds by the so called neutral nonprofit charity, Alamo Community Foundation, raised my Scottish blood to fever pitch, and I reacted accordingly.
a resident of another community
on Sep 8, 2008 at 8:06 am
Dear Editor,
Diablo Vista region neighbors thank Ms. Jean Taylor for her clarity in response to the "popularity" of discrediting positions not held by "established Alamo leadership." We further support all rights of position by all neighbors and their groups. We hope that the Town Square Forum will become a display for well-considered positions by opposition, definition, annexation, exclusion and special district supporters in equal display to incorporation proponents' positions.
Such willingness to present the entire scope of positions within our Diablo Vista (Alamo) region will allow very savvy voters to fully understand, and appreciate, all voters' considerations.
a resident of Alamo
on Sep 8, 2008 at 8:14 am
I think a little definition of terms is in order here.
"Public Funds" refers to revenues that are paid to a government entity, such as property tax, sales tax, and so forth.
"Donated Funds" are completely discretionary on part of the donor. The Alamo Community Foundation has received no "public funds."
IB (Interested Bystander)
a resident of another community
on Sep 8, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Dear Editor,
The term "public funds" is not limited to government sources and is used in reference to funds raised for investment in new companies by public prospectus or as contributions to public fund raising efforts. Private funds, by contrast, are not publicly disclosed.
As we read Ms. Taylor's commentary, she clearly implies "public funds" as funds coming from the public as donations to a community foundation operated by individuals declared by prior presentation as incorporation supporters. In fairness to Alamo Community Foundation committee members, each has been very specific in their focus on fund raising and avoiding taking positions on incorporation during their ACF participation.
At this point, neighbors should expect all parties to be proponents of their own positions and not defining in decription of individuals with contrasting positions. Certainly, LAFCO commissioners are expecting to understand all positions on incorporation and not review the disagreements that might occur among individuals.
Neighbors can hope your editorials would foster the positives of all positions presented for consideration in this forum and subsequent consideration by LAFCO commissioners.
a resident of Alamo
on Sep 9, 2008 at 9:45 pm
You may call me "Jean" or "Mrs. Taylor" when referring to me in future commentary, but PLEASE do not call me"Ms"!!! No matter what the money is called, "donations" or my misuse of the definition "public funds", Alamo Community Foundation's purpose is to move the process forward to create a contract-city government for Alamo. How ironic, that we, the wealthy little bedroom community of Alamo, suddenly need a "charity", a public benefit 501(C)(3)nonprofit corporation, to "educate" us! Me thinks the Emperor wears no clothes!
a resident of another community
on Sep 10, 2008 at 9:45 am
Dear Dolores,
In Jean Taylor's response, we can view several concerns held by a large number of regional residents including those within the shrunken boundaries of the proposed Town of Alamo.
In priority order:
#1 - Our residents are very savvy, well-informed citizens that do not require campaign jargon to be presented as their "education." That approach is offensive and disregards the exceptional education and experience of our region's residents.
#2 - 2,197 neighborhood residents signed the AIM petition that was promised to be only for feasibility studies and were betrayed by the use of the petition in application for incorporation of an undefined government within restricted boundaries and not our entire region. Alamo Community Foundation is seen as a MASK to separate the incorporation application from the promise of only feasibility studies.
#3 - It remains a reality that no successful outreach by proponents of incorporation has been achieved because their approach has been unilateral in promotion of their own definition of Alamo and the government they wish to establish after an incorporation election. Region residents remain concerned by the lack of voice in proponent actions and the lack of definition in incorporation proposal.
Jean Taylor, in affect, is a mirror of the results of incorporation activities during the last sixteen months and is not exceptional to the more than 6000 voters within the proposed boundaries that have similar concerns. In your role as journalist, it remains the obligation of The Danville Weekly and other media to report the depth of incorporation consideration and provide a fair, balanced definition of incorporation impact on our region.
It is time for journalism and not story-telling,
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The drives also include a special thermistor, which talks to the microcontroller and downclocks the I/O speeds and power use when the temperature goes over 65° Celsius. The drive returns to normal operation when the temperature drops to 55° Celsius. Micron suggests this feature is particularly attractive when the drives are deployed in outdoor embedded applications, where they may be exposed to beating sunlight (and thus high temperatures). It also may come in handy in slim form-factors like Ultrabooks.
The drives also include extra capacitors, which protect against data loss if the user performs a hard reset, by giving the drive enough stored power to wrap up pending writes. The drives feature across the board 256-bit AES hardware-accelerated encryption compatible with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 eDrive encryption technology.
Customers who opt to downgrade to Windows 7 will take a performance hit when using encryption, as Windows 7 only supports software-based encryption (BitLocker).
II. Prepare for Fourth Generation DDR RAM
Micron also showed us its latest memory (differentiated under the "good" -- Ballistix Sport; "better" -- Ballistix Tactical; and "best" -- Ballistix Elite) modules. It's offering up a very low profile Sport line module (Sport VLP) and a low profile Tactical module (Tactical LP). Pricing to these units is identical to their full-size counterparts; Micron's product managers tell us they expect to eventually see an erosion of the larger form factors as customers gravitate to the sleek low-profile packages.
[Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech LLC]
In the more intriguing news, Micron gave a more specific timeframe for its
upcoming DDR4 product
, announcing that it would be shipping memory modules based on its upcoming 4 and 8 gigabit DDR4 chips before the year's end. Not to be confused with GDDR4, the chips will be manufactured on a 32 nm process.
Micron's initial product will be sold (under its Crucial brand name) for server use.
[Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech LLC]
The new modules drop the voltage from 1.35 volts (DDR3) to 1.2 volts, in turn saving about 20 percent of the power used on the modules. The new modules are also clocked higher, with a base speed of 2133 MHz versus the 1066 GHz base for DDR3. Micron suggests that binned DDR4 modules may hit as high as 3 to 3.6 MHz without exotic extremes like liquid nitrogen cooling.
The JEDEC spec for DDR4 allows for up to 16 gigabit modules, but Micron explains that a die-shrink will be needed to hit that extreme size.
A DDR4 infographic [Image Source: Micron via Legit Reviews]
In other DRAM related news, a Micron manager confirms DRAM pricing
remains painful
, remarking, "It's always tough."
However, he was optimistic about tightening of supplying, pointing to roughly a 37 percent jump in spot prices on a 2 gigabit part over the last month. That's good news for DRAM sellers like Micron, and not so great news for consumers wallets.
Micron hopes to see cost savings via the extra capacity it gained when
acquiring Elpida Memory
Inc. (
). Elpida owns several large fabs worldwide, including a fab in the Hiroshima area. With regulatory hurdles considered, Micron expects to complete the acquisition in the first half of 2013.
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New York Designer Found Dead in Hudson River
The New York Police Department said a Manhattan fashion designer was found dead in the Hudson River on Sunday.
Michele Savoia, a 55-years-old tailor, was found about 20 feet from a Chelsea pier on Sunday, police said. Police do not suspect foul play, a law-enforcement official said.
Mr. Savoia was last seen leaving nightclub Marque New York, on 10th Avenue and West 27th Street at 4 a.m. Friday. His home–a yacht on 12th Avenue –was five blocks from the club, and near where the body was found, police said.


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I am considering going on to Virgin, as they offer great deals. And I had heard that they have great customer care and support. But after reading this, I am worried. Is it still so bad?
What other provider would be recommended? Want to leave Vodacom, they are way too expensive. Upgrade is here now for Vodacom, and the prices they expect you to pay for a decent phone are crazy stupid.


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UN expert calls on Colombia to further dialogue with indigenous people in Cauca state
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A United Nations independent expert today called on the Government of Colombia to advance the dialogue process with indigenous authorities in the state of Cauca to find a solution to the recent military presence in their territory and other related matters.
"I encourage all parties to boost their efforts so they can achieve progress in this dialogue process," said the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, James Anaya. "The process must advance in a spirit of good faith and looking for solutions that comply with human right laws."
The dialogue process started after leaders of the Nasa tribe, in the northern part of Cauca, started measures to expel Government military forces as well as members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which were occupying their territory. According to reports, the military and FARC forces had clashed in the area over previous days, destroying indigenous property and injuring several people.
Mr. Anaya cited the right of indigenous peoples to have autonomy over their land and the need to consult with their authorities before establishing any military presence there, in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
Adopted by the General Assembly in 2007, the Declaration recognizes indigenous people's right to self-determination and their right to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, and develop past, present and future manifestations of their culture in various forms.
The Special Rapporteur called on the Government and Nasa authorities to act swiftly to ensure the safety of the indigenous people in the area, while respecting their rights to freedom of expression and association.
"It is essential to take all the necessary measures to avert the patterns of violence that affect indigenous people and ensure that the presence of the military does not contribute to generate situations which might put them in danger," he said.
Mr. Anaya also acknowledged the complexity of the situation, particularly taking into account the Government's responsibility to maintain public order while complying with the demands of indigenous people requesting safety and respect for their institutions and authority.
Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back, in an unpaid capacity, on specific human rights themes.


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He was born Jan. 18, 1962, at Dallas, Texas, to Bob Joe Jones and Betty Lou Barker. He loved to hunt, fish, ride horses and anything to do with the outdoors.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Gary Wayne Jones; and one niece, Shannon Marie Jones.
Survivors include his parents, Bob Jones and wife, Jean, of Atkins and Betty Bridgman of Morrilton; one daughter, Haley McHam of Dardanelle; one son, Chris Miller and wife, Debbie, of London; four brothers, Larry Jones, Bruce Jones and Bobby Jones, all of Morrilton, and Brad Harris of Dallas, Texas; three sisters, Debbie Miller and husband, David, of Dardanelle, Shelley DuVall and husband, Greg, of Romance, and Kelly Gray and husband, Warren, of Romance; six grandchildren, Ciera Miller, Brianna, Joseph and Austin Smith, all of Dardanelle, Kristen and John Williams, both of London; and many other relatives and friends.
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dgodot Wrote:I've finally got most everything working on my Snapstream Firefly RF remote via LM Remote Keymap. The one major sticking point is I can't seem to get the context menus to show up. Anybody familiar with LM Remote and have this working?
I've set up a PressKey event for the Menu key, but get no response from XBMC when it is pressed. The menu button on my keyboard brings up the context menu exactly as expected.
EDIT: I found a solution in the keymap.xml file. Apparently the "c" key performs the same function as the "menu" key, so using that instead solved the problem.
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Utah's opener against Northern Colorado will be the debut of offensive coordinator Brian Johnson.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham doesn't believe it will be a difficult transition for Johnson, who will call the plays from the box for the first time.
"He has called plenty of plays as a quarterback, so it's not brand new to him," Whittingham said. "I'm comfortable with him. He handled himself well in scrimmages, we put him in two or three situations and he was outstanding, so there are no reservations whatsoever. We have a lot of confidence in Brian."
The 25-year-old Johnson, who replaced Norm Chow when Chow accepted the head coaching position at Hawaii, is the youngest coordinator in the country.
What about the D?
The offense might have a few new wrinkles in it, but defensively, expect more of the same from the Utes, according to Utah defensive lineman Dave Kruger.
The Utes ranked near the top of the Pac-12 in several categories, including scoring defense (20.2) in 2011.
"You're going to see the same as always," Kruger said. "It will be the typical Kyle Whittingham defense. We need to stop the run and bring the blitzes on the pass. It's the same defense as we've always had, but we have a lot of talent this year."
More of the same
As much as the Utes have talked about helping John White shoulder the running back duties with the presence of Jarrell Oliver and Kelvin York, the Utes still plan to give White the ball a lot.
The Utes would like to see him carry the ball between 20 and 25 times a game, which would put him close to his effort in 2011.
"He is still the featured back, no question about it," Whittingham said. "He had 316 carries last year; we'd like less than that, but he is still the main force in the run game. We'll supplement it, but he's still the guy who will get the vast majority of the workload."
Asked how often he'd like to carry the ball, White was quick with an answer.
"Whatever coach gives me," he said.
Of note
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott will be presented with a Utah and Pac-12 Network flag during the pregame festivities. The flags will be delivered from a skydiving Swoop. … Standing-room-only tickets remain available for the opener. … Four Utes are preparing to start for their fourth season. They are Kruger, offensive lineman Tevita Stevens, receiver Luke Matthews and punter Sean Sellwood.


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HOUSTON – Geoff Cameron inched closer to a career shift on Tuesday when he agreed to personal terms with English Premier League side Stoke City, according to Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed as per MLS policy, but Cameron is expected to meet up with the club in Orlando, where they are setting up camp for their US tour. The deal leaves only Cameron's work permit as the final hurdle to him realizing his EPL dream.
"It's our understanding through our communication with Stoke is that they've agreed to personal terms," Chris Canetti told MLSsoccer.com on Wednesday. "The next step in the process is him applying for his work permit."
Cameron's work permit appeal hearing is set for Aug. 3, according to his agent John Davies. The US national teamer's initial application was denied, as expected, considering he does not meet the main criteria of having featured in 75 percent of official FIFA matches in the past two years.
Davies, however, said he is confident that Cameron will be able to make a good case for winning his appeal.
"We are very confident and have a package put together and thing this will be done pretty good," Davies told MLSsoccer.com Wednesday morning. "It's not really my side to talk about but we are very, very confident."
Davies' optimism is likely a result of some of the recent success of US internationals and former MLSers Robbie Rogers (Leeds United) and Tim Ream (Bolton), players in similar positions who won appeals and are now plying their trade in the England.
With Cameron's deal close the Dynamo can start to look to find a replacement. The date of the appeal will push Houston past the MLS deadline to transfer players under contract on July 27, but the club will still be able to bring in players who are out of contract until August 31 or make trades within the league.
A notable scenario mentioned in recent reports is the return of former Dynamo and US international Ricardo Clark, who was released by Eintracht Frankfurt last week and spent four years in Houston and helped the franchise win their first two MLS Cups in 2006 and 2007.
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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Romain Grosjean's Lotus future is safe, despite the departure from the team of boss Eric Boullier.
That is the claim of team owner Genii's chief Gerard Lopez, responding to claims that because Frenchman Boullier was famously close to his countryman Grosjean, the 27-year-old driver's future might now be in doubt.
But Lopez told France's RMC that Grosjean is safe.
"It is us who brought Romain from GP2, and his career was launched by Jean-Paul Driot, who is a friend and a partner," said the Luxembourger.
"Then the choice of the lineup for F1 was done with Eric Boullier, but it's still us who decided," added Lopez.
"And Gravity is 100 per cent ours," he insisted, referring to the management stable involving Grosjean, in which Boullier was heavily involved as the chief.
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recapping 2012, CDNetworks increased new logo monthly recurring revenue (MRC) bookings combined in the US and Europe by 52% over 2011. The company's dynamic acceleration solutions were included in 74% of new bookings MRC and China Acceleration was included in 62% of new bookings MRC. In addition, CDNetworks added more than 40 points of presence for a total of 140 around the globe including in Russia, The Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia, allowing customers to forge new markets and provide the same user experience no matter where their customers and employees are located.
"Our customers are increasingly realizing the value of accelerating their dynamic content and cloud applications in remote customer and employee sites"
"Our customers are increasingly realizing the value of accelerating their dynamic content and cloud applications in remote customer and employee sites," said Jeff Kim, President & COO, CDNetworks Americas & EMEA. "With CDNetworks Dynamic Web Acceleration, our customers have decreased cloud and web application load times from an average of 25 seconds in remote locations to 3 seconds, and reduced time to deliver dynamic content by an average of 300%. All of this without building new datacenters or colocating servers."
Eighty-eight new logos were added in 2012 including SaxoBank, Thomsons Online Benefits, Demandware, Phillips Van-Heusen, and German-based technology company TuneUp.
"For an internet business, speed and latency issues are unacceptable," said Matthias Spörlein, Web Development Director at TuneUp. "If pages fail to load in a few seconds or downloads become laborious, people won't stick around and that just isn't an option for us. CDNetworks Dynamic Web Acceleration allows us to expand anywhere in the world with optimal web performance."
Many existing customers have also added Dynamic Web Acceleration including Spain-based Grupo Transhotel. "We just could not allow our service to be hampered by speed or latency problems; we wanted to maintain our high levels of service and ensure that we didn't put our business and that of our clients at risk," said Francisco Javier Diéguez, Architecture and Infrastructure Manager of Transhotel.
Other 2012 milestones included the second year of PCI-DSS certification, ensuring that data security measures adhere to the standard. The October 2012 launch of Russia Acceleration established 13 points of presence and local expertise within Russia. CDNetworks continued to extend marketing reach throughout Europe, with the addition of French and German corporate sites.
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It seems only fitting that Tony Parker enjoyed the best playmaking night of his career with Magic Johnson looking on from the AT&T Center stands.
While Johnson is best known to the current generation for making nonsensical observations in his gig as an ABC analyst, he remains arguably the greatest point guard in NBA history, a 6-9 dime-dropping machine with supernatural court vision and creativity to burn.
Parker did a highly credible impression — minus more than half a foot — in Game 2, dishing out a career-high 18 assists. It marked the latest stage of his decade-plus development from teenage, score-first point guard to veteran floor general.
Not that he'd appreciate the comparison. Parker bristled on Wednesday when reminded of Gregg Popovich's attempts to mold him as a younger player after more pass-first point guards.
"I don't want to be anybody (else)," he said. "I want to have my own identity. I always fought with (Gregg Popovich) for that. He wanted me to be — no disrespect to Avery Johnson — but like Avery and then John (Stockton).
"And I was like, I want to be me. I want to do both, and I want to be aggressive, and I try to find that balance…between scoring and passing. I think as the years went by I'm getting better and better passing the ball."
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With MTV's Video Music Awards airing tonight at the same time as President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention, Kevin Hart has his work cut out for him. The funnyman host of the VMAs recently revealed his plans for an action-packed evening.
Hart said he won't waste any time getting the show started, with promises to make out with "every woman who walks that carpet," including Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson.
"I can do what I want, I am the host," Hart told Hot 93.7 Morning Crew who were backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards.
While Kevin could not say exactly what was going to happen at the VMAs, he did predict this: "Kevin Hart will be amazing," he declared. "Kevin Hart will be stunning. Kevin Hart will be breathtaking."
So what will Hart be wearing tonight? "A gold onesie," he said. (See video below)
Hart knows he'll have to work overtime to keep eyes on the VMAs while President Obama will be delivering his speech at the DNC. But he has a plan to compete with the prez.
"I might take my shirt off, that puts the pressure on him [Obama]," the comedian joked. "Is he going to take his shirt off? He better if he wants to keep up!"
The VMA's will air live tonight from Los Angeles at 8pm on MTV. —Tyler Roman, Hot 93.7/ Hartford with Bill Sencio


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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Dusty Ayres, Jul 21, 2010.
Netflix Coming to Canada
Good for Canada! Netflix is awesome.
Sweet deal, Canada. You're gonna love it!
And while technically it's correct, I always get a big kick out of referring to Canada as "going abroad"
Interesting... I guess that means our Blockbuster Video stores are going to start rapidly closing too.
You can still get French language films though...
I'm not sure I'll sign up, to be honest. I was on zip.ca for a while, but got sick of feeling compelled to watch whatever DVD they chose to send me. And with the 60 GB of monthly bandwidth that Rogers enforces, the streaming would kill my internet bill.
Add to this the fact that there's a kickass local rental place just around the corner from where I live, and it doesn't make sense for me.
You can set your own list with Netflix. They don't just send things randomly. All you need to do is to know what you're going to want to watch, in what order.
^Yeah, you have total control over the DVDs they send you. Plus, Netflix Instant Streaming is the greatest thing ever. I just watched the entire series of The X-Files through Netflix instant streaming with my PS3.
On top of all the things Temis and RoJoHen mentioned, you can set the video quality so that it takes up 1/4 of the bandwidth it would at high resolution, and it still looks good. Their compression rate is excellent.
You can with zip.ca, too, and (except for DVDs in really high demand) they were generally good at sending stuff at or near the top of my list, but it's hard for me to watch stuff if I don't truly feel like watching it, so when it came three days later, I often wasn't up to watching whatever it was. So having a brick and motar place to pick up DVDs from often works much better for me.
And I'm still hesitant about the streaming. My girlfriend and I often hit our cap pretty easily without having movies streamable on-demand.
I just set my account so I get 3 DVDs at a time and then set up my queue so it's more or less New Movie/Old or Foreign Movie/TV Series/repeat - I'm always in the mood to see one of those three categories and if not, I've always got a bunch of crap DVRed, too.
The biggest problem with zip.ca, aside from the obvious lack of streaming, is if you don't live in Ontario you're looking at long shipping times. When I was living in NJ, I had a 1 day turnaround time with Netflix but in Edmonton it was sometimes as long as a week which completely defeats the purpose of the service and the main reason why I dropped zip.
I can't even load the Canadian page they setup right now as I'm ironically currently on vacation in the US, but if they even are going to be shipping DVDs... and everything I've read so far has just talked about the streaming service, though maybe someone can correct me... I doubt that they'll have the same sorts of shipping times you get in the population centers of the US. I also wouldn't be surprised if the library available for streaming in Canada is smaller then the one in the US.
Yeah, very true. I hope Netflix opens up different hubs. One thing I do hope they won't do is ship from the US. They need a dedicated system.
Wasn't it you who started a huge thread where you tried out numerous schemes to get Netflix to stop throttling your disc choices ?
I'm taking a 'wait and see' approach to this.
I'm re-watching babylon 5 on streaming right now. netflix is awesome!
They're only doing a streaming only account in Canada if I read that correctly. Surely the people at zip.ca are sweating bullets, but I hope that means they'll be forced to move on their own streaming service or cut their margins even further.
The real problem is that broadband in Canada just can't handle it. I don't know how much it takes to stream a typical episode from Netflix, but I have no doubt that 60GB won't be enough for anyone.
The only way broadband caps will ever go up is if enough consumers put pressure on them. The solution isn't to not use services, instead it really should be to get as many "normal" people to hit their caps as possible using legitimate services that they like.
Yeah, but who is willing to be the one to have to pay the overage fees to get change to happen? I suppose if millions of people end up going over they'll have no choice... but with the duopoly situation, I don't see any real incentive for change.
Well the thing is no one should be "willing" to do it. What will happen is average people who have probably never paid attention to the caps will start hitting them and this will probably prompt a big public stink about it. This will happen eventually anyway as the trend towards data rich services continues, obviously I'd rather see it happen sooner rather then later
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Quoting what you said on the other site: "The Punchline is that Fedora Core includes an entirely separate, parallel security mechanism called SELinux (Security-enhanced Linux), which is configured out-of-the-box to restrict which directories httpd has access to. (Dig through
During the install you must have missed the prompt asking if you want to enable SELinux (or does that only come up when you do a custom install?). It made it pretty clear to me tha
having followed the outgrowth of Fedora Core 3 continually from Red Hat 7.2 onward, I can pretty much deny that Fedora Core 3 sucks.
If anyone had been paying attention, they would certainly have noticed that SELinux was introduced in Fedora Core 2 , coinciding, IIRC, with the inclusion of the 2.6 kernel -- and has little or nothing to do with Fedora Core 2 or 3.
As a matter of fact, Red Hat Magazine wrote about SELinux recently in their November 2004 article [redhat.com].
Fedora Core 3's installer does ask you abou
Where did you get the idea that I was a system administrator? And where did you get the idea I was saying that RedHat or Fedora suck? I didn't say either. I'm quite happy with Fedora on the whole, other than feeling ambushed by a "feature" that causes such cryptic failures if you try to color outside the lines. Every system has its rough edges.
For a Sysadmin to install Fedora without knowing about SELinux would border on criminal. But if you're coming at it as a developer who needs a platform for Apache