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State Military Honors To Be Awarded At Cumberland
WHO/WHAT: Raymond L. Zawacki, the Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs, Albert Bucchi, Director of Veterans Services, and local elected officials will present the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal and other state military awards to invited Veterans from Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m.
WHERE: Cumberland Mall, "Kids Club Court", 3849 S. Delsea Drive, Vineland, NJ 08360
THE STORY: This ceremony will mark the start of a three-day visit of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' veterans outreach kiosk from September 25-27, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. During this outreach event, veterans and their family members can learn more about benefits or entitlements they could be eligible to receive.
The New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal (NJ DSM) was originally issued in 1858 for those who distinguished themselves in the New Jersey Militia, but was used infrequently until re-authorized by Governor Kean in 1988. The NJ DSM was then authorized for that purpose. It is New Jersey's highest military award. Since its re-authorization in 1988, more than 30,000 medals have been awarded to combat veterans from New Jersey.
In order to be eligible for the Distinguished Service Medal you must meet all the following criteria: currently be a resident of New Jersey, have been a resident of New Jersey at the time you entered into military service, have been honorably discharged, have proof of having served in combat while on active duty during wartime. The DSM can be awarded posthumously to the next-of-kin of a veteran who meets the criteria.
Anyone interested in applying for the NJ DSM should call 1-800-624-0508, Press 7, to request an application.
For additional information visit: www.nj.gov/military/veterans/awards/distinguished_service/index.html
Photos of event will be available on Facebook: New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs


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Brad Keselowski fired the first shot in NASCAR's championship Chase on Sunday, charging past Jimmie Johnson late in the race to win the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
With the win, Keselowski took the early lead in the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup. He leads Johnson, the five-time champion, by three points.
"I feel like this is Round 1 of a heavyweight title bout," Keselowski said. "It's good to win it and it feels great, but there are a lot of rounds left."
Johnson, who won the Chase five consecutive times from 2006-10, dominated the first race of the Chase and led Keselowski by 1.1 seconds when the leaders pitted for the final time under green on Laps 38 and 39.
Keselowski, who pitted one lap later than Johnson, came off the track just ahead of Johnson and then outran him to take the position. When the rest of the leaders pitted to complete the cycle of pit stops, Keselowski held a 1.6-second lead over Johnson.
Keselowski then pulled away to win by about three seconds.
Johnson finished second followed by Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Joey Logano, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer.
Denny Hamlin, one of the favorites to win the Chase, was running ninth but ran out of fuel on the final lap and finished 16th. Johnson and Keselowski entered the Chase tied for second in the standings, both three points behind Hamlin.
Keselowski, who ran second behind Johnson most of the race, said he wasn't sure how he overtook on the final run.
"We were both showing our hand," he said. "I don't know if the 48 slowed down, or if we sped up. For some reason, we just took off."
"The last run, he was just better," Johnson said of Keselowski. "But it's a great start to the Chase for us. It's a long 10 races."
Johnson dominated the race from the start. After taking the lead from Aric Almirola on Lap 3, he led the next 42 laps, quickly establishing himself as the driver to beat.
Johnson was in command until Keselowski took the lead with a two-tire pit stop. Keselowski led the next 48 laps until Johnson regained the lead on pit road on Lap 151.
Jeff Gordon's championship hopes took a major hit when the throttle on his car stuck and he crashed into the Turn 1 wall on Lap 188. Gordon, who has scored three consecutive top-three finishes to make the Chase, finished 35th.
"I just let off the throttle and it didn't come all the way back," said Gordon, who was uninjured. "In this deal, you can't afford to have issues like that."
Matt Kenseth, another pre-Chase favorite, also had a tough day, breaking a shock and finishing 18th.
After the first of 10 Chase races, Keselowski leads Johnson by three points while Stewart is third, eight points back. Hamlin, Kahne and Bowyer are each tied for fourth, 15 points behind. The rest of the Chase standings include Earnhardt (-17), Greg Biffle (-19), Truex (-21), Kevin Harvick (-24), Kenseth (-26) and Gordon (-47).

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Kishimoto-sensei said in an interview that there will be a new character introduced sometime soon. I have a theory on this character.
After Naruto owns Pain, he'll help search through the rubble for survivors. He'll find a little girl who will look at him and ask "Where's my mommy?" Naruto will wrap her up in his jaket-cape thing and say "Don't worry, I'll find her." But when he does, he finds out the girl's parents are both dead. After he tells her about it (with care), he promises to take care of her.
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Youd Rather Import Than Retrain. Why?
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According to Scott Corley, executive director of Compete America, large technology companies would prefer to opt for more H-1B workers than retrain experienced American employees.
According to Scott Corley, executive director of Compete America, large technology companies would prefer to opt for more H-1B workers than retrain experienced American employees. At a media conference this week, Corley, in response to a question on why not retrain experienced American workers, asserted that companies would rather use the H-1B visas to hire less expensive and younger staff.
Also this week, Standard & Poor's released a report on how adding skilled labor would heat up economic growth in the US. S&P asserts that skilled immigrants increase innovation and productivity and are more likely to start businesses than US-born workers. It seems that IEEE USA also supports more employment-based green cards for high-skilled tech workers. Both organizations indicate that these workers ultimately will create more US jobs.
Lest I get email regarding the motivation of immigrants to build lives and work here -- I'm not disputing this. What I want to know is what happened here? Wasn't the US known for its entrepreneurs? Were the entrepreneurs of 30 or so years ago that spawned so many startups immigrants, or were they home-grown?
Rather than concentrate on why immigrants want to come here, innovate, and produce, let's ask why we aren't innovating and producing. Also, on the subject of retraining, what really is the answer here? It's hard to believe that some workers aren't being retrained. For the ones who are, do they tend to become entrepreneurs, or are most just concerned about staying employed? Is there a tendency to hand over our future in this country rather than stay relevant? Oh dear, I can hear the responses now.
One last question: What is the entrepreneurial climate in the country today and what impact is that having on this retrain-or-import discussion?
Yes, I know I have more questions than input here. On one hand, having been in Silicon Valley during the 80s, I was witness to the buzz, the energy, and the excitement. Is it possible to get all that back? (Oops, that's another question!)
Please weigh in with your thoughts.
— Carolyn Mathas is a freelance blogger and editor for EE Times' Industrial Control Designline


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Cubs counting on Wrigley crowd
Players feed off fans' excitement, passion for ballclub
By Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com
"I thought it was a corporate crowd last night for the playoffs," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said before Thursday's NLDS Game 2. "It was a 5:30 [p.m. CT] game, too. I think today they'll be out on the street a little longer, and it might be a little louder."
How silent was Wednesday?
"You could have heard a pin drop when [Dodgers first baseman] James Loney hit the grand slam [in the fifth inning]," Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa said. "I was the same way when it happened."
If the Dodgers win two out of the next three, Thursday could be the final Wrigley Field game of the season. Cubs fans, known for being forlorn, may just want to forget Game 1.
"I'm a diehard Cub fan, and it doesn't matter what happened last night," said Jeff Sexton, 23, of Kenosha, Wis. "It was a little bit of bad pitching, that's all -- no big deal. It's not going to make me abandon the team. There is no Billy Goat [curse] this year."
Wrigley housed its latest scheduled start of the year on Thursday at 8:37 p.m. The public address system played the theme music from "Rocky," which upped the decibel level considerably for the first pitch.
Cubs Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Special measures were put into effect, such as no alcohol after the seventh inning (usually the cutoff is after the seventh or 9:20 p.m., whichever comes first). Also, there's no organ music after 10 p.m. due to local noise ordinances.
The capacity crowd will have to get loud to make up for the difference.
"Our fans have been great," DeRosa said. "They've been true to us to a fault sometimes. So I've got no complaints with them."
Nick Zaccardi is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I recently wrote a post based on an article on Conservative Home that appeared to have been written by Lord Hanningfield, the leader of Essex County Council. Having seen the latest in their series of articles by 'Lord Hanningfield', it's clear to me that Conservative Home have clearly been taken in by a clever con, perpetrated by someone pretending to be Lord Hanningfield in order to post views that he would never have.
It's a clever con, because the call for Councils to be able to hold local referenda so they could abide by the opinions of local people on decisions is the sort of thing you would expect a Tory Council leader to be proposing in an effort to show just how in he was with the ethos of the Progressive Old Etonians and the Bullingdon Tendency, but to put these words in the mouth of Lord Hanningfield is the work of a master satirist, an Essex-based version of the Yes Men, perhaps.
For Hanningfield is the man who so majestically dismissed the concern and obejections of thousands of people in Colchester when he wanted to close two schools. Thousands against, just over a hundred in favour with even the local Tories pushing a different scheme to Hanningfield, but those schools are still closing because his Lordship has decreed they must. So, to have him as the mouthpiece for local decision-making – and that's not even mentioning the County's designs on Rivenhall Airfield over local objections – is a masterpiece of satire. Well done to whoever pulled this off!


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UK, Germany and France.
Possible: Holland, Italy
Apple will unleash its iPhone into the European market during the fourth quarter of 2007. But, it seems not all European consumers will be granted access to the so-called must-have gadget this side of Christmas. The handset, which launched in the US on 29 June, will initially appear in a few "major" European countries, but …
UK, Germany and France.
Possible: Holland, Italy
Alternatively, the iLusting euMasses could just buy one off Ebay - a 99p eBid should secure an unused iModel, though admittedly "secure" isn't quite the word to use of an iPhone - in the full confidence that third party unlockers will soon have it connecting to any iNetwork you want.
I'm rooting for Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.
As a person from a thoroughly minor European country (Ireland) I am irritated by this. I suppose there is some hope that 'minor' means "doesn't make much money for operators" rather than "small".
Germany, UK, France for sure.
Italy is very likely, the population is big and they are massive phone users.
Or 'minor' = no telco that will bend over backwards for Apple's needs.
Isn't the issue here that the iPhone needs Operators to change their Voicemail systems to support the Visual Voicemail functionality. It's not as simple as just chucking in the SIM card of any GSM operator and expecting voicemail to work.
Why don't they just do us all a favour and not bother trying to flogg their overpriced heap of junk on this side of the massive and expansive ocean.
We've got standards over here you see.
Could be quite possible that Ireland's on the list surely? Coz Apple UK is based there..
Apple should charge €600, the network should stick them on the highest tariff. Let's see if Europe has as many idiots as the US. After all, what's not to love about a 2.5G phone which costs 6x as much 3G phones.
Definitely Germany and the UK. Uncertain if they'll base their decision on population size, pliability of network providers, or a populations phone usage per head.
They'll probably look at the iPod sales as a template for success though.
P.S. Does everyone know it's System Administrator Appreciation Day? What have you bought your admin person today? Plus, why is it they're the only nerds to get an appreciation day?
Thank you for dividing us into "major" and "minor", Apple. As a resident of one of the smaller eastern European countries, I really feel like buying your products now...
Not that I'd buy that phone even if it was available.
"As a resident of one of the smaller eastern European countries etc"
I wonder if it will be launched in Spain or Portugal. Or Switzerland - surely Switzerland is a major country, and the report says Europe rather than the EU. Finland, home of Nokia? Iceland, home of the insanely overpriced beer? Norway and Sweden, home of the naked blonde lady?
it's going to be 3G..?
Me, I'd much rather get the new SonyEricsson K850i.
I believe that handset will be available in both major and minor countries?
"Italy is very likely, the population is big and they are massive phone users."
And they're already super regarding gestures.
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32 minutes for the iKnockers (tm) to get into gear for some really predicable whining. It's getting kinda funny...
Yeah, because Apple should be immune to criticism because they are like special.
Even if they do produce mostly average product beautifully presented at slightly inflated prices.
in the US there is a case for iphone - for some reason US phones are crap. In EU/Asia it will only succeed if idweebs (tm) get carried away.
I've got no problem with you liking Apple stuff, just try to accept that some people get annoyed at the implication that because we don't care (not 'don't like', just don't respond to the beautiful marketing) we are in some way biased or stupid.
Good luck with the K850i - I suspect it will prove to be as terribly unreliable as my K750i (won it in a competition)... and my K700 (freebie upgrade) that I had before it... and the T68i (free with contract) I had before that. None have lasted a year before developing some hardware issue or another (dodgy joysticks on all; knackered headphones - needed for the radio - on the K750i; total inability to use vibration mode on the T68i without it breaking the internal aerial) and I take extremely good care of my phones.
IOW, I will never get an SE phone again and I strongly advise others not to consider them at all - they have proved to be complete junk.
I've had a K800i for about 12 months now and it's been easily the best phone I've ever had in my life. If the K850i follows in its footsteps then I'll gladly give it a good go.
I hear the K750i has indeed had problems. My sister's kept crashing for no good reason. Can't speak for the K700, but my K600i and T68i always behaved adequately. The joysticks do feel a tad flimsy, I agree.
Either you've been incredibly unfortunate or I've been incredibly lucky. Considering SE are a serious contender to Nokia (or re they?), I'd like to believe the latter :)
I'm not an iKnocker, it's just that all the amazing features the iPhone seems to sport seem to fall to bits when you consider it has no HSDPA support. That alone makes it an inferior handset in my eyes.
"The SE K850i has no HSDPA either", I hear you cry?
Well, the SE850i will be sold as a Digital Camera that happens to also be a phone, and I suspect it will do its job admirably, if the K800i is anything to go by.
The iPhone is supposed to be your point of access to multimedia and internet and all things data-enabled... so crippling it with piddly bandwidth is unlikely to help it fulfil this role adequately.
You could make a better case for sticking it in the iPod section, or the phones,
or better yet, the Useless, but cool - since there isnt a Useless but trendy.
When it's all said and done, it's just a fucking phone.
 Get yourself a secretary (PA for the politically correct among you) instead. They can do a lot more than any phone, and mine (little floozy that she is) can even make me smile when I'm having a crap day.
They don't even bother to put us on the iTunes support list, so it's very unlikely we're going to get iPhone any soon...
But I don't really care, I read Maddox's review and even through his characteristic writing, he made some interesting points about iPhone.
As the home to Europes most shallow, gullible and rip-off insensitive consumers, the UK is surely guaranteed the status of 'major' by Apple.
So funny to watch people here get their knickers in a knot over the choice of wording re major/minor, as if it really made some vital difference to whether you'd buy it or not. It's just another chance for a bunch of whingers to have a whinge.
I find it interesting that people quickly jump on to knocking the phones short comings bandwagon without actually first waiting to see what the software changes in the phone are (which may include 3G support....... okay, probably not, but it may address various of peoples other criticisms of the phone).
I personally wouldn't bother with one, if i was wanting it as a phone till it had 3G support, but if i wanted a fancy iPod it could be alright for the job.
Well, since I'm based in the Republic of Ireland, clearly not a 'major' European country. I'm now even less likely to buy an iPhone.
How unbelievably patronising of you Apple! Time perhaps to send your PR people back to PR school?
It's reminiscent of the Bush Administration's approach to dealing with Europe i.e. his "New Europe" vs "Old Europe" way of doing business.


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But it grew on our family and I think it's going to be a great venue. I love the concourse between levels...nice and open and you are able to watch the game while getting food or talking with friends.
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What do people think about the new stadium?
Original post made by Stanford Fan, Professorville, on Sep 18, 2006
But it grew on our family and I think it's going to be a great venue. I love the concourse between levels...nice and open and you are able to watch the game while getting food or talking with friends.
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a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 18, 2006 at 10:28 am
I am not a fan of American football, but I do like world class soccer (fifa football) and think it is a shame that the stadium is now too small for international soccer. I really enjoyed going to the world cup, both men and women's, and it is a shame that we can't do this locally now. It seems that this is another situation where America feels that ties to the rest of the world through the world's most favourite sport is ignored and not important.
a resident of another community
on Sep 18, 2006 at 10:53 am
There are many great features but the seats should have been staggered for better viewing and a couple more inches of leg room would be desirable. An elevator to the upper concourse would help a lot.
Also, the food is the pits - we tried food from both the upper very limited selection and from the broader selection below, and the lack of selection at the upper concourse is very discriminatory.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 18, 2006 at 10:57 am
The stadium is capable of holding soccer matches and even world cup ones. Remember, the minimum size for a FIFA stadium is like 39k or something and Stanford Stadium fits 50k. I'm sure they left some room for expansion too and it's not out of the question to do so when the WC might come around next...perhaps in 2018, or even in 2010 if South Africa loses the right to host. Although perhaps then, the new 49ers stadium might be more appealing.
I havent been to the stadium yet, but I intend to go there for the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce event next week.
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 18, 2006 at 10:58 am
Regarding Carol's comment...
Let's see, since Chinese is the most common language spoken in the world, perhaps Stanford can teach all its classes in Chinese instead of English. Indeed, this is another situation where America feels that its ties to the rest of the world are ignored and not important.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Sep 18, 2006 at 11:18 am
I had heard that the stadium was intentionally built too narrow for soccer because the major donor didn't want the stadium used for anything but football. I hope Victor is correct, but would love some official confirmation of this. It would be a tremendous venue for soccer. Victor, are you sure? It didn't look like there was a lot of extra space between the football sidelines and the stadium walls.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 18, 2006 at 11:43 am
Victor, I am not sure about the capacity, it is the field size, or rather the amount of space at the side that causes the problem.
Charles, I didn't mean to offend, but we are talking about sport here. There are many good and varied ways in which this country leads the world and rightly so. However, in sport, there is an exclutionary tendency which makes American sport unable to identify with other world sports. For example, how can the world series in baseball be called such when only teams from the US take place? At Stanford there are, I believe, soccer, rugby and cricket teams. All three sports are very popular in other countries. It would be a step forward for international relations if Stanford could host world standard events in these sports in their signature stadium.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 18, 2006 at 11:57 am
Carol is correct that the stadium is too small to be used as a soccer venue, but I do not think that this is a very fair complaint.
International play requires a minimum field width of 64 meters. American football is played on a field that is about 48 meters wide. Accomodating soccer requires that you make the field more than an extra 50 feet wider. The whole POINT of the remodel was to bring the stadium seats closer in to the action in a more intimate smaller setting that didn't make fans feel like they were sitting in an empty cavern. EVERY seat in the new stadium is more than 60 feet closer to the action than the old stadium, with upper seats being well more than that.
Trust me, Stanford expects a return on investment for its $90 million dollars. The new stadium has more than 30,000 season ticket holders versus only 13,000 at the old stadium. It does nothing for their recruiting to bring potential recruits to a silent hole in the ground. Give them a few years and some luck, and they may be able to return the team to a winning tradition.
Stanford plays what, 6 home games/year? The World Cup is held every 4 years, and comes to the US, what every 10-15th time (if we're lucky). The team could play literally scores of times for every World Cup opportunity. If Carol is ready to make a donation or increase her property taxes to fund a bond measure, I'm sure that Stanford would be more than happy to provide a national venue for soccer here in the US, but I believe it's a little unreasonable to berate Stanford for trying to provide a venue for football that alumni and local families can enjoy every year.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Sep 18, 2006 at 12:10 pm
There may be 25 feet of additional space on both sides of the field. To me, its desirability isn't just for World Cup. We lost the Earthquakes due to the lack of a good stadium. Stanford would be a great venue for a Bay Area soccer franchise. Just close off the upper deck and you've got a great 20,000 person stadium. They could also host College Cup games there, exhibitions, etc.
It seems an incredible waste to spend all that money for five or six football games each year. Why not look for ways to use it for other events?
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Sep 18, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Oh ok. I didnt know of the field dimensions of the new stadium. I thought it was a bit wider...at least the sidelines and whatnot. Wow. that is unfortunate then.
As for Oh's comments...it's still worth it. You can charge much more for a World Cup event or a high profile game...especially qualifiers featuring the US National team...or even Mexico. I think those events have the potential to sell out for sure. You have to fill up the stadium in the off-season, don't you? It's a bit pointless to have an expensive building like that lie fallow for a few months. What's wrong with having soccer or something else there? I see it as a mistake, and clearly others do as well.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 18, 2006 at 12:20 pm
It reminds me of the Stanford Mall - - upscale, no more funk, and generally full of itself. It's now a more 'exclusive' venue. I'm surprised that they weren't serving crepes for dinner. (maybe that's coming).
It's more expensive to attend, which is another tragedy, because many who used to go to the ganes with an entire family can no nlonger afford to do so.
Stanford, in general, has done a great job of taking the 'soul' off its campus, or hiding it. Call me nostalgic, but I miss the Pow-Wow and June Auto Concourse fronting El Camino. Those two events were a great way to showcase events that happened both in Palo Alto and the Stanford Campus. Now they're buried in "Nowheresville" off the main drag through town. There's a certain kind of "preciousness" that has infected Stanford over the last few decades.
Last, I certainly hope that the stadium was built to include soccer. If what one of the above posts said is true - that soccer can't be player there due to structural constraints - it's a real tragedy - both from a sporting perspective, as well as an economic one.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 18, 2006 at 12:44 pm
Need I remind that Stanford is a private university. I don't think that they have any interest whatsoever in playing host to any private franchise team, be it soccer, football, or any other sporting team (excepting prestige events such as the Olympics, World Cup, Superbowl, or after a major earthquake).
Given that practically speaking, soccer needs sidelines of its own, I don't imagine that you'll ever see an international soccer event there. College games are a possibility, but I think they will still need about 70 yards of grass are on the width.
One way to look at it is "only" 6 games/year. Another way is $100's of millions of general university donations due to continued alumni involvement and contact. It's just a matter of perspective.
Rest assured that when Soccer generates the kind of alumni enthusiasm that football does, Stanford will lead the way in building a world class soccer venue.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 18, 2006 at 1:12 pm
"Rest assured that when Soccer generates the kind of alumni enthusiasm that football does, Stanford will lead the way in building a world class soccer venue"
You call that "leading the way" - *waiting* until soccer becomes a sure thing, instead of providing a venue to promote it now? That may be Stanford's idea of leadership, but not most leaders I know.
There's lots of leadership in the academic ranks, but very little in the administrative ranks, where bad decisions like this are made.
a resident of another community
on Sep 18, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Hey, as I said, it's all relative. IMHO, you can only compare what Stanford is doing relative to other institutions of higher learning. I fail to understand why one would think that it Stanford's responsibility to promote International Soccer.
I don't know for sure, but I strongly suspect that Stanford's new stadium will accomodate collegiate games and perhaps even exhibition international games. I don't get why there is sufficient angst to describe anything done here as being a "bad decision".
Fwiw, I'm with you on the Stanford Mall. Given that they are operating a shopping center which caters to the public and falls under local zoning restrictions, they have a greater responsibility to consider the broader local community in their store selection, and in this they are failing very badly. Being a "mere" multi-millionaire is insufficient to feel invited to shop at a majority of the stores replacing others in this mall. For shame.
a resident of Duveneck School
on Sep 18, 2006 at 4:39 pm
Whoa - I thought this was for comments on the new stadium. It's great in all respects.
In this country if it was for soccer it would be called a soccer stadium. Economics 101 - when there is enough demand, Stanford will build/supply a soccer stadium.
a resident of Monroe Park
on Sep 19, 2006 at 8:19 am
Japan and Korea built up several new soccer stadiums for the WC. Most of these stadiums are now rotting and very expensive to maintain. They do look pretty cool however.
a resident of Professorville
on Sep 19, 2006 at 8:58 am
I attended the game on Saturday and here are my thoughts:
Things I liked:
1) All the seats had back support
2) You are closer to the field which brings you closer to the action
3) Tons more bathrooms and concession stands
4) Everything is new, clean and very professional - no more dust!
5) The hope that a new state-of-the-art facility will attract better recruiting classes which is required if Stanford is to improve.
Things I didn't like:
1) Minimal leg room - went with my dad who is a Stanford alum and played football (read multiple knee operations) for Stanford in the 50's - thankfully we had seats on the aisle or he would have been in pain watching the game
2) The lack of uniqueness - the stadium was new and impressive but generic - like other stadiums in the country - I found myself wistfully remembering the old stadium though inadequate in many ways had its own personality and presence.
3) Only a partial view of the Stanford sideline - our seats were on the 50 in the upper deck (row O) and we could only see part of the sidelines which is disappointing as I like to keep track of what is going on and off the field as well.
4) The low attendance - even with 30,000 fewer seats there was not a full house.
5) And of course, the game - it was even more painful to watch than losses in the past because my expectations had be artifically raised by the new stadium.
With all that said I do think the new stadium was a good move on Stanford's part. The old lady was in need of an extreme make-over and I hope that over the next few years we will have new traditions, new memories and winning seasons which will help define her new personality.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 19, 2006 at 12:30 pm
tim, where did you hear that soccer standiums in Japan and Korea are rotting? We all know that soccer stadiums have maintainance costs, but my understanding is that soccer is very popular in Japan and Korea, and growing in popularity in both places.
What you say seems contradicted from what I've seen, and have heard from others.
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 19, 2006 at 8:37 pm
As I read this thread, I find myself chuckling. Soccer is a major international sport. But it is not very important in this country. Professional soccer, other than World Cup, is zilch here. So why demand that Stanford have a soccer stadium? They already have a soccer field, with stands that are rarely filled. Baseball is bigger at Stanford, compared to soccer (much bigger).
You soccer people need to overcome the resistance to soccer in this country. Soccer is VERY boring to the American mind. It is a defensive game, and Americans like offense. I like its cardiovascular aspect, but I fall asleep watching the actual games. Where is the action? Basketball is SO MUCH more exciting!
There are MANY injuries to soccer players. If we are, as a society, going to accept such casualties, there MUST be a dividend. What is it?
Until some excitement is generated, why should Stanford spend any more money on this sport?
a resident of another community
on Sep 20, 2006 at 12:46 am
To the person that said: it's a private university... they can do what they want with their football stadium. That's fine but Stanford is part of the greater Palo Alto community and this community supports Stanford. Sheesh! Next thing you know, they'll be locking us out of the Dish trails!
And another thought: I believe PacBell/ATT/Whatever Phone Co Park was built with private money for the express use of the Giants, but the owners rent the venue for a myriad of events like concerts, other spectator sports, even religious revivals. I sure hope the new stadium doesn't limit itself to football only.
PS: bring back the band for gosh sakes!
a resident of another community
on Sep 20, 2006 at 1:10 pm
As a family member of a player, I was thrilled to be at the game. Although I too have had several knee surgeries, I found the seats to be comfortable and the view was next to none (granted, I sat in the player guests section).
The thing I like the most is how close the seats were. We took a walk up to the top level, and the view was still incredible. And you can't beat the fact that you can see the players faces, yell to them, and (even though they won't acknowledge it) they can hear you. Unfortunately, I do think it's a shame that the tickets are so so so expensive... but then again, at least we can get tickets (unlike Notre Dame- not even their students are guaranteed tickets!) I didn't try the food, but the number of bathrooms compared to the old stadium is nice. I liked the concourse a lot as well.\
I think the other important point is that the student athletes loved it. They noted after the game that they loved the noise, of being able to see their friends and family from the sidelines, and the wonderful grass.
As for the traditions and uniqueness... I have no doubt that the traditions will not disappear for ever... but isn't it our responsibility, as fans (as well as students, of course), to make sure that they continue?
Finally, the issue of multi-use... Soccer is my favorite game (even as an American) but I don't think that it is right to criticize the stadium because it will no longer be able to host international matches. The new Stanford Stadium has a purpose, which is to serve the football program. To try to do other things, like make it available for soccer matches, would be to take away from that goal of making it an intimate football stadium. You can't have your cake and eat it too. And who's to say that concerts or other events will not take place there in the future?? The stadium hasn't even been open for a full week. If you so badly want a world class soccer stadium, stop posting on this board and YOU build it... then maybe they will come...
a resident of University South
on Sep 20, 2006 at 11:01 pm
The stadium itself is fine and as Bob Bowlsby said, if a public institution tried it, it would take 3 times as long and cost 3 times as much.
When will Cal's stadium renovation be done? 2010, if then?
However, unless the product on the field improves, even 50,000 seats will be too many.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 22, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Glad to hear that there is so much discussion on this topic. I have no object to the new stadium as such, I just think that in this day and age multi purpose makes more sense. A few years ago we were in the throws of discussion about bringing the olympics to this area. If that had happened, we would have wanted any new facilities to have been built with multi purpose in mind and not just one sport that takes place for a month.
Now, here is a novel idea. If we can build stadiums with removable roofs, then why can't we build stadium where the seats could be moved back and forth for different sports. I am no engineer, but it would seem to be something that could make a very expensive stadium much more practical in the long run. I can just picture it, rolling blocks or seats being moved 20 feet, while the fields are being restriped and one set of spectators leaving while another arrive. I know its done at the San Jose arena with two sports in the one day.
Ahh. Its nice to dream!!!!!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 15, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Went to the Stadium for the first time yesterday for the Chelsea v Club America soccer game. I was very impressed with the stadium.
Unfortunately, most of the fans were standing for most of the game which meant that the seats were irrelevant.
The most annoying thing was being told in the blurb with tickets that no alcohol and no glass bottles or cans were allowed. Therefore I took many bottles of water (all sealed) with our family of six, all obeying the instructions. At the gates these water bottles were confiscated.
What amazed me were that my plastic water bottles were all confiscated and we didn't take cameras as instructed, but there were many camera flashes during the game and quite shockingly, many fire crackers.
Now my bottled water was a necessity, we had to buy inflated priced water in the stadium. But I would have preferred if the powers that be had managed to keep out the firecrackers which were much more of a danger to all.
Something is wrong somewhere.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 15, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Sports fan,
Welcome to international soccer! It is at least as much riot, as sport.
Either wear your flak vest and ear plugs next time, or bring your own firecrackers. Look at it this way...it used to be M-80s when I used to attend. It will be easier for you, if you get really drunk on Rum or Gin or Vodka befoe you enter the stadium. Then make sure to hide at least a pint of the stuff on your body (hint: sip it through a narrow tube/straw). Great fun. Take aspirin afterwards for the hangover. Be happy you were not crushed by the opposing fans.
Under no circumstances should you take your family to a serious international game. Too dangerous....
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jul 15, 2007 at 4:30 pm
We went right in with a backpack that wasn't searched and that contained bottled water...no problem. Guess you chose the wrong entrance!
It was a really great game; let's hope the first of many to come.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 16, 2007 at 6:58 pm
I have a suggestion for Stanford on game days. Why not have a park and ride parking lot near 101, say at Edgewood Plaza, and shuttle fans along Embarcadero in Marguerites. This would have to be publicised well in advance, but it would help both parking and local traffic congestion as well as get fans to where they need to go without causing a traffic nightmare for everyone else.
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UHV transition committee members named
May 2, 2014 at 12:02 a.m.
Members of a work group seeking to shape the University of Houston-Victoria's future were announced Friday.
"These are excellent choices," said Emett Alvarez, a Victoria City Council member. "These people will bring all aspects of our community together in one room."
Alvarez, along with 25 other area leaders, will be forming a game plan for UHV as its programs and course offerings are transitioned out of University of Houston Sugar Land campus over the next two to five years.
Charles Alcorn, UHV director of corporate and foundation relations, was appointed the UHV Work Group Chairman by University of Houston System Chancellor Renu Khator.
The team will also work to determine how to separate UHV from its extension operations offered at the Houston Community College Katy, the University of Houston System-Cinco Ranch and the Lone Star College-Woodlands campuses.
Alcorn said the work group will discuss extending UHV's services to other areas in South Texas.
"Nothing is off the table right now," Alcorn said. "We're going to be working on how to best create a self-sustaining destination university."
However, UHV Interim President Raymond Victor Morgan Jr. said he doesn't see why UHV shouldn't be able to offer courses at other UH System campuses.
"I don't know of any other universities in the state that don't offer off-campus programs at other locations," Morgan said.
The first work group meeting will be open to the public, and the committee will submit a report to the UH System in October, according to a press release.
Two months ago, the UH System Board of Regents voted to remove UHV from the UH Sugar Land campus and transfer the UHV School of Nursing in Fort Bend County to its main campus, the University of Houston.
UHV Student Government Association President Moses Olukoya, who is also a member of the UHV work group, said students want to see more courses offered in Victoria.
"Because it's supposed to be a destination university," Olukoya said. "Ultimately, I think those extension programs will be phased out."
Alvarez, who is part of the work group's branding and vision subcommittee, said he's eager to see more young, college-educated professionals in Victoria.
"I want more folks to come study here and live here," Alvarez said. "It's the key to driving our local economy."
Alcorn, who appointed the members of the UHV Work Group, said he sought to create a diverse and passionate group of key community stakeholders.
"The group is close to being finalized," Alcorn said. "We're waiting on two additional confirmations."


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(AP) KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on television to say the plane was so unsafe they refused to fly it, a small circle of U.S. Air Force experts knew something was wrong with the prized stealth fighter jet.
Coughing among pilots and fears that contaminants were leaking into their breathing apparatus led the experts to suspect flaws in the oxygen-supply system of the F-22 Raptor, especially in extreme high-altitude conditions in which the $190 million aircraft is without equal. They formed a working group a decade ago to deal with the problem, creating an informal but unique brain trust.
Internal documents and emails obtained by The Associated Press show they proposed a range of solutions by 2005, including adjustments to the flow of oxygen into pilot's masks. But that key recommendation was rejected by military officials reluctant to add costs to a program that was already well over budget.
"This initiative has not been funded,'' read the minutes of their final meeting in 2007.
U.S. commander: F-22 planes "100 percent" safe
F-22 improvements on way due to oxygen problem
Has F-22 oxygen problem been solved?
Minutes of the working group's meetings, PowerPoint presentations and emails among its members reveal a missed opportunity for the Air Force to improve pilot safety in the 187-plane F-22 fleet before a series of high-profile problems damaged the image of an aircraft that was already being assailed in Congress as too costly. Its production was halted last spring and the aircraft has never been used in combat.
Among the problems reported after the working group's warnings:
In 2008, pilots began reporting a sharp increase in hypoxia-like problems, forcing the Air Force to finally acknowledge concerns about the F-22's oxygen supply system.
Two years later, the oxygen system contributed to a fatal crash. Though pilot error ultimately was deemed to be the cause, the fleet was grounded for four months in 2011. New restrictions were imposed in May, after two F-22 pilots went on the CBS program "60 Minutes'' to express their continued misgivings.
The Air Force says the F-22 is safe to fly a dozen of the jets began a six-month deployment to Japan in July but flight restrictions that remain in place will keep it out of the high-altitude situations where pilots' breathing is under the most stress.
One of the working group's proposed fixes, a backup oxygen system, is expected to be in place by the end of the year. And the Air Force, which blamed the oxygen shortage on a faulty valve in the pilots' vests, says a fix to that problem is also in the works. The working group also proposed changes in warning systems to alert pilots to system failures and urged enhanced tracking of potential health hazards to pilots and ground crew caused by the materials used to bolster the aircraft's stealth two more issues the Air Force investigations would later focus on.
More broadly, the Air Force now concedes that, while its own experts were tackling the F-22's issues, it was too aggressive in cutting back on life-support programs intended to ensure pilots' safety. It is now in the process of rebuilding them.
The F-22's gradual return to regular flight operations follows an exhaustive investigation over the past year by the Air Force, NASA, experts from Lockheed Martin, which produces the aircraft, and other industry officials.
But the documents obtained by AP show many of the concerns raised in that investigation had already been outlined by the working group that was formed in 2002, when the fighter was still in its early production and delivery stage.
It called itself RAW-G, for Raptor Aeromedical Working Group, and brought together dozens of experts in life support, avionics, physiology and systems safety, along with F-22 aircrew and maintainers.
The group was founded by members of the F-22 community who were concerned about how the unique demands of the aircraft could affect pilots. The fighter can evade radar and fly faster than sound without using afterburners, capabilities unmatched by any other country. It also flies higher than its predecessors and has a self-contained oxygen generation system to protect pilots from chemical or biological attack.
According to the Air Force, RAW-G was created at the suggestion of Daniel Wyman, then a flight surgeon on Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base, where the first F-22 squadron was being deployed. Wyman is now a brigadier general and the Air Combat Command surgeon general.
By the time RAW-G got going, some pilots were already experiencing a problem called "Raptor cough'' fits of chest pain and coughing dating back to 2000 that stem from the collapse of overworked air sacs in the lungs.
The group concluded that the F-22's On-Board Oxygen Generation System or OBOGS was giving pilots too much oxygen, causing the coughing. The more often and higher the pilots flew after being oxygen-saturated, group members believed, the more vulnerable pilots affected by the condition would be to other physiological incidents.
RAW-G recommended more tests and that the F-22's oxygen delivery system be adjusted through a digital controller and a software upgrade.


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The MIIS Experience in 60 Seconds
April 16, 2014
Charles Thorson
Charles Thorson is a graduate student at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, pursuing a degree in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies.
In this 60 second snapshot of his experience at MIIS, he talks about his intensive Arabic training and the honor's thesis he's working on, looking at the Muslim Brotherhood and its relationship with jihadist groups in Egypt. He says that he is now looking to continue his studies in a Ph.D. program and explore career opportunities at a research institute of think tank.
Learn more about:
"The MIIS Experience in 60 Seconds" features a different student each week from a range of degree programs offered at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. In these short videos, the students elaborate on topics such as why they chose to come to MIIS, what has surprised them about the Monterey Institute, what kinds of cool things they've been involved in—both on and off campus, and more.


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Adobe Reader is free software that allows everyone from business
professionals to home users to easily and reliably view, print,
and search PDF files using a variety of platforms and devices.
WWW: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: es-acroread7
PKGNAME: es-acroread7
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: amd64 i386
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 9
Remove ports of Adobe Reader 7 and the localized versions because of
security vulnerability. The print/acroreadwrapper new supports
acroread8 only.
Security: CVE-2008-2641
Security: CVE-2008-0883
Security: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-15.html
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
Update to 7.0.9. Various security vulnerabilities have been fixed.
Security: CVE-2006-5857, CVE-2007-0045, CVE-2007-0046, CVE-2007-0047,
Security: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
Update localized Adobe Reader to 7.0.8.
Bump PORTREVISION to reflect the fact that the .desktop file is no
longer installed.
Bump PORTREVISION to reflect the fact that these ports may now
install/deinstall a desktop entry.
- Use a distfile in tarball instead of one in rpm.
- Remove CONFLICTS. All of the localized versions can coexist now.
- Update the localized versions to 7.0.5 if possible.
- Add support for print/acroreadwrapper.
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PR: ports/90319
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I'm doing an assignment in Java that calculates the commission for a salesperson. It's very simple, and could be coded all in the main method, but because I want to get more comforatble working with classes and objects, I made a SalesPerson class and a Calculator class. I have two questions.
Question 1. I have no need to instantiate multiple objects for these classes. The Calculator class only serves to provide 2 methods and some variables, and I don't need to keep track of multiple sales people. Because I don't need more than one instance of these classes, I was thinking about making them contain all static methods and variables. Is it OK to have a class when you don't intend to instantiate it at all?
Question 2. The SalesPerson class only contains variables and no methods (name, commission, totalPay). The only reason I made it into it's own class was to separate functionality. I know in C++ there is the structure data type. I would have used a structure, but Java doesn't have it. Again, I could just put these variables in my main method, but my intention was to separate out the functionality. Is it OK to have a class that contains no methods just for the purpose of making your code 'cleaner' (or the other way around: having a class that contains just methods)?


text: here is a quiz for the tennis coaches and the coach wannabe's.... why is it necessary to drop the racket head for ground strokes? 1 common answer is that you need to drop it so you can brush up for topspin. but what if player just wants to hit a flat ball with not much spin.... the racket drop is still necessary. why? arche3 - stuff like this you don't learn in lessons..... real men figure stuff out.


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Brides beware, the boys are back in town! We showed you flower girl dresses, but now it's time to outfit the dapper darlings that will attend the wedding. And, the mini men don't need to suffer stiff lil tuxedos as there are a number of options for boys that are bound to steal the show! Check out these finds. For more wedding planning fun, go to IDoSugar.
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text: I'm a desktop user and boot straight into it. What's the best way to tell which desktop package I'm using (both kind and version), despite what would normally come with Ubuntu, and despite how it's configured or visually customized? I assume this info is stored in a configuration file somewhere for viewing, or queryable in some programmatic manner.


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Gosselin: Potential Cowboys draft targets? Can't go wrong with blockers from Texas A&M or Alabama
Columnist Rick Gosselin answered questions in a chat Monday. Here are some highlights.
I know its still a ways off, however, do the Cowboys take an OL or DL in the first round and do you have any early names?
I'd take just about any blocker eligible for the draft from Alabama and Texas A&M. Can't miss drafting offensive linemen from those two schools in 2013. If the Cowboys commit to Romo long-term this offseason -- which they will -- they must commit to protecting him. Like I've written previously, I'd go blockers with my first three picks in the 2013 draft.
How much can the Cowboys improve their offensive line in the offseason through the draft or free agency? Can it actually be good next year? That would make a world of difference to the running game and Romo.
The Cowboys have tried the free agency route and it hasn't been a productive one. You overpay for recycled blockers. You don't buy offensive lines in the NFL -- you build them through the draft. I wrote last week the Cowboys should invest their top three picks in the 2013 draft to offensive linemen. You can find them there. The Bengals drafted Kevin Zeitler with the 27th overall pick last April and he started at guard for a playoff team. The Falcons drafted center Peter Konz in the second round with the 55th overall pick and he also started at guard for a playoff team. The Ravens and Vikings also drafted blockers in the first two rounds and those selections started on playoff teams. The Chiefs drafted tackle Donald Stephenson in the third round and he started this season. The Cowboys built a championship line in the early 1990s with premium draft picks and they should attempt to do it again. Starting this April.
Move Free to guard, get a good OT in free agency and draft the best NT you can in the draft. What say you?
OT in the first round, center in the second, guard in the third. Then start them as rookies. A quality blocking front will make Romo a better quarterback, Murray a better running back and a defense more productive because it will be better rested.


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When rocker Jack White and his model/singer-songwriter wife Karen Elson broke up in 2011, it was so amicable that the couple threw a "divorce party," asking friends and family to help celebrate their split "with a positive swing bang hum dinger."
The situation has taken a far less agreeable turn, with Nashville's City Paper reporting that a judge has granted Elson a restraining order against White over a litany of accusations amidst a bitter custody battle over the couple's two children.
According to the restraining order issued on July 22, Jack White has been harassing his ex-wife and her lawyer "in an inappropriate and aggressive manner," including threatening phone calls and emails.
Related: Top 10 Rock Star Mug Shots
Among the allegations are that White wanted Elson to have their children removed from a particular class shared with the child of an entertainer he believes "ripped off his music." He was allegedly also upset with her for attending the wedding of another musician he feels has stolen his musical ideas, with the order making mention of the former White Stripes frontman's supposedly violent temper.


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Nature Trek offered
Hammocks Beach State Park rangers will offer a Nature Trek the first Tuesday of each month at the Swansboro Recreation Center. A variety of programs will be offered throughout the series including nature hikes, ocean studies, camping safety and more. Open to ages 6 to 12 years and drop-ins are welcome. Next meeting is today with refreshments provided. For more information, call 910-326-2600.
May 7
Register for summer camps
The Town of Surf City Parks and Recreation has more than 40 summer camps available for students for the summer of 2014. Summer Fun Campls are for children ages 6 to 9 years of age and cost $125 per camper. The camps begin June 10 and will include a variety of subjects from wild west to pirates and mermaids. For more information all 910-328-4887 or email@example.com.
May 8
Richlands Lodge hosts 3rd degree
The Richlands Lodge No. 564 will have an Emergent Communication at 7:30 p.m. May 8 to confer the third degree at the lodge. A covered dish supper will be served at 6:30 p.m.
May 9
Register for small business luncheon
In celebration of National Small Business Week, Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce�s Small Business Committee hosts a Small Business Luncheon at noon May 12. The event will be held at Montford Point Marine Association, 148 Brynn Marr Road in Jacksonville. The chamber will be honoring the 2014 Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Awardee during the luncheon. Cost is $15, which is due by May 9. For more information call 910-347-3141, ext. 251.
May 10
Aspire track meet planned
Aspire Community Track Meet hosted by Aspire Reaching Beyond the Obvious registration will be held from 9 a.m. to noon May 10 at the Jacksonville High School Track and Field. Registration fee is $20 with three events available or create your own relay. A tutorial practice will be held for ages 4 to 14 years at the high school track once registration has finished. For more information call 910-381-5398 or aspiretrackmeet.webs.com.
May 11
United Methodist Men to meet
The Verona United Methodist Men will meet for breakfast and fellowship at 8 a.m. May 11 in the church fellowship hall. All faiths are welcome to attend. For more information, call 910-347-1979.
May 12
Sign up to volunteer
The Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival Committee is seeking volunteers interested in helping with this years shrimp festival, scheduled for Aug. 9 and 10. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Right now, the midtown floral shop, Nature's Alley, is filled with caring folks, who are busy making holiday bouquets for veterans at the Palo Alto VA Hospital--and you are welcome to join in the fun. Volunteers of all ages are participating, and there's no better place in Palo Alto right now to experience and enjoy the holiday spirit of giving. Thank you!!
From 10am to about 12:30pm today, volunteers are making bouquets, cookie gift bags and cards... and then more volunteers will be delivering the holiday tokens of friendship and appreciation to the VA's Spinal Cord Injury unit and the Hospice.
A huge thanks to Karen, the owner of Nature's Alley for her incredible generosity and community spirit. Also big, big thanks to La Biscotteria, the wonderful Italian bakery on El Camino Real in Redwood City, for donating literally hundreds of delicious, freshly baked biscotti!! Also, thanks to the many home bakers who also are delivering holiday goodies. And thanks, too, to Summer Winds Nursery for donating lots of greenery to this grassroots effort.
Most of all, thank you to our veterans.
Gotta get off the computer right now and get back to Nature's Alley!! Hope to see you there!!!


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" Brand: Black & Decker - Fuel: Electric "
I bought this Black & Decker strimmer as it was a mid range, mid price product. I dont tend to buy the most expensive products (you tend to pay for the name) nor the cheapest products (poor quality and cheap parts). I have always found Black & Decker very reasonably priced for a pretty good product. I fear with Black & Decker prodcts today though they are not what they used to be and corners are being cut.
This strimmer is pretty bog standard in that it just strims. The length is good for tall people at just over 1m long, you don't have to wreck your back using it.
I bought this from Homebase for less than £50 a few years ago in the sale. I thought this was a great price and it still does the job now. It comes with a 1 year warranty which I have never used.
Using this product is easy. Plug it in, attach to the safety switch on the top of the machine, hold in the handle and go.
You can use specialist wire either from Black and Decker or Flymo for strimming but the cheaper stuff from Wilko is perfectly fine - Im not sure, however, if this would make your warranty invalid so do check.
Some bad points of this product are the cheapness of the plastic - Black and Decker products used to be quite sturdy, this seems flimsy for the job it is suppose to do. I suspect it wont last more than around 5-7 years. The wire is also short for our garden, 6m. I always have to use the extension cable.
Overall a reasonable product.
I bought this Black and Decker Trimmer firstly because of it's affordable price, but secondly because it's manufactured by Black and Decker with whom I have many other products with that I cannot fault.
The trimmer itself is surprisingly lightweight and designed so it can be fit into all nooks and crannies if you have a small garden or no where to put it once you've used it.
The 350 watts is powerful enough for a trimmer of this size. I find it is ok for cutting the hard to reach places, but I wouldn't use it as a sole method of cutting grass. The 6 metre cable is just about right for small to medium sized gardens. I wouldn't recommend this trimmer to those that have large gardens because I don't think it would work as well. It's a trimmer for those that have small postage stamp gardens.
Downsides is that it is not very sturdy and feels like cheap plastic. When in use it sometimes feels like it's going to break in two which isn't a good thing, then again I can be quite heavy handed when it comes to gardening. I have to say there are better trimmers out there, but for the price you can't really go wrong.
I bought my Black & Decker Reflex Trim n Edge about two years ago and so far it has been a real asset to my gardening tools.
It will cost you anything from £49.00 from a garden store and from opnline at around £39 or less depending on where you buy it from, but buying online may be cheaper but you will have to pay for delivery.
It is a light weight garden tool that can easily be stored in a garden shed, I have mine hanging up in the shed on a hook in the wall where I can put it when I have finished with it, so that it doesn't get left outside.
I have actually left it outside and it rained but the strimmer still worked as well as it did before I left it outside, but I wouldn't recommend this and keep it in my shed.
The handle is easy to grip and the control is attached to the handle you just grab the handle that sticks out for your left hand and grip the handle with the starter in the other hand, press the leaver there and off you go. You get a good length of wire with it for it to reach down a small garden. As it is an electrical trimmer.
It is a noisy tool so don't expect to be using this early in the morning as the neighbours will complain.
I usually like to strim the garden in the evening when the sun has gone down and the grass is dry.
The wire at the bottom spins round fast to cut the grass and it will cut long grass if you have let it grow to much without mowing.
This is great for getting right up to the edges and borders of the garden beds and end of the lawns as it will get into the places where the grass stops and the garden beds begin, giving you a lovely finish to a mowed lawn, as you can go round the edges and strim and trim to get it looking good.
You can buy the plastic wire that goes round the bottom of the trimmer in most gardening centres, it is easy to replace by screwing the middle of the spinner at the bottom of the trimmer off and wrapping the plastic cutting wire round it, but you have to unplug it before you can replace this or it can be dangerous.
It has a guard at the front of the part that spins to protect you if you hit a stone, or go too near the soil edges with the trimmer.
Do be careful with this as it is not for children's use and must not be left around after use.
If your looking for a good finish to the lawn then this is a good option.
When having a garden I find that it can always do with a good trim now and again. Sometimes using a Lawn Mower gets rid of the majority however it won't get rid of the little edges which are the hardest things to remove. I needed to make sure that I purchased one which was accurate and didn't leave any unwanted grass.
This specific model was £59.99 but you can get ones which are cheaper and more expensive depending on what your specific needs are. I think for the price of this one I don't really think you need any other one because this does do everything which is needed.
Description and Feel
When looking at the trimmer you will see that the handle you use is very stylish looking and is also very comfortable on your hands when you are using it. You can tell that this trimmer is pretty powerful because you really feel it in the palms of your hand when you switch it on to use. It isn't a big ugly thing so it could definatley fit in a garden shed to store and then just bring it out when you want to use it.
The trimmer does a good job in doing everything that you would need it to do. It won't get rid of absoloutly everything you need it to do but it will get rid of the majority only leaving little strands in places which don't make a big deal. I think it is very good and when you use it you can hear it cutting away at the grass. It is also not difficult to move either and is pretty light so anyone could use this.
If you have a garden which you often maintain I would recommend one of these trimmers because they really do make the gardening a whole lot easier. You can go over the garden with the Lawn Mower but then this trimmer can finish off the little bits which have been left by it on the edges.
Our Black and Decker Trim and Edge Reflex Trimmer or Strimmer as we called it, had been going strong for more summers than I care or dare to remember until recently. It proved time and time again that it could hack its way through most plant life and still come back for more.
Sadly its now gone to strimmer heaven, but it did a reasonably good job for many years and was easily worth what we spent to purchase it. I think that at the time of purchase we must have paid around £19.99 to £24.99, but its been so long since we bought it that I cannot recall the precise figure.
The trimmer came boxed in a long and sturdy cardboard box that bore the Black and Decker logo. We bought it in Homebase as we had seen a number of lawn care items on display and thought that this little strimmer suited our needs.
The strimmer was easy to unpack and was set up ready to go, except for the plastic protector half moon shell, which needed attaching. Once that was done all we had to do was read the instruction manual, attach the power cable and plug it in.
The Black and Decker Strimmer was something we used a lot when we first had it. We found it very handy for hacking back the long unkempt grass of our new garden, which in the end did have to be re turfed. In the meantime we managed to get the levels of weeds and couch grass down to acceptable heights, so that the nice turf man could come and dig it all up and lay a smart new lawn.
The strimmer was powerful enough to cope with strong and sturdy weeds and longer grass, but was sometimes a pain to use. The line feed on the spool of strimmer wire often jammed and meant we had to manually lift it. This meant that often, too much strimmer wire was released and then the route of the wire became twisted up and needed de tangling, which was very annoying.
Another part of the strimmer we had some issues with was the plastic cover plate, which was meant to shield you and your legs from harm or fly back from cuttings. Very often this really only provided the minimum of protection when using the strimmer on longer vegetation.
The feeling you get when a long piece of plant material you have cut back whips your legs can be rather painful, so I would always advice you wear long and thick trousers when strimming with this item. I would never want to use any strimmer if not wearing suitable clothing, as bits of plant material can fly up at you, at some very odd angles at times when you least expect it.
The cable that came with our strimmer, is something that is long enough to cope with a small family sized garden. Anything larger than that will need a longer cable. As with any such item, its wise to use an RCD protected electrical point, when using this and always, always, keep an eye on where you are in relation to the live power cable. Its better to be safe than sorry.
As I recall the cutting width of the strimmer was around 25cm. This was more then adequate for our needs. The strimmer could be used for general hacking off of plant life as well as edging the lawn. This function did prove useful once our nice new lawn had settled in, as it was edged with a nice array of pavers, so once trimmed with the strimmer the edged looked neat and tidy.
Down points for this item were that plant material could and did fly up at you when you least expected it, which could cause harm. The protective fan shaped piece sometimes worked loose as it was only attached by one simple screw.
This meant that on occasion if came off when the strimmer was in use and this could have been very dangerous. Although we often checked and tightened the screw to avoid this, eventually the fitting piece snapped off and made the strimmer virtually unusable without its protective cover.
The wire spool which fed the strimmer line or wire, often jammed and needed releasing, sometimes releasing much more wire than was needed, which resulted in a twisted line feed and too much wire being fed down to the cutting point.
This would then mean that the wire would be too wide at the bottom of the strimmer and would catch on the cover plate, being roughly hacked off within a short time and then sending the wire spinning off towards your legs. This could be a real danger if you hadn't had chance to move away and as such is a flaw in the strimmer design.
After all a cutting wire that is moving at high speed, can fly up from any angle when you least suspect it, once it has been almost instantly cut free from the main line.
Having listed a few of the benefits and pitfalls that we encountered with this model of strimmer, I feel that in terms of a rating a 3 star rate would be fair. The strimmer does strim well and did last for some time. However the protective cover was never very well attached and needed regular re fixing till it snapped off.
The line feed from the wire spool, was a nightmare to re thread if the wire became misplaced and you could spend ages on trying to get it to feed through to the bottom cutting area of the strimmer. This was even worse when having to replace the line feed spool with a fresh one once the cutting wire had run out.
Summer is finally here and I can finally start to work in the back garden again.
Don't misunderstand me, I'm not a landscaper, but I do like keeping the grass under control, trimming the sides, just basically giving the garden a hair cut...well I cant cut my hair anymore can I.
My black and Decker reflex trim and edge has lasted me for absolutely years and she isn't showing any signs of going out anytime soon (fingers crossed).
The lawn mower is the main equipment that cuts down those over grown grass hairs and weeds that start to also come through, but it can only do so much. Then here it comes, the saver of the garden, the one that ads that finishing touch, that perfect trim that turns mess to masterpiece.
If you let your hair get long it looks fine, the next time you go in and let then shave your hair and not do the sides it doesn't look so good now does it, but when you clean it up with the trimmers that's the finishing touch.
It's the same with your garden.
Shopping at Homebase was completely baffling, trying to pick out the perfect trimmer (aka Weed Whacker) was so daunting because there was so many to choose from, why does there have to be so much choice.
When I searched on Google for a good trimmer and one that is reliable I saw a lot of people rating the Black and Decker very highly and decided to go with that brand, and have not looked back since.
The Black and Decker trimmer is a forest green with a soft grip handle giving both your hands good placement on this trimmer, to have complete control over its movement providing a useful and handy "line feed system reflex plus" for when that cutting line gets too short it extends it back out to it's programmed specifications providing you with a thick strong line, the power is a whopping 350W (when you pull the trigger to start the motor you feel a slight vibrations in your hands from the power that it generates), the amount of line you get supplied within the box is 2 x 6 meters, so when you work out exactly how to use your trimmer and just get comfortable with it and how best to trim your garden, the amount of line that is provided lasts a long while. And the last and final thing is you are provided with a integral edging guide that is attached at the base of the trimmer by the cutting line.
While using this I would say this best cuts the edge of the grass and the weeds really well, but for the thicker stuff I would say to use your shears or something of that kind just because even though the trimmer can handle the thicker stuff you may find you are going through the cutting line like money at a casino.
This gets the main job done using the guide as you twist and turn it to get that perfect cut. With there being two firm handles to hold on too there really is no reason for it to slip or turn without your knowing, moving the trimmer around your garden has never been more simpler.
You can get this Black And Decker Reflex Trim n Edge GI540GGB for around £80 but it always depends on where you shop from, I did get this a little while back so it could be cheaper anyway.
Final Thoughts
I don't think I would go anywhere else for a trimmer, Black and Decker have impressed me, when I eventually have to replace this one I will be reaching for the new and improved Black and Decker Trimmer, but at the minute my one is like Hercules....no not a demi-god but it's not far off.
As any regular readers who have been kind enough to read some of my recent review will know that I am in the midst of many household chores at the moment, both inside the house and around the garden.
As with the winter months heading our way I have been more busier in the garden than normal, adding those final touches to the freshly nurtured lawn, one of those things being the 'strimming' of the lawn edges and the rough patches which my lawn mower struggles with.
So, with the mower failing to handle certain parts of the garden, and the chainsaw being a little over the top for the job needed, it was time to pull out the 'trimmer', or I as I call it, the 'strimmer' out of the shed.
This particular strimmer has been in my possession for a while now and, although it did have one annoying fault to start with, it has been of good service throughout our time together.
* 700 watts
* 330 mm cutting width.
* 'Reflex plus' line feeding system.
* Middle mounted motor for better balance.
* Soft grip handle
* Edging function
* 10400rpm cutting speed
* Telescopic shaft
* 1.65 line diameter
* 3.2kg in weight
When I first bought this it was a little infuriating, no, I tell a lie, it was as annoying as an itch on your back that you just can't reach. The reason for the utter annoyance was that the cutting line seemed to run out quicker than a cheetah on roller blades, the so called 'line feeding system' working a little too well if you ask me.
Anyway, I decided not to give up on this strimmer, mainly because of how much I had just spent on it, and instead tried different techniques in using it, and also different ways in winding the line around the spool.
So, after a few test runs, and quite a bit of 'cutting line' I finally figured out the way to run the machine without it spitting out miles and miles of line all over my garden.
Once I had worked this out I found this machine to be a cracking way to trim those edges around my garden, the way you simply twist the main shaft to get at those edges, leaving a perfect straight side all around.
It does look like it may be a handful to control, what with its trigger hiding gently beneath the funky looking and very curvy handle. The solid front grip handle giving your none trigger hand the ability to manoeuvre the strimmer around with such ease.
The actual shaft is of good quality, curving ever so gently downwards towards the rather basic looking cutting spool area, which in turn is a little protected by a very generous black semi circle of plastic, which does help protect you from any flying debris that you may hit, such as stones, sticks or even wild life.
It has a good size cutting range to help you tackle those difficult stubborn areas where your mower wont reach, making your lawn look like the pitch at Wembley stadium, only without the hordes of angry fans throwing things at you.
It may not be the tallest of strimmers but once you get the hang of it this simply helps in how easy you can manoeuvre it round the garden, and with it weighing just over 3kg you'll be able to cart it around for hours on end, although unless you've got a garden the size of Buckingham Palaces then you wont need to cart it round for hours.
In fact, for me, the hardest part of using this machine is when the line does run out and you have to add more onto the 'spool, which I initially found that winding the line around it was a little tricky but, as with most things, after a few attempts it soon became as easy as threading a needle, and I did find that the tighter the line was around the spool the less likely it was to run out with in minutes.
In all, a great addition to anyone's shed which is brimming with gardening equipment. It is so easy to use and, in the average size garden, will take a matter of minutes to trim around those edges, giving a perfect finish to you lawn.
So, if you want one of these little beauties then you can have one for around £70, but, as I always say, do shop around as there's always a bargain to be had.
Having spent a good while in Homebase assessing the alternatives, I decided on this model because it was the cheapest that met my criteria (I have a flat with a small garden): Cable length The cheaper B&Ws have pathetically short cables which would make them useless without an extension reel. If you want to pay less than £30, go for a Flymo - they all have 12 metres of flex. Trims and edges. I thought it would be useful to be able to edge the lawn (cutting vertically) as well as trimming it. As it turns out, my edges looked fine after trimming, but it might come in handy some day. Size Flymo's equivalent is a great design - slightly cheaper as well - but the handle is a large arc shape which would take up a lot of space. The B&W is a lot more compact, so that sealed the decision. Automatic cutter feed On any strimmer, the plastic cutting line constantly breaks and needs replaced. This model has a spool of line which is automatically fed through whenever it breaks. And it comes with two extra refills. Saves a lot of time and hassle.


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