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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 7:36 AM
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PUSD superintendent review set for today in closed session
Original post made on May 1, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 7:36 AM
a resident of Foothill Knolls
on May 1, 2012 at 8:23 am
I hope in evaluating Ms. Ahmadi the trustees keep in mind that she works for them and not vice versa. It seems that they might have forgotten this along the way. I would hope that Ms. Ahmadi is given feedback that the arrogant lack of transparency and accountability that continue to be perpetuated under her leadership are unacceptable. The district deserves better. Pleasanton deserves better.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 1, 2012 at 8:39 am
The board should look at some of the benefits the superintendent has, like car allowance, and remove them. And PLEASE, no raises for her. No matter what you think about her performance, with the budget situation, this is not the time to increase costs, they should be looking at her contract and how to save money. Top down. Start with her and then go after the management.
a resident of Downtown
on May 1, 2012 at 9:10 am
Superintendent Ahmadi has done an outstanding job steering PUSD through a very difficult period, thanks to the State of California and its arcane school finance methods. She has kept the district harmonious and always has the best interests of the students as her top priority.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 1, 2012 at 9:14 am
Ahmadi has been the worst superintendent ever hired in the history of Pleasanton.
Why would Pleasanton hire a superintendent with absolutely no superintendent experience?
John Casey, Mary Frances Callan, and Bill James -- though each had their faults -- were far better.
a resident of Stoneridge
on May 1, 2012 at 9:33 am
Until P-town decides it doesn't want to put soviet style communists into positions of responsibility wheel be left with the likes of her and the hippy mayor.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 1, 2012 at 9:51 am
I think Ms. Ahmadi has done well under the circumstances. She has come into a district with strong personalities in her cabinet and within the community. The drawback is possibly not knowing how to sort through the bombardment to find the truth. I'm not even certain she has it yet.
As to the past, Bill James, while tough, had a team that unified the district, passed bonds to save the school sites, managed through a strike, worked to put negotiations on a positive path, and put money in the bank for the future. Mary Frances was smart enough not to upset what was handed to her. Hands down, no one was worse or did more damage than Ms. Ahmadi's immediate predecessor. He destroyed the district's finances when he knew very well the state was hitting its own difficulties, locked in three year contracts with upper management so Ms. Ahmadi couldn't make changes had she wished to do so, and padded his wallet as he ran off into retirement.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 1, 2012 at 11:17 am
" He destroyed the district's finances when he knew very well the state was hitting its own difficulties, locked in three year contracts with upper management so Ms. Ahmadi couldn't make changes had she wished to do so, and padded his wallet as he ran off into retirement."
Well he's gone and there isn't much we can do about he who must not be named. Seems like everyone is taking out their frustration on his replacement.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 1, 2012 at 11:50 am
xyz, Ms. Ahmadi was handed a lump of coal and expected to polish it back into a diamond. She has been gracious and responsive and deserves the time to make any needed changes, which I think revolve more around the business side, not necessarily the education side.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 1, 2012 at 12:11 pm
How much time does she need to 'make changes?' My gosh, she has had almost 2 years here and has made absolutely NO changes. She has a so-called 'innovative' education plan that parrots NCLB Federally mandated requirements (wow, equal test scores regardless of ethnic background, what a new concept :-)) and her public outreach seems to consist solely of attending Rotary and Chamber functions.
The Board is the one that extended contracts for upper management and the superintendent. They need to find a new superintendent or the public will find a new Board.
a resident of Mohr Park
on May 1, 2012 at 4:09 pm
The board as a whole selects the superintendent and conducts her performance appraisals. If someone is dissatisfied with some aspect of her work, then their feedback is most useful if directly conveyed to the board members, rather than via an anonymous forum. As has been evident over the last two years, board members have different perspectives, based in part on which members of the community contact them. Here are their names, numbers, and emails:
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Superintendent Ahmadi brought her experience as an assistant superintendent in a district three times the size of ours to Pleasanton. She has not made changes in cabinet, but she has selected new principals for Amador, Harvest Park, and Walnut Grove two years ago. Last summer Amy Simione moved from Alisal to Donlon, and Terri Quisenberry came to Alisal. Is the Valley View principal also new? Six new recruits in 15 schools are making a difference in students' experiences.
The board and superintendent are making tough choices about where to make budget cuts. Over the next 3-5 years the district will tackle new challenges, and many of us are paying attention to how those challenges will be addressed --- which is good news.
Continuing to build partnerships with the community will be a gradual process. I hope that those who have not yet connected with Superintendent Ahmadi will invite her to their events.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 1, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Fremont is not exactly the model district. The last superintendent there was unceremoniously fired. Her eventual fate will be the same as John Rieckewald's.
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on May 2, 2012 at 4:43 pm
In my conversations with Dr. Casey, he was always arrogant.
In my attempt to talk with Mrs. Ahmadi, she has been aloof and unapproachable.
a resident of Stoneridge
on May 2, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Yeah, I've had the same kinds of difficulty with the both of them, and others as well.
It must be them.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 3, 2012 at 9:15 pm
There were three superintendents since the one who was fired. He wasn't there long enough to do the kind of damage you are referencing. Doug Gephart and Milt Werner were there with Ahmadi. The current superintendent is Jim Morris.
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By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
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Floyd, 35, hit .284 with nine home runs and 45 RBIs for the Cubs in 2007, including a .373 on-base percentage in 108 games. He is a career .279 hitter with 222 home runs, 826 RBIs, 327 doubles and 147 stolen bases in 15 Major League seasons with the Expos (1993-96, 2002), Marlins (1997-2002), Red Sox (2002), Mets (2003-06) and Cubs (2007).
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Alps - Western Part > Graie Alps > Gran Paradiso > Climber's Log
Gran Paradiso Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: july 2010
|Climbed the normal route together with 3 friends and our guide, starting from the Rifugio Chabod. Very bad weather on the rocky part during our final push to the summit (strong wind and snow), but we all made it!
|Posted Jul 25, 2010 1:59 pm
|Normal Route,
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009
|Started from Pont parking lot at 3:00 AM. Reached the Vittorio Emanuele II Refuge by 5:00 AM and the summit by noon. Snow conditions were perfect and we experienced no difficulties whatsoever with regard to weather.
|Posted Aug 4, 2009 6:16 am
|Sebastian Hamm
|Day Trip from Pont
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009
|The weather forecast was very bad for Sunday, so we decided to climb G.P. on a single day on Saturday.
We arrived at Pont 2 a.m., slept two hours and started from the parking at 6 a.m, summited at 12:30 p.m. and were back at Pont at 5 p.m. ... very exhausted!
|Posted Aug 3, 2009 10:22 am
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009
|Went from Refuge Vittorio Emanuele II. A second attempt..first one in 2007 when we had to turn back due to a sudden storm and then on the way down, broke my ankle on the trail and was treated to a scenic heli flight to the hospital. This time, I enjoyed a beautiful climb to the summit and proudly made my own way down the mountain! Some summits a just a little sweeter than others.
|Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:55 pm
|Ron Leliveld
|Vittorio emanuelle
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2008
|It was a difficult climb with very blank ice but with great sunshine and a clear sky.
|Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:22 am
|Two days, two ascents
|I was on the top on two days following in July, 1997. On the first day my girlfriend became sick just an hour after we started from the Vittorio Emanuele hut, and returned to the house while my brother and I went up. However, we didn't reach the exact summit that day because of the big crowd and the icy rocks. We turned back just about 20 meters before the peak (horizontally), after waiting a long time for the passage to be free.
Next morning we tried again (this time I made my girlfriend eat some breakast in spite of this will and it helped :), and I guided her and my father tothe top. This time we were much faster and we reached the top before the crowd.
Five years laer, in 2002, I went there again with a bigger group, and ascended from the Chabod hut, which is a longer way, so we stopped again some meters before the Madonna because the crowd had already reached the summit from the shorter route.
|Posted Nov 24, 2008 6:43 am
|Normal Route from Vittorio Emanuelle
|Busy up there.. Nice view from the top:)
|Posted Sep 7, 2008 7:56 am
|From Vittorio emanuelle refuge
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2008
|Climbed Gran Paradiso on July 15th.
Nice walk up the glacier, pretty good weather.
I was hesitant about checking the "Were you successful?" box because I stopped a few meters short of the Madonna summit. The summit was so heavily crowded, people were all over each other on the narrow ledges leading to the top that I did not feel comfortable and in my mind the few meters that I had left were not worth the risk. I unroped and carefully descended to safety.
In my mind I summitted the mountain so I'm happy with it :)
It was a good acclimatisation trip for Mont Blanc which I summited two days later.
|Posted Aug 29, 2008 8:02 pm
|From Pont
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008
|Started from Pont and go back in one day !
|Posted Aug 4, 2008 9:39 am
|Normal route via Rif. Vittorio Emmanuele
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008
|Me and my father ( at age 59 ) riched summit in bad weather conditions.. Anyway was fantastic day :-D Our first 4000 but not last!
|Posted Jul 12, 2008 9:34 pm
|bruno baschung
|normal route
Date Climbed: May 9, 2008
|I climbed Gran Paradiso to the highest true summit (4061m) and also wento the Madonna (4058m) on same day. Not much snow. But few people venture to do the true summit! (although relatively easy (belay possible for short abseil). I climbed before 3 times only to the madonna and one time just 20 meters below (too muchj people there!)
Bruno baschung
|Posted May 10, 2008 3:02 pm
|Gran Paradiso 4061 m
Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2005
|Beautiful tour to the Gran Paradiso 4061 m
photos are here: Gran Paradiso 4061 m
|Posted Nov 9, 2007 10:46 am
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 1988
|Normal Route from Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele. A small and very crowded summit!
|Posted Nov 4, 2007 11:59 am
|normal route
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2005
|the weather conditions weren't very good, but it was still possible to reach the summit via the normal route. because of the bad weather whe had no view on the summit.
|Posted Oct 24, 2007 6:07 pm
|Route climbed: Normal route from Refuge Victora Emanuela II
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2007
|In good conditions we reach the summit of Gran Paradiso. It was a bit cloudy and windy. Good mountain for aclimatization.
|Posted Jul 22, 2007 1:34 pm
|Normal Route from Rif.Chabod
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007
|Wonderful day! We started at 4.40 am from Chabod Hut and reached the summit at about 8.50.
Summit very crowded, cold wind: we renounced to the last 10 meters to Madonnina...
Going down from the summit, because of the growing up of temperature, the Lavenciau glacier was quite dangerous: it's still snow covered and the snow-bridge above crevasses can suddenly fall: keeep attention and start very early in the morning!!!
|Posted Jul 21, 2007 4:07 pm
|normal route
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007
|not the best weather, especially on the summit and on the way down, we started and finished in Pont, so over 2000m up and then down:)) crowdy in the summit area and therefore dangerous, people pushing one another, I didn't like it
|Posted Jul 21, 2007 6:41 am
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2004
|My first 4000, nice weather.
|Posted Jul 12, 2007 5:33 pm
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007
|Headed up to the refuge on Saturday evening and left around 3:30am the next morning before the crowds. Reached the summit via the normal route in under 4hrs and also scrambled to the Madonna summit. Quite windy that day, but a nice, mellow route.
|Posted Jul 9, 2007 12:37 pm
|Joerg Marretsch
|Normal Route, Rif. Chabod
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|After a week of clouds and snow: Clear sky, cold wind and awesome views to the other mountains in the alps!
|Posted Jul 8, 2007 8:03 am


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Now I'm ready to build a high end gaming rig based on the i7 2600K CPU, which I already have. I like to mess with overclocking and from what I've read, that CPU is pretty sweet for the price and can shoot past 4.0 Ghz on air without breaking a sweat. I'll definitely use an aftermarket CPU heatsink, maybe water cooled. I like the Corsair Hydro series. The only other piece to the puzzle I have ready is the OS hard drive, and for that I bought the 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD. From the reviews I read it was one of the best of the bunch of SSD'd that have hit the market. I was gonna use it in my laptop, but I decided to wait for the firmware to mature a bit more and hopefully help fix the BSOD and whatever other problems some people were getting hammered with. So I saved it for this rig. Speaking of firmware, I think they just released a new version, 2.50 or something like that and I think it helps. We'll see. Either way, it's a nice hard drive option for the OS and certain programs you really want to fly. From there I need help, especially the motherboard. Too many choices! Feature wise, I guess what I'm looking for is a full featured solid performer with excellent overclocking ability, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0, SLI/CrossFire ready if I decide to go that route, and the new school UEFI BIOS is a HUGE plus. Is there a particular NB chipset that is preferred by gamers, or one that is just preferred because it's the best of the bunch? I see the dfferent ones available on these LGA1155 boards and I forget the differences. A few I was looking at were the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme boards, the MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) and Z68A-GD80 (G3) and Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3.
Memory: Again, lots of choices but easier to deal with than the mobo. So far I'm looking at this G.SKILL Ripjaws set:
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Seems like a solid deal. Decent price, fast and stable at rated speeds according to most of the reviews. Corsair is also solid, so I'll be looking at them also. The big thing is compatability. I should buy the mobo first so it'll be easier to pick memory I know would be compatable and not have any issues with it. That's in a perfect world. Brand name memory is usually not too much of a problem. It's when you buy questionable stuff trying to save a few bucks is when you can get yourself into problems.
A large storage hard drive is gonna be a problem. I have the solid state OS drive as I mentioned before, but a storage drive is gonna be big-time expensive because of all the flooding problems in the country where most of these hard drives are made. You use to be able to get a Western Digital 1TB or larger HDD for under $100. Now, at least from newegg.com figure on spending between $200-$300!!! Nasty. I'm gonna try BestBuy near my house.....I think I can score one of these drives for a lot less. If not, I have some older SATA drives laying around here I can use short-term.
Video Card: Not sure on this one. I want to keep my options open for a SLI setup. Right now newegg.com does not have much of a selection of Radeon cards....mostly nVidia. The GTX-590 dual GPU cards are sick. Expensive as heck but pretty much the fastest on the planet. There seems to be some issues with stuttering or something with the dual GPU cards. The GTX-580 may be a better choice, and the option is open to use 2 in a SLI setup.
***I just found this Radeon card on special this weekend for a great price. MSI Radeon HD6970. Factory overclocked, free Dirt3 game coupon, and marked down $40 on the price after the mail in rebate to $349.00 plus free shipping this weekend. Almost out of time so I'm gonna grab it now.***
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**Edit** Anyone have x2 of these cards and try them in CrossFireX mode? Curious how it worked for you. (2) of these cards should be pretty dang powerful. My only other question would be: Has SLI and CrossFireX reached the point where they are worth the cost? Have most of the issues been worked out? ***
That's about all I have so far. The next few days I'll be researching a PSU, Blu-Ray/DVD writeable drive, full size tower case, CPU heatsink or maybe water-cooling for both the CPU and GPU if there is a nice quality, simple kit around to consider. A Windows 7 Home Premium OS should be fine and anything else I need to build my "GameKiller v2.0". I appreciate any advice or comments you guys may have. The last time I did this the people here were a huge help to me and the advice I got was awesome. I built my first computer pretty much on the fly with no previous experience, just what I learned here from all of you and whatever I could find on my own. I was so "noob" to this stuff I was actually scared to turn on the computer after I finished assembly!! I waited almost 2 full days!! Anyway, it worked awesome, as I hope this one does. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. GERBILS RULE!!
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Melissa Mercer was hired into the Albion College faculty in August, 2004, and she brings a unique perspective to the teacher preparation program. As a professional museum educator, she has spend countless hours in schools--mostly K-8--and is comfortable teaching all ages and classroom and non-classroom settings. Her passion, however, is to help prospective teachers grow personally and professionally in order to be ethical, reflective, empathetic, and knowledgeable educators and role models for children and youth. She believes that "learning" should be considered broadly to include knowledge and skill gains, attitude and disposition changes, acquisition of multiple perspectives, and identity transactions, among other things. Her work often directs prospective teachers to look to places outside classroom walls for inspiration in their teaching. Dr. Mercer's research focuses on the intersection of Free Choice Learning Environments (FCLEs are places like museums, zoos, planetaria, historic sites, art galleries, and parks) and teacher education.
Dr. Mercer has a B.S. in physics from University of Michigan, M.A.T. in museum education from George Washington University, M.Ed. in science education in museum settings from University of Florida, and Ph.D. in science education (focusing on preparing future teachers to use FCLEs to inspire them to think differently about "learning" and "teaching") from University of Michigan. So far at Albion College, she has taught the introductory courses for the old and new programs, Elementary and Secondary Math and Science Methods courses, Summer Science Camp, Reading in the Content Area, and Student Teaching Seminar, and she has supervised elementary and secondary student teachers. She is excited to be a part of the Albion College/Albion Public Schools collaboration and looks forward to discovering with Albion Public School teachers and the community how she can play a part in rejuvenating the local school district.


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As if the last few years haven't provided evidence enough that such notions are pure folly, newly released transcripts of 2006 Federal Reserve meetings offer further proof. The transcripts show that the "experts" — members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — were so clueless that even as late as December, when the housing market was displaying serious signs of decline, most showed little concern that the bursting bubble could take down the entire economy.
The committee met for the first time that year on January 31. One of the architects of the housing bubble, Alan Greenspan, was leading his final FOMC confab as Fed Chairman. The Fed's chief economist, David Stockton, was still forecasting a 5.5-percent increase in housing prices that year, though he admitted that "the housing sector is clearly one of the biggest risks that [the economy is] currently confronting."
Still, overall the mood was one of guarded optimism with regard to the economy as a whole — and one of sheer delight at being in the presence of Greenspan the Great. Then-Fed Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson, for instance, called the outgoing Chairman "a monetary policy Yoda," referring to the guru of the Force in the Star Wars movies.
Janet Yellen, then president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said it was "fitting" for Greenspan "to leave office with the economy in such solid shape," telling the Chairman "that the situation you're handing off to your successor is a lot like a tennis racquet with a gigantic sweet spot" — a remark that generated much laughter in the room, though not the same kind it gets today.
The New York Federal Reserve Bank president at the time was not to be outdone in the bootlicking department. "I'd like the record to show that I think you're pretty terrific," one Timothy Geithner said to Greenspan. "And thinking in terms of probabilities, I think the risk that we decide in the future that you're even better than we think is higher than the alternative."
Newly-minted Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke presided over the March meeting. Stockton said housing was "the most salient risk" to the economy at that point and stated that he had no idea how far down the market might go.
Bernanke, however, expressed little concern. "I think we are unlikely to see growth derailed by the housing market," he remarked, later adding that he foresaw "a relatively soft landing in housing."
By May then-Fed Governor Susan Bies was warning of the dangers of "the growing ingenuity in the mortgage market." "Some of the models the banks are using clearly were built in times of falling interest rates and rising housing prices," she continued. "It is not clear what may happen when either of those trends turns around."
The Fed Chairman, on the other hand, said, "We are seeing, at worst, an orderly decline in the housing market." He argued that "some correction in this market is a healthy thing, and our goal should not be to try to prevent that correction but rather to ensure that the correction does not overly influence growth in the rest of the economy."
The next month George Guynn, then-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, pointed to "reports that builders are now making concessions and providing upgrades, such as marble countertops and other extras, and in one case even throwing in a free Mini Cooper to sweeten the deal" — a comment that drew laughter from the other committee members — "rather than reducing prices. So real house prices may be declining more than the data suggest."
Bernanke called housing "an important risk" but still did not seem to see it as a catastrophe about to happen.
In September he would continue to argue that "the economy except for housing and autos is still pretty strong, and we do not yet see any significant spillover from housing." Curious observers may wonder why Bernanke did not consider downturns in two major markets — markets the government would soon seek to salvage at tremendous cost to taxpayers — cause for greater concern. But Bernanke was not alone: According to the Wall Street Journal, other "officials played down the housing and mortgage threats" as well.
During the final meeting of the year, in December, "policymakers show[ed] little rising awareness of the storm coming their way," the Journal wrote. "Some of the evidence of rising weakness in housing was seen largely as a correction for past excess, rather than the genesis of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression."
Bies was among the exceptions, referring to "a jump in delinquencies" in subprime Adjustable Rate Mortgages — which subsequently would become one of the biggest contributors to the housing collapse — and "the realization that a lot of the private mortgages that have been securitized during the past few years really do have much more risk than the investors have been focusing on."
The Chairman remained relatively nonplussed, saying, "A soft landing scenario with some slow but, I hope, decided reduction in inflation seems to be a reasonable expectation."
The New York Times described well the picture which emerges from the transcripts: "Some of the nation's pre-eminent economic minds did not fully understand the basic mechanics of the economy that they were charged with shepherding. The problem was not a lack of information; it was a lack of comprehension, born in part of their deep confidence in economic forecasting models that turned out to be broken."
The Times hastened to point out, quoting University of Pennsylvania economics professor Justin Wolfers, that "any other economist" would likely have been just as unaware of the looming disaster as the Fed was in 2006. That simply is not the case. Economists of the Austrian school had forecast the housing bubble years in advance and knew precisely what was happening as it began to burst. One Austrian-school disciple, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), told the House Financial Services Committee in 2003 that "the boom in housing prices cannot last forever" and that when it busts, both homeowners and mortgage holders will suffer. "These losses," he explained, "will be greater than they would have otherwise been had government policy not actively encouraged over-investment in housing." Paul's warning went unheeded.
Meanwhile, back at the Fed, one voice remained upbeat throughout the growing housing crisis. In the March 2006 meeting that person argued that "overall financial conditions seem pretty supportive of the expansion." In September he said, "We just don't see troubling signs of collateral damage [from the housing market], and we are not expecting much." And even in December, when Bies was cautioning the rest of the committee on the mortgage market, this member maintained that there was no need for "a substantial reassessment of the risks in the outlook" because "we think the fundamentals of the expansion going forward still look good."
For his prescience, Timothy Geithner was rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama.
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Windchill versus air temperature
During the winter, meteorologists report the actual air temperature outside and the windchill temperature.
Do you know the difference between the two?
Air temperature is the thermostat reading of the temperature outdoors.
Windchill temperature is what it feels like to the body when the wind is blowing.
According to the National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water & Weather Services, as the wind increases, it draws heat from the body, decreasing skin temperature and eventually the internal body temperature. Therefore, the wind makes it feel much colder.
Windchill temperature only affects humans and other animals. It will have no effect on inanimate objects. Those objects will not cool down past the current air temperature.


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SNOW HILL – Payment for the new Mystic Harbor Wastewater Treatment Plant could come in part from President Barack Obama's federal stimulus package, county elected officials hope, and perhaps for other county projects as well.
The Worcester County Commissioners presented the list of potential stimulus package projects at Tuesday's commissioner meeting, in response to letters from Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Maryland Department of Transportation asking for projects to possibly be funded under the federal stimulus package.
Worcester County signed off on a list of five ready-for-bid projects for possible stimulus funding. A total of $19 million would be needed to complete all those efforts.
Officials also threw in a list of four planned projects, which are not yet under design and are much further from beginning.
The highest priority, the replacement of the Mystic Harbor Wastewater Treatment Plant, will cost $8.8 million. The work could be ready for construction by June and meets the requirement in the governor's letter that it be ready for bid before September.
The existing plant at Mystic Harbor has significant structural problems and cannot always meet state effluent limits, making a new plant necessary. With no back-up treatment capacity, routine maintenance is difficult. Plant components are old, and do not function efficiently. At times, inadequately treated wastewater must be released.
The second project on the commissioners' list, the Berlin Rubblefill Cap and Closure, should cost $2.4 million to build. Design work is underway and should be complete by May. The closure will prevent run-off from the rubble fill from contaminating groundwater.
Work on phase II of the Route 50 service road comes third on the list, at an estimated cost of $4 million. The county needs another $2 million at least to purchase right-of-way land.
The fourth project, an additional water tower in the Mystic Harbor area, should cost $1.4 million, and would provide more water storage. Extra water would also make maintenance easier, and accommodate a growing commercial area. The design work is almost finished, and bid requests will go out this spring.
The fifth and last stimulus-ready project, the Ocean Pines and Riddle Farm water interconenction, should cost about $400,000 and provide redundancy to both water systems. With the design in hand, the county is waiting for county and federal permits. Bidding should go out in the spring.
Under future projects, the county listed a third Ocean Pines water tank, the rehabilitation of the Oyster Harbor water plant, the interconnection of Assateague Point and the Landings water systems and the Showell School sewer pump station. The four future projects would cost around $4 million.
The Ocean Pines water tank has been in the works for years, but county staff has been unable to identify a viable site. The tank would increase Ocean Pines' stored water up to state recommended levels, and adds water capacity for increasing commercial activity in the area. The new tank would cost $2 million.
Design work has not even begun, however. "It's just on the books as a future project," Tustin said.
Improvements to the Oyster Harbor water plant would involve redesigning the treatment process to provide drinkable water. The plant is now on stand-by. Work would cost $500,000.
The water interconnection between Assateague Point and the Landings would increase efficiency, and open the door to public water in Snug Harbor. The interconenction would also offer redundancy for the two systems, and add fire protection. The work would cost $100,000.
A wastewater pump station for Showell Elementary School would connect to the Ocean Pines wastewater system, eliminating a large septic system in favor of treatment by a state of the art plant. Other local septic systems, at two churchse, office buildings, and athletic fields, could follow.
"Of paramount concern to me is Showell School pumping station," said Commissioner Linda Busick, referring to the future projects. "I'd like to see this number one."
"This should be pushed up," said County Commission President Louise Gulyas. "That should be started as soon as possible."
The design funding for the pumping station should be in the next budget, county Administrator Gerry Mason said.
The commissioners agreed that the Showell School pumping station would take priority among the future projects.
The commissioners should be prepared for potential federal funding, Commissioner Judy Boggs said, but without expecting that to move forward on the listed projects if the stimulus package does not reach Worcester County.


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School of Music Faculty & Alumni Participate in Local Community Outreach Project - School of Rock!
Chris Bell, a first-grade teacher at Ithaca's Fall Creek Elementary School, recently started an after-school program called School of Rock! Every Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m., students from grades pre-K through fifth grade gather in several classrooms to play music. He hopes it will spark a new passion of music for many students, or strengthen a the interest of others.
IC School of Music Manager of Music Recording Technical Support, Brian Dozoretz, along with several alumni, have joined the efforts of this community outreach project. Brian is teaching Electric Bass to students that have selected the instrument, and recent graduate Phil Abbott '10, is teaching strings.
School of Music alumni Brian Wilson '97, Angela Comprone '98, and Matthew Saccuccimorano '89, are also volunteering.
The Ithaca Journal recently attended a class to cover the program.
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Premier failed to act on data dispute
The Baillieu government failed to activate a dispute resolution clause in the national health funding agreement despite publicly slamming the federal government's reduction in health funding last October.
Premier Ted Baillieu and Health Minister David Davis have frequently, and publicly, challenged the legitimacy of the population data used to justify a cut to the state's health allocation, even accusing the federal government of deliberately fudging figures.
But a Senate inquiry into the implementation of the health agreement on Thursday heard from the Department of Health secretary, Professor Jane Halton, that no state government had triggered a dispute resolution clause in the pact.
The dispute resolution action includes a clause that says if disputes cannot be resolved by departments, or ministers, it may be referred to COAG for consideration.
The Victorian government, and many others including Greens senator Richard Di Natale, have questioned why two different sets of population data were used to calculate growth last year.
In 2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics improved the methodology it uses to estimate the population. It had found the previous method was over-estimating the population with the Bureau admitting that under the old methodology 247,000 would have been added to the population that do not exist.
When the population growth was calculated last year it compared data from the new methodology, with data from the old methodology, which found the Australian population to have grown only 0.03 per cent. Other formulas used for different agreements have found growth at 1.4 per cent.
Mr Davis has led criticism of the data, citing a KPMG report that found ''an obsolete data series had been used to calculate population growth.''
Professor Halton said the Commonwealth was simply doing what the agreement required it to do by using the most up-to-date data.
Bureaucrats from the department and Treasury dismissed arguments that it was comparing ''apples with oranges'', saying the new data was ''recalibrating'' previously over-estimated population estimates.
''The growth in population has been too high . . . what we are having now is a correction,'' Professor Halton said.
''It is not fair to say that therefore we are misconstruing growth in Victoria''.
A spokesman for federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said the failure to use the clause showed ''the cynicism of the Victorian government who choose to play politics rather than observe the agreement they signed up''.
Grattan Institute health program director Professor Stephen Duckett told the inquiry it was appropriate to use the new more accurate data, but the changes to funding should have applied from next financial year, not retrospectively as was done.
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From Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com:
#Packers have a visit set up with DT Vance Walker, per his agent. Walker, who played for the Raiders and Falcons, is visiting with KC today.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) March 13, 2014
Walker enters his sixth NFL season in 2014 after spending just one year with the Oakland Raiders on a one-year contract. He spent his first four seasons in the NFL on the roster of the Atlanta Falcons.
The most playing time of Walker's career came this past season when he started all 15 games he played with the Raiders, making 40 tackles and three sacks.
Measuring in at 6-2 and 305 lbs., it would appear Walker's greatest strengths are as a run defender with only eight sacks to his credit in five NFL seasons.
Durability and availability have rarely been an issue for Walker as he played in all 16 games for three consecutive seasons from 2010 through 2012 and missed just one game in Week 15 last season with a concussion.
With four defensive linemen currently free agents for the Packers—including B.J. Raji, Ryan Pickett, Johnny Jolly and C.J. Wilson—there's a potential need at the position in Green Bay, although it hasn't been ruled out that any of the four afore-mentioned players will return.
No matter what happens in free agency or the NFL Draft, it makes sense that several defensive linemen currently under contract will all play bigger roles in 2014: Mike Daniels, Datone Jones, Josh Boyd and Jerel Worthy. The issue with these four players is that none of them are necessarily known for being able to hold their ground in the run game.
Pehaps this is where Walker potentially comes into the picture as a five-technique end in the run game.
Brian Carriveau is the author of the book "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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Great going forward, just don't back up!
Reviewed By Carol F (Red Lodge, MT) Reviewed for a 2017 Ford F-150 —4/8/2017 6:57 AM
Have used this for years with friends on bicycle trips. Bought one for my husband's new truck with all of it's gadgets! He likes it, but he can't use his backup camera, which is a big deal to him. He likes his gadgets! Going forward, will be using me to back up (horrors!).


text: Just breaking this evening on Sandtroopers.com... the very first carded images of the upcoming Vintage Collection Shock Trooper, Sandtrooper(orange pauldron variant with hovering patrol droid) and "Emperor's Wrath" Darth Vader on the regular Vintage cardbacks we've become familiar with. These will also be available on limited-edition chase cards with a different design(refer back to one of my previous posts). These are supposed to be in the next wave after Grand Moff Tarkin. Supposedly.


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5 su luglio 01, 2013
We stayed at the Harney House for three nights in June 2013. We really enjoyed the lovely house which is clean, beautiful and very conveniently located. Deb the host is wonderful. She goes out of her way to make sure her guests feel at home. The daily full-breakfast is very good and there is no amenities she has not thought of. I would recommend this B&B to anyone who wants an enjoyable stay in downtown Indianapolis and also wants a great value.
5 su febbraio 15, 2012
We stayed at the HH for this years Superbowl. Deb and everyone were very accommodating and made out trip a great one. I highly recommend the HH if your passing through Indy and want a change from the average hotel. Walking distance to everything downtown. Best of luck Deb! Mike R
4,8 su gennaio 14, 2012
My wife and I took advantage of Debra Harney's hospitality and location to celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary. We celebrated on Jan 13, 2012. My wife surprised me with a dinner reservation downtown. The Harney House Inn was excellent-location, service, value, cleanliness and great breakfast!!
4,6 su dicembre 01, 2011
This was a great stay away from home! The place is located in an older historic district in/near downtown. My event was held at the Convention Center which was only about a 20 minute walk. Deb was superfriendly--called some local sites to see what their hours were, talked lovingly of her family and this house (which has been in the family since the 30s), and was very helpful with accommodating my weird schedule. Place is great with subtle niceties like snacks, book and video library, and more, all of which included in the price. I got the grand tour around the house one day after other guests had checked out and really dug the other rooms--kitchens built in, more space than the pictures show, and plenty comfy. For an older house, it's pretty quiet--couldn't hear other guests' conversations or flushes through the walls. Lastly, don't be wary of "deluxe continental." The breakfast was plenty, varied and fresh--just self-serve. For less than a decent hotel stay, get a bigger space with nice folks next time you're in Indy! -D#
5 su ottobre 26, 2011
What a wonderful place to spend a weekend. The B&B is conveniently located to downtown Indianapolis making many of the city's offerings within walking distance. The Innkeeper has done an amazing job on renovating this lovely home. It is very homey; offers many amenities; the rooms are beautifully decorated; comfortable beds; and well a thought out supply of most anything a stay might require. A great stay in all ways!
5 su settembre 10, 2011
What a wonderful place to stay. Debbie was great and has done a beautiful restoration on this original boarding house from the late 1800's. To the smallest details the Harney House is beautiful and full of wonderful charm. Sit out on the porch in a swing and relax and wander the historic area - walking distance to the convention center and restaurants and downtown. It is so well decorated and her services have such a personal touch. You won't want to go home, you are happy to curl up and marvel at all the lovely fun things around you. Debbie has thought of everything and has done much of the restoration herself. It was a lovely find and we will be back to enjoy her warm hospitality. Don't look any further for a place to stay in Indianapolis - grab this one fast!
5 su agosto 23, 2011
Our stay at the Harney House Inn was excellent. We traveled from the East Coast and Deb Harney was an extremely friendly host. We rented the Garden Room for 3 nights, and the continental breakfast was great. Deb gave us a tour of the other rooms in the house which has some great history. In my opinion all three rooms are a great deal. I would recommend anyone traveling to Indianapolis stay here. You can walk downtown in 5 minutes or less.


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A federal judge has reaffirmed a $7 million verdict against former Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street.
The rejection of his appeal Tuesday came three years to the day after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Richard Neiter ruled that Street breached his fiduciary duty to a bankrupt trucking company. That decision effectively ended Street's bid for re-election in 2010.
"Justice seems to prevail," said Daniel Harrow, who replaced Street as trustee of the former Fruehauf trucking company. Harrow said he would continue to attempt to collect the judgment, which cannot be voided in bankruptcy.
Street and his attorney did not return phone calls seeking comment.
The appeal was Street's second attempt to reverse the verdict.
U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson rejected the first appeal, which argued that Neiter wrongly applied the law in May 2011. Street filed a second appeal in November 2011, arguing that he had been hobbled at trial by incompetent counsel, Newport Beach attorney Phillip Greer.
Greer is a politically prominent attorney. At the time of the Street trial, he also represented four of the five Orange County supervisors.
Pregerson, who took 10 pages to dismiss Street's first appeal, spent 32 pages on the second. While courts have granted new trials in cases where a counsel allowed his client to lose by default or by summary judgment, Pregerson wrote, Greer had "made objections, presented witnesses and made arguments" during the trial.
The two-day trial revolved around Street's conduct as trustee of the End of the Road Trust. The trust was successor to the Fruehauf Trailer Corp., once among the largest manufacturers of truck trailers in the United States.
The company went bankrupt in October 1996 and two years later, after closing or selling most of its domestic assets, created the trust with Street as its head.
Over the next seven years, Street attempted to build a truck manufacturing empire based on Fruehauf's Mexican subsidiary, Fruehauf de Mexico.
In July 2005, creditors rebelled and forced him out, replacing him with Harrow.
In February 2007, Harrow sued Street for breach of fiduciary duty after uncovering evidence of self-dealing.
After Street was forced out of the trust, then-Treasurer John Moorlach hired him as assistant treasurer and heir-apparent. Street easily won election to a four-year term in June 2006, despite some publicity about his troubles at the trust. But by the time the trial began in February 2010, Moorlach and other allies had deserted him.
When Neiter handed down his verdict the following month, Street conceded to the inevitable, dropping his re-election bid and asking county supervisors to delegate his authority over county investments to someone else.
Since leaving office in early 2011, Street has published commentaries on the Huffington Post and elsewhere.
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BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's varsity track teams turned in strong performances in a meet they hosted last week with athletes placing high in nearly every event.
The Decatur boys' won their meet last Wednesday at home with 124 total team points, while Broadwater Academy was a distant second with 70 and Cambridge-South Dorchester was third with 63. The Seahawk boys placed athletes at or near the top of the standings in practically every event. In the 300-meter hurdles, Kyle Kelly finished first, while Ruben Ortega was fourth. Patrick Phillips finished first in the shot put and third in the discus. The Seahawks were also strong in the relays, taking first in both the 400 and the 1,600, while finished second in the 3,200.
In other events, James Phillips was third in the 110 high hurdles, while Ortega was sixth. James Mapp was sixth in the 100, while Nick Molitor was sixth in the 1,600. Sonny Aroh was second in the pole vault and Justin Hommel came in fifth. Jamel Showell finished fifth in the long jump. Kyle Kelly was second in the 400, while Dan Winters was fourth.
Ben Short was third in the high jump, while Colin Gaynor came in fifth. Showell was fifth in the triple jump and Jacob Gaddis was fifth in the 3,200. James Mapp finished second in the 200 and Lance Ward was second in the 800.
On the girls' side, Katie Collins had a big day, taking first in both the pole vault and the long jump. Alexandra Saunders was first in the high jump, while Hannah Wilson finished third. The Decatur girls swept the relays, taking first in the 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200. In other events, Emily Cook was fourth in the 100 hurdles, while Emily Kolarik came in fifth. Rebecca Lederman was third in the 100, while Amari Harmon was fifth. Ameerah Lewis finished second in the shot put, followed by Antonia Green in third.
Chloe FauntLeroy was second in the 1,600, while Alexandra Tushup was sixth. Tushup also finished third in the 3,200. In the discus, Lewis was second and Green was sixth. Emma Spack finished fourth in the 200 and FauntLeroy was third in the 800.


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GMC Acadia Prices Paid and Buying Experience
ruzz1141 Posts: 13The lease shows:
Residual Value: $16,807.95
Purchase Option: $19,307.95
To reiterate, this is a 36 mth, 12K mile lease. Hope that helps.
macdaddy4x4 Posts: 7thanks. Just wanted to confirm that the $2,500 tack on to the residual wasn't just part of my lease. Not sure why they changed their policy on this and don't like it, but it definitely impacts the desire to purchase at the end.
heyrocco Posts: 7Is this a good deal, before taxes?
GMC Acadia, AWD, SLT-1, 7 passenger, DVD
$40,936 - $2000 rebate = $38,936
njacadia Posts: 1Why is the financing so high? I guess this has to do with credit score? The biggest appeal of getting an Acadia is the 0% financing.
Carbon Black, Sunroof, and Trailering package are only upcharges. All else is standard SLT-1 equipment
Dealership in Akron, Ohio is offering/telling me this for a purchase price:
Offered Price - $41,363
Doc Fees - $250
Total Selling Price - $41,613
.065 Sales Tax - $2,704.85
Less Rebate ($2,000)
Out the door price - $42,351.35
Edmonds Dealer Invoice shows $40,722. If that is correct (which they tell me is not) , they are starting at $41,363 so I'm starting at $641.00 over invoice.
Your feedback is much appreciated! Great site.
Just bought a 2010 Acadia SLT-1 Red Jewel MSRP $39755 (no additional options). Selling price $37199 (or $35199 with rebate) and we chose the 0% financing. You should (at least) be able to get the vehicle down to invoice price (before TT&L) with little effort and then either apply the rebate or the financing. I worked with the internet salesperson via email.
jneen1105 Posts: 2I am considering purchasing a 2008 Acadia. Does anyone know whether you can use the navigation without purchasing the OnStar service? I am not interested in real time traffic updates - just directions.
When considering nav for the 2010 i was told that it was on-board DVD based so you might have to update the DVD every couple years. For a fee of course. It was independent of OnStar.
sonnylax Posts: 1Trying to get a rock bottom price on loaded Acadia SLT-2....
1. Question regarding GMC rebates - Do they apply the various GMC rebates BEFORE or AFTER the tax, tag, license is added? (Makes a pretty big difference when considering a car that is going to cost more then 40 grand.)
2. Question regarding GM Card Rebates - I've got a additional 1800.00 in GM Card rewards to apply to this new purchase. Is this applied BEFORE or AFTER sales tax is calculated.
Seems like both the GMC rebates and the GM Card Rewards would reduce the final price of the car before Tax, Tag, License.
maryn165 Posts: 12I didn't get the 0 percent because I took a 6 year loan not because of my credit score. I wanted to keep my payments below 500. I will probably pay it off a bit ealier when I get my tax refunds over the next 3 years so it won't make that big of a difference.
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Help! working with a dealer:
2010 Acadia SLT II
Summit White
Cashmere Int
Nav/Rear DVD/tow/loaded
was their demo, has 4800 miles
I am in zip code 11560/ Nassau County, NY/ Sales tax 8.625%
it does apply for 0% 60mo
approx numbers they game me are
buy: 5k down $775/mo plus registration
lease: 1300 out of pocket $813/mo 20K miles/year
please help...also, are there other vechiles in this segment with better deals? I will be running this thru my business.
msrp 49100
price 47100
You could get a new one for that price or less. Keep in mind this one has almost 5k miles.
baseballmom97 Posts: 101I'm currently getting ready to negotiate on a 2010 SLT-1 Acadia.
Would it be totally unreasonable to offer $150 over invoice? How much over invoice are most people getting these for right now?
I understand there is another $2000 cash incentive off of the negotiated price as well. Any quick advice would be most appreciated...my '08 Acadia was totaled last week and I need to make a quick deal without the normal amount of time I spend researching cars!
buddy0329 Posts: 1When does GM usually post these figures for the new model year? RIght now they only have the Buick #'s in there for 2011.
How good is the supplier pricing? We'll be going to take a look at the Acadia's over the weekend and I'm trying to determine if the special pricing is at or above invoice.
Before accounting for rebates how much +/- are these Acadia's going for between 2010 and 2011's?
I'm shopping for a new crossover and this is the deal on the tabel for a 2011 Acadia, SLT1 AWD with sunroof...sound good?
Sell price $40,681
Lease Terms 39 month / 15k miles
Res .48
$598 month with $1512.76 down, TTL
Plus they are making my last two payments to Nissan for $997...I think I am going to take it...?
So, I am looking to buy one and want to know what others are paying above, or bellow invoice WITHOUT considering current incentives...If you bought an Acadia over the last couple months or have been quoted prices, please post...
yes!!! you got the right and fair deal on AWDSLT 1 - 7seater. I did inquiries to 4 dealers here in Bay area ( santa clara county/san mateo/sacramento) and they quote me on same price you have. I have SLT 1 /2008 - 35500M now., and plan to
upgrade it to 2010 or 2011. Enjoy ur ride.
kmctpr Posts: 1I am in the process of purchasing a 2011 GMC Acadia (AWD)SLT-1, Diamond White, Nav, and DVD. MSRP 45090. Dealer offered 41823 (this is after all rebates). Is this a good price? I am in NJ
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thats a good deal!! considering that you hve DVD & NAVI!!! I am scheduled to drive out from dealer showroom an SLT 1/2011 Carbon Black /Ebony/AWD at the cost of 39000 without DVD & NAV thats after GM Discount & rebates. I have 2008 SLT 1/AWD and it is under lemon gone thru buyback processed and its done too, since i enjoyed my rides though i have some issues but it did not put me DOWN to hate acadia its bcoz i have more PROS!! GOOD LUCK..
bsim Posts: 1I'm purchasing an Acadia soon and have solid offers from two local dealers.
2011 SLT1 Metallic black w/Ebony interior w/Sunroof. MSRP 40,570. Initially when I talked with them I could only get them to 38,306. I wasn't happy about the price so I started searching on how to get the best deal. Low and behold, I found a site and started a price war btwn the dealers. This will work with all dealers and not just with GMC. You have to follow the rules exactly as it reads. I have a solid deal for 36,800 out the door priced.. tax, tags and title...
bbaakd Posts: 8I'm in MD, got a quote & wondering if it's a good deal.
$44500 w/ 0%, 60 mos financing (w/o financing another $2000 less).
SLT-1 w/ dual moonroof, NAV/rear DVD, trailer.
jhill4 Posts: 1Hi - We are in Carmel, indiana and are looking at a 2011 FWD SLT1 Acadia - black with navigation, dvd and towing package. We have never leased - but are interested in it. The dealer quotes us $42638 (for supplier pricing / costco pricing (were within $30 of each other). We have a 2005 Honda Odyssey for trade-in that they said they would give us $10,000 for. Now the leasing part is where i get confused - here is what they offered us:
if we put the $10K down (not sure if this is a good idea or not) - it would be a payment of $398/month - (39 month lease - 15k miles/yr - 3.45% APR and residual of 46%) They also said we could do a 36 month lease at the same apr of 3.45% for $400 / month with a 48% residual.
or - if we wanted to keep $8000 from the trade-in - we could do a 39 month lease for $640/month with residual 46% or 36 month for $660 month - 48% residual.
They also said we might want to consider a shorter term lease of 24 months - if we put all $10000 down could pay $385/month (APR 1.15% with 54% residual) or take $8000 back and pay $760 / month. They said all of these options include a $2500 rebate and the 1st payment is made. Please let me know your thoughts as this is our first experience with leasing and is rather confusing!
Atlanta, New 2011 SLT1 Silver/Ebony Nav DVD Sunroof:
$40642 including tax(2500) w/ 2K down, 5500 Trade (2002 QX4 131K) @ 2.94% 66 mos $560
Great Experience at my GMC dealership
stone23 Posts: 10Hi All...
In NJ and comparing a quote from 1 dealer...It's for a SLT1 AWD Acadia Summit White, Ebony Interior. Dual Sunroof, DVD Entertainment in the back, 7 passenger.
They said I qualify for 0% financing with my credit of 739. I have not told them that I intend to trade in my 2009 Mazda CX7. I was told to do this after we have agreed upon a price.
Also, 1 more question: When a dealer adds options, I noticed there is an MSRP for the Option as well as the Invoice price. I assume, I should be expecting to get the invoice price of them correct?
Thanks so much
Use the features of this site. According to them you should be targeting a price of 41 before rebates. Also use the request quote from dealer option. and start working them against each other. I'm not sure about the strategy of getting the trade value after your price is established. Is that what the dealer says if so I'd question that. You should have a good price already in mind of what that should be by using the used car features here. I'd look to have the trade factored into your overall deal as you negotiate. That's one more variable they can tinker with to get your payments down by increasing the trade value without impacting the price of the car. I bought a similar car with Nav if you look just above your post last week. But overall, I'd say use all the features of this site.
kobes Posts: 1The idea of a lease is not to put anything down.... you do not own the vehicle. You would be better off selling your other car and keeping the cash in the bank in case you decide to buy a car in a few years. Realize that if you lease R you getting any write offs off on your taxes. After 2-3 years you give the car back, you have nothing. Be aware leasing is not for every one! If in 2-3 years you have nothing to put down so you start from scratch. If you can afford it, borrow the money from your self and you be the leasing company, you would be better off. This way it is 0% and no rent charge.
texanagain Posts: 1Signed contract yesterday for a new 2011 Denali, White Diamond Tricoat/Cashmere with NAV and second row console. I added $150 for dark tinting front windows (legal in TX). MSRP is $46,980 and Inv is $45,401. Negotiated a final price of $42,900 (before adding $150 for window tinting). Edmunds TMV is $45,325, so I think I got a good deal. Any comments? I am putting down $3,000.
1. Dealer financing form calculates the 6.25% sales tax on the selling price BEFORE down payment deducted. Shouldnt they deduct the $3K down pmt BEFORE calculating tax?
2. Dealer added "Dealer Inventory Tax" of $80.51. Is that Kosher?
3. Dealer also added $125 for document fee. I understand that this number is negotiable. Any comments on what be a fair number. I had heard that anything over $100 is high.
kyfdx Posts: 70,6661) In Texas you pay tax on the price of the car... doesn't matter how much is down..
2) The inventory tax is a dealer tax, but virtually every dealer in Texas passes it on to the consumer
3) Document fees used to be restricted by law in Texas, but no longer... so, they might be all over the map..
2) and 3).. Total $200... You'd have an easier time trying to negotiate your deal down by another $200 than focusing on these two fees... All that matters is the total cost, in the end.
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The NEW New Facebook Layout
Posted by Natalie Burch in Funny, Social Media
There are so many different types of Social Networks nowadays: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Channels, the faded MySpace and recently popular Google+. They all have different features but are essentially used for the same purpose. Facebook is the largest player in the market, and every time it makes a change, the world collectively gasps ... And a lot of people start yelling.
When Facebook launched back in 2004, it was designed with college kids in mind. I remember when you HAD to have a college email address to set up a Facebook account – the good ole days. A year or two later, Facebook created a separate section for high school students, and not too long after that, anyone on the planet could get a Facebook account, and the growing/changing audience necessitated changes in the platform.
Facebook is a great way to find old friends and catch up, and it's also an easier way to update everyone all at once what you are doing. I found out my best friend was engaged on Facebook ... That's right. I found out by Facebook before I got a phone call. Facebook is like a drug - it's addictive. Some people live there all day.
If you work for an IT company, you know that technology is constantly changing. To keep up with evolutions in technology and perceived needs of the growing user base, Facebook will update its platform every few months. If you have a Facebook account, you've probably noticed that they released a new layout this week. You've probably also noticed all of your friends' status changes complaining about how they hate the way it looks, how "It's too hard to use." Those friends hated the old "new Facebook," and somewhere down the road, they've learned to love and/or depend on that "new Facebook" which is now in the "old Facebook" category. It's pretty annoying right?
Here's my advice for the change-averse:
- If Facebook didn't change, it would get stagnant and someone else would introduce something better ... The same way Facebook supplanted MySpace. DEAL WITH IT.
- If you don't like the changes Facebook makes, DELETE your account and move to a new Social Network like Twitter or try out Google+.
- Instead of complaining how hard the new Facebook is to use, take the time to READ the instructions they have provided for you ... From a desktop you are able to mouse over a section and it will tell you what it means and how to use it.
- Last but not least – whining is for babies and last time I checked you were in your 20's, 30's, 40's, and up - so suck it up!
Whew! Now that felt good ... :-)
- Natalie


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Spring Training: The Phillies have won their first Spring Training game as they defeat the Rays, 12-5.
After losing their third straight Spring Training game yesterday, this time to the Cincinnati Reds in Sarasota, Florida, by the score of 10-3, the Phillies' bats would come alive today as they would pound the 2008 American League Champions Tampa Bay Rays for 12 runs on 13 hits at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, defeating the Rays, 12-5.
Kyle Kendrick, whom pitching coach Rich Dubee had earlier announced as the person who had the fifth starter job to lose, would keep the Rays off the board in the top of the first. In the Phils' half of the first, the silent bats would finally wake up in an explosive way against Rays' starter Mitch Talbot. Jimmy Rollins would start the inning off with a double, before scoring on an RBI single by Shane Victorino, making it 1-0 Phils. One out later, Ryan Howard would get his first Spring Training hit, a two-run home run, plating Victorino before him, giving the Phillies a 3-0 lead. The next batter, John Mayberry, Jr., who is playing right field in place of Jayson Werth, who has a sore shoulder, would follow Howard with his own home run, his first for the spring, to make it 4-0 Phils. Two batters later, Miguel Cairo would knock in the last Phils run for the inning, as he would hit a solo home run, the third home run for the Phils in the inning, making it 5-0 Phillies.
In the top of the second inning, the Rays would get one of the runs back, as Ray Sadler would hit a two-out solo home run off of Kendrick, making it a 5-1 Phils lead. The Phillies would not score in their half of the second, nor would either team score a run in the third, although Kendrick would be replaced by Drew Naylor in the top of the inning when he got himself into a jam with two men out. Naylor would turn back the Rays, and then keep them quiet in the fourth. The Phillies would get another run back in their half of the fourth, as Jason Donald had an RBI single, his first hit of the spring, as he knocks in Cairo, who had earlier doubled, to make it 6-1 Phils. Naylor would then give up an RBI single to Justin Ruggiano in the fifth, as he would knock in Ray Olmedo, who has earlier singled and then stole second, as Naylor committeed an error trying to pick him off, making it 6-2 Phillies.
After neither the Phils, in the bottom of the fifth, or the Rays, in the top of the sixth, as Mike Koplove would pitch an almost clean inning aginst the Rays, would be able to score, the Phillies would increase their lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the sixth as Ronny Paulino would hit a two-out solo shot. The Rays would get the run back in the top of the seventh, as Jon Weber would hit a two-out RBI double, knocking in Olmedo, making it a 7-3 Phils lead. The Phillies would get the run back in the bottom of the seventh, to make it 8-3 Phillies. After Clay Condrey would put the Rays down 1-2-3 in the top of the eighth, the Phillies would finally put the game away in the bottom of the inning as they would score four more runs, with Eric Bruntlett, Andy Tracy and Mayberry each knocking in a run with two men outs.
In the ninth, the Phils would send Jake Woods to the mound. He would give up a two-run home run to Elliot Johnson, with two men out, before finally ending the game, with the Phils winning 12-5.
Pitching-wise, Kendrick, one of the four pitchers trying out for the fifth starer position in the starting rotation, would pitch two and two-thirds innings, giving up one earned run on four hits. Naylor would follow by going two and a third innings, also giving up an earned run on three hits while striking out three batters. Koplove would go to the mound next, pitching a scoreless sixth, although walking a batter, who would later be erased in a double play. Scott Eyre would be the next Phils' pitcher, giving up an earned run on two hits, while striking out one Ray. Condrey would follow and pitch a 1-2-3 eighth. Woods would pitch the ninth, giving up two earned runs on two hits as he struck out two.
Among the batters, Howard, Cairo and Mayberry would lead the Phils thirteen-hit attack by each getting two hits, with each man hitting a home run, a two-run shot by Howard and solo shots by Cairo and Mayberry, while Mayberry would knock in a second run during the Phillies' four-run eighth. Rollins, Victorino, Bruntlett, Tracy, Pablo Ozuna, Donald and Paulino would each get one hit.
The victory gives the Phillies a 1-3 record in the Grapefruit League. The next Phillies' game is tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 pm Eastern, as the Phils play the Atlanta Braves in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at Disney's Wide World of Sports.


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Real Estate Market Collapse: Now Coming to the Nice Cities
Even during the worst days of the collapse of the housing bubble (Sundays through Saturdays), it was widely assumed that the real pain would be confined to Vegas, and Florida, and other places where people woke up and realized that they'd just paid $1.3 million for a particleboard McMansion in the middle of a desert and/ or swamp.
Not so! In fact, we're now finding that even "nice" "attractive" cities with a "high quality of life"—the types of places where people wanted to live even before the real estate boom—are also experiencing plummeting home prices. Sorry, American dreamers! Atlanta's down! Minneapolis is down! The NYT reports that Seattle's already down more than 30% from 2007, and "still has as much as 10 percent to fall." Everything's pretty much terrible in your happy stable community!
[Housing economist Stan] Humphries estimates the rest of the country will drop a further 5 and 7 percent as last year's tax credits for home buyers continue to wear off.
"We went into 2010 feeling gangbusters, thanks to Uncle Sam," Mr. Humphries said. "We ended it feeling penniless, with home values tanking."
Once again, Playing By The Rules and Doing All The Right Things has landed you in the poor house. Just look at it this way: the several hundred thousand dollars in home equity you lost is nothing compared to the $1.65 trillion US deficit. Your kids will get to worry about that one.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
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Turkey – Environment
Candidate countries conduct negotiations with the European Union (EU) in order to prepare themselves for accession. The accession negotiations cover the adoption and implementation of European legislation (acquis) and, more specifically, the priorities identified jointly by the Commission and the candidate countries in the analytical assessment (or 'screening') of the EU's political and legislative acquis. Each year, the Commission reviews the progress made by candidates and evaluates the efforts required before their accession. This monitoring is the subject of annual reports presented to the Council and the European Parliament.
Commission Report [COM(2011) 666 final – SEC(2011) 1201 - Not published in the Official Journal].
The 2011 Report highlights the progress made by Turkey with regard to the environment, particularly concerning waste management. However, it notes limited advancements concerning water quality, chemical products and administrative capacities. Furthermore, the country must put in place a more effective policy on climate.
EUROPEAN UNION ACQUIS (according to the Commission's words)
EU environment policy aims to promote sustainable development and protect the environment for present and future generations. It is based on the integration of environmental protection into other EU policies, preventive action, the polluter pays principle, fighting environmental damage at source and shared responsibility. The acquis comprises over 200 legal acts covering horizontal legislation, water and air pollution, management of waste and chemicals, biotechnology, nature protection, industrial pollution and risk management, and noise.
Ensuring compliance with the acquis requires significant investment, but also brings significant benefits for public health and reduces costly damage to forests, buildings, landscapes and fisheries. A strong and well-equipped administration at national, regional and local level is imperative for the application and enforcement of the environment acquis.
EVALUATION (according to the Commission's words)
In the environment area, Turkey has made good progress on waste management, whereas only limited progress can be reported on horizontal legislation, air quality and industrial pollution control and risk management. Turkey made very limited progress on water quality, chemicals and on administrative capacity. No progress can be reported on nature protection.
Regarding climate change, Turkey made limited progress on awareness-raising on EU climate requirements, but a more robust and ambitious climate policy, both domestically and internationally, has yet to be established. There is a need to enhance administrative capacity.
Commission Report [COM(2010) 660 final – SEC(2010) 1327 - Not published in the Official Journal]. The 2010 Report stressed that progress has been made on alignment, although preparations in the field of the environment were still at an initial stage. The progress related in particular to waste management, air and water quality, industrial pollution and chemicals. Efforts were still needed in the fields of climate and nature protection.
Commission Report [COM(2009) 533 final – SEC(2009) 1334 – Not published in the Official Journal].
Commission Report [COM(2008) 674 – SEC(2008) 2699 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
The November 2008 Report highlighted the strengthening of administrative capacity and the application of some reforms (air quality, water quality). However, the level of alignment was still low, and some laws adopted in 2008 continued to seriously endanger the environment (particularly in the field of mining operations and tourism).
Commission Report [COM(2007) 663 final – SEC(2007) 1436 - Not published in the Official Journal].
The November 2007 Report described substantial progress in terms of administrative capacity, but little or no progress in different environmental areas. The general level of transposition was low.
Commission Report [COM(2006) 649 final – SEC(2005) 1390 – Not published in the Official Journal].
In its November 2006 Report, the Commission notes that, except for some progress on waste management and noise, the overall level of transposition of the environmental acquis remains low. The lack of progress on horizontal legislation is of increasing concern, in particular on transboundary issues and on public consultation.
Commission Report [COM(2005) 561 final – SEC(2005) 1426 – Not published in the Official Journal].
The November 2005 Report stressed the progress made regarding waste management, noise and nature protection. The overall level of transposition of the environmental acquis was limited.
Commission Report [COM(2004) 656 final – SEC(2004) 1201 – Not published in the Official Journal].
The October 2004 Report noted that despite some progress, the overall level of transposition of the environment acquis remained low. Moreover, weaknesses in implementation and enforcement were still sources of major concern. Considerable investments needed to be secured.
Commission Report [COM(2003) 676 final – SEC(2003) 1212 – Not published in the Official Journal]. The November 2003 Report stated that the level of alignment and the implementation of legislation were inadequate.
Commission Report [COM(2002) 700 final – SEC(2002) 1412 – Not published in the Official Journal].
The October 2002 Report indicated that Turkey had started to make progress in transposing the acquis and that notable progress had been achieved regarding the improvement of administrative capacities.
Commission Report [COM(2001) 700 final – SEC(2001) 1756 – Not published in the Official Journal].
The November 2001 Report noted that Turkey had not made any substantial progress on transposing the acquis.
Commission Report [COM(2000) 713 final – Not published in the Official Journal]. The November 2000 Report stated that no progress had been recorded in the fields of air quality, waste management water quality, nature protection, industrial pollution risks, chemical products, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the ozone layer and nuclear safety.
Commission Report [COM(1999) 513 – Not published in the Official Journal]. In its 1999 Report the Commission underlined that Turkish legislation was very different from that of the Community.
Commission Report [COM(1998) 711 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
See also
- Website of the Directorate General for Enlargement: Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2011
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