text:
University of Washington Bothell's Learning Technologies department provides support for the integration of technology in teaching and learning for faculty and staff. We work to enhance student learning through the most efficient and effective use of instructional technology.
We also provide technology consultations, one-on-one training, workshops, and other services that are beneficial to an innovative learning environment. In addition, we manage and support the The Open Learning Lab.
If you are interested in how to best incorporate technology into new or updated assignments and projects or if you're learning how to use new software or technology tools, please contact Learning Technologies for assistance and more information.
Call 425-352-3906 or email email@example.com
Keep up with the latest from LT on our Blog and Twitter page.
Our LT Blog has made the Top 50 Must Read Higher Ed I.T. Blogs for EDTECH magazine for the second time!
© University of Washington Bothell Privacy | Terms


text:
Preppie Underground Railroad Reaches Soho
They're tall. They think that pink, kelly, and cordovan are primary colors. They pluralize the word "philanthropy" and still insist that Trinity and Haverford are prestigious colleges. And now, after decades of wining, dining, and murdering at lame-not-lamé Upper East Side haunts like Dorrian's Red Hand, the preppies are massing downtown! All thanks to Bar Martignetti (say: "Netti") on Broome Street — founded by an eponymous set of Mario-and-Luigi brothers (profiled in the Observer last summer) — where the usual Houston hauteur has been replaced by I'm-okay-you're-okay Dalton-Horace Mann rapprochement. Allen Salkin, Christiane Amanpour of Sunday Styles, reports from the frontlines.
Major finding: You just don't know how hard it is for old money to party in a new-money world!
While more typical downtown partiers, dressed in bohemian duds, are jockeying in the wee hours on Chrystie Street to be let into the Box, the preppy partiers head a few blocks west, where button-down shirts and penny loafers are not sneered at.
Mr. Cleary was perched at the bar on the restaurant level on a Thursday night with a Gaffel Kölsch beer in his hand. He met Tom Martignetti while spending his junior year abroad at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and said he was happy to be in a place where his kind was welcome. "For some people who see the pink shirts," the investment banker, 25, said, "they ostracize, they say it's uncool. But just because you went to Princeton doesn't mean you're a jerk."
That's right, folks, correlation, no matter how total, is not proof of causation. People could have been jerks before they went to Princeton. For those who imagined AIDS, malaria, and imbred hemophiliac boys named Chip being wiped out in their lifetimes, remember that two out of three ain't bad:
Mr. Cleary, handsome if one considers Gary Sinese handsome, prefers meeting women in the street-level restaurant rather than in the noisier basement-level club, which usually starts hopping around 11:30 p.m., although both offer an excellent caliber of women, he said. "You don't meet girls here you want to hook up with once," he said. "You meet girls here you want to hook up with multiple times."
Clementine Crawford, 25, a Princeton graduate, rephrased that sentiment from a female perspective. "Women come here looking for their future husbands."
And others come for a taste of the New World:
Ms. Crawford, who was born in South Africa and attended the private all-girls Ascham School in Sydney, Australia, before Princeton, sees Bar Martignetti as a typically American institution. "America's all about the sifting process, like fraternities and sororities," she said. She praised the doormen, the nightly sifters, for making her feel welcome, unlike the way she and her friends are treated at the "hipper" clubs. "There are doormen in N.Y.C. who make you feel like a criminal when you get out of the cab," she said.
Right again, the South African thinks America is all about sifting.
This really brings the deleterious effects of the Iraq War home. But needless to say, we're out of our depths here — you'll have to wait for the Gawker weekday staff to make sense of it all. For now, here's a close-up of some of the "books" adorning 'Netti's downstairs "bar." What? Was Tangerine getting uppity?
Pink Shirts Welcome [NYT]
EARLIER: Douchebag Restaurant Hall of Fame Entrant: Bar Martignetti

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Register or Log in Now→
"Very helpful! It sold because I replied sooner than my competitor to an email request from MHVillage. The follow-up is so important!"
Tammy O.
Kenosha, WI
Advertise |
Terms of Use |
Privacy Policy |
About Us
MHVillager Blog |
MHInsider Professional Blog
Mobile Home |
Mobile Home Values |
Mobile Home Insurance
Copyright (c) 2003 - 2018 MHVillage Inc.


text:
Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by StCoop, Mar 1, 2013.
Wrong thread. Sorry!
I want Capt. Jack and River in the same scene with the 11th Doctor just for his reaction.
I think it would be funny if eternal flirt River was the only person in the universe impervious to the Capt Jack charm
Bump. God I love this man so much.
Ha! Always catches me off guard when he reverts to his Scottish accent.
Bump again. Forgive me if this news made another thread, but Barrowman tweeted that he wouldn't be involved in the 50th anniversary special. Of course that doesn't mean he won't be in something else.
In fact, it doesn't even mean that he's not involved in the 50th anniversary special.
^Well yes. I really, really, really hope they keep some of the casting a genuine secret. Even just a small cameo here and there would be awesome as long as we have no idea it's coming.
Barrowman. All types of awesome.
We need a Barrowwoman spinoff.
Another one?
Alright alright, Barrowboy then?
Oh, shit. I only just realized you actually said "Barrowwoman." I thought you just said Barrowman spin-off which is why I said "Another one."
Although, I suppose Barrowwoman mihgt be accurate when you take into account Captain Jack was apparentally pregnant at one point...
Ah, sorry, I just instinctively deduced that what you meant was "har har as if River Song weren't Barrowwoman enough!", so I switched gear.
I wouldn't mind another Captain Jack series. Preferable one that wasn't depressing as hell.
Agreed. Torchwood was just starting to find its stride in Season 2 when they suddenly killed everyone and mired everything in super-depressing super-arcs.
The first season was a total mess in just about every department, but there was something bizarrely entrancing about seeing this all-over-the-place attempt to do a Joss Whedon show in Wales, and while it kept falling over itself, it also took some great risks.
The second season is undoubtedly more polished than the first one, but not enough to make it genuinely good and just enough that it lost that "WTF?!" aspect as it just became a boring Joss Whedon clone with every other episode featuring James Marsters or ripping off an episode like Superstar. Adrift was great, but Exit Wounds' Grey storyline is among the worst I've ever seen.
The third season is genuinely quality television, to the extent that it probably should've had nothing to do with Torchwood at all. When I think of my memories of it, I think of those wonderful scenes with Peter Capaladi talking to a box, not John Barrowman's ass.
The fourth season is the complete reverse, genuinely shit television. An embarrassment and one of the worst things ever released set in the Doctor Who universe.
^I agree with pretty much every part of that, but do find several episodes of Series 2 quite good if more episodes not good enough. Meat and Reset would be the best after Adrift; Sleeper, A Day in the Death and everything Chibnall I guess (didn't bother watching the finale on rewatch lol), catch my interest even if they're lacking too... Adam had Ianto saying, "I'm a monstah!" with cry face, even if the rest was dull haha. I do have a fetish for Chibnall with all his oddities and base infiltration stories though. Well conspiracy stories too recently.
Torchwood Series 4 destroyed any semblence of faith I had in Russell T. Davies as a writer. Was fun seeing John de Lancie in the Whoniverse though.
He basically admitted the only reason Wizards vs. Aliens exists is to keep the Sarah Jane Adventures production crew employed. Not that a situation like that couldn't lead to something good but, I don't think they care. I remember the first story being garish.
Separate names with a comma.


text:
As I went to go grab some new pets, my traps said that I already had 3 of this pet and couldn't trap any more.
Yet, my journal clearly shows that I dont have any.
I logged completely out and back in as well as reloaded my ui and still the same thing.
Anyone had similar issues?


text:
The Fire will host Sporting KC on Sunday afternoon at Toyota Park attempting to extend their unbeaten run to double digits after a dramatic five-goal thriller against San Jose midweek while KC comes to Chicago after a disappointing home draw against Vancouver.
Both teams are not on friendly terms and this looks set to be a thriller. Here are some tactical things to look out for.
Limiting the set pieces – Don't allow Zusi to work his magic
Sporting KC have a double threat on set pieces with a number of players who are very good in the air and they have Graham Zusi, one of the best strikers of a dead ball in MLS.
At the back, Frenchman Aurelien Collin is not only strong but always makes a nuisance of himself in the box. Up front, they've benefited from the return of striker Kei Kamara who spent some time with Norwich in the Premier League.
Dan and Kevin talk Sporting KC
In KC's last match against Vancouver, Kamara came very close to scoring from headers on multiple occasions not by outmuscling his opponent like Collin does but simply by out jumping them.
Like quite a few teams in MLS, Kansas City also possesses a modified set play – the long throw. Just as Jalil Anibaba deploys the it almost whenever possible for the Fire, SKC center back Matt Besler does the same.
The Fire gave away a silly goal from a set piece last week and better defending will be needed against a team that is well known for their set piece prowess.
Keeping SKC's attacking wide players at bay – neutralizing Saad and Kamara
Kansas City starts in a 4-3-3 formation with striker Claudio Bieler in the middle with Kei Kamara and Soony Saad supporting him wide. Many teams are so focused (and I don't blame them) on Bieler and attacking mid Graham Zusi that sometimes Saad and Kamara are overlooked and both players are good at finding space.
Coach Peter Vermes constantly orders the players to switch sides during play which makes picking them up even harder. In Kansas City's last win against Columbus, Kamara chipped in with two goals, the first coming from a fantastic switch of the field which found Kamara in space that he was able to control and finish.
The attacking nature of Sporting's outside defenders also gives Kamara and Saad an excuse to get into the middle and support Bieler. There will be some 1v1 battles between Saad and the Fire outside defenders but it will certainly take a team effort to keep the wide men at bay on Sunday afternoon.
Letting the Fire wingers create – creating room for Nyarko and Duka change the game
Anyone who has watched the Fire closely this season will tell you that winger Patrick Nyarko is playing the best the best soccer of his career and if he can overcome the tight hamstring that brought him out early against San Jose and start against KC the Fire have a great chance of winning.
Athletico Coaching Corner with Mike Matkovich
Nyarko has done it all for the team this year, be it tracking back to win the ball from his opponent, beating a man in a 1v1 situation or combining well with his teammates.
In the midweek win against San Jose, Nyarko did something many critics of the Fire often call out for more of, getting into the box to support the strikers. Nyarko not only got in but made a great near post run and finished superbly.
The cross provided for the Nyarko goal came from Dilly Duka who is starting to show his true potential. Duka had a goal and an assist in the win against San Jose and could've had a few more if not for narrowly missing a few rockets from outside the box.
READ: Will Nyarko be good to go Sunday?
In the past few weeks, Dilly has been a major threat from the wide positions, beating players at will and putting in numerous dangerous crosses. Duka has also got into the box to great effect, scoring two goals in as many matches.
The dual threat of attacking from wide areas as well as providing support in the box should cause the SKC back line some major issues on Sunday afternoon.
Prediction: Fire critics have claimed the club has yet to beat an elite team during the side's nine-game unbeaten streak but I think those critics will be silenced on Sunday afternoon. 2-1 Fire with goals from Magee and Alex.


text:
News & Events
For the Media
Clarkson University Dean Speaks at Prestigious Institute
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/ahmadi3.jpg ]
Goodarz Ahmadi, dean of Clarkson University's Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, was recently honored by being asked to speak at one of the world's foremost scientific institutions.
Ahmadi spoke during the spring semester at a workshop hosted by the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium.
The von Karman Institute is known worldwide for its research in fluid dynamics, including the areas of aeronautics and aerospace, environmental and applied fluid dynamics, and turbo-machinery and propulsion.
Ahmadi said being asked to lecture at the institute is considered to be an honor among the international science community.
Ahmadi's lectures were titled "Lagrangian Versus Eulerian Method for Nanoparticles" and "Transport, Deposition, and Removal of Charged Nanoparticles."
"Nanoparticles are particles with size of the order of one millionth of millimeter," said Ahmadi. "They can be used for medical treatment, developing high performance materials, and many other important applications."
Ahmadi has authored more than 400 papers in journals, in addition to two books and numerous papers in national and international conference proceedings. He has also given more than 100 keynote lectures and invited seminars worldwide. He has worked at Clarkson for 27 years and has been dean of engineering for the past four.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


text:
Spoiler:- Pokemon:
One in Blue are OTPs. In other colors is favorites.
Pearlshipping: (SatoHika) Pokemon OTP: They are so meant to be.I love DP 191 when Dawn ran to the boat when Ash left.They show that They really care about each other.And High Touch explians their closest friendship ever they are so cute together. NO OTHER PAIRING CAN BEAT THAT!!!!!!And in DP 180 Dawn chooses Ash over Kenny.And She chooses him over Zoey. I think Dawn really liked Ash more.No body should have Ash expect Dawn.It mostly my opinion.They have a closest that Misty or May or even Iris can't fill in.Dawn cheers him on in gym battles while he cheers for her.Ash never watched most of May's contests. To tell the truth I think that he didnt care.
Contestshipping: (ShuuHaru):I love the hints in Battle frontier they really show that they really like each other.And the roses are big hints too.
Egoshipping(ShigeKasu):I see that Misty tries to copy Gary in mostly everything I see that for sure.
Questshipping(KentaXMarina):Come on so easy to see that they totally like each other.
TeenCareshipping(BrockXHolly):Brock needs someone.I see that Holly crushed on him
Wishfulshipping(IrisDent):This will be my Best Wishes OTP.I cant wait for the hints.Iris is way nicer to Cilan then she is with Ash
Againstshipping(ShinNomi):Ok Paul and Zoey go together.I mean I like in Dp 128 Zoey was in Paul's face on his rudeness.
Lagomorphshipping(PikachuXBuneary):It's so awesome to see that pikachu keeps on denying that he likes Buneary.
Pokeshipping: (SatoKasu):If I had to chose any other Ash pairing this will be it.I love that Misty shows how much she cares for Ash.I like this but Pearl And Negai will be better to me.
Negaishipping(SatoIris): I going to see how things plays out for this pairing.I loved BW003 Iris has it bad for Ash.
Chessshipping(BlackXWhite): I just love how this pairing plays out
WhiteKnight(LucasXTouko):I thought that this crack pairing would be cute and They would be so alike.Lucas' funny ways and Touko obessive over him is priceless I will make A story about them soon
Fortuneshipping(DawnXLucas) the only other Dawn pairing that I would chose if Pearl wasnt existing.They look awesome together.
Burnleafshipping(RedXLeaf) They would be an cute couple I do say so myself.
WhiteTruth(PaulXCythina) This is good shipping.I could see that Cythina had a least a thing for Paul
Rayshipping(AshXCythina) Same thing.She see greatest in Ash.
SapphirePearl(DawnXMay) Yuri OTP Dawn and May together is cute. I see that they have a close relationship to each other
GirlPower(DawnXCythina) Well this one is awesome I love the game version.
GalacticSpace(HaretaXMars) I mean Mars is too easy on Hareta and she is a bad guy. She so cares for him and everything. I love this pairing when Hareta saw Dexoys again. It is oblivous to me that it looks like Mars has a crush on Hareta and the way Hareta willing to save her from Charon
HaretaXMitsumi This pairing I truely loved in Pokemon DP adventures.Mitsumi is super protective over Hareta.
Fightlove(Ash,Dawn,Misty,May) SUPER LOVE FOR THIS PAIRING I MEAN SUPER LOVE. They all fighting over Ash
Hesperia(LucasXMars) Diamond and Pearl OTP: I thought that when Mars called Lucas and Dawn a couple out of jealously. I see that Mars likes Lucas and Went a little easy on him or something else. I think that Mars may have a crush on Lucas and vice versa.
Jet (TouyaXSkyla)Black and White OTP. After reading on this pairing it just clicked with me. I see that she know that he was pure of heart. I see Skyla truly getting jealous over any girl who like Hilbert/Touya. Same with Touya. It seemed like Skyla do have a thing for him.
DualRivalshipping( CherenXBianca) Their bickering is the reason why I love this shipping. They are always together during most parts of the game.
Spoiler:- Kekkaishi:
YoshiToki:OTP I loved their friendship romance.Yoshimori will do anything to protect Tokine.It proves in Episode 2 :Yoshimori and Tokine,when He said "Even so I never want to see Tokine get hurt even again." His famous lines and Tokine slowly returning these feelings starting to notice Yoshimori more and more.So many hints but I like was in the Chapter Smile when Yoshimori almost confess to Tokine and tell her that when she smile it makes him smile or something and she hugged him.This relationship is two way I mean there is a lot of prove.Jealously,Blushing,Hugging. So much for one duo
MasamoriXMiki:This maybe an crack pairing but I should love it.And Miki went on strike because of Masamori being reckless.
Spoiler:- Bleach:
IchiHime:OTPThis pairing proves that orihime loves ichigo and She ALMOST kissed him.Ichigo willing to sacfire his life for Orihime.I just love it.Even orihime got jealous over Rukia and Nel
Spoiler:- Naruto:
NaruHina:In 400 Hinata gave Naruto an confession and Naruto is slowly taking it in.
NaruSaku: OTP I started liking it again With their weird friendship and how many times Naruto tried to asked out Sakura.Sakura seems to care an lot bout Naruto even when He went four tails.Sakura even hugs him when he defeated Pain. Sakura so cares for Naruto. I think that She forgot her crush on Stupid Sasuke. This is super cute And my faVORITE NARUTO PAIRING EVER!!!!
SasuSaku:Sasuke is a retard and I feel sorry for Sakura but this pairing is ok I guess XD
Spoiler:- Kingdom Hearts:
SoraXKairi:OTP I love this pairing since The first Kingdom Hearts game.Kairi is so much in love with Sora and she keeps showing it in bits.Sora even got jealous of Riku thinking that he had an interst towards Kairi.
RoxasXXion:Play 358/2 days You know why I like this pairing.They have a bond that can never be broken like Sora and Kairi
RoxasXNamine: I played KH2 and loved their connection to each other
VenXAqua It is awesome and younger guy with older girl is awesome to me that is.I could see this pairing happening
Spoiler:- Rosario+Vampire:
TsukuneX Moka OTP Love this pairing.Tsukune so loves Moka and Moka loves Tsukune FTW!!!!! That is so much prove.
TsukuneXRuby:Hey They would look great together.I feel that Tsukune should pick Ruby mostly X3 And of their hard training and when they were chained up together
Spoiler:- To Love Ru:
RitoXMikan OTP I mean I dont think they are bro and sis.And Mikan even pop the question what if Rito had to marry her priceless. X3
Spoiler:- Strawberry 100%:
JuniperXAya: They really have connection. She was the girl that Juniper was so obessive about. She is so one of the girl who were a little bit nicer to him and easier on him too


text:
Hi, I've had trouble with ZA updates (automatic and apparently not virus/spyware updates)slowing down and even freezing my computer. Well, I thought, I'll just set it to manual so I can play a game and not be interrupted. Didn't work. I'm still getting freezes etc. while playing because ZA is still doing updates even though it's set to manual. Help!
Operating System:Windows Vista Home Premium
Software Version:7.1 (Vista)
Product Name:ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite


text: Decided to purchase the Gerbing Jacket liner or Vest? I own a Rally 3 suit. Wearing LDComfort under garment, Gore-tex liner ziped into the suit and test wearing the Gerbing jacket liner, I felt a little confined in the sleeves because of the layering. I know keeping the core warm is a goal. Do those of you that own heated gear swear by the jacket or is the vest sufficient?


text:
FTC Says: Pyramid Scheme, Prepare To Be Busted
(This post has been updated – see below)
From this morning's FTC announcement:
The Federal Trade Commission will co-host a press conference in Lexington, KY, today at 1 p.m. ET (Noon Central Time), with the Kentucky Attorney General's office, to announce a major action against an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme.
Steve Baker, Director of the FTC's Midwest Region Office, and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway will be available to answer reporters' questions.
So who is in the FTC's cross hairs? We'll have to wait until 1 p.m to find out (the announcement will be webcast here). Companies recently in the spotlight for their direct selling model are trading down this morning: shares in Herbalife are down almost 10% this, and fellow direct marketer Nu Skin is down 5%. CNBC are flashing a headline saying the announcement is not about Herbalife, but nobody has yet suggested who is is about.
Update: From the Lexington Herald Leader in Kentucky:
Officials with Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway's office and the Federal Trade Commission were inside the Lexington headquarters of Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing Monday morning, sending employees of the multi-level marketing firm home.
Conway is scheduled to hold a news conference with FTC Midwest region director Steve Baker at 1 p.m. to "announce actions relating to an alleged global pyramid scheme operating in Kentucky."
Baker and other officials at the company's headquarters, located at 880 Corporate Drive, declined to comment. Lexington police were seen leaving the building at 11:45 a.m., along with people unloading boxes marked with the FTC logo.
Here's a lengthy USA Today piece on Fortune's business model, and the complaints against it, from back in 2010.
Update II: In its press conference, the FTC has confirmed the case is being filed against Fortune. "Today is the beginning of the end for one of the most prolific pyramid schemes," it said.


text: Gene Roddenberry had some great ideas and some not so hot. I'd say one of his worst ideas was that a beautiful woman in TMP should be bald. A bad costume idea, and probably Roddenberry's, was the "skant" uniform in early TNG, where a male extra would be seen walking around in a dress. If it was a good concept, the male regulars (audience representatives) would have worn it. The simple fact that that would be unacceptable should have told them something.


text:
The run, called "Arkansas Run for the Fallen," will begin at Ozark City Hall at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, and will finish at the Arkansas State Capital the next day. The marathon extends to 130 miles, one mile for each Arkansan who died in combat while fighting terrorists overseas.
"The run team will stop at every marker and present an American flag and a biographical card in honor of every fallen service member, in an effort to create an 130-mile memorial trail through Arkansas," the press release stated.
The event's website, www.arkansasrunforthefallen.org, includes pictures of all the Arkansans felled in combat, including their names, ages, and date of death. Additionally, the website also shows a map detailing the path of the run, including which soldiers will receive commemorations at different mile markers.
On Sunday afternoon, the run team — which constitutes active duty and reserve airmen, soldiers, marines, and Arkansas State Police troopers — will cross the Big Dam Bridge into Little Rock, where the public will have a chance to show their support and run alongside the runners during the final three-mile stretch, which ends at the steps of the State Capitol.
For more information about joining the run, contact Bubba Beason at (501) 837-6568, or visit their website.


text:
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday in favor of American Crystal Sugar in a dispute with workers who have been locked out since August 1.
The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union charged American Crystal failed to negotiate in good faith.
The NLRB said there's no evidence to support the charge, adding that American Crystal's last two proposals before the lockout contained significant movement while the union made few concessions and no counteroffer.
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 167 President John Riskey said the union will appeal the NLRB's ruling.
Union spokesman Mark Froemke said he wasn't surprised by the ruling and that there's been no move to resume contract talks.
"We surely hope as the union that American Crystal and us could get back to the table," he said. "That's what we're strived for since the first of May when we started the negotiation process."
American Crystal spokesman Brian Ingulsrud said the NLRB ruling proves the company has been willing to negotiate.


text:
The BeastMichael Story - Alfred Publishing Belwin Division
Capture the imagination of your first-year students with this colorful and vivid depiction. A unique work for young bands that's designed to musically portray the image of �a large, four-hoofed animal, wandering unimpeded here and yon. Imaginative as well as accessible, students in the second half of their first year of instruction will sound like pros!
Select a Product
My Library
Powered by Rating-System.com


text:
Can anyone tell me what a good IDE should have, or what to look for in choosing a programming environment?
This is what I am looking for -
Free (got no $$)
Educational use (license or whatever)
Tells you when you do stupid things (like forgetting ; at the end of a line and stuff)
This is what I use -
djgpp compiler
pcgrasp IDE for little programs
jgrasp IDE for big programs (folding scopes)
I find them somewhat useful, in that they are better than anything else I have tried, which is nothing.
I am new to this board, so if this is OT please tell me.


text:
It's the "stepchild of the county," Lenox said. "The city has a much clearer vision and vested interest in seeing the airport operated and run well."
Santa Clara County runs three airports: Palo Alto, Reid-Hillview in San Jose and South County Airport in San Martin. As the Palo Alto Airport is managed now, it can become mired in the financial and legal difficulties of the other two.
A lawsuit between the South County Airport and Garlic City Skydivers, a skydiving operation seeking a permit to operate out of the airport, is a prime example, Lenox said. It may prevent the Palo Alto Airport from getting a $150,000 grant, which he says is sorely needed to repair the dips and potholes in its aging pavement.
"Reliever airports" like Palo Alto receive entitlement grants from the FAA because they play an important role in reducing congestion at larger nearby airports, such as San Francisco International.
But the South County Airport's skydiving lawsuit has put the county in noncompliance with the FAA, which makes Palo Alto, as part of the county system, ineligible for the grant.
"It's frustrating to be that close and lose it at the last minute," said Andy Swanson, the airport manager the City of Palo Alto hired in April.
Lenox said there's a sliver of hope for recouping the $150,000, after the county stated Sept. 10 it would not appeal the skydiving lawsuit. Although it did so weeks after the drop-dead deadline for getting the grant, he said he hopes the FAA might make an exception because of the airport's acute need for the funds.
In any case, Lenox sees the airport's transfer as a good thing. The airport will have one less government agency with which to coordinate.
"When the City Council elected to have the county manage the airport in 1967 their intent was that the county had expertise and there was an economy of scale there," Lenox said. "There are advantages to an economy of scale; we just haven't seen it."
Carl Honaker, Santa Clara County director of airports, said many airport systems in the country have had success with expanding the management system for their airports.
However, local control is always best when it comes to satisfying the demands of the consumer, he said.
"It's different when you're managing someone else's airport. When you manage an airport via a lease where the community has a lot of say, your hands get tied a lot," he said, using as examples city caps on how many take-offs and landings the airport could have per day, to what extent the airport could expand and how many outside services could operate there.
Swanson said he sees the city's smaller scale as an advantage.
"One of the key things is where the airport is placed — in the Public Works Department," he said. "It's where it should be because of what Public Works does — it taps into many operations, facilities, staff and techniques like pavement engineering."
Eric Peterson, assistant director of airports for Santa Clara County, said he thinks the transfer will work out well for both the city and the county, although there will be some challenges related to the two county employees working at the airport and the loss of certain revenue.
"It's going to be different. I wouldn't say easier or harder, just different," he said. "They've got to learn to run an airport; we've got to learn to go from three to two."
Still, even though the Palo Alto Airport is the third busiest in northern California, with around 180,000 operations (a plane landing or take-off) per year, Peterson said the county has spent more on maintenance than the revenue it's taken in.
That may be why the county seems eager to part with the airport, handing over control three years before its 50-year lease is up in 2017.
As the county's contract with the airport expires, so too will the airport's contracts with its fixed-base operators, which provide services such as renting out hangar space. Lenox said these contracts are now worth far more than the prices at which they were negotiated decades ago. Swanson said the renegotiation or resale of the contracts could be a financial boon for the city.
"The ability to update and do a complete evaluation of the facilities and whether they're at fair-market value will definitely be an advantage to the city and its ability to support the airport enterprise fund," he said.
Swanson, who has worked in airport administration for a decade, said he expects the transition to the city to be finalized by July but it could be as late as the end of next year.
"Right now everything is moving well, but there are a lot of moving pieces with the transfer," he said. "Nothing unexpected has happened yet."
The major hurdle for the city's takeover is the completion of an Airport Layout Plan, a required document for the FAA that reports existing facilities and identifies future plans and developments.
Swanson said the layout plan will be part of the city's airport master plan, which will be finished once the transition is complete. It will include a five-year capital-improvement project work plan, recommendations for staffing and an evaluation of contracts with the airport's tenants and lessees, according to the city's 2014 budget. A contractor will complete the plan for $75,000.
Depending on how many challenges come up during the transition, this year's Airport Day on Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. could be the airport's last while it's under county control. Swanson said the public event featuring tours, kids events and food is a great opportunity to learn more about the small but busy airport in the Baylands.
"Sure, it's seeing the planes and the airport but it's also about learning about fire, emergency services, Stanford Life Flight and all the other programs the airport is involved in," he said. "It plays a huge role in letting the community see what the airport is all about." •
This story contains 1078 words.
Stories older than 90 days are available only to subscribing members. Please help sustain quality local journalism by becoming a subscribing member today.
If you are already a subscriber, please log in so you can continue to enjoy unlimited access to stories and archives. Subscriptions start at $5 per month and may be cancelled at any time.


text:
Today's post is about a great work that has been done by our colleague Tom Barret. He has created awesome example forms for different topics. He has also made all these forms available for us to download and use with our students.
To download any of the forms below, make sure to visit Tom's original post.
1- Get to Know your Class
Use this form to collect information about your students such as their likes, dislikes, club affiliations, and many more.
2- Emotion Graph
This is a form ideal for use by students when studying linear narrative both written or visual. It basically compare a range of happiness to sadness against different points in a story or film.
3- Spelling Test
As its name suggests , this form is great for use inside the classroom to test students spelling.
4- Comprehension Questions
This is a form that test students understanding of a text or anything thing else you want to test. It can be used for multiple purposes.
5- Weekly Reading Record
This is a form where students can provide data about their reading. It is like a reading diary that they can use to record informations about their readings.
6- Maths Data Handling
7- Guided Reading Record
This is another awesome form to record students reading assignments.
8- Prior Learning Assessment
9- Library Book Review
This form could be used to collect the children thoughts about what they read.
10- Learning Success
You can use this form to assess the relative success of the learning that has taken place during a single lesson or after a series of lessons on a topic.


text:
Audi S6, S7, and S8 revealed ahead of Frankfurt, all feature twin turbo 4.0 liter direct injected V8's 4.0 TFSIAudi released official details on three new models. We wish they did it one at a time instead of all at once but here they are, the new S6, S7, and S8. No surprises here, they have the specs and motors we have been reporting about for some time. The S8 gets a twin turbo V8 with 513 horsepower, very nice. Who needs a W12 A8 now? The S6 and S7 both get the same 414 twin turbo V8, not a single turbo as previously thought. It is also paired to a DSG dual clutch gearbox which is very nice to hear. Expect the RS6 and RS7 to get the S8's motor. We do not know if the S6 and S7 have the same turbos but if they do it should make for some interesting tuning.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Audi S6, S7, and S8 revealed ahead of Frankfurt, all feature twin turbo 4.0 liter direct injected V8's 4.0 TFSI started by Sticky View original post2 Comments
oddjob2021 - 09-02-2011, 10:26 AM
i wonder what difference the s8's motor has. if its just boost/software based and nothing hardware/internals then the s7 should prove to be a good competitor when the ecu is unlocked/tuned.
vBulletin Message


text:
Want more Audi sportscar talk? Apparently they feel there is room below the R8 for an R4 model which would challenge the Porsche Boxster although this car seems unlikely as well. First of all, sales between it and the Audi TT Would overlap and secondly Porsche likely wouldn't want direct competition from Audi considering they are both a part of the VW group now.
Durheimer likes the Audi of a mid-engined Audi below the R8 though stating the R4 is in "design, packaging and evaluation" phases of development. He went on to say, "It's difficult to realize for production. We would want to bring technology to the segment, but getting the volume and pricing right for a mainstream sports car would be a challenge. Something mid-engined would be the perfect solution for an Audi of this size. It would have two boots, perfect weight distribution and perfect handling."
So basically what is coming from Audi after the Shanghai motorshow regarding more sportscars is a bunch of "maybe" it will happen. They seem to be focused more on SUV's for now.


text:
Rogue Ales, Spirits, Ciders and Sodas took five "Best of Show" Platinum awards at this year's World Beverage Competition, the world's largest beverage competition, held in Geneva, Switzerland. This year's winners hail from 27 countries, against more than 10,000 entries from all parts of the globe, further cementing Rogue's products as World Class.
Rogue Dark Rum – Extra Aged/Dark Rum Category
Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Vodka – Flavored/Infused Vodka Category
Rogue Farms Roguenbier Rye Ale – Hybrid: Flavored/Infused Beer Category
Rogue Honey Orange Soda – Soda/Carbonated Category
Buckman Apple Beer – Cider Category
Gold – Fruit Salad Cider – Cider Category
Gold – Hazelnut Spice Rum – Flavored/Infused Rum Category
Gold – Spruce Gin – Flavored/Infused Gin Category
Gold – Black Obi Soba – Hybrid: Flavored/Infused Beer Category
Silver – Oregon Single Malt Vodka – Flavored/Infused Vodka Category
Bronze – Honey Kolsch – Hybrid: Flavored/Infused Beer Category
Rogue Ales & Spirits is an agri-fermenter founded in Oregon in 1988, as one of America's first microbreweries. Rogue has won more than 1,700 awards for taste, quality and packaging and is available in all 50 states and 49 countries. Since 2008, Rogue has remained committed to saving the terroir of Oregon hops and barley one acre at a time by growing their own.
Please verify your age


text:
BROWNING Bar Shorttrac Bolt Actiong Rifles
Browning 4 + 1 308 Win. Left Hand/22" Barrel/Oil Finished Grade II Walnut Stock Aircraft grade alloy receiver. High relief engraving. Drilled and tapped for scope mounts. Hammer forged barrel. Detachable box magazine. Composite trigger guard and floorplate. Stylized forearm. Checkered. Shim adjustable for cast on/off and drop at comb. Sling swivel studs installed. Interchangeable recoil pad. Available in choice of left or right hand.
SPECIFICATIONS:Mfg Item Num: 031535218 Category: FIREARMS - RIFLES Action :Semi-AutomaticCaliber :308 WinchesterBarrel Length :22"Capacity :4 + 1Trigger :StandardSafety :Cross BoltLength :41 1/2"Weight :6 lbs 10 ozStock :Oil Finished Grade II WalnutFinish :Nickel receiver, blue barrel


text:
I am in the process of planning a T1 upgrade (1.5MB > 3.0MB) to my company's seperate manufacturing facility.
Currently we have a single T1 data connection, with Adtran Netvanta 3205 routers on each side.
I have ordered (2) Adtran 1202872L1 modules for these existing routers to allow a 2nd T1 to be added giving us 3MB btwn buildings.
I currently have a single CAT5e cable between the Smartjack and the NetVanta. Looking at the wiring for T1's:
http://www.bohack.com/2009/05/t1-rj-48c ... mart-jack/
This shows that only 4 of the 8 pins are actually used.
My question is: Can I just use the remaining four pins for the 2nd T1 so I don't have to run another cable from the smartjack to the router?
Or is there some reason why that's a bad idea?


text: Gallery Walk ADD TO Trip Planner Gallery Walk gives an opportunity to stroll beautiful downtown Hot Springs and enjoy some of the finest contemporary art in America. Many galleries stay open until 9 p.m. often with music and complimentary refreshments. First Friday of every month. Get Directions Gas Calculator Details Dates: February 7, 2014 Venue: Historic Downtown Hot Springs Address: 724 Central AvenueHot Springs, AR 71901 Admission: Free Phone: 501-624-0550 Contact: Willie Gilbert Email: email@example.com


text:
Download I.D. Tips
Corvus corax
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Chuq Von Rospach
The intriguing Common Raven has accompanied people around the Northern Hemisphere for centuries, following their wagons, sleds, sleighs, and hunting parties in hopes of a quick meal. Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists. These big, sooty birds thrive among humans and in the back of beyond, stretching across the sky on easy, flowing wingbeats and filling the empty spaces with an echoing croak.
Not just large but massive, with a thick neck, shaggy throat feathers, and a Bowie knife of a beak. In flight, ravens have long, wedge-shaped tails. They're more slender than crows, with longer, narrower wings, and longer, thinner "fingers" at the wingtips.
Common Ravens are entirely black, right down to the legs, eyes, and beak.
Common Ravens aren't as social as crows; you tend to see them alone or in pairs except at food sources like landfills. Ravens are confident, inquisitive birds that strut around or occasionally bound forward with light, two-footed hops. In flight they are buoyant and graceful, interspersing soaring, gliding, and slow flaps.
Common Ravens live in open and forest habitats across western and northern North America. This includes deciduous and evergreen forests up to treeline, as well as high desert, sea coast, sagebrush, tundra, and grasslands. They do well around people, particularly rural settlements but also some towns and cities.
Common Ravens are considerably larger than American and Northwestern crows, although this difference can be hard to judge on its own if you don't look at size and shape. Look for the Common Raven's heftier bill, shaggy throat feathers, more slender, pointed wings, and longer, wedge-shaped tail. The crow-sized Chihuahaun Raven of the desert Southwest has a shorter bill, longer feathers around the bill, and less deep voice. Where these two species overlap, the Chihuahuan Raven tends to be in desert at lower elevations and the Common Raven in forests at higher elevations. And here's a useful behavior clue: ravens cruise along roads looking for roadkill. Crows don't typically do this, so if you see a bird flying right down the middle of a road, it's probably a raven.
You can attract ravens to your yard by leaving out large amounts of seed, grain, or pet food, or simply by not putting the top securely on your garbage can. These tactics might cause more trouble than they're worth, though, attracting rodents and other pest animals or luring in ravens that may then raid nests in your yard. Find out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list.
Look for ravens anywhere from the outskirts of towns (particularly landfills) to foothill forests or scrub, and out to the deep woods of mountains and national parks. If they're around you're likely to hear a deep gurgling croak from far overhead: look for a long-tailed black bird flying on long wings and easy, graceful wingbeats. When driving, keep an eye out for them on the roadsides, gathered at roadkill, or flying straight down the center line on the lookout.
Report your Common Raven sightings to eBird
Learn more about bird photography in our Building Skills section. Then contribute your images to the Birdshare flickr site, which helps supply the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's websites with photos, including All About Birds.
Ravens in Winter, by Bernd Heinrich
The Accidental Reaper: Ravens are following people into new habitats (California Wild magazine)
Explore sounds and video of Common Ravens from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library archive
Dinner Guests: Common Ravens may be why wolves hunt in packs. Spring 2012 Living Bird magazine
Contact the Lab | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site CreditsCopyright © 2015 Cornell University
The Cornell Lab will send you updates about birds, birding, and opportunities to help bird conservation. You can unsubscribe at any time. We will never sell or give your email address to others.


text:
The university is closed today, Jan. 13 2018. Learn more.
Home | News | What's Happening
On Monday, February 1st at 7PM, a Point Park student broadcast called "Stepping Forward: Youth in Transition" will be shown on WBGN-TV. The show was developed through the fall 2009 Advanced Production Class. This one-hour piece will take a look at young people who have recently transitioned from being a child in the welfare system and are now moving on to independent living. It will be told through the youth's own words and views along with adults who work in the welfare system. They will be talking about their challenges and triumphs, and also educate the public about this kind of life reality.
This show was produced by Point Park undergraduate and graduate television broadcast students Bridget Benjamin, Carmen Knapic, Sarah Plocki, Tom McMeekin, Michael Quigley, Bryant Sutherland and Ryan Clutch in cooperation with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Hosts are grad student Larry Miller and senior Kelly Johnson. Graphics were a project of the new Broadcast Graphics class taught by Fred Angiolieri with students Stacey Bronzie and Patrick Harrigan producing the final design and animation.
Be sure to tune into WBGN and watch this fantastic broadcast by some of Point Park's talented students. For more information on WBGN and this show please go to the WBGN website. You can also catch the show on U-View, Point Park's student facilitated TV channel which airs student-produced programming exclusively.
Get a peek at "Stepping Forward: Youth in Transition."
Directions to Campus
Faculty & Staff |
Current Students
Online | News | Calendar
| Directory | Library | Give
Site Map | Contact Us | Directions to Campus | Careers at Point Park | Privacy Policy & Legal Statement
© Copyright Point Park University | 201 Wood Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984 | 412-391-4100


text:
Ellen Feldman touched the hearts of readers with her novel Next to Love. Her latest, The Unwitting, is historical fiction set in the literary Manhattan of the 1950s while the Cold War looms ominously over the lives of American citizens.
Ellen Feldman is no stranger to the page. She is a Guggenheim fellow and the author of four novels (one of which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction). Today, Ellen joins us to share her thoughts on writing…the things she loves and the things she hates.
Four Things I Hate about the Writing Life; Four Things I love about the Writing Life
Four things I hate:
Solitude: For years I wrote in the lonely silence of my apartment, but after finding myself still in my jammies at five o'clock in the evening more often than was sane or even hygienic, I began haunting writers' rooms in the New York Public Library and the New York Society Library. The latter is a subscription library fourteen blocks from my home, which turns out to be the perfect walk to get the words flowing in the morning and cool me down in the evening. Though I'm not alone in either of these venues –- the rooms are filled with writers tapping feverishly at their laptops, a phenomenon I can usually ignore, unless I'm sitting there mournfully pressing the delete key -– and we exchange greetings and the odd piece of publishing gossip in the halls, for long hours at a stretch, each of us is isolated in the faraway realms of our individual imaginations.
Beginning a new novel: It has been my experience, and that of most of my writing friends, that after we've finished a book we're sure we'll never be able to write another. In its worst form, this neurosis, for it's nothing less than that, entails the proverbial writer's block. In its milder configuration, it takes the form of what I've dubbed "last book syndrome." You keep trying to write the last book you wrote, again and again and again. This maddening spiral can take months to escape.
Research: Probably the only thing worse than not being able to find information you need for a book is having found the information and somehow misfiled it or not written it down at all because at the time you came across it you thought it wasn't relevant to what you were working on. Some writers simply fudge it, but I admit to being too compulsive to risk that. I have spent days, sometime weeks, on quests that result in nothing more than tears of frustration.
Publication: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Crackup that "at three o'clock in the morning, a forgotten package has the same tragic importance as a death sentence, and … in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning." That's pretty much what the publishing process feels like. For months or years you've been in control. Now everything is out of your hands. You lie awake imagining all the things that can go wrong in the process of getting the book into stores and on line. (In my youth I worked for a publishing house that once printed a mystery without the last page.) You don't believe the good reviews and are sure bad ones are on the way. You end up in lonely hotel rooms far from husband and dog having nightmares about looking down in the middle of a talk to discover you're stark naked. You wonder why you ever thought publishing a book was a good idea.
Four things I love:
Solitude: While my days are not spent in the company of other real people, when I'm writing, and I'm always writing in my head, my imagination is crowded with characters, some of them already good friends, others auditioning for a role in the book. When I was writing The Unwitting, I occasionally slipped and called my husband Charlie. My husband's name is Stephen. Most men would suspect adultery. Stephen has been living with me for long enough to know it was only obsession. The husband in the book is called Charlie.
Beginning a new novel: A blank screen is an intimidating sight. That's the reason for the last-book-syndrome I mentioned above. A first line is a recalcitrant animal. The crucial thing is to remember the delete button. Anything you write now can be struck later. But once the words begin to come, once your characters start whispering in your ear in their own voices and doing things you had never expected them to do, you are off on a thrilling adventure, one that often takes you places you never expected to go.
Research: I love libraries. I love ferreting around in old books and papers and archives. I love learning about people and events and states of mind. And on the rare occasions when I unearth an anecdote or turn of events or fact that has not been written about before, I feel a little like Columbus discovering the New World.
Publication: For all the fear, for the occasional heartbreak, there is nothing like looking up on a plane or in a library and seeing your book in someone else's hands. On second thought, there is something even better. Hearing from readers that your book has taken root in their lives.
If you are a writer yourself, we'd love to hear your thoughts! What are the things you love and hate about the writing life? Share with us on our Facebook page!


text:
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, February 28, 2013, 7:58 AM
Town Square
California Court of Appeal to rule on Oak Grove/Lin family lawsuit
Original post made on Feb 28, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, February 28, 2013, 7:58 AM
Comments (3)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 28, 2013 at 11:54 am
And with this judgement my friends the rights of property owners to develop their legally-designated-for-development property for financial gain has officially been squashed.
The Founding Fathers would be so proud of you all.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Mar 1, 2013 at 12:02 pm
You know, I have to agree with Mr. Geeneyuss above. The power of the crowd/mob sometimes gets a bit much. City Council basically punted because they couldn't take the heat from the NIMBY or whatever crowd, and as I recall, the Lins offered the city a pretty good deal after scaling back their plans significantly. I like the ridge and the view of the hills, but hey, they had a deal and they did things right and were treated unfairly IMHO.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 1, 2013 at 12:21 pm
Perhaps after this final appeal the Lin Family and James Tong will get it - the Citizens of Pleasanton don't want mega mansions on their view hills.
And Mr. Geeneyuss, the land is zoned 1 house per 5 acres spread all over the mudslides, unstable slopes, red-legged frog and more. That was not the plan that was brought to the City.
Destroying land and buying off elected officals seemed like a good idea until the Citizens had a chance to weigh-in. Dublin is starting to come around too, and they have also had enough of the Lin Family land barons.
Salami, Salami … Baloney
By Tom Cushing | 25 comments | 785 views
Holiday Fund raises $70,000 for 12 Tri-Valley nonprofits
By Jeb Bing | 0 comments | 140 views


text:
This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1993 (ICPSR 3096)
Principal Investigator(s): Social and Community Planning Research
This survey is part of a continuing series designed to monitor trends in a wide range of social attitudes in Great Britain. The British Social Attitudes Survey (BSA) is similar to the General Social Survey carried out by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) in the United States. The BSA questionnaire has two parts, one administered by an interviewer and the other completed by the respondent. The 1993 self-enumerated questionnaire was devoted to a series of questions on a range of social, economic, political, and moral issues. Topics covered (by section) are: (1) government spending, the National Health Service, (2) labor market participation, the workplace, redundancy, employee decision-making, (3) AIDS, the countryside, (4) primary and secondary school education, transportation, the environment, (5) Northern Ireland, the European Community, (6) charitable giving, economic issues and policies (including income and taxation), (7) illegal drugs, social security benefits, child maintenance, (8) sexual relations, (9) housing, (10) religious denomination and attendance, and (11) ethnic origin. Beginning in 1985, an international initiative funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the International Social Survey Program (ISSP), also contributed a module to the BSA. The topic of the ISSP module in this collection was the environment. Additional demographic data included age, education, income, marital status, and religious and political affiliations.
Access Notes
Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions. Please log in so we can determine if you are with a member institution and have access to these data files.
Study Description
Social and Community Planning Research. British Social Attitudes Survey, 1993. ICPSR03096-v2. Colchester, Essex, England: United Kingdom Data Archive/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2005-07-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03096.v2
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03096.v2
Export Citation:
- RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.)
- EndNote XML (EndNote X4.0.1 or higher)
This study was funded by:
- Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts (Great Britain)
- Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom)
- Economic and Social Research Council (United Kingdom)
- Department of Employment
- Department of Health (United Kingdom)
- Home Office (United Kingdom)
- Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)
- Department of Education
- Scottish Office Education Department
- Countryside Commission (Great Britain)
- Charities Aid Foundation (United Kingdom)
- European Commission
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: AIDS, attitudes, capital punishment, charitable donations, child care, civil rights, crime, defense (military), drugs, economic conditions, economic issues, education, environment, ethnicity, European Union, government programs, government spending, health care, housing, internal political conflict, international relations, labor markets, layoffs, leisure, marital relations, morality, national economy, news media, political issues, political participation, public confidence, racial attitudes, religious attitudes, sexual behavior, social attitudes, social change, social issues, Social Security, smoking, transportation, trends, values, voting behavior, welfare services, work attitudes
Geographic Coverage: Great Britain, Global
- 1993
- 1993
Universe: All adults aged 18 or over living in private households in Britain whose addresses were included in the electoral registers (excluding the "crofting counties" north of the Caledonian Canal).
(1) In 1999, Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR) became the National Centre for Social Research. (2) Under agreement with the UKDA, the data are disseminated as they were received, without additional processing by ICPSR. This agreement also provides that ICPSR will disseminate the data only for use within its member institutions. Persons from nonmember institutions may request these data directly from the UKDA. (3) The data are provided as an SPSS portable file. (4) The documentation was converted to Portable Document Format (PDF) by the UKDA. The PDF documentation can also be downloaded from the UKDA Web site. (5) The formats for some variables in the SPSS portable file (e.g., REMPLOYE) are not wide enough to accommodate the missing value specifications. For some procedures SPSS will display these missing values as asterisks. Users can widen the formats to display the actual missing value codes. (6) The documentation contains information for two different studies: British Social Attitudes, 1993, and Northern Ireland Social Attitudes, 1993. However, only the British Social Attitudes dataset is provided in this collection. (7) The British Social Attitudes Survey series began in 1983 and was conducted every year since, except in 1988 and 1992 when the core funding from the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts was devoted to conducting post-election studies of political attitudes and voting behavior in the British Election Study (BES) Survey series. (8) In 1993 a split-sample experiment was carried out whereby a random half of the sample points was allocated to computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) and the rest to pencil and paper interviewing (PAPI).
Sample: Multistage stratified random sample consisting of four stages. From 1993 the sample was drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it had been drawn from the electoral register.
Mode of Data Collection: face-to-face interview, computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), self-enumerated questionnaire
Original ICPSR Release: 2001-09-25
- 2005-07-22 The data and documentation were resupplied by the United Kingdom Data Archive (UKDA). The data are now available as an SPSS portable file and the documentation has been converted to PDF by the UKDA.
Metadata Exports
- Citations exports are provided above.
Export Study-level metadata (does not include variable-level metadata)
If you're looking for collection-level metadata rather than an individual metadata record, please visit our Metadata Records page.


text:
Make sure to catch Daniel's Rangers/Leafs preview.
I'll be attending my second Marlies game of the season today at Ricoh Coliseum at 3:00 PM. They try to avenge a loss last night to divisional rivals, Rochester Americans in the second half of a home-and-home.
Watching games, got me to thinking about perspective.
EDIT: Brad has a great take on this situation as well!
My fantasy focus forces me to watch a lot of NHL games. And I do. I've been to many OHL games and love getting to arenas.
I wanted to provide a different perspective discounted due to the lack of comparison from other teams. A step back with a look at other clubs puts a better perception of this revamped season looking like an unmitigated disaster and taken out of context. Other teams are struggling just as much in this still young season.
Currently, Boston sits at the 8th spot with 6 points (3-3-0), tied with New Jersey (3-3-0) and Tampa Bay (2-2-2). Carolina (2-3-1) has struggled out of the gate with five points, Montreal (2-4-0) and Florida (2-4-0) have four and the NY Islanders have three overtime points, still without a win (0-2-3).
The gap between the Leafs and a playoff spot is five points. Two wins and an overtime loss.
The state of these other teams, having watched multiple games each, Boston is just now catching fire, while the Devils have been less than stellar, including Brodeur. Tampa Bay and Florida are world beaters and bottom-feeders game-to-game and the Habs have defensive and goaltending concerns among injuries. Vancouver was down 5-0 against the Flames when Luongo was pulled for a second time this season, after being pulled twice last season. Calgary was up 5-0 and lost 6-5 to Chicago within the week, and gripped their sticks a little harder when the Canucks popped three goals late in the game.
Most media and fans haven't watched the rest of these teams enough to have comparative results, but focused on this disaster start there's enough fodder to keep the mill rolling.
This losing streak is being viewed by some as an utter failure of the club, organization and in some eyes, the regime. Using the present situation to evaluate the long term viability of the club as if it's a static situation, without the momentum to alter. As if the Leafs will finish 0-81-1 and doomed to last place overall.
Some other perspective is required.
A caller on AM640 was correct when he said because the Leafs indicated their desire to make the playoffs doesn't guarantee a spot.
The pursuit of the playoff spot was the goal. That pursuit could end as a 9th or 10th spot in the Conference. The Leafs had to be happy with that type of finish to move the club into a position going forward beyond this season to move the picks that have exacerbated the doomsday scenario. That was part of the gamble involved in the transactions over the off season and the Kessel trade.
To get a playoff spot, with 76 games left, while assuming 93 points is still required for a playoff spot, they would have to start a run of 46-30 (winning percentage of .652). That's an unrealistic expectation, but there could be a few extra time points along the way.
All they need to do is win one game to start it off. One game.
Toronto has always been a bubble playoff team to me this season. To help their effort, the Buds must win games against the rest of the bubble teams in regulation to limit available points. Not to discount the importance of other games, because points are points. But these four-point games are must wins, just like games where they're playing opponents who played the night before.
In all, the gap is completely recoverable at five points when taken into context.
Making a run for a playoff spot, and missing out could put the 2010 draft pick as low as 14th overall, and as high as … what? First overall pick? Is anyone really that naive to think Toronto will finish lower than the Islanders?
The 2010 first pick in all forms has become known as the default '1st overall pick' draping Hall in Bruins gold, making it seem like the worst case scenario will be the actual final scenario.
There is no perspective to support this theory, but it makes for good audio, video, articles and blogs.
I don't believe the team is as bad as it seems, not on their own play and not in comparison to peer clubs at the moment.
They're struggling and need to find they're way and have the benefit of one game and a nice break before going on the road. They're playing tentative and scared to make mistakes. It needs to start with a smaller victory and build.
There's no sugared up dream of playoffs, Cups and all the rest of the hoopla. There's a long way to go until contention. Contracts are coming off the books over the summer which will reshape the product moving forward. The pursuit of a playoff spot would weigh in on decisions about who receives offers going forward, and in the end, this season is similar to that of last season; transitional.
Looking at this funk as an evaluation of the future without the proper perspective takes the context out of what it really is … growing pains of an organization that has redefined itself with a lot of change in a small period of time.
It may seem bleak, but all it takes is one win.
Enjoy the game tonight.


text:
New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps
Heartbreaking. Disappointing. Not good enough. So we're struggling to find the way the way a little bit and it's a really bad loss at home.
(Jerry Bengtson) looked a little tired. He's been in Honduras for the last four, five days – he came back the other day. He had a training with us and two days with us. But also, we were just trying to change it up a little bit. We needed fresh legs in. That was really it.
It's the third game in a row we've made a mistake and it's come down and cost us.
We were just trying to open them up a little bit, trying to get some gaps. When Lee (Nguyen) gets the ball, he's going to be fouled so we tried to create a little bit … we wanted to get Ryan (Guy) a lane to penetrate and open up a little bit of space. And to do that you have to go long a little bit just to keep them honest. And as the game settled in a little bit we had our chances – hit the crossbar, hit the post, no penalty call on the handball which was clear as day. Unfortunately, we're talking about a disappointing loss.
In the past, and what it felt like in this game, both. A couple of missed touches when we could be in a good spot and then the chances that we have, we hit the post.
New England Revolution defender Chris Tierney
Yeah, it was a tough game. I thought we started the game pretty well and created enough chances to score a goal and we couldn't get that bounce in the moment. It seems like when we do make mistakes we're punished. So it's disappointing but we have to dig deep and fight hard here down the stretch.
I think Jay (Heaps) said we've got to shake it up a little bit. Guys have been comfortable in playing, expecting thier spots and at this level you have to earn it and now it's become clear. I think there are a lot of guys who are good players and can contribute and at least give 110 percent, and I think Jay will look to get those guys on the field.
I think unless all of us are 110 percent committed, we're not going to win, so I don't know if enough of that fight was there for us. I thought there were some other factors too, a couple calls that didn't go our way and a couple bounces, we hit the post a couple of times. So it's bad luck but you make your own luck.
Just that final ball is lacking. I think we're getting into decent spots, we have good spells of possession, but when we get into that advanced third of the field it's just about putting the ball on the money and committing to getting runs in the box and we haven't been doing that lately. We just have to have that full commitment to lay our bodies on the line, make those runs, and do what it takes to score goals.
New England Revolution midfielder Clyde Simms
Give their goalie some credit. He made some big saves tonight, he had a very good game tonight for them and him and the post and crossbar kept them in the game, I believe.
We did a good job sticking to our game plan tonight, which was we wanted to start a line of pressure at the top of the circle and force them to make turnovers, which we did a few times in some dangerous spots, and really got after them. Those were some of the chances that we created and I thought we did a really good job at that. Once again tonight the problem was getting punished for another mistake. Other than that we didn't give up too much, so it's very frustrating.
I wish I could tell you the answer to that and if we did have the answer it wouldn't be a problem for us. We have to do better though. I think we did do a better job at creating chances tonight, which we struggled with last game or two. The difference is just putting those away.
One thing we really concentrated on this week was playing one and two touch. I think a lot of times we get the ball out wide and no one really knows what's going to happen. We have some really crafty guys that like to take guys on, and those are times that guys want to get in the box for those crosses. Tonight we got more balls in the box, guys were anticipating the ball a little better tonight so it's definitely a step in the right direction we just have to keep working on it.
Unfortunately that's the problem with injuries, and I think the last four or five games we've been adjusting to other teams but we've kind of decided to get our own identity and stick with it. And that's how we're going to get better. I definitely think tonight was a step in the right direction we were honestly just unfortunate not to finish on our chances and they punished us on one of the few that they had.
Montreal Impact head coach Jesse Marsch
I think it was a workman-like performance. The guys dug in, they stayed disciplined, they bend a little bit but they don't break. Maybe we get a little bit fortunate with a couple of calls, but in the end, I think that we made our breaks this game and dug in and stuck together.
I think Sanna's (Nyassi) in a confident place for sure. He understands we have a lot of confidence in him even though we've been using him from the bench. When he comes into the game he provides a real spark to the game and he's a threat, a real threat. We're pleased with where we are as a team. We're not too high right now. We're going to keep going and keep working and keep pushing this thing and see where it ends up.
I think that'll be an amazing test for our group to play against a team like that (San Jose). That's a team that never quits. They compete like hell all over the field and they make it hard on whoever they play against, so it's going be a really big challenge and I think we're excited for it.
I think what you saw is, again a goalie that is very sure in how he makes his plays. I don't think we need to talk about anything else right now but Troy (Perkins). We're happy to have him here. We think he makes us a better team. I think he makes a really big save on the header and bails us out. And for the most part he was very sharp on the night.
Maybe, but more than anything its continuing to move along. And if you have a confident goalie behind you and if you have confidence in him, then I think that gives our center backs, specifically, a lot of confidence that they can be aggressive to make plays.
I think we're three (points behind) because Chicago won. Chicago goes to 38 (points) and D.C. (United) is at 36 (points). You know the table is so hard to interpret with the games in hand, which is almost good for us, because we can just focus on one game at a time and we don't have to look and worry and everything else. It's just one game at a time, and we keep moving ourselves along and we'll see where it all ends up.
Montreal Impact midfielder Hassoun Camara
We were very happy about our game. It was a difficult step to come to this field. We had to be ready physically and mentally to fight against this team, because they have very good players. We are very happy to go from here with the three points.
We knew Jerry (Bengtson) is a very good forward, so Matteo (Ferrari) and I had to be ready for him. We knew he would give us some problems, but we think the whole team did a good job. We had to be smart collectively, and this is what we did.
We played very well, because we played together and we want to fight for each other. We did a good job about that, and I'm happy. We have to do the same thing in our next game against San Jose.
It was incredible. Sanna (Nyassi) is a very, very good player, and he is very important for us. When he goes on the field, he doesn't think. He goes on to help us, and this is what he did. It was one of the best goals of the year, and I hope he has goal of the week, because he deserves it.
We didn't need this to be confident. We know that we have good players. We have a very good group, we have to be smart, and we know where we want to go. I think that we can do well. It is the first year. Some people say we're an expansion team, but we know where we are and where we want to go. We'll keep going.
Montreal Impact forward Sanna Nyassi
I think it was about good defending, we made some good saves, and then we tried to counter. I picked the guy's pocket, ran through the defense, beat the guy and took a shot.
It's all about whenever you have a good game, you keep it going. Be consistent with your performance, and then I think that gave me a lot of confidence. I want to keep that going.
It's about teamwork. My teammates help me a lot. They make sure they communicate with me. It's about being in good spots when I have the ball so I can a lot of options. That's really helping me too.


text:
NBA= Knicks (Lee,Nate, H20)
NFL= Jets (Rhodes,Harris,Revis)
MLB= Cubs (Lee,Marmol,Soto,Theriot)
Football= Norwich City FC (Cureton)
NBA= Knicks (Lee,Nate, H20)
NFL= Jets (Rhodes,Harris,Revis)
MLB= Cubs (Lee,Marmol,Soto,Theriot)
Football= Norwich City FC (Cureton)
NBA: New York Knicks
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers
NHL: Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Soccer: Futbol Club Barcelona
European soccer: Bayern München
Handball: Naturhouse La Rioja
European Basketball: Barcelona and Joventut
Rugby: Waikato Chiefs
My favourite sports are: soccer and basketball. I also enjoy watching some individual sports like tennis (Rafael Nadal fan), cycling (mainly Alberto Contador) and Basque pelote, a typical regional sport of the north of Spain (regions like Basque Country, Navarra, La Rioja, the basque part of France; I'm fan os Titin III)
NBA : Knicks
NFL : Cowboys
MLB : Yankees
NCAA BB : UNC......national champs baby
NCAA FB : Gators
Soccer : Egypt national team, Barcelona
Boxing : Floyd Mayweather Jr, Jermaine Taylor, Bernard Hopkins
Last edited by DaTPRiNCE; May 06, 2009 at 20:04.
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
NBA: Knicks
NFL: Giants & Buffalo
MLB: Yankees
NHL: Buffalo
NCAAB: Syracuse
NCAAF: Syracuse & Virginia Tech
European Soccer: Italy & AS Roma. (I'm half Italian).
Rugby: South Africa (My other half)
Golf: South Africans, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman.
Ali is my favorite sports hero of all time.
Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly and Bernie are my favorite Yankee players.
As a young kid I was a huge fan O.J and the Bills. I grew up. O.J didn't.
My saddest moment in sports history: 1994 when Roberto Baggio missed his penalty kick in the World Cup final against Brazil. My heart stopped.
2001 World Series. Yankees vs Arizona Diamodbacks. It still hurts, Yanks up 2-1 in game 7, bottom of the 9th and we have Mariano Rivera. I will never get over that loss. 9/11 and all...Tough loss...
My happiest: 1982 when Italy Beat West Germany in the world cup final. The 1982 quarter final against brazil is the best game I have ever seen. Italy won 3-2 against the clear favorite after Paolo Rossi scored 3 goals.
1. MLB: Yankees
2. NFL: Jets
3. NBA: Knicks
4. NHL: Rangers
5. NCAA: USC, Notre Dame, Boston College, Penn State, UNC, St. Johns, Hofstra, Villinova (I love the sport, hence liking Notre Dame and USC)
6. Soccer: Benfica (Portugal), Portugal, Italy (half Italian/half Portugese) Man U
7. Boxing: Hatton
I really just like in order: MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA,...then I don't care
Basketball: Knicks (hate- Heat, Celtics & Lakers)
NFL: Giants (Hate NFC East and Pats)
MLB: Yankees
Footie: Barcelona, NY Red Bulls & West Ham (Hate - Real Madrid, DC united & Milwall)
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel (hate - The Ferrarri Team)
NBA: Knicks
Football: Redskins
College Football: WVU Mountaineers
College Basketball:Georgetown Hoyas
<!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message -->NBA: Knicks
NFL: Giants
MLB: Yankees
NHL: NY Rangers
NCAAB: Syracuse
NCAAF: Syracuse
European Soccer: Italy
Golf: Tiger
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
Who revived this year old thread anyway?
1. Jets (hate the Dolphins more than anything, hate the Pats also)
2. Knicks (I only hate players for some reason: starting 5 PG D. Fisher, SG R. Jefferson, SF Bruce Bowen, PF Ben Wallace ,C Eddy Curry for obvious reasons
3. Yanks (hate the Sawx and Randy Johnson)
4. St. John's (gotta stick w/ them)
Knicks ALL DAY.
Yankees- but i support mets a lil
Jets- Giants are ok
Syracuse Orange
NY Rangers
dont like islanders, never did.
NBA- Knicks for life
NFL- Atlanta Falcons and Mike Vick's Future Team
NHL- Penguins
MLB- Yankees
NCAAB- Duke
NCAAF- Changes per season, this season im rooting for OK State
Boxing - Luis Collazo, Tito Trinidad, Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Zab Judah, Juan Manuel Lopez, Quintanna, Kermit Cintron, Clottely
NBA - Knicks
MLB - Yankees....support the Mets also
NFL - Jets
Soccer - Red Bulls, Real Betis, Inter, Sao Paulo, Ajax, Chelsea
NCAA - Manhattan Jaspers, every tri state area team, Florida International before Isiah, Miami, K-State, UNC


text:
clem wrote:- open a terminal
- type "gksu gedit /etc/bash.bashrc"
- in the end of the file, remove the line /usr/games/fortune
- save the file.
Knowledge, I'm going to quote Clem's post above to make my point clear.
Code: Select all
gksudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc
Is typing the above command in a terminal all that difficult to do? This will give you the privileges needed to edit the file (that's the purpose of [gk]sudo).


text:
Missed it, darn!
― ljubljana, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:50 (five years ago) Permalink
My husband and his office-mates went to Hayne's Point to watch. I, on the other hand, am stuck on bedrest (actually floor rest, bed too soft) for stupid back. Better be goddamn fixed for my upcoming trip to WOO-HOO FT LAUDERDALE WOO
― quincie, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 16:16 (five years ago) Permalink
Hanging out in ZS's local
― ljubljana, Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:37 (five years ago) Permalink
whaaaaa? where?
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:38 (five years ago) Permalink
Big Bear
― ljubljana, Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:46 (five years ago) Permalink
I can't not surreptitiously read the to-do list of the woman next to me, which includes 'Whole Foods/Safeway' with 'Safeway' crossed out, 'Personal development', and 'Tweets'.
― ljubljana, Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:54 (five years ago) Permalink
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 22 April 2012 20:08 (five years ago) Permalink
Berger cookies from Baltimore are yummy
By Andrew Reiner, Published: April 19
My wife, Liz, and I had been living near Silver Spring a few months when we attended one of her good friend's dinner parties last summer in Dupont Circle. Like many of Liz's friends who live in or near Washington, this woman slams pretty much anything — music, people, stores — that smacks of mainstream American culture. Especially food.
Back in my native Baltimore, where I've lived for much of my life, Berger cookies top the guest list at dinner gatherings, ranging from picnic table crab feasts to white-linen fetes. The groom's cake at my wedding? Berger cookies. But no one at this dinner party featuring crepes drizzled in truffle oil had ever seen a Berger, with its trademark Himalayan mound of chocolate frosting. In all fairness, until very recently, the Berger had been practically synonymous with Baltimore.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 April 2012 23:03 (five years ago) Permalink
Other link was to the comments
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 April 2012 23:04 (five years ago) Permalink
haha I think truffle oil is more of a "mainstream American culture" food item than Berger cookies
― I DIED, Monday, 23 April 2012 00:49 (five years ago) Permalink
To a city where blue-collar culture and ethos mesh with a thriving underground music scene, this "chocolate helmet" means a cookie with little patience for restraint for restraint's sake.
oh my god, worst Post culture writer since Monica Hesse
― I DIED, Monday, 23 April 2012 00:50 (five years ago) Permalink
i hate impatient cookies
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 April 2012 00:53 (five years ago) Permalink
He's a guest writer:
Andrew Reiner teaches freshmen writing at Towson University and is presently teaching creative writing and literature, as well, in the Honors College
Berger cookies are not mainstream because of lack of distribution while truffle oil is still mainly at gourmet shops. [does google search for truffle oil and walmart and comes up with hits]. Oops, maybe you're right
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:00 (five years ago) Permalink
"What they're doing with their money is not necessarily buying a $40,000 Vuitton bag," said Aba Bonney Kwawu, president of the Aba Agency, a public relations firm that specializes in high-end retailers. "They're spending their money on private school tuition and taking the whole family to Greece.''
That's a relief. That's from the article in the Washington Post the other day on DC area 1 %ers.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 15:08 (five years ago) Permalink
spending their money on boring suits and tickets to the Kennedy Center Honors
― raw feel vegan (silby), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 21:39 (five years ago) Permalink
the private school only approach sadly helps them isolate themselves from others who may never be able to take advantage of the tax breaks and deductions and such that help rich Washingtonians maintain their status
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:39 (five years ago) Permalink
Possible link between three random assaults (one fatal) in Petworth this week; police advising residents not to walk around alone. The neighborhood (where I live) is completely crawling with cops tonight.
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 27 April 2012 04:25 (five years ago) Permalink
Friend near petworth asked me to walk her from bus stop first time ever, had wondered what that was abt.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 04:15 (five years ago) Permalink
Cynthia Connolly photo opening at Civilian Arts Friday 7 to 9 and this at the Hirshhorn:
ilxor Geeta on a panel at the the Hirshhorn friday: A symposium inside the museum Friday will feature Aitken, David Allin, Aaron Betsky, Geeta Dayal, Sasha Frere-Jones, Dean Kuipers, and Zabet Patterson.
Outside will be: this Friday's "Happening"—for which the museum will turn off the soundtrack to the massive installation and allow a handful of Pitchfork and Wired-approved acts to perform—now has a full lineup. Geologist and the pair of Tim McAfee Lewis and Leo Gallo will perform along with High Places, No Age, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Nico Jaar.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:59
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:01 (five years ago) Permalink
x-post-sadly does not look like any police updates re those Petworth incidents
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:27 (five years ago) Permalink
huh? they arrested a guy pretty quickly. I haven't heard anything since then, so I presume he hasn't been let go.
― how's life, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:30 (five years ago) Permalink
― how's life, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:31 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh, missed that. Thanks
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:36 (five years ago) Permalink
Are Taylor's Gourmet's hoagies any good? Obama went there yesterday as part of a small business initiative
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:36 (five years ago) Permalink
Chuck Brown news disccussed on other dc music and gogo and obit threads
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:38 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah, taylor's real great - get there early before they inevitably run out of bread a couple hours before closing
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:37 (five years ago) Permalink
new mural up already
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 May 2012 13:57 (five years ago) Permalink
Sietsema's spring dining guide(he returns to and looks again at 15 fave places of his) is out in the Washington Post magazine http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/best-bets/dining-guide/dining-guide-spring-2012,102675.html
I heard a radio ad for the Washingtonian June Cheap Eats issue on WTOP radio (do not think it is online yet)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:02 (five years ago) Permalink
The Cubanos at Fast Gourmet aren't bad, but I do not think I will race back there quickly for another
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:10 (five years ago) Permalink
have you had the chivito?
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:26 (five years ago) Permalink
No. I'm so dumb. The owners are from Uraguay, so that is probably the sandwich to have.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:33 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah - i thought the cubano was ok, but the chivito was really something else
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:34 (five years ago) Permalink
Still haven't read Sietsema's spring guide. City Paper has a new restaurant critic who is focussing on uh, restaurant openings and news, rather than reviews
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:19 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah, i dunno how that's going to work out - there are plenty of blogs covering that ground already. she seems to be posting with pretty good frequency already though - it can't be a bad thing for eater dc to have some competition
to continue SANDWICH CHAT i finally swung by the pepe truck today - i don't know if the pollo frito was totally worth $10 but it was fucking delicious
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:33 (five years ago) Permalink
I liked the chivito OK, but it was not my favorite sandwich ever. I'm a fan of Taylor Gourmet over Fast Gourmet so far, but I have more I need to eat at Fast.
― quincie, Thursday, 24 May 2012 20:17 (five years ago) Permalink
FAST GOURMET is overrated because it's in a gas station. The sandwiches are very good but nobody would be going apeshit over them if it was just a storefront selling $14 chivitos.
Taylor used to be very good but now it isn't. Still a great meatball sub though.
Can't really think of a local chain I love - plenty of alright ones but nothing amazing (Taylor, Matchbox, Sweetgreen, Busboys, etc)
― I DIED, Thursday, 24 May 2012 21:30 (five years ago) Permalink
Hmm have not had Taylor recently; I am sad if it has gone downhill.
Actually, I've had great sandwiches at the Jetties Express on Macomb St. in CP. Also good salads and an excellent brownie. Ice cream is totally midling, as are the cupcakes. But the tart frozen yogurt is very good (I'm very picky about my tart frozen yogurt).
― quincie, Friday, 25 May 2012 00:57 (five years ago) Permalink
I go to Sundevich like once a week nowadays. Great sandwiches.
― Moreno, Friday, 25 May 2012 02:50 (five years ago) Permalink
^ right on
― I DIED, Friday, 25 May 2012 02:59 (five years ago) Permalink
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 June 2012 18:16 (five years ago) Permalink
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:37 (five years ago) Permalink
City Paper likes Sundevich and still sorta kinda likes Taylor
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:37 (five years ago) Permalink
Sally Quinn always makes me laugh. She's still (albeit, indirectly) moaning that the Obamas aren't hanging with her social circle
Washington has become a community of small groups of people, mostly staying within their circles, occasionally making a foray out into the bigger world to large events, only to be turned off by the endless corporate "fundraiserness" of it all. How special can you feel when you know you have to pay to go to an event and then get a bad seat on top of that?
Could it be that the Obamas, not knowing Washington, think that's all there is to the social life here? Who wouldn't want to stay away? On the other hand, he is the president of the United States and, whether he likes it or not, the leader of social as well as political Washington.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 June 2012 20:15 (five years ago) Permalink
hope mitt will party suitably
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:21 (five years ago) Permalink
Sure, picking on Sally Quinn is easy, but I really like this jibe below from Jonathan Chait at New York magazine:
When assessing Quinn's sense of the Lost Eden of Washington, we should also have a firmer sense of what the culture was actually like. Here is one scene from Quinn's inculcation into the Washington elite:
Washington writer Sally Quinn told of a 1950s reception where: "My mother and I headed for the buffet table. As we were reaching for the shrimp, both of us jumped and let out a shriek. Senator Strom Thurmond, grinning from ear to ear, had one hand on my behind and the other on my mother's. As I recall, we were both quite flattered, and thought it terribly funny and wicked of Ol' Strom."
Once Washington was a happy place where a girl and her mother could be groped simultaneously in good fun by a white supremacist. Sadly, it has all been ruined by Kim Kardashian and Ezra Klein.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 June 2012 14:51 (five years ago) Permalink
According to one slide, "Question #12: Tell us more about the consultants," the Corcoran has paid $2.1 million to consultants to analyze the mechanics and identity of the museum and college.
That's a lot of money for a place with financial problems, and that money still has not given them good data or options.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 June 2012 20:12 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh my god Sally Quinn
― Delbert Botts, D.D.S. (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:08 (five years ago) Permalink
more like SILLY Quinn
― Delbert Botts, D.D.S. (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:09 (five years ago) Permalink
Washingtonian's Cheap Eats 2012 is available (June issue, a fair amount of clicking required online right now to get it, I think). They define "cheap" as $25 a person!
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:31 (five years ago) Permalink
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 21:40 (five years ago) Permalink


text:
While most of you stayed sensibly snug in your beds this morning, I'll bet a hardy few got up in the wee hours to get a head start on your holiday shopping. At the library, though, our shopping's already done!
Since October, the librarian elves have been busily at work ordering the latest Christmas romances. Most of them have already arrived and been processed by our technical services elves, and our circulation elves stand ready to check them out to you! (And you thought elves just made shoes and toys!)
When you're out braving the cold and traffic this month for last-minute gifts, don't forget to stop at the library and pick up a gift for yourself-- a toasty seasonal read to curl up with. Whether you're looking for something new, an old favorite, or something you might have missed, we've got plenty of titles for your wish list! (Sorry, no gift-wrapping, but we'd be happy to throw in a free bookmark or two.)
The mercury may be falling outside, but in the romance section it's warm hearts from cover to cover!
Oh-- speaking of hearts, ours have gotten a little bigger. New City's paperback romance collection has recently expanded to include same-sex romances. It's just a few titles right now, but I'll be adding a couple more every month, as demand warrants. They're shelved with the paperback romances-- just look for the "rainbow heart" label on the spine. (In the catalog, they'll have "LGBT" before the call number.)
Stay warm, and have a happy holiday season!
New holiday titles:
His Mistress by Christmas by Victoria Alexander (New Fiction Alexander)
Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish by Grace Burrowes (PbkRomance Burrowes)
A Winter Scandal by Candace Camp (PbkRomance Camp)
Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr (PbkRomance Carr)
An Angel for Christmas by Heather Graham (New Fiction Graham)
Christmas in Sugarcreek by Shelley Shepard Gray (New Fiction Gray)
Snowflakes and Stetsons by Jillian Hart, Carol Finch, and Cheryl St. John (PbkRomance Snowflakes) COMING SOON!
A Simple Winter by Rosalind Lauer (New Fiction Lauer)
Tied with a Bow by Lora Leigh, Virginia Kantra, Eileen Wilks, Kimberly Frost (PbkRomance Tied)
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber (New Fiction Macomber)
Making Spirits Bright by Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan, and Nan Rossiter (PbkRomance Making)
A Lawman's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller (New Fiction Miller)
It Happened One Christmas by Kaitlin O'Riley (PbkRomance O'Riley) COMING SOON!
The Nine Lives of Christmas by Sheila Roberts (New Fiction Roberts)
Season for Temptation by Theresa Romain (PbkRomance Romain)
A Texas Christmas by Jodi Thomas, Linda Broday, Phyliss Miranda, and DeWanna Pace (PbkRomance Texas)
Holiday Hideout by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jill Shalvis, and Julie Kenner (PbkRomance Holiday) COMING SOON!
An O'Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods (New Fiction Woods)
Old winter favorites:
The Heart of Christmas by Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick and Courtney Milan (PbkRomance Heart)
Miracle Baby by Laura Bradford (PbkRomance Bradford)
All Through the Night: A Troubleshooter Christmas by Suzanne Brockmann (Fiction Brockmann)
Chill Factor by Sandra Brown (Fiction Brown)
A Countess by Christmas by Annie Burrows (PbkRomance Burrows)
Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robin Carr (PbkRomance Carr)
Midnight Kiss by Robyn Carr, Jean Brashear, Victoria Dahl (PbkRomance Midnight)
A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr (PbkRomance Carr)
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole (PbkRomance Cole)
Mistletoe and Molly by Janet Dailey (PbkRomance Dailey)
It Happened One Night by Lisa Dale (PbkRomance Dale)
An Accidental Woman by Barbara Delinsky (Fiction Delinsky)
Upon a Midnight Clear by Jude Deveraux, et al. (Fiction Short Stories Upon)
Snowy Night with a Stranger by Jane Feather, Sabrina Jeffries, & Julia London (PbkRomance Snowy)
A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury by Christine Feehan (Fiction Feehan)
Scenes from a Holiday by Laurie Graff, Caren Lissner, and Melanie Murray (Fiction Scenes)
Grace: A Christmas Sisters of the Heart Novel by Shelley Shepard Gray (Fiction Gray)
Ice by Linda Howard (Fiction Howard)
The Touch of Fire by Linda Howard (LP Howard)
Once upon a Holiday by Beverly Jenkins, Adrianne Byrd, & Kimberly Kaye Terry (PbkRomance Once)
Scandal of the Season by Christie Kelley (PbkRomance Kelley)
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas (Fiction Kleypas)
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas (Fiction Kleypas)
Wish List by Lisa Kleypas, Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain, and Lynsay Sands (PbkRomance Wish)
Home for the Holidays by Johanna Lindsey (Fiction Lindsey)
A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber (Fiction Macomber)
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber (Fiction Macomber)
Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber (PbkRomance Macomber)
The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber (Fiction Macomber)
That Holiday Feeling by Debbie Macomber, et al. (PbkRomance That)
Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell (Fiction Mansell)
His Christmas Pleasure by Cathy Maxwell (PbkRomance Maxwell)
Stitch in Snow by Anne McCaffrey (Fiction McCaffrey)
Comfort and Joy by Fern Michaels, et al. (LP Michaels)
A Creed Country Christmas by Linda Lael Miller (Fiction Miller)
A McKettrick Christmas by Linda Lael Miller (Fiction Miller)
A Stone Creek Christmas by Linda Lael Miller (PbkRomance Miller)
Springwater by Linda Lael Miller (LP Miller)
A Merry Little Christmas by Catherine Palmer and Jillian Hart (Fiction Palmer)
Covert Christmas by Marilyn Pappano, Linda Conrad, & Loreth Anne White (PbkRomance Covert)
Holiday Affair by Lisa Plumley (PbkRomance Plumley)
Home Fires by Luanne Rice (LP Rice)
The Gift by Nora Roberts (Fiction Roberts)
The Snow Globe by Sheila Roberts (Fiction Roberts)
Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis (PbkRomance Shalvis)
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (Fiction Shreve)
The Christmas Knight by Michele Sinclair (PbkRomance Sinclair)
Somewhere Along the Way by Jodi Thomas (PbkRomance Thomas)
Her Christmas Hero by Linda Warren (PbkRomance Warren)
Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs (Fiction Wiggs)
The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs (LP Wiggs)
The First Love Cookie Club by Lori Wilde (PbkRomance Wilde)
A Week in Winter by Marcia Willett (Fiction Willett)
An Amish Gathering: Life in Lancaster County by Beth Wiseman, et al. (Fiction Wiseman)
A Chesapeake Shores Christmas by Sherryl Woods (Fiction Woods)


text:
Closest matches found:
Manufacturer / StyleSunsets 77BProduct NameBlack Underwire Twist Tankini Swim TopCurrent StatusOut of production / no longer available.Alternative Styles
Sunsets Forever Underwire Tankini Swim Top$80.00 - $34.95(some colors on sale)
Still didn't find what you're looking for? Try one of these:
• Product Search Help
• Guided Search
• Discontinued, Hard to Find & Special Order Styles
Don't see a specific style that you're looking for? Enter the manufacturer's style number here
to search our huge database of discontinued, hard to find and special order items:
Manufacturer's Style Number:


text:
"As late as 1974 Gould could produce a superb performance, very different from Schnabel's, of the Op. 126 Bagatelles."The Atlantic
"The Canadian pianist had a fierce intellect and a bracingly clear technique. These qualities combined in an enormously communicative musicianship. When Gould played, he seemed to peel apart a composition and then tenderly reconstruct it, layer by layer."Knight-Ridder