Perhaps you’ve explored San Francisco, sampling the mouthwatering Ghirardelli chocolate, snapping a photo behind bars at Alcatraz, winding down Lombard Street or enjoying any other countless activities. But, have you ever crossed the glorious Golden Gate Bridge to see what lies on the other side of the bay? Or, have you climbed aboard a commuter rail train and traveled south down the San Francisco Peninsula to the high-tech towns that have given birth to successful companies, such as Facebook and Google? Like San Francisco itself, the surrounding suburbs are diverse and offer something different for travelers seeking a place to stay outside the city.
We’ve compiled a list of San Francisco suburbs that you can discover during a short trip out of the city. You’ll quickly find that these destinations are just as travel-worthy as San Francisco itself, and that places like Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Sausalito, provide the perfect compromise between quiet rural living and the excitement of an urban environment.
Public Transportation to San Francisco Suburbs
Part of what makes the San Francisco suburbs on our list so appealing is that they are easy to reach via public transportation. The Bay Area Rapid Transit system, often abbreviated as BART, is the primary transit operator in the Bay Area. Its extensive train network links San Francisco with the suburbs just south of the city as well as those on the East Bay. An estimated 126 million passengers utilize BART each year, and it is considered the fifth-busiest heavy rail rapid transit system in the United States. Caltrain offers another convenient commuter rail line into San Francisco from the suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula. In addition to an abundance of train options, there are also ferries, bus lines and many major highways that make getting to and from the suburbs of San Francisco a cinch.
Top San Francisco Suburbs
With a mandatory speed limit of only 25 miles per hour and its peaceful island setting, Alameda is a welcome reprieve from the busy streets of San Francisco. Start your vacation early by taking the ferry on a scenic ride from Oakland to the island, or take the Posey Tube underwater to access this San Francisco suburb. The shoreline is one of the main attractions in Alameda, so make plans to walk from Crab Cove to Crown Memorial State Beach. The nature walks along the Bay shoreline are family-friendly and fun to explore on a sunny afternoon. For history buffs, the USS Hornet offers a great exhibit about this famous World War II aircraft carrier, and the Alameda Museum is a unique attraction dedicated to the preservation of the town’s local history. Rent a cozy beach home or stay in a beautiful Victorian (Alameda’s known for them!) and bask in the peace and quiet that Alameda offers its visitors.
Lowest rental rate: $98/night
Atherton is known for its luxurious mansions and exquisite homes just thirty miles south of San Francisco. With only six square miles of tree-lined roads and picturesque streets, it is one of the safest San Francisco suburbs in the Bay Area. Part of its appeal is that you can visit this town and simply relax. Book a spacious vacation rental in Atherton with an immaculate master suite, magnificent grounds that include a tennis court or swimming pool, a gourmet kitchen and more. If you make it out of the house for a bit, enjoy spending time at the 22-acre garden setting of Holbrook-Palmer Park, where the kids can climb all over the playground while adults stroll along the walking paths.
Lowest rental rate: $151/night
With a pleasant year-round climate, a stunningly beautiful landscape and many superb rentals to choose from, Brentwood is an obvious choice when planning a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. Unlike other San Francisco suburbs that are closer to the city, agriculture remains important to Brentwood’s local economy. Plan your visit for Spring or Summer to enjoy picking fresh cherries, peaches, strawberries and more at a nearby farm, such as Papini Family Orchards and Farm. If you simply want to relax, plant yourself by the gazebo at Hannah Nicole Vineyards & Winery for a picnic and beautiful views. Other things to do when vacationing in Brentwood include playing a round of gold at Brentwood Country Club, hiking the Round Valley Regional Preserve and indulging in a delicious meal at one of the many restaurants downtown.
Lowest rental rate: $749/night
Daly City is nicknamed the “Gateway to the Peninsula” because of its enviable location on the Pacific Ocean just minutes away from San Francisco Bay. It is situated immediately south of San Francisco and major highways, commuter rail stops and bus lines conveniently link this suburb to the big city. Thornton Beach State Park is a great place to spend an afternoon at the beach surrounded by incredible ocean views. Pack a picnic and bring your pets to enjoy this uncrowded slice of suburbia. Another must-do in Daly City is to take advantage of being in the suburbs by attending a rodeo show at the Cow Palace. This indoor arena was formerly the home of the Golden State Warriors, but today it hosts diverse events that you can’t normally find in urban settings. You’ll find the best of both worlds here with its convenient access to San Francisco and it’s small town activities.
Lowest rental rate: $128/night
About 30 miles south of San Francisco sits the town of Menlo Park. It is one of the many charming San Francisco suburbs in the area, and it is a wonderful destination for families looking for a quieter setting than the city offers. Designated a Tree City USA community because it has more than 10,000 trees scattered throughout the area and with its location on the San Francisco Bay, Menlo Park is a great place to enjoy the outdoors. Soak up some sun and devour a picnic surrounded by native Oak and Bay trees at Flood Park. There are also softball fields, tennis courts and more for active family member to utilize. For those that prefer shopping to sports, Downtown Menlo Park has a thriving dining and shopping area that visitors can explore. Other interesting facts about Menlo Park are that the historic El Camino Real intersects the town, and it is where the headquarters for Facebook is located.
Lowest rental rate: $81/night
Situated at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the heart of Silicon Valley, Mountain View is one of the larger suburbs of San Francisco. The Caltrain commuter rail system runs through the town making it easy for visitors and locals alike to travel to and from San Francisco. For those that plan to spend most of their vacation in Mountain View, the downtown area has a plethora of cafes and eateries as well as many specialty shops to browse at. Grab breakfast at Scratch in the morning then explore the Computer History Museum to learn about the roots of the Internet and play a game of Spacewar. Enjoy the fresh air by strolling along Stevens Creek Trail, or if you’re in town on a Sunday, walk around the first-rate Farmer’s Market in Mountain View where you’ll find everything from seasonal vegetables and flowers to fresh coffee and breads. With more than 1,000 acres of park and wildlife areas as well as a thriving performing arts community, this San Francisco suburb has many diverse offerings.
Lowest rental rate: $98/night
If you’re familiar with the prestigious Stanford University or you have an interest in following the technology industry, then the chances are that you’ve heard of Palo Alto. Because of the town’s unique blend of business, education and residential areas, it is a hot spot for visitors of every interest. From sophisticated works of art on display at the Cantor Arts Center and classic films screened at the Stanford Theatre to scenic paths through the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve and the entertaining Junior Museum & Zoo, you can find it all in Palo Alto. If you feel like heading to downtown San Francisco for an evening, it’s just over a thirty minute drive to the city. There’s also a train that will take you right to San Francisco Station.
Lowest rental rate: $45/night
Situated within the high-tech enclave of California’s Silicon Valley, San Mateo is less than a thirty minute drive from downtown San Francisco. Because it is one of the larger suburbs in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is a lot to do here. If you’re looking for a break from exploring nearby San Francisco’s bustling neighborhoods, take some time to reflect in this San Francisco suburb’s Japanese garden. The San Mateo Japanese Garden is free and offers a quiet respite within Central Park. Coyote Point Recreation Area is another popular place to spend time and is known for its ideal location for sailing and windsurfing. Because the commuter rail service is easily accessible in San Mateo, this suburb of San Francisco is a perfect choice to rent a home in if you’re looking to stay just outside the city.
Lowest rental rate: $93/night
Directly across the bay from San Francisco, Sausalito is an upscale oasis in northern California. It’s largely bound by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which offers an abundance of hiking trails, places to picnic, historic structures to see and more. Walk along the Sausalito Boardwalk where there are many eclectic shops and restaurants or head to Battery Spencer, a lookout spot that is less crowded than Vista Point. Although Sausalito is known for its million-dollar homes with breathtaking views, booking a rental in this San Francisco suburb will have you feeling like a millionaire for a few days. Unlike some other San Francisco suburbs, Sausalito can be reached very easily by car, rail and ferry making it a great vacation destination.
Lowest rental rate: $110/night
Travelers can get to Vallejo in about 35 minutes via car or they can head to this suburb of San Francisco via ferry. The San Francisco Bay Ferry departs from the Ferry Building and takes about 60 minutes to chug through the waters of the bay. Vallejo’s waterfront location plays a role in its economy as this town has become an important harbor for commercial shipping, ferry transportation and the military. During your visit, tour the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which was the first United States Navy base on the Pacific Ocean. Today it is a California Historical Landmark and an interesting place to learn a bit about naval war history. Afternoons in Vallejo can be spent shopping for fresh produce at the farmers market or experiencing the fun of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
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Govt red tape blamed for cheap housing group's demise
A developer is blaming a lack of Tasmanian Government support for the demise of an affordable housing group.
Tasmanian Affordable Housing Limited, or TAHL, was set up three years ago to build new homes through private partnerships and lease them to people on the public housing waiting list.
But the Government says TAHL has not been able to get enough private investment to build affordable homes on public land, and failed to meet its target of 700 new homes.
Secretary to Cabinet Cassy O'Connor also says TAHL has failed to deliver value for money.
She says the Government has now withdrawn its support for the organisation, and the TAHL board will ask its shareholders to approve its closure.
But David Jensen, a developer working with the affordable housing group, blames a lack of Government support.
He says building approvals were held up for months with red tape.
"Its timing with regards to getting approvals in place with local councils, the process is just so time-consuming and not accountable," Mr Jensen said.
"Like, you lodge something with council today: when will that be back? You think you'd get an answer. 'Well it's just in the system', is the answer. That could mean a month, it could mean a week, it could mean three months.
"It's so frustrating," he said.
Mr Jensen says the Government could have streamlined the process by releasing suitable land.
"It's getting the raw land with the development application approval in place, and then the building process, it's just so time-consuming.
"I don't think that Tasmanian Affordable Housing has an issue in getting the product, I think it's getting the product finished and through the system, that's the problem."
Mr Jensen says the Queensland Government has a similar program, but with a 'fast track' 24-hour approval process.
The Tasmanian Government says it intends to move in a new direction for social housing.
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As the world gears up for a second wave of coronavirus, many people have suggested that there should be plexiglass between Trump and Biden during the next presidential debate. These suggestions came in the wake of Donald Trump being diagnosed with coronavirus shortly after the first presidential debate. After Donald Trump and the first lady were diagnosed with the virus, anxiety, and panic plagued citizens of the United States. This anxiety continued till Biden tweeted his results for coronavirus came back negative.
Raised concerns for the next Biden-Trump debate
He tweeted the following, “I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask, keep social distance, and wash your hands.” Joe Biden has also been highly praised for his role in raising awareness regarding wearing masks. He is often seen urging the public to wear masks and exercise necessary precautions on his twitter.
His recent tweet stated, “Be a patriot. Do your part. Wearing a mask will protect you. But it will also protect those around you — your mom, your dad, your son, your daughter, your neighbor, your co-worker. Don’t just do it for yourself. Do it for the people you love.”
The debate commission has acknowledged the Biden campaign’s ‘health and safety’ objections for the presidential debate. According to rumors, Biden’s campaign has also made a request for the arrangement of plexiglass to be placed between Trump and Biden during the duration of the debate.
some people are saying "the next Biden and Trump debate should have a protective shield like Plexiglass."
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) October 4, 2020
Plexiglass to be placed in the next Presidential debate?
The Commission on Presidential Debates has also accepted the demand for Kamala Harris and Mike Pence to be seated at a distance 12 feet apart at the vice presidential debate next week. This was done after the Biden campaign urged the Commission to acknowledge raised health and safety objections to the original spacing between the two candidates because of recent COVID-19 hysteria. The demand for plexiglass is supposed to be a protective layer between Trump and Biden during the next debate.
That's why Biden should demand Trump attend the next debate. Then put a plexiglass barrier around him and laugh at him the entire time.
— Mittens Romney Tatis Jr (@MittensRomney) October 4, 2020
A source revealed that the Biden campaign officials highlighted the issue of candidate positioning as a “very serious concern.” The source also said that the campaign was vocal regarding the unease over the lack of mask-wearing enforcement during the presidential debate that took place in Cleveland. The source also said that the commission and the Trump campaign is appreciative of the 7-foot spacing.
Tim Murtaugh, the official spokesman for the Trump campaign told Politico that the campaign would collaborate to establish a middle ground. “We are open to more space between the candidates, which we will be happy to negotiate,” Murtaugh said.
Biden’s supporters are hopeful that the commission will acknowledge their plea of plexiglass to be placed between Biden and Trump for the next debate.


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Carrie Fisher hinted she'll be returning to the "Star Wars" franchise in less than 12 parsecs, confirming the worst-kept secret in this or any other galaxy.
The actress told TV Guide that she's officially signed on for director J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII" — and will be joining fellow Rebellion veterans Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford for filming in March or April.
"I'd like to wear my old (Leia buns) hairstyle again — but with white hair," she told the magazine.
"I think that would be funny."
The casting, however, has not been officially confirmed by Lucasfilm or parent company Disney.
Hamill resorted to Jedi mind tricks to dodge the question in a recent interview.
"The only character I know for sure is returning is my friend R2-D2. He hasn't stopped beeping about it," Hamill said in a Reddit Q&A Wednesday. "I'm not being coy, really. When I find something out, I'll let everybody know. But nothing has been decided yet."
Reports suggest the script will focus on Hamill, Ford and Fisher, the stars of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, and introduce a new generation of characters as the focus of future films.
Abrams and original "Empire Strikes Back" writer Lawrence Kasdan recently completed the script, and pre-production is underway
"We're working really hard and we've got our script and we're in deep prep," Abrams said during the Televisions Critics Association's press tour last Sunday.
"Full steam ahead."
The movie — the franchise's first since 2005's "Episode III" and the start of a new trilogy from Disney — hits theaters on Dec. 18, 2015.

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Once New Horizon players get their island filled with villagers and have K.K Slider perform, the real work has just begun. Terraforming is unlocked and you can set about bending the land to your will.
It is around that time where you might set a goal to get a five-star review. Isabelle can give you some tips from cutting down trees to planting flowers. Her main point is that you need to decorate. However, she just leaves it at that.
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While Frank Ocean won’t be pressing charges over his reported brawl with Chris Brown, San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker will be using the incident to fuel his lawsuit over another fight involving Light Ike.
According to TMZ, Parker will be using it as evidence to show why the nightclub in which a fight between the angry pop locker and Drake led to him hurting his eye should have known not to let Chris in. You know, because he’s always fighting. Like all the time.
Parker has filed a $20 million lawsuit against W.i.P. nightclub, claiming it should never have let Brown in last June — the night his posse fought with Drake’s people … a fight that ended with a shard of glass piercing Tony’s cornea.
Tony has just filed new legal docs in his lawsuit, claiming Chris Brown’s parking-spot fiasco last week with Frank Ocean is proof he’s unfit to socialize in places where he’s likely to fly off the handle.
You’ll recall … the fight between team Brown and team Drake at W.i.P. erupted because both men were romantically linked to Rihanna.
And speaking of Rihanna … Tony’s new legal docs make reference to her brutal beating … at the hands of one Chris Brown.
Tony believes there was more than enough evidence on the table to deny Chris a table at W.i.P. on the violent night in question.
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Most January resolutions will have been broken by Friday dinner time, it seems. A staggering 92% of dieters said that they take the weekend off dieting and risk destroying all their hard work from the working week, according to a survey.
The poll by XLS-Medical Fat Binder found nearly 40% of dieters said their naughty weekend food habits kick-in at Friday dinner time and not surprisingly, nearly two-thirds end the weekend binge with Sunday dinner.
Weekend favourites, such as a Chinese takeaway, will often top 1400 calories. The survey found that over 70% of dieters eat a takeaway at least once a week, with Chinese being the favourite – and the most calorific of all takeaways. Almost 70% of dieters said that they eat out once a week, with Italian restaurants being the most popular, despite the average pizza weighing in at nearly 1000 calories.
Dr Matt Capehorn, Clinical Director of the National Obesity Forum, comments: "Taking a single day off from dieting can undo a whole week's worth of hard work if you are not too careful. A day off the diet should mean that you eat the correct amount, but many dieters see it as an excuse to binge and have thousands of calories more than they need.”

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Film Review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters starring Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, Zhang Ziyi and Ken Watanabe.
TVLine is exclusively reporting that Jeremy Jordan, who has been a series regular since the first season of Supergirl, will be moving to a recurring role for the upcoming fourth season of the DC drama series.
TVLine is reporting that Jesse Rath, who recurred during the third season of Supergirl, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming fourth season of the DC drama series.
SyFy has released a date announcement trailer for the upcoming fourth and final season of 12 Monkeys.
Spoiler free film review of Avengers: Infinity War starring Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Hiddleston, Sebastian Stan, Chadwick Boseman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Bettany, Benedict Wong, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff, Anthony Mackie, Tom Holland, Benicio del Toro, Danai Gurira, Don Cheadle, Letitia Wright, Idris Elba, Gwyneth Paltrow, Winston Duke, Michael James Shaw, Terry Notary, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Carrie Coon and Peter Dinklage.
Media outlets are reporting that the CW Network has renewed DC superhero series Supergirl for a fourth season.
TVLine is exclusively reporting that Jesse Bath has signed up for a recurring role as Brainiac 5 for CW’s superhero drama series Supergirl.
Media outlets are reporting that Amy Jackson has signed up for a recurring role for the third season of CW’s superhero drama series Supergirl.
Nerdist exclusively reports that Hannah Waddingham and Faran Tahir have signed up for recurring roles in the upcoming third season of Syfy series 12 Monkeys.


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Brush melted butter on and between first 2 sheets of filo.
Keep other filo damp by covering with a moistened clean tea towel.
Cut a peeled banana in half and make a 'hot dog' (see above pic) with the mars bar and banana posing as bread bun and hot dog!
Wrap in filo and brush with more butter as needed.
Place in foil tray.
Repeat until all servings have been made.
Place tray on top basket of turned off Cross Fire BBQ.
Close lid and leave until browned and 'crispy'!
On Induction 4 in heavy based pan, heat butter and sugar until sugar has dissolved and it starts to resemble a sauce.
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One teacher at a Tripoli school recalled how the girls were all very young. Another was found three months later, cut, raped and lying in the middle of a park.
She had been left for dead.’But one woman – who was repeatedly raped by the despot over seven years from the age of 15 – has anonymously spoken of how he terrorised and abused her.
They feared the full extent of Gaddafi’s debased and lewd lifestyle would horrify the Western world and cause deep embarrassment to Libya.
One of the rooms holds little more than a double bed, lit by an orange lamp.
The initiative would be part of an attempt by EU countries to address the deteriorating conditions in Libya, where thousands of people are held captive in inhumane conditions.
“In 2018, up to 10,000 refugees will be able to come to Europe without risk, through humanitarian corridors,” Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti said in an interview with the newspaper La Repubblica.
But today its gaudy interior, where the colonel brutalised his victims, can be seen for the first time in photographs from a hard-hitting BBC4 documentary.

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Nikki Haley, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, has warned Israel not to rely on the US to stop Iran.
"If Israel makes the grave decision that its security depends on removing that threat, it should not wait for an American green light," she said Saturday at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting. "In matters of life and death, it is better to be strong and criticized than weak and ignored."
She added, "If a politician supports the disastrous Iran deal, opposes moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, and is embraced by anti-Semites who support the [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions] movement, then a pro-Israel group should have absolutely nothing to do with him or her."
Haley's comments follow Iran's announcement of a widescale military exercise in the Gulf of Oman, and its warning that any "acts of aggression" will be met with a "crushing response."
The Iranian exercise is expected to begin on Sunday, November 7, 2021, and will include from north of the Indian Ocean to parts of the Red Sea. It will also, according to Iranian reports, include the use of "new equipment."


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Last September, Peter and I attended the Franklin BBQ preview party (see Backyard Eats post). The tasty bbq and fun, backyard atmosphere won us over immediately. Since they had their grand opening in December, we decided to return to see how things were going.
We arrived well before noon, and several of the picnic tables were already occupied with an early lunch crowd. The menu is perfectly simple: sandwiches, sides a la carte, and for heftier appetites, plates with your choice of meat, a side, and bread. Drinks include Sweet Leaf Tea, soft drinks and bottled water stored in a very cool vintage ice box.
I opted for the brisket sandwich, a potato salad side, and an ice-cold Topo Chico. For about $10 I got a full meal – a steal for a high quality lunch. The sandwich was heavy with thick slices of moist, flavorful brisket, and the espresso infused bbq sauce was the perfect complement.
Peter got the pulled pork sandwich, the pork is delicious as we mentioned in our previous post.
Next time he wants to try the Tipsy Texan Sandwich (half chopped beef, half sausage) – named after none other than the Tipsy Texan himself, David Allen (who happened to be at Franklin BBQ the same day we were).
As we ate, the lunch-time line continued to grow, and owner Aaron Franklin was behind the counter furiously working to keep up with customer orders. Once the rush was over, I got to chat with Aaron for a few minutes. He said business is booming, especially during lunch, and he usually sells out of everything by closing time at 4pm. Get there early if you want to pick up some plates for dinner!
Check their website for hours and directions: http://www.franklinbarbecue.com/
Many of you got to check out Franklin BBQ on the recent Trailer Tour – Let us know what you thought about it in the comments!
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Boy, that is awfully low for rent in this area. You could look in Sommerville for some small one bedrooms that might be under $1000. Going further out mught get you cheaper rents and bigger places, but the commute will drive you nuts. I think you might be best with Grad student housing if possible until your Husband finds a job and then search for a place to live that is conviniet for both of you.
I would avoid these places since they are considered dangerous: Roxbury, Charlestown (certain parts), Dorcester (certain parts) Mattapan. The parts of Boston that are always in the paper for shootings and robberies.
Lots of grads and undergrads live in Allston and Brighton, usually the apratments are bigger and there are four or five to a place in order to pay rent. You might have some luck with a small place there.
You could definately find those rents in Lawrence and Metheun, but you are looking at an 1 to 1.5 hours of driving to get into the city during rush hour. The train (commuter rail) will take you over and hour no matter what. On the weekend, you can get to Boston from Lawrence in about 30 minutes on Route 93.
Again, I would suggest see what the college can do for you for housing until your Husband finds a job and you learn the area a little more to see what you like and can afford, or are willing to afford.
Otehr places to consider that have some nightlife: Cambridge, Waltham, Medford, Brookline, Malden, Newton
Check bosotn.com, it is a good local Boston paper and has links to aprtment rentals.

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Actually , looking at old RPG, i'm glad Larian made Elves attractives. Often in games such as DOS2, you'd have to sacrifice attractiveness/ appeal of the character to go another race. Like Elves were super elongated, you could go reptile and undead. Sure it's fun, but what If I want to play a sexy succubus? A manly , strong dwarf? A delicate elve? I want to be able to identify to the character to some degree, and I don't think its a good things when all others races are too foreign / too differents. Just my tastes though.
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Welcome to the official website of the Lancaster, MA Fire, Rescue, & EMS Department. The department has been proudly providing fire suppression, rescue, and fire prevention services for the Town of Lancaster since 1848. Lancaster was the first town to be incorporated in Worcester County, MA in 1653. Today, Lancaster is comprised of some 7,500 residents and covers an area of about 28 square miles. The department is made up of two full-time Firefighter/EMTs, 27 On-Call Firefighters, & 10 On-Call Emergency Medical Technicians. The department operates out of Two Stations: Center Station (HQ) located at 1055 Main Street, and South Station located at 283 South Main Street. This website is designed to provide information about the services that the department provides. The site is made possible by the Town of Lancaster, MA and the Lancaster Firefighter's Association.
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Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), better known by his stage name, Skrillex, is an American electronic musician and singer-songwriter. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and in Northern California, Sonny Moore joined the American post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count, 2004, and Heroine, 2006) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007.
He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press's annual "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue.
He appears at Fix-It Felix, Jr's 30th Anniversary as the DJ. He is also at Felix and Calhoun's wedding scene at the end of the movie, sitting at the very back of the wedding aisle (at the top left corner, behind Chun-Li).
- Skrillex composed the music that played in the Hero's Duty gameplay scene.
- Noisia remixed this song—known as "Bug Hunt"—for the film's soundtrack.
- Since Skrillex wears shades, his eyes are completely hidden, and were never seen, as he never takes them off.
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NewsOct 11, 2017 by Will Maule
President Trump has further postponed the moving of the US embassy from Tel-Aviv to the Israeli capital of Jerusalem. Despite Trump's promise to get on with this hugely significant move, he appears to be more concerned with reaching a peace agreement in the divided nation.
"If we can make peace between the Palestinians and Israel, I think it'll lead to ultimately peace in the Middle East, which has to happen," Trump said, according to CBN. "I want to give that a shot before I even think about moving the embassy to Jerusalem."
Vice President Mike Pence and others in the Trump administration continue to assert that it is not a question of “if” the embassy move will happen, but of “when.”
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Jaywalking shouldn't be a crime. Everyone does it; it's part of the self-governing behavior of urbandwellers, and is so routine that I've suspected it plays a crucial role in a city's everyday mobility. Countries that don't criminalize jaywalking have lower rates of people killed in traffic.
Even the police in many US cities would seem to agree that jaywalking laws are silly, because they ignore a ton of jaywalking.
The exception? Black Americans — they're dramatically more likely to be charged with jaywalking than white folks. What's worse, several jaywalking arrests of black residents in recent years have spiraled into abuse, violence and even death — as with Trayvon Martin, or the case that recently came to light of Johnnie Jermaine Rush: after Rush jogged away from two officers who stopped him for jaywalking, they strangled, punched and tasered him.
This, as Matt Ford argues in this excellent piece in the New Republic, is yet more evidence that jaywalking laws need to go. They're selectively enforced in a racist pattern:
Jaywalking is a trivial crime, one that virtually every person has committed multiple times in their life. This makes it susceptible to arbitrary enforcement. Sacramento's black residents are five times more likely to receive a jaywalking citation than their non-black neighbors. Seattle police handed out 28 percent of jaywalking citations from 2010 to 2016 to black pedestrians, who only make up 7 percent of the city's population. [snip]
Eliminating jaywalking and similar offenses won't lead to anarchy on American roads. It's not illegal in countries like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, for example, and both countries enjoy markedly fewer traffic fatalities than the United States. It's not clear how much money flows into state coffers from pedestrian tickets, but it's likely far less than traffic tickets for drivers. Any lost income may also be offset by the savings for police departments. Fewer unnecessary contacts between officers and citizens means fewer costly lawsuits and officer dismissals.
The greatest benefit, however, would be to over-policed communities who bear the brunt of jaywalking enforcement. There's no convincing reason that Johnnie Jermaine Rush, Nandi Cain Jr., and Michael Brown should have been stopped by police in the first place. No one should be beaten, or lose their life, just for crossing the road.
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Diplomatic security has not been fully funded since the 2010 budget year
September 4, 20137:16PM ET
By Trevor Aaronson and Frank Bass
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
A suicide bomber on June 14, 2002, drove a truck to the U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, and detonated a fertilizer bomb that blew a 12-foot hole in the white concrete wall surrounding the building and destroyed cars and SUVs parked outside. Twelve Pakistanis, including two local guards, were killed in the explosion.
No one inside the consulate was killed.
For the U.S. Department of State, an investment in Karachi had paid off.
The mission had just undergone safety and security upgrades designed for such an attack. The consulate building, with its shielded windows, barely showed a scratch after the enormous blast.
In a 2003 report, the Government Accountability Office cited Karachi as an example of State Department money well spent in the effort to safeguard the lives of American diplomats.
In the decade since the Karachi bombing, the State Department has invested heavily in security upgrades for embassies and consulates in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
But due to budget constraints and the focus on those three missions, a similar level of investment hasn’t gone to U.S. diplomatic facilities in other dangerous nations, such as Libya, leaving those missions vulnerable. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11, 2012, after dozens of armed men attacked the weakly fortified U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya.
In an internal government report obtained by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, a five-member panel of independent security and intelligence experts documented systemic security flaws at U.S. embassies and consulates that the State Department had left unaddressed for decades.
The panel, chaired by former U.S. Secret Service Director Mark J. Sullivan, found that the State Department routinely waived security standards for U.S. diplomatic posts that could not meet them, such as the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi. The missions did not meet State Department building security standards and at times had only one security officer on duty.
Thirty years after the State Department adopted heightened security standards for embassies and consulates, many U.S. diplomatic facilities, including the embassy chancery in Beirut, Lebanon, still do not meet those standards.
Following the attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held hearings to determine how and why the tragedy occurred.
While documenting security failures in Benghazi, the committee in a Dec. 30, 2012, report also noted congressional budget cuts to diplomatic security. At a time of fiscal conservatism, the committee said, diplomatic security has been substantially underfunded.
Diplomatic security has not been fully funded since the 2010 budget year. In 2012, for example, Congress appropriated $275 million less than the Obama administration requested for diplomatic security.
Supplemental appropriations bills made up little of the difference, since nearly all of the additional money went to security upgrades for diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“Neither the Department of State nor Congress made a point of providing additional funds in a supplemental request for Libya, or more specifically, Benghazi,” the committee, which was chaired by former Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, wrote in its report.
The U.S. State Department has known for decades that inadequate security at embassies and consulates worldwide could lead to tragedy, but senior officials ignored the warnings and left some of America's most dangerous diplomatic posts vulnerable to attack.
In February, the Senate passed a bill that would have transferred as much as $1.2 billion in surplus funds from the Iraq war to bolster embassy security worldwide.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who leads the Senate appropriations panel that doles out State Department funding, died in the House of Representatives.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, in May introduced a more wide-ranging measure, which also would have improved security funding at U.S. embassies and consulates.
The bill has been approved by Menendez’s panel and is awaiting a Senate vote.
The State Department’s current budget includes $1.3 billion for security and new construction, as well as $918 million for diplomatic security. The budget, which has cleared both the House and Senate, also includes provisions allowing the department to shift more money into its security programs.
Some members of Congress believe security problems at the State Department have more to do with spending decisions than available money.
“This is not a money problem,” U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., wrote in a Jan. 29 letter to congressional colleagues.
They criticized some of the State Department’s spending, including $322,000 for dog kennels in Iraq and $700,000 on conservation of Tanzanian ruins.
“While some of these programs may support U.S. interests in some capacity, shouldn’t the State Department consider the lives of American diplomats more valuable when prioritizing funding?” Paul and Duncan asked in their letter.
Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday as part of the Obama administration’s effort to win congressional approval for strikes in Syria, in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons on civilians.
Asked about diplomatic security and the independent panel’s findings, Kerry told Al Jazeera: “We have very high standards.”
However, Kerry declined to answer why the State Department often fails to meet its own security standards.
Kerry’s unwillingness to talk about security problems at U.S. diplomatic facilities and the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi sparked a confrontation on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Duncan, a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, told Kerry that the Obama administration’s handling of Benghazi raised credibility concerns.
“The American people deserve answers before they move forward with military involvement in Syria’s civil war,” Duncan said.
“We’re talking about people killed with gas, and you want to talk about Benghazi?’” Kerry responded.
Members of Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit contributed to this report.

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Hackerspaces are the digital-age equivalent of English Enlightenment coffee houses. They are places open to all, indifferent to social status and where ideas and knowledge hold primary value.
In 17th-century England, the social equality and meritocracy of coffee houses was so deeply troubling to those in power that King Charles II tried to suppress them for being “places where the disaffected met, and spread scandalous reports concerning the conduct of His Majesty and his Ministers.”
It was in the coffee houses that information previously held in secret and by elites was shared with an emerging middle class. They were held responsible for many of the social reforms of the 18th century, when English public life was transformed.
Hackerspaces could prove to be as important for reform in the digital age. While collectives of rogue hackers, such as Anonymous and Lulzsec, have grabbed headlines with their mischievous hacks of personal information from Sony, News International and governments, hackerspaces have quietly focused on creating alternatives to the things they see wrong in society: secretive government, unfettered corporate power, invasion of privacy. Bradley Manning, the US Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking files to WikiLeaks, attended the launch of BUILDS, a hackerspace at Boston University last year. In Sweden, the hacker collective Telecomix has been involved in keeping lines of communication open in Middle Eastern countries when political leaders shut down networks.
As part of the research for my book The Revolution Will Be Digitised, I traveled to Berlin to meet the group of hackers known as the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). The club was so named not because it set out to cause chaos, but rather because one of the founders, Wau Holland, felt the chaos theory offered the best explanation for how the world actually worked.
Dutch hacker and entrepreneur Rop Gonggrijp says the club is about “adapting to a world which is, and always has been, much more chaotic and non-deterministic than is often believed.”
In Berlin, just after Christmas last year, more than 2,000 hackers and information activists gathered at the CCC’s annual conference to discuss technology and the future. Gonggrijp gave the keynote speech, which was startlingly prescient in light of subsequent uprisings, revolutions and riots.
“Most of today’s politicians realize that nobody in their ministries, or any of their expensive consultants, can tell them what is going on any more,” Gonggrijp said. “They have a steering wheel in their hands without a clue what — if anything — it is connected to. Our leaders are reassuring us that the ship will certainly survive the growing storm, but on closer inspection they are either quietly pocketing the silverware or discreetly making their way to the lifeboats.”
The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future. So what is a hacker?
Hackers often describe what they do as playfully creative problem solving. It is much easier to attack than to defend a system, so the best hackers are those who build things. The ones who break them are known as “crackers.” The World Wide Web and free software operating systems such as the GNU Project and the Linux kernel could all be considered hacker creations. Even Facebook began as a hack.


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NHL postpones Hockey World Cup
The 2024 World Cup of Hockey will be put off until February 2025, as confirmed by the NHL in North America and its players’ association, the NHLPA.
“Over the last year, the NHL and the NHLPA have been working on plans to conduct the next World Cup of Hockey, the premier international best-on-best hockey tournament, in February 2024,” the two parties said in a joint statement on Friday.
“Unfortunately, in the current environment it is not feasible to hold the World Cup of Hockey at that time.”
The tournament is held irregularly and has been enjoyed three times by hockey fans. The United States won the inaugural event in 1996, before Canada claimed top honors in 2004 and 2016.
The planned 2024 edition is postponed amid the backdrop of political issues such as Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, which resulted in Russian teams being banned from a number of international sporting competitions.
Federations such as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) heeded an International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendation to ban Russia, and the NHL has been unable to confirm whether a Russian team will be able to participate in the World Cup of Hockey.
Despite the sanctions, the NHL allows a number of top Russian stars such as Alexander Ovechkin and Valeri Nichushkin to still play.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly indicated that Russians might be able to take part in the World Cup in September, saying: “Certainly, we’d like that and I think our Russian players would like that. So we would certainly like to accommodate them in some credible way,” as quoted by ESPN.
The tournament was initially scheduled to take place over a 17-day period in February 2024, and it wasn’t expected that there would be a Team Europe and Team North America taking part.
Instead, ten traditional national teams are tipped to play, with two countries eliminated from a qualification round as eight others compete for the title.
Countries such as Canada, the US, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, and some form of the Russian team should feature in 2025. Other candidates to round out the pack include Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Norway.
A host for the World Cup of Hockey in 2025 is yet to be announced, after the US and Canada hosted in 1996, ahead of Toronto, Canada taking over solely in 2004 and 2016.


Nintendo has surprised gamers with a fresh model of its highly popular Switch and the new one features an OLED display. Though the device seems to be pretty new, sadly, the CPU and the RAM remain the same as the ones used in other models of the gaming console.
The Verge reported Nintendo had confirmed to it that “Nintendo Switch (OLED model) does not have a new CPU, or more RAM, from previous Nintendo Switch models.” Nintendo has not yet mentioned anything relevant with respect to upgrades in the said departments in its video announcement, marketing page of the new device, or in its official page unveiling the specs of the device. As a result, it is obvious that the CPU and the RAM won’t get an upgrade, for at least now. The console company also informed The Verge that the new model of the Switch is compatible with the interchangeable docks of the older models. Likewise, the older models can comfortable sit in the dock provided with the new Switch model.
What many people were expecting from the new OLED Switch was a upgrade in the Bluetooth department, but the company has decided to go with the older version only. Regarding the topic, The Verge reported that Nintendo said they had nothing to say about it, however, similar to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite consoles, the newest Nintendo Switch has the ability to support Bluetooth tech for the Joy-Con controllers. The new OLED Switch can be bought starting from October 8th for $350. Other than the bigger screen and amped up audio, the new OLED Switch has a much-improved kickstand.


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Actress, Jackie Appiah is surely on a rise and her popularity is soaring across Africa . After winning the Africa Movie Academy Award for best Actress in April this year, she recently top it up with a City People Entertainment Award for best Actress in Ghana, at a ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria.
Jackie toured parts of Seirra Leone some few weeks back, where she was met by on overwhelming crowd of fans. As she carted through some major streets and markets in Freetown, the crowd exclaimed ‘Ciara’ wherever she went. Apparently, her character in the movie, ‘Beyonce’ left an indelible mark on her Sierra Leone fans.


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By Om Varma
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Each council or local authority in the UK has a Local Education Authority and they are primarily responsible for public spending on schools. The government is very keen for authorities to distribute money directly to schools to spend as they wish. So education authorities have a more strategic than operational role within schools.


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Rä Foods Wild About Sprouts, Sacramento, Calif., donated more than 6,000 cases of fresh produce to Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties to help during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Many people in our community may not have the luxury of going to a grocery store during this time and are relying on their local food shelf,” Dan Sholl, general manager, said in a news release. “We have a fresh produce item that has an amazingly long 21-day shelf life … so it’s a good fit for our community members using local food shelves.”
Since March 25, Wild About Sprouts has donated 2,538 cases to Sacramento County Food Bank and Family Services, 720 cases to River City Food Bank in Sacramento, 2,280 cases to Yolo County Food Bank and 1,000 cases to Second Harvest Food Bank, for San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, according to the release.
These donated cases equal 39,228 packages of fresh sprouts, the retail equivalent of more than $119,000, according to the company.
All six varieties of sprouts are going to food banks: the 100% clover, broccoli-clover blend, spicy blend of radish and clover, alfalfa, clover-alfalfa and 100% broccoli.


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- 1 Are 2 Michelin stars good?
- 2 What is the difference between 1 and 2 Michelin stars?
- 3 What is the difference between Michelin Guide and Michelin star?
- 4 How many two Michelin star restaurants are there in the world?
- 5 Can you get 4 Michelin stars?
- 6 Does Gordon Ramsay have a 3 Michelin star restaurant?
- 7 Is Gordon Ramsay a Michelin star chef?
- 8 Who is the best chef in the world?
- 9 What is the highest Michelin star chef?
- 10 Is a Michelin star a big deal?
- 11 What does having a Michelin star mean?
- 12 How do you gain a Michelin star?
- 13 How much is a 3 Michelin star dinner?
- 14 Which country has the most Michelin stars 2020?
- 15 How many 3 Michelin chefs are there?
Are 2 Michelin stars good?
Michelin stars are a rating system used by the red Michelin Guide to grade restaurants on their quality. According to the Guide, one star signifies “a very good restaurant”, two stars are ” excellent cooking that is worth a detour”, and three stars mean “exceptional cuisine that is worth a special journey”.
What is the difference between 1 and 2 Michelin stars?
According to the guide, one Michelin star represents a “very good restaurant in its category,” while two stars denotes a restaurant boasting “excellent cooking” that is “worth a detour.” Three stars, however, is the ultimate accolade, afforded only to those restaurants that offer “exceptional cuisine” that is “worth a
What is the difference between Michelin Guide and Michelin star?
One star tells you it’s a very good restaurant (a definition which is a wee bit ambiguous). Two stars means excellent cuisine and worth a detour for, and three stars equates to exceptional cuisine and worth a special journey to eat there.
How many two Michelin star restaurants are there in the world?
Number of Michelin star restaurants in the world As of November 2020, there are currently 2,651 restaurants in the world with at least one Michelin star. For a more precise breakdown, that’s 2,160 restaurants with one star, 385 restaurants with two stars, and 106 boasting the coveted three stars.
Can you get 4 Michelin stars?
Restaurants can be awarded a ‘Fork and Spoon’ rating, according to the relative luxury of the surroundings, and unlike the stars, this rating system goes up to five. So while it isn’t possible for a restaurant to have four Michelin stars, it could have four forks and spoons.
Does Gordon Ramsay have a 3 Michelin star restaurant?
at Gordon Ramsay Restaurants Our flagship destination, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, gained the ultimate accolade of three Michelin stars in 2001 and has retained them ever since, a true mark of excellence, quality and consistency.
Is Gordon Ramsay a Michelin star chef?
Gordon Ramsay ranks highly among Michelin star chefs. In 2001, he became the first Scottish chef to be awarded three Michelin stars with his signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. Having seen nine of those restaurants close, however, he currently holds seven stars across four restaurants.
Who is the best chef in the world?
Known for his volatile kitchen demeanour and exceptional British cuisine, Gordon Ramsay is arguably the most famous chef in the world. Although he’s been awarded 16 Michelin stars throughout his career, he currently holds seven.
What is the highest Michelin star chef?
Joël Robuchon, 31 Michelin Stars Introducing Joël Robuchon – the chef with the highest number of Michelin stars. He holds number one spot among the world’s top 10 chefs, making him the world’s best chef according to the Michelin star rating.
Is a Michelin star a big deal?
Michelin began sending anonymous inspectors to evaluate restaurants in 1926 and now, more than 90 years later, Michelin is a watchword for excellence, exclusivity and expense. The three Michelin – star ranking is considered the highest accolade in the industry.
What does having a Michelin star mean?
A Michelin star is the ultimate hallmark of culinary excellence. Michelin stars are awarded to restaurants judged to be of a particularly high standard. Eateries that make the grade can be awarded one, two, or three stars, and the accolade is much-coveted by chefs around the world.
How do you gain a Michelin star?
To earn one star, a restaurant must be considered “a very good restaurant in its category.” For two stars, the criteria is “excellent cooking, worth a detour.” To qualify for the elusive three stars, a restaurant must serve up “exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.”
How much is a 3 Michelin star dinner?
Masa (New York City) – $595 Run by the titular three- Michelin starred sushi chef Masa Takayama, this New York City situated restaurant serves fresh ingredients sourced from Japan for authentic-tasting meals. You’ll definitely pay more than the advertised $595 per head as this fee doesn’t include tax or drinks.
Which country has the most Michelin stars 2020?
France has the most Michelin stars in the world according to the 2020 publication of the Michelin guide. The second country is Japan with Italy in the third position. Every year the Michelin Guide announces its sought-after accolades, the Michelin stars.
How many 3 Michelin chefs are there?
There are 14, 3 – star restaurants in the U.S in 2020. Seven in California, five in New York State, one in Illinois and one in Washington D.C. Thomas Keller is the only chef on the list to have two restaurants with three stars, The French Laundry in California and Per Se in New York, both serve French cuisine.


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File -> Import External File
Import Code: GL
Description: GL Import (Prepost Detail)
File Type: DBF (this is the only one I can get to work)
Add GLPREPOST_DETAIL system table (upper right hand window)
Add IMPORT FIELDS:
- Double Click on the sqk statement field. Type in select id from glacct where acct = '%s'
- Double click on the sql statement field. Type in “select %f from dual”. (Do not include the quotes
You will need a DBF file that has the following information:
Debit amount (need amount or 0.00)
Credit amount (need amount or 0.00)
Date for transactions (Ex. 01/31/04 – a date you are posting for) You will need to set the date format (Ex. mm/dd/yy) - optional
Reference (Ex. Jan 2004)
If you do this in excel, highlight the data (select) and do a save as .dbf (file type). See additional workbook and note tabs for example data/formulas.
Each period needs it’s own dbf file. (2004-1.dbf, 2004-2.dbf, etc.)
After you have a dbf file saved, note location because within the import external function you will need to find the file.
Open the External Import File template….see above
Go to File -> Open Import File
Find your dbf file and open it within the import window.
Match the import fields to the table fields. Left click and hold down on the field in the import table window (bottom section). Drag it up to the field that matches in the import field window (middle section)
After fields are matched up, click on the icon Load the import file to the system GL prepost table(s).
Choose a GL prepost date (should be within period you are importing)
In the example above I chose 05/29/04
When completed a confirm window showing import is done will appear. Click on OK.
Refresh General Journal entry screen
Make sure entry balances. If not, it will not post to the GL
Go to the GL Activity to assure posting show up. Also, run Balance Sheet and Income Statement to assure they match original reports.
If correct, go on to next import.


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I have been wanting to post the beautiful pictures of this cheesecake, that my sisters and I baked for this challenge. I have not seen the usual weekly post set-up for that, so I am boldly stepping out and hoping not to offend anyone.
This was dowloaded from Mellowbakers.com and provided by Mr. Hamelman. Seems to have lost the formatting, but it seems to be all here.
I have just bought Peter Reinhart's ABED and made the bagel recipe (which turned out fantastically well, by the way).
However there is an error in the recipe (pages 75 & 77, first edition). The correct volume of water for the poaching liquid is 1814-2721g, which is the equivalent of 64-96oz. The book says 181g-272g, being out by a factor of 10!
I couldn't find this errata notified after searching here and elsewhere, so trust it's not a duplication.

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Snohomish County is continuing its virtual public engagement for its “Light Rail Communities” project, which will be used to decide on placemaking and zoning around two (or potentially three) light rail stations between Lynnwood and Everett. Previous rounds had solicited feedback on station locations and multimodal access to those locations. This fifth round, open until September 25, is an online “housing workshop” dedicated solely to residential housing types around the station subareas.
While the cities of Lynnwood and Everett have adopted bold plans for upzoning around their planned light rail stations, going as far as to allow for high-rise construction, the unincorporated land between them is somewhat of a blank slate. It has long been home to low-slung apartment complexes built to take advantage of laxer county regulations, but they have since given way to larger, multi-story complexes along Interstate 5 and Ash Way in recent years. While these developments are denser, they remain very car-oriented, with large garages at street level and parking lots separating buildings with little in the way of gathering spaces.
The “Urban Core Subarea Plan” will cover three planning areas: Ash Way Station, possibly located on the east side of Interstate 5 at 164th Street SW per the recommendation from an earlier survey; Mariner Station on the south side of 128th Street SW; and SR 99 & Airport Way Station, which remains a provisional option in Sound Transit’s long-range plan. The workshop survey presents the following options for housing types (but notes that it is “not intended to be exhaustive of all types that might be considered”):
- 20+ Stories (150+ dwelling units per acre)
- 10–20 Stories (100+ DU/acre)
- 3–6 Stories (25–50 DU/acre)
- 3-Story Walkups (18–25 DU/acre)
- Townhouses (12–18 DU/acre)
- Duplexes (6–8 DU/acre)
- Single Family Homes (4–6 DU/acre)
The survey asks users to contribute to an interactive public map that allows for ideas to be submitted anonymously or with a public ESRI account. All entries are then collected and displayed on a separate map for comment and scrutiny, which has already been marked with dozens of pins as of writing. Those who are not inclined to use the interactive map can also print out a copy of the map to annotate and send back via email.
Among the ideas already on the map are vast swaths of 20+ story zones, a gondola to Mill Creek, and requests for “New England style” development around Martha Lake. While some of these ideas won’t get much traction, the housing workshop is an opportunity for more voices to easily contribute to the zoning discussion without having to dive too deep into the wider debate.
Community input from the mapping exercise and survey (at bit.ly/LRCHousingWorkshop) will be collected until September 25 and summarized in October for further consideration by the county government. The next phase of public engagement for the Light Rail Communities program is a virtual workshop in October followed by a workshop on development regulations tentatively scheduled for January 2021. The full plan is anticipated to be adopted in 2024, with plenty of time before light rail arrives in the “Urban Core”, still scheduled for 2036.
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Assuming remote working persists broadband at home will be far more important than proximity to a train station for many workers. The exception? Low skilled, minimum wage types. That’s the kind of housing appropriate near train stations — like it’s done in south Seattle.
And since all major tech employers in Seattle continue to invest in real estate as if remote learning is a emergency measure to accommodate a once in a century pandemic, we can assume it will not persist long term and can therefore be mostly ignored when making long term decisions like housing types around Link stations.
Except that there is not much housing of any kind near the train stations in South Seattle. Most of the land is zoned single-family (the exceptions are some tiny zones immediately adjacent to the stations). Those houses are not affordable to low-skilled, minimum wage types.
Yep, south Seattle TOD resembles a Wakandan real estate venture. They put multi-story housing up on that corner. And that corner. They may eventually put up multi-story housing on the other two corners.
It’s been slow but they’ve built a ton of housing around the South Seattle stations. I don’t think zoning is the issue.
Definitely an issue around Rainier Beach station. Othello is OK immediately nearby but could do with more. No complaints about Mt Baker stations / “North Rainier urban village.”
Commuting trips aren’t the only trips that people take. And people are still going to commute. Maybe not as much. But they will.
Funny, but names like “Boeing” and “Kenworth” keep sticking in my mind. Is there really no chance in the world that somebody else around here might start….manufacturing things?
And again, could be old-fashioned, but I can’t think of anything more appropriate for union-protected and therefore decently paid workers to have a transit station directly across the street from the homes their skills entitle them to.
Because from some professional experience I wish I could forget, if we’d treated the Tunnel-bus fleet as the critically-unusual project it was instead of an ordinary low-bid procurement, ST Express would still have dual-power Kenworths carrying their builders’ grand-kids to college.
Good thing that if not in one’s DNA, hands-on machine design stays in the blood. As more of their generation start celebrating their eighteenth birthday in the Washington legislature, more education funding will go to toward getting skills and less to getting credentialed.
Can’t think of anyplace more appropriate for a transit station than to be right across the street from the decent homes of the people that build the trains they themselves ride to work.
I’m glad that there is an effort to provide density. Still, housing is just one component of a great transit station area. There must also be retail, restaurants and other community life attractions like libraries, dog walking parks and even churches.
Metro in DC has many nearby 10-20 story apartment towers surrounded by open parking lots with large land parcels, for example. Residents there drive to most attractions. Density alone is not good TOD.
For now, I think the most important thing to set is the height more than the use, and the layout is pretty important too. Once a height is allowed and a layout is established, a developer can look to the market to define the best housing mix as well as whether any non-residential uses should be included.
One thing I’ve liked in this area is that with generous height limits, developers can come in build a tower and provide some of the parking in an adjacent surface lot, creating good initial density while planning for further infill density in the future. This is easier to do with 10~20 story than 4~6. I think for the initial wave of development, “towers in a park” is OK as lot as it’s done with an intentional plan for future infill.
I agree 100%
Isn’t Snohomish County trying to get a new state 4-year university in the county? Because Evergreen Way & Airport Road would be the perfect location for this
I suppose they can reserve the space. But I don’t see how the state could commit to something like that. There won’t be any money for it in the foreseeable future – we can expect massive cuts to the education budget very soon.
It is actually worse. The state will have to spend a lot of one-time money on extra facilities so that public schools can open while practicing social distancing. Local districts will also need to hire a lot more teachers, or abandon the smallish classrooms in favor of larger classrooms for the time being. Maybe some classes will have to be the weekend shift or night shift, and now may be the time there is no choice but to go to year-round schooling. But the proverbial elephant won’t fit in the living room.
Some of those extra facilities could include community centers, converted senior centers, libraries, and maybe even space leased from (formerly “community”) colleges, some of which may have to shut down their college classes for the time being to make room for the younger students. But the kids need to get back into in-person class settings, for a host of developmental reasons.
It would be great to build that Snohomish County College campus, and start it out as a temporary high school, but the US&A does not know how to build anything quickly.
I assumed that would go to Everett where the current WSU branch campus is, and grow into something like UW Bothell + Cascadia.
I doubt the state has money to build a new campus from scratch, like UW Tacoma. Evergreen Way & Airport Road isn’t land that needs to be reclaimed; it’s all privately held and would be very expensive to convert to public use.
Last I heard, Snoco was looking at Arlington or Stanwood as a university location, because, apparently, they think the EWU’s contribution to Spokane’s community is a good thing.
Or they see the price of cheap land but not the value of centrally located land.
The lack of an option for a second large comprehensive university in Seattle is a whole other complex topic. We are the most populous metro area in the US without at least two major large (over 10K) comprehensive universities. Our approach is akin to a metro area of 1-2M although our reality is that we have 4M residents now.
Where it goes is subject to debate. Of course, I think most would agree that it should be Link accessible.
At its core, it’s going to take dealing with the political stranglehold of UW on decentralizing higher education beyond the core Seattle campus. My general preference is to expand an existing campus (and reorganize the governance) near Link in 2030 — like Highline or UW Tacoma — south of Downtown Seattle . After all, Everett is just 60 miles from WWU as well as 25 miles from UW.
Do most major metros have 2 large public universities? Quick mental checklist: DFW (N Texas), Houston (Houston), Phoenix (ASU), MSP (UM), Detroit (Wayne St.), Philly (Temple), etc. … seems like it is more of an issue of missing a large private school?
Our future might be more like Phoenix, where ASU is massive but has multiple campuses, like UW with campuses in Tacoma, Bothell, etc.
Given much of the state’s wealth is concentrated in metro Seattle, I think I’d rather have another university elsewhere to give another metro a path towards prosperity, with Spokane and Yakima the 2 obvious options.
I just love this comment from AJ suggesting that Spokane needs a public university.
Eastern Washington University is 10 miles from Spokane, but AJ is kinda right that Spokane doesn’t actually have a public university.
This is exactly what an Arlington or Stanwood location would do to Everett and Lynnwood
Whoops, I completely forgot about EWU. I even thought while reading the STB article on the Cheney Line, “this looks really good, Spokane doesn’t need its own university if Spokane city can tie in better with EWU,” but then completely forgot.
So my vote in a new university campus should go to Yakima, if we need one anywhere. Otherwise, upgrade Evergreen State into a real university and/or expand the existing UW and WSU branch campuses.
I don’t see a need for another campus in metro Seattle. UWT is in a great spot with plenty of room to expand, UWB is getting solid Stride connection, and WSU Everett seems like a good spot despite the lack of a direct Link connection. Several community colleges have large footprints and will have direct Link access (Highline, North Seattle, Seattle Central, and eventually Bellevue). As an east-sider, I’d much rather see Bellevue College expand its offerings & capabilities than try to build something from scratch.
Yakima is 35 miles from Central Washington University.
The comprehensive university geographic “hole” was to have been filled by Evergreen State. The campus site was purchased with the intent of having 12,000 students upon completion of the first plan: http://archives.evergreen.edu/1971/1971-01/clabaugh_doc.pdf
I think you are pretty naive about other metro areas, AJ.
DFW also has UT Arlington and UT Dallas, both over 25K students and comprehensive programs.
MSP also has St Cloud State and Minnesota State in Mankato — both less than 50 miles from Downtown Minneapolis.
The University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan are 20-30 miles from Downtown Detroit.
In Philly, both University of Delaware and Thomas Edison State College are within 40 miles of Downtown. Both Boston and Philadelphia have large private universities with endowments that let them offer financial aid for local residents.
Really, only Phoenix is limited to one major university as UA and UNA main campuses are about 100 miles away.
Thanks Al, good points (and learning for me) all around.
But if you are counting St Cloud and Minn State, is that much different than WWU and CWU being within striking distance of Seattle? Yes, people commute between Ellensburg and Seattle, but not at scale. Sure, if you live in Yakima you can commute to class in CWU, but I’m not sure that is the kind of super commuting we want to encourage. Most of the economic benefit of CWU accrues to Kittitas county, not Yakima. I’d look for a new campus to bring economic vitality to a city, not just be within driving distance of a bunch of people.
You are sketching out a region that includes WWU, CWU, and Evergreen State, which to me is different than a metropolitan area. Evergreen State as a campus to serve SW Washington makes total sense. But to then say Aberdeen has a college because it’s within an hour drive makes little sense to me if the goal is to leverage the agglomeration benefits of large public universities.
If the goal is to make sure people are within a reasonable drive of a college, that’s what the existing community colleges are for, and is why they are scattered all over the place.
WWU (@ 87 miles), CWU (@ 108 miles) and ESC (@ 67 miles) are all well over 50 miles from Downtown Seattle. That’s much further than is found in nearby universities in these other metro areas.
Not correct – Mankato is 81 miles from Minneapolis, according to Google. So exactly in the same range as WWU.
I’m admittedly off about the Mankato distance. St Cloud State is closer at 65 miles to Downtown Minneapolis according to Google. There are also Metropolitan State U in St Paul, and some UWisconsin campuses not that far away.
Even ignoring the competition, the fact is that Seattle specifically and Washington state generally are laggards when it comes to graduating college students with skills that local employers need. It’s worked out so far since so far it seems students are content going out-of-state if they can’t get accepted to a local public school, and employers seem content to import employees (I suppose I can’t complain, being one of those imports), but it certainly is more than a little embarrassing.
Washington state is last in college seats per capital if I recall.
OK, so Detroit has Wayne State, while we have the UW. The UW is bigger and more prestigious. But wait, you say, Detroit also has the University of Michigan. It is every bit as big and prestigious as the UW. I agree, but the University of Michigan is not in Detroit. It is in Ann Arbor, 30 miles outside Detroit.
Now consider that Detroit is the most hollowed out city in the nation. The overall metropolis is basically unchanged for the last 50 years, but everyone has moved to the suburbs. If the University of Michigan was in Detroit, would that have happened?
ASU is not in Phoenix. It’s main campus is in Tempe (outside Phoenix) but as Wikipedia clearly states, it is located “on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area”. In other words, it is spread out across the region, that just so happens to be one of the most sprawling cities in the U. S. (and thus the world).
Likewise, Silicon Valley sprawls in part because the best research universities (Cal and Stanford) are not in San Fransisco. Even the urbanization and success of East Bay can be traced to Cal being located there, instead of in, say, Fremont (which would look a lot different if it was).
Over the last forty years or so, Spokane has lagged similar cities, like Salt Lake City and Boise. Boise State University is right in Boise, a stone’s throw away from downtown and the capital. University of Utah is also right in Salt Lake, about 3 miles from downtown, the capital and Salt Lake Temple (where the tabernacle choir sings). That reminds me of a joke — what is the difference between church and state in Utah? Two city blocks. Sorry, I digress.
The point is, EWU has done very little for Spokane, because it isn’t in Spokane. If you’ve ever been to Cheney, this is obvious. Campuses located outside the city core don’t do much for the core (just as the University of Michigan doesn’t do much for Detroit). In contrast, the UW is one of the main reasons we have grown so fast. If the main UW campus was in Tacoma, both cities would look a lot different.
Adding a new university to the greater Seattle area because of some arbitrary (and debatable) factoid is silly. UW Bothell really hasn’t helped Seattle. Most of the people drive to campus, while campus officials are focused on building bigger parking lots. It would have been better if the UW was just bigger. In contrast, UW Tacoma has helped Tacoma rebuild its downtown. As with transit, the specific location matters.
Adding a new university in Marysville or Arlington would be terrible. It wouldn’t help Everett, and would only lead to more traffic and more sprawl. On the hand, a new campus in Everett (or an expansion to Everett Community College) would be great for Everett. It would be just what it needs as Boeing continues its downsizing.
the fact is that Seattle specifically and Washington state generally are laggards when it comes to graduating college students with skills that local employers need.
Says who? When I think of the UW, I think of medicine, but especially nursing. Are you saying that hospitals and clinics don’t need nurses from one of the best nursing programs in the world?
It’s the number of college graduates that’s lagging, not the quality.
Uhhh… many Bay Area/Silicon Valley jobs are often taken by graduates of San Jose State, San Francisco State and Cal State-East Bay (based in Hayward just north of Fremont). The first two campuses are on light rail lines. The last one runs free shuttles to two BART stations located less than two miles from the main campus. Of course Stanford is private — but the Bay Area has four major comprehensive public universities (and several other smaller public ones) and not one. That’s not even counting UC Davis or UC Santa Cruz both under 80 miles away, which are also quite prestigious. And San Francisco has its own UC campus known as UCSF (Albeit focused on medical education and research only), as well as hosts UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall law school.
I’d agree that location matters . I am less concerned about what city it resides in and more about being accessible by high capacity and high frequency transit. For example, I think South Seattle College would be a worse site for expansion into a major university than Highline College would be.
I also think UW Bothell is a bit of an albatross. It’s isolated from any village. It’s built on steep land. It’s not even well served by Stride’s 405 line. If Snohomish wants a major public university, I’d suggest siting it on Link and using a sale of the UW Bothell campus to pay for it. Lynnwood City Center would have been an awesome alternative location!
As other posters have mentioned, Washington State is woefully deficient in college student slots and the Puget Sound Area shortage is more acute than in other regions. I’ve been told off the record by UW oversight people that the engineering slots are particularly lacking. This is because the state’s population has grown so much and not because leaders in the 1970’s shortchanged us. If anything, the higher education planning done 40-60 years ago was well-done — but the state leaders just haven’t followed through and addressed the needs recognized even then.
Rather than a geographic solution, I wonder if the solution would be better met with a new university that is primarily engineering-focused — like Georgia Tech in midtown Atlanta. That could be put almost anywhere — and the discussion could shift from what part of our region gets it and more about how can it be Link accessible.
The Marysville/Arlington proposal for UW was mainly to serve as a catchment for the entire NW corner of the state, covering Skagit and Island counties as well as most of Snohomish County. It’s reasonable from that perspective, but obviously not ideal for those living south of the great Snohomish River firewall (where traffic is doomed to exist 24/7).
Skagit, Camano, and the north half of Whidbey are pretty well served by WWU, and they don’t need a new university. The south half of Whidbey would be way better served by an Everett/Lynnwood location than by Arlington/Stanwood.
The Snohomish County university problem isn’t distance, but population, and the population runs from Everett to Lynnwood
The UW branch slated for the North Sound was effectively cancelled during the last recession when a large education budget hole appeared. At the time, Everett Station was in running against a site on the Everett Riverside, a site in Marysville, and a site in western Lake Stevens.
Doesn’t Everett Community College count for the 4-year University plan?
It’s been awhile since I was up there, but I seem to remember that when Everett Station was new, it contained a college. Also that it went away. I can’t think of anything more appropriate for a regional transit station to have either built into it, or nearby. Especially a trade-school.
But my main point, Christopher and AJ, is that it’s a really self-defeating mistake to consider either the present economy or the political situation that’s both its cause and its effect, as an eternal Given.
What do this next Election’s two Presidential candidates have in common? Scripture says they’re both seven years over some serious Term Limits.
What so many of my generation have given up on ever trying to change, people who from now on will keep having eighteenth birthdays will increasingly refuse to tolerate. To the point they might start out by re-setting the both the voting age and the lower limit for the State Legislature to sixteen.
Shift to CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machining will come very naturally to oncoming generations who can compute before they can talk. In addition to demanding Link rides when they hear a bell downstairs. But here’s my main point this morning:
Since nobody knows to the month, let alone the decade, what’s going to happen at an uncountable multiple of levels, might time not be better spent deciding what we want to happen, and make our compromises both grudgingly and only when necessary?
Everett Station was formerly home to University Center, where one could earn credits towards a standard degree. It is still home to WorkSource/WorkForce, where GED training is offered alongside their job placement programs.
This is good and sets up well timing-wise for the county’s next major update to their comprehensive plan. Having some insight into the housing density mixes within these designated areas should be helpful to county planners in that context.
I have a couple of questions for the OP:
1. Can you clarify what you mean by “gathering spaces”, as in your statement, “While these developments are denser, they remain very car-oriented, with large garages at street level and parking lots separating buildings with little in the way of gathering spaces.” Do you mean other private establishments akin to a mixed use type of development strategy, e.g., restaurants, cafes, gyms, etc.? Or do you mean gathering spaces within the confines of the residences themselves? For example, the type of communal areas incorporated into an apartment development like Avalon at 164th and Alderwood Mall Parkway would fit the latter.
2. Are the dwelling units per acre numbers cited above for the various housing types based on the entire lot size or the buildable acreage? For example, I think the current zoning in unincorporated areas allows for a higher density for townhouses than the numbers cited here on parcels that are zoned MR, such as my own. The limiting factor is typically the unbuildable space allocation due to access, drainage systems, set-back requirements, etc..
on gathering spaces: the above drawing anticipates a network of pedestrian bridges, may be parks/plazas, restaurants, convenience stores should be built at that level and partially on top of roads to minimize car traffic disturbance.
Senior housing and LGBTQ!
Ron, denial of a home on account of relationships that are nobody’s damned business but theirs should be against some seriously-enforced law.
But the prospect of being forced to live the rest of my life solely among neighbors on the grey-haired side of forty makes my own remaining years a lot less agreeable to contemplate.
Having watched more than one compatriot die so soon after retirement as to be unmistakably cause-and-effect, I’m willing to finish my life fighting for the right to end my days in close and well-paid working proximity to people of every conceivable age and interest.
Suggestion to my fellow liberal democrats. Whenever you’re tempted to make your literature say “Give”…”Pay” is one letter shorter. With a meaning a lot closer to the word “Free” than is any handout.
Great idea to connect Mill Creek via gondola! Does anybody have further details?
It’s only a public suggestion and probably won’t happen unless there is outside funding. The Swift Orange Line will serve much of the same purpose, as a fast and frequent connector between Ash Way Station and Mill Creek Town Center.
You know, Bruce, it’s been so long since our people have insisted that our elected representatives access this source that it SEEMS “Outside”.
But there’s really nothing extraneous or exotic about trillionaires paying taxes.
Skate and water parks/gardens, bmx park, wide sidewalks, bike trails, bicycle escalators, rain/sun shelters, amphitheatres (look for ways to combine uses), fruit trees, edible forest, green walls, rooftop gardens, courtyards, tower designs that don’t block out the sun or funnel prevailing winds, exhibition halls, recreation rooms, grey water systems, medical facilities, abundant 3-bedroom residences, multi-generational homes, maximum capture of solar and wind power….
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