[UC] Earthlink WiFi vs DSL

[Joe Clarke]

Hey Tech Heads,
   What do you think of Earthlink's offer to go completely wireless 
eliminating the need for DSL & in-house Router?  Another selling point 
would be
the capability of accessing the signal anywhere in the city. This would 
have come in real handy with my last job, where I ended up using my 
laptop but had to
find unsecured signals since our IT department was having problems 
getting us hooked up.  Let me know what you think or if you know of a 
forum where

they're discussing this topic.

Thanks in Advance,
Joe Clarke

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RE: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Joe Clarke]

Love Saads.  He's always a good host and the food is always delicious 
and reasonably priced.  My grandson rates Saad's french fries second 
only to Abbraccio which he declares are the world's best.  I've never 
tried any of the steaks, but the burger and fries are generous portions 
that really hit the spot.  You can always call and order then go over to 
pick it up.  That's one sure way to know whether he is open.  I agree 
with all the good things that Kyle and Tony said: it's a window into 
another culture(s) that I don't think I'd experience otherwise.


Joe (Maroosh) Clarke

Kyle Cassidy wrote:


Saad's been a lynch-pin of that corner for years. I recall when it 
used to be a "Wings to Go". Imho, he's done so much to clean up that 
corner and build community with the neighbors and the neighboring 
businesses. The constant foot traffic from the Mosque to the 
restaurant is very welcome, as are his summer time outdoor seats all 
of which get people on the streets. He learns your name the first time 
you go in there, and by the third time he says "Hello my friend! Will 
it be the usual for you today?!" The prices are still very 
un-gentrified, though he's recently upscaled his interior. We're lucky 
to have him there. A genuinely friendly, effusive, and kind person as 
well as a fantastic cook.


That's been my experience this last decade anyway.

kc



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[UC] RE: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Kyle Cassidy]

Saad's been a lynch-pin of that corner for years. I recall when it used to be a 
"Wings to Go". Imho, he's done so much to clean up that corner and build 
community with the neighbors and the neighboring businesses. The constant foot 
traffic from the Mosque to the restaurant is very welcome, as are his summer 
time outdoor seats all of which get people on the streets. He learns your name 
the first time you go in there, and by the third time he says "Hello my friend! 
Will it be the usual for you today?!" The prices are still very un-gentrified, 
though he's recently upscaled his interior. We're lucky to have him there. A 
genuinely friendly, effusive, and kind person as well as a fantastic cook.

That's been my experience this last decade anyway.

kc

Re: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Anthony West]

Well then, if he wants (a) one day a week off and (b) one month of 
vacation off, then Sa'ad has picked the Christian day off and the Muslim 
month off. He's covered his two most important bases -- an American 
strategy. And I hope he, along with all his employees, enjoys a day off 
and a week off from time to time. It's a worker's right, it's an 
important health benefit, it improves your productivity


Happy Fourth of July, everybody.

-- Tony West

missthin wrote:
Saad's is open 11-9 Monday through Thursday, 11-10 (says on the menu) 
Friday and Saturday.  I know they're closed at 9 most nights.  I've 
never gone after 9, so I'm not really sure if they are, in fact, open 
until 10 Fri/Sat.  I'll have to take a look this weekend.


Closed Sundays and the month of Ramadan.  I'm trying to think, but for 
the life of me, I can't remember them being closed at any other time 
(for prayers).  I know they're open Thanksgiving, Xmas and other 
holidays as long as it's not a Sunday (or Ramadan).


Fridays after afternoon prayers is always mobbed.

Their number is 215-222-7223

Wendy




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Re: [UC] Sa-ád's

[missthin]

Saad's is open 11-9 Monday through Thursday, 11-10 (says on the menu) Friday
and Saturday.  I know they're closed at 9 most nights.  I've never gone
after 9, so I'm not really sure if they are, in fact, open until 10
Fri/Sat.  I'll have to take a look this weekend.

Closed Sundays and the month of Ramadan.  I'm trying to think, but for the
life of me, I can't remember them being closed at any other time (for
prayers).  I know they're open Thanksgiving, Xmas and other holidays as long
as it's not a Sunday (or Ramadan).

Fridays after afternoon prayers is always mobbed.

Their number is 215-222-7223

Wendy

On 7/3/07, Anthony West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Well, that's something they're going to have to deal with commercially.
If I, as a non-Muslim customer, found I couldn't get my shawarma because
the proprietor was too busy praying, I wouldn't go back there again.
That hasn't happened to me at Sa'ad. If it did happen to you --
patronize the joint on Lancaster Ave. instead. Their food is okay also.

-- Tony West

Wilma de Soto wrote:
> As I said to LA, it still escapes me and even THEY don't know if the
hours
> on the take-out menu are accurate.
>
> Ergo, it may be a "Brigadoon business" to me.  No offense, just so I
would
> understand, and I do.
>
> I thanked them for posting such and also I thank you.
>
> -Wilma
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Re: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Anthony West]

Well, that's something they're going to have to deal with commercially. 
If I, as a non-Muslim customer, found I couldn't get my shawarma because 
the proprietor was too busy praying, I wouldn't go back there again. 
That hasn't happened to me at Sa'ad. If it did happen to you -- 
patronize the joint on Lancaster Ave. instead. Their food is okay also.


-- Tony West

Wilma de Soto wrote:

As I said to LA, it still escapes me and even THEY don't know if the hours
on the take-out menu are accurate.

Ergo, it may be a "Brigadoon business" to me.  No offense, just so I would
understand, and I do.

I thanked them for posting such and also I thank you.

-Wilma
  



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Re: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Wilma de Soto]

As I said to LA, it still escapes me and even THEY don't know if the hours
on the take-out menu are accurate.

Ergo, it may be a "Brigadoon business" to me.  No offense, just so I would
understand, and I do.

I thanked them for posting such and also I thank you.

-Wilma


On 7/3/07 8:18 PM, "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> We eat there a lot, mostly for takeout. It is the Eastern Mediterranean
> joint we prefer in University City.
> 
> Sa'ad seems to be open on every day, at every hour that we want takeout
> food. I don't recall placing an order during Ramadan, so I can't say
> what he does then. His kitchen lies within two blocks of two mosques, so
> I suspect he faces market pressure to respect Islamic customers. The
> wall art is unquestionably devout: 10 times more illustrations of Mecca
> than I've ever seen illustrations of, say, St. Peter's in an
> Italian-American restaurant. But my impression of the proprietor is he
> is more interested in selling food than faith. His kitchen staff does
> not wear ostentatious religious dress, for instance -- less so than some
> of the Plain-Folk vendors at the Clark Park Farmers' Market, for instance.
> 
> He does serve a basic Philadelphian short-order grill menu, with
> cheesesteaks and the like, along with his Middle Eastern fare. So I
> would describe Sa'ad as a successful crossover/crossroad ethnic restaurant.
> 
> -- Tony West
> 
> Wilma de Soto wrote:
>> Sa-ád's business hours escape me, even though I enjoyed a Shwarma there four
>> years ago.
>> 
>> Are there regular business hours or still "Brigadoon" hours.
>> 
>> Another listserv poster said they had Cheese steaks and when my husband and
>> I went by after riding our bikes on the Drive this past Sunday, but he was
>> closed.
>> 
>> I DO know he closes for the entire month of "Ramadan".  Aside from that when
>> is he open and what does he serve?
>>   
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Re: [UC] Planters on Baltimore Ave

[Margie Politzer]

> They need to be watered, at least the ones I saw this morning on the south
> side of
> Baltimore Ave at 49th Street did.  The variegated-leaf trees were looking
> pretty
> dry.
> 
> Who will be maintaining the planters?

That is a good question. Planters like that need a good amount of attention
and I wonder if that was considered in the budget. Personally, I think these
planters are an unwise use of resources. I believe UCD was behind them.

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Re: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Margie Politzer]

I think that Saad's closes for prayers. I don't know at which times.

Margie

> Dear Kyle and Neighbors,
> 
> Sa-ád's business hours escape me, even though I enjoyed a Shwarma there four
> years ago.
> 
> Are there regular business hours or still "Brigadoon" hours.
> 
> Another listserv poster said they had Cheese steaks and when my husband and
> I went by after riding our bikes on the Drive this past Sunday, but he was
> closed.
> 
> I DO know he closes for the entire month of "Ramadan".  Aside from that when
> is he open and what does he serve?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wilma de Soto
> 
> 
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Re: [UC] Sa-ád's

[Anthony West]

We eat there a lot, mostly for takeout. It is the Eastern Mediterranean 
joint we prefer in University City.


Sa'ad seems to be open on every day, at every hour that we want takeout 
food. I don't recall placing an order during Ramadan, so I can't say 
what he does then. His kitchen lies within two blocks of two mosques, so 
I suspect he faces market pressure to respect Islamic customers. The 
wall art is unquestionably devout: 10 times more illustrations of Mecca 
than I've ever seen illustrations of, say, St. Peter's in an  
Italian-American restaurant. But my impression of the proprietor is he 
is more interested in selling food than faith. His kitchen staff does 
not wear ostentatious religious dress, for instance -- less so than some 
of the Plain-Folk vendors at the Clark Park Farmers' Market, for instance.


He does serve a basic Philadelphian short-order grill menu, with 
cheesesteaks and the like, along with his Middle Eastern fare. So I 
would describe Sa'ad as a successful crossover/crossroad ethnic restaurant.


-- Tony West

Wilma de Soto wrote:

Sa-ád's business hours escape me, even though I enjoyed a Shwarma there four
years ago.

Are there regular business hours or still "Brigadoon" hours.

Another listserv poster said they had Cheese steaks and when my husband and
I went by after riding our bikes on the Drive this past Sunday, but he was
closed.

I DO know he closes for the entire month of "Ramadan".  Aside from that when
is he open and what does he serve?
  




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[UC] Sa-ád's

[Wilma de Soto]

Dear Kyle and Neighbors,

Sa-ád's business hours escape me, even though I enjoyed a Shwarma there four
years ago.

Are there regular business hours or still "Brigadoon" hours.

Another listserv poster said they had Cheese steaks and when my husband and
I went by after riding our bikes on the Drive this past Sunday, but he was
closed.

I DO know he closes for the entire month of "Ramadan".  Aside from that when
is he open and what does he serve?

Thanks,

Wilma de Soto




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Re: [UC] Planters on Baltimore Ave

[Wilma de Soto]

SO!!!

Which blocks of Baltimore Ave. are they?  Pardon my ignorance.

Thank you,

Wilma de Soto


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> They need to be watered, at least the ones I saw this morning on the south
> side of
> Baltimore Ave at 49th Street did.  The variegated-leaf trees were looking
> pretty
> dry.
> 
> Who will be maintaining the planters?
> 
> --- Margie Politzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> So... what do you think of the new planters on Baltimore Ave?
>> 
>> Margie
>> 
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Re: [UC] Planters on Baltimore Ave

[Cappy Harrison]

They need to be watered, at least the ones I saw this morning on the south side 
of
Baltimore Ave at 49th Street did.  The variegated-leaf trees were looking pretty
dry.

Who will be maintaining the planters? 

--- Margie Politzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> So... what do you think of the new planters on Baltimore Ave?
> 
> Margie
> 
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Re: [UC] Vandalism alert : 900-1000 S. farragut (and may be beyond)

[Andrew Diller]

Some Photos:
 www.southfarragut.org

They got 3 tires on our Honda.

That police substation is closed, at least that is what the person at  
the 18th district told me. They submitted a report for this act and  
officers are supposed to keep an eye out.





Andrew Diller
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Jul 2, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Cindy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hmmm...

Last week it was posted that 4 cars had been broken into on the  
south side of Warrington (across from where Abbracchio is). On  
Friday night, 3 or 4 cars on the 800 block of S. 48th St. had their  
windows smashed in. And now this...


Hmm..

-cm
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On Monday, July 2, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Elizabeth F Campion wrote:



Dear Neighbors,

This morning we woke up to beautiful weather, chirping birds and  
nasty vandalism.
My husband discovered that some one (or more) had moved along the  
east side of the 900 and 1000 blocks of Farragut puncturing the  
side walls of tires and "keying" the sides of cars.  They got both  
of our cars and at least five others.
Some cars had 2 or 3 tires damaged, and for those, it will not be a  
simple matter of changing a flat.
He typed the note, shown below, and tucked it under the windshield  
of cars for which he noticed damage.
He did not have time for a more thorough inspection of nearby  
vehicles as a tow truck arrived to take our van to Central City  
Toyota.


His fear was folks might not notice the damage until they had  
pulled out of their parking spaces.
My hope is that a heads up will help folks better plan their days,  
or maybe notice and take precautions to prevent a larger problem  
that might come from unnoticed lesser damage, (a smaller puncture  
that safflower, could become a major problem once you are on the  
road).


Please forward this note,  to anyone who might live between  
Baltimore and Chester and 46th and 47th who might be affected.
All those who suffered similar vandalism, please notify the Police  
and please send me an offlist reply.
I would like to send coordinated documentation to the police to  
supplement all the individual reports.


Here is the note with Police contact info, that Larry left:

"Good Morning.



I’m sorry about your tire damage. I also have two damaged tires. M 
y damage is in the sidewall. Your damage may also be in the sidewa 
lls. If so, the tires may need to be replaced.




There are five vehicles with tire damage, all on Farragut Terrace.  
Three are on the north side and two are on the south side of  
Springfield Ave. In additional, one car was scraped along the  
entire sidewalk side with a sharp instrument.




I encourage you to dial 911 and make a police report. I have  
already done so this morning. I learned that I can only report  
damage to my vehicle. Please report the damage to your vehicle.




Also, please call the 18th Police Precinct and ask for the Captain 
’s Office. The numbers are 215-686-686-3180 or 686-3181.


Please call to report the damage.



Larry Motyka

4611 Springfield Ave."



From the direction of the "keying", it appears that the marauder  
started near Baltimore Avenue and went South along the east side of  
Springfield, but they could as easily have come from the other  
direction and done the "keying" as an after thought, and with the  
dame tool with which they punctured the tires.




I hope everyone affected is able to make a quick, safe and  
affordable repair, without undo stress or inconvenience.


I hope we pull together to learn the WHO of this vandalism and find  
a way to stop it and maybe even get compensation.




Separately, I am searching my brain for a WHY.

Is this

a fraternity prank?

the result of jealousy?

a tire dealer going hungry?

revenge (maybe police shut down a loud weekend party and  
festivity freaks targeted the neighborhood)?




I hope most of you enjoy a better start to the day than many of us  
along Farragut.




Best!

Liz

RE: [UC] John Fenton will respond shortly

[John Fenton]

in uc review> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:09:38 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To: UnivCity@list.purple.com> Subject: Re: [UC] John Fenton will respond 
shortly> > John Fenton wrote:> > I'm preparing a statement that should be out 
in the next week or so.> > > > > > Sincerely,> > > > John F. Fenton> > Lifetime 
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are. Ray has admitted being> connected to this forger." -- Tony West> > > > > > 
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