[UC-Announce] adult class at NBW

2007-03-13 Thread Neighborhood Bike Works
Hello! Do you want to learn basic bike repair? These skills will help you choose a bike if you're looking to buy one, and make you more confident to go riding knowing you will be able to troubleshoot on the road, and you can keep your bike in better working order when you learn about it! PLUS

Herodotus - was [UC] Re: KYW news story on religion in government

2007-03-13 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 3/12/2007 10:00:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Herodotus. But it loses a lot of its punch when it's removed from its original Doric-Lacedaemonian. - Mike V. On 3/12/07, Ross Bender _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

Re: [UC] RE: West Philly

2007-03-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
You spoke true, Ross. I DO sound like an old fuddy-duddy. Not certain I am speaking of ³Family Values² in the recent neo-con sense; rather just taking care of your own children and make sure they know how to act before they cross your front door. Not foisting them on society to do the job of the

Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
Every child deserves to have a building that is nice and new. Even I deserve to work in a building where I can at least use the restroom and find it reasonably clean and tidy. I was relating what has happened in new building such as my University City story. The prevailing sentiment seems to me

Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 3/13/2007 7:23:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Every child deserves to have a building that is nice and new. Even I deserve to work in a building where I can at least use the restroom and find it reasonably clean and tidy. You are equating

[UC] West Philly Mayoral Forum March 15; 3801 Market, 7pm

2007-03-13 Thread Lewis Mellman
It would be great if someone would contact the West Philly Democrat Club to ask them to confirm which candidates plan to attend on Thursday and to send this info to the UCLipServ. I arrived late to the Powelton Village forum last night, and the room was filled with disappointed people because

Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 3/13/2007 11:02:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that whether the current building could be renovated as an alternative to building a new building from scratch is a reasonable debate to have. It still has nothing whatsoever to do with

Re: [UC] West Philly Mayoral Forum March 15th

2007-03-13 Thread Vincent/Roger
If only there were clear choices in policy. Roger They represent clear choices in personality, approach and constituent base and they are spewing policy options like five volcanoes.

Re: [UC] HDTV Antenna

2007-03-13 Thread emko
Here's the cheapo alternative. I set up my antenna this way and it works perfectly if all you want are the local broadcast channels. I got this info off the web but unfortunately didn't record the site. You could use this until you need to get an HDTV. So you bought a high performance TV

[UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread Bill Sanderson
Agreed. That matches my understanding of the outcome of the design process-that all parties agreed that some form of smaller-mini-schools within a larger campus arrangement-was desirable. The school district still needs to be able to educate roughly the number of students presently being

Re: [UC] Energy Concerns

2007-03-13 Thread Dan Myers
Sorry I was in NY yesterday and didn't have time to respond but here is the URL and the place we bought it from: Info: http://www.ccrane.com/lights/led-light-bulbs/index.aspx (scroll down for the chart on the versus incandescent part) Bought from: http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/7aa8/ Hope

RE: Herodotus - was [UC] Re: KYW news story on religion in government

2007-03-13 Thread Mike V.
He wrapped himself in quotations--as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. - Mike V. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:31 AM To: univcity@list.purple.com Subject:

Re: [UC] RE: [UC] Re: KYW news story on religion in government [was: Re: [UC] Unrest ...

2007-03-13 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Elliot M. Stern wrote: You could explain why the state store should move, if you were a patron. well, like any other resident and patron I'm pretty sure I could explain how the state store could be improved at its current location. but we'd be right back where we started. :-)

Why does the state store want to move (was RE: [UC] RE: [UC] Re: KYW news story on religion in government [was: Re: [UC] Unrest ...)

2007-03-13 Thread Kyle Cassidy
Why not call whomever owns and runs the store and ask them why or if they want to move? -- they can answer your question, nobody here can, we can only speculate. Find out the facts and let us know what they say. As we've seen, everybody speculating gets us nowhere. We have a tendancy on this

Re: Why does the state store want to move (was RE: [UC] RE: [UC] Re: KYW news story on religion in government [was: Re: [UC] Unrest ...)

2007-03-13 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Kyle Cassidy wrote: Why not call whomever owns and runs the store and ask them why or if they want to move? -- they can answer your question, nobody here can, we can only speculate. Find out the facts and let us know what they say. As we've seen, everybody speculating gets us nowhere. We have

Re: [UC] West Philly Mayoral Forum March 15; 3801 Market, 7pm

2007-03-13 Thread Freda Egnal
Since the 3, 6, 24, 27, 44, 46, 51 60 ward committees are sponsoring the event, I would assume all mayoral candidates will be in attendance plus candidates for other offices. Lewis Mellman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be great if someone would contact the West Philly Democrat Club to

[UC] Some moderately good news

2007-03-13 Thread John A. F. Desmond
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Re: [UC] Some moderately good news

2007-03-13 Thread Ross Bender
Also: For the first time in nearly half a century, Center City vehicle traffic dropped while mass-transit ridership was up, according to new data from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/16891971.htm?source=rsschannel=inquirer_front

Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread SKnight
Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence thereThe prevailing sentiment seems to me If it's not mine personally, I don't care about it. It's all the people who believe this that make me wish I was not American. This mentality creates litter, gum dried black to sidewalks, all manner of

Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread SKnight
Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence thereWilma, The only instance of violence against a teacher that I recall seeing first-hand while teaching at Camden was done to a teacher who was nasty and talked down to the student. She practically goaded the student to slap her several

[UC] CORR: West Philly High re recent violence there

2007-03-13 Thread SKnight
Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence therePerhaps I was not clear. I am not referring to you, Wilma, when I say the people who believe this... I am referring to the mentality that makes people look at everything with this viewpoint. sk - Original Message - From:

[UC] Re: Why does the state store want to move

2007-03-13 Thread Anthony West
Well, among the facts that have been revealed are -- That the state store's current building has a chronically broken furnace; That the state store's current building is in a less than optimal location for retail expansion; That the state store's current building is not large enough to