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	<description>Derek and Amanda got married. Moved to the country. Had a couple of kids.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Select Comfort &#8211; customer service failure by Alan Rutter</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2009/06/derek/select-comfort-customer-service-failure/comment-page-2/#comment-142734</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rutter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 10:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can anyone tell me where to get controllers that can do the same job but are reliable and are a direct replacement at a reassonable cost?
I am certianly NOT going back to the manufacturer to get ripped off every 3 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can anyone tell me where to get controllers that can do the same job but are reliable and are a direct replacement at a reassonable cost?<br />
I am certianly NOT going back to the manufacturer to get ripped off every 3 years.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A new job, a new future by Laura</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/05/derek/a-new-job-a-new-future/comment-page-1/#comment-142710</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations Derek!  I am so happy and proud for you! What an opportunity. Remind yourself and Amanda that things happen for a reason.  Transition may be difficult but will be for the best. Love you all. Laura</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations Derek!  I am so happy and proud for you! What an opportunity. Remind yourself and Amanda that things happen for a reason.  Transition may be difficult but will be for the best. Love you all. Laura</p>
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		<title>Comment on A new job, a new future by Amanda</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/05/derek/a-new-job-a-new-future/comment-page-1/#comment-142699</link>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lets just say this will be a HUGE change for ALL of us. There are many people and jobs I will be leaving as well. I will miss everything we have built here for ourselves in Buffalo, but am definitely excited for Derek&#039;s new opportunity at Praxair and our opportunity as a Family to move into a new area and make new friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lets just say this will be a HUGE change for ALL of us. There are many people and jobs I will be leaving as well. I will miss everything we have built here for ourselves in Buffalo, but am definitely excited for Derek&#8217;s new opportunity at Praxair and our opportunity as a Family to move into a new area and make new friends.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A new job, a new future by Christopher Samulski</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/05/derek/a-new-job-a-new-future/comment-page-1/#comment-142698</link>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Samulski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congrats cousin!  Best of luck in the new position. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congrats cousin!  Best of luck in the new position. <img src='http://punaro.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on What to do with an old satellite dish by Matt Howard</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2008/06/derek/what-to-do-with-an-old-satellite-dish/comment-page-1/#comment-142627</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Howard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 23:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just aquired an old birdview av2028 8.5 foot satellite dish. I just want to know what the dish itself is made of.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just aquired an old birdview av2028 8.5 foot satellite dish. I just want to know what the dish itself is made of.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Select Comfort learns the real power of Twitter by Allison</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2009/06/derek/select-comfort-learns-the-real-power-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-142582</link>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Derek,

I just wanted to let you know that its 2012 and I came across this whole thing after I started having trouble with mine. I know you got resolved but ~3 years later you are still high on the Google organics when &quot;select comfort pump problems&quot; is searched. Hopefully, I won&#039;t have to go as far as you did, but I might use your tactics if they are unhelpful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Derek,</p>
<p>I just wanted to let you know that its 2012 and I came across this whole thing after I started having trouble with mine. I know you got resolved but ~3 years later you are still high on the Google organics when &#8220;select comfort pump problems&#8221; is searched. Hopefully, I won&#8217;t have to go as far as you did, but I might use your tactics if they are unhelpful.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What to do with an old satellite dish by richard</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2008/06/derek/what-to-do-with-an-old-satellite-dish/comment-page-1/#comment-142467</link>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i plant watermelon&#039;s    turn my mesh dish over them  to keep  varmints  out   i water  thru  mess  and  sun  shines in also</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i plant watermelon&#8217;s    turn my mesh dish over them  to keep  varmints  out   i water  thru  mess  and  sun  shines in also</p>
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		<title>Comment on Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email by Syed</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/01/derek/modifying-a-sharepoint-2010-workflow-email/comment-page-1/#comment-142455</link>
		<dc:creator>Syed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please let me know how to customize search functionality in sharepoint2010.  I want to pass multiple parameters like project name, requestor name, request date etc as a search criteria and limit my search scope only to the lists and libraries created by me.

Please note I want to do this without writing code in VS2010.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please let me know how to customize search functionality in sharepoint2010.  I want to pass multiple parameters like project name, requestor name, request date etc as a search criteria and limit my search scope only to the lists and libraries created by me.</p>
<p>Please note I want to do this without writing code in VS2010.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email by Jaffar</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/01/derek/modifying-a-sharepoint-2010-workflow-email/comment-page-1/#comment-142448</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaffar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Derek,

Is it possible to open the Infopath form in a client mode (like, the way it opens when you click Open this Task button from Outlook client/ Word) from  my approval email body other than this approach?

In other words, where do i see the script for Outlook email clients Open This Task ribbon script, so that i can try to mimic the same functionality from the email body/ any thoughts?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Derek,</p>
<p>Is it possible to open the Infopath form in a client mode (like, the way it opens when you click Open this Task button from Outlook client/ Word) from  my approval email body other than this approach?</p>
<p>In other words, where do i see the script for Outlook email clients Open This Task ribbon script, so that i can try to mimic the same functionality from the email body/ any thoughts?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email by Derek</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/01/derek/modifying-a-sharepoint-2010-workflow-email/comment-page-1/#comment-142439</link>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, don&#039;t know what&#039;s causing your issue.  Hopefully someone on TechNet can help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s causing your issue.  Hopefully someone on TechNet can help.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email by Jaffar</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/01/derek/modifying-a-sharepoint-2010-workflow-email/comment-page-1/#comment-142438</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaffar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could you please answer my question? Its here.

I followed the exactly the same thing. but the Approve/Reject form is not behave properly (it does the job but the page stays as if its processing.....)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010general/thread/82405c21-5090-49da-82fb-634d38e27689</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could you please answer my question? Its here.</p>
<p>I followed the exactly the same thing. but the Approve/Reject form is not behave properly (it does the job but the page stays as if its processing&#8230;..)<br />
<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010general/thread/82405c21-5090-49da-82fb-634d38e27689" rel="nofollow">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010general/thread/82405c21-5090-49da-82fb-634d38e27689</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Why Are People Taking Pictures of Our House? by Melony</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2008/04/amanda/why-are-people-taking-pictures-of-our-house/comment-page-1/#comment-142332</link>
		<dc:creator>Melony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 01:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am having this problem, I am in a duplex and have been here for about 4 months now.  This has happened about 3 times that I am certain of.  Today I got sick of it after confronting the woman in the car and she ignored me, so I got her license plate number and called the cops.  They are in the process of going to her home to tell her to stay the hell away from my house!  If you don&#039;t tolerate the crap, it won&#039;t happen....that&#039;s my motto lol.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am having this problem, I am in a duplex and have been here for about 4 months now.  This has happened about 3 times that I am certain of.  Today I got sick of it after confronting the woman in the car and she ignored me, so I got her license plate number and called the cops.  They are in the process of going to her home to tell her to stay the hell away from my house!  If you don&#8217;t tolerate the crap, it won&#8217;t happen&#8230;.that&#8217;s my motto lol.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Zum Schiffchen by Amanda P (aka the Wife)</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/04/derek/zum-schiffchen/comment-page-1/#comment-142068</link>
		<dc:creator>Amanda P (aka the Wife)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just so everyone knows and appreciates the pic even more - it took Derek at least 20 minutes to get that beer shot EXACTLY right. It was very hard for him to wait that long to take a sip too..... :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just so everyone knows and appreciates the pic even more &#8211; it took Derek at least 20 minutes to get that beer shot EXACTLY right. It was very hard for him to wait that long to take a sip too&#8230;.. <img src='http://punaro.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email by Maheswar</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/01/derek/modifying-a-sharepoint-2010-workflow-email/comment-page-1/#comment-142043</link>
		<dc:creator>Maheswar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank You very much. This is exactly what I was looking for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank You very much. This is exactly what I was looking for.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What to do with an old satellite dish by Claudia Titus</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2008/06/derek/what-to-do-with-an-old-satellite-dish/comment-page-1/#comment-141941</link>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Titus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw a mesh dish turned up on the top of a dog pen for some shade and
another one made into a small garden.

The  smaller ones can be attached to a log or a stand and used for a salt lick
in the woods for deer or they make good outside chair seats attached to a 
log for a seat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw a mesh dish turned up on the top of a dog pen for some shade and<br />
another one made into a small garden.</p>
<p>The  smaller ones can be attached to a log or a stand and used for a salt lick<br />
in the woods for deer or they make good outside chair seats attached to a<br />
log for a seat.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Trico &#8211; Dissecting the Anti-Preservation Stance by Saltecks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Saltecks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pathetic.  Estimated at 180million to renovate, and you think that ok? AFA the National Register. There are over 1million buildings already listed on it, including the Barbershop where Elvis Presley had his haircut when he entered the Army.  So what? Its not like the Sec of the Interior came to Buffalo and said, oops we missed that one add it now. They add anything the appropriate state agencies say to add. Period. It was added because the developer just thought of another way to make the public pay for an investment he did not have the money for himself. In front of me are several major books on Buffalo Architecture including what is probably the bible of Buffalo Architecture , BUFFALO ARCHITECTURE : A GUIDE (1981 MIT Press). Guess what, this Building is strangely absent. Its also missing from CLASSIC BUFFALO, A heritage of Distinguished Architecture (Canisius College Press). Guess prior to 2001 no one thought of Trico#1 as important.

The role of the BNMC is to bring world class medicine to Buffalo. Its is not about forcing them to spend ridiculous amounts of money to rehab a building. I think it is reprehensible when an attempt is made to force them to divert funds, which are earmarked to create an  institution to improve the health and welfare of all living WNYers, towards saving a building of questionable value.  It absolutely disgusts me.

You know what  has always irked me. There was a beautiful civil war farmhouse in Allentown. Within the boundaries of the historic district.  It was demolished a couple of years ago to permit the expansion of a printing plant. Did you hear of anyone complain, including Tielmans crew? Me thinks its about pulling the right preservationist strings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pathetic.  Estimated at 180million to renovate, and you think that ok? AFA the National Register. There are over 1million buildings already listed on it, including the Barbershop where Elvis Presley had his haircut when he entered the Army.  So what? Its not like the Sec of the Interior came to Buffalo and said, oops we missed that one add it now. They add anything the appropriate state agencies say to add. Period. It was added because the developer just thought of another way to make the public pay for an investment he did not have the money for himself. In front of me are several major books on Buffalo Architecture including what is probably the bible of Buffalo Architecture , BUFFALO ARCHITECTURE : A GUIDE (1981 MIT Press). Guess what, this Building is strangely absent. Its also missing from CLASSIC BUFFALO, A heritage of Distinguished Architecture (Canisius College Press). Guess prior to 2001 no one thought of Trico#1 as important.</p>
<p>The role of the BNMC is to bring world class medicine to Buffalo. Its is not about forcing them to spend ridiculous amounts of money to rehab a building. I think it is reprehensible when an attempt is made to force them to divert funds, which are earmarked to create an  institution to improve the health and welfare of all living WNYers, towards saving a building of questionable value.  It absolutely disgusts me.</p>
<p>You know what  has always irked me. There was a beautiful civil war farmhouse in Allentown. Within the boundaries of the historic district.  It was demolished a couple of years ago to permit the expansion of a printing plant. Did you hear of anyone complain, including Tielmans crew? Me thinks its about pulling the right preservationist strings.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why Are People Taking Pictures of Our House? by Map</title>
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		<dc:creator>Map</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is odd, and what is even stranger is that first there was a camera flash in the front of our house near the front door, and then one in the back the next night near the backdoor.What is this junk? noone should be coming onto anyone else&#039;s property to take pictures at night, at all!!!So what is the real answer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is odd, and what is even stranger is that first there was a camera flash in the front of our house near the front door, and then one in the back the next night near the backdoor.What is this junk? noone should be coming onto anyone else&#8217;s property to take pictures at night, at all!!!So what is the real answer.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Trico &#8211; Dissecting the Anti-Preservation Stance by Chris H</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/03/derek/trico-dissecting-the-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-140954</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FYI, the BNMC does not own Trico. The City does, through a subsidiary of the Buffalo Urban Development Corp.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Trico &#8211; Dissecting the Anti-Preservation Stance by Alan Bedenko</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/03/derek/trico-dissecting-the-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-140843</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan Bedenko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not accustomed to being insulted in such an erudite manner.  Next time, Chuck, just call me an asshole and be done with it.  Although your insult-o-rama hardly deserves a reply from me beyond what I already wrote, I&#039;ll do so anyway because I&#039;m a bit pissed off. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;The Trico buildings are exactly the type of structures that successful, progrssive cities preserve and repurpose. These are precisely the type of industrial buildings that can be reused easily and inexpensively.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yes, they _can_. They also don&#039;t _have to_. I&#039;ve addressed it above, albeit with sophistic jaundice, but if there&#039;s nothing legally preventing BNMC from demolishing the Trico, that&#039;s really the end of it, isn&#039;t it? You guys can make noise about it, but really it&#039;s a difference in subjective preference - your efforts to make this some sort of objective truth notwithstanding. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;The real rub, however, is not Bedenko’s sophistic argument, but that his jaundice has apparently blinded him to the obvious problems with the BNMC’s behavior. And the problems are surely obvious:&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Is this about the building, or about BNMC&#039;s behavior? Because truly, BNMC owes you nothing. They listened and maybe humored the preservation folks for a while so as to hear all points of view, but they have no obligation - and made no promises - to do anything regarding keeping Truico around. You guys need to pick a point and stick to it, and whining about how mean old BNMC with all its &quot;employees&quot; and &quot;money&quot; aren&#039;t being nice to people you like isn&#039;t going to be persuasive with, really, many people outside your already small population of earnest amateur architect/planners. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;The BNMC knowingly purchased an existing historic building, and have been letting the structure decay. They have refused to disclose the results of their own building survey to the public. They have refused to cooperate with PBN in performing a jointly-funded building survey. They have not submitted or divulged any plans to do anything productive with the site once the building is gone. (The last-known BNMC plan for the Trico site is for it to become a parking lot. Moreover, while the site is part of the BNMC’s comprehensive vision for the entire area, there are no specific plans for the site. The vision is nebulous at best, and is as imminent and binding as these types of things usually are; that is, not at all, like most of the similarly ambitious plans currently collecting dust in City Hall.) There is a giant parking lot right next door, apparently owned by the BNMC, exactly the same size as the Trico site, which would be prime for development.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You clearly and palpably didn&#039;t even fucking bother to read what I wrote. You were evidently too busy rushing to the thesaurus to come up with insults to hurl at me. 

Even a cursory look at the BNMC&#039;s plans reveals that the parking lots you abhor are already slated for development. The plans for the Trico building don&#039;t appear yet, but so what? They don&#039;t owe you a damn thing, and you have no standing to demand it. 

Oh, and, BTW, I also wrote that I agree that they ought to have a plan in place before anything gets ripped down. You ignored that completely &amp; absolutely. Seriously, Chuck - you&#039;re long winded enough that you should do others the favor of reading to the end.  I specifically said, &quot;hold them to a high standard, but let them build&quot;. That implies that they have something to build, doesn&#039;t it? 

Frankly - and you may deny it despite its truth - if Trico didn&#039;t exist, and BNMC announced that it was going to build a big dung-colored brick box 15 stories high at that city block, you&#039;d probably oppose it to high heaven due to the fact that it&#039;s totally out of character for a contemporary urban downtown. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;Boy, none of that sounds fishy, does it? Those pesky, small-minded preservationists must be trying to hold back progress once again!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Now you&#039;re getting it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not accustomed to being insulted in such an erudite manner.  Next time, Chuck, just call me an asshole and be done with it.  Although your insult-o-rama hardly deserves a reply from me beyond what I already wrote, I&#8217;ll do so anyway because I&#8217;m a bit pissed off. </p>
<blockquote><p>The Trico buildings are exactly the type of structures that successful, progrssive cities preserve and repurpose. These are precisely the type of industrial buildings that can be reused easily and inexpensively.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, they _can_. They also don&#8217;t _have to_. I&#8217;ve addressed it above, albeit with sophistic jaundice, but if there&#8217;s nothing legally preventing BNMC from demolishing the Trico, that&#8217;s really the end of it, isn&#8217;t it? You guys can make noise about it, but really it&#8217;s a difference in subjective preference &#8211; your efforts to make this some sort of objective truth notwithstanding. </p>
<blockquote><p>The real rub, however, is not Bedenko’s sophistic argument, but that his jaundice has apparently blinded him to the obvious problems with the BNMC’s behavior. And the problems are surely obvious:</p></blockquote>
<p>Is this about the building, or about BNMC&#8217;s behavior? Because truly, BNMC owes you nothing. They listened and maybe humored the preservation folks for a while so as to hear all points of view, but they have no obligation &#8211; and made no promises &#8211; to do anything regarding keeping Truico around. You guys need to pick a point and stick to it, and whining about how mean old BNMC with all its &#8220;employees&#8221; and &#8220;money&#8221; aren&#8217;t being nice to people you like isn&#8217;t going to be persuasive with, really, many people outside your already small population of earnest amateur architect/planners. </p>
<blockquote><p>The BNMC knowingly purchased an existing historic building, and have been letting the structure decay. They have refused to disclose the results of their own building survey to the public. They have refused to cooperate with PBN in performing a jointly-funded building survey. They have not submitted or divulged any plans to do anything productive with the site once the building is gone. (The last-known BNMC plan for the Trico site is for it to become a parking lot. Moreover, while the site is part of the BNMC’s comprehensive vision for the entire area, there are no specific plans for the site. The vision is nebulous at best, and is as imminent and binding as these types of things usually are; that is, not at all, like most of the similarly ambitious plans currently collecting dust in City Hall.) There is a giant parking lot right next door, apparently owned by the BNMC, exactly the same size as the Trico site, which would be prime for development.</p></blockquote>
<p>You clearly and palpably didn&#8217;t even fucking bother to read what I wrote. You were evidently too busy rushing to the thesaurus to come up with insults to hurl at me. </p>
<p>Even a cursory look at the BNMC&#8217;s plans reveals that the parking lots you abhor are already slated for development. The plans for the Trico building don&#8217;t appear yet, but so what? They don&#8217;t owe you a damn thing, and you have no standing to demand it. </p>
<p>Oh, and, BTW, I also wrote that I agree that they ought to have a plan in place before anything gets ripped down. You ignored that completely &amp; absolutely. Seriously, Chuck &#8211; you&#8217;re long winded enough that you should do others the favor of reading to the end.  I specifically said, &#8220;hold them to a high standard, but let them build&#8221;. That implies that they have something to build, doesn&#8217;t it? </p>
<p>Frankly &#8211; and you may deny it despite its truth &#8211; if Trico didn&#8217;t exist, and BNMC announced that it was going to build a big dung-colored brick box 15 stories high at that city block, you&#8217;d probably oppose it to high heaven due to the fact that it&#8217;s totally out of character for a contemporary urban downtown. </p>
<blockquote><p>Boy, none of that sounds fishy, does it? Those pesky, small-minded preservationists must be trying to hold back progress once again!</p></blockquote>
<p>Now you&#8217;re getting it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Trico &#8211; Dissecting the Anti-Preservation Stance by Chuck Banas</title>
		<link>http://punaro.com/index.php/2012/03/derek/trico-dissecting-the-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-140827</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Banas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. Punaro has written an excellent deconstruction of the issue. It is no surprise, nonetheless, that Mr. Bendenko&#039;s mindless contrarianism is on full display here. Indeed, his comments display the lack of creativity and vision -- as well as the cynicism -- that we&#039;ve come to expect.

But Bedenko&#039;s train of logic really derails when he states that Mr. Punaro is correct about most (if not all) of his points, and then glibly says, &quot;so what?&quot; Even a cursory interpretation of Punaro&#039;s individual arguments reveals them to be germane and immensely relevant. The Trico buildings are exactly the type of structures that successful, progrssive cities preserve and repurpose. These are precisely the type of industrial buildings that can be reused easily and inexpensively.

The real rub, however, is not Bedenko&#039;s sophistic argument, but that his jaundice has apparently blinded him to the obvious problems with the BNMC&#039;s behavior. And the problems are surely obvious:

The BNMC knowingly purchased an existing historic building, and have been letting the structure decay. They have refused to disclose the results of their own building survey to the public. They have refused to cooperate with PBN in performing a jointly-funded building survey. They have not submitted or divulged any plans to do anything productive with the site once the building is gone. (The last-known BNMC plan for the Trico site is for it to become a parking lot. Moreover, while the site is part of the BNMC&#039;s comprehensive vision for the entire area, there are no specific plans for the site. The vision is nebulous at best, and is as imminent and binding as these types of things usually are; that is, not at all, like most of the similarly ambitious plans currently collecting dust in City Hall.) There is a giant parking lot right next door, apparently owned by the BNMC, exactly the same size as the Trico site, which would be prime for development.

Boy, none of that sounds fishy, does it? Those pesky, small-minded preservationists must be trying to hold back progress once again!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Punaro has written an excellent deconstruction of the issue. It is no surprise, nonetheless, that Mr. Bendenko&#8217;s mindless contrarianism is on full display here. Indeed, his comments display the lack of creativity and vision &#8212; as well as the cynicism &#8212; that we&#8217;ve come to expect.</p>
<p>But Bedenko&#8217;s train of logic really derails when he states that Mr. Punaro is correct about most (if not all) of his points, and then glibly says, &#8220;so what?&#8221; Even a cursory interpretation of Punaro&#8217;s individual arguments reveals them to be germane and immensely relevant. The Trico buildings are exactly the type of structures that successful, progrssive cities preserve and repurpose. These are precisely the type of industrial buildings that can be reused easily and inexpensively.</p>
<p>The real rub, however, is not Bedenko&#8217;s sophistic argument, but that his jaundice has apparently blinded him to the obvious problems with the BNMC&#8217;s behavior. And the problems are surely obvious:</p>
<p>The BNMC knowingly purchased an existing historic building, and have been letting the structure decay. They have refused to disclose the results of their own building survey to the public. They have refused to cooperate with PBN in performing a jointly-funded building survey. They have not submitted or divulged any plans to do anything productive with the site once the building is gone. (The last-known BNMC plan for the Trico site is for it to become a parking lot. Moreover, while the site is part of the BNMC&#8217;s comprehensive vision for the entire area, there are no specific plans for the site. The vision is nebulous at best, and is as imminent and binding as these types of things usually are; that is, not at all, like most of the similarly ambitious plans currently collecting dust in City Hall.) There is a giant parking lot right next door, apparently owned by the BNMC, exactly the same size as the Trico site, which would be prime for development.</p>
<p>Boy, none of that sounds fishy, does it? Those pesky, small-minded preservationists must be trying to hold back progress once again!</p>
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