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Your mind isn't the only thing about you that regenerates while you sleep. "Your skin repairs itself at night, so removing makeup gives your skin a clean palette for applying your nighttime performance products for maximum absorption," Rouleau says. Too tired to do it right before bed? Perform your nighttime skin routine around 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. "Earlier is better than never!"


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Maybell project opponents race against deadlines
Original post made on Jul 10, 2013
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on Jul 10, 2013 at 10:43 am
Palo Alto needs more affordable housing. The NIMBY attitude so prevalent in this town has got to stop. I received a call about this project from a Poll Taker last week, who wouldn't tell me which side was sponsoring the call, but it was a long, involved survey -- not just a few questions on Survey Monkey. I told the pollster in no uncertain terms that this project should go through and be supported. Traffic and safety for students are just smokescreens for people who want Palo Alto to remain 'rural.' My house was built on a dirt road near Mitchell Park in 1947 -- when Middlefield literally ran down the middle of the fields between Alma and Bayshore (the 2 lane street, not the freeway.) Since the tract house builders came to Palo Alto in the 1950's the rural, small-town nature of the city has been long-gone.
Don't waste city time and money on an election that should fail.
on Jul 10, 2013 at 10:56 am
Good luck to the people collecting signatures.
This whole project reflects a very unhealthy relationship between the so-called Palo Alto Housing Corporation--which is increasingly looking like a front for some property developers.
on Jul 10, 2013 at 10:56 am
We know we're a built-up city, so balancing having an inclusive community and conserving cherished neighborhood qualities will require compromise. The Maybell project seems to me a good example of what can be done. City staff and the Palo Alto Housing Corporations planned well, listened to neighbors and made compromises, did the very difficult work of putting together funding for the project, and by using the project for low-income seniors created a much lower impact than would the 40-or-so single-family homes that are the alternative for that property.
Palo Alto needs to work with extra diligence to create low-income housing if we are to be an inclusive community. The Maybell project makes progress toward that goal in ways that are physically attractive, socially practical, and economically feasible. It's a project we can all be proud of, including the good people who live nearby and will have the opportunity to welcome low-income seniors to their neighborhood.


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