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The Almanac 09.21.2011 - Section 1
Section 1 of the September 23.2011 edition of the Mountain View Voice
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The grounds offer endless possibilities. $3,986,000 M E N LO PA R K Charming ranch style home with two large bedrooms, two baths and eat-in kitchen. Located on a quaint cul-de-sac and moments to downtown on a 10,000+/-sf lot. $1,495,000 MENLO PARK OFFICE 1550 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 10 0 650.462.1111 WOODSIDE OFFICE 2930 WOODSIDE ROAD 650.529.1111 APR COUNTIES | Santa Clara | San Mateo | San Francisco | Marin | Sonoma | Alameda | Contra Costa | Monterey | Santa Cruz 2 The Almanac September 21, 2011 UPF RONT Henry Phipps of Woodside is singing in the San Francisco Opera production and world premiere of "Heart of a Soldier," based on a true story about heroic action during the collapse of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Photo by Cory Weaver /San Francisco Opera Young Woodside resident in SF opera production this month two hours after that. The cast rehearsed for about four weeks over the summer, often every enry Phipps, a Woodside day, he said. resident and a seventhThe opera, with music by grader at Nueva School Christopher Theofanidis and in Hillsborough, has a night job. based on a book by New YorkFor three more evenings --and based journalist James B. Stewone afternoon -- in September, he art, runs for seven performances will perform a significant in September, the next singing role in "Heart of being Wednesday, a Soldier," a San Francisco Sept. 21. Opera world-premiere `I love music. ... It's kind of like a break Go to tinyurl. production based on a true from life. It gets me out of my routines. com/Soldier-SFO for story of an Englishman more information. It's just a wonderful thing.' who died in the collapse Henry's interof the World Trade Center est in opera is about as HENRY PHIPPS after leading 2,700 people old as his involvement to safety. with this production. Henry, 12, who plays the Eng- age 6 or 7 if he wanted to join a "I really didn't know a thing lishman as a boy, told the Alma- chorus; he agreed to try it, and about it until I got this part," nac in a telephone interview that joined the Ragazzi Boys Chorus. he said. "Now that I'm in it, I've he has seven minutes on stage, The chorus helped Henry pre- got the bug, and I'm thinking of starting with a solo dialog that pare for the "Heart of a Soldier" trying out for another opera." evolves into a solo song and then auditions. "I owe a lot to them," He does get butterflies, but a duet with acclaimed baritone he said. they go away. "Once I'm on and I Thomas Hampson, who sings He and his understudy, or start singing, it comes back and I the role of the hero as an adult. cover, are the only kids in the do what I've always done and it Henry said he hangs out in cast, he said. After his first audi- kind of works," he said. "I the backstage canteen when not tion, he was called back for a wouldn't be surprised if I grow performing, and is considering a second, and got the part about up to be a professional singer." Almanac Staff Writer By Dave Boyce H career as a professional singer. "I love singing," he said when asked how he came to the art. "I love music. I don't know. It's kind of like a break from life. It gets me out of my routines. It's just a wonderful thing." Henry's mother, Kristina Phipps, asked him at around A CALLING ON THE ALMANAC Newsroom: Newsroom fax: Advertising: Advertising fax: Classified ads: 223-6525 223-7525 854-2626 854-3650 854-0858 E-mail news, information, obituaries and photos (with captions) to: email@example.com E-mail letters to the editor to: firstname.lastname@example.com THE ALMANAC (ISSN 1097-3095 and USPS 459370) is published every Wednesday by Embarcadero Media, 3525 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA 940256558. 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September 21, 2011 The Almanac 3 Now Open In Palo Alto Valerie Wilson Travel Palo Alto 525 University Avenue, Suite 23 Palo Alto, California 94301 855-255-8525 650-485-4545 email@example.com A Experience The Power of AccessTM Connect One to One And Travel With Us! z Valerie Wilson Travel Locations: New York, New York Summer Symphony 52 presents and Blind Pilot concert | gourmet dinner drinks | kid's zone September 29th 4 www.summersymphony.org The Almanac September 21, 2011 M E N L O P A R K | A T H E R T O N | W O O D S I D E | P O R T O L A V A L L E Y Residents revisit Stanford's offer to upgrade trail By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer R esidents of Ladera and Stanford Weekend Acres gathered last week to reconsider a controversial offer by Stanford University to spend up to $10.2 million to repave and upgrade the timeworn trail that meanders through their communities along Alpine Road between Portola Valley and Menlo Park. Whether the communities will accept the money and conditions that link renovations to that stretch of road is an open question. In 2006, a vociferous group of residents, backed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, rejected it. A sense of current opinion should materi- alize once the county manager's office posts results from two community meetings: The one held Thursday, Sept. 15, in Ladera; and the next set for Tuesday, Sept. 20, with facilitation from the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. Stanford's offer, which expires in December, would fulfill a condition in the university's use permit with Santa Clara County. The environmental group Committee for Green Foothills argued in court that the trail should run on the Santa Clara County side of the creek, but the state Supreme Court decided in Stanford's favor. The existing trail merges with Alpine Road in places; the asphalt is old, bumpy and cracked on that trail. But residents preferred this familiar path to the prospect of a "suburban sidewalk," as they called Stanford's offer in 2006. A new trail design, including its width, surface, route along Alpine Road, and method of dealing with creek bank erosion, would be up to San Mateo County, university spokesman Larry Horton wrote in an email. "San Mateo County is the owner of this trail and as such it can decide all the details about trail design," Mr. Horton wrote. "There are only two conditions: 1) that the trail must be a multi-use trail for bicyclists and pedestrians, and 2) that it must be a safe, continuous trail. How that is accomplished is up to San Mateo County." Stanford will not complain if its offer is spurned, Mr. Horton said. "We will be satisfied that we met the letter and spirit of our agreement with Santa Clara County. We will accept San Mateo's decision with good spirit, and we move ahead working cooperatively with Santa Clara County." The $10.2 million would revert to Santa Clara County for recreational purposes, but not for use on Stanford's land without Stanford's consent, according to the text of the agreement. So why does Stanford care about improving this trail? The campus is a not infrequent destination for residents, including univerSee TRAIL, page 9 Unions sue Menlo Park over pension initiative By Sandy Brundage Almanac Staff Writer T wo labor unions filed a lawsuit in San Mateo County Superior Court on Sept. 15, challenging the legality of Measure L, the pension reform initiative passed last year by 72 percent of Menlo Park voters. Measure L raised the minimum retirement age for new Menlo Park public employees, excluding police officers, by five years to 60, and also decreased their maximum pension benefits by 0.7 percentage points to 2 percent of their highest annual salary averaged over three years. Under this measure, a new hire who retired at age 60 after working for the city for 30 years would receive 60 percent of his or her average salary. Current employees can retire at age 55 See LAWSUIT, page 8 City Council tweaks proposed specific plan for downtown By Sandy Brundage Almanac Staff Writer Photos by Michelle Le MENLO PARK Remembering Coach Parks Friends, family, colleagues and students gathered on the Menlo-Atherton High School football field on Sept. 17 for a memorial for Coach Ben Parks, who died Aug. 19 at age 77. Coach Parks retired from M-A in 1999 after 31 years of coaching football and wrestling, but couldn't stay away, returning to work with, encourage and inspire young athletes throughout his last years. In top photo, NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame player Ronnie Lott, a former student of Coach Ben Parks, leads attendees in a moment of silence. At left, Coach Parks' son Ralph is embraced prior to the memorial service. T he Menlo Park City Council carried on into the wee hours of Wednesday morning while continuing its evaluation of the draft downtown/El Camino Real specific plan on Sept. 13. The plan aims to describe the types of new development and building dimensions allowed downtown and along El Camino Real for the next 30 years. Last week's discussion kicked off with 24 public speakers that included local merchants Richard Draeger of Draeger's Supermarkets and furniture merchant Mark Flegel, who opposed some aspects of the plan, such as the option to fill in parking plazas with mixed-use development, forcing customers to park farther away from stores. As members of the Downtown Alliance, a coalition of property and business owners, they suggested locating parking garages on plaza 2 (off Oak Grove Avenue and Chestnut Street) and another next to the Caltrain station, instead of using plazas 1 and 3 as the plan suggests. "Stand in the shoes of the property owners; stand in my shoes," Mr. Draeger asked the council. "Our livelihoods depend upon the practicality of the downtown." The Alliance has argued that forcing customers to park in a garage blocks away from stores isn't good for business. Developer Jeffrey Warmoth See DOWNTOWN, page 8 September 21, 2011 The Almanac 5 N E W S WOODSIDE PORTOLA VALLEY Sale Dates: SEPT 21, 22, 23, 24 Investigation of bike fatality leads CHP to change findings www.robertsmarket.com Fresh Produce SWEET HONEYDEW MELON FLAME & THOMPSON 49 $ Cyclist in Alpine Road fatal bicycle-truck accident not at fault. � lb By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer SEEDLESS GRAPES $ 199 CLIPTOP lb LOOSE CARROTS 39� lb Meat And Seafood WHOLE ORGANIC CHICKEN PRIME CHATEAU BRIAND PRIME TOP SIRLOIN On Sale Grocery 10 OZ. 898 $ 98 6 $ 3 $ 69 lb lb lb GROUND CHUCK 398 lb uman DNA found near the front axle of a tractor-trailer truck has led investigators from the California Highway Patrol to conclude that the November 4, 2010, collision and death of Los Altos Hills cyclist Lauren Ward was not the fault of Ms. Ward, authorities said. The accident re-enactment and subsequent investigation, which has been ongoing since December and is now over, does not conclude that the driver of the truck is at fault, CHP Officer Art Montiel told the Almanac. Ms. Ward died at the intersection of Interstate 280 and west- H bound Alpine Road. The driver has not been charged but no longer drives, this having been his third accident that resulted in a fatality, Mr. Montiel said. The CHP initially determined that Ms. Ward had struck the side of the truck, in part because the truck showed no damage from the collision, Mr. Montiel said. The discovery of the DNA and its position near the left side of axle is what prompted investigators to reconsider their findings and conclude that Ms. Ward was struck by the left front of the truck cab. Though investigators had Ms. Ward's DNA, they have not concluded that the DNA found is that of Ms. Ward, Mr. Montiel said. "They were not able to compare the two," he said, adding that he will be asking investigators why such a comparison was not possible. A LEAN CUISINE MACARONI & CHEESE $ 99 BLUE DIAMOND ROASTED ALMONDS $ 49 6 OZ. 1 Police make two arrests in burglaries of three local schools Same suspect linked to Hillview, Laurel and private school break-ins. By Sandy Brundage Almanac Staff Writer SILK VANILLA SOY MILK 64 OZ.--ALSO LIGHT $ 99 NEAR EAST ORIGINAL RICE PILAF $ 69 6 OZ.--ALSO OTHER VARIETIES 2 1 FOLGERS CLASSIC ROAST COFFEE 22 OZ. 2 R $ 29 6 Deli Department STOP BY ROBERT'S MARKET IN PORTOLA VALLEY AND TRY OUR "SANDWICH OF THE WEEK" A new and different sandwich each week! Be sure to stop by the original Robert's Market in Woodside for a fresh and tasty sandwich too! eading, writing, breaking and entering -- three local schools discovered an unfortunate addition to their curriculum during the past week. Police arrested Jaime Loya Maldanado, 20, of Menlo Park, in connection with all three burglaries. Mr. Maldanado's reputation crosses county lines. Already on probation for possession of stolen property in Santa Clara County, he also faces charges for somehow acquiring 10 laptops stolen from the Palo Alto Unified School District, according to the San Mateo County district attorney's office. Hillview Middle School on Elder Avenue suffered the loss of 26 iPads, worth a total of $16,000, on Sept. 9 after someone crawled through an unlocked classroom window, according to Menlo Park police, who got the call around 8 a.m. that day. Four days later, police said they arrived at the German-American International School on Elliott Drive around 7:30 a.m. and found that burglars had crawled in through an unlocked window to decorate the school with spray paint and sharpie markers before leaving with $400. Then, on Sept. 14, an alarm summoned Atherton police to Laurel Elementary School on Edge Road at 3:30 a.m., where they found two suspects with enough ingenuity to drape clothing over the jagged edges of a broken library window to avoid cutting themselves as they burgled, but without enough creativity to avoid arrest. Atherton police said the presence of a police canine encouraged a rapid surrender. A 16-yearold boy, along with Mr. Maldanado, earned detention at the county jail. A Wine and Spirits 2007 Chaine d'Or Cabernet Sauvignon Reg $14.99...................................Sale $12.99 For years, the Chaine d'Or Cabernet has been a source for good wine at a modest price. The just released 2007 version lifts this wine to a whole new and compelling level. This is serious Cabernet with fine aromatic and flavor complexity, a lingering finish, and can compete with wine several times its cost. A mere 75 case production, so don't wait to buy a case, or two. Seven hours, three burglaries in Menlo By Sandy Brundage Almanac Staff Writer S ome people spend seven hours during the day working, while others use that time to take advantage of other people's being at work. On Sept. 13, Menlo Park police responded to three burglary reports in seven hours, according to the crime log. Starting the day early, police arrived at the German-American International School on Elliott Drive around 7:30 a.m. to find that someone had practiced his or her ABCs on the school walls using spray paint and sharpie markers, before absconding with $400. Jaime Loya Maldanado, 20, has been charged in connection with that break-in. See BURGLARIES, Continued on next page 6 The Almanac September 21, 2011 N E W S R EAL E STATE Q&A by Gloria Darke Council members hold their noses, vote to pay state for redevelopment agency By Sandy Brundage Almanac Staff Writer Sell Now Or Wait For Recovery? Dear Gloria, My husband has been offered a job in another state. There are pros and cons to accepting this position. It would strengthen his resume and the salary would be 50% higher. But you can imagine what the flip side of this is � California housing, of course. We bought our house in 2008 and find that we are down at least 15% from what we paid for it. We cannot afford this kind of a loss with college and retirement to save for. What is the outlook for housing? How long would we need to keep this property to at least come out whole? What about renting it until the market comes back? We are in such a state of indecision. Peggy B., Redwood City Dear Peggy, I can sympathize with your dilemma and it is no comfort knowing you are not alone. It is impossible to predict when the housing market will begin to come back. In our area it seems to have stabilized for the time being. There is optimism on the part of several potential home sellers with the promise of local companies going public. Personally, I do not think that alone will be enough for improvement over the broad range of our real estate market. I think we are a few years away from a strong, broad-based recovery. So you have two choices: sell your property at a loss, move on, relocate and take a better job and buy another house where property values have also fallen perhaps even more drastically. Or, you can rent your property and turn it in to an investment property. There are tax advantages to doing that which you should discuss with your tax advisor. And the local rental market is very strong with prices that would not be possible in other parts of the country. Whether or not you will break even depends on what your principle, interest, taxes and insurance equal relative to the rent you can command. And don't forget the cost of maintenance as well as possibly hiring a property manager. MENLO PARK n Tuesday night, Menlo Park joined 86 other California cities, including Foster City, Millbrae, and Belmont, by voting to pay the state millions of dollars to keep its redevelopment agency open. Describing state Assembly bills 26 and 27 as "pay or perish" legislation, Menlo Park Finance Director Carol Augustine laid out in stark terms what faces the city in light of the state's desire to dissolve redevelopment agencies and redistribute the tax revenue. "Also known as extinction or extortion," she told the council during its Sept. 13 meeting. In short, if Menlo Park doesn't cough up $3.5 million, the state will shut down its redevelopment agency (RDA). After that first payment, the city's ongoing obligation would be about $829,000 a year, according to Ms. Augustine. If tax increment revenue doesn't increase enough to cover the added expense plus the agency's projects, the city's general fund would bear the brunt of closing the gap, she said. Redevelopment agencies, sometimes described as economic engines, were formed to fight blight through mechanisms such as affordable housing and code enforcement. Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for their elimination, arguing that diverting $5 billion in property tax revenue to RDAs left O the state short on money needed for schools. A seven-member board composed of representatives from the city, special districts, and the county would oversee redistributing that money to other agencies. "It would mean significant change, and take away control from this council," Councilman Andy Cohen said during the meeting. According to city staff, the accomplishments of Menlo Park's RDA include cleaning up blight to persuade businesses such as Pacific BioSciences, now one of the city's top 25 revenue producers, to relocate to the Willows area; maintaining undeveloped properties; and funding drug-prevention and gang-intervention programs run by the police department. In response to the governor's plan, last spring Menlo Park created ongoing contracts using RDA funds to tie that money up, hoping that the state can't take assets already allocated to programs such as code enforcement, but no one knows yet whether that strategy will pan out. It also created a new agency, the housing authority, to run the city's affordable housing program. The League of California Cities and the California Redevelopment Association filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the bills, arguing that Proposition 22, passed in November 2010 by 60.7 percent of voters, made it illegal for the state to take money from local funds such as redevelopment revenue. The California Supreme Court issued a stay on the legislation in August and will make a final ruling by the time the city's first payment comes due in January. However, should the court decide that the legislation is legal, the deadline for choosing to pay to keep the RDA will have passed, leaving cities in a quandary. "This could result in the dissolution of the Agency under the Dissolution Act even though the City desires that the Agency continue in existence," the staff report states. The fate of the new housing authority also hangs in the balance should the court uphold the legislation. Ms. Augustine told the Almanac that the city doesn't know whether the contract between the city and the authority would hold up, so "it is unclear as to what would happen to the housing authority, and what agency would carry out the housing programs previously provided by the RDA's housing fund (and) authority." As colleagues said they were holding their noses, Vice Mayor Kirsten Keith made a motion to pass the ordinance, and the council voted 5-0 in favor. The issue should return to the dais on Sept. 27, when council members are expected to actually authorize the payment. Menlo Park has filed an appeal of the $3.5 million fee, but the state hasn't indicated yet whether it will reduce the bill. A For answers to any questions you may have on real estate, you may e-mail me at gdarke@apr. com or call 462-1111, Alain Pinel Realtors. I also offer a free market analysis of your property. Lose 2-5 lbs. a Week Safely Join Now and registration is free. LITE FOR LIFE-MENLO PARK 713 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park, CA firstname.lastname@example.com SCAN this on your Phone Last council meeting on draft downtown plan Prepare to settle in for a long night at Menlo Park City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 20, as the council holds its last discussion of the draft downtown/El Camino Real specific plan, focusing on the El Camino Real portion of the specific plan, the heavily criticized fiscal impact analysis, and public benefits associated with development within the plan's zone. Thankfully, that's the only topic of regular business on the agenda. The meeting starts with a closed session at 6 p.m. to discuss a potential lawsuit over the congressional redistricting plan, with the regular session following at 7 p.m. in the BURGLARIES Continued from previous page MENLO BRIEFS council chambers at the Civic Center at 701 Laurel St. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 363-4570 to attend; seating is limited. The forum starts at 9 a.m. at 1300 South El Camino Real, Suite 114, in San Mateo. ALLIED ARTS GUILD 75 ARBOR RD - MENLO PARK Youth Gun Violence forum San Mateo County Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson, who represents Menlo Park, is hosting a public forum on teens, guns, and local violence on Thursday, Sept. 29. Staff will present the results of community surveys, discuss costs associated with gun-related violence, and share testimonies from families personally affected by shootings. elry and cash worth an estimated $16,000, according to police spokeswoman Nicole Acker. Finally, still another burglary report at 2:10 p.m. brought police to a carport in the 700 block of Roble Avenue, where a cut cable lock mutely testified to the mysterious absence of a $478 bike. A Fence restoration As the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission continues to install a new pipeline to carry water from the Hetch Hetchy, portions of the project in North Fair Oaks and Menlo Park are nearing completion. Property owners who had fences taken down to make way for the pipeline in North Fair Oaks can now ask for their fences to be replaced, provided all the paperwork's in order. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com to check whether your property qualifies. In Menlo Park, restoration work continues at Mid-Peninsula High School and along Ivy Drive, while the commission's contractor prepares to tunnel under U.S. Highway 101 next week. Yet another call took investigators over to the 1300 block of Carlton Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m. There, an unlocked rear window granted access to someone who pocketed jew- Artisan Shop & Studios Scenic Gardens Historical Architecture Events & Meeting Facilities For more details, please see our website: www.alliedartsguild.org Or Call (650) 322-2405 cp caf� primavera (650) 321-8810 September 21, 2011 The Almanac 7 N E W S Obama to return to Woodside this Sunday for fundraiser By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer resident Barack Obama is returning to Woodside on Sunday, Sept. 25, for a 4 p.m. gathering to meet and presumably break bread with campaign contributors, according to an announcement from his 2012 re-election campaign. The hosts this time are Sandi and John Thompson, who, according to a source, live on or near Mountain Home Road, the same neighborhood that Mr. Obama visited on a rainy night in February when he dined with high-tech leaders. On that occasion, Mr. P Obama flew to San Francisco International Airport, flew by helicopter to a parking lot at Canada College, and then rode by limousine via Canada and Mountain Home roads to the home of venture capitalist John Doerr. While neither the route nor the hosts' address is made public, the gaggle of reporters and photographers awaiting the passage of the limousine tends to reveal the general location. Also indicative is the placement of California Highway Patrol officers. For Mr. Obama's February visit, blackand-white patrol cars were there were many, many public meetings advertised and held to solicit input from every Menlo Park resident, including the downtown merchants. Last but not least, as put forth by Councilwoman Kelly Fer- parked one-to-a-driveway along Manzanita Road. Driveways were blocked, the Almanac was told, so as to remove opportunities to turn around, thereby ensuring a one-way route for anyone who started down Manzanita from Mountain Home that evening. A donation of $2,500 gets you in the door. For $7,500 (or $10,000 for you and a friend), you can have a photo taken with the president and participate in a reception for him. Such gifts are not tax deductible. Write to firstname.lastname@example.com for more information. A Morris W. Rubesin Morris W. Rubesin, 88 years old, died Sunday September 11, 2011 at Stanford Hospital. He is survived by his wife Edith (nee Weitzner), his children Stephen (Ellen) Rubesin, Roslyn (Donald) Eigler and Philip Rubesin. He is also survived by two grandchildren Hillary and Jeffrey Rubesin. Recently Morris and Edith celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with their family. Morris was born in New York City on July 24, 1923. At age two, he moved to San Francisco with his mother Blanche and father Jacob. Morris attended George Washington High School in San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley where he received both his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Engineering. Morris was a Fellow of the National Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. He was a pioneer of aeronautics at NACA, Ames Laboratory (forerunner of NASA) and he specialized in heat transfer and fluid dynamics. In 1958, Morris and three Ames colleagues formed Vydia, a small research firm. When he left Vydia he returned to Ames as Chief Scientist. Morris was known for his gentle humor, his paintings and caricatures, his interest in art and architecture, but most of all his love for his family. He was well loved by his wife, children and grandchildren and will be missed but remembered with thankfulness. Private graveside services were held on September 15th at Hills of Eternity in Colma. Donations may be made to a charity of your choice. SINAI MEMORIAL CHAPEL 650-369-3636 PA I D DOWNTOWN continued from page 5 spoke in support of the specific plan, mentioning that in 2007 he was told it would take only six months to get into place. The guidelines would give him "certainty that if I bring you a project that's quality architecture and quality materials, it will get approved." He also asked for a maximum allowed height of 45 feet near the Caltrain station area, as that would allow for "full retail height on the first floor" of a new building, whereas the 38 feet suggested by the Planning Commission is "kind of a non-height; it gets you part of the way there, not all the way there." After public comment, the council tried to set the record straight on several items of apparent confusion: No, the trees on Santa Cruz Avenue's median won't be cut down. Yes, the plan will strive to not compete with the Farmers' Market. The plan would add between 256 to 536 parking spaces. Yes, LAWSUIT continued from page 5 `Stand in the shoes of the property owners. ... Our livelihoods depend on the practicality of the downtown.' RICHARD DRAEGER OF DRAEGER'S MARKET gusson, the city is not spending money right now to implement any portion of the plan. There are no projects, just guidelines. The council then tweaked recommendations made this summer by the Planning Commission for the downtown area: Implement a trial installation of a Chestnut Street paseo for at least a full week and up to several months. all increases now require voter approval, which seems to be the key issue at the heart of this latest lawsuit, based on documents filed by Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, the firm representing union interests. Describing the measure as "clearly invalid," the filing states that Measure L is void by "usurping the authority the Legislature has exclusively delegated to the City Council and purporting to impose terms and conditions of employment in a manner contrary to state labor relations." Service Employees Interna- Ensure that Menlo Park businesses have access to the paseo and that it won't compete with the Farmers' Market. Install wider sidewalks in phases, and only where there's a logical reason to have a wider sidewalk adjacent to a specific business. Keep parking garages at the same height and scale as buildings next door, and encourage employees to park in the garages via permits to save surface parking for customers. Provide opportunities for merchants to voluntarily help fund the garages, and also discourage any mixed-use development either on top of the garages or as parking plaza infill. That leaves the El Camino Real portion of the specific plan and the fiscal impact analysis, as well as a discussion of public benefit associated with development within the plan's zone, for the next council meeting on Sept. 20. Go to tinyurl.com/plan-163 to review all documents associated with the specific plan, including recommendations. A O B I T UA RY and get 81 percent after working 30 years. Finally, Measure L also took benefit increases out of the hands of the City Council -- Is Your Family Covered? Individual, Family, Medicare, Group Health Plans Health Insurance Eric RHU, REBC, LUTCF CA. INS Lic #0737226 L. Barrett CLU, CLTC, Serving the Peninsula For Over 23 Years www.barrettinsuranceservices.net 8 Eric, Jackson, Brenna, Katia The Barrett Family tional Union (SEIU) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) lost a lawsuit to keep Measure L off the ballot, and then poured at least $69,000 into defeating it at the ballot box, according to campaign finance reports. "They're misguided, litigious, and they're making the city spend resources," said Roy Thiele-Sardina, who helped lead Measure L to a successful showing at the ballot box. Union representatives were not available for comment by the Almanac's deadline. A The Almanac September 21, 2011 N E W S Residents say new school bells disrupting neighborhood peace By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer he bell tones that indicate class breaks over the loudspeakers at Corte Madera Middle School in Portola Valley are different for the 2011-12 school year, as annoyed residents, through a couple of representatives, attested to at the Sept. 14 Town Council meeting. The tones are of at least two types, are more frequent than usual, are loud enough to be heard beyond the campus and are disrupting the normal daytime peace of nearby neighborhoods, resident Danna Breen told the council. The Portola Valley School TRAIL continued from page 5 T District essentially concurs and is taking steps, district Superintendent Tim Hanretty told the Almanac. The council listened to Ms. Breen but did not comment. Under the rules for parliamentary procedure, comments would have been inappropriate since the matter was not on the formal agenda for the evening. "Everybody is really shaken about this. It's like the Sound of Music. Every class has a sound to which they jump," she said. "I'm telling you it's wildly intrusive." "Every 15 minutes the bell is ringing twice," she added. "I am speaking on behalf of a lot of mined until there is a proposal and environmental review is conducted," he added. Indeed, there is apprehension. Weekend Acres residents told stories of long waits in cars to pull out on to busy Alpine Road, and how an improved trail would increase pedestrian and bike traffic and make things worse. The county, said Weekend Acres resident John Pencavel, should take its lead from Copenhagen, Berlin and Amsterdam when cars and bikes share a road: lower the speed limit to 20 mph and put in speed bumps. "I feel like I'm caught in the tail of a nightmare," said Barbara Ann Barnett of Weekend Acres. The existing trail is safe and just needs maintenance and a police presence occasionally to reduce speeding, she said. "It worries me (that Stanford requires a continuous trail.) It's their way or the highway." "The urban nightmare is a fact of life, in my opinion," said Brian Wall of Ladera. "Let's take the ($10 million) and make the most of it." A people. We will drag the troops in (to a council meeting) if it doesn't stop soon." "Bell is not the right word," Jon Silver, a resident and a former mayor, added. "It's more like an ersatz train whistle. It is odd. It is frequent." "We think it very raucous and needlessly loud," Hartha Hanerfeld, a neighbor of Ms. Breen's, said in a telephone interview. The bells are audible on remote hikes on Coal Mine Ridge and Windy Hill, she said. "It sounds like a siren," said Tan Oak Drive resident Mary desJardins in a phone interview. "It's auditorially disruptive. I can hear it all day long. What they have right now is like bad noise pollution. It's a very unpleasant sound." Robert Pierce, also of Tan Oak Drive, called the bell "an annoying horn or klaxon." Mr. Silver had recommended, since public school districts are not constrained by zoning laws, that the council try gentle diplomacy but it appears that may not be necessary. Mr. Hanretty acknowledged the problem in forwarding to the Almanac a recent email message to Town Manager Angie Howard. The school is perched alone on a hill in a relatively densely populated area of Portola Valley. The school bells were reprogrammed this year to accommodate a new three-part class schedule for fourth- and fifthgraders, for sixth-graders, and for seventh- and eighth-graders, Mr. Hanretty wrote. "I concur that the tone that was added to accommodate the third (new) bell schedule is quite shrill," he wrote. "We are working to replace it with something less shrill." Another problem: the speakers outside the classrooms are supposed to be heard just four times a day -- when classes start, at the ends of recess and lunch, and at the end of the day. "At present, it appears that the bells are ringing inside and outside throughout the day," Mr. Hanretty wrote. "Like so many things these days, we are not able to program the bell system ourselves," Mr. Hanretty continued. "We rely, as so do most schools in this area, on an outside firm to handle changes and adjustments to the system." The Bay Area has just one firm that services this type of bell system and Portola Valley is in the queue, Mr. Hanretty wrote. The administration is also looking into reducing by half the duration of the ringing. A Portola Valley School District 4575 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028 sity employees who would rather bike to work, Mr. Horton wrote. "Reducing automobile traffic is a major objective of transportation planners." The county has scheduled two follow-up sessions in Ladera: Thursday, Sept. 29, and Tuesday, Oct. 4. The supervisors are expected to vote on the offer on Oct. 18, Assistant County Manager Dave Holland said. A two-year extension, to December 2013, is available. A snapshot of reaction THE PORTOLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Invites interested citizens to apply for a School Board Vacancy A seat on the Portola Valley School Board is currently available. The term of this seat is four years beginning in December 2011, and ending in December 2015. Residents of the Portola Valley School District who are registered voters are eligible to apply to serve on the Board. Any interested parent or community member must complete an application form and a "letter of interest" stating his/her experience in and commitment to educational, youth and community activities. Application materials may be found in the "Headlines and News" section of the PVSD web site www. pvsd.net or by calling 851-1777, ext. 3001. Completed applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on October 7, 2011, and should be sent to: Tim Hanretty Superintendent Portola Valley School District 4575 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028 Candidates will be interviewed by the Board during the week of October 10, 2011. Final selection will be made by a majority vote of the Board Members at the regular Board meeting on October 19, 2011. The new trustee will take office at the regularly scheduled Board meeting on December 7, 2011. For additional information, contact Tim Hanretty at 851-1777, ext. 3000. Of the 80 people gathered around about 10 tables for the Sept. 15 session, veterans of 2006 were everywhere. Of the 10 residents sitting at the table attended by the Almanac, nine expressed opposition or significant reservations about Stanford's offer. Opinion, particularly in Ladera, may shift this time, Mr. Horton said. 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The cost is $35 for adults, $20 for children 13 and under, and $110 for a family of five (two adults and three children 13 and under). Checks are to be made out to the Town of Woodside, and mailed to P.O. Box 620005, Woodside, CA 94062. For more information, call 851-3534. Filoli program features work of Syrie Maugham "Syrie Maugham: Staging the Glamorous Interior" will be the topic of a talk by author and historian Pauline Metcalf at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Filoli. Interior designer Maugham was known for her all-white rooms, which she created for celebrities of the day, in the 1920s and 1930s. Her high-style interiors were also used in movies and theatrical productions. Ms. Maugham was married to renowned writer Somerset Maugham. After Ms. Metcalf's presentation, there will be a reception, book sale and signing of Ms. Metcalf's book, "Syrie Maugham" (Acanthus Press 2010). Tickets at $25 for members, $30 for non-members, may be purchased online at www.filoli. org or by calling 364-8300, ext. 508. 10 The Almanac September 21, 2011 F O R T H E R E C O R D needed money to repair car after accident, Mansion Court, Sept. 12. Burglary report: Loss estimated at $2,000 in break-in through bedroom window and theft of laptop computer and ring, Gilbert Ave., Sept. 9. Child Protective Services report: 300 block of Sharon Park Drive, Sept. 15. WOODSIDE Animal cruelty report: Six-month-old goat found mutilated and dismembered on Stillcreek Road after being reported missing from pen on victim's property, Skywood Way, Sept. 9. Theft reports: Loss estimated at $10,400 in theft of several pieces of jewelry after house guests left, Moore Road, Sept. 9. Loss estimated at $300 in theft of bicycle from driveway, Laning Drive, Sept. 11. PORTOLA VALLEY Theft report: Unknown loss in theft of Apple iPad from vehicle with slightly open window, 700 block of Portola Road, Sept. 11. 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Editor & Publisher Tom Gibboney Editorial Managing Editor Richard Hine News Editor Renee Batti Lifestyles Editor Jane Knoerle Staff Writers Dave Boyce, Sandy Brundage Senior Correspondents Marion Softky, Marjorie Mader Contributors Barbara Wood, Kate Daly, Katie Blankenberg Special Sections Editors Carol Blitzer, Sue Dremann Photographer Michelle Le Library an opportunity for Atherton therton has a chance to nearly double the size of its tiny library if the City Council has the courage to move ahead with the best option found by a citizen task force that has been working for over two years on the issue. Of the two options presented, we prefer a new, 11,000-squarefoot building in Holbrook-Palmer Park that would be large enough for use as a community center with rooms for meetings, children's story hour and other functions. Such a building would be a tremendous asset for the town, which now offers ED ITORI AL library services in an 82-yearThe opinion of The Almanac old building that is in bad need of rehabilitation. The second, and in our opinion less desirable, option is to simply upgrade the 4,790-square-foot library now in use at Town Center, which would require a seismic retrofit and two more parking places on a site that is cramped and so close to the Caltrain tracks that when trains speed past in either direction all conversation in the library must stop. Despite the building's charm, it makes much more sense to use the site for a future expansion of Town Hall or to house the building department, which now operates out of trailers. But perhaps the best part of the library proposal is that a new building is virtually paid for already, due to a provision in Proposition 13 that a tiny portion of residential property taxes be set aside to pay for library services. Atherton is part of a county library joint powers authority, and has been watching the town's library fund grow since 1978. It is now worth $5.6 A Design & Production Design Director Raul Perez Designers Linda Atilano, Gary Vennarucci Advertising Display Advertising Sales Adam Carter Real Estate Manager Neal Fine Real Estate and Advertising Coordinator Diane Martin Published every Wednesday at 3525 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Menlo Park, Ca 94025 Newsroom: (650) 223-6525 Newsroom Fax: (650) 223-7525 Advertising: (650) 854-2626 Advertising Fax: (650) 854-3650 e-mail news and photos with captions to: firstname.lastname@example.com e-mail letters to: email@example.com The Almanac, established in September, 1965, is delivered each week to residents of Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside and adjacent unincorporated areas of southern San Mateo County. The Almanac is qualified by decree of the Superior Court of San Mateo County to publish public notices of a governmental and legal nature, as stated in Decree No. 147530, issued November 9, 1969. Subscriptions are $60 for one year and $100 for two years. million and by 2015 will be up to $8.4 million, just enough to pay for the estimated cost of a new library in the park. This is great news for Atherton. In a town that just fired its entire Public Works and Building departments so it can outsource the jobs to save money, and which has just agreed to pay a developer more than $70,000 to settle a lawsuit over a roadimpact fee, residents should be thankful that this magnificent improvement can be made with very little additional expense to the town. More planning needs to be done, but the committee already has determined that razing the park's Main House to make room for the new building will not violate any historic regulations, and that there is adequate parking capacity in the 22-acre park. We believe fears of a huge increase in traffic at the park are unfounded, unless there is a special event scheduled at the library. This would be no different from the traffic drawn to the Pavilion or the Main House for a wedding or other special occasion. Many critics of building a new library may not understand that the funds are not available for any other use, including passing them on to a school library. Atherton must abide by the rules that come with being a signatory of the regional library joint powers agreement, which say the funds can be used only to support library services for all community members, not just those of a particular school. We hope more Atherton residents will join those who see the value in adding a much higher quality library facility in Holbrook-Palmer Park. The library would be an asset for the community for years to come. L ETT E RS Our readers write A conspiracy to support parking garages? Editor: There have been, and continue to be voiced, many complaints about the over-zealous parking crackdown in Menlo Park. This is quite recent, which begs the question "why?" It is unfortunate to have to become a cynic, but there seems to be no viable alternative. It is hard to interpret this new city activity as anything other than an effort by developers, with the obvious complicity of our supposedly "representative" City Council, to ram through an expensive, complicated, and mostly unwanted, reconfiguring of our town, most particularly adding parking structures that people can use for extended parking in order to avoid these parking fines. (Yes, I know it is officially a city, but we, the residents feel it is our "town". Hotels? Apartments whose tenants will fill up the parking structures meant to relieve nonexistent parking problems? Street closures for unneeded and absurd mini-parks? Businesses WHAT'S YOUR VIEW? All views must include a home address and contact phone number. Published letters will also appear on the web site, www.TheAlmanacOnline.com, and occasionally on the Town Square forum. TOWN SQUARE FORUM Post your views on the Town Square forum at www.TheAlmanacOnline.com EMAIL your views to: email@example.com and note this it is a letter to the editor in the subject line. MAIL or deliver to: Editor at the Almanac, 3525 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Atherton Heritage Association/Julie Bennett Our Regional Heritage Marcia Elias entertains young Atherton residents during a 1989 story time in the library. CALL the Viewpoint desk at 223-6507. harmed by years-long construction? The City Council was elected to represent the wishes of its residents. Therefore, this issue must be presented to the residents of Menlo Park for a vote. Mimi Kugushev San Mateo Drive, Menlo Park Clever maneuvers to `sell' Atherton a library Editor: If I were a builder/developer specializing in libraries, wouldn't I be angling to include in my portfolio a state of the art facility in a beautiful park setting? In today's down economy? In Atherton? You bet. As it happens, as a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers, I am familiar with the critical process of listening carefully to the wishes and needs of clients. If the "client" is the dediSee LETTERS, next page 14 The Almanac September 21, 2011 V I E W P O I N T Update on Regional Heritage photo The mystery photographer of the beautiful collie sitting patiently near the windmill on Portola Road has been solved by Jeanne Ladley, who let us know that "Robbie" used to to wait at the bus stop near the windmill for her to come home from school. Jeanne is the daughter of the late Walter and Zelda Jelich, longtime residents of Portola Valley. Thanks Jeanne. The Editor L E T T ER S Continued from previous page cated Atherton Library Building Steering Committee, perhaps that is happening. If the "client" is the taxpaying community, I submit that clever maneuvers are being employed to circumvent the general consensus of this community by imposing a formulaic over-the-top facility at Holbook-Palmer Park, the "preferred" site (stated in print). Concurrently, the national, state and local economies are severely stressed, the public school in our town, Selby Lane, has a library desperate for books, reference materials and a librarian, the high-speed railroad is lurking, and information technology is changing with lightening speed. If we pause, truly listen and reflect, we have an opportunity as well as an obligation to build a facility which will serve our community well while preserving Holbrook Palmer Park for recreation as stipulated in Olive Holbrook Palmer's will. Stuart Awbrey Rittenhouse Avenue, Atherton basic library services, the member jurisdicrecent article in the Almanac covered tion generating the funds holds the excess, many salient points about the pro- defined as the Library Donor City Fund. posed new Atherton Library. While Currently the Town of Atherton has accuthe article was in general balanced in its effort mulated $5.6 million in its Library Donor to provide information, some statements City Fund, and we can reasonably expect need clarification, especially those concerning to continue accumulating additional excess the terms of the agreement between the San funds annually. These funds are restricted Mateo County Library Joint Powers Author- for library purposes only and can only be ity (�JPA�) and the Town of Atherton. spent on library related activities such as Given the importance of this project facility maintenance, construction, techand its potential to bring the commu- nology, expanding library collections and nity together in building a lasting place to library programs. delight, engage, learn and inspire, In accordance with the terms it is essential to share and provide of the JPA, this library fund canthe community accurate factual not directly fund school libraries. information about the project. We Library funds are to be used for encourage residents to contact the providing library services for all Atherton Library Steering Comcommunity members. School mittee, or refer to the San Mateo libraries, while essential to our County Library website: smcl.org, community, serve a distinct popuor attend one of the committee's lation and are not available to all. regular meetings. The JPA and the Atherton library All members of the San Mateo can and does, however, particiGUEST Library system contribute a prepate in outreach programs that OPINION determined portion of their resienhance the public school librardential property taxes, approxiies (all done in accordance with mately 3.2 cents per $100 of assessed the terms of the JPA). property, to support library services. This The Atherton City Council established proportion was established in 1978 with the the Atherton Library Steering Committee Passage of Proposition 13. (�ALBSC�) in August 2010. The committee If the cost to provide basic library services was to build on the work performed by the within a jurisdiction is less than the property Atherton Library Task Force. After many tax collected and attributable to funding months of study, with the direction of the By Denise Kupperman The rules that will guide Atherton library decision City Council, numerous open committee meetings, three community workshops, and the efforts of expert professional consultants, city staff involvement and thousands of hours of volunteer time, the steering committee is preparing to present its recommendation to the Atherton City Council. Despite its physical limitations, the current Atherton Library has seen an average increase in visits and usage over the last five years, as have the majority of American libraries. Service area population is only one of many factors that determine the size of a library. The types of services, collections and programs desired by the community and the changes taking place in technology and the delivery of library services are equally important. The size of the Atherton branch library service area, as noted in the recent Almanac article, has been consistent for many years. Types of spaces and library size will be studied and evaluated with the JPA and community throughout the process. Few contemporary institutions have the ability or incentive to nurture ideas of all kinds, regardless of commercial value. Libraries will continue to optimize and facilitate lifelong learning and inquiry, regardless of whether that information is packaged as a book or in the Cloud. Denise Kupperman is a member of the Atherton Library Steering Committee A Saltworks developer should abandon project Editor: The developers' plans for the Saltworks project in Redwood City should be abandoned now. Why? Recently they abrogated their commitment to traffic mitigation by eliminating vehicular traffic on one of three ingress/egress points which will severely impact Highway 101 and surface street traffic. Earlier it was announced their plan to bring water in from Kern County isn't supported by the two water agencies that would have to approve it. This site should be returned to baylands. The only good thing about this project is the jobs it has created for all the consultants and DMB, the developer. I guess that's something. Home Care Assistance lets you choose the care you need, live-in or hourly, when you call for your FREE assessment. The top Bay Area home care choice since 2002, and the references to prove it. We provide caring, committed caregivers to work with your family--any time of the day or night-- whether on a moment's notice or planned in advance. Plus our caregivers are: Double screened. First, with criminal background checks and second with psychological testing for honesty and trustworthiness. Insured. Bonded, covered by workers compensation, insured and trained in our exclusive Balanced CareTM Method so your family gets the best in care. 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Kale is a powerhouse of nutrition to use in a healthy gluten-free diet.
This time I included kale in one of our favorite dishes, a "skillet dinner."
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Onions Braised With Parsley
Onions add their sweet, savory flavor to many of the things I cook. They also deserve a spotlight of their own. You can usually find pearl onions year-round in the produce department (or if you want, in the freezer case). Dressed up just a little with butter and parsley, and maybe a little paprika, they're a great side dish for many meals. You can easily use a substitute for the butter to make the onions casein-free.
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Barracuda Appliances Have Exploitable Holes, Fixed By Firmware Updates 88 88
from the unless-you-like-them-that-way dept.
SSH backdoors into security appliances? Really?
Security appliances are a joke. Overpriced slabs sold by slimy salesmen to clueless PHBs to offer "security" in a box.
Security doesn't come in a box. It comes with process, documentation, and vigilance. Things alien to incompetent management.
It's no surprise that these digital snake oil machines are riddled with security holes themselves.
Anyway, these things are mostly obsolete. Why spend a fortune when your infrastructure is all VMs hosted across multiple data centers in many distinct geographic locations.
You still host your own servers? Why?
Yeah, putting all of your servers in the "cloud" is the best strategy for security. Definitely.
This is Barracuda, who were still doing accept-then-bounce when even Microsoft had changed that to no longer being the default in Exchange.
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.


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Arts programs help unleash local creativity
Published: Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2001 at 11:00 p.m.
Recently, Terrebonne Arts and Humanities Council announced the recipients of more than $48,000 in state grant funds in Terrebonne Parish and more than $42,000 in Lafourche Parish.
The programs, totaling 40 between the two parishes, will include a variety of artistic programs including painting classes, storytelling programs, craft workshops for senior citizens, musical performances, a quilt exhibition, poetry readings, artist lectures and a musical festival.
These types of programs are invaluable to the community as a whole. They help unleash people's creativity as well as provide fun and stimulating outlets for their energy. The programs can help beautify our surroundings through exhibits and other presentations. They also help boost our economy through tourism - people often target museums, exhibits and festivals in other communities to visit. The visitors then spend dollars in local restaurants, local hotels and other venues.
Art programs also have positive effects on the individual level. For children, art instruction and opportunities to express themselves through artistic means are chances to build their self-esteem. Because art is an expression of their thoughts, feelings and emotions, they cannot do it wrong. Participation in the arts also helps develop self-discipline, confidence, physical coordination, the ability to make aesthetic judgments, problem-solving skills, the ability to work in groups, and can also be motivational.
These programs are also quite popular with the community. For example, Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's summer art camp for children has grown from teaching 80 kids art over two weeks six years ago to serving about 150 children over a five-week period.
Learning about art is also an opportunity to learn about the world around oneself. There is beauty all around us, from the play of light on leaves to the scrollwork found on buildings - and the study of art can help everyone to recognize and appreciate such beauty.
It is also worth noting that for all the positive benefits the arts programs funded by state dollars are providing, the Houma-Terrebonne Arts and Humanities Council is doing an admirable job of administering the funds. It is responsible for dispersing more than $150,000 throughout Region 3, which also includes Assumption, St. Charles, St. James and St. John parishes.
Without an agency to funnel the dollars into local programs, our communities would be lacking in this type of funding - and that would be truly lamentable.
On its arts index, Money magazine gives the Houma area a rating of 7 (on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being the best). We also rate below the national average of 11.48, so any artistic and cultural programs that can be developed in our community would certainly help raise our quality of life. That's one element business and industry take into consideration when choosing where to locate operations. Local economic development officials are continually trying to recruit new industries to our community to help improve our economy and raise our standard of living.
The bottom line is that art programs benefit individuals as well as the community as a whole. Any support that can be lent to them is worth exploring. Let's continue to improve our community - support the arts.
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Survivors relive Kaduna Easter Sunday explosion
Survivors of the Easter Sunday suicide car bombing in Kaduna yesterday recounted the grim moment when the explosion, which claimed scores of lives, occurred.
They also spoke of how they survived the terror attack – the one with the biggest casualty figure in the Northern political capital.
The death toll rose yesterday by eight as hospitals announced more deaths.
Some of the critically injured were transferred to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika for further treatment.
Kaduna State Deputy Governor Mukhtar Yero renewed the government's promise to foot the medical bill of the injured. Yero spoke to reporters in his office.
He said the Commissioner for Health had been directed to go round the hospitals to ascertain the number of victims on admission to enable the government pick their bills.
Yero also announced that the government is working out a package for those who lost property and businesses and those who lost their loved ones in the explosion. He said the government is doing everything possible to put an end to bombings in the state.
A survivor of the blast, who gave his name simply as Mallam Musa, attributed his narrow escape to the plea by his passenger to be patient and allow a commercial bus driver who blocked his way to pick his passenger and leave.
The taxi driver noted that a commercial bus had blocked his way, and as he was about to challenge him, his passenger pleaded with him to be patient. His passenger's plea, he said, was his saving grace.
"It was while we were still waiting that the bomb exploded a few metres away. I am grateful to Allah and my passenger because I would have been a dead man by now," Musa said.
To a motorcyclist, Shehu, it was a miracle that he survived. But he watched his friend burnt to death and his motorcycle burnt beyond recognition while taking breakfast from a tea vendor.
Shehu said he had just gone to drop off a passenger and returned to take his breakfast of noodles from the tea vendor when the blast occurred.
"For the first five minutes, I didn't even know where I was because I could not hear anything again," he said.
Another survivor, Abubakar Garba, whose limb was cut off by the blast said he was happy to be alive.
Garba, who spoke on his hospital bed at the St Gerard Catholic Hospital, said: "I sell date palm for a living. I have been in the business for sometime now. On that fateful day, I came to see my uncle who also sells date palm along Junction Road. Suddenly, I heard a very loud sound and I only saw myself high in the sky with my wheel barrow flying in another direction.
"After that, I saw my hands cut off. I was then taken to this hospital (St. Gerald Catholic Hospital). Since then, people; sympathizers have been coming to commiserate with us. I must say we are earnestly grateful for their visits and support. We are also grateful to the governor for his kind gesture to us."
A family member of one of the victims, who refused to be named, pointed out that his brother had just bought a new motorcycle a few weeks ago after struggling to hire one for a long time. "Unfortunately, he was killed by this explosion."
One of those whose houses were affected by the blast, Hajia Amina Mohammed, said: "The sound of the blast was horrible. I saw a lightening and I thought it was an electricity transformer that sparked fire, only to see our houses shaking, ceilings falling down, walls cracking and my mother, who was in the kitchen, had to be dragged out because she was trapped.
"My younger brother's friend sustained injuries resulting from the broken glasses that were flying all over. Our house is behind FINA White House Hotel that was seriously damaged."
The managements of the two hotels that were affected by the blast - Fina White House and Fajeco – said they were still taking stock of the damage done to their property.
Henry Orihomi, manager of Fajeco Hotels said: "As you can see for yourself, the whole building is affected. Glasses were shattered and all the ceilings fell down. Shops that are in front of the hotels are badly damaged too."
Eight more people have been confirmed dead, as hospitals in Kaduna metropolis battle to save the victims.
Five of the victims on admission at the St. Gerard Hospital were confirmed dead by the spokesman of the hospital, Mr Sunday Ali.
He said three of the patients had been referred to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, leaving only two at the hospital.
He said one of the remaining victims had a successful surgery on Monday night.
Officials of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital also confirmed that three of the eight victims on admission at the hospital had died.
The figure raised the death toll to 24, after the 16 confirmed killed on the day of the incident by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).
The Police are however claiming that only 11 people were killed in the explosion.
Ali, whose brother, Mansur Ali, a commercial motorcyclist, was a victim, said he paid for the drugs and other medical charges.
"I found it difficult to pay for the treatment due to the nature of the injury," Ali said.
Another relation, Ubale Awwal, said his brother, Nura Leko, a student, sustained injuries on his leg and parts of the body.
"I need help for his treatment. I was not happy with government response to the victims' treatment," he said.
The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media, Mr Reuben Buhari, promised that the government would refund the medical bills incurred by the victims.
He said the government was still compiling the list of the victims and the hospitals in which they were admitted for easy handling of the payments.
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Greetings, and welcome to the Federated Investors Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Raymond J. Hanley, President of Federated Investors. Thank you. Mr. Hanley, you may begin.
Ray Hanley
Good morning, and welcome. Leading today's call will be Chris Donahue, CEO and President of Federated; and Tom Donahue, Chief Financial Officer; and participating in today's call will also be Debbie Cunningham, who is our Chief Investment Officer for the money markets. And let me say that during today's call, we may make forward-looking statements. And we want to note that Federated's actual results may be materially different from the results implied by such statements. We invite you to review our risk disclosures in our SEC filings. No assurance can be given as to future results, and Federated assumes no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements. And with that, I'll turn it over to Chris.
John Christopher Donahue
Thank you, Ray, and good morning. I will start with a brief review of Federated's recent business performance before turning the call over to Tom to discuss our financials.
Looking first at cash management. Total money market assets increased by $13 billion in the fourth quarter and average money market assets were $8.5 billion higher than the third quarter levels. The growth was concentrated in our wealth management bank trust channel. Money market mutual fund average assets were $249 billion, up about $10 billion compared to the prior couple of quarters.
Our market share increased to over 9%. Growth occurred in government money fund assets as prime, and Munis were about flat. While yields remained low, our business continues to grow. Tom will comment on money market fee waivers, and Debbie will discuss market conditions and our commentaries going forward.
Looking at the regulatory front, money fund discussions continue. The Chairman of the SEC has indicated that further regulations will likely be proposed and may include fluctuating NAV; capital from sources that could include sponsors; fund shareholders and with the capital markets along with potential redemption barriers. At Federated, we are firm in our belief that money funds were meaningfully and sufficiently strengthened by the 2010 extensive regulation revisions in 2a-7. We saw those changes work successfully through a series of events in the United States, the debt ceiling crisis, and the downgrade and the Europe with Greece and European banks, among the challenges that were faced in 2011.
Investors continue to use money funds as an efficient and effective way to manage cash. The funds have ample liquidity and compliance with the revised regulations. Investors have ready access to recent portfolio data, and the SEC has a view into the holdings of all money funds. Those features were also enhanced in the 2010 improvements to rule 2a-7.
In our view, these improvements made by the SEC are working quite well in the midst of challenging market conditions. We are encouraged to see support for allowing these changes to be more thoroughly evaluated before imposing additional and potentially damaging additional regulations as expressed in a speech last month by an SEC commissioner. In another favorable development, the Commodity Futures Trading Association recently confirmed their are positive view of the liquidity and stability of money market funds for investment of customer funds. This followed an exhaustive multiyear review, taking into account a variety of factors, including the SEC's 2010 regulatory revisions. As I said before, we are favorably disposed to measures that would enhance the resiliency of money funds, while maintaining the critical features that make money funds vital to 30 million investors and to our capital markets. These 30 million investors who currently maintain $2.7 trillion in money funds, do so in large measure because they desire daily liquidity at par for their cash investments from high-quality funds and managers.
We believe the changes that fundamentally alter money funds like floating NAVs, or imposing redemption fees or 30 day holdbacks on a portion of redemptions will cause many investors to abandon money funds. This change has potentially enormous negative systemic consequences. Moving money out of money funds could be expected to move to banks, where it is ill-suited for lending and will require additional capital and FDIC insurance, while making the top banks even too bigger to fail. Perhaps money would also move to less visible, less regulated alternatives, which raises the question of adding to systemic risk.
Imposing capital requirements on a product that already has basically 100% equity capital is not necessary, nor in our view, advisable. Capital held against money funds may gave the illusion of protection to investors who are informed clearly that money funds are investment products that are not guaranteed. This concept was, of course, illustrated by the reserve fund.
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Both Apple and Google are said to be working on streaming-music services that could potentially incorporate a subscription aspect.
They also locked down a number of extra features like access to Netflix behind the subscription pay wall.
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I just got a Wii, and am looking to buy a couple of games...Does anyone have some suggestions?
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I just got a Wii, and am looking to buy a couple of games...Does anyone have some suggestions?
A fun game for everyone, including kids is the Rayman/Raving Rabbids series. I haven't played the newest one that uses the Wii balance board from Wii Fit, but the first two are fun games for all ages and abilities. As with most Nintendo games they're targeting children and families.
The new Mario Kart is fun as well as Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
If you're a fan of the Zelda series, then you'll love the Zelda for Wii. Possibly the best Zelda I've ever played.
First person shooters for the Wii are weird if you're used to playing them on xbox or ps. Not that they suck, but they're just weird and hard to get used to. I also wouldn't recommend getting any of the guitar hero, or rockband games, unless that's the only gaming platform you have. They're just way more limited as far as downloads go compared to xbox 360 and PS3. However, if that's your only gaming system, then by all means, get them. Especially rockband and guitar hero world tour. Expensive, but tons of fun for multiple people to play at the same time as well as being challenging for single players.
Mario Kart rocks! You can play online and have friends that you can compare time trials too.
Guitar hero rocks, especially the new one.
I like the new Bond and both of the Call of Duty games.
Thanks for the ideas. I have heard Mario Kart from others, also. I have also heard that Mario Galaxy is fun, and World of Goo (despite the name) is fun and cheap. Any thoughts on those?
I heard Mario Galaxy is fun, never heard of World of Goo though. If you get Mario Kart get me your online ID and we can race against eachother. I'm a pro though, just so you know ahead of time.
The wife bought the boys a Wii for x-mas. I have some reservations. Dirt bikes that will now collect dust in the garage. Having to nag nag to get them to practice on time. Plus games that i will suck at and therefore will challenge my position of king of the castle. Oh well, shouldnt have to worry about my 7 yr old shooting the neighbors house with the pellet gun like last weekend. Candian geese were flying over and he had to try for one. Not good.
Happy & Safe Holidays to All.
I am considering getting one of those two Mario games first. Will possibly get one for X-mas from the wife, or elsewhere. I may have to take a little practice before jumping in with the big dogs though.
My favorite game is Mario Kart it is unbelievable. I also recommend the new Animal Crossing game.