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Posted on Mar 15, 2010
By Chris Hedges
The Israeli government, its brutal war crimes in Gaza exposed in detail in the U.N. report by Justice Richard Goldstone, has implemented a series of draconian measures to silence and discredit dissidents, leading intellectuals and human rights organizations inside and outside Israel that are accused—often falsely—of assisting Goldstone's U.N. investigators. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to shut down Israel's premier human rights organizations, including B'Tselem, the New Israel Fund (NIF) and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. It is busy expelling or excluding peace activists and foreign nationals from the Palestinian territories. The campaign, if left unchecked, will be as catastrophic for Palestinians as it will be for Israel.
The Goldstone report, which is over 500 pages, investigated Israel's 22-day air and ground assault on Gaza that took place from Dec. 27, 2008, to Jan. 18, 2009. The United Nations and the European Parliament have endorsed the report. The report found that Israel used disproportionate military force against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip while failing to take adequate precautions to protect the civilian population against the military assault. The Israeli attack killed 1,434 people, including 960 civilians, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. More than 6,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, leaving behind some $3 billion in destruction in one of the poorest areas on Earth. No Israelis were killed by Hamas rockets fired into Israel during the assault. The report did not limit itself to the 22-day attack; rather, it went on to indict the occupation itself. It examines the beginning of the occupation and condemns Israel for the border closures, the blockade and for the wall or security barrier in the West Bank. It has two references to the right of return, investigates Israeli torture and criticizes the willful destruction of the Palestinian economy.
"Liberal has a distinct connotation," Finkelstein went on. "It means to believe in the rule of law. It means to believe in international institutions. It means to believe in human rights. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are liberal organizations. What the Goldstone phenomenon registers and catalyzes is the fact that it is impossible to reconcile liberal convictions with Israel's conduct; too much is now known about the history of the conflict and the human rights record and the so-called peace process. It is impossible to be both liberal and defend Israeli policy. That was the conflict that confronted Goldstone. I very much doubt he wanted to condemn Israel."
"Israeli liberalism always had a function in Israeli society," said Finkelstein, whose new book, "This Time We Went Too Far," examines the Israeli attack a year ago on Gaza. "When I talk about liberals I mean people like A.B. Yehoshua, David Grossman and Amos Oz. Their function was to issue these anguished criticisms of Israel which not only extenuated Israeli crimes but exalted Israeli crimes. 'Isn't it beautiful, the Israeli soul, how it is anguished over what it has done.' It is the classic case of having your cake and eating it. Not only were any crimes being committed extenuated, but they were beautiful. And now something strange happened. Along comes a Jewish liberal and he says, 'Spare me your tears. I am only interested in the law.' "
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The campaign against Israeli dissidents has taken the form of venomous denunciations of activists and jurists, including Justice Goldstone. It includes a bill before the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, which will make it possible to imprison the leaders of Israeli human rights groups if they fail to comply with crippling new registration conditions. Human rights activists from outside Israel who work in the Palestinian territories are being rounded up and deported. The government is refusing to issue work visas to employees of 150 NGOs operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). The new tourist visas effectively bar these employees from Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation. Professor Naomi Chazan, the Israeli head of the NIF, which has donors in the United States, is being publicly vilified by ultranationalist groups such as Im Tirzu. Foreign donors to the NIF, as well as other human rights groups, are being pressured by Israeli officials to halt contributions. Billboards have sprouted up around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with a grotesque caricature of Chazan, who has been branded by groups such as Im Tirzu as an agent for Hamas and Iran, with a horn growing from her forehead. "Naomi-Goldstone-Chazan" the caption on the billboard reads. Im Tirzu, the front organization behind many of the attacks, includes among its financial backers the John Hagee Ministries and the New York Central Fund, which also support extremist settler organizations.
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A dinner scheduled at Christmas in which you meet all your relatives who you would never see or have any form of communication with (other than this day), and talk about stupid shit like how the weathers been, how well you're doing in school, how much weight people gained, and when you're going to get a girlfriend. Then talk to your hot cousin who you would seriously fuck if she wasnt your relative (but always keep your feelings bottled up inside because NO ONE wants to know that). Then you all eat a giant turkey and ham with stuffing, then have dessert. Then never talk to each other for the corrisponding year, (because you're "family") until the next inevitable Christmas dinner comes along.
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Restrictions on what could be changed on their house, meant one Auckland family had to think outside the box on renovations.
When Susan Gower and her husband bought their Grey Lynn villa in 1997 they were initially happy to renovate within its existing blueprint.
"We liked the house immediately so had to act quickly to secure it, which stretched us," says Gower. "[Property] values then plateaued for a couple of years, but we were relatively happy because we knew we'd stay here long term. We wanted to improve the living conditions without spending too much on an alteration."
In close to original condition, the villa had only had one small change made to it: an outside toilet and laundry had been built on to the back porch behind the kitchen. In 2000, the couple changed the kitchen, opened up the lounge and renovated the bathroom to incorporate it into the house.
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But because their century-old villa is in a "Residential 1" zone, there were restrictions on what the couple could change.
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Brussel sprout fritters recipe
A year ago on NYE my cousin cooked sprout fritters with a hint of chilli from a Jamie recipe, with soy and lime dip.
I've searched for it a few times and chased my cousin but she lost the recipe somehow!! Really want to cook it again, especially as we have half a stick of sprouts outside waiting to be used up ;-)
If anyone knows the recipe I mean or has a link to it that would be ace.
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Re: Brussel sprout fritters recipe
Sprout Fritters with Chilli Dipping Sauce
Serves 6
300g brussels sprouts
2 bunches of spring onions, sliced
2 red chillies, deseeded, finely sliced
a whole bunch of coriander, chopped, a few leaves kept aside
200g self-raising flour
4 eggs, lightly beaten
4 tbsp sesame seeds
groundnut oil
lime wedges, to serve
Chilli dipping sauce
2 red chillies, deseeded if preferred
1 garlic clove, peeled
2-3 tbsp sugar
juice and zest of 1 lime
a splash of rice-wine vinegar
1 tbsp light soy sauce
75-100ml water
1 Start with the sauce. Add the chilli, garlic, sugar, lime zest and juice and vinegar to a food processor. Blitz to a paste. Add the soy, then the water till you get a consistency and taste you like.
2 Shred the sprouts as finely as you can, ideally with a food processor or mandolin. Transfer to a bowl with the spring onions, chilli and coriander. Season generously, then add the flour and scrunch together to combine. Mix in the eggs and the sesame seeds.
3 Put a non-stick frying pan on a medium heat and add a good drizzle of groundnut oil. Add large spoonfuls of the mix, and flatten slightly with a spatula. Fry for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes or until golden; flip over and repeat. Sprinkle with salt and serve with lime wedges, coriander leaves and chilli sauce.
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hey , you love the guy....thus the avatar.
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so i'll just STFU and let you be.
hey , you love the guy....thus the avatar.
i can respect that.
and i'm not gonna change my mind ,
so i'll just STFU and let you be.
due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
but if you saw the man play you would understand my stance more I assure you
my love for the player is not strictly romantic nostalgia .......I love him because he was one hell of a QB who brought an electric excitement into this city for years
when YA was in the game you always felt like you had a chance to win
very similar to Eli today
i can honestly say that Simms is the only Giants QB i ever saw play live.
and it was actually in the Astrodome....he ripped them a new ice-hole.
also 11 is the only signed jersey in my collection.
i could very well be biased in my assessments.
due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
Players come and go on the Free Agency Merry-Go-Round, but the N.Y. Giants will always be here!
All that said and done, I'm not sure today's game has better entertainment value than YA's era. The frequency and severity of today's injuries--the trend will kill the game. It's simple physics. Velocity x mass = force. Today a 250# guy can run like a sprinter. The collision impact is producing concussions at an alarming rate. It will be like watching movies without stars. Personally I question how far you can go with rules to protect players, Given that I don't see players giving up speed, and it doesn't look like they have equipment solutions, but conceivably you could introduce weight limits. Sound crazy. Go watch a Bud Wilkinson Oklahoma line block. They averaged about 185 pounds. Go watch any 330 pound NFL team block today. Compared to Wilkinson's teams, todays players just kind of get in each other's way.
Hey Stormblue... How did that all work? Was that when Don Heinrich, the #3 QB would play the first guarter and Chuckin Charlie or YA would play the rest of the game. But you are absolutely right. YA Tittle going vertical to Del Shofner was a thing of beauty.
Beyond them you must put Charlie Conerly as a close 2nd to those 3.
Then, I think you'd have to put Tarkenton...
Then, Collins.
So, I have Collins rated 6th
As far as Simms mobility... no question he was the fastest and most mobile between he, YA, and Eli... but he was a statue in the pocket and rarely looked to run. YA was actually surprisingly mobile in vid clips I've seen of him palying with the 49ers in his early years.
and yeah for some reason Jim Lee Howell loved for Heinrich to start the game then put Charlie in ......not sure anyone ever understood why.... including the players and other coaches
during Tittles first season with the Giants Conerly would often come in if YA was struggling
and yes YA to Shofner was quite a sight


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Some states unhappy about the idea of happy hours
* Many states restrict or ban bars from the popular practice of cutting drink prices.
During "happy hour" at the Summer Winter bar in Burlington, Mass., the bargain is on the bivalves, not the brews.
That's because Massachusetts legislators passed a bill in 1984 banning bars from offering cut-price drinks. So James Flaherty, the bar's director of food and beverage, decided to use shellfish specials to draw customers.
"We've had to get creative by offering something other than a typical happy hour," he said. "Having a raw bar at the heart of the restaurant, we launched Oyster Happy Hour to appeal to the after-work crowd with fresh, local selections and it's become a popular draw."
And Massachusetts isn't alone. The concept of happy hour — when bars offer lower prices or two-for-one specials — may seem like an American tradition, but is in fact illegal or restricted in quite a few places.
Laws vary by state, and even districts within states, so it's hard to get a handle on the national picture, but Ben Jenkins, vice president of government communications for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, has noted some recent activity aimed at updating happy hour laws.
A few states, including Oklahoma, Massachusetts and Virginia, recently have considered changes to existing restrictions. The bills failed, but are likely to reemerge.
Meanwhile, happy hour became legal in Kansas last year after a 26-year ban. In 2011, Pennsylvania extended happy hour potentials from two to four hours, and New Hampshire changed its law to allow establishments to advertise drink specials.
DISCUS does not take a position on happy hour bills, but Jenkins sees the activity in the context of a larger modernization trend. "States across the country are updating their liquor laws to provide better consumer convenience and increased revenue without raising taxes," he says.
The patchwork nature of the laws is a holdover from Prohibition, when states were left to set regulations once the federal ban had been repealed. Some of the laws written then are still on the books, which can strike an anachronistic note today. For instance, it's still illegal to sell alcohol in South Carolina on Election Day. And it may surprise you to know that Moore County in Tennessee is "dry" and also home to the Jack Daniel Distillery.
The reasoning behind happy hour bans or restrictions generally stems from concerns that lowering prices will encourage high consumption and its ensuing problems.
"Some communities have issues of morality regarding promoting the drinking of alcohol or concerns regarding the kinds of behavior that can come from drinking too much," notes Kyle-Beth Hilfer, an advertising and marketing attorney with the New York-based law firm Collen IP.
Having so many different rules means bar owners and restaurateurs need to keep up with changes in the laws and read existing statutes carefully, says Hilfer.
Some states allow happy hours, but ban advertising them. Oregon, on the other hand, is OK with bars advertising general happy hours but not specific price discounts. Utah outlawed happy hours in 2011.
Advertising also can be tricky.
A state may OK advertising happy hour specials, but going beyond the simple price and inviting customers to "lose weight at our low-carb beer happy hour," could be subject to regulation by state alcohol beverage officials, Hilfer explains. She recommends that proprietors of venues that serve alcohol and have happy hours have a lawyer vet advertising copy.


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FIU or Florida International University, is a public research university in Miami, Florida. It is one of the largest universities in the United States, and is highly-ranked in many areas such as Business, Law and Architecture. Their athletic teams are named the "Golden Panthers", and play on many on-campus venues, such as FIU Stadium, home of the Golden Panthers football team.
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No Child Left Behind: Key Focus in State of the Union
A Shining Example
Spellings Celebrates Law's Fifth Anniversary, Displays New Logo
Around the Country
Q & A Glossary
News Show Focuses on Math, Science Literacy
Closing the Gap in Charter High Schools
No Child Left Behind: Key Focus in State of the Union
President Aims for Reauthorization In Annual Address
In his State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress on Jan. 23, President Bush spoke about the importance of reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act among his domestic policy proposals for ensuring a more prosperous nation.
"Spreading opportunity and hope in America also requires public schools to give children the knowledge and character they need in life," he said. "Five years ago, we rose above partisan differences to pass the No Child Left Behind Act, preserving local control, raising standards and holding those schools accountable for results. And because we acted, students are performing better in reading and math, and minority students are closing the achievement gap.
"Now the task is to build on the success, without watering down standards, without taking control from local communities, and without backsliding and calling it reform."
The president unveiled the administration's plan for reauthorizing the legislation, titled Building on Results, which seeks to:
- Encourage higher academic standards and further increase the quality of available information on student performance;
- Strengthen public schools with incentives for school reform and empower parents with options for students to receive after-school tutoring and attend higher-performing schools;
- Provide effective teachers greater incentives for raising achievement and teaching in hard-to-fill positions;
- Incorporate the education components of the American Competitiveness Initiative to prepare students for a global economy; and
- Measure individual student progress and focus interventions on students who have not reached grade level.
No Child Left Behind is the bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Bush on Jan. 8, 2002, to reform America's public schools. The law is based on four principles: 1) stronger accountability for results; 2) greater flexibility for states and communities; 3) proven education methods; and 4) more choices for parents.
For a copy of Building on Results, the policy plan for reauthorization, visit http://www.ed.gov/nclb/.
A Shining Example
Using Mix of Strategies, Stanton Elementary Moves From Bottom to Top of Philadelphia's Promising Schools
Principal Barbara Adderley doesn't have to look far to see the odds facing the 436 children at M. Hall Stanton Elementary School. Just outside her office window is the disturbing reality of boarded houses, drug runners, and trash. Even more unsettling are the sounds of gunshots heard during the day in this Philadelphia neighborhood infamous for having one of the highest crime rates in the city.
For quite some time, life outside the school was taking its toll inside. When Adderley came to Stanton in 2002, the veteran administrator said it was the worst school she had ever seen. Constant fighting, chronic tardiness and persistent apathy marked the atmosphere. Yet, Adderley felt she was up to the challenge. "I believe all children can learn at high levels," she explained. "If I had thought differently, I would have left. I would have retired."
Although in the first year of her tenure test scores barely moved, the following year showed a slight increase in performance, with 13 percent and 20 percent of fifth-graders meeting reading and math standards, respectively. The dramatic turnaround came in the third year, when the number of students performing at grade level skyrocketed to a whopping 71 percent in reading and 47 percent in math in 2004, with most scoring at the advanced level. The growth was so extreme that the school district retested the students but found virtually no discrepancy.
The next two years confirmed the sweeping reform taking place. Huge gains were made in math as the proficiency rate swelled to 83 percent in 2006, while the reading rate remained steady at about 70 percent.
The difference in the children's performances reflected a change in their attitudes toward learning, and parents noticed. "The kids can't wait to get to school now," said parent volunteer Theresa Addison, a former Stanton student whose daughter is a fifth-grader there. "They don't really want to stay out when we have vacation time. They come to school extra early. They don't want to go home when their day has ended."
Considering the conditions surrounding Stantonwhich serves a predominantly disadvantaged, African-American populationthe staff work hard to make the school an "oasis" for the children, said Adderley, who brought in her doll collection to display near the front office. In addition, classrooms upgraded with Smartboards, hallways decorated with student art, and a huge fish tank in the foyer helped to breathe life into the 50-year-old building.
By proving all children can learnregardless of language or disability or, in this case, race or family incomeStanton stands as a shining example of the bright-line principles of the No Child Left Behind Act. It's a model that U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings praised when she recently visited the school, and a "symbol of educational promise" that the Education Trust recognized when it honored Stanton with a 2006 Dispelling the Myth Award as one of five schools from across the country successfully educating students of color and students from low-income families.
According to the Education Trust, several common practices account for the honorees' successes: having high expectations for all students; analyzing student data to track progress; identifying individual student needs and improving instruction; providing a rich curriculum aligned with state standards; and using professional development to improve teachers' skills.
At Stanton, systemic change began with the implementation of the district's new core curriculum. In the 2003-04 school year, as part of a citywide restructuring plan, Philadelphia Public Schools introduced a reading and math program that got everyone working from the same page. So, if a child transfers from one school to the next, which Adderley said is especially common in inner cities, "there is no loss of instruction."
Then, to shore up the curriculum, classes were rescheduled in the younger grades to provide an uninterrupted two-hour reading block each morning and a 90-minute math block each afternoon, allowing teachers additional time to address diverse student needs. With more time being spent on task, classrooms began running much more productively.
"When children are engaged at high levels," said literacy leader Kathleen Shallow, "a lot of the behavior problems disappear."
While the district's reforms raised academic standards across the board, what truly accelerated Stanton's progress were the initiatives Principal Adderley put into place when she arrived.
One of the first things Adderley did was assemble a team of instruction experts to improve teacher quality. She appointed as curriculum leaders two teachers who she thought had a passion for teaching as well as a thorough knowledge of their subject matter: Kathleen Shallow for reading instruction, and Christina Taylor for math instruction. Both women provide full-time support for teachers-modeling and planning lessons, looking at data, and intervening with struggling studentswhich has proven vital to sustaining Stanton's relatively young and fledgling staff.
"It's extremely important that teachers be professionally developed all the time," stressed Adderley, who recently introduced a monthly breakfast meeting that focuses on innovative teaching practices. Currently, a book about educating young, black males is the topic of discussion.
Another of Adderley's measures sought to improve the actual environment for learning. For a more personal setting where teachers can better connect with their students, Adderley reorganized the school into three K-6 academies based on distinctive themes, in which children are taught by the same team of teachers throughout their enrollment. Named after famous living African-Americansthe Ben Carson Academy of Health and Allied Sciences, the Bill and Camille Cosby Academy of Literacy and the Fine Arts, and the Ruby Bridges Academy of Social Changethese small learning communities share the same curriculum, but their titles serve as the subjects of research assignments.
However, of all her efforts geared toward improving student learning, Adderley credits the analysis of test score data as the most critical part: "I believe the data [analysis] is the piece that has moved our school from 'below basic' to 'proficient' and above."
An ardent advocate of data-driven instruction, Adderley uses a series of assessments year-round that include teacher-developed "checkpoint" tests every two weeks and districtwide benchmark tests every six weeks to measure how well children are learning and teachers are instructing. The results from the tests become the center of dialogue in the school, as they are posted in conference rooms and even in classrooms. Adderley believes everyone should know how students are doingparticularly the children themselves. For instance, a group of second-graders recently "made leaps and bounds on their reading levels," she said, "because they knew where they were and that they wanted to get better, so they remained more focused on the instructional practices during guided reading time."
For educators, the data has helped them to develop individualized learning plans for each child. Much of this planning occurs in daily grade-level group meetings in which Adderley, the curriculum leaders and teachers discuss data, student work, instructional practices and state standards. Also, to hone instruction more keenly on students' needs, this school year Adderley had each faculty member develop a "diagnostic tool kit." It is a portable file case of student data with a checklist of teaching strategies that follows each child to the next grade so teachers, "can immediately remediate students' weaknesses or, if they are already at or above grade level, start there and give them enrichment," she said.
Even with the strides Stanton has made in the past few years, Adderley sees more ground to gain. "What about the group of kids who haven't met proficient or advanced?" she questioned. "Until all children meet proficiency, we can't be satisfied."
By Nicole Ashby
Spellings Celebrates Law's Fifth Anniversary, Displays New Logo
On Jan. 8, in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings gave a speech to education and business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Following is an excerpt from her remarks.
... Anniversaries remind us that every day, we have to recommit ourselves to the things that are important to us. And when it comes to education policy, this is a critical moment. With No Child Left Behind, we set the goal to have every student reading and doing math at grade level by 2014.
And it's working! The Nation's Report Card showed that our younger students made more reading progress in five years than in the previous 28 combined. Reading and math scores are reaching all-time highs for younger students. ...
Everybody here knows that before this act became law, kids often moved from grade to grade, and nobody knew whether or not they had learned to read, write, add or subtract. We invested billions of dollars and basically just hoped for the best. The lack of accountability helped create an achievement gap where poor and minority students lagged far behind their peers.
So when President Bush first came to Washington, D.C., back in 2001, the nation was ready for reform. The President made No Child Left Behind his first priorityliterally from his first day and his first week in office. And so did members of Congress from both sides of the aisle. ...
I'm counting on you to be on the front lines as we head into the process of renewing this law. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions out there, and we must set them straight.
We've heard it all before ... we're testing too much. We're teaching to the test. We're narrowing the curriculum. The law is unfunded. It's punitive. It unfairly labels schools as "failing." And its goal of having all students [performing at] grade level by 2014 is simply not possible.
But as I've traveled around the country, I've met thousands of parents who are grateful to have more information on how their students are doing. ... Not once in all my travels have I met a parent who didn't want their child learning at grade level nowlet alone by 2014. ...
Of course we know that there are a few students who may need additional time or accommodations to reach grade levelsuch as those with significant disabilities, or those who have just arrived in our country and are still learning English. And we at the Education Department have already made changes to help states and schools factor that into their measuring systems. ...
To help schools in need of improvement, No Child Left Behind provides resourcesincluding free tutoring for struggling students. And President Bush and the Congress have increased federal K-12 spending by 41 percent over the last five years. ...
The truth is, No Child Left Behind helps kids by measuring their progress and holding schools accountable for helping them improve. It helps teachers by providing them with information to better manage their classrooms, and resources to improve and enrich their teaching. And it helps businesses by helping students gain the skills they need to succeed. ...
As we move forward with reauthorization, we must preserve these principles while improving the law. I look forward to working with the Congress to get this very important job done. ...
For the full Jan. 8, 2007, remarks, visit http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2007/01/01082007.html.
Around the Country
Massachusetts Beginning with the class of 2010, the 2006-07 school year's freshmen, students in Massachusetts will have to pass a Science and Technology/Engineering exam in order to graduate from high school. Ninth-graders enrolled in biology, chemistry, introductory physics or technology/engineering will be eligible to take one of these four high-stakes tests this June. Along with the English and math assessments, the new graduation requirement is another step toward meeting a 1993 state statute that requires students to pass ultimately five high school exit exams, the remainder of which are expected to be phased in over time.
Oregon Public schools in Portland, Beaverton and Hillsboro, will receive $9 million over the next five years, thanks to a contribution from Nike, Inc., the company announced last month. Created to support innovation in school districts neighboring the company's headquarters near Beaverton, the Nike School Innovation Fund will provide grants in the first year for three initiatives at Portland Public Schools: the creation of a summer kindergarten program to prepare children for first grade; the development of leadership and coaching teams at elementary and middle schools to improve instruction; and the expansion of a pilot project that puts business managers in high schools to allow principals more time to focus on education.
- February
Black History Month, a national celebration of the heritage of African-Americans. The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) Web site offers more than 60 teaching and learning resources about black history that cover many topics, including emancipation and reconstruction, Brown v. Board of Education, the Harlem Renaissance, Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King, Jr. Visit http://free.ed.gov.
- Feb. 7-22
Supplemental Educational Services Regional Workshops, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. This workshop series will provide free technical assistance for organizations interested in becoming approved providers of supplemental educational services for disadvantaged students. Locations and dates include: Feb. 7, Arlington, Texas; Feb. 8, St. Louis; Feb. 13, Baton Rouge, La.; and Feb. 22, Charleston, S.C. Visit http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/suppserv-workshops.html or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.
- Feb. 18-24
National Engineers Week, a celebration sponsored by the National Engineers Week Foundation to highlight the importance of having high levels of math and science literacy. Among the events is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on Feb. 22, which seeks to mobilize thousands of female engineers to mentor more than 1 million girls. Visit http://www.eweek.org or call 703-684-2852.
Q & A Glossary
What is the State Scholars Initiative?
The State Scholars Initiative is a national program that motivates students to complete a rigorous course of study in high schoolone that will give them a boost in college and their careers. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, the initiative operates through business and education partnerships formed at the state level. As an increasingly competitive global economy calls for a more skilled and knowledgeable labor force, the State Scholars Initiative brings business leaders into the nation's classrooms to talk directly to middle and high school students about the value of challenging studies for the students themselves and employees in the workplace. Part of this ongoing support, funded by the program's partners, includes tutoring sessions and "power breakfasts" as well as college scholarships in some states.
In addition, high school students eligible for federal Pell grants who complete a rigorous curriculum like the State Scholars Core Course of Study will qualify for Academic Competitiveness grants, which provide up to $750 for the first year of college and up to $1,300 for the second year.
The program's Core Course of Study includes at least: four years of English, three years of math (algebra I and II and geometry); three years of lab science (biology, chemistry and physics); three-and-a-half years of social studies (U.S. and world history, geography, economics and government); and two years of the same foreign language. Around this academic core the states design their own program to meet their particular needs. Currently, 22 states are actively involved in the initiative, each enlisting the participation of a number of their school districts.
To learn more about the program's availability in your area, visit www.wiche.edu and select "Programs" for the "State Scholar Initiative," or call 303-541-0210.
News Show Focuses on Math, Science Literacy
The critical role math and science education play in equipping students with the skills to succeed in the 21st century will be the focus of the February edition of Education News Parents Can Use, the U.S. Department of Education's monthly television program.
Today's high school graduates need to have solid math and science skillswhether they are going directly to college or entering the workforce. Employers are seeking critical thinkers and practical problem-solvers who understand today's technology. February's show will spotlight what the Department and other key partners are doing to promote math and science literacy, including: the recommendations from the National Mathematics Advisory Panel; new support for strengthening math and science education from the President's American Competitiveness Initiative; and high-performing schools from around the country that are excelling in math and science education.
Each month, Education News Parents Can Use showcases: schools and school districts from across the country; conversations with school officials, parents and education experts; and advice and free resources for parents and educators.
To learn about viewing options, including webcasts, visit http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/, or call toll-free 1-800-USA-LEARN.
Closing the Gap in Charter High Schools
The U.S. Department of Education recently published a new guide that focuses on eight charter high schools that are raising the achievement levels of traditionally underserved student populations.
The guide, Charter High Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap, reveals how these schools are using innovative instructional approaches to close the gap between the highest-performing students and those lagging behind. As independent public schools operating with more freedom than their traditional counterparts, charter schools promise greater academic results by developing creative solutions to the problems faced by many public high schools.
The schools profiled in the guide are distinctively diverse but share six characteristics. They: are mission-driven; focus on college preparation; teach for mastery; provide support to students; value professional learning; and hold themselves accountable.
The schools were chosen from over 400 charter high schools that are meeting academic targets under the No Child Left Behind Act and are closing achievement gaps by holding students to high academic standards. They are: Gateway High School (Calif.); Media and Technology Charter High School (Mass.); Minnesota New Country School; North Star Academy Charter School of Newark (N.J.); The Preuss School (Calif.); The SEED Public Charter School (District of Columbia); Toledo School for the Arts (Ohio); and YES College Preparatory School (Texas).
For a free copy of the guide, call 1-877-4ED-PUBS with identification number ED002720P, while supplies last, or visit http://www.edpubs.org.
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#1 Thu 15 Nov 12 8:57am
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Vegetables for Breakfast?
Tomorrow is the annual elephant fair breakfast here. Around 200 - 300 elephants converge on the town over the preceding month and the locals provide food for them. Given that the elephants weigh in the region of 5 to 6 tonnes each the quantity of food to satisfy them is massive.
A few pictures of the fair from 2008:
#2 Sat 17 Nov 12 1:56pm
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Re: Vegetables for Breakfast?
Great photo's... its interesting seeing the long tables scattered with the sorts of things that elephants will eat.
#3 Sat 17 Nov 12 2:11pm
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Re: Vegetables for Breakfast?
Thanks for sharing these images! Wonderful! What a neat festival!
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Re: Vegetables for Breakfast?
Very interesting!
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Covering more than 97 square miles—about the size of 50 U.S. football fields—Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier is one of the most incredible sights in all of South America. But what makes seeing this massive spectacle in person so thrilling is that the ice does not stand still. Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers on Earth that is advancing, not retreating.


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Donatella Versace kicks off Couture Spring 2013
11:55 AM Tuesday Jan 22, 2013
Donatella Versace dazzled Paris on a dark, snowy night with a spring couture collection heavy on 24-carat gold pinstripes and crystal embroidery that some might say tended towards bling. Hollywood actor Kevin Costner, Princess Charlene of Monaco, actresses Melissa George and Olivia Munn and rapper Ne-Yo were were among those who turned out. Versace, whose collection was shown the night before the rest of the couture shows begin, said she took inspiration from the "architectural splendour of glass domes where the fragility of glass contrasts with the strength of iron and steel beams".


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As some of you recall, I posted a very blurry drawing of a Monte Carlo concept I drew almost a year ago back in june. Well, I colored it in so you can see it better.What do you guys think?
-----------------how does it stay so small and skinny when it has single handedly eaten all those fat muscle cars?"I don't want the world, I only want what I deserve!"
Nice dude, but I'm feeling this as more of a Chevelle. The color image that Jspook did of yours is more Monte Carlo-ish.
__________________________________________________________Taking Back America, One Chevy at a Time
Nice, now make that rear end into wings and we have a real retro cool coupe...
___________________________________________ Heaven: where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and it is all organized and run by the Swiss. Hell: where the police are German, the cooks British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and it is all organized and run by the Italians.
Well, this isn't supposed too be a "retro ride", it is basically an evolve of the previous generation, with influences from all generations.
Thats hot.
____________________http://www.youtube.com/user/heavymetal1110my youtube channel with some guitar covers and stuff___________________________I"m gonna make this short and simplepolitician's are all a bunch of *** american muscle rule's and there's nothing you can do to change that, i love my packard, i love my beloved General motors, i love heavy metal and i love my country
very nice
Oh, I also wanted too add that this would be rear wheel drive.
not sure


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C - Caitlin's Way - Season 1 Episode 4 Boundaries
Summary : Caitlin's Way was a teen-drama that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000-2002, and was created by Thomas W. Lynch, who created The Secret World of Alex Mack. It was about Caitlin Seeger, a rebellious girl, who lived with nuns in Philadelphia. Aft .
Aired : 2000-03-12
Aired : 2000-03-12


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Town Square
On Deadline blog: 'Cal Ave' cost overruns may echo past, present and future city projects
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jan 31, 2013
The overall cost has nearly tripled, from an initial $1.7 million in early 2011 (when the City Council approved the project) to an estimated $4.5 million today. The cost increases have followed a series of city decisions to redesign and add to the project, with wider sidewalks and -- currently proposed -- new street lights estimated to cost about $1 million.
But it wasn't the controversies that have plagued the project that have driven up costs -- such as the wholesale removal of the 63 or so former street trees on the commercial stretch between El Camino Real and the Caltrain tracks. Numerous merchants and residents also have expressed deep concern about the plan to narrow the lanes from four to two to allow wider sidewalks and landscape areas.
As with other cost-ballooning projects, the California Avenue project is being funded by a significant level of non-city funds, specifically a $1.2 million grant from Santa Clara County's Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The city's share was to be about $500,000. It is not completely clear why the short, essentially dead-end street qualifies as a major VTA "transportation" project, other than the Caltrain stop at its eastern end.
Historically, one project stands out as an example of a grant-inspired city investment. It is known simply as "The Homer Tunnel." The bike/pedestrian tunnel (where Homer Avenue runs into Alma Street in downtown Palo Alto) more than quintupled in cost from initial estimates to its final cost of $5.4 million.
In addition to serious concerns about the design, especially for bicycles exiting onto narrow Alma or one-way-head-on Homer, the Weekly and others marveled unbelievingly at the cost explosion.
"Just as distressing is the $5.4 million latest cost estimates for the tunnel, several times the initial estimates of less than $1 million, or even the $2.2 million envisioned after the first design/engineering study," the Palo Alto Weekly commented in an editorial Sept. 22, 2004. It noted that the tunnel was "initially presented as costing local taxpayers virtually nothing due to potential grant funding and a $250,000 contribution from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
"But the price tag swelled past any rational limit due to a combination of state requirements coupled with add-ons from several city commissions and boards, plus an added track for "Baby Bullet" trains, and contingency costs of tunneling under a working railroad and relocating underground utilities," the editorial noted.
Sound familiar?
At the time, the Homer Tunnel on a small scale rivaled the cost increases plaguing the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, increases that almost caused Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to cancel that project, now nearing its final stages as a world-class structure.
The late former Councilman and Mayor Gary Fazzino just shook his head as he drove past the new Homer Tunnel -- questioning its worth in the big picture of city investment in infrastructure. Its defenders cited its contribution to the economics of downtown Palo Alto by linking it more closely with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and large hotels adjacent to it.
On a trip to southern New Zealand I took a photo of a "Homer Tunnel" through a mountain and sent it back to Weekly staffers, wondering if it cost as much as the Palo Alto version.
Downtown parking structures also have carried high price tags. At a luncheon meeting with Weekly editors, Stanford University President John Hennessy informally quipped that Palo Alto's then-new structure on Alma Street cost about twice what a similar-sized parking structure cost Stanford.
I was not surprised: On a walking tour of the Alma Street structure I was impressed by the thin stainless-steel cables enclosing the stairwells. I had once replaced a couple of stainless-steel stays on an old sailboat and knew their solid-gold cost, even many years earlier.
And we're not done yet, it seems.
Other projects seemingly on their way over the top include a major bicycle/pedestrian bridge over state Highway 101 to the city's expansive natural baylands, and a new plan for a pedestrian/bicycle trail along Matadero Creek in Midtown Palo Alto.
The 1.3-mile creekside trail is still in a conceptual phase, but the bridge is moving along through city approvals.
The bridge is estimated to cost about $10 million, of which so far $4 million would come from a grant from Santa Clara County. Early design concepts show a sweeping overpass structure creating an architecturally impressive gateway to the baylands for south Palo Alto residents and others. It would avoid the inherently dangerous San Antonio Road vehicular overpass and supplant the Adobe Creek bike/pedestrian underpass that is flooded out for half the year -- for all year this year, in fact.
There is still discussion about the eastern alignment and its impact on the baylands, both during construction and visually. Planning Commission member Arthur Keller in December suggested straightening the eastside alignment to aim it more directly at entrances to trails in the baylands and create a more cohesive appearance.
The bridge is scheduled to open by 2017. Its ultimate real-world cost has not yet been guesstimated, beyond the initial $10 million estimate. Will it follow what former city Chief Transportation Official Joe Kott once termed the "Palo Alto cost" pattern? There certainly are many opportunities in this one. Stay tuned.
Finally, the Weekly this week is reporting on a relatively new plan to construct a bicycle/pedestrian trail along Matadero Creek in Midtown Palo Alto.
Like the baylands bridge, it also ties into the Stanford and Palo Alto Trails Program, which would expand or create more than eight miles of recreational corridors. The program would eventually link San Francisco Bay trails to Stanford University and city's Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve. The trail is considered a key element of the city's 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (adopted by the City Council last July) and would link with future bike boulevards along Ross, Greer and Louis roads.
As outlined so far, most of the trail would follow an existing county water-district maintenance road along the north side of Matadero Creek, except from Middlefield to Ross roads where it would shift to the south side.
But planning and assessment of the trail, and its alignment, won't even start until after the new city budget year begins in July, with a feasibility study scheduled to start in the fall. Some residents already are expressing concerns that the trail comes too close to their back yards, one woman saying it would be just six feet from her house. Privacy and safety will be issues, and even the necessity for any trail compared to side streets.
Palo Alto has received a $1.5 million grant for the trail from Santa Clara County, and the city could contribute about $500,000 from its 2014 Capital Improvement Program budget, according to city Chief Transportation Official Jaime Rodriguez.
So we have a $2 million estimate on the table. Do I hear three?
NOTE: Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com with a copy to firstname.lastname@example.com. He writes regular print columns for the Weekly and blogs at www.PaloAltoOnline.com (below Town Square).
Comments (18)
a resident of Downtown North
on Jan 31, 2013 at 5:23 pm
You ain't seen nuttin' yet. Watch the dollar signs rack up at the new toy our starry-eyed city is eyeing now -- the so-called garbage to energy factory by the Bay. Its projected base cost is already well into the millions, and even before it gets built it needs a perpetual land rent subsidy from the city, so its overages can be expected to dwarf the sum total of the fubars that Jay listed.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Feb 1, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Because the City is not a for-profit entity, it has failed to have developed a management structure like the private sector has--relative to running projects and accounting for resources (money and time). The concept of "True (or Total) Cost" is hard to find in most City documents. Although there was a change in how multi-year projects were accounted for over the past few years, there does not seem to be any sense of reporting to the public the True/Total cost of projects that are under the City's control.
There has never been any effort on the part of the City Auditor to review these projects, as a part of the Auditor's yearly work plan. The City Council is not responsible for any aspect of a project's execution—unless it becomes such a problem that there is public outcry, up to, and including, a recall.
The biggest problem seems to be that there just isn't anyone who is accountable—like the CEO, of a company. The City Manager's name rarely appears in any articles involving construction project problems—like we're seeing at Mitchell Park. The Assistant-Director of the Public/Works Department seems to be the only City Official who seems to be visible in the decision process. There are nine City Council Members, a City Manager, a couple Asst. CMs, a City Attorney, a P/W Director and a Library Director who have been involved in the decision processes—yet, few of these people seem to explaining what the problems are—other than some hard-to-believe claims of "cheap subcontractors).
Since none of the key City officials seem to be accountable—meaning they could lose their jobs for failures to perform—then schedule delays, and ultimately cost-overruns, become business-as-usual at 250 Hamilton.
The thought of giving the City hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars it claims is needed for "Infrastructure" leaves one wondering how the same people that can not bring in a small $2M project at/about cost estimates will not go hog-wild and blast through those funds the same way they have the small projects in the past? Bond oversight committees are toothless, and rarely are populated by people with any particular expertise in construction—leaving them to be little more than cheerleaders for the people who appointed them to the committee.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 1, 2013 at 9:52 pm
Let's not forget the Mitchell Park Library/Community Center overruns.
Accountability is not a word in the City Hall lexicon.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 2, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Speaking of accountability, the same city engineer who was in charge of the Homer Tunnel and declared it "a total success"
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is in charge of the proposed bike bridge over 101.
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a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 3, 2013 at 12:45 am
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
I'm dismayed to see the costs of Cal Ave go creeping up, but widening the sidewalks in conjunction with the streetscape work is good timing and will I think pay off in the long run. I look forward to more places to sit and eat outside, especially during the farmers' market, when people are eating sitting on the curb between Country Sun and the Bank. The bike flow to/from the Cal Ave underpass will be improved and have fewer conflicts with pedestrians on the plaza (see page 18 of Web Link).
The plan currently calls for additional on street parking, a valuable asset to merchants and shoppers, with each new space representing an approximately $40K value (per previous community meetings and the cost of adding parking elsewhere). Mr. Thorwaldson and readers should note that this additional parking is not possible without reducing the number of lanes. So the lane reduction is not just for sidewalk and landscaping, but also for more parking and for safer pedestrian mid-block crossing.
Thanks for the link about the Homer tunnel. A fair reading of the article will show that most of the cost overruns for that project were caused by outside agencies and regulators and outside of the city's control, certainly outside of the city engineer's control. One decision that was in the city's control was the retention of the monument in its original location, which I thought at the time was fairly ridiculous. It forced some redesign of the exit, IIRC, and limits visibility into the tunnel from Homer, thus slightly reducing security (though I know of no security incidents there since its opening). But that too, a decision of the Council or maybe the HRB, was outside the engineer's control. Now I use the Homer Tunnel about 95% of the time I bike to downtown. Living West of the tracks, I rarely use Bryant anymore. I use the Alma connection to Forest and have never had a car catch up to me, though I have some hope that the contra-flow bike lane may get put in before too long.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 3, 2013 at 1:47 pm
> "...most of the cost overruns for that project were caused by outside agencies and regulators and outside of the city's control,..."
It's up to the city staff to hire competent contractors and to scope out the dependencies and costs before the project is approved. Projects with "exploding costs, construction snafus, months of delays and an unlawful traffic signal" are indeed the fault of the people managing them.
Former Mayor Gary Fazzino was right when he called the Homer Tunnel "one of the biggest mistakes during his 12-year term on the City Council."
a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 3, 2013 at 11:27 pm
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
Good point on the need to hire competent contractors to get accurate cost estimates.
On the "unlawful traffic signal", a green traffic light in the shape of a bicycle-logo, it was legal when first proposed, but it was only temporarily legal as a trial. The legislation permitting them in California expired in January 2005. However, it was reinstated in July 2005, and is still legal today: Web Link
a resident of South of Midtown
on Feb 4, 2013 at 11:03 am
> Bond oversight committees are toothless, and rarely are populated by people with any particular expertise in construction—leaving them to be little more than cheerleaders for the people who appointed them to the committee.<
This is an accurate description of the Library Bond oversight.
NINE city staff are on it. NINE! And the few citizens (4?) were bond advocates for the Mitchell Park boondoggle.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Bond Oversight Committee:
Web Link
There are a few City employees associated with this committee, but they are not offically named to the committee.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 12:44 pm
> The plan currently calls for additional on street parking, a valuable
> asset to merchants and shoppers, with each new space representing an
> approximately $40K value (per previous community meetings and
> the cost of adding parking elsewhere).
Statements like this one are so full of holes that they should be filled under the Swiss Cheese section.
A small number of additional parking spaces are supposed to result from this plan. However, there has never been any evidence presented that the off-street parking is saturated. It's clear that this is not so, or if it ever is so—this saturation is only during lunch hour on work days. There has been no data presented about the utilization of the parking structure.
As to the $40K/per parking space—this is only true in the context of a parking structure—and then only if the construction is not funded with bonds—which will then drive the cost per parking spot up. Street level parking lots are clearly less expensive to build, although their capacity is limited to only one "floor".
Given the escalating costs of this project—the hand full of new parking spaces are becoming more expensive by the day. It's hard to find an estimated cost for on-street parking, but this fifteen-twenty new spots will not come cheaply—nor will there be any increased sales associated with these new spots.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2013 at 1:32 pm
What about those projects for new buildings on California Avenue that will cause all kinds of issues for the project? I just saw something that the 260 California Avenue building and will occupy some parking spaces in front of their property. Does anyone anything about this or how we can get more information on this? These projects may be taking away some public parking spaces that we just can't afford-anywhere in Palo Alto for that matter. Maybe Mr.Thorwaldson, can do a thorough analysis of these projects on California Avenue as I only learn about them in limited information. For example, I only learned about this cost going up this high from this blog. The City must have known that the cost was creeping up, we should be able to get all of the information before it gets to this point. It is really hard to find a comprehensive information on these types of issues.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2013 at 1:32 pm
What about those projects for new buildings on California Avenue that will cause all kinds of issues for the project? I just saw something that the 260 California Avenue building and will occupy some parking spaces in front of their property. Does anyone anything about this or how we can get more information on this? These projects may be taking away some public parking spaces that we just can't afford-anywhere in Palo Alto for that matter. Maybe Mr.Thorwaldson, can do a thorough analysis of these projects on California Avenue as I only learn about them in limited information. For example, I only learned about this cost going up this high from this blog. The City must have known that the cost was creeping up, we should be able to get all of the information before it gets to this point. It is really hard to find a comprehensive information on these types of issues.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Feb 7, 2013 at 3:50 pm
Sad, but these kinds of overruns are the norm for big government projects, There is a lot of incentive to spend more, and not much to spend less. Current high speed rail estimates are $60-90 billion. Apply the standard multiple and you get a bankrupt state.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Feb 17, 2013 at 10:05 am
Just another example of justifying the use of city funds based on the rationale that "grant money" is covering a majority of the expense. Also as expected, the cost overruns will fall firmly on the shoulders of we tax payers. Considering the dire financial straits we're in, and inability to even come close to balancing the city budget, it was clear that we couldn't afford the original half million dollar proposed cost.
This beautification project represents a desired need, but not an essential need. Like many other publicly funded programs and services in Palo Alto, we should have shelved this project until our fiscal situation is healthier. Vital civic needs in infrastructure and public safety have been neglected and deferred for many years in favor of non-essential, feel good, niche projects. We have to attend to those needs and balance the city budget before we embark on costly ventures like this one.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Feb 18, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Marrol, I agree. I say let's dump this project and just resurface, repair and replace as needed. Has Palo Altans come to this point that we can't even manage a 3 block business district of our small town and yet PA is a home to some of the most qualified CEO's in the country? If this California Avenue project goes through, we will begin to lose small businesses then we also lose our quaint town mentality and just become part of the next big thing. Why aren't people questioning the fact MOST businesses on California Ave. opposed this project enough to file a lawsuit? It just doesn't make sense. The businesses would rather have the street untouched than to reduce lanes to only see increased traffic and parking issues not effectively addressed. Why are the small businesses of PA are largely ignored? We saw this when Pat Burt, an elected Official had a tantrum basically yelling at the businesses who came to express their views back in July 2012. Like the rest of the government, Palo Alto is no different, it is highly influenced and organized by, to me, lobbyists (bicyclist groups)--let's call them for what they really are and the few ambitious Council members and staff personnel to ONLY further their own cause. If the City Council has the encourage they will dump this project and save our City some money. Instead their efforts should be to update California Avenue area with better signage, newly painted crosswalks, etc... The City has wasted our money on useless consultants to tell the California Avenue merchants what THEY need. We pay for consultants on every project, what is the point of hiring overpaid City Staff? Why do we have a City Council if they do not govern? Why not just hire "real" qualified City staff since they are the ones running the City as we ALL know. Apparently City Council doesn't care, read Daily Post Feb.13, 2013 "Grant bid for huge garage blasted".
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Feb 18, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Larry remembers: Pat Burt, an elected Official had a tantrum basically yelling at the businesses who came to express their views back in July 2012.
Burt's private business office is on California Avenue so he should not have participated in the issue at all.
That's the private office he shares with a member of the Planning Commission. And he invests in that commissioner's businesses too. Burt used to be on the Planning Commission. They both have a very "flexible" interpretation of conflict of interest.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Feb 19, 2013 at 9:39 am
The question of our own Council members not to raise this is utterly unaccepted. Someone could have asked Burt to remove himself from this issue. This is our local government at it's best. PA praises to be a community on the cutting edge of innovation, green environment and now they can add CORRUPTION. PA is on sale to to the highest bidder! Observer, do tell more as I think people are unaware of this.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 19, 2013 at 9:45 am
> Palo Alto "is highly influenced and organized by, to me, lobbyists (bicyclist groups)--"
Yes, the bicycle lobbies have huge power. Here's an example from San Francisco:
SF city planners want to move bike lanes from Market to Mission to provide more room for buses on Market(thus faster commutes) and more safety for cyclists on Mission. But the bike lobby -- which has so much political power -- won't give up Market Street. They convinced SF Supervisor Scott Wiener to call for public hearings.
"What's really at play here is a looming fight for space between cyclists, pedestrians and Muni passengers now that cars are being pushed out of the Mid-Market area."
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Hendall Hits The Slopes!
There have been rumors that Harry Styles' supposed relationship with Kendall Jenner's been going downhill for a few days now—and it seems they might be true. They are going downhill. In the snow. On a pair of skis. Henry's been spotted with Kendall at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in California.
Nope, you aren't experiencing déjà vu over that time Harry hit the slopes with Taylor Swift in Utah circa 2013—this is new info!
A lucky fan bumped into Hendall and Instagrammed a pic with the pair captioned, "Casually hanging out with Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles. #dying."
Twitter has blown up, with some people saying, "but that's a picture of him from ages ago he's in LA this is not happening" and other's suggesting the whole thing's being filmed for an ep of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Very dramatic!
What do you think of Hendall's supposed ski vaca? Do you think it's cool or weird that Harry seems to use the same signature ski date to woo all his GFs? Sound off in the comments below!
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Bryan Wedding at Traditions Club from Everest Road PhotographyPeople often ask me if I grow tired of weddings. I am quick to answer, never. And all I have to do to make them see why weddings will always have my heart is show them a wedding like this one.
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