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Hate that he's playing well. We gotta win Sunday... even the Cowboys are looking good again (they almost came back)
Hate that he's playing well. We gotta win Sunday... even the Cowboys are looking good again (they almost came back)
Just wait until the Redskins get out of cap/draft hell and can provide RG3 with a big time WR. If not for the cap sanctions, guy could have been throwing to VJax this year. Scary thought for the NFCE.
Redskins set at QB probably for the next 12 years while the Cowboys and Giants will likely be looking for one in 3 or 4 years (maybe sooner for the Cowboys). Shifting of the guard? I hope not.
The Giants are focused on winning this season's Superbowl and only have to think about RG3 for next week. The Giants are not thinking about RG3 for 12 years to come or getting a new QB in 3,4, or 5 years from now. That's how you win championships these days. You always hear about the bottom tier teams talk about rebuilding to win the championship in 5 years or so and that just does not happen 80% of the time because a lot of things can happen within 5 years, the star players don't tend to stay on crappy teams, and successful teams will build upon their success.
The Redskins are gonna call their season a success this year regardless if they make it or not, simply because they drafted RG3.
The truly successful teams build on their success, I agree. Teams like the Patriots, Steelers, Ravens are really good examples of those. But a lot of teams that have success get too caught up in winning, or trying to win to realize that they're foundation is crumbling.
In this sport and in any sport, you have to think about the present and future... unless of course your present is non-existent. You can't go out and try to win a championship if you've got nothing around, so you sacrifice to gain a guy like RG3, or Andrew Luck. I think the redskins will consider this a successful season because it IS a successful season.
Yes, RG3 is proving he's worth ever draft pick sacrifice the Redskins made to get him. Also, successful rebuilding requires the right personnel that know what they're doing (GM, coaches, scouts, etc...). No one wants to end up like the Eagles who make big name player acquisitions, give them large contracts, claim to be the dream team, and then have Andy Reid trying to keep his job, explaining why the team gets blown out and why the defense is doing worse after firing the DC near mid-season. lol
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Gonna be hard to watch him rip up the NFCE for years to come. Hard to hate on him though, as he also seems to be a good stand up kinda guy too. Washington fans must be thrilled.
It's a league of adjustments. He's a very good player but also a rookie so he's benefiting from being unknown like many first year QBs have before him.
I'm pretty sure that once he gets known a bit more around the league, defenses will adapt. Let's not start preparing for the induction into Canton for a QB whose numbers currently put him squarely in the middle of the pack.
Yes, RGIII was awesome yesterday, but let's not forget that the Redskins were almost a victim to the same problem the Giants had with the Cowboys several weeks ago - that they jumped out to a BIG lead in the first half, only for the Cowboys to come back and make it a one score game. If not for the mistakes (ie: Romo's trademark interception), Dallas could've won that game - just like they could have (and SHOULD have) beat us.
I really hope the Skins dont make the playoffs. They havent been good in forever and their fans are already ****y. I literally went over there to their MB just to congratulate them on their recent victories and they jumped down my throat with smack talk.
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posted at 3:38 pm on May 9, 2012 by Allahpundit
Via Mediaite, 16 years after going on the record in support of gay marriage, The One finally decides it's safe to reclaim his old position. (AmSpec's James Antle tweets, "Obama may be the only person in America who supported gay marriage in 1996 but opposed it in 2011.") His base will swoon over this, needless to say — expect the mother of all leg tingles on "Hardball" tonight — but even as someone who agrees with him, I can't get past the pure opportunism of it. In fact, fellow gay-marriage supporter Andy Levy flags this NYT tweet in naked disgust:
Some Obama advisers were divided on decision to support same-sex marriage, but concluded his brand has been damaged enough by hedging.
That's what it was all about: The brand, plus the political awkwardness created by Biden's candor on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday. I used to ask whether anyone seriously believes O opposes gay marriage. Now I have to start asking whether anyone seriously believes O would have stopped feigning opposition if it was still a clear political winner for him to keep it up. His "courage" here, as in all things, is about his own reelection chances. If there's anything for gay rights supporters to celebrate today, it's the fact that popular opinion has shifted enough that even an opportunist as transparent as The One thinks it's safe enough to take this position before a national election.
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The president stressed that this is a personal position, and that he still supports the concept of states deciding the issue on their own. But he said he's confident that more Americans will grow comfortable with gays and lesbians getting married, citing his own daughters' comfort with the concept.
I don't believe that for a moment either but that's going to be his new compromise. Instead of "I support gay rights but oppose gay marriage" it's now "I support gay marriage but oppose federal intervention." Even so, if/when the Supreme Court finds a right to same-sex marriage in the Equal Protection Clause, rest assured that the statement from the White House that day will be nothing but celebratory. This position too is a charade.
As for the politics, Karl notes in the Greenroom that Team Hopenchange may now be shifting from a campaign aimed at winning back disaffected working-class swing voters to a campaign aimed mainly at maximizing turnout among their base:
What yesterday's elections may have told Team Obama is that the bitter clingers out there are bitter enough to give 41% of the Democrat vote in West Virginia to a convicted felon and to ease a ban on same-sex marriage into the North Carolina constitution. They may have concluded that their energies are better spent targeting more socially liberal white college graduates in the suburbs of northern Virginia, Philadeplphia, Denver, etc. than wasting time on trying to persuade Rust Belt Jacksonians to pull the lever for Barack Obama again while (as Allahpundit suggests) considering discontent among socially conservative African-Americans an acceptable risk now. The establishment's mockery of Obama's unevolved position may have suggested to Team Obama that painting Mitt Romney as a right-wing extremist is made more difficult when the president shares Romney's position on SSM.
For an extended list of pros versus cons, read Chris Cillizza. Romney reiterated today that there'll be no "evolving" on his end so the contrast is there if Obama wants to draw it. Which, I think, he almost surely doesn't: There's too much uncertainty on both sides about how swing voters will react if it becomes a major issue in the campaign. Will they follow North Carolina's and other states' lead by voting against gay marriage and its proponent-in-chief? Or will they tune Romney out because he's not talking about jobs and his economic program? Outside of LGBT fundraisers, I doubt you'll hear O talk at length again about this issue before November. Exit quotation from GOProud's Chris Barron: "It is time the left came to terms with the fact that this president will only be for same-sex marriage when he believes it is a political winner for him."
Update: Some buzz on Twitter for this blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in O's remarks: "when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf…" His behalf?
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It is funny how through apparent sheer luck Giants players and prospects who will be future Giants have been showcased on Sports Science.
JPP, Prince, etc
Here's Jayron's. I'll tell you what, Jayron might be undersized, but he looks like he has some fast twitch muscles in him, and he sure is scrappy. I think we have a nice new DB to complement C-Dub, TT, and Prince. They all have different sets of skills.
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We hit the road early (8:30 am) and were not surprised that San Diego was still asleep. The mountains in the distance and country side around us were shrouded in morning mist. We began a gradual climb just out of town. We were huffin' and puffin' in our steady battle with the hill.
On a long uphill stretch we noticed a herd of cows ahead of us on the road. Michelle thought it would be great to get a picture of us riding through the herd. But we could not catch up. Oh well, maybe next time.
By 10 am the sun broke through and we shed our jackets. It turned into another great day. Winding past farmland and meadows with plenty of wildflowers. We encountered very little traffic and the road surface stayed poor until we crossed from the Jalisco State line into Michoacan. As we crossed the ridge into the next valley, the landscape became a lot greener again.
In this region, towns have a bypass road that avoids the town center. When we arrived at the split in the road, we could see it was down, down, down the narrow streets into Cotija de La Paz. The bypass road seemed to stay high and level. Michelle questioned the police at a checkpoint there about restaurants along the bypass road. He indicated we needed to go into town so we did. Rolling down the steep street, we found a very charming town. And we almost missed it!
When we enter a town, we always head toward the large church tower, every town has one, to find the main plaza. The plaza always has shaded benches and is a place where locals come to chat with their friends and neighbors. A friendly middle aged man approached us, speaking perfect English. Gerardo worked in Bakersfield, California in a nursery that sent him all over the world. He owns properties in Cojita and several houses, of which one is for sale. He suggested we stay over in Cotija and offered to let us to stay in the house. We gladly accepted.
He walked us up a block to the house which had several rooms opening up to tiled courtyard. No furniture and no hot water but perfect for us. Gerardo handed us the key and offered us the use of his car, which we declined. He said to make sure to visit the plaza at 9 pm because every Sunday the boys and girls come there. That in itself didn't sound too exciting to us but we took his word for it and planned to show up.
We checked out the market, always the heartbeat of a town, and enjoyed some great tacos before exploring the rest of town. The main plaza had free Wi-Fi so we planted ourselves in the shade and worked on our blog for a bit and researched our route ahead.
We had dinner in a place Geraldo recommended and were joined by 2 young waiters (it was not busy) who wanted to know about our trip. They were fascinated to hear about the many places in Mexico we had visited. They themselves had not ventured far from Cotija. They had completed 12th grade. One had steady girlfriend and the other was still looking.
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A sexual act that involving stoma penetration with a penis. Also involving the sexual fetish of scarves, turtlenecks, and beards.
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Many studies have found that even as women have succeeded in historically male-dominated fields, they have not enjoyed a corresponding reduction in domestic work.
Research led by Bernadette Park, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado at Boulder, helps to explain why. Men and women may see their work and home lives as equally shared, but how they act often differs from what they say they feel.
Even with strides in the job market, many women still must, to some degree, choose career or family, Park said. "Having both is much more difficult for women than it is for men," she said.
Park said women are expected to perform household and family chores to a greater degree than are men, even when men and women are under equal job stress. These attitudes and expectations, she shows in her research, can be measured and compared.
Park and her colleagues measure the perceived "warmth" and "competence" of men and women, perceived traits that are a subjective gauge of gender perception. She and her colleagues compared the results of a subjective questionnaire to those of an objective questionnaire that asked about expected behaviors, rather than traits, of men versus women. Measuring people's expectations gives a more candid picture of their deeply held beliefs, Park suggests.
In one article published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, Park and colleagues J. Allegra Smith, a CU doctoral candidate, and Joshua Correll, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Chicago, surveyed 631 people at CU. Of those, 254 completed a subjective questionnaire that identified individual "traits" of two hypothetical people.
The man and woman were described as biomedical researchers with advanced degrees, married with two children and each working between 20 and 60 hours weekly.
Participants completing the questionnaire were asked to rate each spouse's traits regarding warmth, ability to nurture, good-naturedness or sincerity. Participants also rated each on competence-related traits including being capable, skillful and efficient.
Hypothetical people who each worked four 10-hour days a week and cared for children three days a week were seen as most competent, while those who worked more were seen as less warm. "Both of these effects were true to an equal extent for male and female targets," the authors wrote.
But those results -- how warm and competent men and women are perceived to be -- differed sharply from what men and women are expected to do, according to the study.
Another 377 people in the CU-Boulder-led study completed an objective questionnaire that identified the expected behaviors of the hypothetical couple, including a question on which spouse an injured child would go to for support.
When the hypothetical spouse was female, the expectation was higher; when it was male, the expectation was lower.
"At a behavioral level the expectation remains that women perform a greater number of child-care and warmth-related behaviors than their male counterparts, even while maintaining an equivalent number of professional and work-related competence responsibilities," Park and her colleagues wrote.
At every level of hours worked, the hypothetical female was estimated to perform "warmth-related" behaviors at a higher frequency than the male, according to the research team.
Also, as the work hours increased, the hypothetical husband was expected to perform correspondingly fewer child-care responsibilities than the equally hard-working wife. "Looking at the objective measure of who does what the data provide evidence that women do it all,' " the team wrote.
In fact, the hypothetical wife who worked 60 hours per week was still expected to do an "average" amount of child care, whereas the expectation for men was well below the average mark, according to the study.
Park is continuing her work on gender-role dissimilarities through a $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Child and Human Development.
Generally speaking, dads are still seen as family leaders and disciplinarians, serving the same kinds of functions they do in professional life, Park said. Moms, on the other hand, are expected to be nurturing and compassionate. To the extent that those expectations are stable, she said, women are more likely than men to leave their careers because of family pressures, and they find it harder than men to re-enter their former jobs after taking a family-related hiatus.
In two related studies of 169 CU-Boulder students, Park, Smith and Correll found evidence that traditional expectations of moms and dads persist, and that women were more strongly associated with the role of mom than men were associated with the role of dad.
Further, they found that these implicit assumptions, which reflect traditional stereotypes, propel the expectation that, unlike men, women should resolve work-family conflicts by choosing family.
Partly because of the tug of family duties, women in challenging careers leave their fields at higher rates than do men, studies show. Once they leave, it's harder for them to re-enter career life, Park said.
"While there has been remarkable change in the presence of women in the workforce over the past 50 years, and corresponding changes in gender stereotypes, behavioral expectations of moms and dads appear to have changed much less," Park, Smith and Correll wrote.
For more on this story, see the current issue of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine at artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/. To listen to Park talk about her study go to www.colorado.edu/news/broadcast/.


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It's about time to get back into the multiplayer mood, and take a brief look at the good online multiplayer mods that are coming out/already released.
Multi Theft Auto
Multi Theft Auto is the most common GTA online multiplayer mod, mainly because it was the first real dedicated, and stable mod. They've come a long way since the first test release which was for GTA3 back in early 2003. Current releases support GTA3, Vice City, and soon, San Andreas. Their current versions are extremely stable and user friendly, with tons of in game options and additions. Very amazing stuff you should really check out. Latest releases and previews are listed on the official sites below.
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*They've also been interviewed by GTA-online.fr, you can check out this interesting read here.
gtaTournament is also up there in the "great online mods" category. Their latest release, which has kept me interested for a while, is for San Andreas, and it's quite stable (minus the rare "socket error" crashes), but besides that, this online mod is pretty fantastic. You're able to use most mods with this one, and there are also different online scripts you can use, which allow you to spawn vehicles, teleport to locations in game, etc. The current version has a couple of drawbacks, like you can only play as CJ, some of the animations are not synchronized too well, and it can often crash out of nowhere, but their next version will be a big step up from the current. Latest version(s) available through their official site, listed below.
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GTA Rumble
GTA Rumble is crazy stable, and the animations are better synchronized than gtaT, but custom scripts are not built in, that enable you to teleport, spawn vehicles, etc. Though, weapons are enabled and they work quite well, and when vehicles are demolished they re-spawn back to their original places, but sometimes that creates issues with other players' games. If you're into deathmatch type play, and crazy dogfights in the air, this is probably the online multiplayer mod for you.
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Have you ever pondered the nature of…Nature?
This weekend, Friday Sept.30th (7:00-9pm)- Saturday Oct.1st (10:00am-5:00pm), The Women's Earth and Climate Caucus in collaboration with Global Exchange will host a unique weekend seminar focused on nature's rights and the global movement that has emerged.
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|Wagner Dining Hall
Wagner Dining Hall (WDH) is the Sooner Housing Center's dining establishment. WDH provides three meals a day during the week, and is closed on the weekends. The facility features an all-you-can-eat policy for each meal and requires a valid ID card in order to enter the facility.
The dining facility provides nutritious meals while fulfilling an educational role by introducing residents to a variety of formal and semiformal meals. The menu is designed to meet individual nutritional needs by allowing each person to choose from a variety of options.
Service schedules and options are maintained to accommodate the demands of a student-athlete's busy schedule. The WDH staff is prepared to accommodate special dietary needs. WDH serves all resident student-athletes.
WDH is open Monday through Friday for breakfast, lunch, and dinner throughout the regular school year. The facility is closed during weekends and the University holidays of Thanksgiving, semester break, and spring break. Any other schedule changes will be posted in advance.
Everyone who eats at WDH is required to present a valid ID card at each meal. If an individual does not present a valid ID card, meal privileges will be denied to that individual.
If an ID card is lost or stolen, it should be reported immediately to the dining facility manager and to the housing complex director to ensure that an individual's safety and security is preserved. A temporary card may be issued for on-campus residents at the Sooner Housing Center office located in Bud Wilkinson House.
A temporary card is valid for a maximum of three days. By that time, an individual will need to replace his/her lost or stolen card with a new ID, which is issued on the second floor of Buchanan Hall. However, the temporary card needs to be returned to the issuing office before the new ID is activated.
Guests are permitted if accompanied by a regular client. However, at no time can meals be transferred to a guest from an ID. Payment at the door is required. If more than two guests will be dining with you, please call in advance. Meal prices are: $6.25 for breakfast, $7.50 for lunch, and $8.50 for dinner.
Wagner Dining Hall Policies
1. Recruits on an unofficial campus visit must purchase their own meals. Special recruiting functions involving official visits and a host student-athlete have special restrictions and must include pre-registration with the appropriate head coach and WDH manager.
2. Student-athletes who will be missing meals due to an academic scheduling conflict can prepare a sack lunch at any time from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
3. Student-athletes who are ill or taking training room treatments that conflict with meals may request a carryout meal by calling one hour before meal time so that a sick tray may be prepared. A sick tray consists of soup, crackers, juice and Jell-O upon availability. The RA or other responsible party may pick up the tray by presenting the ill student-athlete's ID card. Training room conflicts need to be phoned in by training room personnel.
4. Student-athletes are allowed to carry out fruit and yogurt.
Dining Center Manager
Stacy Lemmert, the director of Wagner Dining oversees the day to day operation of Wagner Dining Hall. As director she, also coordinates with dining staff any special dietary needs for its residents. Whether it is a lifestyle preference, food allergy or medical concern or just a personal goal for a healthy lifestyle, menus are coordinated to meet the various needs of residents as well as special food requests. You need only to get in contact with our manager and/or the WDH staff to utilize these services. WDH is staffed by a host of caring and hard-working individuals who are willing to answer any questions may have or help in any way possible.
Special Meals
Throughout the year, WDH schedules theme dinners and events for our regular clients. At these open functions, all regular clientele and their guests are welcome to enjoy the meal. Occasionally, special functions will be held by request of a specific sport (i.e. pre-game meals), resident groups (i.e. floor meetings), or professional group requests (i.e. recruiting luncheons).
These events will require pre-registration with the host group in order to attend. Unfortunately, the staff at WDH cannot allow an unregistered guest to eat these meals. Events held during weekends are always closed events and require pre-registration and payment. These functions are not included in a meal plan
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All clientele of WDH will be treated courteously and with respect regardless of race, gender, religion, creed, or sexual preference. We also strive to ensure that all clientele will be free from harassment of any form while dining in our facility.
In this same respect, we require that you maintain an atmosphere free from profanity, physical contact, and/or discourteous behavior. Student-athletes are expected to remove their tray and trash from the dining area following their meal. Personal belongings are also the responsibility of the student-athlete and need to be left at the front when entering the facility.
Depending upon the infraction, student-athletes may be disciplined in a manner which may include but is not restricted to any of the following: verbal apology, written apology, restricted dining privileges, denial of dining privileges, and/or monetary reimbursement for broken or damaged property. Any disciplinary action will follow the guidelines established by the Sooner Housing Center, the University of Oklahoma Student-Athlete Code, and the University of Oklahoma Student Code.
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Old Town Square flat- Amazing View!
Vendégek száma8
Hálószobák száma2
Méret50 m²
Floor No.5
- Konyha
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|Železná, 110 00 Prague 1, Csehország
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|Calendar updated
Romance which impresses everyone.
HázirendCheck in from 1.00 pm , check out till 11 am
There is souvenir shop to the entrance of the house. Shop keeper will be informed about your booking and pass over you key. Kindly let us know your expected check in time as soon as you will know your schedule
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|368 €
|Ár >2 vendégre
|16 € /fő/éj extra
|Érkezés legkorábbi időpontja
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Before our visit we had a good email correspondance with the owner Roman.
We never saw Roman, but got our key from a shop owner in the same building as the apartment.
The wiev from the apartment is absolutely breathtaking, and worth all the 125 steps we had to climb before entering the aparment.
The apartment itself is sadly another story.
The lights on the staircase didn`t work, so we had to use mobilephone light to reach the apartment.
Inside everything needed a very good cleaning, becaus everywhere it was dirty and full of dust.. Especially the windows and lamps were dirty - we couldn`t see out !
The refridgerator was a laugh. It was broken inside, and couldn`t even hold two bottles of water.
The television didn`t work, and neither did the radio.
The radiator in the bathroom was dripping water all the time, so the floor was constantly wet. The waterpressure was nonexistent, and the showercurtain was about to fall down - only held by one screw.
The quality of the foam mattresses were very poor - old and flat.
It`s a shame that the owner didn`t make the effort to raise the standard, because this apartment could really be a fantastic place to live, with a little tender love and care...and a lot of cleaning.
Nice stay. Apartment is very central located. All improtant sights can be reached by foot. Small corner shop right across the street. Enough space for 4 People. Apartment need a little refurbishment. Especially the window seals. For an non professional advertiser clean location. We could leave our baggage at the store below the flat before we went home. Look forward to spend another holiday here.
We had a great time in Prague. Ideally located, the apartment is very convenient to wander around Prague.
Roman was very helpful during our stay. I will happily come again to stay ag his apartment during my next visit.
The appartment has an absolutely brilliant location. we were a group of 3 people and had plenty of space. only the shower wasn't good (no courtain and very small).
i can recommend this place for almost everybody, if they are willing to step up the 100+ stairs.
The apartments were really really well located, right next to Old Square. The only thing we didn't like was the refrigerator was really small and in the bathroom.
Fantastic location and great apartment! We had big smiles on our faces when we looked through the windows. It was very easy to communicate with Roman, the host. But most of all to experience Prague with all the city attractions on your doorstep is just what we were looking for! Thank you again Roman!
The apartment was in the middle of old town, that was very good. The bad thing was the 123 steps to reach it. Our host didn´t phone us back when we left him a message that our toilet broke down. The toilet and the shower were both a disaster.
The view from the apartment is realy amazing! And 122 steps seemed to be smth like a small physical training.
The heating battery in the bathroom was broken and switched off. We asked for help - no help received.
There were only small towels in the flat (2 hand towels for 2 persons).
We were given two duvet cover, two pillow cases and only one sheet. We asked for two beds :( The first night was inconvenient a little. Then we asked for additional linen and were given it by the guy from the giftshop.
There was nowhere to put trash.
These are small roughnesses. And Prague is wonderfull.
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When Dr. Jane Goodall was a kid growing up in England, her favorite books were Tarzan and Dr. Doolittle. She dreamed of one day living among wild animals. The opportunity to do just that came when Goodall was 26 years old. World-famous anthropologist Louis S. B. Leakey asked her to study a group of chimpanzees living in Tanzania. Goodall moved to the African country and spent the next 25 years studying the primates in their natural habitat. What she learned about chimpanzees fascinated people all over the world.
After studying animals for the first part of her career, Goodall began working to protect not only chimpanzees, but all creatures. Her new book, Hope for Animals and Their World, is a collection of conservation success stories. TFK talked to Goodall about her new book and her advice for young people.
What inspired you to write a book about conservation success stories?
here's so much doom and gloom about the environment, all of which is totally justified. But at the same time, because of all of my travel, I meet these extraordinary people and hear about these amazing projects, and they really do give hope. They show that there is so much resilience in nature that we can turn things around.
Why are these stories important?
There are a lot of young people who are going out and wanting to save species, and they are so often told, "Give up. It's hopeless. There's climate change. There's no point. You may as well let these creatures die. There's nothing we can do about it." And if we have that attitude, then soon there will be nothing left.
I heard you carry around a feather from a California condor. Is that true?
It's right in front of me on the table. It's right here. It's so beautiful.
What is so special about the California condor?
There were few condors left in the wild, and they were captured for captive breeding. Everyone involved was told that it was a waste of time. They were told that they would kill the birds catching them, that the birds would never breed in captivity, that if they did, the birds would never be able to be released, and if they were released, they would never succeed in nesting in the wild. All of those things were proved wrong. So, I carry it because it's a symbol of hope.
Which conservation project are you personally involved with right now?
The one I love is the restoration of the land around Gombe National Park, where the chimps are. The 24 villages were required by the government to make a plan for their land use. They arranged their conservation area so that there is a buffer between them and the chimps. Land that they had absolutely changed from forest to desert by over-farming has now got trees that are 20 feet high just in three years because it's so resilient.
How are kids helping with conservation efforts?
In our Roots and Shoots program, kids are making a difference everywhere.
What are they doing?
One program in the U.S. where the Roots and Shoots kids have really helped is the saving of the Channel Island fox that's off the coast of California. The problem was the introduction of pigs and various creatures that messed up the habitat. Soon, the foxes were almost extinct on this one island. The children have helped by raising awareness, raising money, writing letters and helping the zoo in Santa Barbara that's raising the foxes in captivity.
How do we prioritize when so many creatures need our help?
I think the answer to that is very simple. One of those species or stories will really appeal to you, and that's where you should go. The first thing is to learn about the different areas where you could become involved. And then out of those, one surely will reach into your heart, and you'll feel, "I really want to help." If you can focus and do what you can in the area you're most passionate about, and realize that other people are doing the same for different species, then you begin to feel a little bit more hopeful.
How should kids who want to help get started?
The first thing they should do is to join Roots and Shoots. It gives them an opportunity to interact with other young people who are passionate like they are all around the world. The website is a way for them to learn more.


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Berlin Townhouse on Victoria Park
Спальные места2
Ванные комнаты1
Площадь30 м²
Этаж №
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- Парковка
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|Sixtusgarten, 10965 Berlin, Германия
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|ID жилья
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|Время ответа
|Больше, чем неделя
|Календарь обновлен
|2 недель назад
The apartment is quiet, has its own entrance and private garden terrace. It is located in a listed site of the former Schultheiss brewery. Access is through the Gothic door from the former brewery park with beautiful old trees.
From the apartment is only 100 meters to the road Bergmann, one of the most popular streets of Berlin scene with all the necessary but also unusual shops, many restaurants, cafes, bars, market hall and on Saturday organic market. In the immediate neighborhood of Kreuzberg is the Victoria Park, one of the most popular and most diverse parks in Berlin with the famous monument of freedom Friedrich Schinkel and a fantastic view over the city.
Features: Entrance hall with wardrobe and wardrobe, double bed 1.60 x2.00m, bathroom with tub / shower and washing machine, small fully equipped kitchenette, cable TV, DSL, Wi-Fi, stereo, radio, CD player, solid wood flooring, underfloor heating.
Public transport: metro stations: Place the air bridge, 200m, 300m Mehringdamm, several bus lines, easy parking.
Price: 45,00 € / night (including linen and towels)
additional cleaning: 25.00 €
Minimum stay: 3 nights
Правила ПроживанияNon Smoking
|Цена за неделю (вплоть до 2 гостей)
|22000 руб.
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Nice apartment next to beautiful old town house. Very clean and there was everything you need for a city break. 5 minutes walk to u bahn,perfect located
We had a wonderful stay att Ekharts Townhouse at Victoria Park.
The flat is perfectly located and ideal for two persons.
Prepare for a visit from us in the future! :)
Perfect place for two persons
Very quiet and still central for shopping, restaurants and transport around the city.
We stayed in the Victoria Park apartment in late March 2015 for 6 nights. Ekhart was very helpful on our arrival and made sure we had all the practical details we needed.
The flat itself is very well equipped for a holiday apartment, probably the best equipped that we have stayed in. The little kitchen has more than enough utensils, pans, crockery and cutlery for 2 people and meant we were able to do a bit of cooking and have our breakfast in the flat each day. The flat is obviously very well maintained- it's very nicely decorated and the comfy bed was a big plus! I think the only slight negative was that the dining table is a little unstable with a heavy glass top, but once we realised that it was easy enough to avoid knocking it too much.
Location is nice and quiet but with an easy walk to the U-Bahn and the shops and cafes on Bergmannstrasse. It's perfect if you want to stay in a laid back neighbourhood but with easy access to the city centre and livelier areas to the east. We found ourselves using Mehringdamm U-Bahn more than the closer station at Platz der Luftbrucke- slightly longer walk (ca. 10 mins) but more imbisses and shops on the way.
Great place to stay!
Felt like a Hotel. Clean. Quiet place and safe place. 8 minutes and you were at the mehringdam u-bahn and the bus.
We will def. be back.
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Normally I would just extract, but I am not ready to do so yet. Would this be a no-no?


text: Dec 13 3:52 PM CT By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com Normally a swing tackle spot is reserved for a veteran player, not a young one such as Parnell, who was a basketball player in college before deciding to play football in his senior season at Mississippi. "You're not real comfortable, I wasn't coming in," offensive line coach Bill Callahan said. "Where's this fella at? He's our third tackle? He's got to come in and step up right away. He's given everyone the confidence that he can step up and play and take a starters role and be at both spots and provide great competition. As he grows through the years, I think it's going to be great for him." Given Callahan's comments and the actions of the Cowboys last week, you have to think Free's future with the Cowboys is in doubt. But Callahan praised how Free has handled splitting time at tackle. For the second consecutive week, Free and Parnell shared snaps with the first team in practice. "No one loves Doug Free more than I do," Callahan said. "I think he's a consummate pro, I think he comes to work (he's) the first in and last out. He's great for the room, he provides great leadership and example of our room, he studies better than any pro I've ever been around. He's well prepared, well versed, he has the answers before I even finish the sentence, again, it's tough but we're doing the best thing in terms of what we need for our club and for our ball team. Those are tough decisions and I think it helps everybody. It provides a little bit more competition and you get a little bit more heightened awareness at your spot. I think he'll tell ya, we got to get better and we got to get a little bit more production from that side so we're just trying to improve it anyway we can." Read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4703075/right-tackle-rotation-will-continue


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Photography by Arturo Almeida:
Top: "El Maguey de Delia #2"
Bottom: "California Fan Palm"
UTSA connections: 'International Exposure' exhibit
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Sept. 26, 2008)--Arturo Almeida, curator of the UTSA Art Collection, and UTSA alumna Luisa A. Wheeler are two of 17 local and international artists exhibiting works in "International Exposure: Looking at Contemporary Photography," which runs through Sept. 30 at the City of San Antonio International Center, 203 S. St. Mary's St. As part of FotoseptiembreUSA, the exhibit is open daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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According to curator Patricia Ruiz-Healy of the Ruiz-Healy Art gallery, the idea for the exhibit came from her interest in heightening the awareness of photography as art, as well as the varying styles and techniques of each artist.
"We wanted our theme to be an international take on photography and what people are doing with photography," said Ruiz-Healy. "We have found that these artists are not doing the same thing -- they are working in different methods and mediums, and you can interpret photography in so many different ways."
"It's very exciting to be with this group of talented artists," said Arturo Almeida. "My photos in the exhibit were taken at my sister's house, and the subject matter reminded me of the strength and beauty of my sister."
Luisa Wheeler, B.F.A. '01, M.F.A. '07, usually focuses on urban landscapes, but in her series, "India Now," she goes beyond her usual medium of black-and-white photography to colorful images in subtle hues. Contrasting with the fast pace of crowded Indian cities, her rural images create stillness and reflection in a rapidly changing environment.
Many of the participating artists hail from Latin America including Graciela Iturbide, México; Alfredo De Stéfano, México; Cristina Kahlo, México; Sergio Fasola, Argentina; Marifer Barrero, México; Helena Neme, Uruguay; Cristina Fresca, Argentina; Juan Castañeda, México; Yohanna Roa, Colombia; and Silvana Blasbalg, Argentina.
Other artists featured in the exhibit are Stella Sidi of Bulgaria, who works in Argentina; Jeffrey Mongrain of Minnesota, who resides in New York; Hugo Tillman of Great Britain, who lives in New York; and Mia Baster of San Antonio.
The exhibit is presented with the support of Casa de Nuevo Leon in San Antonio.
Ruiz-Healy Art deals in modern and contemporary works of Latin American art including paintings, sculpture, photography and works on paper. The studio allows clients to see works of art in a domestic setting rather than the "white box" often associated with contemporary display. The gallery works by appointment only. For more information, contact Katy Alexander at (210) 804-2219.


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A cheap wine list lets down restaurants. Don Kavanagh wants a perfect match.
At times I think some bar operators, and some restaurant owners, are idiots.
Mostly, these days, we have a good hospitality industry, with good products served by good staff in good surroundings, but occasionally even the nicest places can be let down by pretty basic errors.
I went to a lovely hotel out west recently for a well-earned weekend break and booked in for dinner because I had heard good things about its kitchen. Sure enough, the food was excellent to the point of being spectacular and the service was beyond reproach. But the occasion, and the venue, was let down cruelly by its wine list.
A good 90 per cent of the wines were basic supermarket brands, the kind you see at aisle ends with posters trumpeting huge price reductions. Now, apart from the food being let down by a lack of top-notch wine to accompany it, the venue let itself down by showing customers it gave little or no thought to the wine list, which is, to me, at least, almost as crucial as the menu.
It's simple, really. People don't want to be charged $45 for a bottle of wine they know they can buy for $12.95 in the supermarket. They aren't that thick and it's an insult for a bar or restaurant to assume they are.
I was out for a few drinks recently and the wine list in the bar depressed me. Dull, obvious and thoughtlessly put together, probably by one supplier, it featured wines that ranged from $38 to $90 a bottle, even though I could have bought a bottle of each wine listed for a combined total of $140 in Countdown.
Now, I'm not complaining about cheap wine but it's a bit rich to be charged a small fortune for bog-standard wine.
There are more than 700 labels from this country alone and most are crying out for someone to drink their wine. How hard can it be to source a few nice wines from a winery that doesn't appear on supermarket shelves?
I'm all for going out and having a good time, but these operators have to meet us halfway at least. The day I spend $40 on a bottle of Hardy's Chardonnay ($7.99 on special anytime you like) is the day I consign myself to a home for the bewildered and start thinking I'm Napoleon. But not tonight.


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Town Square
On Deadline blog: Are there parallels between today's Palo Alto growth fights and the city's 1960s war?
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jul 22, 2013
Yes, I replied quickly, almost without thinking.
But it started me wondering what the parallels were, and whether today's neighborhood battlegrounds might merge into community-wide political warfare as happened in the early 1960s -- triggered by the rapid growth of the 1950s of south Palo Alto subdivisions and the birth of the Stanford Research Park (then Stanford Industrial Park).
The issues confronting neighborhoods today were exquisitely outlined in last week's Palo Alto Weekly cover story by Gennady Sheyner. It's a great primer for anyone who wants to get caught up with current community issues.
While specific issues vary widely in different parts of town, concerns over traffic, building height, density and even the integrity of the planning and development-approval process itself seem to be common denominators. They apply in the John Arrillaga plan for 27 University Ave. at the west end of Downtown Palo Alto commercial area. They apply in development proposals for central and south Palo Alto. They apply in the complex proposal to build low/moderate-income housing and a dozen single-family homes in the Maybell Avenue area.
And they apply citywide in terms of the current practice of the city negotiating (under the "Planned Community" zone) such things as extra height, density and parking exceptions in return for some type of "public benefit" from development. The city has a dismal record of even keeping track of promised benefits, much less of enforcing them when "public plazas" are converted to outdoor seating areas for restaurants, or hidden by landscaping, or simply trivial in value compared to the extras allowed for the project at hand. A cost analysis is getting underway.
As for parallels to the past, there may be important lessons to be learned. In the 1950s a booming economy was propelling Santa Clara County from an agricultural/orchard-based world into one based on technology and Cold War-fueled industrial growth. Think IBM and Lockheed, Hewlett-Packard and Varian and hundreds upon hundreds of others.
The economic base matched the public's intense demand for housing, mostly individual homes in sprawling subdivisions -- with an apricot or prune tree sometimes left standing in back yards, vestiges. In Los Gatos, the high school started a week later than others so kids could help bring in the fruit crop.
In Palo Alto, the dominant pattern was dairy farms in the undeveloped southern areas, supplanted in the 1950s by flat-roofed Eichler-style subdivisions to house the influx of engineers and others seeking better weather, better schools and better-paying jobs.
In the early 1950s, both the City of Palo Alto and Stanford University were in precarious financial positions, struggling to balance their budgets in the face of incessant demands for services and replacement of aging infrastructure. The City Council in Palo Alto had 15 members, nearly all of them men with a notable exception in the latter 1950s of Mildred Corcoran (later Justesen), often a lone voice against rapid growth and big projects. This was reputedly the most efficient council ever despite its size, with quick "calls for the question" and voice votes.
The parallels to today's neighborhood-level uprisings were proposals such as a high-rise office complex proposed for the former Mackay/ATT antenna farm southeast of the Embarcadero/101 intersection, or high-rise apartments proposed for the El Camino Ballpark north of the Caltrain station.
A large development was proposed for the former drive-in theater along Greer Road west of Highway 101, now the site of Greer Park.
By the early 1960s, the young Stanford Industrial Park was generating so much commuter traffic that two-lane Oregon Avenue was virtually gridlocked. Santa Clara County proposed a four-lane expressway, following up on the late-1950s construction of the infamous Oregon Underpass under Alma and the tracks.
The expressway proposal became the catalyst that congealed the mostly separate neighborhood-level resistance movements. The newly unified opposition forced it to a citywide vote in 1963. It was narrowly approved after a bitter fight that split the community, largely on north-south lines -- strongly evident in post-election precinct voting patterns.
One congealing factor was an individual, Robert J. "Bob" Debs, elected to the council in 1961. Debs "seems to be everywhere" from accident scenes to public hearings (one city official complained to me in the mid-1960s), giving rousing speeches against growth and "the Establishment."
He was joined by two other slow-growth, resistance advocates in 1963, Phil Flint and Kirke Comstock.
When the City Council majority later refused to dedicate park land to protect it from development, resident Enid Pearson launched an initiative campaign to force adoption of a park-dedication ordinance. Wildly successful, the 1965 campaign propelled Pearson onto the council, along with later state Assemblyman and Senator Byron Sher and the late Ed Worthington, becoming known as the "Residentialist" side.
This created a 6-7 voting-bloc split on the council, then 13 members on its way to the present nine members -- possibly to seven in the future. This was a serious split, with derisive name-calling and, in 1966, almost triggering a fist fight between Debs and Establishment Councilman Bob Cooley. The split extended even to approval of minutes and merger of agendas when unfinished business remained from a prior meeting. This meant some meetings were continued officially weeks-old, a mid-May meeting in late June. The city attorney at the time called it an "Alice in Wonderland" situation.
The Residentialist side was decimated in an all-council election in 1967. It recovered by the early 1970s, and in 1975 the two sides, now moderated, declared a truce.
In today's hot development climate, could the neighborhood-level skirmishes and protests become a citywide resistance movement, another revolt against too much too fast building and change and impacts?
Given community leadership and additional private meetings between staff and developers for case-by-case negotiations rather than following longstanding planning guidelines and zoning, a citywide backlash could well be the outcome. Yet the latter-1960s environment I experienced as a Palo Alto Times citybeat reporter was harsh and hurt many individuals. The hard question is whether such a revolt is necessary and justified in today's Palo Alto.
Note: Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com with a copy to email@example.com.
Comments (37)
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 22, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Jay, simple question: Where do you live, now? Just town and street, not specific address.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 22, 2013 at 4:55 pm
Why does it matter where jay lives and why do you feel that it is your business, Craig?
I suggest that we bring it to a vote.
Though I do find jays use of the description " exquisite" to be amusing.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jul 22, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Craig, simple question back. Why? Does it matterD Do you have (or not have) anything quality to say back in response to Jay? If so, can you say it without knowing where he lives based on the content of his piece?
- Or are you just looking for that snappy but oh so simpleton "nimby" name calling comback that makes it so easy these days for pro developer, pro HSR, pro union, pro ABAG spouters to not have to make any actual good arguments in favor of their own position?
Why do you need to know where Jay lives in order to respond to, agree with, or rebut his position? Just curious
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 22, 2013 at 5:16 pm
>Why does it matter where jay lives and why do you feel that it is your business, Craig?
I want to know if he has skin in the game. Or is he just standing back, and delivering a lecture?
Jay, where do you live?
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 22, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Oh, I see, Craig Laughton wants to see if jay has "any skin in the game" . Well that changes everything. If Craig wants to know if jay is " just delivering a lecture" , then surely jay should comply immediately and reveal his address. Because if Craig wants to know, then.............
I say we bring it to a vote
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 22, 2013 at 5:37 pm
>I say we bring it to a vote
I am all for voting on major issues, like BMR and other subsidized (welfare) housing. However this does not get Jay off his hook...he needs to stand up to his own stance...skin in the game.
Where are you, Jay? I am quite willing to engage you on this blog...are you willing?
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 22, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Jay, why don't you respond to Craig's demands.. When says that he needs to,know your address you need to respond immediately. After, all knowing if you have any skin in the game is critical to understanding your column. That is what Craig said, so it has to be true. Anyone that comes with the expression "stand up to his own stance" has to be right all the time.
Of course, on the other hand,Craig, maybe jay does not care one way or another about what you think or wether you want to " engage" him or not.
Personally, I think you are just bored and stumbled on to this thread and decided to play your puerile games.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 22, 2013 at 6:17 pm
All these years I never realized the Oregon underpass dates to the late 50's. Thought it all went in together in '63 when I remember classmates' houses getting bulldozed. When was the California Avenue railroad crossing closed? Those long arms are a vague childhood memory. Thank you for the history refresher.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jul 22, 2013 at 6:55 pm
A lecture? I don't see how the above blog posting comes across as a lecture at all. It's a history lesson if anything. Take it for what it is --- certainly not telling anybody how to think about Maybelle or any other development.
I don't disagree that there is a storm brewing in PA (rightly so), but cut some slack will ya?
a resident of Community Center
on Jul 22, 2013 at 7:39 pm
Craig, are you assuming that jay is actually reading this thread?
Obviously if he knew that you are demanding his address, he would immediately comply perhaps you should call the Weekly office and demand his phone number. Maybe you could explain to us what is the import of knowing his address as it relates to his blog.
Of purse those of,usnthatnfollow your shenanigans on this forum, know how you always play the " what is your address" game. Not sure what issue you have or what pleasure you derive from these games. Are you bored? Let's put it to a vote
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 22, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Of course anyone who is curious could look up Craig's address on Whitepages.com. I'm sure he would welcome your interest, since he continually demands to know where everyone else lives.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jul 22, 2013 at 8:42 pm
And yet - still no quality rebuttal or commentary back from Craig. Craig, what exactly is the relevance of the address of the author to the correctness or incorrectness of what he wrote? I'd like to see your powers of logic and critical thinking - what exactly is incorrect about what he wrote?
And how would knowing his address change your answer? Lets say he lives in India - what becomes magically correct/incorrect about the written words above? Lets say he lives in Mountain View, or France. How does that change what has been written?
Frankly, you sound like a pure idiot for asking - anyone knows Jay has been integral part of the Palo Alto landscape for longer than many of us have even been alive- regardless of where he lives.
In fact, Craig, the more relavent question - where do you work? Where does your income come from, and what connections do you have to unions/developers/real estate/building/transportation industries and/or ABAG. This would tell us a lot about whether we should give you the time of day. We already know who Jay is.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jul 22, 2013 at 8:50 pm
I've wished for a thumbs-up button. Now I'm wishing for a thumbs-down button. Oh, there it is.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 22, 2013 at 9:08 pm
I live on Harvard St. in Palo Alto. Where does Jay currently live?
It is easy to lob mortars over the hills, if one does not have skin in the game. Give it up, Jay...where do you live?
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jul 22, 2013 at 9:29 pm
We didn't ask where you live Craig. That has no meaning in the conversation. What are your connections? Where is your financial bread buttered? What's your critique of the piece? What do you feel is incorrect about the information given in the article? Based on your obvious monster powers of critical thinking - what's wrong with the article?
Or did they not give you that in the talking points memo for deflecting articles or blog posted information unflattering to the cause: 1. Call "NIMBY" to deflect anything not in support of the pro development agenda. 2. Call "NIMBY" for anything not in support of the Union/Pro development agenda. 3. Call "NIMBY" for anything not in support of the ABAG/Union/Pro Development agenda. 4. Call "NIMBY" for anything not in support of HSR/ABAG/Union/Pro Development agenda. 5. Refuse to debate on merits, certainly don't try to support the positions of the cause - just make sure you find out where the author lives so you can use "NIMBY" as your answer to any of the above situations.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 22, 2013 at 9:41 pm
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a resident of Fairmeadow
on Jul 23, 2013 at 9:16 am
The history of Palo Alto, and the Silicon Valley, during the 1950s and 1960s, is truly fascinating---and largely unknown by people who didn't live here during those times. There is no single source of detailed information as to what went on during those times. There are microfilms of the Palo Alto Times, and the City Council publications, that can be referenced—but that is a lot of reading. None of this material is digitized, so it must be accessed via microfilm readers.
I'd like to throw in that the Bank of American building downtown was also a factor in the Recall of '67. There was move afoot to build four of these buildings—called "SuperBlock" by the developers, in the downtown area. This didn't sit well with the residents. If there is going to be an attempt to develop parallels between those times and this, we probably want to compare the reactions of Palo Altans to the idea of a "SuperBlock" and the Arrillaga Project.
Which brings us to the Recall of '67, and the possibility of the Recall of 2014?
a resident of Barron Park
on Jul 23, 2013 at 11:12 am
You might enjoy reading Matt Bowling's stories in "Palo Alto Remembered: Stories From a City's Past". See: Web Link
It has an interesting details about the Oregon underpass. The 1967 recall is described here: Web Link
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 23, 2013 at 11:33 am
>infamous Oregon Underpass under Alma and the tracks
>One congealing factor was an individual, Robert J. "Bob" Debs, elected to the council in 1961. Debs "seems to be everywhere" from accident scenes to public hearings (one city official complained to me in the mid-1960s), giving rousing speeches against growth and "the Establishment."
Does that sound like fair journalism? Sounds like a point of view/cheerleading to me. The current neighborhood uprising is due to rezoning in Barron Park to allow PAHC to have its way with a compliant/complicit city council. I fail to see the parallels with the late 1960's (I was here, then, btw).
Note I have lived in Palo Alto, proper, since 1972. I think one needs skin in the game to do opinion pieces that are credible.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 23, 2013 at 11:42 am
"Does that sound like fair journalism? "
Retake your journalism class, Craig. Jay is reporting on what happened.
" I think one needs skin in the game to do opinion pieces that are credible. "
Everyone has their own opinions. Jay has been a reporter here for decades. I think he knows what has happened in the city and is free to write a blog about it.
You, Craig, have still not said what is wrong with his comments.
All you do is keep repeating two of your favorite catchphrases--"skin in the game" and "where do you live". As if they mean anything. You have taken quite the beating on this thread due to your comments, yet all you can come back with is comment about "cheerleading" and regurgitate your "skin in the game" comment.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Jul 23, 2013 at 11:44 am
> Palo Alto Remembered: Stories From a City's Past
This is useful to get going understanding Palo Alto history.. but there is not much focus on the business, and political, goings-on of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Palo Alto Times is the best source for details. The San Jose paper also has a lot of information for the happenings of the greater Santa Clara Valley.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 23, 2013 at 11:56 am
>I think he knows what has happened in the city and is free to write a blog about it.
Not exactly. He reports on a set of events, but shades it with his opinions. It is not an objective history. It is Jay trying to nudge the current neighborhood struggles into a narrative that he is driving.
I don't dislike Jay...never met him...but he has his own view of things, and it would be more credible if he actually still lived in PA. That way, he would need to live with whatever results from his agenda/missives. For example, Jay once wrote a column saying that he was part of utopian group led by Jim Burch, former mayor of PA, and a strong proponent of low-cost housing. If Jay currently lived in a PA neighborhood where rezoning was being pushed by PAHC, in order get such housing, he would have skin in the game. If he no longer lives in PA, then he can stand back and write narratives, free of consequences for him.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Jul 23, 2013 at 12:09 pm
> He reports on a set of events, but shades it with his opinions
That's what a "Blogger" does. No one is obliged to read Thorwaldson's writings--and they certainly are not obliged to trust that they are 100% accurate.
For instance, I researched the Oregon Avenue Expressway issue once. Along the way, the name Neal Porter, an HP Vice President, came into play--as one of the mover-and-shakers of the Expressway/Underpass projects. I was led to believe that HP "wanted" better access for their workers to their site in the Stanford Research Park--and they got it.
I suspect from reading a large number of the old papers that the reality of those days can not be condensed into a very short opinion piece.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 23, 2013 at 12:27 pm
>For instance, I researched the Oregon Avenue Expressway issue once. Along the way, the name Neal Porter, an HP Vice President, came into play--as one of the mover-and-shakers of the Expressway/Underpass projects. I was led to believe that HP "wanted" better access for their workers to their site in the Stanford Research Park--and they got it.
I am aware of the HP connection. What makes that "infamous", as Jay described it?
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 23, 2013 at 5:24 pm
Craig-- so relieved to her that you do not dislike jay. I assure he is breathing a sigh of relief now.
You like to ask questions and demand answers, so please answer the questions that parent asked you yesterday.
We need to know if you have any skin in the game. We need to make sure your comments are credible and that you are not just lobbing mortars over the hill.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 23, 2013 at 5:38 pm
>We need to know if you have any skin in the game. We need to make sure your comments are credible and that you are not just lobbing mortars over the hill.
Of course I do! I live here, and will suffer the consequences of any major decisions made (that is skin in the game). However, I have no economic connection with any of the players. I just want to defend PA neighborhoods, because they are under attack. I am not anti-growth, I am just pro-neighborhood. Does this concept shock you?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 23, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Since he isn't a registered user, how can we be sure this is the real "Craig Laughton, who has skin in the game"? Of course, you can register as anything you want, so that wouldn't help us either.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 23, 2013 at 6:16 pm
>Since he isn't a registered user,
I am a registered user. If this thread gets shut down to registered users only, I will continue to respond. Trust me, if someone is using my real name, and it isn't me, you will hear from me!
Thanks for you concerns. If you want to be more genuine about it, you can use your real name, like I do.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jul 24, 2013 at 3:20 pm
Nice try for a reasoned conversation and deriving lessons from history, Jay. But you spectacularly demonstrated Gresham's Law for blogs: bad blogging drives out the good.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 25, 2013 at 9:46 am
Don't feed the troll! The more you do, the more the conversation goes off track.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jul 25, 2013 at 10:38 am
Here are a few corrections re PA history. Noel Porter was a VP at HP and he announced that he was on the council for one thing - to get better access from 101 to HP's plant. The Kelly bldg was supposed to have a companion next to it on the site where the B of A is currently.
Super Block was a huge development proposed for the SE corner of Bryant and University. Three 21 story bldgs were proposed for El Camino Park. The City Manager proposed that the police station be relocated on Rinconada Park with a firing range underneath. SC County suggested locating its North County Court House on Mitchell Park. The City ex-panded the city by annexing the foothills (10 Sq Miles) to PA, connecting it by a dog-leg piece of land through Stanford's land.
And, I could go on about high-rise on North Middlefield, filling in
600 acres of Baylands for a "Palo Alto Industrial Park - modeled after Stanford Industrial Park (this was stopped by a lawsuit filed by Debs, Pearson, Fletcher, Tubbs - which we won).
Yes, I think the development proposed now is comparable to the 50's and 60's. The traffic was awful then and is even worse now. This whole
area, not just Palo Alto, is under siege by development. Citizens
need to make sure all councils are aware of what they want. Preserve
your residential neighborhoods or develop every last inch of land.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 25, 2013 at 10:44 am
Do you support or oppose the Barron Park re-zoning for intensified density, in order to facilitate senior low-cost housing?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 25, 2013 at 2:46 pm
Do you support or oppose the Barron Park re-zoning for intensified density, in order to facilitate senior low-cost housing?"
Just wondering why you think that is any of your business???
How people will vote is their own business. You seem interested in other peoples personal information--addresses, voting record etc.
Perhaps you can provide us with your tax returns
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 25, 2013 at 3:07 pm
> (Enid) Do you support or oppose the Barron Park re-zoning for intensified density, in order to facilitate senior low-cost housing?"
>Just wondering why you think that is any of your business???
Because it is a matter of current, and important, interest. It could lead to an important vote in PA.
I would ask Jay the same question. Jay? BTW, Jay, please explain your stake in the game, especially where you currently live.
> Perhaps you can provide us with your tax returns
My tax returns are very boring, and there is no there, there.
Try some other angle, if you must, 2321 (which is my address on Harvard St., btw). I cannot be intimidated, no matter how you try. You might be better off by using your own name, but I doubt that you have the nerve...please prove me wrong!
editor emeritus
on Jul 29, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Jay Thorwaldson is a registered user.
Ah, deepest apologies, folks. I have not been following this topic due to some serious whitewater rafting, hiking, family gatherings, yard work, carpentry and miscellaneous other activities. As I believe was announced when I retired as editor more than two years ago, I have located to the Sierra foothills to a very tiny town called, believe it or not, Cool -- south of Auburn along Highway 49. When still in Palo Alto I rented a studio along Ross Road in south Palo Alto, and earlier lived briefly on Edgewood Court -- and above La Honda, along Skyline Boulevard and for a goodly time in Menlo Park. In the latter 1960s, I commuted in from Los Gatos for several years.
But since the early 1960s my mind and heart have been engaged in Palo Alto as a community, drawn initially to the Palo Alto Times, as well as to the intellectual hotbed of innovation, and the quality of its active people -- even those who ask befuddling questions. ;-)
Every two or three weeks I spend several days in Palo Alto meeting with officials, friends and family, catching up (or trying to) with what's going on. Craig, I have no "skin in the game" and I fail to see the relevance of a physical location to the column on a topic of local political history -- unless I owned a big chunk of land in town. Beliefs and active advocacy are better indicators of "skin" I would think than where one resides.
Again, apologies for being AWOL from the comments, but perhaps enough time has been taken up by this diversion. -jay
a resident of College Terrace
on Jul 29, 2013 at 1:44 pm
>Craig, I have no "skin in the game" and I fail to see the relevance of a physical location
Jay, thanks for the reply. Glad to hear that you are having a "Cool" time in the Sierra Nevada foothills. From your response, you have not been a property owner in Palo Alto, ever. You claim that it doesn't matter, unless you are a relatively large land owner. Let me assure that it does. Our neighborhoods are under attack, and I will always call out those who provide various histories/opinions, if they are not subject to their own narratives.
For example, Jay, do you support subsidized/BMR housing in Palo Alto? You were part of Jim Burch's group, so I would assume that you do, but please correct me, if I am wrong. If you do, what effect would that have on you, since you have never owned in PA, and you are well out of PA...no matter how many times you drive here from "Cool"?
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jul 29, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Just for the record, Jim Burch was in favor of pretty much all development, not just Below Market housing. He was closely associated with the Chamber of Commerce as well.
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