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Tigers' Series title hopes on the ropes
Detroit must regroup quickly to stave off elimination
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- These two teams have been here before -- 38 years ago -- with the Cardinals leading the Tigers three games to one in the World Series. And the record shows how that one turned out. These Tigers would like to do it again -- come back and win. But they're going to have to dramatically alter their play, beginning on Friday night in Game 5 at Busch Stadium, for history to repeat itself. "I know the history," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, sitting in his office on Thursday night long after his team had won Game 4 of the Fall Classic, 5-4, to seemingly take control of the Series. "I don't even want to talk about it, to be honest. What's the point of bringing it up? We have to win a game. All they have to do is win one game [on Friday]. That's all they're going to try to do. "[Tigers manager] Jim Leyland will find a way, I can tell you that. We got spanked enough this year that we're not overconfident about anything." The Tigers didn't appear to be hanging their heads in the clubhouse, either, in the aftermath of a game in which starter Jeremy Bonderman couldn't hold a 3-0 lead, Fernando Rodney committed the fourth critical error for a Tigers pitcher in the four Series games, Curtis Granderson slipped in center field going after David Eckstein's key double, Pudge Rodriguez let a ball skip through his legs for a crucial wild pitch and left fielder Craig Monroe came up just short of making a lunging grab of Eckstein's game-winning double. Everything that can go wrong already has for the Tigers. Even Kenny Rogers' Game 2 gem at Comerica Park was tainted when a substance was discovered on the base of his left hand. Major League Baseball said it was dirt. La Russa thought otherwise, but let it die. Yet, so far, the Tigers have scored just nine runs in the Series and that was their only win. Asked what the Tigers have to do to get back in it, Detroit first baseman Sean Casey was succinct. "We have to put up some runs," he said. "We have to have [Justin] Verlander pitch good. We have to try and give them 27 outs instead of a couple more." The Tigers hit .274 as a team for the season and are hitting .211 in the World Series. Their ERA of 3.84 was the best in the Major Leagues during the regular season, but in this series, though it's dipped to 3.18, the Tigers are being outdone by the Cardinals, who are at 2.31. For a start, the Tigers need a perfecto start on Friday night from Verlander, the rookie right-hander, who allowed seven runs on six hits and was removed three batters into the sixth inning of a 7-2, Game 1 loss. Leyland refused the temptation of hip-hopping Rogers into Verlander's spot and will hold him for Game 6 as scheduled on Saturday night in Detroit, if the Series gets back there. "I'm not going to pitch him in this atmosphere," Leyland said about the emotional and volatile Rogers. "We have to win three ballgames. So I think that pretty much sums it up. If we had to win one game, if it was the seventh game, I'd pitch him. But we have to win three games." Aside from Rogers, the Tigers' vaunted starting pitching, which was so critical in the first two rounds of the playoffs, has been mediocre at best. Nate Robertson was fine in Game 3, but he was out-dueled by Chris Carpenter. And Bonderman allowed the Cardinals to pick away at him before he was removed, kicking and screaming all the way, by Leyland with one out in the sixth inning. Joel Zumaya, who was a lights-out setup man during the regular season with a 6-3 record and a 1.94 ERA in 62 appearances, has been anything but in the World Series. All this must fall back into place. Plus the slumbering Rodriguez, who awoke with his first three hits of the Series on Thursday night, must continue producing for the Tigers to even make a dent in the Cardinals. "We've got to win three in a row," Leyland said. "Are we capable of doing that? Absolutely. Are we in a good position? Absolutely not. So I think you just go out and remind the team that if you win the next game in the postseason you keep playing. And obviously that's the case [on Friday]. We win, we keep playing. If we don't, we don't." In 1968, the Tigers won Game 5 at Tiger Stadium and then came back to the previous Busch Stadium and won the last two games behind Denny McLain and Mickey Lolich, their two best pitchers that season. Right now, the Tigers must focus on winning Game 5 on Friday night, then see if history does repeat itself in Detroit.
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Each month there will be a different theme or color that we will swap. There is a limit of two swaps per person.
**Each person will swap 5 fat quarters that go with the theme or color of the month.
**FQ's can be purchased or can be from your stash but they must be 100% cotton and they must measure 18 x 22 inches (standard FQ).
**They should be 5 DIFFERENT FQ's.
For the month of February the theme is greens, yellows, golds, purples. It can be patterns, designs, colors, solids,whatever you want that has these colors. They don't have to be a matching set to each other, but they can be if you want. If you want to send St. Patricks fabric that falls under the greens.
Since there isn't a whole lot to this swap, the turn around time will be pretty fast. Sign up until noon on February 6th, receive person's name and address byFebruary 8th and mail out no later than February 15th. Participants are required to PM me when they have received their FQ's and are required to post a PM thanking the sender. You don't need to let me know that you have mailed.
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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinion, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church and State." {1} (emphasis added)
The idea of a "high wall of separation" first entered into our nation's judicial conscience in the 1947 Everson v. Board of Education case. Although the court decided to allow public funding for the transportation of Catholic school students, it invoked the "high wall" doctrine as a rule for determining the future use of public funds. Justice Hugo Black appealed to Supreme Court precedent as well as the intent of the Founding Fathers in winning his 5-4 decision which included the "high wall" language. Justice Black wrote that our founders "reached the conviction that individual religious liberty could be achieved best under a government which was stripped of all power to tax, to support, or otherwise to assist any or all religions, or to interfere with the beliefs of any religious individual or group."{2} This 1947 decision became the catalyst for a growing debate in the last half of the 20th century regarding the relationship between faith and government in America.
The phrase high wall of separation has divided Americans into a number of different groups depending upon their theological and political leanings. Some feel that the high court drastically overstepped the original meaning of Jefferson's words, going far beyond his original intent. Others applaud the Court's attempt to separate once and for all this country's bias towards Christianity, especially its Protestant wing. Since the question often revolves around the original intent of the Founding Fathers, many seek to determine whether or not the Founders supported a Christian state, a secular state, or something in between.
All of this points to a few important questions faced by Christians. How should individual believers and the church as a whole relate to the state and its various institutions? What about the role individuals should take in politics, efforts to reform government, and attempts to pass laws that make our society behave more "biblically"? In this article we will look at three different responses to these questions and examine some of the pros and cons of each. Since every believer is limited in both their time and resources, it is important to think carefully about where we focus our efforts in furthering God's kingdom. The purpose of this discussion is not to question anyone's commitment to Christ, but to merely step back and look at some of the underlying assumptions held by each of these three positions.
It's one thing to complain of inappropriate public piety, it is quite another to apply an anti-religious bias to court decisions and other actions that affect all Americans, religious or not. In one of the most important Supreme Court decisions on the separation of church and state in regards to education, Justices William Douglas and Hugo Black concurred that religious schools are by nature harmful. Writing specifically about Catholics schools they said:
The whole education of the child is filled with propaganda. That, of course, is the very purpose of such schools, the very reason for going to all of the work and expense of maintaining a dual school system. Their purpose is not so much to educate, but to indoctrinate and train, not to teach Scripture truths and Americanism, but to make loyal Roman Catholics. The children are regimented, and are told what to wear, what to do, and what to think.{6}
Although this quote refers specifically to Catholic schools, its description could apply to many types of private religious schools. This caricature of private Christian schools, that they do not teach but indoctrinate, that they fail to convey Americanism (whatever that is), is still a concern of many who have observed and objected to the recent rapid growth in private schooling.
Those who hold an "anti-religious separatist" viewpoint often talk positively of an American civil religion. The idea is that some religion might be better than no religion at all, but it must never actually enter into policy decisions. A thin veneer of religion is all that is needed. An example might be President Dwight Eisenhower urging Americans to spend the first Fourth of July holiday of his administration in prayer and penance. He then proceeded to fish in the morning, go golfing in the afternoon, and play cards all evening.{7}
When Christians advocate such a vague form of public religion, they do great harm to the faith. A lukewarm civil religion does not address the redeeming sacrifice that makes Christianity what it is. Nor does it value the revealed knowledge found in the Bible. The idea of providing America with a non- preferential treatment of religion is legitimate. The danger lies in the promotion or religious activity that waters down the beliefs of the various faiths, both Christian and non-Christian.
Pat Robertson began the Christian Coalition in response to this perceived conspiracy to purge our history and government from Christianity. Stating its goals, its executive director said, "What Christians have got to do is take back this country, one precinct at a time, one neighborhood at a time, and one state at a time, I honestly believe that in my lifetime we will see a country once again governed by Christians . . . and Christian values."{10}
This view has much to commend itself in the actual words used by our Founding Fathers. John Eidsmoe, Peter Marshall, Marshall Foster, and David Barton have provided a wealth of examples in their writings of how the Founders used Christian ideas and terminology to describe their efforts to create a new nation.
Those who hold to this view are comfortable with making Christianity the semi- established religion of America. Everywhere the government is involved in our lives would take on a Christian flavor. Every citizen, regardless of religious affiliation, would be responsible for understanding and adjusting to this ubiquitous Christian culture.
To many, this would be doing to those of other faiths, including atheists, just what we have been accusing them of doing to Christians. Forcing people to separate their public lives from their beliefs and thus denying them their first amendment freedom of religion. Another question that arises is, What are Christians going to do if they fail to muster the necessary votes to put into place the people and legislation that they desire?
This line of thinking can easily lead to a "whatever it takes" mentality to return the nation to its Christian roots, including armed revolt if necessary. This form of Christian ethnocentricity discounts the importance of Christians in other countries and the possibility that God might use other nations as well as the U.S. to accomplish His purposes.
There is no question that we have been blessed as a nation because our Founding Fathers built our government on Christian principles regarding human nature and a theistic view of reality. We enjoy common grace as a people when our laws conform to God's standard of justice. The question that we must ask is, Can we as Christians can impose a biblical culture on a majority who no longer acknowledge the authority of Scripture? Since only 32 percent of Americans agree that "The government should take special steps to protect the Judeo-Christian heritage," this question is more than theoretical.{11} Perhaps a better goal would be to work for a government based on the concepts of freedom and neutrality with regards to religion.
Positive neutrality argues that religious organizations have both rights and responsibilities. According to Stephen Monsma, author of Positive Neutrality, religious groups have the right to develop and teach their core beliefs, to shape their member's behavior and attitudes, to provide a wide range of services to members and non-members, and to participate in the policy making process of our republic. On the responsibility side, religious organizations must both accept and seek to enhance the authority and legitimacy of the state and encourage its members to obey its lawful decisions. Religious groups should also seek to develop civic virtue that enhances public life and not attempt to take over those things given to the state to perform. This does not mean that religious groups do not have the right to criticize the state; it means that they may not work to remove its legitimacy.
According to the notion of positive neutrality, the state also has certain rights and responsibilities. The government should make decisions that coordinate, protect, encourage, and empower society's various spheres of influence (including the religious sphere) with the goal of promoting justice, the public interest, the common good, or some other similar goal. The state is not to transgress the sovereignty of the other spheres although there are times when it is appropriate for the state to give material aid, in a neutral manner, to organizations in another sphere.
The immediate impact of moving towards a system of positive neutrality would be reflected in three areas. First, our political system would have to tolerate and accommodate a wider range of religious practices. Second, the state would have to protect the right of religious groups to influence public policies. And finally, rather than working only through secularly based groups and programs, the government would fund the activities of both religious and secular groups for the purpose of providing needed social programs. These changes may be possible only by dropping the "secular purpose" part of what is known as the Lemon test, a three part test for appropriate government spending resulting from the Lemon v. Kurtzman Supreme Court case in 1971.
What this means, in effect, is that when the government gives financial aid to schools, homeless shelters, day care, or other agencies, it cannot discriminate against religiously based organizations. To continue to do so shows a bias towards secular organizations, motivations, and ideals.
Let's look at the specific issue of religion in our schools and see how the notion of positive neutrality might change what we consider to be constitutional and what isn't. Currently the Court uses a three part test to determine constitutionality. First, a program must have a secular purpose. Second, it cannot further a religious effect, and finally, it may not cause excessive entanglement between religion and the state. In its attempt at applying these rules, the Court has created a very unclear line of what is permissible and what isn't. It has forbidden state-composed prayers, Bible reading, reading of the Lord's Prayer, posting the Ten Commandments, a minute of silence for meditation and prayer, mandating the teaching of evidence for creationism, and certain types of prayers at graduation ceremonies. However, it has permitted release time programs held off campus for religious instruction, teaching about religion, transportation for private school children, a minute of silence for meditation, and voluntary, student-led and -initiated religious clubs.
The obvious result of the Lemon test has been a bias against the religious and for the secular, not neutrality. In trying to account for local religious practices, some justices have argued that prayer and religious celebrations are actually secular and traditional activities rather than acts of worship. This tactic satisfies no one. Positive neutrality argues for a full and free play of all religious groups and of both religion and secularism. True neutrality is achieved by welcoming and encouraging all religions and secular philosophies to participate in the open marketplace of ideas on campus.
True neutrality could be accomplished in our public schools by applying the equal access principle the Court used in Westside Community Schools v. Mergen. This decision treated all extracurricular clubs, both religious and secular, with neutrality. This principle could be applied to prayer, the study of origins, and the posting of the Ten Commandments. In effect, this would remove some of the anti-religious bias that pervades public schools.
Neutrality is also enhanced when the government encourages educational choice by funding private schools regardless of their religious or non-religious nature. By allowing vouchers for parents to use to send their children to religious schools of their choice, the government would be treating religious and non-religious schools in a neutral manner.
Positive neutrality insists that religious ideas should never be forced to hide themselves behind secular ones in order to participate in the public square. The government is not being neutral when it endorses a secular idea over a religious one in our schools or in other social programs. While many Americans are unhappy with the government's current bias against religious beliefs, it remains to be seen if they are ready for real religious freedom that would allow full participation in the public realm by all faiths and philosophies.
© 2000 Probe Ministries International
Robin Riggs is a student at Baylor University.


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Amendments To The Constitution And By-Laws
At the annual meeting on April 28th, the Constitution and By-Laws Committee will present four amendments for the ASBA's consideration. Please read over the proposals and have comments and amendments ready during the meeting.
(1) An amendment to the By-Laws changing the number needed for quorum from 10 members, to 20% of the on-island members. Read it here.
(2) An amendment to the Constitution adding as an officer an American Bar Association Delegate. Read it here.
(3) An amendment to the By-Laws adding as an officer an American Bar Association Delegate. Read it here.
(4) An interpretation of the notice requirements found in the Constitution and By-Laws to include email and other electronic communication. Read it here.


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"True Grit" Trailer Looks Great, Matt Damon's Mutton-Chops Less So
Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin star in the Coen Brothers' remake of the classic John Wayne Western about a young girl who hires a legendary lawman to help her hunt down her father's killer.
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Hello there. I am having quite a bit of trouble. I have kept on and kept on trying to download the Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 from Microsoft's website, and when I download it, I run the application. It goes through, checking my configuration, etc. I have disabled my virus scanner, and all other programs I don't need, as it says I should do. When the status changes to the "Connection to ...*web address*..." message, it NEVER connects. I have let it sit, and sit, and sit, and nothing happens. It does the same with Service Packs 2 and 3. If you can offer any help please do.
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"Looking ahead to our 2 shows with Mochipet this week in San Diego and Los Angeles, we set up an interview with him and we also included a few of your fan questions. Check out the full interview below and be sure to get your discount pre-sale tickets to the shows in San Diego or Los Angeles today!
Do LaB: Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. Let's start by having you tell us about your new album and the new live tour.
Mochipet: "The new Live show is an ever expanding project I started working on this year. I basically got tired of doing the Ableton Live / DJ thing that's become so prevalent today so I started incorporating more instruments, visual projections, and other secret gadgets to my set. With Music as the basis I'm trying more avenues for my creativity. Because it's a ever changing project, every show / tour will be different. I hope to incorporate the interactive portion into the show later this year which I am very excited about."
Do LaB: What was your inspiration for the new album? How do you think it fits into your catalog of tunes?
Mochipet: "'Rawr Means I Love You' is a series of songs I wrote the past year and a half on tour. It encompasses many genres and styles. It's almost like a compilation but I spent a good amount of time making sure it was cohesive and not just a bunch of songs lumped together. You can check it out here: http://bit.ly/rawr_out""
"Do LaB: What is the live show like? We've seen some video and photos of the new dinosaur heads and lighting rig.
Mochipet: "For this tour we are doing songs from "Bunnies and Muffins," "Rawr Means I Love You," and several new unreleased tunes. We incorporated several different projection mapped shapes and custom visuals for each of the songs. I also have a drummer alone side many instruments I'm playing myself including a Malletkat, Guitar, and Kitara. And yes, of course there is some Godzilla in the mix as always."
Do LaB: What is the main difference for you as performer from a live show vs a solo show?
Mochipet: "There is a ton more production that goes into the live show then a solo live PA set. I'm am singing and playing a lot of the instruments live so it will be different at every show. It is all original material and there will be no DJing involved."
Do LaB: How did you link up with Zoogma?
Mochipet: "I first heard about Zoogma when I was on tour opening for STS9 in Oxford Mississippi. Since then, we managed to link up and do a SE tour together earlier this year. Now they are coming to open up for me on their first West Coast Tour. I'm very excited for them."
Do LaB: What can fans look forward to at our two upcoming shows in San Diego and Los Angeles?
Mochipet: "Lots of Pets."
"Do LaB: We also asked your fans for some questions. Here they are…
Will asked: "If electronic music didn't exist, what other outlet would you utilize to affect the masses?"
Mochipet: "I would probably find someway to use my last name 'Wang.'"
Luis asked: "Where did you get the name Mochipet?"
Mochipet: "From my Grandmother in Taiwan. She use to tell me to make "Mochipet's" to shut me up."
Anthony asked: "Where can I get myself a Mochipet Dino Head?"
Mochipet: "I will sell you mine for the right price in Tokyo."
"We'd like to thank Mochipet for letting us into his world, and we hope you'll join us in either San Diego or Los Angeles for Mochipet Live, including performances from Zoogma, Osal8 and Air Stegosaurus.
Get your discount pre-sale tickets for San Diego or Los Angeles."
Article from: http://thedolab.com/blog/2013/04/01/mochipet-discusses-new-live-show-touring-with-zoogma-and-upcoming-shows-in-san-diego-and-los-angeles-with-the-do-lab/


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Employees and retirees at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore donated $189,154 last year to the lab's Employee Caring Program with all of it being disbursed to designated nonprofit organizations at the donors' requests.
Most of the contributions by Livermore employees were earmarked for Tri-Valley and East Bay organizations.
An earlier story posted on the Pleasanton Weekly website erroneously indicated that the donations from Livermore were folded into the laboratories' $6,050,426 raised in the 2013 Employee Caring Program and then disbursed to New Mexico nonprofits.
That information was based on a press release Sandia issued citing the amount raised in Livermore, but then listing only New Mexico charities as recipients.
Randy Woodcock, vice president and chief strategic officer of the United Way of Central New Mexico, said that while that organization processed all of the contributions made by Livermore employees, it then forwarded 100% of their donations to the charities of their choice.
His report lists the 205 different 501(c)3 organizations that SNL Livermore employees designated their gifts to in the fall 2013 campaign through the Sandia National Laboratories SHARE campaign. There were 80 employees who elected not to designate their gifts to a specific agency and 100% of their undesignated contributions of $26,810 will go to the Community Fund of the United Way of the Bay Area.
"No SNL Livermore contributors' unrestricted gifts go to charities in New Mexico," Woodstock said.
Through the SHARE campaign, donors may designate their gifts to any charity in the U.S. and those donations then go to the charities of their choice. The United Way of Central New Mexico processes the Livermore employees' contributions but does not deduct any administrative or fundraising expense.
In fact, Woodstock's report shows major contributions by Sandia' Livermore employees to a large number of Tri-Valley charities, including $16,251.76 to Shepherd's Gate in Livermore, $7,465.72 to Open Heart Kitchen, $5,765.84 to the Tri-Valley Haven for Women, $5,890.08 to Tri-Valley Animal Rescue and $4,005.90 to Hope Hospice.
Undesignated contributions totaling $26,420.28 went to the United Way of the Bay Area.
Other major contributions went to the American Cancer Society ($4,293.68), American Red Cross ($3,777.92) and Children's Hospital and Research Center Foundation in Oakland ($2,010.52).
Specifically designated contributions also went to St. Mary's Dining Room in Stockton ($3,020.95), Congregation Beth Emek ($3,199.86), Livermore Valley Educational Foundation $2,720.78), Axis Community Health ($1,393.92) and Interfaith Sharing in Livermore ($2,070).
Sandians in Livermore also showed a wide range of choices for their donations, including $50 or several hundred dollars to such organizations as Livermore's Asbury United Methodist Church's homeless refuge fund, Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Livermore Valley Opera and the Patriots Jet Team Foundation in Byron.
Overall, the Sandia National Laboratories 2013 Employee Caring Program saw an increase of 8.2% in donations over the previous year, according to Kelly Westlake, chairwoman of the Sandia's campaign in Albuquerque, where Sandia is headquartered.
"This level of generosity is astounding," Westlake said. "Sandians (including those in Livermore) faced the prospect of a lab shutdown due to the federal budget crisis early in the campaign and still came through, setting new records. Everyone at Sandia should be extremely proud."
Kim Sawyer, Sandia National Laboratories executive vice president and deputy laboratories director, works with children at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico, an educational program supported by the United Way. Sawyer is chair-elect of the United Way of Central New Mexico and a past campaign chairwoman.
Of the total giving, $1,575,949 was designated to the Community Fund, up $66,347 from the previous year. The fund supports a range of nonprofit agencies and programs that help people in Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties in New Mexico.
Deputy Laboratories Director and Executive Vice President for Mission Support Kim Sawyer, chair-elect of the United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM) board of directors and a past campaign chairwoman, said the response from Sandia staff and retirees this year demonstrated the strong culture of giving at the labs.
"Sandia has a rich history of supporting those who are most vulnerable," she said. "Every year we strive to do more to help the community."
Ed Rivera, UWCNM's president and CEO, said Sandia's generosity is an inspiration. Since the Employee Caring Program was launched in 1957, Sandia has been the single largest supporter of the organization's annual campaign, contributing more than $82 million.
"Sandia National Labs is an exemplary partner in the work of the United Way of Central New Mexico," he said. "In addition to raising millions each year in their Employee Caring Program, many Sandians are engaged as volunteers throughout central New Mexico and in so many areas of United Way's work. This includes services in key leadership roles on our board of directors and in vital volunteer council work that guides our programmatic endeavors to benefit the community."
Woodcock, who provided the Livermore list of contributions, has provided staff support to the Sandia Employee Caring Program since 1996.
"In the 18 years that I have supported the campaign, I am in awe how Sandia employees and retirees continue to surpass their aggressive goals each year," he says. "Last year we celebrated Sandia breaking the $5 million mark, and now to raise $6.05 million in a single campaign, especially in such a challenging economic climate, speaks volumes to how much Sandians care about helping their neighbors."


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To all my fellow traders, I made it home for a couple days, earlier than thought, got all my mail!! WOW!! It's the only Christmas I had this year, so it helped out some. I have mailed out ALL of my outstanding trades, so be looking for them!!
Due to my wife being in the hospital, quite a distance from home, I haven't made it home to collect mail or send trades out. I have to use our laptop at the hospital and it is SLOW!! She is having pancreas surgery for tumors in her pancreas. Please pray for the best outcome. I'm looking to be home Jan 3 and all trades will go out then. I will LYK as soon as I mail out all of the trades. I'll be including extras for the inconvenience.
Thanks for the understanding...this came VERY unexpectedly.
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Christine Falatico Frey's Italian-American grandmother passed down the recipe for these buttery cookies. The secret to their beguiling flavor and texture lies in the quality and freshness of the ingredients Frey uses and the care she takes in preparing them from scratch. Hand mixed and hand rolled, each cookie has one-of-a-kind character with a delicate, flaky golden-brown exterior and a soft caramelized interior. They are moist and buttery, with a nutty sweet flavor and hint of cinnamon. Serve with coffee or tea at breakfast or alongside a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Prettily packaged, they make a special treat and an even better gift.
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Oral HA Reduces Post-Surgical Hock OCD Swelling
- Oct 28, 2006
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Both intra-articular (in the joint) and intravenous (in the vein) injections of hyaluronan (HA) have been proven effective in treating joint diseases, such as osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions, over the years. However, a relative newcomer to the scene is oral HA, which has shown promise anecdotally, but until now lacked scientific evidence of its effectiveness.
Brady Bergin, DVM, an assistant professor at Oregon State University, with the help of clinicians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., examined the effectiveness of oral HA (Conquer) on yearlings with hock OCD lesions following arthroscopic surgery to repair and debride the area.
In the study, 48 yearling Thoroughbreds received either a placebo or oral HA for 30 days after undergoing arthroscopic surgery for OCD lesions.
In total, the researchers examined 57 joints (some horses had lesions in both hocks). After 30 days, Bergin (blinded to the treatment given) evaluated and scored the swelling in each hock. The scores for the HA- and placebo-treated groups were then statistcally compared.
"Based on our results, it was clear that those horses treated with oral HA post-operatively had much less swelling and seemed to return to a normal clinical appearance faster than those treated with the placebo," Bergin explained.
"Oral administration provides a more convenient means of delivery of HA, especially for routine use," Bergin said. "This allows a horse to be treated daily much easier than IV or intra-articular routes."
He added, "Oral HA gives the owner a good option for joint health care in their horse where there is joint effusion (swelling). It is a natural, safe, and effective treatment. In cases of arthritis and lameness, oral HA could be a good adjunct to other therapies; however, a veterinarian should be consulted to devise an overall treatment plan."
Researchers in the study published in the July issue of the Equine Veterinary Journal included Bergin, Scott Pierce, DVM, MRCVS, Larry Bramlage, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, and Arnold Stromberg, PhD, MS.
About the Author
Chad Mendell
Chad Mendell is the former Managing Editor for TheHorse.com .
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 12:12 AM
Town Square
Harbor seal pup rescued at Palo Alto harbor
Original post made on Apr 10, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 12:12 AM
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2013 at 8:56 am
Anyone know how often do seals get this far south in the bay? We walk out in the baylands a lot and have never seen one.
a resident of Barron Park
on Apr 10, 2013 at 9:09 am
I hope this cute little guy pulls through. Where is this flood gate? In the Baylands?
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2013 at 9:23 am
I think that's the flood gate near Byxbee Park
a resident of another community
on Apr 10, 2013 at 10:12 am
Byxbee - ok. Thanks parent.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Apr 10, 2013 at 10:54 am
Local harbor seals are birthed in late winter/ early spring across the bay in Mowry Slough. She probably just recently left her mother, swam into a current, and was not strong enough to fight it. The current probably carried her here, to Mayfield Slough at the edge of Byxbee Park.
It is rare for a pup to be seen in this area, but seals are occasionally sighted in Mayfield Slough.
a resident of another community
on Apr 10, 2013 at 11:16 am
Does anybody want to outsource this activity?
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Apr 10, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Way to go William! Thanks again for all that you do for the animals. This poor baby now has a chance at survival thanks to the nice person who called AC, & to you for pulling her out. Let's hope she fares better than the poor sea lion in the creek.
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 10, 2013 at 5:30 pm
What the article does not say is that this is a pro-development seal pup and is being groomed for a seat on the planning commission....
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2013 at 7:02 pm
Thanks for the laugh, Mark! " )
Nice to read a "feel good" story for a change.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 11, 2013 at 11:03 am
The "feel good" part evaporates when I get to the "Food shortages . . . have overloaded rescue centers" and "The fish are not there for whatever reason" parts.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 11, 2013 at 11:36 am
What is Rand Paul doing with our harbor seal pup ? ;-)
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 11, 2013 at 9:13 pm
Great to see the words "Palo Alto Harbor" again in the press! I remember rescuing a seal pup in 1976 when at the Palo Alto Harbor at the Sea Scout docks. Same drill, heard the pup crying, rescued her, and turned over to the local fish and game who transfered same to a marine wild life unit. The pup had been brought down by a powerful storm the night before. Glad to see some pups are still saved - all these years later.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 13, 2013 at 7:16 am
Bill Warrior is a great public servant.
A number of years ago, on a Saturday evening, we had a birthday party for my son. Silly, high energy 5 and 6 year old boys ran downstairs to our basement, and encountered a skunk.
Young animal, clearly confused, and perhaps sick.
At a time and day that most of us are otherwise engaged, Bill spent a couple hours coaxing this poor little skunk into a cage, put it into his truck, and that was that.
I recall sending a letter to the Police Chief about Bill's efforts on our family's behalf, and actually got a letter back from the Chief!
Palo Alto is blessed to have Bill working on our community's behalf.


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The godfathers of Southern California punk rock have released a video celebrating the title track to their 16th and latest latest album, True North.
The subject of Bad Religion's new video is a teenager who's been bitten by the punk rock bug.
Clocking in at just over two minutes and shot in black and white, the video gets right to the point. The well-coiffed boy flips down a vinyl copy of the band's new album on an mid-70's style record player and uses the "True North" as inspiration to get ready for the night. Beating drum sticks against his knees, he's presumably in a band or a wanna-be drummer. The old-school punk posters lining his wall and stacks of vinyl records is juxtaposed by him whipping out an iPhone to text a friend. After strapping on some signature punk apparel he slips out through the back door, one can only assume without his parent permission.
Related: Bad Religion aren't too old to say 'F You' to those that deserve it.
Instead of slowing down like one would imagine from a band that's been putting albums out since 1982, Bad Religion were inspired by Epitaph buddies Pennywise and their super-sized, super-charged punk sound.
"I thought it was a return to their greatest record," confessed Gurewitz to Radio.com. "It really inspired me and I thought, 'We can do that.' It made me want to write a tough record."
Bad Religion's True North is now available.


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A Geochemical Analytical Scheme for the Appraisal of Partitioning and Mobility of Major elements in Weathered Dry Disposed Coal Fly Ash
South Africa is endowed with significant deposits of coal which is utilized in electricity generation to meet the nation's energy demand. A large volume of waste solid residue from the combustion of pulverized feed coal in power stations is dry disposed in stock piles or dumps. Chemical interactions of dry disposed fly ash with ingressed CO2 from the atmosphere and infiltrating rain water would cause dissolution of the soluble components in the fly ash matrix. Chemical partitioning and mobility of major elements in samples from cores drilled into serially stacked weathered dry disposed fly ash were investigated using a modified five steps sequential extraction scheme. A total acid digestion was carried out on the original ash core samples prior to extraction to validate the extraction procedure. The geochemical distribution of the investigated major elements in 59 drilled core samples was determined by x-ray fluorescence and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The relationship between SiO2 and chemical index of alteration (CIA) showed 8 year and 20-year-old core samples have a moderate to high degree of weathering. Conversely, 1-year-old cores samples showed characteristics between low and moderate-high degrees of weathering. A cluster and discriminant analysis of the major elements was also able to reveal the subtle chemical alteration differences of the core samples. Functional analysis revealed the disparities in the dissolution patterns of major soluble components in the matrix of the drilled core samples. Modified sequential extractions revealed high concentration of the major species in the leachates for every mineralogical fraction; although the bulk of the major elements are locked up in the insoluble phase of the core samples (i.e. residual fraction) which would not be released under normal environmental conditions. It is noteworthy that the concentration of major elements in the labile fractions (water soluble + exchangeable + carbonate) was high and this has implications for the long-term durability of residual mineral phases. Relative enrichment and depletion trends of major elements are promoted by heterogeneity in the ash dump (i.e. moisture content), gradual reduction of pore water pH and continuous brine and water irrigation.
Key words: Coal fly ash; Weathering; Sequential extraction scheme; Cluster analysis; Factor Analysis
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If you've been looking forward to more Tropico 4 goodness on Xbox 360, you'll be glad to know that three new content packs are now available to download via the Marketplace. Each DLC pack will run you 400 Microsoft Points, and they expand the game in numerous thematic ways.
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2501 Park Blvd. Park Blvd. Investment, LLC, new lighting and stairway, hand railing, $99,000
102 University Ave., Ste. 1A Circle Palo Alto LLC, tenant improvement for general illumination, HVAC, bathrooms, ADA drinking fountain, kitchenette, conference room, $120,000
900 Blake Wilbur Bldg. Stanford Hospital & Clinics, demo for remodel of women's cancer center, $n/a
842 Marshall Drive B. Wilner, remove bathtub, add shower pan, $3,200
1090 Tanland Drive Unit 106, 206 Park Village Peninsula LLC, remodel bathroom, convert laundry room to bedroom, $30,000 each
797 Mayview Ave. P.Heidenreich & T. Lee, alternative methods and materials request for roof, $n/a
323 Santa Rita Ave. B. Jones, new terrace and conservatory, $50,000
3014 Ramona R. Gordon, bathroom change-out, $13,000
3870 El Camino Real J. Mathew, remodel liquor store, including accessibility, $75,000
410 Sherman P.Coyne, exterior remodel, $8,000
770 Welch Road, 1st floor Stanford Hospital & Clinics, remodel portico to a conference room, $56,000
159 Walter Hays L. Haag, remodel kitchen, new windows, remodel bathroom, bedroom, $65,000
110 Greenmeadow Way M. Ridgeway, attic insulation, solar attic fan, $1,900
70 Crescent Drive K. Sullivan, replace four windows, 10,000
3705 Park Blvd. K. Ranganathan, M. Roy, rebuild and expand garage, demolish carport, $11,348
129 Lundy Lane K. Ouk, remodel kitchen, convert hallway and closet into bathroom, $24,000
410 Sherman Ave. P. Coyne, replace two doors, add two windows, $8,000
1219 Pitman Ave. K. Goldin, replace bathroom, $13,00
4261 El Camino Real J. Handley, replace HVAC equipment with smaller, more efficient fan coils, $400,000
880 Forest Ave. K. Toney & K. Washington, remodel kitchen, $18,000
250 Leland Ave. K. Jansen, remodel master bathroom, $21,000
1219 Pitman Ave. K. Goldin, replace bathroom, $13,000
522 Jackson Drive V. Shemrov, replace kitchen window, $800
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1090 Tanland Drive Park Village Peninsula LLC, remodel bathroom, convert laundry room to bedroom, $30,000;
251 Churchill S. Akkaraju, construct single-story garage, $21,000
110 Greenmeadow Way M. Ridgeway, attic insulation, solar attic fan, $1,900
70 Crescent Drive K. Sullivan, replace four windows, $10,000
144 Melville Ave. D. Mitz trust, new concrete stairs to basement, remove gas fireplace, replace doors, windows, $90,000
2002 Columbia St. G. Fine & M. Piquet, replace windows, replace fixtures in bathroom, new roof, $45,000
383 Ferne Ave. P. Robinson, remodel bathroom, update kitchen, tankless water heater, $50,000
959 Loma Verde E. Prentice, replace kitchen cabinets, $13,800
2434 Park Blvd. D. Sanders, demo stud walls, $n/a
407 Cambridge Ave. E. Singer, replace sinks, electrical work, $12,000
609 Greer Road A. Stoscher & C. Koch-Stoscher, add 316 sq ft, remodel kitchen, $72,000
2205 Waverley St. B. Swenson, install two skylights, bay window, lighting, vent fan, $n/a
754 San Carlos Court Taratorim & Kraupnova, construct pool, spa, $52,800
3433 Janice Way R. Goldbeck, remodel kitchen, $18,000
851 Homer Ave. S. Tong, remodel bathroom, $30,000
317 Leland Ave. J. Koltnow & R. Applebaum, add master suite, new water heater, replace entry porch and columns, $92,013
159 Walter Hays L. Haag, remodel kitchen, new tiles in bathroom, new bedroom wall, $65,000
3217 Greer Road new bath, powder room, laundry room, entry, attached carport, $72,716
525 University Ave. Suite 200 P.A.B.C. LLC, office tenant improvement, $312,000; Suite 230, $112,000
2970 South Court D. Pasita, remodel guest bathroom, $14,000
87 Encina Ave. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, tenant improvements, $70,000
1112 High St. S. Reller, new garage, $24,000; demo, build new house, $400,000
345 Lincoln Ave. C. Foss, new skylight, $1,000
2211 High St. M. Choi, L. Wong, remodel interior, $250,000
706 Ellsworth Place DGB Investments, new house, $345,281
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The ZAP help file has a good overview of Expert Rules and should be your first resource for any questions the may come up. Firewall Expert rules are found under Firewall protection starting with the subsection Understanding expert firewall rules. Program Expert Rules are found in the Program control section starting with the subsection Creating expert rules for programs.
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The document is not so much a prediction as a "snapshot" based on various current assumptions, city staff said, but it shows a picture of changing finances following the 2008 recession.
Palo Alto sales-tax revenues for fiscal year 2012 (which ends on June 30) are estimated at $21.6 million, exceeding the city's adopted budget by $1.4 million.
Hotel taxes rebounded last year after two years of declines, increasing by 17.8 percent between 2010 and 2011. This year, the numbers are expected to be even stronger. Tax revenues in the first quarter of 2012 exceeded those in 2011 by a whopping 26.2 percent and for the year are expected to be 7.3 percent higher than last year.
The forecast states that the transient occupancy and per diem rates in Palo Alto "have moved up appreciably as they have along the entire Peninsula, due to increased business activity." Sales tax, meanwhile, "has been on an upward trend with strong department store and electronic-equipment sales."
But while revenues are projected to grow, they are not expected to keep pace with expenditures, particularly the sharply rising cost of employee health care and pension benefits. The forecast pegs the total cost of benefits in fiscal year 2012 at $36.8 million. By 2017, the number could gradually balloon to $51.2 million because of the two trends.
The city's health care expenditures, according to the forecast, have grown by 126 percent over the past decade, going from $6.6 million in 2002 to $14.9 million this year. The trend is expected to continue and to swallow up a greater chunk of the city's General Fund. The pension costs are following a similar trend, having jumped from $15.6 million in 2005 to $23.9 million in 2012.
The rising expenditures carry bleak implications for the city's General Fund. While the forecast shows a balanced budget this year, it projects a $2.1 million deficit in 2013, a $3.7 million deficit in 2014 and a $4.1 million deficit in 2015. The forecast notes that while city revenues are improving, expense increases "continue to outpace the growth in revenue."
"The city-revenue projections are rosier than they have looked for a couple of years, but benefit costs continue their relentless upward climb — outpacing the rate of revenue growth," the forecast states.
The report also notes that a recent actuarial valuation of Palo Alto's unfunded retiree medical liability indicated that the city needs to set aside an additional $2.7 million in 2012 and $3.5 million in 2013 to cover the backlog.
"The city clearly still has its work cut out for it in addressing its structural deficit," the forecast states.
While the forecast is a forward-looking, big-picture document, its implications are already being felt in the city's negotiations with its labor groups. For the past three years, the city has been aggressively pressuring labor groups to cover a greater share of employees' health care and pension expenditures (both of which have been entirely paid by the city). Most labor groups have already agreed (or, in some cases, have been forced to accept) less generous benefits, including a new requirement for them to chip in for medical costs and a two-tiered pension system under which newly hired employees get fewer benefits.
The sharp rise in health care and pension costs is also one of the prime justifications for the city's decision to declare an impasse last week in its negotiations with the Palo Alto Police Officers Association after six months of meetings (see sidebar). The city's negotiator, Darrell Murray, highlighted the two trends in his declaration of the impasse. The city's medical insurance premium payments per employee have gone up by 21.1 percent since 2008, rising from $10,500 to $12,713. Furthermore, the city's pension contribution for police employees was 23.6 percent of earnable compensation in 2008, a rate that has gone up to 30.1 percent.
"Clearly, public agencies have reason for concern that pension costs will continue to consume increasing shares of their budgets," Murray wrote.
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Ok, let's take a brief recess here from the sugar and the sweets and all of those desserts that I love so much. Just the thought of pie is making me a little… uncomfortable. Let's flip the "savory" switch.
And let's lighten it up a bit… I need something with some substance to it.
Steak? No, something light… chicken maybe… but not too light… let's put it on some bread.
There we go… swap out fatty rib-eye steak for lean, healthy boneless-skinless chicken breasta healthy(er) alternative to your sinful cheesesteak sandwich, .
Or, at this time of year, it may even be a resourceful way to use up the last of that dreaded leftover Thanksgiving turkey… ugh… turkey… let's not use that word again for… at least a week or two.
Even though I have several cheese sauce recipes lurking in my "to do" lists, I can never actually bring myself to make them, especially not with the amount of food I've devoured in the past week… so I opted for sliced provolone cheese instead.
I'm not trying to claim that these are "authentic", in fact I wouldn't even call them "cheesesteak" if I had a better name for them…
Philly Chicken-Cheesesteaks?
Philly cheese-chickens? Nah…
Phoenix Chicken-Steaks?
Ooh, I like that, maybe add some hatch chiles and monterey jack cheese… oh man. Just thinking out loud here. I've definitely smeared some leftover chipotle aioli on these babies and it was pretty amazing…
Chicken "Cheesesteaks"
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- 1 lb thin-sliced boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and sliced
- 1 sweet onion, sliced
- 6 slices provolone (or cheese of your choice)
- 6 french rolls, halved lengthwise
- salt and pepper, to taste
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, or heat your broiler (high or low, whatever you prefer). Meanwhile, heat a sauté pan over medium/medium-high heat.
2. Generously salt and pepper both sides of the chicken breasts. A shake or two of garlic powder never hurt anyone either, just sayin. Cook with a teaspoon or two of olive oil over medium high until cooked through, set aside.
3. Add another teaspoon of oil to the pan, and sauté peppers and onions until just tender-crisp. Salt and pepper onions and peppers to taste. Set aside.
4. Line a baking pan with foil. Slice chicken breast into thin strips, toss with peppers and onions, and put into six "piles" on the baking sheet. Place one slice of cheese on top of each pile, and broil until cheese is melted and bubbly. (If you have an oven-safe pan, and the ability to remember NOT TO GRAB A SUPER HOT HANDLE, you could just use your pan… but some of us aren't that skilled).
5. Once cheese is melted, carefully remove pan from oven, and mix the chicken, peppers, onions, and cheese and pile each onto a French roll. You can eat as is, or tightly wrap the whole sandwich in foil (with another piece of cheese, if you're feeling naughty) and return to the oven for a few minutes to heat the bread through.


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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 21, 2009 at 5:03 pm
This is really sad for the residents. The place is a bit of a dump, but it is home for many who need it. I just hope this does not put them out on the streets with other mentally ill people who have nowhere else to go.
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 21, 2009 at 6:25 pm
This is how costs are cut. I hope everyone is paying attention. In France, the elderly and disabled just stay with their families to the breaking point, until the caregiver or the originally ill one needs to be actually hospitalized for weeks. Are you ready, America?
This is disgusting.
a resident of another community
on Aug 22, 2009 at 2:46 am
These taxpayers should have saved up! We need government funds to pay for services for "undocumented residents"
a resident of Mountain View
on Aug 22, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Cash in care stops when cash stops to come in.This is the beginning of the end.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 22, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I will miss the daily ambulances.
a resident of Mountain View
on Aug 22, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Sad to say this will only put more medical and mentally ill patients [who Need treatment], out necessity, forced to live on the streets.
Our government needs to fund wars, other countrys, space programs, politians pork programs than help our own needy;
BTW those residents more than likely paid taxes for years before they became afflicted.
A dimming example of our state taking care of their own citizens.
But isn't that the way of budget cuts....
First cut are the helpless, schools, the elderly and the sick...
way to go arnold....
strange how it is they can keep building bigger and better prisons.
alsoBTW over 80% of the people locked up for crimes are done so because of alcohol and drugs, as well and the ones returning to jails.
Treatment for addiction, another medical issue, is not very accessible or affordable to most Americans, who normally are unable to help themselves.
However, that corner is Prime Palo Alto real estate, just think of the amount of restaurants, condos, shops, offices, and boutiques that space could hold, and citizens won't have to look at the disenfranchised either. I guess it would help PA's image much more if the facility was not there.... yea, let's just get them out of sight from that potentially money making corner.
We can build magnificent weapons to kill other people,
but can't do much to help our own people who paid theirs taxes
for years and years. sad state of affairs.
We can fund immigrants [who have Never paid taxes here] with our tax dollars, but can't help those, or their families, who have lost blood or life for our country.
So kids, when you get old, sick, or helpless, you will be abandoned as well. Yes, it will happen to you, no matter how many dollars you paid in taxes to fund the government. Look where the money goes for Social Security. Which was originally designed to help the aged, retired, survivors, and disabled.]
Sad in a county, read County, that has made so many wealthy beyond their dreams!
"They should have saved up"....[see other post]
If you can't afford to 'save up' especially in our roller coaster economy.... you're in trouble; what if there is nothing left to 'save up' after raising your kids, and keep having to pay such High Prices just to live, go to work, and Eat.
You get left to be disenfranchised... homeless and hungry.. We feed {and kill} a good portion of the world; but can't help those who paid their taxes to fund this mess we call a government. I am pro-American without question, but screasm in terror at the way we treat our own taxpayers.
It is Not someones fault that they are old, sick, or disabled.
God Bless America, it needs it!
a resident of Downtown North
on Aug 22, 2009 at 5:54 pm
It's either this or higher taxes. Score another one for our Republican minority.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 22, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Do I understand that we the people are paying for an apartment for Victor Frost??? And we have a multimillion $$$ "Opportunity Center"? He lived there too. This city has mixed up priorities.
a resident of Green Acres
on Aug 22, 2009 at 10:21 pm
No, Kate..the people in San Mateo County are paying some of Victor Frosts'portion...and that includes the RICHES people in the WHOLE UNITED STATES that live in that County..ATHERTON. CHUMP change for them.
Why are you so worried that someone actually is paying attention and making programs for the homeless...? Seems you have priorities in the wrong place........
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Aug 23, 2009 at 1:54 pm
This is very sad, and very telling. Ultimately, cultures are judged on how well they manage the care of their most unfortunate members. Someone wrote, above "America, are you ready?" That's right on. We are now at a crossroad in America; if this continues, the so-called "revolution of hope" that Obama was supposed to represent will turning point only insofar as it represents just another empty promise. Those who have finally had enough, and have the ability to invent productive social policy will take over. My take: we ain't see nothin', yet.
a resident of University South
on Aug 23, 2009 at 3:54 pm
9000 over 35 years. How many people does he facility hold?
a resident of University South
on Aug 23, 2009 at 3:55 pm
D'oh! That should read, "How many people does THE facility hold?"
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 23, 2009 at 6:01 pm
"Out of an annual budget of $3 million, $2 million went toward payroll and $1 million covered everything else for patients, which includes three meals a day, laundry services and all other expenses, she said."
Could that be the problem? Actual expenses for those 88 people was only $11K/person, the rest of it was being paid to the workers/doctors/etc..
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 24, 2009 at 10:12 am
I'm sorry for the people that have jobs there, will they get retirement benefits?
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 24, 2009 at 10:35 am
@ Sam: you cannot lay all of this at Arnold's feet. It all started when Reagan cut federal funding for mental health facilities in the early 80's. Further, the CA legislature (both sides of the aisle) have just as much responsibility, if not more, as anyone else.
This issue has been looming for over a decade - and yet the legislature could not (would not) find a way to balance the budget. Instead they chose to spend beyond their means. Try doing that at home and see what that gets you.
I'm surprised this mess didn't materialize years ago.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 24, 2009 at 11:10 am
NO retirement benefits for the people that work here.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 24, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Seems to me from the report that the owners were about $100K annually short of break even. What if PA had given them a bridge loan for a year or two to reach better economic times-rather than give all $500K to the Senior Games?
After all it is a matter of priorities.
a resident of another community
on Aug 26, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I would like to say that my mother is here at Casa Olga , they have done wonders for my mother , before she would not eat , would not take her medicine , she is now very happy and takes her medicine , and she eats , the staff has done a very good job , you see my mother has had mental illness scince i was 10 years old , i'm now 46 years old to see her doing this well bring me great joy .
Casa Olga and staff
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 26, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Some of the comments are so lacking in understand the problem, so lacking in compassion, it makes me want to puke.
One of the more revolting is one that seeks to drag the Frost issue and the Opportunity Center into the mix. The poster obviously has a personal axe to grind. Personally, I think they should find a personal place to store it.
There is a chance some of the Casa Olga resident will end up on the street.
Unnormal things happen to unstable people in situations they feel are awkward. They will do unusual thing to regain, seize control over their life. Sometimes it's the ultimate take away. Some it's shun outside controls. For some, the only control is a constant, repetitive state of "NO" to any and all of anything.
Some posts allude to families taking over. If there were a family with the space, the funds, and the desire – would that person need to live at Casa Olga? If they were trying to hang on to some dignity, self-respect, self-esteem, probably so. If they have not family, it's a moot point.
I have to shake my head and chuckle at the naiveté of a few posters who have zero grasp of who they believe they are talking about. Taxpayers, saved up. Are you in need of a mental health assessment?!
Some folks at Casa Olga, through no fault of their own, haven't worked a full-time job, or any job, in their life. How, from what, were they supposed to save anything??
Does anyone else see a Warhol painting of dollars melting into dimes????????????
Multiple layers of government bureaucracy melted the funds these folks subsisted off of from dollars to dimes. The federal grants filtered through the state to off-set gaps between Medi-caid and SSI were munched on by admin costs (for good or bad, admin people need jobs too), so the State, with an added admin expense, was tasked with the difference. The small dog (the State) lost the fight, and now the puppies need a home.
What strikes me as interesting is that in a number of current and past posts related to Lytton Plaza, there is a reference to the "scary" people panhandling who are "homeless" and driving people away because of the horrors of the Opportunity Center. The OC is a mile further away than Casa Olga, and many unhoused people find them as discomforting as "real" folks do.
Where and how the Palo Alto residents (yes, some of you hate the idea, but – hey, greet you dog as he greets his buddies) find a place, displacing others is not the best idea. (Regardless of your thoughts about those who are actually housed stabler then the others are.)
I am really uncomfortable with the idea that those who believe they know the answers (in spite of ignorance of the real questions) are going to get hyperly energized to call for action when they have no idea what to do………………….
Solutions only, please! Answers are easy – answers are crap. (i.e. find other housing = answer; who pays for housing regardless of where = answer)
Pardon me for playing on Kennedy legacy, but the day pulls at it –
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy (1917–63), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Inaugural address, 20 Jan. 1961, Washington, D.C.
To balance, the SSI funding that housed many of those folks was a Nixon legacy (1974), And funding for locally run mental health and related programs (including homeless) was Reagan.
Maybe more later. Process is wearing.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 26, 2009 at 6:01 pm
As Margaret Thatcher once stated: "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money [to spend]."
Guess what - Palo Alto is out of other people's money to spend. Get used to it. Those with means are moving.
There is a limit to the public dole. The Opportunity Center was sold to the residents of Palo Alto as a fix it for just this type of problem. Way to go Opportunity Center.
a resident of Downtown North
on Aug 26, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Let's see... "Pardon me for playing on Kennedy legacy, but the day pulls at it –"
Pulls at it? The phrase is "desperately scratching at the roof to survive," as in how Mary Jo Kopechne tore her fingernails out trying to survive as the last bubble of air left the car, along with Teddy, already swimming away to meet with his operatives to decide how to save his career in case Mary Jo did not survive. Perhaps his habit of downing a fifth of scotch a day helped Teddy be such a good liberal. I would like to believe he reformed, and that the scotch was a sign of his own recognition of the terrible crime he committed. But he never paid for that crime, and the Kennedy legacy is all about crushing the witnesses to that crime. I wonder if he was not struck down by the cancer at the end of his days he would finally confess and give a true apology not contaminated by political considerations. [Dumb liberals unfamiliar with New England maritime expectations must be instructed: the crime was not so much getting drunk while married and killing a party girl in a DUI, although even true Democrats usually grant that is a crime if one gets caught. It was the unforgiveably unmanly fleeing of the scene, the failure to not leave the scene no matter what so long as the girl was trapped below. No lobsterman, no farmer, no true resident of the Cape will forgive him for that crime.]
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 28, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Norm is a registered user.
Gee, Josh, I didn't mean to twang on a raw nerve bring to mind Mary Jo Kopechne through quoting JOHN Kennedy from an address he made BEFORE his goofy little brother - who everyone has said did not live up to his brother's legacy - drove off a bridge several years after John was dead.
Kate - you have, again, mirepresented the funtion/role the Opportunity Center. It was not intended to serve as an "intermediate health care facility" and could not, if they even wanted to, get approve to operate as one. What would you have the OC do "as a fix it for just this type of problem" even if they were allowed?
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Sep 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm
The owners are turning the building into apartments for Stanford students. It's all about money in the pockets for Walter Harrington and Wanda Ginner. This is their golden opportunity to put it off on funding problems. Not true.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm
It seems there is no subject so remote that the rightwingnuts can't bring up something irrelevant. This week it's Teddy Kennedy's misdeeds. It's understandable that they would rather do that than grovel in the disgrace the Republicans produce almost daily now.
Josh, what do you think about the Republican legislator bragging to a colleague about spanking+sex with a lobbyist that appears before him, and cheating on her with another one? Quite a prince, I'd say. Or the Florida legislator who solicited sex from congressional male pages, or... well, I won't go on, Kate might have a quote from Maggie Thatcher to make it OK.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on May 3, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Kate, those most on the public dole are federal govt employees. Including benefits, they make TWICE what their equivalents in private companies make.
For example a janitor or clerk working for HP would make half the money of a federally employed janitor or clerk.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 13, 2013 at 6:50 pm
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Kaplan FREE Practice Exams return to IC in October!
Contributed by Nikki Lynn on 09/25/13
Need to take the GRE, MCAT, LSAT or GMAT for graduate school? Want to practice before you take the real thing? Here's your chance!
Mark your calendars! The next on-campus practice tests for the...
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