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Guest Opinion: 21st century libraries are good investment
In an earlier opinion piece on the November library bond, Diana Diamond argued that we should cut the proposed bond measure by as much as one-third in the hope that the lower ... |
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on Jun 23, 2008 at 7:28 pm by libraryfan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: Library efficiency is improved, but we truly need better buildings
Is it good policy to continue to maintain five libraries in Palo Alto? The recent decision by the City Council to place a library-construction bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballo... |
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on Sep 10, 2008 at 5:58 am by Bill, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Thank You Harry Potter!
We have been reading and reading....And we have finished the saga.
Thank you Harry Potter! |
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on Sep 28, 2007 at 1:48 pm by Nat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Measure N ups annual library operating costs by $1.1million
Measure N has a number of hidden costs. Significantly $750,000 to $1.1 million annually in higher operating expenses.
Notice that this sort of information isn't included i... |
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on Oct 15, 2008 at 3:42 pm by hidden costs, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Read "Gotcha Capitalism"!!!
I recommend the new book "Gotcha Capitalism - How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day - And What You Can Do About It"
Reading this book has been an emotional experience - no... |
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on Apr 7, 2008 at 9:31 am by EHM, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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City shuffles library sites to deal with construction
The Palo Alto Art Center auditorium could soon house about 10,000 books and other library items as part of the city's dizzying four-year game of "musical chairs" -- a process ... |
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on Dec 6, 2010 at 10:39 am by So-Much-Money-Down-The-Rabbit-Hole, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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'Walking tour' book lists Palo Alto historical sites
The Palo Alto Historical Association has published a new book that provides a walking tour of 43 sites of sites of historical interest in downtown Palo Alto.
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on Apr 11, 2010 at 10:02 am by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
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Join Palo Alto Reads -- "Funny in Farsi"
"Funny in Farsi" by Firoozeh Dumas is a humorous and lighthearted memoir about the author leaving Iran at the age of 7 and coming to live in Whittier, California. Told in sho... |
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on Nov 20, 2006 at 3:51 pm by Marianne, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Review: 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People' by Condoleezza Rice
One of the defining moments in former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's childhood came during a visit to Santa Claus when she was about 5 years old. Living in Birmingham, ... |
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on Dec 3, 2010 at 11:19 am by anonymous, a resident of another community |
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Hundreds line up for former president Jimmy Carter
Hundreds of people lined up Tuesday night (Oct. 26) at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park to exchange a quick smile with former president Jimmy Carter and have him sign their co... |
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on Oct 29, 2010 at 7:21 pm by Which Carter?, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Harry Potter Book 7: All-most here!
Our family is anxiously awaiting the 7th installment of Harry Potter. We have pre-paid for our copies at Kelper's (of course) and look forward to the party.
Any other fans... |
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on Jul 21, 2007 at 10:21 am by HP Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Libraries vs. Borders
A few months ago my mother visited for an extended period and asked about going to the local library. I flippantly replied "yeah, it's called Borders - just up the road".
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on May 30, 2007 at 4:29 pm by Questions & Comments, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Letters
Silent majority speaks
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Oct 25, 2008 at 11:00 am by unbelievable, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Kindle not elibrary compatible!
I'm shocked to learn that my Kindle is incompatible with the elibrary software. Will Amazon ever support e library books? Basically the answer is no... really never. http:/... |
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on Sep 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Regret me not
From embroidered toilet paper to "Christmas nativity meerkats," Etsy.com is full of intriguing items. Some such creations, deemed worthy of extra attention, show up on Regrets... |
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on Apr 1, 2010 at 2:10 pm by Kym @ Crafty Is The New Black, a resident of another community |
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Smoking gun
"Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition" by Robert N. Proctor; University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London; 752... |
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on Jul 23, 2012 at 5:47 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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CSPAN2 goes missing from cable TV
Subscribers to Comcast cable television in Palo Alto and neighboring cities have lost CSPAN2 from their channel offerings, unless they have digital cable service.
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on Nov 11, 2009 at 5:07 pm by What a company!, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Eshoo introduces forest-protection bill
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, has introduced a bill in Congress to protect national forests, federal lands and wildlife refuges from aggressive logging tactics.
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on Oct 24, 2008 at 10:40 am by Lea, a resident of another community |
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why does palo alto library not part of the santa clara county library
the county library has many more collections, newer books and multimedia material.
I wonder why we are still holding down the fort with our own library, with the older col... |
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on Jul 8, 2011 at 9:56 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Letters
Libraries aren't cool
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Sep 10, 2008 at 1:45 pm by Still don\'t get it, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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Menlo-Atherton grad behind the scenes of Facebook's IPO
When Tom Wirth graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School in 1975, not many people outside California had heard of Menlo Park. That all changed Friday, in part thanks to the ma... |
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on May 22, 2012 at 12:50 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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U.S. women settle for a draw in U-20 World Cup soccer opener
Stanford's Rachel Quon, Teresa Noyola and Courtney Verloo all saw action for the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team as it opened play in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ... |
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on Jul 17, 2010 at 11:05 am by Help, please, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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On Deadline: A decade of editing 'a newspaper worth the reading'
As a story in today's Upfront news section conveys, I'll be retiring from the Weekly's editorship at the end of January.
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on Jan 2, 2011 at 11:06 am by Bryan Long, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Iraq soldier's mother joins protest
The mother of a Palo Alto body shop manager who was killed in action in Iraq in June 2004 has joined the Cindy Sheehan protest outside of President George W. Bush’s ranch in C... |
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on Feb 10, 2009 at 9:35 am by D.D.R., a resident of Menlo Park |
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Guest Opinion: Two campaigns for the heart of the community
The heart of a community is its civic spaces and its commitment to finding common ground on which its residents can come together, learn and exchange ideas.
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on May 1, 2008 at 8:54 am by paraphrase, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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