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Students Abroad and Egypt
I spoke on Skype with my daughter last night. She is doing a college semester in China.
She is finding that there is not a UPS Store as she goes through her experience. S... |
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on Feb 2, 2011 at 10:32 pm by Bob, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Generations and Public Affairs
I am an NPR (National Public Radio) junkie. I also am a PA Online junkie, but the two have different missions.
My son and daughter are at their early adulthood years. Bo... |
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on Jan 26, 2011 at 5:00 pm by Defund NPR, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Airport Security When You Have Not Cleared Security
Tuesday morning, December 28, was an absolute zoo at SF Airport. Understandable, given all the closures of airports on the US east coast due to snow conditions in prior days.... |
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on Dec 31, 2010 at 12:36 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Adios Blue Cube in Sunnyvale
My afternoon commute between I880 and US101 takes me along CA237 and past the complex of Cold War relics such as the "Blue Cube," which was described back in the day as "Groun... |
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on Dec 20, 2010 at 7:52 pm by Joe, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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PALY Girls Volleyball Are State Champions!
My son Nathan, a 2005 PALY grad, and I went to San Jose Saturday evening to watch the PALY girls volleyball team against Long Beach's "POLY" team compete for the State title i... |
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on Dec 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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HSR Get Nationwide Rejection
We in the Peninsula, the Bay Area, or California are not alone in our skepticism about High Speed Rail.
I am an NPR listener and there was a feature on its Friday evening n... |
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on Dec 3, 2010 at 12:09 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Make University Ave. University Plaza
I just finished reading an article in Esquire magazine about initiatives in New York City to establish plazas in such parts of Manhattan as Times Square, Union Square, Madison... |
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on Nov 30, 2010 at 11:27 am by Alex Panelli, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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New Stanford Business School Complex
I had occasion to go on Campus Drive at Stanford the other day, and get a glimpse of the emerging archipelego of buildings that will be the new campus of the Graduate School o... |
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on Nov 12, 2010 at 2:02 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Half Life of Stewart and Beck DC Mall Rallies
I watched most of the Stewart show on the Mall, and I only saw excerpts of the Beck show. So I will not attempt to compare and contrast the two, other than to observe that St... |
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on Nov 1, 2010 at 12:42 pm by anonymous, a resident of another community |
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Vayan Gigantes!
I write this after getting off a Skype phone call from my son who was following the SF Giants game from Korea. What a great series against the Phillies, and how excitng that ... |
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on Oct 26, 2010 at 9:22 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Odd or Even Years for PA Elections? Measure S
Should there continue to be the practice in Palo Alto that local issues and choices of City and School District candidates take place on odd numbered years, rather than being ... |
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on Oct 12, 2010 at 12:26 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Incredibly Flawed Senate and Governor Candidates
I am increasingly disgusted with the character of candidates for State office in California, to whit:
I really have no clue what Senator Barbara Boxer has to show for all h... |
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on Oct 11, 2010 at 3:05 pm by Kerry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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John Lennon
Today would have been former Beatle John Lennon’s 70th birthday.
He was shot and killed by someone crazy 30 years ago this December.
I grew up in the 60’s when the Beatles w... |
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on Oct 10, 2010 at 6:51 pm by Sam, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Tough Choice in Local Assembly Race
How nice it is to have two experienced and seemingly capable people from the major parties seeking to suceed Ira Ruskin.
If I were having the proverbial beer with GOP candi... |
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on Oct 7, 2010 at 4:27 pm by Susan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Snake!
I walked out of my office late Thursday morning to go to the copying machine and duplicate some paperwork. Lying (or is it laying?) in my path was a juvenile Garter snake mak... |
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on Oct 2, 2010 at 10:29 am by The Real Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Supporting Small Businesses in the US?
Am I the only one who is totally confused about what it takes and who supports at a policy level initiatives to support the success of small businesses in this country?
“W”... |
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on Sep 18, 2010 at 12:10 pm by Small Business Admin, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Carly Won't Get Votes From HP'ers
I had a fun discussion with an acquaintance last weekend. She once worked at HP, and still does some consulting for the company. Interestingly, she also has consulted at Meg... |
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on Sep 7, 2010 at 8:46 pm by Merrill Inman Roe, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Back to College
My daughter Adrienne, a 2008 PALY grad, shipped off on Jet Blue Saturday night for her junior year at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Her summer back in Palo Alto included s... |
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on Sep 7, 2010 at 7:32 pm by Parent too, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Glenn Beck's DC Rally
Many pundits have and will weigh in on this event.
What I find disingenuous about it is that it took place on the same day of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Beck made ex... |
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on Sep 1, 2010 at 1:40 pm by FullCircle, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Adios Midtown ARCO Gas Station
I drove along Middlefield today and saw that the long dormant ARCO gas station was being razed.
It has been an eyesore for years, so I view this as progress. What I don't ... |
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on Aug 26, 2010 at 11:34 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Debacle in the Gulf Of Mexico
There are no heroes in this debacle.
I am trying to picture myself as the head of BP, Sec'y of Interior Salazar, and as what I perceived to be an exhausted POTUS yesterday ... |
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on Aug 14, 2010 at 8:04 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Stanford Sierra Camp
I am feeling a bit melancholy this week, and it is because I am not able to experience this summer a sublime vacation that I did for more than a dozen years.
I refer to Sta... |
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on Aug 13, 2010 at 5:44 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Afghanistan, Taliban, Al Qaeda
If I were sitting in that egg shaped office along PA Avenue, I think I would be telling our folks that we are going to shut down the current effort after the November election... |
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on Aug 13, 2010 at 5:37 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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The Politics of Health Care Reform
A sea change took place this past weekend when Congress passed by a whisker the way health care will work in the country going forward.
As an American person, I found it ti... |
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on Aug 6, 2010 at 6:59 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Next Supreme Court Nominee
I have a process observation and a substantive observation.
Process: it appears that Obama is trying to work with the Senate leadership and the Judiciary Committee leaders... |
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on Aug 6, 2010 at 6:56 am by The Real Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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