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Napoleon Solo May 21, 2013 at 10:55 am
I agree with all of that. I consider myself rather recent to either of those sites so I'll defer to…Read More your knowledge of it. My issue with Patch was how they seem to try to create tension and arguments, and especially if they get a good fight going, seem to bring in groups that clearly are not local. I have little interest in debating issues with someone from Fremont, for example. I agree that News is doing a great job of local coverage. I can infer from some of the bits of information that one of their writers lives within a few blocks of me.
Chris Nicholson May 21, 2013 at 10:42 am
NapSol: News24-680 has its flaws, but I haven't heard other complaints about censorship. It's a…Read More crew of people who were doing "hyper local" reporting BEFORE Patch came to town and they seem to be poised to outlive Patch. We'll see. Even before the big reductions in editorial/reporting resources per Patch site, News 24-680 seemed to do a better job covering core local stories-- albeit with less overall content/audience than here.
Some of the regional/generic Patch stories are, IMHO, fine. But if Patch loses even more of its local flavor I suspect interest/traffic will wane.
Napoleon Solo May 21, 2013 at 09:53 am
I'm not sure what it means to "move to" the news24-680 site. Converation there does not…Read More seem to be encouraged beyond shallow "me too" kind of comments. If there are any conversations of any substance there, I have yet to find them. I know some or many of the discussions here were disfunctional, but at least there were conversations. I did a test posting there yesterday and it was censored or at least never showed up. My post was in response to an interview of a St. Mary's economist who is against trying to lower the $1 trillion dollar federal deficit spending. I did not say anything disrespectful as I recall, but I guess it was censored cause it contained actual ideas. By the way, I used to be an economist on one of the largest trading floors in the world, so in my opinion, its OK for me to have a different view. The News people I guess don't think so. Will still look at it cause it has some nice local news but its not for participating.
Daniel Robbins May 23, 2013 at 09:00 am
It is an important opportunity for parents and teachers to connect; both to hear what is happening…Read More in the classroom and share how their students/ kids are doing. If anything, I think we need to make our high schools more 'open' so that parents, administrators, students and teachers can ALL work together to make our kids high school experience the best it can be.
Chris Nicholson May 19, 2013 at 09:38 am
LamoMan: "Back to school" is beginning of year and "Open House" is toward the…Read More end. W/R/T high school, I agree with you that it's not as fun as K-5. I was disappointed, for example, to see no exemplary integral homework stapled to the wall of Calculus class-- I love the funny f/s hybrid symbol. Basically, I was bullied into attending by my wife (and the lure of Taco Truck catering).
In seriousness, it was nice to stop by and (re)connect names and faces and be reminded of the dedication and talent of many (but not, ahem, all) of the teachers we're lucky enough to have here.
LamorindaMan May 18, 2013 at 11:46 pm
I don't have children so maybe I'm missing something. But, what is the point of an open house at the…Read More high school level and what is the point of an open house at the end of the school year? What do they do at open house for high schoolers?
Chris Nicholson May 14, 2013 at 10:18 pm
@Josh: I wonder if you find irony in your choice of examples. You pathologize people who have…Read More "...a severe distortion in how they view the world and God" as defined as people who view God as "...an all powerful source of punishment"--- but your diagnosis seems to require a causal link to having a crappy parent. What if people come to the conclusion/belief that you find to be an illness via means other than child abuse? Can the healthiness (or not) of a state of depend on the path taken?
Wouldn't the DSM (an interpreted by a fundamentalist shrink) require a diagnosis of "delusion" for a patient who had concluded (for whatever reason) than God was NOT "an all powerful source of punishment?" He who transcends time and sees, knows and controls everything everywhere surely also is in charge of punishment, no?
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 14, 2013 at 09:07 pm
After reading this latest installment. I say: This kind of psychology as well as all kinds of…Read More psychology, is nothing more than a local anesthetic which comforts for awhile. The main comfort comes from knowing the therapist is trained and, therefore, trustworthy,,,impressive, in a way....and also, he or she listens to you and seems to care., Religious words, most words are like rain drops that fall on parched soil. Soon. the soil needs another rain..a constant rain..a constant local anesthetic. An awareness of right and wrong is a tormentor. We realize we do wrong....conscious at work. Most seek another person of great credentials to try to convince them that some sort of relitive thinking will work. No one can know for sure, so any idea is as good as any other idea. This is a release from the narrow thinking mentioned above. Strange...Jesus said: :Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. I make a challenge to you: Read the Gospel of John in one sitting..Be in a quiet place and give your best to doing this.....Be prepared to find what you are looking for....and, it is free. b
Regular Guy May 14, 2013 at 03:24 pm
"We talk about “hard science” or “hard data” vs. “soft” or…Read More “fuzzy”. One is clearly good; one is usually looked at with some kind of scorn. There is an implicit misogyny in this – the male is hard and reliable, the female soft and unreliable. "
Somebody has sex on the brain. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Hard vs. soft science is an analogy to hard vs. soft building materials with which one constructs an edifice of scientific theory. If your building is made of Jello it won't hold the weight of any future theory you want to layer on top of it.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 14, 2013 at 11:36 am
My info comes from a number of History Books plus internet on the subject. So, the Pope granted…Read More sainthood, eh. God calls all of His children Saints...look up saints in the concordance of the Bible. Saint, Holy, and Sanctified all come from the same root word which means "Set apart from the others: Even Mt Sinaii is called a "Holy Mount " because it was there that God came down to give the Mosaic Law to Moses.
Jose May 14, 2013 at 03:45 am
Quoting Dr. Gressel: "And even further: let’s say the worst of Ian’s suspicions…Read More are true and my school focuses only on how to help people develop their spirituality and not on the “science” of psychology: do we know for certain that would be a bad thing? Who would you want to confide your worst fears to? Someone who can read statistical analyses or someone who can read the human heart?"
Answer: I would like to think that the school my psychologist attended was accredited by the American Psychological Association, at the very least. As you explained, the warm and fuzzy California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco is no longer accredited. Sometimes you get what you pay for. It's a private school after all. They will take your money.
Beau Behan April 23, 2013 at 03:00 pm
Hi Everyone, Thanks for dropping by PATCH. We really appreciate your taking the time. Hard to…Read More imagine at times that Tom Cruise has been in the showbiz for at least three decades now.. It is as if it were just yesterday when I first watched "The Outsiders". We will have more film reviews for you all.. Thanks again. Beau
LamorindaMan April 17, 2013 at 10:43 am
Will this workshop benefit motorcyclists? Bicycle riding requires way too much work. I'd rather ride…Read More a motorcycle and let the engine do all the heavy lifting.
Napoleon Solo April 16, 2013 at 03:44 pm
They think they are doing something for the environment. When one of my kids had to do a school…Read More project showing they were using recycled materials, I did not have anything reasonable around and had to go to the store, buy a large soda bottle, and pour it down the drain when I got home so there was a "recycled" item for the project. How did that save the environment?
CJ April 16, 2013 at 03:30 pm
Really?- How long is this farce going to be pushed? This has been going on for what seems like…Read More forever. 10 kids (of Envirotreehuggers) and 2- Environazi's will get on their bikes and ride to school and their nearby offices. While the rest of the reasonable people see this for what it is.....ridiculous.
This will never be practical and if you want to be so, then do it without all the nonsense.
I used to bike 15miles to my job and back, but that was when I was a wacked out Triathlete trying to qualify for Ironman. It is ridiculous as a daily practice for a myriad of reasons.
Sustainable Lafaytette? - I sincerely hope this is not an actual public tax money paid position.
lovelafayette May 20, 2013 at 07:12 am
A dog park in Lafayette has been discussed by the Parks Department for years. Carol Singer, Parks…Read More Commissioner always expresses interest but it never goes beyond talking. Parks is in the midst of a major review of CIP projects, email Council or Parks and let them know you want a dog park now! Funding is available, we just need to convince parks this is a priority.
TMoraga April 19, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Hey Paula you don't get it. It doesn't matter what happened. #1 School property is not an off leash…Read More location. School district insurance doesn't cover such thing. And yes this is a big liability issue. Dogs! Do not belong on CAMPUS! It really is not hard to understand however if one can't grasp why this is a bad idea they probably should not have a dog in their stewardship either.
Paula Capps April 19, 2013 at 11:28 am
The dog group at Stanley has been going to the school for decades. We have always cleaned up after…Read More the dogs and everyone gets along beautifully. It's been a strong sense of community I myself gained from the group of kind and friendly owners.
The incident that stemmed this has become distorted. There are other witnesses besides the parents who literally screamed at a very nice mild mannered young man. They cursed at him and treated him like dirt. What kind of an example was that to a child? His dog was not mean, excited yes, but in fact the dog diid NOT even touch the little girl. The girl chased after the dog's rolling ball. The dog came toward her to claim his ball. She freaked out and started screaming. Instead of talking to the little girl and man in instructive and calm ways to show dog and child all was ok the parents made themselves look crazy and the poor man was verbally abused. Dogs need to run and play just like people.
I'd like to add it is a fine to throw food wrappers, bottles, cap tops, and unwanted food all over the field, and most anywhere in this lovely Bay Area we all share. l have picked up hands full, two and times each night. Why are parents allowing this? We have a beautiful place to live here please teach children to respect our earth. They'll be around here longer than the adults at this writing.
Mick Doo May 5, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Actually J.B. it's really you who need the session. Robert seems to understrand
ROBERT E. FISHBACK May 5, 2013 at 10:21 am
Maybe Josh will give a free analysis on this thread. I don't carry any weight..."Casting all…Read More your care on Him for He careth for you" At least your post was measured and not cruel.
Trenton Gregory April 30, 2013 at 02:09 pm
Spring breakers has extra hot girls laughing as they indulge robbing and lawless acts while singing…Read More pop music and now we have jym rats with the ego's to take lives. Feeling a bit curious is like slowing down to see a highway fatality.
LamorindaMan April 29, 2013 at 04:13 pm
I am familiar with the story upon which this movie is based. These were horribly violent men who…Read More tortured and murdered many innocent people. They were placed on death row - a place they rightly belong. It's unbelievable that people would make a movie about this and in any way attempt to glorify these people. Disgusting.
Mick Doo May 5, 2013 at 12:22 pm
God created the world. Man wants nothing to do with him, certain men anyway. God does not kill those…Read More children, man does. Man is to blame for everything that has happened and will happen. God sits back and watches. You will answer Jose and so will I. Unless you believe in evolution then you are a fool.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 25, 2013 at 03:55 pm
Wow< Chris...complex expression. I had to read and de-cipher. My best reply at the moment…Read More is....."YEP"
Chris Nicholson April 25, 2013 at 03:15 pm
Umm, the above is replete with "without sarcasm, intolerance or evidence of hatred toward those…Read More who would disagree."
I am a firm believer in freedom of religion (unless it harms third parties), but people of faith should use caution when picking (or joining) a fight based on logic and science.
The best strategy is to claim that those tools do not apply to the intangible and unknowable "faith domain." If you don't claim to be able to physically perceive or rationally understand something that exists only beyond the domain of human comprehension, then no one can ever "disprove" the quasi-existence of that in which you believe.
Ian J May 3, 2013 at 05:16 am
Turns out he's not highly trained at all and unlikely to be scientific in his practice. I looked…Read More into his credentials; he has a "PhD" from a dubious "spiritually-oriented" institution that has very little recognition in the academic community, and lost its accreditation. His PhD is laughable.
Camaro on Cinderblocks April 26, 2013 at 01:07 pm
The text from the different religions kind of makes it hard for there not to be a divide....
John…Read More 1:9-11
Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Allah is an enemy to unbelievers. - Sura 2:98
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 26, 2013 at 11:16 am
I would be hard pressed to give a synopsis...a conclusion to all of this. Sin is brought into the…Read More light by God's Word and conscious. We know inside when we do wrong and at first, it bothered us. A child who had no religious training training, still knows when he is doing wrong....the neaking aspect tries to hide the deed done. But, it is possible to sin against the conscious so many times, it becomes burned out and no longer flashes a red light. So, there is an awareness of sin that comes from inside apart from any religious definition. I still do not like the word "religious." It is a like painting trash to give it a better look.....like putting a diamond in a swine's snout. Man's nature is corrupt, and we were born that way. We never had to be taught to do bad things, it came to us naturally. Salvation in Christ gives man a new nature to co-exhist with his corrupt nature. It is like Ali and Frazier in the same ring. "Marvel not that I say unto you: "you must be born again" .
Kia May 1, 2013 at 02:49 pm
Hi Paul - it is great to avoid goitrogenic foods (especially soy), but almonds aren't high on that…Read More list. Peanuts are, however. Here is a site with a good list of foods to keep to a minimum in your menu planning http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/goitrogens/
Best of health to you! :-) Kia
Paul May 1, 2013 at 01:53 pm
I have thyroid nodules and I discovered soy and almonds are Goitrogenic foods. They can prevent the…Read More body's absorption of iodine, which is essential for a healthy thyroid. I've been looking at rice milk, coconut milk and hemp milk, but I think I will just go back to organic cow milk.
Nicole Mooradian April 22, 2013 at 01:43 am
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Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Robert Livesay
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"Herr Carl Petrersen III I have some concerns about your…Read More postings."
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Sounds like someone is a little bit upset over getting proven wrong about his allegations about the cause of our economic crash.
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Carl Petersen III
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Robert Livesay
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'ou folks that voted for Liberals need…Read More some lessons in economics.'
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Is lesson one how the Conservative economic policy of the Bush administration crashed the economy?
Napoleon Solo April 24, 2013 at 01:24 pm
If youi need help devising these sorts of things, Marbles the Brain Store has lots to offer. For…Read More example, there is a dice game with a large number of dice having different pictures on the sides. You roll the dice, and have to create a story using the first die's picture, and then the next person has to take the next dice picture and continue the story. Its fun to leave off your story at a difficult point to see how the next person can recover. The store is online and there is one in the Westfield mall in SF that is attached to a BART stop, so you can go there and not even have to go up to the street level.
Oppelt April 24, 2013 at 01:08 am
Having no knowledge about the book (which sounds like a good read)...we created a floatable (wine)…Read More cork boat with our 5 yo. Or rather, we competed at which team (mom/son, dad/son) could come up with a way to make it float in a bubble bath. Twine, tape, glue, pennies, small shells, a USA flag, you name it were thought (by our son) to attempt to secure or decorate. It took weeks for us all to devise a way that wouldn't break down, float and use all the saved corks he'd set aside for his (not ours) wish of "I want to make a boat". That boat is much more admired, used and talked about than any other toy boat we have (thank goodness). As a creative professional I am concerned about innovation and the loss thereof with everything so matchy-match and kit based if not shiny, packaged and ready. Thus, SCAMPER sounds like a great read for adults that really have a hard time thinking outside the box. Glad you put it together. Cheers!
Ron April 17, 2013 at 10:26 pm
Jessica's law should be enforced! Keep our schools safe, registered sex offenders should live 2,000…Read More ft from a school. Apparently Northgate High has a high risk sex offender living only 1,500 feet from the school. Many kids have to walk past this house to get to school everyday. Look him up on the Megan's law website and complain to Northgate and WC police dept.
Rich Buckley April 29, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Is It Possible to Predict the Next False ?
How many "Bizarre Coincidences" can our…Read More government fabricate before even the most steadfast stalwarts of big government righteousness realizes there is a secret group in our midst running, planning, directing, and then at vital junctures executing "go Live" terrorism? The answer is 22. That's how many we've participated in at the cost of thousands of lives and Trillions of dollars. Now, when something horrible happens, the first obvious pattern to be seen by the majority of us is our government's own involvement. This suspicion of a rogue element inside the FBI, the CIA, NSA, NASA and our Armed Forces doesn't have to be large, but it does need to be senior enough to have it's imprimatur of authority on the "go live" element of each operation. At some level of operation therefore the evidence can always be traced back to the "when" and the "where" this dark authority is exercised.
Predicting terrorism is making sense out of chaos, "Ordo Ab Chao" making order from chaos. At the very least, law enforcement needs to include in their research, occult symbolism, from numerology to birthdays and high celebration days of even the old WWII Nazi regimes....like Hitler's birthday. "Occult" does not mean evil. It means secret, hidden. There is good occult, referred to often as powers of the light, white magic, in service to others, and bad occult, referred to often as powers of the darkness, black magic, in service to self.
Rich Buckley April 27, 2013 at 10:21 pm
I agree with Judge Napolitano that the FBI's Fake Terror Plot History is not the way we should be…Read More using our law enforcement assets, it is leading us down the most dangerous of roads.
When these operations "go live" people die, sometimes by the thousands.
As evidence continues to mount that the Boston Bombers suspects were being "handled by the FBI" the United States government should be investigated for the role it is suspected in playing in the Boston Bombings.
Rich Buckley April 26, 2013 at 10:28 am
Right on schedule along the hyperbolic curve of increasing human enlightenment : …Read More
http://tinyurl.com/c38dh9h
Global awakening to false-flag terrorism, Copernican revolution
...." my Taurean body just couldn’t stomach such blatant Scorpionic nonsense, hiding secret after secret after secret, a never-ending rabbit-hole of lies our military/industrial government makes up, spouts, and repeats, ad nauseam, over and over, all in the name of “national security.”
"This is a welcome article. I hope Barrett is right, that “at this point, the false-flag meme is just starting to enter the mainstream media.” "....Exopermaculture
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 22, 2013 at 02:18 pm
My mind is awash ....looking for a home....so many memories fly like a feather...the wind is up now,…Read More and I need a tether. The paths behind ..like a mish mash stew...till a haloed lamp post whispered: I need you. "Listen, he said as he spoke through the fog.....all this belongs.....on the good Doctor's blog. Go to the Galemore...third floor up....a little glass man in west window sits.....I followed his orders and there he sat .....frozen in glass, but pleasure he begat....".I perfume the aIr..that's all I do...but now that you're here.... good to see you." A waft of breeze through window did sneak. A hot spot for sure....a wonderful peak...the magic of childhood returned in a flick.....as I enjoyed my visit with Mr Wizard Wick....I learned a lesson and on that I did think.. .I found my tether and need not a shrink !!!..
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 22, 2013 at 11:22 am
I am on a collision course with being resented for posting too much, but, my life seems to be a…Read More string of after thoughts. I just read an article on quartx rock and that science has exloded the myth that quartz has any magical powers. Science is the antithesis of spirituality. Nerdish know it alls poking their noses into magic and miracles. The explanation seekers are trying to analyze a bubble. When they touch it, it disappears..pop..just like that. So, they say bubbles do not exhist..in essence. They DO exhist, enjoy them and quit trying to explain them.
ROBERT E. FISHBACK April 22, 2013 at 10:59 am
SPIRITUALITY: My definition is an awareness of influences that are mysterious and subtle. While I…Read More am a Chrustian by choice, yet, as a child I began to sense there were what I called hot spots where I imagined that some thing was there and it was more than met the eye. In retro, I think much of it was imagination, but it added something to life and I ran with it. When I was twelve, I became attracted to candles, incense, succulants !, quartz rock, old marble mantle clocks.....and my bedroom was filled with these and I had a real shrine going. I also had secret places under large bushes. My walls were covered with maps of the Southwest and I poured over those by candle light. Haunting places with names like Old Woman Mountains, Quartzite, Tortilla Flat. I cannot explain this, but as it was not factual ink on paper or anything else that composed the rules of life, I guess that was my "spirituality" and it was somewhat consoling. I might have been the world's first new ager.
Denise April 16, 2013 at 03:22 pm
I'm going to have to find time to call and get some tips in person! Thank you for the details above.…Read More I followed a low carb diet to lose 50 pounds about 8 years ago and it worked VERY well for me. Looking at labels was very enlightening. I've managed to keep the pounds off except for 10 that I go back and forth with since menopause. I started trying to just eat much healthier these days with a LOT more fresh fruit and veggies. I really enjoy this way of eating but it requires a lot of trips to the store for fresh items. What I'd like to do is find a good balance with dairy and protien to go with my fresh produce. I would also like to use grains efficiently in as far as avoiding the bad and using the good in moderation. There is an overabundance of information out there and I find it all confusing sometimes. Another thing I'd like to add is honey. Locally grown. But it's another SUGAR thing....sigh. I'm just gonna have to call you.
Kia April 16, 2013 at 02:54 pm
Hi Denise - great questions! I'll try to be brief.
Splenda is NOT sugar or food. It is a neurotoxin…Read More that also causes damage to the thymus gland. Also, numerous studies have shown that long term use of artificial sweeteners actually causes weight gain over time. (I'm happy to provide documentation on these statements if you like.)
Dairy is a tricky subject and could be the focus of a multi-volume text. Non-fat dairy products are higher in sugar, and are filled with non-nutritive gums and undigestible fibers to create what the industry calls "mouth feel" after the naturally occurring fats are removed. Basically what you end up with is a highly processed "food" full of damaged proteins and sugar. Instead, opt for organic, whole, unflavored, unsweetened REAL yogurt and add your own fresh or frozen fruit.
The Nature's Path Pumpkin Flax Plus granola has 37 grams of carbohydrate per serving. Let's break that down: on the label they claim 5g fiber and 10g sugar, so where is the remaining 22g of carbs? Those 22g are sugars that occur naturally so they don't have to list them as "added" sugars like the 10g on the label. That means you get a whopping 32g of glucose creating carbs per serving. It's also important to note that the serving size is 3/4 cup and most people don't limit themselves to that. For comparison, a Snickers Bar has 33g of carbohydrate and 27g of sugar.
Happy to have a more detailed conversation if you want to contact me directly 415-813-6183
c5 April 15, 2013 at 11:00 am
How is any of your rant Neiman's fault? It seems that your anger is misplaced. They followed…Read More whatever planning process is in place for Walnut Creek and the city eventually approved of the deal. If you want to be upset at someone, it probably should be at the city for approving this deal. Personally I don't shop at NM, but that is because it is not my type of store, not because I am mad that they wanted to be in that location.
c5 April 15, 2013 at 10:57 am
Aren't they a retail store, or have they become a charitable organization...
Bob Brittain April 15, 2013 at 02:45 am
Mary, thanks for your kind words and thoughtful comments and suggestions. I will be that guy with…Read More the grey hair smiling at you on Locust or Main Streets. Parking is always a challenge in busy places. Let's hope that the opportunities continue to improve.
Bob
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