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Palo Alto ( from " palo ", literally " stick ", colloquially " tree ", and " alto " " tall "; meaning : " tall tree ") is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County , California , in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States . The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto , ___MASK82___ View , Los Altos , Los Altos Hills , Stanford , Portola Valley , and Menlo Park . It is named after a coast redwood tree called El Palo Alto . In ___MASK2___ operations , reconnaissance is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and enemy presence . The 2010 United States Census , ( known as " Census 2010 "), is the twenty - third and currently most recent United States national census . National Census Day , the reference day used for the census , was April 1 , 2010 . As part of a drive to increase the ___MASK28___ ' s accuracy , 635 , 000 temporary enumerators were hired . The population of the United States was counted as 308 , 745 , 538 , a 9 . 7 % increase from the 2000 Census . William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton ( born August 19 , 1946 ) is an American ___MASK57___ who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 . Clinton was the 40th Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 42nd Governor from 1983 to 1992 , and Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979 . A member of the Democratic Party , ideologically Clinton was a New Democrat , and many of his policies reflected a centrist " Third Way " political philosophy . Stalking is unwanted or obsessive attention by an individual or group towards another person . Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them . The term " stalking " is used , with some differing definitions , in psychiatry and psychology , and also in some legal jurisdictions as a term for a ___MASK84___ offense . The ___MASK2___ , also called the armed forces , are forces authorized to use deadly force , and weapons , to support the interests of the state and some or all of its citizens . The task of the ___MASK2___ is usually defined as defense of the state and its citizens , and the prosecution of war against another state . The ___MASK2___ may also have additional sanctioned and non - sanctioned functions within a society , including , the promotion of a political agenda , protecting corporate economic interests , internal population control , construction , emergency services , social ceremonies , and guarding important areas . The ___MASK2___ can also function as a discrete subculture within a larger civil society , through the development of separate infrastructures , which may include housing , schools , utilities , food production and banking . Sunnyvale ( or ) is a city located in Santa Clara County , California . As of the 2010 United States Census , the population was 140 , 095 . A restraining order or protective order is an order used by a court to protect a person or entity , and the ___MASK66___ public , in a situation involving alleged domestic violence , harassment , stalking , or sexual assault . In the United States , every state has some form of domestic violence restraining order law , and many states also have specific restraining order laws for stalking and sexual assault . Richard Wade Farley ( born July 25 , 1948 ) is an American convicted mass murderer . A former employee of ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale , California , he stalked co - worker Laura Black for four years beginning in 1984 . Black obtained a temporary restraining order against him on February 2 , 1988 , with a court date set for February 17 , 1988 to make the order permanent . On February 16 , 1988 , Farley shot and killed seven people at ESL and wounded four others , including Black . He was convicted of seven counts of first degree murder , and is currently on death row at San Quentin . Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse , especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought . This state of mind may , depending upon the jurisdiction , distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide , such as manslaughter . Manslaughter is a killing committed in the absence of " malice ", brought about by reasonable provocation , or diminished capacity . " Involuntary " manslaughter , where it is recognized , is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent (" mens rea "), recklessness . ESL Incorporated , or Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory , was a subsidiary of TRW , a high technology firm in the United States that was engaged in software design , systems analysis and hardware development for the strategic reconnaissance marketplace . Founded in January , 1964 in Palo Alto , California , the company was initially entirely privately capitalized by its employees . One of the company founders and original chief executive was William J . Perry , who eventually became United States ___MASK51___ of Defense under President Bill Clinton . Another company founder was Joe Edwin Armstrong ESL was a leader in developing strategic signal processing systems and a prominent supplier of tactical reconnaissance and direction - finding systems to the U . S . military . These systems provided integrated real - time intelligence . A court is a tribunal , often as a government institution , with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of ___MASK5___ in civil , criminal , and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law . In both common law and civil law legal systems , courts are the central means for dispute resolution , and it is generally understood that all persons have an ability to bring their claims before a court . Similarly , the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court . Modern humans (" Homo sapiens ", primarily ssp . " Homo sapiens sapiens ") are the only extant members of Hominina tribe ( or human tribe ), a branch of the tribe Hominini belonging to the family of great apes . They are characterized by erect posture and bipedal locomotion ; manual dexterity and increased tool use , compared to other animals ; and a ___MASK66___ trend toward larger , more complex brains and societies . The ___MASK51___ of Defense ( SecDef ) is the leader and chief executive ___MASK34___ of the Department of Defense , an Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America . The ___MASK51___ of Defense ' s power over the United States military is second only to that of the President . This position corresponds to what is generally known as a Defense Minister in many other countries . The ___MASK51___ of Defense is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate , and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council .