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Q: Short story about a society where people cast electronic votes on the topic of nuclear retaliation Recent events have had me thinking about nuclear war and I had a vague memory of a short story I read where society has begun voting for all topics from an electronic device. The main character is suddenly awakened in the middle of the night to a notification about imminent nuclear strike and gave the people the option to retaliate or not. The story is about the philosophy of the decision to retaliate or not
I read this at least 6-7 years ago so I could be mixing up stories, but does anyone have any idea what I am talking about?

A: I'm not sure it's exactly right, but this very much reminds me of "Thunder and Roses" (1997) by Theodore Sturgeon.
There has been a nuclear war, and the U.S. lost.  All the cities are gone and just about everyone left will soon be dead of radiation poisoning.  A singer, Starr Anthim, is singing songs of peace and acceptance.
It turns out she knows there's a missing set of launch keys out there somewhere, and it could be possible for someone to launch a massive counterstrike that will doom humanity utterly.  She wants whoever finds those keys to destroy them without using them so at least there is a slim hope.
The story is currently online at the Baen website.


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Turkey: New attempts to limit online access and freedom of speech*
21 Eki 2015 • 2 min read
The Turkish government has been heavily critised for implementing censorship on the Internet and other media. Currently, over 100 000 websites are officially blocked in the country. Additionally, popular websites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have been frequently blocked with or without a court order. Other than officially blocking websites, Turkish Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have recently been allegedly forced to implement more "creative" methods for limiting access to certain sites.
According to the local Twitter and Facebook users, these social media platforms suffered a slow-down during the first half of October 2015. The traffic on the sites was slowed down, and although the sites were theorically accessible, they became so slow that they were practically inaccessible.
At the beginning of September 2015, the Turkish authorities imposed a nine-day curfew on Cizre, a city of 120 000 inhabitants near the Turkish border with Syria and Iraq, in support of an "anti-terror" operation against suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members. The curfew included, besides preventing anyone from entering or leaving the city, blocking all access to Internet, as well as to mobile and landline telephone, or severely restricting them. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, demanded that independent observers should be allowed to enter the city. He stated that the situation "combines an exceptionally severe interference with the human rights of a very large population and a near-complete information blackout."
After the bombings of a peace rally in Ankara on 10 October, in which more than 100 demonstrators lost their lives, the government imposed a temporary broadcast ban on the images of the attacks in print, visual and online media, and warned media organisations not observing the ban that they could face "a full blackout". The banned footage included also lines of riot police appearing to block a road near the blast site, with ambulances parked in the background. Protesters claimed that the police blocked a road being used by ambulances, and prevented them from transporting victims to hospitals. The ban has been criticised by organisations defending human rights for violating freedom of expression and assembly, for exacerbating tensions within the country, and for undermining opportunity for open political dialogue.
Turkey: Government must protect protest and debate after Ankara attack (12.10.2015)
https://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/38137/en/turkey:-government-must-protect-protest-and-debate-after-ankara-attack
Ankara terror attack: Protesters clash with police after ambulances "blocked" following explosions (10.10.2015)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ankara-terror-attack-protesters-clash-with-police-after-ambulances-blocked-following-explosions-a6689016.html
Twitter reports "access issues" in Turkey after attack (10.10.2015)
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/twitter-reports-access-issues-in-turkey-after-attack.aspx?pageID=238&nID=89688&NewsCatID=341
Ankara terror attack: Turkey censors media coverage of bombings as Twitter and Facebook "blocked" (10.10.2015)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ankara-terror-attack-turkey-censors-media-coverage-of-bombings-as-twitter-and-facebook-blocked-a6689036.html
Turkey's internet being intentionally slowed to prevent access to information (05.10.2015)
http://factsonturkey.org/21012/turkeys-internet-being-intentionally-slowed-to-prevent-access-to-information/
Turkey re-imposes curfews on Kurdish cities (14.09.2015)
http://www.dw.com/en/turkey-re-imposes-curfews-on-kurdish-cities/a-18712329
Turkey to lift curfew in cut-off city of Cizre after reports of civilian deaths (12.09.2015)
http://www.dw.com/en/turkey-to-lift-curfew-in-cut-off-city-of-cizre-after-reports-of-civilian-deaths/a-18710280
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You Are The Voice: Video Activism Workshops
"You Are The Voice": Video Activism Workshop for NGOs (Training of Trainers) was organized with the contribution of the Think Civil EU Program in Ankara in 2016 and in Mersin
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It's time to bring out the pumpkins, start baking those apple pies, and take in all the smells of autumn. Before you get ready for all the festivities here are some tips on getting your home ready for the fall.
Clean your Chimney and Fireplace.
Clean out leaves, nest, brush, and or debris.
Do a Visual inspection of the roof from the ground? If possible, grab your ladder and inspect for any damages. Check to see if you have any missing shingles or any potential leaks.
Check Doors and Window Seals.
Re-Caulk if needed and put door mats down to help keep out dirt from windy fall days.
Check for any hanging limbs that might be a threat to your roof or power lines.
Clean Out Your Storage Building/Garage.
Get Your Firewood Cut and Stocked.
Store firewood in a dry place, off the ground, and away from your house. Keep wood covered so critters can't get cozy.
Winterize Your Lawn Mowers and Lawn Equipment.
Be prepared to let your lawn equipment set for a few months and take all precautions so they are in working shape for spring.
Rake Up Leaf', Old Grass Clippings or Limbs.
Rake up leaf's that might have fallen, or any grass clipping so your yard will be fall ready. Yard waste can be disposed of at the Citizens Collection Station. This site is located just north of the Clay Desta post office at 4100 Smith Road. Attached is a link where you can find all of the rules and guide lines for the City of Midland, Texas.


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Available in a choice of colours for piped decoration and ribbon, and a variety of cake bases: our classic celebration fruit cake, Genoese sponge, or chocolate Genoese sponge, decorated with marzipan and a choice of either soft icing or royal icing. We recommend soft icing for sponge cakes, and either soft icing or royal icing for fruit cakes. Available as square or round in 6, 8,10 or 12 inches. The ribbon may vary in design from the photograph. Please enquire when you call to place your order. Prices vary accordingly.
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Toronto FC 2011 Top 40 Countdown: Number 23 - Javier Martina
By Duncan Fletcher Nov 17, 2011, 8:30am EST
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What's that Javier? That bench jacket feels pretty cosy? You could get used to that? Don't worry, you will.
The parade of players who played predominantly in the first half of the season continues with another of Aron Winter's European imports that didn't really work out. At least he'll always have Portland, at number 23, it's Javier Martina.
Average Ranking: 22.747
Highest Ranking: 14
Lowest ranking: 30
Duncan: 28. Ah Javier Martina. Not since Pedro Paulo played a couple of ridiculously good games for Darlington back in 1995, then promptly disappeared back to Portugal has a winger flattered to deceive at the start of the season as much as Javier Martina did. I'll get it out of the way now, here's the link to THAT goal, it's worth another look, that was his second of the game and it looked like the early promise he'd shown in the grainy highlights we got to see from the European pre season games was going to translate very nicely over to MLS.
It caught the attention of people throughout MLS as well, for a good month or so after, whenever I did a three questions article with an opposing team blogger, they'd ask about him, and if he was for real. I went from cautiously optimistic that he'd disprove my distrust of tricky wingers, to thinking he'll be the new Rohan Ricketts, talented but inconsistent, and eventually as the season wore on, I came to the conclusion he was just crap.
At first I thought it was down to the lack of support from the Right Back, Ty Harden or Dan Gargan were never going to provide the offensive support that the Left Wingers received from Danleigh Borman or Mikael Yourassowsky. Then along came Richard Eckersley to disprove that theory as Martina's play didn't improve one bit despite Eckersley's offensive instincts. By May, he'd lost his place in the starting lineup to Nick Soolsma, not as fast, not as exciting but twice as effective, and his place as exciting bright new thing to Joao Plata.
He made a few appearances here and there, mainly when Alan Gordon was injured, and Maicon Santos was either injured or on Aron Winter's naughty spot. He almost scored against Vancouver but had a curiously weak shot 'cleared off the line' by Jay DeMerit, and probably his best performance since that home opener came ironically enough in Portland where he once again looked dangerous and effective. I doubt he'll be back next year, and I'm fairly convinced that that Portland game was just one last brief uptick in an otherwise perpetually downward slide in his career.
He did make 3 appearances for Curacao in this World Cup qualifying round, helping them to a creditable 2-2 tie with Haiti, so hopefully for him he can go on to a long career with them as I genuinely don't feel the malice I do towards that other big disappointment Alen Stevanovic. Martina wasn't quite good enough often enough to make a success of his season, in the end, he is what he is, a tricky winger, you can never trust them.
Dave: 21. He was quite promising early in his time with Toronto FC. He managed to net two goals for the club but after that things really seemed to fall off for him. By the end of the year Martina was spending most of his time in the reserve team and not finding a way on to the field.
Keaton: 25 Looked to be our main guy after starting in Vancouver and in our home opener against the mighty mighty Timbers. He had his moments, but I could see us parting ways or trading Martina.
James: Early promise, gave way to disappointing season. Difficulty adjusting to North America. Wouldn't give up on him, but concerned about the drop.
JC_Plante: Early favorite for player of the year, lost his spot on the squad for reasons only Winter knows
Macs_Daddy: Boy did this guys stock plummet
The Yorkies: What a player! (Comment valid for one match only)
Canadian Texan: Very promising camp and opening to season then faded dramatically.
Devon Taylor: A sizzling home opener was the peak of his year. Never reached those heights again, and slowly saw less and less of the field.
Blindfolded Tank Driver: Failed experiment that started so brightly for TFC. Has the talent, seems unwilling to use it every time.
Number 24: Mikael Yourassowsky
Number 22: Tony Tchani
Full Top 40 so far.
Scouting Report: What Toronto FC fans can expect from Lorenzo Insigne We know he's quality, but just what will Insigne bring to TFC?
Alphonso Davies officially ruled out of Canada's upcoming World Cup Qualifiers The full-back will not feature in Les Rouges' next three matches.


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Q: Highlighting a query word in a document I have a document and a query term. I want to

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*find the query term in the document.

*Pad each occurrence of the query term with a certain text marker.

For example
Text:   I solemnly swear that I am upto no good.
Query:  swear

Output: I solemnly MATCHSTART swear MATCHEND that I am upto no good.

Assuming that I have multiple query words and a large document, now can I do this efficiently.
I did go over various links on the internet but couldn't find anything very conclusive or definite. Moreover, this is just a programming question and has nothing to do with search engine development or information retrieval.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

A: If each your query is word (some substring, does not contains SP/TAB/NL, etc), and allowed with very low probability false positive (when you mark some word, omitted in the query set) - you can use Bloom filter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter
First, load your query words into Bloom filter, and thereafter scan document, and match each word in the filter. If search result is positive - mark this word.
You can use my implementation of bloom filter: http://olegh.cc.st/src/bloom.c.txt

A: In Python:
text = "I solemnly swear I am up to no good" #read in however you like.
query = input("Query: ")
text.replace(" "+query" "," MATCHSTART "+query+" MATCHEND ")

OUTPUT:
'I solemnly MATCHSTART swear MATCHEND that I am up to no good.'

You could also use regex, but that's slower, so I just used string concat to add whitespace to the beginning and end of the word (so as not to match "swears" or "swearing" or "sportswear". This is easily translatable to whatever language you prefer.

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HANSAPRISMA is a classic amongst thermostats. Timeless design meets practical utility. It makes the bathing and showering experience safer and significantly more agreeable. Both the THERMO COOL function as well as the 38 degrees Celsius safety stop contribute to this.
The elegance of the HANSAPRISMA thermostat, available for both bathtubs and showers, enhances every bathroom. The emphasis is on safety in addition to convenience. So the water always remains at an acceptable temperature: A safety stop that is pre-set to 38 degrees Celsius provides for reliable scalding protection. However, if you need hotter water, you can release the lock by pressing a button to increase the temperature. A temperature lock that can be retrofitted ensures the safety of children, the elderly or people in need of care. This solution fully locks the button.
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Security is a critical issue that tends to be overlooked by so many businesses yet it is of much significance to the operation of any given business. This includes security of both information system and also business property. Poor information security may lead to poor performance since competitors are most likely to have access to the business documents, data and workflows.
It is therefore the obligation of any particular business to ascertain appropriate security of information from the intruders and promote accountability as far as business property is concerned. This bid is a simple proposal of a workable security system within an organization to ensure business information is properly guarded against any intruding persons and guarantee maximum protection of business property.
Information is a very vital issue to a business and hence should be given first priority at any given time. To come up with an effective security system for both information and property within a business; assets, threats and available resources must be put into consideration. This security system has been designed for a small business and it safeguards information and property from intruders.
Business information may include but not limited to information on employees, consumers, commodities offered, financial status of the business, business policies and also future plans of the business hence such information should be inaccessible to everyone ranging from the business employees to the outsiders including competitors.
To protect business gadgets from damage by viruses, spyware and other malevolent codes, a regularly updated anti-virus and anti-spyware should be set up in all the computers belonging to the business and also personal computers for employees since some use their computers while at home. The application can be bought from software vendors.
After installing, the software should be set to automatically check for updates and scan the entire system at certain specified times to ensure better protection from any threat.
Internet connection exposes the system to threat throughout hence to counter this, the business has to subscribe to the wireless firewall access from hardware vendors. After installation, the administrative password and name have to be changed immediately followed by frequent changing to ensure hackers are kept at bay at all times.
All computers including those for employees must be installed with active firewall software to ensure all sources of risks are sealed. The organization should patch and update its executive program, applications, business automation products and other products to ensure efficiency in data security. Automatic updates must be turned on for all the windows in all the computers.
Support copies of relevant organization data need to be made on a separate disk regularly for easy retrieval of data in case of computer breakdown, hard disk fail, floods, fire and even theft. These files may include word documents, electronic spreadsheets, databases, financial files, human resources files, accounting files and any other relevant information.
This has to be made automatic and the separate disks kept elsewhere from the business premises followed by regular checks to ascertain that the stored files can be read.
The computer room needs to have automated door system that is sensitive to fingerprints. This implies that only business employees will have access to the room. A database must therefore be created to carry all the fingerprints of employees. The computer room has to be fitted with a CCTV inside to monitor the activities of the users.
This will help in accountability among employees for all their actions. It should be made a secret and no one should be able to locate it. The door system needs to be set such that only allow access during business operating hours and days.
A separate database has to be made to store very critical information to the business that can only be accessed after common accord among the managerial staff. It has to be set in such a way that in case of any access to it with or without permission, a security message is sent to all the executive staff and the IT personnel.
The business needs to contract an IT firm to install all the above software, create databases and set up the files back up system. An IT personnel has then to be employed to maintain the system and update it whenever necessary.
Physical access to computers must be highly limited and computers have to be positioned in such a way that displays are not easily visible to passers by. There should be an effective system incorporated as far as staffing is concerned. New staff should be properly vetted.
Employees should also receive proper training on information security. The business should create separate accounts for all the employees with passwords that cannot be easily guessed.
No staff at any given time should be allowed to browse using administrative accounts. This will help limit set up of unwanted software. After any online transactions, all the history, caches and cookies should be deleted to avoid anyone tracing the links. The organization should ensure staff has limited access to important business information.
The authority to give out information concerning the business has to be limited to a few especially the management. This will help curb the issue of social engineering used by many hackers and spies. Employees should sign a commitment promising to safeguard business information under all circumstances.
The business should contract a security firm to be in charge of general security of the business property and personnel. There has to be limited entry and exit points into and out of the business premises respectively.
Business property needs to be labeled to minimize theft cases among employees. The contracted firm has to sign an accord to guarantee protection of the enterprise from interlopers and business property from damage or theft.
Information is an important tool to any business hence it is the business obligation to ensure information security. Any leakage of this information might lead to unhealthy competition and bring adverse effects onto the business.


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According to the Manufactured Housing Institute, about 22 million people in the United States live in manufactured homes. With numbers like that, it doesn't make sense that these homes are still so misunderstood.For example, many people think that manufactured homes, mobile homes and modular homes are one and the same, but that's not true at all. There are key differences that set the three apart and affect financing options.
Read on to learn what these differences are so that you can find the right loan for you.
Manufactured, mobile and modular: What are the differences?
Manufactured homes are built in manufacturing plants and then taken to their plot of land via a permanent chassis that's attached to the bottom of the home. They also are built in accordance to Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, a safety code set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD.
"Mobile homes are manufactured homes, but the term is outdated," said Alberto Pina, the co-founder of Braustin Mobile Homes in San Antonio, Texas.
Like manufactured homes, modular homes are also partially constructed in a factory. However, they're transported to the plot of land in pieces and then they're put together on-site. Modular homes also have permanent foundations and, rather than conforming to a single HUD Code, they also have to meet he same local, state and regional building codes as traditional houses.
Retail installment contracts are commonly used for manufactured homes and are slightly different from a traditional loan. In this case, rather than going to a bank or lender to get a loan for funding to buy your home, you would contract directly with the dealership from which you're purchasing your home.
The retail installment contract is the official agreement stating that you agree to pay the dealer back over time, plus interest. However, afterward, the dealer is free to sell the contract to another lender or third party.
Title 1 loans are the Federal Housing Administration's answer to manufactured homes. With this program, the FHA encourages approved lenders to lend to consumers by insuring the loan in case of default.
It's used for used for the purchase (or refinancing) of a manufactured home, of a lot on which the manufactured home will be placed or a manufactured home and lot in combination, as long as the home is being used as a primary residence.
Interestingly, Title 1 loans can also be used to buy a home that will be placed on a leased plot of land, provided that the initial lease term is at least three years and that the lease states that the homeowner will be given at least 180 days' notice before the lease ends.
"Buyers like this type of loan because it allows them to get a low interest rate and low down payment, as well as some of some of the sitework done, such as the base pad, skirting, decking and utilities and sewer system," Pina said.
If you've served in the military, you're eligible for a loan through the Department of Veterans Affairs and, fortunately, you can use that benefit to buy a manufactured home. Qualifying for a VA loan for a manufactured home is much the same as using a VA loan to buy a conventional home. You'll need to provide proof of your financials, as well as a Certificate of Eligibility, which verifies that you served.
However, some of the loan terms are different. For example, you cannot finance more than 95% of a manufactured home, even though you can finance up to 100% of a traditional home.
The Fannie Mae MH Advantage program offers flexible underwriting standards and reduced pricing for manufactured homes that meet certain construction requirements. It's a 30-year loan that allows borrowers to finance up to 97% of their loan-to-value (LTV) ratio.
Single-wides, today more commonly referred to as single-section homes, are not accepted in the Fannie Mae MH Advantage program. If you were planning on buying one, or have a manufactured home that doesn't otherwise meet the MH Advantage qualifying requirements, you can look into their standard manufactured housing program.
Chattel loans are a common way to finance manufactured homes that sit on a leased lot. Because the land is leased, the home cannot be affixed to the ground, which makes it much harder to qualify for a traditional mortgage.
With a chattel loan, the manufactured home itself is treated as collateral for the loan. Initially, the lender will take ownership of the home. Then, once you finish paying it off in full, ownership is transferred to you.
It would be difficult to get financing on a true mobile home, Pina warned.
Remember, the term "mobile home" refers to manufactured homes that were built before 1976, when the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act was released. The difficulty comes from the fact that the construction of these older homes was totally unregulated.
In order to receive financing, many lenders require that the mobile or manufactured home meets HUD's standards. However, even if you make improvements to an older mobile home, HUD will not issue you a sticker signifying compliance.
"Construction-to-permanent loans can be used In either manufactured or modular housing transactions," Pina said.
Construction-to-permanent loans are unique in that they provide funds for the construction of the home upfront, but after construction on the home is completed, the balance is converted into a permanent loan, or traditional mortgage.
HUD has a search tool that allows you to filter approved lenders by your area.
The Manufactured Housing Institute can provide you with a list of lenders and manufacturers in your state.
Fannie Mae also provides a list of suggested manufactured housing lenders.
Though the loan options for manufactured, mobile and modular housing are a bit different than they might be in a traditional housing scenario, qualifying for one is a small price to pay for the affordable living that these homes can provide.
If you're interested in one of these homes, do your research. Look into some of the loan options above, talk to lenders that specialize in manufactured housing and get a few loan estimates. It won't be long before you find the loan program that's right for you.


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namespace avro {
  class Reader;
  struct header;
  class BlockDecoder;
  class StringBuffer;
  namespace dumper {
     struct TsvExpression;
  }
}

namespace filter {
  class Filter;
}
struct Task {
    std::shared_ptr<avro::Reader> reader;
    std::shared_ptr<avro::header> header;
    std::shared_ptr<avro::StringBuffer> buffer;
    std::shared_ptr<avro::dumper::TsvExpression> tsvFieldsList;
    int64_t objectCount;
    size_t fileId;
    std::string currentFileName;
};

class FileEmitor {
public:

    FileEmitor(const std::vector<std::string> &fileList, int limit, std::function<void(const std::string&)> outDocument);

    std::shared_ptr<Task> getNextTask(std::unique_ptr<avro::BlockDecoder> &decoder, size_t &fileId);

    void enablePrintProcessingFile();
    void enableCountOnlyMode();
    void enableParseLoop();
    void setFilter(std::shared_ptr<filter::Filter> filter);
    void setTsvFieldList(const std::string &tsvFieldList, const std::string &fieldSeparator);
    void finished();

    size_t getCountedDocuments() const;

    const std::string &getLastError() const;
    void outputAsJson(bool pretty);

    void operator()();

private:
    const std::vector<std::string> &fileList;
    std::string fieldSeparator;
    bool printProcessingFile = false;
    size_t currentFile = 0;
    std::function<void(const std::string&)> outDocument;
    std::mutex ownLock;
    Task currentTaskSample;
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Jordan Clark* is excited to be a part of the Othello cast and bring this important story to the people of Cambridge. Recent credits include: Old Money (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Road Show, Gypsy, Camelot, and Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston); Significant Other (SpeakEasy Stage); Journey to the West and Arabian Nights (Central Square Theater); The Trumpet of the Swan (Wheelock Family Theatre); and You For Me For You and She Kills Monsters (Company One). Jordan holds a degree in Vocal Performance from The University of the Incarnate Word in her hometown of San Antonio, TX.


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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joins the "Right to Repair" movement
Steve Wozniak joins the Right to Repair movement which seeks to pass legislation that would allow citizens to repair and modify their electronic gadgets.
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Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder, is the latest person or organisation to speak out against the iPhone maker's anti-repair position. This isn't the first time Apple has been chastised in this way, but it is the first time that its co-founder has spoken out.
Wozniak is known for his outspokenness, which he believes is the reason he isn't involved in Apple's operations.
"Back then, when you bought electronic items like TVs and radios, the paper comprised all of the circuits and designs. He went on to say, "Totally open source."
The Apple II computer, built mostly by Wozniak and released in 1977, came with comprehensive circuit schematics and was socketed, making it as easy to tamper with as a Lego set.
"Even non-technical family members could pull out the tubes and use a tube tester to see whether they were bad, and if they were, buy a new tube. Back then, everyone did it all the time," he continued, describing how simple it was to repair things.
Wozniak lent his support to the Right to Repair movement, urging people to think critically and determine if the gadget they bought is theirs or the firm that sold it.
"It's past time to properly recognise the right to repair. Companies, I believe, stifle it because it gives them power [and] control over everything," he added.
The Right to Repair movement
The Right to Repair movement seeks to pass legislation that would allow citizens to repair and modify their electronic gadgets. While there is no legislation prohibiting you from mending your own gadgets, it is nearly hard due to the firms' ownership over these products - especially phones and laptops. This might range from organisations restricting third-party repair to just limiting the availability of spare components.
Having the skill to repair your own electronic gadgets not only helps you save money, but also helps you save the environment by extending the life of your device and reducing your carbon footprint because you won't have to throw it away if the repair costs aren't excessive.
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Britty Buonocore '12, MA'13 taught middle- and high-school English for two years after graduation. Now back in Hamilton, she is the owner and head baker of Flour and Salt Bakery. She has pulled together some tricks of the trade that all novice bakers can use in their home kitchens when they're in a bind.
If you're like me, you'll find that the moment suddenly strikes at 5 in the morning or 10 at night to whip up a batch of "Because I Feel Like It" cookies, an "It's Monday" cake, or "The Sun is Shining and I Want" sticky buns. However, sometimes your home kitchen isn't outfitted with all of the ingredients you need. Below are some tips for substitutions and tricks to make most baking ventures possible when your pantry might be lacking.
The buttermilk dilemma. Buttermilk can create rich, complex baked goods, but most people I know don't have a quart of buttermilk on standby. When a recipe calls for this sour dairy product, there are in-a-pinch solutions. Buttermilk is a thick, acidic liquid that shares qualities with yogurt, sour cream, and milk with lemon juice or cream of tartar. My never-fail substitute is: for 1 cup of buttermilk, add a scant tablespoon of lemon juice to a measuring cup and top with 1 cup skim, low-fat, or whole milk. Stir and let rest for two minutes. If you need more than 1 cup, add an additional teaspoon of lemon juice for every additional cup of milk. Voila!
Wait! Does that say room temperature butter? Until you have baked regularly and have learned from your own absent-mindedness that most recipes call for room-temperature (68 degrees) butter, you may tend to forget this step. The correct butter temperature is crucial when making pastries, cakes, and cookies. Scientific information on this can be found online or in recipe books, and it's fascinating, even to an English teacher. Here's how to soften butter in a hurry: First of all, step away from the microwave! This melts rather than softens the butter. Instead, cut the butter into small pieces and spread the pieces out on a clean surface. Let them rest for about 30 minutes before using, if possible. You can also roll it in between two sheets of parchment paper to speed up the warming process. If you can easily press your fingers into the butter but it doesn't turn into a melty mess, the butter is ready to work with.
Who even buys cake flour? Cake flour can be hard to find in grocery stores and is usually pricier than all-purpose flour. For all home-baking purposes, here's your fix: Put 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour into a sifter. Add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. Sift the mixture at least three times to aerate the flour and combine the ingredients. Follow the same procedure for any additional cups. Using this method gives you an airier, fluffier result for irresistible cakes.


Known for its eclectic cuisine, sparkling beaches, and enviable skyline, Australia's largest city, Sydney, has a fascinating history.
Despite my extreme jetlag, I venture from my lofty hotel room to explore the city. My first stop? The iconic Sydney Harbor Bridge, which provides an opportunity for adrenaline junkies to scale the structure. Naturally, I embark on the harrowing climb, which provides a bird's-eye view of the city and its harbor. From the summit, I imagine what first the European sailors to reach these shores would have seen, and what the Aboriginal people must have thought as the tall ships approached.
While historians dispute the exact timeline, it is estimated that the Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for somewhere between 30,000 and 60,000 years. We do know that the Gadigal tribe was living in what is now Sydney for at least 8,000 years prior to the arrival of the Europeans.
The Sydney we know today was founded in 1788 as a penal colony for convicts exiled by the British Empire. When the British settled here, they failed to treat the Aboriginal people well, and like the Native Americans, the Aborigines endured a similar fate that drastically diminished their population. Those who did not succumb to infectious disease were forced to abandon their culture and assimilate to the ways of the newly established colony.
In the shadows of discrimination, Sydney continued to flourish as more immigrants from Britain and Ireland moved to Australia over the next few centuries. Slowly, through more awareness and education, Australia began to confront its long and complex history with the indigenous people, and is still in the process of reconciliation today.


As this class is soon coming to a close, it is becoming easier to find the practicality in making sustainability an everyday practice. Seeing different components of sustainability throughout various readings and assignments has been very beneficial because there is so much more to being attentive to the environment than just the famous "reduce, reuse, recycle" slogan that gets tossed around so often. In Activity 3, for instance, I am learning that when it comes to fast fashion, companies aren't completely blind to the issue at hand. Some companies are taking leaps forward in order to slow down fast fashion. Progress with this can be seen in stores taking in old clothes and recycling them, using more eco-friendly materials in the clothes that they do produce and giving back to communities with extra products that they have. Tying into communities that need help, the article that we read over poverty brought light to the fact that us Americans don't do as good of a job dealing with poverty as we could. Since we don't see the worst of what poverty can bring, like other countries do, we don't think about what or who our actions effect. For us as Americans, our waste typically gets dumped in these poverty-filled countries which really hurts the poor that live there. These people can't grow resources that they need to because of the waste and can't have the cleanest air possible. Countries that are developed, like the U.S., should become more mindful of our waste when it comes to how much of it there is and where all it goes, because waste has to go somewhere and you never know how big of an impact it could be making. The issue of not being mindful could stem from practices we all learned from the generations before us, at least that is what a TED talk from a lady named Leyla claims. She feels that the people before us really hurt the environment, so now it is up to us to save it. I believe she definitely has some truth to that because we learn from those who raise us and if those people aren't mindful of the environment then it is more than likely that we won't be either. On the contrary of this viewpoint of the environment, in class we learned about biophilia. Biophilia is the love of life or living systems. With this mindset, we can all do our part to be mindful of how we are being sustainable and bettering the environment around us. This would help counteract the harm that generations in the past have created towards the environment. Finally, last week as a class we went and visited the OSU sustainability office, recycling center and embroidery shop. It was so fascinating getting to see how mindfulness was being reached just throughout our campus alone. I never knew that by taking in waste and paper from campus that we can make profit off of it after sorting through things and making them useful again. It was also neat to see how furniture throughout campus can be replenished even after it has been around for decades and decades.


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Brook Benton::Endlessly 1959
This song is timeless !
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Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), better known as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.
He made a comeback in 1970 with the ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia." Benton scored over 50 Billboard chart hits as an artist, and also wrote hits for other performers.
When Benton was young, he enjoyed gospel music, wrote songs and sang in a Methodist church choir in Lugoff, South Carolina, where his father, Willie Peay, was choir master. In 1948, he went to New York to pursue his music career, going in and out of gospel groups, such as The Langfordaires, The Jerusalem Stars and The Golden Gate Quartet.
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http://www.planetofsuccess.com/blog/2016/cute-love-quotes-for-her/
I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.
Endlessly by Brook Benton 1959
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Tesoro introduced its first in-ear headphone the Tesoro Tuned in-ear pro headphone features highly-tuned dynamic 9.2mm drivers.
The Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum looks like any other mechanical keyboard but sports excellent RGB backlighting while bearing an affordable price tag. This is definitely a RGB keyboard to consider for the budget conscious.
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Richard Francis Barry IV, más conocido como Scooter Barry (nacido el  en Danville, California) es un exjugador de baloncesto estadounidense. Con 1.90 de estatura, su puesto natural en la cancha era el de escolta. Forma parte de una gran familia de baloncestistas, con su abuelo Bruce Hale, su padre Rick (nominado como uno de los 50 mejores jugadores de la historia de la NBA) y sus hermanos Jon, Brent, Drew (los tres con carreras en la NBA).

Trayectoria
San Jose Jammers (1989-1990)
Erie Wave  (1990)
Las Vegas Silver Streaks  (1990)
San Jose Jammers  (1990-1991)
Phantoms Braunschweig  (1991-1992)
Saski Baskonia (1992)
Wichita Falls Texans (1992)
Fort Wayne Fury (1993-1994)
Yakima Sun Kings (1994-1995)
SE Melb. Magic (1995)
Hertener Löwen  (1995-1996)
Phantoms Braunschweig  (1996-1998)
Gießen 46ers  (1998-2000)
Pallacanestro Messina (2000-2001)
Mulhouse Basket  (2001)
Cholet Basket (2001-2003)
Spirou Charleroi (2003-2004)
Tenerife Club de Baloncesto (2004-2005)
Baloncesto León (2005-2006)

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Enlaces externos
 Ficha del jugador en ACB.COM

Baloncestistas de California
Baloncestistas de la Liga ACB
Baloncestistas de la Serie A2
Baloncestistas de los Kansas Jayhawks
Baloncestistas de los San Jose Jammers
Baloncestistas de los Wichita Falls Texans
Baloncestistas de los Fort Wayne Fury
Baloncestistas de los Yakima Sun Kings
Baloncestistas del Pallacanestro Messina
Baloncestistas del Cholet Basket
Baloncestistas del Spirou Basket Club
Baloncestistas del Tenerife Club de Baloncesto
Baloncestistas del Baloncesto León
Baloncestistas del Saski-Baskonia
Baloncestistas del Phantoms Braunschweig
Baloncestistas del Gießen 46ers
Baloncestistas del Mulhouse Basket
Baloncestistas de los Erie Wave
Baloncestistas de los Las Vegas Silver Streaks
Baloncestistas del Hertener Löwen
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Analyst Predicts 10 Million Apple Watch Units To Be Sold In 2015
The Apple Watch is said to enter mass production in January and is pegged for a possible release around Valentine's Day in 2015. The device is one that is highly-anticipated, despite the fact that there have been several smartwatches released into the market ahead of the Apple Watch, but given that it is Apple, the hype is understandable.
That being said, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster recently advised in a note to his clients that they should expect conservative sales of the Apple Watch during its first year. He claims that "consumer application may be limited initially, until developers begin to create useful applications for the watch." This is similar to the iPod which took a couple of years before it became the icon that it did.
Munster goes on to add that he predicts Apple will go ahead and sell 10 million units of the Apple Watch during its first year and is expecting an average price of $500. Apple has yet to formally announce the price of all its models, only stating that it will begin at $350, although there are rumors that the Apple Watch Edition could retail for as much as $5,000, although that is admittedly a tad absurd.
It is also interesting that Munster has predicted 10 million, especially given that current industry estimates have put it around 3 million smartwatches sold in total, meaning that if his predictions come true, Apple will be dominating the smartwatch market much like they did with the tablet market with the iPad, but what do you guys think?
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Pan, X., M. Chin, R. Gautam, H. Bian, D. Kim, P.R. Colarco, T.L. Diehl, T. Takemura, L. Pozzoli, K. Tsigaridis, S. Bauer, and N. Bellouin, 2015: A multi-model evaluation of aerosols over South Asia: Common problems and possible causes. Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 15, 5903-5928, doi:10.5194/acp-15-5903-2015.
Atmospheric pollution over South Asia attracts special attention due to its effects on regional climate, water cycle and human health. These effects are potentially growing owing to rising trends of anthropogenic aerosol emissions. In this study, the spatio-temporal aerosol distributions over South Asia from seven global aerosol models are evaluated against aerosol retrievals from NASA satellite sensors and ground-based measurements for the period of 2000-2007. Overall, substantial underestimations of aerosol loading over South Asia are found systematically in most model simulations. Averaged over the entire South Asia, the annual mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) is underestimated by a range 15 to 44% across models compared to MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer), which is the lowest bound among various satellite AOD retrievals (from MISR, SeaWiFS (Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor), MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Aqua and Terra). In particular during the post-monsoon and wintertime periods (i.e., October-January), when agricultural waste burning and anthropogenic emissions dominate, models fail to capture AOD and aerosol absorption optical depth (AAOD) over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) compared to ground-based Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) sunphotometer measurements. The underestimations of aerosol loading in models generally occur in the lower troposphere (below 2 km) based on the comparisons of aerosol extinction profiles calculated by the models with those from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) data. Furthermore, surface concentrations of all aerosol components (sulfate, nitrate, organic aerosol (OA) and black carbon (BC)) from the models are found much lower than in situ measurements in winter. Several possible causes for these common problems of underestimating aerosols in models during the post-monsoon and wintertime periods are identified: the aerosol hygroscopic growth and formation of secondary inorganic aerosol are suppressed in the models because relative humidity (RH) is biased far too low in the boundary layer and thus foggy conditions are poorly represented in current models, the nitrate aerosol is either missing or inadequately accounted for, and emissions from agricultural waste burning and biofuel usage are too low in the emission inventories. These common problems and possible causes found in multiple models point out directions for future model improvements in this important region.
AU  - Colarco, P. R.
AU  - Diehl, T. L.
JA  - Atmos. Chem. Phys.


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Greg Mottola's Adventureland ought to be taken together with I Love You, Man, reviewed in this space a few days ago. Both are guy movies about what it means to grow up and be a man, but they come to opposite conclusions. I Love You, Man subscribes to the common pop cultural view that ideas of manhood as something to be aspired to by adolescents who have already been admitted to all the ordinary amusements of adulthood are quaint survivals at best and evidence of some kind of psychopathology at worst. Its hero had nothing to learn but that, with enough circumspection, a guy can have it all, including even marriage, without ever attaining an appreciable amount of maturity more than he possessed at 17. Adventureland, by contrast, at least takes seriously — though with a certain ambiguity — the old-fashioned view that there is or ought to be a crossing of the bar from childish things to responsible adulthood, and that this crossing it is at least desirable and perhaps necessary for a man to make, if he is to be a man and not an overgrown teenager.
This grownupness, you may be thinking, was not exactly promised by Mr Mottola's previous film, Superbad, which lived almost entirely in that adolescent world whose inability to look beyond itself and its desires, except in terms of fantasy, is a species of narcissism. Yet there were also moments of detachment and satire in Superbad which to some extent redeemed the film. They could be taken, at any rate, as earnest of better things to come — things like the thoughtfulness and understated comedy of his first film, The Daytrippers of a dozen years ago which, like Adventureland, he wrote as well as directed. The new film's setting — Pittsburgh, 1987 — and the relatively advanced age of his virginal hero, who is a recent college graduate, not a high school student, also might have suggested a new seriousness of purpose.
If so, he has left us a reminder of the Superbad — or I Love You, Man — species of arrested development in the character of Tommy Frigo (Matt Bush), a high school friend of his boy-man hero, Jim Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg). Tommy's development appears to have been arrested not at 17 but somewhere nearer 12, and his customary greeting to Jim on meeting is a punch in the gonads. He's the movie's memento mori, always present before the eyes of our hero to remind him of the fate lying in store for those who say to adolescence, "Stay, thou art so fair." Somehow, it's not surprising to me to find on the IMDB message boards for this movie one devoted to the Frigo fan base. "He was the only GOOD thing about this movie, I think!" wrote one of the Frigoites. There speaks the voice of the popular culture Mr Mottola is, at least to some extent, reacting against.
It's also remarkable that the principal way in which Jim has learned to stand out against the merely hedonistic values of that culture is an instinctive sense of gallantry towards women. So far as we can see, he has not been "raised that way," since his father (Jack Gilpin) is an alcoholic and his mother (Wendie Malick) has shrewish tendencies and neither is obviously a stickler for manners or traditional ideas of sex roles. Perhaps he has got his notion of proper behavior out of the old books he has been reading as a literature major at Oberlin, unlikely as that seems, even in 1987. Now, he is on his way to journalism school at Columbia by way of a summer spent in Europe when suddenly he learns that, owing to business reverses probably connected with his drinking problem, dad can no longer pay, either for the vacation or for grad school. Jim has to give up the one and get a summer job at a down-market amusement park near his home in Pittsburgh to make enough money for the other.
There is a certain amount of Superbad-style comedy, only not so uproarious, in the grotesques that run or hang out at the seedy amusement park, though Jim makes one good friend in Joel (Martin Starr), a would-be intellectual like himself who affects a tobacco pipe — and who admits that it is an affectation — and he soon finds himself falling in love with Emily (Kristen Stewart). Warned against telling any girl he likes that he is still a virgin, Jim can't resist telling her of his college relationship with a girl named Betsy, with whom he broke up after reading Shakespeare's sonnet number 57 ("Being your slave, what should I do but tend/Upon the hours and times of your desire?") and realizing that he didn't want to be her slave or tend upon the hours and times of her desire.
That's quite a sophisticated joke in itself, and it's compounded by his noticing the irony of the fact that the hour and time of her desire finally came round to him just as he realized this. "And you didn't just f*** her anyway?" asks Emily, incredulously. She herself has a tangled sexual history which accounts for most of the film's narrative momentum, such as it is, and which contributes to the irony of her remark. We are made to see at once in this forlorn survival of a scrap of gentlemanliness in a world otherwise without standards except, sometimes, those of personal loyalty a form of youthful naiveté — but one rather to be grown into rather than out of. I also like the idea, hinted at rather than insisted upon, that growing out of J-school may also be a mark of maturity and manhood. But these two promising sprouts, like the hairs upon his chin, are not by themselves quite enough to make a man of Jim, and Mr Mottola is mostly content to honor him for being gentle rather than being a gentleman. It's a start, I guess.


Like many in the Washington, DC area my career started in politics. I served as Communications Director for two members of congress from my home state of Mississippi. After many speeches, newspaper op-eds, and press releases – I decided it was time to pursue my true passion.
I was fortunate enough to land two other jobs that allowed me to pursue my love of fashion, design and communications – Marketing Manager at The Washington Design Center and Director of Marketing and PR for Periwinkle, a women's clothing boutique in Northern Virginia.
In April of 2013, I decided it was time to start my own marketing consulting business, and here we are! I love helping small businesses with their marketing needs. From designing marketing collateral to website management, logo & branding, social media strategy & press relations, we can develop a plan that works for you. Many small businesses do not have the time to dedicate to professional looking marketing materials nor the money to hire someone full time. Whether you are looking for help on one project or on a monthly basis - White Clover Communications can help!
My husband and I live in Alexandria, Virginia with our daughter Alexa, son Austin, and English Bulldog Cannon. I love the small town vibe and charm of Old Town and Del Ray. Our town is full of many unique local businesses - which makes my job a whole lot of fun.
Once I decided to start my own business, the next thing was "What do I call it?" I wanted to be inspired by the name; I wanted it to mean something. After much deliberation, and frustration…I decided to seek inspiration from one of the most precious things given to me – my grandmother's Bible.
I opened it up and pressed in the first page I turned to was a crisp four leaf clover. Weird. I turned to another page, same thing, another one. Page after page, this Bible was filled with four leaf clovers. Interesting I thought, she had collected these like little hidden treasures. Not knowing much about the four leaf clover, I did some research. My findings showed that the white clover is the only species of clover to produce the lucky four leaf clover. Tradition says each leaf is believed to represent something – the first for faith, the second for hope, the third for love & the fourth for luck. Well, my grandmother had all of those – especially the first.
She was a strong Christian woman who taught me that a foundation of faith comes first, and showed me what it looks like to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind. The name was perfect.
faith, hope, love and luck!


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SF officials want to regulate cutting-edge tech. Would their plan stifle innovation?
Dominic Fracassa and Carolyn Said Oct. 9, 2019 Updated: Oct. 9, 2019 12:57 p.m.
SF officials want to regulate cutting-edge tech. Would...
1of3San Francisco rejected e-scooters after an initially chaotic rollout. Officials are now embracing them as a way to get people out of cars, but companies must get permits to operate in the city.Photo: Kate Munsch / Special to The Chronicle
2of3San Francisco initially cracked down on sidewalk delivery robots. Eventually, officials created a regulatory framework, and Postmates received a permit to start testing its autonomous delivery robot in San Francisco.Photo: Postmates /
3of3Wellness Center nurse Lynda Boyer-Chu holds a Juul vaporizer and cartridge she uses to help teach students the dangers of vaping, in her office at Washington High School in San Francisco, Calif, on Thursday, September 5, 2019.Photo: Michael Short, Special to The Chronicle
San Francisco officials hope to banish the "ask forgiveness, not permission" ethos that's animated much of the tech industry's relationship with city government in recent years.
Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee is expected to introduce legislation Tuesday to create the city's first Office of Emerging Technology to regulate any new commercial innovations that intersect with the public realm.
Local officials have expressed frustration in recent years after scooter companies unleashed their electric vehicles on the streets, startups rolled out their delivery robots on sidewalks and a dockless bikeshare company made two-wheelers available — all without permission or prior notice.
The new office is envisioned as a one-stop shop for companies seeking approvals to launch their inventions on public streets or sidewalks. Currently, companies have to get permission from multiple city agencies before bringing an idea to fruition, which has sometimes led firms to treat city and state regulations as an afterthought.
The office will issue permits for companies with technologies that aren't currently accounted for by city law. Officials expect to mostly review mobility inventions — scooters or delivery robots, for example — that use streets or sidewalks. As such, Yee's legislation allows the director of Public Works to appoint the head of the office, since Public Works already handles sidewalk permits.
Companies like Uber, Airbnb, scooter operators and others have bruised their public reputations in the past after their tech-enabled business models caused long and bitter fights with public officials, who chastised them for an apparent indifference to local laws and infrastructure.
The new office, with a $250,000 budget to launch, will issue one-year pilot permits to companies that can demonstrate that their inventions are operating with the public's safety, privacy and security in mind.
Technology, Yee said in a statement, should serve the public's best interests, not the other way around.
"As a city, we must ensure that such technologies ultimately result in a net common good and that we evaluate the costs and benefits so that our residents, workers and visitors are not unwittingly made guinea pigs of new tech," he said.
Supervisor Norman Yee is proposing the Office of Emerging Technology, after some technology was rolled out on the city's streets amid controversy.
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The office represents the culmination of a working group made up of dozens of government agencies, nonprofits and tech companies. Making the office a centralized "front door" for the city's interactions with new technologies was the "No. 1 recommendation" to come out of the group, said City Administrator Naomi Kelly, whose office oversaw the group's discussions.
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Molly Turner, a lecturer at the Berkeley Haas School of Business and co-host of the Technopolis podcast about how technology is disrupting cities, said she saw an "impressive variety of stakeholders" at the working group sessions she attended.
"Cities need this kind of 'regulatory sandbox' to incentivize more collaboration from startups and to test different approaches," Turner, who was the first policy director at Airbnb, said in an email. "But I fear that most startups will continue barreling ahead with little care for the city's priorities; and that the city, with only $250,000 in funding, no staff, and many opportunities for bureaucratic hurdles, won't deliver on this new promise."
Turner's courses focus on building startups that help cities. She said she will tell her students about the new office and urge them to make good use of it when they graduate and start their own companies.
Sf.citi, the tech industry's lobbying group in San Francisco, is not opposing Yee's measure. The group would work with the new office to "develop responsive and swift policies and regulations that support both innovation and our city's residents," Executive Director Jennifer Stojkovic said in a statement.
Richard Florida, a professor at the University of Toronto's School of Cities, said the idea seems positive.
"Streamlining is great," he said in an email. "San Francisco needs tougher regulations for these companies. And companies very much need to be regulated. Tech companies need to put the community front and center. They are losing the battle for public support and opinion."
Others said that regulations, even if well intentioned, could be too heavy-handed, and might help entities that feel threatened by disruption to stall competitors.
"Technology has always been ahead of the law," said Jeffrey Cole, CEO of the Center for the Digital Future at USC. "I worry about stifling innovation. On the whole, I find this scary. I believe in letting the tech flourish and only stop it when you have to."
Dominic Fracassa and Carolyn Said are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: dfracassa@sfchronicle.com csaid@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @dominicfracassa @CSaid
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South Capitol Street Frederick Douglass Mall
A Blog dedicated to save the concept of Washington, D.C.'s South Capitol/Frederick Douglass Mall (Promenade), or the SOUTH CAPITOL MALL. It appears in the planning of the National Capital Planning Commission through the 1990s and up until September 2001, before being quietly dropped, ostensibly to avoid eminent domain, which is nonetheless embraced for Nationals Stadium related development.
Nationals Stadium and Eminent Domain
starting at 5:11
I actually think baseball did buy them out, somehow, somehow..
The word will be known someday.
Likewise with the abortion of Washington, D.C.'s South Capitol Mall.
From Sphairos Productions:
We are currently developing a feature fiction film with director Eric Cheevers (Parasite Films) based on the recent destruction of a 4 square block area of Southeast Washington DC where a baseball stadium is currently being built. The film revolves around the stories of people who worked & lived in this exceptionally diverse neighborhood, focusing on the infamous male entertainment nightclubs.
Some 35 hours of video was shot of the neighborhood's demolition and the months leading up to it. These sounds and images will not only constitute a parallel documentary but will also be included in this neo-realist inspired film.
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Labels: eminent domain, Nationals Ballpark Stadium, South Capitol Mall, Washington D.C. planning
South Capitol/Frederick Douglass Mall
www.HighwaysAndCommunities.com/southcapitolstreet
[should be available at way back machine]
It would have been the 1st major addition to monumental Washington, D.C. since the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials ...
Yet it would be quietly aborted, un-reported by the media and the private "environmentalist" organizations, with the sole building along South Capitol Street saved being the St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church ... a conflict also un-reported ...
Illustration from N.C.P.C.'s 1997
"Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 21st Century"
St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church:
monument to the selfishness of the Roman Catholic Church heirarchy
in aborting the South Capitol Mall
located at the north-east quadrant of the intersection with M Street,
and the sole building along South Capitol Street necessarily spared by the abortion of the South Capitol Mall
In the 1990s, the United States National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) began exploring ideas for Washington, D.C.'s long term planning, as a follow up to the early 1900s McMillan Commission.
A 1993 article in The Washington Post listed the basic ideas of NCPC's long term thinking to expand upon the cities' various axis and focal points- e.g. the West and East Capitol axis respectively with the Lincoln Memorial and R.F.K. Stadium -- with attention focused on the axis of South Capitol Street.
Currently a 6 lane surface street with a 4 lane underpass beneath its crossing with M Street, all within a 130 foot building line to building line right of way, South Capitol Street is similar to many other D.C. streets. Its axis though has potential given its potential vista from Capitol Hill to the Anacostia River. And the buildings along it with but one exception are not architecturally significant, and which would be relatively uncontroversial to demolish. Hence, NCPC's vision for South Capitol Street was to redevelop it with a significantly wider space between its flanking building lines for a new open landscaped green space extending as wide as Half Streets SW and SE. In short, the South Capitol axis would be reborn with what would logically be called a South Capitol Mall.
Although NCPC apparently never gave this Mall a name, it's the concept championed by NCPC.'s 1997 publication, "Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 21st Century", with its numerous renderings of the future "Mall" along South Capitol, including that on its cover. However, with the South Capitol Street Bridge being officially known as the Frederick Douglass Bridge, the South Capitol Mall could likewise be named the Frederick Douglass Mall.
Cover: NCPC's 1997
South Capitol at Virginia Avenue at site of today's elevated SW/SE Freeway
(Time magazine's 1997 report include the above illustration, but none of the illustrations below that clearly show the broad Mall/Promenade)
South Capitol at M Street
South Capitol at the Anacostia River
Cover: NCPC 2001 "Memorials and Museums"
NCPC 2001 "Memorials and Museums"
(think of the Lincoln Memorial and RFK Stadium)
"One of several recent concepts for a revitalized South Capitol Street with mixed land uses and new public spaces reaching from the U.S. Capitol to the Anacostia waterfront"
"One of...?!" This would be a hint of things to come...
South Capitol Street Physical Realities
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Labels: South Capitol Mall, Washington D.C. planning
The Abortion of the South Capitol Mall
South Capitol Avenue
(Boulevard)
Passonneau and Partners
www.passonneau.com
This illustration appeared within a slide show by Joseph Passonneau FIA, AIA, and a member of the "Committee of 100" in August 2000 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The general topic of that presentation was a proposal for a SE Freeway Tunnel between the 11th Street Bridges and the start of the SW Freeway at (or rather above) South Capitol Street. That proposal would not be fully developed: it would show its western tunnel portal being fed by the existing elevated freeway. But it would offer a glimpse of what influential people were pushing quietly.
Can anyone point to any reporting in The Washington Post and other large circulation newspapers, nor the television media, about the opponents of the Frederick Douglas Mall (Promenade), or their efforts to block it?
As this Passonneau plan was shown in August 2000, it came during the Administration of U.S. President Clinton, whose autograph is on the front cover of a copy of NCPC's 1997 "Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capitol for the 21st Century" affixed to the wall of their headquarters' reception area.
I would call this a South Capitol Avenue because that would be consistent terminology used for other major Washington, D.C. surface streets with a building line to building line right of way width of 130' or 160', such as New Jersey Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue. The term "boulevard" is not used for such roads, and is more of a term to make it sound more different -- indeed more desirable, special or exotic -- then it actually is.
This is the earliest known to me post 1997 South Capitol proposal to exclude the Frederick Douglass Mall (Promenade), and to instead tear down every building along South Capitol Street and replace with new development, except for one cluster of buildings to the west (left) and St. Vincent de Paul Church to the east, immediately north of M Street SE. Asides from Time Magazine's strange to me reporting in 1997 of NEITHER showing any of the illustrations showing the South Capitol Frederick Douglass Mall (Promenade), nor making any text mention, this was the 1st sign that something was afoot to abort it.
The only opposition I have found mentioned in the various planning reports is in the 2003 NCPC South Capitol Street Urban Design Study: people living along Carrollsburg Place and Half Streets SW whose dwelling would be demolished for the Promenade, or for new real estate development: a distinction forgotten with the DC government's enthusiasm for eminent domain for the latter for such things as Nationals Stadium.
Notably, Passonneau makes no mention of this Promenade, nor this issue, in any of his public writings that I have found, including his web site. Go cruise it -- www.passonneau.com -- and attempt to find anything about South Capitol Street, even his proposal for a narrow South Capitol Street lined almost entirely by new buildings significantly larger then those replaced. Indeed, public discussion or controversy or consciousness over this planning substitution appears to be about non-existent.
It's like those behind this planning substitution feel its would not stand the light of day.
Joseph Passonneau: apologist for the abortion of the South Capitol Mall
Labels: Joseph Passonneau, NCPC, South Capitol Mall
Choices!
South Capitol Frederick Douglass Mall
(Promenade)
Illustration from National Capital Planning Commission's
Illustration by Passonneau and Partners,
presented in a slide show August 2000 by Joseph Passonneau at the National Building Museum
Un-official stamp "commemorating" N.C.P.C.'s apostacy
Artwork by Ian Goddard' directed by Douglas Willinger
Washington, D.C.'s aborted South Capitol Mall: un-reported by the "mainstream" media and "environmentalist" organizations.
Labels: NCPC, South Capitol Mall
An Unreported Story:
Illustration from N.C.P.C.'s 1997 "Extending the Legacy"
In the 1990s, the National Capital Planning Commission began exploring ideas for long term planning.
A 1993 article in The Washington Post listed the basic ideas of NCPC's long term thinking to expand upon the city's various axis and focal points- e.g. the West and East Capitol axis respectively with the Lincoln Memorial and R.F.K. Stadium -- with attention focused on the axis of South Capitol Street that would be lined by new buildings replacing most or all of the existing buildings, most of which are industrial buildings, and a good amount of open parking lots, one block of 34 residential dwellings to the west between O and P Streets SW, and the one building with by far the best architecture of anything along South Capitol Street south of the SW/SE Freeway, located at the northeast corner of the inetrsection with M Street SE: St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church.
Currently a 6 lane surface street with a 4 lane underpass beneath its crossing with M Street, all within a 130 foot building line to building line right of way, South Capitol Street is similar to many other D.C. streets. Its axis though has potential given its potential vista from Capitol Hill to the Anacostia River. And the buildings along it with but one exception are not architectually significent, and which would be reletively uncontroversial to demolish. Hence, NCPC's vision for South Capitol Street was to redevelop it with a significently wider space between its flanking building lines for a new open landscaped green space: in short, the South Capitol axis would be reborn with what we would otherwise call a South Capitol Mall, or, taking and adopting the same of the South Capitol Street Bridge's official name as the South Capitol Frederick Douglass Mall.
Although N.C.P.C. apparantly never gave this Mall a name, it's the concept championed by N.C.P.C.'s 1997 publication, "Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 21st Century", with its numerious renderings of the future "Mall" along South Capitol, including that on its cover.
This "legacy" that was to be extended was that of Pierre L'Enfant and of the 4 architects of what is better known as the McMillan Commission plan. L'Enfant established the street grid with its grand west capitol axis National Mall to the Washington Monument The McMillan Commission plan extended this west Mall further to create the Lincoln Memorial west via new landfill. It also significantly reconciled the idea of urban railroads with this L'Enfant/McMillan classicism, by replacing the central north-south railroad link that went across the west Mall as an open cut, with an all new railroad tunnel beneath 1st Street NE/SE. It would further blend this utilitarianism and classicism magnificently with the Beaux Arts Union Station with its curved segment of Massachusetts Avenue NE
This legacy extension would have followed that of the creation of the western extension of the west Mall with its Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial.
It was celebrated by the U.S. Post Office release of a $1 stamp featuring the Lincoln Memorial on February 12, 1923. (scott 571)
The next time the U.S.P.S. released a stamp that illustrated some portion of the west Mall that comes to mind is a 37 cent "commemorative" stamp for Washington, D.C. on September 23, 2003. (scott 3813) It has a diamond orientation -- mimicking that of D.C. featuring a plan view (overhead) portion of the L'Enfant street grid, flanked by isometric photographs of the Washington Monument and a row of charming late 1800s townhouses.
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2003/sr03_048.txt
Background and details on the stamp:
The District of Columbia stamp is shaped like a diamond, as was the original 100 square mile tract of land chosen to be the permanent site of the nation's capital.
Early in U.S. history, different cities took turns serving as the U.S. capital. Then, in 1790, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of a permanent capital on federal land. That land would become the District of Columbia (for Christopher Columbus). President George Washington selected the exact site in the District where the capital city would be built (the city would eventually bear his name). The land for the District was ceded to the United States by Maryland and Virginia; about a third of that land was returned to Virginia in the mid-1800s, and the diamond shape was no more. Today the District encompasses almost 69 square miles.
Designed by Greg Berger, the District of Columbia stamp design features in its top quadrant a detail from a plan of Washington developed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791. This French-born engineer and architect was asked by President Washington to design the plan for the city. Though L'Enfant was dismissed from his job the next year, much of his plan was eventually implemented and can be seen in the wide avenues radiating from the White House ("President's House" on the plan) and the U.S. Capitol ("Congress House" on the plan). L'Enfant also envisioned the sweeping view from the Capitol westward along the National Mall - the long expanse of green visible near the center of the plan, as shown on the stamp.
The right quadrant of the stamp shows typical row houses in a Washington neighborhood. These particular houses are in the Shaw neighborhood. Shaw was designated an historic district in 1985.
Cherry blossoms fill the bottom quadrant of the stamp. In 1912 Japan presented Washington with cherry trees as a symbol of international friendship, and today more than 3,700 trees grow around the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial; in East Potomac Park; and on the Washington Monument grounds. Each spring hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors celebrate Washington's famous blooms at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
The left quadrant of the stamp is a view along the National Mall featuring three of the most widely recognized structures in the country: the U.S. Capitol (background), the Washington Monument (center) and the Lincoln Memorial (foreground). The red towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," also can be seen just to the right of the Washington Monument.
Notably to me, is how this L'Enfant street view is cropped.
To the left, it is cropped to truncated the National Mall to roughly its originally proposed length.
This makes sense when one realizes that this is the L'Enfant street grid and not the L'Enfant/McMillan street grid. This is apparent with magnification with its open canal and its lack of any Union Station (or any sign of any railroads, let alone grade separated highways.
To the right it is cropped by the row of charming townhouses, far enough away from the U.S. Capitol to show some of the street grid, but close enough to obscure the area of South Capitol Street where NCPC's Extending the Legacy envisioned its "Mall" for South Capitol Street.
How this stamp arrays these images appears largely symmetrical, as does the L"Enfant plan which centers its diamond not at the North Capitol Street axis, but rather to the west, with this stamp centering the diamond between 7th and 9th Streets NW/SW.
However, its presentation of an illustration of the un-extended plan surrounded by illustrations of latter additions, with the text commemorating "USA Washington District of Columbia The Nation's Capital", obscures the very South capitol Street corridor that was targeted by 3 separate official government studies that very same year this stamp was issued.
Its selection of using the original western end of the west National Mall as a line to mirror to the east could suggest the idea of not extending any legacies with extending any green ways/linear parks beyond the Lincoln Memorial shown in the photo to the stamp's left.
That stamp would have made a good means to commemorate this future National Mall extension, supplementing the existing West Mall with a South Mall.
Instead, its design would subtly reflect a decision to abandon the concept of a Mall for South Capitol Street, symbolically cropping/obscuring South Capitol Street; its March 23, 2003 release would fall right between the release of the present idea of an all new stadium up against the east side of South Capitol Street as an option in November 2002, and the U.S. National Capital Planning Commission's abandonment its "key-note" concept from its 1990s planning. The selection of that stadium site was publicly announced around September 22, 2004.
That location for the stadium, combined with the idea of insisting upon symmetricy sometimes, would shrink the very idea of a "monumental gateway" for South Capitol Street southwards from a 50-400 foot wide linear park extending from Virginia Avenue to the Anacostia River, a traffic circle entirely south of Potomac Avenue, squished vertically to somewhat appear as a "Mall-like park."
In light of this, obscuring the South Capitol Street area on this stamp has an undeniable irony.
The Un Reporting 2003+
Why Was Not The Public Informed?
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Crackers without the carbs
Thousand layer tofu crackers without the carbs
Food, Wine & Beverages, Health & Wellbeing
Like most people who struggle with their weight, carbs are my downfall. Not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with carbohydrates. After all, they're one of the three main sources from which our bodies obtain their calories. Without them, our brains wouldn't function properly, our mood and memory would be affected, and we'd have no quick source of energy. So no one is decrying carbohydrates – it's just that some of us eat too much from this useful food group. The problem is, though, once we've reached our healthy level of carb intake for the day, and still feel like a crunchy cracker, what can we reach for? The answer, as it turns out, is both unusual and delicious!
Most of us are by now familiar with tofu (even if we don't eat it). It's a fairly bland, white curd made from coagulated soy milk, and sometimes referred to as 'the vegan's friend'. Low in carbs, it's a rich source of plant-based protein which can be used to replace meat in everything from casseroles to stir-fries. However, when tofu is frozen (for several days), it completely changes its colour and texture.
Fresh tofu is soft and silky – think cream cheese but softer. When it's frozen, ice crystals pierce cell walls in the tofu, releasing water. These ice crystals also create holes in the tofu which remain once the block has been thawed, giving it a layered appearance. It's this layering which is responsible for the product's Chinese name of 'thousand-layer-tofu'.
The freezing process also turns the tofu a creamy-yellow, and changes its texture so that it becomes elastic and springy. Once the thousand-layer-tofu has been squeezed to remove all its water, it can be used in many ways. It's a great sponge for soaking up marinades, making it ideal to use in place of meat. It can be crumbled and added to soups, or simmered in a beef broth to replace mince-meat. But its use as a cracker alternative is second to none because thousand-layer-tofu contains just a fraction of the carbs we would find in our usual crunchy snack.
To prepare thousand-layer-tofu as a cracker, simply use clean hands to squeeze out as much water as possible from the thawed block. Cut a 4-5mm-thick slice of the thousand-layer-tofu, and press it between kitchen paper towels to remove any moisture that still remains. Place the slice between the jaws of a flat-bed sandwich press (no oiling is required) and toast until the thousand-layer-tofu turns a light golden colour. Your cracker is now crisp and crunchy and waiting for the topping of your choice. Don't leave it too long before you eat it because the crackers lose their crunchiness within an hour or so of being toasted.
Not only is your thousand-layer-tofu cracker significantly lower in carbs than a regular cracker, it's also going to help keep you feeling satisfied for longer because of its high protein content.
Thousand layer tofu is more like bread than tofu.
Making your own thousand-layer-tofu
To make thousand-layer-tofu, purchase a block of firm (not 'silken' tofu). Freeze it for at least one week (texture develops over time). Defrost the block until all ice crystals have melted (this can take longer than you think as the thousand-layer-tofu is spongy and acts as an insulation material). Using clean hands, squeeze out the water from the defrosted block, and store the thousand-layer-tofu in an air-tight container in the fridge. The thousand-layer-tofu can be returned to the freezer until you are ready to use it.
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