I spent a good few weeks in Seattle meeting entrepreneurs, investors (VC's and a few angels) and visiting local accelerators.
While, still early, I formed some opinions based on my interactions and impressions. I initially thought I'd make a very comprehensive post on the pros and cons of both cities, their entrepreneurial talent, their support for startups and their investor biases. I felt though, that I had not given myself enough time to understand the Seattle area, so I will look at the two startup hubs more objectively in this post.
My impression though right now is that Bangalore is WAY ahead in all metrics and by a wide margin.
I am not comparing the Indian ecosystem to the NorthWest, just Seattle to Bangalore.
There are 7 categories of data points I want to highlight.
1. Events, meetups, support groups and inclusiveness of entrepreneurs. Support for entrepreneurial success stories with startup media will also feature in this category.
7. The X-factor – things that attract smart folks to be here – quality of life, infrastructure, food options, night life, commute, weather, etc.
1. Events & Meetups. It is no secret that I attend many events. Most on the weekends – Hackathons, meetups, technical review sessions, show and tells. Anything that's remotely entrepreneurial attracts my attention. From Design Day (hosted at the Accelerator) to Construkt and from NASSCOM Product conclave to The Fifth Elephant. I love meeting entrepreneurs and learning about technology of all forms.
In this area, Bangalore is way ahead by a mile, primarily because of the grassroots efforts by some . I am very impressed with Kiran Jonnalagadda and the Has Geek, Shubhendu and VentureSity, Prashant and the folks at Startup Saturday and the multiple daily events for startup entrepreneurs.
The Seattle ecosystem has its share of events, most are technical as well, with visiting folks from the Bay area and other locations meeting every week and many adhoc meetups for entrepreneurs both on the east side of Lake Washington and the West side (Seattle city).
Bangalore though, has over 54 hackathons each year and the Seattle area has fewer than 30. Seattle has Startup Weekend though, which does a great job locally. Bangalore just has way too many entities helping organize Hackathons.
Startup press in Bangalore used to be dominated by online publications like YourStory and Pluggd.In, but I see the Economic Times, Times of India, Business Standard, Live Mint and Financial Express increasingly doing at least 2-3 stories daily on startups.
Seattle has Geek Wire and a few local publications, but the number aside, (which would be less than 1/2 the total blogs and press in Bangalore), the ecosystem at the earliest stages is just small.
Since Seattle has a population of about 3.5 Million people, compared to 8.5 Million in Bangalore, it is expected to be much smaller. If you look at the technical talent, Seattle has around 500,000 folks in the tech area, compared to close to 1 – 1.5 Million in Bangalore.
2. Early stage funding. Talk to any entrepreneur in Seattle (I met with over 30 in 2 events) and the familiar concern you hear is – there are too few risk-takers, few early stage investors willing to fund pre-revenue companies and a dearth of high net worth investors in tech.
That's the same story you hear in Bangalore as well, but there's a huge difference. I am sure the entrepreneurs in Bangalore dont realize how good they have it here, until they look at other ecosystems (the familiar comparison is to Silicon Valley).
It is very surprising to hear that Seattle has few risk takers, since over 50,000 millionaires are in the Seattle area – ex-employees of Microsoft, Amazon, Isilon, F5 networks, Expedia, Starbucks, and others. The only challenge is that most of them are fairly conservative and have stayed away from investments in early stage startups.
Bangalore has about 10,000 $ millionaires in contrast from Infosys, Wipro, etc., but many more from old school businesses. They tend to be largely conservative as well.
If you look at the angel groups, Indian Angel Network and Bangalore Angels, although folks that move slowly and demand a lot of entrepreneurs, both in terms of milestones and % of the company, they do get deals done, and dont charge entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas.
In contrast of the 11 angel groups in Seattle, 8 of them seek payments between $200 to $800 to pitch, with no guarantees of funding.
The interesting thing is that having been in a few funding presentations at Bangalore, I get a sense that folks are interested in funding companies, but in Seattle I got a sense (from the 1 meeting that I attended, so take it with a grain of salt), that there was lots of skepticism.
The accelerator scene is pretty comparable. We have the Microsoft Accelerator, Kyron and the Target accelerators in Bangalore, and the Bootstrap center (J P Nagar) as well helps entrepreneurs. I went to 2 accelerators of the 3 in Seattle – TechStars Seattle, 9 Mile Labs and Eastside Accelerator.
I would still (I am biased) rate the type and maturity of entrepreneurs in Bangalore that come to the accelerator as higher than those in Seattle. I should do a more detailed fact based, data driven comparison on this later.
Finally the co-working space in Seattle run by We Work is awesome. I loved the space and its location is excellent. It is fairly central in the city and has easy access to investors, media and other potential partners as well.
Comparably The NASSCOM Warehouse with its one location is smaller and less fancy, but it has currently more startups than WeWork in Seattle. I know that the NASSCOM 10K program is looking to expand with another accelerator, and that will place Bangalore further ahead again.
3. Type and accessibility to talent. The talent pool in both places is fairly good, but both have their own challenges. Similar to Bangalore, most folks prefer to work for Amazon or Microsoft and any number of larger companies in Seattle and value their work-life balance. Of the 17 entrepreneurs I spoke with, most of them claimed that getting talent from places outside Seattle was impossible, but I know most Bangalore entrepreneurs can easily attract great talent from Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India.
In terms of educational institutions, the largest University in the Seattle area (UW – or Univ of Washington, uDub) is a hotbed of some great research in the areas of IoT, big data and other nano technologies. Bangalore does have IISc, IIM Bangalore and many (over 50) local great engineering colleges, but entrepreneurs still have a hard time recruiting talent for startups.
4. Venture Capital Scene: I had a chance to meet folks from Voyager Capital, Madrona and Silicon Valley Bank. Ingnition is another well known local venture capital firm in Seattle. The investors were smart, very plugged in and very keen to get Seattle up and running among top startup capitals in the world.
Local to Bangalore, I rate Sequoia, Accel, Kalaari and Helion higher than their Seattle counterparts. I know there are more VC's in Bangalore including Nexus, SeedFund and Inventus, but they have a larger presence in other cities where most of their partners are.
The investor community in Bangalore is a lot more accessible, and frequently is spotted at events, looking to meet and learn from entrepreneurs. Seattle entrepreneurs love their VC's as well, but they have smaller teams for sure, so meeting them is rare and most likely in panels at local events.
5. Availability of Mentors: There are between 10-25 names of entrepreneurs and founders whose names kept popping up at my meetings in Seattle and the number of "well known" mentors and startup founders were the usual suspects after my 5th meeting. Local favorites include ICanHazCheeseBurger, SeoMOZ, Apptio and others. The mentors (as expected) are very widely sought after and have very little time as well. They are mostly the role models for entrepreneurs in Seattle and so they are held in reasonable reverence.
In Bangalore as well, you will get the same 25-30 names, including folks a Flipkart, InMobi, and other successful entrepreneurs, but the depth here of the ecosystem and the diversity of activity is larger is my sense. There is large abuse of the advisory relationship and there are many "fake" mentors, but there are enough awesome folks like Ravi Gururaj, Sharad Sharma, Sanjay Anandram and others who are willing and able to help.
6. Early Adopters. I did not have enough time to observe the consumer part of the early adopters, but I think both ecosystems need a lot of work in this area. While most Seattle folks have a smartphone and they probably adopt new technology sooner than Bangalore folks, I think the very early adopters in both communities are limited and far-and-few between.
7. X Factor elements: This is a tough one. Lets peel the layers a little. I am sure I will miss a few categories, but lets try anyway.
1. Climate: Bangalore wins by a wide margin. Except for 3 months of the year, it is sunny, cool and wonderful. Except for 3 months of the year Seattle is raining all the time.
2. Food, Nightlife and Entertainment: Cant say. I dont know actually. I am not a big Nightlife kind of person, so I could not say. Suffice to say that local attractions in Seattle are a LOT better than Bangalore. With its many parks, hiking trails, lakes, etc. it is an outdoor person's paradise. Bangalore has limited options for world cuisine compared to Seattle for sure. There are better attractions in the city of Seattle as well, with a great football club, a good basketball club and a decent soccer team. Bangalore has Royal Challengers and that's pretty much it.
3. Infrastructure: Commutes are shorter in Seattle, Options for public transport are better and quality of life for most people is better than Bangalore. But the biggest challenge is Seattle is competing with Silicon Valley and New York / Boston and Bangalore competes with Delhi and Mumbai. Seattle cannot compete as well, but Bangalore is a much better attraction for folks who are not from this region.
So, there you have it. Comparing the two cities, I can confidently say the startup scene in Bangalore is at least 2-3 years ahead of Seattle.
Look at it another way: I believe Bangalore is about 10 years behind Silicon Valley (at the minimum) and Seattle is about 12-13 years behind, so practically speaking, we should not be comparing the two cities at all, because they are both way behind the leader by a wide margin.
I just wanted to do it because I got many questions from entrepreneurs from both locations wanting to know which city is further ahead.
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Excellent post Mukund! Would love to read a follow-up post after another couple months.
Another thing that I realised was that, paradoxical as it may sound, early adopters themselves display a early majority behavior. You will see a lot of early adopters in Silicon Valley because there are so many other early adopters in Silicon Valley! Similarly for investors. It seems less risky to work with startups when everybody else around you is doing it and succeeding from it (by and large).
Great Read! I agree that there are some great events in Bangalore that have completely charged up the scene in the last 2 years alone.
I'm building http://www.predikt.co, and whenever I'm looking to find people to work on pure equity based compensation, I get a very good response from the Banglore Developer community, esp ppl on HasGeek. So talent, is very enthusiastic and accessible, something which really helps early stage startups.
Nicely laid out. Loved it!
Question – How do you think Bangalore will fare if you fast forward to 5 Years on all the aspects compared above? What do you think is getting stagnant and what is picking up?
Just trying to see it from a bird's eye perspective.
Mani, Cant say for sure since I dont have a crystal ball, but I think given all the grass roots efforts here, we are in good hands to continue to be ahead.
Wonderful comparison – insightful and (I must say) uplifting for Blr. Loved it!
Hmm… Support for pre-revenue or small revenue funding is better in Bangalore? That's surprising to note. I should say that I personally have not had any serious interest shown by Angels / VCs to even look at the product before taking a call of whether or not to consider seed stage funding.
Amrudesh, I personally know at least 12 companies, that are pre revenue, with some product that have gotten funded in Bangalore. In Seattle before revenue, god help you.
I am a management trainee working in Bangalore and perusing my MBA (Finance and Banking) from NIIT university, Neemrana.
As a part of a current assignment I am doing a research on the business pain points and challenges faced by recent start ups in the e-commerce industry in and around Bangalore. The research and market study revolves around understanding the lifecycle of processes undertaken and the role banks can play in the lifecycle. Inputs from the industry would not only help design customized banking solutions for start ups and SME industry sector but also become a forum to put forth the challenges faced by firms.
Together, with your valuable inputs we can strive to come up with better solutions and avoid hiccups in the future so that ecommerce as a sector grows at a faster pace and catapults economic growth.
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X-Factor- Seattle does get a bit of rain throughout the year – I will give you that. But I can't imagine how that translates into a negative if you're going to be traveling around in a car, working indoors you're fine.
The gloomy days can be a bit bothersome, and yet you've got natural beauty outside every window and multiple treks on the I-90. Talk about driving down the long avenues with Mt. Rainier at one end. Wow! Does add up. I'd mention that.
Seattle isn't that well connected with public transport.
Seattle doesn't have the volume that Bangalore does, but it does have the depth. Their tech-entrepreneurship lineage goes all the way back to Boeing, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Amazon and other pioneers. I think in the evaluation of any tech eco-system begs that we look at that picture and not just what the entrepreneurs claim are challenges, right? Where do those ideas and people come from?
For startups that can directly benefit from the Microsoft eco-system, I think Seattle is a great place to be. Also, didn't Jeff Bezos move to Seattle for the book publishers? I think nuanced arguments like that do make a difference.
I am assuming Hyderabad doesn't even figure in the list trailing Bangalore and Seattle? Don't think Bangalore can be that easily replicated. Any thoughts?
You are right Sudhir. Hyderabad is not even on the radar.


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Former Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary Dr. Joshua Sharfstein said Maryland is at a critical crossroads in its fight against the coronavirus.
"It's a dangerous time for the state," Sharfstein told MarylandReporter.com on Wednesday. We're seeing that cases are surging around the country. In some places, the hospitals are filled. And they are building new hospitals or transporting patients out. And that could happen here in Maryland too. So this is really a moment of truth for the state-whether we can avoid a really serious crisis."
Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that effective Wednesday night at 5 p.m. indoor capacity at all bars in restaurants in the state will be reduced from 75% to 50%. Several of the state's jurisdictions had already limited indoor dining capacity to 50% or less. Hogan has said he will not hesitate to take further action if the number of COVID cases in the state continues to climb.
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Christo added: "I think we are reverting back to some of the measures that were taken initially in March and April. Not to the same degree. But he's (Hogan) limiting social gatherings. So I think that's wise."
Christo said he believes it is possible that it might again be necessary for the state to implement a stay-at-home order.
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Christo said it is crucial that Marylanders adhere to recommended safety protocols to limit the spread of the virus.
"I think we're going to have be even stricter with regard to mask-wearing. I think everyone has to wear masks when they leave the immediacy of their home environment. Make sure it covers your nose and mouth. I think that over the last several months people have become more lax with respect to mask-wearing. Make sure that you still wash your hands for about twenty seconds or so. We are going to have to limit social gatherings. I think that was loosened over the summer. And I think now that we are seeing a rise in the number of cases I think unfortunately we are going to have to limit social gatherings-even small gatherings outside the immediacy of the family and the household. And that's going to be difficult for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas."
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Weldon added: "I'm deeply concerned about the viability of our small business infrastructure to survive if these restrictions last for a sustained period, but I also understand the logic used by public health professionals to implement the changes."
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October 27, 2020 In 214-230 Sherbourne, Gentrification
Open Letter Sent to City!
ONTARIO COALITION AGAINST POVERTY
An Open Letter To Mayor John Tory, the Affordable Housing Committee, and City Council
Subject: Expropriation of 214-230 Sherbourne for the purpose of conversion into social housing as described in: A Community Driven Proposal for Public Housing: submitted by Open Architecture Toronto
Despite Toronto's on-going homelessness disaster, a pandemic, the imminent threats of mass evictions being created by rent arrears / Bill 124, ongoing displacement by gentrification , 1.1% vacancy rates and rising rents we hear only silence on the housing proposal we submitted in 2019. Why? Our community is asking! Unsafe, homeless and precariously housed people are asking. Even worse- they are dying. Waiting for a home, or fighting not to lose one!
Are you aware of how your silence betrays and undermines our East End community's efforts to obtain affordable housing? How do we explain the hypocrisy of your promises to create housing solution responses to homelessness and then witness you walking away from our community-driven Sherbourne St. Housing Development opportunity! Housing is not built on paper. It requires all kinds of spades in the ground.
The City of Toronto Act defines your responsibility; ''The City has the responsibility and authority to provide any service or thing that the City considers necessary or desirable to the public."
We want to remind you that the City of Toronto Act gives it very specific power related to Expropriations. "The City has the power to acquire land under this or any other Act that includes the power to expropriate land in accordance with the Expropriation Act."
There were 12 expropriations made in 2019. None of them was in support of housing.
The City can access valuable land. We have defined what is necessary for, and desirable for, the low-income public of our East End Community. But, the City of Toronto, which has the power to ex
propriate, does not use it. Why? There are vacant lands and abandoned buildings in neighborhoods all across this City, held for years by investors and developers in pursuit of real estate profits. Many of these holdings will never be used to serve the primary need of low- income communities for safety, health, and a home. Their focus is on housing for profit, and not housing as a human right. You have known this for years. We are compelled to observe that your support for profit focused condo developers is in perfect alignment with your negligence of low income and homeless people, who cannot find a place to live. We say. erve the people. All of the people.
We do not accept your current excuse, "The City has no standard policy to govern the acquisition / expropriation of properties for low income housing". This is no reason to ignore the goal of building social housing. It closes the door on working with our community, or pursuing creative approaches. Pushing our proposal into the waiting rooms of Create Toronto and the Affordable Housing Office, may satisfy some highly paid bureaucrats that meaningful work is being done. But It does not satisfy us. Or resolve the need of our people for housing.
They are exhausted, running in a civic and government sponsored homeless marathon: it's milestones – exclusion, poverty, disrespect, denial and betrayal. Do what is just and right.
EXPROPRIATE AND BUILD NOW!
Govern yourselves accordingly,
October 9, 2019 In Events, Speaking Series
Resisting Revitalized Bigotry in the Downtown East
Thursday, October 17 | 6pm-8pm | CRC, 40 Oak Street
[Free event with meal, childminding, wheelchair access, and tokens]
Toronto's downtown east is changing rapidly. The historic Regent Park social housing is being reduced to rubble and the "mixed-income" imagination of politicians is coming alive. Towers with a combination of ownership condos and rental units for former social housing tenants have risen, with more on the way.
Mitchell Cohen, the president of Daniel's Corporation, sold his company's revitalization plan as one that would make "tenants and owners feel at home with each other and in their community." But the residents of Daniel's new building at Parliament and Dundas installed spikes on the large tree planters downstairs. Neighbours and passerby's would sit around those planters to rest, drink coffee or have conversations. Now they can't.
Not far away, Dundas and Sherbourne has turned into a battleground. Residents who control the Cabbagetown South Residents' Association want to shut down a health centre and respite site that serve the homeless at that corner. They don't want poor people in crisis in the area. The City responded with more police, the Province cut funding for the overdose prevention site, the health centre put up a fence, and the respite site cut its capacity. Not satisfied, the Association now collaborates with Toronto Sun's Sue Ann Levy who writes articles denigrating poor people as dirty, drug-addicted and dangerous.
Area residents have two choices: we either build solidarity or escalate hostility. We invite all those who choose the former to join us to discuss how we can do so.
Speakers: Gaetan Heroux and A.J. Withers
Gaetan Heroux has worked in the downtown east for over three decades, a longtime organizer with OCAP, and co-author of Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History.
A.J. Withers is an longtime OCAP organizer and author of stillmyrevolution.org, and two books: Radical Disability Politics and Theory and A Violent History of Benevolence.
September 7, 2018 In Events, Gentrification, Homelessness, Speaking Series
Speakers Series: Rent Strikes, Expropriations & More: Resisting Gentrification
Rent Strikes, Expropriations & More: Resisting Gentrification
Thursday, September 20 | 6pm – 8pm | CRC, 40 Oak St.
[Free event with meal, childcare, wheelchair access and tokens]
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Bringing together struggles against gentrification unfolding in neighbourhoods in Toronto and Hamilton, this Speakers Series will profile successful models of resistance people are using to push back and win. Join us!
Speakers: Julia Manzo, Linda Habibi, Bjarke Risager, , and Gaetan Heroux
Julia Manzo is a resident of Parkdale, and one of the organizers of the successful rent strike in Parkdale last year. She is also a member of Parkdale Organize.
Linda Habibi is a tenant and strike captain in the Stoney Creek Towers in Hamilton, where tenants are currently on a rent strike. Details about their rent strike can be found here: facebook.com/hamiltontenantssolidarity/ and here: hamiltontenantssolidarity.ca
Bjarke Risager is an organizer with the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network.
Gaetan Heroux is a member of OCAP and has worked and fought for housing in the downtown east end of Toronto for over three decades.
The monthly Speakers Series is where we gather to discuss issues that are critical to the success of poor people's movements. It's where we build our capacity to fight to win.
July 20, 2018 In Gentrification, Homelessness, Media Releases, Shelter Crisis
Postponed: Press Conference to Respond to Vilification of Homeless People & Poor People Who Use Drugs
Update – Monday, July 23: Given the shooting on the Danforth last night, the press conference referenced below is being postponed to a later date.
Coalition of anti-poverty organizers, supervised injection and overdose prevention site workers, homeless service providers to respond to increasing vilification of homeless people & other poor people who use drugs
Press conference on Monday, July 23 at 10am at the corner of Dundas & Sherbourne
Speakers include: A.J. Withers (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty), Desmond Cole, Frank Coburn (Street Health), and representatives from the Moss Park Overdose Prevention Site
Toronto: There have been a series of lurid stories in the media recently of homeowners and businesses supposedly under attack by what the Toronto Sun's Sue-Ann Levy calls "druggies."
These articles further the position that supervised injection services (SIS) and overdose prevention sites (OPS) must be shut down and call for the return of policing programs that have been proven to be dangerous and racist. Echoing rhetoric of residents and business associations in gentrifying neighbourhoods, particularly in the downtown east end of Toronto, it is argued that SIS and OPS facilities encourage drug use and it is assumed, without any evidence, that the lack of such options would lead people to give up drug use.
"After letting the developers control and profit from the creation of upscale housing, after allowing public housing to crumble, after letting social assistance income decline substantially, and after failing to provide adequate shelter for the homeless for years, refugees have become a convenient target to blame for the problem. Now, the same interests are targeting poor and homeless people who use drugs, in a truly despicable move," says A.J. Withers, organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).
Homeless people, whether they use drugs or not, are on the streets because shelters and respite facilities are packed full, and conditions within most of them remain deplorable and stressful.
"The residents and business associations don't want homeless people on the streets, but they don't want shelters in their neighbourhoods either. What they want are policing measures that target and remove homeless people from sight, with no regard to where or how people end up. Such a dystopic vision for dealing with serious social issues begs to be challenged," says Yogi Acharya, organizer with OCAP.
The aforementioned press conference, to be held on Monday, July 23 at 10am at the corner of Dundas and Sherbourne, will respond to these arguments, make the case for the continued funding and operation of the SIS and OPS facilities, oppose the reintroduction of programs like the misleadingly named Toronto Anti-Violence Strategy (TAVIS), and finally, call for the creation of adequate shelter and housing.
A.J. Withers & Yogi Acharya
March 24, 2018 In Gentrification, Public Housing, Shelter Crisis
The Fight for Dundas and Sherbourne
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A series of adjacent vacant properties (214-230 Sherbourne) are up for sale just steps from the south-west intersection of Dundas and Sherbourne. The owners want to sell the property to condo developers. We're calling on the City to purchase the property, and if necessary, to expropriate it for building social housing.
Dundas and Sherbourne needs housing to be sure, but it needs housing that poor people can afford. The neighbourhood won't get that housing with private development. Zoning requirements do require private developers to build at least 10% "affordable" housing, but this offers little cause for comfort. Outside of the fact that the 10% requirement is woefully inadequate and allows the developer to build up to 90% market-rate housing (most likely for ownership), the City's definition of affordability is a cruel joke. The City defines affordable housing as "at or below the average City of Toronto rent."
The average market rent in Toronto is over $1000 for a bachelor, over $1200 for a one-bedroom, and over $1400 for a two-bedroom apartment. Single people on social assistance receive a maximum of $721 or $1150, depending on whether they're on Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program. Even people earning the new minimum wage, a 21% bump over last year, must spend over 60% of their income on rent to secure a one-bedroom apartment. With a sizable plot of land up for sale just steps from Dundas and Sherbourne, the threat of homes for the wealthy being built in a neighbourhood overwhelming populated by the poor is very real.
Based on work we've done thus far, a motion to get the City staff to look into purchasing or expropriating the plot of land will go to City council on Tuesday, March 27. While a positive vote will help, turning back the tide of encroaching gentrification will take a fight. Thankfully, this neighbourhood has a long history of resistance. Join us and let's fight to win social housing at Dundas and Sherbourne.
Update, March 27, 2018: The motion referenced above passed, which means staff at the Affordable Housing Office now have the mandate to pursue the purchase of the property. This does not, however, mean the property will be purchased by the City. A report will now be produced at the Affordable Housing Committee meeting on June 25 which will provide further insight into whether the City will pursue the purchase. We will post more information as it becomes available.
Update: June 26, 2018: The owners of 214-230 Sherbourne took the properties off the market. The owners seem to prefer to sell to developers willing to pay more than the already inflated market price. The affordable housing office has been directed to develop a general "affordable housing real estate acquisition/ expropriation strategy," but they are choosing to not pursue the expropriation of 214-230 Sherbourne at this time. The motion does mention that if the properties were to be listed again before the end of the year, the affordable housing has the authority to put in a "conditional offer" to purchase the properties. But a conditional offer that's contingent on council approval, which could take months, is likely not going to enough to stall the purchase of the properties. In the midst of a deadly housing crisis, there is no good reason to not proceed with expropriating these properties now.
For a brief history of the history of gentrification and resistance in the neighbourhood, see below:
A Brief History of Dundas and Sherbourne: Gentrificaion and Resistance
Downtown East Toronto, one of Toronto's oldest working class neighbourhood, is being threatened by gentrification. This gentrification, which began in the mid 1960's, has intensified over the last fifteen years. Working class people and the unemployed, who have been welcomed in Downtown East Toronto since the mid 1850's, are now being displaced by large developers speculating and buying up property in the neighbourhood. Thousands of rooming houses, which have served as cheap housing for the poor, have disappeared from here.
The corner of Dundas and Shebourne remains one of the most important part of our neighbourhood. All Saints Anglican Church, which has served as a community centre since 1970, sits on the south-east corner. However, the valuable land located in and around Dundas and Sherbourne area is now being targeted by speculators and developers who are hoping to cash in. A property located on Sherbourne St. just south of Dundas Street East, just across from All Saints Chruch, is now being offered for sale to developers for a potential 23-storey condo development. On the site sits a large abandoned Victorian House, which had operated as a rooming house since 1914, and which has now sat empty for more than a decade. Two other houses adjacent to 230 Sherbourne, which also operated has rooming houses for decades, were demolished several years ago by the owners, and now only an empty lot remains.
The poor have a long history of fighting for housing at Dundas and Sherbourne area. In 1970's the City of Toronto was facing a crisis as more and more rooming houses were disappearing. The city eventually bought up more than a dozen rooming houses on Sherbourne St., just north of Dundas Street East, which continue to operate today. More than forty rooming houses were also saved, and bought by the city, in the late 1970's, after poor people fought back against speculators buying up rooming houses during the St. Jamestown redevelopment. In the mid 1980's, after Drina Joubert was found frozen to death at the back of a rooming house across the street from All Saints Anglican Church, a large coalition was formed calling on the Ontario government to build social housing for single adults. This battle resulted in the subsequent building of 3,000 units of social housing for single adults, including 61 units at Dundas and Sherbourne, behind All Saints Church.
On a nightly basis more than 100 people are sleeping on mats at All Saints Anglican Church, one of seven respite sites funded by the city this winter. A few blocks west of Dundas and Sherbourne, on George St., another respite centre, 100 people are also being sheltered in an old youth detention owned by the province, every night. As the city's shelter and housing crisis continues to intensify we cannot allow developers to displace the poor and the unemployed, who had always been welcomed in Downtown East. In order to continue to ensure that this community keeps its working class identity we must protect it.


But fear not! You can definitely pull this off; our step-by-step guide will get you there.
We decided to work with a fleece-back, medium-weight Merino wool, which is slightly nicer than your average hoodie made out of polyester or cotton. With this pattern, you have the option to sew the front band in a contrasting fabric or with a decorative ribbon. We sewed it all in the same fabric, but feel free to go wild!
Download and print the pieces, then cut out the size that fits you best before cutting out all the pieces in your fabric of choice.
This pattern has patch pockets in front, but they're entire optional. So if you don't want them, skip ahead to step 4. Otherwise, fold the inner edge of the pocket, right sides together. Sew along the top and bottom edges.
Turn the pockets right-side out and press the fold at the opening. Also press the top edge and front edge that fold along with the seam allowance.
Topstitch the flap along the opening and press again.
Place the pockets on the front hoodie pieces, lining up the edges. Along the top and side edges, edge stitch in place. Along the center front and bottom edges, secure with a baste stitch.
Place the front pieces on top of the back piece, right sides together. Stitch along the shoulder seams. Press seam allowance after sewing.
Open up the hoodie with the right side up. Place one sleeve on top of the hoodie with the notches lined up. Stitch in place, then press the seam allowance toward the sleeve. Repeat on the other side so both sleeves are sewn.
Lay the hoodie in place, arranging it as it will look when finished, but with the wrong side out. Pin along the side seams from the sleeve hem to the bottom hem. Sew both side seams, then press the seam.
For the cuffs, fold the pieces in half, right sides together. Sew along the opposite edge. Fold the cuff in half, wrong sides together, and press the fold.
To attach the cuffs to the sleeves, divide the cuffs and the sleeve openings into four equal parts. Start at the side seams in each piece, and find the spot opposite the seam. Then divide those two sections in half for four sections. Repeat this on the sleeve opening.
Pin the cuffs to the sleeves with the raw edges flush. Match each of the four sections, stretching the cuff where needed to fit.
Stitch the cuffs to the sleeves, then press the seam allowance around the opening.
Pin the hem band to the bottom of the hoodie, matching up notches. Pin and sew in place, then press the seam allowance down toward the hem.
Pin the front bands to the front of the hoodie, matching up the markings from the pattern. Pin the right side of the band to the right side of the hoodie. Note that the band will extend below the front of the hoodie. Sew the bands in place along the inside edge.
Fold the bands to the front and press. Edge stitch along the previously sewn seam. Baste the band along the front edge to hold it in place. Fold the bottom edge up to the inside of the hoodie and edge stitch in place.
If your zipper is too long for the hoodie, remove teeth from the top edge by pulling them off with pliers. (Be careful not to damage the zipper tape, which will be visible.) Make sure your pull is below the area where you're working, and do not slide it up until you're done. Otherwise you will pull it right off the zipper!
Pin the zipper in place on either side of the front opening. Place the zipper tape flush with the opening and the bottom stopper flush with the bottom band. The teeth at the top should start at the ½in seam allowance mark.
Using your zipper foot, sew along the zipper, securing it to the opening. Repeat on the opposite side.
Flip the zipper tape and seam allowance to the inside of the hoodie and press. Be careful — the teeth will be hot!
Stitch along the zipper again, sewing the tape and seam allowance to the inside of the hoodie. The teeth should now be facing the center of the opening.
Place the right sides of the hood together and sew along the curved edge. Press the seam allowance.
Sew the hood band pieces together, right sides facing, along the short end. Press the seam allowance.
Create a buttonhole or install an eyelet at the spot on the pattern piece. Be sure to practice this on a scrap first! This fabric is soft and does not take to eyelets well so we opted to sew a simple buttonhole.
Repeat on the opposite side of the band, so you have either two eyelets or two buttonholes. This is where you'll place the drawstring for the hood.
Just like we did on the front of the hoodie, pin the band to the hood with right sides facing. Sew in place along the edge closest to the opening.
Press the band toward the opening. Use a tailor's ham for pressing curved edges.
Pin the band in place, then topstitch to secure. The stitching on the band of the hood should match the band on the hoodie front (as pictured below).
Pin the hood to the hoodie along the neckline. Sew along this seam, making sure to not sew over any teeth on the front zipper.
Place your twill tape along the neckline, placing one edge flush up against the stitching from the previous step. Stitch in place near that edge. Make sure to leave about 1-inch extra twill tape on either side.
Trim away the seam allowance so the width of the twill tape will cover it.
Press the twill tape down toward the hoodie, covering up the seam allowance in the process.
At the center front sides, fold the excess twill tape under, hiding the edges of the seam. Pin in place, then stitch to the hoodie along the bottom edge. Be careful not to form any pinches on the right side of the hoodie.
Attach your cording to a bodkin or a large safety pin. Insert it into the opening on one side of the hood.
Feed it all the way around the hood until it comes out the other side.
Once you've decided how long you want the cord to be, trim the end. Slide any optional hardware and knot the cording. If your cording is synthetic, you'll want to melt the ends with a lighter to prevent the cord from unraveling. (Be very careful and only do this in a well-ventilated area.) Then, slide your hardware into place.
People will be amazed to find out you sewed this yourself, so don't be shy about telling them. You deserve ALL the praise.


The SWRM is a federation of about 250 grass roots community based organizations (CBOs) in Bangladesh, organized into four regional chapters.
To improve natural resource management and governance among member CBOs.
To help voice the opinions of CBOs on floodplain policies and practices.
In late 2010 about 250 CBOs are members of the SWRM. Membership is open to CBOs working for sustainable management of floodplain natural resources including fisheries, water, environmental services, and agriculture. CBOs should have "graduated" (completed) support from any projects that helped in their formation. Member CBOs must have established rights over a defined area of floodplain or waterbody. Each is a formally constituted people's organisation recognized by the government (for example as a cooperative or a voluntary organization under the Social Welfare Department). Each CBO itself represents several villages and may have a membership of several hundred households. Member CBOs commit to following good practices in resource management, participation, and their organisational procedures. Membership fees are Tk 200 per CBO per year.
The society was registered as a legal entity under the Society Registration Act, 1860 on 29 April 2008 (Registration No. S-7756 (946)/08).


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"Alafair Burke's latest propulsive thrill-ride is a suspenseful, twisty mystery about memory, friendship and secrets. A page-turner of the highest order." -Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me
The disappearance of a young woman leaves her best friend reeling and an NYPD homicide detective digging into her own past in this twisty mystery about the power of female friendships. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Better Sister and The Wife.
Some pasts won't stay forgotten . . .
She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she actually is. Fifteen years ago, she was found in a small New Jersey town thrown from an overturned vehicle, with no clue to her identity. Doctors assumed her amnesia was a temporary side effect of her injuries, but she never regained her memory. Hope eventually started a new life with a new name in a new town that welcomed her, yet always wondered what she may have left behind—or been running from. Now, she's leaving New Jersey to start over once again.
Manhattan defense lawyer Lindsay Kelly, Hope's best friend and the one who found her after the accident, understands why Hope wants a new beginning. But she worries how her friend will fare in her new East Hampton home, far away from everything familiar. Lindsay's worst fears are confirmed when she discovers Hope has vanished without a trace—the only lead a drop of blood found where she was last seen. Even more ominously, the blood matches a DNA sample with a connection to a notorious Kansas murderer.
With nowhere else to turn, Lindsay calls NYPD homicide detective Ellie Hatcher, the daughter of the cop who dedicated his life to hunting the Kansas killer. Ellie has always believed there was more to the story of her father's death twenty years earlier—and she now fears that Hope's recent disappearance could be related.
In pursuit of answers, the women search for the truth beneath long-buried secrets. And when their searches converge, what they find will upend everything they've ever known.
Alafair Burke is a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent novels include The Wife and The Ex, which was nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel. She also co-authors the bestselling Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in Manhattan and East Hampton.
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"The two women feverishly piece together the disparate parts of the story, and Burke's masterful control over pacing and plot reveals will make readers just as anxious to uncover the truth." — BookPage
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Grave/Memorial Reference:	XVIII. E. 1.
Additional information:	Son of Thomas and Annie Williamson (nee Warren), of 7, Wellfield Terrace, Springburn, Glasgow.
Grave/Memorial Reference:	3. G. 11.
Additional information:	Son of William and Jane Winter (nee Annand), of 11, Officer's Quarters, Barlinnie, Glasgow.
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Other	formerly 1692 Highland Light Infantry.
Additional information:	Son of Mrs. Robina Worling, of 101, Crail St., Parkhead, Glasgow.
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Additional information:	Son of Mrs. Agnes Wylie (nee Crawford), of 359, London Rd., Bridgeton, Glasgow.
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Died 4th May 1946 age 35 years.
HARRY BIRD, Merchant Navy died 11th February 1943 age 23 years.
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Safely home,thanks to sophisticated systems
Electronic docking guidance systems have come a long way since they were introduced in the 1970s.As well as helping aircraft get on stand with the minimum of fuss and delay, they are also playing anincreasingly important role in the management of ramp operations
Initially, visual docking guidance systems took the form of passive 'azimuth' devices that simply showed where the pilot was in relation to the correct stop position. The AGNIS (Azimuth Guidance for Nose-In Stand) system, consisting of two coloured lights mounted side by side, was for years one of the most common stand guidance systems. A pilot correctly lined up on the stand centreline sees two green lights but – if not – one of the lights will appear red until the aircraft is steered towards the green one.
Systems like this can only tell the pilot whether or not the aircraft is properly lined up on the centreline, not when they need to stop, so a simple Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid (PAPA) was added, consisting of a light inside a box with a rectangular slot in the front. The perspective effect makes the light appear to move from one side of the slot to the other as the aircraft gets closer, and the slot has markings to show where different types of plane should stop. It is crude but effective, although the system is inaccurate if an aircraft is significantly off the centreline.
There may also be red and green stop lights, usually round rather than square like the AGNIS lights with which they could otherwise be confused, and mounted vertically, rather than side by side. These simple systems must also be set up on the assumption that the pilot is in a specific seat and if anything alters on the ground or the aircraft type changes, the system has to be moved around too.
Gradually, these systems evolved into the sophisticated systems found in almost all airports in the developed world, which can not only get aircraft safely to the gate but are beginning to provide a whole host of other information too. The most effective systems available today can distinguish between different types of aircraft and automatically adjust; they are also effective in poor weather or light conditions – which is, arguably, when they are most needed. Nor are they dependent on whoever is controlling the aircraft being in a specific seat.
Camera-based Advanced Visual Docking Guidance Systems (A-VDGS) were the first radical development and, while a great advance on what was available before, cameras have the disadvantage that they need a certain amount of contrast to work effectively – so they are not so effective in poor light conditions. Fog and rain can drastically reduce the effectiveness of camera-based systems.
The next development was a system based on a two-dimensional laser scanner and, eventually, in the case of Safegate Group, three-dimensional lasers. (Safegate is the dominant company in the A-VDGS field; it claims over 80% of the world market.) Two-dimensional lasers cannot scan horizontally and so have to be physically aligned with the centreline, which limits where an A-VDGS system can be mounted; nor does such a system allow for multiple or curved centrelines, and it cannot differentiate between different types of aircraft. A separate azimuth guidance device also has to be provided as a two-dimensional scanner. Plus, if the aircraft is anywhere but perfectly aligned with the centreline as it approaches, distance-to-go will not be accurate either.
Safegate says that its three-dimensional laser-based A-VDGS systems overcome these limitations, because – being able to scan horizontally as well as vertically – they can differentiate between different aircraft types; moreover, they are less dependent on the aircraft following the centreline perfectly for accurate distance-to-go information.
Safegate has around 7,000 systems installed around the world and sells around 6-700 new ones every year. With such a large market share, it has the advantage of familiarity – pretty much every pilot will be familiar with the company's systems, which come in T3, T2 and TI versions. T1 is actually the most sophisticated, with features such as apron scans, better aircraft verification and a warning system if the passenger boarding bridge is out of position.
Safegate International marketing director Johnny Åkerman says that his company sells most systems to expanding airports that are opening new gates and terminals, although there is also a good market in places like Africa and the rest of the developing world that are procuring docking guidance systems for the first time. New and bigger aircraft are less of a driver, however, as the modern systems are so flexible that they can cope with most new designs without modification – with the exception of the need to install larger screens for the A380 because the distance-to-go has increased.
The systems also provide that extra reassurance that nothing is in the way of an aircraft as it approaches, thanks to apron-scanning capabilities. Certainly, the ground crew should be checking for obstructions too, but the A-VDGS provides useful insurance for backing up fallible humans. It can also provide information on where the aircraft is on push-back, before it gets picked up by the ground radar system.
But perhaps the most exciting area of A-VDGS is when the aircraft has docked, Åkerman observes. All its systems can be linked up with the airport's, and can provide data such as expected departure time, how much pre-conditioned air has been taken or how much electricity has been used. It can even be used as a basis for invoicing – one less piece of paper for airline and airport managements to chase after.
The full value of an advanced docking guidance system comes when it is interfaced with airport central databases like AODB (Airport Operational Database) or FIDS (Flight-Information-Display-System), adds Sweden-based system maker FMT. Interfacing FMT's laser-based APIS++ advanced visual docking guidance system – through the Atlantis stand management system – to either AODB or FIDS allows it to be automatically set for the arriving aircraft type and series.
The APIS++ system now boasts greatly improved aircraft recognition capability, says FMT, adding that the industry is now demanding approaching aircraft to be 100% confirmed by docking systems. Advanced visual docking guidance systems have until now had trouble differentiating between, say, aircraft of different types that share the same fuselage and engines. However, FMT says its new technology can identify the aircraft's individual registration number, giving 100% confirmation that the stand pre-setting is correct. This is based on information sent from the aircraft's transponder.
APIS++ can also be interfaced with passenger boarding bridge software, allowing it to be pre-set at the touch of a button and locked until the aircraft is Block On. The bridge can then be automatically adjusted for the type of aircraft.
Azimuth guidance is provided by the patented Moire technique – light passing through superimposed gratings creates a pattern that is independent from the laser. An arrow pattern indicates when the aircraft is not on the centre line, changing to a straight vertical line when it is. Obstacle scanning is now standard.
The closing rate display changes from green to yellow to red and the indicator becomes shorter.
APIS++ can also be equipped with Azimuth co-pilot guidance from the right-hand seat, if desired. But FMT recognises that total automation is not always desirable; the system can be equipped with traffic lights to be used in a manual talk-back procedure – the lights can be manually operated over a handheld control panel.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is a typical, and very prolific, user of Safegate's Safedock systems. The southern US gateway first installed Safedock's A-VDGS in 2007 when the airport, American Airlines and Safegate worked together on a system that would be able to dock and deplane aircraft during "irregular operations" events and particularly when aircraft ramps were closed due to lightning.
The airport now has over 150 Safegate docking systems, with gate A-VDGS at four of its five terminals, and there are plans to expand usage still further. It is upgrading existing systems, installing them where none exist at present and including A-VDGS in new piers and terminals.
DFW's assistant vice president for information technology systems, John Parrish, says that, above all, airports look for "a system that can do the job safely and reliably. When this project began, Safegate stood out because it used laser technology to detect and guide the aircraft, rather than video analytics."
DFW has no particular policy on standardising systems and, for the present at least, there is no US government or official policy on A-VDGS. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) does define specifications and recommendations for A-VDGS, though without mandating their use, however, and the Safedock system meets all of these.
Safedock has demonstrated its value "because of its ability to significantly minimise delays during irregular operating conditions", although it also makes regular operations more efficient, Parrish considers. It even saves on airline fuel costs because it allows aircraft to taxi all the way to the gate without stopping. Safegate systems also run the Ramp Information Display Systems (RIDS) throughout DFW.
But it is the ability to capture other data, like power or air consumption through the A-VDGS, that is most critical, Parrish says. DFW's goal is "consistently repeatable success" he continues. "DFW is committed to the concept of Airport Collaborative Decision Making. Basically, that means that we gather and distribute information about every aspect of the aircraft movement and the people and processes that all have to work in complete harmony to deliver a seamlessly safe travel experience. Although it must appear effortless to our guests, hundreds of thousands of data elements have to be gathered in real-time, evaluated and responded to. A-VDGS is one of many important players on the collaborative team."
DFW's Safedock systems are designed to be as near foolproof as human ingenuity can make it, and operational availability is 98.99%, Parrish enthuses. DFW and Safegate have installed redundant systems spread across disparate production servers in a distributed environment that includes virtual applications and databases as well as redundant mirror partners, independent generators and back-up uninterruptible power supplies, in order to guarantee maximum reliability. But, if all else fails, airline ground personnel are on the ramp to marshal aircraft in the time-honoured traditional manner if need be


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It's a feeling that took root last season when the Mariners, after signing second baseman Robinson Cano, produced a 16-game turnaround and were one win from reaching the postseason for the first time since 2001.
Cano's arrival coincided with the first tangible rewards from the organization's often-painful rebuilding process.
Third baseman Kyle Seager blossomed into an All-Star and a Gold Glove recipient. Catcher Mike Zunino, in his first full season, displayed the ability to handle a diverse staff while showing the promise of potent production.
Taijuan Walker and James Paxton, long viewed as two of the game's top young arms, flashed their potential with glimpses of dominance.
Hisashi Iwakuma, though slowed by an injury, validated his 2013 All-Star form. Veteran closer Fernando Rodney signed on, set a club record with 48 saves and stabilized a young relief corps.
That optimism blossomed further last winter when general manager Jack Zduriencik addressed the club's need for a right-handed power hitter by signing Nelson Cruz, who led the majors last season with 40 home runs.
"That got everybody's attention," Zduriencik said. "They look at this club and feel we're in a position that we can do some things."
Zduriencik and his lieutenants also added veterans Seth Smith, Rickie Weeks, Justin Ruggiano and J.A. Happ to a roster that, last season, too often relied on too many untested players.
Cano looks around now and notes Zduriencik did what he promised — "to build a championship team … over the next three years."
Believing Zduriencik, as Cano did, in December 2013 took faith, certainly.
The Mariners were coming off a four-year stretch in which they averaged 93.5 losses. Zduriencik's job appeared in jeopardy, and the club's front office was in disarray amid reports of rampant dysfunction.
But when Cano chose to walk away from a fortune in New York Yankees pinstripes for greater riches in what was then a baseball wasteland, he knew he wouldn't be alone in attempting to resurrect the Mariners.
"I wouldn't say it's only going to be my face (on the franchise)," he said. "You're going to talk about Felix. He's a guy who has been here a long time, and he's one of the best in the game."
In short, Cano likely doesn't come to the Mariners, at any price, if they don't have King Felix. Without Cano, it's hard to imagine last year's turnaround.
Without that turnaround, Cruz doesn't view the Mariners as "the best choice I could make" to be "part of a winning team." Add up those "withouts" and the Mariners are just that — without — as this season opens.
So how did this start?
Pull the string, and the trail leads back to Feb. 13, 2013.
To Felix Hernandez.
It's almost easy to forget now how inconceivable it once seemed that Hernandez might remain a Mariner long enough to start in this season's opener.
For years, as the Mariners floundered, Zduriencik said he received "countless" calls from organizations seeking to acquire his ace right-hander. The assumption on the other end was always the same:
Why wouldn't the Mariners surrender their most coveted player in order to accelerate their rebuilding process? No matter how good Hernandez is, the reasoning went, the Mariners couldn't win with him alone. They had to deal.
Zduriencik kept saying no. But no matter how many times he did, or how steadfast he was, the calls kept coming.
"It just wasn't going to happen," Zduriencik recalled. "He's an elite pitcher. When you take him away, then anything you get back is not going to offset that loss. It's actually going to set you back years."
Even so, the clock ticked away a countdown within the organization. Hernandez's deal at the time, signed when he was still tied to the club for two years of arbitration, was set to expire at the end of the 2014 season.
Two years remained on that contract when the Mariners began their pitch to persuade Hernandez, at 26, to buy in to their future and not force them into the must-trade scenario that nearly everyone else saw as inevitable.
Two years out was the key moment. A pending free agent's trade value typically starts to decrease after that point. It dips further when that player has a year or less before free agency.
The Mariners reached deep and ponied up a potent offer of $175 million over seven years that was, effectively, a five-year extension for Felix. At an average of $25 million a year, it remains among the richest deals in the game.
But Zduriencik, chief executive officer Howard Lincoln and then-club president Chuck Armstrong knew what everyone knew: Hernandez could likely command even more as a free agent after the 2014 season.
The Mariners were asking Hernandez to have faith, to believe things would get better, at a time when there seemed very little reason to have such faith.
It stunned the industry when Hernandez agreed — when he chose to believe — and in a news conference on that February day after signing the deal, he tried to explain that faith, often through tears, in a halting voice.
"I don't do this because I care about the money," he insisted. "I do this because I care about the people in Seattle. I do this because I love this city. … I don't want to go anywhere. I want to stay here.
"It was a decision that I've made for a long time. … I want to play in a place where I feel great, I feel comfortable. I feel good around the people in the city of Seattle. That's why I do this."
Hernandez also made a vow that day.
"I'll tell you this," he said, "I will do my best. We're going to make the playoffs. We're going to be one of the toughest teams in this league."
Not then, maybe.
Maybe now.
"I'll tell you this," Hernandez said at a press conference announcing his $175 million deal in 2013. "I will do my best. We're going to make the playoffs. We're going to be one of the toughest teams in this league." (AP)
Felix Hernandez turns 29 on Wednesday — still only 29 — but he is the current player with the longest continuous service in the Mariners' organization. He made his major league debut on Aug. 4, 2005 in Detroit at 19 years, 118 days old — the youngest to pitch in the majors since Jose Rijo in 1984.
Willie Bloomquist was then in his first tour with the club and started at second base.
"He had tremendous stuff," Bloomquist recalled, "but he was more of a hard-throwing, electric phenom. He was 96, 97 (mph) and would just blow it by guys. He had a big-time arm from a young age.
"It was just a matter if he could learn how to pitch."
Hernandez lost that game, 3-1, despite allowing just one earned run in five innings. The Mariners fell to 15 games under .500 at 46-61. Now-teammate Fernando Rodney closed out Detroit's victory for a save.
That was almost 10 years ago.
Bloomquist and Rodney moved on to other teams. Both played in the postseason while Hernandez toiled for a succession of poor-to-mediocre Seattle clubs. Nonetheless, he gained recognition as one of the game's premier stars.
"He throws 97 to 98 with a good breaking pitch, good change-up," former Mariners pitcher Freddy Garcia once said. "He has everything. The only thing he has to do is to keep focused and working hard for success."
Hernandez stayed focused. He and two others led the American League with 19 victories in 2009 and Hernandez finished second in the Cy Young Award balloting. A year later, he led the AL with a 2.27 ERA and won the Cy Young.
He also had a presence beyond his years.
"This kid is real confident in his abilities," said Mike Hargrove, who was managing the Mariners when Hernandez reached the majors. "He is secure in who he is."
But former Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire countered, "I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball and a curveball from hell."
Hernandez has pitched at least 200 innings in each of the past seven years, has 200 or more strikeouts in each of his past six seasons and was chosen for the All-Star team five times. He started last year's All-Star Game.
"When you ask about durability, when you ask about consistency," Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez said, "I think Felix brings (those qualities). Not only that, Felix is still so young, so capable of doing anything."
For all that, Hernandez's résumé had — still has — a gaping hole.
"I haven't been in the playoffs," he said, "and I dream of that. Guys who have been there say it's so different. They say there's nothing like it. I want to know that feeling."
So why, then, with free agency looming, did Hernandez choose to remain with the Mariners on that day a little more than two years ago when the postseason seemed impossibly far away? What made him believe?
You can hear the answer Monday when he takes the mound.
Fans in the King's Court section at Safeco Field show their appreciation for Hernandez at every one of his home starts. (AP)
The King's Court, or the more expanded Supreme Court, offers towel-waving testimony to the connection between Hernandez and the fans whenever he pitches at Safeco Field.
Hernandez credits the crowd for helping carry him through his perfect game on Aug. 15, 2012, a 1-0 victory over Tampa Bay. And he still warms in recalling the reception he received when he last pitched at Safeco.
That was the season finale a year ago, against the Angels, when Hernandez was simultaneously trying to pitch the Mariners into a one-game playoff for the AL's final postseason berth and win the ERA title for a second time.
Hernandez did his part, but the news from Texas wasn't good. As the Mariners batted in the fifth inning, they learned the postseason must wait at least one more year; the scoreboard reported Oakland had closed out a 4-0 victory, eliminating the Mariners.
That news prompted a brief collective moan from the Safeco crowd of 40,823 before it stood and cheered. It cheered again in the sixth when Hernandez, the ERA crown secured, turned the game over to the bullpen.
"That was amazing," Hernandez recalled. "People ask me about that all of the time, and I've got no words to explain that. It was just unbelievable."
He expects a similar reception Monday, when he makes his club-record eighth start in a season opener. For the first time since 2008, though, the season opens at home.
"First, I want to see King's Court," Hernandez said in detailing his anticipation. "And then, it's been a while since we opened in Seattle. It's going to be a great experience."
The first, he believes, of many this season.
"It feels different around here," he said, "a lot different. We've improved our offense. We brought in Nelson Cruz and other hitters. We still have Cano, Seager and all of those guys.
"We want to win. That's what we're here for. That's our main goal. Just to be in the playoffs. We look pretty good, but it's a tough division. We've just got to play."
Hernandez is boisterous, as he often is, in barking out those words and almost breathless by the end. Then he pauses and softens his delivery. The change-up after the fastball. And just as telling.
"This is where I wanted to be for this," he said. "This is where I always wanted to be. Not anywhere else. Here. I want to win here. I've always wanted to win here. Now, we have a great team here."
Just as he always believed.
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Cardano Price Prediction – Can ADA Hit an All-Time High in 2023?
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ADA breaks short-term uptrend, eyes return to recent lows. Source: Trading View
Stronger than expected US ISM Services PMI Data which points to a resilient U.S. economy midway through the third quarter and, alongside stronger than expected U.S. labor market data from last Friday, continues pressure on the U.S. Federal Reserve to continue its policy of aggressive rate hikes until 'in 2023, weighed on risk appetite and cryptocurrency prices on Monday. ADA was no exception.
The native cryptocurrency of gimbal the blockchain last changed hands around 1.5% lower on the day and is down around 1.8% in the past 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap. ADA/USD was last trading at $0.31, having hit almost $0.33 earlier in the session. The recent decline marks a bearish break of the rising trend channel that ADA/USD had been moving higher in for the past few days. Consequently, in the short term price predictions have become less bullish.
Cardano is still up around 7.5% from its November lows, but its failure to sustainably hold above its 21-day moving average (around current levels) is not a good sign. . With ADA still stuck in a long-term downtrend that has been ongoing since the summer, it seems likely that ADA/USD will soon head for new yearly lows below the $0.30 zone.
ADA is still in the same downtrend that has been in play since the summer. Source: Trading View
Price Prediction – Can ADA reach all-time highs in 2023?
The price of ADA saw explosive growth from 2020 to the start of 2021. From its lows of 2020 to its highs of 2021, the price of Cardano jumped up to 18,000%. In this regard, traders should not consider the prospect that 2023 could see a rapid return to record highs above $3.0.
Cardano's fundamentals remain strong, with the network stronger than ever and ranking among the most decentralized and developed in the crypto space. But the macroeconomic conditions will have to be good. This does not necessarily mean a strong economy.
2020 was the year the Covid-19 pandemic shook the world and forced governments into massive fiscal and monetary stimulus. It is this stimulus that has propelled cryptocurrencies and risk assets more broadly. While many economists are predicting a bad recession in 2023 and inflation in major economies like the United States will be quickly brought under control, it is not out of the question that central banks, which have generally raised inflation aggressively interest rates this year, start to reduce again.
This could set the stage for an ADA recovery. Technicians will also want to see Cardano move past a long-term downtrend that has been suppressing ADA price on the log chart for over a year.
ADA has been in a longer-term downtrend since mid-2021. Source: Trading View
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Cardano had the third-highest average daily GitHub development score, according to data provided by Santiment. The blockchain lags behind Polkadot and its public Kasuma testchain and ranks Cardano well ahead of Ethereum.
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