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What Happened in Public Education BSE (Before Social Entrepreneurship)?
This is the third in series addressing the questions implied by Alexander Russo's statement:
"Social entrepreneurship is everywhere these days…. And of course it's a big buzzword in certain education circles as well. I still don't know what it means."
From my last posting, we have a simple definition of the original – commercial – entrepreneur:
One who is able to begin and sustain a (business) entity that organizes supply to satisfy a previously unmet demand and, when necessary, to dissolve it effectively and efficiently.
The definition contains three ideas: Organizing supply to satisfy a previously unmet demand; beginning and sustaining an entity; and the power to close it down – or keep it going. The first goes to individual creativity at the conceptual level; the second, one's management initiative; the third, personal control. In the business setting, the third implies legal ownership based on personal investment.
How do we relate this to a "social" setting, like public education?
If we cut through all the political science, education and business school writing on social value and non-financial measures of return on investment, and stick to these basics, the similarities and differences between commercial and social entrepreneurship are obvious. Whether the field of play is the general economy or public education, there is a great deal of room to satisfy previously unmet demands. It is possible for individuals interested in the public education "space" to form entities within the traditional system, or outside of it. Third, unless the entity formed is a business, it is virtually impossible for the individual with the conceptual and management talent to control that entity, or to see her investment of cash or sweat reflected in a legally recognizable ownership stake.
The first two elements of the definition were regularly satisfied in public education long before someone added "social" to entrepreneurship. Public education not only had lots of problems and scores of customers with unmet needs, all sorts of entities were created to satisfy these demands. For at least the last 50 years there have been public education programs aimed at particular students or kinds of students; laboratory schools; specialized schools; and those "islands of excellence" - "regular" schools transformed by dynamic principals.
Were the people who created these entities "entrepreneurs"? They must have had entrepreneurial personalities or qualities, and they did things entrepreneurs do. But based on the definition above, they were not entrepreneurs, because the decision to keep the enterprise going or shut down was not theirs. That power rested with the superintendent and school board. They weren't pegged as entrepreneurs, social or otherwise, by the foundations providing the grant financing - innovators maybe.
Similarly, there were a handful of publishing firms providing materials to public education, and demand for their goods evolved. Presumably there were people in those companies with entrepreneurial personalities doing innovative things. But these firms had a hammer lock on sales, and the term intrapreneur wasn't coined until 1983, or popularized until 1985.
Up until roughly the 1990s, a market structure based on a monopoly provider of public schools, an oligopoly of publishers, and no student performance requirements, more or less prevented the emergence of commercial or social entrepreneurship in public education. In effect, with favorable market rules, the dominant institutions had the power to prevent potential rivals from becoming real threats, and used it.
Next: The state-based "standards and accountability" and charter school movements led to legislation opening up just enough space for commercial entrepreneurship in public education. Did that space - plus a whole lot of philanthropy borne of the "New Economy" - allow for something comparable in the social sphere?
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It took only a few minutes into that very first practice in the spring to realize that the two new receivers on the Florida roster were going to potentially have a big impact on the Gators' passing game.
The only question was when?
Would it be this fall?
Or would the Gators have to wait until 2019?
Finally, the long wait to find out the answer ended Thursday, the day before the opening of preseason camp.
Transfers Van Jefferson and Trevon Grimes were ruled eligible by the NCAA. They will start making their impact now, in the 2019 season.
Jefferson, a transfer from Ole Miss, has not been totally cleared yet. He still needs approval from the SEC, but that is a mere formality after the league changed its transfer rule in the spring. The favorable ruling from the SEC is expected any day now.
"There's one more step, so I'm praying it still gets cleared quick," Jefferson said. "When I transferred I already knew what could happen, I could come in and sit. But I wanted to leave anyway, so there was no doubt. I prayed about it, my family prayed about it, I had people in my corner just praying to God, just believing in God and things could work out in my favor.
While Jefferson and Grimes are happy and relieved about becoming instantly eligible, the Gators seem almost downright giddy.
The players have seen, and continue to see, what these two highly rated receivers are capable of doing.
"I'm super excited," redshirt sophomore quarterback Feleipe Franks said. "They're both really good weapons for us. Both are going to be utilized.
In Grimes, the Gators are getting a former five-star recruit from Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas who is big (6-foot-5, 214 pounds) and fast and has already emerged as perhaps UF's best deep threat.
In Jefferson, the Gators are getting an already polished and accomplished SEC wide receiver. In his two seasons with the Rebels, he combined to catch 91 passes for 999 yards and four touchdowns.
Since he's been at UF, Jefferson has shown the ability to separate from defensive backs and make plays, many of them down the field.
Grimes was asked Saturday what he likes about Jefferson's game.
Jefferson is the son of former standout NFL wide receiver Shawn Jefferson, who is now an assistant coach with the Miami Dolphins. By all accounts, Jefferson looks and plays a lot like his father.
If so, it's not by accident. Shawn Jefferson has been coaching his son for as long as Van can remember.
"My dad deserves a lot of credit," Jefferson said. "He taught me everything I know. Down the line, I learned things from other coaches as well, but my dad instilled in me everything I know. Getting out of breaks, creating separation. … I owe it all to my dad.
Jefferson is taking some of the things he's learned from his father and imparting them on his new wide receiver teammates, including Grimes.
Grimes said his overall game has improved dramatically since he arrived at UF in January and he started taking tips from Jefferson.
"He's taught me a lot," Grimes said. "Just the little things, like showing me how to get in and out of my breaks, how to be smooth with the route running.
Grimes is a big receiver who is starting to play like a smaller receiver in terms of quickness and fluidity. He credits Jefferson for the makeover.
"First coming in, I wouldn't say I was stiff, but I just wasn't as fluid as I wanted to be," Grimes said. "Working with him, he's taught me a lot of things with drills I can do, with stretches I can do, with rehab and stuff I can do.
Jefferson said he's also been learning from Grimes and the other wide receivers.
"I was helping over the summer and they were helping me as well," Jefferson said.
This is a wide receiver group that probably would have been pretty solid even if Grimes and Jefferson had not been ruled eligible.
But throw them in with Tyrie Cleveland, Josh Hammond, Kadarius Toney, Freddie Swain and others, and the potential is there for this to become a special group.
"I think this receiving corps is going to be top-notch this season," Jefferson said. "Ole Miss has three receivers who are going to be very good. And I think all three of those guys are going to play a long time in the NFL.
Awesome! More players, more competition, and I love that Jefferson is sharing his knowledge, helping the other guys get better. That's a true team player!!
Great to hear what's his name is going to be utilized. I've always enjoyed that myself.
I just hope whatchamacallit doesn't get injured this year, that would be a real show-stopper.
It's all about the O line and the QB. We are flush at receiver and running back. If the line and QB delivers we should have an awesome offense.
And there you have the nugs……both of those positions are exactly where we're all holding our breaths.
"Pick your poison" with the wide receiving group this year. And that will be great if the QB and OL play is not poisonous.
Not to mention these two will make the others more effective as they get more of the defenses attention. Now if our line will only block much better and whoever the QB is delivers the ball to the correct receiver on time.
Vulcan, A block would be better than last year.
"I was pretty nervous. I put my faith in God. I know if he wanted me to play, I'd play. Of course, I was granted the waiver and I'm excited to play." -Transfer W.R., Grimes.
Well said new "Gator!" And welcome, as you had a good spring, "Orange & Blue game", now go have a GATOR GREAT 2018 season! Go Gators! Just do it!
Awesome, let's tee it up! Nice article, Robbie.


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What better way to roll in 2015 than a discussion of all things Disney between two grumpy old men called Grant & James? Spoilt Shots, Superfluous Spaghetti, Sponsored Sunglasses, Sorcerer's Skullcaps, Snowcovered Soundstages, Supersized Safaris, Savoury Suggestions, Starbuck's Sobriety & Sandy Sketchings are superbly squeezed in, before they debate possibly our most controversial Broomcupboard 101 to date! Happy mid-month New Year from your favourite Disney podcast with a British accent!


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Particulate samples, collected on Teflon filters by dichotomous samplers in Denver, Colorado, for 12 months during 1979, were analyzed for mass by beta radiation attenuation and for elemental composition by x-ray fluorescence. The resulting data were analyzed in terms of a chemical element balance method to resolve particulate mass into the following six components: ammonium sulfate, motor vehicle exhaust, shale, limestone, road salt, and refuse incineration. Time series plots of monthly values revealed that the road salt component was important only during winter and that the motor vehicle exhaust component was substantially elevated during fall and winter. Although the magnitude of the motor vehicle component in the fine particle fraction was elevated during the fall-winter season, its percentage contribution to the total observed mass (about 25%) remained reasonably constant throughout the year. The six components plus carbon and nitrate account for almost all of the total particulate mass, although the chemical element balance model underestimated by a factor of 4 the amount of carbon during January. Further mathematical analysis of the data to apportion the carbon more accurately and additional analyses to determine crystalline phases and individual particles are needed and discussed.


St Spyrdion is a very small town with only a couple of shops and bars. The beaches were okay but I have seen better. Be prepared to travel if you want to explore the island. The Corfu water park was great for the kids. The weather was great while we were there.
St Spiridon a very quiet resort but lovely as a get away from it all destination. A very relaxing place to recharge the batteries.
Whoever described this monstrosity as a resort should be shot. There was no resort.
St Spyridon is a remote resort and therefore most entertainment is based within the hotel with the exception of a few local Tavernas which, on most nights show some of the latest films for the children.
The beaches were good, as was the snorkeling.
What a fantastic location the views were stunning. The resort was spotless and remained that way all holiday thanks to the staff who worked tirelessly.
Visit Tanja's Travel(out the beach entrance and turn left)for excusion bookings and local history and information. Very helpful lady!Try the Pirates boat trip to Corfu and the glass bottom boat trip!
Kassiopi is nearby and worth a trip but book your seat on the mini bus well in advance.
We booked a car with the man in the hotel reception. He was excellent with a reasonable car hire fee including fuel he also marked points of interest on a map which kept us busy all day.
The beach to the left was great, shallow for a long way out so children got the full benefit. The beach to the right had a seaweed issue which they cleared everyday but it meant it was very quiet - excellent if you have a book you want to finish or 40 winks you need to catch up on!
A plug in mozzie buster is definately the way to go,it kept us pretty much bite free till the last night when we were eaten alive u by the top pool table whilst waiting for the coach home.
St Spyridon is very small and although the beach is lovely there really isn't enough of anything else there to keep you entertained for an entire holiday. The beach has a lifegaurd and loungers,parasols are quite easy to come by although it does get relatively busy. There are a couple of nice bars/restraunts and a couple of shops and thats about the lot!
The towels in our room were cleaned each day if required and the beds were made and coming from the beach there was a tap outside to rinse ourselves.
The entertainment was limited but to be fair but with two young children we tended to do our own thing most of the time so i cant really comment. I heard from others the creche/ kids club was good from others though. The Kiddies disco was about as frantic as it got for us. The kids loved it and from what i saw the other kids really loved the entertainers.
The local beaches were fantastic, as were the two local tavernas. The lagoon is a nice place to eat as well, if you get fed up with the restaurant and dont want to venture out far. The pool is clean and lively but extremely busy. Theres plenty of sunbeds unlike some reports mentioned but theres a lack of space and people squash together like sardines. The beach is by far better.
The two major complaints we had and which would probably prevent us returning were firstly, the attitude of some of the staff. The maids and reception staff were fantastic. The maids in particlar were wonderful. However some of the bar staff and especially the waiters / waitresses could be really ignorant. I wont go into details but i understand limited greek so maybe we were'nt all ignorant to their conversations. I must add though this was not all the staff and on the hole they were ok.
Finally the Mosquitos. Dont be fooled. They are everywhere. You will get bitten at some point no matter what precautions you take. With two young children we were extremely cautious but apart from my youngest who escaped with 3 or 4, the rest of us accumulated many bites by the time our holiday was over. We were lucky i saw some people with dozens and dozens and some children in particular had their faces covered in spots. The Mosquitos are probably the single reason we wouldnt return to Blue Bay, because the other faults you can ignore or avoid. The mozzies you cant.
Overall it was enjoyable but i cant say we would return.
The two beaches either side of the hotel were fantastic so clean!!
The views of the Albanian mountains from the resort will stay with me for a long time.
There is a lovely little cove to the left of the beach which was ideal for a quiet dip in the Ionian Sea.


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10 Killer Content Consumption Apps for the iPad, Part 1
The iPad can be hammered and molded into a content creation device, but not without compromises. Where the iPad really shines is as a content consumption device. Whether it be watching video, browsing your Twitter feed, or listening to music, there does seem to be an app for everything. Here are 10 of our favorite apps for consuming content.
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Reeder
RSS seems like the forgotten technology in the age of Twitter (although not at 40Tech, where we have several times more RSS subscribers than we do Twitter followers). Part of the reason for that may be that Twitter is an easy and natural fit for mobile devices, so you can stay on top of your Twitter feeds on the go. That was my excuse for not keeping up with my RSS feeds, until buying Reeder for the iPad. Reeder makes processing RSS feeds a breeze, as it syncs with your Google Reader account. Your RSS feeds are grouped by tag, and from within the app you can read the feed, and see any links on a built-in browser. You can also perform several different actions on a feed, such as sending it to Instapaper, starring it, sending links to Twitter, and attaching a note to an item. I find that I blow through my feeds faster on my iPad than I do at my PC (see that screenshot, with only 11 unread items? Unheard of until I started using Reeder). Reeder is currently $4.99 in the App Store.
Twitterific
The official Twitter app, released for the iPad on September 2, is the Twitter app getting all of the love in the tech community. The official app does have all sorts of bells and whistles, with windows that slide in and out, and finger gestures that perform special functions. All of the App's prettiness comes at a cost, though – wasted space. Your Twitter stream itself has a fixed width that only uses a portion of the screen width.
For a Twitter client that doesn't waste space, check out Twitterific. In portrait mode, your stream gets full use of the screen width. This doesn't actually result in more tweets on the screen at a time than the official Twitter app, but does make for a stream that is easier on the eyes, and an interface with a less cluttered feel. Twitterific still provides for easy switching between Lists, especially in landscape mode. It also gives you the options you'd expect, such as sending to Instapaper, replies, direct messages, and retweets (using both the official Twitter method, and the old "RT @" method).
Twitterific is free in the App Store, with a $4.99 version that gets rid of ads, and allows for the use of multiple accounts.
Netflix isn't just about discs in your mailbox. These days, Netflix offers streaming movies on just about every platform, and the iPad is no exception. The iPad app is slow to load, but once a movie starts playing, the image quality is quite impressive, especially over WiFi. Yes, "especially over WiFi" – the app works not just over WiFi, but also over3G. The above image is a screenshot, taken of a movie playing over WiFi.
The app also allows you to manage your DVD and Watch Instantly queues, although that appears to be nothing more than a wrapper around the Netflix website. As with the site, you can search for movies, and add them to either queue, and also rearrange items within your queue. The Netflix app is free, but requires an $8.99 Netflix subscription plan or better.
If you're a music fan, chances are that you've heard of Pandora, a multiplatform music app powered by the Music Genome Project. Pandora on the iPad works in the same way that it works on other platforms. You search by artist, song, or composer, and Pandora will build you a radio station of sorts. This "station" will play songs that match your search, as well as similar tracks. Pandora has an uncanny knack for finding the right stuff. Start your station, sit back, and listen.
The Pandora app is free, as is use of the service. For $36 a year, you can upgrade to Pandora One, which provides a desktop application for use on your PC, unlimited listening, no ads, higher quality audio, and more skips (the free version of Pandora limits the number of times that you can skip songs that you don't like).
The Kindle app is a no brainer if you're an avid reader. Kindle, Amazon's book reading platform, allows you to carry your book collection with you. The iPad comes with its own book reader, iBooks, but there are a few benefits to using Amazon's Kindle app instead. Among those benefits are Amazon's larger book collection, and the community of reviewers on Amazon. This helps with recommendations, which allows you find a book that you like on Amazon.com, and then send it to the app with a few clicks.
The biggest benefit of the Kindle app is the ability to stop reading a book on your iPad, and resume reading it on any other Kindle-powered device, such as your iPhone. I also prefer the Kindle's typesetting to the typesetting in iBooks, but that could be personal preference.
What apps do you like to use to consume content on the iPad? Let us know in the comments, and then we'll see if any of them are in Part 2 of our list, coming soon.
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Klaus @ TechPatio says:
Out of the first 5 apps, I use only one of them – Amazon Kindle :)
For RSS and I use Pulse News instead, I think that's a pretty cool app. And Osphora (sp?) for Twitter, but I'm yet to really start using Twitter on the iPad, it's more when I'm on my laptop or iPhone I use Twitter.
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I bought Osfoora on the iPhone after hearing much about it, and it just didn't work for me. I often click through links, and Osfoora always loses your place when you follow a link, and you end up having to reload a bunch of tweets when you return to the stream. There were a few other small things about it that drove me nuts, but I don't remember any more.
I will have to check out Pulse News.
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I hope you've been relaxing this weekend because this week is packed with some pretty sweet events. Here's your music, food and drink lineup for the week. You ready?
When am I not craving their empanadas? Answer: NEVER. Looking forward to chowing down on the Hanover Green this Wednesday. Tell me more!
Check out this Brooklyn-based duo Wednesday night at Salt Hill in Lebanon. If you're into Jazz, R&B and Soul - this show is probably for you. Check it out!
The amount of farmers' markets in the Upper Valley might be one of the greatest things about living here. Deets here.
Live music, crépes, wood-fired pizza and beer. If you haven't been to this event yet at King Arthur it's definitely one of my favorite ways to end a Friday. Learn more.
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Bent Hill just announced their Summer hours! Definitely worth the trip up to their brewery in Braintree. Find hours here.
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Mar 26, 2017 12:09 PM EDT By Khaleb Skye A. Cruz, UniversityHerald Reporter
New Study Suggests That Cancer Is Caused By Normal DNA Mistakes
Apparently, cells commit random errors too and it happens more often than we think. Doctors at the Johns Hopkins University claimed on Thursday that cancer is mainly caused by (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) DNA mistakes. Interestingly, these genetic errors are responsible for more cancerous situations than family history.
The Kimmel Cancer Center unveiled that only 5 percent of cancerous situations are hereditary. In 2015, the same team said that "bad luck" is to blame for the fatal disease. For one thing, it works like random draw lots because it happens by chance.
According to news.com.au, new cells are formed when an existing cell divides and copies its DNA. Three independent mutations occur simultaneously during this process. Unfortunately, errors sometimes hit the wrong spot and damage the genes resulting in cancerous growth.
Nevertheless, patients now have the answer to the disheartening question: "Why me?" At least, these people will understand why they still got sick even if they have no relatives with the same illness. Dr. Bert Vogelstein, a co-author of the recent study, said that people have to know that these cancers would have occurred no matter what they did to prevent them.
Moreover, the damaged cells are also capable of multiplying themselves, permitting the gradual build-up of the disease. This is the exact reason why health risks increase with age. For the record, the damage is caused by either environmental factors or random copy errors. The former includes cigarette smoke and UV light while the other takes place no matter how healthy we live.
On the other hand, per the Daily Mail, the study noted that the environment only plays 29 percent of the cancerous mutations. The remaining two-thirds are due to the random copying errors. Bert Vogelstein, co-director of the Ludwig Center, assured that there is no reason to panic because "most of the time, these mutations do not do any harm."
In fact, it takes multiple mutations to turn cells into tumors. Additionally, most diseases are preventable if people take protective steps. Foremost, stay away from too much radiation then eat a healthy diet. Lastly, regular exercise really helps reduce mutation mistakes.
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YG "My Krazy Life" Album Listening In NYC Hosted By Young Jeezy
DAILY DOSE, New Video, New VideosBy DDot Omen February 24, 2014 Leave a comment
YG (@YG) held court in Brooklyn for the listening session to his Def Jig debut album "My Krazy Life". Jeezy was present to hold the hosting duties and introduce YG as he curated his LP to those in attendance. One of the records that DJ Mustard played was "BPT" which you can hear in the…
Common Speaks On NFL Banning The "N Word"
DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop News, Interviews, New Video, New VideosBy DDot Omen February 24, 2014 Leave a comment
Common (@common) was a guest on Outside The Lines to discuss the NFL's recent decision to ban the N Word. Effective immediately, the league will impose a 15 yard penalty for any player or team member caught using the word on the field.
Pusha T Performs With Nipsey Hussle In Los Angeles
New Video, New Videos, PerformancesBy DDot Omen February 22, 2014 Leave a comment
Pusha T (@pusha_t) shared the stage with @NipseyHussle at the Palladium in Los Angeles for 2 Chainz "2 Good To Be TRU" tour. Nipsey stepped out to perform a live rendition of "Checc Me Out" in front of the crowd in attendance. Watch below
VIDEO: ScHoolboy Q "Break The Bank"
Hip-Hop News, Music Video, New Music, New Video, New VideosBy Uptown Toney February 21, 2014 Leave a comment
ScHoolboy Q (@ScHoolBoyQ) is set to release his major label debut, Oxymoron. on February 25th. Before that goes down the TDE artist releases a new visual for the Alchemist produced track "Break The Bank." To top things off, Q also revealed via Twitter that his unreleased A$AP Rocky-featured track "Californication," will appear on the Target…
VIDEO: YG "My Nigga" Remix ft. Lil Wayne, Meek Mill & Nicki Minaj
Music Video, New Video, New VideosBy DDot Omen February 21, 2014 Leave a comment
YG (@YG) momentum continues to build rapidly as he delivers the official visual for "My Nigga" Remix assisted by Lil Wayne, Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj. YG and Rich Homie Quan appear again together since the original video this time with a monochromatic style shot by The Motion Family. My Krazy Life in stores on…
Sage The Gemini Performs On The Arsenio Hall Show
Sage The Gemini (@sagethegemini) continues to make his rounds on the late night TV show circuit. This time he lands on The Arsenio Hall Show to perform the single "Red Nose" from his forthcoming album Remember Me. Watch below.
VIDEO: Katy Perry ft. Juicy J "Dark Horse"
Music Video, New Video, New VideosBy Uptown Toney February 20, 2014 Leave a comment
Katy Perry's (@katyperry) cinematic visual for "Dark Horse" has Juicy J (@therealjuicyj) as a pharaoh, a hydraulic cart and Katy playing as an Egyptian queen. After seeing her creative visual for "Roar," playing as Tarzan's wife, Jane, we all new Katy could get into character but this is beyond dope. Watch the full visual below.
VIDEO: Ace Hood "Fear"
We The Best Music's, Ace Hood (@Acehood) liberates the visuals for his Starvation 3 hit, "Fear." Directed by Ivan Berrios, the dark yet blazing visual matches the Reazy Renegade-produced intro track well. Ace Hood's Starvation 3 is out now.
VIDEO: YG "My Nigga" Remix ft. Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj & Rich Homie Quan (Teaser)
New Video, TrailerBy Smithalar February 20, 2014 Leave a comment
YG (@YG) previews the official video to his Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj & Rich Homie Quan assisted remix to "My Nigga". The full video will be featured on the deluxe version of his upcoming album My Krazy Life.
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We are considering use of RPM 5.x series as the packaging tool for our system.
During evaluation of rpm we found the following information on  features such as "repackage" and "rollback" are not reliable and should not used for generally/production use ?
Is this still the case in RPM 5.x series ?
*	Support for repackage and rollback have been removed as they're seen too unreliable to be generally useful.
*	Internal network transports have been removed. The remote fetch capability is preserved by using an external, configurable helper (curl by default). For network related configuration such as proxy settings, environment variables like http_proxy are honored by curl, rever to helper documentation for futher information.
*	Solve database support has been removed as it has proven impractical, severely limited in functionality and hasn't been used by any major distro in years. Plans are to replace the suggestion mechanism by a more flexible plugin architecture at some point.
*	Support for automatic package relocation for IA-32 emulation layer on IA-64 has been removed.
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The 2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season was played from 15 October to 18 December 2015. A total of 24 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the Top 16.

Format
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered the Eurocup Last 32.

A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage. Pınar Karşıyaka and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Tiebreakers
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
 Head-to-head record.
 Head-to-head point differential.
 Point differential during the Regular Season.
 Points scored during the regular season.
 Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

External links
Official website

2015–16 Euroleague

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HOAs explained: 5 things you should know about homeowners associations
About half of Valley homeowners live in homeowners' associations, but many don't realize the responsibilities that come along with living in one.
HOAs explained: 5 things you should know about homeowners associations About half of Valley homeowners live in homeowners' associations, but many don't realize the responsibilities that come along with living in one. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2nOeWTO
Jessica Boehm, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 6:00 a.m. MT Feb. 7, 2018
Unlike other industries that operate within the confines of state or federal rules, Arizona's nearly 9,000 HOAs go virtually unregulated, with few checks and balances that homeowners can employ.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
About half of Valley homeowners live in homeowners associations, but many don't realize the responsibilities that come along with that.
If you live in an HOA, or are considering buying into one, make sure you know these five basic things to avoid headaches and potentially high-dollar penalties.
What is an HOA?
An HOA is exactly what it sound like — a mandatory association made up of the homeowners in a neighborhood.
If you buy into a neighborhood with an HOA, you agree to live by a set of rules called the covenants, conditions and restrictions, or CC&Rs. These documents are unique to each HOA, but can include landscaping and maintenance requirements for the outside of the home and limitations on things like street parking.
HOAs also come with mandatory dues. If you don't pay them, the HOA can take your home (more on that later).
MORE: Arizona offers homeowners little protection from bad HOAs, managers
What powers do HOAs have?
Did you know homeowners associations in Arizona can foreclose on homes? This week, azcentral Rewind takes a look at Arizona's history with HOAs and why they have so much power.
HOAs usually have control over anything on the outside of the home. Specifics can vary, and are outlined in the CC&Rs, but here's a look at what an HOA typically manages:
In a condominium: Condos usually come with heftier HOA fees, but that's because the association will take care of everything outside of your unit. That means if your paint starts to wear or your roof gets leaky, the HOA likely bears the cost.
But condos also can have stricter limitations than other HOAs. They're known to control the number (and sometimes type of) pets you can keep in the unit and the number of renters and vehicles you can have.
Single-family home: In a traditional neighborhood HOA, the homeowner is responsible for the upkeep of the outside of the home, and the HOA has the power to make sure they do so.
HOAs can fine homeowners for things like excessive weeds or holiday decorations left up for too long. They can also require the owner to repaint the house (in a color that fits with the neighborhood's character) or replace broken roofing tiles.
For neighborhoods of all types, HOA fees also cover the maintenance of community space — such as a community pool, clubhouse or greenbelts. In many communities, the HOA is also responsible for costs to repave and maintain the roads within the neighborhood.
What can an HOA charge?
Regular assessments: Every HOA has regular dues that go toward maintenance of common areas, enforcement, etc. Sometimes these are due monthly while others are only owed once a quarter. The costs can range from $50 to $1,000, and the board can vote to raise them each year to account for rising costs.
Special assessments: If there's an emergency cost (a condo roof breaks, a pipe bursts in the community park, etc.), the board can ask the homeowners to approve a special assessment, which is due on top of the regular assessment. If enough homeowners approve the additional cost (it depends on the HOA, but usually 51 percent is required), then the additional fee will be levied.
Late fees: If you don't pay your assessments on time, the HOA can charge late fees, which get rolled into your total balance.
Fines: If you break one of the association's rules (leave your garbage can out too long, don't pull your weeds, etc.), the association can slap you with a monetary penalty.
Arizona offers homeowners little protection from bad HOAs, managers
Cindy Butters, who lives in the Fincher Creek community in Gilbert, spent more than a year researching the finances of her community's homeowners association. She discovered the HOA manager, who is now in prison, stole $20,000 from the community association. Sean Logan/The Republic
The Fincher Creek community was one of four Valley HOAs that were managed by Karen Whiting's community management association Method Real Estate. Whiting went to prison in mid-January for stealing more than $300,000 from the four HOAs. Sean Logan/The Republic
"I never would have gone to an HOA meeting, but (HOA manager Karen) Whiting kept telling me she would fix a security light by my house and then wouldn't do it," Fincher Creek resident Cindy Butters said. "When I walked into the meeting, I could feel something was wrong right away." Sean Logan/The Republic
Board members from Fincher Creek and the other HOAs that Karen Whiting managed testified about how the thefts hurt their communities, including home sales falling through and property tax liens. Sean Logan/The Republic
When HOA member began to suspect wrongdoing, there was no regulatory agency for them to turn to for help. Instead, members themselves researchedand documented the thefts and then notified Gilbert police. Sean Logan/The Republic
Karen Whiting pleaded guilty to theft and fraud for taking almost $21,000 from the Fincher Creek HOA, $177,000 from Gilbert's Greenfield Lakes HOA, $117,000 from Phoenix's Paradise Park HOA and $2,445 from Phoenix's Gold Key Racquet Club. Arizona Department of Corrections
What happens if I don't pay my HOA fee?
If you don't pay the regular or special assessments, the HOA can take drastic steps to recoup its money.
When a homeowner falls behind, an HOA can take the individual to court and get a judgment for the money the association is owed. Then, they can us a variety of tactics including garnishing wages to retrieve the money that is owed.
If the amount owed is more than $1,200, or if a homeowner hasn't paid an assessment in more than 12 months, the association can seek foreclosure and sell the home at auction to make its money.
A 2017 Arizona Republic investigation found HOAs are foreclosing on a record number of homeowners. Since 2015, HOAs have started foreclosure actions on more than 3,000 Phoenix-area homeowners.
Why are there so many HOAs?
There are at least 9,000 HOAs in Arizona, and about half of all Valley homeowners live in one.
Why? Because HOAs save cities money.
Neighborhoods are more than just groups of houses. They also have street lights, paved streets, retention basins and sometimes parks.
Those things cost money that cities don't have — or don't want to use. Instead, they encourage residential developers to take on that cost and the developers create an association to pay for and maintain these features throughout the existence of the neighborhood.
For additional information on HOAs, see the state laws governing condos or planned communities.
Information on the Arizona Department of Real Estate's administrative dispute process can be found here.
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La Supercoppa d'Europa 1995-1996 è stata la 16ª edizione dell'omonima competizione europea di hockey su pista. Alla manifestazione hanno partecipato gli spagnoli dell', vincitore della Coppa dei Campioni 1994-1995, e gli italiani del , vincitore della Coppa delle Coppe 1994-1995.

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Q: Datanode not allowed to connect to the Namenode in Hadoop 2.3.0 cluster I am trying to set up a Apache Hadoop 2.3.0 cluster , I have a master and three slave nodes , the slave nodes are listed in the $HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop/slaves file and I can telnet from the slaves to the Master Name node on port 9000, however when I start the datanode on any of the slaves I get the following exception .

2014-08-03 08:04:27,952 FATAL
  org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: Initialization failed
  for block pool Block pool BP-1086620743-xx.xy.23.162-1407064313305
  (Datanode Uuid null) service to
  server1.mydomain.com/xx.xy.23.162:9000
  org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DisallowedDatanodeException):
  Datanode denied communication with namenode because hostname cannot be
  resolved .

The following are the contents of my core-site.xml.
<configuration>
    <property>
        <name>fs.default.name</name>
        <value>hdfs://server1.mydomain.com:9000</value>
    </property>
</configuration>

Also in my hdfs-site.xml  I am not setting any value for dfs.hosts or dfs.hosts.exclude properties.
Thanks.

A: Each node needs fully qualified unique hostname.
Your error says
hostname cannot be resolved
Can you cat /etc/hosts file on your each slave an make them having distnct hostname
After that try again

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The LAB is pleased to present, Illusions of Love Dyed by Sunset, a solo exhibition of new work by Bassam Al Sabah, including sculpture, painting and video.
The work within the exhibition grapples with the broadcasted image, taking reference from Arabic dubbed Japanese anime series, which were broadcast across the Middle East from the 1980s onwards and were a staple backdrop to the artist's childhood in Iraq. Tackling themes of revolution, war and exile, the works consider the influence and agendas of these Japanese anime on Arab popular culture. The distance of time and geography allows for a new investigation of the impact of these cartoons and the work projects political meaning onto these cartoons, which have connected with multiple generations of now adult Arabs.
A new CGI film presented In the video projection space features a digital recreation of the artist's former home in Iraq, which his family cannot return to. As the film moves through the house, digital images begin to escape from the forgotten TV and computer screens and materialise into living forms at turns alluringly captivating and menacing. The works produced are preoccupied with a kind of chronological incoherence and defined by a nostalgia for lost futures.


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Mycoplasma Variable Surface Antigen (VSA)
1.What is VSA and how does it under go size and phase variation?
2.How does VSA variation affect and is effected by the host immune response?
3.How does VSA variation affect growth and nutrition? What are the benefits and liabilities of the different forms of VSA?
4.What are the roles of VSA forms in biofilms formation and how is that hypothisizse to affect the immune response?
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How Some Mycoplasmas Evade Host Immune Responses.doc
1.The mycoplasmas have evolved and adapted to a parasitic mode of life. During this process, they have developed various genetic systems that provide an extremely high plastic set of Variable Surface Proteins (VSP), which is meant to evade the host immune system. In the absence of a cell wall and a periplasmic space, the majority of surface variable antigens in mycoplasmas are lipoproteins. Variable Surface Antigens (Vsa) are the proteins meant to avoid host immune responses, in mycoplasmas and they are present in abundance. They undergo high-frequency phase and size variation. The length of these proteins affects the adherence properties of the mycoplasma as well as its degree of shielding from the immune system. They undergo high-frequency phase and size variation as follows:
Note: View the attachment, MYCOPLASMA VARIABLE SURFACE ANTIGEN[Answers].doc Figure 1A for phase and size variation of the vsa gene.
The vsa locus comprises of a single vsa expression site (depicted by brown color), the promoter (P), various silent vsa genes (depicted by colored arrows) with tandemly repeated sequences, and vsa recombination sites (known as vsr sequences depicted by red arrows). Random inversions occur between vrs sequences, and the vsa expression site recombines with one of the various silent vsa genes (shown as colored arrows). The vsa gene expression region is shown as recombining to a silent gene, which results in the expression of the vsa gene.
Note: View the attachment, MYCOPLASMA VARIABLE SURFACE ANTIGEN[Answers].doc Fig 1B which depicts the mechanism of phase variation in VSA proteins.
The vsa expression site comprises of the conserved 726-bp 5' region of the ORF and the vsa promoter (shown in orange) and ends with a vsa recombination site vrs (shown in red arrows). DNA inversion that is shown through crossed arrows, gets associated with the expression site with a different 3' tandem repeat region, which is a formerly silent vsa gene.
Note: View the attachment, MYCOPLASMA VARIABLE SURFACE ANTIGEN[Answers].doc Fig 1C which depicts mechanism of size variation in VSA proteins.
The variation in size of vsa results from a slipped-strand mispairing, which occurs during DNA replication in the vsa tandem repeat region. This process increases or decreases the number of tandem repeats (shown in orange) in a vsa protein. The variation is size of vsa protein modulates the mycoplasmal cell surface proteins. A short vsaA protein comprising of three tandem repeat units is known as vsaA-R3 (an R3 protein). The long form of a vsa protein is known as R40 as it consists of 40 tandem repeats and at times as many as 60. Similar to phase variation, the size variation occurs at a frequency of 10 -3 per CFU per generation. Variations in size control the mycoplasmal cell surface properties.
2.There is a correlation between the length of the Vsa proteins and the ...
Bacteria with biofilms surrounding them are resistant to antimicrobial agents, due to the reason that, the lower growth rate in biofilms reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics that require high growth rate to kill. Biofilms reduce the diffusion capacity of some antibiotics, such as aminoglycosides. They protect the Vsa forms against antimicrobial peptides. They partially protect M. pulmonis from molecules which form pores in membranes. Cells present in towers within biofilms acquire resistance to complement by producing long Vsa proteins.


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The artist who uses thousands of discarded toys to create £12,000 giant sculptures
As every child knows, how good a present is can be judged by how big a box it comes in.
By this fairly dubious measure, Cornwall father Robert Bradford must be one of the best dads in the world after combining thousands of toys into giant art installations.
The father-of-two got so sick of discarding his kids' unwanted toys that he decided to make good use of them, and now sells his creations - each containing up to 3,000 toys - for up to £12,000 each.
Two of Robert Bradford's sculptures, Toy Soldier and Toy Angel, which will go on display later this week
Many of Mr Bradford's commissions are sculptures of people's pets containing up to 3,000 toys each
'I was staring into my children's cast-off toy boxes one day and thought they looked really beautiful,' said Robert, a part-time adult psychotherapist.
'The toys made a great combination of colours, shapes and textures all jumbled up and it gave me the idea to glue, stick and screw them together into a new "being" or species.'
Robert's first piece was an Alsatian dog, made four years ago completely from his children's toys.
'It was an experiment and I don't like it much now, but I loved the process so I started making more and more of them.'
Robert has now created dozens of large-scale sculptures that use up to 3,000 toys each. He began with plastic figures and branched out to cuddly toys and household objects like nail brushes and Brillo pads.
Most of his works are commissions from pet owners who want a toy version of their pets. He works from a photograph of their furry friend to create a striking, if a little plastic, likeness.
His largest works, 'The Toy Soldier' and 'The Toy Angel', took almost two months to make and are layers of thousands of models, figures and game parts meticulously chosen from car boot sales and thrift shops.
He said: 'The Toy Soldier was built during the Iraq war so it is as macho as possible - loaded with an aircraft carrier planes, multiple pistols, walkie talkies and of course his faithful Kalashnikov softened only a little by a Barbie camera,' he said.
The Soldier's eyes also light up white or red and he has vibrating bombs in his head.
Thousands upon thousands of toys make one giant sculpture: The finger pointing upwards leads to a message from God
Self-taught artist Robert Bradford sells his creations for up to £12,000 each
Robert recently exhibited in Paris and at the Fresh Air 2009 biennial sculpture exhibition in the Cotswolds.
'Children are delighted by them, they grab their parents and drag them over to have a look,' he added.
Robert started work on The Toy Angel months ago and completed it last week. The form was taken from a photograph of a large, renaissance sculpture by an unknown artist.
'The sculpture is itself quite unusually muscular for such an ethereal being,' said Robert.
'My daughter Lally MacBeth also kindly posed for me in order to contribute to the anatomy.'
The Angel is loaded with several musical instruments
'It's to convey to the viewer that it's quite rock and roll as Angels go,' he said.
According to Robert, the angel's raised right finger is 'Renaissance Speak' for a message from God.
Robert, who's keen on recycling, will be showing his work at the Henley Festival in London from Wednesday.
To see more of his work, visit www.robertbradford.co.uk
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World Cup fever will descend on Toronto like a loud, boozy relative you only see once every few years. Our city full of ex-pats (and soccer fans alike) are poised to start crowding around televisions and celebrating or commiserating with fellow fans.
Want to join in the fun? Here's a guide to some of the bars, pubs, restaurants and community centres in Toronto where fans are sure to gather to watch the World Cup.
The Duke of Gloucester is not your sanitized faux-English pub experience, it's gritty and probably one of the best places in the city to catch the England game, with TV's in each area and a big screen projector in the main room. The patio is also great (with a TV), weather permitting. Prepare to squeeze in with the regulars.
Cafe Diplomatico in the heart of Little Italy, is the obvious choice for any match that features the 2006 World Cup Champions. On a regular summer evening the patio is busy, so during World Cup expect the party to spill out to the street Multiple large screen TV's inside and out should give you a good view of the match.
Plaza Flamingo's salsa dancers clear the dance floor for fans of this years European Champions to take in matches on the big screen. The restaurant serves up authentic Spanish dishes, and a daily buffet as well as bottomless pitchers of sangria to keep your vocal chords well lubricated.
Rio 40 on St. Clair West is a good bet to take in matches with Brazil fans who are no doubt amped to be hosting in 2014. It has a large dining room and patio, and extensive menu giving you a little taste of authentic Brazilian food.
Carlos Snack bar will be a great place to experience real football passion, and watch Ronaldo (the orange one) and 10 other guys play for Portugal. Carlos Snack bar will be showing all the games, not just Portugal, on plenty of TV's with lots of space.
Hemingways has been a home away from home for Dutch fans, but this year it will fly its flag proud for the "All Whites" in their second ever World Cup appearance. Mulitiple floors, a large rooftop patio and a pretty decent menu will make this *the* place for Kiwi's in the city. New Zealand. Cool!
The Musket is one of the last few truly German watering holes in the city. On game days, the dark inside dining room and covered outdoor patio are rammed full of dedicated and opinionated ex-pats who are more than willing to hike it from Kipling station. Staff are well accustomed to volume and will quickly turn out heaping plates of schnitzel and frothy mugs of fine German beer. Come early, expect lines.
Betty's is typically full of George Brown students but during the World Cup, Betty's will bleed Oranje out onto the streets. A huge patio in the back, brunch menu and numerous TV's make this a go-to destination. Wear Orange and brace yourself.
The Fox and Fiddle might not scream "OEE, HELLAS OLE OLE"! to you, but the Danforth location has 22 screens and expects to be packed with Greek supporters decked out in their blues and whites and chowing down on souvlaki.
Plaza Flamingo isn't just a home for Spain but also for Latin American countries with smaller communities in Toronto. Bottomless pitches of Sangria await.
Sky Ranch Restaurant is a landmark Argentinian restaurant will be serving up trademark grilled meat and paella to scores of Argentine fans, as they have been known to do for 19 years and counting.
El Jacal offers some of the most tasty and authentic Mexican in the city, so it only makes sense that they would play host to fans of "El Tri". The place is pretty small, but they will have multiple TV's and a large projector set up. If you want a real Mexican soccer experience, this is where you want to be.
Le St. Tropez may be in the glizty theater district but die hard fans of Les Bleus can be found here going crazy. The upstairs, also know as Zazou will be packed as well. Arrive early if you want a seat and be prepared to bust out some grade 9 French if you want to fit in.
Zam is bar/nightclub on the Queensway but during the day it will play host to Serbian supporters with 3 tv's and 1 big projector. They will be showing all the games except those at 7:30 in the morning. The facebook page states a dress code but I think anything in red or white will do.
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Center will be hosting a football themed sleepover the night before Japan's first match (June 18). In the morning they will be serving breakfast and showing the match on the big screen in Kobayashi Hall.
The Korean Canadian Cultural Association is inviting fans to the center for some organized cheering, food, drink and of course Korea matches on the big screen.
The Foxes Den is just your typical chain style pub, but on game days it will be filled with red and white Switzerland supporters. Doors will be open at 9am for a buffet breakfast, and different activities will take place throughout the day like quizzes with prizes. On June 21st for the game against Chile, a fundraiser will be organized to help support victims of the Chilean Earthquake. World Cup, bringing people together since1930!
The Brazen Head plays host to red clad fans of the TFC variety, but during the World Cup the Danes are setting up camp. Lots of screens, a large patio and decent menu make this an ideal location for cheering Denmark to victory in their 4th ever world cup appearance.
The Sports Center Cafe will be jumping as it becomes Socceroo Central during the Cup. The Young Australian Canadian Association is taking over with free entry "loads of big screens" and prizes to be won.
Mama Pee's doesn't have a website, and the phone went unanswered when I called, so I can't confirm if it is still there. However, a few calls to the Ghana Consulate directed me to this location as the place for Ghanian supporters - and if this website is anything to go by, I think they were correct.
The Elephant and Castle is pretty "British" but the proximity of the Yonge Street location makes it an ideal spot to go for Team USA and the US consulate is gearing up for viewing parties at this location. Deck yourself out in red, white and blue and stop in to watch Landycakes and Co. try to prove themselves on the world stage.
Casa Salvador Allende is the name of the Chilean Cultural Society in Toronto and they will be meeting up at the Ukrainian Cultural Center (ok, a bit confusing) to cheer on La Roja. The center will be showing all Chile matches. Alternately, a few places in Kensington Market like Jumbo Empanadas might be a good place to check out for up to the minute team info...and tasty empanadas.
Top photo by Tanjatiziana. Other photos from the Fifa World Cup web site.


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Agent vs System
Does it feel like society is heading off a cliff?
Social media companies create platforms so addicting that children can't help but stick to their phones. Politicians make increasingly vicious personal attacks, to the point where elections look like dog-fights. Newspapers pump out so much biased click-bait that people have vilified opposing views. Companies produce such horrible food that obesity is now one of the most deadly threats. Universities teach so poorly that all the youth end up with are vague ideas and a mountain of debt.
This makes the future bleak, but it gets worse when you try to find a cause.
It feels like there are simple solutions right in front of us: Facebook could just change their algorithm to be less addicting. Politicians could just uphold a modicum of respect. Newspapers could just increase their journalistic standard. Food companies could just sell healthier food.
And when we consider those solutions, we can't help but feel indignation: It's like our leaders have forsaken us. They can just make those choices, but they don't. They imperil our society, even the livelihood of their own grandchildren, for what seems like avarice and short-sightedness.
With that view, one solution sprouts up: what if we forced our leaders to do the right thing?
We could replace Mark Zuckerberg with someone who would make sure the algorithms were less addicting. We could make the New York Times and Fox News report a balanced viewpoint. We could tell food companies to remove sugar from their food. We could ask Literature professors to teach something more useful — perhaps prose.
Simple right?
Well, it turns out we've tried this before. Many, many times, actually. At innumerable points in our history, we've tried to solve moneylending, conspicuous consumption, alcohol, prostitution, various child-rearing practices, emigration, immigration, the list goes on. Most of the time, we employed the same methods and reached the same result: utter failure.
Let's look at Facebook for clues. What would happen if Mark Zuckerberg made Facebook's algorithm less addictive? If our conviction is that Facebook is the reason people cling to their phones, we would expect a sustained decrease in social media usage. But would that really happen?
If Facebook's algorithm became less addictive, the only change we'd notice is a decrease in Facebook's market share, not social media usage. Twitter, Tik Tok, Snapchat, and many a startup would gladly eat Facebook's lunch.
Here we enter our first logical fallacy. We've ascribed too much power to Facebook. People don't exist, so Facebook can show them ads. Facebook exists because people want to see what their friends are up too, and are okay with seeing ads. The underlying force that decides the demand for Facebook is people and their wants. Facebook doesn't dictate what people should want.
Abstract "Facebook" and "Social Media" away, and you get to a general principle. The "system" (in this case, "Social Media") is what drives behavior, not the "agent" (in this case, "Facebook"). The agent is merely a player, powerful to the extent that they can satisfy the system.
You can see this by looking at Facebook's history: had Facebook failed to transition to mobile or to purchase Instagram, it would be a lot less relevant today. Social media, however, would very much remain relevant.
The other ills of society fit this abstraction. Presidential Candidates lower their standards because the people who select them respond positively to dog fights. The New York Times writes biased articles because people prefer to read them. Harvard teaches English Literature, because people still study it.
So we come to an uncomfortable truth: what you see on your feed isn't quite as up to Mark Zuckerberg as we think.
If we really want to solve society's ills, we need to think one level higher. How does the system work? Why is the current incentives in social media gluing us to phones? Why is it most profitable to share divisive news? Why do dog-fights win elections?
The answers to these questions are the clues we need to change how the system works. But, finding the answers is so hard that we've stopped trying. Instead, we look for solutions that come to mind immediately.
What solution comes to mind immediately? Regulation.
Instead of replacing Mark Zuckerberg, what if we regulated the algorithms that social media companies could use? Similarly, what if we made rules about what is "balanced" news? What if we specified what politicians were allowed to say? What if we made laws about college curriculums?
These ideas flower up over and over again across our civilizations.
In the middle ages for example, we tried to solve consumption with sumptuary laws: regulations on the amount of money classes could spend on clothes. If you're a knight, your wife can spend at most this much for a coat, if you're a doctor, this much, and so on.
More closer to home, there was prohibition. The majority agreed that alcohol was bad for society. The moral choice seemed simple: let's just ban it. If alcohol sellers aren't allowed to sell alcohol, then people would stop drinking, and society would be better off.
Of course, both of these ideas failed, and they look ridiculous to us now.
Why did they fail?
The consumption that sumptuary laws were trying to curb was driven by an underlying human need: the need to distinguish oneself. This is so core to our collective existence that no amount of regulation could curb it. As Montaigne astutely pointed out, the laws even made consumption more attractive: why not get the goods that "only princes" could wear?
The same was true for prohibition. Make alcohol illegal, and watch the bootleggers flourish. The way a river finds the shortest path down a mountain, a seller finds the shortest path to a customer. The need was too strong.
Worse still, these laws share a common blindness: they don't consider to second order effects. Sumptuary laws failed to react to changes in fashions, and didn't consider the counterintuitive increase in desire for distinguishing goods. Prohibition didn't consider the bootleggers.
This is because regulation works in large sweeps and requires concerted effort, while systems are versatile, decentralized, and can change faster than the time it takes you to finish this sentence. We used a slow, one dimension process to change a fast, multi-dimensional system. The flaw is inherent in our method.
So, our simple solutions are no longer so simple. The picture may seem bleaker, but at least we've now pruned some incorrect methods. So what paths are promising?
As far as I know, two methods have worked.
The first, is Natural Selection. In the same way that the environment forces a gazelle to be fast, reality forces our society to be effective. Imagine if the United States, for example, descended into socialism. This wouldn't mean that the whole world would be doomed to it. If the consequences of socialism bear fruit, our society would lose productivity. As long as some society was able to maintain freedom from this kind of coercion, given enough time that society would become the world power. What we did to the Soviet Union, this more productive society would do to us.
Natural Selection works, but it is a bleak option to rely on: it takes a while and has no mercy. We'd sacrifice lives, increase suffering, and may have to wait through a new dark age. And the world isn't so theoretical: while we wait, there are existential threats that could end society completely.
Thankfully, this is not the only option. Humanity has one trump card up its sleeve, and it's saved us over and over again: Innovation.
Consider electric cars. If we tried to force people to buy electric cars, we'd end up with the same problems as prohibition. As long as electric cars suck compared to gas-guzzlers, people will want gas-guzzlers. Tesla solved that problem. How? they out-innovated gas-guzzlers, and better served the human want for transportation.
For news, we don't need to force the New York Times to report fairly. Substack may do more to fix reporting quality than any regulation could have. Now, journalists can build an audience and support content that isn't dependent on clicks. To the joy of reporters and readers alike, they changed the incentives that governed journalism.
What's the analog of this for Facebook? Could we build a social network that made offline interactions as fun and intuitive as online ones? Could we build platforms that made constructive debate more engaging than Twitter? Could we integrate political transparency in our government, so that presidential candidates would filter to high-integrity? Could we make a University that encouraged free thinking and creation, at a hundredth the cost?
It's hard, but once we choose to search along viable paths, the outlook is optimistic.
There have been many points in our past that imperiled our society, and innovation was up to the task. It is just as powerful, decentralized, and versatile as the most pernicious of society's ills.
It's a wonder that so many people today can live a life that lords could only have dreamed of a few hundred years ago. Slavery is eradicated in most of the world, and feudal societies are the rarest. Our production supports billions of people — an idea that would have seemed ridiculous to Malthus.
It has been done before, and we know this path has viable solutions, while our simple solution is known to fail. If you're a person who wants to make a dent in the world, now you know two things: what not to do, and a potential path to success. Regulation or moralizing won't help. Innovation will.
You may balk at the task ahead of you: climate change is a problem so daunting that it's hard to think about. Luckily, innovation is opaque. You don't need to attack problems directly.
Penicillin just showed up on Fleming's desk. Rocket engines evolved from car engines. Ideas tend to compound together, forming ever-more complex ideas. This means you don't have to go big to achieve big results. You can start by looking at problems around you, and try to solve them.
If everyone just did this and went no further, we'd likely solve most of our ills in society, and enter an age of unprecedented prosperity. But it gets better. Not only will smaller innovations compound with each-other, but each innovation makes the innovator more audacious. The more problems you'll solve, the more daring you'll become. I can't begin to predict where that would lead us.
We can wait it out, or we can innovate. Let's innovate. We can start right now.
Look around you, what's a small problem you might be able to help solve?
Thanks to Daniel Woelfel, Cody Breene, Joe Averbukh, Mark Shlick, Sebastian Marshall, Jacky Wang, for reviewing drafts of this essay


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30. 2 December 2001 (Sonnet 126; Hamlet/Hamnet; Southampton)
Well, I respectfully agree with your palaeographic friend about Hand D. But what's the date of it?
Again with respect, I don't think you're right about 126. Firstly, you don't sound very persuaded yourself that it has anything to do with Hamlet Shakespeare (and why incidentally do you call his son Hamlet/Hamlet? That boy must have been baptised in, and been known as one such forename, not two - unless you imagine him pursued by his parents with cries of 'come here, Hamlet/Hamlet?'. Or else you've joined the ranks of Nye, etc., who ascribe to the Shakespeares their own doubts about what that child was actually called).
The trouble with the theory that Thorpe didn't have Shakespeare's approval for his publication is, first of all, that it's only a theory; secondly and conformably, there's no real evidence for it, so we can continue to manage without it; and thirdly that there is, after all, a publication, with the information that these poems had never been printed before. And all right, 126 isn't a sonnet in the modern sense; but so what? Nobody else (not even Kerrigan) supposes that there's any special mystery here. OK, so Shakespeare in 'my lovely boy' is throwing his mind, and the reader's, and as you might have said, Southampton's, back to the beginning of the sequence. But doesn't that rule out any suggestion of Hamlet/Hamlet? And what could have rounded off that sequence more effectively than Southampton's actually having the offspring that the early Sonnets enjoined him to have?
Best regards and wishes
Yours as ever Eric