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Santa Clara County Voter's Guide to All 32 Local Ballot Measures
By Jennifer Wadsworth @jennwadsworth / September 7, 2016 26
Election 2016 had some pretty big surprises, and one council race in San jose remains neck and neck. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
This past spring, it looked like California lawmakers would finally take action to address the housing crisis. But the legislative session ended with only one small gain for affordable housing: a bill that makes it easier to build backyard in-law units. Proposals for streamlining local housing approval, a statewide construction bond and outlawing discrimination against people with public housing vouchers all died on the floor.
Years of inaction in addressing the biggest problems at the state level and beyond has forced local governments to shoulder a greater share of the responsibility. This fall, Santa Clara County voters will decide the fate of 32 local initiatives that tackle a wide range of issues, including not just affordable housing, but school funding, urban growth, local land-use authority and term limits.
In San Jose, voters will have a chance to replace contentious pension reforms they approved in 2012. County voters will decide whether to fund an unprecedented local investment in public housing for the most vulnerable residents. Another regional measure would pay for new public transit connections and wider freeways.
Some citywide measures in Sunnyvale and Milpitas would fundamentally change the way those cities deal with land-use transactions and future growth. While bigger cities and the county hope to take on more responsibility by investing in public housing and infrastructure, residents in many smaller jurisdictions are trying to limit the authority of their elected city councils.
And with that, here's the rundown of local measures. For more information about the Nov. 8 general election, visit the Registrar of Voters website.
The longstanding failure of the federal and state government to invest in affordable housing has prompted states, counties and cities to take matters into their own hands. In Santa Clara County, the plan of attack comes in the form of a $950 million affordable housing bond called Measure A. If voters approve the measure this fall, it would become the South Bay's largest-ever public investment in affordable housing. As proposed, the bond debt could build 2,000 households for the most vulnerable county residents—primarily the homeless, including veterans, seniors, the disabled and mentally ill, foster youth and abuse victims. The bulk of the money, about $700 million, would pay for extremely low-income and homeless people. The remaining $250 million would go toward first-time homebuyers and loans for people who commute from outside the county to move closer to work. As a general obligation bond, the measure will require a two-thirds vote to pass. To repay the debt, the county will charge homeowners about $12.60 per $100,000 in assessed property value for 30 years. The ballot language also calls for independent citizen oversight and routine audits to make sure the county sticks to the spending plan.
MEASURE B
With two transit-linked sales taxes still decades away from expiring, the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will ask voters to approve a third one this fall. Measure B's 30-year half-cent sales tax would generate $6.3 billion for countywide transportation projects. Forty percent of the revenue—$2.5 billion—would fund commuter train projects ($1.5 billion of it for BART's southward extension to San Jose and $1 billion for Caltrain upgrades). Some $750 million would pay to upgrade 24 highway interchanges and another $750 million to upgrade county expressways. Local streets and road repaving would take up $1.2 billion. A transit study, congestion relief and noise-minimizing infrastructure along Highway 85 would come to $35 million. Eight percent would go toward expanded bus and light rail services and 4 percent to bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements. Public transportation advocates have criticized the tax plan for carving out such a large percentage for freeway projects, which they say would induce more congestion instead of easing it. Similar measures in other Bay Area counties inverse the ratio to prioritize public transit over highway expansion. The VTA measure needs a supermajority vote to pass and includes a built-in citizen watchdog committee to keep an eye on spending.
MEASURE C
Cupertino's Measure C would revise the city's blueprint for growth to limit development of the Vallco Shopping District. The initiative would limit building heights along major mixed-use corridors, increase maximum building height to 45 feet and establish new setbacks on busy thoroughfares.
MEASURE D
A related initiative, Measure D, would enact a specific plan for Cupertino's 58-acre Vallco Town Center shopping district. The plan would require up to 800 residential units with a 20 percent set-aside for seniors, 2 million square feet of office space, 640,000 square feet of retail and room for a hotel, a park and educational uses.
Called the "Opportunity to Work" initiative, Measure E would require San Jose businesses to offer extra hours to part-time workers before hiring new ones. The idea is to provide stability to low-wage employees who often juggle multiple part-time jobs to get by. Workers caught in the part-time grind also lack retirement and health benefits, which makes them particularly vulnerable. The South Bay Labor Council, which collected enough signatures to qualify the initiative, had hoped San Jose's City Council would adopt it as an ordinance to save taxpayers the $1 million cost of placing it on the ballot. But the council opted to bring it straight to voters. Measure E, which triggered opposition from the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce and the San Jose Downtown Association, would only apply to businesses with 35 or more employees. It would also exclude government jobs and allow companies to apply for a "hardship" exemption. Labor groups say the measure would raise living standards for thousands of low-wage workers barely scraping by in Silicon Valley, as well as prevent employers from withholding benefits by keeping people as part-timers.
MEASURE F
Four years after San Jose voters dialed down benefits for city employees, they will have the option of reversing some of those cutbacks by way of a compromise on the ballot in Measure F. The deal hammered out by the city and its unions earlier this year would replace Measure B, which triggered years of litigation and an exodus of police officers who defected to agencies with more generous benefits. According to the ballot language, Measure F would "stop funding retiree health care for new employees, potentially reduce costs of supplemental pension payments [and] reinstate disability retirement provisions for injured police officers, firefighters and other city employees." Critics from the Silicon Valley Taxpayer Association claim the measure would hike city retirement contributions by 36 percent and give 1,000 city workers a retroactive pension bump. But Measure F backers argue that restoring some of the benefits hacked away by Measure B in 2012 is the only way to make people want to work for San Jose. That's especially true for the city's cops, according to San Jose police Chief Eddie Garcia. Even Mayor Sam Liccardo has come around, endorsing Measure F as both a way to save money and restore the city's depleted police force.
Armed with a meager arsenal of revenue-boosters, local governments tend to seek voter approval to up sales and property taxes. Santa Clara County has upped the sales tax four times since 2000. San Jose passed yet another quarter-cent sales tax over the summer to pay for essential services like public safety and libraries, while VTA angles for another half-cent increase this fall. But three decades have passed since San Jose revised its business tax. Measure G would double the city's business tax revenue to $25.4 million while exempting small businesses. The proposal started as a citizen initiative penned by San Jose State sociology professor Scott Myers-Lipton, whose original plan would have upped the gross-receipts tax for medium to large businesses. But the city—unwilling to be sidestepped by direct democracy—pitched a compromise that instead raised the base tax incrementally based on company size and adjusted for inflation. As a general sales tax, Measure G requires a simple majority vote to pass.
Proponents call Measure H a tool for Gilroy residents to control how fast the city will grow. The initiative would add an urban growth boundary to the city's general plan. Lands outside the boundary would be off limits to urban development. The measure has drawn opposition from folks who want to make room for commercial and industrial expansion to keep the town competitive. If voters approve the measure, it would extend those restrictions through 2040.
Farther north, a similar initiative aims to protect an existing urban growth boundary near the base of the Milpitas foothills. Measure I would limit development within Milpitas to the valley floor by prohibiting the city from extending public services to new hillside developments. If voters approve the measure, it would remain in effect through 2038.
A related initiative in Milpitas would require a vote by residents to make any changes in hillside development rules. Like Measure I's growth boundary protection, Measure J wouldn't expire until 2038.
Measure K would grant Milpitas residents land-use authority traditionally held by the City Council. If the initiative passes, any attempt to rezone or redevelop parks and open space would require a two-thirds vote from the public.
Measure L gives Milpitas voters the power to affirm or repeal the city's decision to send its trash to Guadalupe Recycling and Disposal Facility in San Jose starting next year. The contract with Waste Management, Inc., was approved by the City Council earlier this year but quickly suspended by a petition from Republic Services of Santa Clara County, which runs Newby Island landfill and hauled Milpitas' trash for nearly three decades until this year. Now it's up to voters to decide whether the new franchise agreement with Waste Management is the best deal for the city.
Called the Public Lands for Public Use Act, Measure M would reassign land purchase, sale and lease authority in Sunnyvale from the city's elected leaders to its residents. The initiative stems from the city's decision in 2013 to allow a private school to purchase Raynor Activity Center. A joint-use agreement allowing the for-profit Stratford School to use the adjacent Raynor Park angered residents who filed a lawsuit and campaigned to put Measure M on the ballot. The initiative would revise city code by requiring voter approval "for any sale, lease, lease extension, lease renewal, land swap or transfer of any property facility, or land that the city owns, leases, or uses" for public access or city administration, according to the ballot language. It's an unprecedented measure that would tie the council's hands in otherwise routine land-disposition agreements as long as the property falls under the definition of a "community service amenity." Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone opposes the initiative, as do a host of current and former Sunnyvale elected leaders, including the city's former Mayor Dianne McKenna, Councilman Jim Griffith and the Sunnyvale Democratic Club. A city-hired consultant's report estimated that Measure M would risk litigation and cost Sunnyvale taxpayers anywhere from $41,000 to $700,000 per election cycle, depending on the number of land transactions on the ballot.
MEASURE N
Not since 1969 has the city of Sunnyvale updated its utility tax, which collects 2 percent from all electricity, gas and telecom charges and comprises 5 percent of the city's general fund. Measure N would revise the telecom portion of the tax to include mobile phones instead of just landlines, which have become increasingly unpopular as residents opt for cellphones and Internet-based lines of communication. The initiative wouldn't raise the tax rate—it would simply extend the charge to Internet and mobile phone communication. Email and online downloads would remain exempt. Measure N would result in a $1.5 million annual boost in utility taxes, by the city's estimate. The revenue would remain earmarked for the same essential city services the tax was designed for: public safety, road and sidewalk repairs and maintaining city parks.
Santa Clara will have the option of giving their part-time mayor a raise from $1,387 to $2,500 a month and the City Council members a pay bump from $832 to $2,000 a month. Measure O—a city charter amendment—would also create a Salary Setting Commission to review and adjust those stipends every two years.
A related initiative, Measure P would impose term limits on the Santa Clara City Council. The proposal—a city charter revision like Measure O—would limit the council to no more than two full terms per office. Measure P was ostensibly designed to prevent the "revolving door" effect of council members taking a two-year hiatus before running for office again. But the initiative would not count retroactively and would not count time served before December this year. Because of the way it's written, Measure P appears to stand at odds with its intended objective by, in effect, giving sitting council members even more time on the council.
Measure Q is inspired, to some degree, by former Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews, whose abrupt resignation in the middle of his term left his City Council colleagues in a lurch. The initiative would revise the city charter to require a four-fifths vote of the council to fill vacancies in elected office until the next general election. Proponents say the measure would motivate the council to appoint someone they could all work with until voters have a chance weigh in.
Should Measure R pass, the city of Santa Clara would be unable to sell public parkland or open space without voter approval. The initiative would shift the responsibility for city-owned property sales and land-use changes from the City Council to the public. Under Measure R, any applicable land transactions would require two-thirds voter approval.
Morgan Hill's slow-growth initiative—called Measure S on the ballot—would cap the town's population at 58,200 to preserve local character, "encourage more efficient land-use, conserve water and preserve open space."
In a bid to keep its small town charm, Los Gatos is asking voters to up its short-term rental tax by 2 percent. Measure T would apply to hotel and AirBnb guests and raise up to $400,000 a year for traffic improvements, public safety, pothole repairs and maintenance of local parks, trails, creeks and playgrounds.
San Benito High School District's Measure U asks Hollister voters to authorize $60 million in bond debt to pay for science lab upgrades and new classrooms, seismic retrofitting and resources for students preparing for college and career.
A years-long campaign to rein in skyrocketing rents in Mountain View has been channeled into Measure V, a citizen initiative drafted by tenant rights advocates. Measure V is one of a pair of competing rent control measures in Mountain View, where renters make up 60 percent of the population and average rents soared by 52 percent since 2011. The measure would revise the city charter to tie rent control to inflation, as long as it falls within the range of 2 and 5 percent. Under California law, landlords can up the rent by well over 10 percent with a two-month notice and have been taking advantage of Mountain View's lack of tenant protections to do just that. Like all rent control laws in California, Measure V would apply only to apartments built before 1996. It would also include provisions for just-cause evictions, requiring landlords to give tenants a valid reason for kicking them out. As a charter amendment, the initiative would require another vote of the people to change. Not so with its rival initiative: Measure W.
MEASURE W
The Mountain View City Council's answer to Measure V—dubbed Measure W on the ballot—would also address just-cause evictions, require relocation assistance for renters and include a binding-arbitration clause for disputes between tenants and landlords. The city's proposal, however, would allow the council to change the law in the future. If Measure W passes, tenants could challenge rent hikes over 5 percent a year by pulling landlords into mediation. The provision for binding arbitration was prompted by public pressure after the council left it out of a rent-dispute ordinance earlier this year. Members of the Mountain View Tenants Coalition responded by drafting Measure V. The council's decision to put its own version on the ballot as Measure W, to protect their ability to tweak the policy going forward, may confuse voters. But if both secure at least a simple-majority vote, the tenant-backed Measure V would supersede the council's measure by its strength as a charter amendment.
MEASURE X
Voters within the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District will decide the fate of a $748 million bond measure to expand and renovate two campuses. District officials say Measure X would allow them to update nursing, science, technology and engineering labs. It would also pay to expand educational resources for military veterans, bolster campus safety and security and remove asbestos and lead paint at some of the district's older buildings. According to the ballot description, none of the money would go to salaries or pensions and all would be subject to citizen oversight.
MEASURE Y
The San Jose Unified School District will ask voters to approve a property tax to support core academic programs in reading, writing, math, the arts and science. Measure Y would require a two-thirds vote to authorize an annual $72 parcel tax, which would raise $5 million a year for eight years until it expires. The measure calls for independent citizen oversight and would restrict funds from paying district salaries. Like many parcel taxes, senior citizens would be exempt.
MEASURE Z
Voters in East Side Union High School District will be asked to approve a $510 million bond measure to upgrade science, technology and engineering classrooms, remove hazardous materials from campuses, upgrade security systems and replace deteriorating roofs at more than a dozen schools. Measure Z proposes built-in citizen oversight and interest rates below the legal limit. Like the other local school funding measures, it would make sure that none of the revenue pays for administrator salaries.
MEASURE AA
Campbell Union High School District hopes to spend $275 million in bonds on classroom modernization, facility upgrades, seismic retrofitting and toxic material removal. A "yes" vote on Measure AA would authorize the district to take on the new bond debt, which it plans to pay off by collecting a $30 parcel tax for every $100,000 in assessed value.
MEASURE BB
The Sunnyvale School District will need a two-thirds vote to pass Measure BB, which would extend an existing tax by another seven years. The tax, which assesses a $59 parcel tax, raises about $1 million a year for math, science, English and technology programs, attracting and retaining quality teachers and keeping class size small. As with most parcel taxes in California, it would exempt the 65-and-up crowd and require citizen oversight.
MEASURE CC
The Campbell Union School District—not to be confused with the similarly named high school district—hopes to raise $72 million in bond revenue for new classrooms, science equipment and labs, access for disabled students and teachers and new security systems. Measure CC would impose $49 parcel tax for eight years, with exemptions for senior citizens and a requirement for citizen oversight.
MEASURE EE
Like many surrounding educational jurisdictions in the South Bay, the Oak Grove School District will ask voters to approve a new parcel tax to keep class sizes small and pay for core academic programs. Measure EE, which requires a supermajority vote to pass, would levy a $132-per-parcel tax for nine years, exempting senior citizens and mandating citizen oversight. District officials expect the tax to generate about $3.1 million a year.
The Los Altos School District's Measure GG would renew an existing $223-per-parcel tax for another eight years. The initiative would exempt senior citizens, require public oversight and provide about $2.8 million a year for the district's schools to maintain core academics and attract qualified teachers.
MEASURE HH
Measure HH would renew an expiring parcel tax in the Franklin-McKinley School District, which won voter approval to extend yet another tax during the primary election this past June. Called the Local Elementary School District Achievement Measure, the upcoming Nov. 8 initiative would extend a $72 annual parcel tax for another nine years, with exemptions for senior citizens and provisions for public oversight.
This article has been updated.
Jennifer Wadsworth is the news editor for San Jose Inside and Metro Silicon Valley. Email tips to [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @jennwadsworth.
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sjoutsidethebubble Sep 7, 2016 @ 4:23 pm
> To repay the debt, the county will charge homeowners about $12.60 per $100,000 in assessed property value for 30 years.
IT'S A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE!
But the reptiles can't say: "PROPERTY TAX INCREASE".
Utterly deceitful.
C. Miller Sep 8, 2016 @ 12:51 pm
because our 18k a year for a tear down dump in the ghetto is not enough already??
Susan Price-Jang Sep 14, 2016 @ 4:44 pm
If you have complained or worried about the explosion of the homeless population, then vote YES on Measure A.
John Galt Sep 14, 2016 @ 6:55 pm
If you have complained or worried about the population explosion, homeless and otherwise, then vote NO on Measure A. Instead, consider the socially responsible alternative of supporting policies and politicians that will alleviate our communities of the crushing burden of uncontrolled immigration.
frustrated finfan Sep 7, 2016 @ 4:51 pm
"As proposed, the bond debt could build 2,000 households for…"
people who should be living in affordable communities, not here.
JohnMichael O'Connor Sep 7, 2016 @ 9:04 pm
Lots of measures taking control away from elected officials to decide things, which shows the frustration many have with the officials they elected. Wouldn't it be simpler to just not re-elect them?
sjoutsidethebubble Sep 8, 2016 @ 9:55 am
> Lots of measures taking control away from elected officials to decide things,. . .
My reaction was pretty much just the opposite: this looks to me like an end-of-the-Obama era smash-and-grab looting frenzy.
I haven't counted them up yet, but this list of ballot measures looks like a parade of tax increases and bond issues (which are tax authorizations).
My interpretation is that the progs look at this as maybe their last best chance to grab some swill out of the public trough. With Obama in Washington, Jerry Brown in Sacramento, and progressive politicians ruling the roost locally the political mindset for all the clients of progressive government is GET YOURS NOW!
Herb Moore Sep 8, 2016 @ 10:46 am
Thank you SJI for a thorough job!
They say a giraffe is a horse drawn by committee. In attempting an eagle, SANTA CLARA' S CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE led by Tino "Little Nap" Silva drew a male mantis which should be eaten soon by the voters.
The term limit provision is so badly written that current members Little Nap wrote the parkland measure, forgetting the biggest land leaser and buyer is SILICON VALLEY POWER.
A mayor, the most dedicated we have had in decades, was approved UNANIMOUSLY. So we do we need a 4/5th clause? What is 4/5ths of seven?
A charter provision strengthening the lobbyist provision would be good. No involvement in campaigns, jude's law.
MC Hammer Sep 8, 2016 @ 11:31 pm
That's a camel, James, not a giraffe. "Designed," not "drawn."
Sheesh, your research is about as feeble as it was when you actually had a blahhhg.
And your shilling for Patricia Mahan couldn't be any more obvious if you came out truthfully to admit it.
For those of us who actually live in Santa Clara and pay our taxes here, James, Tino Silva's was one of the clearest voices *against* Jed York and the Forty-Whiners dismembering the City of Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park.
Santa Clara voters, if you wonder why little Herbie Moore, above, fears exactly that same public record, please visit the Santa Clara County Superior Court site at https://cmportal.scscourt.org/Portal/Home/ and search for "2013-1-CV-250808"
Santa Claran Sep 9, 2016 @ 9:54 pm
Thank you, MC Hammer, for saving me the trouble of pointing out that Herb Moore is James Rowen, formerly on Patty Mahan's campaign payroll (and the payroll of other current and former council members/council candidates.) James is the owner of a $400,000 judgement against him for his past behavior toward a council candidate. My understanding is that James no longer lives in Santa Clara or Santa Clara County, so why doesn't he just get on with his life, wherever it is that he is now living?
John London Sep 8, 2016 @ 12:43 pm
Very very helpful. Thanks so much for doing.
Thank you very very much. Super helpful.
Smokey Sep 8, 2016 @ 3:14 pm
Well, this makes it easy-peasy: Vote NO on all of 'em! (Maybe I could be persuaded on Measure R, to offset the Supreme Court's horrible Kelo decision. But NO on everything else. Heck, maybe NO on all of 'em.)
Lots of these Measures are just looting the taxpayers for things that were already budgeted—but then the money was diverted into pay raises for bureaucrats. And now they have their hands out for more.
Every ".edu" measure is like that. School districts let their buildings deteriorate due to 'deferred maintenance'. The money was in the budget, but it got diverted into the pockets of bureaucrats and teachers, janitors and educrats. So they expect taxpayers to pay again, for something we already paid for.
The pattern has been evident for decades: hand out money that was budgeted for maintenance. But hand it out as pay raises instead. Then when the buildings get run down, go back to the voters begging for more bond money. Oh… and blame Prop. 13 — as if the 10X rise in house prices hasn't provided a huge and unexpected tsunami of property tax income…
And regarding all the measures that would sharply restrict new development to keep the "small town" feeling: ask yourself, "How would these restrictions impact local rents? And house prices?"
And the so-called "just cause" eviction measures? Can someone explain the difference between a cap on rents, and a cap on, say, food prices? Or gasoline prices? Seventy-five years of rent control failure hasn't taught these econ illiterates anything?
And raising the pay for council members—who are responsible for the current MESS?? Why? If they don't like the deal, they should step down and let someone else do the job.
And the "longstanding failure of the federal and state government to invest in affordable housing" is entirely a GOOD THING! The government's job is not to "provide affordable housing". This is America, not Cuba or the Soviet Union. Have we learned nothing from their abject failures??
And MORE money for the disaster called 'VTA'?? Are they NUTS? VTA should be abolished, STAT.
When voteing, please keep in mind:
• Bonds = tax increases!
• Measures A, B, and C, etc., have been perpetual FAILURES. But of course, now they want even more money. Don't be a chump; higher taxes will not solve anything that the past half dozen 'Measure A', etc., tax hikes accomplished (ie: very little).
• None of these measures is designed for the good of city residents/taxpayers. They're all proposals by ravenous hyenas (AKA: Special Interests) who want to get their fingers deeper into the public's pockets.
If they can't do their job with the truly excessive taxes they already collect, then they need to STEP ASIDE and let someone else do the job. We certainly shouldn't REWARD THEIR FAILURE with even more taxpayer loot.
John Galt Sep 9, 2016 @ 9:14 am
Well said Smokey.
Those who fail to accept the premise that it's the government's job to provide affordable housing are invited not to participate in this whole "discussion". .
I'd have to be an idiot to vote to tax myself even more in order to make San Jose more crowded, encourage illegal immigration, and suppress the value of my own house.
Don Rocha does not even pretend to represent the interests of the residents in his district. He and most of the city council represent SPECIAL interests and we continue to let them get away with it.
Melanie Oct 11, 2016 @ 9:10 pm
I had a few yes that I planned on voting. After reading your comments, I'm heading for all NO. I guess I'm naive, but now I see the light :)
> Morgan Hill's slow-growth initiative—called Measure S on the ballot—would cap the town's population at 58,200 to preserve local character, "encourage more efficient land-use, conserve water and preserve open space."
We can't allow Morgan Hill to do this. San Jose needs some place to stash its homeless population. Morgan Hill should start building their Measure A affordable housing pronto so they fulfill their compassionate duty and handle the flood that's coming their way.
smketr Sep 8, 2016 @ 5:10 pm
Housing is the biggest crisis in the state? Have you looked at the bill for unfunded pensions lately?
Arturo Nov 4, 2016 @ 9:49 am
if rents are considered high… dont people understand that by increasing property taxes by 1000's per year will just increase rent proportionately?
Steve Ly Sep 9, 2016 @ 9:29 am
Vote NO on B. VTA wants to gut North County bus service under its "Network 90" plan at the same time that they're asking voters to approve yet another bump in the sales tax. Santa Clara County residents are already paying three sales taxes to VTA, a permanent 1/2 cent that was approved in 1976, plus the more recent Measures A and B, whose revenues are mostly going down the BART sinkhole. Plus, we're paying a Vehicle Registration Fee on top of that. Yet this is not enough, they want more tax money to flush down the BART toilet while eliminating local routes.
VTA is asking the voters for a fourth sales tax increase yet they refuse to "value engineer" their expensive projects. There is no reason that the BART extension needs to duplicate existing bus and train service between the San Jose and Santa Clara stations. And the proposed Bus Rapid Transit on El Camino could be constructed at lower cost by eliminating the dedicated center lanes and converting the curbside lanes to HOV use during peak hours.
Money saved from cutting the "gold plating" from big capital projects could be spent on supporting the bus system, including saving routes threatened under Network 90. Until VTA learns to use its existing resources more efficiently, vote NO on more taxes.
This tax is being pushed by Carl Guardino and the grossly misnamed "Silicon Valley Leadership Group," whose rich corporate members stand to benefit most from the hugely expensive BART extension. Rather than increasing sales A FOURTH TIME, maybe these rich companies need to step up and pay higher corporate tax.
sjoutsidethebubble Sep 9, 2016 @ 11:20 am
Good analysis, Steve.
I'm not a big user of public transit, but it has always seemed to me that bus services make a hell of a lot more sense than choo choo trains. Once the tracks are laid, the train goes where it goes and everybody has to go adjust their lives accordingly.
To me, public trail transit projects are the epitome of the Stalinist mindset: mammoth, expensive, monuments to politicians and state bureaucrats. Joseph Stalin loved big statist industrial projects: steel mills, tank factories, coal mines. Big! Big! Big!
The California High Speed Rail is Exhibit A. Big. Expensive. Disruptive.. Monumental. Jerry Brown's "legacy". Oh, and did I say EXPENSIVE?
Self-driving buses are the wave of the future. It's all of the things that forward-thinking people ought to want in a public transit system: relatively inexpensive, high tech, efficient, flexible, reusable, sustainable.
Buses, yes. Trains, no.
Trains, because of their set infrastructure, help to make real estate purchases (and planning) easier because it is obvious to everyone that the tracks will not suddenly move away, like bus lines do. It helps with building permanent community. Self-driving cars are not going to relieve traffic congestion; trains will.
sjoutsidethebubble Sep 14, 2016 @ 6:48 pm
> Trains, because of their set infrastructure, help to make real estate purchases (and planning) easier because it is obvious to everyone that the tracks will not suddenly move away.
Trains DO make things easier for planners.
However, the concept of our society is "government for the people", not "government for the planners".
I'm sure that I have offended many planners in my life.
North County Voter Sep 10, 2016 @ 9:54 am
I agree, vote NO on Measure B. No more of our tax dollars to VTA.
VTA is continuing to use north county cities and voters as cash cows without providing the services needed. Many of us don't need or want BART nor do we need cross-town buses that essentially run parallel to highways and CalTrain. VTA services do not meet the needs of in-town transit for north county cities.
This is especially the case with inadequate North-South service that would better connect riders to CalTrain and better provide local transit services for our north county cities, residents and workers.
Just look at all the north county cities implementing city shuttle services either at the municipal level or with local businesses because VTA service is inadequate.
So So Interesting Sep 10, 2016 @ 4:01 pm
Aren't we taxed enough??? Can you imagine…$132 here, $72 there, $12.00 from over there??? 1/2 cent tax on top of somebody elses 1/4 cent tax. It all adds up and all of these taxes make me sick. Voting NO.
Steve Sep 12, 2016 @ 3:27 pm
Can you imagine if voters were asked to vote instead on the oversized salaries and perks of the bureaucrats, their generous pensions, their lockstep, leapfrog raises, the boondoggle trips, the inefficient spending, the unnecessary grants and awards and other wastes of public funds that exist today? A resounding NO! Let's hope the voters are not tricked again and put a stop to all this nonsense. Starve the snake instead.
Steve, do you think the salaries of the Santa Clara City Council members is excessive?


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Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, has long held the attention of academia and policy makers on the question of whether its legalisation would be beneficial or detrimental for social values, public health and average income. Despite this, Canada has become only the second country after Uruguay to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The examples of Canada and Uruguay to legalise cannabis indicate a positive approach in dealing with such narcotics, and represent a stark contrast when compared to former policies. Recently, I found it quite interesting to read a study referred by Evening Standard (ES) (Printed Paper Monday, 01 July 2019) UK. The study has claimed that "63 percent of Londoners think UK should follow Canada and make cannabis legal".
A Concern of Food Security and the Outbreak of Locust
Food security has been the biggest challenge since the outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona) has broken out from Wuhan, China in December last year. The world has paid huge attention to control transmitting COVID-19, health hazards and panic. Due to what, basic requirements like food, work, income and livelihood have categorically been put in less priority automatically. The severity of Corona virus has once again proved that the food should be categorised as a top priority. In another word, no one is able to function well without food. Food, of course, is an important measure of human health and well-being.
Philanthropy for an equitable society
Inequality, today, is intolerable. During globalisation private investment was highly encouraged for profit and the role of government was defined as a coordinator and welfare provider. Private sector obviously as a profit maker have done tremendous progress, but government is forced to apply austerity measures and now 'welfare state' is being questioned by experts. Globalisation was effective during the transition that appeared after the collapse of Soviet Union and Berlin Wall, but since global financial crisis began in 2007 the world economy has been hanging on the cliff to get up. Financial crisis, indeed, the outcome of Washington Consensus and finally inequality too.
Community supported agriculture to ensure wellbeing, food security and environment in the UK
INTRODUCTION and PROBLEM STATEMENT
Agriculture is the source of food which is heavily exhausted due to human activities and Greenhouse Gas emission. Moreover, some of the planetary boundaries have already crossed their limitations and posed a risk of collapse (Rockström, et al., 2009). Besides that, hunger, obesity, diabetics, food waste, migration, conflict and climate change are entangled globally with food poverty and weak governance, which has been affecting agriculture negatively. In contrast, increasing global population need more 62 percent food by 2050.
Water, Air and Land Nexus: A Safe Space for Preserving Climate and Achieving Food Security
Water, Air and Land
According to the classical economist David Ricardo, the drivers of food production such as water, air and land (WAL) are free gifts from nature. No one should have to pay any price to have them supplied, because they are produced and delivered by nature with no cost. However, modern economists argue that this idea helps only rent seekers, and that such natural resources are not truly free. The supply of land in a country is, after all, completely inelastic.
Humans benefit hugely from the services delivered by nature. However,
Connecting People with Food Policy: Gathering and Translating Experiences
A Highlight
The theme 'gathering and translating evidence of lived experience of food-related problem' of the program sounded me very inquisitive before entering the Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre of City, University of London to participate the 2018 City Food Policy Symposium on 25th of April. Although, I am late to share this post however sharing experience is always interesting. The program was based on the citizen-led approach to address how to gather live experience of food problem and translate it into effective food policy. The massage of the program was food policy based on the live experience of a citizen is effective in delivering its goals to the targeted group or
The figure of the world is changing fast due to the size of population, technology, public aspiration and development approach. Hunger used to be the problem of developing world but now obesity has also been added to the urgent list . Health care was insufficient and the mortality rate was high but now it has been technologically improved and added ageing population as another challenging issue. Migration creates a manpower shortage in one place and over in another place. Hence, poverty and inequality used to be the problem of underdeveloped society but now they have been moving into developed area, towns and cities. Beside that, resource constraints are the biggest challenge; not enough to cover the need.
Economic Recovery: Productive Investment or Destructive Austerity?
It is an indication of failure of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) which is also known as globalization or Washington consensus* or neo-liberalism as nations are finally forced to work through austerity. At the beginning, the US Treasury Department, the IMF and World Bank were the major stakeholders (designers) of the SAP. ''Private investment was highly encouraged for profit and the role of government was defined as a coordinator and welfare provider but now, private sector obviously as a profit maker, has done tremendous progress, whereas government is forced to apply austerity measures and finally 'welfare state' is being questioned.''* .
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Paul McCartney Plays Hollywood Blvd.
The former Beatles plays a one-hour, 15-song set for 10,000 fans.
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L.A.'s king of the late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel, partnered up with Guinness to shut down Hollywood Boulevard yesterday. Commuters must have been infuriated but those who were lucky enough to be in the vicinity were treated to a live set by Paul McCartney. Before the concert, McCartney sat down with the talk-show host for an interview segment where he discussed the Beatles' experimental, unreleased 14-minute opus "Carnival of Light." Though fans have yearned to hear it for years, McCartney thinks it's too "far out," so don't hold your breath.
McCartney was performing in support of his latest album New, due out on October 15. For the Jimmy Kimmel Live taping, he played two songs, the title track "New" and "Lady Madonna." But the 10,000 fans outside and those who tuned in for the MySpace stream got to hear a one-hour concert with McCartney playing a 15-song set filled with Beatles and Wings tunes. "This is good, innit?" he said. And it was.
It's awe-inspiring to watch McCartney. He's a flawless performer who transitions between varying musical instruments while on stage and moves effortlessly among songs from throughout his career. You could feel the magnitude of the event; everyone in attendance was captivated by the performance. Between the tone-deaf buskers and the arguing costumed characters, harmony on Hollywood Boulevard is hard to come by but McCartney definitely brought it.
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1 Timothy, Volume 3
A Charge to God's Missional Household
By Dr. Paul S. Jeon
Kindle Hardcover
One of the most controversial documents in the New Testament among modern scholarship today, 1 Timothy has been under close scrutiny from a literary and content perspective. From claims that the historic Paul did not author the letter, to the most pointed views that 1 Timothy is a misogynistic affront to women, there is no lack of excitement surrounding this ancient document. Incorporating the most recent advancements in New Testament scholarship, Jeon examines the letter from the perspective of its first-century audience. With meticulous precision, Jeon explains the rhetorical use of chiasms in the letter as the deliberate structuring device for its oral performance in the first century. Even more, Jeon shows how the use of chiasms in 1 Timothy impact its audience, shaping and informing their comprehension of the content and their intended response by the author. In refreshing fashion, Jeon's analysis invites and enables a modern audience in the twenty-first century to inch closer to hearing the performance of 1 Timothy and experiencing the author's presence from nearly two thousand years ago. ""In the third volume of this commentary, Jeon concludes a detailed analysis of the grammar, structure, and theology of 1 Timothy 5-6. Like its previous volumes, the careful reading by way of performative structure will benefit scholars of this remarkable letter and preachers alike."" –Timothy Milinovich, Associate Professor of Theology, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois Paul S. Jeon (PhD, Catholic University of America) is visiting professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary (DC), an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, and lead pastor of NewCity Church. He is also the author of several books.
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Sirin Labs has taken the wraps of its Finney blockchain phone.
The $999 device features a dual-screen set-up that devotes a second display entirely to cryptocurrency transactions.
The so-called 2in Safe Screen slides up from the rear of the device, and runs on dedicated firmware that allows users to be sure of where their transaction is taking place.
Activating the slider also launches the Finney's cold storage wallet, which supports many of the leading cryptocurrencies around today.
The Finney also looks to make cryptocurrency trading safer with its embedded Token Conversion Service (TCS) which automatically coverts SRN coins into the tokens needed to carry out purchases, which Sirin says greatly cuts down the waiting and processing times currently needed.
Away from the cryptocurrency deals, the Finney features some decent hardware, with a Snapdragon 845 processor and 6GB RAM powering the device, alongside 128GB storage expandable up to 2TB via microSD and a 3280mAh battery.
It runs Sirin Lab's own forked version of Android 8.1, known as Sirin OS, which includes the Sirin Labs Cyber Protection suite, which offers security services such as three-factor authentication, secured communications, and a behavioural-based Intrusion Prevention System to ensure all your currency is kept safe.
The Finney, which is available for pre-order now, was first revealed last year among growing interest and excitement around blockchain technology.
Since then, HTC has also unveiled a blockchain smartphone as it looks to kick-start its mobile ambitions. The HTC Exodus is due to go on sale in Q3 2018, but little about it is known for the time being.


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Anime Games In 2018: Attack On Titan, My Hero Academia, And More
By Kallie Plagge on July 9, 2018 at 5:13PM PDT
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For anime fans, there's a lot to play in 2018. The year began with Dragon Ball FighterZ, which is full of references to classic moments from Dragon Ball Z and a new story for fans to enjoy. But it's not the only anime game coming out this year; Sword Art Online, One Piece, Naruto, and more are all getting new games. Click forward to see all the games based on existing anime coming to the West in 2018.
If you're curious about 2018 in general, you can check out our features on Switch exclusives, PS4 exclusives, Xbox One exclusives, and PC exclusives. There's also a wealth of exciting games coming out in 2018 that aren't necessarily exclusive to one platform or another, so be sure to check out our individual features highlighting the most anticipated PS4 games, Xbox One games, PC games, and Switch games for a broader look at the year ahead.
For more on anime, be sure to check out our gallery of the biggest anime to watch in 2018. If you're looking for recommendations of shows to watch, see the best anime available on Netflix and our top 10 anime of 2017.
Looking ahead to 2019, one of the biggest anime games is Arc System Works' Kill la Kill The Game: IF. That game features an original story centered around series antagonist Satsuki Kiryuin.
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Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory
The latest game in the long-running Digimon series presents the mysterious backstory to the events that transpired in the first Cyber Sleuth RPG and features 320 Digimon from the animated series.
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Based on the Dragon Ball series, this 2D fighter follows a 3v3 format and includes a new story and character. Dragon Ball FighterZ is developed by Arc System Works, best known for BlazBlue and Guilty Gear.
Developer: Arc System Works | Release Date: January 26 | PS4, Xbox One, PC
The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia
The first game based on the popular anime series, The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia tasks you with saving the Kingdom of Liones. It includes memorable fights from the series and popular characters, including Hawk, Elizabeth, and Meliodas.
Developer: Natsume Atari | Release Date: February 9 | PS4
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
The latest game based on hit anime Sword Art Online features an original story by series creator Reki Kawahara. The action-RPG has a greater emphasis on third-person shooting mechanics than previous games.
Developer: Dimps | Release Date: February 23 | PS4, Xbox One, PC
The next Attack on Titan game mainly covers the second season of the anime and includes over 30 playable characters from both seasons. Expect lots of Titan-slaying action, 3D maneuver gear, and more.
Developer: Koei Tecmo | Release Date: March 20 | Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC
Side-scrolling action game Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time lets you control series protagonist Akko as she explores her magical academy with her friends. The game will also include animated cutscenes by Studio Trigger.
Developer: APLUS Games | Release Date: May 15 | PS4, PC
One Piece: Grand Cruise
Explore the Thousand Sunny and interact with the Straw Hat Pirates in VR in One Piece: Grand Cruise.
Release Date: May 22 | PSVR
New Gundam Breaker
Like the previous Gundam Breaker games, New Gundam Breaker will let you build and customize Gunpla kits and then use them in battle.
Developer: Crafts and Meister | Release Date: June 22 | PS4, PC (delayed)
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
In the next Naruto game, team up as a group of four and challenge other teams online to become the best ninja around.
Developer: Soleil Ltd. | Release Date: August 31 | PS4, Xbox One, PC
Black Clover: Quartet Knights
A game based on 2017's Black Clover is coming in 2018, featuring four-player "magical combat" based around different characters' specializations.
Developer: Ilinix | Release Date: September 14 | PS4
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is developed by the team behind the Yakuza games and tells an alternate version of the anime's story. You play as Kenshiro, exploring the post-apocalyptic world (and also partaking in some fun side activities, like bartending).
Developer: Ryu ga Gotoku Studio | Release Date: October 2 | PS4
My Hero: One's Justice
The smash-hit superhero show My Hero Academia is getting a video game! One's Justice is a fighting game with a manga flair.
Developer: Byking | Release Date: October 26 | Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC
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One Piece: World Seeker
Like many One Piece games, World Seeker puts you in the role of Luffy and let you battle and more in an open-world environment.
Developer: Ganbarion | Release Date: 2018 | PS4, Xbox One, PC
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REV. ROBERT B. JONES, SR.
Songs and Stories Creating Connections
Blues Chronicles
Common Chords
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Rev. Robert Jones, Sr. is a native Detroiter and an inspirational storyteller and musician celebrating the history, humor and power of American Roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American traditional music is shared inlive performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs.
For more than thirty years Robert has entertained and educated audiences of all ages in schools, colleges, libraries, union halls, prisons, churches and civil rights organizations. At the heart of his message is the belief that our cultural diversity tells a story that should celebrate, not just tolerate.
Acclaimed photographer James Fraher writes about Robert: "Perhaps the world's most highly educated blues musician, an ordained minister, a longtime DJ, and a living encyclopedia of blues history, the Reverend Robert Jones is comfortable among juke joint loud talkers, fancy-hatted church ladies, and PhDs alike."
Rev. Robert Jones makes his home in Detroit while performing throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, he is accomplished at guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo and fiddle. He has recorded six albums of original and tradition songs. Robert is the former host of the award-winning radio programs "Blues from the Lowlands" and "Deep River" broadcast on Detroit Public Radio's WDET-FM Detroit. And he has taught at music history courses at Wayne State University in Detroit.As an ordained minister and a Baptist pastor, he has an unwavering faith the cultural importance of sacred and traditional American roots music. In addition to his solo performances, he often collaborates musically with his wife, Sister Bernice Jones, singer-songwriter Matt Watroba and poet-performer M.L. Liebler.
In 2017 Robert and Matt Watroba co-founded "Common Chords", 501.c3 educational organization designed to create community, cultural and historical connections through music and the arts. In 2018 Robert received a Kresge Arts Fellowship for Music Composition and Performance.
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Q: NSAttributedString & decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping ranges I'm running into problems with international (in this case Korean) NSString values.
The same input string is used in two different parts of the program. The first part finds a substring that needs highlighting, stores the NSString and the range for the highlighting into a database.
The second part of the program retrieves the string and displays the highlighting.
The marking part is done using an NSString that has been normalized in Unicode Normalization Form C using the precomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping method on NSString. An NSRange and an NSString are then stored into the Core Data database.
The graphical highlighting is performed by retrieving the NSRange and NSString from the database, putting the NSString into the same Form C using the same method, using this to initialize an NSMutableAttributedString and using the NSRange to set its text attributes.
At this stage, the program crashes because the NSMutableAttributedString is 80 characters long, whereas the NSString was 81 characters long..
NSAttributedString does not have a precomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping method and I assume it changes the representation internally resulting in a different encoding and thus length.
What can I do?

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*is the a way of forcing NSAttributedString to keep an underlying encoding?

*is there a way of converting an NSRange from one encoding to another?
or is there anything else I can do?

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I did eventually find out what had happened. In one particular place in the program I mistakenly used decomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping rather than precomposedStringWithCanonicalMapping and that's where the "wrong" mapping came from.


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Central Asian woman interviewed by William Mandel
On the previous episode of Soviet Lives, William Mandel interviewed a 16 year-old girl at her home in Samarqand (AZ0355). Her family were friends of a Russian journalist, whom was also an associate of Mandel. The two journalists were invited to the family's home for dinner. While the father, a college teacher, prepared the meal in the kitchen, Mandel interviewed the mother, who is Uzbek by nationality. They discuss their Jewish relatives, co-workers, and neighbors; the relationship between Israel and the Arab countries in the Middle East. The Russian track of the interview is played in the right channel, English translation by Mandel is played in the left channel. The interview is a little less than 17 minutes, after which Mandel fields phone calls from the listening audience.
Tape box labels this program as an episode of the series Soviet Lives, but the KPFA Folio lists it as Soviet Scene.
Women -- Soviet Union -- History., Jews in the Soviet Union., Muslims -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) American Women -- International women AZ0336 Central Asian woman interviewed by William Mandel
Characters: a one woman sharing by Kathy Kendall ; produced by Karla Tonella
This is a set of monologues performed by Southern writer/actor Kathy Kendall called "Characters," which was being sponsored by the Feminist Writers' Guild. They are based on taped conversation she had with real women telling how it has been for them: housewives, businesswomen, dykes, kids, warriors, and grandmothers. Produced by Karla Tonella, KPFA, 1982.
Not self-contained. May contain language sensitive in your community.
Kendall, Kathy., Women -- Personal narratives., Women authors, Kendall, Kathryn, Kendall, Characters, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kendall, K. Limakatso American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies AZ0623
Charlotte Bunch on the Women's Liberation Movement / Karla Tonella
Karla Tonella interviews feminist theorist and writer Charlotte Bunch, editor of Quest Magazine, a feminist quarterly. Bunch reviews the history of the Women's Liberation movement beginning around 1968 (the birthing year); 1969-1970 (the growing years); 1970s (feminist organization). The chronology of the women's movement presented by Bunch moves from "we exist, we are oppressed" to "why we are oppressed?" to "what are we going to do about it?" Bunch reviews the present state of the Women's Liberation movement and how it must stay in touch with the needs of society at large or else it will die out like other political movements have. Self-contained.
Previously cataloged as AZ1131. PRA has two copies of this program, one self-contained with musical interludes and identification of the participants (this version was broadcast on KPFA), and one that only contains the interview. The latter contains a segment that is not in the broadcast, self-contained version.
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bunch, Charlotte, 1944-, Tonella, Karla., Feminist movement American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Authors and journalists AZ0631.01
Charlotte Bunch: organizing in the '80s / interviewed by Karla Tonella
Charlotte Bunch talks about women organizing in the Reagan years. The mobilization organization needed in the changing political climate, the new theory that is needed, how we can test our politics are some of the topics covered in this interview conducted with Karla Tonella, KPFA, 9/81. Feminist strategies, organizations, and coalitions in the 1980s are discussed.
Bunch, Charlotte, 1944-, Women -- Political activity., Feminism, Women's organizations., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Feminism, American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Work and unions AZ0604
Children in the dark / Daniel Blain and Lee Davenport; interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Two psychologists discuss views of and treatment for mentally retarded children. Dr. Daniel Blain, Director of the Department of Mental Hygiene for the state of California, and Lee Davenport, President of the East Bay Association for Retarded Children, are interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson. RECORDED: 28 Jan. 1960. BROADCAST: KPFA, 3 Mar. 1960.
Blain, Daniel, 1898-1981, Mentally handicapped children., Child health services -- United States., Davenport, Lee B., Jr., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy, American Women -- Parenting and children BB0154
Children of Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
Madeline Duckles, Chairman of the San Francisco branch of the Committee of Responsibility, talks with Elsa Knight Thompson about the work of the committee in bringing war-injured children to the United States for treatment.
Duckles, Madeline, 1915-2013, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children, Committee of Responsibility to Save War-Burned and War-Injured Vietnamese Children (U.S.), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Vietnam conflict, American Women -- Health, American Women -- Parenting and children BB1501
Children: in dreams come unexpected responsibilities / Gail Putney (Episode 7 of 15)
Part 7 of KPFA's presentation of the University of California's Medical Center Conference "The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche" held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 5 of "The Enduring and Ephemeral in Women's Life." In this recording Gail J. Putney, Assistant Professor of Sociology at San Jose State College presents "Children: In Dreams Come Unexpected Responsibilities," an examination of the role of dreams for child development.
Notes on label: "Girls not asked what they want to be & roles they play when young & children of young girl's dreams tied together. Large families are dreams come true of 1930s. Daughters of war - atomic age - threat of extinction. Dreams are "innocent" views about children and babies. Dreams not of suburbs. Sociology of the suburbs."
Putney, Gail J., The challenge to women : the biological avalanche, The enduring and ephemeral in women's life, Motherhood, Families -- Economic aspects, Suburbs -- United States, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Reproductive rights, American Women -- Feminism BB0521.07
Citadel of learning : the locker room / Bruce Ogilvie. (Episode 9 of 12)
The third afternoon speaker at the symposium "The Uncertain Quest - The Dilemmas of Sex Education," produced by and held at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco and simulcast on KPFA, is Bruce Ogilvie (1920-2003), Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, San Jose State College. He discusses the damage done by street sex education.
Sex instruction, Teenagers -- Sexuality., Adolescent psychology., Ogilvie, Bruce C., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Sex BB0722.09
Closing the population gap in California / Bruce Jessup
Bruce Jessup, M.D. speaking at Planned Parenthood annual meeting in April 1968 in Oakland. Dr. Jessup is Family Planning Coordinator with the Western Region of the U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Birth control, Jessup, Bruce., Planned Parenthood Federation of America, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Reproductive rights BB1804
Coming of age in America / Margaret Mead.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978) delivers a talk at Diablo Valley College on the pressures of adolescence in America from an anthropological perspective. She addresses some of the problems teenagers face in the current day, the genesis of these problems, and what one can do about them. This recording is different from BC1042.06 though they share the same title.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, Adolescent psychology., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 American Women -- Anthropology and societal role BB1705 Coming of age in America / Margaret Mead (CD)


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Does Phil Feel Lucky?
Looking at a century of Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day predictions
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Punxsutawney Phil emerges reluctantly but alertly in 2018 at Gobblers Knob, held up by one of the member of the Inner Circle.
"Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties, because it's cold out there today." With those words, two morning DJs woke fictional weatherman Phil Conners in the classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day. The big news on everybody's lips though – chapped lips – was: "Do you think Phil's gonna come out and see his shadow?"
February 2 is Groundhog Day, and that's the question at hand once again.
One thing we wondered though, was just how often does Punxsutawney Phil – seer of seer, prognosticator of prognosticators, and the most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania – actually see his shadow.
Phil has been doing this for a long time. Much longer than the average six-year lifespan of a groundhog (Marmota monax, aka woodchuck if you're not into latin). Yes, thanks to his special "Groundhog Punch" Phil has been making these predictions since 1886, with the formal event launching the year after.
Legend has it that if he does see his shadow, we're in store for six more weeks of winter. This is a low estimate anyhow, as spring officially begins six weeks and four days after Feb. 2, but who's counting?
via Columbia Pictures
It turns out that most of the time, he does see his shadow. If we look at the last century not only do we get some easy-to-determine percentages, but we see a few tendencies.
Since 1921, Phil has seen his shadow 81% of the time. There were 18 years where he did not see his shadow, and one time in which Phil did not appear at all.
It's really only in the last few decades that Phil has decided to mix it up. Since 1983, Phil has not seen his shadow 13 different times.
In fact, the only time he has consecutively not seen his shadow was last year, over the course of 2019 and 2020 (there was some less-than-dependable record-keeping during the 1890s where no shadow was recorded).
So, Phil could have possibly gone for an absolutely unprecedented hat trick of not seeing his shadow, but this year he did not.
The prognostication from Groundhog.org on the morning of Feb. 2, 2022 read as such:
Here ye, here ye, here ye,
Today, 2-2-22, welcome to Punxsutawney to celebrate Groundhog Day. the one hundred thirty sixth annual trek of the Punxsutawney groundhog club.
Punxsutawney phil, the seer of seers, the prognosticator of all prognosticators, was gently lifted from his burrow at 7:25 am, and held high to see. His faithful followers had returned with glee!
Placing phil on top of the stump, where in Groundhogese, he directed the president, Jeff Lundy, and the inner circle to his prediction scroll that reads:
Winter has been bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet winter is just another step in the cycle of life
As I look out over the faces of the true believers from around the world, I bask in the warmth of your hearts.
I couldn't imagine a better fate, with my shadow I have cast, than a long and lustrous six more weeks of winter.
Here is the history of Punxsutawney Phil's shadow-seeing according to the York Daily Record.
What is this, Miami Beach? Not hardly.
1921 Saw shadow Six more weeks of winter
1934 No shadow Early spring
1943 Did not appear
This article has been updated with the 2022 outcome
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Trade mark update: The case involving Lewis Hamilton and the future of EU trade mark protection from 1 January 2021.
Disputes / 30 November 2020
In this Solutions update, we discuss the recent decision handed down by the EU's Intellectual Property Office ("EU IPO") relating to F1 champion, Lewis Hamilton's trademark battle with Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, Hamilton International and the future of EU trade mark protection the end of the transition period.
The 'Hamilton' case
In a three-year legal battle relating to trade marks, F1 champion, Lewis Hamilton (via his company 44IP) sought to prevent the watch maker, Hamilton International, from registering the 'Hamilton' trademark throughout Europe, which it attempted to do in 2017. The key issue in the case was whether the trade mark 'Hamilton' was being used unlawfully, in bad faith and to frustrate fair competition.
The EU IPO dismissed Mr Hamilton's company's claim, on the basis:
— Lewis Hamilton had no 'natural right' to protect his surname, Hamilton, which is "common" in English-speaking countries, as this would infringe third parties' rights.
— Hamilton International's company name dates back to 1892, when the company was originally established in the US and then moved to Switzerland in 2003, long before Lewis Hamilton was born.
— There had been no bad faith on the part of Hamilton International and that in fact, they had demonstrated a significant economic activity in the horological field since 1892.
It is important to note the contested mark consisted solely of the word 'Hamilton' as opposed to 'Lewis Hamilton', which may have had a different outcome.
In securing its European trade mark, Hamilton International now has the exclusive rights to use the 'Hamilton' name and to sell watches on accessories across the continent. The EU IPO also ordered 44IP to pay Hamilton International legal costs.
The future of EU trade mark protection
Businesses and organisations can currently apply to the Intellectual Property Office ("IPO") to register a UK trade mark and to the EU IPO to register an EU trade mark ("EUTM").
From 1 January 2021, there will be several key changes relating to trade marks, including:
— EUTMs will no longer protect trade marks in the UK.
— That said, under the Withdrawal Agreement Act, on 1 January 2021, the IPO will create a comparable UK trade mark for all right holders with an existing EU trade mark.
— Existing, and new, EUTMs will continue to protect trade marks in EU member states.
— UK businesses will still be able to apply to the EU IPO for an EUTM.
The Government has also outlined comprehensive rules for various related scenarios such as pending EUTM applications (as a UK trade mark), priority and seniority claims/dates, pending cancellation actions, use and reputation, assessment of reputation, opting out of the comparable UK trade mark, registration numbers for comparable marks, renewals, expiry, certification and collective marks, licences, security interests and assignments. You can find a link to the Government's full guidance here.
Our Disputes team and Business & Finance teams are highly experienced in advising businesses on intellectual property issues including trade marks. If you would like advice on protecting a trade mark and/or how Brexit may impact your brand reputation in the EU, please get in touch.
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I must confess that when I saw the first time I didn't get the concept but now, it's more clear!
In ODI 10g we had this big issue of killing the job especially its big headache when we need to ping or disturb DBA . ODI 11g seems to handle this situation smartly by introducing new options called STOP NORMAL and STOP IMMEDIATE.
You can find this option under the running session.Lets look how this two options work.
A pop up will be shown for Stop Session dialogue and click OK to kill it.
After running a few test I have seen that Stop Normal takes time to kill the session and after a while we get the Session Stopped dialogue. Generally in the Normal kill command, Oracle marks the query with status of Kill so most of the time the Oracle will wait for the operation or query to be processed and mark the query as Killed and pretty much the similar logic is being carried out for the STOP NORMAL, so this kill operation takes time.
My SID query also return nothing as the Session is killed in the Database too.
Similar to the Stop Normal the Stop Immediate will ask the permission to be killed or not . Click OK for the confirmation.
Being an Immediate clause , the query is killed immediately.
Note:- This process can only work when the User used in Topology have the necessary Kill permissions.
That is it! I hope be useful to all of you!
We have seen that in ODI 11g the support for table partition . We wanted to see the ability and support and recognition of it , so we have done some sample run through test and here we are sharing what we have seen .
Here we are creating a Partition based table.
After running the script in database , We have used the selective reverse and have found that it failed to recognizing the partition, so we reran the reverse using the RKM Oracle.
The Oracle RKM successfully recognized and captured the Partition and was able to see in the Datastore also as a standard practice its always great to go for Oracle RKM.
Since database handles the partition allocation, handling the insert was easy task.
we also wanted to check if the Create table can create a partition based table and we have created database structure with the required partition type and values and used the same into the target.
As you can see the Create table was created without Partition, so still the KM don't have the support to handle the partition and would need to be created via either database or Generate DDL and run the same in the target.
Well, as I told at the beginning still needs some improvements but already useful.
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During a recent Oracle forum question i was looking at an interesting question where the user said the ODI Scenarios throws the error ' No module names re ' . Initially i thought might be the user is making some mistake but then he also wrote 'the codes are working perfectly in the Designer'. Strange .
I thought let me do a faster run in ODI 11g and check if that is really the case and I wrote a small Jython procedure based on 're' module and ran via designer no issue. Now i made the scenario and ran via startscen . Hmm same error as the user reported.
Although i thought of changing the path of odiparams but then it might cause other links broken so copying the Lib folder from Oracle_ODI1oracledi.sdklib to Oracle_ODI1oraclediagentlib is the easiest solution.
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Second, sorry, sorry and sorry. We "abandoned" our blog this last few weeks. I got a lot of new responsibilities on my formal job and Dev was in vacation with his family. We are going to try to be more present from now forward.
Third (and last) let's talk about scenarios!
I Oracle Data Integrator, our famous ODI, is very common to develop all objects that you need to your integration and, at end of the development, add all of these at a package, create a scenario and that is it. Test and go to production.
That is the common way in all ODI environments that I saw until today… let's discuss this.
When we are developing a it's normal to have several tables to load in some order (parents, children, etc), procedures to performs some "not interfaceble" task and variables that uses code (refreshing type). Then, all we do is add all of this in a package, generate de scenario and our development is done.
OK, now let's think about it from the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) perspective, I mean, everything that is developed will get some maintenance in one of his "pieces" some day.
As we change just one piece from all our package, of course we should test just that piece right?
NO! And here is the problem!
Who can guarantee that none of the others pieces (or ODI objects) was changed? In fact, using a trusted SDLC, you need to execute the complete test plan (the same that allows the first delivery) once all code was "compiled", I mean, regenerated (in ODI terms).
And if we split the development in small pieces of scenarios, as small as possible, even at object level (as we can generate scenarios from objects ) and then create a package (or packages) that orchestrate the execution of this small pieces????
Of course that the first delivery will have a lot of scenarios to be imported at production but when some change is necessary you can update only the relevant code and, too, test only it.
In this way your SDLC will get less errors and the cost (HR, Financial, Hardware, etc) of tests will decrease substantially and plus, you can always re-use any of the object scenario.
If you pay attention, you will see that we are talking about the old concept of Object Orientation, nothing new.
A tip to use this approach is to have the Operator (scenarios tab) organized in folders. This will avoid the endless list of scenarios and brings organization to the environment.
Well friends, that's all for now. I hope you keep traking us!
I got this video from Craig Stewart that shows us how to direct load data from source to target with no work (C$ and I$) table use.
Simple, fast and very clever!
Thank you for share your expertize Craig!
As this is a feature that comes from 10g but still present at 11g and pretty useful, we decide to discuss it as "11g part". You will see that it's really useful in several situations.
We all have seen the Sunopsis Memory Engine but have never used it or played with it. This post is all about it and using it smartly for various activities, without using target RDBMS for temporary activities.
If you are wondering what actually is Sunopsis Memory Engine , its nothing but the HyperSQL , which is an 100% java database. The Demo environment runs on the HyperSQL.
we believe that Sunopsis Memory engine can be great for creating temporary table or storing data temporarily for ODI logic implementation.
Lets look at various implementation uses and method.
Similar to any RDBMS you can call these tables into the Variable too , just select the SCHEMA as SUNOPSIS_MEMORY_ENGINE and write your query.
For example select id from temp_table.
Similar to Oracle , you can read it via Jython or Java and fetch the required information.
If you ever need to read the data from File via jython or Java and write into Sunopsis Memory. Here are the codes.
Some time we would like to store the data into Temporary purpose for testing or debugging purpose.
We can also reverse engineer the table using the select reverse too.
Now you can use it as you wish!!!
We have shows you few important features of the new ODI 11g ,today we are going to show you how to implement Union , Minus etc logic in ODI 11g which was lacking in older version and thus maturing ODI in the ETL world.
Rename the Dataset Name to Source 1, Source 2 for more meaningful or else you can provide the Table name too and in the Second Dataset name select the Operator as Union.
Drag in the Source tables and Target table and map the columns accordingly.
Go the Flow tab and select the Staging Area and select the appropriate LKM and IKM.
ODI 11g provide a new feature called Simulation as that generates all the required codes without running the Interface , useful functionality when you trying carry some complete logic where you want to test in SQL Developer or Toad because carrying out in ODI .
Lets see the codes and as we see it has carried out the required UNION operation between two tables.
Let's try the same interface for Minus with truncate table option yes in Target.
What if we want to do UNION between three tables? Just select the right operator and the ODI will create the logic as defined.
This functionality give an extra edge for ODI on ETL side.
Keep looking odiexperts for more ODI 11g functionalities .
We wrote this article to try to send some light on Security Module (10g for now) once several emails asked us for do it.
After opening the window only enough to fill the required information.
At the end of user creation, you must add this to the desired profiles. I will use as an example, a developer can access any object in the repository development.
Completed these steps the user is able to connect the repository with rights that were signed.
Granting privileges on projects and their components.
Granting privileges to a specific project can only be assigned to users have "Supervisor" and also with the profile of the "NG" (not generic).
a. The mark "Checked" means that the user can perform that action in any repository.
It is interesting to inform you that the "rights" controlled by the security window can be understood as the options that appear when you right click on an object.
The configuration of users without the standards should be made at the level of each method on that object.
These are the main tasks and concepts on Security Module.


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