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I went, and it was excellent. It wasn't excellent because of Rev. Jackson. It was excellent because of the wealth of knowledge, wisdom, understanding and experience amongst the panelists. Their various areas of expertise shaped a vital conversation about past and present land use policies that highlight various scenari... |
Mark Dinan is correct in that East Palo Alto isn't responsible for the whole of affordable housing for the Peninsula. |
Growth without displacement is a big challenge, but it's a great goal because it reflects valuing residents over buildings, and self-determination over wholesale gentrification. |
Two last points: gentrification is actually an imprecise term because it's used more as a label. Looking underneath the label is important, and while that didn't happen at the event, it left me with wanting to do so. I've seen growth with displacement and growth with little displacement. I was also left with the realiz... |
Kudos to East Palo Alto, CLS EPA, and Stanford University for this welcoming, insightful conversation. |
Really? Well, it's been used for a long time here in the US. Many urban neighborhoods, particularly on the East Coast, have undergone gentrification by making abandoned properties available to people who are willing to refurbish them, and live in them, for as little as a dollar. |
In virtually all uses of the word, older, delapidated properties are sold to people with the time, money, interest to rebuild them--ultimately creating neighborhoods that are safer, have higher property values and generate more property taxes. |
Gentrification really isn't that vague a term, it would seem. |
I never said it was a vague term. I said it was imprecise because it's used as a label and what's under that label needs to be examined. |
Impricise to you perhaps (and that's OK as an opinion)--but probably not imprecise to people who are actually rebuilding neighborhoods for the benefit of all (except the Jesse Jackson's of this world, it would seem). |
Oh, and sooner or later doesn't everything have a label? |
Jackson is missing the mark on this one. Keeping EPA the way it is now and not allowing the city to move forward and grow with the rest of the world is debilitating to the people who live there. |
Rebuilding neighborhoods wasn't the topic of the discussion. I'm not sure why you think it was. Of course, what you think ultimately doesn't matter because you're not involved. |
Heritage? Today's East Palo Alto was created in the early 50s by a process that's the reverse of gentrification. It's called block busting, transforming a once small area of homes , farms and dairies into what it has now become. A friend of mine now 75 was raised there and personally saw it all change from the semi-rur... |
Even though it became a very dangerous place to live his mother had few options so stuck it out and stayed there until she died at a very old age. So today's East Palo Alto does not even have 65 years of the current "heritage" speakers at this conference reference. Be it gentrification or whatever other force is at wor... |
And the idea for Silicon Valley business to help create training for better jobs for Palo Alto residents? The "Pound of flesh?" |
That training already is available from the long time and successful East Palo Alto organization JobTrain. Give them your volunteer support and donations and make fewer speeches. |
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Gentrification is good for residents who can afford to remain in EPA and will hopefully force the criminals and drug dealers to leave, making the city safer for all. As a longtime resident, I personally welcome gentrification and want to see an improvement in the perceived negative reputation of EPA. It would also be n... |
This was a wonderful event and I hope that it spurs some serious discussions. East Palo Alto is now no longer affordable for many renters, thanks to the greedy mega landlord and Costa-Hawkins. Those looking to buy are also going elsewhere. At least there are solid renter rights and concerns about the future for our sen... |
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NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - The highest short-term yields in a decade helped the government sell $35 billion in two-year notes on Tuesday, bringing the yield curve down from its steepest levels in three weeks. |
The auction drew the strongest demand since January for the notes, which sold at a yield of 2.657 percent, the highest since 2008. |
Bonds have weakened since Friday, led by longer-dated Treasuries, on concerns that central banks globally will be less accommodative. |
Yields “backed up over the last couple of days so they were probably perceived as of value to people that were thinking of jumping in last week. They got better bang for their buck today,” said Lou Brien, a market strategist at DRW Trading in Chicago. |
The U.S. government will also sell $36 billion in five-year notes on Wednesday and $30 billion in seven-year notes on Thursday. |
The yield curve between two-year and 10-year notes flattened to 31 basis points after the auction, from 33 basis points earlier in the day, but above the 23 basis point area reached last week, which was the flattest level in a decade. |
Yields have risen and the yield curve has steepened since Reuters reported on Friday that the Japanese central bank was discussing modifying its easing program, raising concerns about demand for government debt. |
“That triggered the first wave of bear steepening,” said Subadra Rajappa, head of U.S. rates strategy at Societe Generale in New York. |
Bear steepening is when the long-term yields rise at a faster pace than shorter-term ones. |
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments criticizing Federal Reserve rate hikes have also added to the steepening. |
The Advent Vega is one of the hottest commodities currently on the market, so much so that demand for the device significantly outstrips supply at DSGi, the exclusive distributor of the device, leaving hundreds furious. |
The surprising success of the tablet reminded us of that of another well known tablet, the one that rules them all, the Apple iPad but here are five reasons why we think that the Advent Vega is better than Apple's tablet. |
The Advent Vega is more powerful; it comes with a dual core ARM-based Cortex A9 processor (an Nvidia Tegra 2) which is more powerful than the A4 SoC on the iPad. It has twice the amount of memory (512MB RAM) and a faster onboard graphics module. |
It has more physical connections; the iPad had a proprietary 30-pin connector while the Vega has a full size HDMI port, a 1.3-megapixel front cafing camera, a microSD card reader (with 4GB onboard and upgradable to 32GB), a USB port and a headphone jack. |
It is also cheaper; at £249, it is less than half the price of a comparable Apple iPad 3G tablet and costs significantly less than equivalent Android-based tablets like the Toshiba Folio 100. |
It runs on Android OS 2.2 and will be upgradable to Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread). It means that it will be able to do cool things like being used as a wireless hotspot. It doesn't come with Android Marketplace pre-installed but with a proprietary version courtesy of Archos, the AppsLib store which has around 5000 apps. |
It comes with a built in 3G broadband modem that's full size, not microSIM. How can that be relevant, well apart from the fact that you don't need to hack your SIM with a meat cleaver, it means that you will be able to enjoy a significantly broader choice of mobile broadband offers. |
True, the tablet can only do 6.5 hours of video playback or 16 hours worth of audio playback, less than the iPad but packing so much for so little means that many of its shortcomings are easily forgiven on the whole. |
Cmon D 3 and out!! |
At least there is no quit in this team. But can't keep doing this. |
@LesBowen Too much loose coverage. |
Give it Up Again Mills. Don't we have anyone else other than him? |
Ray Diddy is going to pick Mills apart in the Post-game show! |
So much for that. Another mishap by Jalen Mills. |
I guess the recveiver is allowed to do that now? |
Holding penalty on Mills. But he made the catch on you anyway Mr. Green Hair. |
Mills was abused all day, starting on the first play of the game. |
For the love of God bench Mills!! The guy is trash!!! |
Thanks for hosting Jonathan. I’m out. |
Nice no call on the face mask by Evans. |
This is a game where you really need to talk to the defensive coordinator, but Jim Schwartz doesn't do that after games. We'll hear from him on Tuesday. |
Bad call on the ref. Looks like offensive pass interference when he put his hand face and pushed off. |
They were due for one, I guess. |
Hard to believe Goedert has no catches today... looks like Perkins is #2 TE now. |
I'm not even convinced they'll get away with spiking it. |
Well, they did, barely. :03 on the clock. |
Hey they 10 of those 90 yards and there's three seconds left! |
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Cloudy with occasional rain after midnight. Low 37F. NNW winds shifting to ESE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch. |
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Richard Clarke, the White House cybersecurity czar, will resign after he finishes the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace early next month. |
Clarke announced that he submitted his resignation to President Bush in a memo to the Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a nonprofit organization formed by technology vendors to share information about network security. |
Clarke released a draft of the national strategy in September, and agencies and the private sector submitted comments through November. Now, the plan is being finalized and is due out in early February. |
In his letter to ISAC, Clarke said it is essential to the health of the nation's economy and security that the national strategy is implemented, especially after the chaos the Sapphire worm caused last week. |
"Every major federal agency has a role," he wrote. "The White House will remain essential. Congressional attention, support and oversight must continue. Active partnership with and by the private sector will be crucial." |
He did not mention his future plans in the letter. |
President Bush named Clarke to his position in October 2001, shortly after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Clarke previously coordinated the National Security Council's work on security, infrastructure and counterterrorism. In all, he spent the last 11 years working in the White House and more than 30... |
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) -- Lord Botetourt and Hidden Valley squaring off for the region 3D title. |
The Cavs up two sets to none. Titans on serve. Jordan Kepler sets up for Miette Veldman. The junior with the kill. She had 23 of those. It's 22-13. |
Next point, Kepler would take care of it herself this time with the nice little floater. The pace throwing off the Titans for 23-13. 32 assists for Kepler. |
Match point, Kenleigh Gunter serves it over for LB. The return gets over, but that's not gonna cut it when Veldman is on fire. She kills the regional point. The Cavaliers take the 3D title, 25-13. And earn the advantage of hosting state quarters Saturday at 6:00. |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Sunday evening (Jan. 27) at his office in Jerusalem with New Zealand Defense Minister Ron Mark. |
It’s not the first visit for New Zealand’s defense minister, who was in Israel in 1982, and who says this trip is a “good return. |
Netanyahu referenced Egypt’s leader in his reply, saying, “President el-Sisi just said that the relations between Israel and Egypt have never been as strong as they are now. My son has been visiting New Zealand. I talked to him last night. He says it’s a beautiful country. My wife was there with him and when she came b... |
“I’m sure you know, this is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and I think it’s important to appreciate the position of the Jewish people. At the time of the Holocaust, we were absolutely defenseless, unable to protect ourselves, and obviously we have now an advanced, powerful country that builds our future, but ... |
If the FAA approves, filmmakers could be among the first to use commercial drones. |
Hollywood filmmakers may be among the first to get approval to use commercial drones, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday, noting that seven production companies are requesting permission to film with unmanned aircraft. |
The companies put in requests through the Motion Picture Association of America, seeking exemptions to the FAA's ban on commercial drones. The agency is working on more-universal drone regulations, but for now commercial operations are approved on a case-by-case basis. Only limited flights over the Arctic Ocean have be... |
The agency noted "tangible economic benefits" if the film operations are approved, but cautioned that safety concerns would have to be addressed before Hollywood drones can take off. |
"[Approval] is going to be quite likely," said Patrick Egan, a drone expert who edits sUAS News. "If there's going to be any exemption, that's the one." Film sets are usually closed environments, and the industry has no shortage of aviation- and aerial-photography experts. Plus, he added, "the film industry has lots of... |
One applicant, Snaproll Media, emphasized it would be using "private or controlled access property" for its shoots. |
"[Drones] offer the motion picture and television industry an innovative and safer option for filming," said the MPAA's Neil Fried. "We welcome the FAA's leadership and support their guidance to safely authorize the use of [unmanned aircraft systems] for the motion picture and television industry." |
Chairman Colombo Rubber Traders Association, ( CRTA) Sunil Poholiyadde said recently at the Annual General Meeting (AGM ) of the CRTA that the current performance of the industry was not at optimum. Comparing crop performances in 2015 and 2016 he reported a 79 million kilo drop in production in 2016. Additionally, he a... |
He confirmed that 70 percent rubber originated from rubber small holders, who did not work their lands because of poor prices last year, seriously affecting production. Prices dropped to Rs. 200. per kilo which rendered such lands liabilities than assets. Additionally, small holders are now felling their rubber trees f... |
Poholiadda also said about 2500 hectares have been identified for acquisition as ex rubber lands to be administered by Regional Plantation Companies for expansion for industrial purposes. |
The drop in prices and reduced extents of rubber plantation resulted in a dismal overall performance. He added Regional Plantation Companies have continued their re-planting programmes but the main production sector, who are the small holders, who were accustomed to sales prices of Rs.600. per kilo, are now faced with ... |
Poholiadda alluded to the Rubber Master Plan and the expected increase in production by 2045 of 300,000 kilos, inclusive of production of value added products for the export market. He said by that time rubber would contribute about 5 billion dollars in forex earnings. |
Secretary, Ministry of Plantation Industries Lakna Paranawitharna deputizing for Minister Naveen Dissanayake, who was unwell, confirmed the Rubber Master Plan was operative and its progress was on-going, although he said its progress was slow. |
At discussion he confirmed the Monaragala rubber project was now productive and some 3000 hectares of new planting were now productive. The target area was 5000 hectares. |
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