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Bike to Work Day marred by another Wiggle police sting UPDATED
City officials and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition hailed yesterday's Bike to Work Day as a success, with the official SFMTA count finding 76 percent of vehicles along Market Street during the morning commute were bikes. But a pair of motorcycle cops ticketing cyclists that afternoon on the Wiggle put a damper on the celebration.
As we reported in this week's paper, cycling has come to enjoy almost universal support in City Hall, at least in terms of political rhetoric, although the Mayor's Office and SFMTA have committed only a small fraction of the funding needed to meet official city goals for increasing ridership. And yesterday's bike sting on the Wiggle, a key east-west bike corridor in Lower Haight, felt like a slap in the face to the SFBC.
Since another series of police stings targetting cyclists on the Wiggle last fall, SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum has been working closely with the San Francisco Police Department on its goal of focusing traffic enforcement resources on intersections with the most collisions, none of which include the Wiggle (the SFPD's Focus on the Five initiative pledges traffic enforcement resources to the five most dangerous intersections in each police district and the five most dangerous traffic violations).
On Wednesday night, Shahum was even at the Police Commission hearing discussing the issue, and she says that Police Chief Greg Suhr and other top brass in the department have offered their assurances that such arbitrary stings on the Wiggle weren't a good use of SFPD resources.
After recent hearings on how SFPD officers have refused to give citations to motorists who hit cyclists, Suhr and the department have also pledged to do so. But Shahum said she also heard from a cyclist on Bike to Work Day who was the victim of a hit-and-run by an impatient, road-raging motorist on 18th Street, and he told her that police refused to take a report even though he took down the license plate number.
Shahum said she's disheartened by that story and those of the half-dozen cyclists she heard from who were ticketed on the Wiggle for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign on the Wiggle.
"I'm not confident the commitments from the chief and the commission are making it down to the officers. They are still pursuing very outdated traffic enforcement policies," Shahum told us.
Shahum said she spoke to Capt. Greg Corrales, whose Park Station precinct includes the Wiggle, and Cmndr. Mikail Ali, who heads traffic enforcement, and both said they had no knowledge of any enforcement stings on the Wiggle. We left a message for SFPD spokesperson Albie Esparza, and we'll update this post if and when we hear back. [UPDATE 5/12: Esparza just told us these citywide traffic enforcement officers were there based on citizen complaints about people running stop signs, but that the timing on BTWD wasn't intentional: "It was a random thing they happened to be there that day." He also noted that just 1 percent of traffic citations from April went to cyclists, and 93 percent to motorists, but he said officers can't ignore traffic violations. "We cannot say as an agency do not cite pedestrians, do not cite bicyclists, that would be selective enforcement," he said, while also agreeing that if officers that day on the Wiggle ignored motorist violations to focus on cyclists, that would also be selective enforcement."]
One of the cyclists ticketed on the Wiggle yesterday wrote this account to Shahum: "I suspect you will be hearing from a lot of cyclists in the next few days regarding the 2 cops who decided to hang out at Waller and Steiner Sts. yesterday to nail riders 'running the stop sign.' I was there at 4:51pm yesterday and I approached that intersection as I always do everyday braked with my right hand and signaled with my left arm to make that left turn onto Waller. I know for a fact I stopped as there was a car opposite me heading south on Steiner and I had to make sure which direction it might go. Once I made my left turn, there to greet me was a man in blue telling me to stop and present my driver's license to him. He said that I failed to stop and I quote 'your pedals were still moving at the stop sign.'... So, a great 20th anniversary of bike to work day turned out to be a real downer for myself and I would guess for dozens more of riders. What a scheme to do this on a bike to work day with so many more riders out there."
At the Bike to Work Day rally outside City Hall yesterday morning, where a broad cross-section of local political leaders and city officials spoke after riding their bikes to the event, Chief Suhr talked about the importance of making the streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists: "We are all in this together. Under the leadership of the mayor and the supervisors, all the department heads, we are committed to Vision Zero that in 10 years there are no fatalities in San Francisco."
Mayor Lee, who also rode to work, said: "I was proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bike to Work Day by riding this morning from my neighborhood, Glen Park, accompanied by a growing number of bike commuters, including families, who are taking advantage of the benefits of a fun, healthy, affordable way to move around our City. With innovative bikeways like the new contraflow bike lane on lower Polk Street that connects Market Street to the Tenderloin and City Hall, we continue to improve and enhance our City's bike network to connect our residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. But in order to do even more to make our streets safe, we must invest in our aging transportation infrastructure."
More than half of the time motorists at 4 way stop signs just wave me through.
...as I speed through the stop sign without slowing down.
The pedestrian was in my way. I'm a tech worker, condo owner and Mission gentrifier, so I'm a member of the most important groups that support Ed Lee and the status quo. Since I'm so smart and important, everyone else should stay out of my way. Besides, tech workers are known to have autistic tendencies that elevate their own self-importance and prevent true empathy for others. When SF decided to embrace the tech industry it should have known it was getting a lot of selfish workers. So stay out of our way.
A car driver is going to complain about someone else being entitled and selfish? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
The pedestrian was in my way. I'm a car driver, so I'm a member of the most important group that supports Ed Lee and the status quo. Since I'm so smart and important, everyone else should stay out of my way. Besides, car drivers are known to have autistic tendencies that elevate their own self-importance and prevent true empathy for others. When SF decided to embrace the automobile it should have known it was getting a lot of selfish assholes. So stay out of our way or we will run you the fuck over. Or bomb you and steal your oil. I shoot you. Or kill you with our exhaust fumes.
There, fixed that for you.
Thanks for that GPD.
That type of attitude is the exact one why lots of people in San Francisco hate bicyclists. You help out (primarily) bicyclists as much as Fred Phelps helps out Christians.
75% of San Franciscans support cycling and think it is good for San Francisco. You entitled car drivers are a dying breed.
Good luck winning elections with 25% support.
I just took your words and replaced bicyclist with motorist. It is hysterical that you think that makes me look like an extremist, I just repeated your words back to you.
80% of all statistics are made up. Even if it were true, how many of those 75% are willing to give up their cars for bicycles and take the majority of their trips on bicycles rather than cars? How many car trips are taken daily versus the number of bike rides? 100-1? 1000-1?
I support owning pets too but that doesn't mean I'm going to go out and get a dog.
About 4% of all trips are made by bicycle in San Francisco and 50% by car, so the real ration is about 12:1. MTA plans are to move the ratio to 2:1 by 2020, which is pretty optimistic. They should get there sometime in the 20's though.
Is that it?
I agree. Motorists should have to open the door and put a foot down also. That way we can all be sure.
Have S.F.'s finest given out any tickets for drivers who come within three feet of cyclists who are in a bike lane?
It's easy to believe that they aren't even looking out for such behavior because it happens all the time--and moreover I think on many of those occasions it is done with a malicious disregard for the safety of the cyclists.
So if cops can decide to not prioritize the state law mandating a safe buffer zone then why can they not decide to ignore bicyclists who make prudent "rolling stops"?
that he was not ticketed.
The quite practical meaning of the law is that a motor vehicle drivers must pass bicyclists who are in a bike lane at the maximum distance from that lane; the same way a non-reptile driver would pass a person changing a tire in the road.
OK to ride too close to vehicular traffic or otherwise impede it.
As if instant death was not a sufficient deterrent.
by DUI's and public intoxication tickets.
Irish, and faux Irish bar owners complain.
I think she's taking this whole "cycling" thing a little too seriously.
The cops don't just stage a sting on Bike to Work day. Visibly enforcing these laws on that day is a message sent to civilians that the cops do what they want to when they want to if they want to and nobody else gets to set their agenda.
First off, stop with the dramatics. This wasn't a sting. The police weren't setting out a trap for bicyclists. They didn't put out a bicycle for a robber to steal. They didn't send in a minor to buy booze at a store. Those are stings. This was simple traffic enforcement. I remember before they put in a stop light on 11th and Geary. Every so often a bunch of cops would sit there and pull over anyone who didn't yield to pedestrians or was speeding. This is the exact same thing. The cops just sat there and stopped anyone who chose to run stop signs.
Second, this wasn't a "slap in the face of San Franciscans". Most San Franciscans are fed up with the self-righteous attitude that a lot of bicyclists have and that you and Steven exemplify. That's why you don't see any public outcry about this. Other than that of asshole bicyclists who feel that they don't shouldn't have to obey any traffic laws.
Third, that was the perfect day for the SFPD to increase enforcement. Some people who might not normally ride to work were doing so. They also might not be aware of their responsibilities as a bicyclist or even worse, learning the rules of the road from jerks like you. The article didn't say how many got tickets and how many got warnings. If this was anything like the last time, most people were given warnings. Even when they acted like a indignant jerk like Steven did.
75% of San Franciscans think that bicycling is good for San Francisco. 2/3 want more bike lanes.
It is only a few self-righteous holier-than-thou arrogant selfish car drivers that believe that they are the only ones who should be allowed to use public space. They speed everywhere, talk on their cell phones, pollute the planet and are a general nuisance to the overwhelming majority of San Franciscans who are environmentalists.
Your days are numbered fool. You are a dying species and don't even realize it yet.
Just because people support cycling doesn't mean they want to give up their cars (I'm even dubious of that 75% number. Source?).
95% of Americans think eating vegetables is a good idea and 85% support people eating more vegetables. That doesn't mean people are going to become vegans.
"About three fourths of voters believe bicycling is goo for San Francisco"
About three fourths of voters believe bicycling is good for San Francisco and that bicycling in the City should be comfortable and attractive to people of all ages, from small children to seniors.
David Binder is a hack that no one believe or listens to. Every one of my friends drives a car and we all hate those horrid bicyclists. I am certain we will cruise to victory in November.
If you need any more proof about how much San Franciscans love their cars, just look at how unpopular Sunday meters was.
So it was a sting and a slap in the face to cyclists, thanks for admitting that.
It was still neither.
"First off, stop with the dramatics. This wasn't a sting....The cops just sat there and stopped anyone who chose to run stop signs."
So it was a sting.
"Second, this wasn't a "slap in the face of San Franciscans"...Other than that of asshole bicyclists who feel that they don't shouldn't have to obey any traffic laws."
So it was a slap in the face to San Franciscans who ride bikes.
"Third, that was the perfect day for the SFPD to increase enforcement. Some people who might not normally ride to work were doing so."
So it was a sting that was a slap in the face to San Franciscans carried out on a day of political significance to cyclists.
Thanks for confirming that.
Here's the definition of a sting: "a complicated and clever plan that is meant to deceive someone especially in order to catch criminals." Was there deceit in any way? No. Two police officers sitting on their clearly marked SFPD motorcycles in their SFPD uniforms at an intersection (not hiding behind anything) watching for people to blow through a stop sign is in no way a clever plan to entrap lawbreakers. The only people who consider it a sting are people who would normally break that law anyway (like you and Steven).
Enforcing traffic law is not a slap in the face of San Franciscans. If the cops set up at an intersection where the people getting pulled over were cars you wouldn't have called it "a slap in the face of San Franciscans". You would have called it "good traffic enforcement". No one else is getting bent out of shape about this except for a few people who feel that since they're bicyclists they should only have to obey whatever laws they choose to.
Did SFPD write them all tickets? No. There were probably less than a handful that the police issued that day. Bicyclists aren't exempt from traffic law just because they think they should be. Your position on bicyclists is clear. You don't think they should have to follow traffic laws because they're bicyclists.
Enforcing minor bicycle violations on the wiggle on bike to work day is a political slap in the face to civilian political authority in San Francisco by the SFPD.
A cop just came by on someone else's call about homeless and told us that "we" really did not have the resources for the cops to be dealing with the homeless.
But the cops apparently have the resources to set up sting operations for bicyclists going through stop signs in the wiggle on bike to work day.
Which part of "not a sting" do you still not understand?
Just admit that you think you're entitled to ignore traffic laws because you're a bicyclist.
Cops enforcing this law in that place on that day is a sting and it is another data point confirming that we can not afford to entrust the SFPD with enforcement discretion.
not every other day of the year.
Did they ticket the cars that roll through the stop signs on the Wiggle? Every time I ride through the only times I see cars stop completely is for pedestrians or other cross traffic. Coincidentally, that's when I do a complete stop (not a rolling stop) as well. It's like we both have the capability to assess the intersection and determine if we have the right of way and will be able to pass through safely. Imagine that.
Wow, this paper attracts the most hateful, selfish people and drivers. Do the advertisers know this?
Since most of the SFBG online advertisers these days appear to be strip clubs, I doubt that they care.
Looking forward to the all-nude oil wrestling at Centerfolds!
Thanks, SFBG, for clueing me in to this important San Francisco cultural activity!
I got followed to work today by one of Park Station's finest. In order to avoid citation, I stopped and put my foot down at every intersection, which not only slowed me down, but held up other vehicles behind me or waiting to go through since it took me longer to get going after each full stop. Meanwhile 2/3 of the drivers I encountered failed to use their turn signals, several did not completely stop, infractions the cop either ignored or failed to notice. Including the one tailing me, I saw at least 3 cop cars driving around the Wiggle this am, probably because it is warm out and there may be more cyclists on the streets.
The terrorists hate us for our freedoms.
Is Greg Corrales still in charge of this outfit?
All pedestrians are terrorists!
Out of my way, terrorists, I'm coming through!
I live near Ed Lee in Glenn Park. I don't believe he rode his bike from GP to City Hall.
I believe he boarded the bike on Polk. It was all staged.
BTW, Ed does not take the BART to work as far as I know even though there is a BART station practically on his doorstep.
So this is all "do as we say, not as we do".
Ed Lee is all "Kind to cyclists" until he sic's the SFPD on them with a sting operation at The Wiggle.
Ed Lee personally ordered the SFPD to pursue a sting operation at the Wiggle!
He did it while manically laughing, marveling at his treachery!
Where's the logic in that?
Not that simple.
Any Mayor of San Francisco would need a police escort to ride Bart to work every day. A drive is probably cheaper for the city. Plus he probably doesn't head to City Hall first thing every morning
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Tiger Woods Learning Center exceeding expectations
STUART — In the world of golf, the legendary Tiger Woods has no equal. In the world of Murray Middle School in Stuart, the Tiger Woods Learning Center is considered so exceptional that students can't wait to get in.
"We've succeeded in Martin County beyond our wildest expectations," said Kathy Bihr, vice president of programs for the Tiger Woods Foundation.
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The California-based Tiger Woods Foundation chose Murray Middle School for one of its four Tiger Woods Learning Center expansion campuses last year, sinking $150,000 into remodeling two classrooms and a teacher planning room into a brightly colored, fully equipped "campus" inside Murray Middle.
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Gardens Saks credit card purchases donate to local charities
- 4:17 pm Monday, February 6th, 2012 by Emily Roach
The Saks Fifth Avenue store in The Gardens Mall is active in charity, such as its big push with Key to the Cure and smaller events such as February's donation opportunity for credit card customers.
Last week, store manager Mindy Curtis-Horvitz told me a little about her 23 years with the fashion-savvy retailer and specifically her four years in Palm Beach Gardens. Her profile ran today in our business section.
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Are you a fan of seeing live shows in the theater? I am! I got hooked in the 90s, when Broadway was having a real boom. I've seen Phantom of the Opera a bunch of times, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Cats and so many more. Back then, my parents would take us quite often. We'd drive into NYC, and rain or shine, heat or freezing, we'd stand in line at TKTS. And this was the old one–when it was just a little shack. Today it's a bit more sophisticated and I think the line moves quicker!
Now, you don't have to go to NYC to see these popular shows. They are coming right here to Philadelphia and will be at the Kimmel Center, The Academy of Music and the Merriam. War Horse will be in town at the Academy of Music from November 20 to December 2. The show itself is getting great reviews and it won 5 Tony Awards!
Here is the synopsis of the story:
Hailed by The New York Times as "theatrical magic," WAR HORSE is the powerful story of young Albert's beloved horse, Joey, who has been enlisted to fight for the English in World War I. In a tale the New York Daily News calls "spellbinding, by turns epic and intimate," Joey is caught in enemy crossfire and ends up serving both sides of the war before landing in no man's land. Albert, not old enough to enlist, embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home. What follows is a remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship, filled with stirring music and songs and told with the some of the most innovative stagecraft of our time.
Tickets for War Horse start at just $25! This is an amazing opportunity for your family to see a Broadway-caliber show, right here in Philadelphia. I have gone to the "traveling, non-Broadway" versions of both Phantom and Les Mis, and they are equal to what you see in NYC, really! In fact, at those shows, I had much better seats than what we had for Miss Saigon.
Make sure you subscribe to the Kimmel Center's email so that you are alerted to all the shows. Some upcoming shows include Les Mis (can never see that too many times!), Catch Me If You Can and many great others. I am so excited to see that list, it's going to be hard to limit myself to just a few shows.
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Last year's draft produced some interesting picks. Some were good picks and some were very intriguing. Chilo Rachal could be a starter at some point this coming season, Josh Morgan could be the starting WR if he has a good training camp, Cody Wallace could be Heitmann's replacement at C in two years. Balmer is a diiferent story. I am not sure he could become a decent NFL player. Larry Grant could have been a good player but I think the numbers at LB was against him being a 7th Rounder.
Reggie Smith, from college football powerhouse Oklahoma, could be a very good safety for the team. He has experience at strong safety and CB in college and that could be enough for the team to throw him in the battle for the starting FS position. He has good size at 6' and 196 lbs. He was also a 5 star player coming out of HS (Santa Fe HS Edmond, OK). His 40 yard time at the workouts last year might have affected his draft status as one of the top prospects at CB, coming in at 4.68 and 4.65. He could be an ideal FS, like a Merton Hanks or even a Ronnie Lott. Not a lot of speed but a lot of football instincts.
This is not an anti Dashon Goldson post. It is merely an opinion to somehow make a team with a need in a position to look at other options. Besides, soon, someone has to take over Michael Lewis at the other safety spot. I think having Smith do an OJT this coming season could be very benificial, not only for Smith but also for the team.
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The latest book by Steve Yetiv, professor of political science at Old Dominion University, was reviewed in Wednesday's editions of The Wall Street Journal.
Yetiv's "Crude Awakenings: Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy" was reviewed by William Tucker, the author of "Progress and Privilege: America in the Age of Environmentalism," among other books.
Tucker called Yetiv's book "smart, practical and convincing.
"Mr. Yetiv...argues that while trade and 'dependency' may put nations into conflict, it also pulls them together," Tucker writes. "China, for example, may be gutting America's old manufacturing economy, but its industrial revolution has made it dependent on us for markets. Russia has become much more cooperative since joining the trading world. Saudi Arabia may be able to manipulate oil prices, but it needs to sell oil as much as we need to buy it."
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LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) -- In the wake of the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's report claiming the University of Wisconsin system entered the current year sitting on a $650-million reserve fund, UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that debate on possible tuition raises in the next, two-year budget should remain in consideration.
The LFB report, issued Friday, said $414-million of the reserve surplus came from student tuition -- despite universities consistently raising tuition in recent years.
"For students, what's initially concerning is that in three years the amount of tuition money in that fund has doubled," said UW-La Crosse Student Association president Nick Bezier.
"We've been told by the UW system that we needed 5.5% tuition increases for the past six years and that's the maximum (allowable amount) under the cap right now," Bezier.
Bezier said he believes if the reserve fund continues to grow tuition must be cut or the tuition funding must be funneled into other parts of his university's budget.
But Gow disputed that campuses such as his own, which reported a reserve fund of almost $28-million, were simply stockpiling student tuition dollars with no purpose.
"Why would we sit on cash?" Gow said. "That doesn't make any sense. We're not a for-profit business."
"I kind of expect to get some criticism when we raise tuition," Gow said. "But what's not appreciated is this notion that we have some big slush fund. That's really a hoax."
Gow said in a letter to campus that all $27.7-million in the UWL's reserves are earmarked for specific projects. The chancellor sent out a full summary:
Extra Class Sections & Curriculum Development $1.3 million
Online & Service Based Programs $1.9 million
Faculty Hiring Start-up Funding $1.3 million
Classroom & Lab Facilities $2.8 million
Classroom Equipment & Technology $2.6 million
Technology Infrastructure $2.8 million
Enrollment Initiatives $1.2 million
Differential Tuition Program Contingencies $13.8 million
Gow said the $13.8-million devoted to "differential tuition program contingencies" constitutes roughly one year of pay, plus benefits, for 202 UWL employees.
Gow said those employees are paid solely with tuition money and not using state funding.
"The people in those jobs, if enrollment goes down and we don't have as much tuition, we still have to pay them," Gow said. "So we've held back some money."
Gow added that a tuition freeze, which has been backed by Gov. Scott Walker as well as ranking members of both parties in the state legislature, would effectively negate the possibility of university employees being given pay raises.
He said that could mean those workers depart the UW system for greener pastures.
"Our people haven't had a pay increase in over five years," said Gow. "You're going to lose the top talent and we need to address that very soon. We were hoping to do that with a very small tuition increase this time around but now it looks like the legislators aren't going to let us do that."
The UW had called for a roughly 2% increase in tuition over the next budget.
Bezier also remained skeptical of the possible freeze.
"I'd rather see a tuition cap than a freeze if it means faculty are going to leave for other institutions," Bezier said. "I think there's a compromise that can be found."
It's highly unlikely state lawmakers would agree to new tuition hikes following the release of Friday's report.
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The Defence of the Realm also uncovers the identities of previously unknown enemies of Britain and the West whose activities the Service has brought to light; adds significantly to our knowledge of many celebrated events and notorious individuals; and definitively lays to rest a number of persistent myths. Above all, it shows the place of this hitherto extremely secretive organization within the UK. Few books could offer such an immediate and extraordinary expansion in our understanding of British history over the past century.


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Hey Nathan! Great website here – amazing people and amazing work. When you get time show off some of your projects! For anyone interested Nathan is the soul of Final Touch Custom Millworks just outside Toronto. They do amazing high-end cabinetry and anything else you can dream up for architects and designers doing custom homes or renovations. Apparently he was raised from a sapling….lol
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There is nothing wrong with the standard hotdog while you're enjoying a night at the ballpark. But this season the Tulsa Drillers have expanded the menu.
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Can somebody tell me how wkoirng in a casino is like? I heard that many casinos are affilated the mobs, triads, and hoodlums.If I work in a casino, will I get to work only in the job I am employed in or will I have to do something illegal as well, like selling drugs to innocent patrons? If my boss is linked to the mob, will he send some of his cronies to terrorise me if my job is not up to expectation?Will my family be safe from the mob?Hey, no offence intended. Just asking. Need to know my next move. Can someone just give me an insight into how wkoirng life in a casino is like?


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This route is described as 5.11 in Rossiter's book, but I thought it was more like 5.10 (I was on TR though). Walk up the hill along the west face from the amphitheater trail for 60 feet. There's a left-inclining ramp. Start where the ramp is chest height and there is a left-pointing flake 10 feet above that. Climb on top of the ramp, and pull a balancy crux to get to the top of the flake. Move right on crisp edges and up to the ridge, passing under a large boulder to the right. From up top, you can walk to the left on the ridge crest to another boulder and rap from a webbing anchor.
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Well I have been. And I couldn't find anywhere that had the info. So I decided I would create something to tell me. Using excel I created a spreadsheet that could take in the TSN standings, compare that to the hurricanes.com schedule data and then tell me how the Canes fair against opponents with better records and opponents with worse records. I've stored it on google documents and everyone can view it here. Right now it's only looking at wins and losses and I'm counting OTL's as losses. As I get the chance to update this more I'll look at that more in depth. Some interesting stats:
The team is 12-21 against opponents with a better record for a win percentage of 36%.
The team is 13-5 against opponents with a worse record for a win percentage of 72%.
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Why is Increasing Broadband Adoption so Important to Society?
The Arab Spring showed the power of information and communications technology to help people voice their legitimate demands for human rights and greater accountability. As we strive to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and shape the post-2015 development agenda, expanding the benefits of information and communications technology will be crucial.
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A digital divide has no place in the information age and twenty-first-century knowledge economy. The management of information and communication technology should be transparent, democratic and inclusive. I am gratified that you have taken steps to open the process, including the vital voices of civil society and the private sector.
The United Nation system stands behind the goal of an open Internet. The right to communicate is central to the ITU's mission. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees freedom of expression across all media and all frontiers. As the World Summit on the Information Society affirmed, the free flow of information and ideas is essential — for peace, development, human rights and our common progress.
These freedoms are indispensable. We must continue to work together and find consensus on how to effectively keep cyberspace open, accessible, affordable and secure for all. I trust that together, Governments, industry and civil society will rise to this occasion.
The United Nation's Broadband Commission for Digital Development stated four global broadband policy targets for ensuring universal and affordable broadband access. The four goals are as follows:
- Target 1: Making broadband policy universal. By 2015, all countries should have a national broadband plan or strategy or include broadband in their Universal Access / Service Definitions.
- Target 2: Making broadband affordable. By 2015, entry-level broadband services should be made affordable in developing countries through adequate regulation and market forces (amounting to less than 5% of average monthly income).
- Target 3: Connecting homes to broadband. By 2015, 40% of households in developing countries should have Internet access.
- Target 4: Getting people online. By 2015, Internet user penetration should reach 60% worldwide, 50% in developing countries and 15% in LDCs.
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According to the Commission's charter contained on their website, "the Broadband Commission believes that high-speed, high-capacity broadband connections to the Internet are an essential element in modern society, conferring broad social and economic benefits. Without broadband infrastructure and services, developing countries risk exclusion from participation in the burgeoning global digital economy. The Commission aims to promote the adoption of broadband-friendly practices and policies, so all the world's people can take advantage of the benefits of broadband.
Another UN body, (Human Rights Council of the United Nations General Assembly) declared access to the Internet a basic human right which enables individuals to "exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression."
The broadband report from the UN Human Rights Council was released after the seventeenth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, and is titled "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue." In addition to the basic right to Internet access, the report also cites the global community's responsibility to spur global efforts to increase broadband availability in nations.


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THE MODERATOR: I'd like to welcome Florida State Offensive Coordinator Lawrence Dawsey, Offensive Coordinator Randy Sanders, quarterback Jameis Winston and wide receiver Kenny Shaw. Coach, if either one of you or both would like to make a brief opening statement.
RANDY SANDERS: I didn't know I was doing this, but it's great to be here. Obviously we've worked very hard. It's been a great season. We've been fortunate to have a tremendous staff, a lot of good football players, and we've gone out and played well each week. Just an opportunity to play for the National Championship is what you want when you start the season. It's what you work for when you start in January.
To be here, we're very excited, very privileged, very honored, and look forward to playing the game.
Q. My question is for the coaches, both coaches. When did you guys realize how dominant an offense you were putting together for this season, an offense that I think the lowest amount of points you had was 37 in one game.
LAWRENCE DAWSEY: I would say the Pittsburgh game. Going into the season with a freshman quarterback, not really knowing what to expect, yeah, seen some good things in practice, but actually going into that game and seeing the performance, seeing how well that not only the quarterback played but the receivers, the backs, special teams, just everything we felt right now if they continued to just work hard to get better each and every week, we had a chance to have something special.
Q. Jameis, you began the season sort of as an unknown quantity nationally. You end it with a Heisman Trophy and playing in a National Championship Game. Can you describe how your life has changed this season?
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, my life hasn't changed at all because our goal as a team, it still isn't over yet. At Florida State, we began the season as everybody was looking at us as, like okay, they've got a freshman quarterback. Nobody is going to pay any attention, now we're in the National Championship.
Q. For you personally has anything changed?
JAMEIS WINSTON: Nothing has changed.
Q. Jameis, did you think it would be this easy? You're making it look easy. Did you think it would be this easy? Or is it this easy?
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, we've got a team and the coaching staff that we've got, it looks easy. But people don't look at the behind closed doors and how much hard work we put into this. We prepared ourselves for situations like this and we prepared ourselves every day at practice and the things we do every single day.
Yes, right now it is easy because all of us, we've got our mindset on one goal and all of us going the same direction.
Q. Lawrence and Randy, not to belabor the point, but are there moments during this season where you have to sort of remind yourself that Jameis is a freshman?
RANDY SANDERS: Well, what he's been able to do has been remarkable. The way our team has been able to play‑‑ it's always nice to have a good quarterback, but the quarterback is usually as good as those other 10 guys around him. Our defense has been able to play well, to put us in situations where we can continue to play offensively like we've wanted to play all year. You know, Kenny and the receivers have played phenomenal, the offensive line, the backs, O'Leary and what he's been able to do at tight end.
But yeah, what he's done is amazing. You ask has his life changed? Well, he's changed mine. Last year at this time I was 2‑10 and out of a job. So to be here at Florida State in the National Championship Game is a dream come true for me.
LAWRENCE DAWSEY: Well, you know, being an alum at Florida State and just seeing how things have developed from the transition to where we are now, it definitely has. Just to watch this team get better and better each and every week, not only on the offensive side, but as a whole team, it's definitely changed.
Q. What challenges, if any, does the one‑month layoff possess for the offense?
LAWRENCE DAWSEY: Timing, more so on the offensive side of the ball. You've got your timing, the route runnings and you're used to being in a certain routine. You get out of that routine and come back and try and get back in that routine. The timing is the main thing with the month layoff that you have to get back in after being away from the game for a month.
RANDY SANDERS: Well, bowl games are always a challenge a little bit. They're a lot like opening games. We played 13 games to this point but it has been a month, and you always try to balance as a coach how do you practice. How physical are you in practice, because the best way to be good at playing football is to play it and to practice the way you play. Obviously football is a physical sport and involves a lot of contact. But every time you go out there and do that, you're scared to death, you're not going to get to the game with all your good players.
I think our team has responded well. I look forward to the challenge.
Q. Jameis, you had a difficult situation that you had to go through this year off the field. How were you able to stay positive and not let that affect you, and Kenny, you're pretty close to Jameis. What was it like watching him go through that and stay strong through that?
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, it goes back to the teammates. My teammates aren't looking at me anything differently because they know I did nothing wrong through the whole process. But at the end of the day, that kind of brought us closer together as a team, because dang, our quarterback is going through this situation, and dang, people still are not leaving us alone after we're having a successful season. But that brought us closer together as a team. That was a changing point in our whole team because that was a time we needed to get over the hump, we were playing against a Syracuse team that had confidence, and they were coming into our house and they had confidence that they would beat us. It got us back refocused to where we needed to be at.
KENNY SHAW: Looking at the situation from the outside in, you would think it would hurt the team, but we used it as a time to get stronger. We stayed close to Jameis because we knew the allegations wasn't true and all that. But we just got stronger and we didn't miss a beat.
Q. Kenny, there's been several stories out there about how Jameis has been a leader from the start, a guy even at a young age who sort of came in and tried to grab the attention of upperclassmen. What was that like, to have an 18‑year‑old freshman who wasn't even playing trying to be a leader, and even this year when he stepped into a starting role, for him to sort of be the leader of a team that had a lot of seniors on it, or juniors and seniors.
KENNY SHAW: Honestly it was weird at first because you're used to playing with quarterbacks two or three years older than you. But we took him in in the summertime and he gained our respect from then with seven‑on‑sevens and workouts in the summertime. Coach Fisher always preaches there's no limit to the ages of players. He proved that to us as teammates and the nation this year.
Q. You guys had six new assistants on the staff this year, which is usually not a great recipe for making a big run. Why has that worked so well to be able to mesh the new guys in so well?
LAWRENCE DAWSEY: Well, Coach Fisher did a great job of selecting the right guys to come in to be part of the program. Me being the guy that was one of the guys that was left over, he brought them in, we interviewed them and he always asked our opinion on the guys, and what he did was particularly picked the guys that he knew and that he felt comfortable that would not only come in and do a great job but also come in and be quality guys, to have the family atmosphere that he has been having and also be great coaches.
He did a good job of picking the new guys that came in, and they all just got right in. Wasn't no egos with anybody, everybody came in with having one common goal, and that was making us the best team we could be.
RANDY SANDERS: I agree. I think that's the one thing, being one of the new guys that I was most excited about was the kind of staff Coach Fisher had been able to put together. Several of us had been coordinators at one time or another and had had big moments in big games. Just to have an opportunity to get around those guys and work and enjoy coming to work each day. We work hard but we enjoy coming to work. It makes it a whole lot easier to do your job when you really enjoy what you're doing and you enjoy the people you're around.
Q. Jameis, talk a little bit about your relationship with Coach Sanders and how he's helped your development as a quarterback.
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, Coach Sanders is the main guy. What people don't understand is how much he actually does behind closed doors. Just the other day me and him were sitting down one‑on‑one watching film. He helped me so much and I've lacked to give him credit through this whole process, what he really has taught me. Every single day, Coach Sanders asks me what can I help you do to get better, and usually I say nothing and then he ends up giving me a reason why he can do.
What he's done for us to develop a relationship, it's hard because I had a good relationship with Coach Craig, but for him to come in day one and just me to have that automatic bond, this guy is hilarious, and just the way I look forward to coming to practice to get close by him team and you can see that with his past quarterbacks. We had Tee Martin at practice the other day and you just see the genuine love that his players have for him, and he's coached Peyton Manning and hopefully I'll be close to him one day, and just his résumé, he stacks up with the best.
Q. Coach Sanders, you got to coach in the first BCS, now the last BCS. What's it like being able to‑‑ you beat Florida State and now you're with Florida State. There's a couple story lines with that.
RANDY SANDERS: Why you have to bring that up? If nothing else, I'm the answer to a trivia question, right?
It's exciting. When you play in the first one, you can't imagine it would be this long getting back, because we had a lot of good things going on at Tennessee at the time, we had a lot of good football teams.
I think having been in the first one, not that you take it for granted, but you kind of expect to do it again, and the fact that it's been this number of years between the two, I think not that I've worked any harder or any less for this one, but I've actually taken time to appreciate the fact that I'm here.
I think I'm in my 25th year of coaching, and having done it as long as I have, and as I mentioned last year wasn't a great season as far as success, but to get back and have this kind of success and be in this position, having done it as long as I have, makes me appreciate where we're at.
I look forward to going out there and playing the game because it's going to be fun, just being in that atmosphere, being in that arena is going to be fun. Obviously it's a whole lot more fun when you win, and we certainly expect to win. But from the first snap to the last snap, it's going to be fun.
Q. Both coaches, I wonder if either of you have ever entertained the concept of a 19‑year‑old quarterback being under center in the NFL, and how much do you entertain that concept now, whether it could happen or not this young for Jameis?
RANDY SANDERS: Well, whether he's 19 or 22, age is a number. The thing about Jameis is he's mature beyond his years. We have a number of guys‑‑ I think Kenny, even though Kenny is a senior, Kenny is a very, very mature football player, regardless of whether he was a senior or not. We're fortunate. We've got a lot of guys that understand what their role is on the team. They understand going about their business, and they do it in a very, very mature manner. I think a lot of that is a tribute to them but it's also a tribute to Coach Fisher and the way he's built the program.
But whether Jameis is 19, whether he's 22, whether he's playing at Florida State or whether he's playing in the NFL, I would expect him to play at a high level. That's what he does. That's what he expects of himself. He's done it 13 times this year, and does it pretty much every day at practice.
When somebody asked him the question earlier, does it make it look easy. Well, when you really prepare and you prepare hard each day, then game days are easier. I tell him all the time when you're making throws, try to make it hard on yourself. Make it as hard as you can in practice so when you get the opportunity in the game, it's easier.
I think we've got 85 guys on this football team that do that.
LAWRENCE DAWSEY: I agree with Randy. To get ready for a game, age don't really have an effect on it. Me playing in the NFL and me going in as a rookie and you see the older vets, if you come in and play, they don't care what age you are. They just want you to be able to help them win football games. Obviously we've got a special guy up here next to us that can get that job done, and we expect to see him in the NFL some day getting it done.
Q. Randy, you talked about the difference between last year and this year for you. Ellis Johnson, kind of in the same position as you are. Just talk a little bit about your respect for him, and Jameis said you're hilarious. Did you know you're hilarious?
RANDY SANDERS: Well, he cracks me up sometimes, too.
Ellis, having been in coaching, as I mentioned, 25 years, and the previous 24 years was all in the Southeastern Conference, having played as a player in the Southeastern Conference and then coaching there, and Ellis kind of having his roots in the Southeastern Conference, we've faced each other a number of times. I have a tremendous amount of respect for his knowledge.
Whenever you coach against a guy as many times as we've kind of gone against each other, you have history. I can remember 2004, things we did, the way he reacted, the things he did, the way we responded to him, and it's pretty much been an ongoing process every year but about one or two there for about the last 10 years.
Good football coach. You know, sometimes as coaches we're all measured by our wins and losses, but the wins and losses don't always measure your true abilities to coach. It still gets down to players playing, and he had a year in there at Southern Miss that wasn't what he expected, but no question, good football coach. He's been in a lot of big situations, big games, and I know he'll bring his best game night.
Q. Jameis, can you take us back to the Pitt game, your first start and that performance, I think 25‑of‑27 and all the touchdowns and the statement you made that day? Randy, how surprised were you? I know you've got a lot of confidence in him, but Game 1 for a freshman to have a performance like that.
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, that game was really just out of anger and out of happiness of me just being on the football field again. When you love this game so much and you've got to sit a whole year off, I mean, it kind of hits you into the heart, and it's like a reality check, like hey, bro, you were sitting on the bench last year.
When I came out to that game, I was like, I'm ready, and I had the weapons around me to help me do that. That's when, I mean, I realized as a player‑‑ back in the spring I realized we've got a great team, but I realized as a player, hey, we're out here gelling, we've got this little thing about us, and that's when I knew right then, FSU is going to bring that swag back because we went out there and just showed the world, hey, look at us, we're here, we're here to make a statement.
RANDY SANDERS: Honestly I wasn't really surprised. I was a little bit in awe, I think, like a lot of people, just the poise and composure that he had. You saw it every day in spring practice, through the summer, through the fall. But for it to show up on game day that way, that was nice to see. And he had two incompletions, one of them was a throw away, and the other one could have been ruled a completion on the sideline. I think it was a catch Kenny made on the sideline.
But the way he saw things, the accuracy he played with, and then our guys getting open, catching the ball and making plays around him makes it much easier.
Q. Jameis, from start to finish, start of the season to the finish, through the controversy, do you feel you've been treated fairly in the press, in the media?
JAMEIS WINSTON: I mean, I can't control people's motives, but what I can control is what I do on the football field every single day and how I react around my teammates. That's what we really focus on because it's not over yet. Obviously we've got a great Auburn team that we've got to face, and it's an actual rivalry game for me because I'm playing the home‑state team. I mean, we just look forward to this game.
What people think outside of this and what people are trying to do, I can't control none of that. I just go out there and play football because I enjoy it and I love it and it's my passion, and I've got these boys around me, and that's what we love to do, go out there and play Florida State football.
Q. Two questions: Kenny, Dr.Phillips high school, if you could comment about coming from there to here, and then Jameis, you've had such poise through all of the pressure that you just talked about, and when we ask some of your defensive players if they felt overshadowed they said know because if you could have voted for the FSU team for the Heisman Trophy, you would have. How has it been for you to stay to humble through all this hype? And Kenny, talk a little bit about your days at Dr.Phillips for me.
KENNY SHAW: Coming in from Dr.Phillips days, coming in as a high recruit, then you're coming into the Florida State atmosphere, it's a reality check that hits you because everybody else is bigger and stronger and you've got to find a new role. Being the man in high school, you're a little shrimp in college. Coach Dawsey did a great job of getting me level headed. The first two years there was a little rough for me, but coach Dawsey, he's a great father figure to me. I ascribe my success to him.
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, the defense is absolutely right. I definitely would vote for our team as the Heisman, and when I brought that thing back, I said, thank you to everybody, and I gave them the trophy. I said, hey, this is your trophy.
Actually the other day at Dave & Busters, somebody told Kenny congrats on winning the Heisman. I'm like, you're right. He won it for me.
When you talk about pressure to me, with my mentality, I'm thinking about just the stuff on the football field because that is my sanctuary, and pressure outside of everything else, that's something that I'm not focusing on, especially when I'm around all these guys because when these guys look at me, they see a‑‑ he's going to be smiling all the time, we probably have to tell him stop playing so much or we've got to tell him calm down. I'm very exciting and sometimes I do things around these guys that they just put their head down like this is our quarterback.
But pressure is something that I really don't focus on outside of the football field. I get most of my pressures when Coach Fisher is crawling down my back about making the wrong read or Coach Sanders telling me that I don't got my weight back and I just overthrew a six‑inch wide receiver wide open down the field in practice. Now, that's pressure.
Q. This question is for Kenny and Jameis. Can you talk about the magnitude of the moment? Obviously you all are chasing a perfect season, trying to bring a BCS title to Florida State for the first time in more than a decade.
JAMEIS WINSTON: Well, it means a lot just for Seminole Country. We've got Coach Dawsey sitting up here who's a Seminole himself, and I bet it means more to Coach Dawsey and I've been in meetings more with Coach Dawsey and Coach Haggins than anybody else because they're past Seminoles, and then we've got Coach Sanders here, who's got a past championship, and we've some of these guys on this team who ain't had a championship, like me personally, I haven't had a real championship since middle school.
This game means so much to me, like we've got people, like Telvin, Telvin won a lot of championships in high school but this is still the most important game to him in his life. When you've got the opportunity to play in a National Championship Game and your team is the only team on television, and then this game on my birthday, we're not going out there just to play around. We're not going out there to take anybody for granted. We're going out there to play a great game. We're going out there to do what we came here to do every single game, 13 games. It's not over yet. We've got a 14th one, and why not end this year with a victory?
KENNY SHAW: I mean, obviously this game means a lot to me because it's my last year. It's the best time to get it in my last year, my senior year.
Like you said, in high school I haven't got a state championship. I was always one round, getting eliminated, so I haven't got no state title. I ain't got no championships other than probably 2K championships against the boys.
I know it means a lot to the coaches because they put in so much work, so many hours with the film and everything. It means a lot not only to me but to my family and to the coaches. We're going to go out with a bang.
Q. Jameis, maybe no other player can relate to some of the things that you've gone through than Johnny Manziel. Did you have a chance to talk to him at the Heisman ceremony, and if so what did you guys talk about, and has he kept in touch with you?
JAMEIS WINSTON: I did have an opportunity to talk to Johnny. He just told me to stay myself. When you think about the things that Johnny went through and then you see the things that he does on the field, it makes you forget about the things that's happening, and that's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to make football be my getaway, and that's what he's done a great job of, and that's why I'm glad I've got a team like this because they allow me to let football be the get away because when I look in their eyes, they're like, we're ready to fight. That's what we've got to do as individuals. We've got to fight for the rest of our lives because life ain't fair. So we can't just sit there in all the circumstances and all the things that we go to. We've got to live our lives on a day‑to‑day basis. What's wrong with dreaming? I dream about this my whole life and I'm going to keep dreaming until the day I die. I can't let nothing in the past control my destiny because today, right now, in the present, Florida State Seminole quarterback, red‑shirt freshman, senior, nobody, red‑shirt, senior, we control our own destiny, and that's how I'm going to live my whole life, no matter what goes on, no matter what I go through, and that's how I expect everybody in this room to live, that's how I expect the coaches.
If no one wants to set a certain standard for themselves, you don't have to. But one thing that Johnny did is he set a standard for himself. He's more focused on himself, more focused on the things that he do. That's why the guy went 30 for 38 against Duke and just ripped them apart and basically won that game by himself. That's why every day I come out here to play with my Seminoles because I know we're going to go out there and fight, we're going to control our own destiny and we're don't care about nothing else that's going on outside of this football team.
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Ben Roethlisberger participated in Miami University's commencement ceremony Sunday and afterward he and his family took time out to pose for a nice family photo. Well, it would have been nice but it appears one person, possibly Roethlisbergers's grandmother, was not pleased.
As you can see, someone is clearly not very happy. Clinched fists and a death stare? Someone is going to be in trouble after this. What made grandma so mad is still unknown. Maybe someone was rummaging through her purse for hard candy? Or maybe she wasn't pleased with the available refreshments.


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Increasing number of people looking at iPhone equivalents
I assume by reading The Verge you are all tech aware individuals. As a tech aware individual I also assume you often get asked by your friends, family and colleagues about technology. A question I am hearing increasingly often is "what is the best iPhone equivalent?". Of course, answering any question starting 'what is the best...' is impossible, but I am wondering how you deal with this?
I have been asked so often recently that I decided to spend some time to create a Google+ post and gallery that highlights some of my favourite flagship devices.
Have anyone got any better ideas about presenting this kind of information to those that ask us for technology advice?


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Nokia Pure Wins Design Museum Award
It was announced last week that Dalton Maag's Nokia Pure font is the winner of the Graphics category of the Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2012 Awards. Nokia Pure won the category against strong competition, including the Blackpool Comedy Carpet and One Thousand Cranes for Japan. The Olympic Torch design won the competition over all.
This is the first time that a font has won the Graphics category. Nokia Pure currently supports 15 different script systems, covering the languages of about 4 billion people around the world. Work continues on the project, with Tamil and Georgian being the latest scripts systems to be completed.
Bruno Maag, Creative Director of Dalton Maag, and Aapo Bovellan, Brand Manager for Nokia, were at the ceremony to collect the award.
Bruno Maag said "I am thrilled to bits with this award. It is a great acknowledgement for the blood, sweat and tears my team has put into this project, and a great testament to the people at Nokia, who believe that good design has value".
Dalton Maag was asked by Nokia to design a font family primarily for use in digital media (mobile devices and the web), which would also be versatile enough to be the cornerstone for all of Nokia's communications worldwide. The new font family had to reflect the traditions of Finnish design: simplicity, clarity, functionality and beauty of form – in short, Pure.
A full case study of the Nokia Pure design is available on our website. More comments on the win can be found on our Nokia Pure design blog.


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Pumpy and sustained climbing up a slightly overhanging patinaed face past three bolts to chain finish. Groundfall potential is a very real threat if the leader is not solid at the grade, so bring your A game!
The left most route of the Wall of Buttresses, the start is hidden from the ground (as are most in this area) and climbers must scramble through a cave to gain the belay.
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At approximately 2:00 a.m. Monday morning, Junko Kyuna, 62, was stabbed in the abdomen by a male assailant with a kitchen knife at a "snack" hostess club in the Misato area. The suspect then fled the scene. Kyuna was confirmed dead one hour later.
Officers later arrested Eiyu Toyosato, 65, on murder charges.
The suspect has reportedly admitted to the allegations. "We had a dispute over money," Toyosato is quoted by police.
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When entrepreneurs pitch their software-as-a-service ideas to me, I always ask how they plan to compete with what I call the galactic clusters -- Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. These giants have set a high bar for Internet-scale operations, and they're relentlessly pushing it higher.
The answer usually comes back: "We're confident we can scale out as needed." Maybe yes, maybe no. A lot depends on architectural choices and operational competence. But either way, if you are merely a planet, you don't want to butt heads with a galaxy.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. In the days of the old giants, that meant moving into a platform ecosystem, such as Microsoft's or Apple's, and then nimbly occupying the available niches until the landlord decided to kick you out.
Will the era of the new giants be any different? Tim O'Reilly raised this key question on his blog. "Being a developer 'on someone's platform' may ultimately mean running your app in their datacenter," he wrote, adding, "Microsoft has a key advantage over open source, because the Windows Live team and the Windows Server and tools team work far more closely together than open source projects work with companies such as Yahoo!, Amazon, or Google."
It's both a stunning observation and a stirring call to action. Neil McAllister, who edits this column and writes the Open Enterprise column, said last week that Microsoft can no longer laugh off the long-heralded "year of the Linux desktop." I agree, and I saluted Neil the other night as I installed the latest Ubuntu release on my aging ThinkPad. But the desktop isn't the battleground it once was. I float like a butterfly from Windows to OS X to Linux. My home is in the cloud, and that's the next frontier for the champions of free and open commodity infrastructure.
At the moment, it seems very unlikely that a motley crew of volunteers distributed around the globe will be able to match the economies of scale and the military discipline that make today's giant clusters the awesome powers that they are. But shouldn't we have learned, by now, to expect the unexpected?
We've already seen how open source software projects harness collective effort to produce quality results. We're now seeing how open content projects such as Wikipedia do the same. Can open infrastructure be far behind?
Arguably it's already here. Yochai Benkler, author of The Wealth of Networks, notes that if we regard the P2P file-sharing networks from a technical rather than a political/legal perspective, we observe the evolution of robust decentralized storage systems. These systems could well represent a bigger threat to Amazon's metered disk in the cloud, S3, than any of Amazon's galactic peers will.
Operating on a smaller scale but at a higher level in the stack, open content delivery networks such as CoralCDN, which I mentioned a year ago, will challenge proprietary CDNs (content delivery networks) such as Akamai. If you haven't tried CoralCDN, just append .nyud.net:8080 to the domain name of any Web URL and watch this amazing experimental cache serve up the page.
Beyond CDNs lie service delivery networks, a new opportunity that even the galactic incumbents have yet to seize. If I were the next Linus Torvalds, itching to create the Linux of open infrastructure, this is where I'd scratch. Innovation in open source was about process more than technology. Innovation in open infrastructure will require both.


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