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The fight for clean power in San Francisco just got a whole lot dirtier.
In an update to the City's Climate Action Strategy report, a prominent section discussing goals to use renewable energy featured CleanPowerSF — and then suddenly it didn't.
For those not in the know, CleanPowerSF is a renewable energy initiative meant to give San Franciscans 100 percent renewable energy, while making us a hell of a lot less reliant on the local monopoly: PG&E. The initiative, pushed by Supervisors John Avalos, David Campos and other progressive allies, faced long-time blowback from Mayor Ed Lee.
As the Guardian has reported before, it's a central city policy to reduce emissions by 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2017, and 80 percent below those levels by 2050.
To reach those goals many feel we need CleanPowerSF, but the mayor seems to have scrubbed it out of his environmental report without so much as a how-you-do.
The change was made apparent by a prominent blank white space on page 17 of the Climate Action Strategy report, and was discovered by Supervisor John Avalos' office. When you highlight the blank space with your cursor, copy the section, then paste it into a document, you can see the goals of CleanPowerSF laid out plain as day.
CleanPowerSF by the Residential
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Sector 2012 2017 2020 2025 2030
Commercial 0% 5% 10% 45% 80%
Residential 0% 16% 19% 60% 100%
The scrubbed information shows CleanPowerSF helping the city reach its renewable energy goals. The numbers are hidden in the Climate Action Strategy report, like a message in a bottle, or a painted egg hidden under a bush on Easter.
It's as if someone didn't want to delete the CleanPowerSF entry entirely, and instead turned the text white in order to signal that the text used to be there. Perhaps the preparer of this report was foiled by the technological wonder known as cut-and-paste. Or more intriguingly, perhaps this was the first-ever case of activist report writing (in which case: Dear subversive report writer, please send us documents through BayLeaks).
Whether the information was left in accidentally or on purpose, it's now clear that the mayor is dead set on scrubbing CleanPowerSF from city records, even at the expense of the city's environmental goals.
Above is the report. Check it out for yourself, page 17 (in the report's numbering, not the digital numbering).
At the mayor's Question Time today, where supervisors ask pre-planned and pre-announced questions of the mayor, Supervisor Avalos pinned Mayor Lee down on the document scrub-out.
"In your letter of introduction to the 2013 CAS you wrote the need for action has never been more evident," Avalos said. "The Climate Action Strategy goes on to state that moving onto 100 percent renewable energy is the biggest single step the city can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And yet there was an attempt to scrub CleanPowerSF… from the Climate Action Strategy."
The version of the Climate Action Strategy included a whited out table on CleanPower SF… that table was unceremoniously removed in a new version posted two days later," he said.
The mayor's answer was filled with some equivocations and some fabrications.
"We should not move forward with a program that contracts with a fossil fuel company in Texas, it doesn't produce enough local jobs or environmental benefits," he said. "Supervisor, I'm glad you mentioned the Climate Action Strategy."
Retired San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Executive Director Ed Harrington told Guardian Editor Steven T. Jones exactly why CleanPowerSF was needed, in a story of his back in 2012: "This program before you has the only chance of reaching those goals. There's nothing else."
Asking Mayor Ed Lee to explain the disappearance of the information from the report.
After question time, this reporter and a few others questioned the mayor as he walked back to his office.
What was behind the scrubbing of the CleanPowerSF data? Why did it suddenly vanish from the report?
"I don't think I have a real answer for that," the mayor said.

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Is your house haunted?
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The last house I lived in was creepy...I hated to be there alone overnight, and the hallway really creeped me out. A friend saw the apparition of a man walking down the hallway carrying a knife. I never saw that, thank god. I never slept well in that house. We lived there three years, and I've never been so glad to leave anywhere.
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in he house i lived my entire childhood my mom was attacked and i would feel like i was watched coming from one corner of my room,
then in the next place i lived weird things happened like if i was cold the thermostat would turn on and if i was cold ...well you get the point lol.
in the next place i lived in, it was my first on my own, it was the last time a friend of ours was in to last see us because he died 2 weeks after his visit , and his last words to us were goodbye see you in two weeks oh and rena (me) happy birthday (he died 5 days after my bday)
we have al felt him and i know he has followed us all .....not scary just tells us he is there.
i have seen kitchen cupbords open on there own and just recently in my new place like 3 nights ago my roomie and his gf (my friend) asked me if i was in their room that night i said no and she looked at me like i was nuts because he is a light sleeper and heard noone enter the room and she had been asleep as well, when theyent to sleep the fan on the floor was on and plugged in by the kids beds, when they woke up the next morning it had moved all the way across the room and unplugged it self......this was a weekend when the kids were not visiting.
i was in the living across the hall directly in front of his door and heard nothing........anyone have an explanation....????
there is more but i think this is enough for now lol thanks
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European students reach for the stars
History was made today as ESA's new Vega launcher lifted off from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. On board were nine small satellites, including seven ESA- sponsored CubeSats built by teams of students from European universities.
Among these educational payloads were the first satellites ever designed and built in Hungary, Romania and Poland.
The first payload to be released into orbit was the LARES Laser Relativity Satellite from the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Some 16 minutes later, the Vega upper stage motor shut down for the third time, followed immediately by deployment of the seven CubeSats and the University of Bologna's ALMASat-1 nanosatellite. Ejected from special deployment mechanisms known as P-PODs (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployers), each CubeSat was placed in an elliptical orbit of approximately 300 x 1,450 km altitude.
Over the coming days, the student teams from six European countries will be listening for the first signals from their tiny creations, checking out the satellites' systems and then conducting the onboard experiments, supported by radio amateurs around the world.
The story of the pioneering picosatellites began as long ago as 2007, when ESA officials decided that the maiden launch of Vega would be an ideal opportunity to fly student-built satellites. Slots were available for at least six cube-shaped satellites, each only 10 cm across and weighing no more than 1 kg.
More than 250 university students in six countries participated in designing and building the seven CubeSats that eventually made it to the launch, along with their innovative technology and science experiments.
Supported by experts from ESA, academic staff from their universities and various national space agencies and institutions, most of the teams succeeded in overcoming numerous logistical and technical challenges to deliver the satellites on time.
"The launch of the CubeSats on Vega is a key milestone for the ESA Education CubeSats programme," commented Roger Walker, Head of the Tertiary Education Unit at ESA. "It represents a significant achievement for the many young engineers across Europe who had an invaluable hands-on experience working on a satellite mission from its conception through to its operations in orbit,"
"The synergies and the exchange of know-how that ESA established with the university teams and professors will certainly help the students to be better prepared for their future careers," added Piero Galeone, the ESA Education CubeSats project manager. "Not only have they benefited from increased competence and motivation, but they have been enriched by the experience gained from having participated in this important mission and working with highly qualified professionals."
The delighted student teams are now all looking forward to operating their tiny spacecraft.
e-st@r team, Italy: "The success of the Vega maiden flight is a great step for all space activities in and outside Europe. We are really excited about it and we are looking forward to communicating with e-st@r in orbit."
Goliat team, Romania: "This is a major milestone for the long term picosatellite development programme in Romania."
Masat-1 team, Hungary: "It was a magnificent experience to develop a complete picosatellite and to participate in such a professional launch campaign. With the support of ESA, the first Hungarian satellite is now in orbit. We are very proud and overjoyed, and looking forward to having a technically and scientifically successful mission."
PW-Sat team, Poland: "We have made history by developing the first Polish satellite. This is the most important moment in our lives."
Robusta team, France: "This exciting success reminds us of Captain Kirk's phrase, 'To boldly go where no (Montpellier) CubeSat has gone before."
UniCubeSat-GG team, Rome: "We are delighted that the GAUSS team from the School of Aerospace Engineering of Roma has successfully launched its sixth satellite since 2000, and the first CubeSat ever created at the University of Roma, La Sapienza."
XaTcobeo team, Spain: "Our goal is accomplished. The first space project for the University of Vigo has successfully reached orbit, with the promise of an exciting future."


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As expected, the Pirates sent down Evan Meek to call up a bat for this weekend's series in Detroit. Surprisingly, the hitter they called up was not Matt Hague or Jake Fox, who could provide some pop off the bench or in the DH role, but Gorkys Hernandez. Gorkys was acquired with Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke from the Braves in the Nate McLouth deal and is know for his defense and baserunning ability. Hernandez is hitting .266/.343./355 this season and has a .279/.347/.383 line in 548 at bats over two seasons in Indianapolis.
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Journey Solo Albums Ranked Worst to Best
If we relied only upon studio projects from Steve Perry, our list of Journey Solo Albums Ranked Worst to Best would be remarkably short. Likewise with Gregg Rolie, the band's original singer who was the first major figure in Journey to go solo, but he's only issued a few more albums than the famously slow-creating Perry.
Luckily, the other guys have been busy. So much so, in fact, that guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain have occasionally moved well outside the typical Journey fare. The following list of Journey Solo Albums Ranked Worst to Best includes only rock records, however, so that leaves aside more jazz- or new age-inflected items by Cain (1997's Body Language, 2001's Namaste and 2004's Bare Bones), Schon (1995's Beyond the Thunder and 2001's Voice) and drummer Steve Smith, who's focused exclusively on jazz between two well-received tenures in Journey.
We also skipped solo instrumental projects, including 1995's Piano With a View and 1998's For a Lifetime by Cain, and EPs like Rolie's Five Days – as well as Cain's movie soundtrack-related 2002 album Animated Movie Love Songs and 2017's holiday-focused Unsung Noel. Still, our focus remains on these four central creative figures rather than other contributors like, say, Robert Fleischman and Arnel Pineda.
Key collaborations with Bad English, Hardline, the Storm, HSAS and Abraxas Pool round things out. Keep scrolling to find out how they all stacked up in the list of Journey Solo Albums Ranked Worst to Best.
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year – I think an attitude of gratefulness is so important to cultivate in ourselves and our kiddos. Here are just a few of the craft activities I hope to do soon with my kiddos.
Thanksgiving Tree. Add leaves to your tree with different things that you are thankful for.
Handprint Turkey Lunchbag. Simple and great as a napkin dispenser on your festive day.
Make a Thanksgiving Wreath out of painted clothespins. Label each "pin" with something you have been blessed with.
Toilet Paper Roll Turkey. This Turkey is so simple to make. Fill each finger with something you are grateful for.
Conversation. Dipping your own candles will give you plenty of time to discuss with your kids different things that you both are thankful for. See if you can come up with something you are thankful for each time you "dip" – and they double as great tabletop decorations!
Thankful Paper Chain. These are simple enough for even the youngest tykes to participate! I think it would be a fun icebreaker activity.
Love these ideas, follow my Pinterest board all about Thanksgiving – I am adding new ideas and finds daily!
Do you have a tradition to help instill an attitude of gratefulness in your kids? I'd love to hear about it!


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After a first preview and a detailed look at the Air Max 1 yesterday, we want to give you the same detailed look today at the rest of the A.P.C. x Nike Sportswear Fall 2012 Footwear Collection.
The rest of the collection consists exclusively of the Nike Dunk High, an all time classic. Obviously A.P.C., the master of all things subtle, will not change that and rather concentrates on further toning down the look of the basketball shoe.
As part of the collaboration the two brands present three colorways of the Dunk High, featuring tonal uppers in suede and nylon. The navy and off-white colors come with gum outer soles and the brown colorways comes with a full gum sole. Just like with the Air Max 1, the collaborative branding only appears on the insole.
The A.P.C. x Nike Dunk High sneakers will release on August 31st, 2012.


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Established more than 40 years ago in Willmar, Minnesota, and has been providing Mustang owners with the very best aftermarket options for radiator equipment. Since their beginning, Northern has expanded from the single shop in Willmar to over 16 regional distribution locations that are located in Alabama, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah. With distribution centers in so many locations across the United States, Northern is able to supply all of their vendors, including CJ Pony Parts, with a steady inventory of Northern radiators for every customer to enjoy.
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Fraudster claimed to be Johnny Depp's neighbour
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Police found instruction manual in 'builder's' car.
A name-dropping builder fleeced customers out of thousands of pounds and left them needing to spend even more on putting right his shoddy work.
Victor Knight claimed to be actor Johnny Depp's next door neighbour and to be a specialist in converting old buildings but police found a copy of an instruction manual called "How to Build a Barn" in his car.
He took money up front for expensive oak flooring and claimed to have thousands of pounds worth of wood in stock but it was all lies.
He even swindled his girlfriend into lending him £25,000 by telling her he needed the money to complete a £350,000 barn conversion.
Knight was a carpenter based at Bampton, Devon, but told customers he lived in a large house in Somerset where his neighbour was Johnny Depp, Exeter Crown Court was told.
Knight, 61, now of Chipstable, near Taunton, admitted four offences of fraud and will be sentenced later this week.
Judge Erik Salomonsen warned him he could face custody. He said: "I imagine everyone feels very bruised by the whole exercise, both emotionally and financially.
"The prosecution and defence have agreed a basis of plea which you and the victims are prepared to accept. These were offences which involved many thousands of pounds and all sentencing options are open."
Three of the offences which Knight admitted were against Hugo and Michaela Montgomery-Swan and related to an agreement to build a barn-style annexe at their home at Dulford, near Honiton.
He admitted fraudulently telling Mrs Montgomery-Swan he owned £8,200 of oak flooring which was in temporary storage and £1,925 of European oak in stock.
He pleaded guilty to misleading her into paying him £4,000 by claiming to be the victim of a bank error.
He also admitted deceiving former partner Jane Hadley-Piggin into taking out a £25,000 loan by telling her he needed it to complete the conversion of a £350,000 barn he owned in Hampshire.
Mr Joss Ticehurst, prosecuting, said the Crown accept that he only received £10,000 of Mrs Hadley-Piggin's money but that she had been left owing the full amount.
He said: "I would like to thank the victims who have come along and without their support we would not have been able to reach the resolution we have."
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The extension does a couple of things all around the website: * It skips the annoying intro page on Tibia.com. * It shows permanent links for news entries and individual forum posts. * It ensures internal links use HTTPS (i.e. `https://secure.tibia.com/…`) rather than HTTP (i.e. `http://www.tibia.com/…`) wherever possible. * On guild info pages, it makes any guild's guildhall name clickable _without_ introducing additional XHR requests. * On house or guildhall detail pages, it makes sure the URL displayed in the address bar is always a permalink to the building you're currently viewing, so that you can always easily copy-paste a permalink to the active page. The extension enhances character info pages as follows: * It adds links to the character's PvP history, online time, and experience history as shown on third-party websites. * It puts the focus on the first link in the character details table, so it's easier to move to the other relevant links using keyboard navigation. * Any character names that are currently online on the same world according to the "Players Online" page are highlighted. Also, the level and vocation cells are updated and highlighted if they changed since the character's last login. * It makes the character name easily selectable for copy-pasting — just click once on the character name to select it. * It makes the world name clickable — it points to the "who's online?" list for that particular game world. * It makes house names clickable _without_ introducing additional XHR requests (unlike other, similar extensions). All house IDs are hardcoded into the extension. The link points to the detail page of the house in question. * It makes sure the URL displayed in the address bar is always a permalink to the character profile you're currently viewing, so that you can always easily copy-paste a permalink to the active profile page. (When entering a character name on the website, it performs a `POST` request and the character name isn't part of the URL. The extension fixes that too.)
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Fast food stalls to be removed from Wenceslas Square
Fast food stalls selling grilled sausages and other foods are set to disappear from Prague's Wenceslas Square in the next few years, Lidove noviny reported. The city's authorities have decided to remove the stalls because they attract homeless people who root in nearby bins for discarded food. Two stands at the very bottom of the square will be first to disappear, in the middle of next year; they should all be gone by 2010, by which time the whole of Wenceslas Square should have been remodelled.
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President Zeman honours 38 personalities on Czechoslovak Independence Day10/28/2020
In an address to the nation on the occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day, President Miloš Zeman said the holiday should be a celebration of national pride in the outstanding people who had shaped the country's history.
He expressed regret that due to the coronavirus epidemic he could not hand out high state distinctions to those deserving of the honour at Prague Castle, thanking them for their outstanding contribution to the country's development.
The list of 38 laureates would be made public and the awards would be presented to them in a year's time, Mr. Zeman said.
Among those honoured with the country's highest distinction, the Order of the White Lion, are WWII hero Miloslav Masopust and war pilots František Chábera and Josef Koukal decorated in memoriam; , likewise legionary and resistance fighter Heliodor Píka, victim of a communist judicial murder.
As the president announced earlier, he also awarded the country's highest state distinction to the outgoing Minister of Health Roman Prymula for his good work in managing the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic. The president likewise honoured selected members of the integrated rescue system in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
The President of the Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský received the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and military historian Eduard Stehlík was awarded a Medal of Merit.
Czech pop idol Karel Gott, who died last year, was awarded in memoriam.
Church of St. Michael ravaged by fire10/28/2020
The wooden Orthodox Church of St. Michael in the Kinský Garden in Prague was ravaged by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Despite efforts to save the 17th century building the main tower of the church collapsed and the church burnt down to the beams.
The Church of St. Michael was relocated from the village of Medvědovce near Mukačevo in today's Ukraine to Prague in 1929 to celebrate the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia into then-Czechoslovakia. It is part of the collections of the Ethnographic Museum. No one was reported injured. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
Weather forecast10/28/2020
Thursday should be cloudy to overcast with rain and day temperatures between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius.
PM tells Czechs: We will come out of this test stronger10/28/2020
Speaking on the 102nd anniversary of the country's founding, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš called on Czechs to pull together to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, saying the country would come out of the test stronger and return to its former economic successes.
Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib reminded Czechs that the country had overcome many crisis in the past and would do so again with solidarity and discipline.
He said the dedication of the country's doctors, nurses and emergency crews should serve as an inspiration in these difficult times.
Culture Ministry hands out state awards in the arts sphere10/28/2020
The Czech Ministry of Culture traditionally handed out awards in the arts and culture sphere on the occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day.
Due to the coronavirus restrictions the names of the laureates were announced online.
Michal Ajvaz received the Prize for Literature, Blanka Stárková for Translation.
The late Czech-born film director Miloš Forman received an award for lifelong contribution to cinematography in memoriam.
The list of 2020 laureates also includes Jiří Tichota from the folk spiritual quintet and former artistic director, now artistic advisor of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Eva Zaoralová.
The names of the eight winners can be found on the ministry's website.
Several hundred people protest against coronavirus restrictions10/28/2020
Several hundred people took to the streets of Prague to protest against government measures aimed at bringing the coronavirus epidemic under control on Wednesday.
The biggest protest took place on Prague's Namesti republiky square where police officers and the anti-riot squad intervened to enforce the government-imposed health restrictions by forming a barrier to keep large groups of protesters apart.
Current government measures against the spread of Covid-19 allow demonstrations with a maximum of 100 participants.
The speakers addressing the crowd accused the government of enforcing measures that did not work but impoverished the nation.
Independence Day celebrations low-key10/28/2020
Celebrations of Czechoslovak Independence Day are low-key this year due to the ongoing pandemic.
The traditional award-giving ceremony at Prague Castle has been cancelled as has the ceremony at Vitkov Hill at which the country's top officials, war veterans and church dignitaries lay wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The country's top officials and political leaders are visiting Vitkov Hill individually to lay wreaths and flowers at the memorial.
Prague Castle will release a list of those who have been awarded high state distinctions on the occasion of the public holiday and President Miloš Zeman will address the nation on national television.
Planned cultural events have had to go online and Czech Television is featuring a series of special programs to mark the 102 anniversary of Czechoslovakia's founding.
Number of newly registered Covid-19 cases hits new high10/28/2020
The number of newly registered Covid-19 cases reached 15,663 on Tuesday, an increase by 400 on last weeks record.
The number of people hospitalized and those in a serious condition continues to grow steeply, as does the death toll.
170,000 people are currently fighting the infection, over 6,000 people are hospitalized with Covid-19, of which close to 900 are in a serious condition. The death toll has reached 2,547.
Night curfew and ban on Sunday sales now in force10/28/2020
Strict new measures aimed at bringing the coronavirus epidemic under control came into force on Wednesday, October 28.
The government has enforced a night curfew between 9pm and 5am, employers have been asked to employ home office wherever possible, food and other stores selling essential goods, which still remain open, have to be closed on Sundays and will have to close their doors by 8pm on weekdays.
People are being encouraged to shop twice a week instead of going out daily and minimize their contacts with others as much as possible.
In an interview for Czech Radio, Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček said the authorities were running out of possible measures to bring the epidemic under control and did not rule out a complete lockdown if the present measures fail to be effective.
He said that at the present time the government was still divided on a complete lockdown.
Centre-right opposition parties sign alliance memorandum for 2021 elections10/27/2020
The leaders of the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and the TOP 09 party met at the statue of former president T.G. Masaryk on Tuesday morning to sign a memorandum on forming an alliance for next year's 2021 elections into the Chamber of Deputies.
A similar coalition is currently being negotiated between the opposition Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents.


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Wednesday, 6 November, 2002, 10:41 GMT
China by region
China's capital is an important shop window for the country, and a key target for protesters wanting to challenge the government.
The rules were reintroduced this year after a 20-year hiatus in the city, which is still said to be reeling from a scandal surrounding party boss and Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong who was jailed in 1998 for his part in a $27m scam.
Corruption in official circles is said to be one of the main concerns of Chinese citizens and, if unchecked, could produce more problems for the government and its credibility and support.
But with local officials' pay still said to be relatively meagre, correspondents say bribery is far from extinct in Beijing.
The vast expanse of Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing has long been central to Chinese symbolism - it was here that Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic and the square hosts displays for visiting dignitaries and national celebrations.
But the wide-open spaces are also seen as the best place by protesters wishing to challenge the rulers of the day.
Since the 1989 killing of pro-democracy demonstrators, any activity in the area has been restricted.
But protesters such as followers of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual sect continue to try and highlight their complaints in the square, ensuring that its importance as a symbol will continue.
Beijing is a city which is 800 years old, laid out on imperial lines with the Forbidden City at its centre.
But the long march of progress into the 21st century is claiming old neighbourhoods as its victims, with the destruction of the ancient hutongs, the walled compounds once home to the city's elite.
After the Communists took power, families were crowded into the compounds which authorities now say need to be redeveloped for health reasons.
But the prime, central location of many of the hutongs leads sceptics to believe that their commercial value is more important.
But as one ancient Beijing feature is destroyed, another is reborn with the rebuilding of the medieval wall. Pulled down on the orders of Mao, it is now due to be recreated ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
Area: 786,000 square kilometres
Millions of workers have lost their jobs in the last decade, especially in the industrial north-east, as the government has tried to reform loss-making state-owned enterprises.
In Liaoyang, residents claim half the workforce is unemployed. There have been street protests by workers demanding blocked redundancy payments and back-pay. Protest leaders have been detained indefinitely.
The Asian Development Bank predicted that China's industrial and services sector would be helped by China's entry into the World Trade Organisation, but added that would offer little comfort to the unemployed in the north-east's "rust belt".
The heavy industrial past of the north-eastern provinces has taken a severe toll on their environment.
Factory waste dumped into the Liao River plus inadequate sewage systems meant that its water had become so polluted it could not be used for farming. Water-borne diseases were also prevalent around the river basin.
The World Bank has decided that cleaning up the environment around China's major river basins and, in particular, improving water quality should be a priority.
It has approved a $100m loan for projects in the area which it says will include education about water management as well as immediate clean-up action.
Sandstorms in 2002 have been particularly bad, worsened by winter droughts, deforestation and over-grazing.
Tree-planting schemes have so far had made little impact on the progress of the dust created by 20 years of desertification.
The village of Longbaoshan has started to be swallowed up under the encroaching dust, forcing the village's farmers from their land.
Coastal strip
Area: 438,000 square kilometres
From China's largest city of Shanghai down to its tropical tourist island of Hainan, the coastal strip has been transformed by the pursuit of wealth. Shanghai's landscape is dominated by skyscrapers. Paddy fields have been paved over as communities develop as near as they can to the boom areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan. But the residents of the coastal strip are finding that problems often accompany prosperity.
Figures collated by the Ministry of Labour showed that the private sector created 30% of new jobs in the first three months of 2002, and other statistics reveal that private firms now produce one-third of the country's GDP.
The richest people in China, who once would have had to fear for their lives, can now look forward to helping to set their country's agenda.
President Jiang Zemin said last year the Communist Party would have to recruit capitalists and Guangdong made history in May by electing private business leaders to its decision-making congress.
Employers and city dwellers have seemed more than willing to use the cheap labour which pours off the cross-country trains every day, putting them to work on construction sites or as domestic helpers.
But migrant workers in China face special problems, since people can lose their rights to healthcare and schooling if they move out of their designated home area.
In the affluent parts of cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, newly wealthy families now have the flat, car and domestic servant their predecessors could never have known.
Many believe that China's entry into the World Trade Organisation will mean cheaper imports, more American films and opportunities to travel.
But psychologists warn that the new social mobility and freedoms available to the middle classes can bring their own problems. Self-help books are now a common sight in Shanghai bookshops.
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Yangtze basin
Area: 1.04 million square kilometres
The mighty Yangtze River - the longest in China - has been called the cradle of Chinese civilisation and remains a vital artery through the country. But even as ancient settlements in the vast flood plains disappear under planned reservoirs, the region continues to innovate in other areas.
Generations have been plagued by its floods. Plans to try to tame the river have been around for more than eight decades.
But now that the project to dam the river and harness its power to produce electricity is well under way, those who live on the flood plains face new trials.
More than one million people will have to leave their homes by the time the dam is completed and a 600-kilometre long reservoir covers the Three Gorges. Critics say they are being forcibly resettled on poorer land.
While the government still runs the country's 1,500 or so TV stations, propaganda is no longer the main subject.
Hunan TV is one of the stations leading the way, producing variety shows that get huge audiences as well as attracting the advertising which is also become a more and more important part of the industry.
Its talk show - Take It Easy - would have been recognisable to American audiences with its discussion of divorce, adultery and teenagers. But the government showed it still maintained its right to intervene, and the series was cancelled - reportedly after officials were upset by features on homosexuality and China's growing wealth gap.
In Anhui province, officials collected agricultural taxes, education surcharges, village road maintenance fees, family planning fees and military training charges. "Taxes" were also invented for farmers doing such seemingly innocuous things as growing bananas or slaughtering a pig.
Now much of the antagonism generated by taxes has been abolished along with the taxes themselves as the authorities in Anhui try a new system whereby farmers pay far smaller set amounts and, instead of spending their time collecting tax after tax, officials work on improving the economy.
Greater subsidies are now being provided by the central authorities to pay for projects that used to be funded from the farmers' pockets.
Rice bowl
Area: 1.09 million square kilometres
With warm climates and sufficient rainfall, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi are important agricultural areas, known as the "rice bowl" of China. Yunnan forms China's borders with Burma, Laos and Vietnam and falls into the Golden Triangle of drug production and trafficking.
Improving agricultural methods and profitability has been a key plank of the political and economic agenda in China, particularly in the run-up to China's accession to the World Trade Organisation.
Many farms are still trapped not only with old cultivation methods but also with the wrong crops - continuing to grow the same things they were told to under the old collective systems rather than what markets demand.
But Mr Zhu promised that the reforms that he has put in place, such as cutting oversupply of land, would work and would lift rural workers' incomes while still feeding the massive population.
Beijing has been critical of what it saw as a lack of commitment on Rangoon's part to stop the production and distribution of illicit drugs. But from late 2001, the two countries agreed to share intelligence and the number of arrests and seizures increased.
But with production of opium poppies greatly affected by the war in Afghanistan, the Golden Triangle crop became the world's largest supply of heroin. Almost all of that crop still passes through China to be sold to local users or shipped around the world.
While it would be a gross exaggeration to suggest that more than a fraction of Chinese people use the internet, its use has spread rapidly throughout the country.
The China Internet Network Information Centre said the number of internet users soared by 12 million people in the first six months of this year to reach 45.8 million users.
And though the majority of websites still come out of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, there are now more than 10,000 produced from Guangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan with 62% of Chinese users able to access the net from home.
Area: 1.2 million square kilometres
Most of Tibet is situated on a plateau 5,000 metres above sea-level on the "roof of the world", bordered by the Himalayas in the south and the Kunlun ranges to the north. Though many Han Chinese have moved to Tibet, particularly the eastern part of the area, most inhabitants have a Mongolian ethnic background. The ethnic divide, mass support for Buddhism and other issues stemming from China's invasion of Tibet in 1950 and its bloody crackdown of an anti-government uprising in 1959 make Tibet one of China's most controversial regions.
But the Dalai Lama has been in exile since 1959. Monks in Tibet loyal to him are not even allowed to display his picture. And there is an ongoing dispute over another spiritual leader, the Panchen Lama.
The six-year-old boy identified by the Dalai Lama in 1995 as the latest reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was rejected by Beijing, and Chinese officials took the boy into custody and picked a different youngster as the legitimate heir, causing lasting opposition and resentment among many Tibetans.
The role of the Panchen Lama is crucial in Tibetan Buddhism as it will be he who decides who will become Tibet's spiritual leader and the next Dalai Lama after the death of the incumbent, who is now 67; that is an issue that could again leave Tibet divided.
One of China's most controversial projects has been its plan to resettle tens of thousands of ethnically Han Chinese farmers in Tibet and on its borders.
Beijing won promises of at least $40m from the World Bank for the programme it described as helping some of its poorest people. But critics said it was an attempt to dilute the ethnically Tibetan and Mongolian peoples with Han Chinese who account for nearly 92 per cent of China's population.
The offer was withdrawn and China is now using internal funds to pay for the plan it says is supported by the traditional people in the area.
Exiled Tibetan groups continue to oppose the resettlements, saying they threaten traditional Tibetan language, culture and identity.
In addition to the numbers of Han Chinese being moved into Tibet and the neighbouring province of Qinghai, a railway is being built to link Tibet to the main rail network. The face of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa is also changing.
Houses that used to nestle at the foot of the Potala Palace - the home of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century - were destroyed to create a huge plaza and monument.
A 37-storey tourist tower topped with a revolving restaurant has also been announced in what China says is part of a nationwide campaign to support Tibet's economic development.
Area: 3.127 million square kilometres
The vast north of China is relatively lightly populated, partly because of inhospitable terrain and a climate that makes only around 10% of the area possible to cultivate. Poverty has taken its toll, not just in terms of deprivation, but in the way farmers have felt driven to sell their blood or rush to dig the region's coal resources in dangerous and unregulated mines. The area's few cities do make their mark, with Xian's army of terracotta warriors set to attract record numbers of visitors while Tianjin remains a key military base and port.
Farmers had been selling their blood to illegal blood banks and many became infected with HIV during the process.
By 2001, it was estimated that two-thirds of the Henan village of Wenlou were infected with the virus that can lead to Aids.
UN officials say HIV is still being spread through illegal blood sales as well as sex.
The UNAids agency says China's government is not doing enough to educate people to stop transmission. It predicts a possible 10 million cases in China by 2010.
The 10,000 miners ordered to pack their bags as their mines were being shut down could actually be seen as among the lucky ones in their industry, which claims that many lives in accidents every year.
Authorities regularly try to close down illegal mines and impose safety standards on the industry, but there is often huge pressure from workers and the authorities who want their share of the revenues the mines provide.
Correspondents say new illegal mines spring up as soon as others are shut down, with peasant farmers travelling long distances in the hope they can earn the lucrative wages unknown in their home villages.
The continuing supply of labour, and the continuing demand for the coal that supplies China with 70% of its energy, suggests the disasters will continue.
President Jiang Zemin ordered that the PLA cut back on its vast economic empire which laid the army open to charges of corruption or caring more about business than defence.
In Tianjin, the PLA handed over control of a mobile phone network it had run to a private company.
Tianjin was also believed to be the first garrison to hold civil trials in its military courts - another part of the modernisation ordered by central government to ensure that the army also abided by the country's laws and that disputes with civilians were handled properly.
Area: 1.6 million square kilometres
Xinjiang is enclosed by mountain ranges to the north, south and west. Much of the province is barren - there are large grazing lands, but also a vast desert and the Lop Nur dried-up salt lake which China uses for its nuclear test explosions. The mainly Muslim Uighur people now make up around half of the population, which endures extremes of heat in the summer and cold in the winter. Once on the Silk Road trading route, there are now moves to revitalise the area.
More than half of Xinjiang's population is from the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority and they had been allowed to study in their native tongue since the People's Republic was founded.
Some Uighurs say that the crackdown on their language - explained by the university as a need to raise standards - is part of Beijing's broader campaign against dissent and separatism.
They say that Xinjiang is the "other Tibet" and that their separate identity, language and culture are under threat.
In a break with the past, the central government has raised the issue of separatist violence in Xinjiang, denouncing some activists as being linked to Osama Bin Laden and pledging to stop their activities.
China's "Strike Hard" campaign promises harsh penalties for those involved in crimes such as drug trafficking. It has also been used to deal with separatists in areas such as Xinjiang, Amnesty says.
There are several reports each year of Xinjiang separatists being executed for their activities, but the human rights group said in July 2002 that authorities had extended the range of the "Strike Hard" mission to target people involved in "illegal religious activities" in Xinjiang.
They want the same living standards and opportunities in provinces such as Xinjiang as are available in the wealthy coastal cities.
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Are you patiently awaiting the powerhouse Canon EOS-1D X dSLR?
To those planning to buy the 18-megapixel shooter this March, well, we have some bad news. The release date is now "late April," according to Canon press releases in various regions (including Europe and Japan).
There's not much information explaining the inconvenience, aside from an ambiguous note about a "delay in development."
The company says it's also delaying many EOS-1D X accessories to match the new launch time frame. These include the GPS receiver (GP-E1), wireless file transmitter (WFT-E6B), battery charger (LC-E4N), battery pack (LP-E4N), wide strap (L7), and focusing screen (EC- CV).
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I have frequently heard SQL Server developers and DBAs gasp when a query plan is indicating that SQL Server is performing a table scan, thinking that is the worst thing that could ever happen to a query. The truth is, it's far from the worst thing and in addition, not all table scans are created equal.
One thing that is far worse that a table scan is to execute a query plan that uses a nonclustered index, and having that plan look up every single row in a table! Although that is a horrible thing to behold, it is not the topic of this post.
Today, I'm going to show you that two different table scans on the same data in a heap can give very different performance.
The behavior has to do with a technique that SQL Server uses when a row in a heap is increased in size so it no longer fits in the original page. This usually occurs when a variable length column is updated to take more space. If SQL Server just moved the row to another page, any nonclustered indexes would have to be updated to indicate the new page address. (Remember, if the underlying table is a heap, nonclustered indexes point to the data row using a actual address.) Since there can be up to 249 nonclustered indexes on a single table, that could potentially be a LOT of work. So instead, when a row in a heap has to move, SQL Server leaves behind a forwarding pointer in place of the row that has moved. The nonclustered indexes continue to point to the old location, and then SQL Server just needs one more page lookup to find the new location. For just a few lookups, this expense is minimal and more than made up for my the savings of not having to update all the nonclustered indexes every time a row moves.
However, what happens when there are LOTS of forwarding pointers?
The metadata function sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats has a column that indicates how many forwarded records are in any table. For tables with clustered indexes, this will always be 0.
Let's look at an example. I'll make a copy of the Person.Address table in the AdventureWorks database, and add a new varchar column to it. Initially, the column takes no space.
USE AdventureWorks;GOIF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys.tables WHERE name = 'Address2' AND schema_id =1) DROP TABLE dbo.Address2;GOSELECT *, convert (varchar(500), 'comments') AS comments INTO Address2 FROM Person.Address;GO-- note that the pages are almost full and there are no forwarded recordsSELECT index_type_desc, page_count, avg_page_space_used_in_percent, avg_record_size_in_bytes,forwarded_record_countFROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(db_id('AdventureWorks'), object_id('Address2'),null, null, 'detailed');GO
Now I'll increase the length of all the new columns and check the physical stats again:
UPDATE Address2SET comments = replicate('a', 500);GOSELECT index_type_desc, page_count, avg_page_space_used_in_percent, avg_record_size_in_bytes,forwarded_record_countFROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(db_id('AdventureWorks'), object_id('Address2'),null, null, 'detailed');GO
The output shows me I have 1763 pages in the table and 15961 forwarded records.
Let's see what happens when we read every row in the table:
SET STATISTICS IO ON;SELECT * FROM Address2;SET STATISTICS IO OFF;
The logical I/O value tells us that instead of just reading through every page, for a total of 1763 reads, SQL Server jumps out of sequence and follows the forwarding pointer for every forwarded record. So the number of logical reads is the sum of the number of pages plus the number of forwarded records:
1763 + 15961= 17724
I was discussing this behavior with my friend and colleague Tibor Karaszi and he proposed an explanation for this behavior. He related it to the same behavior that Itzik Ben-Gan has described for why SQL Server will always follow page pointers when scanning a clustered index if consistent reads are desired. The alternative would be to just read the pages in disk order, or page number order, which can be determined by examining the IAM structures for the object. For clustered tables, we need to follow the page pointers instead of the IAMs to make sure that if a row is moved due to an update while the scan is occurring, that we don't read the same row twice (if the row is moved to a higher page number) or skip the row altogether (if the row is moved to a lower page number.)
But what about a heap? Are there potential problems scanning a heap while updates are occurring? Could we potentially read the same row twice or skip a row, since there is no 'ordered list' to read? Tibor suggested the following:
I believe that forwarding pointers take care of just that. Because of forwarding pointers, the "root" location for a row is stable. So, even if the row moves during a scan, the "root location"(forwarding stub) is at the same position. We have concluded that the scan uses the forwarding pointers when reading the rows. This means that a scan is not sensitive to row movements during the scan. It cannot "skip" rows that are there, or read the same row twice.
I believe that forwarding pointers take care of just that. Because of forwarding pointers, the "root" location for a row is stable. So, even if the row moves during a scan, the "root location"(forwarding stub) is at the same position. We have concluded that the scan uses the forwarding pointers when reading the rows. This means that a scan is not sensitive to row movements during the scan. It cannot "skip" rows that are there, or read the same row twice.
So a few forwarding pointers are not a bad thing, but having lots of them can increase the work done during scans or partial scans by a considerable amount.
So how do you get rid of forwarding pointers? There are 3 ways:
1. If the row is updated, so that its size decreases, AND if there is still room on the page where the row came from, it will be moved back. This is not dependable, so it isn't really recommended as a solution. When I updated my Address2 table, many of the forwarded records were moved, but not all:
UPDATE Address2SET comments = '';GO SELECT index_type_desc, page_count, avg_page_space_used_in_percent, avg_record_size_in_bytes,forwarded_record_countFROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(db_id('AdventureWorks'), object_id('Address2'),null, null, 'detailed');GO
My results showed that I am still left with 1080 forwarded records. This is a great improvement over 15961, but it's still more forwarded records than there are pages in the table.
2. Forwarded records will be cleaned up when you shrink the data file. This is definitely NOT recommended as a solution; I am only mentioning it for completeness. SQL Server does so much moving of data and updating nonclustered index pointers when shrinking a file, that updating the forwarded records is not very much extra work at all.
3. Since forwarded records only exist in heaps, the best solution is to make the table not a heap. Build a clustered index, and all the forwarded records will go away. If you really don't want the clustered index, you can then drop it.
Hopefully, this information will be useful to you.
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I love this angle on table scans and the example. One thing I frequently find though (in the moderate to initiate level) is that people jump on a table scan (or clustered index scan) when they see it in an execution plan without regarding the size of the table. I've seen people waste hours of time trying to force a query to use a non-clustered index even though the table has 100 rows. Scans in some situation is still the fastest way for SQL to retrieve 1 out of those 100 rows (especially if those 100 rows are on 1 or 2 data pages).
Well, a table scan on only a few hundred rows might still be a bad thing if every one of those rows is forwarded!
Hi Kalen,
Very interesting article, as always.
While reading the article, I thought about a dbcc command that reclaims space from dropped variable-length columns in tables or indexed views, DBCC CLEANTABLE. I know we are not dropping any variable-lenght column, but still gave it a try.
UPDATE Address2 SET comments = '';
SELECT index_type_desc, page_count, avg_page_space_used_in_percent,
FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(db_id('AdventureWorks'),
object_id('dbo.Address2'),null, null, 'detailed');
DBCC CLEANTABLE ('AdventureWorks','dbo.Address2');
forwarded_record_count: 15
Can you help us to find out, if this command could really help us to get rid of forwarding pointers, after decreasing the size of a variable-length column, if the table is a heap?
Thanks in advance,
Very interesting... I never would have guessed that DBCC CLEANTABLE would help this. I'll see what I can find out.
I remember a person on tek-tips asking how to get a index seek on a gender column index. Of course this index only had 2 possible values and had a couple of million rows
so he wanted a seek with a query like this
select * from Table
where gender = 'M'
Kalen pinged me on this... DBCC CLEANTABLE will not cleanup forwarded records if that is the only thing 'wrong' with the record. It will reclaim space from records that have dropped variable-length, SLOB, or LOB columns.
If you have a heap where some records are forwarded *and* have one of the situations above, it may seem like DBCC CLEANTABLE is removing forwarded records too, but it's really just an artifact of the way DBCC CLEANTABLE removes the dropped column space.
As a reply to Paul's comments; I could see that even without dropping the variable length column, DBCC CLEANTABLE reduced the number of forwarded records count. After dropping the column, it further reduced the count. Do we know why this is so?
I know it's been a while since I had a technical post, and I've got 3 of them started and saved as drafts.
Very interesting article
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Police Raid on Illegal Sports Betting Operation Further Demonstrates Need for Passage of Bill C290
Feb 05, 2013, 10:42 ET
Debate Continues on Bill C290 as Senate Returns February 5
TORONTO, Feb. 5, 2013 /CNW/ - Sunday night's raid by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit on a private Super Bowl party in York Region highlights one more time why the Senate of Canada needs to take action and pass Bill C290 to permit legal single event sports wagering opportunities for Canadians.
"What we now have learned is that this party was just one part of a sophisticated organized crime operation taking millions of dollars in sports wagers, the proceeds of which are used to fund other illegal operations of organized crime" said Bill Rutsey, CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association.
Right now Canadians have no legal option to place wagers on single sporting events. It is estimated that over $10 Billion annually is wagered through illegal book making operations in Canada and an additional $4 billion wagered through offshore online sports wagering sites.
Bill C290 was introduced as private members bill in November 2011 and was passed by the House of Commons with all party support in March of 2012. Eight provincial governments support Bill C290 across Canada.
The Senate resumes third reading debate on Bill C290 on February 5. If approved, the bill would give people a better option than turning to illegal bookmakers or offshore operators to place bets by amending the criminal code to permit the provinces to offer a single event wager.
The CGA points to the fact that Canada's law regarding sports betting is outdated and developed before the world knew what the Internet was. It needs to be updated to offer a safer environment for Canadians who choose to participate in sports betting.
"We are now at the stage where we can talk about lost opportunities for communities across the country - such as economic development, employment, and most of all, protection of players," added Mr. Rutsey. "Our current sports betting laws date back to the 1960s when the world was a very different place. It should be a no-brainer to amend the legislation to allow Canadians to place a bet without having to combine it with additional outcomes or seek out nefarious means."
About the Canadian Gaming Association
The fundamental goal of the Canadian Gaming Association is to create balance in the public dialogue about gaming in Canada.
Our members are among the largest most established gaming operators, suppliers and gaming equipment manufacturers in Canada.
Our mandate is to create a better understanding of the gaming industry through education and advocacy.
Visit our website at www.canadiangaming.ca and find more about the CGA.
Background on Bill C-290
Bill C290 was introduced in the House of Commons on September 28, 2011
It was debated and passed second reading on November 1, 2011 - it was referred to the House Justice Committee, which held it's hearing on February 16, 2012.
On March 2, 2012 third reading debate was held and the bill received unanimous consent. The Bill has had support from all Parties in the House of Commons.
The Federal Minister of Justice has received letters from five provincial governments requesting the criminal code be amended to permit single event sports wagering. Letters were received from the governments. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. The provinces of Quebec, PEI and New Brunswick have also indicated support for the amendment
Sports Wagering in Canada
Canada has had widespread sports wagering offered by provincially owned gaming corporations for well over twenty years.
It is estimated Canadians are spending approximately $10 billion annually on sports wagering - Approx $500M is spent on the legal sports wagering products offer by provincial gaming products such as Sports Select or Proline.
It is estimated that $4 Billion is being wagered annually through offshore online sports books and close to $5 Billion is being wager through illegal bookmaking operations and organized crime in Canada.
It is a sports wagering product Canadians are seeking out and Provincial gaming corporations are wanting to off a legal, regulated single event sports wagering product to Canadians.
Economic Development
A case study prepared by HLT Advisory for the Canadian Gaming Association estimates that a competitive legal sports book that offered single-event wagering could potentially generate primarily from the US market about $70.0 million in wagering (or $3.6 million in win) in Windsor and about $35.0 million (or about $1.7 million in win) in Niagara. These estimates are consistent with the average results of sports books in Las Vegas.
In addition to sports book win, incremental gaming win and incremental non-gaming or ancillary revenue could also be generated due to the sports book. HLT estimates that between $18.0 and $24.0 million in gaming win and between $5.0 and $7.0 million in ancillary revenue could be generated at Caesars Windsor. HLT estimates that between $9.0 and $12.0 million in gaming win and about $3.0 million in ancillary revenue could be generated at the Niagara Casinos.
In total, a sports book offering single-event sports wagering could potentially generate incremental revenue of between $27.0 and $35.0 million in Windsor and between $13.0 and $17.0 million in Niagara, the majority of which would be earned from US customers. Utilizing the results of the 2010 Economic Impact of the Canadian Gaming Industry Study (which utilized the Statistics Canada Input-Output Model) this incremental business could support/sustain up to 150 jobs (full-time equivalent) in Windsor and up to 100 jobs (full-time equivalent) in Niagara. Given that both casinos currently have capacity to accommodate increased business levels, it is likely that the introduction of a sports book would help to protect existing employment levels.
Greater Oversight and Regulation
A regulated and transparent single event sports wagering system in Canada will provide greater oversight of sports wagering that will protect customers and give sports league an enhance tool to ensure the integrity of games.
The alternative to not passing this legislation to leave single event sports wagering in hands of offshore bookies and organized crime.
The statements made by the foreign professional sports leagues fail to recognize that significant wagering on their games exist today and the opportunity to have greater oversight and regulation should be welcome.
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SOURCE: Canadian Gaming Association
For further information:
Paul Burns
Vice President, Canadian Gaming Association
(416) 579-3922 mobile
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