“The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group strongly supports green-line policies, because the only way to attract top level employees and their families is to protect the region's open space and environment. We want to build a community that is demonstrates smart growth rather than a model for L.A.-type growth.” WayWantGrowthNatureCommunityLinesSpaceLevelsSupportEnvironmentGroupsPolicyTypeProtectModelsSmartGreenEmployeeRegionsValleysConservationManufacturingSiliconSilicon ValleyOpen SpacesSmart Growth Author:Carl Guardino
“Objectification is a critical reason why an abuser tends to get worse over time. As his conscience adapts to one level of cruelty-he builds to the next. By depersonalizing his partner, the abuser protects himself from the natural human emotions of guilt and empathy, so that he can sleep at night with a clear conscience. He distances himself so far from her humanity that her feelings no longer count, or simply cease to exist.” HumansReasonFeelingsNightHumanityNextNaturalSleepLevelsEmotionClearProtectEmpathyConscienceDistanceGuiltCriticalPartnersCeaseCrueltyReason WhyHuman EmotionsAbusersObjectificationClear Conscience Author:Lundy Bancroft
“You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. (Especially code from companies that employ people like me.) No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.” PeopleLevelsCompanySourceAmountProtectLike MeCodeScrutinyProtect YouVerification Author:Kenneth P. Thompson
“There's always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty.” MenChildrenHandsMightCertainLevelsRoomsHonestyProtectEssentialsPicksBlameCorruptionStealingStarvingOathBadgesBenign Author:Denzel Washington
“Taking the politics out of setting the minimum wage provides fairness for workers and predictability for businesses. This legislation will also protect the most vulnerable workers and level the playing field for employers who play by the rules. These are the right steps to take; they will make Ontario a better place to work and run a business.” PlayRunningLevelsStepsFieldsProtectWorkersSettingSettingsVulnerableFairnessMinimumLegislationBetter PlaceEmployersMinimum WagePlaying FieldsPredictabilityOntario Author:Kevin Flynn
“It seems evident that the more profound, helpful, and meaningful way to protect people is to dismantle the morality code, and grant people the freedom to openly organize without legal risks - rather than attempting to legally regulate everything, which will always enact social exclusions at some level.” PeopleWaySeemsSocialLevelsRiskMoralityProtectProfoundMeaningfulCodeHelpfulGrantsOrganizeEvidentAttemptingExclusion Author:Terre Thaemlitz
“No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.” LevelsSourceAmountProtectCodeScrutinyProtect YouVerification Author:Ken Thompson
“Sometimes I feel like there isn't enough Prozac in the world to make Environmental Protection Agency people feel better about their jobs. They're going out there, they're trying to protect Americans and then time and time and time again they get their knees cut off at the policy level.” PeopleWorldFeelsTryingSometimesEnoughJobsLevelsCuttingPolicyProtectEnvironmentalProtectionKneesAgencyFeel BetterGoing OutEnvironmental ProtectionProzac Author:Josh Fox