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Sideways : the city Google couldn't buy / by O'Kane, Josh,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything. When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property--with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO--Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition. But as soon as the bid was won, cracks appeared in the partnership between Doctoroff's team and Waterfront Toronto, the government-sponsored organization behind the contest. There were hundreds more acres of undeveloped former port lands nearby that kept creeping into conversation with Sidewalk, and more questions were emerging than answers about how much the public would actually benefit from the Alphabet-owned company's vision for the high-tech neighbourhood--and the data it could harvest from the people living there. Alarm bells began ringing in the city's corridors of power and activism. To Torontonians accustomed to big promises with little follow-through, the fiasco that unfolded seemed at first like just another city-building sideshow. But the pained battle to reel in the power of Sidewalk Labs became a crucible moment in the worldwide battle for privacy rights and against the extension of Big Tech's digital might into the physical world around us. With extensive contacts on all sides of the debacle, O'Kane tells a story of global consequence fought over a small, forgotten parcel of mud and pavement, taking readers from California to New York to Toronto to Berlin and back again. In the tradition of extraordinary boardroom dramas like Bad Blood and Super Pumped, Sideways vividly recreates the corporate drama and epic personalities in this David-and-Goliath battle that signalled to the world that all may not be lost in the effort to contain the rapidly growing power of Big Tech"--
Subjects: Google (Firm); City planning; Data privacy; Privacy, Right of; Technology; Waterfronts; Technology;
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Whitethorn Woods [text (large print)] / by Binchy, Maeve,1940-2012,author.;
"The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town has grown since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew everyone else; now it has chain stories and traffic problems and housing estates. But still, there are the woods, full of spiky bushes and criss-crossed with paths; and there's St Ann's Well, where generations have come to pray or make wishes or just to look back at the pretty little town. Which is why there is going to be such a fuss about the plans for the new motorway. It's going to by-pass Rossmore, cutting through Whitethorn Woods and endangering the well itself. The new road will bring jobs and relieve traffic in the town; for others, it will destroy businesses and leave the town a backwater. The people of Rossmore are divided. There is a lot of land standing in the way of the great road of progress. Quite by accident the decision rests on Neddy Nolan-the most honest man in Rossmore. A man determined to do the right thing."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Change (Psychology); City and town life; Highway bypasses; Highway planning;
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Lauryn Harper falls apart / by Robinson, Shauna,author.;
"Lauryn Harper had a plan. A high achieving, perfectly constructed, five-year plan. But after a (totally blown out of proportion) mishap at work that plan is put to the test. As punishment for her mistake she is transferred to the Ryser Charity Department, a branch of her corporation that just so happens to be located in the hometown she abandoned long ago -- the same hometown that her powerful corporation is responsible for running into the ground. Horrified at the thought of returning and facing those she left behind (one in particular keeps coming to mind), Lauryn quickly comes up with a new plan: impress her boss enough that she's briskly whisked back to her big city life. However, it soon becomes clear that sticking to plans isn't that simple, especially when her ex-best friend enters the charity department demanding they help revitalize the town by throwing the famous Greenstead Fall Festival. Confronted by her past wrongs, Lauryn immediately agrees to host the festival on Ryser's dime, but soon enough Lauryn is swept away in town hijinks, chaotic planning committees, and a second chance at a childhood friend that shows her why home isn't necessarily a place she has to run from"--
Subjects: Novels.; Autumn festivals; Business enterprises; Best friends; Charity; Homecoming; Reconciliation; Small cities;
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The County of Simcoe / City of Barrie / City of Orillia joint waste diversion strategy study : draft task two report : development of a diversion strategy /
Subjects: Recycling (Waste, etc.); Refuse and refuse disposal;
© 1997., Recycling Development Corporation,
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Great city maps / by Heyworth-Dunne, Victoria.; O'Rourke-Jones, Ruth.; Wolter, Debra.; Smithsonian Institution.;
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Subjects: Cartography; Cities and towns; Cities and towns; Pictorial maps;
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The War Within. by Castelo, Joseph,film director.; Akhtar, Ayad,actor.; Bamji, Firdous,actor.; Sen, Nandana,actor.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ayad Akhtar, Firdous Bamji, Nandana SenOriginally produced by Magnolia Pictures in 2005.A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.;
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The Bad Guys / by Blabey, Aaron.;
The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Animals; Rescues; Heroes;
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How to age disgracefully / by Pooley, Clare,author.;
The quirky members of the Senior Citizen's Social Club join forces with the tiny members of the daycare next door to thwart the city council's planned sale of the building housing both centers.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; City councils; Community centers; Day care centers; Dogs; Interpersonal relations; Older men; Older people; Older women; Secrecy; Senior centers; Subversive activities; Teenage fathers;
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A daughter's deadly deception : the Jennifer Pan story / by Grimaldi, Jeremy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Jennifer Pan seemed to be fulfilling her immigrant parents' dreams: a straight-A student working towards a pharmacology degree. In reality, her golden life was a carefully cultivated facade, covering up an explosive secret life. When her deceptions started to unravel, Jennifer's desperate escape plan left a city in shock."--
Subjects: Pan, Jennifer.; Deception; Murder for hire; Murder;
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The mystery in Manhattan / by Shibutani, Maia,1994-; Shibutani, Alex,1991-; Schusterman, Michelle.; Ma Van As, Yaoyao.;
When the Kudo siblings visit New York City, their sightseeing plans are interrupted when a very special dress, the centerpiece of their aunt's fashion collection, goes missing, and Alex and Mika embark on a chase around the city to find it.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Japanese Americans; Fashion;
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