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58-410: The project was founded in 2005 by Joe Firmage, CEO of ManyOne , with Bernard Haisch as the president. It launched in early 2006. Larry Sanger was a director, and helped with the launch of the project's Encyclopedia of Earth . Sanger left in late 2006 to launch Citizendium . As of 2019, the website was nonfunctional. In December 2005, when the project was announced, the founders' goal was to create

116-520: A "leave of absence" from Digital Universe "in order to set up a fully independent Citizendium Foundation". In July 2006, the San Jose Mercury News reported that "Digital Universe, a non-profit based in Scotts Valley , is part of a complicated three-organization structure. ManyOne Networks is the for-profit arm of the operation, backed with angel investors and private investor funding that

174-406: A 25-acre (10 ha) site which was formerly Lawridge Farm, part of the former Rancho San Augustin. "Residents" of the park included Santa, Mrs. Santa, and elves and gnomes who operated the rides and sold tickets. There was a petting zoo, a bobsled ride, a whirling Christmas tree ride, and a train ride, as well as a Fairy Tale Land. The park was sold in 1966 but continued to be operated under lease by

232-484: A Mexican citizen in 1833, Bolcoff moved his family to his 4,400-acre (18 km ) land grant building, an adobe casa historians speculate was located near present-day Kings Village Shopping Center. Bolcoff relinquished his interest in the Rancho San Augustin, selling and accepting $ 400 from Joseph Ladd Majors, also known as Don Juan José Mechacas. July 7, 1846, marked the shift of power in the region from Mexico to

290-459: A Santa's Village elsewhere the previous year, leased 25 acres (100,000 m ) at the former Lawridge Farm, which was a portion of the former Rancho San Augustin for the Scotts Valley location of Santa's Village. The park maintained a historically correct team of Mexican burros that lived on the back 20-acre (81,000 m ) field. Four reindeer from Unalakleet, Alaska , pulled Santa's sleigh. All

348-527: A comprehensive and reliable account of current mainstream scientific theory, evidence, and belief. Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County , California , United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtown San Jose and six miles (9.7 km) north of the city of Santa Cruz , in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains . As of

406-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.05. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

464-598: A fur trader around 1815, Bolcoff jumped ship on the Monterey Bay shoreline, quickly assimilated into the Spanish culture, and was well received by the Spanish authorities. Volkov had his Russian Orthodox baptism validated in Mission Soledad in 1817, and was given the Spanish name José Antonio Bolcoff. Bolcoff lived with and traveled with Alta California 's governor Pablo Vicente de Solá , acting as an interpreter. Becoming

522-492: A month and to sell Internet access. These revenues will be used in part to support the Digital Universe project. Firmage has stated that access to the basic Digital Universe content will always remain free and without advertisements. The stewardship program and other Digital Universe activities are the responsibility of the non-profit Digital Universe Foundation, headquartered in Scotts Valley, California . In January 2006,

580-444: A speculative theory that the non-zero lowest energy state of the vacuum , as predicted by quantum mechanics , might provide a physical explanation for the origin of inertia , and might someday be used for spacecraft propulsion . Haisch has advocated the serious scientific study of phenomena outside the traditional scope of science and is known for his interest in UFO phenomena as well as

638-415: A variety of other unorthodox topics. Since 2002, Haisch has been involved with ManyOne Networks and related Digital Universe projects that aim to produce, among other things, a multimedia online encyclopedia . In 2006, Haisch published a popular book attempting to reconcile modern scientific belief with traditional religious belief. Haisch attributes his spiritual interests to his educational experience at

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696-503: A worldwide network of researchers, scholars, and educators, to become "the PBS of the Web." While the public will be invited to contribute to some articles in the Digital Universe encyclopedia, they will be supervised by "stewards" whose role is to guarantee quality and accuracy of the articles. In addition, parts of the Digital Universe will be editable only by credentialed experts. The expert wiki ,

754-491: Is a non-denominational Protestant Bible school that was founded in 1968. In 2003, it earned the distinction of being a Blue Ribbon School , a distinction awarded to one school in 25 across the nation. Monterey Coast Preparatory School , a private school offering a college preparatory curriculum for middle and high schoolers with learning differences, moved from its original location in Santa Cruz to Scotts Valley in 2014. In

812-564: Is developing the Digital Universe software. Its profits are funneled to the ManyOne Foundation, set up in Canada for tax purposes and to give the project a less U.S.-centric feel. Eventually, the foundation will acquire ManyOne Networks by buying out the investors at a fixed rate of return, Haisch said. The Digital Universe Foundation controls the content that is published online. It will issue grants to academics and researchers to produce work for

870-400: Is expected to be written and managed by experts. The public wiki , will be editable by members of the educated public. However, according to Sanger, only registered users who have provided their real names will be permitted to edit this wiki. According to Sanger, an article rating system will be used for articles in the public wiki. Some of the 3-D graphical interface features will require

928-544: Is in central Santa Cruz County , in the northern portion of the North Central Coast Air Basin . Air in Scotts Valley is typically maritime in origin, as it moves over the land from the Pacific Ocean. Summers are warm and dry, while winters are mild and generally rainy. Most rain falls as a result of winter Pacific storms between the months of November and April. Sound levels in Scotts Valley are typically in

986-691: Is supplied to the City of Scotts Valley by the Scotts Valley Water District and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District . Domestic water supplies are obtained solely from groundwater sources extracted by wells. Wastewater in Scotts Valley is treated at the Scotts Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant at Scotts Valley and Mount Hermon Roads. Treated wastewater effluent is pumped via the city of Santa Cruz into

1044-637: Is to use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 for its license. Over 400 articles had been written by experts by January 2006. In May 2006 it was reported that the EoE was due to be launched in June 2006. A July 2006 article reported that the launch would be in fall 2006. As of May 2007, the EoE's International Advisory Board included Robert Costanza , Thomas Homer-Dixon , Rajendra K. Pachauri and Frank Sherwood Rowland . Principals of

1102-501: The 2020 census , the city population was 12,224. Principal access to the city is supplied by State Route 17 that connects San Jose and Santa Cruz. The city was incorporated in 1966. Approximately ten thousand years ago there was a lake in the lowest elevation of Scotts Valley. Archeological excavations of site CA-SCR-177 (Scotts Valley Site) in 1983 and 1987 support dates for human settlement of this area as between 9,000 and 12,000 years before present ( YBP ). The lake drained during

1160-741: The Astrophysical Journal for ten years. In the 1990s, Haisch and Alfonso Rueda developed a "quantum vacuum inertia" hypothesis responsible for mass. The inertialess "SHARP drive" in Arthur C. Clarke 's 3001: The Final Odyssey was named for Andrei Sakharov , Haisch, Rueda, and Harold E. Puthoff . Haisch was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration . In addition to papers in mainstream journals and conference proceedings, Haisch also published papers in Science & Spirit magazine and

1218-714: The Journal of Noetic Sciences , a parapsychological journal published by the Institute of Noetic Sciences . In 1999, Haisch founded the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Palo Alto, California , an organization mainly devoted to studying the electromagnetic quantum vacuum and funded by private philanthropic money. The institute formerly employed five full-time physicists researching string theory , general relativity and stochastic electrodynamics . Haisch served as

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1276-799: The Latin School of Indianapolis (a high school affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church ) and at the Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology . Haisch was born in Stuttgart, Germany and earned a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975 and thereafter spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Colorado at Boulder . Haisch has worked at

1334-543: The Merry Pranksters and Ken Kesey , from La Honda , at The Barn , in the last chapter of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test . At Scott's Valley Drive, just off Highway 17 , The Barn as a nightclub closed by 1968, with the Baymonte Christian School taking control of the property. The Barn resurrected as a dinner theater in an RV park in the 70s, and eventually a warehouse for Seagate Technologies. The Barn

1392-528: The Skypark Airport was established in the year 1990. E-mu Systems , Seagate Technology , Sessions , and Borland Software Corporation were all formerly headquartered in Scotts Valley. Zero Motorcycles manufactures all-electric motorcycles in Scotts Valley. Netflix 's first headquarters were established in Scotts Valley by Reed Hastings, a Stanford graduate, in 1997. The headquarters were later moved to nearby Los Gatos, California . In May 2016,

1450-417: The University of California, Santa Cruz signed a 20-year lease to occupy the former Borland headquarters establishing its Scotts Valley Center. The center serves as the professional offices for three of its divisions — Information Technology services, Business and Administrative services, and University Relations. According to Scotts Valley's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in

1508-501: The poverty line , including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over. In the state legislature , Scotts Valley is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat John Laird , and in the 28th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Gail Pellerin . Federally, Scotts Valley is in California's 19th congressional district , represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta . From 1950 to 2011, Scotts Valley

1566-462: The "experts" who provide the gatekeeping. A neterate person should know how to negotiate the web for accurate information without need of a guide; providing guides may only prevent people from being fully able to manage the Web for themselves." Bernard Haisch Bernard Michael Haisch is a German-born American astrophysicist who has researched solar-stellar astrophysics and stochastic electrodynamics . Haisch, with Alfonso Rueda, developed

1624-546: The Digital Universe project include Joe Firmage, USWeb founder; astrophysicist Bernard Haisch , president of the Digital Universe Foundation, and Larry Sanger . On 14 March 2006, the Digital Universe Foundation announced that Lawrence Lessig , Founder and Chairman of the Creative Commons Project, had joined the Digital Universe advisory board. In September 2006, Sanger announced that he had taken

1682-824: The Mid-Holocene warming period (4,000-5,000 YBP) forming what is now known as Carbonera Creek . When the lake drained, the people moved downslope following the lake water's transformation as in became the creek. Around 2000 BC, Ohlone people occupied areas along the remaining creeks, spring and seep areas, along with permanent and seasonal drainages, and on flat ridges and terraces. Permanent villages were usually placed on elevations above seasonal flood levels. Surrounding areas were used for hunting and seed, acorn , and grass gathering. Therefore, areas along watercourses are considered likely locations for prehistoric cultural resources. Several watercourses, including portions of Carbonera Creek , Bean Creek , and MacKenzie Creek, are within

1740-627: The Santa's Village Corporation. When that corporation went bankrupt in 1977. the owner considered launching a Knott's Berry Farm type of complex but was denied a permit by the city of Scotts Valley, and the park closed for good in 1979. Scotts Valley's most famous resident was film director Alfred Hitchcock , who lived in a mountaintop estate above the Vine Hill area from 1940 to 1972. Florence Owens Thompson , made famous by Dorothea Lange 's Migrant Mother photograph, died in Scotts Valley in 1983. Netflix

1798-679: The Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory at Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, California and as deputy director of the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley . Haisch was a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching , Germany , and at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands . His primary research from

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1856-583: The Tree Circus in 1964 when it changed its name to The Lost World. Surviving trees have since been moved to Gilroy Gardens . Santa's Village, one of three locations in America's first theme park chain, was established in 1956. It was the most popular of the many attractions, attracting millions of visitors to Scotts Valley for over twenty years, and it was the last of Scotts Valley's theme parks to close its doors, in 1979. H. Glenn Holland , who had already developed

1914-594: The United States. Hiram Scott built the Greek revival style Scott House in 1853. Situated behind City Hall, it is a Santa Cruz County Historical Trust Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places . The house originally stood on Scotts Valley Drive, near where a Bank of America branch is now located. From the 1840s, money-making activity in Scotts Valley centered on several industries: lumber, grain,

1972-400: The Web site. The plan is to create a self-sustainable organization through a mix of grants and revenue from premium services, such as high-resolution images and video and e-mail, with prices ranging from $ 7.95 to $ 49.95." As of January 2006, US$ 10.5 million had been raised from investors and foundations for the Digital Universe project. ManyOne Networks plans to offer premium services for $ 7.95

2030-407: The buildings were designed to look like log chalet-type structures, replete with snowy roofs and gingerbread trim. One chalet housed a legendary fresh gingerbread bakery. Theme-appropriate music flowed from speakers hidden in towering redwood trees. In 1977 the Santa's Village Corporation had filed for bankruptcy, and in 1979 the park's gates were finally closed. The site is currently a playing field at

2088-536: The city are: The 2010 United States Census reported that Scotts Valley had a population of 11,580. The population density was 2,520.4 inhabitants per square mile (973.1/km ). The racial makeup of Scotts Valley was 9,958 (86.0%) White , 101 (0.9%) African American , 57 (0.5%) Native American , 590 (5.1%) Asian , 18 (0.2%) Pacific Islander , 292 (2.5%) from other races , and 564 (4.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,158 persons (10.0%). The Census reported that 11,308 people (97.7% of

2146-401: The city was 88.63% White , 0.48% African American , 0.40% Native American , 4.62% Asian , 0.18% Pacific Islander , 2.15% from other races , and 3.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.40% of the population. There were 4,273 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 7.9% had

2204-473: The city. Scotts Valley was named after Hiram Daniel Scott, who purchased Rancho San Agustin , including the valley, in 1850 from Joseph Ladd Majors. Before Majors, the property was owned by José Bolcoff. Bolcoff was the original settler and first European to claim title and live in what was to be Scotts Valley. He was born Osip Volkov around 1794 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky , Siberia . Working as

2262-724: The fall of 1965, Eric Nord , proprietor of coffee houses including the Hungry I in San Francisco, and the Sticky Wicket in Aptos , also opened The Barn (1965–1968), an art gallery and coffee house, with a large area for concerts, on the site of the Frapwell Dairy Barn (1914–1948), in Scotts Valley. Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead performed at The Barn . Tom Wolfe describes

2320-703: The following pages: Hydrology, Biology, Limnology, Ecological Issues, Values, Geography, Alternatives, and Cultural History. The Earth portal is working on an Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE), which will focus on the natural environment and its interaction with society. It will limit editing privileges to experts, by attributing all edits to their authors, by changes being published publicly only after approval and by using an expert-developed taxonomy for articles. EoE will use two parallel wikis, one "Stewarded", one "Public". The Stewarded wiki will be open only to "recognized scientific authorities" after their credentials have been reviewed. The EoE runs MediaWiki wiki software. EoE

2378-524: The former headquarters of Borland . Scotts Valley is also near Big Basin Redwoods State Park , Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park , and Roaring Camp Railroads . The town is surrounded by coast redwood forests. The city of Santa Cruz lies to the south. A relatively large municipal skateboard park , where pro skateboarder Eric Costello died in October 2005 due to improper helmet use, is near Skypark,

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2436-494: The institute's director from 1999 until 2002. Haisch created a website, UFO Skeptic , advocating professional scientists to investigate UFO phenomena. In 2002, Haisch became the Chief Science Officer of ManyOne Networks. Since 2004, he also served as president of the now defunct Digital Universe Foundation , which, among other things, aimed to create a peer-reviewed alternative to English Misplaced Pages , seeking to provide

2494-556: The junction of the State Highway and Mt. Hermon Road. Camp Evers consisted of a small store, gas pumps, dance hall and tents, becoming a resort and rest stop for travelers. The Beverly Gardens were established in the 1930s and featured a collection of exotic birds and animals, a restaurant, and cabins. Axel Erlandson opened The Tree Circus in 1947, featuring trees grafted and trained in strange and unusual shapes . Bright "life size" painted dinosaurs overlooking Highway 17 were added to

2552-462: The mid-1970s until the late 1990s was high energy astrophysics, specifically the ultraviolet and X-ray emissions from coronae and flares on the Sun and other late-type stars . Haisch has published more than one hundred research papers on a variety of topics, many in journals such as Nature , Science , Physical Review , Astrophysical Journal , and Annalen der Physik . Haisch also edited

2610-423: The milling of grain, and most importantly the tanning of hides and working of leather. Beginning in the 1930s, peat moss was removed from Scotts Valley and taken to San Francisco to supply soil for difficult indoor plants such as gardenias . When the peat ran out, sand and gravel were quarried and sold. The area was the site of Santa's Village, a Christmas-themed amusement park which opened on May 30, 1957, on

2668-408: The pilot version of Digital Universe was launched. This contained approximately 50 portals. Some visitors felt this version was confusing and difficult to navigate. Aaron Barlow, an associate professor at New York City College of Technology, wrote that "the problem with this, from a horizontal point of view, is that important work that really should be part of the education of the individual is moved to

2726-641: The population) lived in households, 264 (2.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 8 (0.1%) were institutionalized. There were 4,426 households, out of which 1,588 (35.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,423 (54.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 474 (10.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 189 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 206 (4.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 43 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 1,054 households (23.8%) were made up of individuals, and 516 (11.7%) had someone living alone who

2784-430: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,750 people (23.7%) lived in rental housing units. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,385 people, 4,273 households, and 2,969 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,473.7 inhabitants per square mile (955.1/km ). There were 4,423 housing units at an average density of 961.0 units per square mile (371.0 units/km ). The racial makeup of

2842-424: The range of 57 to 65 dBA , except for somewhat higher levels within 150 feet (46 m) from Highway 17. Scotts Valley has mild weather throughout the year, enjoying a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) characterized by cool, wet winters and warm, mostly dry summers. Due to its proximity to Monterey Bay , fog and low overcast are common during the night and morning hours, especially in the summer. Drinking water

2900-627: The site of a former airport, in central Scotts Valley. Three hotels operate in Scotts Valley: a Best Western hotel located near the Granite Creek entrance to Highway 17, a Four Points by Sheraton located on Scotts Valley Drive, and a Hilton hotel located near the Mount Hermon junction with Highway 17. Evidence regarding blighted conditions in the Redevelopment Area of Santa's Village and

2958-619: The site. Scotts Valley is in the west hills of the Santa Cruz Mountains . State Route 17 connects Scotts Valley to Santa Cruz to the south and to Los Gatos , San Jose , and the South Bay area to the north. Scotts Valley is located at the southern end of the WWF -designated Northern California coastal forests ecoregion. According to the United States Census Bureau , it has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12 km ), all land. It

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3016-424: The use of a Mozilla -based browser developed by ManyOne Networks , which they say will be made available free of charge. Some content will be available only to ManyOne subscribers. Around 2000 content pages existed as of August 2007. The Digital Universe claims the following featured portals: Earth, Energy, The Arctic, Texas Environment, U.S. Government, and Salton Sea . The Salton Sea portal for example contains

3074-408: Was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 72,449, and the median income for a family was $ 88,573. Males had a median income of $ 74,183 versus $ 40,492 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 35,684. About 0.9% of families and 2.5% of the population were below

3132-417: Was 41.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. There were 4,610 housing units at an average density of 1,003.4 units per square mile (387.4 units/km ), of which 3,248 (73.4%) were owner-occupied, and 1,178 (26.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.2%. 8,558 people (73.9% of

3190-415: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55. There were 3,086 families (69.7% of all households); the average family size was 3.03. The population was spread out, with 2,863 people (24.7%) under the age of 18, 969 people (8.4%) aged 18 to 24, 2,513 people (21.7%) aged 25 to 44, 3,660 people (31.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,575 people (13.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

3248-416: Was founded in Scotts Valley by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in 1997. From its early years as a stop on the stage route across the mountains , the Scotts Valley area has provided services to travelers. With the growing usage of the automobile in the early 20th century , the area became commercialized and tourism developed as a local industry. In the early 1920s, Edward Evers established Camp Evers at

3306-865: Was home to Bethany University , a four-year private Christian university . The campus was leased to Olivet University for the 2011–2012 school year, but Olivet was unable to complete a purchase and moved back to San Francisco in May 2012. The parent Assemblies of God denomination is seeking another buyer for the campus. The Scotts Valley Unified School District operates four public schools: Scotts Valley High School (grades 9 to 12), Scotts Valley Middle School (grades 6 to 8), and two elementary schools : Vine Hill School (grades Kindergarten to 5) and Brook Knoll School. They also operate an Independent Study/Home School program. Together these schools serve more than 2,600 students each year. Baymonte Christian School serves students from pre-Kindergarten through eighth grades. Baymonte

3364-446: Was torn down in 1991. Unrelated to the prior Santa's Village (Jefferson, New Hampshire) (1953—), Santa's Village (Scotts Valley) (1957–1979) was an amusement park, built after Santa's Village (Lake Arrowhead) (1955–1998, 2016–present), San Bernardino County, and built before Santa's Village AZoosment Park (1959–2006, 2011–present), East Dundee, Illinois, located near highway 17, Borland would later built its campus on

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