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Top 6 best websites for finding remote work for web professionals
Remote work for web professionals is a viable career option.
The choice to work from home or any place where there's an Internet connection is a viable career option for web professionals. If you're looking to make the leap into telecommuting, a great place to start would be the following top-notch job boards that allow you to discover remote Web development work opportunities.
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Great Videos, New Inventions, Science & Technology News
Remote controlled bird actually flies by flapping its wings
Remote controlled flapping bird robot.
Kazuhiko Kakuta is a medical Doctor of Allergy, and in his free time he likes to build flying mechanical birds with his son. He has created a remote controlled, flapping bird robot. (Videos)
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Is working remotely productive or disruptive?
Are we more productive in the office, or out of the office?
According to a new survey of 1,000 Americans by uSamp, 65 percent of companies allow remote work, and an even higher percentage of big companies take advantage of home and virtual offices. But what does that do to productivity? (Infographic)
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Business, Internet, Latest Trend
Yahoo CEO Mayer Now Requiring All Remote Employees to Not Be (Remote)
"We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together."
Here is the internal memo, courtesy of some very irked Yahoo employees, sent to the company about a new rule rolled out by CEO Marissa Mayer. The new rule requires that Yahoo employees who work remotely relocate to company facilities.
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Big Problems, Internet, Science & Technology News
OnStar Cars Can be Hacked and Remotely Controlled
How safe do you feel from hackers?
You've seen the OnStar commercial: A stolen SUV is remotely disabled and glides safely into the median, no police chase necessary. Convenient and safe! But what's to stop a nefarious hacker from doing that too? Not much, say researchers.
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Crazy Stuff, Photo Perspectives
World's Most Remote Mountaintop Restaurant
World's most remote restaurant
This is supposedly the world's most remote restaurant; but the mountaintop restaurant in China pictured above offers diners a free lunch…if they can navigate the torturous trail to actually reach the place. (Pics)
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Breakthrough Thinking, Crazy Stuff, New Discoveries, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News, Video Games
Using A Wiimote As An Alternative To Scientific Sensors
The new science Wii!
Laboratory-grade measuring instruments can be pricey, but some enterprising scientists are finding that the Nintendo Wii controller can serve as an alternative:
The Wiimote can track just about anything: All that's needed is an LED light. Hydrologist Willem Luxemburg of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands demonstrated a hacked water-level sensor made from a Wiimote and a plastic boat at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Monday.
"Just switch it on and make sure it doesn't get wet," Luxemburg said…
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Animals, Globalism, Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News
Amazing Pictures Of the Secret Life Of Lions Captured On Hidden Cameras
Lion cubs from the Ol Liombo pride in the Masai Mara, Kenya
On a lazy afternoon in the Masai Mara, southern Kenya, three lion cubs are roused from their siesta. Spotting something in the grass, the inquisitive trio move in for a closer look.
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World's Longest Television Remote
Along with programing a VCR this appears to be the next item that will melt your braincells when trying to figure out how it works
The 2 AAA battery-powered Pultius TV Remote from Art Lebedev would be difficult to misplace as it is nearly twenty inches long. It also provides the hapless user with as many buttons as there are channels. The creators are convinced that being able to switch between 399 channels answers a very specific need to click among television-hungry, channel surfing viewers and consumers. Continue reading… "World's Longest Television Remote"
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ETX-LS Telescope Points Out Stars On Its Own Along With An Audio Tour
ETX-LS Telescope
Fancy some stargazing? If you do, the ETX-LS telescope by Meade Instruments makes it virtually effortless. You barely have to lift a finger. That's because the ETX-LS uses GPS range-finding coupled with CCD imaging to automatically align itself. It can even give you an audio tour of the stars above if you hook it up to a computer, automatically pointing out planets and constellations.
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Take A Virtual Tour Using A Wii And Google Maps
Check out this new mashup by Japanese coder Ryo Katsuma. It has a lot of potential. It takes the exercising aspect of the Wii and combines it with virtual tourism, by using Google Maps with the Wii Remote to create a virtual jogging or walking experience.
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Nokia's Smart Home Center
The cellphone giant Nokia wishes to tinker with your home, letting you control the entire house activities from the leisure of your couch or the bed. Nokia is to develop a new platform to enable users to monitor their electronics and homes energy status locally or remotely, with a mobile device. For developing the platform Nokia has teamed up with RWE, Europe's largest home energy providers. With the help of the platform users can remain connected to their homes and monitor their homes' energy consumption, security devices and other like cameras and motion sensors. Apart from the normal home automation features the Smart Home will allow users to turn off appliances that are wasting energy when they are away from home.
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We all love the monsoon season, don't we? But, there are a number of things that you need to pay attention to while enjoying the rains. And one of these things is taking care of your drenched hair as it is the top cause of hair damage. So, to help you guys out, we have listed some ways to keep your hair healthy during monsoon.
To ensure that your hair stays in good condition, make sure you always keep them clean. This simple tip helps in keeping your mane free from tangles. It is believed that clean hair generally has fewer chances of being frizzy. So, if by chance you get stuck outside when it's raining heavily, and you don't have an umbrella to protect yourself, then make sure to do the following once you reach home.
Wash your hair using a clarifying shampoo immediately after reaching home. This simple tip will help in removing all the pollutants and toxins from your mane, Plus, you can also add neem leaves to your bath water to reduce the chances of getting affected by fungal infections.
Due to the humid condition during the monsoon, your hair tends to become extremely frizzy which can damage them badly if not conditioned frequently. It is suggested that you should opt for a conditioner which is specially designed for taming the frizzy hair. And if you have naturally curly hair then, try to avoid silicone-based conditioners. Instead, opt for anti-humectant hair conditioners.
You can also condition your hair by preparing this simple mask at home. Beat an egg and add some olive oil to it. After that, apply this mask all over your hair and combat frizz.
During the humid weather, bacteria very easily breed in your hair which later can lead to scalp infections. So, it is advised that you should always keep your hair dry and make sure you towel dry first and then, allow it air dry naturally.
Just in case if you have a short time, use a blow dryer. And to prevent the damage caused by blow dryers, use heat protective spray.
Using too many hair styling products on your mane can cause damage. So, it is advised that you should avoid using too much styling products. Avoid piling up hair styling products on your hair. Instead, opt for leave-in conditioners after hair wash as these conditioners help in keeping your mane frizz-free.
Getting a regular trim is really important during monsoon as it helps in keeping the split ends at bay. Plus, it also ensures that your hair looks pretty and classy all the time.
6. What you can do when you don't have time to wash your hair after getting drenched?
Just in case you got drenched and you don't have time to go back home to wash your hair, all you need to do is tie up your hair or make a messy bun. This simple will help in making you look trendy and at the same time will keep your hair clean.
So, these were the few ways to keep your hair healthy during monsoon.


Bali enjoys a tropical climate thanks to its location just below the equator. You can expect the weather in Bali to be warm and sunny all year round, although there is a 'rainy' season which runs between October and March.
From October to March it is very hot and humid, but this can bring bursts of heavy rain. When it does rain it's not the kind of drizzle you get in Europe, this is rain-drops-the-size-of-tennis-balls kind of rain. However don't let all the talk of the 'rainy' season put you off, Bali can also have long periods of sunshine too during these months.
It would be advisable to bring some sort of raincoat or umbrella if you're backpacking to Bali during this season. It can be more comfortable to rent a car during the wet season, but if you are getting around the island by bike, it is best to carry around a plastic poncho and watch out for the slippery roads.
During 'summer' from March to October, the island experiences dry weather and sunny days so, barring some unfortunate weather, you can expect to be working on your tan on the beach. It may feel a bit cooler at night because there is much less humidity, so if you're backpacking in Bali during 'summer' you may need a cardigan for the evenings.
If you're wondering what clothes to pack in your backpack for a trip to Bali, people generally wear summer clothes- shorts, Bintang T-shirts, sun dresses, flip flops, sunglasses…the usual summer gear. If you're worried about feeling cold, pack a sweater just in case.


Creating a collection of writings about Nelson Mandela is an intimidating task. Nelson Mandela is one of the most revered figures of our time but there is also a lot of controversy surrounding him.
The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela is impressive in it's diversity and forthrightness in covering all aspects of the man, the movement he lead, and the way that he has been represented in the media. The essays in the Companion are written by experts in history, anthropology, jurisprudence, cinema, literature, and visual studies and the specific ideas of writers with expertise in specialized areas is nothing short of fascinating.
The collection consists of 12 chapters split into 3 sections.
The book is set up in a way that readers and students can utilize specific sections that touch on their area of study or interest or it can be read as a solid unit to get a well rounded idea of what made Nelson Mandela the man he is. This would make a priceless addition to any high school or university library and an excellent gift for readers who want a full view of the remarkable man, Nelson Mandela.


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'90 Day Fiance' spoilers: Are Blake Abelard and Jasmin Lahtinen still together? Did the '90 Day Fiance' couple end up getting married?
90 Day Fiance couple Blake Abelard and Jasmin Lahtinen are trying to adjust to life together in the United States on Season 7 of the TLC series, so did the couple break up or are they still together -- and did they get married?
[90 Day Fiance Spoiler Warning: Please stop reading now if you don't want to find out the current status of Blake and Jasmin's relationship and whether they're still together or maybe even married.]
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Blake, a 29-year-old audio engineer and music producer from California, and Jasmin, a 27-year-old model from Finland, began sharing their story on Episode 4 of 90 Day Fiance's seventh season, which premiered in early November on TLC.
Blake and Jasmin first met on a dating app and he was completely taken with her eyes, smile, body, and beauty. Jasmin's profile said she lived in Los Angeles, CA, but she was really from Finland.
"I'm just like, 'Damn okay, this isn't going to work,' but at the same time, I really wanted it to," Blake said on the show.
Blake's family and friends, however, were wary of Jasmin's intentions and whether she might've been using Blake for a Green Card, especially since her sister was already living in L.A.
Regardless of what anyone else thought, Blake applied for Jasmin's K-1 visa anyway and anxiously awaited her arrival.
"I never expected to date a model. It may look like we have nothing in common, but Jasmin and I are meant to be together," Blake said in a promo for the currently-airing 90 Day Fiance season.
But a trailer for 90 Day Fiance that was previously released by TLC also showed the couple getting into a little tiff.
Jasmin apparently refused to go to a party with Blake, saying she "didn't fit in" with him and his friends.
"No, stupid! You're supposed to be there," Blake argued.
"I think I'm going to go," Jasmin noted, before walking out of the restaurant.
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During a Fall 2019 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Blake hinted there will be drama between Jasmin and himself on Season 7 of the TLC series.
"In the beginning it was kind of like, a little bumpy... As it went down the line, it kind of got nerve-wracking... You'll have to find out," he shared.
Blake said his storyline on the show is going to be both "dramatic" and "realistic."
"I'm, like, drama-free as a person so I don't know what to say," Jasmin told ET, before turning to Blake and saying, "You're more drama than me."
90 Day Fiance's seventh season showed Blake picking Jasmin up at the airport.
Blake admitted he had been naive in some of his past relationships, as he had married at age 19 and then divorced at age 23. Blake said their two different career paths resulted in the split.
After Blake's divorce, he was down and depressed and so his friend convinced him to sign up for a dating app, and that's when he connected with Jasmin.
Blake worried he was being catfished or scammed at first since Jasmin was so gorgeous, but he received the proof he needed once he asked Jasmin to video chat with him.
Once he started visiting Jasmin in Finland, she surpassed all of his expectations and he couldn't believe she was the real deal.
Blake said Jasmin is "fun, super smart and can speak multiple languages." He added that she's a gymnast and personal trainer, and he viewed her as "unbelievable."
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Blake realized by his third trip to Finland that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Jasmin, and so that's when he proposed marriage to her. Blake was so happy Jasmin said yes, and then her K-1 visa got approved.
Blake's friend Rita had also watched him "rise and fall" in different relationships, and she didn't want him to get taken advantage of again. His mother Kerline was also a bit worried and skeptical.
Blake knew his decision to bring Jasmin to America was risky and unpopular, but in his mind, Jasmin was "perfect" and life together was going to be great. He was 85% sure Jasmin wasn't coming for a Green Card.
Meanwhile, Jasmin's sister Janette couldn't wait to experience Los Angeles with her sibling and best friend. Janette said she didn't know Blake very well, but she looked forward to spending time with him as well.
Jasmin said she was single for three years before she met Blake, who was different from anyone else she had ever dated. Jasmin said she'd never marry a man she's not compatible with, but Blake was going to be the first man she ever lived with.
Once Jasmin and Blake reunited in America, she admitted she liked doing things alone, to which Blake quipped, "Not anymore!"
The pair planned to live with Blake's stepdad and mother, so Blake worried there might be a privacy issue. Blake, however, said his sex life with Jasmin was "great" and he couldn't complain.
Since it had been so long since the couple was together, Blake got them a hotel room for a couple of nights so they could have some privacy.
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Jasmin claimed she was so happy to be reunited with Blake, but she just wanted to shower, sleep and relax since she was completely exhausted from traveling. Blake seemed understanding but disappointed.
The next day, Blake and Jasmin met up with Blake's closest friends at the hotel pool.
Jasmin wasn't excited about the pool party because she was still jet-lagged and tired. Jasmin wasn't looking forward to answering a bunch of questions and having to be social and bubbly.
Jasmin ended up being a little quiet at the party, but Blake's friend Darrell could tell Blake really liked her. Blake's friends predicted Jasmin's 90 Days in America were going to be eye-opening for everyone involved.
Jasmin also revealed she doesn't drink any alcohol, which Blake respected. But Blake wanted Jasmin to also respect him when he wanted a drink at certain occasions. Jasmin joked she didn't want Blake's mouth to taste like alcohol when they kissed and so she'd prefer him not to drink either.
During the gathering, Jasmin suddenly wasn't feeling good, so she decided to leave the little party and go back to the hotel room, where she could rest.
"I'm marrying Blake, not his friends," Jasmin told the cameras.
Blake wished Jasmin had pushed through her fatigue a little longer in order to get to know his friends better, but he said he had to accept Jasmin the way she is.
Jasmin insisted she's "a people person" -- as long as she's around people she truly likes.
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Jasmin had been happy to return to the hotel room alone, without Blake, which was a little hard for him to hear. Blake wanted Jasmin to need him, but she appeared to be very independent.
Blake thought Jasmin could be "very blunt at times," as she always "voices her opinion." But he figured things would only get better within the next few months of her living in America.
Blake then brought Jasmin to his mother and stepfather's place. Blake explained that once his parents moved into a new home, he and Jasmin would be taking over their apartment. However, Blake had no idea when that move was going to take place.
Jasmin hoped they wouldn't have to wait too long for some privacy, and she just hoped to get along with Blake's parents in the meantime.
When Jasmin met Blake's parents, Kerline thought the model was beautiful yet quiet and reserved.
But Kerline and her husband sat down with Blake and Jasmin to tell them there had been a misunderstanding and some miscommunication.
Blake's parents said they weren't going to allow Blake and Jasmin to live together under the same roof given they're a conservative, Christian family.
Blake's stepfather insisted the situation had nothing to do with Jasmin personally and it just wasn't appropriate or acceptable for Blake and Jasmin to live together before marriage.
"This is how we do things, and you know that," Kerline told Blake and Jasmin.
Kerline told Blake that Jasmin could live with them but Blake had to live with his brother. Kerline didn't care if this news upset Blake, and neither did his stepfather.
Jasmin wished Blake's parents had told them this before they started to move in, but Kerline said she and her husband would probably be out of the apartment in a few months -- and by that point, Blake and Jasmin should be married and could live there together.
Blake was apparently more than welcome to come by as long as Kerline and her husband were home. Jasmin wished Blake had stood up for her more, but at the same time, she respected his parents' wishes.
Jasmin later accused Blake of not having good communication with his parents. She wasn't happy Blake hadn't prepared better for her arrival, but Blake said Jasmin was the one who had insisted on coming earlier than originally planned.
The couple intended to "roll with the punches" although their situation wasn't ideal. Blake just didn't want Jasmin to leave him, but Jasmin told the cameras she would not spend 90 days sleeping alone -- regardless of what Blake's parents had said or demanded.
A few days after Jasmin arrived in America, he was hoping Jasmin would open up to his friends more, but Jasmin was just happy she had her sister in Los Angeles and didn't really care to make new friends in America.
Over lunch, Jasmin told Blake's friends she wanted to be a stay-at-home mom and wasn't interested in building a career for herself in the United States.
Jasmin hoped to welcome kids five years into the future, but Blake's friends didn't understand what Jasmin was going to do in the meantime.
Blake's friend Rita thought Blake and Jasmin were total opposites, but Blake insisted that's why their relationship was working. Rita just hoped Blake wouldn't change as a person, especially since Jasmin didn't enjoy drinking alcohol and partying.
So are Blake and Jasmin still together? Did the 90 Day Fiance couple overcome get married?
Jasmin and Blake are definitely still an item.
On December 26, Blake posted a video to his Instagram Stories in which he was playfully targeting Jasmin with a nerf gun, which was probably one of his Christmas gifts.
Around the same time, Jasmin shared a funny photo of the couple posing in their Christmas sweaters.
And two weeks earlier, Blake conducted a Q&A session with his followers on Instagram Stories.
Blake revealed he'd like to have 2-3 children with Jasmin in one of his responses, showing they're still together.
And on the same day, Blake also posted a photo of the 90 Day Fiance cast, gushing about his time with Jasmin in New York City when they all gathered to film the Season 7 Tell-All special.
"This 5 day getaway to New York was amazing. I just want to say Thank you to all the fans that we've met so far and taken pictures with. Thank you @tlc for allowing this moment and opportunity to happen. Seeing @jasminaniel experience New York for the first time ever was wonderful and amazing, moments like these are moments we will always remember," Blake captioned the image.
"She also got to meet my brother, Brandon @bastyle_nycla and see us & our goofy ways. Also, thank you to all the [90 Day Fiance Season 7 couples] that we met... I don't care what people THINK... and after hearing that ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCES with this show are the same, there's nothing that can break the bond that was gained after shooting for 20+ hours in a day, having some drinks and good conversations."
On December 3, Jasmin took to Instagram and posted a beautiful photo of the couple with a mountain landscape in the background.
"A love like no other," Jasmin captioned the image, along with a red-heart emoji.
Jasmin also hinted she's currently living in the United States when she posted two separate photos of herself in Los Angeles, CA, on November 4 and November 14.
Unless Jasmin only arrived in the United States within the last several months -- which seems unlikely given 90 Day Fiance's typical filming schedule -- her presence in America indicates she and Blake must have gotten married during the 90-day period of her K-1 visa, or else she would have had to return to Finland.
In late October, Jasmin also posted a boomerang of herself kissing Blake as the sun was setting.
When Jasmin and Blake spoke to ET at a 90 Day Fiance press event in Hollywood around that same time, they appeared to be very much together!
In fact, the pair reportedly held hands during their interview, and Jasmin was wearing an engagement ring.
However, the 90 Day Fiance couple repeatedly avoided direct questions about their relationship status.
"You'll have to find out!" Blake teased.
When ET pointed out Blake only seemed to have great things to say about Jasmin, he replied, "It's kind of hard not to speak highly of her. Whatever the outcome is of her and I, you know, it's not like I'm going to be like, 'Oh, I'm never talking to her again!'"
"We both tried. It's not like I tried it and failed or something," he added.
Blake acknowledged during the interview it takes "two people" to make a relationship work.
"We had a little bit of a relationship before the proposal and everything like that. It's not like I've known her for a few hours or a couple days. I've known her for a while," Blake said.
Blake reiterated how fans will have to watch and see what happens.
"They show us -- they tap into a little bit of my world and see what I do with music, and they tap into her world with her gymnastics and everything," Blake explained.
Despite moving to a different country, Jasmin suggested her transition wasn't actually a huge adjustment.
"I visited here [the U.S.] before, so I kind of knew where I was moving to," Jasmin noted.
"I've known him for two years, so I feel safe around him. So it was a good thing to move here. It's been great."
Blake also insisted any drama 90 Day Fiance viewers are going to see happened to be "normal, common things" for couples and their frustrations often had to do with the filming process -- not each other.
When ET asked the pair whether they had any regrets about doing the show, Jasmin noted, "I don't have any regrets."
"We try to live life with no regrets," Blake added. "That's my motto right there."
Blake and Jasmin insisted they're not even worried about haters or trolls this season.
"Negativity, we don't try to embrace that too much," Blake said.
"I really don't care what people say, only thing I care about is what my family thinks and people that I love," Jasmin reasoned. "People have opinions, always. Like, I really don't care."
However, Jasmin admitted she's not really looking forward to watching herself on TV this season.
Blake apparently wanted to star on 90 Day Fiance, and he got Jasmin onboard with the idea.
"In the beginning, I didn't want to," Blake said, explaining why he was never chasing fame.
"But then later on, he wanted it," Jasmin interjected in their interview with ET.
"Exactly. She made me realize I wanted to," Blake admitted.
Blake previously insisted on Instagram he did not appear on 90 Day Fiance for fame, attention or publicity.
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See also Wikipedia's article about "Penn Station".
Penn Station is New York City's main intercity rail terminal. While the beautiful Grand Central Station serves wealthy Metro-North commuters from Westchester and Connecticut, everyone else (meaning Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit, and Amtrak passengers) is forced to engage with this subterranean shithole, which is hidden underneath Madison Square Garden between 31st and 32nd Streets and 7th and 8th Avenues. The Penn Station stop on the 1/2/3 subway makes it very accessible from Columbia, at least.
Once, Penn Station was one of the most beautiful shrines to transportation ever built. Then it was torn down in a fit of absence of mind (thanks, Robert Moses), giving birth to an enraged preservation movement. The station remains so hideous that everyone is waiting with baited breath for a replacement, Moynihan Station, to take over most of its functions. The new station will be carved out of the post office across the street from the present station.
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SenseTime hit with US investment ban as it prepares to go public
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business
SenseTime's big stock market debut may have hit a major snag because of tensions between the United States and China.
The Chinese artificial intelligence startup was supposed to price shares Friday in its initial public offering in Hong Kong, where it planned to raise up to $767 million.
But its preparations to go public were overshadowed by news that Washington was adding SenseTime to another trading blacklist.
The US Treasury department confirmed Friday that it had decided to place the company on a list of "Chinese military-industrial complex companies," in which US President Joe Biden has banned Americans from investing.
The US Treasury said SenseTime was sanctioned because of the role its technology plays in enabling human rights abuses against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
"SenseTime … owns Shenzhen Sensetime Technology Co. Ltd., which has developed facial recognition programs that can determine a target's ethnicity, with a particular focus on identifying ethnic Uyghurs," the department said in a statement. "When applying for patent applications, Shenzhen Sensetime Technology Co. Ltd. has highlighted its ability to identify Uyghurs wearing beards, sunglasses, and masks."
The impending US action was first reported by the Financial Times on Thursday.
SenseTime did not respond earlier to a request for comment on that report.
SenseTime, one of the world's most valuable AI companies, has already faced controversy in recent years over allegations that it has been involved in human rights violations in Xinjiang.
The company has previously said that it has developed its "AI code of ethics to ensure our technologies are used in a responsible way," and has said that sales to customers in Xinjiang have been in compliance with Chinese law.
The firm's Beijing subsidiary is already on the US entity list, which means it is barred from buying US products or importing American technology without a special license.
SenseTime said in its IPO prospectus that the ban does not "apply to other group entities that are legally distinct" from the Beijing unit.
The company also claimed that "none of our material investors, customers or suppliers had withdrawn their investment or ceased doing business with us due to the Entity List addition."
But it has acknowledged potential headwinds, saying that "we are subject to the risks associated with international trade policies, geopolitics and trade protection measures, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected."
AI under scrutiny
SenseTime, which was founded in 2014 in Hong Kong, generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue by deploying technology for everything from smart city systems to driverless vehicles.
The company is no stranger to the international spotlight, at one point even becoming the world's most valuable AI startup in 2018. It is also a member of China's national AI team, which aids the country with its tech superpower ambitions.
But the firm is best known for its facial recognition software, which has long been subject to controversy.
The use of such technology in policing and domestic security is widespread across China, but especially in the western region of Xinjiang, where up to 2 million people from Uyghur and other ethnic Muslim minorities have allegedly been put into internment camps, according to the US State Department.
Beijing maintains that the camps are vocational training centers that help to deradicalize citizens. But Uyghur exiles have described the crackdown as "cultural genocide," with former detainees saying they were indoctrinated and abused.
Earlier this year, IPVM, an independent group that monitors video surveillance technology, said that SenseTime was mentioned in a patent application in July 2019, which suggested that it could identify people by ethnicity, specifically singling out "Uyghur" as a possibility.
The finding was the latest in a series of revelations questioning the facial recognition practices of Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba and Huawei.
In a statement at the time, SenseTime told CNN Business that the reference to Uyghurs was "regrettable," adding that it was "one of the examples within the application intended to illustrate the attributes the algorithm recognizes."
"It was neither designed nor intended in any way to discriminate, which is against our values," a spokesperson said. "We will update the patent at the next available opportunity."
More recently in its investment prospectus, SenseTime said that its "previous sales to customers in Xinjiang were in compliance with" Chinese laws, and that income from those sales were less than 1% over the last three years.
The company was planning to price shares between 3.85 and 3.99 Hong Kong dollars, or roughly 50 cents apiece, according to a stock exchange filing. That would put its valuation at approximately $17 billion at the top end of the range.
SenseTime was due to start trading in Hong Kong on Friday, December 17.
— Brian Fung and Ben Westcott contributed to this report.


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For a good portion of last week I was labouring under a serious misapprehension. Due to a discussion arising about whether Loyalists should be included in the search to deal with Legacy issues, I grabbed the wrong end of the stick.
I automatically assumed all of N.Ireland`s other political parties were included but it was only Loyalists were excluded.
Then a Facebook friend named Ken Boyle of UKIP informed me, it was only the 5 main parties at Stormont who were included?
This is a ludicrous situation, all the political parties must be included in the search to deal with legacy issues!
Here is an amusing tale of how people where unfortunately led into a bizarre misapprehension, due to the activities of an eccentric.
1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.


The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday said it had banned Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf for 12 months and fined him $5,000 (4,300 euros) for receiving cash from undercover journalists posing as agents.
The NFF ethics and fair play committee found Yusuf guilty of accepting $1,000 after he was caught on camera being asked to select two players for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
"He is hereby banned for the period of one year, from partaking or involvement or participation in any football-related activity, effective from the date of this decision," the NFF said.
Yusuf, who denied any wrongdoing, has the option to appeal.
The BBC, which aired the footage, said the report was part of a wider investigation into corruption in African football by the Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
His expose led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, after he was accused of soliciting bribes and kickbacks.
Yusuf said in response to the BBC in July that the sum was $750, not $1,000, and was a "gift of trivial and symbolic value", that was acceptable within NFF and FIFA guidelines.
But the committee said Yusuf's actions had "a damaging effect on the reputation and integrity of Nigerian football".
It added that "he ought to have conducted himself more professionally… as his conduct in public and in secret should be exemplary, since coaches are role models".
Yusuf, who previously coached Enyimba and Kano Pillars, helped senior men's team coach Gernot Rohr steer the Super Eagles to this year's World Cup in Russia.


William Konkin Elementary School students help unload Christmas Poinsettias.
William Konkin Elementary School students help unload Christmas Poinsettias on Nov. 27, 2013.
The flowers are part of fund raising by the school's French mmersion program.


This is my first test with openframework. I basically tryed to reproduce what I was doing in processing. Audio by Yonderboi ("Intro" from Shallow And Profound).
I still need to figure out how to add depth of field and motion blur.


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Theresa May proves herself the woman who has nothing for everyone
The PM seemed determined to inflict yet more humiliation on her self during her latest Brexit speech
May's previous Brexit speeches had taken place in Lancaster House and a Florentine palazzo. Now she was squeezed into an atrium in Charing Cross. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Pool/EPA
Tue 21 May 2019 14.54 EDT
It came billed as the prime minister's "big and bold" offer. What we got was more of a hostage video. Theresa May's previous major Brexit speeches had taken place in Lancaster House and a Florentine palazzo. Now she was squeezed into the atrium of PWC's offices in Charing Cross, in front of just a handful of pre-selected journalists. Behind the lectern was a map of the world with the words 'Seeking common ground in parliament' written in tiny letters across eastern Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Presumably because there's a better chance of that there than in the UK.
Shortly after 4pm, May made her way hesitantly in front of the cameras, frequently raising her head towards some bemused accountants on the upper floors – the closest she was going to going to get a friendly face all afternoon. If only the Four Pot Plants had been able to come along to keep her company. But even they had given up on her. Not that she could blame them. She had all but given up on herself. She was the Leader in Name Only.
"It's a great time to be alive," she had begun unconvincingly, abject misery written into every line of her face. Brexit is taking its toll on her as well as the country. Only her stubbornness, her refusal to accept the inevitable, was keeping her upright. What she really craved was oblivion. Instead she had to endure humiliation heaped on humiliation. Almost all of it entirely self-inflicted.
EU despairs at emptiness of May's latest Brexit offer
What she had to say was too little, too late. A mere repetition of concessions and muddled promises already made. Had she done this six months ago, there might have been a chance of taking the Conservatives – and some Labour MPs – with her. Now she was just screwed. Unloved, unwanted. Too many of her rivals had invested too much time and too much money in their own leadership campaigns to back her now. Her departure was already priced into everyone's timetable. She could have promised almost anything and MPs would have found any number of excuses to reject her withdrawal agreement bill. Wrong font.
Yet still Lino doggedly plodded on. Devoid of charisma, devoid of ideas. Every word dying on her lips. Not so much a prime minister as a supplicant begging for a stay of execution. "Just let me win one vote," she begged. That's all she wanted. One victory. By all means trash her Wab at its third reading, just so long as she was given a free pass at the second one. Then she could die happy.
Here was the deal. She'd failed to persuade parliament to accept the deal she had wanted on three occasions, so now she was going to let them vote on a whole load of things she didn't want. Her basic offer was that anything that various groups of MPs had asked for were now all in the mix. Even if some of them were pure fantasy or contradicted one another.
It was all a bit embarrassing. Excruciating even. The backstop would still be in place but it definitely would never be implemented because the brilliant alternative arrangements of the Malthouse compromise – a plan not even its author believed in any more – would come to the rescue. And as for the customs union, she was prepared to give it a bit of a go providing no one called it a customs union and that parliament had a right to opt out of it at the next general election. Which could come sooner than later.
As so often happens, Lino displayed the uncanny knack of simultaneously losing the support of MPs from every side of the argument. The woman who had nothing for everyone. She had never found a crowd that she couldn't alienate. Within days she will have been cast aside by her own cabinet and then she will be entirely adrift. Alone, becalmed, barely afloat. She wasn't even really clear about where she stood on a second referendum. Other than there could be a vote after a vote after another vote. Not enough to please remainers and far too much for leavers to accept.
"This is deliverable," May concluded, even though her new deal was clearly dead on arrival. She looked upwards once more for moral support. But these days, she can't even keep a captive audience. Nearly all the accountants had already wandered off, having long since lost the will to live. There was far more fun to had from winding up companies bankrupted by a no deal Brexit than listening to a prime minister's last stand.
After a few desultory, non-committal answers to journalists' questions, Lino sloped back to Downing Street. Yet again she had achieved the seemingly impossible of losing more and more support the longer she spoke. Her deal couldn't even survive contact with her own voice let alone reality. The net was closing in. Time to call in the removal company.


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How to Say Happy New Year in Chinese
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Asian Wars and Battles
Greg Rodgers
Greg Rodgers is a freelance writer and photographer from Kentucky, covering all things Asia,
Chinese New Year, perhaps the most widely celebrated holiday in the world, typically takes place in January or February, after the Gregorian New Year on January 1. Whether you'll be spending it in China or in a Chinatown in your own city, knowing how to wish people a happy new year in the local tongue is a nice touch.
Come January 25, 2020, families and friends will be feasting, partaking in centuries-old superstitions, and spending time together to celebrate Chinese New Year. With vibrant celebrations taking place from Sydney to San Francisco, you'll have plenty of opportunities to pay your respects and well wishes to the Chinese, especially if you know the customary greetings.
About Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is a massive, international celebration. With people scattered around the globe observing the Lunar New Year, you're sure to find fireworks, parades, and street fairs in nearly every major city.
Although the first few days are the most observed, Chinese New Year actually runs for 15 consecutive days and ends with the Lantern Festival. Preparations take place for weeks in advance to ensure that this period is filled with luck and prosperity (two things the Chinese value immensely).
This is a time for family and lots of food. Firecrackers are thrown in abundance to frighten away unlucky spirits, and red is worn, even red underwear, because of its symbolic meaning. Children receive small gifts and money in red envelopes called lai see and various figures from history are honored.
"Happy New Year" in Mandarin
Unlike Western New Year's Eve celebrations, which tend to be about short-lived resolutions to improve ourselves, the primary goal of Chinese New Year traditions is to usher in good luck and prosperity in the new year.
With such vast variations in Chinese culture and ethnic groups around the world, there are many ways to say "happy new year" in Chinese. Most of them are rooted in luck and financial success.
Gong Xi Fa Cai: Pronounced "gong zee fah tsai," gong xi means "congratulations" and is also a way to wish one joy. Fa cai is to become rich or make money. In essence, you are wishing one joy and prosperity in the new year. Business owners and workmates use gong xi fa cai as the usual way to say "happy new year" in Chinese.
Xin Nian Kuai Le: Pronounced "sheen neean kwai luh," kuai le means "happy" or "joyous," and xin nian means "new year." Xin nian kuai le is a great way to say happy new year in Chinese to friends without referencing money.
"Happy New Year" in Cantonese
Cantonese is the language primarily spoken by the people of Hong Kong. The Cantonese "happy new year" greeting differs slightly from the Mandarin version, even though both are actually written the same way.
Gong Hey Fat Choy: In Cantonese, gong hey fat choy is the equivalent of gong xi fa cai in Mandarin, simply meaning "congratulations and prosperity."
Rodgers, Greg. "How to Say Happy New Year in Chinese." ThoughtCo, Dec. 6, 2021, thoughtco.com/say-happy-new-year-in-chinese-1458289. Rodgers, Greg. (2021, December 6). How to Say Happy New Year in Chinese. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/say-happy-new-year-in-chinese-1458289 Rodgers, Greg. "How to Say Happy New Year in Chinese." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/say-happy-new-year-in-chinese-1458289 (accessed January 18, 2022).
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19/6 – The System is Rigged for the Rich
19 juni, 2020 22 juni, 2020
Source: Cubadebate , translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau
By Iroel Sánchez on June 16, 2020
There is a scene in the documentary I am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016) in which the African-American writer James Baldwin is interviewed on '70s television and the interviewer asks Baldwin why "Negroes aren't optimistic, even though there are Negro mayors, there are Negroes in all of sports, there are Negroes in politics, they're even accorded the ultimate accolade of being in television commercials now." With a sarcastic smile, Baldwin, who saw his friends Medgar Evans, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated by the system, answers: "It's not a question of what happens to the Negro here, the black man here,"… "the real question is what's going to happen to this country? "
From the time of that interview until today, many many Black people have been shot and killed in the U.S. The system continued sweeping the structural racism under the carpet until Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrated it in all its harshness; then the magic formula appeared – a Black president!
As Cornell West, one of the most influential Black intellectuals in the U.S., who has been called on to appear on media like Fox and CNN in these days of anti-racist protests, has said, "all they want to do is show more Black faces — show more Black faces. But oftentimes those Black faces are losing legitimacy too because the Black Lives Matter movement emerged under a Black president, a Black attorney general, and a Black Secretary of Homeland Security and they couldn't deliver. So when you talk about the masses of black people, the precious poor and working-class Black people, brown, red, yellow, whatever color, they're the ones left out and they feel so thoroughly powerless, helpless, hopeless and then you get rebellion. "
But who puts the faces on the system's administrators? In the middle of the election campaigns between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, WikiLeaks revealed a series of emails sent by Michael Froman, an upper-level CitiBank executive, to John Podesta, who was part of the transition team of President Barak Obama. One month before the primaries that Obama won, Podesta got an email from Froman with a list of
"African-American, Latino, and Asian-Americans … also one with Native Americans, American Arabs and Muslims, and people with disabilities," with the names of those who should make up the Cabinet of the newly elected president, and which post each should occupy.
Thus, CitiBank indicated who would be selected for each post one month before the U.S. voters went to the polls to choose their government, and Obama went along with this list, choosing Eric Holder for the Justice Department, Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security, Robert Gates for Secretary of Defense, Rahm Emanuel for chief of staff, Peter Orszag for the Office of Management and Budget, Arne Duncan for Education, Eric Shinseki for Veterans Affairs, Kathleen Sebelius for Health and Human Services, Melody Barnes for the Domestic Policy Council, Timothy Geithner for Treasury, Susan Rice for the UN representative…
This is what Baldwin was referring to when he said, "White is a metaphor for power, and that is simply a way of describing Chase Manhattan Bank." This, of course, did not begin with Obama. At the start of this century, the extremist government of George W Bush had a Black Secretary of State who lied at the UN to promote the invasion of Iraq and a Black National Security Council head who organized illegal surveillance, torture, and kidnapping on a worldwide level. Which bank appointed them has not yet been leaked, but the fact that they answer to one, or to several, cannot be doubted when one sees their governmental sentences passed against the non-white people of Iraq and Afghanistan, who have died by the million thanks to their efforts.
In the book The Shock Doctrine, writer and social activist Naomi Klein devotes a chapter to analyzing the effects of Katrina in New Orleans in relation to the neoliberalism imposed upon the world by the U.S. and its extreme application by the government of George W Bush. The authors calls this section "Disaster Apartheid" and quotes a repentant free-market true-believer as saying, "The collapsed levees of New Orleans will have consequences for neoconservatism just as long and deep as the collapse of the Wall in East Berlin had on Soviet Communism." And these consequences of Katrina, together with the Iraq War and the financial crisis, did occur – the defeat of the Republican Party in the 2008 elections shows this. Nevertheless, as I pointed out in another article, the economic crisis has encouraged a resurgence of ultra-reactionaries and ultra-nationalists very similar to what occurred in pre-Hitler Germany. "German Honor" and xenophobia were the flags Hitler waved as he climbed to power in a Germany hard-hit by economic crisis. How does this differ from what we see in Trump's campaign slogans America First and Make America Great Again?
Racism and hatred of the poor and of immigrants are locked into the functional dynamics of a system that that places things above human beings. The order that the New Orleans police got after Katrina was "shoot the looters." "Anything coming up this street darker than a brown paper bag is getting shot," was the phrase used by a group of white vigilantes who hunted down those escaping from the disaster.
Shortly after the impact of the hurricane on the southern U.S., Fidel oversaw the organization of the Henry Reeve Brigade in Havana. It was a quick, efficient offer to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The philosophy that proclaims "People First" was rejected by the arrogance of those who were obsessed with "Protection of Property." The poor, abandoned to their fate by what Naomi Klein terms Disaster Capitalism, could not be treated by Cuban doctors. The same government that persecutes Cuban medical cooperation worldwide has ratcheted up xenophobia and racism to the highest level in their own country.
Some time ago, Warren Buffet, one of the richest men on the planet, shook the world with a phrase astounding in its frankness, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."
In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels had defined the class struggle as the motor force of history. Nevertheless, when Barack Obama spoke in the Gran Teatro of Havana he said that the motor force of history was something else – the internet. An important government adviser, Ale Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, whom the magazine Foreign Policy indicated as a key figure in the Arab Spring and as particularly involved in the events that destabilized Syria and Libya, went even further when he said to a group of Latin American digital activists that the internet is the Che Guevara of the 21st Century. In other words – don't struggle, don't organize, don't take to the streets, don't study society, just use the internet. Once he was no longer president, in an interview with Prince Harry of England, Obama said that social media run the risk of dividing societies and that the internet promotes inequality. We do not know whether current events will make him go so far as to say where the true motor force of history is, although a man as intelligent and well educated as he is should not be unaware of this.
In an obvious attempt at damage control, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House and head of the House Democratic Caucus, has "demanded" the removal of 11 slave-owner Confederate statues, which up until yesterday did not bother her, from the halls of Congress, and Obama has called "with a sense of urgency" for "police reforms." It becomes necessary to say, paraphrasing that same Bill Clinton, head of the Democratic Party elite to whom a platform such as that of Bernie Sanders is unacceptable: "It's something more than statues and police, stupid." It's obvious that the racist acts committed by the police, the statues of slave owners and colonizers, the place that Pelosi holds, as well as those of Obama, Clinton, and, of course, Trump, are the result of that "metaphor for power, … a way of describing Chase Manhattan Bank," that Baldwin spoke of.
There are those who seem to have a much clearer vision of this than U.S. politicians do, represented by the 200 leaders of Western science and culture, led by actress Juliette Binoche and astrophysicist Aurélien Barrau who signed a manifesto, published in the French journal Le Monde, calling for transformation of the economic and social system.
When the anti-racism protests in the U.S. are united with the toppling of statues like that of the Belgian King Leopold, ravager of the Congo, and the vision of Cornel West of "the masses of black people, the precious poor and working-class Black people, brown, red, yellow, whatever color, " blazes a trail in important publications unused to deal in these terms, when this is interwoven with the cinematography of Haitian film-maker Raoul Peck (Lumumba, The Young Marx, and I Am Not Your Negro) it connects the profound causes of a rebellion with origins in centuries of exploitation and inequality: capitalism.
Artikeln är publicerad av Redaktionen den 19 juni 2020 och sparad under Kosmopolitiskt samt märkt kapitalism, rasism.
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Help Is Needed For Hudson Valley Family Who Lost Loved One In Drunk Driving Accident
You can help a local family who lost a 28-year-old loved one after he was hit by an alleged drunk driver.
As previously reported, on Saturday 28-year-old Jason G. Exley of Walden was killed when he was hit by an alleged drunk driver on Route 52 in Orange County.
Dennis Wilson Jr., 32, of Walden, was driving drunk when he crossed the double yellow lines and hit Exley's car head-on, police say. Wilson was charged with vehicular manslaughter, a felony, driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and refusal to submit to a chemical test.
Friends of the Exley family setup a GoFundMe page to help the family deal with their tragic loss.
"I know the family could use and would appreciate our help immensely," Breanna Chittum wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Jason, you will be missed dearly."
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Jason.
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Filed Under: Dennis Wilson Jr, Jason G. Exley, Walden
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Q: why my / partition showing full? my / partition is showing 100% full. i have cheked that my home dir is showing 386GB free. can any one show me how to free the / partition.
below is my current partitions
[root@mainserver ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
                       50G   45G  2.1G  96% /
tmpfs                 1.9G  276K  1.9G   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             485M   38M  422M   9% /boot
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_home
                      405G  7.9G  377G   3% /home
[root@mainserver ~]#

/ partition is showing only 2.1GB available.

A: Look for extraneous files under the / file system:
cd /
ls -l

Do you see extra files?
If not, check under subdirectories directly on the root partition.
That means- check all subdirectories but not under /dev, /boot nor /home.
If you donT recognize files which you can delete, you will need to post output from "ls -l" and maybe we can help you with that.

A: The partition that your root is mounted on is only 50GB. Your home directory is mounted on a much larger partition.
Either delete things from your root (careful, only delete things you know aren't essential to the system), or resize the partition using a tool such as GParted.

A: manually deleting files from / is a bad idea. use your package manager to remove unneeded software.
you could use gparted to resize your partitions so that root has more and home has less, but it is a time consuming and potentially risky process.

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Home/Technology/Internet makes reintegration of white collar criminals tougher
Internet makes reintegration of white collar criminals tougher
By Safoora| Published: 16th November 2019 4:05 pm IST
LONDON: The archive, search and sharing features of digital media ensure that the online identity of those convicted of white collar crimes, such as fraud and bribery is dominated by their crime long after a sentence is completed, making it much tougher for them to get jobs and reintegrate with society, says a study.
The "labels" attached to them on digital media may have long-term negative effect on their rehabilitation, said the study published in the Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice.
"Historically it has been assumed that white collar crime was un-newsworthy and offenders were unlikely to be confronted by the negative impacts of adverse publicity," said lead author David Shepherd from the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth in England.
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"Consequently, there has been very little research in this field. We wanted to assess this perception and explore the accounts of some white collar criminals who have experienced the attention of the press," Shepherd said.
Because of online media coverage, white collar criminals end up with having a "personal digital criminal legacy" (PDCL), said the study.
This sticks with them, disrupting their lives and the lives of their families, long after the reported crimes.
The study involved white collar criminals after release from prison. Seventeen participants, aged 30-65, were questioned and their answers analysed.
Overall the group became less economically productive after release from prison. Two remained long-term unemployed and five could only find work in the gig economy where fewer questions are asked.
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The association of stymied employment opportunities, a permanent criminalised digital identity and Google was keenly felt by all the participants.
"I was all over the Internet, all over the BBC news, so if I typed in my details on Google you will find everything about me," Tony, an employee convicted of occupational fraud, said.
Frank, a businessman convicted of corporate fraud, said: "You can't erase Google. And the problem is the media portrayal of what went on. It wasn't the truth and it's rarely the truth. But that's what people read, and if they read it, they believe it."
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\subsection{System Dynamics}
\subsubsection{Vehicle Model}

We first describe the kinematic model of the Dubins car.  Figure\
\ref{fig:path_following} (a) illustrates the notation used for the
position ($\xpos, \ypos$) and the orientation ($\carangle$) of the
vehicle on the 2-D ($x,y$) plane.  The orientation ($\carangle$) is
defined as the clockwise angle with respect to the positive $y$-axis.
The magnitude of the longitudinal velocity is denoted by $\carspeed$.

The Dubins car model uses the following differential equations to
represent the car dynamics:
\begin{align}
	\xposdot =& V\sin{\carangle}\label{eq:xpos_dot}\\
	\yposdot =& V\cos{\carangle}\label{eq:ypos_dot}\\
	\carangledot =& u\label{eq:input_u}
\end{align}
In the above kinematic model, $u$ is the turn rate control, which we
will refer to as \textit{steering} control. For our experiments, we
assume that car velocity, $V$, is constant.

\subsubsection{Path Following}
For any given vehicle state and target path, we compute the distance
error and angle error of the vehicle with respect to the target path.
Figure\ \ref{fig:path_following} (b) illustrates the computation of
distance and angle errors.  The solid red curve represents a section
of the target path.  The distance error, which is denoted as
$\distanceerr$, is defined as the shortest distance from the vehicle
coordinates to the target path.  On the target path, the closest point
to the vehicle is denoted as $(\xOnPath, \yOnPath)$.  The angle error,
which is denoted as $\angleerr$, is the angle between the vehicle
orientation ($\carangle$) and the orientation of the tangent line to
the target path at the point  $(\xOnPath, \yOnPath)$.  Hence, if the
angle of the tangent line is defined as $\pathangle$, the angle error
is defined as follows:
\begin{equation}
	\angleerr = \pathangle - \carangle. \label{eq:angleerr}
\end{equation}
The distance error, $\distanceerr$, is taken as negative when the angle error is negative and its absolute value is smaller than $\pi$, which is when the vehicle is on the right of the target path, as shown in Figure\ \ref{fig:path_following} (b) and positive when the vehicle is on the left of the target path.
\begin{figure}[t]
	\begin{center}
		\begin{tabular}{cc}
			\input{dubins_car_overview_tikz.tex}\hspace{0in}
			&\input{path_following_tikz.tex}\hspace{0in}\\
			(a) Dubins car model.&(b) Path following errors.
		\end{tabular}
		\caption{Notation used in system dynamics.}
		\label{fig:path_following}
	\end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsubsection{Error Dynamics}
Based on the vehicle dynamics and the equations defining the path
following error, we use the error dynamics to define a system model as
follows.  For simplicity, we consider the target path as a straight
line with a constant orientation $\pathangle$.  Assume that the target
path starts at the coordinate $(0, 0)$, which is a reasonable
assumption given that the origin of the coordinate system may be
shifted so that the target path starts at the origin.  Then, we rotate
the coordinate system by $\frac{\pi}{2}-\pathangle$ radians in a
clockwise direction.  In the rotated coordinate system, the target
trajectory becomes the $x$-axis, and the rotated $y$ coordinate of the
vehicle is taken as the distance error.  This means that, when the
vehicle is on the right side of the trajectory, the distance error
will be negative and vice versa when it is on the left.  The following
is the distance error:
\begin{align}
	\distanceerr = -\xpos\sin{\big(\frac{\pi}{2}-\pathangle\big)} + \ypos\cos{\big(\frac{\pi}{2}-\pathangle\big)} .\label{eq:distance_err}
\end{align}
Hence, following from Eq.\ \ref{eq:xpos_dot}, \ref{eq:ypos_dot},
\ref{eq:angleerr} and \ref{eq:distance_err}, the time derivative of
$\distanceerr$ can be computed as follows:
\begin{align*}
	\distanceerrdot &= -\xposdot\cos{(\pathangle)} + \yposdot\sin{(\pathangle)}\\
	 &= -V\sin{(\carangle)}\cos{(\pathangle)} + V\cos{(\carangle)}\sin{(\pathangle)} \\
	 &= -V\sin{(\pathangle - \angleerr)}\cos{(\pathangle)} + V\cos{(\pathangle - \angleerr)}\sin{(\pathangle)}.
\end{align*}
Furthermore, following from Eq.\ \ref{eq:input_u} and
\ref{eq:angleerr} and the fact that the path angle is constant, the
time derivative of $\angleerr$ is given by:
\begin{equation}
	\angleerrdot\ = \pathangledot - \carangledot\ = -u .
\end{equation}

\subsubsection{Closed Loop System Dynamics}
Considering the NN controller as a function, $\nncontrolfunc$, mapping
its inputs $\distanceerr$ and $\angleerr$ to its output $u$, where $u$
is the input to the plant, the closed loop system dynamics can be
defined as follows, where $\mathbf{\states}$ denotes the system state
vector:
\begin{align*}
	\mathbf{\states} &= [\distanceerr\ \angleerr]^T \\
	\dot{\mathbf{\states}} &=
	f_p(\vx, \vu)\\
	&=
	\begin{bmatrix}
		-V\sin{(\pathangle - \angleerr)}\cos{(\pathangle)} + V\cos{(\pathangle - \angleerr)}\sin{(\pathangle)}\\
		-u
	\end{bmatrix}\\
	\vy &= g(\vx) = [\distanceerr\ \angleerr]^T \\
	u &= h (\vy).
\end{align*}

\subsection{Learning a Controller}

To learn an NN controller, we first select the structure of the
network.  We elect to use a feedforward NN with one hidden layer and
$N_{h}$ neurons in the hidden layer.  The NN takes distance and angle
errors ($\distanceerr, \angleerr$) as inputs, and it outputs steering
control $u$.  Hence, the input layer accepts two inputs, and the
output layer contains one neuron.  An NN with $N_{h}$ neurons in the
hidden layer with the structure we have selected has $(1\times N_{h})
+ (N_{h}\times 2)$ weight parameters and $N_{h} + 1$ bias parameters.
Hence the total number of parameters (including weights and bias
values) is $4 N_{h} + 1$.  We used \textit{tansig} for all activation
functions.  The implementation of the NN is done in
MATLAB\textsuperscript{\textregistered} .

By starting with a random set of NN parameters, we performed direct
policy search variant of reinforcement learning using a CMA-ES
algorithm \cite{hansen2001completely, igel2003neuroevolution} to find
an optimal set of parameters (weights and biases) for the NN
controller.  For the direct policy search, we used the blue
(piecewise-linear) path shown in Figure\ \ref{fig:cmaes_evolution} as
the target path on the x-y plane.  The CMA-ES algorithm is used to
optimize the NN parameters with the goal of minimizing the path
following error.  From a discrete-time simulation of the system with a
controller that is using the parameters that come from CMA-ES, we
compute a corresponding cost using the following cost function:
\begin{align*}
\costfnc =& \sum_{k\in\{0, ..., N\}}\Big(100{\distanceerr}_k^2 + 10^5{\angleerr}_k^2 + 100u_k^2\Big) \\
&+ 10^3|(x_{end}, y_{end})-({\xpos}_{N}, {\ypos}_{N})|^2 .
\end{align*}
Note that $N$ represents the number of discrete time steps in the
simulation.  The subscripted terms ${\distanceerr}_k, {\angleerr}_k$
and $u_k$ represent the corresponding values of ${\distanceerr},
{\angleerr}$ and $u$, respectively, at the time step $k$ of the
simulation.  The last term in the cost function computes the error
related to the Euclidean distance between the end point of the the
target path, $(x_{end}, y_{end})$, and the final position of the
vehicle, $({\xpos}_{N}, {\ypos}_{N})$, in the simulation.

Figure\ \ref{fig:cmaes_evolution} illustrates some sample simulation
traces from the evolution of an NN controller with $10$ neurons in the
hidden layer, using the policy search based on CMA-ES optimization
with a maximum number of $50$ iterations and a population size of
$152$.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
	\begin{center}
		\setlength\tabcolsep{1.4pt}
		\begin{tabular}{cc}
			\includegraphics[width=.30\linewidth]{training_1.pdf}\hspace{0in}
			&\includegraphics[width=.30\linewidth]{training_5.pdf}\hspace{0in}\\
			(a) With random intial weights&(b) At iteration 5\vspace{0.12in}\\
			\includegraphics[width=.30\linewidth]{training_25.pdf}\hspace{0in}
			&\includegraphics[width=.30\linewidth]{training_50.pdf}\\
			(c) At iteration 25&(d) At the end of the training\\
		\end{tabular}
		\caption{Evolution of the NN controller during the policy search.}
		\label{fig:cmaes_evolution}
	\end{center}
\end{figure}

The final parameter values arrived at by the CMA-ES algorithm are used
as fixed weights and biases for the NN controller.  Note that, after
the training phase was completed,  we validated the performance of the
controller informally by observing behaviors for a set of random
reference trajectories, and we observed reasonable performance from
the system.

\subsection{Verification Results}

We applied the approach described in Section \ref{sec:overview} to our
case study, for a number of different versions of the NN controller
described above.  Each version of the system we consider contains a
different number of neurons in the hidden layer.  By evaluating our
technique on this suite of systems, we demonstrate how well the method
scales with the size of the NN.

For our evaluations, we assume that the target path for the controller
is a straight line. For each verification, $X_0$ is given by the
rectangular area defined by the diagonal corners $(-\exclregionx,
-\exclregiony)$ and $(\exclregionx, \exclregiony)$, and $U$ is the
complement (outside) of the rectangle described by the diagonal
corners $(-\roix, -\roiy)$ and $(\roix, \roiy)$. The domain of
interest for the barrier search is defined as $\domain=(X_0 \cup U)'$,
where $S'$ is the complement of set $S$.

\begin{figure*}[htbp]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{barrier_certificate_and_quiver.pdf}
	\caption{Phase portrait with sample system trajectories, $X_0$, $U$ and a barrier certificate level set.}
	\label{fig:barrier_certificate}
\end{figure*}

Table \ref{table:results} presents the experimental results.  Each row
of the table reports the time taken and number of iterations for each
step of the procedure described in
Fig.~\ref{fig:NNVerificationFlowhart} applied to different versions of
the system shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:nn_in_loop} (where the versions
differ in the complexity of the neural network-based controller used).
The numbers shown correspond to average values over $30$ experiments;
each experiment uses a unique seed to generate the initial simulations
used to produce $\simsolset_s$ in Fig.
\ref{fig:NNVerificationFlowhart}.  The first column of the table
indicates how many neurons are present in the hidden layer of the NN.
The second column indicates the time spent to find a generator
function (i.e., the time taken to complete the iterations of the first
loop in Fig.  \ref{fig:NNVerificationFlowhart}).  The third column
indicates the average number of iterations needed to find a generator
function.  Each iteration consists of Solve LP and SMT Solver Check
(\ref{eq:barrierquery1}) operations as shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:NNVerificationFlowhart}.  The third and fourth columns
indicate the average time spent in each execution of Solve LP and SMT
Solver Check (\ref{eq:barrierquery1}) operations, respectively.  The
fifth column indicates the total amount of time spent in the
operations given in Fig. \ref{fig:NNVerificationFlowhart} and not
captured in the previous columns.  The last column indicates the total
time.  Experimental results show that our approach scales well with
the increasing number of neurons in the controller.  We note that
dReal uses heuristics to perform branch and prune operations, and
although our experimental results show that it is generally able to
solve long queries quickly, in the worst-case, SMT solutions can be
costly.  This occasional poor performance is exemplified in some of
our experiments (e.g., the 300 and 500 neuron cases).  We refer the
reader to \cite{Gao2012,gao2013dreal} for a more detailed
computational complexity analysis for dReal.

\input{ExperimentData}

Figure\ \ref{fig:barrier_certificate} illustrates the results of
verification for one of the cases captured in Table
\ref{table:results}.  The lateral axis of the figure represents the
position error (i.e., the $\distanceerr$ state), and the vertical axis
represents the angle error ($\angleerr$).  The initial condition set
$X_0$ is shown in green, and the unsafe set $U$ is shown in red.  The
simulation trajectories  $\simsolset_s$ are shown in blue; initial
conditions for each trajectory are marked with an ($\ast$) and end
points are marked with a ($\circ$).  The sample space for the initial
states is the $\domain$ region.  The ellipsoid between the $X_0$ and
$U$ sets in Figure\ \ref{fig:barrier_certificate} is a level set of a
generator function found using our approach; the barrier
properties (\ref{eq:barrierquery1}), (\ref{eq:barrierquery2}), and
(\ref{eq:barrierquery3}) are all determined to be UNSAT by the dReal
SMT solver \cite{gao2013dreal}.  Hence, the ellipsoid is a barrier
certificate for the system, which means that the system is safe.

\section{Introduction}\label{sec:intro}
\input{intro.tex}

\section{Preliminaries}\label{sec:prelim}
\input{prelim.tex}

\newpage
\section{Solution Overview}\label{sec:overview}
\input{approach.tex}

\section{Case Study}\label{sec:casestudies}
\input{case_study.tex}

\section{Conclusion}\label{sec:conclusion}
\input{conclusion.tex}

\bibliographystyle{eptcs}

\subsection{Safety Verification with Strict Barrier Certificates}

A barrier certificate is an inductive invariant function for
contin-uous-time dynamical systems \cite{Prajna04,Prajna2005}. We
assume that we are given an autonomous dynamical system described by
(\ref{eq:composed}), a set of possible initial states $X_0$, and a set
of unsafe states $U$. Then, we define the barrier certificate as
follows.

\paragraph{Strict Barrier Certificate}
\label{def:sbc}
A barrier certificate is a differentiable function $B$ from the set of
states of the dynamical system to the set of reals. Let $\nabla B$
denote the gradient of $B(\vx)$, \ie, $\nabla B = [\frac{\partial
B}{\partial x_1}\ \frac{\partial B}{\partial x_2} \ldots\
\frac{\partial B}{\partial x_n}]$.  Then, $B(\vx)$ is called a strict
barrier certificate for a dynamical system of the form specified in
Eq.~\eqref{eq:composed}, if it satisfies the following conditions:
\begin{eqnarray*}
	(1)& \forall \vx \in X_0:& B(\vx) \le 0, \\
	(2)& \forall \vx \in U:& B(\vx) > 0,\\
	(3)& \forall \vx :& (B(\vx) = 0) \implies (\nabla B)^T\cdot f(\vx) < 0 .
\end{eqnarray*}

We observe that the existence of a suitable barrier certificate
demonstrates that along any system trajectory with the initial state
in $X_0$, a state in $U$ is not reachable (in finite or infinite
time).  Thus, a barrier certificate provides a powerful unbounded-time
safety certificate of the system.


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Possibly a student of Pope St. Gregory I the Great in Rome, he was a deacon of the Roman Church when elected pope. Receiving permission from Byzantine emperor Phocas, he converted the Roman Pantheon into the church of Sta. Maria Rotonda (May 13, 609). In 610 Boniface presided over the Council of Rome for the restoration of monastic discipline; it was attended by St. Mellitus, the first bishop of London, by whom Boniface sent letters and instructions to St. Lawrence, archbishop of Canterbury, and to King St. Aethelberht of Kent. Boniface displayed great interest in the English church.
Boniface's pontificate was plagued, politically and ecclesiastically, by the Monophysites whose heretical bishops cooperated with invaders of the Byzantine Empire led by Heraclius, exarch of Africa. A schism in Istria caused by a condemnation of Nestorianism at the second Council of Constantinople (553) led Abbot St. Columban to reprimand Boniface for supporting the council's decision. His pontificate was also marked by famine, plague, and other natural disasters. As pope Boniface maintained monastic discipline in his household. He was buried in St. Peter's, Rome.


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I've been feeling it the past few days.... this contagious momentum that comes from being around motivated (and motivating) people!
It sometimes surprises me how true it is that we are influenced moment by moment by the people we choose to spend time with. Attitudes are contagious. Momentum is contagious. Excitement is contagious.
I am grateful that I am surrounded - on many sides and at many levels - by wonderfully positive, energetic, faith -filled people! I cannot even begin to express in words what I gift that is to me!


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Q: writing a data stored in an array to multiple excel sheets using PHP I have two associative arrays which i have to write on two different sheets in one excel file.
This is what i tried for single sheet with one array
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$excel_name=$_POST['excel_name'];
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$excel_name.'.xls"');
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where 'html_excel' is my associative array
Now i want to know how to create multiple excel sheets without using PHPExcel or any other library and print my associative arrays into it.
Please help...
Thank you


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Built as a military drinking water carrier,this vehicle went to Alderney in the Channel Islands during1945.In 1947 it was acquired by the States of Guernsey Airport,fitted with a Coventry Climax pump,and used as a fire tender, The engine was a Bedford 6cyl 28hp petrol engine. In 1972 it was transferred to Alderney Airport,where it worked until finally being withdrawn from service in 1977. Now lovingly preserved,this photograph was taken at the Amberley Working Museum Fi re Show in 2007.
Pete, you pulled off a great photo in the rain, and all.
Is the Coventry Climax pump carried at rear, or between tank and cab?
Nice to see a Tanker get its just due, and make it into preservation.
Being such simple, functional machines - often on a commercial chassis; they so often get sold off to industry somewhere, eventually ending up, rusted away, in a scrap-yard.
For those of us of the North American "Pumper-and-Tanker" Rural Fire Department bent; Web info, this was a standard British military 3-ton lorry, er, truck, based on a commercial design, about 70, 000 of all types built in WW-2, 2-wheel drive, single rear wheels; and the tank is 500 Imperial Gallons - 2, 275 litres - OK, 600 American Gallons.
The 6-cylinder 3.5L gasoline engine is 214 cubic inches.
My own FD had a 1980's converted International Oil Tanker. Surprisingly nice lines and a lot of time by the Volunteers with the paint-work, etc made a good-looking piece of apparatus. Filled up, it carried 2200 Imp Gals. on a single rear axle. A bit(!) over-loaded - it was a challenge to get up our steeper hills; and the driver did a lot of shifting with the 10-speed box....in the icey winter, it was a big relief to arrive intact at the fire-scene, with the precious load.
Added by Pat_R-B on 04 April 2008.
picture I took of a simular appliance standing next to this one, an old R.A.F.
information at the moment, will if its their again year, take another picture.
Added by Pete Matten on 08 April 2008.
this year I took more pictures of the same vehicle, and another, a RAF unit.
Added by Pete Matten on 07 July 2008.
I was just looking at your picture #9036, LH side of this Tanker, and also picture #9037 of the RAF rig - great shots, answers all my questions from above message.
And, good to see these historical rigs, saved.
I [and, doubtless, countless others] have been really enjoying all your Contri's and Informations - so keep up the good work.
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 26 August 2008.
course the AFS(Auxiliary Fire Service)established 1949 and disbanded in 1968.
Added by Pete Matten on 26 August 2008.
A recent publication,FIREFIGHTING IN GUERNSEY has a black and white shot of this in its original condition.
It was originally at Guernsey airport before going to Alderney.
Added by Bob on 02 May 2009.
Hi my father William Webster was the chief fire officer in Alderney at the time the Bedford was in service.He sold the vehicle to the artist David Shepard in 1977. Great to see it still running my father would have been very proud as he spent a lot of time keeping it running.
Added by Stuart Webster on 07 February 2012.
I would like to contact the owner of this appliance, as I am hoping it can attend an event, which I am organising, in the autumn of 2016. I know that, circa 2005, it was owned by Mr. Ray Ellis, of Ashington, West Sussex, but I have no contact details for him.
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Marco Rubio brands Nick Fuentes an 'a** clown' and 'disgusting person' after Trump met white supremacist at Mar-a-Lago
Senator Marco Rubio had a particularly aggressive rebuke of Nick Fuentes, one of America's most infamous white nationalists and antisemites, on Monday after former President Donald Trump faced another day of questions and criticism surrounding the Mar-a-Lago meetup with Mr Fuentes and rapper Kanye West.
The Florida Republican made the comment to CNN, telling the network that Mr Fuentes "is a purveyor and a spreader of an evil, poison".
"I hope he will [condemn Fuentes]," Mr Rubio continued. "Because I know he's not an antisemite. I can tell you that for a fact that Trump is not, but this guy is evil. And that guy's just a nasty, disgusting person. He's an a** clown."
Mr Rubio's sharp words are notable because of his willingness to align himself with the former president just two days before this year's midterm elections at a rally in Florida; Mr Rubio beat back a Democratic challenger, Val Demings, while Republicans saw a strong showing across the state but a dismal performance virtually everywhere else in the country. In the days since the results have poured in and it became clear the GOP would not take the Senate, many in the upper chamber and GOP media class have turned their fire on the former president and blamed his slate of untested political newcomers for their misfortunes.
Another top target of their ire has been Mr Rubio's Florida colleague, Senator Rick Scott, who chairs the Senate GOP's campaign arm.
Mr Rubio's quick and forceful condemnation of Mr Fuentes could mean that the Florida senator does not feel the same hesitation towards criticising Mr Trump or fear of being seen as disloyal. That could be important in 2024, when Mr Trump faces challenges for the Republican presidential nomination including most importantly Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the only Republican who currently polls competitively alongside the former president.
Mr Rubio famously fought Mr Trump for the 2016 GOP nomination, only to drop out of the race after being defeated in his home state.
Other senators have issued similar condemnations of Mr Fuentes and antisemitic views over the past 48 hours while their colleagues in the House, widely known to be more closely aligned with Mr Trump, have been far quieter. A number of Republican House members have appeared alongside Fuentes at his events in the past, drawing accusations of antisemitism and racism.
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene famously insisted that she did not endorse Mr Fuentes's views after speaking at his event in February.
"It wasn't an alignment [with Fuentes]. It was to talk about getting everyone together to save our country," she argued to CBS News.


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Schwass taking NRL pre-season in his stride
Fri 18 Nov 2016, 03:55 PM
Burleigh Bears second-rower and former NYC True Titan winner, Hayden Schwass, says one of the only things that could top his standout 2016 premiership with the Burleigh Bears is a full-time NRL contract with the Aquis Gold Coast Titans.
The 21-year-old was one of just a handful of local players asked to train with the Titans during the pre-season.
He says it's a step up that he's enjoying.
"It's a good feeling being out here with the boys in full-time training,"Schwass told Titans TV today.
"Bit different to obviously 20's and bit of cup training being part-time, but being full-time is definitely interesting," he laughed.
"The body is feeling good, obviously having a few weeks off and getting a way from it a bit, the body feels real good coming into the first week.
"There's definitely a bit more intensity and the boys are hard on you to get things right.
"My goals are to improve my fitness, and get a bit more size and push for a contract for next year.
"Probably prefer to play back-row or second-row but could fit into a lock role as well."