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April 2014 (Volume 23 Issue 4)
The GCCIA project was Zamil Steel Construction Company's first complete turnkey venture
Zamil Steel delivers turnkey project
ZAMIL Steel Construction Company has successfully completed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of several customised pre-engineered steel buildings for a GCC project in Saudi Arabia.
The project, undertaken for the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, called for the design, fabrication, supply and erection of more than 230 tonnes of pre-engineered steel buildings, including two warehouses and an office storage building owned by GCCIA and located in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia.
This project marks the first complete EPC turnkey venture for Zamil Steel Construction Company, which provided complete services as an EPC contractor for the entire project. The company was responsible for the design, supply and erection of two steel warehouse buildings that included fire suppression and racking systems, along with a concrete administration building and all supporting utility services and external works.
Zamil Steel has accumulated strong expertise in pre-engineered steel buildings
"Zamil Steel Construction Company has been extensively involved with leading regional and multinational companies, supplying pre-engineered buildings and structural steel components for important projects that are complex in nature. This initial EPC turnkey project for Zamil Steel Construction Co provided customised and integrated delivery solutions that also adhered to strict principles of safety and quality in design. The warehouse complex has been officially transferred to the client, who expressed satisfaction with both the quality of work and completion time, which we can proudly say occurred ahead of schedule," said Nawaf Al Zamil, vice president of Zamil Steel's Building Products Group.
Zamil Steel Construction Company LLC was established in 2007 as a limited liability company in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is a Saudi company owned by Zamil Industrial Investment Company.
Currently operating in Saudi Arabia, it caters to clients who require a one-stop shop for industrial and commercial steel buildings. Moreover, it provides EPC services to customers setting-up new projects in different market sectors such as factories, shopping malls, warehouses, office buildings, distribution centres, commercial showrooms, aircraft hangars, supermarkets, workshops and hypermarkets. The scope of work includes the design, fabrication and supply of steel buildings, related civil and concrete works, erection of the steel buildings, firefighting and fire alarm systems, architectural material and mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works on the basis of turnkey through full site management teams.
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When designing our musical outreach program, all members of our wind quintet agreed that we wanted to work with children, particularly third graders and younger. First things first, for those who may not know, a wind quintet consists of five instruments (flute, oboe, French Horn, bassoon, and clarinet). The reason we chose young children over every other demographic is because we all love working with children, and we thought this is one of the best ages to work with in order to generate lifelong interest in some of the wind instruments and repertoire. String instruments and piano tend to be the more popular choices, and we wanted to do our own instruments justice as well (though the flute is already wildly popular and probably does not need extra help). What better way than to introduce our instruments and music to a group who have unbounded and limitless curiosity??
However, this is a very difficult age group for which to plan programs, because they have particularly short attention spans. We wanted to present music that would be exciting and engaging for our classes, and one of the best ways to do this is through musical storytelling. Musical storytelling is just what it sounds like – a story told through and with the accompaniment of music. Music itself is always telling a story, but those who are not well-trained may miss some of the nuances in musical gestures, or they may feel that they are doing the piece injustice if they create their own story for it. Musical storytelling is an excellent way to address these issues and generate an interest in music. Our group decided to perform the woodwind quintet arrangement of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, because it is an engaging story with beautiful, beautiful music.
Many of you might be familiar with the children's story Peter and the Wolf (1936) for narrator and orchestra, which was written and composed by Russian/Soviet musician Sergei Prokofiev. The combination of the spoken story with the music significantly enhances the audience's experience (in my opinion!). For those who don't know the tale very well, it revolves around a boy , Peter, and what he and his animal friends do when trouble (caused by the Wolf) occurs in the meadow (for a more thorough synopsis, please look online! I've included a video link below for those who wish to experience the musical story). If anyone is interested in the historical context and alternate readings beyond simply a children's story (and as we know by now, most children's stories are allegories), I direct you to "Classical Reissue reviews – Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf" by American music reviewer Gary Lemco. Lemco views Peter and the Wolf as an allegory for the political situation during the 1930s in the Soviet Union. There are two main theories – the first is that the characters represent the various Soviet republics, and the second is that the characters represent the nations of Europe. Peter, who bears the same name as the Russian national hero Peter the Great, represents Russia. In both versions of this theory, the Wolf represents the virulently anti-Communist Nazi Germany. It is certainly food for thought, whether or not you choose to apply this lens to the story!
Lemco, Gary (10 May 2013). "Classical Reissue Reviews – Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf". Audiophile Audition. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
The very beginning of the following video goes through all of the excerpts, so please listen! If you cannot read music, try to follow along with the contour of the notes (against the video) to get a very basic idea of how the excerpts work. I encourage all to watch the entire video below in order to hear the whole story!
Show the importance of storytelling through music while exposing children to classical chamber music and classical instruments.
MICAH (basoon): Hello, we are from NEC's CPP program and we have a special program for you today, but before we get started with that, we are going to play a little bit of music for you!
MONA: I hope you enjoyed that piece! Today, we are here to share a musical story with you. This story is about a boy named Peter and what he and his animal friends do when trouble occurs in the meadow.
MONA: What things do you need to make a story? (interactive portion: take 2 or 3 suggestions). In a story, you need characters, and in this story, each character is represented by the different instruments we play.
Now, we are going to introduce each instrument to you, and play a little guessing game!
BRITTNEE (clarinet): Discuss the concept of ensemble, use the sports analogy of working together like a team. When one person has the main theme everyone else supports them (like the quarterback). We pass the melody between each other like we're passing a ball.
Put hats on and play Peter theme (play theme together) + interactive: ask them to move their arms as if they are skipping.
BRITTNEE: Now we have a special surprise for you, so close your eyes! (Put on costumes). Now I'd like to introduce you to our narrator, Ms. Maggi.
Play music, Tanya narrates the story!
Note how we work as a team to make music TOGETHER!!
Knowing the specific age groups allowed us to tailor our program to fit each school. For example, on Tuesday, April 5th, we had two assemblies (one for kindergarten and one for first grade). While we had already condensed our music to make it fast-paced, we cut even more material from our music for the kindergartners (some repetitive sections with the hunters parading about) so they would not get bored with some of the "slow paced" sections. However, we were able to re-include these sections for the first graders, because they can concentrate for slightly longer periods of time. Our goal was also to talk as little as possible, while still transmitting enough information, to keep our program highly interactive, and to be excited and positive so that we could encourage excitement in others (it is contagious, after all!).
As we were a school formed group, we stayed together all year long, devoting two nights per week for rehearsals (roughly 1 - 2 hours in length each). For several months, a large portion of this was devoted to learning Peter and the Wolf, which is deceptively hard. We had one coaching each week with a member of the NEC faculty. As a result, my chamber group and I spent a lot of time together. Perhaps even more valuable than learning how to design a program, I learned how to work with people on a very intimate level (which included navigating disagreements). To this day I marvel at how music can bring people so close, nearly to the point of being a (sometimes) bickering family. I certainly feel closer to the members of my wind quintet than I do to anyone else at NEC!
Creating chamber music is much more difficult than playing solo repertoire or performing in an orchestra.
Peter and the Wolf is difficult, and it seems like we should have performed 100 concerts for the amount of work we put into the piece.
Planning a program is not too difficult, but it requires a lot of alterations. Don't get too attached to your original ideas and goals; embrace change!
Performing the program can be difficult and exhausting, because you have to discern the mood of the audience WHILE playing.
There are so many creative ways to use your musical skills; you don't have to be limited to being a performer or a teacher only.
I have learned a lot about respecting my peers this semester, and also about how to share my love of music with others..
If you're having fun, the children will have fun, too!
Despite the amount of professionalism that went into this, it's okay to be a little silly and show your audiences that music isn't "stuffy".
More than anything else, I discovered another opportunity to stay true to my musical goals, as well as find ways to come to love music again (and even more!). Thank you for a wonderful year of music making - to my quintet, and to all the schools who were generous enough to host our visits!
Stay tuned...the following photo carousel will be updated with more pictures of my quintet's adventures this year!


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According to Sky Sports, Chelsea have made Jordan Pickford their top target to replace Thibaut Courtois, should the Belgian leave Stamford Bridge this summer.
The report highlights the long running rumours that suggest Courtois could make a switch to Real Madrid during this transfer window. If that deal goes through, then it will leave the Blues in dire need of a new first choice shot stopper.
Pickford appears to be lined up to step into Courtois' breach should the need arise. The England no. 1 enjoyed a spectacular summer, emerging as one of the standout performers at the World Cup in Russia.
A move to Chelsea would see him leave Everton after only one season at Goodison Park, though the Toffees likely stand to make a significant profit on the initial £25 million investment they made into the 24-year-old last summer.
Before Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri commits to making Pickford his new shot-stopper though, he should consider a move for Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak instead.
Atletico Madrid are likely to be just as unwilling to sell Oblak as Everton would be reluctant to see Pickford leave. In either case, Chelsea can expect to have to shell out plenty of cash to land their man.
Oblak has a whopping Transfermarkt valuation of £63 million – more than double Pickford's. However, the Englishman's homegrown status, World Cup hero standing, and the fact that the Blues would be buying from a domestic rival, makes it possible that he'd come with a price tag in the same ball park as Oblak's.
For similarly vast amounts of money, Oblak is the better choice. At only 25-years-old, and already one of the finest 'keepers in world football, and vastly more experienced than Pickford at elite level, he represents a far more reliable investment.


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Man's skeleton found in room after 'missing' for seven months
By Precious Igbonwelundu On Mar 30, 2016
The skeleton of a 46-year-old man identified as Sikiru Yusuf was found in his room seven months after he was declared missing.
Yusuf, a resident of 21, Jaiyesinmi Street, Aga, Ikorodu, was discovered by his elder brother, Alhaji Basiru Yusuf, who at the instance of the deceased's landlady, came to pack his property.
It was gathered that the aged landlady, who resides at the topmost floor of the one-storey building house as the deceased, became apprehensive after he was not seen for four months.
The Nation gathered that the nature of Yusuf's job usually took him out of town for two or three months before he would return.
Hence, no one raised an eyebrow when he was not seen in the first three months, during which the stench from his decomposing corpse was passed off as a dead rat's smell.
When he was not seen for about five months, it was learnt that his family members at Ikosi in Ketu were notified and they assumed he might have travelled.
But the landlady grew impatient by the seventh month, requesting that his family should evacuate his belongings from the room, since he had not shown up.
This prompted the senior Yusuf to visit his brother's residence at about 12:30pm on Monday and forced the door open in the presence of the landlady and other residents.
As soon as the door opened, it was gathered that the family members and the tenants saw the skeleton of the occupant on the floor, with a rope beside it. They said this suggested that he might have committed suicide.
According to the landlady's daughter, Funmi Badewa, they did not suspect anything was wrong because the deceased was not always around.
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"At first, we thought he must have gone for his job, which usually kept him away for two or three months. But we became worried and contacted his family when we did not see him after some months.
"We went to his family at Ikosi in Ketu and asked after him. But they too said they have not seen him and that he probably travelled. When it was seven months, his brother now came and said they would pack his things since no one has seen him.
"They broke the door and that was when his skeleton was found on the ground. We also saw a rope, which means he might have committed suicide.
"There was a time we perceived bad odour, but we thought that a rat might have died somewhere. The smell lasted several days. No one even thought it could be a dead human being," she said.
The deceased's brother was said to have rushed to Ikorodu Police Division to make a report and a team of detectives, who followed him back to the scene, evacuated the body.
It could not be ascertained if the deceased was married or have children, as his neighbours said he lived alone in the apartment.
Confirming the development, the state command's spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said the body has been deposited at a public morgue for autopsy.
"The complainant said he was invited by his brother's landlady to evacuate his belongings because he absconded and locked his room and parlour apartment up for seven months.
"However, when the door was forced open, it was discovered that the said Sikiru Yusuf had died long ago as his skeleton was found on the floor.
"On receipt of complaint, a team of detectives visited, examined and photographed the scene, while the remains was removed and deposited at public morgue for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing to unravel what actually transpired," she said.
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Fall arrest systems require a minimum of an energy absorbing fall arrest lanyard, fall arrest full body harness and of course a helmet. Be sure to check that the helmet you are using is designed for work at height, such as Petzl work at height helmets.
Fall arrest techniques are common place in a vast range of industries such as scaffolders, theatre riggers, tower workers and mast climbers.
When selecting a fall arrest system you must be sure that you have explored all other means of protecting the user first. Fall arrest techniques should be implemented as a last resort to protect users against falls from height.
"A full body harness without energy absorber shall not be used as a fall arrest system"
"The assembler shall ensure that a component is compatible with any other component which may be assembled in a fall arrest system"
"The manufacturer or supplier shall give sufficient information on the compatibility of all components of a fall arrest system to the purchase"
"The assembler of a fall arrest system or a connecting sub-system for fall arrest purposes shall ensure that all components and elements intended for use in a fall arrest system have been proved capable of meeting the test requirements"
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Smoking Bylaw defeated
Split vote shuts down municipal legislation against tobacco and cannabis specific to Strathcona County
Benjamin Proulx
Oct 09, 2018 • 2 years ago • 5 minute read
Strathcona County council opted to abide by provincial regulations for smoking of substances including tobacco and cannabis, rather than implement a county-specific bylaw in addition to existing legislation. File Photo
Coun. Glen Lawrence may not have known his microphone was still on as he shouted "Jesus Christ!" into council chambers, at the defeat of the locally-proposed Smoking Bylaw.
Back-and-forth debate saw two sides as council voted 5-4 against the implementation of the proposed Smoking bylaw. Those supporting the bylaw voiced the need for public health and nuisance protections, while nay-sayers argued the bylaw was over-prescriptive and that it overstepped the role of governance.
The bylaw, had it passed, would have barred smoking of any substance — including tobacco and cannabis — from all county-organized or permitted events; hotel guest rooms; outdoor areas such as playgrounds, skate parks, skating rinks, sports fields, and spray parks; and theatres and patios.
Strathcona County council has struck down a 10-metre buffer zone for smokers from doors, windows, air intakes and children's amenities. As such, smokers will continue to follow five-metre buffer zones implemented by the province.Derek Ruttan/Postmedia Network
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Smokers would be able to smoke using 10-metre buffer zones from doors, windows, air intakes and any children's amenity (ie. spray parks or playgrounds).
But at the end of the day, the Smoking Bylaw was struck down.
One of the no-voters, Coun. Paul Smith, said the bylaw was originally being brought forward to deal with the legalization of cannabis on Oct. 17, but that it instead morphed into a way to restrict tobacco smokers.
Smith, an ex-smoker of 16 years who repeatedly used the term "interesting times," said: "If we're doing cannabis, do cannabis. But this is, I can't accept it. What's next?
"If I accept this is OK, to slide (tobacco use) in under cannabis… what next am I going to allow to be slid in along with something else? You want to do one? Do one. You want to do the other? Do the other."
Coun. Brian Botterill echoed the concern of over-legislating tobacco.
"The cannabis items that I am most concerned about are now covered under provincial regulations… so that brings the actual effect, from my perspective, of this bylaw primarily to the tobacco side," he said. "I'm not confident that the scope of the problem justifies the scope of the solution brought to us today."
Coun. Robert Parks said there is no proof available that would demand a Smoking Bylaw such as the one proposed.
"I have a very difficult time allowing people to smoke in public or even in private. That being said, my job as a legislator here is to not legislate morality," he said.
"The provincial and federal governments have said that smoking is legal when you're an adult. I look at this and I see a fantastic solution to a problem that we don't know exists."
Other than Lawrence, support was given by Mayor Rod Frank, Coun. Linton Delainey and Coun. Katie Berghofer, who first proposed such a bylaw back in February.
"This is going to impact every single one of us in our community, and I think we need to take into consideration what it means if we don't pass this one," she said, later claiming that the nuisance of cannabis smoke is going to increase at an "epic scale."
"I don't like any rules and regulations, but I like to make sure my society has them in place so that if we do have issues, we have something to fall back… and I see that in this bylaw," Lawrence said, following similar lines as Frank, who stated: "I don't like creating laws. I come here to strike down laws where I can. You have a right to enjoy your lifestyle, but when it impacts somebody else, that's when you've got to pull back. And that's what this bylaw's all about."
Enforcement issue
Numerous council members, including Smith and Coun. Dave Anderson, voiced concerns over how enforceable a restrictive smoking bylaw would be.
Anderson made reference to the 2005-implemented curfew in Strathcona County, which bans youth from being on the street between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., and asked Insp. Chris Narbonne how many tickets had been issued for the curfew.
"I have been in Strathcona County since 2010 as a sergeant, a staff-sergeant, and now an inspector with Enforcement Services, and I have never seen one," Narbonne said.
Anderson used that as a launching point to note that while he is not a smoker and does not support smoking, he doesn't believe in implementing ineffective legislation.
"That particular bylaw right there was put in place to protect children," he said, drawing lines between the curfew and one of Berghofer's stated reasons for the Smoking Bylaw.
"But as we heard here today, it hasn't been enforced… It's just one of those bylaws that gets lost," Anderson added. "Until today, as I'm sitting here thinking about it… I don't want to be a part of something that we're not going to be pushing enforcement, or that can't be enforced, or any of those things. To me, having those types of laws on the books, they're a waste of space, they're a waste of time."
Push-back was also seen from Coun. Bill Tonita, who said he hasn't touched a cigarette "in over 34 years."
"I don't like the smell of cigarettes, and I don't like the smell of cannabis either. But to me, I agree that it's not my job to legislate morality," he echoed of Parks' statement. "It bothers me to think that I should impose my own personal point of view… on other people."
Rather than enforcement, Tonita said, the focus should be on education in schools, through signage, and by other potential means.
"I think our schools do that… and even as they do that, I was a school principal for long enough to know that what we did was drive kids onto the street to smoke," he recalled.
"Even though it was illegal for them to smoke underage, it was still a reaction. You could pass laws, you could discipline — it wasn't necessarily changing that behaviour at that point in time."
Everyone else is doing it
Having now struck down the Smoking Bylaw, Strathcona County becomes one of very few municipalities across Alberta to not have updated their municipal regulations in advance of cannabis legalization.
Coun. Paul Smith said that he was prepared to debate smoking legislation specific to the legalization of cannabis, but was not happy to see a smoking bylaw focused so heavily on tobacco.File Photo
However, Tonita stressed that regulations have been put in place by the provincial and federal governments, after lengthy public consultation process — the first provincial one, he said, included more than 60,000 participants — and that the two coverages should be enough for Strathcona County.
"Just because 20 or 30 municipalities have passed legislation so far, that doesn't make me think we should jump on the ship and go in the same direction as all of them," Tonita said.
"It makes me think that maybe we should pause and see what the reaction is."
Parks took a similar stance, noting: "I'm not saying that we should be against having a smoking bylaw, but I'm against saying we should have a smoking bylaw now."
And while the majority of other municipalities have updated their bylaws, Smith pointed out that many, including Edmonton and St. Albert, did so only to include cannabis legislation — not changes to tobacco regulations.
Parks, Anderson, Botterill, Tonita and Smith voted against the bylaw.
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The public domain consists of all the creative works to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable.
People have been creating music for millennia. The first musical notation system, the Music of Mesopotamia system, was created 4000 years ago. Guido of Arezzo introduced Latin musical notation in the 10th century. This laid the foundation for the preservation of global music in the public domain, a distinction formalized alongside copyright systems in the 17th Century. Musicians copyrighted their publications of musical notation as literary writings, but performing copyrighted pieces and creating derivative works were not restricted by early copyright laws. Copying was widespread, in compliance with the law, but expansions of those laws intended to benefit literary works and responding to commercial music recording technology's reproducibility have led to stricter rules. Relatively recently, a normative view that copying in music is not desirable and lazy has become popular among professional musicians.
A public-domain film is a film that was released to public domain by its author or because its copyright has expired. In 2016 there are more than 2,000 films on public domain in every genre, from musicals to romance, horror to animated movies and noir to western movies.
Derivative works include translations, musical arrangements, and dramatizations of a work, as well as other forms of transformation or adaptation. Copyrighted works may not be used for derivative works without permission from the copyright owner, while public domain works can be freely used for derivative works without permission. Artworks that are public domain may also be reproduced photographically or artistically or used as the basis of new, interpretive works. Works derived from public domain works can be copyrighted.
While the copyright has expired for the Peter Pan works by J. M. Barrie (the play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and the novel Peter and Wendy) in the United Kingdom, it was granted a special exception under the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 (Schedule 6) that requires royalties to be paid for commercial performances, publications and broadcasts of the story of Peter Pan within the UK, as long as Great Ormond Street Hospital (to whom Barrie gave the copyright) continues to exist.
Legal traditions differ on whether a work in the public domain can have its copyright restored. In the European Union, the Copyright Duration Directive was applied retroactively, restoring and extending the terms of copyright on material previously in the public domain. Term extensions by the U.S. and Australia generally have not removed works from the public domain, but rather delayed the addition of works to it. However, the United States moved away from that tradition with the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which removed from the public domain many foreign-sourced works that had previously not been in copyright in the US for failure to comply with US-based formalities requirements. Consequently, in the US, foreign-sourced works and US-sourced works are now treated differently, with foreign-sourced works remaining under copyright regardless of compliance with formalities, while domestically-sourced works may be in the public domain if they failed to comply with then-existing formalities requirements—a situation described as odd by some scholars, and unfair by some US-based rightsholders.
Before 1988 in the US, works could be easily given into the public domain by just releasing it without an explicit Copyright notice. With the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 (and the earlier Copyright Act of 1976, which went into effect in 1978), all works were by default copyright protected and needed to be actively given into public domain by a waiver statement/anti-copyright can call notice. Not all legal systems have processes for reliably donating works to the public domain, e.g. civil law of continental Europe. This may even "effectively prohibit any attempt by copyright owners to surrender rights automatically conferred by law, particularly moral rights".
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Art design for the masses, chosen by the masses
Industry execs say crowdsourcing is one of the best ways to stay on top of consumer trends, so a host of new sites are asking professional and armchair designers to submit art for sneakers, skateboards, car art, and stationery.
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Tim Roberts, founder of Infectious.com, standing next to his Audi wrapped in art called green bandana funk.
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Tim Roberts' black Audi A3 has something called green bandana funk.
It's not slang for a mechanical problem or lingering bad smell, but rather, lime-green graffiti art in bandana patterns that dot the exterior of his otherwise shiny urban sedan. Roberts, a longtime tech executive who previously helped Twitter get off the ground, sometimes forgets the vinyl stickers are there, until they prompt a nearby driver to roll down a window and ask about his artwork. Once he even found a pack of young skateboarders surrounding his car in a parking lot taking pictures with their cell phones.
"It's this totally social experience," Roberts said from the office of Infectious.com in San Francisco's Mission District.
VC-backed Infectious.com is Roberts' newly launched Web site for buying car art from independent designers like Nico Berry, formerly of skate magazine Thrasher, and Apple Creative Director Andy Harding. The vinyl stickers, which range from Barack Obama logos to bubbly characters riding spaceships, adhere to any part of the car and can come off with the use of a blow dryer. For between $35 and a few hundred dollars, anyone can add some artistic flare to their wheels, Burning Man-style.
It's hard to predict whether car art will sweep the nation (most likely, not), but Infectious is just one of a new generation of graphic designer collectives that are finding new avenues to sell their artwork--from car graffiti to stationery to sneakers and skateboards.
Most of these upstarts are cherry-picking from a business trend called crowdsourcing, in which they ask professional or aspiring designers to submit artwork, and then a larger community votes on the best of the bunch. The Web site sells the best choice; and the winning designer gets a cut of the sales or a cash reward.
An early prototype from Misk1 for Infectious.com. Infectious.com
Of course, the low-hanging fruit of the crowdsourcing business--T-shirt art and photos--has already been picked over by popular sites like Threadless.com (for T-shirts) and iStockPhoto.com (photography). But now a range of companies are trying to tap into design talent for a much broader swath of products, and help make artsy goods more affordable and accessible to the masses. Executives in the business say crowdsourcing is one of the best ways to stay on top of consumer trends.
"It's more powerful when the consumer is telling you what they want," said Mariam Naficy, CEO and founder of Minted.com, a high-end design site for wedding invitations, birth announcements, and holiday cards.
Minted.com, a venture-capital-backed site that launched this summer, takes the idea for crowdsourced high-end design to the $10 billion annual stationery business. To be sure, the site features cards and stationery from established brands like Dauphine Press, but it also finds new artists from a body of work submitted in regular contests. For example, Meaghan Nolan, an associate editor at Town & Country, won $1,000 in a recent design challenge for thank-you cards.
"It's saying the brain trust for good ideas isn't being held by a few people," said Charlene Li, a technology consultant and former analyst with Forrester Research.
The economic advantage of this business is that Minted.com doesn't create the designs itself, nor does it house inventory. It prints on-demand, and pays artists when the market has deemed them worthy for sale. The challenge is to build a thriving community of aspiring artists and buyers, but if it does, stationery is a high margin business (an estimated 50 percent). That's why Minted is working on ways to incentivize the average person to vote on designs, according to Naficy, who didn't disclose those details yet.
For Infectious' Roberts, crowdsourcing is a way to get people used to a relatively new idea of putting disposable art on their cars. But ultimately, he sees taking art submissions to other types of products, which could include skateboards, book bags or other unique items.
He has competition for attracting high-end street designers, however. This week, Andy Howell, a former professional skateboarder and longtime graphic designer, launched Artsprojekt.com, a collective of skateboards designers like Shepard Fairey to sell various products like skateboard decks.
"I call this a neo-contemporary art movement--the combination of commercial and fine art, like Warhol did in the '80s," said Howell. "Our vision of Artsprojekt is to liberate every artist in the world by allowing them to productize their ideas and monetize their obsessions."
Artsprojekt is a subsidiary of Zazzle.com, an older print on demand site for T-shirts and coffee mugs. The spinoff is a nod from Zazzle that it wants to appeal to higher-end designers, too.
Former pro skateboarder Andy Howell founded Artsprojekt to sell new artistic skateboards and other goods. Andy Howell/Artsprojekt.com
No matter whether it's skateboards or stationery, the trend shows that it's only getting less expensive to attract creative. Sites like Minted, Infectious and Ryz invest in the technology system to make it easy for talented people to showcase work and allow for the community to vote. The trick is developing a community.
Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business, said in a recent interview with CNET News that crowdsourcing works particularly well for graphic design because there's a low barrier to entry. The model naturally drives the best ideas up to the top.
"You have a lot of people who can do low-end design. You know they can create a logo. They can lay out a Web page, even though they're not professionals," he said. "They're adequate enough that they can make a supplementary income doing it or do it for fun."
If Threadless is any example, then new sites like Minted.com and Ryz for sneakers may have success.
Threadless is the grandfather of crowdsourcing for T-shirt design. It originally started in 2000 when two guys met on design forum and put up their first T-shirt design challenge. Eight years later, the site has an ongoing call out to designers to submit art for T-shirts and posters; and it receives roughly 200 submissions a day. People among its 800,000-person registered user base vote on the designs and Threadless puts up six winners once a week. (It pays designers $2,000 in cash, $500 in gift certificates for the site.)
Like other such sites, Threadless also commissions art from well-known designers.
Threadless is profitable, according to its CEO Thomas Ryan, and late last year it opened its first retail store in Chicago, where it's headquartered. It also plans to open a Threadless kids store in the area and has talked about other locations around the country.
Ryan said that Threadless also intends to introduce other new products based on a recent project called Naked and Angry, which allows designers to submit patterns. He would not say what those products would be but it has tried out neckties.
"The age of community has arrived to the degree that companies are able to foster a vibrant community of designers as a way of creating new types of products," said Ryan, who joined Threadless three months ago from the music industry.
"That is, products that lend themselves well to self expression."
Car art from "Buff Monster." Infectious.com
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The company was also recognised for its support to the community, such as working with the BBC on the DIY SOS Big Build project for Kris Aves and his family, and for supporting school and charity fund raisers.
Heppelthwaite the Red Van Plumbers came 3rd and received an official commended certificate. However, it was Heppelthwaite's sister company R.G.Evans Plumbing and Heating, who provide dedicated services to new build developers that won the award. This is an excellent achievement for both companies, showcasing that once again the Evans Group provides the complete plumbing and heating service to an award winning standard.
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Much has been said about the new instrument panel 7.0 User Interface (UI), but it is actually several UIs, depending if the car is a Classic (pre- Auto-pilot) or it is an Auto-pilot hardware equipped vehicle. We talk a lot about what goes into a UI in our earlier analysis of the Main Screen UI 7.0 Analysis, and won't bother repeating it here.
First a few historical screen shots to help keep everything in perspective.
The major change between 4.5 and 6 was the larger fonts for the bottom row, and reduced sized font and reduction in brightness of the speedometer and power meter text.
Similar to v6 instrument panel, it is broken into three sections, a center speed indicator and selectable side widgets. In some cases, the left widget is overridden by navigation, auto-parallel parking or the parking sensor alarm. The center gets the most dramatic change in cars with AP hardware with a view of the car, lane markings and dramatically improved rear and side blind spot indicators.
Some items available in the v6 display were moved into different widgets. This includes the time, temperature, instantaneous power indicator and the odometer. Unfortunately, you can no longer view all these items at the same time, as they reside in three different widgets. In addition, if the left pane is in navigation, parking sensor warning, or parallel parking mode, even fewer items can be seen at the same time.
European version 2.7.77 Adds the temperature and time to the bottom so it is visible at all times (not shown).
The on AP equipped cars the large analog speedometer has been removed entirely although it remains on non-AP cars. The date was removed entirely. You can no longer view the A and B trip information in a widget. The new trip widget has a new feature to show the time when the car was started, the miles, duration and the power used per mile.
Widgets are selectable by holding either side's scroll wheel in for 2 seconds and scrolling to the desired widget. The new Energy widget is not available on the pre-AP cars, but the old energy widget remains, so there is no loss here. The tire-pressure widget is not available in cars prior to VIN 50900 when the TPMS hardware changed.
While a few owners bemoan the changes, we think the new AP center view is brilliant. Trying to combine all the needed information while Auto-pilot is active into a clear and easily understood display is quite a task. If feels natural without being confusing. I expect other manufacturers will copy the design when they roll out AP features in the future.
Now the new center AP view is less useful if you have the AP hardware, but are missing the optional AP software or you turn off AP features. In this case, some owners have asked to revert the Instrument panel to something closer to that shown on Classic cars without AP. This might be problematic as some safety features are still available, like blind-spot warning and side collision warnings. I suspect the percentage of vehicles in this category to be quite small. Perhaps Tesla did not feel it necessary to create a third interface for a few owners. It might also help up-sell the AP software to those owners who originally passed on it.
I'm sure it was quite a trick to maintain as much information as possible, while adding a huge amount of new information. I'm not sure the perfect balance was achieved as there is no way to easily satisfy every owner. Some like to keep it as simple and clean as possible, while others want to cram as much information as possible into the display. Widgets help to some degree, but more can be done.
Include an additional trip widget with A/B trip information similar to the v6 trips widget. There no problem having two different style trip widgets.
For AP vehicles, add a new widget with a analog speedometer and power meter similar to the old v6 indicator. Center could include the average wh/mi or other values.
If any item was selected for the bottom line, it would disappear from the related side widget, so it doesn't appear twice.
Have a setting to change the center car icon to match black paint. If you have a red car, the brake lights are very hard to see. Other paint colors may benefit from having a higher contrast (black) car too.
For non-AP cars, increase the brightness of the speedometer/power meter fixed text. Even better only increase the brightness when direct sun is detected. When bright sun is on the top of the dashboard and hood, the markings almost become invisible. In all other lighting conditions the current brightness is fine.
Changes are already in the works for 7.1, so it will be interesting to see the next iteration.
Notes: Some screens were Photoshopped to remove glare; Most photos are in night mode, while pre-7.0 photos are in day mode.


Hi, aprox a month ago I came home late one night and saw a cockatoo sitting on my neighbours letter box. I went over to ittosee if itwas okay. It looked ok and didnt move so i put my hand out to it and it came to me. It looked smaller than the onces in our area. We kept it inside our house over night as I didnt want a cat to get it.
I took it to a vet th next morning and she told me it was VERY tame and young. After examining it she said it had bird ans feather virus an that there are 2 options either she will put it to sleep as its a wild bird or I can keep it. Being the huge animal lover that I am I have kept it. To our suprise th next morning the cockatoo was screaching a lot and so were the ones outside our house. I put the baby cockatoo outside on our balcony on top of its cage and wow 2 much larger cockatoos came over next to it an baby started crying an what we think are its parents fed it!
Everyday after for a few weeks now thy havebeen coming I get wokenup every morning by babyto be put outside to call back at its parents to be fed by them. The past couple of days only one parent has been coming andnot feeding it. Baby is thin as I cn feel it chest bone :-( i must add baby tries to fly to its parents butit cant fly it has no back tail feathers.
I also wanted to say that DON'T jump into having the baby put to sleep as others have said, UNTIL you get a second opinion from another Avian vet.
If you put this baby to sleep without help from some other avian vet, you will be destroying a life that didn't need to happen.
If the baby is growing feathers, it may not have the disease, but I would still take it to another avian vet for a second opinion.
Is it eating anything and are you still putting it outside for the parents to feed it? If so, and it is indeed wild, then the parents may take care of it, but if you are feeding it, then I would take it to another vet again.
The only way to know for sure the health of your bird is to take the bird to an avian vet for an exam and tests, sorry.
Thank you all for your comments. This cockatoos feathers are growing back underneath its wings is this possible if it has this disease????
Please do not take this wrong because I only want you to understand. Beak and Feather disease is a terminal disease and there is no coming back from it. Both parents had to be infected with it, and so babies born to them are also doomed. You did not say what kind of disease, so I assume it is beak and feather disease which is always fatal and highly contageous. The other parent is dead which is why it did not come back. Have this baby put to sleep and talk with vet about how to clean up your house properly. This disease is a virus and can live in a home for years, so you have a lot of work to do. Do not bring anymore birds into your home for any reason because this virus can live anywhere in house or outside house including on your walls. You will have to follow the vet's instructions on how to clean your home of this deadly virus. Just do not bring anymore birds in until your entire home including walls, cabinets, floors and other surfaces test clean. Below is link to article written by avian vet about this disease and how long it lingers in homes. There is other info on the internet too, so you can understand the horror of this disease for which there is NO cure.
Helena, you should call an AVAIN VET right away and without delay. I;m sure the vet will tell you to buy baby's formula to feed him with a syringe as you have already said. The bird needs to go to the vet ASAP for a THOROUGH check up. Take care and God bless you Helena for being so kind at heart. It is so good to know that there are people like us in this world. God bless YOU!
How did the vet know that it had beak and feather disease? Did the vet do bloodwork on the baby bird and also did you take it to an avian vet?
A vet can't tell it has a disease just by looking at it, tests have to be done.
You can buy handfeeding formula. Call a bird breeder if you don't know how to feed it and ask them for help or take it to an avian vet and let them care for it. If one parent is still feeding it, I would allow them to continue. If the baby is a wild bird, then it should be kept wild. Did you put up fliers to find out of anyone lost it? Does it have a leg band? Until you get some help, I would try feeding it something mushy and not too hot, you could burn it's little crop. I would get another avian vet to look at it immedicately. I wouldn't wait because it could starve to death.


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Westin Bali Appointed Chef Davide Allievi To Lead PREGO Restaurant
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The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali just recently announce the latest addition to their culinary team; Chef Davide Allievi, to be in-charge at the resort's prestigious PREGO restaurant.
Arrived on the island directly from a stint as Chef de Cuisine for the Michelin Plate winning Limoni Italian Restaurant at The Ritz Carlton Guangzhou, China, Chef Davide is expected to bring passion, energy and innovation to his new role at the resort. Born and raised in Italy, Chef Davide has a Culinary Arts Diploma from the Instituto Paritario Professionale "Michele Pinto". Upon completing his studies, he embarked on a culinary career and fine-tuned his skills with a succession of jobs in Italy and London. Once armed with a wealth of expertise as a Sous Chef, he relocated to Beijing, China in 2016 where he took charge of the daily operations of a gourmet restaurant and bakery. Chef Davide remained in the Chinese capital for another year before accepting a position as Chef de Cuisine at Il Forno Italian Restaurant in Grand Hyatt Chenyang.
"We are honored to have a professional of Chef Davide's caliber take over the culinary reins of Prego" said Oriol Montal, the General Manager of The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali. "His youth and enthusiasm will serve him well. As an Italian national, he will certainly appreciate Bali's traditional food culture and family way of life that is sadly lacking in many parts of the world today,"
Now Chef Davide will be officially responsible for Prego, a Westin concept restaurant that puts the fun back into Italian dining. This family-friendly venue satisfies appetites with its generous portions of classic pasta dishes, regional specialties and pizzas that represent real value for money. Once he is familiar with the availability of local ingredients, Chef Davide is looking forward to revitalizing the menu at Prego and putting his own signature on each dish. He will also take the restaurant's Brunch Infinito to the next level with lots of delicious dishes and live cooking options.
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Middle East Live
Egypt's Mohamed Morsi faces mass protests: live updates
Thousands gather in streets to demand removal of country's president, a year after he took office
Peter Walker and Ben Quinn
Sun 30 Jun 2013 14.20 EDT First published on Sun 30 Jun 2013 05.59 EDT
Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Egypt's Mohamed Morsi while waving Egyptian flags on top of a traffic light during a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP
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We are winding down the blog now but will be back within hours with further coverage from Egypt.
Here's a summary for now:
• Crowds estimated into the hundreds of thousands have turned out in Cairo and elsewhere around Egypt to demand the removal of the country's president, Mohamed Morsi.
• The main gatherings were in Tahrir square in Cairo and outside the presidential palace, with the two groups due to join up later.
• At least four people and nearly 200 wounded in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Morsi in various parts of the country, according to Reuters. All four dead were said to have been shot in Nile Valley towns south of Cairo.
• The headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in east Cairo was the focus of concerted attacks by opponents of President Morsi. Petrol bombs were thrown at the building, from where occupants fired birdshot. Medics at the scene said that dozens were injured.
• There have also been heavily attended demonstrations in favour of the president. Islamist groups have gathered in Nasr City in east Cairo, to support Morsi.
• A spokesman for President Morsi said late on Sunday night that he knows that he has made mistakes and is working to fix them. The spokesman also told a late-night news conference that Morsi was was serious in his repeated calls for national dialogue.
• In an interview with the Guardian, Morsi has dismissed calls for his removal, saying this would make a mockery of constitutional processes.
• So far the action appears to be mainly good natured, with less violence than seen in recent days. However, there are fears clashes could break out later.
Updated at 12.29am BST
Some analysis now that might help to put today's events into some perspective.
Michael Hanna, a fellow at the Century Foundation, and a longtime Egypt analyst, says: "The scenes of protests are unprecedented in size and scope, and seemingly surpass those during the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak."
The scale of protests were even more remarkable, Hanna said, because they were:
a bottom-up, grassroots effort and not directed by political opposition leaders.
In a sense, they have latched onto this expanding current. While the organizers were diligent and creative, while lacking organization and funding, this breadth of mass mobilization could not have transpired unless the protest movement was taping into deep and growing frustration and is enchantment with the current course of the country and its leadership.
Tamarod, a new youth movement which has been heavily involved in the protests, has given President Morsi until Tuesday after noon to step down.
That's according to a report in Egypt's Daily News, which adds:
The [Tamarod] statement called upon all state and security apparatus "police, army and judiciary" to side with the "people's will…clearly displayed in the different squares in Egypt on Sunday," in reference to the millions who took to the streets demanding the ousting of Morsi.
11.36pm BST
People are beginning to drift away from Tahrir Square now, according to some reports from there.
That's about five miles away from from the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, where this evening's clashes took place in the district of Al Muqattam City (see map below).
In the meantime, an armoured car has arrived at the scene:
Kareem Fahim (@kfahim)
Protesters tell men in armoured car to bring whoever is in Brotherhood building out in cuffs. pic.twitter.com/xCI9KB28vD
Updated at 11.52pm BST
Some more detail now from Patrick Kingsley outside the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters:
Patrick Kingsley (@PatrickKingsley)
group hurries back from front line carrying one body to ambulances waiting down the road. unclear how s/he's hurt. ambulance shoots off.
medics say 50-60 injured so far outside MB hq
anti-MBs shining green lasers at the windows where shots are being fired from.
Morsi spokesman: President knows he has made mistakes
A government spokesman has said that President Morsi knows that he has made mistakes and is working to fix them.
The spokesman, Omar Amer, also told a late-night news conference that Morsi was was serious in his repeated calls for national dialogue.
He added that Morsi had "extended his hand" for dialogue and wanted to listen to everyone, repeating the president's previous calls for national dialogue which the opposition has rebuffed as not serious.
Amer also said:
I want to confirm one truth, if there is a total lack of response to this initiative, no listening to it, no interest in it from any side, what do you think the presidency can do?
The presidency is now waiting for a reaction, no matter how small, so it can build on it.
Over in Moqattam, which he describes as "a big hump of rock that juts up out of east Cairo", the Guardian's Patrick Kingsley is now observing the scene outside the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters:
Now in the street outside Muslim Brotherhood hq, perched on the Moqattam hills. Oppo throwing molotovs over walls. MB responding w hartouche
Crowd suddenly legs it full tilt back down street after shots fired from #MB hq at Molotov throwers. Now creeping back. A hairy moment.
Morsi ally urges concessions
The leader of Egypt's Islamist Nour party has urged his (sometime) ally, President Morsi, to make concessions to avert bloodshed.
Presenting himself as a mediator with protesters on the streets, Younis Makhyoun told Reuters that protesters were "wrong" to try to topple Egypt's first elected leader.
But he said Morsi could still be brought down unless he compromises.
A bit of background on the Nour party: It helped Morsi wield power but has since distanced itself from Islamist factions rallying round him. It took more than a fifth of parliament seats 18 months ago.
Makhyoun added in what was a fairly rare interview:
There must be concessions, even if they are difficult and bitter, to safeguard the blood of Egyptians.
We are worried about an escalation that will be hard to control, and that guns will have the loudest voice.
The president is banking on the idea that this will be a mass protest, like the other protests, and there will be some losses, and then things will settle down. But this time matters are different.
Reuters adds that, following Morsi's election win, Nour cooperated with the Muslim Brotherhood in fast-tracking into law a controversial constitution last year.
But Nour has distanced itself from the Brotherhood this year, joining the critics who accuse Morsi and his movement of seeking to dominate public life.
9.58pm BST
At least four dead today
At least four people were killed in Egypt today and nearly 200 wounded in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Morsi, according to Reuters, which is basing that on security and medical sources.
All four dead were said to have been shot in Nile Valley towns south of Cairo, one in Beni Suef and three in Assiut (located below).
With those deaths in mind, here's a tweet from the Twitter account of the arabist website:
arabist (@arabist)
Understandable elation about size of protests, but remember - unlikely this ends well, and violence (mostly anti-MB) underway.
My colleague, Patrick Kingsley, is close to the Presidential palace, where he reports that there has been no violence thus far. In fact, the biggest threat appears to be prematurely discharged fireworks.
Here's some more from him, via Twitter:
1000s outside presidential palace chanting: "Irhal!" Leave. 100s sitting on top the new walls; many pressed agnst lines of republican guards
Lots of "the army and the people are one hand" chants. When 2 military helicopters fly overhead, everyone goes bananas. #presidentialpalace
He also files this sketch from the scene:
I've just been at the presidential palace, where many thousands of protestors are crammed into the streets outside.
The president is not there, but the crowds symbolically chanted: "Irhal!" Leave. Many of them have hung small red cards around their necks, emblazoned with the same word.Hundreds are sitting on top of the makeshift walls that have been erected as an extra line of defence.
Others are pressed against barbed wire fences, behind which members of the republican guard stand motionless. As far as I can see, there has been no serious attempt so far to break in.
If many protesters did manage it, the outcome might be catastrophic, with the thousands of Morsi supporters camped up the road in Nasr City, a neighbouring district of Cairo, promising to defend the palace should it come under attack.The mood at the palace was festive and excitable.
Fireworks went off every other minute, and cheers erupted every time a military helicopter passed over head.
The cheers reflect wide opposition hopes for a military coup, with many having forgotten the chequered record of the military dictatorship that followed Mubarak's.
"It's the only institution capable of running the country," said Ahmed Mahmoud, a bank clerk outside the palace tonight.
Updated at 9.41pm BST
An obvious danger in Egypt at the moment is that the toppling of a democratically elected president amid widespread civil unrest may force the army to intervene, the Guardian says in a new editorial.
It adds:
Some optimists claim that army rule would only last for a brief period to allow fresh elections to be held.
But a more probable scenario is that if the army came to power it would stay for a long time. For many Islamists, having taken the democratic route but been denied the chance to see their leaders govern, opposition would not be a question of ideology but a matter of personal survival.
What would prevent them from concluding that a future of arrest, torture and imprisonment awaits, a return to what they experienced under Mubarak? What would stop the ranks of extremists on both sides swelling?
Several dozen youths were involved in that attack on the national headquarters of Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, according to a cameron from the Associated Press, who was at the scene.
The attackers reportedly threw stones and firebombs at the building, and people inside the walled villa fired at them with birdshot.
Egyptians opposing President Morsi start a fire at Muslim Brotherhood offices in Cairo. Photograph: STR/EPA
Elsewhere outside of the capital, Reuters says that dozens suffered gunshot wounds during an attack on a Muslim Brotherhood office in Housh Eissa, in the northern Nile Delta.
From Cairo, Jack Shenker tweets this pic of one of the more elaborate placards hoisted aloft:
Jack Shenker (@hackneylad)
"Morsi, your underpants must come down" - protest sign at itthadeya #Egypt #June30 pic.twitter.com/sxZvKjG80S
Kareem Fahim, a middle east reporter for the New York Times, has also been providing some colour from the ground:
Alaa al-Aswany, the Egyptian writer, near presidential palace. "It has been decided for Mr. Morsi. We are waiting for him to understand."
Figures on injuries
Al Jazeera puts the number injured during those clashes between pro and anti-Morsi individuals earlier (see here) in the city of Beni Suef at 40. One person was killed.
It adds that clashes have also been reported in the village of Birma in Gharbia province, north of Cairo.
Al Arabiya, the Saudi-owned news channel meanwhile says that the Egyptian health ministry has put the number of those wounded in seven provinces today at 174.
It's just after 9.15pm now in Cairo. Here's a picture from near the presidential palace, showing opponents of the president:
Protesters opposing Egypt's President Morsi gathering in front of El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
And a closer shot of the action:
Opponents of President Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
So, one of the big questions, what will the Egyptian army do?
Here's a viewpoint from Jonathan Rugman, Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News:
Jonathan Rugman (@jrug)
Biggest protests in Egypt since the revolution. Morsi standing firm: but demos could change army's calculation of its level of support.
Gehad El-Haddad, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, has been claiming on twitter that two police captains that were part of a security detail took part in attack on the brotherhood's Cairo headquarters.
He and others have also been tweeting links to footage (below) which they say shows the scene.
No police were visible at the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo headquaters during that attack, according to Kristen Chick, Cairo correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.
She also tweeted this about 20 minutes ago from the scene:
Kristen Chick (@kristenchick)
Crowd at MB HQ a few hundred people. I can't see guns but heard some shots. Had to back up from the HQ bc of shots
Muslim Brotherhood HQ attacked
The Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters has reportedly come under attack with petrol bombs.
A Brotherhood spokesman, Gehad El-Haddad, said he was in contact by telephone with staff at the compound, who claimed that attackers also shotguns and rocks.
One person has been killed in fighting between supporters and opponents of President Morsi in the Nile city of Beni Suef, south of Cairo, according Reuters.
The death appears to be the first reported one today. More than two dozen people were also injured during the clashes in the city (located on the map below).
This is Ben Quinn taking over the Liveblog now by the way
Patrick has joined me on the phone again, this time to talk about what he's seen at the two main anti-Morsi protests, outside the presidential palace and in Tahrir square – and, what might happen next.
Photograph: Nariman El-Mofty/AP
A shot of anti-Morsi protesters outside the presidential palace.
While the understandable focus is on the major protests in Cairo, it's worth reiterating that demonstrations – both against and for Morsi – are taking place all around Egypt. Crowds have gathered in Alexandria and Port Said, with rallies scheduled elsewhere.
Patrick Kingsley has sent in a longer update from by the presidential palace:
It's still a festive mood outside the presidential palace in Heliopolis, north-east Cairo. Around 4,000 anti-Morsi protesters are waving flags and bobbing lightly to the sound of patriotic tunes played from a first-floor balcony. Nearby, a teenager does a wheelie on his motorbike. A few hundred metres away, a crowd pelts a vast, helpfully-placed picture of Morsi with stones.
Elsewhere, there are big flags saying "Irhal!", or "Leave!", while someone has stretched a super-long, anti-Muslim Brotherhood banner along the makeshift walls erected to protect the palace in recent days.
"Morsi got elected in a democratic way," says one Morsi critic, businessman Hassan Shanab, sitting in a wheelchair. "But since he took over, everything's been polarised. All of a sudden we see ourselves part of an Islamic regime like Iran."
Most of the anti-Morsi crowds are still at Tahrir square, which I'm told is close to capacity, despite the heat. But later the focus will shift here, as protesters march from Tahrir – and there are fears of fighting. If attempts are made to break inside the palace, it's possible that the Islamists nearby in Nasr City will come to protect it.
Tahrir Doctors, who tend to the injured at most Cairo protests, have set up three field hospitals, staffed by 30-odd medics. "If we get any injured from any side, we will treat them equally," says Dr Amr Shebaita, the group's head.
It's worth noting that Morsi's opponents are split between those who want to see the army take over, and those who remember the army's repressive interim government, following the fall of Mubarak, with bitterness. Those in the former camp have been perched outside the Defence Ministry in recent days, demanding army intervention.
Reuters are reporting that today has thus far been notably less violent than protests over the past week. The security chief for Cairo said his forces had rounded up 140 "known troublemakers", some of whom had been found carrying weapons.
A more recent photo of the scene in Tahrir square. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP
Bel Trew - بل ترو (@Beltrew)
More anti-US sentiment: "Old hag go home" and a pic of US Ambassador Anne Patterson #tahrir http://t.co/eyYJCyW8mY
Some anti-Morsi protesters are not pleased at the US ambassador to Egypt for suggesting their actions could harm the economy and, they feel, being overly supportive of the president.
Fun, musical atmosphere as protesters start to gather at the pres palace #morsi https://t.co/7ilYJXfHWt
Another brief video from Patrick, this time from the protest massing outside the presidential palace.
hard to make out, but this crowd outside the pres palace are pelting a poster of #Morsi with stones pic.twitter.com/O8CUxkpbgE
Some signs of anger among the anti-Morsi crowds.
Anti-Morsi protesters at Tahrir square. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
Here's a view of the scale of events at Tahrir square.
Now at pres's palace in Heliopolis, the focus of anti-Morsi protests later, as attn shifts fr Tahrir. Many new walls pic.twitter.com/GcFHNjr8pc
Patrick Kingsley has now left the pro-Morsi protest and travelled to the presidential palace, one of the places where opponents of his rule are gathering.
vast anti-Morsi flag outside the presidential palace. little kid sits in its folds. pic.twitter.com/3fvVNXyZ6G
A reporter at the Tahrir square anti-Morsi rally has tweeted this photo and update.
Ian Lee (@ianjameslee)
Four Apache helicopters buzz #Tahrir twice. The crowd erupts. #egypt #june30 pic.twitter.com/mmi1YToyze
I've had a phone chat with Patrick from the pro-Morsi rally in Nasr City, where he estimates there are about 20,000 people. He says:
It's a reminder that while there's an enormous amount of anti-Morsi sentiment in Egypt today, there are also a lot of people who back him...
It's a slightly tetchier atmosphere than it has been in recent days, since I've been coming here... There are more people about with sticks and makeshift shields.
Shields, helmets and sticks at the very big pro Morsi gathering. "Morsi's men are everywhere." pic.twitter.com/iPf7mAlwMA
A New York Times reporter has tweeted this photo of well-equipped pro-Morsi demonstrators.
The ever-busy Patrick has also tweeted this Vine min-video of the pro-Morsi rally.
Crowds at pro-Morsi rally, Cairo https://t.co/MzLRrQ8Uod
Patrick Kingsley has sent the tweet below, and adds this longer update:
Thousands may be gathering against Morsi in Tahrir Square, but here in Nasr City – five miles away in east Cairo – the sentiment is very different.
Here, 20,000 Islamists have camped out in support of Morsi since Friday, and they say they're ready to defend the president should his secular opponents try to force him from power. The crowd will likely swell five-fold again today. "Seculars will not rule Egypt again," chant one crowd of Morsi-backers.
They're lined up in well-formed platoons, and wearing an odd selection of builders' hardhats and motorbike helmets. Many carry sticks and homemade shields emblazoned with the slogan "Legitimacy is a red line", a reference to Morsi's democratic mandate.
I've been here a few times in recent days, and the mood is far more jittery than it has been in the past. Chastened by attacks on Muslim Brotherhood headquarters across the country this week, they expect to be targeted again today. There are a startling six lines of security checks before you get inside (there was only one on Friday) and many say they are here to protect against what they see as the possibility of a counter-revolution.
In their eyes, the 2011 uprising was an Islamic one, and is being disrupted by saboteurs loyal to ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. "Now we're seeing the revolution being threatened," said Mohamed Sherif Abdeen, an IT teacher and member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was carrying a stick, and clad in a hardhat – for self-defence, he said.
"We won't do anything if the army and police do their job. But if not, and they don't protect the presidential palace, we will protect it with our chests."
"Seculars will never rule Egypt again," chant Islamists at the pro-#Morsi rally in east Cairo, miles from Tahrir pic.twitter.com/6f4Lktc51I
My colleague David Hearst, who interviewed Morsi with Patrick, sends in these thoughts:
President Morsi appeared confident in the hour we had with him yesterday in his strategy to counter what may prove to be a pivotal week of his short presidency. It is to allow peaceful protest, counter and contain any violence, and stick rigidly to the terms of the constitution now in place.
The presidential camp is deeply sceptical about the number of signatures the opposition claimed to have gathered calling for a referendum on Morsi's presidency. It doubts the numbers the opposition have vowed to throw onto the streets outside the Itahadiya palace and their ability to keep them there.
But all talk of the sort of mediated solution, which the US and European officials were trying to confect a month ago, has melted away. Tonight and the days to come will be about a trial of street strength.
The stakes are high for both sides. Morsi has to walk a very fine line between upholding his authority, and behaving as a president presiding over a deeply polarised society. A major outbreak of violence in Cairo, and harsh police response could upset that balance dramatically, and then pressure would grow on the army to intervene. The top brass of the army are behind Morsi, but everyone is watching and waiting.
Far edgier at the pro-Morsi rally in east Cairo. Five lines of ID checks. More men with sticks than in prev days pic.twitter.com/0274xycPz2
Patrick Kingsley tweets a photo from the fringes of the pro-Morsi rally.
Reuters has some good context for today's events, not least the much-quoted claim by opposition leaders that 22m people have signed a petition demanding new elections.
Many independent papers urged people onto the streets on the very day that Morsi completes his first year in office: "Street to Mursi: One year's enough," headlined Al-Masry Al-Youm. Others referred to what many protesters will demand: "Red card for the president". Others went simply with: "Judgment Day".
Liberal leaders said nearly half the voting population – 22m people – had signed a petition calling for new elections, although there is no one obvious challenger to Morsi.
With the long dominant, US-funded military waiting in the wings, and world powers fearing violence may unhinge an already troubled Middle East, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and radical allies pledge to defend what they say is the legitimate order.
Several people have been killed, including an American student, and hundreds wounded in days of street fighting.
Morsi calls his opponents bad losers backed by "thugs" from Mubarak's old secret police. He is banking on the coalition being a damp squib. He met the army chief on Saturday as well as leaders of allied Islamist parties.
An economic crisis deepened by unrest and political deadlock might spur many less partisan Egyptians to join the rallies, due to start in the afternoon in Cairo. But many, too, are weary of turmoil and sceptical that the opposition's demand to reset the rules of the new democracy is better than soldiering on.
US President Barack Obama called on Egyptians to focus on dialogue. His ambassador to Egypt has angered the opposition by suggesting protests are not helping the economy.
Patrick Kingsley has sent in this early missive:
The streets are eerily empty in Cairo. It's the first day of the working week in Egypt, which would usually mean traffic jams aplenty. But today there are barely any cars – perhaps a symptom both of the protests, and the fuel shortage that has seen Egyptians queue for hours for petrol in recent days. Many of those cars still on the road are draped in Egyptian tricolores.
I'll be moving between the pro-Morsi rally in east Cairo – where 20,000 Islamists have camped since Friday – and the half-dozen marches and rallies calling for the president's departure. Thousands are expected to gather in Tahrir Square, the cradle of the 2011 uprising. But the main protest will take place outside the presidential palace in Heliopolis, a middle-class suburb in north-east Cairo. President Morsi himself won't be there – he's decamped to safer surroundings.
Yesterday he was at the nearby Quba palace – where we interviewed him – ahead of the strongest test of his authority in his year in office. What struck me most was how much of a cocoon it was – far from the crowds, quiet, and almost entirely male. Little wonder he seemed to feel so confident.
Protesters chant slogans against Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, in Tahrir Square. Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP
My colleague, Patrick Kingsley in Cairo, previewed what could happen in a story earlier this week.
He and David Hearst have interviewed Morsi, who rejects the notion of early presidential elections and argues that Egypt would be brought to chaos if he caved in to the protesters. He said:
If we changed someone in office who [was elected] according to constitutional legitimacy – well, there will people or opponents opposing the new president too, and a week or a month later, they will ask him to step down.
There is no room for any talk against this constitutional legitimacy. There can be demonstrations and people expressing their opinions. But what's critical in all this is the adoption and application of the constitution. This is the critical point.
Thousands of Egyptians are gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to call for the removal of the country's president, Mohamed Morsi, on the anniversary of his accession to office. Other protests are planned elsewhere around the country, with organisers claiming in advance the support of millions of people.
Today could thus play a significant part in shaping the future of the country, two and a half years after similar populist protests toppled the long-serving Hosni Mubarak. This is all the more so given speculation that lined up against the protesters – in a metaphorical sense only so far – are the Morsi-supporting Muslim Brotherhood and, potentially, the military.


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Q: Mongoose / Express Middleware update reference documents at insert time Given the below code, and the fact that I'm using mongoose populate() in my API, how can I update the user reference document with the checkin _id, at the same time?
I feel it's like the chicken/problem. Thanks!
router.post('/', (req, res, err) => {
  var checkin = new Checkin(req.body);
  var user    = new User(checkin.user);

  checkin.save({
    'user':             checkin.user,
    'checkin_comment':  checkin.checkin_comment,
    'rating_score':     checkin.rating_score
  });
});

The Checkin model has the following:
user: {
    type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
    ref: 'User',
    required: true
  },

.. and the User one has this:
checkins: [{
    type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
    ref: 'Checkin'
  }],

A: Regarding your model definition, it seems that attribute checkins on the User model is optional. The user can exists without checkin reference.
If that's the case then create the user first, then the checkin and update the user with its id.
Edit: Given your comments, we assume that the user already exists in DB and its id available in userId.
So something like:
checkin.save()
    .then((checkinDoc) => {
      return User.findOneAndUpdate(
            {_id: userId},
            {$push:{checkins: checkinDoc._id}},
            {new: true}
      );
    });


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Q: When updating a model on a RESTful API, should there be an update endpoint per field? or one endpoint for the model? For a RESTful API, consider a model schema as follows:
MyCoolObject {
  field_a
  field_b
  field_c
}

Is it better to create one update endpoint to update one or many fields on the model (PUT)? Or create one endpoint per field that would only update that one field (PATCH)?

A: Heuristic: how do you GET the information from your API?
Typically if you get the information a single resource with all of the information included in its representation...
GET /my-cool-object

Then you should also edit that information using the same resource
PUT /my-cool-object
PATCH /my-cool-object
POST /my-cool-object

In cases where you get the information from multiple resources (presumably via links)
GET /my-cool-object
GET /my-cool-object/a
GET /my-cool-object/b
GET /my-cool-object/c

Then you would normally edit the information in its own resource
PUT /my-cool-object/a
PATCH /my-cool-object/a
POST /my-cool-object/a


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Mekong River Commission Launches Website for Its 3rd Summit
Website of the 3rd Summit of Mekong River Commission
(KPL) The Mekong River Commission launched its official website (https://mrcsummit.org/) for the 3rd Summit and International Conference on Jan 26 and called for contribution and participation to the events.
The Summit, to be held on 5 April 2018 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, will bring together the Prime Ministers of the member countries namely Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam as well as high-level delegations from MRC Dialogue Partners, China and Myanmar, to address the prevailing challenges and optimizing opportunities facing the Mekong River and its people.
The Summit aims to strengthen cooperation and understanding under the slogan 'One Mekong, One Spirit'.
Mr. Pham Tuan Phan, MRC Chief Executive Officer, says the slogan gets to the heart of what the 3rd Summit is all about.
"The Mekong spirit symbolizes a combination of collective courage, statesmanship, perseverance and goodwill, reflecting a collective desire for mutual understanding and accommodation to achieve a shared vision for the Mekong."
Before the Summit, a major International Conference will be held on 2-3 April, providing an opportunity for the MRC and stakeholders from NGOs, academia, the private sector, and other river basin organizations in the region and around the world to exchange perspectives, best practice, and cutting-edge ideas.
Plenary keynotes and discussions on global developments, implications and opportunities for the Mekong frame the floor for more in-depth exchanges during parallel sessions.
These include discussions on how to strengthen cooperation and partnerships with other regional mechanisms and frameworks, including the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, ADB's Greater Mekong Subregion Programme and ASEAN.
Key messages from the Conference's stakeholders will be delivered to the Summit.
To maintain the spirit of open dialogue, the MRC is calling for papers and presentations from international and regional partners and stakeholders.
The MRC was established with the signing of the Mekong Agreement in 1995 to manage the Mekong River basin in a sustainable and equitable manner through dialogue and cooperation.
It is a treaty-based inter-governmental body, with over 60 years of Mekong cooperation history, that serves as a unique platform for water diplomacy through basin-wide strategies, procedures, guidelines and extensive knowledge base for sound decision making.
Its uniqueness also lies in its long history of openness, stakeholder engagement and partnerships from around the world.
The 3rd MRC Summit therefore will focus on the theme of 'Joint Efforts and Partnerships to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Mekong River Basin'.
"The Mekong Prime Ministers are expected to reaffirm their highest political commitment to the 1995 Mekong Agreement and the mandate of the MRC; recognize the progress, contribution and achievements of the organization in fostering benefits of cooperation and managing transboundary issues; and, set strategic priorities ahead for the Mekong River basin," Mr. Pham says.