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Q: ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string / Select sum where date query I am trying to execute my query through Java like this:
public ResultSet execSumStatment2() throws SQLException{
String query = "Select SUM(A) as NCCSeptember from NCC where Datum >= '01-09-2013 00:00:00' and Datum <= '30-09-2013 23:59:59'";
return execStatement(query);
}

Then i call execSumStatement in the class:
sql.execSumStatement2 () ;

When I run it I get the following error message:

java.sql.SQLDataException: ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string

at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:447)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:396)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.processError(T4C8Oall.java:951)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.receive(T4CTTIfun.java:513)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.doRPC(T4CTTIfun.java:227)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.doOALL(T4C8Oall.java:531)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.doOall8(T4CPreparedStatement.java:208)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.executeForDescribe(T4CPreparedStatement.java:886)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeMaybeDescribe(OracleStatement.java:1175)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1296)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3613)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeQuery(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3657)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.executeQuery(OraclePreparedStatementWrapper.java:1495)
at com.bachelorarbeit.SQLExecutor.execStatement(SQLExecutor.java:20)
at com.bachelorarbeit.SQLExecutor.execSumStatment2(SQLExecutor.java:56)
at com.bachelorarbeit.Test.doGet(Test.java:63)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1041)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:603)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

When I execute the same query in SQL Developer it works just fine. I already made a search over the internet, and I guess the problem is the datatype of the date in the query, which should be Date, but everything I tried didn't work...

A: I think you should not rely on the implicit conversion. It is a bad practice.
Instead you should try like this:
datenum >= to_date('11/26/2013','mm/dd/yyyy')

or like
datenum >= date '2013-09-01'

A: In SQL Developer ..Go to Preferences-->NLS-->and change your date format accordingly

A: You can try this:
Select To_date ('15/2/2007 00:00:00', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),
       To_date ('28/2/2007 10:12', 'DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS')
  From DUAL;

Source: http://notsyncing.org/2008/02/manipulando-fechas-con-horas-en-plsql-y-sql/

A: What you have written in your sql string is a Timestamp not Date. You must convert it to Date or change type of database field to Timestamp for it to be seen correctly.

A: You can try as follows it works for me
select * from nm_admission where trunc(entry_timestamp) = to_date('09-SEP-2018','DD-MM-YY');

OR
select * from nm_admission where trunc(entry_timestamp) = '09-SEP-2018';

You can also try using to_char but remember to_char is too expensive
select * from nm_admission where to_char(entry_timestamp) = to_date('09-SEP-2018','DD-MM-YY');

The TRUNC(17-SEP-2018 08:30:11) will give 17-SEP-2018 00:00:00 as a result, you can compare the only date portion independently and time portion will skip.

A: You can use
Select to_date('08/15/2017 12:00:00 AM','MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS AM') from dual;
If you are using it in an SP then your variable datatype should be Varchar2
and also in your ado.net code the datatype of your input parameter should be
OracleDbType.Varchar2
Basically I had to put a DateFrom and DateTo filter in my SP so I passed dates as String in it.
Note: This is one of the solution which worked for me, there could be more solutions to this problem.

A: SELECT CAST(COLUMN_NAME AS DATE) FROM TABLE_NAME


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Director of Production
FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, LTD.
Full-time/exempt
The Flynn is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We strive to be diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our goal is to build and maintain an organization where everyone can do their best work. We believe that people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ people must be centered in the work we do, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
ABOUT THE FLYNN
The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts is Northern New England's premiere performing arts center. The Flynn offers a wide range of cultural and educational experiences and nurtures the creative development of performing artists. Our facilities include a 1,411-seat proscenium auditorium (Flynn Main Stage), a 180-seat black box cabaret space (Flynn Space), two education studios, a gallery with rotating exhibits of regional artists, and adjoining lobbies.
The Flynn hosts over 200 performances and over 50 camps and classes annually. Regularly scheduled performances include the Flynn season, which features world-class music, Broadway, theater, dance, and family performances on our Main Stage, with additional touring shows added throughout the year and weekday matinees presented through our Student Matinee Series, in addition to the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. The Flynn also provides a performance venue for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Youth Orchestra, Lyric Theatre, and other local arts organizations.
To apply, send a cover letter and resume to HResources@flynnvt.org.
Basic Function
Oversee, and manage stage production operations for all events at the Flynn Center, as well as off-site events produced by the Flynn, and ensure the readiness and smooth operation of the venue during all events.
Characteristic Duties & Responsibilities
Advance, plan, implement, administer, coordinate, and monitor all performances both in the venues and for off-site productions
Oversee technical operations, elements, design, cartage, and any other special production requirements for all events
Oversee performance activity and crews, supervise labor, keep accurate hours for payroll processing, initiate appropriate breaks, monitor stage parking lot, coordinate needs to host busses, assign parking lot guards, resolve parking issues, and securely open and close the facility
Collaborate to find creative solutions for all performance and design needs
Assist as needed with production stage management and/or technical direction
Confer regularly with Flynn personnel and departments to plan, coordinate, and evaluate programs, facilities, systems, and activities
Plan and implement production department staffing needs and schedules including IATSE and non-union personnel
Ensure safety compliance at all times
Develop and administer operating budgets for performances, both from a rider and in building a new work
Participate in planning of short and long-range capital projects involving stage and facility improvements
Evaluate rental requests and programming proposals to provide budget estimates and bring forward any feasibility issues; make recommendations to address feasibility issues - working with all users of the venues to develop appropriate designs and schedules with respect to space, cost, and availability
Negotiate with product vendors for purchase or rental of equipment
Review and approve bi-weekly payroll for full- and part-time union employees, as well as direct reports among production department staff
Adhere to, and accurately execute all related aspects of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between IATSE local union 919 and the Flynn Center
Collaborate with staff in preparing night-of-show financial settlements, reconciliations, and show billings
Maintain inventory of all stage and production equipment
Serve on various committees as needed, such as the Buildings & Grounds Committee
Supervision Exercised
Direct administrative and functional supervision of production personnel including: Technical Director, Production Managers, Stage Managers, and all IATSE union employees, including regular House Electrician, House Carpenter, and House Soundperson.
Supervision Received
Reports to general manager
Substantial and relevant professional, technical, and supervisory experience in live performance productions.
Broad base of knowledge and skills related to technical theater production, including lighting, sound, counter-weight fly systems, chain hoists, and stage carpentry
A wide range of management experiences with strong planning, administrative, organizational, and budgeting skills
Ability to maintain situational awareness, flexibility, and the leadership capabilities required to quickly understand and adapt to changing conditions
General knowledge of computer design and control software, such as lighting programming and sound control systems
Clear communicator who is calm under pressure and when pulled in many different directions
Comfortable with new and evolving technologies; familiarity with Microsoft Office applications, database, and calendar systems
Ability to maintain a flexible schedule, with availability during both daytime, evening, and weekend hours
This general outline illustrates the type of work that characterizes the Job Classification. It is not an all-encompassing statement of the specific duties, responsibilities and qualifications of individual positions assigned to the classification.

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Popular TV host Manish Paul is set to make a crucial shift from the small to the big screen with Bollywood film "Mickey Virus". He says he is ready for all kinds of comparisons with his contemporaries.
"Comparisons will happen, but we all are friends. All of us have come from television, so comparisons are bound to happen," the 31-year-old said here Thursday at the first look launch of his film.
"But we call up each other and joke about it. No one has taken anything to heart and we all are ready for comparisons," he added.
In recent times, actors like Ayushmann Khurrana and Sushant Singh Rajput made a successful transition from TV to films, while daily soap actor Barun Sobti is set to make his debut with "Main Aur Mr. Riight".
Manish has anchored a lot of TV reality shows, and currently he is seen as a host of "Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa 6".
He says his anchoring skills made it slightly tough for him to act in front of the camera for the movie.
"I am a host and I'm used to talking looking at the camera. Sometimes while saying the dialogues, I turned towards the camera. This was a problem, but Saurabh sir (director Saurabh Verma) helped me. The host factor used to reflect at times in my dialogues and I had to work on those things," said Manish.
"Mickey Virus" is set in Delhi, and it also marks the debut of Elli Avram who is half Greek and half Swedish.
The movie is slated to release Sep 13.


The birth of Jesus took place like this.
His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph.
Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant.
so Mary would not be disgraced.
While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream.
"Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married.
Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant.
(Hebrew for "God is with us").
Merry Christmas All! This story, more than a story, a reality, brings hope-fulfilled, life-eternal, and joy never-ending.
Thank you for reading & Merry Christmas!
Even the most simple message of Christmas can be the most meaningful for all who hear and take heart to its reality, indeed.
Great post, Rick. Merry Christmas!


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Cairn Energy: A tale of continued underperformance
Publication Date: 12 Dec 2018 - By Permjit S. By Permjit S.
Equity Fundamental Equity UK EU Energy
Cairn Energy (LON:CNE), is a UK-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a strategy of using its production asset cashflow to fund its exploration and development activity.
Having been listed on the London Stock Exchange for 30 years, those holding its stock know Cairn's business model means it identifies, explores, appraises, develops, extracts value (of oil or gas), and reinvests in this cycle of activity.
Value is also extracted through asset sales. Its stated aim is to "maintain a self-funding business model." By that argument, 2018-19 business risks haven't materially altered year-on-year. They include volatile oil and gas prices; development delays; operational and project performance; reliance on joint venture partners to perform; health and safety, and environmental issues, access to debt markets, and political, regulatory and fiscal uncertainties.
There is also the issue of Cairn Energy's ability (or otherwise) to secure or repatriate value from Indian assets. A final hearing regarding India's seizure of the company's assets took place in August but a decision could take months. In H1 alone, India's tax authority either sold or withheld almost £400m of Cairn assets (shares and dividends).
As at January 2018, Cairn held 4.9% of the listed shares in Vedanta Limited, its Indian asset, since when 2.7% have been sold by the Indian tax authority. Cairn continues to be restricted from selling its remaining shares in Vedanta and in the meantime is exposed to equity price risk arising from them.
The company says: "Cairn remains confident of its legal position; the Tax Treaty [between the UK and India] affords strong provisions to enforce a successful award." This opinion is reflected in its decision not to make any provision for any of the tax penalties assessed by the Indian tax authority.
Hence, based on its annualised H1 2018 figures and other publicly available information, we summarise the company's prospects as outlined below:
For: Low gearing (d/e); high tangible net assets (£2.08) per share (market share price, £1.58); strong current ratio (2.75x).
Against: Poor operational revenue; low interest cover (1.3x); loss after tax (H1: £501 million), so negative EPS and negative RoE; market share price just 47% of book value; high value of goodwill.
Overall: Cairn has turned a £263m 2017 profit into a £501m loss in 2018, both due in part to its continuing spat with the Indian tax authority over unpaid taxes. Its strong capital structure is not matched with revenue and the crucial ability to maintain interest cover.
Oil exploration is by its nature a high risk endeavour. Whilst investment in oil might be a calculated risk, Cairn's return to shareholders over the recent past has been repeatedly poor. Returns on exploration are unquantifiable, as are the effects of external uncontrollable impacts, including the volatile oil price and political manoeuvres. Overall, equity investors should shun Cairn, which some have obviously already been doing in H2 2018. Those wishing to buy low predicated on risk, however, might feel now is an opportune time to do the exact opposite.
Permjit S.


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Kyle Brewer, Epic program manager, Division of Information Systems and UMMC Epic Connect
Published on Thursday, February 8, 2018
By: Ruth Cummins
A new partnership between the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi Department of Health will link electronic health records, allowing more seamless care for Health Department patients who are also seen by providers at UMMC's clinics and hospitals.
The joint management of clinical data, dubbed UMMC Epic Connect, is made possible through Epic, an advanced software system highly regarded nationwide as one of the best electronic tools in health care. Used by UMMC and many major health systems and academic medical centers, the fully integrated Epic system includes not only clinical information, but also registration, scheduling and billing functions.
UMMC Epic Connect allows UMMC to provide Epic to other health care organizations across the state. Its first customer is the Department of Health, which will transition to Epic from a combination of paper charts and an electronic scheduling system.
"In turn, this will create a clinical network that will help improve the patient care throughout the area," said Kyle Brewer, Epic program manager for the Medical Center's Division of Information Systems and for UMMC Epic Connect. "Overall, it helps to attain the larger goal of one patient, one record."
"With this electronic medical record and billing system, the department will have improved efficiency, better documentation, clearer communication and streamlined patient care, eliminating issues with multiple paper records for the same patient in different county clinics," said State Health Officer Dr. Mary Currier.
Currier
"The Epic software really brings us into the 21st century," Currier said. "This integrated system means no more paper files – all leading to improved patient service, stronger management and reduced administrative costs."
How it will work: If an established Department of Health patient visits a UMMC provider, the Medical Center provider can access that patient's Health Department records via Epic, providing a continuum of care and ensuring that both providers have a full picture of the patient's health history. Likewise, if a UMMC patient visits a Health Department clinic, records in Epic can be accessed by the Health Department provider.
The same Epic system is utilized by both, but each separate system is customized for the particular entity's needs and is built with the specifications for that particular health care practice.
The Epic software would not be possible without the collaboration of UMMC and the Bower Foundation of Ridgeland, Currier said.
"Working together with UMMC has certainly allowed us to more efficiently use our funds, but equally important, together we will improve health care throughout Mississippi," Currier said. "We are especially grateful to the Bower Foundation for their support toward this major transformation for MSDH."
Earlier this year, UMMC's Division of Information Systems piloted UMMC Epic Connect in nine Department of Health clinics in central Mississippi, Brewer said. The program will go live in the remaining 77 Department of Health clinics statewide on Feb. 12. Division of Information Systems staff, including Epic experts, are administering UMMC Epic Connect and assisting with the integration of the clinical and business operations.
With the advantage of the UMMC Epic Connect project and the assistance of UMMC, the Department of Health will soon have a state-of-the-art electronic health record and practice management system.
Although its partnership is with UMMC and not Epic, the Department of Health is recognized as an Epic health care facility, Brewer said. The option within Epic makes it easy for UMMC to provide the department with access to the Epic tools, systems, integrations and various support methods required to deliver health care in the most efficient manner.
UMMC has used Epic for its electronic health records since 2012 and will soon roll out a significant upgrade to the system.


You think you have a great idea for a social venture, but how can you be sure?
Knowing where to start, and how to undertake a basic analysis of your idea, is simple. Follow the steps in our Social Venture Honeycomb, to help you explore your thinking and to fill in the gaps, so you can decide if your idea has social venture potential.
There is no 'right way' to do this – write a sentence or ten, use dot points, draw a picture. A large piece of paper and different coloured pens/pencils are really handy. You can even use a computer.
Start with describing the problem you want to solve. You can also exchange the word 'problem' with 'issue' or 'need'.
Then, describe the purpose of your social venture – what will be achieved?
Now describe your idea – this is the big picture of what you will do. You might include important aspects of how the venture will operate, the products or services offered, or how the profits will be used.
Now, it's time for the honeycomb. Give your venture a working name, and then record your answers to the questions. It doesn't matter where you start, just start.
The Social Venture Honeycomb helps you start the planning process, so you can make good decisions and take your idea to the next step, whether that might be as a community project, a small business or a social enterprise.
So, explore your idea and get started. You too could become a change maker; creating a solution that achieves a positive social impact.


Bulaman wished us happy Diwali in a comment on this morning's quote page.
A few years ago I wouldn't have had a clue what Diwali was.
A trip to India in 2015 and a growing Indian population here celebrating their culture have educated me and I'm grateful for that.
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Discarded former Fonterra board member Leonie Guiney has side-stepped the official selection process to win farmer backing to regain her seat.
She will be joined by retiring Zespri chairman Peter McBride. The other candidates incumbent director Ashley Waugh, approved candidate Jamie Tuuta and independent John Nicholls failed to get the required 50% approval so another election will be held to fill the one seat still vacant.
The failure for any of these three to get the necessary 50% support indicates that many shareholders voted tactically – voting for only one or two of the successful candidates to ensure they got through.
Guiney, a Fairlie farmer and director of four farming companies served on Fonterra's board from 2014 to 2017 but then failed to gain approval to stand again through the co-op's selection process. McBride lives at Te Puna and has farming interests in Waikato and Bay of Plenty. He has extensive experience in the kiwifruit industry and has recently announced that he will step down as chairman of Zespri in February.
A lot of shareholders aren't happy with the way the board controls who can stand and many weren't impressed when Leonie wasn't approved to stand again.
On top of that is the company's performance which is causing considerable angst.
This result shows shareholders are far from happy.
The board already has a new chair and acting chief executive who have clearly signaled a need for change.
The election result gives a mandate for that and a very clear message that shareholders are looking for significant improvements.
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1619 Elizabeth of Scotland and England was crowned Queen of Bohemia.
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1786 The oldest musical organisation in the United States was founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1811 Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe.
1837 Abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1848 The paddle steamer Acheron arrived to being surveying New Zealand waters.
1861 American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: Forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overran a Confederate camp but were forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1867 Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics and in chemistry, was born (d 1934).
1872 The ship Mary Celeste sailed from New York.
1874 A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, was considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, was born (d 1940).
1885 Construction ended on the Canadian Pacific Railway railway extending across Canada.
1893 Women in the U.S. state of Colorado were granted the right to vote.
1900 Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons won three Victoria Crosses.
1907 Jesús García saved the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamitesix kilometers away before it could explode.
1908 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.
1910 The first air freight shipment was undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1912 – The Public Service Act was passed into law, creating a framework for New Zealand's bureaucracy that lasted until 1988. The Act was the brainchild of lawyer Alexander Herdman, a senior minister in the new Reform Party government.
1912 The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opened in Berlin with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1913 Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate, was born (d 1960).
1914 The first issue of The New Republic magazine was published.
1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtaowere captured by Japanese forces.
1916 Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1917 The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which got its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October – the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace.
1917 World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ended: British forces captured Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
1918 The 1918 influenza epidemic spread to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1918 Kurt Eisner overthrew the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
1918 Billy Graham, American evangelist was born.
1919 The first Palmer Raid was conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. More than 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists were arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.
1920 Patriarch Tikhon issued a decree that lead to the formation ofRussian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
1921 The Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF), National Fascist Party, comes into existence.
1926 Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, was born (d 2010).
1929 The Museum of Modern Art in New York opened to the public.
1931 The Chinese Soviet Republic was proclaimed on the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
1940 The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a windstorm, just four months after the bridge's completion.
1941 Soviet hospital ship Armenia was sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimea's hospitals – killing more than 5,000 people.
1943 – Dame Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand, was born.
1943 Joni Mitchell, Canadian musician, was born.
1944 A passenger train derailed in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. 16 people were killed and 50 injured.
1944 Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, and 34 of his spy-ring, were hanged by his Japanese captors.
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.
1963 Wunder von Lengede: Eleven miners were rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
1967 Carl B. Stokes was elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1970 Long-haired Christchurch mountaineers John Glasgow and Peter Gough became the first to successfully scale the 2000-metre Caroline Faceof Aoraki/Mt Cook, declaring it a 'triumph for the hippies'.
1975 In Bangladesh a joint force of people and soldiers took part in an uprising hailed as National Revolution and Solidarity Day, led by Col. Abu Taher that ousted and killed Brig. Khaled Mosharraf.
1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb exploded inside the United States Capitol.
1987 In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba was overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
1989 Douglas Wilder won the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 David Dinkins became the first African American mayor of New York City.
1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph and his cabinet were forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1990 Mary Robinson became the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
1991 Magic Johnson announced that he was infected with HIV and retired from the NBA.
1994 WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided the world's first internet radio broadcast.
1996 NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor.
2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States.
2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in theBush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
2002 Iran banned advertising of United States products.
2004 War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2007 Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulted in the death of nine people.
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At the turn of the 20th century, Richard Austin Freeman emerged as an author to be reckoned with in the world of detective fiction, introducing the highly memorable scientific detective Dr. Thorndyke, an early forensic sleuth. Armed with his little green case full of scientific detection aids, Thorndyke unravelled murders and mysteries using logic and material evidence.
. . .ll be seen that the appearances are not such as would be expected. The deceased was five feet nine inches high, but was very thin and light, weighing only nine stone six pounds, as I ascertained by weighing the body, whereas I am five feet eleven and weigh nearly thirteen stone. But yet the footprint of the deceased is nearly twice as deep as mine—that is to say, the lighter man has sunk into the sand nearly twice as deeply as the heavier man."
The magistrates were now deeply attentive. They were no longer simply listening to the despised utterances of a mere scientific expert. The cast lay before them with the two footprints side by side; the evidence appealed to their own senses and was proportionately convincing.
"This is very singular," said the chairman; "but perhaps you can explain the discrepancy?"
Good set of forensic mystery stories. I also liked the fact that this was illustrated, which allowed the reader to see some of the samples Thorndyke used in proving his cases!
These stories include a lot of the details that went into a coroner's trial, and tend more towards a police procedural.
All of the stories seemed predictable . i did enjoy reading them .i would give it a 3. 1/2 star rating.
I thought. Each story was quite predictable . I enjoyed reading them. I will give them a 3 star rating.
This series of stories featuring Dr. Thorndyke is a mixture of tales that are somewhat uneven in quality. I generally like them, and the good doctor is definitely a genius at what he does.
This is a delightfully intriguing collection of short mystery fiction. The tales are puzzle style mysteries with a medical theme and are somewhat reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot. The mysteries are set in England in the early 1900s.


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The August 2014 Playlist
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Another month, another playlist. This time I tried to spend some more time on it and organize this thing to have some sort of flow or fade to it (from soft to heavy), but we'll see just how well this develops. Let's do it.
Sima Kim x Ryoge Kotoge are two of the best downtempo beat artists coming out of Asia right now, and this collaboration piece is a really great track for pool-floating, hammock-hanging, or doing almost anything. I can't get enough of how this track builds on itself and turns into a really complex work. Dawn Golden is next with a remix of "All I Want"–the backing flows beautifully from the previous song, and there's a lot to love about this track on its own, out of context from Kim and Kotoge. Another remix coming at you, this time from PHANTOGRAM, a personal favorite of mine. This remix rivals the original and it sounds like they lightly kept their thumb on the record just a bit.
BANKS is next, and no, this is not Paul Banks' side project, but it's probably just as cool. This song picks up the pace a bit from the previous downtempo dreamy tracks and throws in some beautiful vocal work. If you follow these playlists every month, you might think that I have some unusual picks in these things. It's true (Maria hates a lot of my music). This next song is one of "those" picks–Cloud Castle Lake drops this uh-may-zing track, "Sync," which starts off pretty standard dreamy vocals, but then there is this just fantastic mix of funky beats with big band panache, all with vocals slowly reaching a crescendo that makes ya go–OOOOF. I don't have a lot of hip hop in these playlists, but I couldn't pass up milo's "you are go(o)d," which is more spoken word than anything else–but with a healthy bit of flow and singing. There's just something awesome about this track that got into my brain-parts.
Let's get more analog, shall we? Absolutely Free's track "Beneath the Air" has a hypnotic drum beat with vocals that could work just as well in 1967 as 2014. Timely percussion, good balance, and a catchy beat make this song worthy of mention. Seafret is next, and what I love about the start of this track is the faint radio signal beeps right off the start. Okay, there's more than that (the lyrics, the pickin' and grinnin')–just listen to the thing.
Generationals starts off "Gold Silver Diamond" with what sounds "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie but then it takes a different turn. No matter what, I cannot unhear the Biz Markie beat from those keyboards–and that's an awesome thing. BRONCHO is next with a mild seizure-inducing intro that sounds like a young Arcade Fire or something, but with a more refreshing simplicity. I love this track. Elliot Sumner is next with a hard-starting track that turns into an anthem that fits gorgeously into the previous song's Arcade Fire thing that BRONCHO had going on. Can't be sure, but this sounds like a fella from across the pond–keep it up, over there, y'all.
Joanna Gruesome marks the heavy/weird/art rock segment of this playlist–"Jerome (Liar)" is great–chaos and order all wrapped together into a delightful and catchy beat. Cymbals Eat Guitars is next to continue the art-rock or whatever you call this; I'm not sure there's a specific genre for it other than awesome. Just do your ears a favor and listen to the twisting guitars of these Staten Island guys. Twin Peaks gets straight up punky–grunge, power, screaming. I love "I Found a New Way" so much. Last, but by no means my last favorite, is Meatbodies. OH BABY OH BABY! When it kicks in, you'll love me, then you'll love Meatbodies. What you think will turn out to be some 45 second death metal song turns into a house party starting wall of sound that hits you right in the face… then… that solo. Turn. It. Up.
What's on your August 2014 Playlist this month? Let us know in the comments.
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Christie Hires Industry Expert for Growing Sales in Cinema Market
Christie, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Watanabe as Senior Manager of Cinema Sales in its Entertainment Solutions division. In his new role, Keith will support Christie's growing number of cinema customers in the US, Canada and Mexico while identifying new directions for sales and service in Christie's expanding portfolio of film, Digital Cinema and On-Screen Advertising (OSA) products.
Keith joins Christie with 25 years of experience in the imaging industry at Kodak Co., where he was instrumental in the development of new and innovative products and business models for multi-million dollar projects. Among his many successes, Keith played a major role in the establishment of Kodak's largest professional digital camera customer in the world and developed expansive marketing programs that significantly increased revenue in their Digital Imaging portfolio. In his most recent role as National Accounts Manager in Hollywood, California, Keith managed advertising pre-show and feature solutions system sales for customer circuits in the US and Canada. Prior to his role as National Accounts Manager, Keith was Director of Sales & Digital Development serving the entertainment post production industry. While in this position, he maintained high-level relationships with major studios post facilities.
"Keith is a highly accomplished sales professional with strong technical acuity in understanding how technologies are adopted," remarked Craig Sholder, vice president of Entertainment Solutions at Christie. "His expertise and long standing relationships in the entertainment industry will be invaluable as Christie continues to drive initiatives to support our customers' businesses in Film, Xenon Lamps, On-Screen Advertising and Digital Cinema. Keith brings a keen understanding of the market that is a hallmark of Christie's professionalism and industry expertise."
Keith has been active in several entertainment industry organizations including: the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE); the Association of Moving Images Archivists (AMIA); and the Association of Cinema and Video Laboratories (ACVL). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Advertising from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
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As per the notification S.O. 323(E), which reads "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Explanation to paragraph 30 read with paragraph 39 of the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Labour number S.O. 1437 dated the 9'h July, 1998, published in the Gazette of India, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) dated the 18th July, 1998, as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, after consulting the Central Board and having regard to the resources of the Employees' Provident Fund available for meeting its normal administrative expenses, hereby fixes the administrative charges payable by the employer for the purposes of paragraph 30 and sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 38 of the said Scheme at 0.85 per cent. (zero point eight five per cent.) of the pay as referred to in the said paragraphs subject to minimum sum of seventy-five rupees per month for every non-functional establishment having no contributory member and five hundred rupees per month per establishment for other establishments." Some small relief to the employers as the social welfare oganisation is rated as very inefficient in the use, management and returns on the funds that are compulsorily deposited with the organization. Workers and unions have never pressurized the Board to become more professional and better organized for generating better returns from the funds in their possession.


The organisation of source files is a topic which is quite seldom addressed in C++. With C++20 we will get modules, but until then we should distinguish between the implementation and the interface of our code.
I have prepared the pdf bundle. To get it is quite simple.
Honestly, many programmers in my classes have issues with the syntactic sugar of lambdas. Desugaring lambdas with C++ Insights helps quite often.
Variadic templates are a C++ feature which looks quite magic the first time you see it. Thanks to C++ Insights, most of the magic disappears.
Today's post from Andreas is about template instantiation. C++ Insights helps you a lot to get a deeper insight into this automatic process.
Andreas Fertigs story with C++ Insights goes on. This weeks post is about type deduction with auto and decltype or as I often phrase it: "Use the smartness of the compiler."
I'm totally happy to announce that this post starts a series of posts to C++ Insights. C++ Insights is an awesome tool which I use heavily in my posts and in my classes to show the magic of the C++ compiler.
Due to the same history of C and C++, both languages are closely related. Because neither of them is a subset of the other, you have to know a few rules to mix them.


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Our Meaning is Our Choice!
All the meaning associated with an event has become associated with that circumstance by us - by our choice. What a lesson! There are thousands of meanings that we could associate with any given event. What we choose is up to us.
Your default "Meaning Maker" may be wrong.
Often our ego is first in line to offer a meaning that we could assign to a set of facts in our life.
The following is what I call an "inner dialog." It is meant to be a meditation that opens up the blocked places in your creative self.
Do not be persuaded by perfectionism. Sometimes, our emotions become an ally to our ego, suggesting to us that it is prudent, expedient, perhaps even essential that we believe what the ego is saying about our mistakes, express it, or take action accordingly. Sometimes, as was the case for me yesterday, physical pain presses in to lend its own strange kind of urgency to our meaning selection. We stand back and watch all of this! What is going on?
At this point we have a choice to say, I am worthy of making myself happy again! My human deficiencies and all that is wrong with me do not make me evil or bad—just kind of shattered. I may be broken, yet I am still whole. I am like a cracked veneer. I have character like a vintage piece of furniture. I am like a valuable heirloom, precious, timeless and beautiful. I have unique attributes that only time and seasonal weathering can produce.
Look for your inner beauty.
I ask myself, "What kind of nourishment will I give myself today?" Like a robber who sneaks around at night taking whatever he pleases only to wake up in the morning to find out he has stolen from himself, the evaluative "me" shames what it believes it cannot maintain. But the "I" can create! It can create something beautiful within the present moment!
Your interpretations are your reality.
I've come to realize that my circumstances are a mere set of facts. They have no inherent meaning, in and of themselves but that which I choose to give them. I will choose what is most beautiful!


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Q: How to build out more complex vectorized operations? I have a sublist of principal component rotation vectors computed by prcomp, where each list item is an Nx2 array (i.e., two column vectors), for each class.
Using those vectors, I'd like to project some data similarly structured into a list of classes, each class item containing arrays with dimension NxMxT, where T is the number of trials.
My problem is, I can write simple vectorized functions with apply and its variants, but I'm having trouble generalizing this to apply that over each list.
Example data:
somedata <- list(array(rnorm(100),dim=c(5,4,5)),array(rnorm(100),dim=c(5,4,5)))
somevectors <- list(array(rnorm(10),dim=c(5,2)),array(rnorm(10),dim=c(5,2)))

Here is a simple example of the operation over each list element:
o.proj.1 <- apply(somedata[[1]],3,function(x){
    t(somevectors[[1]]) %*% x
  }) # returns an array where each projected trial is a column

I tried fitting this inside a call to lapply(), but didn't find much success:
lapply(somedata, y = somevectors, function(x,y){
  apply(x,3,function(z){
    t(y) %*% z
  })
})

Error in t(y) %*% z : requires numeric/complex matrix/vector arguments

Basically my algorithm is to put the appropriate apply type (here lapply) around the more local function and remove the index that will be vectorized (here [[]]). What am I missing?

A: Of the *apply family of functions, mapply is the one to use when you want to loop simultaneously over two or more objects. Try:
o.proj <- mapply(function(x,y){
  apply(x,3,function(z){
    t(y) %*% z
  })
}, somedata, somevectors, SIMPLIFY = FALSE)

I suppose you will want to use SIMPLIFY = FALSE to return a list, otherwise mapply will attempt to simplify your output into an array, a little like sapply does.
Also know that you can use Map as a shortcut for mapply(..., SIMPLIFY = FALSE).

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Last night, while visiting my parents and playing with their dog, it suddenly struck me. Are people one of the only animals that does not have a inner drive to keep their mobility. Everytime my parents dog has slept or been laying for any longer period of time, the first thing it does upon getting up is stretching. This dog is over 9 years old and still has, what looks like 100% mobility, compared to when it was a puppy.
Why aren't humans doing the same? Upon standing from a meal, one can once in a while get the urge to stretch, but through social conditioning, we are taught that this is rude, and therefore abandons this behavior. But why are we not more persistent in keeping mobility? Or are we simply evolving and only keeping the bare minimum needed to go through our day?
There probably is no denying that, chairs and a rapid change in the way we work, has a huge influence on this matter. But it still seems a little counterintuitive to me, that we are not, ourselves, more driven to keep our mobility and thereby a big part of our health in check.
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11.2 Such reference shall be deemed to be a submission to arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996 as amended or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.
12. Break
12.1 The Authority shall, in addition to its power under any other provision of the Contract, be entitled to terminate the Contract at any time by giving the Contractor written notice to expire at the end of the period of notice specified for the purpose of this Condition in the Contract. If no such period is specified at the end of one month and upon expiration of the notice the Contract shall be terminated without prejudice to rights of the parties accrued to the date of termination but subject to the operation of the following provisions:
12.1.1 if such notice is given the Authority shall indemnify the Contractor against commitments, liabilities or expenditure which would otherwise represent an unavoidable loss by the Contractor by reason of the termination of the Contract;
12.1.2 the Authority shall not be liable to pay under the provisions of condition 12.1 and 12.1.1 any sum which, when taken together with any sums paid or due or becoming due to the Contractor under the Contract, shall exceed such total sum as would have been payable under the Contract if the work had been completed in accordance with the requirements of the Contract.
12.2 If hardship to the Contractor should arise from the operation of condition 12.1.2 it shall be open to the Contractor to refer the circumstances to the Authority who, on being satisfied that such hardship exists, shall make such allowance, if any, as in its opinion is reasonable, and the decision of the Authority on any matter or thing arising out of this Condition shall be final and conclusive.
13. Official Secrets Act
13.1 The Contractor shall comply with, and shall ensure that its staff comply with (including any statutory amendment or re-enactment), the provisions of:
a) the Official Secrets Act 1911 to 1989; and
b) Section 182 of the Finance Act 1989.
13.2 In the event that the Contractor or its staff fail to comply with this clause, the Authority reserves the right to terminate the Contract by giving notice in writing to the Contractor.
14.1 The Contractor undertakes:
14.1.1 to treat as confidential all information which may be derived from or obtained in the course of the Contract; and
14.1.2 to take all necessary precautions to ensure that all such information is treated as confidential by the Contractor, its staff, agents and sub-contractors.
15.1 The parties acknowledge that, except for any information which is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the provisions of the FOIA, the content of this Contract is not Confidential Information. The Authority shall be responsible for determining in its absolute discretion whether any of the content of the Contract is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the provisions of the FOIA.
15.2 Notwithstanding any other term of this Contract, the Contractor hereby gives its consent for the Authority to publish the Contract in its entirety, including from time to time agreed changes to the Contract, to the general public.
16. Prevention of Fraud and Corruption
16.1 The Contractor shall not offer, give, or agree to give anything, to any person an inducement or reward for doing, refraining from doing, or for having done or refrained from doing, any act in relation to the obtaining or execution of this Contract or for showing or refraining from showing favour or disfavour to any person in relation to this Agreement.
16.2 The Contractor shall take all reasonable steps, in accordance with good industry practice, to prevent fraud by the staff and the Contractor (including its shareholders, members and directors) in connection with the order and shall notify the Authority immediately if it has reason to suspect that any fraud has occurred or is occurring or is likely to occur.
16.3 If the Contractor or the Staff engages in conduct prohibited by clause 16.1 or commits fraud in relation to the order or any other contract with the Authority, the Authority may:
a) Terminate the Agreement and recover from the Contractor the amount of any loss suffered by the Authority resulting from termination, including the cost reasonably incurred by the Authority of making other arrangements for the supply of the Services and any additional expenditure incurred by the Customer throughout the remainder of the Agreement; or
b) Recover in full from the Supplier any other loss sustained by the Authority in consequence of any Default of this clause.
17. Authority Property
17.1 All Authority Property in connection with the Contract shall remain the property of the Authority and shall be used in the execution of the Contract and for no other purpose whatsoever save with the prior approval in writing of the Authority.
17.2 All such property shall be deemed to be in good condition when received by or on behalf of the Contractor unless it notifies the Authority to the contrary within 14 days or such other time as is specified in the Contract.
17.3 The Contractor shall undertake to return all such property so issued and will be responsible for all loss thereof or damage thereto from whatever cause to the full amount of such loss or damage.
18.1 The Contractor shall not be responsible for any injury, loss, cost or expense suffered by the Authority if and to the extent that it is caused by the negligence or wilful misconduct of the Authority or by Default by the Authority of its obligations under this Contract.
18.2 Subject always to clauses 18.3 and 18.4
18.2.1 the aggregate liability of the Contractor in respect of all defaults, claims, losses or damages howsoever caused, whether arising from breach of the Contract, the supply or failure to supply the Services, misrepresentation (whether tortuous or statutory), tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise shall in no event exceed a sum equal to 125% of the charges paid or payable to the Contractor; and 18.2.2 except in the case of claims arising under clauses 16 and 27 in no event shall the Contractor be liable to the Authority for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of revenue, loss of or damage to goodwill, loss of savings (whether anticipated or otherwise) and/or any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage.
18.3 Nothing in the Contract shall be construed to limit or exclude either party's liability for:
18.3.1 death or personal injury caused by its negligence or that of its staff;
18.3.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by it or that of its staff; or
18.3.3 any other matter which, by law, may not be excluded or limited.
18.4 The Contractors liability under Clause 16 shall be unlimited.
19. Indemnities
19.1 The Contractor shall indemnify the Authority against all actions, claims, demands, costs, charges and expenses arising from or incurred by reason of any infringement or alleged infringement of copyright, patent, registered design or other property right used by or on behalf of the Contractor for the purpose of the Contract, providing that any such infringement is not knowingly caused by, or contributed to, by any act of the Authority.
19.2 The Authority shall indemnify the Contractor against all actions, claims, demands, costs, charges and expenses arising from or incurred by reason of any infringement or alleged infringement of copyright, patent, registered design or other property right used at the request of the Authority by the Contractor in the course of performing the Contract.
The Contract shall be considered as a contract made in England and shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the provisions of English Law.
The failure of either party at any time to enforce any provision of the Contract shall in no way affect its rights thereafter to require complete performance by the other party, nor shall the waiver of any default of any provision be taken or held to be a waiver of any subsequent default of any such provision or be a waiver of the provision itself.
If any condition or provision of the Contract not being of a fundamental nature is held to be illegal or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the Contract shall not be affected thereby.
23. Discrimination
23.1 The Contractor shall not unlawfully discriminate either directly or indirectly on such grounds as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the Contractor shall not unlawfully discriminate within the meaning and scope of the Equality Act 2010 or other relevant or equivalent legislation, or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.
23.2 The Contractor shall take all reasonable steps to secure the observance of the provisions of condition 23.1 by all Staff or agents of the Contractor and all sub-contractors employed in the execution of the Contract.
24. Special Provisions
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these general Conditions and any special conditions contained within the Contract, such special conditions shall prevail.
25. Performance
25.1 The Work shall be carried out in accordance with the Contract to the satisfaction of the Authority or its authorised representatives. During the course of the Contract the Authority or its authorised representative shall have the power to inspect and examine the Work being performed on Authority premises at any reasonable time or where any part of the Work is being performed on premises other than Authority premises; reasonable notice shall be given to the Contractor of its intention to do so. The Contractor shall give and procure all such facilities as the Authority or its authorised representatives may reasonably require for such inspection and examination.
25.2 If any part of the Work is found to be unsatisfactory or not in accordance with the Contract, other than as a result of negligence on the part of the Authority or its authorised representative, the Contractor shall at his own expense re-schedule and perform the Work correctly within such reasonable time as may be specified.
25.3 If the Work or any part thereof is suspended by the Authority or its authorised representative (otherwise than in consequence of default or negligence on the part of the Contractor) or if the Contractor is delayed in proceeding with the Work by the Authority or its authorised representative, the Authority shall be responsible for any loss incurred by the Contractor as a result of such suspension or delay.
25.4 If the performance of the Contract by the Contractor is delayed by causes mentioned in condition 25.3 or by reason of any act on the part of the Authority, or by industrial dispute or any other cause which the Contractor could not have prevented and for which it was not responsible then the Contractor shall be allowed a reasonable extension of time for completion.
25.5 The time of commencement shall be of the essence and failure to commence the Work within the time promised or specified shall enable the Authority (at its option) to be released from any obligation to accept and pay for the Work and/or cancel any, all or part of the Work, in either case without prejudice to the other rights and remedies of the Authority.
26. Progress reports
26.1 Where formal progress reports are specified in the Contract, the Contractor shall render such reports at such time and in such form as may be specified or as otherwise agreed between the Contractor and the Authority or its authorised representative.
26.2 The submission and the acceptance of progress reports shall not prejudice the rights of the Authority under any other condition of the Contract.
27. Rights to the Results of Work
27.1 Copyright, and rights in the nature of copyrights, in the material produced in the performance, and during the currency of the Contract, and in all reports submitted under the terms of the Contract, and in all reports submitted under the terms of the Contract, are hereby assigned by the Contractor to the Authority. Such material or report shall not be reproduced, or disseminated for any other purpose, without the prior written permission of the Authority. All applications for such permission shall be submitted in the first instance to the Authority.
27.2 The Contractor shall not use any data, reports, drawings, specifications, designs, inventions, plans, programmes or other material produced in the course or the purpose of the Work without first obtaining written permission from the Authority.
27.3 All moral rights relating to the Work shall be waived by the Contractor. Subject to Condition 5, the Contractor shall undertake to obtain a waiver of such rights from any sub-contractor engaged by him for the purposes of the Work.
28. Publicity concerning the Work
28.1 The Contractor shall not:
28.1.1 make any press announcements or publicise this Contract or its contents in any way; or
28.1.2 use the Authority's name or brand in any promotion or marketing or announcement of orders;
without the prior written consent of the Authority, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed
29. Contractor's Staff
29.1 The Authority reserves the right to refuse to admit to premises occupied by or on behalf of the Authority any person employed by the Contractor, or by a sub-contractor, whose admission would be, in the opinion of the Authority, undesirable.
29.2 If and when directed by the Authority, the Contractor shall provide a list of names and business addresses of all persons who may at any time require admission in connection with the performance of the Contract, to any premises occupied by or on behalf of the Authority, specifying the capacities in which they are concerned with the Contractor and giving such other particulars as the Authority may require.
29.3 If and when directed by the Authority, the Contractor shall secure that any person employed by it, or by a sub-contractor, who is specified in the direction, or is one of a class of persons who may be so specified, shall sign a statement that he understands that the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989 apply to the person signing the statement both during the carrying out and after completion or termination of the Contract.
29.4 The Contractor shall comply with all applicable legislation relating to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable groups, including the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Act 2007 or other relevant or equivalent legislation, or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.
29.5 If the Contractor shall fail to comply with condition 29.2 and if the Authority (whose decision shall be final and conclusive) decides that such failure is prejudicial to its interests, then the Authority may terminate the contract by notice in writing to the Contractor always providing that such termination shall not prejudice or affect any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued, or shall accrue thereafter, to the Authority.
29.6 The decision of the Authority as to whether any person is to be refused admission to official premises and as to whether the Contractor has failed to comply with conditions 29.2 or 29.3 shall be final and conclusive.
30.1 The Contractor shall not disclose or allow access to any personal data provided by the Authority or acquired by the Contractor during the course of tendering for or executing the Contract, other than to a person employed or engaged by the Contractor or any sub-contractor, agent or other person concerned with the same.
30.2 Any disclosure of or access to personal data allowed under condition 30.1 shall be made in confidence and shall extend only so far as that which is specifically necessary for the purpose of the Contract.
30.3 The Contractor shall store or process such personal data only at sites specifically agreed in writing, in advance, with the Authority.
30.4 The Contractor shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, damage, alteration or disclosure. These measures shall be appropriate to the harm which might result from any unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage to the personal data and having regard to the nature of the personal data which is to be protected.
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