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The shell is supposed to come OUT of the barrel, not in!
Re: The shell is supposed to come OUT of the barrel, not in!
Where is this visualisation from, is it some mod?
Yeah it's called "battlehits" and is part of a lot of modpacks. After a battle you can click it and see where the enemy hit you and where you hit them.
Well inbound it does not matter. Nice shot anyway. Gotta love it when RNG smiles on you.
It still has 25% change of missing at this point in time. Thanks WG.


I swear to you my three kids (now ages 3, 5 and 7) sprout fins during the summer. It is the only explanation for the sheer amount of time they can spend in the swimming pool and love every second. So with three children of varying ages and sizes, we've tried out our fair share of water floatation devices. Just thought I'd share with you, from a Mom's perspective, what worked and what didn't work and why.
Our public pool has bins of these for the younger kids to wear so they were our obvious first attempt at floatation devices. It didn't seem to matter how small we went, the life jackets never seemed to fit well. When the kids would get into the water, the vests would float upwards around their ears, which they hated. Then when they inevitably lost their footing, the vest would push them forward leaving them face down in the water, which is obviously never good. After a few scares like that, we retired the life jackets.
These inflatable obviously traveled easier than about anything else. My older girls would wear them and they would work okay. However, one of my girls is quite a bit skinnier than the other and we did have the problem of the floats slipping right off her slender little arm. Plus, my youngest at the time was just plain too little for them as he couldn't keep his head and shoulders above water. Again, a couple of scares later and we did away with the arm floats.
Noodles are the long slender pieces of foam that can be seen at any pool. They work well…so long as your child is holding onto them. For me, these were scary because if the kids let go, they were under.
I hadn't heard much about these, nor seen them at our local pool. A friend told me they were the best floatation device out there for kids. Skeptically, I went onto Amazon to read the reviews. They were absolutely glowing. At that moment, I purchased three and waited anxiously for them to arrive.
Truly, these were one of the best purchases I have ever made. Not only do the puddle jumpers stay on well, the buckle is in the back so older kids can't remove them if they tried. Plus, the floatation is on the front of the chest and on the arms, so if a child loses their footing in the pool, they are automatically flipped to their back where they safely float instead of having their faces submerged in the water. In some models, the layers of floatation are removable, so you can adjust for your child's swim level and gradually decrease the floatation allowing them to swim and float more on their own than being so dependent on the float.
Puddle jumpers have finally given me that confidence in the pool that if I'm distracted by another child for just a few seconds, I won't turn around to find another child at the bottom of the pool or floating face down. And all parents out there will know that this is a necessity when watching more than one young child while swimming.
Even with the peace of mind that the kids have puddle jumpers on, our prior experiences have taught us that no device will replace our children's ability to swim. The knowledge that if they get in over their head or when we decide to lose the devices altogether that at the very least the kids can get themselves to the side of the pool is priceless.
Swim lessons start in most places around three years old, although I recently learned about infant swim classes that teach even babies how to get to their backs and kick to the side of the pool. Swim lessons are an absolute necessity if you plan on spending any time at a pool, ever. And swimming is much like riding a bike, once you learn the skill; it will stick with you always. My children's emerging ability to swim is a gift of peace of mind to me and a special gift of confidence in newfound ability to them. This is one decision, as a mom, I will never, ever regret.
Never, EVER pretend like you are drowning. Not only is it not funny, it could also make a child less believable if they ever were in trouble.
Do not get them in the habit of jumping off the side of the pool with their floatation device on. Sometimes kids simply don't understand what makes them float or what happens if they aren't secured in their device.
Do not dunk other kids, especially little ones. A drowning and injury hazard, this is an obvious no-no.
Always make sure a grown up knows you are headed into the pool. Always.


Teach my kids to swim.
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Assistant Professor of Earth System Science
University of California Irvine School of Physical Sciences
Assistant Professor of Earth System Science (tenure track): Climatic Impacts on Societies
Job #JPF06472
School of Physical Sciences - Earth System Science
Recruitment Period
Open date: October 30th, 2020
Next review date: Saturday, Jan 2, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Feb 15, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The Department of Earth System Science (ESS) at The University of California, Irvine is recruiting an Assistant Professor (tenure track) with a fundamental grounding in Earth system science including climate change and whose research is directed at quantitative understanding of the impacts of climate change on societies worldwide. We seek a faculty member who can evaluate impacts of current and projected climatic changes and other stressors on issues such as food and water security, human health and well-being, environmental justice and economic development. Impacts often involve multiple stressors and feedbacks across the atmosphere, land, and marine systems (e.g., precipitation, temperature and humidity, sea level, air and water pollution, land use, biodiversity loss). Research areas should enable the quantitative linking of specific climatic changes with societal vulnerability, impacts, and/or adaptive strategies. The research may have a regional focus, but with broad applicability.
We make this appointment with the goal of strengthening the department's commitment to research and teaching, in this case, how Earth's physical, chemical, and biological systems interact with the human system. UC Irvine's ESS department was founded to explore the global environmental changes that occur on human time scales. The department has expanded its domain with 26 full-time faculty from diverse backgrounds (http://www.ess.uci.edu/). The successful applicant will have: a doctoral degree and strong research agenda; a commitment to excellence in teaching and in promoting diversity and inclusion; interest in becoming part of a collegial and cross-disciplinary department; and start July 1, 2021.
The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UC Irvine conducts institutional reference checks for candidates finalists to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer of appointment into Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full). The institutional reference checks involve contacting the administration of the applicant's previous institution(s) to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UC Irvine requires all candidates of Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full) to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into AP RECRUIT as part of their application. If the candidate does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full) positions will be subject to institutional reference checks.
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer and strives to be a national leader and global model of inclusive excellence (https://inclusion.uci.edu/). UCI is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). We seek faculty who are committed to diversity as well as diverse faculty who will be role models for our students. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. A recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity, UCI is responsive to the needs of dual career couples, supports work-life balance through an array of family-friendly policies, and is dedicated to broadening participation in higher education. Compensation is competitive, and includes priority access to purchase on-campus faculty housing at below-market prices. The area offers numerous recreational and cultural opportunities, and one of the highest-ranked public school systems in the nation.
Apply online at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF06472. If you have questions, please contact facultysearch@ess.uci.edu. Review of applications will begin January 2, 2021.
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Shiv Prakash Shukla a 25 year age boy from Gorakhpur becomes the deadliest gangster of Uttar Pradesh in 1990s. He works for powerful politicians and involves in organised crimes. The state government felt danger from him and form STF to get him killed in a police encounter by tracking his mobile phone location.
hey admins, please add link in 480p also.and latest web series also.


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Social media allow journalists to incorporate additional information into their journalistic inquiry. However, journalists often cannot be certain of the quality of information from social media. IS research has yet to sufficiently address this issue. Most notably, there is no information system that supports searching for social media content about a specific topic while considering journalistic quality criteria. This paper presents the results of a design science project, focusing on an extensive literature analysis and on an interview study that was conducted to outline the requirements of this information system. The empirical analysis indicates that, in particular, the actuality, independence and credibility of the sources are relevant quality criteria for the use of social media for journalistic inquiry. The paper concludes with a presentation of the study's limitations and an outlook of further steps in the development of the system.


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Alesha Dixon has praised women for being ''so strong'', despite facing sexism in her every day life ''all the time''.
Alesha Dixon has praised women for being ''so strong''.
The 38-year-old singer - who has three-year-old daughter Azura with her partner Azuka Ononye - has said that whilst she faces sexism in her everyday life ''all the time'', she believes women have ''overcome'' so many struggles and should be praised for their strength.
And 'The Boy Does Nothing' hitmaker - who was formerly a member of Mis-Teeq - also said she'd have no problem contacting UK television regulatory body Ofcom if she found out a man was getting paid more than her for doing the same job.
Meanwhile, Alesha would tell her fans not to waste time ''worrying'', as the most important thing she's learned from her negative experiences is to just keep persevering until she can ''come out the other end''.


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MCOB 1.5 Application to appointed representatives
View MCOB 1.5 as PDF
MCOB 1.5.1G 31/10/2004 RP
Although MCOB does not apply directly to a firm's appointed representatives, a firm will always be responsible for the acts and omissions of its appointed representatives in carrying on business for which the firm has accepted responsibility (section 39(3) of the Act). In determining whether a firm has complied with any provision of MCOB, anything done or omitted by a firm's appointed representative (when acting as such) will be treated as having been done or omitted by the firm (section 39(4) of the Act).
Firms should refer to SUP 12 (Appointed representatives), which sets out requirements which apply to firms using appointed representatives.


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Q: Base64 is too long for SQL Server database I am trying to save an image to a database and ultimately retrieve it based on the User Id of the user.
I used the file selector so I can get the image from the user's pc then convert it to Base64 string so I can pass it to the webapi then will be saved to the database. The problem is: when a pretty large image is selected, it creates a very long base64 string that can't fit in a database field whether it be a text data type. Please see code below:
Server side:
public int EditAccount(NewData newData, string image)
{
    var result = 0;
    //if (UserNameExists(newData.UserName)) return "Username is already taken";

    using (var cmd = new SqlCommand("UpdateUserAccount", _dbConnection) { CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure})
    {
        try
        {
            _dbConnection.Open();

            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserId", newData.UserId);
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserName", newData.UserName);
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email", newData.Email);
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Image", image);

            result = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            result = 0;
        }
        finally
        {
            _dbConnection.Close();
        }
    }

    return result;
}

Stored procedure:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[UpdateUserAccount]
    (@UserId NVARCHAR(128),
     @UserName NVARCHAR(256),
     @Email NVARCHAR(256),
     @Image TEXT)
AS
BEGIN
    UPDATE [User]
    SET UserName = @UserName, Email = @Email
    WHERE Id = @UserId

    SELECT COUNT(Id)
    FROM UserImage
    WHERE UserId = @UserId

    IF (SELECT 1 FROM UserImage WHERE UserId = @UserId) = 1
    BEGIN
        UPDATE [UserImage]
        SET UserImage = @Image
        WHERE UserId = @UserId
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO [UserImage] (UserId, UserImage)
        VALUES (@UserId, @Image)
    END
END

In my component.ts:
OnSubmit(form: NgForm) {
    this.userService.updataUserAccount(form.value, this.base64textString)
       .subscribe((data: any) => {
    if (data === 1) {
      this.userClaims.UserName = this.newData.UserName;
      this.userClaims.Email = this.newData.Email;
      this.resetForm(form);
      this.editMode = false;

      this.toastr.success("Successfully edited data");
    }
    else
      this.toastr.error(data.Errors[0]);
  });
}
// file handler
handleFileSelect(evt){
    var files = evt.target.files;
    var file = files[0];

  if (files && file) {
      var reader = new FileReader();

      reader.onload =this._handleReaderLoaded.bind(this);

      reader.readAsBinaryString(file);
  }
}

_handleReaderLoaded(readerEvt) {
  console.log("Even Happened");
  var binaryString = readerEvt.target.result;
  var x = btoa(binaryString);
  if(x != this.base64textString){
    this.base64textString= btoa(binaryString);
    console.log("No Match");
   }
}

I am using Angular 5 for this and my backend is WebApi. Thank you.

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Q: How to get the complete EXIF information of album photos in Swift? I am developing a simple app with swift. I want to get the complete EXIF of this picture after selecting a picture in the system album. At present, I can only get some incomplete ones. How can I solve it? Thanks for the help! The Code is below.
'''
.sheet(isPresented: $showImagePicker) {
                ImagePickerView(sourceType: .photoLibrary) { info in
                    print("info = \(info)")

                    if let uiImage = info[.originalImage] as? UIImage,
                       let url = info[.imageURL] as? URL,
                       let cgImage = uiImage.cgImage,
                       let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithURL(url as CFURL, nil),
                       let metadata = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source, 0, nil) as? Dictionary<String, Any>{
                        self.model = CGImageModel(cgImage: cgImage, metadata: metadata.description)
                        print("metadata = \(metadata)")
                        //                        print("exif data = \(String(describing: metadata[kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary as String] as? [String : AnyObject])) ")
                    }
                    else{
                        print("metadata is empty")
                    }
                }
            }

'''
The print data I got is below

enter image description here

But what I want is GPS information

A: You have to get the PHAsset representing the chosen photo in the library and ask the library for that asset's data.


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Seven Reasons to Awaken your Inner Polar Explorer with One Ocean Expeditions
Canadian cruise operator, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE), continues to strengthen its reputation as a trail blazer, taking expedition cruising to a whole new level by developing exclusive itineraries in the Antarctic, Greenland, Canadian Arctic and Canada's Maritime East coast.
Its small group, nature-based voyages have customer service and environmental values at their heart. Here's why OOE's cruises appeal to travellers with an adventurous spirit and a social conscience:
1) OOE operates expedition cruises using small ships that accommodate no more than 98 guests. The company is proud to offer the highest staff to guest ratio in the industry – 5:1 on most voyages and as high as 3:1 on selected trips – ensuring the needs of individual passengers are met and the highest standards of personalized customer service are provided during every voyage.
2) OOE innovates and develops itineraries that no other operators have featured before. For example, its latest move to incorporate return charter flights from Punta Arenas in Chile into The Ultimate Antarctica – Amongst Kings and Emperors itinerary, has eliminated the need to cross the Drake Passage by sea, giving passengers two more days to explore the region, with its astounding wildlife, which includes eight different penguin species ranging from eight inches up to the elusive Emperor, measuring 37 inches.
Another innovative cruise is Fins and Fiddles, Canada's East Coast Maritimes, in July 2016. This unique cultural and wildlife safari explores picturesque islands such as Sable Island, visits coastal communities that offer a genuine welcome to travellers and tests physical abilities with diverse excursions such as kayaking, paddle-boarding, biking and even the odd square dance!
3) OOE prefers authenticity to luxury, polar research vessels to large cruise ships. The company is proud to develop and operate what have been described as the world's most versatile and mobile wilderness lodges! One Ocean Navigator, Akademik Ioffe and One Ocean Voyager, Akademik Sergey Vavilov are designed for polar exploration and, as such, are solid, secure and able to navigate where other larger cruise ships cannot. These ice-strengthened vessels combine modern comforts – including spacious interiors and ample outdoor viewing decks – with first-class safety features and an impeccable safety record.
4) OOE caters to active travellers of all ages, fitness levels and interests with its wide range of activities available on and off the vessel. Seminars given by experts in polar exploration, history, geology, ornithology, marine wildlife and photography take place daily, together with soft adventure excursions such as zodiac trips, hiking, kayaking, wildlife viewing and photography.
Intrepid passengers may also enjoy camping on the ice (offered on most voyages at no extra cost) and backcountry ski touring featured on Off the Beaten Track Antarctica in November 2016. Wildlife and photography lovers will be drawn towards the Photography Symposium itineraries during both Northwest Passage and Spitsbergen voyages, as well as on OOE's select South Georgia Only departures throughout 2016/17. Each Photo Symposium offers a team of five professional world-renowned photographers who provide insight, education and expert advice and who are dedicated to helping guests to obtain their 'once in a lifetime shot'.
5) OOE reinvents Arctic cruising: by offering shorter Northwest Passage programs of less than 10 days, OOE is helping to enable travellers with less holiday time to escape to the Arctic! The seven-night Wildlife Encounter voyage and eight-night Finding Franklin expedition both take place in August 2016 and August 2017.
6) OOE sets trends by being the first company to develop itineraries in areas that are still unknown to many well-travelled adventurers. Its 2016/17 Antarctica program offers the most departures to South Georgia, the next big polar destination. The new South Georgia In-Depth voyage departing from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, immerses travellers into the heart of the destination, leaving them with boundless memories of a pristine landscape and its profusion of wildlife.
7) OOE is committed to giving back. In addition to funding and assisting ongoing scientific research on board its vessels, OOE also supports Northern communities across the Arctic. Its collaboration in 2014 with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Parks Canada resulted in the successful discovery of Sir John Franklin's long lost vessel, the Erebus.
For more information about One Ocean Expeditions, visit: www.oneoceanexpedtions.com


Today, Columbia Records has released a new song from the project, 'New Thang' which is performed by French Montana and Remy Ma. "Best thing out the Bronx since Big Pun," raps French over some grimey production from Harry Fraud. These two hardly fail when they collaborate and this tune is no different. Stream it below.
The Uncle Drew soundtrack will feature songs like G-Eazy, Yo Gotti & YBN Nahmir's '1942', ASAP Rocky, Gucci Mane & 21 Savage's 'Cocky' plus more new music from Logic, Dipset, Wiz Khalifa and others. It hits stores June 15 while the movie arrives in theaters on June 29.


"This happened on our watch. We're going to own it. We're going to commit to it. And we're going to make sure there is a public reckoning around it," Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Mount Holyoke's Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, said in response to the historical #MeToo allegations that have surfaced on campus in the past weeks.
Since the Associated Press (AP) published an article on Oct. 13 containing Ruth D'Eredita '84's accusation against a Mount Holyoke professor, students have expressed a range of emotions, including distrust and anger, toward the College's administration.
According to the AP article, D'Eredita sent the College a letter in 2017 detailing an assault on her that took place while she was a student. She accused a professor who was not named in the article, but was identified as still teaching at the College. The professor reportedly denied the allegation, and a subsequent private investigation conducted by an independent firm found that there was not enough evidence to prove the professor was guilty of assault.
On Oct. 23, community members attended a rally in support of survivors of sexual violence on Skinner Green. The purpose of the event, which was organized and run by students, was to "show our support for [D'Eredita] and other survivors, as well as make our voices heard and demand a better response from the administration," according to the event's Facebook page.
Margaret Golden '98 flew from her home in Idaho to the College in order to attend the rally. At the event, she encouraged current students to continue fighting against sexual misconduct by professors.
Each of the historical cases that were brought to the College's attention last year took place in the 1980s, according to the Associated Press.
Zoë Barnstone-Clark '19, co-chair of the College's Amnesty International (AI) chapter, said that the organization was immediately displeased with the way the administration responded to D'Eredita's letter. AI emailed several members of the administration as soon as they saw AP's article, in hopes of setting up a meeting with the administration. Their goal was to create an open dialogue on campus about the #MeToo movement, both historically and presently.
At the beginning of each semester, Mount Holyoke's AI chapter chooses the human rights subjects they will focus on. This semester, they chose sexual misconduct and violence as one of their focuses. This was one of their reasons for choosing to reach out to the administration in response to D'Eredita's letter.
On Oct. 17, Sanders-McMurtry invited all current students to attend an open dialogue about #MeToo cases at Mount Holyoke. The forum was attended by President Sonya Stephens, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Jon Western, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marcella Runell Hall and Title IX and 504 Coordinator Shannon Da Silva, as well as Sanders-McMurtry.
Another open forum took place on Oct. 23, hours after the student rally. Sanders-McMurtry and Da Silva were the only members of administration present at this event. Members of AI feel that the College should release certain details about the ongoing Title IX cases, such as the number of investigations that have recently been conducted. "Our conversation with an alumna who filed a complaint suggests that many alumnae also did so over this past year," said Sarah Bloomgarden '20, AI's social media chair.
Students have raised several questions, via email and in public forums, that the administration says they are unable to answer due to confidentiality laws.
When asked whether the accused professor would be able to continue interacting with students in the future, Sanders-McMurtry said, "I don't think that's going to happen. [...] I think that the number one thing is that, for everyone involved in this situation, there's an understanding that would not be in the best interest of student safety." She added that she and other members of the administration consider student safety to include physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.
"I can't say much more than that. I wish I could. [Stephens] wishes she could. I think everyone else wishes they could," Sanders-McMurtry said. She added that she hoped she was explaining faculty and administration's reasons for being unwilling to disclose classified information without making excuses for it.
"This whole incident, and the fact that this incident is not an isolated incident, definitely shatters the illusion that I think a lot of students have, that this is a safe campus," said Barnstone-Clark.
After the first public forum took place, the English department sent an email to all English majors and minors. It stated that the department was not involved in the Title IX investigations which took place last year, and continued, "We understand your need to be heard, to feel safe in your educational home and to know that faculty are looking out for you." The letter ended with a statement that the department stands with survivors of sexual harassment and violence.
Several members of the English department were approached by MHN, but none were available for comment.
Stephens emphasized the importance of confidentiality in the email, as well as the importance of student safety.
The student rally that took place on Tuesday provided a place for several students, as well as some alumnae and College staff members, to speak. Some shared their personal experiences and others expressed their support for student survivors of sexual violence.
"For decades, Mount Holyoke has not been transparent concerning the number of Title IX complaints filed with the College," Muhly-Alexander said. "Nor has it taken the appropriate actions to ensure justice on behalf of the survivors." She said that all students should have the right to tell their stories and challenge the administration to re-evaluate their handling of sexual assault on campus.
"There's so much more that needs to be done," Sanders-McMurtry said in regards to Title IX training on campus. Title IX training includes learning how to be a responsible reporter and focuses on sexual harassment, transgender and non-binary inclusion, gender-based discrimination and student pregnancy. In April, the College hired its first full-time dedicated Title IX coordinator.
According to Sanders-McMurtry, the College is working with Wellesley College and others nearby to organize a day of atonement and reconciliation. She expects the event to take place in January 2019. She said that she wants Mount Holyoke to be the "standard-bearer" throughout those conversations.
In response to Tuesday's student rally, Sanders-McMurtry encouraged student protest. "Please, please, feel free to speak, resist. I have no problem with rallies, I think rallies are the way that we get things done in the world," she said.


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Standardizing Collaborative Robots: What is ISO/TS 15066?
Samuel Bouchard posted on July 06, 2016 |
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Collaborative robots (also known as cobots) are changing how robots and humans interact in our factories and manufacturing facilities.
No longer separated by cages, humans and cobots can work beside each other on complex tasks from picking and placement to assembly and logistics.
Human-cobot systems bring together the best of human capabilities (complex reasoning, ease of learning new tasks, pattern and object recognition in cluttered environments) and robot functionality (the ability to perform complex, tedious tasks 24/7 and with high precision).
The close proximity between humans and cobots and its advantages are exciting for manufacturers, SMEs, and the robotics industry, but it also brings a unique set of safety challenges.
Enter ISO/TS 15066 – the world's first specifications of safety requirements for collaborative robot applications.
One of the central ideas behind ISO/TS 15066 is that if contact between robots and humans is allowed, and incidental contact does occur, then that contact shall not result in pain or injury.
In other words, how should human-cobot systems be designed and implemented in order to manage risk?
Published earlier this year, ISO/TS 15066 was six years in development and is the product of an International Standardization Organization committee containing members from 24 participating countries, including representatives from leading cobot manufacturers. The document provides comprehensive guidance for those conducting risk assessment of collaborative robot applications.
As a result, every person involved in the design and implementation of cobot systems from manufacturers and application engineers through robot integrators and production managers should be well read on ISO/TS 15066.
In the case of Honda, ISO/TS 15066 has already had a real-world impact. The firm uses cobots for safety rated monitored stop applications –applications that enable robots to be loaded by human workers without the servo needing to be shut off.
When they started implementing the system, the first thing they showed their associates was the then draft of ISO/TS 15066, says Dave Smith, a robotics safety expert at Honda Canada Manufacturing and expert contributor to ISO/TS 25066.
"We showed them in the standard why these robots are different, because they are used to the robot being locked down during loading. We used ISO/TS 15066 to show our associates the requirements and all the different features that are keeping them safe. We will do the same with power and force limited applications," says Smith.
Implementation of ISO/TS 15066 allows application engineers, integrators, and production managers to demonstrate the safety of the system to end-users, improving factory floor worker's confidence in the process.
Below, we touch on some key information from the new standard:
Pain Onset Level Data
Researchers at the University of Mainz, Germany, conducted a pain onset study on behalf of the ISO committee.
The study involved 100 subjects and was designed to establish force and pressure limits on 29 body areas. Using this information, ISO/TS 15066 provides a list of maximum force and pressure levels for each part of the human body. This information establishes a set of force/pressure thresholds that the robot should not exceed and is intended to guide robot design and integration.
Maximum Allowable Robot System Power/Speed
ISO/TS 15066 outlines recommended power and speed limits for collaborative robot systems intended for power and force limited operation.
This section of the document provides the guidance required to determine the maximum allowable speed to set the robot at, such that the end of arm tooling (EOAT) and part don't exceed the maximum for the robot system.
ISO/TS 15066 describes the different design criteria that robot system and robot tool manufacturers should introduce into their designs. This provides guidelines for manufacturers that had difficulty distinguishing between what was and what wasn't a collaborative robot system.
Collaboration Operation
Building on the information contained in existing robot safety standards ISO 10218 (Part 1 and Part II), ISO/TS 15066 describes four main techniques for collaborative operation: a) safety rated monitored stop b) hand guiding c) speed and separation monitoring d) power and force limiting.
Widespread Impact and Benefits of Cobots
By standardizing these qualifiers and providing clear guidelines on how cobots can be safely used, ISO/TS 15066 is set to benefit many parties, from the robotics industry to end-users.
Collaborative robotics are a "game changer" says Roberta Nelson Shea, convenor of the ISO Industrial Robot Safety Working Group (ISO/TC 299/WG 3) and global marketing manager for Rockwell Automation.
"It has opened peoples' eyes to the notion that they don't have to completely stop and remove power from equipment in order to say it's safe for people to have some degree of interaction with it. For full automation, the game changer is that you can keep power on, but can safely control the situation, so that a person is not hurt."
Factory floor space has a higher value assigned to it than any equipment you could fill it with, says Shea, and collaborative robotics solutions take up considerably less space than traditional industrial robots.
"The costs of heating, plumbing, and maintaining that space, are higher than the value of the equipment you put in. So if we can decrease the floor space that's required, by safely implementing collaborative robotics we have the possibility of decreasing the cost to a user."
The concept of human-robot collaboration is designed to improve productivity and maintain worker safety, explains Jeff Fryman, a robot safety consultant, who served as Director of Standards Development at the Robotic Industries Association for 17 years.
"This concept has been out there for several years now, little understood and loudly imitated with maybe very inappropriate solutions. Finally, we have a document that we can point to that says 'These are the limits that you can apply to your design'."
ISO/TS 15066 provides guidance that robot integrators need to think of when installing a collaborative robot, says Lasse Kieffer, Global Compliance Officer at Universal Robots, who also worked on the ISO/TS 15066 document.
"If you are an integrator that is quite new in the field and you don't have that much experience, then ISO/TS 15066 is very good because it provides the input you need to do a good risk assessment."
"It also mitigates risk if you follow the document and you are more certain that you do things right," adds Kieffer. "There can also be benefits from stating that products comply with a safety document. Sometimes this has a commercial value or a value in terms of allowing you to show that you performed your risk assessment correctly."
Additionally, knowing that the specifications laid out in ISO/TS 15066 have been followed will generate confidence among factory workers, says Björn Matthias, senior principal scientist on robotic automation at ABB.
"The factory worker can be confident that his colleagues responsible for creating the application (the production manager and the application engineer) have worked according to the best present knowledge of the state of the art. This should give him a degree of confidence in his workplace."
Fryman agrees. "As a user, to know that there is a set of technical specifications that the integrator is designing toward, should give workers some comfort in the knowledge that someone is not just winging it and that the system has been designed within acceptable parameters. This should make factory workers more comfortable with the concept. The worker comes to work in the morning healthy, he's entitled to go home at night safely."
Common Mistakes, Tips and Insights on the use of Cobots and ISO/TS 15066
We asked ISO's ISO/TS 15066 experts for their tips and insights regarding implementation of these new technical specifications.
If you have never carried out a risk assessment before, begin with some basic background research, says Kieffer. "I would use ISO 12100 as a base document. At least look through it to get some basic ideas about how to perform a risk assessment. Then I would use the ISO 10218-2 standard and, finally, I would use ISO/TS 15066 to do a comprehensive and reasonable risk assessment."
One of the most common misunderstandings around power and force limited cobot systems is that some people assume that they can "tear down all the fences and everything is wonderful," says Shea. This is a false assumption.
"The big thing that people have to be reminded of is that it's not about the robot, it's all about the application. I might have a power and force limited robot that can only exert "x" force and would not hurt a person, but if that robot system is packing knives, it's not a suitable candidate for a collaborative application."
Smith agrees, stressing it's important to understand whether a robot is really necessary.
"You have to realize that even if it's a small, power and force limited robot with a low payload, that doesn't mean that it's risk-free. You have to understand what the application's risks are going to be."
The two most common mistakes made during robotics-related risk assessments are oversimplifying or over-complicating the process, says Dominguez.
"I've seen risk assessments where they try to outline in detail every single piece of the application without simplifying and grouping and the analysis becomes so burdensome that you can't picture the basic requirements. I've also seen cases where a very simple approach has been taken, resulting in very brief risk assessments that don't address critical tasks and exposures."
To avoid analysis paralysis, companies thinking about implementing cobot solutions need to decide the degree to which they build up in-house expertise, explains Dominguez.
Companies considering small collaborative robot solutions (1-2 robots) should get an experienced integrator to perform the risk assessment. Meanwhile, big factories planning major installations of 10 or 20 collaborative robot systems should "empower people to learn."
"Get some help in the beginning, but educate your people enough to do it on their own," Dominguez explains. "If you do this, you'll be able to fine tune your applications better, because you'll have better control."
So, whether you are an integrator, a production manager, or an application engineer, the new technical specifications under ISO/TS 15066 provide essential, data-driven information and guidance needed to evaluate and control risks and support risk assessments for cobot systems and applications.
In a broader sense, ISO/TS 15066 is likely to inspire further advancements of protective device technology, better sensors, improved motion control and other innovations.
Finally, ISO/TS 15066 is a work in progress. The ISO committee would He is also a regular speaker at international events on robotics technology and business.be looking to receive feedback from those that have used the document. To do so, please send your comments to 15066@robotiq.com.
This article consists of edited extracts from Robotiq's eBook "ISO/TS 15066 Explained"
Samuel Bouchard is President of Robotiq, a fast growing robotics company based out of Quebec City, Canada, that he co-founded in 2008.
The company's focus is commercializing advanced grippers and sensors for robotic systems. Mr. Bouchard holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and a bachelor in Engineering Physics from Laval University, in Canada. He is also a regular speaker at international events on robotics technology and business.


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Insight: Are the politics of Obamacare changing in the South?
Cracks are starting to show in the wall of Southern opposition to Medicaid expansion
♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor
After Obamacare made its way through Congress in 2009, triggering the Tea Party rebellion, Republican-controlled Southern statehouses became a redoubt of opposition to what critics saw as meddlesome socialist overreach.
ChickenFriedPolitics editor Rich Shumate
When, three years later, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Obama administration couldn't force states to enact a key Obamacare provision — expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income residents — most Southern states took advantage of the decision and didn't.
Today, nine of the 14 states that haven't expanded Medicaid are in the South, leaving more than 2.3 million low-income Southerners who would qualify for Medicaid without health care coverage, according to researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
But there are some signs that the blanket opposition to expanding Medicaid in the South may be retreating, albeit slightly and slowly.
Louisiana and Virginia expanded Medicaid after electing Democratic governors in 2017. In Arkansas and Kentucky, where expansion passed under Democratic governors, it has endured despite their replacement by more skeptical Republicans.
In Florida and Oklahoma, petition drives are underway to put expansion on the ballot in 2020, doing an end-run around recalcitrant GOP leaders. And in Mississippi, a Democrat is trying to use expansion as a wedge issue to end a 16-year Republican lock on the governor's office.
In states with expanded Medicaid, low-income people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level — about $17,000 for an individual — can get coverage. In states without expansion, the income limit for a family of three is just under $9,000; single people are excluded entirely.
Most of the singles and families who are not eligible for traditional Medicaid don't make enough money to get the tax credits they need to buy insurance on the Obamacare insurance exchanges. According to estimates from Kaiser, 92 percent of all Americans who fall into this coverage gap live in Southern states that haven't expanded Medicaid, including nearly 800,000 people in Texas, 450,000 in Florida, 275,000 in Georgia, and 225,000 in North Carolina.
The federal government pays 90 percent of the cost of Medicaid expansion; states must pick up the rest. Republican leaders who oppose the idea have balked at making a financial commitment to such an open-ended entitlement, which Congress could change at any time.
But that argument didn't hold in Virginia after Democrats campaigning on expansion nearly took control of the legislature in 2017. When expansion came up for a vote, 18 House Republicans who survived that blue wave joined Democrats to pass it.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, who issued an executive order on his first day in office to expand Medicaid, is now running for re-election touting that decision; voters will give their verdict in October.
In Mississippi, Attorney General Jim Hood is also making expanded Medicaid the centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign this year, arguing that his state, with the nation's highest poverty rate, is cutting off its nose to spite its face by refusing to extend coverage to people who would benefit from it.
In Arkansas and Kentucky, where Democratic governors managed to push through expansion in 2014, the Republicans who replaced them have left the programs essentially intact, although they have fiddled at the edges by imposing premiums and work requirements on recipients. (Federal judges have blocked those changes.)
Die-hard Obamacare opponents have not been able to scuttle the program in either state — even in Arkansas, where the program has to be reauthorized annually by a three-fourths majority in both houses of the legislature.
In Florida and Oklahoma, supporters of expansion — including groups representing doctors, nurses and hospitals — are trying to put constitutional amendments expanding Medicaid coverage on the ballot in 2020.
Those ballot measures will be a key test of whether the public mood is more sympathetic to the idea of expansion than are the states' conservative leaders, who have argued that the program is unaffordable and discourages people from seeking employment to secure health care.
However, the strategy of pursuing ballot initiatives is of limited use in the South because among states that haven't expanded Medicaid, only Florida, Oklahoma and Mississippi allow the public to put measures on the ballot via petition. Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina do not.
In Florida, the ballot measure will also need to get approval from 60 percent of the voters to pass.
The question to be answered this year and next is whether the fiscal and philosophical arguments against expansion will hold against the argument that low-income Southerners — rural and urban, black and white — deserve health care coverage and will benefit from it, in spite of its association with Obamacare.
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam calls special session in response to gun violence
June 5, 2019 4:52 pm / Leave a comment
Northam needs GOP support to pass gun control measures in the wake of Virginia Beach mass murder
By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor
RICHMOND (CFP) — Just four days after a mass shooting in Virginia Beach left 12 people dead, Democratic Governor Ralph Northam has launched a renewed push for gun control.
But he needs Republican support to get anything through the legislature — and GOP leaders are giving a frosty reception to a sure-to-be contentious initiative from the commonwealth's politically wounded chief executive.
Northam calls for special session on gun control (From CBSN via YouTube)
Saying "no one should go to work, to school or to church wondering if they will come home," Northam announced at a June 4 news conference that he will call state lawmakers in a special session to consider gun control measures, including universal background checks and limits on ammunition magazines.
"We must do more than give our thoughts and prayers. We must give Virginians the action they deserve," Northam said. "I will be asking for votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers."
However, Republicans control both houses of the legislature, and GOP leaders quickly pushed back.
House Speaker Kirk Cox called the special session "hasty and suspect when considered against the backdrop of the last few months" — a not-so-subtle reference to Northam's ongoing political troubles since a photo surfaced in January of a man in blackface on his medical school yearbook page.
Northam has since resisted calls for him to resign, including from a number of fellow Democrats.
The Republican Party of Virginia denounced Northam's "gun-grab session" as "craven" and accused him in a statement of trying to "take advantage of this tragedy to try and boost his own disgraced image."
Cox also noted that while the governor can summon lawmakers into special session, "he cannot specify what the General Assembly chooses to consider or how we do our work."
"We intend to use that time to take productive steps to address gun violence by holding criminals accountable with tougher sentences — including mandatory minimums," he said in a statement.
Northam has previously vetoed bills establishing mandatory minimum sentences for criminal offenders, which he says disproportionately affect people of color.
Republicans hold a 51-49 majority in the House of Delegates and a 21-19 majority in the Senate, which means Northam's gun control proposals would need at least two Republican votes in each chamber to pass.
The governor said he would propose bans on magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, bump stocks and silencers; universal background checks; new "extreme risk" protective orders to keep guns out of the hands of people who might be violent; and a limit on purchases of handguns to no more than one a month.
Those proposals failed to pass in the last regular session of the legislature, but Northam said he would try to pass them again because "it is wrong, it is outrageous, it is unforgivable to turn our municipal centers, our schools, our churches and synagogues and mosques into battlefields."
However, the National Rifle Association noted in a statement that "none of the governor's gun control proposals would have prevented the horrible tragedy at Virginia Beach."
According to police, the shooter who killed 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building had legally purchased his weapons and had no criminal convictions or mental health issues that would have resulted in a protective order.
He did, however, use a silencer, which may have contributed to the death toll by delaying the law enforcement response to the sound of gunfire.
The murders in Virginia Beach marked the second time the commonwealth has been rocked by mass violence.
In 2007, a mentally ill Virginia Tech student killed 32 people in two campus buildings, in what remains the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Bluegrass feud: Kentucky lieutenant governor cries foul over dismissal of staff
Jenean Hampton's power struggle with Matt Bevin's administration accelerates since she was dumped from his re-election ticket
FRANKFORT, Kentucky (CFP) — Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton has fired off an angry letter demanding that Governor Matt Bevin's administration stop firing members of her staff, as the relationship between the state's two top political leaders continues to deteriorate.
Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton
"In the future, you are not to execute any personnel action involving my staff unless you have my express, written permission," Hampton said in a letter to Troy Robinson, the head of the governor's Office of Administrative Services, which was obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader.
On May 30, Robinson's office, which oversees human resources for state executive officers, terminated Hampton's deputy chief of staff, leaving her with just one staff member.
The lieutenant governor then took to Twitter to ask for prayers "as I battle dark forces."
The firing marks that second time Hampton has seen one of her staff members fired without her assent.
In January, her chief of staff, Steve Knipper, was fired when he filed to run for secretary of state. She tried without success to rehire him by issuing her own executive order.
The reasons for the latest firing remain unclear; Bevin told reporters he was not aware of the staffer's termination and did not know the reason for the firing.
The personnel dispute is the latest sign of a deteriorating relationship between Bevin and Hampton, who was vaulted to the No. 2 position in Kentucky politics after he selected her as his running mate in 2015.
Earlier this year, Bevin announced he was dumping Hampton — the first African American to serve in a statewide constitutional office — from his ticket in favor of State Senator Ralph Alvarado..
He offered no explanation for the switch other than to say he chose not to run with Hampton "because I chose to run with Ralph Alvarado."
Hampton, 61, a former Air Force captain from Bowling Green, was a favorite of Tea Party groups, who had lobbied Bevin to keep her on his ticket.
Kentucky is one of 13 states where candidates for governor select a running mate, rather than electing lieutenant governors separately.
The duties of the lieutenant governor are limited to participation on several state boards and taking over in the event a governor cannot continue in office. The lieutenant governor does not preside of the State Senate, as is the case in 26 other states.
In her letter to Robinson, Hampton said she "did not advise or authorize you to terminate employment" of Adrienne Southworth, her deputy chief of staff.
"I was not consulted in this action, and I fail to understand how my staff can be terminated without discussing matters with me, their immediate supervisor," she said. "Neither you nor anyone other than myself is positioned to determine if the services of my staffers are needed or not."
Hampton demanded that Southworth be reinstated and that she be provided with the reasons behind her termination.
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada resigns over text message scandal
May 21, 2019 10:51 am / Leave a comment
Casada, top aide reportedly exchanged explicit, misogynistic messages about various women
NASHVILLE (CFP) — Bowing to mounting pressure to depart after two weeks of lurid headlines about bad behavior by his top aide, Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada has announced that he will resign his leadership post.
In a brief statement issued May 21, the Franklin Republican said he would meet with his party's House leadership in early June "to determine the best date for me to resign as speaker so that I can facilitate a smooth transition."
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada
The move comes after House Republicans approved a vote of no confidence in Casada and Republican Governor Bill Lee threatened to call the legislature into to special session to remove him as speaker.
Casada, 59, who has served in the legislature since 2003, became speaker in January. He plans to remain a member of the House.
The current speaker pro tempore, Bill Dunn of Knoxville, will become speaker upon Casada's departure.
Earlier this month, Tennessee's Gannett newspapers gained access to copies of text messages from a cell phone number used by Cade Cothren, Casada's chief of staff.
In those messages, sent between 2014 and 2016 when Cothren served as press secretary for House Republicans, he bragged about his sexual exploits, referred to women with obscene and derogatory terms, and solicited sex and nude photos from an intern.
The records obtained by the newspapers showed that Casada was a participant in some of those conversations.
Cothren, 32, who made nearly $200,000 a year working for Casada, told the newspapers that he was "young and dumb and immature" when he sent the emails between three and five years ago.
Cothren also admitted to Nashville TV station WTVF that he had used cocaine at work and sent racist text messages. He said he had "turned to maladaptive coping mechanisms" because of job stress.
The station reported that Casada received at least one of the racist text messages. After first accusing WTVF of using fabricating messages, the speaker later backed away from that claim but said he did not remember receiving the message.
Casada told WTVF that Cothren had sought treatment in 2016 and that he had kept him on his staff because Cothren "deserved a shot at redemption."
Cothren resigned on the same day the Gannett newspapers published their investigation. Casada resisted calls to step aside, at one point calling his exchanges with Cothren "locker room talk," but saw his support crumble as national news outlets picked up on the scandal.
Republicans hold a 73-26 majority in the Tennessee House.
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax calls for criminal investigation of sexual assault allegations
April 3, 2019 5:00 pm / Leave a comment
Fairfax issues new denials after his accusers describe encounters in graphic, emotional detail on CBS
RICHMOND (CFP) — Days after two women vividly described for a national television audience how they were sexually assaulted by Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, he called a news conference to once again deny the allegations and release results of polygraph examinations that he insists clear him.
Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax denies allegations in April 3 news conference (From CBSN via YouTube)
"Sensationalizing allegations does not make them true," said Fairfax, who admitted having sexual encounters with both women but said they were consensual. "Yet airing salacious allegations without evidence does enormous damage."
Meanwhile, Republican and Democratic leaders in the House of Delegates continued to spar over whether to let Fairfax's accusers, Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson, testify in a public hearing, as the women have requested.
Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox has proposed forming a special committee to hear their testimony, but House Minority Leader Eileen Filler-Corn and Fairfax have resisted, saying a law enforcement agencies, not lawmakers, should investigate to keep the process from becoming politicized.
VIDEO: Fairfax news conference
VIDEO: CBS This Morning interview with Meredith Watson
VIDEO: CBS This Morning interview with Vanessa Tyson
Tyson has alleged that Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him when both were working at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Watson accused Fairfax of raping her in 2000, when they were personal friends while both attending Duke University.
This week, CBS This Morning aired the first national television interviews with the women since their allegations became public in February, during which both described their encounters with Fairfax in graphic and emotional detail to correspondent Gayle King.
"It was a huge betrayal. He was my friend," Watson said, after describing how Fairfax invited her to his apartment, came into a room, locked the door, and then pinned her down and raped her. "I don't understand how you do that to someone that you've been a friend to."
She also she had confided to Fairfax that she had been raped by another student at Duke and that he told her after the assault that he thought her previous experience would make her too afraid to report his actions.
Tyson told King that after meeting Fairfax at the Democratic convention, he invited her to accompany him to his hotel room on an errand, and she agreed. As the two began kissing, with her consent, at the end of the bed, she said he grabbed her by the back of the neck and forced her face into his crotch.
"And I'm choking and gagging," she said. "I was completely caught off guard. It was almost as if I was dumbstruck."
She told King that prior to the assault, she had discussed with Fairfax her work as an advocate for sexual assault survivors and disclosed that she had been the victim of incest. She said he believes Fairfax "took advantage" of that disclosure to victimize her.
Tyson and Watson both said did not know each other prior to making their allegations and have never met. And Watson insisted she would have no incentive to make untrue allegations against Fairfax.
"The only thing coming forward has done is invited criticism and chaos and scrutiny of me and put me under a microscope," she said.
At his news conference, Fairfax said he has asked prosecutors in Boston and Durham, North Carolina, where Duke is located, to investigate the allegations, which he said would lead to a "fair, serious and respectful process."
"I will answer any and all questions, and I am willing to do so under oath and under penalty of perjury," he said.
Fairfax said he had undergone two polygraph examinations from a nationally recognized polygraph examiner in which he was asked about the women's allegations. He provided results that showed that the examiner concluded he had been truthful.
Polygraph examinations, commonly know as "lie detector tests," are used as a law enforcement tool in dealing with suspects. However, results cannot be admitted in court because the reliability of the tests has not been conclusively established.
Fairfax denied the statements attributed to him by the women in their CBS interviews. He also said that neither women appeared upset after their consensual encounters with him, and both stayed in contact with him after the alleged assaults took place.
"If the facts alleged by Dr. Tyson and Ms. Watson were true, they conduct would be criminal," he said. "Such conduct is against everything I have stood for in both my public and private life."
He said the allegations have been "incredibly hurtful to me and my family and my reputation, which I spent a lifetime building."
Fairfax, 40, a former federal prosecutor, was elected as Virginia's lieutenant governor in 2017. He was considered a rising star in Democratic politics until the allegations surfaced in February.
Tyson came forward in February when it appeared likely that Fairfax could become governor, as Governor Ralph Northam was fighting to stay in office after a racist photo on his medical school yearbook page came to light.
Despite calls from fellow Democrats for him to resign, Northam has remained in office.
North Carolina GOP Chair Robin Hayes, top donor accused of trying to bribe insurance commissioner
Committee supporting U.S. Rep. Mark Walker got $150,000 donation from indicted donor as he was being enlisted to lobby on donor's behalf
CHARLOTTE (CFP) — Robin Hayes, a former congressman who chairs the North Carolina Republican Party, and the state's top political donor have been indicted in what federal prosecutors allege was a "brazen" scheme to bribe Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey with $2 million disguised as campaign contributions.
North Carolina Republican Chair Robin Hayes
The indictment, unsealed April 2, charges Hayes with wire fraud, bribery and three counts of lying to the FBI. Also charged with wire fraud and bribery in the case is Greg E. Lindberg, 48, a Durham businessman who federal prosecutors allege initiated the scheme to bribe Causey in order to get more favorable treatment from insurance regulators for one of his companies.
The indictment of Lindberg is likely to reverberate through state Republican politics. He has contributed generously to various GOP groups and political committees supporting Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest and U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, who appears to have been mentioned in the indictment but was not accused of any crime.
Also charged were John D. Gray, 68, from Chapel Hill, a consultant working for Lindberg, and John V. Palermo, Jr., 63, from Pittsboro, an employee at one of Lindberg's companies and former GOP chair in Chatham County.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey
Causey, who notified federal law enforcement of the bribery attempt and cooperated with investigators, was not charged.
In a statement, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division said the men had engaged in a "brazen bribery scheme in which Greg Lindberg and his co-conspirators allegedly offered hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions in exchange for official action that would benefit Lindberg's business interests."
Prosecutors allege that Hayes agreed to use the state GOP to funnel Lindberg's money to Causey's campaign to keep the source from becoming public, and then lied to FBI agents when he was asked about the contributions and his contacts with Causey on Lindberg's behalf.
Also mentioned in the indictment, but not accused of wrongdoing, is an unnamed "Public Official A," who was allegedly enlisted to lobby Causey on Lindberg's behalf after Lindberg donated $150,000 to a political committee supporting him.
U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-North Carolina
Citing Federal Election Commission records, Politico identified "Public Official A" as Walker, from Greensboro, a member of the House Republican leadership.
FEC records show that Lundberg made a $150,000 contribution to the Mark Walker Victory Committee, which was dated Feb. 17, 2018. Lundberg was the first contributor to the committee, which was registered on Feb. 13, 2018. His contribution was 10 times the amount of any other donor and accounted for about one-fourth of all of the money taken in by the fund during 2018.
The indictment said that on Feb. 5, 2018, Gray contacted "Public Official A" to lobby Causey on behalf of Lindberg, who wanted the insurance commissioner to remove a deputy he felt was "maliciously" hurting his reputation and replace her with Palermo.
After Gray reported his conversation with Public Official A to Lindberg, he donated $150,000 to a political committee supporting that official, according to the indictment. Two days later, the official called Causey to "explain that Lindberg was doing good things for North Carolina business," according to the indictment.
Responding to the Politico report, Walker's office released a statement saying he was not a target of the investigation, has not been accused of any wrongdoing and that he had cooperated with federal prosecutors investigating the case.
The statement also noted the Lindberg has also donated money to Democratic officials and that the victory fund was controlled by the Republican National Committee.
Walker, 49, was elected in 2014 to represent the state's 6th District, in and around Greensboro. He is part of the GOP House leadership as vice-chair of the House Republican Conference.
Hayes, 73, who served in the U.S. House from 1999 to 2009 and has chaired the state GOP since 2016, had announced on the day before the indictment was unsealed that he would not seek re-election as state chair in June.
His attorney issued a statement saying Hayes "steadfastly denies the allegations made against him" and is looking forward to clearing his name.
In a statement, the state GOP's legal counsel, Josh Howard, said the party has been "cooperating with the investigation for several months, including staff members providing statements and responding to various document requests" and "remains fully operational and focused on its mission at hand."
Lindberg's attorney, Anne Tompkins, told the McClatchey newspapers that his client was innocent of the charges and was also looking forward to his day in court.
The Raleigh News & Observer had previously reported that Lindberg had become the largest political donor in the state over the last two years, contributing more than $3 million to candidates from both parties since 2016. Most of those contributions were made to political committees and political parties instead of directly to candidates, whose donations are capped.
About half of that money went to groups supporting Forest, who is expected to run for governor in 2020, the newspaper reported.
Lindberg is chairman of Eli Global, an investment company, and Global Bankers Insurance Group, which is regulated by Causey's office.
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Virginia House Republicans plan hearings on Justin Fairfax sexual assault allegations
February 23, 2019 12:28 pm / Leave a comment
Lieutenant governor calls hearings "partisan," doesn't say if he'll participate
RICHMOND (CFP) — Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates have decided to invite Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax and two women who have accused him of sexual assault to air their versions of events in a public hearing.
Delegate Rob Bell, the chair of the House Courts of Justice Committee, announced the planned hearings Friday, in a speech on the House floor.
"This will give all parties a chance to be heard," he said.
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax
However, a date for the hearing and details about the format were not announced. And while both women indicated they would participate, Fairfax's office issued a statement characterizing the hearing as "partisan" and leaving his participation an open question.
"House Republicans want to pursue this historically unprecedented course of action because the accused is a popularly elected Democrat," said Fairfax spokeswoman Lauren Burke in a statement. "The path to finding truth and justice should be based on due process and the work of law enforcement professionals."
The legislature's current session ends on Saturday, although committees can meet between sessions. House Speaker Kirk Cox said the hearing announced by Bell was not an impeachment hearing, leaving it unclear if lawmakers could force Fairfax to testify.
The decision to organize a hearing marks a change in tactics for Republicans, who have been relatively silent over the past two weeks as Democrats have wrestled with how to deal with allegations of rape and sexual assault against a man who had been considered a rising star in their party.
Both the Democratic Party of Virginia and the commonwealth's Legislative Black Caucus have called on Fairfax to resign, as have many of the party's 2020 White House contenders.
Vanessa Tyson, a college professor in California, has alleged that Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex in a Boston hotel room during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Meredith Watson, who now lives in Maryland, has accused Fairfax of raping her in 2000, when they were classmates at Duke University in North Carolina.
Fairfax, 40, a former federal prosecutor elected lieutenant governor in 2017, has denied both allegations and called on the FBI to investigate.
The age of the allegations and the fact that neither alleged assault took place in Virginia have complicated efforts to investigate, leaving it unclear which law enforcement agency might have the authority to do so.
Cox had proposed a special investigative committee, with an equal number of members from both parties and subpoena power, but the plan stalled when Democrats would not agree.
Bell's committee has 10 Republicans and eight Democrats.
Watson's attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, released a statement saying Watson was "gratified" by the decision to schedule a hearing and "looks forward to testifying at this forum."
Smith also said it was her understanding that the hearing would be televised and that Watson would be able to call witnesses to corroborate her account.
Tyson's lawyers also indicated she was "prepared to testify," although she would prefer a bipartisan committee to avoid a "highly charged political environment."


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Noise Sensitivity Impacts The Daily Lives of Many
For some, everyday sounds seem so much louder than they should. So much so, they can initiate both a physical and an emotional response. Study results vary, however it is thought that between 2-9% of the UK population displayed some form of noise sensitivity symptoms, also known as hyperacusis.
With as many as 6 million noise sensitivity sufferers in the UK, we wanted to understand the impact noise sensitivity has had on their lives. What are the potential sounds individuals are most sensitive to? What coping strategies do they use? Has the pandemic impacted their sensitivity to certain sounds? So we went ahead and did a survey, and were surprised by the results.
We surveyed 500 UK-based adults suffering from noise sensitivity, to find out more about the impact noise sensitivity has on their life, what sounds they're sensitive to (both indoor and outdoor), what sounds they've become more sensitive to since the pandemic, as well as the strategies they use to cope.
The Responses
We've listed below, the questions we've asked and the responses we received:
The Impact Noise Sensitivity Has On Everyday Life
We asked 500 UK respondents the question 'How much of an impact has noise sensitivity had on your everyday life?'
40% felt that noise sensitivity had a significant impact on their everyday life, that they suffer enough that it affects their routine.
20% felt it had a big impact where they suffered with it a lot, so much so they had to change their routine all the time.
28% felt there was a small impact (only mildly suffer with it)
10% felt there was no impact (don't suffer at all)
2% felt it had a huge impact where it was debilitating and really struggled to cope.
90% of the UK respondents felt noise sensitivity impacted their everyday life. With a total of 60% feeling it had a big or huge impact on their everyday life, so much so, they needed to change their routine.
The Types Of Noise UK Respondents Are Most Sensitive To
We asked the question 'Which types of noise, if any, are you most sensitive to?'
65% of the respondents were most sensitive to children playing / crying.
59% were most sensitive to noisy neighbors.
58% were most sensitive to household appliances.
38% were most sensitive to other people talking on their phones
35% were most sensitive to people eating loudly
32% were most sensitive to mouth breathers / loud breathers.
Noise from children has topped the list as the most sensitive noise for UK residents, closely followed by noisy neighbors and household appliances.
The Noises UK Respondents Have Been More Sensitive To Since The Pandemic
We asked 'Which noises, if any, do you think you've become more sensitive to because of the pandemic?'
60% of respondents were more sensitive to kitchen appliances
60% of respondents were more sensitive to kids playing at home
43% of respondents were more sensitive to vacuum cleaners
42% of respondents were more sensitive to loud conversations
41% of respondents were more sensitive to roadworks or construction
36% of respondents were more sensitive to loud music
Both kitchen appliances and kids playing at home have topped the list here. Again highlighting a strong focus on noise from children as a top noise sensitivity.
The Coping Strategies
We asked 'What, if anything, do you do to help reduce the impact/effects of your noise sensitivity?'
59% of respondents wore earplugs
59% of respondents removed themselves from the environment
50% of respondents avoid situations which are likely to be triggering
36% of respondents listen to music / white noise
UK residents with hearing sensitivity admitted to wearing earplugs to reduce annoying noises, with even half of them completely avoiding triggering situations. For those who wore earplugs to reduce sound, Loop recommends using earplugs that reduce annoying sounds, to still be able to hear what's important.
The Most Sensitive Outdoor Noises - UK
We asked 'Which of the following outdoor sounds, if any, do you find to be the most distracting?'
57% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of kids playing loudly
51% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of babies crying
35% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of roadworks or other construction
34% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of loud conversations
33% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of cars on a busy road (sirens, horn honking etc.)
32% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of a passersby snorting sneezing or coughing
29% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of loud music
29% of respondents were most distracted by the outdoor noise of a train or metro
The most distracting outdoor noise was kids playing loudly followed by babies crying. Are we noting a common theme here?
The Most Sensitive Indoor Noises - UK
We asked 'Which of the following indoor sounds, if any, do you find to be the most distracting?'
50% of respondents were most distracted by the indoor noise of kids playing loudly
49% of respondents were most distracted by the noise of kitchen appliances
41% of respondents were most distracted by the noise from neighbors
35% of respondents were most distracted by the noise from other household members / conversations
33% of respondents were most distracted by cars on a busy road (sirens, horn honking etc.)
32% of respondents were most distracted by passersby snorting sneezing or coughing
29% of respondents were most distracted by loud music
29% of respondents were most distracted by trains or metro
They've topped it again: The most distracting indoor noise is kids playing loudly. This was very closely followed by kitchen appliances..
US Survey
We conducted a survey in the US and asked the respondents some of the same questions:
What indoor and outdoor noises US respondents were most sensitive to
What noises they were more sensitive to because of the pandemic,
The Most Sensitive Outdoor Noises - US
The highest distracting outdoor sound for US residents were cars on a busy road (sirens, horns honking etc) at 34%. (This was similar for the UK at 33%.)
29% of US residents found kids playing loudly as the most distracting outdoor sound (Compared to 57% in the UK.)
32% of US respondents found babies crying as the most distracting outdoor sound. (Compared to 51% in the UK.)
Other top culprits for US residents were loud music and roadworks or other construction. There was more of an emphasis for the US on sensitivity to cars and road noises than there was in the UK.
The Most Sensitive Indoor Noises - US
The highest distracting indoor sound for the US was noise from neighbors at 30% (UK 41%) and noise from other people's electronics, also at 30% (UK 26%).
28% of US respondents found kids playing loudly as the most distracting indoor sound (Compared to 50% in the UK.)
29% of US respondents found kitchen appliances the most distracting indoor sound, (Compared to 49% in the UK.)
Distracting noises for US respondents came from noise from other household members either having conversations or using personal electronics.
43% of US respondents felt that they had become more sensitive to loud music because of the pandemic.
This was closely followed by 42% stating they had become more sensitive to roadworks / construction (41% for UK) and also 42% to loud conversations (also 42% for the UK),
40% of US residents were more sensitive to kids playing at home since the pandemic (Compared to 60% for the UK.)
* The US survey was conducted to 2,003 respondents, to an American general population. The survey was conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Loop Earplugs.
Our survey highlights how many UK residents with noise sensitivity felt it impacted their everyday life, with 90% claiming that it did! Also shockingly, half of our respondents felt they needed to avoid any triggering situations.
We love our kids, but their noise has definitely topped the charts for the most distracting noise for UK residents, indoor and outdoor and really just generally.
We noted that 59% of respondents used earplugs to help reduce the impact of noise sensitivity, meaning 41% of those with noise sensitivity in the UK still don't. Our range of quiet, experience and experience pro ear plugs allow you to live life at your volume and to better manage your noise sensitivity.


Before DH and I started our one month diet meal delivery a few weeks ago, we had a scrumptious lunch in one of the restaurants that recently opened in Banawe Ave., Quezon City- Tra Vinh Australia Special Vietnamese Noodles.
Also available in Prawns (2 rolls) Php 160, Pork (2 rolls) Php 160 and Vegetarian (3 rolls) Php 160.
For salad, we ordered a combination of Prawn and Pomelo salad. I wish there were more freshly chopped vegetable to balanced the quantity of fresh prawns and pomelo. Peanuts, herbs and spices were on top of the salad. There was an extra dressing on the side just in case you want to enhance the taste and flavor of the salad.
Also available in Prawn Mango Salad Php 250 and Chicken Salad Php 240.
For my main entree, I ordered one Grilled Pork Chop Rice. The pork was marinated with traditional Vietnamese herbs & spices. There's a fried egg on top of the rice. Served with Meatloaf, Pickled Veggies, a side dish (fried noodle) and Tra Vinh's Special Sauce.
This dish reminded me of the one I had when we visited Canada awhile back. I ordered the same dish every time. The restaurant is Pho88 and it is located at 325 Bamburgh Circle, Scarborough.
Other rice dishes include Braised Beef Php 210, BBQ Pork Rice (Php 190 without Spring Roll/Php 220 with Spring Roll) and Fried Chicken Rice Php 180.
Also available in Regular for only Php 230.
We also ordered one liter of Tra Vinh's Home Brew Vietnamese Iced Tea for only Php 60... what a steal!
For dessert, we each had a tall glass of Dried Longgan with Lotus Seed for DH and Special Mixed Beans for me. I was not able to finish my dessert because it was too much for one person. These desserts are best when shared.
Other desserts available are Sweet Vietnam Jelly Php 100, Jelly Lychee Php 100 and Iced Chendol Php 100.
I will definitely be back for Tra Vinh's affordable and yummy Vietnamese cuisine. It is good to know that everything on the menu is made fresh everyday!
Tra Vinh of Australia (first store opened in Australia 20 years ago) is located at 109 Unit 3 N.S. Amoranto cor. Cordillera Ave. Maharlika, Quezon City. You can call 742 1718 for inquiries and/or reservation.


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Bhagvad-Gita: Treatise of Self-help
By BS Murthy
Religion & spirituality, Personal growth, Poetry, Health & well-being, General non-fiction, Psychology & philosophy, Education & teaching | eBook
'Bhagavad-Gita is the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue' – so opined William von Humboldt, who wrote seven-hundred verses in its praise. In this modern rendition, the beauty of the Sanskrit slokas is reflected in the rhythmic flow of the English verse of poetic proportions even as the attendant philosophy of the song that is the Gita, as it's popularly known, is captured in contemporary idiom for easy comprehension. It is a matter of consensus that the Gita in the present length of seven hundred slokas has many an interpolation to it, but no meaningful attempt has ever been made to delve into the nature and extent, not to speak of the effect of these on the Hindu society at large. The methodical codification of interpolations carried out here, for the first time ever, puts the true character of Gita in proper perspective. Identified here are hundred and ten slokas of deviant nature and or of partisan character, the source of so much misunderstanding, in certain sections of the Hindu fold. about this epic extraordinary. This exercise involving exposing and expunging these mischievous insertions is bound to bring in new readers from these quarters to this over two millennia old classic besides altering the misconceptions of the existing adherents. In essence the spiritual ethos and the philosophical outlook that the Gita postulates paves the way for the liberation of man, who, as Rousseau said, 'being born free, is everywhere in chains'. But equally it is a mirror of human psychology, which enables man to discern his debilities for appropriate redressal, and in the theater of man as nothing surpasses the drama of war, the stage for unveiling the Gita's unrivalled philosophy was set on the battleground of Kurukshetra at the threshold of the battle of Mahabharata.
'Bhagavad-Gita is the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue' – so opined William von Humboldt, who wrote seven-hundred verses in its praise. In this modern rendition, the beauty of the Sanskrit slokas is reflected in the rhythmic flow of the English verse of poetic proportions even as the attendant philosophy of the song that is the Gita, as it's popularly known, is captured in contemporary idiom for easy comprehension. It is a matter of consensus that the Gita in the present length of seven hundred slokas has many an interpolation to it, but no meaningful attempt has ever been made to delve into the nature and extent, not to speak of the effect of these on the Hindu society at large. The methodical codification of interpolations carried ...
Schooled in letter-writing, BS Murthy, born 27 Aug 1948, graduated to articulate his managerial ideas in thirty-odd published articles before penning fiction with the 'novel art'. Beginning with Benign Flame: Saga of Love, he fashioned two more 'plot and character' driven novels, Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life and Crossing the Mirage: Passing through youth before switching over to the narrative non-fiction with Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife. After versifying the Sanskrit epics, Vyasa's Bhagvad-Gita (Treatise of self-help) and Valmiki's Sundara Kãnda (Hanuman's Odyssey) in contemporary English verse (can also be found in Constitution Society.com, Boloji.com, Vedanta Spiritual Library, gatewayforindia.com etc.) and ascending Onto the Stage - Slight Souls and other stage and radio plays, he returned to fiction in the stream of consciousness mode with Glaring Shadow - A stream of consciousness novel and Prey on the Prowl - A Crime Novel. And finally he reached the short story horizon with Stories Varied - A Book of Short Stories.
Schooled in letter-writing, BS Murthy, born 27 Aug 1948, graduated to articulate his managerial ideas in thirty-odd published articles before penning fiction with the 'novel art'. Beginning with Benign Flame: Saga of Love, he fashioned two more 'plot and character' driven novels, Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life and Crossing the Mirage: Passing through youth before switching over to the narrative n...
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Q: Elasticsearch exeact match on analyzed field of integers I want to find exact matches on a (analyzed string) field in ES. All values are integers but mapped as strings. I, unfortunately, cannot change the mapping and using
query: {
  match: {
    fieldName: '1234'
  }
}

also gives me 0 hits.
I cannot figure out if it's the standard analyzer working in a bizarre way when the mapping is
index: {
 type: {
  properties: {
   fieldName: {
    type: string
   }
  }
 }
}

and data is
{fieldName: '12345'}

or there is something in the match query that I'm missing.
Thanks :)

A: Change your quotations for the fieldNames value from ticks ' to quotes ". Trying your query will the correct quotes returns the expected results on my end.
{
    "query": {
        "match": {
            "fieldName": "1234"
        }
    }
}