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On our topic pages you will find GIGA experts, background analyses and studies, research projects, as well as relevant media reports and events on featured topics of our research agenda.
Multilateralism and global institutions are under severe challenge. We investigate the causes and repercussions of these problems, provide theoretical and empirical analyses of different institutions, and contribute to policy and public debates on reform.
Russia's attack on Ukraine once again raises the question of the effectiveness of sanctions. Economic sanctions are a popular foreign policy tool for addressing a wide range of international challenges including conflicts, human rights violations, or terrorism. Learn more about GIGA's research on this topic.
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the world's economic and strategic centre of gravity, in which established and rising powers compete with each other. Learn more about the GIGA's research, policy exchange and knowledge transfer activities on this mega region, focusing on the perspectives of governmental and non-governmental actors.
Coronavirus and the Global South
Large parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East are being very seriously affected by the disease, and the states of the Global South are showing a wide variation in their reactions. Learn more how the GIGA contributes to addressing the worldwide repercussions of the pandemic.
Climate Politics and the Global South
We work on the politics of climate change. We investigate options to enable low and middle income countries to achieve lower-carbon trajectories without compromising economic development and poverty reduction and study the role of the Global South in international climate negotiations.
Digitalisation and the Global South
The global digital transformation is changing how we live and work, as well as how states relate to each other. Our researchers are analysing new opportunities/ challenges of digitalisation in the Global South and instruments of foreign policy, such as digital diplomacy and cyber sanctions.
World Trade Order
The trade war between the US and China and the deadlocks in the World Trade Organisation are two examples of the current crisis of globalisation. We investigate how the world trade order is influenced by domestic concerns, international negotiations, and geo-economic competition.
Democratic Institutions under Stress
Democracy builds on common principles such as elections, division of power, and rule of law. In practice, democratic institutions often underperform due to executives overstepping powers, conflicts and power struggles causing stalemate in the policy process, and rule instability.
Authoritarian Turn
Authoritarian practices are not only used in non-democratic regimes. They can increasingly be found also in formally democratic states, as the examples of shrinking civic space, populism, and democratic backsliding show. Learn more about the GIGA's research and knowledge transfer on the topic.
Rural Transformations
Many rural areas in the Global South are facing tremendous challenges including persistent poverty, demographic pressure, climatic change and an eroding resource base. Competition for land and resources affects the lives of rural populations in multiple ways.
Around 80 million people have been forcibly displaced by war or political violence worldwide. Several millions more have fled because of environmental disasters and socio-economic marginalisation. We focus on the background of this phenomenon in the regions of origin.
Religion is socially important and affects politics and socioeconomic developments in multiple ways. In recent years, religion has become increasingly contentious. Terrorist attacks, armed conflict and xenophobia have been making headlines. At the same time, religion can also contribute to peace.
Institutions for Peace
To overcome war and violent conflicts, building and strengthening institutions for peace is crucial. This includes power-sharing governments, security sector reform and other processes. We investigate these and pay equal attention to institutions and processes that may obstruct peace.
Social protection shields people against health crisis and other shocks and can help people overcome poverty traps. We do research on a wide range of crucial social, economic, and political issues related to the design, scope, and implementation challenges of social protection programs.
The GIGA and the G20
Germany held the G20 presidency in 2017. The German Institute for Global and Area Studies has been conducting cutting-edge research on G20-relevant topics for many years and made its special expertise directly available to the G20 process. Learn more about our work on this topic.
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Director of the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies / Editor GIGA Focus Middle East
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Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"
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Director of the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies / Vice President
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Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs / Editor GIGA Focus Africa
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Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar is President of the GIGA. Her research focuses on international negotiations, economic statecraft, and multilateralism. She has a special interest in India, Asia, and the BRICS.
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The severe consequences of the Covid19-pandemic, including its economic disruptions, and the recent mass protests to combat systemic racial inequality in policing and other institutions have reaffirmed the importance of social science research examining economic, political, racial, ethnic, generational, and social inequalities relevant to public policy and social change. RSF encourages proposals that analyze any of these issues on topics of interest under our Future of Work program. [Click here for Covid-19 priorities].
The Russell Sage Foundation's program on the Future of Work supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately skilled workers and their families. We seek investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on employment, earnings, and job quality. We are especially interested in proposals that address questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future.
The kinds of topics and questions of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Causes and Consequences of Job Polarization
Workers in cities who lack a college degree are less likely to work in middle-skill occupations than in the past, and their urban wage premium has eroded. What are the implications of this trend for opportunity and mobility of less-skilled workers?
How have changes in the availability of stable jobs at good wages affected the likelihood that the children of working-class parents will be able to graduate from college and/ or move into the middle-class? How do these effects vary by race/ethnicity/ immigration status/gender?
How have workers' perceptions and expectations about work and employment changed i.e., what do they consider to be a "good job"?
How do perceptions about changes in the contemporary workplace, from the effects of technology on work, on job security and training to acquire new skills vary across different groups of workers (e.g., workers with and without a college degree, women versus male workers, whites versus workers of color)?
Alternative Work Arrangements
How prevalent is domestic outsourcing (by occupation/sector/overall), to what extent has it grown over time and how are workers affected? Why do firms contract out for certain functions and what are the effects on job quality?
To what extent is the choice of non-standard work by firms a way to reduce their sharing of monopoly rents? What comprises a wage theory for alternative work arrangements?
In the case of domestic outsourcing, does the causal arrow run from outsourcing to falling wages? Or are the workers whose wages are falling outsourced by parent firms to reduce their payroll costs and rents?
What are the implications of non-standard work for skills development, future labor market opportunities, family formation, savings or retirement decisions?
The Changing Legal Environment
Are there promising alternative labor organizing strategies that have been shown to increase workers voice in improving working conditions and promote labor mobility?
How do we define and measure voluntary and involuntary idleness in alternative work arrangements, given that there is no provision of unemployment insurance?
What is the evidence on the employment and wage effects of recent minimum wage increases on different groups of workers across industries and occupations and in different parts of the country?
Emerging Technologies and the Future of Work
What are the effects of emerging technologies (including advanced communication systems, industrial robots, flexible manufacturing systems, computer-assisted design and manufacturing, as well as artificial intelligence-mediated decision making) on productivity, employment, job skills, and labor-management relations?
When does automation lead to replacement (or substitution) of human decision-making and when does it lead to enhancement of human decision-making?
What policy interventions might redress the disruptive effects of emerging technologies (e.g., passive adaptation, reactionary slow-down, pre-emptive investment)? What do we learn from experiments with unions, worker councils, apprenticeships, wage insurance, worker training accounts, flexicurity, public-sector jobs?
How has reliance on algorithms affected opportunities for low-income workers?
What is the impact of labor market shocks generated by artificial intelligence, robotics and automation for workers education/ race/ethnicity/ immigration status/gender in different parts of the country and in different industries?
Can newly available data, such as those obtained through online employment sites or other sources, provide new information about changes in occupations, job skill requirements, hiring biases, or labor market shifts?
Workforce Development and Training
To what extent do labor market intermediaries, such as community colleges, temporary employment agencies, and labor unions, promote mobility and opportunity, and how do these effects differ by education/ race/ethnicity/ immigration status/gender?
When is re-training appropriate and effective? What are some promising ways to support the skills and experience of workers over the course of their careers, non-classroom life-long learning and re-skilling?
Changing Economies, Changing Families and Policy Responses
New work-family legislation has been enacted in several cities and states. What do we know about the effects of these new laws on employers, workers, and families?
What is the current landscape regarding work-family policy initiatives at different levels of government? What factors explain both recent changes and the lack of other changes? What are the implications?
Links to Other Foundation Priorities
RSF has a strong interest in projects using computational social science, particularly how digital, large and complex data and computational methods can further our understanding of the causes and consequences of changes in job quality, especially for low-wage workers.
We are particularly interested in analyses that make use of newly available data or demonstrate novel uses of existing data. We also support original data collection. Proposals to conduct field experiments, in-depth qualitative interviews, and ethnographies are also encouraged.
The Foundation encourages methodological variety and inter-disciplinary collaboration. All proposed projects must have well-developed conceptual frameworks and research designs. Analytical models must be specified and research questions and hypotheses (where applicable) must be clearly stated.
Funding can be used for research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time for conducting research and writing up results. Trustee Grants are generally capped at $175,000, including 15% indirect costs, over a two-year period. Presidential Awards are capped at $35,000 (no indirect costs). PIs may request up to $50,000 (no indirect costs) when the proposed research project has special needs for gathering data (e.g.: qualitative research) or gaining access to restricted-use data.
RSF receives so many applications for its limited funding that it no longer considers submissions that make use of publicly-available data, such as the Current Population Survey, American Community Survey, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, National Longitudinal survey of Youth, etc. However, if the project addresses a pressing issue or uses these data in an innovative way, RSF may consider such proposals as Presidential grants with a maximum budget of $35,000.
A brief letter of inquiry (4 pages max. excluding references) must precede a full proposal to determine whether the proposed project is in line with the Foundation's program priorities and available funds. All applications must be submitted through the Foundation's online submission system. Questions should be sent to Aixa Cintrón-Vélez, Program Director, at programs@rsage.org.
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Q: What does "special case of GMM" mean? I was researching purchasing this text book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0691010188/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2QTISO1Y8TYVW&coliid=I3FUEFWL47AC4L
In its description it talks about how the book teaches estimation techniques as special cases of GMM. This is not the first time I have heard that phrase before. What exactly does it mean?
For example, what does OLS as a special case of GMM mean? I was under the impression GMM was its own estimate technique.

A: For a weighting matrix $\hat W$, regressor matrix $Z$ (following the somewhat unusual notation used in the book by Hayashi you are referring to) and instrument matrix $X$, the GMM estimator to estimate $\delta$ in a linear model $y=Z\delta+\epsilon$ can be written as
$$
\widehat{\delta}(\widehat{W})=(Z'X\widehat{W}X'Z)^{-1}Z'X\widehat{W}X'y.
$$
If you assume your regressors to be "valid" (aka exogenous, uncorrelated with the error term), the $Z$ may be a subset of the set of instruments $X$, or they may even coincide with $X$, $Z=X$.
Consider the latter case first. GMM becomes (notice the matrices in the inverse then are square so that the inverse can be written as the product of the inverses, in reverse order)
\begin{align*}
\widehat{\delta}(\widehat{W})&=(Z'Z\widehat{W}Z'Z)^{-1}Z'Z\widehat{W}Z'y\\
&=(Z'Z)^{-1}\widehat{W}^{-1}(Z'Z)^{-1}Z'Z\widehat{W}Z'y\\
&=(Z'Z)^{-1}Z'y,
\end{align*}
which is the OLS estimator.
For the first case, we get equality for the particular choice of weighting matrix (optimal under conditional homoskedasticity) $\hat W=(X'X)^{-1}$:
GMM then becomes
\begin{align*}
\widehat{\delta}((X'X)^{-1})&=(Z'X(X'X)^{-1}X'Z)^{-1}Z'X(X'X)^{-1}X'y\\
&:=(Z'P_XZ)^{-1}Z'P_Xy,
\end{align*}
known as two-stage least squares. Now, if $Z\subset X$, projecting $Z$ on $X$ via $P_XZ$ will simply give $Z$ again (you explain something by itself and other instruments, and the best way to explain a variable is by itself - you will get perfect fit, see also here: Hayashi Econometrics Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR) Eq 4.5.13'-15'). Hence, GMM will again reduce to OLS.

A: It's generalized method of moments, for which Hansen got Economic Nobel a couple of years ago. It's very popular in econometrics.
You can show that OLS estimates are the same as GMM estimates under certain conditions. It's similar to MLE and OLS being the same under certain conditions (normal errors).

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20th Century Studios' "Speed" Gets 4K Ultra HD Release on May 4th
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Movie fans can enjoy 90s nostalgia in high definition as 20th Century Studios' Speed comes to 4K Ultra HD for the first time this spring. Starting May 4th, audiences can take in all of the action and intensity as never before with the physical media and digital release editions of this thrilling movie.
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Jan de Bont's action thriller Speed races to 4K Ultra HD for the first time on May 4th.
Along with the standard digital and physical media 4K release, guests at Best Buy will be able to purchase an exclusive limited-edition SteelBook.
So strap in and hold on tight for a rush of pulse-pounding thrills, breathtaking stunts and unexpected romance in a film you'll want to see again and again.
About Speed:
"Keanu Reeves stars as an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Dennis Hopper) has planted on a city bus. But until he does, one of the passengers (Sandra Bullock) must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour – or the bomb will explode. A high-octane chase of suspense, nonstop action and surprise twists, Speed is a joyride sure to keep you on the edge of your seat!"
Speed Bonus Features*
Audio Commentary by Jan de Bont
Audio Commentary by Graham Yost and Mark Gordon
Action Sequences
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Inside Speed
HBO First Look: The Making of Speed
Extended Scenes
Jack Shoots Payne in the Neck
Payne Lives/Cops Party
Annie's Job
After Helen's Death
Ray's Crime
Cargo Jet Explosion: The Airline Version
Speed Music Video by Billy Idol
*Bonus features vary by product and retailer.
"Free Guy" Coming to Digital Sept. 28, 4K Ultra HD…
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COVID-19 and the difficulties for Ontario inmates | Sarina Nezhadian
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As we enter the fourth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions are slowly being lifted, allowing individuals who once felt imprisoned inside their own homes to enjoy amenities from a safe distance. People began to compare the feelings of confinement to being detained.
However, what are the living conditions for inmates in detention centres amidst a global pandemic? How safe can one be in a crowded provincial jail, if faced with an outbreak?
Maria Rosa Muia, criminal lawyer, Domenic Basile Barrister and Solicitors, witnessed the conditions inside Ontario detention centres. "Inmates are being kept inside of their cells for longer, with a lot of their privileges taken away from them, such as yard time and limited access to medical care outside of the facility," Muia said. Many inmates are now at a greater risk for health complications due to their advanced age or pre-existing conditions.
At the start of the pandemic, Ontario faced shortages of personal protective equipment. This greatly impacted detention centres and jails, as there have been restrictions on hygiene products, including hand sanitizers and masks. This not only placed the inmates at risk, but also facility employees including nurses and correctional officers.
Since March, the South West Detention Centre, Toronto South Detention Centre, Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre and Ontario Correctional Institute have faced positive cases of COVID-19 from either staff or inmate populations. Detention centres and jails have become a hotspot for community transmissions, as inmates are often paired or in large groups with one another and staff have frequent close contact with the prisoners. Detainees from particular facilities often come from different locations, which increases the potential of introducing COVID-19 from different geographic locations. For example, before being moved into a detention centre, an individual is taken from the police station, to a holding cell, to the jail — exposing them to numerous facilities.
Although each institution has its own individualized pandemic plan, there is one operational change common to them all — the restriction of personal visitors, including lawyer-client visitations and inmate in-person court appearances.
"As their lawyers, we cannot conduct face-to-face visits which becomes difficult when discussing the details of the case, or reviewing disclosure," Muia noted. By not having this option, it becomes difficult to advise and prepare clients for court appearances, or to build trusting relationships through the phone.
According to Bobby Russon, criminal lawyer, Windsor Criminal Law, these barriers also impact new clientele and those suffering from mental health problems. "A lot of people come into custody and do not make bail right away," Russon explained. "These people might be suffering from mental health problems to begin with, and in that very moment could experience a mental health crisis."
Russon provides legal advice but also must take on the role of a social worker, noting the importance of being present for your clients during stressful legal proceedings that may be new and unfamiliar to some. "To not be able to physically be there and calm down my client has a negative impact on how we can normally proceed. While my client is in the holding cells, I cannot go there to speak or reassure them of the situation. It is a lot harder to inform and advise my clients without the face-to-face interviews."
This faceless barrier has made its way into other legal proceedings. When conducting guilty pleas for minor matters, additional obstacles are faced such as not being in the same building as your client. Time-sensitive matters are affected when you do not have the opportunity to speak to your client right away. "If something occurs right before the plea and you need to get a hold of your client promptly, or if your client is afraid of the court process but only feels comfortable speaking to their lawyer, it creates additional obstacles," Russon explained.
Audio-based proceedings have also affected bail hearings. Russon says the justice of the peace, defence counsel, Crown counsel and the jail call into a conference to begin the hearing. Audio-only hearings can create problems, Russon notes. "I've had a situation when a representative was testifying and the line kept getting disconnected. In the detention order there were several misstatements, which led us to review the decision and file an appeal." These situations lengthen criminal proceedings and could impact the efficiency of the system.
In addition, audio-only bail hearings may impact the outcome of proceedings. While it is true that physical appearances matter in the courtroom, by not having the defendant appear before the court it becomes easier to reduce the individual to what they are on paper. "A modest conversation about who the defendant is, is something that presiding justices must guard against," Russon advises. A defence lawyer's job is to be cautious of how the court may perceive the defendant's physical appearance. It becomes difficult to present a client as a human being, rather than an individual with a list of charges, when the hearing is conducted over the telephone.
When looking at the future months, Russon agrees that the pandemic may be considered as a collateral consequence in sentencing hearings. Collateral consequences were defined in R. v. Pham 2013 SCC 15 as "any consequence for the impact of the sentence, on the particular offender." Presiding justices are able to take collateral consequences into account when conducting sentencing procedures.
Russon referenced his recent case, R. v. Tasevski 2020 ONSC 3724, where his client received a one-year reduction of his sentence for collateral consequence. It was agreed by both counsel that because the accused would be serving his term in prison while the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this factor can be taken into account as a collateral consequence. It is important to note that collateral consequences do not diminish the offender's moral blameworthiness, or render the offence less serious, but rather the collateral consequence of one's incarceration during a pandemic would make his sentence harsher and more restrictive than it would have been prior to the pandemic. Russon agrees that in the following months, courts may look at the pandemic as a collateral consequence, until we are safely in the clear.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made many of us feel like a prisoner in our own homes. However, we must maintain our humanity when thinking of the conditions inmates are facing and how these unprecedented times may affect their futures longer than merely a wait for a vaccine. It is up to us as future lawyers, current lawyers and presiding justices to improve the appalling conditions inmates face in comparison to the rest of society.
Sarina Nezhadian is a rising second-year law student at the Dual JD program at the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. She has a great passion for criminal law and civil litigation. She is active on LinkedIn.
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Water Dispensers at School May Encourage Kids to Drink More
SUNDAY, Jan. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Students drank three times more water after water dispensers were installed in the cafeterias of New York City schools.
Researchers looked at nine public elementary, middle and high schools that received the water dispensers and a control group of students at 10 schools that didn't get them. The students' water consumption was checked before the water dispensers were installed, and 3.5 months and 10 months after their installation.
After the water dispensers were installed, students drank three times more water at lunchtime compared to students in the control group.
Eighty percent of students noticed the water dispensers when they were installed. Two-thirds of those who noticed them used them, and half of those who noticed them drank more water at lunchtime, according to the researchers.
Milk consumption declined slightly just after the water dispensers were installed. But, that effect appeared to subside after one year, according to the study published recently in the American Journal of Public Health.
Officials plan to install water dispensers in more than 1,000 New York City public schools. As of mid-2014, they had been installed in more than 800 schools, the researchers said.
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class ModelGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
  default_options :skip_timestamps => false, :skip_migration => false, :skip_factory => false

  def manifest
    record do |m|
      # Check for class naming collisions.
      m.class_collisions class_name, "#{class_name}Test"

      # Model, test, and fixture directories.
      m.directory File.join('app/models', class_path)
      m.directory File.join('test/unit', class_path)
      m.directory File.join('test/factories', class_path)

      # Model class, unit test, and fixtures.
      m.template 'model.rb',      File.join('app/models', class_path, "#{file_name}.rb")
      m.template 'unit_test.rb',  File.join('test/unit', class_path, "#{file_name}_test.rb")

      unless options[:skip_factory]
       	m.template 'factory.rb',  File.join('test/factories', "#{file_name.pluralize}.rb")
      end

      unless options[:skip_migration]
        m.migration_template 'migration.rb', 'db/migrate', :assigns => {
          :migration_name => "Create#{class_name.pluralize.gsub(/::/, '')}"
        }, :migration_file_name => "create_#{file_path.gsub(/\//, '_').pluralize}"
      end
    end
  end

  protected
    def banner
      "Usage: #{$0} #{spec.name} ModelName [field:type, field:type]"
    end

    def add_options!(opt)
      opt.separator ''
      opt.separator 'Options:'
      opt.on("--skip-timestamps",
             "Don't add timestamps to the migration file for this model") { |v| options[:skip_timestamps] = v }
      opt.on("--skip-migration",
             "Don't generate a migration file for this model") { |v| options[:skip_migration] = v }
      opt.on("--skip-factory",
             "Don't generation a factory file for this model") { |v| options[:skip_factory] = v}
    end
end

module Rails
  module Generator
    class GeneratedAttribute
      def default_for_factory
        @default ||= case type
          when :integer then 1
          when :float then 1.5
          when :decimal then "9.99"
          when :datetime, :timestamp, :time then 'Time.now'
          when :date then 'Date.today'
          when :string then '"MyString"'
          when :text then '"MyText"'
          when :boolean then false
          else
            ""
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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This website has been set up to help give a central hub to the Mari Lwyd and 'Oss (and assorted associated creatures) community.
We aim to have a database of all known active Mari, Oss and Creatures as well as articles on creation, arts, events and the people behind these fascinating traditions. We welcome guest writers and encourage users to sign up for their own account to submit information!


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Q: Creating a linux-based black box environment? This is a subject I've found very little on and while there are theory-based articles out there, I can't find anything with specifics. I also wasn't sure whether this should live on stack overflow or serverfault, but since most of this is probably a form of linux administration, serverfault felt the best to me.
How would I 'black box' an OS while still allowing the required services to run?
Rephrasing the details I had before just to better explain. I have a linux-based virtual machine appliance that I've deployed at multiple locations and is designed to fulfill a specific purpose, but doesn't require the user access the server OS itself; everything they need can be configured from a custom shell and web interface and now that it is deployed, there isn't a reason for anyone (even myself) to be able to access the internals of the system. After the system is deployed, it may have private data on it and copyrighted code and so for security, I want to 'black box' this environment. How would I do this?
Essentially I want to ensure that even a power user can't get into the innards of the OS, whether by command line or booting the system from a live disk (thinking encryption of some kind).
This process would be similar to that of a Dell iDRAC, HP ILO, VMware ESXi, Cisco switches where the internals of the Linux or Unix OS can't be accessed by the person the product is sold to.


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For each of you, we've coloured scarves fitted with coins which will give a nice tingling sound while you're dancing. For the bride to be, there is a real belly dancing costume to fit, so she can be really radiant and at the centre of attention during the party.
During the break, everyone is spoiled with sweet snacks and tea and your teacher is willing to share exciting stories about Arab sheiks and sweaty nightclubs. Possibly a dance can be rehearsed to perform at the bridal party, the song will be handed to you on CD.
At the end of the workshop, a great photoshoot can be arranged after which your teacher performs a spectacular belly dancing demonstration. Enjoy!
You can book this event with workshop with fewer participants than stated on this page, if you are willing to pay for the required number!


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namespace numcpp
{

struct assertion_error : public std::runtime_error
{
    explicit assertion_error( const std::string & message)
        :
        std::runtime_error(message)
    {}
};

namespace detail
{
    template <class R>
    struct tolerance_type
    {
        using type = R;
    };

    template <>
    struct tolerance_type<std::complex<float32>>
    {
        using type = float32;
    };

    template <>
    struct tolerance_type<std::complex<float64>>
    {
        using type = float64;
    };
}

template <class R>
void
assert_allclose(
    const array<R> &                                 actual,
    const array<R> &                                 desired,
    const typename detail::tolerance_type<R>::type & rtol,
    const typename detail::tolerance_type<R>::type & atol = 0,
    bool                                             equal_nan = false,
    const std::string &                              err_msg = "",
    bool                                             verbose = false
);

template <class R>
void
assert_allclose(
    const array<R> &                                 actual,
    const array<R> &                                 desired,
    const typename detail::tolerance_type<R>::type & rtol,
    const std::string &                              err_msg
) { assert_allclose(actual, desired, rtol, 0, false, err_msg); }

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// inline implementation

template <class R>
void
assert_allclose(
    const array<R> &                                 actual,
    const array<R> &                                 desired,
    const typename detail::tolerance_type<R>::type & rtol,
    const typename detail::tolerance_type<R>::type & atol,
    bool                                             equal_nan,
    const std::string &                              err_msg,
    bool                                             verbose)
{
    if (equal_nan) M_THROW_RT_ERROR("oops, equal_nan not implemented yet!");
    if (verbose) M_THROW_RT_ERROR("oops, verbose not implemented yet!");

    if (actual.shape() != desired.shape())
    {
        auto msg = fmt::sprintf(
            "(shapes %s, %s mismatch)",
            to_string(actual.shape()),
            to_string(desired.shape())
        );
        throw assertion_error( err_msg + "\n" + msg );
    }

    array<R> diff = actual - desired;

    array<bool> mask = abs(diff) > (atol + rtol * abs(desired));

    if (any(mask))
    {
        if (err_msg == "")
        {
            throw assertion_error(
                fmt::sprintf(
                    "arrays are not close, %d value(s) out of tolerance",
                    sum(mask)
                )
            );
        }
        else
        {
            throw assertion_error(err_msg);
        }
    }
}

} // namespace

#endif // _NUMCPP_TESTING_HPP_


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Blacksnob Archive
Well, That Was Quick
by daniellebelton
From Associated Press, a building damaged in fighting between Sadrists and Iraqi police and below Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Basra.
Was there a speedometer on the surge where once we reached 4,000 war dead things would tip right back over into the Book of Judges?
The Snob doesn't profess to be a great scholar of the Bible, but she is BFF's with two aspiring priests, so for the uninitiated, Judges is the most messed up book in the Bible. A lot of bad things happen in the good book, but hands down, Judges wins as the most violent and disturbing chapter. Go ahead. Flip through it sometime.
But whenever I hear news out of Iraq about our 4,000 war dead and many, many more injured and of the lives destroyed and of the chaos that followed our invasion I think of the Book of Judges. It refers directly to the time when there was no autocratic rule in Judea and every just sort of did whatever they thought fit the job at hand. So it was a lot of battles, revenge killings, a gang rape or two. Everything and everyone was pretty lawless.
The comparison is pretty apropos.
Everyone is doing what they think fits in Iraq, be it forming militias, joining up with foreign interlopers, sidling up to the Americas, joining the insurgency, stock piling weapons, fleeing for their lives, murdering their neighbors based on old grudges, stealing, throwing people into prison without due process and haphazard violent suppression.
Many times I've heard George W., et al, say that Iraq is better off without Saddam Hussein. I always wonder if he actually asked any Iraqis that. It's true that Saddam was a murderous dictator, but it's also true that when Saddam was alive the government was the only one killing people. Neighbors weren't massacring neighbors. Everyone stayed in their sandboxes. There was some semblance of order. The power was on for most hours of the day and there was decent water to drink. If we're talking quality of life issues, for most Baghdad residents and other Iraqis the fall of Saddam ushered in a serious downgrade in everything.
No one was getting blown up for just showing up at their job at the university or going grocery shopping.
No women were hiding in their houses, afraid to go out because of rapes, kidnapings and the occasional Al Qaeda honor killing
No one was waiting in line for days for fuel
No one was curled up sleeping with their guns, afraid of who might kick down their door and attack their family.
Going into our second day of violence in Baghdad and Basra it seems ridiculous to act like this mayhem is better than the former. Before Iraq was a police state ruled by a decadent, absolutist ruler. Now Iraq is a broken country of waring, tribal factions with us in the middle taking fire from all sides.
And how was invading Iraq and killing Saddam supposed to make things better? We would have been better off paying the guy a billion to go the fuck away. I mean, he liked money. I think he would have left the country for a billion and a house in Dubai. And that would be two tear drops in a bucket compared to the trillions of luche we're bleeding out now.
There had to have been a better way to usher in a transition of power without destroying the entire hierarchical structure of the country. What we did was the equivalent of someone invading the US, disbanding the judicial, executive and legislative branches and dissolving the US military. All people with party affiliations to the Democrats or Republicans would not be allowed to work for the government pending review. And our new "occupiers" would help us pick our new leaders.
Pick any fantasy scenario based on your own version of horrible:
– The PETA and the Environmental Liberation Front invades and puts Ralph Nader and the Green Party in charge.
– Haiti invades and puts Al Sharpton and Wyclef Jean in charge.
– Mexico invades, puts Delores Huerta in charge.
– Israeli hardliners invade, puts Bill Kristol, Joe Liberman and Paul Wolfowitz in charge.
– Canada invades, puts Jim Carrey and Celine Dion in charge.
I know. Bedlam, it would be. Why did we ever expect anything less?
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6 thoughts on "Well, That Was Quick"
Torrance Stephens bka All-Mi-T says:
Now why u do that to me woman, u know i trying not to write about Afg or UIraq, damn u done went and done it. Would have loved to see that Laurel and Hardy act with them police though..he my new book out get it and let me know what u think Plssssssssssss
I don't have any friends studying for the priesthood or pasterhood. But I do have a couple of friends in the reserves and "former" special forces. One got called up out of his law enfrocement job and spent two years – somewhere. He says Iraq but that the State Department will never confirm that he was anywhere near there. According to him he went over with a troop of 150 other gentlemen with his same type of speciality training. 40 returned. I beleive he was where he said he was because of the scars, the limp and the haunted look in his eye. He came back partially disabled and can no longer work in law enforcement so he's having to make do with a fledgling PI business.He told me, last time I saw him, that the average american citizen would be appalled if they knew the extent to which their own government is lying to them. He says the number of off the books fighters is nearly equal to the accurately reported active military. That means there are twice the number of "troops" over there as are being reported. With that I am assuming that there are probably twice the number of deaths and injury. So who really knows when we hit 4000 american deaths. It looks as if we have privatized this war in addition to the rebuilding of Iraq. When will this madness end?
I appreciated your comments about Judges. It is soooo disturbing and truly a challenge to seminarians and pastors everywhere (except those with really disturbing and bad theology about a blood-thirsty god).Just wanted to share that my preaching professor is having each of us do our first sermon for class on an assigned chapter from Judges. The results have been, well … interesting and the feedback has sometimes been, well … scathing.I preach from Judges next week.Pray for me.BFF.
The Black Snob says:
M-Tizzle: Best of luck to you. While Judges is a disturbing book, I think it has relevance because it reflects on the violence in the world, challenging notions of what God's role is in our lives. If there is meaning in these horrors and what we can learn from them. It also points out that there is nothing new in the violence we see today. There was never a time when violence wasn't a part of the human condition. We need to learn and adapt from it.
Constructive Feedback says:
My my my. Where do I start?[quote]It's true that Saddam was a murderous dictator, but it's also true that when Saddam was alive the government was the only one killing people. Neighbors weren't massacring neighbors. Everyone stayed in their sandboxes. There was some semblance of order.[/quote]Black Snob.What if a White supremacist made note of the difference in the American South between 1856 and 1866?* Everything was in ORDER* Blacks knew their place* Yes they were enslaved but at least there was near 100% employment for Blacks – its never been as high ever since.It sounds like you have a greater valuation of the 4000 American lives – the bulk of whom volunteered to join the armed forces than you do the countless number of Iraqi people who have died.I also notice that absent in your claim and in those of many who share your views is any particular request for the IRAQI "equal human beings" to STOP KILLING EACH OTHER.Why is it that people of certain proclivities seem to direct their demands for policy change at the UNITED STATES rather than at the Iraqi people. They are EQUAL HUMAN BEINGS, right? They listen to reason just as American do, right?I have a sense that there is a bit of assumed inferiority placed upon these people by certain people.Why is this?
constructive criticism: That statement wasn't about moral right or wrong. It's about our hypocrisy. We were friendly with Iraq in the 1980s when he was abusing his people. We're friends with all sorts of countries, (China, Columbia) who have been involved in all sorts of chicanery.What was different about Saddams abusive that made them less egregious as North Korea and China? Are we going to go form sovereign nation to sovereign nation fighting everyone's battles?And would it have made sense for Great Britain to invade the United States after the Civil War, dismantle the entire government and hand it all over to a previously disenfranchised minority?I mean, it would have been great for someone to get involved on our behalf. But the rest of the world respected the United States borders.When it's not you're fight you have to decide what you're going to get involved in and what you're not. Iraq had its problems, but considering we don't defend every downtrodden group I did not see what was so special about the Iraqis where they were more precious than the Tibetians, the South Africans, Rawandans, Somalians, Colombians, Cubans, Russians, Aborigonies, ethnic Albanians, the people of Cyprus. The list goes on and on.


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Tread Perilously -- Naomi: Who Am I?
Tread Perilously begins another month of Patreon requests, jokingly called "Total Request Live," with the final episode of Naomi -- "Who Am I?"
When a psychic vision of Naomi's birth parents advise her to trust no one, her adoptive parents decide it's time to leave Port Oswego. Unfortunately, their plan is derailed by Brutus's two beefy goons, who also abduct all the other adults in Naomi's life. Forced to reveal her powers to the few friends who still didn't know the truth, the group plan to rescue the grownups and shut down Brutus's portal from Earth-29. But will Naomi use the opportunity to visit her homeworld and confront Brutus?
Erik and Justin immediately get distracted and talk about anime. Kroger brand foods turn out to be the best of the store brands. Justin is convinced the episode writers used an autocomplete function to get through the script. He also recognizes Barry Watson among the cast. Erik suggests Nexstar's infamous assumption about the median age of a CW viewer may be true. The orientations of some of the show's love interests come into question. Stephanie March ends up adrift on screen. Justin names a member of the cast" handsome Robert Z'Dar." Certain Neil Marshall movies are recommended and Erik invokes the spirit of Michael Dudikoff.


I believe the elevation gain is about 1,000 feet but I have heard 2,000 feet…..(not sure).
It's located about halfway up Mount Rose Highway starting at the Mount Rose Trailhead, which is located at the summit of Mt. Rose Hwy (S.R. 431).
Also, there is no water at this trailhead so you will need to bring a water purifier or 2-3L per person for the hike.
Next, pass the building on the left side (closest to the road) to start towards the trail. Very shortly (less than 3 mins) on the trail you will see a board that gives information on trails in the area…..yet you will need to turn right (almost a U-turn) to see the "Hiker Only" sign. THIS IS YOUR TRAIL TO THE WATERFALL.
I have accidentally passed these entry stairs and have ended up on the Tahoe Rim Trail which is not all bad as you have great views of Tahoe (I'll write another post this trail) but you can travel on this trail for 100+ miles…..
Some views of Tamarack Lake as well along the way…….
I took this photo at the end of summer so I'm sure Spring time it must be even better. You can hike to the top; however, last time I was there, people mentioned that you have to climb the rocks up. I didn't want to try climbing that day as I was perfectly content residing under a tree and just taking in the scenery.


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Three reasons why bringing the Olympics back to New York State is a bad idea
Lake Placid still has the facilities from the 1980 Winter Olympics -- and that's great. But it doesn't mean the games should return.
Every now and then the idea of New York State hosting the Olympics pops up. And it's done so again this week, with leaders in the North Country banging the drum about bringing the winter games back and both Chuck Schumer and Elise Stefanik offering generally supportive statements. [Lake Placid News]
This is not a good idea.
Let us turn our attention to the medal stand of reasons why not...
Bronze: The IOC
For whatever reason, global sports organizations often seem to take on the feel of a collection of international not-quite-super villains. It's like a bunch of members of SPECTRE decided to step back from trying to pull all the strings of international crime and have retired to a life of more relaxing bribery and straightforward manipulation. You know, what separates Sepp Blatter -- emperor of FIFA, the world soccer org -- from being a super villain? That he doesn't have a death ray? (That we know of.)
The International Olympic Committee is no different, described as "elitist, domineering and crassly commercial" and including many members with their own checkered histories. If you get into bed with this sort of org, you better be wearing one of those full body condoms.
Pshaw, you might say, compared to the rest of the world the United States is relatively uncorrupt, we can handle this. Yeah... history here would indicate otherwise -- see the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Silver: The scale
The Olympics -- even the Winter Olympics, which are notably smaller than the summer games -- are a huge event. The last three winter games have averaged about 1 million tickets sold.
In contrast, Lake Placid is not a big place. It's actually really small -- with just about 2,500 residents. And neither Lake Placid or the Adirondacks in general have robust transportation infrastructure.
Yeah, but it's already hosted two Olympics, you say. True. But the last one was back in 1980, and the games basically ended up there by default after all the other bidders dropped out. And even on the somewhat smaller scale of the games in that time period, the Lake Placid transportation logistics ended up being a nightmare -- so much so that the governor of New York declared a state of emergency.
Some of these problems could maybe be mitigated by the spreading the games out to other parts of New York, but many of those other places -- like the Catskills -- would have similar problems.
Gold: The cost
Hosting the Olympics is crazy expensive. We'll throw out the $51 billion price tag of the Sochi Olympics -- because Russia -- and go back to the 2010 Vancouver games, which cost an estimated $6.4 billion.
The cost has risen so high that many potential host countries have decided it just simply isn't worth it. The race for the 2022 Winter Olympics is now down to Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan after other countries dropped out over cost. And it's notable that Norway -- which would have been a very strong candidate given its winter sports culture, history of hosting a successful winter Olympics, and its huge pool of oil wealth -- decided the price was too high. (Sweden made a similar decision.)
And even if you can afford to host the games, they're just not a good investment for most countries because the jobs are temporary and it's hard to make back the money on the necessary infrastructure upgrades.
photo: Bennett Campbell
tags: Adirondacks, Lake Placid, New York State, sports
Alas, I think New York and Lake Placid would do well to try to lure the Olympics back. Certainly IOC officials might be more flexible than in the past, maybe their room temperatures could be set to 62 instead of 68 degrees. Thia condition was published after Norway rejected the games. But some of the negatives mentioned could be flipped into positives, after all the 1980 games was seen as a toned down version of previous events. In terms of Olympic infrastructure, Lake Placid has most of it already. A new Olympic village would be required but certainly private developers could fund that and sell it off post games as second homes and affordable housing. More hotels would be required, in Lake Placid and nearby towns, but could be funded by private companies.For other infrastructure, the state could temporarily widen some inbound roads from two lanes to three for a passing lane and maybe four lanes in a few places. After the games, those overly wide shoulders could be turned into bike lanes. Like 1980, buses would transport people to each event but unlike 1980, each bus would have its own temporary bus lane and priority at traffic lights. The rail line into Lake Placid could be upgraded to carry passengers direct from Penn Station to Lake Placid and be retained after the games to promote tourism similar to Vermont's Ethan Allen Express which brings skiers to Rutland.Finally, Lake Placid could build a media center and venue which could be turned into an interactive Olympic museum after the games, similar to the Wild Center and Adirondack Museum. None of that would cost the state a great deal of money and the benefits, reestablishing the Adirondack brand and those infrastructure improvements, would encourage millions more people to visit each year.
... said Zack Rules on Mar 3, 2015 at 9:16 PM | link
Whenever the topic of bringing the Olympics back to Lake Placid is broached, the same thought that was posited in this article occurs to me; that is, the idea that the Games have outgrown places like Lake Placid. Perhaps some events could still be held at the same venues that hosted them before, but others would require alternate arrangements.
For starters, the Winter Olympics currently include five disciplines that were not contested in 1980: curling, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating (as opposed to... regular?... speed skating), skeleton, and snowboarding. Immediately, the need for a half-pipe for some of the snowboarding and freestyle skiing events comes to mind, as does the need for a curling venue. (I don't recall offhand if the scheduling would allow for the curling to be held in the speed skating oval.) Skeleton uses the same tracks as bobsled and luge, so that shouldn't be a problem. The short track speed skating tends to be held in the same building as the figure skating, which at Lake Placid was Olympic Center Arena (now called Herb Brooks Arena).
...And that brings us to hockey. The hockey tournament has grown in both size and popularity since 1980. Women's hockey was added in 1998, and many of the bigger games on the men's side (and maybe even the women's side) could probably stand to be held in a larger venue. AFAIK, the closest American arena to Lake Placid that's bigger than Herb Brooks Arena is... the Times Union Center. (I say "American" because Montreal -- and its NHL arena, the Bell Centre -- is closer to Lake Placid than Albany is.) Wouldn't it be awesome to see Olympic hockey being played right in our own backyard?
Bottom line is, if there was sufficient interest (and sufficient funding), Lake Placid could host the Winter Olympics again, especially if the powers-that-be made it a point to stage the Games as a rather stripped-down event compared to recent Olympics. It would be difficult but not impossible, and maybe it would set a precedent for dialing the Olympics down a few notches.
... said Tim in Waterford on Mar 3, 2015 at 10:47 PM | link
Up north, there's an ongoing tension - between the desire for increased development and the desire to preserve wilderness and natural resources. It's gotten worse, as these small communities see their populations shrink. Hamilton County, for example, is the largest in the state, and it has the oldest population. But wider development endangers the very thing that makes the Adirondacks great. Ultimately, it's a matter of smart growth and concentration.
A large-scale investment in Lake Placid could alleviate the economic hardships in the region, while at the same time concentrating development towards an existing urban area, and away from wilder zones.
... said Justin on Mar 4, 2015 at 9:48 AM | link
It would be a blast to have the Olympics back in the area. The general buzz that would be in the air would be infectious and exciting. However, that rush of excitement would be temporary.
I love that my relationship with the Adirondacks is devoid of politics. My 2+ hour drive is filled with discussion on sights, sounds and smells. My hiking time is not spent thinking about the economic impact of hosting another winter olympics. I'm not lamenting whether any of our tax dollars were invested in the games for infrastructure upgrades as opposed to something I care more about (schools, waterfront redevelopment, etc).
These reasons are entirely selfish, of course. And I'm very naive when it comes to the problems faced by year-round residents in the ADKs. However, I really truly appreciate the simplicity of my relationship to the region and wouldn't want to risk losing that.
... said Sean on Mar 4, 2015 at 2:16 PM | link
Every time I read about the IOC, the host city bid process, or the insane debt each host tends to be left with, I think about the possibility of the Winter Games coming back to Lake Placid (and this is often, as I'm pretty fascinated with the games and the process behind choosing the location). Like you mentioned above, there are a staggering number of reasons why it shouldn't be held in New York again.
But then I think of how cool it must have been to have the Olympics held in our own backyard... and how it sucks that I was -2 years old the last time it was held in Lake Placid (and -50 the time before that)!
Soooo... I'm 49% against the idea of another Lake Placid bid... 51% for it :D
... said Paul on Mar 4, 2015 at 3:38 PM | link
I think I remember something about Buffalo, and Toronto teaming up to co-host the winter Olympics. I'm not sure how far along that proposal ever got.
... said Anthony on Mar 5, 2015 at 9:52 AM | link


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The DoD Launched A 'Priceline For The Military' With Travel Deals Galore
A new online travel booking platform will ensure the "best deals" possible for current and retired members of the U.S. military, as well as Department of Defense civilians.
By The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. | Published Jan 25, 2019 11:00 AM
A new online travel booking platform will ensure the "best deals" possible for current and retired members of the U.S. military, as well as Department of Defense civilians.
The Department of Defense partnered with Priceline to create the American Forces Travel website that launched Tuesday.
"It is a unique and unprecedented travel service: a global collection of exceptional deals, assembled in a single place and available only to the United States military community," a press release said. "American Forces Travel was developed to ensure that when authorized members book personal travel, they will have ready access to the best deals that the global travel industry has to offer."
The website will give the DoD's 1.3 million employees access to hotel, flight, car rental and cruise brands. According to the press release, more than a million hotel deals will be available in more than 71,000 destinations around the globe.
Perhaps the biggest selling point, the site will offer privately negotiated deals that will be available only to the military community.
"Until now, leisure travel was typically handled by travel agents on military bases," the press release said. "The DoD chose to create a new online platform that was modern, fast and widely accessible, and to populate the site with the broadest and deepest collection of travel deals as a way to thank the military community for their service."
Priceline was selected at the end of a competitive bidding process among many of the largest online travel agencies.
"American Forces Travel was developed for a simple reason. The people who support the United States of America through military service have earned access to the world's most exclusive travel deals," said Brett Keller, Priceline's CEO. "We were thrilled to be selected by the Department of Defense, and have worked closely with them over the past year to bring the site to life."
American Forces Travel also will feature "package" or "bundled" booking options — a way for users to save even more when they travel. A bundled booking combines private rates that typically are accessible only in a package. The savings can run into the hundreds of dollars, which would not be available if a traveler booked each travel element independently, the release said.
All transactions on American Forces Travel will generate a commission that will support Quality of Life programs within each service branch.
American Forces Travel is open to all military and military-affiliated personnel who are eligible to use Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs. First-time users will be asked to verify their eligibility with the Department of Defense. The verification process is secure and requested information will not be retained.
For more information, go to americanforcestravel.com.
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And as marketing communication becomes ever more visual, it is also important for brands to use visual research to better understand how consumers understand and interpret logos, videos, photo feeds, apps and web sites.
Working together with The Toledo Museum Of Art, we've begun exploring how people look at and understand the world of images and objects around them.
The first step in our study was to evaluate how people would look at a simple image of an apple pie on a table. Did they grasp the formal elements of the image? Could they make up a story? Did the image have symbolic significance? Could they place it in a larger cultural context?
As you can see below there is a marked difference between untrained observations and interpretations and those of more visually skilled viewers.
After dividing our respondents into three groups based on their initial evaluation, we presented them with a wide variety of imagery covering pop culture, everyday life, museum art, outdoor scenes, and global culture.
Using our VCN Blogs methodology, the respondents kept online diaries of what they saw in the images and their interpretations.
We then presented our findings in a formal report to the Visual Literacy Conference sponsored by The Toledo Museum of Art, held in Toledo, Ohio in November 2014. The presentation sparked considerable interest among the attendees and is planned to be just the first in a series of studies to help museums and other institutions develop educational programs to improve Visual Literacy among people at every level. Watch the presentation here.


Far out shredding and good vibrations.
For several years now, the American Southwest-based conscious collective known as Pyramid Country (PC) has been putting out some incredibly mind-expanding skateboard videos. Please see the crew's "Exeter" movie for metaphysical reference. Seriously, it's beyond just pushing on four wheels for PC. It's about a visual and sonic experience that pushes the mind, body, and soul to new planes of existence—like the skateboard is it's own acid tab, DMT hit, or mushroom.
Seeing as how Earth itself is in it's own collective shift regarding ancient concepts like love, peace, and understanding, it seems only fitting that PC's latest drop be dubbed "Love and Gratitude", yet another soul-driven excursion into the galactic implications of stylish street skateboarding. Featuring the likes of shredders like Dave Engerer, Robbie Brockel, Jack Olson, Kevin Braun and a slew more, the video is 20 plus minutes of free-flowing sickness and slams laced to ethereal tunes like Marble Teeth's "Carwash Funeral Fundraiser". It's a trip, you'll definitely see for yourself.
Now go on and get into your favorite soul travel position – that means comfy, free-minded and attentive. Here comes a healthy dose of higher frequencies for you and your board.


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Clinic set to tackle fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
By Guest Writer,
Rada Rouse
AUSTRALIA'S first screening and diagnostic service for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) will be developed in Sydney.
The Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AER Foundation) last week announced $500,000 in charitable donations to address research gaps in FASD management, including the screening service at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
Elizabeth Elliott, professor of paediatrics and child health at the hospital, said at least 2% of babies born annually in Australia have FASD.
"That's likely a significant underestimate because doctors aren't recognising it and aren't asking women about alcohol use in pregnancy," she said.
An AER Foundation community poll found only 42% of women who have had a pregnancy recalled having a healthcare professional raise with them the harms associated with drinking alcohol.
The planned clinic would facilitate the assessment, diagnosis
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The capital of Karen State, Hpa-An is a small, lively city situated on the Thanlwin River, which thrives mainly from trade with neighboring country Thailand. The attractions revolve around a colorful market, the river port and a Buddhist temple decorated with frescoes warning against sins such as narcotics and lust. Among the region most sacred sights, you can climb the 2000 steps until the top of the Mount Zwekabin, located in the East of Hpa An.
Kayin New Year is considered as the national day in Myanmar, and the date of the celebrations varies among years since its calculation bases on the lunar moon calendar. It is held on the first day of the moon month of Pyatho.
Rising above the surrounding rice fields to a height of 700-metres, this limestone peak is one of the region's most sacred sites. At the grassy fields at its base stand thousands of Buddha statues in neat lines.
Marooned on a small circular lake, this pagoda tops a limestone concretion and is accessible by stairs carved in the rock. This is a favourite spot for relaxation and contemplation.
Known as the "Cave of the Ten Thousand Buddhas", Kaw Goon is arguably the most spectacular and best-preserved cave in the region. Legend has it that the first statues were carved here in the 7th century.
Just on the way to city, stop at Bayint Nyi Cave, a beautiful natural cave on the mountain with views of paddy fields. There is a natural hot water spring where locals come to worship and pray for prosperity and good health.
Another natural wonder, this cave opens into a vast arched room with walls adorned with thousands of tiny Buddha sculptures in the shape of sacred symbols and animals. At the bottom of the cave, a stupa marks the entrance to a tunnel that continues for a few hundred metres into the rock.
Just outside of the city stop at Kha Yone Cave, a beautiful natural cave where locals come to worship and say their prayers to ask for good health and prosperity. Kha‐Yone Cave is one of the natural limestone caves in Kha‐Yone Village, (Kyaikmayaw Township) in Mon State to the direction of Mawlamyaing.
Ya Thea Pyan Cave was known in the colonial literature as P'agat Cave. The current name Ya Thea Pyan translates as Hermit Cave (as Ya Thea mean hermit).
Just 10 minutes' drive from Hpa‐An, Kawt Kathaung Cave, is a natural cave with fresh water spring where locals came not only for pilgrimage but always to soak themselves in the pool.
Every day at sunset, a swarm of bats emerges through a crevice in a massive cave on the bank of the Salween to hunt for food. This spectacle was previously off limits to foreigners, due to a curfew, however it can now be witnessed by all.
In Kadoe Kawnat village, visit Kawnat Monastery, a magnificent building featuring beautiful woodcarving. It was built a century ago by a villager named U Nar Ouat, who was famed in those days for his wealth and generosity.
On the way out of Hpa‐An to Sadan Cave, Eain Du Karen Village is famous for a short village to see local traditional hand weaving workshop .


Tomohiko Kato is a musician who organizes Art Space Wara-no-ie in Akiu, Taihaku-ku, Sendai. I have realized that there are many nuclear power plants in this dangerous small land where disasters occur frequently. It's a tough place to live. We should never forget disasters as well as wars. It is not sufficient to put damaged things back the way they were, and it is important to learn from them and apply lessons learned for the future. I think that the earthquake has brought to our attention the need to consider our way of living in the future.


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Preheat an oven to 375°F. Generously butter six-5 ounce ramekins.
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk 3 minutes. Slowly add the milk whisking constantly. Transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender and add the eggs and pulse a few times to mix well. Add the cheese, salt and pepper and process 2 minutes.
Pour the mixture into the prepared ramekins. Place in a baking dish. Pour in enough boiling water to come up 1-inch along the sides of the ramekins. Bake until they are puffed and firm to the touch, 30 minutes.
In the meantime, warm the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium high heat. Add the tomatoes and heat until hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. When the flans are done, remove them from the water bath. Run a knife around the edge and remove the flans from the ramekins.
To serve, place one flan in the center of each place. Spoon the tomato sauce onto the top and around the sides of the flans. Garnish with basil and serve.


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Serving the apprenticeship time
Fri 30th Aug 2013, 11.00
It's just over a year since the minimum duration rule was applied, meaning most apprenticeships would have to last at least a year. Phil Hatton looks at whether the rule offers the quality assurance it was hoped for.
I was one of the two authors of the first NVQ back in 1987, which really changed the face of the old style time-served apprenticeships and the way they have subsequently developed.
That first level two NVQ was supposed to be the equivalent of five GCSEs and got away from the concept of annual end-of-course examinations. It was designed for delivery anywhere and wasn't confined to the classroom.
Therein lies the current problem for this and previous governments who have shared an obsession with large scale growth in the number of apprentices, regardless of what the apprenticeships were in or who the apprentices were.
The mistake that those in government have made is to think that using 'time-served' rather than 'quality of delivery and learning' is a magic potion to 'root out poor delivery'.
Some adults taking apprenticeships have already developed substantial amounts of work skills which can accelerate how quickly they demonstrate their technical competence.
They will usually take longer to pass functional skills and other written tests such as technical certificates because they are out of the habit of studying.
However, if the decision has been taken to fund adults with previous experience as apprentices, they should not be forced to take a year by slowing-up their progress and diminishing their enthusiasm for learning, when nine months would do.
Not everything labelled 'apprenticeship' should be an apprenticeship
This 'never mind the quality, think of the duration' approach does not solve the problem of shoddy provision or work to ensure excellence in delivery, especially if the apprenticeship product is not equitable.
The real crux of the matter is not the time taken to deliver an apprenticeship, but the inequality between the different frameworks.
We are not talking about functional skills, but the heart of the apprenticeship, the vocational qualification.
That first NVQ was not time-bound, but the brightest apprentices took 18 months and most two years to achieve it (anything less and you knew there was something 'dodgy' occurring).
That 'five-GCSE' equivalent has now completely gone out of the window for a level two apprenticeship.
The simple truth is that not everything labelled 'apprenticeship' should be an apprenticeship.
An example that comes up frequently at conferences is the 'security guard' apprenticeship.
I had previously inspected excellent provision where training in the main area was delivered in three to four days and people got jobs. Now, even with some beefing up to make a framework, can that be worth the 'five GCSEs'?
Providers have said they will have longer periods between visits to employers to stretch the delivery time out. Does that sound like quality delivery?
Proposals to get employers involved in designing qualifications already exists — in NVQs
Ofqual and the late QCA have not done the FE sector any favours by allowing the explosion in inequitable level two qualifications. Perhaps the term 'traineeships' should have been saved for the lesser content frameworks?
Post Richard Review, the proposals to get employers involved in designing qualifications already exists — in NVQs.
There is a reluctance by lead training organisations to help niche employers, such as newer engineering technologies, develop qualifications because of the low numbers who will need them.
The model of employer development being proposed sounds too much like an earlier failure, when colleges developed thousands of bespoke qualifications validated by other colleges.
But why learn from previous mistakes such as Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) direct NVQs (where TECs quality assured small providers and received countless inadequate inspection judgements) and franchising? These could have informed the rules for ensuring robust subcontracting?
My plea is for the Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock, to not rely solely on those who want to see increases in numbers engaging in apprenticeships, but to see engagement in apprenticeships that will mean something to employers and eventually offer a real alternative to university for our young people.
Phil Hatton, FE improvement consultant at Learning Improvement Service Ltd and former Ofsted HMI
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End of term report: people are waking up to the need to rebalance FE and HE
Enhancing the debate: what we discussed at our first roundtable
How we can get the talent pipeline flowing properly
Clearing up misconceptions about the new inspection framework
Why FE colleges need "big data" in the battle to recruit apprentices
Roger Francis
You are absolutely right Phil and I am so pleased that someone has said this.
However whilst I agree totally with the thrust of your piece, I would argue that for 2 reasons, quality has in fact improved over the last 12 months.
Firstly, in our experience, the introduction of Functional Skills has resulted in a clear improvement in the Maths and English abilities of Apprentices, especially when compared to the rightly maligned Key Skills which we now know were totally ineffectual in addressing the UK skills crisis. Our clients tell us that they see a very obvious difference between Apprentices who took Key Skills and those who have achieved FS qualifications, the latter being far more confident and far more able to apply their skills in the workplace.
Secondly, making the minimum duration 12 months has had the effect of weeding out those providers who were rapidly sheep-dipping large numbers of existing, fully competent employees. The 12 month rule means that this sort of approach becomes far less profitable, particularly since the introduction of Functional Skills which requires significant resource and expertise.
Clearly there is more to be done and our obsession with start numbers is extremely unhealthy. However, I do feel we should acknowledge the progress that has been made whilst at the same time accepting that there is far more to be done.
Phil Hatton
Around 11 years ago when I conducted the first ever survey of apprenticeships for the Training Standards Council the views of hundreds of employers were extremely negative about the value of key skills. However, after eight years the views on them completely changed and they were 'raved' about by the employers who engaged with good providers. The resounding message was that when applied to the area of work they were very worthwhile. The clear message was that employers also wanted to see younger apprentices develop their skills of 'working together' and 'thinking'- hence the recent addition of PLTS (personal learning and thinking skills)to frameworks. However these have been so integrated into NVQs by awarding bodies that it is hard to identify how they are being delivered, and you won't see much of a mention of their quality in Ofsted reports. There is some excellent practice in delivering them by providers who have chosen to 'extract' them and this needs to be spread more widely. As for functional skills the real shame is that our youngsters have not achieved a decent mathematics and English GCSE before leaving school, and that for far too many of those who have managed to get their GCSEs providers opt for the exemption route to a framework rather than the challenge of studying them at a higher level (which would encourage their progression onto more advanced study).
This could be the time when apprenticeships really come into their own as the preferred alternative route for young people to aspire to higher education through a work-based pathway.
So why is it when there is this alternative route to University, and young people do not want to saddle themselves with debt, that their participation in apprenticeships is actually falling? In my informed view (from talking to several hundred young people) it is simply due to the lack of readily available impartial advice to parents and young people, with thousands of youngsters having being told that the raising of participation to 17 means they must stay at school an extra year – unless they don't get their required GCSE grades, when they then receive very little advice from their school careers people in mid-August when results come out. It is almost perverse that the best colleges and providers learnt years ago that giving impartial advice meant that learners ended up on programmes that suited them, rather than simply getting 'bums on seats' with the later consequence of high drop out – if only schools had more of a moral conscience about their actions. Colleges and providers are seeing these young people as we discuss this, scrambling for something to do now their schools look to ignore their own failures and maintain Ofsted grades by creaming off the ones who are most likely to get A levels. Hopefully these young people will end up on courses that really engage them, or there will be consequences for FE in early drop out.
Some real sense at last. Excellent article.
Louise Kempster
This article raises some good questions as it is becoming increasingly clear that a one size fits all approach isn't the best fit for apprenticeships. Working for a provider I find it interesting that the delivery is focused on what learners need to develop and yet the timing given doesn't always reflect that. In some cases able students can even be held back by the limits of the framework regardless of the quality of provision. Thought provoking. While a minimum time served may improve the balance of provision where training providers weren't providing a good service, shouldn't we be taking the students' needs into consideration first and foremost? If only we could move targets away from profit making and numbers and base it around student feedback instead. I have a feeling the industry might be turned on its head.
Martin West
I can only agree with this, I did a 6 year Apprenticeship when this was recognised as the means to obtaining the skills and qualifications recognised by employers as a Trade and it was not a College that signed off the Apprenticeship when I obtained the requisite qualifications but the my employer after I had served an additional period of time as a journeyman.
Have we improved on this over the years? The answer unfortunately has to be no, Apprenticeships have been devalued due to political interference and now exist for most occupations including those previously considered as semiskilled as in the example for the 'security guard'.
I delivered one of the first NVQ's in the late 80's and I considered that this was suitable training to gain recognition in an occupation but it was not an apprenticeship, the mistake came when everything that contained an NVQ was called an Apprenticeship.
The solution is to change the name, yes retain Apprenticeship for real trades at level 3 and possibly use Technical Apprentices for higher levels and traineeship or similar for lower levels.
Yes we could deliver a traineeship to a security guard within 6 weeks and this would reflect what the employer and employee need.


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Script 'C:\src\flutter\packages\flutter_tools\gradle\flutter.gradle' line: 991

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Execution failed for task ':app:compileFlutterBuildDebug'.

Process 'command 'C:\src\flutter\bin\flutter.bat'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

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Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more
log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

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i need help please

A: run flutter clean
after which you run
flutter pub get
and then
flutter run
It should fix it


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