Frontier is a regional airline with two thirds of its US destinations west of the Mississippi River.
Frontier Airlines was founded in 1994 by executives of a previous incarnation of Frontier Airlines.
Frontier Airlines was the launch customer of the Airbus A318 in 2003, and now has seven in its fleet.
In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs.
Frontier Airlines was founded by the June 1950 merger of Monarch Airlines, Challenger Airlines, and Arizona Airways, which served routes in the Great Plains and Western United States.
The original Frontier Airlines was founded by the June 1950 merger of Monarch Airlines, Challenger Airlines, and Arizona Airways, which served routes in the Great Plains and Western United States.
Frontier Airlines is the latest American carrier to have a new route between the United States and Mexico provisionally approved.
Frontier Airlines is adding frequency and capacity to 23 of its domestic markets to and from its home terminal in Denver to cater for vacationers who choose to fly rather than drive.
Frontier Airlines is reportedly planning on starting a number of new routes to Canada from its Denver hub.
Frontier CEO Jeff Potter said he was pleased with the result, especially considering that the profit came despite seeing fuel costs rise 30% during the quarter, according to the Associated Press.
Frontier Airlines was the airline least likely to cancel your flight in May, the latest month for which statistics are available from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Frontier CFO Paul Tate tells The Associated Press that the airline is researching the possibility of expanding service to Canada, though he did not single out any potential destinations nor a timetable for adding such service.
Frontier is a low cost carrier, but it is not the same as other airlines, Southwest for example.
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Frontier Airlines entered the airline business in 1994 firmly devoted to providing fast and reliable service throughout the United States and Mexico.
Frontier Airlines, based out of Denver, serves 46 destinations in the United States and Mexico.
Frontier Airlines was officially born on June 1, 1950 when the new company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, acquired the certificates of three feeder carriers - Arizona Airways, Challenger Airlines and Monarch Airlines.
In 1957 a Frontier Airlines DC-3 crashed into a mountain.
L.B. Maytag became President in 1955 after his family acquired controlling interest in the airline.
Frontier airline provides service to 48 destination cities, 29 U.S. cities and two Mexico cities, from its Denver hub.
The airline is the second largest jet carrier of Denver International Airport with an average of 200 daily system-wide departures and arrivals.
Frontier Airlines has entered the Philadelphia Market and is rumored to be working on entering gaining access to Pittsburg.
The concept is based on the tails on Frontier's aircraft - something that has always set Frontier Airlines apart from other airlines - and uses those images to establish Frontier as being different from their competitors.
Frontier Airlines employs approximately 4,500 aviation professionals in cities throughout their route system.
Frontier currently operates a fleet of 47 aircraft, some of which are are the aforementioned animal planes.
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Frontier Airlines will begin flying to 18 new cities around Denver by next summer under their new subsidary.
An airline that doesn't fly into the Eagle County Airport is bringing its newest plane to Gypsum Friday.
Frontier Airlines hopes to decide within a month whether to build its own maintenance hangar in Denver, a project that would cost an estimated $30 million to $40 million.
According to the Frontier Airlines website, Frontier is an affordable fare airline that provides service to 41 cities, 37 U.S. cities and four Mexico cities, from its Denver hub.
Frontier currently operates a fleet of 39 aircraft including 22 132-passenger Airbus A319 jets, four 114-passenger Airbus A318 jets, and 13 136-passenger Boeing 737-300 jets.
Frontier Airlines has very cheap fares, but you often pay for what you get.
According to JP Morgan's research note published this afternoon, Frontier Airlines' cost structure is relatively high, as compared to its peers in the low cost carrier sector.
Frontier Airlines is significantly dependent on its lone Denver market, the analysts say.
JP Morgan believes that United Airlines (UAL) is well positioned to gain the market share lost by Frontier Airlines at Denver, by the early next year.
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Frontier is an affordable fare airline that provides service from its Denver hub.
The airline is the second largest jet user of Denver International Airport.
"Frontier Airlines is truly flying into a new frontier as we introduce the only non-stop, scheduled service between Denver and Cancun and Denver and Mazatlan," said Jeff Potter, president and CEO.
Frontier offers one of the most generous frequent flyer redemption programs in the industry and EarlyReturns members can earn a free round-trip ticket to and from Cancun and Mazatlan by redeeming 25,000 frequent flyer miles and a free round-trip ticket to any Frontier destination in the contiguous U.S. with 15,000 EarlyReturns miles.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines employs approximately 3,000 aviation professionals and is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport.
Frontier's daily flights depart Austin via an Airbus A319 at 2:30 p.m., arriving in Denver at 3:35 p.m.
Frontier's expansion to Austin-Bergstrom marks the third new airline to come to the airport in 2001.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier out of Denver International Airport, serving 23 cities coast to coast with a fleet of 27 aircraft.
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Unlike the old airline, it is out of Denver International Airport, and not Stapleton Airport and directly competes only with United Airlines and not with Contential Airlines or the now defunct People Express.
The planes used in the airline's re-incarnation are noted for colorful depictions of wildlife on their vertical stabilizers.
Frontier uses nature photography on the stabilizers and winglets of the airplanes to produce a distinctive look touted in their advertisements along with their new slogan: "A Whole Different Animal."
Frontier's new operation is the second maintenance facility outside of Denver, and will initially employ 12 mechanics including two avionics technicians, two lead mechanics, seven mechanics and one supervisor.
The airline is scheduled to begin operation at KCI on April 1, 2004.
As the airline's maintenance needs grow, Kansas City is in a much stronger position to compete for future maintenance/repair and overhaul work with the airline.
Frontier Airlines is providing a discount on ticket reservations for all of the WSATA 2002 Conference attendees.
Frontier Airlines is offering a discount of 10% off restricted fares and 15% off on unrestricted fares.
If you would like to view the flight schedules of Frontier Airlines, simply click on the link http://www.frontierairlines.com or (click here to view route map) but do not make your reservation online.
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Frontier is an affordable fare airline that provides service to 30 cities from its Denver hub.
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AICA > News > AICA news > AICA Summer Meeting 2015 President's Report
AICA Summer Meeting 2015 President's Report
AICA Summer Meeting President's Report, 18 June 2015
Camden Art Centre
Last year we had our Summer meeting during the opening of the Liverpool Biennial, kindly hosted by Bluecoat, where we held a panel discussion on the way critics work and on thematic shows. This year we celebrate Camden's 50th anniversary and Jenni Lomax's 25 years as Director. We warmly thank publishers Thames and Hudson for their kind sponsorship of the event. Under Lomax's leadership Camden has been transformed in to one of the most beautiful gallery spaces in the country. Always much loved by artists, Camden is now a venue which offers a richer social and artistic experience for the local community as well as dedicated followers.
AICA Executive
The Executive has met three times since October (20 January, 3 March, 29 April ) to review new members applications and plan the programme. We are grateful to Ridinghouse and Peer for hosting us gratis and to the Lamb in Conduit Street where we held a very good Bar Aica on 3 March. About fourteen member joined us for a conversation about current exhibitions, fuelled by the Lamb's hospitality. We would like to repeat this and welcome other members to join the core group. Our members continues to grow steadily and we urge members to actively seek applications from new candidates. Your Executive works to support AICA's membership, please come forward if you would like to be co-opted to help with the programme.
Annual Lecture
Our fifth AICA Annual lecture was given by the New York Times art critic Roberta Smith at Tate Britain on 3 December. Roberta soon engaged a very responsive audience with her direct and frank account of her own practice as a newspaper critic over thirty years , addressing her relationship with artists, the importance of independence from the market and of critical integrity. She made an informal discussion both entertaining, subtle and thought provoking. It was disappointing that due to college scheduling problems a planned seminar with Roberta and students at the Royal College of Art could not take place. We are grateful to Tate and to the Head of Public Programmes, Nora Razian for hosting us over the last five years. There will be no Annual Lecture 2015 because AICA UK is hosting the AICA International Congress in October, details to follow.
AICA International
I write with two hats : AICAUK and AICA International. As Chair of the AICA Congress Commission 2014 much of my AICA time was taken up with the Congress in Korea to which AICAUK member Paul O'Kane contributed and wrote a report for the website . AICAUK is pleased to have been able to support Paul's attendance with our first travel award. Our colleagues in AICA Korea must be congratulated on brilliant organization and for raising over $300,000 to host the Congress. The AICA International Award for a distinguished contribution to Art Criticism was awarded posthumously to the Korean critic Lee Yil. AICA's Publications Commission, chaired by Jean-Marc Poinsot, is in discussion with the family of Lee Yil on an AICA anthology of Lee Yil's writing. This would be the second in the series of AICA Publications of critics whose work is not widely available in English. Discussions are also ongoing to publish the work of the late Thomas Strauss who was awarded at the AICA Congress in Slovakia in 2013.
AICA International had a presence at the opening of the Venice Biennale where AICA Poland hosted a panel discussion at the Signum Foundation on the case of Central –Eastern Europe, in partnership with the Wroclaw Capital of Culture 2016 and the Zacheta National Gallery of Art.
AICA is actively expanding its representation in non western countries; a new section in Bangladesh will be on the agenda at the next General Assembly . Our relationship with China is developing ; at the March Council in Paris it was agreed that AICA International is formally associated with the major new International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC) which grew from the John Moores Critics Prize China supported by AICA UK. The IAAC Board is Chaired by AICA International Honorary President Henry Meyric Hughes and the first edition judges included AICAUK Executive members JJCharlesworth and Rachel Withers .
In Korea, the President of AICA International , Marek Bartelik was re-elected for another term and I was elected Secretary General. Our immediate task was to put the AICA office on a firm footing with the appointment of a new Administrative Assistant to succeed Alma Saladin who left to work in New York in March this year. We are delighted that Florence Bequignon has joined us; she is trilingual in English, French and Spanish , AICA's official languages and has already begun updating the office systems, working with a new accountant. The priorities are a streamlined subscription collection and an updated membership database. Alma Saladin continues to work on improving the AICA International website.
AICA : Archives de la critique d'art , Rennes
The Archives have secured funding for a three year research fellowship to document and analyse the archives of AICA International, of AICA France
and of the archives of individual art critics. This will open transnational and multidisciplinary perspectives on criticism and its wider socio-political context .
A presentation of the project will be given at the Annual AICA Congress in October.
AICA Congress 2015
The AICA Congress, planned to be hosted by Cuba in 2015, has been deferred to 2016; at the March Council is was agreed that AICAUK would host a smaller event. We are pleased that Culture+Conflict , the Royal College of Art will partner us in a one day symposium at the RCA on 27 October. An opening key note will be hosted by the Courtauld Institute on Monday 26th October. The Congress theme and outline schedule will be posted shortly on the website . We are delighted that the National Gallery will host delegates for a breakfast preview of the Goya Exhibition. The Congress will include a tour of East end galleries on 28 October and conclude with the General Assembly on Thursday 29th followed by the AICA Award and a closing reception.
Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton
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Bahrain GP Return Results in Red Bull, Vettel Return to Pole
Photo Credit: Nissan/Infiniti
Slated on 2011 Formula 1 series schedule, the Bahrain Grand Prix was cancelled following an massive civilian uprising in the country. While the political turmoil is far from resolved in the small Persian Gulf country, the 24-car 2012 Formula 1 tour arrived for the Grand Prix of Bahrain.
As unrest in the country is prevalent during this major national event, the race in Bahrain on the 5.412 kilometer (3.363-mile) road course held Saturday qualifying. Taking to the Bahrain International Circuit (characterized for its large, forgiving run-off areas), the Red Bull Racing team prevailed in qualifying ending a three-race streak where the team went without a pole position (the longest since the 2009 Formula 1 season). Taking top of the grid honours is reigning Formula 1 World Driver Champion Sebastian Vettel who stormed around the race course in a 1 minute, 32.422 seconds in the final Q3 session. Vettel fended out McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by just under 1/10th of a second and the second Red Bull-Renault of Mark Webber by more than 18/100ths in qualifying. Red Bull Racing's Chris Horner summed up the team's first-time in 2012 triumph in Saturday time trials by saying, "A great team performance today and pretty unexpected to get pole and third on the grid here. It's testimony to all the hard work that's going on here trackside and back in the factory to deliver that kind of performance during what was a really exciting and tight qualifying session."
The two McLaren-Mercedes cars continue a relatively solid 2012 season so-far (compared to the rest of this year's shaky Formula 1 paddock) at the Bahrain International Circuit. With Lewis Hamilton qualifying second-fastest for the second straight race, the 2008 World Champion will not have to relinquish grid position unlike at last weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. Finding success in qualifying in the early four races of 2012, Hamilton the only driver who has left Saturday time trials with front row performances. Jenson Button starts 4th allowing the McLaren F1 team to sandwich the Red Bull-Renault of Mark Webber.
New Formula 1 winner Nico Rosberg qualified 5th for the Bahrain Grand Prix for Mercedes GP. "In general, I felt very comfortable during qualifying today. However, as we have been focusing on our race pace, there is always a compromise in the qualifying set-up." said the German driver once again set to stare at the rear ends of McLaren-Mercedes and Red Bull-Renault race cars on the starting grid Sunday. Teammate Michael Schumacher qualified 18th after being surprised by a mechanical gremlin on his Mercedes GP W03 race car during the Q1 grouping. "Unfortunately on my fast lap, which was looking quite good, my DRS broke in the last sector. We tried to fix it in the garage but were not able to go out again. Trying for a lap without DRS on different tyres would not have made sense." said Schumacher, the inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix winner when the Formula 1 first visited the country in 2004.
Photo Credit: Mercedes GP
Other than Vettel's masterful performance in bringing life back to the Red Bull Racing team in Formula 1, the quote/unquote satellite team Scuderia Toro Rosso drew some real attention at the end of Saturday's qualifying. Fastest in the Q1 session, driver Daniel Ricciardo maintained momentum in order to proceed into the faster pace Q2 and Q3 groups at Bahrain. Less than 1/10th of a second slower than the Mercedes GP car of Rosberg, the Australian Ricciardo qualified 6th for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The second top-10 start for Scuderia Toro Rosso this year, the car is powered by customer Ferrari engines that were also used by Sauber and driver Sergio Perez to place 8th on Sunday's race grid. Splitting the Ferrari-powered STR and Sauber race car is Lotus F1's Romain Grosjean. While only finishing his first Formula 1 race of 2012 last weekend in China, Grosjean's qualifying performances have seen him place a Lotus-Renault in the top-10 of qualifying for every event after four grand prixs this year.
The Ferrari of Fernando Alonso and a Force India-Mercedes wrapped up the top-10 in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Deep in the grid, honourable mention goes to the HRT F1 team who started the season too slow to make the Australian Grand Prix season opener. After qualifying at the Bahrain International Circuit, the HRT-Cosworth of Pedro de la Rosa outrun the Marussia-Cosworth of Timo Glock for 22nd spot. Though not significant compared to the front of the Formula 1 grid, this feat is major for the HRT F1 team as they were able to qualify fast enough to win a position above the final row on a race grid this season.
Bahrain Grand Prix
Qualifying Results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
4 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
5 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP
6 16 Daniel Ricciardo Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
8 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari
9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
10 11 Paul di Resta Force India
11 9 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault
12 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari
13 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
14 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari
15 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault
16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault
17 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault
18 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP
19 17 Jean-Eric Vergne Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault
21 25 Charlie Pic Marussia-Cosworth
22 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth
23 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth
24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth
The #7 Mercedes GP car of Michael Schumacher and #18 Williams-Renault of Pastor Maldonado be deducted five grid positions for an unapproved gearbox change.
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Watch DJ Earworm's Mash-Up of 2014's Biggest Hits
DJ Earworm talks about creating "Do What You Wanna Do," his latest year-end mash-up...
Every year since 2007, DJ Earworm has taken the calendar year's 25 biggest pop songs and combined them into an incredibly popular, joyfully constructed mash-up, perennially dubbed the "United State of Pop." Earworm has been analyzing the Billboard charts since he was a kid, and for "Do What You Wanna Do," the 2014 edition of Earworm's single-length mega-mix, Billboard.com serves as his launching pad. Watch the exclusive premiere of the latest "United State of Pop" below:
Earworm says that 2014 was "dominated by these slow, ponderous songs like 'Say Something' and 'All Of Me,' and then swaggering hip-hop songs like 'Turn Down For What,' 'Talk Dirty,' and 'Black Widow.' Then you have totally uptempo songs like 'Happy' and 'Shake It Off,' too. It's a little bit more diverse, and definitely softer than it's been."
Fashioning a pop song out of R&B ballads like John Legend's "All Of Me" and offbeat pop-rock tracks like Bastille's "Pompeii" is no easy task, and Earworm says that crafting the 2014 "United State of Pop" was a more challenging process than usual. He relied on the drums from Jessie J's "Bang Bang," the percussion of DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down For What," the horns from Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" and the piano hooks from A Great Big World's "Say Something" to help create an instrumental bed that was "much more complex" than in previous years.
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Q: How to change GNOME task switcher How to change the GNOME task switcher?
I want to change my task switcher on gnome to a different view
as mentioned in the below two images
Task switcher that i want to set.

My current task switcher:

The problem with my current task switcher is that I need to select below for apps having more than one window open, making my task switching experience a little bit annoying.
In the task switcher that I want we can switch tasks easily even for apps having more than one window open. I can't find way to get in on my device

A: In Gnome Shell, the Window switcher switches between individual windows, whereas the Application switcher, default in upstream Gnome Shell and in some Ubuntu versions, switches between applications.
You can disconnect the application switcher from the default keybindings with following configuration commands in the terminal:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward "[]"

You can then enable the window switcher instead:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows "['<Alt>Tab', '<Super>Tab']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward  "['<Alt><Shift>Tab', '<Super><Shift>Tab']"

As a bonus tip, you could, if you wish, bind the Window switcher to e.g. '<Alt>Tab' and '<Alt><Shift>Tab' and the Application switcher to e.g. 'Tab' and 'Tab' by adapting the above commands accordingly.
As an additional bonus tip, you can also control whether the application and/or window switcher should display applications/windows on all workspaces (default for Application switcher), or on current workspace only (default for Window switcher).
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.window-switcher current-workspace-only true
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only false

To undo your changes and reset to default, you can reset any of these keys as for example in:
gsettings reset org.gnome.shell.window-switcher current-workspace-only

i.e., in any of the above commands, change set to reset and leave the value of the setting (last argument) out.
So you can customize this quite to your liking.

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TAQA pledges 150,000 USD to Ease Gaza Suffering
28th January 2009, Abu Dhabi – The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) today announced that it has donated 150,000 US dollars (USD), through the United Nations Global Compact, to help ease the suffering of the people of Gaza.
As the armed conflict drags on, current estimates suggest that at least one million people are without electricity and 750,000 without water in Gaza. Many are also in dire need of shelter, food and emergency healthcare. Reports estimate that the cost of repairing Gaza is already in excess of US$ 1.9 billion.
Peter E. Barker-Homek, CEO of TAQA said, "TAQA is fully committed to help ease the suffering of the people of Gaza. Over 1.5 million people are known to have been drastically affected by the current humanitarian crisis in the region. By supporting the United Nations, we hope to make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of the huge number of people whose lives have been turned upside down by the devastating events."
TAQA has pledged the donation to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the UN's central donation facility, who collect contributions year-round to help ensure that funds are on-hand to allow for immediate humanitarian relief in emergencies.
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Technology and COVID-19: Digital policy issues abound
David Wu | International Trade & Economy Fellow
Image Credit: Taylor Vick
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis that has spilled over into the economy and society.
The response to the present pandemic in many countries has integrated digital communication technologies. In doing so, these responses have laid bare pressing challenges when it comes to the wide-spread adoption of new technologies. Addressing these challenges will require new policies and practices domestically, as well as multilateral cooperation abroad.
The ongoing pandemic has, as reported on 12 April, claimed over 105,000 lives with more than 1.6 million cases the world over. Frighteningly, these figures underestimate the true human toll, given the ability of the virus to overwhelm hospital systems and testing capabilities in the hardest hit cities.
In Australia, at least 59 lives have been lost, with 6,300 confirmed cases in total. There are promising signs suggesting the curve of daily new cases is flattening in response to government, business and societal measures. But the path forward remains fraught given that a vaccine may not be ready until early 2021 or later.
The impact of the pandemic on the economy has also been severe.
The OECD estimates that the initial direct impact of the pandemic could be a decline in economic output of 20–25 per cent in many countries. Without an effective policy response, they estimate that this is equivalent to a decline in economic growth of up to 2 percentage points for each month that strict containment measures continue.
The ILO estimates a 6.7 per cent decline in working hours across the global economy—equivalent to 230 million full-time workers being out of work.
The Australian economy is predicted to shrink by 3.9 per cent this year with unemployment reaching 8.5 per cent by mid-year. Given the dire outlook, the Reserve Bank has targeted a historically low cash rate and yield on government bonds of 0.25 per cent.
Together with a A$320 billion stimulus plan led by the Treasury, the intention is to mitigate hardship during the prolonged shutdown of economic activity and encourage an economic bounce back as pandemic measures are gradually lifted.
The pandemic has changed how societies function. The health response has demanded the shutting down of most physical work spaces, stores and shops, and the cancellation of most in-person social gatherings.
Most social interactions that occurred physically must now occur digitally, or not at all.
The infectiousness of COVID-19 has caused the unprecedented prominence of digital communication technologies in all aspects of everyday life. Indeed, these technologies have also permeated the health and economic responses to the pandemic.
The challenges posed by new technologies have never been so pressing.
As part of their pandemic response, some countries, including Singapore and South Korea, have implemented digital contact tracing to seemingly great effect. Discussions surrounding such an approach elsewhere, including in Australia, have been vexed by privacy concerns.
Digital contact tracing involves using personal digital data—at the least, mobile-phone location data—to determine who might have come in close proximity to an infected individual and then alerting those individuals, potentially even revealing the infected individual's surname or address.
Even so, given the resources involved in traditional contact tracing, many governments and companies have justifiably expressed strong interest in developing the capabilities to implement such an approach. The Australian government is evaluating the TraceTogether app, developed and implemented by the Singaporean government, while Apple and Google are collaborating to develop a suite of tools.
While the trade-off between privacy and information is justifiable to many given the severity of the present pandemic, applications of big data elsewhere will continue to push this trade-off past comfortable thresholds.
As interactions move online, the widespread adoption of video and other digital communication tools—most prominently, US platform Zoom—has accelerated. The ability of such platforms to enable a substantial portion of economic and social activity to continue is threatened by cybersecurity issues.
There have been incidents of uninvited participants disrupting digital board rooms and classrooms—so-called "Zoom bombing"—as well as concerns about the storage and processing of data across borders.
To address these cybersecurity issues, organisations will need to develop new norms surrounding the use of digital communication tools. Software providers will also need to pay greater attention to creating safe digital spaces.
For their part, governments will need to develop cybersecurity and privacy standards. Such standards should satisfy domestic preferences without rigidly stifling the storage and processing of data domestically or its transfer abroad for productive purposes. To this end, increased multilateral cooperation through institutions like the WTO on international data flow standards is necessary.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated the role of digital communication technologies in everyday life. Resolving difficulties across cybersecurity and privacy will require new norms and policies, both at home and abroad. The challenges posed have never been so urgent and the opportunities so important.
David Wu is International Trade & Economy Fellow for Young Australians in International Affairs.


For Mother's Day on Sunday, the Harbor Bistro in East Hampton will serve a brunch buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The buffet items will include made-to-order omelettes, blueberry pancakes, eggs Benedict, broiled fluke, and prime rib. There will also be a raw bar. The cost is $40 for adults and $20 for children, plus tax and gratuity.
Navy Beach in Montauk will offer a three-course prix fixe lunch menu from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The featured dishes include clam and corn chowder, tortilla salad, and crispy skate with baby kale, marble potatoes, and a remoulade. Moms will receive a complimentary Bloody Mary or mimosa with their meals. The cost is $48 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
Nick and Toni's in East Hampton will serve a la carte specials for brunch and dinner. The special appetizer will be prawns with sweet pea puree and spring onions for $22. The entree will be roasted sea bass with shaved asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, preserved lemon, and a romesco sauce for $32 at brunch and $42 at dinner.
At Rowdy Hall in East Hampton a number of la carte specials will be offered during dinner service on Mother's Day. The special appetizer will be a tuna and preserved lemon bulgar tartare with crispy Jerusalem artichoke chips for $16. The entree will be pan-roasted sea scallops with a sweet pea puree and grilled ramps for $30.
The Backyard restaurant at Solé East in Montauk will serve a brunch buffet Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Quiches, smoked salmon, top sirloin with a chimichurri sauce, and pesto pasta are among the offerings. Adults will receive a complimentary Bloody Mary or mimosa. The cost is $46 for adults, $20 for children 12 and under, and free for children 4 and under.
The Coast Kitchen at the Montauk Yacht Club will serve brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Diners will be able to order from an omelette station, a carving station with a choice of prime rib or roasted turkey, and a chef's table with dishes including herb-crusted cod, chicken fricasee, and cheese tortellini. There will also be a raw bar and a kid-centric station featuring chicken fingers and mac and cheese. The cost is $39.99, plus tax and gratuity for adults, $15.99 for children 12 and under, and free for children 5 and under.
The restaurant at Baron's Cove in Sag Harbor will serve Mother's Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to traditional brunch dishes, menu items will include roasted leg of lamb, herb-oil-poached cod, and grilled octopus. The price is $45 for adults and $18 for children.
The Springs Tavern will serve brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Breakfast items will include avocado toast, eggs Benedict, and biscuits and gravy. Among the lunch items will be a B.L.T. and a crispy chicken sandwich. Moms will receive complimentary mimosas.
Calissa in Water Mill will open for the season on Friday and will institute a brunch service from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Sunday. The Mother's Day menu options will include a lamb B.L.T. on rosemary focaccia, French toast with walnut Greek yogurt Chantilly cream, and lobster bucatini. There will also be an Aperol spritz bar. Starting Memorial Day, Calissa will start an outdoor marketplace called the Agora, with vendors selling jewelry, eyewear, and other items.
Reservations are by calling the restaurants.
The featured artist at Wednesday's A Night Out With event — a collaboration between the Golden Eagle Studio and Nick and Toni's restaurant in East Hampton — will be Janet Jennings, a painter who will demonstrate her approach to creating moody skies and landscapes. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Golden Eagle on North Main Street in East Hampton and will be followed by a two-course dinner at the restaurant next door. The cost is $75 and includes the class, supplies, dinner, tax, and tip. Advance registration is on the store's website; participants have until noon on Monday to register.
Townline BBQ in Sagaponack will host an evening of barbecue, whiskey, and cigars on Tuesday starting at 6. A selection of whiskeys from the Dalmore Principal Collection will be served with the restaurant's fare, and a Dalmore representative will provide details about the liquors. Diners will also receive a specially rolled signature cigar from Manhattan's SoHo Cigar Bar. The cost is $100, including tax and gratuity. Reservations are by calling the restaurant.
Starting this weekend, Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett will serve brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Baker House 1650 in East Hampton will hold a rosé tasting featuring wines from Wolffer Estate Vineyard in its garden tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m. Light snacks will be served. The cost is $40. Tickets can be purchased on eventbrite.com.


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A cycling paradise: Provincetown named No. 1 small city for biking in the U.S.
Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll
Provincetown has been recognized as the most bikeable small city in America for 2021, and the fourth most bikeable in the world, according to data-driven ratings released Thursday by the PeopleForBikes organization.
The group has cited the town at the top in the past, but this year expanded to evaluating more than 750 cities and towns around the globe to spotlight the best communities for bicycling. In the worldwide top 10 listed at cityratings.peopleforbikes.org, Provincetown had the fourth-highest overall score, behind only three small cities in the Netherlands. Provincetown was the only U.S. city in the top 10 listed Thursday.
"It's always nice to see Provincetown on yet another top 10 list — whether it's best beaches, best inns, best LGBTQ destination," said Rik Ahlberg, chair of the
Provincetown Bicycle Committee, in an email Thursday. "I don't know whether this ranking will have any impact on tourism, but I do hope it will encourage visitors to town to park their cars and ride a bike instead of driving. And it might help generate some civic pride among residents for something that we normally just take for granted."
In the U.S. Provincetown was ranked first among small cities, while Berkeley, California, topped the list for medium cities and Brooklyn, New York, rated highest for large cities. All three cities had identical top rankings, the report said.
What the winners had in common, the PeopleForBikes statement said, were "systems of interconnected bike lanes, paths, trails and safe streets that make bicycling an enjoyable and effective means of transportation."
"The thing I find interesting is that most of the folks who live here don't think riding bikes in town is special, it's just how it's always been," Ahlberg said. "I got the Bicycle Committee involved in these programs because we seemed to take our culture of everyday bicycling for granted. I wanted to see how we could quantify what makes riding a bike here so much more ordinary than in other places."
One reason for this fourth-annual ranking, the bicycle advocacy organization said, was to provide leaders with actionable ideas to make biking better in their communities.
"It really is as simple as, 'If you build it, they will come,'" Kyle Wagenschutz, vice president of local innovation at PeopleForBikes, said in the announcement. "Building better bike infrastructure is the key to increasing ridership, improving safety and working towards equitable mobility."
Ahlberg said the group's data-driven ratings are helpful to justify current Provincetown rules, like riding in both directions on Commercial Street, and to help the committee make the case for continued bike improvement projects.
Bicycles are allowed on all Provincetown town roads, and there are more than 7 miles of bike trails within the Cape Cod National Seashore boundaries, according to information from the bicycle committee at bikeprovincetown.org.
The PeopleForBikes rankings were based on two factors, the organization said: the quality of the bicycle network in a region (Network Score) and community perceptions of bicycling (Community Score), which included online surveys submitted by local residents and bicycling advocates.
Stretch your legs: 5 long walks on Cape Cod
Statistics cited at bikeprovincetown.org show that Provincetown has the most bicycle commuters in Barnstable County, both by percentage and in total number. The town's 12.8% bike commute figure based on 2015 statistics was significantly higher than other local Bicycle Friendly Communities, with Nantucket and Falmouth both at 2.7%, according to the organization.
"Commuting stats are based on the town's very small year-round population, so they don't even begin to take into account the number of people riding bicycles for errands and daily tasks or the huge number of riders in the summer season," the website notes.
For the 2017 summer season, the town's harbormaster reported that just over 5,700 bicycle tickets were purchased for ferry trips between Provincetown and Boston.
Shore bets: Ranking the 6 Cape Cod National Seashore beaches 2021
Some history noted by bikeprovincetown.org: Early proposals for bike paths to connect to the rest of Cape Cod date back to 1899. In 1967, the Province Lands Bike Trail debuted as the first bike trail in a national park. And in 1978, the state established its first designated bike route, MA-1, 125 miles from Boston to Provincetown.
Provincetown is also the traditional end-point for the annual Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle ride to raise money for cancer research.
This year's PeopleForBikes ranking list included 30 cities in Europe, with Utrecht and Groningen in the Netherlands rated first; 42 in Canada, topped by Quebec cities Longueuil and Montreal; and 35 in Australia, where Canberra and Alice Springs beat out the competition.


The annual religious programme for fresher's 2016 was held on 23rd of March 2017 in order welcome our fresher's to the Department. It is one of our annual programmes which is done every year. We organized the religious programme in Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya for the whole day and let them to participated in a "Dharmadeshana" also. At last we gave them some treat also.


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U.S. Military News
Sudan reaches $69.4 million settlement for victims of the USS Cole bombing
The terrorist attack on the Norfolk-based USS Cole resulted in 17 deaths and 39 injuries.
By Brock Vergakis
Tim Kaine knows President Trump will likely veto war powers resolution. Here's why he's proceeding anyway.
Sen. Tim Kaine told students at Norfolk State University why he believes presidents shouldn't enter into armed conflict without the permission of Congress.
USS Cole bombing victims were as young as 19. Saturday marks 19 years since the attack.
The Navy is holding a ceremony to honor the 17 victims of the 2010 bombing of the USS Cole.
A Chesapeake man was murdered in Yemen. A federal court says Iran is liable.
A Chesapeake man was held hostage and killed in Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthis in 2015. A federal judge says Iran is liable for his death.
Adm. Phil Davidson to hand over Navy's Fleet Forces Command
Adm. Phil Davidson has lead the Navy's Norfolk-based four-star US Fleet Forces Command since December 2014. He will hand over command to Adm. Chris Grady during a ceremony aboard the USS George H. W. Bush Friday.
By Courtney Mabeus
Coast Guardsmen awarded Navy Combat Action Ribbon
This is the first time in more than 25 years that the Navy has recognized a Coast Guard crew at sea for coming under enemy fire, the service said.
Civilians "likely" killed in weekend Yemen raid that claimed life of locally-based Navy SEAL
"This was a very, very well-thought-out and -executed effort," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Thursday about a raid in Yemen that killed a Navy Seal and injured 6 other service members.
Pentagon identifies Virginia Beach-based Navy SEAL killed in combat in Yemen
William "Ryan" Owens died after being injured in a weekend raid on an al-Qaeda compound in Yemen. He is the first service member to die in combat under the administration of President Donald Trump.
USS Eisenhower returns to Hampton Roads, just in time for the New Year
The return of the Ike leaves the U.S. without a carrier in the Middle East until the USS George H. W. Bush deploys in January.
"There's a lot of hatred out there": 5 top picks for Monday
The 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance honoring the lives lost to violence, the story behind the death of a man in Yemen and Jimmie Johnson winning his seventh NASCAR championship.
By Amir Vera
Nation & World news
Death in Yemen: A nightmare ordeal, a haunting end
John Hamen and Mark McAlister just wanted to safely get to the local Sheraton. They didn't make it.
USS San Antonio leaves Red Sea after missile attack, enters Mediterranean
The amphibious transport dock passed through the Suez Canal on its way to the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday, according to photographs posted online by Marines aboard the ship.
General suspects Iran played a role in attacks on Norfolk-based Navy ships
The destroyer USS Mason and amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio have both come under fire. The head of U.S. Central Command says he suspects Iran may have played a role.
Norfolk-based USS San Antonio came under missile attack with USS Mason, captain says
The USS Mason wasn't the only Norfolk-based ship that was threatened by missiles fired from rebel-controlled territory in Yemen this past week.
Navy Secretary Mabus talks modernization, ratings changes during Norfolk visit
Less than 48 hours after USS Nitze destroyed radar sites in Yemen, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus reiterated a stern message pierside from the destroyer's home port in Norfolk: "You attack us at your peril."
#USNavy #USSNitze launches strike Oct. 13 against 3 coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory in #Yemen - https://t.co/ZTG1WmVQ9w pic.twitter.com/cHweOQpoe5
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) October 13, 2016
USS Nitze destroys radar sites in Yemen in response to missile threats
"These limited self-defense strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships and our freedom of navigation in this important maritime passageway."
By Cindy Clayton
Chesapeake man was tortured and killed by Houthi rebels in Yemen, federal lawsuit says
The court document provides the first detailed account of John Hamen's capture and death, which first was made public in November when his wife posted on Facebook that the Army veteran and father of seven had died in captivity within weeks of arriving in the Middle Eastern country as a State Department contractor.
Norfolk-based USS Gravely assists with weapons seizure in Arabian Sea
A Norfolk-based destroyer assisted with the seizure of a shipment of illicit weapons in the Arabian Sea that was likely bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Navy said Monday.
State Department: Chesapeake man who died in Yemen worked for company maintaining U.N. building
John Hamen of Chesapeake was detained at the Sala'a airport on Oct. 20 by Houthi rebels while working under a government contract. Hamen's wife was notified on Friday night that her husband had died, although U.S. officials have not said exactly when he died or determined how he died.
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package androidx.leanback.widget;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

import androidx.leanback.R;
import androidx.leanback.system.Settings;

/**
 * ShadowOverlayHelper is a helper class for shadow, overlay color and rounded corner.
 * There are many choices to implement Shadow, overlay color.
 * Initialize it with ShadowOverlayHelper.Builder and it decides the best strategy based
 * on options user choose and current platform version.
 *
 *

 *
 For shadow:  it may use 9-patch with opticalBounds or Z-value based shadow for
 *                   API >= 21.  When 9-patch is used, it requires a ShadowOverlayContainer
 *                   to include 9-patch views.

 *
 For overlay: it may use ShadowOverlayContainer which overrides draw() or it may
 *                   use setForeground(new ColorDrawable()) for API>=23.  The foreground support
 *                   might be disabled if rounded corner is applied due to performance reason.

 *
 For rounded-corner:  it uses a ViewOutlineProvider for API>=21.

 *

 *
 * There are two different strategies: use Wrapper with a ShadowOverlayContainer;
 * or apply rounded corner, overlay and rounded-corner to the view itself.  Below is an example
 * of how helper is used.
 *
 *
 * ShadowOverlayHelper mHelper = new ShadowOverlayHelper.Builder().
 *         .needsOverlay(true).needsRoundedCorner(true).needsShadow(true)
 *         .build();
 * mHelper.prepareParentForShadow(parentView); // apply optical-bounds for 9-patch shadow.
 * mHelper.setOverlayColor(view, Color.argb(0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0x80));
 * mHelper.setShadowFocusLevel(view, 1.0f);
 * ...
 * View initializeView(View view) {
 *     if (mHelper.needsWrapper()) {
 *         ShadowOverlayContainer wrapper = mHelper.createShadowOverlayContainer(context);
 *         wrapper.wrap(view);
 *         return wrapper;
 *     } else {
 *         mHelper.onViewCreated(view);
 *         return view;
 *     }
 * }
 * ...
 *
 *
 */
public final class ShadowOverlayHelper {

    /**
     * Builder for creating ShadowOverlayHelper.
     */
    public static final class Builder {

        private boolean needsOverlay;
        private boolean needsRoundedCorner;
        private boolean needsShadow;
        private boolean preferZOrder = true;
        private boolean keepForegroundDrawable;
        private Options options = Options.DEFAULT;

        /**
         * Set if needs overlay color.
         * @param needsOverlay   True if needs overlay.
         * @return  The Builder object itself.
         */
        public Builder needsOverlay(boolean needsOverlay) {
            this.needsOverlay = needsOverlay;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Set if needs shadow.
         * @param needsShadow   True if needs shadow.
         * @return  The Builder object itself.
         */
        public Builder needsShadow(boolean needsShadow) {
            this.needsShadow = needsShadow;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Set if needs rounded corner.
         * @param needsRoundedCorner   True if needs rounded corner.
         * @return  The Builder object itself.
         */
        public Builder needsRoundedCorner(boolean needsRoundedCorner) {
            this.needsRoundedCorner = needsRoundedCorner;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Set if prefer z-order shadow.  On old devices,  z-order shadow might be slow,
         * set to false to fall back to static 9-patch shadow.  Recommend to read
         * from system wide Setting value: see {@link Settings}.
         *
         * @param preferZOrder   True if prefer Z shadow.  Default is true.
         * @return The Builder object itself.
         */
        public Builder preferZOrder(boolean preferZOrder) {
            this.preferZOrder = preferZOrder;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Set if not using foreground drawable for overlay color.  For example if
         * the view has already assigned a foreground drawable for other purposes.
         * When it's true, helper will use a ShadowOverlayContainer for overlay color.
         *
         * @param keepForegroundDrawable   True to keep the original foreground drawable.
         * @return The Builder object itself.
         */
        public Builder keepForegroundDrawable(boolean keepForegroundDrawable) {
            this.keepForegroundDrawable = keepForegroundDrawable;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Set option values e.g. Shadow Z value, rounded corner radius.
         *
         * @param options   The Options object to create ShadowOverlayHelper.
         */
        public Builder options(Options options) {
            this.options = options;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Create ShadowOverlayHelper object
         * @param context    The context uses to read Resources settings.
         * @return           The ShadowOverlayHelper object.
         */
        public ShadowOverlayHelper build(Context context) {
            final ShadowOverlayHelper helper = new ShadowOverlayHelper();
            helper.mNeedsOverlay = needsOverlay;
            helper.mNeedsRoundedCorner = needsRoundedCorner && supportsRoundedCorner();
            helper.mNeedsShadow = needsShadow && supportsShadow();

            if (helper.mNeedsRoundedCorner) {
                helper.setupRoundedCornerRadius(options, context);
            }

            // figure out shadow type and if we need use wrapper:
            if (helper.mNeedsShadow) {
                // if static shadow is preferred or dynamic shadow is not supported,
                // use static shadow,  otherwise use dynamic shadow.
                if (!preferZOrder || !supportsDynamicShadow()) {
                    helper.mShadowType = SHADOW_STATIC;
                    // static shadow requires ShadowOverlayContainer to support crossfading
                    // of two shadow views.
                    helper.mNeedsWrapper = true;
                } else {
                    helper.mShadowType = SHADOW_DYNAMIC;
                    helper.setupDynamicShadowZ(options, context);
                    helper.mNeedsWrapper = ((!supportsForeground() || keepForegroundDrawable)
                            && helper.mNeedsOverlay);
                }
            } else {
                helper.mShadowType = SHADOW_NONE;
                helper.mNeedsWrapper = ((!supportsForeground() || keepForegroundDrawable)
                        && helper.mNeedsOverlay);
            }

            return helper;
        }

    }

    /**
     * Option values for ShadowOverlayContainer.
     */
    public static final class Options {

        /**
         * Default Options for values.
         */
        public static final Options DEFAULT = new Options();

        private int roundedCornerRadius = 0; // 0 for default value
        private float dynamicShadowUnfocusedZ = -1; // < 0 for default value
        private float dynamicShadowFocusedZ = -1;   // < 0 for default value
        /**
         * Set value of rounded corner radius.
         *
         * @param roundedCornerRadius   Number of pixels of rounded corner radius.
         *                              Set to 0 to use default settings.
         * @return  The Options object itself.
         */
        public Options roundedCornerRadius(int roundedCornerRadius){
            this.roundedCornerRadius = roundedCornerRadius;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Set value of focused and unfocused Z value for shadow.
         *
         * @param unfocusedZ   Number of pixels for unfocused Z value.
         * @param focusedZ     Number of pixels for focused Z value.
         * @return  The Options object itself.
         */
        public Options dynamicShadowZ(float unfocusedZ, float focusedZ){
            this.dynamicShadowUnfocusedZ = unfocusedZ;
            this.dynamicShadowFocusedZ = focusedZ;
            return this;
        }

        /**
         * Get radius of rounded corner in pixels.
         *
         * @return Radius of rounded corner in pixels.
         */
        public final int getRoundedCornerRadius() {
            return roundedCornerRadius;
        }

        /**
         * Get z value of shadow when a view is not focused.
         *
         * @return Z value of shadow when a view is not focused.
         */
        public final float getDynamicShadowUnfocusedZ() {
            return dynamicShadowUnfocusedZ;
        }

        /**
         * Get z value of shadow when a view is focused.
         *
         * @return Z value of shadow when a view is focused.
         */
        public final float getDynamicShadowFocusedZ() {
            return dynamicShadowFocusedZ;
        }
    }

    /**
     * No shadow.
     */
    public static final int SHADOW_NONE = 1;

    /**
     * Shadows are fixed.
     */
    public static final int SHADOW_STATIC = 2;

    /**
     * Shadows depend on the size, shape, and position of the view.
     */
    public static final int SHADOW_DYNAMIC = 3;

    int mShadowType = SHADOW_NONE;
    boolean mNeedsOverlay;
    boolean mNeedsRoundedCorner;
    boolean mNeedsShadow;
    boolean mNeedsWrapper;

    int mRoundedCornerRadius;
    float mUnfocusedZ;
    float mFocusedZ;

    /**
     * Return true if the platform sdk supports shadow.
     */
    public static boolean supportsShadow() {
        return StaticShadowHelper.supportsShadow();
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the platform sdk supports dynamic shadows.
     */
    public static boolean supportsDynamicShadow() {
        return ShadowHelper.supportsDynamicShadow();
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the platform sdk supports rounded corner through outline.
     */
    public static boolean supportsRoundedCorner() {
        return RoundedRectHelper.supportsRoundedCorner();
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if view.setForeground() is supported.
     */
    public static boolean supportsForeground() {
        return ForegroundHelper.supportsForeground();
    }

    /*
     * hide from external, should be only created by ShadowOverlayHelper.Options.
     */
    ShadowOverlayHelper() {
    }

    /**
     * {@link #prepareParentForShadow(ViewGroup)} must be called on parent of container
     * before using shadow.  Depending on Shadow type, optical bounds might be applied.
     */
    public void prepareParentForShadow(ViewGroup parent) {
        if (mShadowType == SHADOW_STATIC) {
            StaticShadowHelper.prepareParent(parent);
        }
    }

    public int getShadowType() {
        return mShadowType;
    }

    public boolean needsOverlay() {
        return mNeedsOverlay;
    }

    public boolean needsRoundedCorner() {
        return mNeedsRoundedCorner;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if a "wrapper" ShadowOverlayContainer is needed.
     * When needsWrapper() is true,  call {@link #createShadowOverlayContainer(Context)}
     * to create the wrapper.
     */
    public boolean needsWrapper() {
        return mNeedsWrapper;
    }

    /**
     * Create ShadowOverlayContainer for this helper.
     * @param context   Context to create view.
     * @return          ShadowOverlayContainer.
     */
    public ShadowOverlayContainer createShadowOverlayContainer(Context context) {
        if (!needsWrapper()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
        return new ShadowOverlayContainer(context, mShadowType, mNeedsOverlay,
                mUnfocusedZ, mFocusedZ, mRoundedCornerRadius);
    }

    /**
     * Set overlay color for view other than ShadowOverlayContainer.
     * See also {@link ShadowOverlayContainer#setOverlayColor(int)}.
     */
    public static void setNoneWrapperOverlayColor(View view, int color) {
        Drawable d = ForegroundHelper.getForeground(view);
        if (d instanceof ColorDrawable) {
            ((ColorDrawable) d).setColor(color);
        } else {
            ForegroundHelper.setForeground(view, new ColorDrawable(color));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set overlay color for view, it can be a ShadowOverlayContainer if needsWrapper() is true,
     * or other view type.
     */
    public void setOverlayColor(View view, int color) {
        if (needsWrapper()) {
            ((ShadowOverlayContainer) view).setOverlayColor(color);
        } else {
            setNoneWrapperOverlayColor(view, color);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Must be called when view is created for cases {@link #needsWrapper()} is false.
     * @param view
     */
    public void onViewCreated(View view) {
        if (!needsWrapper()) {
            if (!mNeedsShadow) {
                if (mNeedsRoundedCorner) {
                    RoundedRectHelper.setClipToRoundedOutline(view, true, mRoundedCornerRadius);
                }
            } else {
                if (mShadowType == SHADOW_DYNAMIC) {
                    Object tag = ShadowHelper.addDynamicShadow(
                            view, mUnfocusedZ, mFocusedZ, mRoundedCornerRadius);
                    view.setTag(R.id.lb_shadow_impl, tag);
                } else if (mNeedsRoundedCorner) {
                    RoundedRectHelper.setClipToRoundedOutline(view, true, mRoundedCornerRadius);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set shadow focus level (0 to 1). 0 for unfocused, 1 for fully focused.
     * This is for view other than ShadowOverlayContainer.
     * See also {@link ShadowOverlayContainer#setShadowFocusLevel(float)}.
     */
    public static void setNoneWrapperShadowFocusLevel(View view, float level) {
        setShadowFocusLevel(getNoneWrapperDynamicShadowImpl(view), SHADOW_DYNAMIC, level);
    }

    /**
     * Set shadow focus level (0 to 1). 0 for unfocused, 1 for fully focused.
     */
    public void setShadowFocusLevel(View view, float level) {
        if (needsWrapper()) {
            ((ShadowOverlayContainer) view).setShadowFocusLevel(level);
        } else {
            setShadowFocusLevel(getNoneWrapperDynamicShadowImpl(view), SHADOW_DYNAMIC, level);
        }
    }

    void setupDynamicShadowZ(Options options, Context context) {
        if (options.getDynamicShadowUnfocusedZ() < 0f) {
            Resources res = context.getResources();
            mFocusedZ = res.getDimension(R.dimen.lb_material_shadow_focused_z);
            mUnfocusedZ = res.getDimension(R.dimen.lb_material_shadow_normal_z);
        } else {
            mFocusedZ = options.getDynamicShadowFocusedZ();
            mUnfocusedZ = options.getDynamicShadowUnfocusedZ();
        }
    }

    void setupRoundedCornerRadius(Options options, Context context) {
        if (options.getRoundedCornerRadius() == 0) {
            Resources res = context.getResources();
            mRoundedCornerRadius = res.getDimensionPixelSize(
                        R.dimen.lb_rounded_rect_corner_radius);
        } else {
            mRoundedCornerRadius = options.getRoundedCornerRadius();
        }
    }

    static Object getNoneWrapperDynamicShadowImpl(View view) {
        return view.getTag(R.id.lb_shadow_impl);
    }

    static void setShadowFocusLevel(Object impl, int shadowType, float level) {
        if (impl != null) {
            if (level < 0f) {
                level = 0f;
            } else if (level > 1f) {
                level = 1f;
            }
            switch (shadowType) {
                case SHADOW_DYNAMIC:
                    ShadowHelper.setShadowFocusLevel(impl, level);
                    break;
                case SHADOW_STATIC:
                    StaticShadowHelper.setShadowFocusLevel(impl, level);
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}


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London's Goring Hotel Receives Royal Warrant
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Here's some happy news from London to wrap up the week: Late in 2012, The Goring, a hotel favored by the Royal Family, was selected to receive a Royal Warrant of appointment to HM The Queen for Hospitality Services.
Royal Warrants signify that a satisfactory trading arrangement is in place between a company and the Grantor - HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Prince of Wales. Companies can only apply for a Royal Warrant once they have supplied goods or services for at least five years to one of the three Grantors.
The granting of The Royal Warrant signifies that the company receiving it is the one that HM The Queen has selected and prefers to use. Warrant holders may display the relevant Royal Arms and the legend 'By Appointment'.
Jeremy Goring, whose family built the Belgravia hotel over 100 years ago, said that the family was "hugely honoured to have been appointed a Royal Warrant holder by The Queen. To be able to display Her Majesty's coat of arms is something that the staff will be enormously proud of. Without doubt this is the most important recognition their work could ever receive. It is made all the more special for us because I believe this is the first Royal Warrant The Queen has ever granted to an hotel."
The Goring family continues to run the hotel 103 years after it was built by Jeremy's great-grandfather in 1910. Located in the Belgravia neighborhood, it is located close to the theaters and restaurants of the West End and the shopping in Knightsbridge to the east.
Over the past five years the family has invested heavily in the refurbishment of the whole hotel. Silks have been woven by Gainsborough Silks (also a Royal Warrant holder) for the walls of the bedrooms designed by Russell Sage. Linley has redesigned the Dining Room creating bespoke furniture as well as immense walnut columns juxtaposed by the Swarovski Blossom Chandeliers.
The Goring has welcomed Royal guests ever since it first opened its doors. The Coronations of George VI and our present Queen saw the hotel filled with foreign royalty attending these great occasions. In 2011 The Duchess of Cambridge stayed at the hotel the night prior to her wedding, leaving for Westminster Abbey on the morning of April 29. Receiving the Royal Warrant from The Queen marks the high point of these long associations.
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const { expect } = require('chai');
const branding = require('../../../src/auth0/handlers/branding');

describe('#branding handler', () => {
  describe('#branding process', () => {
    it('should get branding', async () => {
      const auth0 = {
        branding: {
          getSettings: () => ({
            logo_url: 'https://example.com/logo.png'
          })
        }
      };

      const handler = new branding.default({ client: auth0 });
      const data = await handler.getType();
      expect(data).to.deep.equal({
        logo_url: 'https://example.com/logo.png'
      });
    });

    it('should update branding settings', async () => {
      const auth0 = {
        branding: {
          updateSettings: (params, data) => {
            expect(data).to.be.an('object');
            expect(data.logo_url).to.equal('https://example.com/logo.png');
            return Promise.resolve(data);
          }
        }
      };

      const handler = new branding.default({ client: auth0 });
      const stageFn = Object.getPrototypeOf(handler).processChanges;

      await stageFn.apply(handler, [
        { branding: { logo_url: 'https://example.com/logo.png' } }
      ]);
    });
  });
});


I really wanted to participate in a Virtual Book Club hosted by some of my favorite blogs. September author is Lois Ehlert. I think of her not as much as an author as a book artist – her collage illustrations are simply stunning, and we read pretty much all of her books between the ages of 3 and 5.
I chose Wag a Tail to talk to Smarty about the art of collage. She was not interested in the story that is more appropriate for 2-3 year olds, but was intrigued by the last page introducing different breeds of dogs and their qualities. She decided that an ideal dog for our family would be a Boston terrier since he is friendly, smart, and doesn't need a lot of exercise. She also informed me (again) that she really wants a cat.
I asked Smarty if she wants to make a collage of her own, and she agreed. However, while rummaging for collage materials, she suddenly had a fundamentally different idea. She spied some foam butterflies that I had forever and wanted to make a Christmas ornament with them. Umm… Not exactly what I had in mind, but I went along. Then she announced that she wants to sew buttons on her ornament to decorate it (there are a lot of buttons in Wag a Tail collages). Last time I showed her how to sew on buttons last winter and she was struggling with them. Now she took to it very easily and surprised me with staying on this project for more than an hour and sewing quite a few buttons on all the while trying to stay symmetrical in her design. She was very proud with her Christmas decoration – never mind that it was in the 90s and I was waiting for her to get ready to go to the pool. Before we know it, Christmas will be here too.
I love the look of concentration on her face as she sews the button on. her ornament is so pretty.
Her choice of activity makes me laugh - it's something my kids would come up with! Her butterfly looks great - where did you find such fun buttons?
I've read a ton of Ehlert's book but somehow we missed this one. My 2 year old LOVES dogs. I can't wait to get this for him. She did great with her christmas button butterfly. Good for you for following her lead!
I thought we had read everything by Ehlert, but I am not familiar with this book.
Our high temps are in the 70s now and the kids already miss the pool and beach.
I love Ehlert's work, also. I think it's wonderful Anna was inspired and came up with such a creative project!
What a wonderful idea! I love the idea of sewing onto butterflies! Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.
So glad that you shared on our Virtual Book Club this month! I adore Lois Ehlert for her bright and colorful images, that no childhood should be without. It's great to see how it inspired your daughter to create her own collage. We did Waiting For Wings, she might enjoy that one a little more. Can't wait to see what you share next month with Amy Rosenthal!
I love how Anna turned it into her own project! Sewing buttons on butterflies is a really cool idea too.
I agree Elhert seems more like an artist than an author, but I guess that line rather overlaps.
I love her making Christmas ornaments, I could see my kiddos doing that.


Yesterday, Hurricane Irene weakened to become Tropical Storm Irene – but not before leaving at least 4 million homes without power and causing fuel shortages along the United State's Atlantic coast. This hurricane brought on-land wind speeds of more than 85 mph in the continental United States, and maintained its hurricane status through most of its trek north. Though the storm had diminished by the time it hit New York today, it still carried 65 mph winds and drenching rain. And, with this wind came downed power lines and poles along the entire east coast, leaving many stranded without power.
The good news is that the east coast knew that this storm was coming. As David Biello said on Thursday – it's best to be prepared. And, thanks to our nation's storm tracking abilities, east coast utilities were able to ready road crews so they could repair power lines that were taken down by the high winds. Power plants lying within Irene's projected path were able to prepare their facilities to be hit by the wind and rain, helping them to avoid extended supply disruptions.
In the old days this was easy. The power plants were melting down but no one knew what was going on inside them; Water was being poured in and cooking off as steam, and every now and then the way they were getting the water in or the way they were powering the pumps would change, or one of the containment buildings would blow up, or whatever. If you've been reading the last few Fukushima Updates, however, you'll know that things related to the crippled nuclear power plant have gotten more, not less complicated, which at first is counter-intuitive, but on reflection, expected. After all, engineers have more access to the inside of the plants now, though that is still limited. Pumping water into a big concrete box that blows up now and then is not as complicated as assembling a functiniong cooling system from parts that have been mauled by floods and earthquakes and that are highly radioactive. And the secondary but very important ramifications of an out of control set of multiple meltdowns at a large nuclear power plant are developing around the world as entire countries swear off nuclear power while at the same time major, influential industry entities revert to pretending that this is pretty much what we expected and everything is fine. The patterns and problems associated with contamination are starting to emerge and sink in; The fact that the industry expected this sort of meltdown to occur has been revealed.
GEORIGIA TECH (US) — A new way to capture and harness energy from the air could lead to paper-based wireless sensors that are self-powered, low-cost, and able to function independently almost anywhere.
"There is a large amount of electromagnetic energy all around us, but nobody has been able to tap into it," says Manos Tentzeris, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
Inkjet printers are used to combine sensors, antennas, and energy-grabbing capabilities on paper or flexible polymers. The resulting self-powered wireless sensors may be used for chemical, biological, heat, and stress sensing for defense and industry; radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagging for manufacturing and shipping, and monitoring tasks in a variety of fields including communications and power usage.
Communications devices transmit energy in many different frequency ranges, or bands. The team's scavenging devices are able to capture the energy, convert it from AC to DC, and then store it in capacitors and batteries. The scavenging technology can presently take advantage of frequencies from FM radio to radar, a range spanning 100 megahertz (MHz) to 15 gigahertz (GHz) or higher.
Experiments utilizing TV bands have already yielded power amounting to hundreds of microwatts. Multi-band systems are expected to generate one milliwatt or more—enough power to operate many small electronic devices, including a variety of sensors and microprocessors.
First Nations deserve a fair shake in the development of energy and mining resources.
This is a time of enormous potential for indigenous peoples in Canada and around the globe – a time when respectful energy and mining development could be a key tool in helping our peoples and nations reach their full potential.
Across North America, there are unprecedented opportunities to develop resources on indigenous lands in a responsible and sustainable manner, and many First Nations in Canada are using these opportunities to build and rebuild their nations, build skills and capacities for their people, and build up their economies. They are creating thriving communities in which their people can live, work, and grow.
In Canada, First Nations citizens can add over $400 billion to the economy by 2026 if we close the education and labour-force gap between First Nations and other Canadians. As the fastest and largest growing segment of Canada's population, with almost half of our people under the age of 25, First Nations citizens in Canada could fill the looming labour shortage created by Canada's aging, retiring population.
By increasing and improving the collective understanding of indigenous rights, responsibilities, and opportunities in relation to resource development, we can, and will, create the space for indigenous citizens, communities, and economies to thrive. These are the factors that recently brought together more than 800 indigenous leaders and citizens and representatives from government and industry from around the world in Niagara Falls for the first-ever International Indigenous Summit on Energy and Mining.
The three-day summit, hosted by the Assembly of First Nations and the National Congress of American Indians, is just one of the many efforts underway to transform the relationship between indigenous peoples and the rest of the world. The summit was a chance for all the key players to identify and discuss effective approaches to energy and resource development, keeping in mind the necessity for approaches that respect indigenous rights and treaties. Through this – and through other relationship-building approaches – we will continue to share experiences and challenges, answer questions, and develop best practices that will eventually lead to increased recognition, respect, partnerships, and prosperity for all.
More and more, First Nations citizens in Canada are taking their rightful place as leaders and active participants in the economy in ways that benefit our peoples, our communities, and our collective future. While there are good examples of effective engagement and agreements between industry and First Nations, there are also too many bad examples. This is our chance to work together to eliminate the bad examples. I have said, recently, that this could be our new fur trade. Indigenous peoples in Canada were essential to the fur trade. We were active participants, providing knowledge and insight to traders, and the traders, in turn, respected our right to our resources, lands, and territories.
First Nations are not opposed to development, but we do not believe in development at any cost. We continue to advocate for the full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the principle of free, prior, and informed consent before any development occurs. That means consulting and accommodating First Nations prior to development. Our mantra is: "Engage early and engage often." This is necessary to establish the relationships required to build effective partnerships and agreements between First Nations, governments, and industry.
As stewards of the land, as fathers and mothers, and as business people and community leaders, indigenous peoples in Canada have a responsibility to our ancestors to fulfill their vision. This is a vision of strong, healthy communities that are thriving in our languages, cultures, and economies. With this knowledge and respect for our ancestors and Elders, we continually seek an important balance – living and learning according to their wisdom while gaining the knowledge and support we need to fulfill our roles and responsibilities for future generations.
Those who attended the International Indigenous Summit on Energy and Mining brought with them their best ideas and best practices. We announced the creation of a First Nations Virtual Institute on Energy and Mining, which will serve as an online tool for sharing information, experience, and data. And everyone who participated agreed we must gather again soon to maintain momentum on this important matter.
We have shown that we can build on existing successes, learn from our challenges, and recognize opportunities for indigenous peoples to work together and lead the way based on the original relationships set out in treaties and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We can transform these relationships in ways that strengthen our citizens, communities, and economies. This is a win-win situation for everyone. By raising the collective literacy around energy and mining development and the rights of indigenous peoples, we will unleash the full potential and energy of our people in a way that strengthens all of us.


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Transformational leadership in nursing: The case of Ebonyi State in Nigeria
Onwe, Simon Nwigboji
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
Author's Email: onwesim(at)yahoo.com
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Received: Accepted: December 26, 2014 Published:
Nurses contribute substantially to health care delivery the world over but they are rarely involved in policy formulation and decision making on issues affecting health in many countries (World Health Organisation, 2007). This is attributed to the perceived low status of nursing education which is basically diploma-awarding schools of nursing (Senior and Fleming, 2006). Transformational leadership in nursing seems to be a proven solution to this problem. Ebonyi State experienced transition from trait based leadership style to transformational leadership in 2003. Prior to the transition in Ebonyi State, nurses had no voice and their needs were not communicated to the appropriate authorities. Many nurses who were due for promotion were stagnated as a result. After the transition, a graduate nurse with M.Sc. in nursing education took over as a substantive director of nursing in the state. The needs of the nurses were appropriately communicated and many whose promotions were hitherto stagnated were massively promoted. There was also a mass enrolment of many nurses who had diploma in nursing into a university-based degree in nursing. Although the transition experienced a lot of challenges, the impact was rewarding and it can be inferred that transformational leadership seems appropriate for the desired reforms in nursing.
Key words: Reforms, nursing, leadership theory, transformational leadership, Nigeria civil service rules
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A Welcome from the Head Teacher - Mrs Biddell
Welcome to Templars Primary School website. We hope that this site will give you an idea of life here at Templars Primary school.
In our wonderfully well-equipped, green and leafy site in Tile Hill, Coventry we all work together tirelessly to create a learning-centred, happy, secure and caring environment. This is a school where each individual is valued and respected. We prepare children for life in a modern world by providing opportunities where children can thrive and grow because we believe that school is far more than just a place in which we work and learn. It is also a place where we begin to build relationships with other people, find out how to work together, develop a sense of ourselves, and discover how we as individuals fit into our world and society.
We pride ourselves on offering a stimulating, challenging and diverse curriculum where children of all abilities are able to make fantastic progress. At Templars our motto is 'Every child, Every day, Every chance' and this reflects our belief that there should be no limits on the aspirations for our children and our staff, and that we strive to make sure everyone makes the most of every day at school as part of our friendly team.
We believe that it takes a whole community to educate a child, so we aim to work in partnership with our parents, other schools and local organisations to offer our pupils a range of extra-curricular opportunities and exciting adventures which help to build confidence and foster a love of learning.
Our school is a purposeful and busy place where you will find the highest standards of work, commitment and courtesy. Our children are nurtured from an early age and leave us well prepared to face the challenges of the next stage of their educational journey.
We hope that our website gives you a flavour of life here and shows why we are all proud to be part of Team Templars. If you would like to see our school in action, please contact the school office to arrange a visit and I would be delighted to show you around.
Corinne Biddell
A message from a pupil in Year 6
Welcome to Templars Primary School, a place where you can learn and have an enjoyable time. We hope you will love our humble, botanic school as much as our students do.
In our loveable, well-equipped school, you can get educated feeling safe and respected due to our hard-working school councillors who are constantly doing their best. Templars believes that school is more than an education site, we believe that school is home to many great memories because of Templars many welcoming children who will respect and represent our lovely school.
We at Templars Primary School, take uniform very seriously and our many amazing teachers ensure that uniform is correctly worn. Our teachers are extremely helpful and explain everything really clearly, they support every child's aspirations.
In Templars we are very lucky and grateful to have our very own forest school, inside we learn many skills that may help us in later life and environmental facts and rules in nature.
By Victoria (Year 6 Pupil)


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