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Subject Matter AreasAirport & Aviation SecurityBiometrics & ID Management
Homeland Security Experts on the Biggest Threats and Challenges the U.S. Faces in 2021
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer provides security in Washington, D.C., before the presidential inauguration on Jan. 18, 2021. (CBP photo by Brian Sowards)
Homeland Security Today asked top experts in various sectors of the homeland mission to discuss what they see as the greatest threats and challenges facing our country in the year ahead.
Greg Touhill
First Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States
As we enter 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic looms large as the most significant threat to national security and prosperity. Despite the encouraging progress in developing vaccines with astounding initial efficacy reports, widespread distribution and application of the vaccine to the American population should be the top priority. In conjunction with the distribution and application of the vaccine(s), the accurate and complete collection of data associated with the application of the vaccine and empirical measurements of the vaccine(s) efficacy are essential. This will present special challenges to policy makers as they address long-deferred issues such as identity and privacy security in the midst of the massive collection of essential data collection as part of the public health initiatives.
Disinformation remains a huge threat to the United States and is likely to grow in magnitude and impact during 2021. I define disinformation as the knowing and deliberate creation of false information purposely designed to invoke sharp responses and influence target audiences to take actions shaped by the creators of the disinformation. Disinformation always is crafted around nuggets of truth to lure in their intended audience. Misinformation is the unwitting sharing of disinformation, often by those consumers of social media who share the disinformation without checking the source of the disinformation nor the veracity of the reports. Disinformation was used to attack the integrity of the U.S. election system in 2020 as well as key societal institutions. I suspect we will continue to see malicious actors using disinformation campaigns to shatter our societal fabric and undermine confidence in our constitutional government. Policy makers will be challenged to understand the nature of the issue and act wisely to counteract this threat vector without compromising our treasured constitutionally guaranteed right of free speech. The first step to understanding a problem is acknowledging that you have a problem.
Americans have traditionally thought of threats as external to the United States. We typically think of nation-state actors based in foreign capitals as threats. However, as illustrated during the widespread disinformation campaigns over the last five years, we are experiencing a wholly new threat landscape. Disinformation campaigns have encouraged and promoted a sharp polarization of American societal fabric. Pundits have posited that, left unchecked, disinformation campaigns magnified by widespread misinformation attacking the American people and our institutions could rip apart our republic. Some even forecast we are "headed toward a civil war" (which may even be deliberately crafted disinformation designed to incite violence!). Policy makers and leaders at all levels must take action to combat disinformation. We should launch a counter-offensive to disinformation. The counter-offensive campaign can include elements such as:
1) Inform the public they are under attack: Policy makers ought to join together in a bipartisan manner to inform the public that we are under attack by disinformation campaigns targeting the American people and our societal institutions. If this is not addressed in a bipartisan manner, we will fail and the attackers will win.
2) Give the American public the tools to defeat the threat: We already have the tools; we just need to point them out to the American people. Sadly, online platforms deliberately analyze your browsing histories and serve up content they believe you will be interested in. They track where you like to get your information from and prioritize those sources. The result is that many Americans are caught in what some call an information "echo chamber," where all they see is information curated and tailored to conform with the reader's preconceived favored opinions. Malicious actors understand this and feed those engines to steer sentiment and opinions to meet their strategic objectives. We can change the public discourse by encouraging the public to "change the channel" and seek out other information sources, including those that don't espouse opinions or conclusions we'd naturally share. When we only seek out information that conforms to our opinions, we don't get all the facts and make bad decisions. When that happens, our adversaries win. From a policy standpoint, policy makers can work with online platforms and social media companies to retire the algorithms that censor alternate views from the consumers and create the "echo chamber," thereby restoring a more open and civil public discourse of ideas.
3) Hold those who create disinformation accountable: Where clear evidence can be presented that a person or organization has willingly and deliberately created disinformation for malicious intent, those persons and organizations ought to be held accountable under our rule of laws. This is easier said than done. Preservation of our constitutional rights is paramount and under no circumstances should we abrogate them. However, identification of the root source of information is a powerful method of incentivizing the source to ensure that the information is verified and true.
Sandra L. Stosz
Retired Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, former Deputy Commandant for Mission Support
I don't know about everyone else, but I've been coping with the coronavirus constraints and consequences by hoping for a brighter 2021. I'm excited for the new year, because I do believe we have much to be grateful for and much to hope for with vaccines and new treatments coming more quickly than anyone could have expected. Hope for the future will shine through today's hurts if we focus on the promise and possibilities that await.
As powerful as hope is, it's a state of mind that must be backed by active leadership to achieve positive results. What our nation needs now, more than ever, is leaders of character who can inspire others to hope, and motivate them to achieve success. We need insightful leaders who understand the balance between hope and reality, and who seek value for their organizations in that murky space.
Leaders of character must understand that the coronavirus pandemic has impacted employees and business partners in different ways. In many cases, leadership and middle management have successfully transitioned to working from home, thanks to enabling technology. At the other end of the spectrum, front-line and service-sector employees may be invisibly struggling to support themselves and their families. There is no better time for leaders to set aside time to personally check in with all echelons of their workforces, and the workforces of the organizations on whom their business depends.
The best long-term antidote to the coronavirus may not be a vaccine, but resilience. Now is the time for leaders to examine their organizations to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. They need to think about where they fell short in meeting the pandemic challenges, and where they can make permanent changes and improvements to be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that will arise when our hope becomes the reality of a brighter 2021.
Now is the time for leaders of character to focus on their most important resource: their people. They need to ensure that their employees all have an equal chance to achieve personal and professional resilience so they can share in the organization's success. As the economy adjusts to the pandemic, as lockdowns are eased, leaders must be prepared to meet unforeseen threats and challenges. They must encourage and reward innovation, challenging people to think differently and not be afraid to "fail with purpose" as they stretch for a goal. Leading with character means trusting one's employees, and those who do so will build the resilience necessary to weather any storm.
Matthew Albence
Former Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
I think one of the major issues for 2021 will be immigration/border security. It has been largely placed on the back burner due to the pandemic, but once things in that regard begin to normalize, the border is going to explode, and the increases we have seen at the end of 2020 are clearly ominous. The incoming administration realizes this, as does the mainstream media, as both have addressed it recently, with the Biden administration already seeking to temper expectations with regard to its campaign promises, and the Washington Post doing some extensive reporting on the challenges and intricacies of canceling both the Title 42 order as well as other Trump administration initiatives/regulations that have significantly curtailed the flow but are expected to be rolled back.
I fully expect that the terrible conditions and humanitarian crisis that we saw in 2019 will reappear in 2021, and there have been no changes to the infrastructure (and now reduced funding in the FY 21 budget in critical areas, such as detention and transportation) that will enable the responsible agencies (CBP/ICE/HHS) to be in a better position to respond and/or manage.
Brian Harrell
Former Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
When companies think about security, they most often think of securing their networks, infrastructure, and critical assets against cyber and physical attacks. But supply chains, comprising traditional manufacturers or third-party service providers, are also vulnerable to security risks. We have seen this in 2020 with a litany of major data breaches via third parties and 2021 will be no different. Security practitioners should strongly consider diversifying their supply chain. Don't rely on one source for materials or products as that source may become compromised or unable to ensure confidentiality, integrity, or availability of their products or services. Establish reliable secondary suppliers in different regions to minimize this risk.
From the extreme right to the extreme left, we are also seeing an uptick in extreme political activism, often resulting in violence or harm to infrastructure. The fear and panic that accompanies the current pandemic response environment, intensified by the isolation many are experiencing, is exploited by malicious nation-state and domestic actors that seek to advance their own agendas and undermine political, healthcare, and other response systems and operations. In 2021, we will continue to see this exploitation through active disinformation campaigns from groups such as QAnon, and other right- and left-wing media sites. Remember, disinformation stops with you.
Stephanie Yanta
Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
The FBI's Behavioral Threat Assessment Center (BAU-1/BTAC) remains concerned about threats and acts of targeted violence. Targeted violence may result from a personal grievance, may be ideologically motivated, or can often be an amalgamation of the two. Acts of targeted violence can be perpetrated by an individual/lone actor or, as we have recently witnessed, groups of individuals sharing the same grievance(s)/ideologies. Importantly, extensive research and operational experience have shown there is no "profile" of an individual intent on engaging in a violent act. Violent offenders cross genders, ages, socio-economic status, ethnicities, etc.
Significantly, acts of targeted violence are rarely impulsive, emotion-driven or spontaneous. People just don't "snap." Instead, perpetrators of targeted violence consider, plan and prepare. These behaviors are often observable thereby providing an opportunity for early engagement and disruption prior to a violent act occurring.
Notably, in recent months and as recently as a few weeks ago, groups of individuals have engaged in violence within our communities largely as a result of the tumultuous, fluid and volatile social and political climates facing our nation. Herein, it is important to recognize and differentiate between targeted violence, general criminality and the impact of group think – the idea that otherwise well-intentioned individuals ultimately make poor decisions in order to conform to the group and/or feel they are unable to oppose the group's actions.
Prevention of acts of targeted violence may be achieved through properly implemented threat assessment and threat management (TATM) principles. Effective threat management relies heavily upon thorough, accurate, and holistic threat assessment. The FBI's BTAC is a national-level, multi-agency, multi-disciplinary Task Force focused on the prevention targeted violence through the application of behaviorally-based operational support, training and research. TATM assistance from the FBI's BTAC can be obtained through your local FBI office's designated BAU Threat Management Coordinator or one of the BAU Coordinators.
Greg Marshall
Former Chief Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Internally, I believe the United States faces very real threats from domestic violent extremists who have taken sides on both the left and the right. Many conservatives believe the presidential election was "unfair" and "stolen," and those government institutions designed to review and remedy citizen grievances (courts and state governors, and state legislatures) largely ignored their pleas of redress and what conservatives believe was "evidence" of election fraud and criminality. These facts, I believe, have caused a rise in political activity and concern among ordinary citizens on the right across America.
Most liberals never accepted the last presidential administration. The Mueller investigation, impeachment, Kavanaugh hearings, and General Flynn conviction, among others, were examples of what most conservatives believe were liberal overreach. These actions, combined with the Nov. 3 election outcome, have exacerbated the divide between the left and right and have emboldened people and organized groups on both sides.
"Defunding the police" efforts continuing in some jurisdictions will cause rises in violent crimes; specifically shootings, aggravated assaults, and murders. We are already seeing these crime spikes in major U.S. cities. This is a threat to our quality of life. Antifa, BLM, and similar groups, I believe, will continue their efforts in some American cities and certainly pose a risk to U.S. citizens in each of those cities.
COVID-19 obviously remains a very serious threat in the U.S. As the virus mutates this winter and spring, and the vaccine rollout continues, the federal government will need to continue their close coordination with all states and territories to meet the threat head-on, and quickly make any adjustments as necessary.
I see the potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to be further exacerbated in the U.S. if entry from Central and South America is relaxed or not enforced on the southwest border. The pandemic is widespread within countries in those regions.
Worldwide debt from emergency COVID-19 spending is erupting. I see a serious risk, potentially, to the U.S. economy. Federal and state leaders will face tough decisions balancing public health concerns and local budgets with regional and national economic stability.
Cyber threats (internally and externally) to the U.S. will likely continue and grow, especially when you consider the internal climate of unrest we face here.
Externally, I see China, Russia, and Iran remaining as our most preeminent adversaries, especially on the cyber front.
I also view Iran to be a larger threat to the U.S. Iran has extensive anger at the U.S. for the killing of Soleimani, and has threatened retaliation against the U.S. Combine this fact with their renewed actions to produce a nuclear weapon, it appears we (and our allies) are headed toward a confrontation down the road.
Steve Karoly
Former TSA Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis
1). Implementation of REAL ID: The REAL ID Act established the mandate of minimum security standards for license issuance and prohibits federal agencies from accepting non-REAL ID compliant forms of identification at federal facilities and boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft. This means that every U.S. air traveler will be required to present a REAL ID-compliant license or another acceptable form of identification, such as a U.S. passport, to board a domestic flight. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the implementation of REAL ID by one year, now planned for October 2021, giving states, through their Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) offices, an additional year to issue these forms of identification. However, in October 2020 it was reported that only 110 million REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses and identification cards have been issued (approximately 40 percent of all driver's license holders). This means that an additional 165 million REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses and identification cards still need to be issued to have 100 percent compliance by October 2021. Given the normal challenges that accompany any new process change along with challenges of issuing IDs during a pandemic, I think it is fair to say that in October 2021 there will be air travelers who are at the airport who do not have the proper documentation to board their plane. That number of travelers could be in the thousands to hundreds of thousands. TSA needs to be prepared to handle this foreseeable situation from both an operational perspective in terms of developing nationwide doctrine and procedures and a personnel perspective in terms of ensuring the thousands of Transportation Security Officers are trained to execute those operational procedures.
2). Cybersecurity concerns within the contactless experience: Reducing touchpoints within the airport passenger screening process has been a focus area for several years now but the COVID-19 pandemic changed the timeline. The deployment and use of automation and self-service technologies through biometrics, electronic IDs, or mobile applications have accelerated in 2020 with expectations they will continue to accelerate in 2021 (and beyond). Although these new 'conveniences' give passengers a more seamless passenger experience, they also provide cyberterrorists additional opportunities to locate and attack system vulnerabilities. Although policies, processes, and technologies are normally put in place by companies to help prevent or limit security incidents and data breaches, we need to be sure their products that are being deployed in airport environments, along with the associated airport's IT infrastructure, have similar policies, processes, and technologies in place to prevent or limit cyber incidents.
3). Insider threats: With the growing polarization of political views within the United States, the threat of domestic violent extremists becomes even more real from day-to-day and week-to-week. The aviation sector remains a clear target. With the aviation sector being so integrated across the aviation enterprise, mitigating the insider threat challenge has to be through a coordinated effort between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other governmental regulators, airport operators, and air carriers — thus the significant challenge facing the aviation sector. In May 2020, TSA released their Insider Threat Roadmap 2020 to guide TSA and the transportation community in mitigating the insider threat. The success in executing the details within the Roadmap depends upon the relationships TSA has with the airport operators and air carriers and their willingness to contribute to this effort. The next step is to mutually develop implementation plans that define the who, what, where, when and how for each insider threat focus area. But more importantly, the TSA/airport operator/air carrier team must agree that without each of their assistance, from a planning to execution perspective, the mitigation of the insider threat will not be accomplished nor will there be raising of the bar in terms of the security baseline.
Tom Essig
Former Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security
America continues to be well-positioned to win traditional wars and defend against traditional threats. But the events of the past year have provided tremendous information to nations and groups, both foreign and domestic, that wish to harm the United States or destroy American democracy. And it's not only with traditional methods or weapons. In fact, some of our greatest threats may be via non-traditional means, in areas where we have not yet developed strong and effective defensive measures. These include:
1. Disinformation: This has definitely been the year for it. Disinformation on social networks, in the news media, and even from elected officials has made it difficult to really know what the truth is. And polarized the nation to the point where many people don't even seem to recognize or even care what the truth is, since they're fully committed to their beliefs. It's also proven to be an effective, while inexpensive and low- risk, weapon in the hands of those who would want to weaken America and/or our democracy.
Centuries ago, Sun Tzu advised in The Art of War to "divide and conquer" an enemy that is much stronger than you. America is probably still the most powerful nation in the world. But we arguably are more of a house divided today than at any other time since our Civil War. And that provides a huge opportunity for adversaries to exploit. Apparently, they have been doing so for some time, but we have yet to come up with an effective countermeasure and the very openness of our society provides a means for exploitation by adversaries. That makes it difficult to come together as a nation and provides great opportunities for our adversaries to divide and conquer.
But why is this disinformation so effective and why do so many people believe and act on it? Some of the reasons are psychological in nature such as:
· Tendencies to see things in a way that fits our preconceptions, or to read and accept as true only those things that we already believe.
· Widespread distrust of science and heavy reliance on anecdotal information – such as "the cold winter we're having proves that global warming isn't real."
· Consequences of the pandemic. This has caused emotional and mental challenges for many of us and limited our ability to obtain reliable information. It has also caused severe economic difficulties for many, which may make them less likely to be receptive to truths that are difficult to accept.
Of particular concern is disinformation that is intended to further polarize the nation into camps that are unable or unwilling to work with each other, thereby dividing America and reducing our ability to act as one nation and significantly weakening our global influence; to erode or even destroy American democracy to the point that it no longer serves as a model for other nations; to inspire and coordinate actions of hate groups; or even just to win some votes. The specific goals of those who spread disinformation may vary, but they all seem to recognize that, for whatever reason, America today seems to be tremendously susceptible to disinformation and, as a result, creates the ability to use disinformation as a weapon – with very little cost or risk to the person, group, or nation using it. And that makes it a threat that must be dealt with.
Fortunately, many social networks have already started efforts to remove disinformation. It's a step in the right direction but too much disinformation still gets through – at least for long enough to be viewed and spread by significant numbers of people.
Almost all of us use social media and are free to post pretty much whatever we want, within certain limits. For the most part, they're wonderful fun and help us keep touch with friends and family and allow us to share our lives with them. But they're also used by some with very different goals. Many of us freely provide extensive information about our background, likes, dislikes, and a lot more personal information. And many of us have also completed numerous surveys and trivia exercises on social networks. They're fun – but all of that information creates an enormous database that can be used for reasons we might never dream of. In fact, it may be the largest intelligence gathering operation in history – certainly one of the cheapest. In unscrupulous hands, it can and is being used to advance goals that are detrimental to us and our nation. And further polarize us. For a very entertaining example of how this information might be used at the national level, take some time to view the HBO movie Brexit. While it is a fictionalized account of a real-life event, it does show how data in social networks can be used to change the direction of a nation.
2. Biological Attacks: Yes, I know there are international conventions that, at least in part, prohibit this. But our experience with COVID-19 shows how free societies may experience significantly greater health, economic and even military impacts from biological agents than closed societies that easily limit people's freedoms. Most of us have also heard the debate regarding whether COVID-19 occurred naturally or in a lab, with most scientists concluding it had occurred naturally. But even if it had been created in a lab, it would be difficult to determine whether its release was accidental or intentional.
And, even though there are even stronger international agreements prohibiting the use of chemical weapons, there have been isolated cases where even those have been used. But what might happen if someone could use a banned weapon without anyone being able to determine who attacked them, or even that they had been attacked? No nation goes to war without the expectation of some casualties. But if you could control your casualties much better than your enemy and also have the opportunity for plausible deniability, would that increase the likelihood that such weapons would be used? I believe that the risk is too great to assume that the answer is no.
While there are a number of international agreements that cover bans on biological weapons, there are also a number of holes in them. A good first step then would be the elimination of those holes. This would also make all nations understand that we are aware of the risk and want to work with the rest of the world to eliminate that risk. Beyond that, our planning would be just as helpful against future naturally occurring pandemics. So, while it may have been 100 years since the last great pandemic to hit America, we cannot afford to assume that it will be that long before we need effective plans to counter the next.
Ajit Maan
HSToday Narrative & National Security Columnist, Founder and CEO of the Think-and-Do Tank Narrative Strategies
Hybrid strains of Domestic Radicalization. Some threat-casters might say foreign influence is a major threat. I agree but those threats, wherever they originated, have become domesticated and have taken on regional mutations. These are hybrid strains of domestic extremism and they will be engaged in all domain warfare.
We are seeing in the homeland the same techniques used in conflict zones to manipulate and recruit civilians to engage in terroristic acts.
The steps to radicalization include: convincing the target audience that they are victims and scapegoating groups or individuals as perpetrators of their victimization, pathologizing the targets' stories, and then encouraging them to take violent action as a way to stop or reverse what has been described as the inevitable existential destruction of their identities. Watch for this pattern. We are seeing it already and it will come to full fruition in the next year.
Paul Cobaugh
Vice President, Narrative Strategies
I would argue that our most serious domestic threat for 2021 revolves around the ineffectiveness of the national security community to operate on the primary modern battlefield: influence. At the heart of this problem is a critically low national level of resilience regarding all types of malign influence via domestic and foreign bad actors. Although there are several serious threats on our plate, we are unable to address any of them successfully without the ability to settle on facts, common sense and truth. There is no limit to what our nation can achieve when unified, focused and observant of knowledge, data and wisdom.
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Johnny Walker asked>Phil, is the Caissons the only weenie solo air dive you do.
Actually, I've only solo'd there once. The same can be said for the Tuna Clipper, Oil rigs and the Moody. I usually have a buddy, but if the conditions are good and all my buddies are working, then solo it is.


Next up, we have Jimmie Foster of Bradley University. I have known Jimmie for close to twenty years during our time as players and coaches, and I must say that he has a strong passion coaching and helping our youth obtain opportunities. Below is our recent interview.
Me: Jimme, give us some background of your coaching career.
Jimmie: I have been coaching for twelve years. I started coaching high school right here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then moved onto to Junior College and Division I ranks soon after. I have been fortunate to work with great coaches and staffs in my twelve years of coaching. Coaches like Arron Womackat Juneau High School, Jim Gosz at Rufus King High, Doug Wagemester at Kirkwood Community College, Brian Jones at University of North Dakota and Brian Wardle at UW-Green Bay and Bradley University have had a huge influence on me as a coach and person.
In my tenure I've been a part of coaching ten All League Junior College players, three First Team All Americans, nine All Horizon League Players, two Player of the Year players in the Horizon League and one NBA draftee.
Me: So tell us why you decided to get into the coaching profession?
Jimmie: I love the game and basketball and it was and is close to me personally. I made the decision to pursue coaching while working in the Milwaukee Public School system and my goal was to help kids obtain collegiate basketball scholarships. What I found was most student-athletes being sent home from colleges within four months to a year of being on campus.
I strongly believe this happened because there was a lack ofaccountability. Student-athletes were simply not holding themselves accountable for their actions on or off the court. The most common excuse I heard was that the coach and player didn't see eye to eye. In my role, I knew that I could assist in bridging that divide between player and coach.
I got into the collegiate ranks of coaching when my junior college coach, Doug Wagemester from Kirkwood Community College, gave me the opportunity to join his staff. I jumped on it!
Me: What are some of the most important things you have learned a long the way during your coaching career?
Jimmie: There are three things that I have learned during my time as a coach that have grown to be very important to me and they are loyalty, integrity and trust. These are essential to coaching and life as well.
Me: How important do you think relationships are as it relates to our profession and why?
Jimmie: Relationship building is by far the most important attribute coaches must establish. We must be able to communicate with parents, teachers and other coaches. Being able to communicate builds trust and strengthens relationships. In this profession, relationships can bring a multitude of opportunities.
Me: What advice would you give a coach who wants to pursue a career in collegiate coaching?
Jimmie: There are two things I would say to a coach wanting to pursue a career in collegiate coaching. First, to understand that we are coaching basketball first but we must be servants our young men and women to help prepare them for life. Second, do not join the profession with the soul focus on chasing the money. You must focus on doing great at the job you have and trust in you and your craft as a coach.
Me: I couldn't agree more. Thanks for your insight and time Jimmie and we look forward to hearing you speak at the MCA Clinic on June 3rd.
Jimmie: Thanks for having me and I am looking forward to it as well.


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In decision making processes, particularly when it comes to health-related decisions, each relevant piece of information is important. This is particularly important when it comes to health conditions for which there remains a high degree of non-determinism as far as diagnosis and treatment. Online social media, are places in which people feel free to share their opinions about numerous topics, including public health issues and how individuals have responded to different types of treatments associated with diseases. social media could represent a secondary source that can be used as a supplement to other data sources. This would allow individuals as well as health care providers to gain insight related to public health from different angels. In this study, we construct a hierarchical learning model based on Twitter data that can extract valuable knowledge associated with public health concerns from Twitter network. Back pain was selected for our case study to demonstrate how the proposed model works.


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Category: architectural tours
The beauty of early 19th century architecture
Detail of the cornice of gatehouse designed by Charles Bul finch, third Architect of the Capitol, in approximately 1827, for the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. This gatehouse and another one by Bulfinch were moved to Constitution Ave, closer to the White House, in the late 19th century.
Bulfinch, considered one of the first professional architects in this country, took drawing courses as a Harvard undergraduate and then traveled through Europe observing architecture.
Architectural Photography/Architectural History Tour of Embassy Row
Saturday, November 12,2016, 10am-12:30pm
To make compelling architectural photographs, one has to understand architectural history.
This tour places the buildings and spaces in context and demonstrates the photographic techniques used to capture photographs that convey the significance of the buildings.
Participants should bring their own cameras (digital or film, any format).
$20/per person.
For further information contact Bill Lebovich:architecturalphoto@mac.com (c)Bill Lebovich,2016
Two Historic and Grand Hotels
The current building for the Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave.,N.W., 2 blocks east of the White House, dates from 1901 and it was designed by the prominent NYC architect,Henry Hardenbergh . But earlier,more modest versions of the hotel date to the early 19th century.
With its mansard roof, formal lobby,and grand corridor ("Peacock Alley") running nearly a block to a secondary entrance on F St.,the hotel evokes Parisian architecture and planning.
On another major avenue, Connecticut Ave, in 1925, the Mayflower Hotel was built, and while its lacks French architectural detailing, it also has a grand promenade running from its lobby to a rear entrance. This hotel also has a formal lobby and is an entire block in depth. (It differs from the Willard in that the rear section of the Mayflower was originally apartments.)
The Mayflower was designed by the same architects who were responsible for New York City's Grand Central Terminal, Warren & Wetmore.
Other surviving hotels (seen in next posting),built only a few years later, do not occupy entire blocks and, therefore, lack the promenades that define the interiors and to a large degree, how these two hotels are perceived by guests and visitors.
First three photos:Willard last two photos:Mayflower (c)Bill Lebovich,2016
Sulgrave Club, Washington Club (Stanford White) and Dupont Circle, Washington,DC
Dupont Circle, 1785 Massachusetts Ave.
Former residence of Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasurer, who gave his collection to form the National Gallery of Art.
©Bill Lebovich, all rights reserved, 2014
Sibour
Anderson House, now The Society of The Cincinnati Headquarters, Mass. Ave.
Designed for the wealthy Brookline (adjacent to Boston) couple Isabel Weld and Larz Anderson as their winter home in Washington,DC, in approximately 1905 by the Boston architectural firm Little and Brown, it is has since 1937 been home to the oldest patriotic society in this country. Anderson was the young diplomat with old pedigree and money who married a young multimillionaire heiress. Their Brookline house is home to an outstanding automobile museum.
©Bill Lebovich,all rights reserved,2014.
Isabel Weld and Lar Anderson
Ascending Dupont Circle subway station

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package com.github.ambry.cloud;

import com.github.ambry.clustermap.ClusterMap;
import com.github.ambry.clustermap.VirtualReplicatorCluster;
import com.github.ambry.clustermap.VirtualReplicatorClusterFactory;
import com.github.ambry.config.CloudConfig;
import com.github.ambry.config.ClusterMapConfig;

/**
 * {@link StaticVcrClusterFactory} to generate VCR Cluster for static partition assignment.
 */
public class StaticVcrClusterFactory implements VirtualReplicatorClusterFactory {

  private final CloudConfig cloudConfig;
  private final ClusterMapConfig clusterMapConfig;
  private final ClusterMap clusterMap;
  private VirtualReplicatorCluster virtualReplicatorCluster;

  public StaticVcrClusterFactory(CloudConfig cloudConfig, ClusterMapConfig clusterMapConfig, ClusterMap clusterMap) {
    this.cloudConfig = cloudConfig;
    this.clusterMapConfig = clusterMapConfig;
    this.clusterMap = clusterMap;
  }

  @Override
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    if (virtualReplicatorCluster == null) {
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The report by six of the world's leading media freedom organisations published on October 19, on freedom of expression in Malta, makes grim reading. Unrelated events since then, particularly the court's gag on the popular programme Xarabank a week later, have further highlighted the gathering threats to media freedom in Malta.
In the report, this year's enactment of the Media and Defamation Act and the repeal of criminal libel are the only bright spots in an otherwise bleak media landscape. For although that law on paper now affords more freedoms to journalists, above and beyond that law, journalism in Malta faces complex threats.
One of the chief findings of the mission is the lack of pluralism. This is in large part due to the usurpation of large swathes of the media by the main political parties – both parties have TV stations, newspapers and radio stations. Meanwhile, the State broadcaster, TVM, is carefully loyal to the status quo, any notions of functioning as a watchdog and holding power to account having long been absent from its treatment of local news.
When it comes to the independent media, instead of engaging with it the government has been resorting to cynical manoeuverings that range from crafty circumvention to financial coercion. In seeking to bypass the traditional media, the government has developed a slick and formidable apparatus with which it targets the voters directly. This media offensive is deployed on social media mostly and includes professional yet propagandist videos. This would be par for the course were it not also accompanied by the deliberate sidelining of dreaded independent-minded journalists who might dare to ask some difficult questions.
Requests to ministers and prime minister for interviews are ignored, many freedom of information requests are met by stalling tactics and outright rejection, and when ministries are contacted for information they mostly request questions via e-mail and then many of these e-mails either remain unanswered or the answers are so vague as to be meaningless.
The report also laments the "preferential and politicised allocation of government advertising subsidies to media outlets with links to, or supportive of, the ruling party". The Times is assuredly not among those enjoying generous allocations of government spending on advertising right now.
All of this is complicating a difficult terrain for independent journalists in the aftermath of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The government has deliberately failed to take stock of the threat journalists may be facing and much less has it done anything to prevent a repeat. Government inaction – with not even the institution of an independent public inquiry to identify preventive measures – has allowed the sense of impunity and antagonism to prevail. And as the report points out, "it is of particular concern that public officials continue to publicly denigrate the legacy of Daphne Caruana Galizia, contributing to a climate of increasing hostility towards independent media".
The decree of Magistrate Joe Mifsud that prohibited Xarabank from broadcasting interviews in the Liam Debono case – on which independent editors have voiced concern – verged on the hostile in language. The Attorney General, the decree says, expressed his "total and unconditional disgust" about the supposed lapse of journalistic ethics in cases that are sub judice, while the magistrate lamented what he sees as the disappearance of the journalistic ethics of old. Such sweeping statements were not necessary to include in the reasoning behind the ban and such language may, inadvertently, give legitimacy to the baser attacks taking place on the independent press and other forms of free media so crucial to democratic functioning.
An example of those attacks is from the trolls who sow intimidation on the message boards of independent outlets and on social media, where vitriol is rife. Another is last week's venomous assaults on blogger Manuel Delia after he broke the news that the wife of the Opposition Leader wants a separation – news that is undoubtedly in the public interest given the impact this development may have on Adrian Delia's public role and persona. Such overt antagonism towards journalists – to which the government conveniently turns a blind eye – is a dangerous trend in this already ugly post-Daphne climate of extreme polarisation. It must on no account be encouraged, even if not deliberately, by those who occupy high office in the justice system, of all areas.
It is in the country's vital interest for the government to nurture constructive engagement with the independent media. Beyond the new laws, progress as they may represent, it is incumbent on the government to foster not only the survival but also the growth of vibrant, diverse independent media. The present situation is exacerbating the sector's financial woes that have grown inevitably out of the internet age of free content. It may be time to consider the setting up a central fund to prop up the independent media houses while providing strict guarantees of their autonomy.
If media freedom is to encouraged, the government and Opposition will one day also have to consider a joint effort to turn PBS into a truly independent and investigative media organisation, not the notice board that it is today.
A time must also come when the ownership of media houses by the political parties is curbed, redirecting resources towards the type of journalism that upholds, and not undermines, free thought and democracy.
This is a Times of Malta print editorial


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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America is available to rent, buy and stream.
Sergio Leone's epic tale of friendship, betrayal and revenge is possibly one of the finest depression-era dramas ever made. Yet despite his swan song picture receiving a raucous twenty-minute standing ovation at Cannes, it earned just $5.3 million on a $30 million budget, making it a box office flop. This may be why this razor-sharp exploration of immigration, isolation, economic depression and crime is so often overlooked.
Once Upon a Time in America is as emotionally relentless as it is gritty and beautiful as we follow a group of friends from early adolescence to adulthood in a developing New York. Leone opens the film with four streetwise kids who understand the hidden rules of New York's backstreets. Here the kids thrive and survive on a mix of low-level crime and violence, protecting each other from the dangers of the adult world that swirls around them. These are the children of immigrants, their lives caught in a trap of self-preservation and social isolation defined by position and class – the only escape route achieved through power, notoriety and status. But this escape route is built on a child's view of the world, with little understanding of the long-term costs of their actions.
As they grow into young adults, Sergio Leone explores the journey from mouthy teenagers to adult criminals while never losing his focus on the individual's vulnerability. Here the scale and nature of their crimes and the brief notoriety provided are wrapped in the sense of impending doom. After all, power eventually fades, and success can quickly turn into tragedy.
Despite the overarching darkness of his film, Leone's Once Upon a Time in America transcends the boundaries of the classic gangster movie. Here Leone delivers a beautifully framed exploration of how the choices made in our youth affect the trajectory of our adult life. The final scenes are wrapped in memories that can't be changed, disagreements that can't be healed and friendships that died due to a need for position, status and survival.
Italy | United States | 3hr 49min | Director: Sergio Leone
Classic Quick Picks are short, easy-read recommendations of classic movies available to rent, buy or stream now.
The Outsiders (1983)
The Faculty (1998)
Dead Shack (2017)


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Gov. Brown says people should call police on COVID-19 violators
For the next two weeks in Oregon, and four weeks in Multnomah County, new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus are in place.
Author: Maggie Vespa
Published: 9:54 PM PST November 20, 2020
Updated: 9:54 PM PST November 20, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. — Days before Thanksgiving, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said she believes residents who know their neighbors are violating the most recent round of COVID-19 protocols, which includes capping the number of people allowed in your home at six, should call the police.
"This is no different than what happens if there's a party down the street and it's keeping everyone awake," Brown said in an interview Friday. "What do neighbors do [in that case]? They call law enforcement because it's too noisy. This is just like that. It's like a violation of a noise ordinance."
The restrictions, known as a freeze, were implemented this week via an executive order by the governor. For the next two weeks in Oregon, and four weeks in Multnomah County, residents are banned from eating out at restaurants and going to the gym, among other restrictions. Social gatherings in our homes are also limited to no more than six people. Violators could face up to 30 days in jail, $1,250 in fines or both.
RELATED: VERIFY: Q&A about new COVID-19 restrictions during freeze in Oregon
Critics of the freeze have called it unconstitutional. Clackamas County Chair-elect Tootie Smith said on FOX News the freeze made Oregonians "second-rate slaves" in their own homes.
RELATED: Incoming Clackamas County chair calls Gov. Brown's COVID-19 freeze 'a travesty'
On Friday, the Marion County Sheriff's office said in a statement, "We recognize that we cannot arrest or enforce our way out of the pandemic, and we believe both are counterproductive to public health goals."
"Look, all of this is irresponsible," Brown said in response to those criticisms. "These are politicians seeking headlines, not public servants, trying to save lives. My top priority as governor is to keep Oregonians healthy and safe. That's where I'm focused."
RELATED: Some leaders push back on Oregon governor's freeze. A COVID-19 survivor offers full support
The governor said Friday she's promoting an "education-first" model, and she hopes enforcement won't be needed. But she is employing the option in Oregon.
"This is about saving lives and it's about protecting our fellow Oregonians," she said. "We have too many sporadic cases in Oregon. We can't trace these cases to a particular source. We have to limit gatherings and social interactions."
In its daily COVID-19 briefing Friday, the Oregon Health Authority reported a record-high 1,306 new cases of the virus statewide.
RELATED: Oregon reports new single-day record 1,306 COVID-19 cases
Watch the full 10-minute interview with Gov. Brown:


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About this Spot: Aubrey Plaza used Mark. All Over Eyeshadow Brush at the Funny People movie premiere and the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.
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Re: Notepad++: Snippets for Rainmeter Update!
JSMorley pointed out a few thoughts on cursor placement after snippet insertion, that I had not really considered.
And as usual, his idea made a lot of sense. The discussion above considered ways to easily modify the database, but after looking through the list of rainmeter snippets, the spot where editing would happen first varied, so I ended up selecting where most users would enter the first 'Value' item, as the place to have the cursor appear after insertion (for most snippet). If you feel anything needs 'cursor placement tweaking' please let me know.
With this update, all available snippet libraries (from Snippets version 1.2) with the Rainmeter library are in the compressed file.
This means the update process is slightly different.
Download the latest Snippets compressed file from the first post in this thread.
To update to the newest Rainmeter snippets library, you should first delete the current Rainmeter snippets library from the snippet list in notepad++.
Select the Rainmeter library from the list.
Right-click on the drop-down list box, and select 'Delete library...'.
Again right-click the drop-down list of libraries in notepad++.
From the drop-down list in the dialog box, select 'Rainmeter' from the list of included libraries.
Update file is also available from the first post.
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Thats good, much better for me. However, I hate to nitpick, but as clever an idea as "the first option value" for cursor placement is, it wouldn't be what I would do. The reason is that that approach is actively encouraging folks to end up with duplicate section names when they add multiple sections of the same type. Some measures, like WebParser, and some meters, like String, can be used dozens of times in a skin, and any measure or meter can be used more than once. Just my opinion, but I would have it end up on the section name, to encourage having them change that as the first step. In fact, in a perfect world, I would end up with the section name highlighted inside the [brackets].
I guess my point is that after inserting a String meter, the first thing you want to do is not to set the X value, but is absolutely always to change the section name from the generic [MeterString].
My second nitpit is that I sorta think of this as a logical "paste" and not an "insert". The difference is that if I have some part of the code selected / highlighted, I want the default "paste" behavior, where the selection is replaced by the snippet. There is a setting "ReplaceSelection" for that for each snippet, which you have as "0". I would set those all to "1" if it were me. The point here is that if the cursor is just "placed" at some location, then it's an "insert". If some part of the code is highlighted, then it really should be a "replace". The logical intent here, in my view, is to "paste in a snippet" at the end of the day. I can never think of a case when you have some code selected, and you wouldn't want something you paste in to replace it. That is sorta the point of highlighting the code first.
I appreciate your thoughts, I do not consider them 'nitpicking'.
I was 'on the fence' as to where the cursor would best be positioned, and believe that you are right (again!), that the need to have a unique section name overrides any benefit to selecting a different position, DONE! Now the cursor will be on the section name in all measures and meters. Plus this adds continuity to the plugin action.
I agree that all snippets should REPLACE rather than insert, DONE!
I removed the extra carriage return/line feeds I had added for 'looks' from all snippets; now that they REPLACE, they are not needed.
I think (with you help) we have the Rainmeter snippets performing better, better functioning and continuity. Thanks for 'nitpicking'!
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Looks good to me. Nice work!
I can't see a single reason to keep RainSend at all. This does all it does and more, and the UI integration with Notepad++ is a bonus.
P.S. For those who might not want to give up the real-estate in the Notepad++ UI, you can double-click the "header" of the snippets sidebar panel, and it will create a separate window for it that you can drag somewhere else, maybe onto a second monitor if you want. Double-click it again to integrate it back into the Notepad++ UI.
jsmorley wrote: P.S. For those who might not want to give up the real-estate in the Notepad++ UI, you can double-click the "header" of the snippets sidebar panel, and it will create a separate window for it that you can drag somewhere else, maybe onto a second monitor if you want. Double-click it again to integrate it back into the Notepad++ UI.
You can also drag it to the top, bottom, or left side and have it fit to those sides of the text area in Notepad++.
I'm very new to Rainmeter and Notepad ++, but this is very handy.


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EVERYTHING STARTS WITH DETAILED PROJECT...
Sound systems design, recording studios design, tuning and debugging of complex sound systems
Studio Muzychi has started
Construction of the studio in Muzychi near Kyiv completed. The owner of the studio has asked us not to be limited to advice on acoustics. Therefore, we have been involved in the design and manufacture of switching, power supply system, etc., which you can read already on the updated version of the site. In the meantime, we put some photos in the Portfolio.
Recording studio in Moldova
February 4, was installed and configured Reflexion Arts 239 monitor system in the studio, which is located in Nova Aneny, Moldova. Project author - Oleg Naumenko. The studio was built in the shortest possible time. This is the first studio in Moldova, which were installed Reflexion Arts monitors in. More information - in the Portfolio
Recording studio Maxi Sound, Kyiv
Installation of the monitor system Reflexion Arts 239 completed construction of the recording studio Maxi Sound, which is located at Obolon in Kyiv. The studio contains a control room (30 square meters), recording space with a neutral acoustics, vocal room, arranger, service and office space. Project author - Alexander Kravchenko. Engineering and technology - Victor Verhnyatsky. Switching and installation of monitors - Oleg Naumenko and Alexander Kravchenko.
Sergei Bolshakov's recording studio "Parametrica"
Sergei Bolshakov's recording studio "Parametrica" is one of the most successful studios in Russia. It specializes in live music recording. The studio is located in the centre of Moscow (Taganka), in the basement of a building. Reflexion Arts 239 monitors, which are installed in the studio, are the first monitor system in Moscow, designed by Philip Newell. Studio contains a control room, three rooms for recording, machine room, rest rooms, etc. The author of the project and process engineer - Alexander Kravchenko. Monitor system installation - ...
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something else...
What is the geography of your work? Can you design a recording studio in Perm?
In terms of geography we do not have any restrictions. Here we are guided only by common sense. Our specialists are living in Ukraine, so we work mainly in Central Europe and the European part of the former SU, although there are requests from the Far East, Kazakhstan and Western Europe. When it comes to designing sound systems - no problem. But the construction of recording studios assumed the repeated visits of our specialists, so at large distances transportation costs may be disproportion...
What size of rooms are most suitable for control room?
If we are talking about a stereo control room, the most optimal are the premises from 30 to 50 square meters. Smaller rooms are more difficult to design and harder to achieve a desired result, especially in controlling of low frequencies. In areas larger than 50 square meters we can meet up with other problems. In any case - no matter how big the room is - the distance from the listening position to the monitors can not be more than five meters. Ceiling height in the future control room can n...
What does your company apart from designing recording studios?
The answer to this question is incorporated in the name of our company. Design and construction of recording studios - one of our activities. In addition, we design and set up sound systems and do all the things that require a balanced and competent approach: design sound systems for sport, entertainment and shopping complexes, for cinema and home theatres, tours, etc. We are not tied to any brand, so in each case we offer our customers the complete set of equipment that best suits to their task...
Why do you refuse to build on a turnkey basis? What are the causes?
Because it is disadvantageous especially for you! I'll try to explain in order. Construction on a turnkey basis means that the project engineer, engineer for switching, electrical engineer, fitter, foreman, supplier and 4-6 builders are involved in construction of your studio - that is about 11-13 people. And if we add more experts on ventilation/air conditioning, security alarm, fire treatment, etc., the number could grow to 15-20 people. If the studio is built far off, all of them need some...
How to choose a designer to build the studio?
Acoustic design is an activity which is at the intersection of science and creativity, and more precisely creativity. It is always a work of authorship, and no company can do so, as some acoustic desigber can do . Take a look at our portfolio and note that each built our studio has given the project's author, who is personally responsible for its implementation. And it is correct. Compare, for example, the sound of violins made by a talented craftsman (Stradivarius, for example) with the sound o...
Why do you prefer to use in your studios Reflexion Arts monitors?
First, in my opinion, because it is the best monitors in the world not only in sound, but also on their performance characteristics. Of course, one could argue that the assessment of monitors is more subjective category . Then I will not argue. But there are objective factors which can not argue. For example, somebody might prefer cameras Kodak, and someone else, for example, Nikon. This is a matter of taste. However, any camera with 17 megapixels resolution is always better than camera with 2 m...
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How to make a wooden vise? Clamps and vises are great for any shop and if you can make your own that is even better. Having many tools in your shop is a good thing. You never know when you need that extra vise and you can work on more than one project at a time.
I will show you how to make this wooden vise, actually it looks and works like a machine vise so I will call it a wooden machine vise.
There is no shortage of different types of vises or how to make them online. I made this wooden vise and it has over 900,000 views. I get many comments from people who say they want to build it.
This vise was one of the first ones that I made and I still use it regularly. It works great for clamping and gluing larger pieces.
To start with I will be using a piece of engineered flooring, it is multi cross layered plywood and 1/8" oak layer on top. This piece is cut 7 1/2" x 6" and will make a solid base for the vise.
The handle is made at this is time so I will be able to determine the length of the vise. I will use a 10" carriage bolt and modify it, first I will cut the head of the bolt and then put on a wooden handle.
The bolt is placed in a vise so I can cut part of the head of the bolt. I used my vise jaw liners to protect the thread. I used an angle grinder and shaped the round part of the head and made it square.
The head will be cut square so it will fit a 15mm socket.
The next part is to drill some circles, I used spruce and oak to make a nice contrast.
They are stacked and glued onto the bolt. You can use a nut to clamp them together.
I put the bolt in the drill press and sanded the handle smooth. Sanding this will give you a clean and good looking handle.
For more details about sanding round handles see my video making wooden pipes.
The guides are for the jaws to slide on. I did not pull out my sled but used my miter gauge and stop block to quickly cut a couple of pieces the exact length.
This will be the fixed piece is for the handle and it has to be strong so I used 2 pieces of oak and glued them together.
The pieces are put together roughly to see how things will fit and how it looks. So far so good.
A hole is drilled in the handle support for the threaded bolt, special care is taken when marking and getting the right size drill bit. You want things exact and to make sure there is no play.
This is the fixed support for the handle. The nut outline is traced and then chiseled out. After I got the right depth for the nut it is epoxied in the wood.
The sliding jaw has 2 pieces which will be glued together. On one piece a Forstner bit is used to enlarge the hole for the nut. The depth of the hole is only slightly larger than the nut.
This time you will epoxy the nut to the threaded rod, this will be set aside overnight and tested the next day for strength.
The two parts of the jaw can be glued together making one jaw. You can use a washer on one side to help the nut turn smoother when turning clockwise or clamping.
A plate is made from some scrap metal, this will slide under the guides and screwed into the bottom of the sliding jaw. This will help keep the jaw from wandering under pressure.
The large hole in the base makes it easy to put in 2 screws. Also it will be easy to get at later when they need to be adjusted.
The last part is the front jaw, it is clamped predrilled and screwed together with large 3 inch wood screws.
A vise is a woodworker's best friend.
This vise has a solid sliding jaw and a quick open and close handle. There will be many uses for this vise. Making them is fun and will save you money since they can be costly.
Having more vises in your shop will come in handy and they are similar to clamps so don't forget the the old woodworking adage " you can't have enough clamps."
How many vises do you have in your shop?
I'll do it! Real pretty; very useful.
I hope you can make one, I am getting a lot of use from it.


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Q: Rendering a div with ajax I have this div
<div id="name">
    ....
</div>

I also have a button that does this:
<h:commandLink id="bttn" action="#">
    <f:ajax render="name"/>
</h:commandLink>

The problem is that when executing, it says that there is no component called "name". Is there a way I can render a div with an ajax without enclosing it within a jsf component?

A: No, there's no way. Ajax rendering works roughly as follows under JSF's hoods:
for (String clientIdToRender : clientIdsToRender) {
    UIComponent componentToRender = viewRoot.findComponent(clientIdToRender);
    // ...
}

However, as the plain HTML <div> is not as a fullworthy JSF component available by UIViewRoot#findComponent(), JSF can't find anything to generate the updated HTML output for.
You do not necessarily need to wrap it in another JSF component, you can also just use a JSF component which generates already a HTML <div> element. That is the <h:panelGroup> component whose layout attribute is set to block (as in, "render a block level element").
<h:panelGroup layout="block" id="name">
    ...
</h:panelGroup>

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*Is it possible to update non-JSF components (plain HTML) with JSF ajax?

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Q: Implement the Hacker Badge When Jeff first explained the badge system, before Stack Overflow was even in beta, one of the badges he described was a "Hacker" badge.

from Stack Overflow Badge Feedback - Blog - Stack Overflow

I'm specifically referring to the secret Stack Overflow hacker badge.
  It does exist, though it has yet to be awarded. (There might even be
  some other secret badges out there.. who knows?)
It's just taking a while to get around to implementing it*, as it
  doesn't behave like any other badge; it's a manually maintained
  key-value pair of users who have "contributed to Stack Overflow in an
  unusual way." Typically this means you've found a serious security
  exploit and sent it to us privately rather than making it public or
  exploiting it and harming the site. But that's not the only way to
  earn it!
* more than our usual 6-8 weeks.
from No, We Have Not Forgotten About the Hacker Badge - Blog - Stack Oveflow

It apparently even existed in the database at one point:
<Id>29</Id>
<Class>2</Class>
<Name>Hacker</Name>
<Description>Contributed to Stack Overflow in an unusual way</Description>
<Single>true</Single>
<Secret>true</Secret>

In the end the Hacker badge was developed into a joke instead of a feature, but it was a good idea. Particularly if a potential hacker is already a user, this may be all it would take to motivate them1 to report bugs responsibly instead of having a laugh at the site's expense.

May I just add that the concept of the Hacker badge (if implemented as the anonymous emailer suggested) is one of the best security Hacks ever. Find something of little value you can give people to get them to attempt to hack your site and admit it.
from a comment by Bill K on I Just Logged in as You - Coding Horror

Badges are supposed to encourage positive behaviour. This seems like a good fit. It should be implemented in some capacity.
1 In order to continue to motivate users who have previously earned it, it should probably be awardable multiple times.

A: I'm against any badge awarded manually as subjectiveness gets in the way.. I think awarding them automatically was a great idea and let's stick to that.

A: Any way to get people to spend more time looking for security vulnerabilities and disclosure them responsibly is an obvious win. Not just for the Stack Exchange network admins, but for everyone using the site.

A: This is not behavior we should be encouraging.  The awesome software and network engineers at Stack Exchange are sufficient to the task, and we shouldn't encourage another thousand or million people to perform random attacks on the site in the hopes of exposing a weakness.
Further, who gets to wade through all the "lol, I used a userscript to change the logo, gimme the hacker badge" and "Hey, I found that if I send thousands of requests a second the server stops responding, gimme a hacker badge" messages?
Lastly, while being proactive about exploits is generally a good thing, it's possible that there are hundreds or thousands of tiny little things that could be better, and verifying a given problem, and fixing it takes resources that are better spent on features that will positively impact the site.  Yes, we can fix that last 1%, but it's going to take months of man hours for work that ultimately isn't going to improve the site as much as putting that same effort to work on other features.


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Q: How to use "$" in non Math context while using MathJax in a Webpage How can I bypass MathJax recognizing dollar signs as inline delimiter in non-math setting?
I am using MathJax for displaying Math Equations in my blog, but not all my posts are Math Related so everytime I use '$' symbol MathJax gets triggered and makes my post be interpreted as Math text.
I have tried using the following tricks to render '$' sign without directly typing it.
Dollar HexCode = $
Dollar HTMLcode = $
DollarHTMLentity = $
but MathJax still catches me.

  This is the regular post
 $100 The Whole Part Between These Two Dollar Signs Gets Caught By MathJax$100 This Part Doesn't Get Caught And Is Safely Displayed On The Page$200 This Part Gets Caught, $00 And This Part Doesn't $300 This Part Should Have
  Been Caught But It Bypasses Because The Closing Dollar Sign Is Missing.

  Here I use "&#x24;"
 $100 The Whole Part Between These Two Dollar Signs Gets Caught By MathJax$100 This Part Doesn't Get Caught And Is Safely Displayed On The Page$200 This Part Gets Caught, $200 And This Part Doesn't $300
  This Part Should Have Been Caught But It Bypasses Because The Closing Dollar Sign Is Missing.

  Here I'll use "&#36;" $100 The Whole Part Between These Two Dollar Signs Gets Caught By MathJax $100 This Part Doesn't Get Caught And Is Safely Displayed On The Page $200 This Part Gets Caught, $200 And This Part Doesn't $300 This
  Part Should Have Been Caught But It Bypasses Because The Closing Dollar Sign Is Missing.

  Here I use "&dollar;" $100 The Whole Part Between These Two Dollar Signs Gets Caught By MathJax $100 This Part Doesn't Get Caught And Is Safely Displayed On The Page $200 This Part Gets Caught, $200 And This Part Doesn't
  $300 This Part Should Have Been Caught But It Bypasses Because The Closing Dollar Sign Is Missing.

Sorry for the lengthy Code but I think the Code Describes what I mean... I need to use "$" sign but I can't afford to skip MathJax from my entire blog.

A: Since you have processEscapes: true, you can use \$ to represent a $ without it being used as a MathJax delimiter.
http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/options/preprocessors/tex2jax.html#configure-tex2jax


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Kimberly Bowes
Director, Integrated Studies Program
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
PhD Princeton University, 2002
MA Courtauld Institute of Art, 1993
BA Williams College, 1992
Kim specializes in Roman archaeology. Her first two books and early career focused on the archaeology of the later Roman Empire, particularly the ways in which elite households responded to new Christian hierarchies and the way that houses are - or are not - a useful mirror of social practice. Her more recent work deliberately leaves elites aside and addresses the material experience of non-elites, particularly the poor. Together with Cam Grey and an international team she started the Roman Peasant Project in 2009 to better understand the lives of rural peasants in central Italy. As part of that work she has developed interests in economic history, Roman landscapes and the history of poverty. Kim was the Mellon Professor and the 22nd director of the American Academy in Rome.
Cohen Hall 265
kbowes@sas.upenn.edu


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Q: Circle detection via Hough Transform I am writing a matlab code that takes in a photo and detects the circular object. After using some filters, I got below image.

To detect circular object(it is not a perfect circle), I tried to apply Hough Transform passing different values of radius and threshold, but it couldn't detect properly. Why this happens? Is it about shape of object or background of image?
Also is it possible to detect same object at the following image using Hough Transform?

Edge of circular object seems by human eye, but I am not sure that background can be eliminated from image completely via Hough Transform.

A: You can use imfindcircles in the Image Processing Toolbox. Using morphology to fill in the circle and cranking up sensitivity may help:
im = imread('pattern.jpg');
im2 = rgb2gray(im(100:end-100, 100:end-100, :));
im3 = im2bw(im2, 0.1);
im4 = imclose(im3, strel('disk', 4, 4));
im5 = imfill(im4, 'holes');
imshow(im5);
[centers, radii] = imfindcircles(im5, [180, 200], 'Sensitivity', .99);
viscircles(centers, radii);


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We all know the familiar sight of gritting trucks rolling down the main roads when snowfall is predicted, but have you ever wondered what they're spreading, and how it works? I have, and decided to do some research to find out what was going on.
Firstly, what are they spreading?
It's a mixture of halite (rock salt) and crushed up grit. Rock salt has the same composition as table salt, but it's in a slightly different form. Grit is a mixture of sand and stones.
The grit in the mix is rough, and helps car tyres to grip the road when it's slippery or frozen. The rock salt dissolves and raises the salinity of the water, lowering its freezing point. This means that it's less likely to freeze, and less likely to cause a dangerous layer of ice above the road.
Does the grit melt snow?
Neither the grit nor the rock salt will actually melt freshly fallen snow, so councils aim to spread the grit when cold weather is predicted. It can be tricky to accurately predict this – there's a fine balance between gritting speculatively and wasting a lot of grit, and missing the opportunity to grit because it was left too late. This is why roads are sometimes not gritted properly, causing drivers to become frustrated.
Where does the grit come from?
The rock salt used in grit comes from salt mines. Salt can be produced by solar evaporation of saltwater or sea lakes, but this does not produce the halite that is used in grit.
Can somebody give an authoritative reason why at lower than certain temperatrures the gritting process fails and also why it is necessary to have cars drive over the salt soon after it is spread so that it activates the process. I know this is a fact but residents are reluctant to accept the explanation. A link to something might help them accept.
Its because the cars and trucks embed it into the road and if they don't the wind blows it all away and by the way I'm 11 how does it feel to be taught something by an 11 year old.
One of the reasons is Caleb Norris's reason – that it may blow away. Also the salt will melt quickly.
If the grit lowers the freezing point to -6c and it is -9c, the grit won't work as it will still freeze.
hi im bob the builder! can i fix it? for u???????
How do brakes in a car work?