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Nova Scotia farm cash receipts 2016-2018
Cash receipts from farms in Nova Scotia from 2016 to 2018 (in million Canadian dollars)*
by Emma Bedford, last edited May 9, 2019
This statistic illustrates the value of cash receipts from farms in Nova Scotia from 2016 to 2018, in million Canadian dollars. In 2016, farm cash receipts totaled 595.2 million Canadian dollars. This is forecasted to decrease to 556.4 million dollars by 2018.
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* Figures for 2017 and 2018 are forecasted.
Figures include both crop and livestock receipts.
Organic food sales in the U.S. from 2005-2017
Organic food market: leading countries 2017, based on sales
Leading 10 global organic food producing countries 2017, by number of producers
Organic farming in the U.S: number of certified farms 2016, by state
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Area of organic agricultural land in North America from 2000 to 2017 (in million hectares)North America: organic agricultural land area 2000-2017
Growth of organic farmland in North America from 2007 to 2017Organic farmlad growth in North America 2007-2017
Certified organic land in the United States from 2014 to 2016 (in 1,000 acres)*U.S. certified organic farming land 2014-2016
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Area of certified organic vegetables, potatoes, and melons grown under Protection Harvested in the U.S. in 2015, by category (in 1,000 square feet)*U.S. Protection Harvested: area of certified organic commodities 2015, by category
Area of certified organic field crops harvested in the United States from 2014 to 2016 (in million acres)U.S. harvested area of organic field crops 2014-2016
Area of certified organic fruits, tree nuts, and berries in the United States from 2014 and 2016 (in 1,000 acres)*U.S. harvested area of organic fruits, nuts and berries 2014-2016
Organic food sales in the United States from 2005 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)Organic food sales in the U.S. from 2005-2017
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Alberta farm cash receipts 2016-2018
Quebec farm cash receipts 2016-2018
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Prince Edward Island farm cash receipts 2016-2018
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Canada's agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting GDP by province 2018
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Average input value of FAS in Scotland from 2009-2016
Share of supporters of drone use in agriculture management in the UK 2016
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Farm cash receipts in Canada by segment 2018
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Organic farming in the United Kingdom
Farming in India
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Agriculture industry in Australia
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Area of organic agricultural land in North America from 2000 to 2017 (in million hectares)
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Number of certified organic farms in the United States from 2014 to 2016
Number of operated certified organic farms in the United States in 2016, by ownership
Number of certified organic farms in the United States in 2016, by state
Number of operated certified organic farms in the United States in 2016, by type
Number of operated certified organic farms in the United States in 2016, by category
Average organic certification costs per farm in the United States in 2008 and 2015 (in U.S. dollars)
Area of certified organic vegetables, potatoes, and melons grown in the Open Harvested in the United States in 2016, by category (in 1,000 acres)*
Area of certified organic vegetables, potatoes, and melons grown under Protection Harvested in the U.S. in 2015, by category (in 1,000 square feet)*
Area of certified organic field crops harvested in the United States from 2014 to 2016 (in million acres)
Area of certified organic fruits, tree nuts, and berries in the United States from 2014 and 2016 (in 1,000 acres)*
Organic food sales in the United States from 2005 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Growth of organic food and non-food sales in the United States from 2008 to 2018
Sales value of certified organic products sold by farms in the United States from 2014 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Sales value of the leading certified organic products sold by farms in the United States from 2014 to 2016, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)
Cash receipts from farms in Alberta from 2016 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in Quebec from 2016 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in Ontario from 2016 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in Manitoba from 2016 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in British Columbia from 2016 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in Prince Edward Island from 2016 to 2018 (in million Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in New Brunswick from 2016 to 2018 (in million Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in Saskatchewan from 2016 to 2018 (in billion Canadian dollars)*
Cash receipts from farms in Newfoundland and Labrador from 2016 to 2018 (in million Canadian dollars)*
Average input value of FAS in Scotland from 2016 to 2017 (in GBP)
Gross domestic product for the agriculture, forestry fishing and hunting industry in Canada in 2018, by province (in billion Canadian dollars)
Average hourly income of FAS in Scotland from 2016 to 2017 (in GBP)
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Share of supporters for drones being used in agriculture management in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016
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Behind IBM's Quest for a 'Smarter Planet'
Over the past few weeks, a series of fascinating full-page ads from IBM Corp. got the better of me. The company launched a series of "Smarter Planet" ads in November, running Mondays in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. They portrayed an image of IBM as a purveyor of solutions to the planet's environmental ills. I wanted to find out what was behind them.
I've long been fascinated with corporate image ads. In a post more than four years ago, I pondered what was behind the surge, as I saw it then, of ads portraying a company's green image. "Are such ads the best way to effect one's image?" I wrote at the time, answering my own question:
It's debatable at best. With consumer trust of big business remaining at cynical levels (though rising in recent months to near pre-Enron scandal levels), it's unlikely that company-sponsored environmental claims are likely to sway many purchases.
The ads kept coming over the years, from oil companies (Chevron, BP, Shell, and Exxon all seem to have some campaign going at any given moment), chemical companies (Dow, for example), and from entire industries: forestry, mining, plastics, coal, nuclear, and others.
IBM's recent campaign goes well beyond mere image — and beyond green — to envision a "smarter" world in which problems as wide-ranging as health care costs, energy and resource shortages, government inefficiency, threatened waterways, climate change, and traffic congestion can be addressed by a blend of systems thinking, technological innovation, and computing power. It's an intriguing campaign aimed at helping redefine IBM from its roots as a computer maker to its more recent incarnation as a self-described "global services company."
"Smarter Planet" isn't IBM's first foray into the green scene. In 2007, the company launched a program called Big Green Innovations to mine the company's vast wealth of expertise and technology to create products and services to help address customers' and society's environmental challenges. Big Green, a play on the company's longtime nickname, Big Blue, takes aim at everything from creating carbon dashboards to help lower companies' carbon emissions, to designing energy efficient data centers and more powerful solar cells. But it seemed more of an inward-looking effort, an attempt to collaborate with existing clients, and not a means of communicating with the marketplace. (You can listen to a 2007 interview I did on the topic with Sharon Nunes, who heads the Big Green Innovations program, and Wayne Balta, IBM's VP of Corporate Environmental Affairs.)
Recently, I talked to Rich Lechner, IBM's VP of Energy & Environment, and John Kennedy, its VP of Integrated Marketing Communications, to learn more about the "Smarter Planet" series — what was behind the ads and what the company hopes to accomplish from them. (Click here for a transcript of the full interview.) Kennedy began the explanation:
"Globalization has many benefits, but also some tradeoffs because many of the systems that the world operates in today — and by systems, we mean systems in every sense of the word, from systems in companies, to manmade systems and natural systems — needed to become smarter, to handle and take advantage of the greater connectedness in the world.
"So it started off with those observations. And the more we worked on this, we began to realize that not only was this a dynamic that was very compelling, but as well, we felt that it was a good opportunity for IBM. This is a company that covers multiple industries, has a depth of research — has through our entire history taken on some of the toughest problems in the world in a way to help the world work better, to help our clients' companies work better, and help governments and universities work better. So we felt like it was a very natural platform for us."
Lechner described the many environmental challenges that, he says, could be solved by "smarter" systems:
"In a world in which water, energy, power are severely constrained, you don't have to look far to see, for example, that only 30 percent of the potential electricity that's available at the energy source actually reaches the doorstep of the consumer. Or that significant amounts of traffic congestion are caused just by people circling, looking for empty parking spaces, wasting fuel. You can look at our distribution systems around the world and see that more than 20 percent of all the shipping containers and more than 25 percent of the trucks moving around on a global basis are empty. You look at the way that food is distributed and understand that the average carrot in the United States — the lowly carrot — has traveled 1,600 miles to get to your dinner table, and you say clearly something could be done to improve the efficiency of our food distribution system. And water: We're projecting that over a billion people won't have access to safe drinking water in just ten years time, and yet today, just five food and beverage companies consume enough water on an annual basis to serve the daily needs of everyone on the planet.
"We looked around and we said there's plenty of room for improvement and our expertise in IT [information technology] coupled with our deep industry knowledge and our ability to look at and re-engineer processes gave us a unique vantage point to comment on the need to exploit this growing intelligence and where the first opportunities for exploitation might exist."
The vision for "Smarter Planet" was laid out in a November 17, 2008, speech by IBM chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano. "The world will continue to become smaller, flatter ... and smarter," he said. "We are moving into the age of the globally integrated and intelligent economy, society and planet. The question is, what will we do with that?"
The "Smarter Planet" ads — what Kennedy calls an "op-ad" campaign — are Palmisano's answer. They are designed "to get a reader to think about the world from a systems point of view, and along the way, describe these opportunities for systems," says Kennedy. Each week's ads cover a different topic: energy, traffic, food, infrastructure, retail, banking, and more. The schedule posted on the IBM website has ads slated weekly through early March.
The ads aren't intended to be overtly commercial, says Kennedy. "They are more agenda-setting, educating the reader about the world becoming smarter, and then in the end we talk a little bit about what IBM is doing today to help make a difference in these areas. So that is sort of an intentional phase we're in now and we're trying to do this in a thoughtful way. It's more of a short essay, and we try to convey this in that kind of a tone."
I asked Kennedy and Lechner how the ads work — that is, how they are supposed to create new business opportunities for IBM. Kennedy explained:
"There are two ways. First of all, in practical terms, over time we will talk about how 'smarter' is a way to think about transformation, and a way that industries can be transformed, and the way that companies in those industries can be transformed. So there are opportunities for banks to become smarter, retail firms to become smarter, healthcare to become smarter, government to become smarter. What you've seen initially are about larger issues because they resonate well. They are ones that the general population are familiar with.
"The reason why this is so timely, we believe, from a business standpoint, is we're in a time of great change in the world and we're in a time in our history where change is being discussed everywhere from the kitchen table all the way to the boardroom table. As a result, the leaders of many of our clients and leaders around the world are focused on transformation and see this as an opportunity to drive a great amount of transformation, and therefore it's a great opportunity to address ways that they can make their companies become more competitive as we come through this time of great change. That's the way we see the commercial opportunity."
So, the ads are all about starting a conversation with current and would-be customers about transforming themselves and the systems in which they operate during an opportune moment in history. I'll admit, I'm unclear how all this works at the ground level — that is, how readers will connect the dots between a series of "op-ads" and a big, fat contract with IBM. But Kennedy assured me that there's a method to their messaging:
"We think this is a business-building platform. We know our clients are looking at this time as a time to drive transformation and change, and the prospect of making their industry smarter, we believe, couldn't come at a better time. That's for our current clients and as well for future clients, to see us as a company that can help them in these areas. So absolutely we wouldn't be doing it if we didn't think it were a way to drive business and client engagement."
Adds Lechner:
"This is really a significant initiative, as significant as when we launched e-business a decade ago. And when the rest of the world was talking about the Internet, browser wars, and spinning logos, we came out and said, 'You know what? There's something more here. This is going to fundamentally change the way the world of business works, the ways that societies interact.' And it turns out we were right."
"It really is an agenda," says Kennedy. "It is a view of how the world works. It's a view of how the world can be improved and the systems that could be improved. We do talk about the role that we believe IBM can play, but one of the important points is that making the world smarter is not something IBM can do alone. This will require partnerships with many different types of companies, companies we have a partnership with, an ecosystem of partners you might not naturally associate with IT per se."
Can a series of ads really start a conversation with customers that will lead to profitable engagements, unprecedented partnerships, and systemic transformations that improve all of our lives? I'll reserve the right to maintain a healthy dose of skepticism. But you've got to like IBM's bold, clear vision, and its recognition that this is a moment in time where the need for dramatic societal change transcends political campaigns and corporate slogans to demand new tools and fresh thinking on the part of leading businesses.
Here's hoping it works.
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Wow, this is exciting. What an unpredictable time we live in. Thank goodness unapologetic optimism is back in the mix.
Posted by: Ron Jones | January 05, 2009 at 03:16 AM
One place where conversations are happening around this initiative is: http://smartplanet.typepad.com/blog/
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Posted by: george faulkner | January 05, 2009 at 12:08 PM
if we let the scientists and the technologists lead the discussion, rather than the politicians, the optimism should be warranted. i chose to believe we can solve what ails us.
Posted by: ellen johnson | January 08, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I also believe we must focus on intelligence to move forward. My effort can be found at www.SmartestofUS.com
Posted by: Kerry Grinkmeyer | March 11, 2009 at 07:09 AM
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New approach to programming may boost 'green' computing
IMAGE: Binghamton University computer scientist, Yu David Liu, has an interest in "green " software development. view more
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BINGHAMTON, NY - A Binghamton University computer scientist with an interest in "green" software development has received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young researchers.
Yu David Liu received a five-year, $448,641 grant from the NSF's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. The highly competitive grants support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research. He also recently received a $50,000 grant from Google for a related research project.
Computers and electronic devices, ranging from smartphones to servers, consume a steadily growing amount of energy. In recent years, computer scientists have developed an interest in paring back this consumption, though generally they've approached the challenge through modifying hardware or perhaps operating systems. Liu plans to tackle the problem by considering how programmers can create more energy-efficient software.
"Saving energy is an activity that should come from many layers," said Liu, who plans to build energy-related parameters into a programming language.
A change at that level would permit and encourage programmers to express their energy-saving intentions directly when software is developed.
"Saving energy is often a trade-off," Liu said. "Sometimes you're willing to run your program slower so your cell phone battery can last longer."
For such settings -- often specific to the nature of the applications -- no automated algorithms know as much as programmers.
"Programs today are not just 50 lines of code," Liu said.
They have often grown to be thousands or even millions of lines long. He hopes to employ advanced programming language technologies known as "type systems" to answer questions such as
"What is the energy-consumption pattern of a large program, given the consumption patterns of its fragments?" and "Do programmers have conflicted views of the energy-consumption patterns of their software?"
Energy-efficient solutions at the level of programming languages also enjoy a high degree of platform independence, meaning they can have an impact all along the spectrum from phones to servers.
"In an era when new platforms are introduced every year," Liu explained, "an approach that's platform-independent would be beneficial because it can be applied more broadly."
None of the mainstream computer languages supports energy-aware programming, he said. However, language designers often create a blueprint that can be extended. Java, for instance, could be extended as EnergyJava and remain 90 percent the same. Such moderate changes would make it possible for programmers to adopt it relatively easily.
There isn't much history in this area, Liu said, so it's hard to say how quickly industry will react to the development of an energy-efficient language. However, new language designs have the potential to influence how millions of programmers think.
"I think every researcher wants to make the world better, and we just put it into our own perspective," he said. "Sometime in the Computer future, every Science 101 class may include a lecture or two on energy-aware programming. As an educator, I'm excited about helping to ensure that next-generation programmers are green-conscious from the beginning of their careers."
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Me, with my negligence and constant wasting of time, often forgetting that all these little daily fiats are the very building blocks of the same virtues my soul so desperately desires.
Morning light? Grumble. Daily dishes? sooo tired... Breaking up an argument here and cleaning up an accident there?...Bah! Again? Laundry? All the Grumble. Grumble. Grumble.
I'm good at grumbling my way through a day. Good at being tired with life before the sun hits my sleepy eyes. Ha! And if we're being honest, I'm so good at it that my grumbling for the next day of life often can start the moment I lay my head down on my pillow the night before! I'm that good, people!
And yet, as much as my failings are true, His goodness is even truer!
There's no pausing life. It continues with oodles upon oodles of similar moments and choices and opportunities to say YES, Lord, show me! I am ready to do Your Will! Form me! Change me! Let your light shine through me so that others may know your goodness!
But then there's me and my grumbles. Again.
One of the reasons I love the saints and holy men and women - past and present - is because when I'm at my worst, grumbling my way through life, there they are saying, been there, done that, let me pray for you as only someone who understands can! or Hey, let me show you what I thought and did that changed my every little breath into love of Him!
It's a beautiful thing to not have to go it alone. It's an incredible thing to not have to figure it all out by ourselves. He knew. He knew we would need help and so He sent us these holy men and women to share their hearts with us. To teach us. To show us the rugged paths that their feet have touched. The same path that led them straight back into His arms.
It's such a good thing!
Little by little, Lent is honing my heart into something more. I fail, I grumble, but I keep on keeping on in my own personal little dessert. Just as He did. One step at a time. One temptation at a time. Taking my friends with me and a whole lot of JESUS.
"Adversity is the best test of virtue. The occasions of sin do not weaken anyone; on the contrary, they show that person's true worth."
So let's Lent on, my friends, one trial at a time! Let's continue upward and onward in the face of adversity, offering our little fiats when we can, seeking wisdom from those who have walked before us and those around us that are so good at sharing His Goodness already! But mostly, let's allow Our Almighty to wrap us in His Morning Light again and again and again and Again, because that's how virtues for love of Him are formed!
Mr. Kempis has been my companion throughout this Lenten season thus far, who has been yours? Share who and how and let's encourage each other in the combox!
This is really beautiful, Amanda. I so often think that building virtue is some huge thing that I'll undertake one day, you know, when I have time. But it is choosing the best in each tiny situtation of the day. Thanks for the reminder.


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I already wrote about Events, what is OpenCart Event system, how to handle Events and how to add a new Event handler in the module. In this part of article I will give a list of the existing OpenCart Events.
Important notice! The Event system only appeared in the OpenCart and it is under development. So it is possible that it will change in future. If you will find new Events, not described in this article, please write about them in the comments.


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Alaska Skate
The Alaska skate is potentially the most common skate in Alaska. It can be found mainly in the Bering Sea but also off the coast of the Gulf of Alaska and the eastern Aleutian Islands in depths of 17 to 392 meters. It trolls the ocean floor for food and hides from predators in the sand.
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Bearded seals live in Alaska's Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Seas in waters less than 650 feet deep. This species uses sea ice to rest, give birth, and molt, and is rarely found on land. They are relatively solitary animals and can live more than 25 years.
In Alaska, the majority of snow crabs are found in the Eastern Bering Sea but they have a range extending up into the Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas. The size of snow crabs varies with water temperature (i.e., smaller in the colder northern waters and larger in the southern Bering Sea which is where males are commercially harvested).
Bering Wolffish
The Bering wolffish lives in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and the Northern Gulf of Alaska, including Prince William Sound. They live in cold coastal waters in gravel or sandy bottom substrate and are usually not found deeper than 100 meters. Wolffishes are long-lived and slow-growing and usually live as solitary individuals or in small groups.
The red king crab can be found mainly off the coasts of the Bering Sea and Aleutian islands, but also throughout the waters of southeast Alaska in depths of up to 250 m. These crabs are known for their large size and flavor, making them a popular commercially harvested crab in the winter months.
Ringed seals live in the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Seas. They inhabit the sea ice, and create breathing holes and birthing lairs with their front claws. They use ice to rest, molt, and give birth. They can live up to 43 years.
The Chinook salmon (also known as king salmon) live in the seas along the majority of Alaska's coast and spawn inland throughout freshwater rivers, streams, estuaries, and wetlands.
Spotted seals are found in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Northern Bering Seas in the summer months and in the southern Bering Sea and Aleutian islands in the winter. They rely on sea ice to breed, give birth, and rest. Spotted seals are indistinguishable from harbor seals where the ranges of the two species overlap in the southern Bering Sea.
Pacific Sleeper Shark
In Alaskan waters, the Pacific sleeper shark is found in the Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands, and the Gulf of Alaska. This species is closely related to the Greenland shark, which may cause difficulty when distinguishing between species in the Arctic where their ranges may overlap. It is usually found close to the water's surface, but can dive to depths as deep as 2,000 meters. They are also not considered economically valuable to commercial fisheries.
Pacific Walrus
The Pacific walrus can be found off the coasts of the Bering and Chuckchi Seas hauled out on sea ice, the shore, or diving for food nearby. The walrus is the largest pinniped species in Alaska. It can rotate its hind flippers or uses its tusks to help drag its body across land and ice. They are often found in large groups and have strong social bonds with one another.
Walleye Pollock
Walleye pollock in Alaska are found predominantly in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, with a smaller stock in the Gulf of Alaska. They can be found near the surface of the water, in shallow water when spawning or feeding, or in depths greater than 500 m. They migrate seasonally to inshore waters to either spawn or feed and move to deeper waters in the winter. They also school together in large groups.
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BioMap Alaska requests the assistance from citizens of Alaska in tracking the movement of species of interest across the state. Citizens use this website to Report Sightings and the reports are directly verified by the BioMap Alaska team and their network of Scientists. Confirmed sightings are added to the BioMap which can be viewed on this website.
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The Chinese smartphone maker has managed to ruin its own April Fools' joke -- the 70mm DR-1 drone is actually real and can be purchased from its online store.
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has announced a flying drone, the OnePlus DR-1, calling it a "game changer."
The DR-1's product page spouts impressive lines such as "innovating a whole new way of thinking about drones" and telling users to "push the envelope" with this flying machine. Except it's just 70mm wide.
You might be thinking that the DR-1 is an April Fools' day prank, and, well, it's supposed to be -- but OnePlus has ruined its own joke by actually selling a limited quantity of the tiny quadcopters. And if you act fast, you can nab one on the company's website and have it shipped to a US address.
The drone has a flight time of 7 to 8 minutes, and needs to be recharged for 20 minutes between flights. It weighs just 12.5 grams, fits in the palm of your hand and sells for just $20 (about £15 or AU$25). A controller is used to pilot the drone, and it doesn't seem like you'll be able to use your phone to do so.
Check out the teaser video of the drone below, and be sure to let us know what you think about this "joke." Yay or nay?


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Peru in Paris: The Weekend Guide
par Pierre Groppo. Translated by Kate Matthams-Spencer and Hannah Jack. 1 mars 2013
To mark our Vogue special issue on Peru, we show you where to find the sights, sounds, tastes and jewelry of a new eldorado, without leaving Paris.
Inspired by the pre-Inca jewelry at Lima's extraordinary Museo Larco, pieces by archeologist Carole Fraresso, now the designer behind jewelry label Motche, are on show until May 31 in Saint Germain des Prés. Elegant lines, simple shapes, rich stones and plenty of gold, the French designer with a passion for Andean culture has revisited treasures from a civilization that is several thousand years old. Fraresso is also a member of the Institut de Recherche sur les Archéomatériaux (archeology research institute) at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and takes care to create authentic jewelry, using techniques from the dawn of time working with one of the last master metalworkers in the country. We love the timeless beauty of these pieces, a selection is available for sale at Arthus Bertrand. La Maison des Amériques Latines, 3, rue Cassette, 75006 Paris. Exhibition-sale at Arthus Bertrand, 54, rue Bonaparte 75006. Boutique Arthus Bertrand 54, rue Bonaparte 75006 Paris. Information: wwww.motche.com An exhibition: Motché Paris – Lima jewelry at the Maison de l'Amérique Latine
Along with the flag, another Peruvian emblem of equal importance is pisco. The recipe, made using grapefruit and raisin liquors with 30-45% alcohol, has several different variations, however the staple ingredients of pisco lime, sugar syrup and agostura bitters - remain the same. It has now become a favorite with the new generation of Parisian bar-tenders who have reinvented the drink with a modern-day twist. The Pisco Punch is particularly successful at Glass, a new hotspot opened in Pigalle by the Candeleria team. Read our weekend guide to the best Parisian cocktail bars here Two cocktails: Pisco Sour and Pisco Punch
Tucked away in the heart of the Marais since 2004, this store has been a go-to for fans of Peruvian cuisine. All the classics from the land of the Incas are on offer, from local piscos a-plenty to potatoes warmed by the Andean sun, as well as the legendary Maca, a root vegetable from the Andes with apparently miraculous anti-aging properties... and the ability to boost certain aspects of physical performance. El Inti, 17 rue de Picardie 75003 Paris. Information: http://www.intiperou.com/ Find the photos of the revolutionary chefs of Peruvian cuisine in Vogue Paris April, on sale now. Crédit photo : DR A grocery store: El Inti
Recommended by the Peruvian Embassy in Paris, this restaurant in the city's 5th arrondissement and first-prize winner of International Potato Contest in 2008 offers a foodie snapshot of the country with a menu featuring cod, octopus, scallops, cicharones de cero (the fried pork dish that is omnipresent in Peru) alongside quinoa-based dishes from the pre-Hispanic era. The restaurant also offers a catering service and a shop, stocked with a selection of local products from Peru from spices to Lima's star soda, Inka Cola. 9, rue Lacépède 75005 Paris. Tel : 01 43 31 06 01. Information: http://www.picaflor.fr Crédit photo : DR A restaurant: Le Picaflor
Not exactly this weekend, but don't miss the seventh edition of the Peruvian film festival in Paris. The festival's main theme is city life, as portrayed by young directors such as Adrian Saba and Rosario Garcia Montero, but also by the bigger names like Chicho Durant, Judith Velez and Hernan Rivera. Also on the agenda are social issues broached in the "panorama" section of the program, including the role of women and water shortages. Add plenty of promising short films and a jury presided over by Portuguese actress and director Maria de Meideros to the mix and you have an un-missable opportunity to discover Peru in all its forms, right from the heart of Paris. Paris Peruvian Film Festival, from April 3 until April 9 2013, Action Christine, 4 rue Christine 75006 Paris. For more information visit: www.peroupacha.com Films: The Paris Festival du Cinéma Péruvien
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, Mario Vargas Llosa is a national treasure. Since the publication of his first novel, The Time of the Hero in 1963, he has grown into a major name in Peruvian fiction. Whether writing about adolescent angst and a military upbringing , forest life (The Green House, 1966) or the different forms of political violence (Who killed Palomino Molero? 1986) his incisive voice strikes to the heart of the identity - or identities - of his country. A big fan of bullfighting, in an exclusive interview with Vogue Mario Vargas Llosa described his insatiable appetite for writing: "I hope to die at my typewriter". All his works have been translated into English and are widely available. Read the full interview with Mario Vargas Llosa by Jeremias Gamboa with a portrait by Mario Testino in the April edition of Vogue Paris. Credit photo : GettyImages A writer: Mario Vargas Llosa
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Gasabo Primary court has today heard the case of two former FDLR leaders who were extradited to Rwanda late last year.
Laforge Fils Bazeye, real name Ignace Nkaka who was spokesperson of the so called Forces de Defence et Liberation du Rwanda – FDLR and co-accused Lt Colonel Theophile Camara Abega, real name Jean Pierre Nsekanabo, the head of Intelligence of the same group appeared to get informed of their charges.
The duo are accused of propagating messages intended to incite the public against government of Rwanda, forming and being part of an illegal group, terrorism and associating with a foreign country with an intention to cause war to Rwanda.
To be specific, the prosecution told court that in regard to terrorism, both suspects had both a direct and indirect role in attacks that were staged against Rwanda.
The latest that was mentioned was on December 11, 2018 in Busasamana sctor of Rubavu district costing lives to three Rwandan soldiers.
The prosecutor also told the court, that the suspects met the Ugandan Secretary of State in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Filemon Mateke.
"Mateke brought them together with Rwanda National Congress (RNC) in a hotel that they did not want to indicate to us," the prosecutor said.
RNC whose leader renegade General Kayumba Nyamwasa in exile in South Africa is suspected to have plans to sabotage Rwandan security.
The suspects pleaded guilty of these charges.
However, Nkaka, alias Laforge Fils Bazeye pleaded guilty of some offences.
"I have never seen a communiqué according to which I am part of a terrorist group. Terrorist group are those that have issues with the United States of America, yet I cannot fight that country," he said.
After the hearing on the allegations, the suspects asked for a provisional release while defending that all they did was out of total ignorance about Rwanda.
They defended that once in Rwanda they cooperated to tell the truth all through the investigation processes.
"The FDLR spokesperson was not acting as a person. He was working for an organization but he was in his time of darkness but he has changed," said lawyer Munyendatwa.
The court will rule on 30 days provisional release on April 10, 2019 before the case starts in substance.
Bazeye and Abega were apprehended by FARDC, the army of Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) at Bunagana boarder between the country with Uganda on December 15,2018.
They were later on handed to Rwanda.


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The time is here for significant change in how textiles are sourced, produced and communicated to consumers.
A collective rallying cry for sustainable practices grows louder every day as news reports of climate change become frequent and the proliferation of ocean plastic pollution makes headlines. At the same time, a cultural shift toward living mindfully is underway as the wellness trend of recent years builds, giving way to lifestyles driven by socially-conscious consumerism and purposeful purchasing valued for a user-friendly approach with feel-good appeal. Yet, performance remains a priority, with versatility in functionality – be it stretch and softness or temperature regulation and smart materials – increasingly in demand as consumers now expect comfort tech in everything they wear, whether that is apparel and footwear for sport, street, or office attire.
Together these strong market trends are ushering in an era of new age performance.
"The consumer mantra now is, 'I want to do the right thing,'" states Ellen Karp, founder and consumer strategist at Anerca International, Toronto, Canada. She explains that comments such as, "I'm committed to living a sustainably friendly lifestyle," appear again and again in market research. Indeed, seven in 10 people globally agreed with that statement in a recent research study to assess consumer attitudes about textile sustainability that Karp conducted for Oeko-Tex Institute.
The 10-country study of 11,000 people, commissioned by Oeko-Tex to commemorate the organization's 25th anniversary, entitled "The Key to Confidence: Consumers and Textile Sustainability – Attitudes, Changing Behaviors, and Outlooks" was conducted over a two-year period, providing Karp with "tons of data and about 40,000 consumer quotes." The scope and the vast scale of the study, makes it special, according to Karp, who works on sustainability and other branding issues with a wide array of the leading apparel, personal care, and luxury brands.
Firms are responding to this call to action. Industry execs are reporting different strategies that tap into these, and other, strong market trends. They highlight efforts ranging from transparency and green chemistry to reaching new markets with technologies designed to enhance everyday experiences. While the ways in which corporations are approaching market conditions may vary in terms of specific area of focus, a common theme exists: the realization that sustainably-made functional fit textile are the future.
ADNAS works closely with manufacturers and educates suppliers to talk to the brands. "Our mission, if you will, is to provide innovative, traceability solutions – some may be DNA, some not – to provide traceability for every textile in the world. Anyone can use our system of identity preservation." ADNAS has gained traction in several markets including denim, home and apparel with its SigNature T tagging and testing platform for fibers – including cotton and recycled PET – throughout the value chain. Recently ADNAS has branched out and is now working on providing traceability solutions for wool and down.
The idea of sustainability and technology going hand in hand is no longer confined to sport and outdoor product, as eco performance captures the attention of 7th Avenue brands known best for streetwear and suiting.
For 37.5, wool suiting and cotton dress shirts are fast growing businesses around the world. "Our suiting business has grown 177 percent from 2016 to 2018 with brands like Kenneth Cole, Carl Gross, Daniel Hechter, and others," says Raedeke.
A suit is inherently uncomfortable, especially in hot environments, yet suits remain the preferred menswear attire for business in Japan, Europe and other international hubs. Brands, however, are recognizing 37.5 as a technology that can offer a comfort solution.
It's due to the heat index factor. For example, a blind test was performed at third-party lab Inside Climate Munich with a cotton dress shirt and wool jacket with and without 37.5 technology. A test subject peddled on a bike to create heat. When the heat index was measured under the garments, the ensemble without 37.5 was 16OF/8OC hotter than under the suit system with 37.5 Technology. "This is a significant difference that is noticeable by the consumer. So the same technology that improves athlete efficiency by removing sweat in the vapor stage can change the comfort of garments worn during the work week," Raedeke explains.
The movement of performance technology into broader markets is such that Première Vision has replaced Outdoor Retailer as trade show of choice for 37.5.
As people start to consume less, and adopt a purchasing pattern of buying fewer but better quality clothes, brands are using words like "long-lasting" and "guaranteed" to express a good investment. "If you have fewer items they need to deliver more, whether that is functionally or style," explains Karp who refers to this as "curated acquisition." Interestingly this cultural trend has a direct link to green chemistry, which Karp, and others, believe is an area to watch.
Nowadays brands are coming to suppliers with specific technology in mind and consumers want products that bring benefits so that if they buy an expensive t-shirt it will hold its color and the textile will last longer. These attitudes are creating a modern approach to how chemistry is sold that prioritizes performance and reducing impacts with cleaner, greener processes.
Archroma is a global color and specialty chemicals company, with U.S. operations in North Carolina. The company formed in October 2013 when spun off from the textile, paper and emulsions businesses of Clariant. However, promoting sustainable solutions and innovating products and processes, such as Advanced Denim water-savings technology and the One Way tool were in place before the transition. "Since we were part of Clariant, we have seen a competitive advantage to focus on sustainability," states Richardson.
Archroma processes are designed to help textile mills lower impacts and provide savings in production time and costs. A new systems approach takes this to the next level.
Instead of selling a mill a black dye or a scouring agent, for instance, a "systems of chemistry" is more effective in terms of potential savings in water and/or energy and importantly also gives mills the ability to sell the textile at a higher value.
Archroma's One-Way Tool calculates one cycle of impacts of chemistry within a textile mill and provides a snapshot of the economic value of Archroma chemistry systems.
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The original team behind Android ran into an unpleasant experience in South Korea before Google struck to.
It started out as an operating system for the cameras, but the man behind Android switched tracks, so the system should run phones instead. However, the money it required to continue the development of Android, and here turned Andy Rubin himself first against Samsung and not Google, which ended up buying Rubin's system.
With his seven fellow in the Android team flew Rubin in 2005 to South Korea, where they met with senior staff of Samsung, in order to sell the idea behind the now popular operating system, but the Koreans were not opposed to the idea, as Rubin had hoped.
After Rubin's presentation, he was not greeted by curious questions or encouraging words, but on the other hand, complete silence.
"' You and what army must create it here? You have six man. Are you high? ' is basically what you said.They laughed at us all the way out of the room. It came two weeks before we sold to Google, " telling Rubin.
After all, it ended happily for Andy Rubin and his team. The price of Android was 50 million dollars, and the platform is now one of the most used in the world's smartphones.
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Beer is comprised of four primary ingredients. Water, Malt, Hops, and Yeast. And they all play a big role in the beer you make. Let's break it down. Once you understand the ingredients and what they do, making your own beer is fun and easy. Plus you get beer to drink!
Water: The first ingredient on the list is water. It makes up the bulk of the total volume of beer. The science behind water chemistry in beer can seem very complicated to a new brewer, and to be honest, it's not something a new brewer should worry about just yet. The thing to remember is that if your water tastes good, it will make good beer.
Malt: This is where your beer starts to become beer. Malt is short for malted barley and it provides a few key things to your beer such as flavor and color. But it also provides one more key ingredient. Sugar. How does grain become sugar? Well it has to go through a few steps, which I'll cover briefly.
First the barley is harvested, then it goes through a controlled germination process called malting (hence malted barley). Here the grain is treated as if you were trying to have those grains sprout into new barley plants. The seeds are then heated which stops the process. Sound complicated? Don't worry about it because the grain purchased by homebrewers has already gone through this process and is ready to mash.
The mash takes the energy that the grain was creating to sprout a new plant and converts it into sugar. This sugar is is complex and flavorful (much more-so than table sugar which is why you can't add hops to sugar water to make beer). If the concept of mashing is still too complex for you, there is extract brewing, which removes the need for grain all together. More on that later.
Hops: As we learned, malt is used to create sugar, color, and flavor. But since we have all that sugar, we need to add something to balance it, and prevent your beer from tasting too sweet. Hops, when boiled, release acids into the wort (beer that hasn't been fermented yet) which add bitterness, flavor, and aroma to the beer. The longer hops are boiled the more bitterness they add, and less flavor and aroma end up in the final beer. This is because the components that add flavor and aroma can be boiled off, so after 10-15 minutes they will be removed from the beer.
Yeast: Last but not least is yeast. It converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. This is how your beer becomes beer. However this isn't just bread yeast, and it's important to know that beyond ethanol production, yeast also provides its own flavor and character too the final beer. Different strains of beer yeast will leave more or less sugar behind as well.
Now that you have a general understanding of the ingredients in beer, we can focus on how to make beer.
I'll be including a full step-by-step guide for all three parts in a later article.
The first step to making your own beer is wort creation. This is where we want to extract the sugars from our malt to be later used by the yeast. There are two main methods of beer brewing, and the differences come into play in this step. These methods are all grain brewing and extract brewing.
With all grain brewing, you are responsible for converting the starches in malted grain into sugar. This is called mashing. You might find some complicated in depth explanations on how to mash grains but the long and short of it is soaking crushed grain in ~150F (65.5C) for about an hour, then rinsing the sugar from the grain (called sparging).
In extract brewing, the mash and sparge has already been completed, and the sugar solution has been reduced to either a syrup (liquid malt extract) or powder (dry malt extract). All that needs to be done with extract is dissolve it in hot water and move on to the boil. Once boiling, extract and all grain brewing follow the exact same process. I'll be including a full step-by-step guide for both methods in a later article.
In this step you'll be doing two things mostly. First, by boiling the wort, you kill all the little bacteria and microbes that were living on the grain (most would have been killed in the mashing process, but this is an extra measure). Second, you're boiling hops to add flavor, aroma, and bitterness to balance the sweetness of the wort.
Now you may be thinking, I add the 10 minute hop ten minutes into the boil, and the 60 minute hop after 60 minutes. However these schedules are backwards in the homebrewing world. A typical boil will be 60 minutes long (however some recipes call for 75-90).
So instead, the 60 minute addition of hops need to be boiled for 60 minutes. If you're doing a 1 hour boil, add the hops once the wort starts boiling and start a 60 minute timer. Once there are 10 minutes left on the timer, you would add your 10 minute hops (so a 20 minute addition would be with 20 minutes left on the timer).
Once the timer goes off, you turn off the heat (ending the boil), and add your 0 minute / flame-out additions. These two terms (0 & flame-out) are interchangeable. You might also see a whirlpool or hop-stand addition.
Hop Stand additions are added after the boil is turned off, and you let them sit for the given time before you start to cool the wort.
Whirlpool additions are added while you are cooling the wort. A whirlpool is more of an advanced brewing technique, but you spin the wort to collect the sediment in the middle of the boil kettle.
Dry Hops are added a certain number of days before bottling or kegging. Be sure to add them in a nylon mesh hop bag or similar to keep them from muddying up your beer.
All of these hop additions seem confusing. Thankfully, hop-stands and whirlpools are more reserved for big IPAs. Most recipes only include the standard boil additions (60, 5-10, and 0), and maybe some dry hopping.
Now your boil is done and you must first and foremost, cool your wort to around 70F (21C) if you can, but under 110F (43C) is safe before transferring to a fermentation vessel. There are many ways to cool your wort. The quickest is to use a wort chiller, which attaches to a sink or garden hose. If using an immersion chiller (A copper or steel coil that goes directly into your beer, then cold water is run through the coil), add it to your beer with about 10 minutes left in the boil. This will sanitize it.
If you don't have a wort chiller, it will be harder to reach that magic 65-70F (18.3 – 21C) number. Sitting the kettle in an ice water bath is your next best bet. Stirring the wort while it sits will accelerate the cooling process. If you transfer to your (sanitized) fermenter between 75F-110F (23.8C – 43C), you need to wait for it to free drop to room temperature. This can take 12-24 hours. In this time the risk of infection is higher, so it's even more important that your fermenter is well sealed under an airlock, and sanitized well with something like Star-San.
Note: Anything your beer will touch after the boil is over should be sanitized. Having a spray bottle of Star-San ready makes this very easy. It's better to be over-sanitized and not sanitized enough.
Pitching Yeast and Aerating. Once your wort is at a temperature that's healthy for yeast (65 – 70F / 18.3 – 21C), take a gravity reading (this will help you calculate ABV and track fermentation) add your yeast to the wort. It's now Beer! There's one more maintenance step, aeration. Yeast need air during their growth phase, so use a whisk to aerate the beer. You can also use an aquarium pump with an in-line air filter installed. This will help the yeast complete a healthy fermentation with less fusel alcohol (taste harsh), and less off-flavors.
Fermentation Management. Give your beer 2-3 weeks to ferment. It can be tempting to open it up to check on it, but adding air at this point is counter-productive as it can dull hop aroma, and the overall flavor of your beer. You also want to keep the beer from becoming too warm. Put it in a cool area of the house (basement's work great in the Summer). Ideally between 60-65F (15.5 – 18.3C) . You can also modify a fridge or chest freezer to act as a temperature controlled chamber (but more on that later). Once the 2-3 weeks is up, it's time to take a gravity reading again and bottle or keg the beer.


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Murder charges filed in fatal shooting of Oak Park teen
by Stacey Sheridan July 15, 2022 July 15, 2022
Two Chicago residents are charged with first-degree murder for the death of 18-year-old Jailyn Logan-Bledsoe. The Oak Park resident was fatally shot in the neck last month in the parking lot of BP gas station at 100 Chicago Ave.
Kenneth Elliott, 21, of the 1700 block of North Linder Avenue, was brought into custody Thursday in Chicago, as was his 17-year-old sister, Adrianna Vanzant of the 900 block of North Monticello Avenue. Vanzant, a minor, is being charged as an adult.
"While nothing can undo the tragic events that played out the morning of June 22, apprehending the individuals responsible for this senseless murder will hopefully provide some closure for Ms. Logan-Bledsoe's family, friends and the entire community," Interim Police Chief Shatonya Johnson said in a July 15 news release.
Johnson expressed gratitude for the outside law enforcement agencies that assisted Oak Park police in the investigation, including the West Suburban Task Major Crimes Taskforce and the U.S. Marshals Taskforce.
According to the Oak Park Police Department, Elliott and Vanzant were both carrying handguns when they approached Logan-Bledsoe from behind and began shooting at 1:50 a.m., June 22.
Vanzant then drove off in Logan-Bledsoe's vehicle while her brother fled in a different vehicle. Logan-Bledsoe's vehicle was later recovered in Chicago in the 200 block of North Kilbourn Avenue.
"The police department's investigation is ongoing, but at this time there is no indication that the suspects were specifically targeting the victim," Oak Park spokesperson Erik Jacobsen told Wednesday Journal.
Oak Park police previously identified two persons of interest in the investigation of Logan-Bledsoe but declined to give their names at the time the news was released. Jacobsen has now confirmed Elliott and Vanzant were the two persons of interest.
Elliott appeared in the Fourth Municipal District Court in Maywood Friday morning. He is being held on $850,000 bond, Vanzant, who was transferred to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, appeared in bond court Friday via Zoom. Her bond has been set at $1.5 million. The brother and sister will return to court Aug. 5.
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ScholarChip has signed the Student Privacy Pledge developed by The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).
Depending on the services ScholarChip provides, we gather identification data every day about students, teachers, visitors, vendors, or anyone who goes into a school building, in schools and universities across the country.
The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which is part of the Electronic Government Act of 2002, defines a comprehensive framework to protect information, operations and assets against natural or man-made threats. These guidelines help administrators navigate data security issues, such as keeping student data private. ScholarChip is dedicated to following these important guidelines, as well as many other data security rules, to keep your information private and safe.
Student data is personal information gathered that includes name, address, names of parents or guardians, date of birth, grades, attendance, disciplinary records, eligibility for lunch programs, special needs, and other information necessary for basic administration and instruction.
Teacher data includes name, address, phone number(s), in case of emergency contacts, etc.; volunteer or visitor data is scanned from a driver's license and saved in a school's database.
ScholarChip is the largest provider of smart ID cards for K12; these cards are the key to the services ScholarChip provides, like building, classroom, event, and bus attendance; secure door access; visitor management services; cafeteria POS; and even behavior and discipline tracking. These cards are coded with a unique ID number that is assigned to one individual; they are inherently secure because they provide an encrypted digital identity. It's the back-end computer that maintains all the information on that person.
The data we gather provides access to over 100 reports when a school has full program implementation. These reports, based on the materials we gather, provide identifiable, actionable information for school districts. The detail captured helps keep schools safer, and provides a host of information that can be analyzed and used to improve student performance as well as administrative effectiveness.
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In addition to its K12 services, ScholarChip provides high speed financial services to 1.8 million post-secondary students attending 490 colleges and universities. ScholarChip's K12 system and higher education financial services share the same database infrastructure, with data security certifications that are the most stringent. These standards are verified by quarterly, independent, third-party testing.
All electronic communication is encrypted or sent via a private link to approved recipients. ScholarChip uses industry-standard hardware and software in combination with authentication and certification by third parties, and we encrypt all sensitive information and financial data.
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NIST SP 800-171 – a standard closely related to FISMA but designed for the protection of data in nonfederal information systems. This standard includes the critical components of NIST 800-53 without imposing unnecessary formal procedures that may be too restrictive for nonfederal organizations.
Theft by electronic means (hacking).
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Faulty business processes that can result in accidental release of student data.
Improper use of student data for purposes other than those designated by the school.
In addition to FERPA (Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act), the ScholarChip system natively complies with all major federal and financial industry mandates including GLBA (Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999), COPPA (The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998), CIPA (The Children's Internet Protection Act) and CIPA-2.
Because ScholarChip works with thousands of schools, the company maintains a production version of all management and reporting site software, as well as several development and training versions to allow schools to preview upcoming developments prior to rollout.
On boot-up the device queries for any changes in its software version and downloads the new version automatically if necessary. It is possible to both advance to new versions and return to older versions as the need arises. The version numbers are available to the users of the management site as read-only. Each version has a description of changes enacted from previous versions.
Since the records are contained in one location rather than at hundreds of schools, record retention policies can be easily enacted and archived records storage can be made and maintained on an ongoing basis.
As a rule, ScholarChip retains records for a reasonable period of time post-high school graduation unless directed by a school district or they are otherwise no longer needed. Records can be exported in any industry standard format for separate retention as well.
Attendance data collection and reporting for close to a half-million students on a daily basis requires an advanced and vigorous system. ScholarChip's approach is to provide schools with the most robust, yet simple to use devices to collect data, and then to provide all services in a single central location where skilled developers and technicians can maintain a close watch over system operations.
ScholarChip houses all advanced database servers, application servers, report servers and document generation and storage servers in a single sophisticated data center, with backup power, local generator and multiple high-speed fiber connections to the net. None of these innovative and maintenance-heavy systems reside in any school building.
ScholarChip's Management Portal serves data to all users at the appropriate level. Teachers have access only to their classroom data; school administrators have access only to their school's data; central office or district administrative personnel have access to all data. Parents and/or students have the ability to access their own private information and make updates, corrections, or changes to their individual record.


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Q: How should backbone.js handle a GET request that returns no results? I have a number of text input elements that when its values are changed, will trigger a fetch on listingListView's collection listingCollection, which then updates listingListView with the new data via the function listingListView.refreshList as shown below. I am using PHP/Codeigniter to expose a RESTful API.
Problem: Everything works fine if there are results retrieved from the fetch(). However, when the filters results in no result being returned, how should the server side and the client side handle it? Currently Chrome's javascript console displays a 404 error and in the Network tab, the XHR request is highlighted in red. All I want to do in the event of zero results returned, is to blank the listingListView and show a message like (No results returned) and not throw any errors in the javascript console. Thanks!
PHP Code
function listings_get() {
    // Get filters
    $price_min = $this->get('price_min');

    $this->load->model('app_model');
    $results = $this->app_model->get_listings($price_min);

    if($results)
        $this->response($results);
    else
        $this->response(NULL);
}

JS Code
window.ListingListView = Backbone.View.extend({
    tagName: 'table',

    initialize: function() {
        this.model.bind('reset', this.refreshList, this);
        this.model.bind('add', function(listing) {
            $(this.el).append(new ListingListItemView({ model: listing }).render().el);
        }, this);
    },

    render: function() {
        _.each(this.model.models, function(listing) {
            $(this.el).append(new ListingListItemView({ model: listing }).render().el);
        }, this);
        return this;
    },

    close: function() {
        $(this.el).unbind();
        $(this.el).empty();
    },

    refreshList: function() {
        $(this.el).empty();
        this.render();
    }
});

A: Backbone triggers an "error" event on "sync" errors. You can catch the 404 error by creating an error handler function in your view.
this.model.on('error',this.defaultErrorHandler,this);

defaultErrorHandler: function(model, error) {
        console.log('status', error.status);
    }

A: You can overload the error event in backbone; though it would be better to change the REST response from the server.  On no result send back 200 ok with an empty JSON object.  Be sure to test for a null object from the server.

A: True, simply set response to empty, and the status to 200:
$this->response(NULL, 200);


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The untouched world: embarking on a 2,250 kilometre road trip across Mongolia
Rosemary Behan embarks on a 10-day trip through the spectacular landscapes of Mongolia
Nomadic Travel runs the 10-day, 2,250km road trip through Mongolia. Courtesy Charles Schiele
Flight connections to Ulaanbaatar are available through a variety of hubs, including Seoul and Beijing, with airlines including Mongolian Airlines and Korean Air. While some nationalities, such as Americans, don't need a tourist visa for Mongolia, others, including UAE citizens, can obtain a visa on arrival, while others including UK citizens, need to obtain a visa in advance. Contact the Mongolian Embassy in the UAE for more information.
Nomadic Road offers expedition-style trips to Mongolia in January and August, and other destinations during most other months. Its nine-day August 2020 Mongolia trip will cost from $5,250 per person based on two sharing, including airport transfers, two nights' hotel accommodation in Ulaanbaatar, vehicle rental, fuel, third party vehicle liability insurance, the services of a guide and support team, accommodation, food and entrance fees; nomadicroad.com
A fully guided three-day, two-night itinerary at Three Camel Lodge costs from $2,420 per person based on two sharing, including airport transfers, accommodation, meals and excursions including the Yol Valley and Flaming Cliffs. A return internal flight from Ulaanbaatar to Dalanzadgad costs $300 per person and the flight takes 90 minutes each way; threecamellodge.com
"When you push people out of their comfort zone slightly, they start to show their true colours. It's not that I get a sadistic pleasure out of it."
Venky, 34, a Mumbaiker, car fanatic and founder of Nomadic Road, a travel company specialising in adventurous off-road driving trips in remote parts of the world, has made sure our comfort zones are breached as soon as we pull out of the car park of the luxurious Blue Sky Hotel in Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar and into rush-hour traffic.
Our group of seven clients and six support staff set off in convoy, beginning a 10-day, 2,250-kilometre loop that will take us down to the Gobi Desert, west to the remote dunes of Khongoryn Els, north to the Orkhon Valley and the ancient capital of Karakoram, and back to the capital. There's no satnav and I'm not sure how to use the walkie talkie, but my "true colours" remain calm. Within an hour we hit the traffic-clogged city's southern outskirts.
I'm driving a hulking Lexus 450 fitted with thick mud tyres, the boot ominously filled with stacks of bottled water, spare tyres, engine oil, brake fluid and a fire extinguisher. Things had been different a few days earlier, when I'd taken an internal flight south to Dalanzadgad, the capital of Mongolia's largest and southernmost province, to spend two nights at Three Camel Lodge. The property was created almost two decades ago by Jalsa Urubshurow, a wealthy and well-connected Mongolian-American whose company specialises in fully chaperoned trips showcasing the country's spectacular landscapes, with any bumps ironed out before they even occur.
For example, you're met and escorted through Ulaanbaatar airport by your guide, who then travels with you on the flight south, from where you are picked up in a new Lexus 4x4 for a comfortable 90-minute drive north-west on smooth dirt tracks.
When you push people out of their comfort zone slightly, they start to show their true colours.
Rather than being fully desertified, the landscape, which is on a huge plateau and therefore cooler than you'd expect, is composed mainly of endless green rolling plains studded with rocky outcrops and distant mountain ranges. Guests are assigned luxury solar-powered gers (the Mongolian equivalent of a yurt) complete with en-suite bathrooms, and there's a lovely lounge from which you can look out across the plains. Horseriding and electric motorbike riding are included, the latter of which is particularly satisfying as you can go off by yourself. There's also a spa and video room, and you'll be accompanied on excursions to wherever you fancy.
Wild horses in Mongolia. Courtesy Rosemary Behan
But back to the reality of driving yourself. It's thrilling. While I had been sceptical about actually enjoying driving a big vehicle for so long (up to 10 hours a day) after the pampering at Three Camel Lodge, it's an incredible feeling to be let loose to tear up the roads in a country so big, so empty, and so, as it turns out, suited to off-roading. For a start, few roads are paved, and those that are, are so full of potholes we frequently have to go off-road to avoid them. And in most of the places we visit, there are no "roads" as such. Just tracks into the emptiness, expertly navigated by our lead driver Anam, a moody, ruggedly good-looking Mongolian – again, seemingly suited to the terrain.
Our first day's drive south to Baga Gazriin Chuluu, a high granite canyon at the heart of the central steppe in Dundgovi province, is 350km. Once we're off the main highway, the vehicles come into themselves, seeming better at high speed than low in dealing with bumps and ruts. Following the tyre ruts in the road, I soon get into a rhythm and, while maintaining a distance from the car in front, let the vehicle follow its momentum rather than braking at every turn. It's fun and the scenery is spectacular, and far from missing company, I revel in having a whole car to myself.
The journey heads down to the Gobi Desert, west to the remote dunes of Khongerin Els, north to the Orkhon Valley and the ancient capital of Karakoram, and back to the capital. Mongolia 3, courtesy Charles Schiele
Our ger camp, Erdene Ykhoa at Baga Gazar, is on the edge of a huge, desolate plateau and is clean and comfortable. I sleep well before an 8am departure the next day, when a further 400km needs to be covered. And this sets the pattern for the following nine days, with longer excursions into the Altai mountains for hikes, the dunes for sunset dinners, an evening and moonlight visit to the Flaming Cliffs (also known as Bayanzag), a fossil-filled mass of red sandstone forming a dramatic escarpment with views across a vast plateau, the ruined Ongi monastery, the ethereally beautiful Orkhon Valley, a lush ensemble of mountains, forests, rivers (some of which we drive through) and herder's camps (several of which we visit), and Karakoram, the historic capital under Genghis Khan.
Mongolia's Three Camel Lodge. Courtesy Ken Spence Photography
As a group we get to know each other – there's K K and Suzie, surgeons from the US, Kailash and Chitra, a couple from India, Ram and Sud, an engineer and his consultant nephew, also from India, and Charles, a young French filmmaker. Support staff include translator Tsatsral ("Taggi") and Bagi, our short, plump private chef who is just as happy cooking in a kitchen or out in the open on a propane gas cooker.
Alas, as with all such trips, we've only just learnt everyone else's names when it's time to head back to smoky Ulaanbaatar, where new apartment blocks and luxury car showrooms have outpaced the infrastructure needed to get to them. Our days of freedom are over, but scored in the memory for life.
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