So what do these three images have in common? All are things that I photographed in recent weeks. Today I had my latest consultation with my computer/photographer friend and I was able to advance my efforts to document art once again. The pizza and the fish both relate to class, while the saint was shot to be part of a website at someone's request. I had already figured out how to use the computer's software to edit photos, but today I added knowledge of how to change the filenames to something besides the number of the exposure, and how to get them to places on the web (as in this blog), both a big deal. These processes involve way more steps than my old photo software did, and I'm still not sure where to find certain things, but I'm starting to get confidence that I'll be able to do what I need to do, which I was starting to doubt.
After the first weekend of the tournament I had been reduced from 5 art schools to 2 art schools. We have now just completed the second weekend of the tournament, two more rounds in the books, and I still have two active schools. That Villanova is still in the thick of things doesn't surprise me- I had picked them to win the whole thing. They've had to hold on to slim leads at the ends of games, but when they got to that point they did what needed to be done. That my other art school, Syracuse, is also still alive is a bit more surprising- a 10 seed that I didn't expect to get out of the first weekend. And it hasn't been easy for them, requiring some big comebacks late in the games. So now two of the Final Four schools are places I have exhibited my art. The story will conclude a week from tomorrow.
Got word yesterday that my new ink had arrived, so that's got me thinking maybe I need to start working on a new project. Had some time today, so I went up to the Studio for a little while. Have spent time recently looking at my sketches of this Battle of Hastings idea, and my photocopies of the Bayeux Tapestry, and I think I know how to resolve this into my supermarket series. It's all in my head right now, but I'll convert it to an official paper sketch soon, then start working on the block drawing.
We are now through the always busy first weekend of the basketball tournament. Could have been better, could have been worse. I started with 5 teams this year. Two faced each other in their opening round, so only one could advance, in this case Northern Iowa won and Texas lost. Florida Gulf Coast University won their opening play-in round game, but got crushed facing a one-seed in the first full round of the bracket. Northern Iowa had a nice lead going into the last 30 seconds of their 2nd round game, the kind of lead where most would just go ahead and mark them down for a win. Instead they found ways to give away the game in a double overtime loss, being called by many one of the worst end of game performances in the history of the tournament.
That leaves me with two alive for next weekend. 10 seed Syracuse has managed to hold on for two rounds, and now will go against an even lower seeded Gonzaga, which so far this year has played better than most have expected. And Villanova, one of the top teams in the country this spring, has a good chance of keeping things going for at least another weekend. I'll have an update for you in about another week.
Late in the morning I packed up my piece for the juried show in Belmar and headed to the car. While waiting for the car to warm up I called my photo contact, reaching her. The latest plan is to talk by phone on Sunday. The hope is that all the various things downloaded since January have brought us to the point where our computers are more or less compatible and I can finally do all this on my own. With that settled, I drove to Belmar. Dropped off my framed print for the show. The plan is that the show opens to public on Wednesday, what is typically called a soft opening. The official opening reception will be Saturday, April 2nd. This is 12th Annual Juried Art show. I joined the BAC in time to be part of the 2nd annual show (before we had moved into the Boatworks) and have been included in every one since then.
Around the corner (on Main Street) is a small Italian place, so I dropped by in search of a St Joseph's zeppole, as today is that day. They didn't have one at the time but told me they were in the works, so I swung back a little later. Just the custard filled, but those are tasty, too, so I got one of those and spared myself from driving around from place to place looking for one. For dinner tonight I had a classic Italian meal, fettuccine with a bolognese style meat sauce, and the zeppole for dessert. The image above shows a cannoli cream filled pastry, as I'm still at least one day away from being able to download images from my camera, so this shot is a file photo from last year's meal. You get the idea.
Took care of some art business today. Yesterday I had stopped by my parents' house and picked up another framed supermarket print. Today I opened it up, removed the print that was matted and framed (ninjas in the deli aisle), and replaced it with the proof of the bricks print that I produced last weekend. The proof was trimmed, stamped, numbered (having made a trip to Ocean Grove on Sunday to verify the number on the one hanging there), signed, and mounted. Framing is complete, ready to drop off at the gallery in Belmar tomorrow.
In a related task, I went and placed an order for ink this afternoon. I was able to dig enough ink out of the can I had going to pull that proof, and there is probably enough for another medium or small print, but I'm hoping to start some new prints soon, and that will require ink. So another can of the Outlaw Black, plus one of a more standard black relief ink. They shipped today, so if the truck can find my town, I should have them by late next week.
Earlier this week I got together briefly with my friend who is my computer/camera consultant and she helped me download photos shot early this year to my computer. I can view them, and edit them. However, I still can't figure out how to upload them to anything else, nor did I have any luck today trying to download new photos from the past few days. I'll need to get in touch with my friend again.
As for the other schools, I've seen a few Villanova games on tv this season and they are a very good team, but in recent years they have struggled come tournament time. I'll have an update on all 5 teams after the first weekend.
Looking at my schedule for the coming week, I concluded last night that Saturday might be my best day to print the supermarket proof that I needed for the next Belmar show. Maybe my only day to print. So this morning I gathered my stuff and headed up to the Studio.
Somewhere I believe I have stashed away a whole sealed can of Traditional Relief Black #79, my preferred ink before they went out of business. But I don't know right now where it ended up. In my Studio I do have the remains of a can of Outlaw Black, which is very concentrated so I assumed it would be enough to get me through this project. Hacked out a hunk, worked it with an ink knife to loosen it up and separate some dried skin, and then started inking the most recent block, which is the one I need for next week's show. I had brought a packet of Rives Lightweight with me, but in my rack at the Studio I found a piece already cut to the right size, saving me from that task. The process ended up taking a long time. I had enough ink to do the job (a little goes a long way, formulated to pick up lots of extreme details) but a lot of rubbing was required. But two hours later it was all done, and I had a proof acceptable for the show. I decided to bring it home, since I'll be needing to frame it in the near future. This ink dries relatively quickly, so it should be ready to go later this week. So this job is now complete.
If this image seems familiar it's because it's been on this blog a bunch of times in recent weeks. Part of that is because it is appearing a bit in my art life of late, and part of that is because I can't upload any new photos right now, though I hope to have that fixed in a few days. Tonight I got word that this print was selected for the JAS12 at the Belmar Arts Council, making it 11 years in a row that I have been accepted into that show. The down side of this is now I have to print a fresh copy, as the only good proof I had of the final version is currently hanging in the Winter Arts Festival show at the Studio. I'm pretty sure I have enough ink (though I should probably order some more) and I know I have enough paper, and I have plenty of frames and cut mats. The piece is due a week from tomorrow, so I need to deal with this soon.
One of the things that happens with art is that sometimes whole bunches of things all seem to come at once. That's why I don't worry when there's a slow period in my art career, because likely a busy season is going to pop up really soon.
Ended up with a bunch of good news the past few days. First, I finally heard from my computer and camera consultant. Back in January she guided me though updating my computer so I could once again do my various blogs (sure, this one, but also the one I do for the BAC, and more important, the ones I do for my classes), but the process wiped out my camera software. I can still access photos I have in memory, but reviewing them is a bit trickier, and I can't upload or edit anything. My entry for this year's Belmar show is one that was rejected from that show last year. But it's a perfectly good print, it still had the proper title and was edited for submission. Anyway, we tried to do a remote hook-up of our computers yesterday, but consistent with how computers have been treating me lately, she couldn't get it to happen. So now plan B, I'll meet her up at school on Monday (her teaching day, currently my day off) with my lap top and camera, and hopefully we can resolve this digital impasse.
A few days ago I got an e-mail from an unfamiliar name, letting me know he had used one of my saint images on his blog site, in case I had a problem with it. (He's not making money and I was credited, so I'm ok with it.) It's a site devoted to "strange saints", citing a new one for each feast day, and he had covered St Frances of Rome that day.
Most of the images he puts on his blog are typical saint depictions, but it seems mine popped up early in a Google Image search of the saint and it's anything but typical. It seems he really liked my approach.
This afternoon I was about to go out for a haircut when I got a call from my father passing on a message, from Kay Myers. I remembered the name well- the organizer of the 1997 ART AND RELIGION exhibition in Philadelphia. I ended up with two of my saints in the show at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, and two more in the second half of the exhibition going on simultaneously at Villanova University. Kay and her husband later came up to visit me in Wall and purchased a print. So if she wants to talk, I listen. My father said that it had something to do with a 20th anniversary exhibition related to that original show, and she was most interested in the St Augustine print.
When I got back from my errands I called her for the details. Following the original exhibition she wrote poems related to all the artworks and artists, and was hoping to have it published, but found that books can be complicated. So she's going for a digital deal. The poems are all finished and posted, but she wants to get the images to accompany them, permissions, etc. She did two poems about me, one about my St Augustine print (see above), and one about my whole Everyman series, both limericks as she felt the humor found in my work was suited to a light approach to poetry. Right this minute I can't provide an image of St Augustine (to her or this blog), but maybe by Monday I will be able to. So in the end there won't be an exhibition credit, but I don't have to frame or ship anything either, she will probably link to my site, and there may be a small honorarium involved.
The first Monday has come and gone again, and with it was the March critique. Still having camera issues- maybe by next month I'll be able to show you again what we have going on in the Studio.
I arrived around 5 pm, hours before the event, so I could work on plans for sink construction. I have been hired to construct a frame for a very large sink, a six foot basin. This is for my former student Mary, who has acquired the sink, but now needs to have something to keep it off the floor. I have experience in this area, having gotten over a dozen of Molly's tables off the floor. Mary had dropped off a plan at the Winter Festival a few weeks ago, but looking at it today there were a few questions, things I wanted to get the answers to before continuing to design. When she came in later for the critique, I was able to get that information. Meanwhile, I had taken notes and measurements of the large tables I had made for the Studio, since that will be the basic plan for the one I'll be doing next.
Molly arrived about 6:45, with plans to set up something large, so she went to the cafeteria (unclaimed tonight) and did so. Since Mary was really anxious for some reactions to her latest project, she went first. She's participating in a group exchange folio later this spring, and has two woodcuts in progress, wanting our suggestion as to which path to take. Either would probably work, but we suggested the portrait piece would be better. Margery had brought a series of life drawings, something we've never seen from her before, but also ceramic human heart. Jane (who brought her sister along for the night), had some watercolors, landscapes from the part of the state she lives in. Our other Mary (who has been coming to the Studio for as long as we've been open) brought a series of small works in a variety of media, seeking our opinions on options. Gwen had some sketches- potential ideas for a t-shirt, a thing Molly has been working with of late.
What Molly had set up was something she put together for Winter Festival a few weeks ago. As part of one of her dancer collaborations a few years ago she had put a large bear on a much larger piece of cloth- now that large piece of cloth was hung up and being used as a screen for shadow puppets, back-lit from behind. The puppets were made from cardboard, and there was a political theme appropriate to the current presidential campaigns, so her prototypes included a Hillary Clinton and a Donald Trump, plus lots of symbols. Lots of technical questions to be worked out, including whether this is something for her to perform and for viewers to interact with, but we had fun playing around and offering ideas. She also showed us the progress on her turtles project.
It seems like the Hollywood themed show just got started and already it's time for the next show. I'm not exaggerating here. The application deadline for the next show in Belmar, the annual Juried Show, is Sunday or Monday (different places list it differently), just a day or two after the opening reception of the current Hollywood show. So this afternoon I submitted something, the most recent supermarket print (the brick one above) since my camera and my computer still aren't getting along, but I had this image (with its properly titled file) left over from last year's show, and it's a good print. So that went out this afternoon, because I knew I'd be at the gallery shortly after and would be paying the fee. I do have a framed copy of this print currently hanging in the show in Ocean Grove, but one of the advantages of printmaking is being able to have a piece in more than one place at a time.
And then I was in Belmar for the opening of the current Hollywood themed show. I have my colored version of my Godfather themed print (see above) in the show, so brought some cannoli cookies as my contribution to the refreshment table. There are 37 total pieces, wide variety of media. We had a decent crowd show up.


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Q: Edit Boolean Value returns the default value I added a boolean field called active to my product model,it's default is set to true,but each time i try to edit it, a checked checkbox field is displayed,but after unchecking the box, it still returns error saying 'can't be blank'.below is my code
# See permitted parameters documentation:
# https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/blob/master/docs/2-resource-customization.md#setting-up-strong-parameters

  index do
    column :id
    column :name
    column :price
    column :category
    column :image
    column :active
    actions
  end

  categories = Category.all

  form do |f|
    f.inputs do
      f.input :name
      f.input :price
      f.input :active, as: :boolean
      f.input :category, collection: categories.to_a, include_blank: false, prompt: "Select Category"
      f.input :image, as: :file
    end
    f.actions
  end

  permit_params :name, :price, :category, :image, :active
end

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I picked this up when Ulta was having a buy one get one 50% off on Maybelline products a few months ago. If you are a regular reader you know that my skin is super oily and nothing I've tried so far keeps my oil at bay for a significant period of time. This has oil control in the name so I thought why not!
My biggest problem with this is that it looks very powdery. Funny I know its a powder… but even with a light hand this makes me look like I'm flat, matte and wearing powder which is not a look I'm going for. If you have dry skin this will be a not go as I can imagine it would cling like crazy to any dry areas. I still use it, just not on its own. I will use this up but I won't repurchase it in the future.


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Irish Daily Mirror reports 11.5% increase in circulation in JNRS
By Staff Writer-17 February 2012 13:06pm
The Irish Daily Mirror has increased its readers by 22,000 (11.5%) year-on-year, according to Joint National Readership Survey figures, while the Irish Sunday Mirror added 42,000 readers.
Joanne McGreevy, general manager of Mirror Group Newspapers in Ireland, said: "These are impressive results in a market which has experienced a very difficult time over the last year. It is particularly encouraging to see that we have gained high numbers of younger readers.
"The performance of the Irish Sunday Mirror also stands out as the title that people have turned to after the closure of News of the World. All of this means that we now have a strong 7 day package on offer, the only tabloid group that can deliver this. We have also responded to advertisers needs by offering the market an integrated online and offline package. "
This article is about: Northern Ireland, Media

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Holographic foil L4 is for the carton, label and greeting cards market. Fine to medium definition with consistent release. Good abrasion and scratch resistance. Good adhesion on the substrates. Suitable for use on high speed stamping machines in the graphics industry.


Holy Father, we thank you for another beautiful day! Lord we thank you for wisdom. We thank you for giving us the wisdom to plan things out when necessary. Lord we pray that we will not only be hearers of Your Word, let us act on Your Word and the wisdom you give us. There are people seeking direction today, Holy Spirit, we pray for a word of wisdom and/or a word of knowledge for them today. Let us seek Your face God and hear what you desire of us. Lord let us spend time in prayer with you, communicating with you. Thank you Lord for the wisdom you will give us today I'm prayer and in the Bible.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen!
Remember to Smile 🙂 God loves you!
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Me and the young prophet Abram. (Throwback from Dream Conference last year).
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THE STROKES – Under cover of the darkness.
THE LIBERTINES – Up the bracket.
GOLDEN HORSE – Run, run, run.
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Funny little frog.
ALBERT HAMMOND JR – Caught by my shadow.
ROLLING STONES – Rocks off.
CYNDI LAUPER – Money changes everything.
LED ZEPPELIN – Four sticks.
BOB MOULD – Hey Mr Grey.
REM – Imitation of life.
DINOSAUR JR – Pierce the morning rain.
THE MEANIES – Freak out forever.
GIG REVIEW: Albert Hammond Jr.
INTERVIEW: Emmanuelle Denavit Feller – French film festival.


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Future-proof BSS architecture for quad-play services.
GO is the largest communications and entertainment provider in Malta with well over 480,000 customer connections.
GO has been providing telecom services in Malta for more than 35 years, originally as the fixed line incumbent, then introducing the first nationwide dial-up services in the early 1990's and subsequently adding broadband in 2000. The mobile arm of the group was set up in 1999, with the most recent addition being TV in 2007, making GO the first and only quad-play provider in Malta.
GO (then known as Maltacom) originally selected Cerillion to support its fixed line services back in 2001. Since then, GO has restructured its business to become a fully integrated quad-play operator and set out on a programme to consolidate its IT platforms in order to improve its commercial offerings, accelerate time-to-market and increase its operational flexibility.
As the leading provider of communications and entertainment services on the Maltese Islands, GO has always prided itself on innovation. With telecoms technologies evolving so quickly, GO recognised the need to create a future-proof Business Support Systems (BSS) architecture that will support changes in business strategy and enable GO to take advantage of multiple future technology streams.
Following a very smooth and successful upgrade to Cerillion 5 in 2009, GO settled on its BSS strategy with Cerillion chosen as the best-of-breed component for Billing its quad-play services. In the meantime, GO has also upgraded to the latest Interconnect Manager version for managing all its interconnect agreements.
With fixed, TV and broadband services already well established on the Cerillion system, GO completed the migration of its mobile services onto the same platform during 2010. This has enabled GO to retire its legacy mobile billing system and reap the benefits of having a unified product catalogue and being able to bill for all quad-play (4P) services on a single, convergent Cerillion platform.


Located in the Lichterfelde district of Berlin, in the former garden of a villa built during the prosperous Gründerzeit years of the late 19th century, the House W is a wedge-shaped building that designed as the place to enjoy private family life for a young family of four.
The house is a single geometric volume, its actual entrance is at a sunken ground level, but you can look through a large opening straight into the central part of the house, where is the house's main communal space, including kitchen and dining area.
Natural patina used for the shell of the building function equally well as roofing and as façade cladding, in the course of time will blend with the natural surroundings of the garden.
The house's longitudinal height change marks a zoning-off of private and communal space, beyond the fireplace and the freestanding stair to the next floor, and on a split level, are the living-room and the parents' private rooms.
The interest generated by the external shape of the building derives from the central, hall-like interior space, in turn resulting from the remarkable horizontal displacement of the upper storey and thus also of the opening up of the interior space.


Glühwein is a traditional German Christmas Market wine dating back to the 15th century. The rare blend of original German spices with the robust character of the Chambourcin grape, reveals the true essence of the holiday spirit. Gently warm the wine to serving temperature. Avoid boiling. Garnish with a slice of orange and cinnamon sticks.
Enjoy this wine with fresh baked gingerbread or hot streusal.
My husband and I grew up in Europe, he is Germany and I in The Netherlands. We met this company at the Winnsboro Art & Wine Festival this fall and we both agree that this is the REAL DEAL! We bought 2 bottles and everyone has loved it so much, we will be already ordering more for this year!


To dream that you are carving a cooked animal suggests that you are attempting to dispel particular emotions from within. You may be attempting to create space from your emotions and view them from an impartial perspective. On the contrary, someone or some circumstance could be in violation of certain parts of your life.


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Q: Python factory method with external function I've read this SO discussion about factory methods, and have an alternate constructor use case.
My class looks like this:
class Foo(object):
    def __init__(self, bar):
        self.bar = bar

    @classmethod
    def from_data(cls, datafile):
        bar = datafile.read_bar()
        # Now I want to process bar in some way
        bar = _process_bar(bar)
        return cls(bar)

    def _process_bar(self, bar)
        return bar + 1

My question is, if a @classmethod factory method wants to use a function in its code, should that function (_proces_bar) be:

*

*A @classmethod, which seems a bit weird because you won't ever call it like Foo._process_bar()

*A method outside of the class Foo but in the same .py file. I'd go with this, but it seems kind of weird. Will those methods always be available to an instance of Foo, regardless of how it was instantiated? (e.g. what if it's saved to a Pickle then reloaded? Presumably methods outside the class will then not be available!)

*A @staticmethod? (see 1. This seems weird)

*Something else? (but not this!)

A: The "right solution" depends on your needs...

*

*If the function (_process_bar) needs an access to class Foo (or the current subclass of...) then you want a classmethod - which should be then called as cls._process_bar(), not Foo._process_bar().

*If the function doesn't need an access to the class itself but you still want to be able to override it in subclasses (IOW : you want class-based polymorphism), you want a staticmethod

*Else you just want a plain function. Where this function's code lives is irrelevant, and your import problems are othogonal.
Also, you may (or not, depending on your concrete use case) want to allow for more flexiblity using a callback function (possibly with a default), ie:
def process_bar(bar):
   return bar + 1

class Foo(object):
    @classmethod
    def from_data(self, datafile, processor=process_bar):
        bar = datafile.read_bar()
        bar = processor(bar)
        return cls(bar)


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Over the course of Loch Lomond's existence, the distillery has released seven different malts. Four of them were destined for blending, the remaining three were intended to be bottled as single malt whiskies, though most have been released as such over the years. Bottlings have been under the names: Inchmurrin, Inchmoan, Inchfad, Crotengea, Glen Douglass, Craiglodge and, naturally, Loch Lomond, each with varying peat levels. The name Loch Lomond is used for single malt releases though it is also used for a blended Scotch produced onsite using both grain and malt whisky.
Loch Lomond was in such a good position to release so many different whiskies as it had an unusual set up of stills. There were three sets of stills, two were fitted with rectification columns as well as five continuous stills. Loch Lomond sits in an industrial complex, once home to Britain's earliest car factory. The distillery was built in 1965 by the Littlemill Distillery Company Ltd, under the ownership of Duncan Thomas and American Barton Brands. Production began a year later.
The distillery has a total yearly capacity of four million litres, though just 2.5 million litres of malt whisky are produced. However, the distillery turns out ten million litres of grain whisky per annum. The distillery closed in 1984 and it was acquired a year later by Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd. In 1987, production began once more and six years later a Coffey Still was installed. The final pair of stills were installed in 1999, for two years prior, the distillery had experienced a devastating fire and as much as 300,000 litres of whisky was lost.
Loch Lomond Original
70cl, 40%
A satisfying, subtly peated single malt Scotch whisky from Loch Lomond. The distillery is renowned for being able to produce a multitude of whisky styles, including single malt (like the one you see… More info
Loch Lomond The Open Special Edition Distiller's Cut Gift Pack with 2x Glasses
A fancy gift pack from Loch Lomond containing a bottle of delicious The Open Special Edition Distiller's Cut along with two branded glasses for sharing the tasty dram. The expression was created to… More info
Inchmurrin Madeira Wood Finish
Inchmurrin as the name of a style of single malt distilled at Loch Lomond distillery, alongside the single malt that carries the distillery's own name. Rebranded under new ownership in 2015, the new… More info
Loch Lomond 12 Year Old
12 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Loch Lomond, whom are well known for being able to produce a wide variety of styles of whisky in their distillery in the Highland region. This particular… More info
Inchmurrin 12 Year Old
Inchmurrin 12 year old from Loch Lomond distillery, rebranded in 2015 as part of the Inchmurrin 'Islands Collection', with a picture of Loch Lomond's largest island on the new box. More info
Loch Lomond 12 Year Old Gift Pack
A gift set from the awesome Loch Lomond! Inside, you'll find a full sized bottle of Loch Lomond 12 Year Old, which has been aged in three cask types: bourbon, refill and re-charred casks. Alongside,… More info
This is an 18 year old single malt Scotch whisky from the Loch Lomond distillery in the Highlands region. Loch Lomond are renowned for being able to produce a variety of styles at their distillery,… More info
Inchmoan 12 Year Old
12 year old peated single malt from the Loch Lomond distillery, released under the Inchmoan name. Just another example of how adaptable Loch Lomond's set-up is - they're able to make all sorts of… More info
Loch Lomond Single Grain
A single grain from the very adaptable Loch Lomond distillery, known for producing a variety of different whiskies, from single malts to single grains to blends. A very light whisky here, perfect as… More info
Loch Lomond 18 Year Old 1996 (casks 42929, 42970 & 42980) - Select Grain (Murray McDavid)
18 year old single grain whisky from the ever-adaptable Loch Lomond, moved into a fresh ex-bourbon cask after ten years. Matured in three casks, 850 bottles were produced. More info
Given all-new packaging in 2015, Inchmurrin is a single malt from Loch Lomond distillery named after the largest fresh water island in the British Isles (located on the Loch, which itself is the… More info
High Commissioner is a blend of various malt and grain whiskies. It's actually not that bad, with a pretty decent balance of flavour. More info
Loch Lomond 19 Year Old - Open Course Collection - Royal Portrush
70cl, 50.3%
A special bottling from Loch Lomond, named after Royal Portrush Golf Club and released as part of the distillery's The Open Course Collection. Loch Lomond has claimed the title of the official whisky… More info
Croftengea 11 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
This is the first bottling of Croftengea single malt from That Boutique-y Whisky Company. Croftengea is peated whisky from the Loch Lomond distillery, known for being able to produce a variety of… More info
Loch Lomond 22 Year Old 1995 (cask 12799) - Old Particular (Douglas Laing)
22 year old single grain Scotch whisky from Loch Lomond, bottled as part of the Old Particular range by Douglas Laing. This one was mtaured in a refill hogshead cask from November 1995 to September… More info
Loch Lomond 22 Year Old 1996 (cask 182963) - Select Grain (Murray McDavid)
This tasty Highland grain whisky hails from Loch Lomond, and was distilled back in 1996. It was aged in a bourbon hogshead, though before bottling it was treated to a rather unusual finish in a… More info
Croftengea 11 Year Old 2007 (cask 209) - The Single Cask
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About Loch Lomond
4,000,000 litres
Alexandria, Dunbartonshire
www.lochlomonddistillery.com
The distillery is built by Littlemill Distillery Company Ltd owned by Duncan Thomas and American Barton Brands.
Production commences.
Duncan Thomas is bought out and Barton Brands reforms as Barton Distilling (Scotland) Ltd.
The distillery closes.
Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd with Alexander Bulloch at the helm buys Loch Lomond Distillery.
The distillery resumes production.
Grain spirits are also distilled.
A fire destroys 300,000 litres of maturing whisky.
Two more stills are installed.
Inchmoan and Craiglodge are officially launched for the first time. Both are 4 years old from 2001. Inchmurrin 12 years is launched.
Inchmurrin 4 years, Croftengea 1996 (9 years) and Glen Douglas 2001 (4 years) are launched.
Reproduced from the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2009 with the kind permission of Mr Ingvar Ronde.


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The weather forecast is bad for later in the week, so I take advantage of the relatively good weather as I return to Lochan Dubha for a second shoot. After the calm and tranquil morning, the wind is gusting, and the sparkling sunshine has been replaced by stormy skies – not the weather in the forecast! My plan to return to take more photographs of the stunning reflections, such as Metaphor 11 and 12 in my previous post, are thwarted as the still waters have been replaced by a very turbulent and choppy surface, with not a reflection in sight. However, the change in conditions allows me to produce some images of the water lily leaves and other vegetation being pummelled by the weather, a regular occurrence on Skye. Metaphorically, it provides a strong message of the ever-changing and unpredictable weather which objects of the natural world endure on the Island, and in turn represents the essence of Skye. At first, I am a little disappointed that I cannot take the images I had hoped to capture, but I soon start to enjoy the challenges Skye's changing weather has dealt me!
On the basis of my efforts this morning, I decide to over-expose the first image in each multiple exposure set by one stop. This is because the blacks and shadows in some of my earlier images were on the margin of being recoverable, and I like to get my images perfectly exposed in camera rather than in post-processing. I also think that a lighter bottom layer will provide the luminance and depth that I am trying to achieve.
I am a little disappointed by the images from this afternoon's shoot. The light was poor, and the inky waters did not come alive as I had hoped. More practice required in low light conditions – which should not be a problem on Skye – lots forecast for later in the week!
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Lee, S. H., P. D. Williams, and T. H. A. Frame, 2019: Increased shear in the North Atlantic upper-level jet stream over the past four decades. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1465-z.
What is the key result of the study?
Our study shows that the annual-mean vertical west-to-east (zonal) wind shear over the North Atlantic at aircraft cruising altitudes (within the jet stream) has increased by 15% (with a range of 11-17%) over the last four decades (1979-2017).
What is vertical wind shear?
Vertical wind shear is the name given to the change in wind speed (or direction) with height. In our study, we consider the change in the speed of the west-to-east ("zonal") wind with height.
What data were used to get these results?
We used three reanalysis datasets (ERA-Interim, JRA-55, and NCEP/NCAR). These are our best estimates of the past evolution of the atmosphere, based on observations. We use data from 1979 onwards, as satellites have been routinely used to monitor the state of the atmosphere since then, increasing the reliability of the data.
Why has wind shear increased?
On large scales like the North Atlantic, the vertical wind shear is driven by the difference in temperature as you move from the equator to the pole. When this is larger, the wind shear is larger. At aircraft cruising altitudes (around 34,000 feet), this temperature difference has increased, causing an increase in wind shear.
Why has the temperature difference increased at aircraft cruising altitudes?
At low latitudes (less than about 50N), temperatures are warming at this level in response to increasing greenhouse gases. Poleward of 50N, temperatures are in fact cooling. At these latitudes, this level (34,000 feet) is in the stratosphere, not the troposphere where we live. Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations actually cause this layer of the atmosphere to cool. There is also a cooling effect from a decline in concentrations of ozone.
Why should we care?
Wind shear is a key driver of clear-air turbulence (CAT), which is a significant aviation hazard as it is invisible and difficult to predict. Turbulence in general has been found to play a role in the majority of weather-related aviation incidents. Climate models project a large increase in CAT over the North Atlantic under future climate change (Storer et al. 2017). Our study shows observation-based evidence that a key driver has already increased by a large amount, supporting these projections.
The study finds shear has increased. Have encounters with turbulence increased?
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to say this with any degree of confidence. Over the last four decades, airplane designs have changed, flight numbers have increased, and we are now able to identify regions of possible turbulence and avoid them – so it is difficult to produce any consistent record of turbulence observations. However, our study suggests it may have, as a key driver has increased by a large amount.
So, is the jet stream strengthening or weakening?
We find that, in the lowermost ~5 km or so, the temperature difference between the equator and pole is weakening, thanks to the rapidly warming Arctic. This contrasts with the increasing difference at higher levels. We find that these effects are approximately equal and opposite, like a balanced tug-of-war. The overall speed of the jet stream aloft depends on the total effect (the vertical integral), so there has been no significant change to the speed of the jet stream at aircraft cruising altitudes. As our study only looks at the annual-mean, it is possible that different weakening or strengthening trends occur in different seasons, as other studies have found.
Is the jet stream becoming wavier?
We do not look at this in our study. Some previous studies have suggested this, primarily as a result of the decreasing temperature difference in the lower part of the atmosphere. Our results neither prove nor disprove these findings.
What does this mean for the future?
We focus on what has been observed to occur, rather than what is projected. However, most studies suggest the upper-level "tug" will win, leading to a strengthening jet stream, with impacts on transatlantic flight times (Williams 2016). As increasing greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase temperatures in the troposphere and cool those in the stratosphere, we expect shear to continue to increase at flight levels (though large interannual variability is likely), consistent with model projections of increasing turbulence.
This entry was posted in Global Warming, Published work on August 7, 2019 by Simon Lee.
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Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis is the name attributed to a particular form of progressive degeneration of the motor neurons which are responsible for voluntar movements of the body. Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis progressively hinders muscular activity and over time, as the diseas progresses, causes extreme physical disability. There are no known causes to Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis, although many experimentations have led scientists to believe that specific cellular defects caused by genetic mutations can be related to the onset of Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrofic lateral sclerosys hit approximately one individual out of 100.000, mainly from 40 to 60 years of age and is more frequent between men than women. The first symptoms related to Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis is muscular atrophy caused by their reduced use: the motor neurons fail to send electric signals to peripheral nerves and the muscles progrssively wear off. The general perception is that of overall weakness and progressive difficulty in executing simple daily tasks connected to the muscles initially involved in the degeneration process. Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis will eventually spread to the whole body: the subject will then be unable to walk, stand, lift or manipulate objects and will be forced to bed. When difficulty in speaking, chewing and swallowing is also present, it will degenerate into complete inability to speak and eat normally. Finally, in the later stages of the diseas, the involuntary muscles preposed to breathing start to be affected and the person is forced to resort to articial breathing equipment in order to survive. Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis commonly leads to death due to breathing failure. Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis does not affect cognitive capabilities, and the person will be fully aware of his own physical degeneration. When speech impairment is involved, communication also becomes an issue, as the person undestands his situation but is not able to get in touch with anyone. Specific assistive devices can therefore be of great use to grant autonomy in communication and computer use, takeing advantage of the head and eye movements, which are the last muscles on which voluntary control is retained.


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A passport to care?
By Sarah Chalmers-Page
This article is written from a personal perspective and does not in any way reflect the opinions of any organisation that I work for, in any capacity.
The UK Government's Department of Health (DoH) has proposed that, to combat the risk of people claiming care given by the National Health Service (NHS) they are not entitled to, we should introduce the need for two forms of proof of identity for non-emergency hospital care (in the UK, emergency care and treatment of infectious diseases are free for everyone, including undocumented immigrants and visitors).
A lot of people have reacted with revulsion to this proposal. But on the face of it, we are one of very few nations that do not ask for some form of photo identification (ID) when people come to hospital. Surely this is a practical approach, given that we appear to be spending millions of pounds on care for people who are not entitled to it?
Let's leave aside moral arguments for a moment. There are many practical reasons why I, personally, don't think this is a good idea.
Firstly, the UK does not have a national ID document – we already turned that down. Around one in five people ordinarily resident in England and Wales don't hold a passport. Proof of address is also potentially tricky. The last time I was offered a job within the NHS I needed proof of address. I moved in with my husband so all the utilities were under his name, apart from my online bills for my mobile phone and credit card, which were unacceptable because they were not physically mailed to me. Many people have pay as you go phones, and the poorest and most vulnerable people in our communities have electricity metres rather than monthly bills.
Since there is no legal requirement to hold ID, some people don't. This includes many vulnerable people including migrants, sex workers, people with no fixed address, those fleeing domestic violence, homeless people, people who are elderly and confused, or people who are mentally ill. These people often need more care than average; requiring proof of identity will stop them from going to hospital. And the only way this system will work is if we are prepared to turn them away at the door.
What about children? They won't hold ID, let alone bills in their name. Of course children could be exempt from providing proof of identity. That would be very easy for a cute 5-year old. But 16 year olds can often look like adults, especially, if they've experienced a hard life. Do we x-ray their teeth on the way through the door too?
Secondly, there will be increased costs associated with queues and did-not-attend rates. Based on NHS Reference Costs, on average it costs the NHS £60 for an outpatient appointment. When Mrs Smith arrives at the hospital with a family carer, but without a recent utility bill and a valid passport, she and her carer are going to plead with reception – a 10-minute interaction rather than a 3 or 4-minute interaction, with queues mounting. Then we turn them away, because that's how the system will work. We will need to reschedule her for a day when she can come, hopefully with her ID – mounting queues for appointments in an already overloaded system. Additional appointment slots, left empty, have costs in money and delayed care. And in the meantime, Mrs Smith is not getting her care. If that is a cancer biopsy, for example, and there is a delay getting her back into the system, then it may seriously damage her chances of getting well again.
In some cases, frustrated, frightened patients and carers may even become aggressive. It's unfortunate, but it's true. So we will need to redesign waiting areas to ensure the safety of our staff, placing a currently human interaction behind safety glass. That's not free either.
Thirdly, we have one of the lowest management overheads for health of any health system in the developed world, partly because we have a single payer system and no need to pursue bad debt. Under the new system, we would have to verify identity and where necessary collect debts far more often and aggressively. For this, hospitals will need additional financial management staff. Inevitably, in the short term, recruiting finance staff will mean leaving other vacancies open, for example band 5 nurses, until the day that we collect enough money in bills to pay for the costs of administration. Assuming that a percentage of people will not just pay immediately, we also have to allow a budget for lawyers, court cases, and all the apparatus of collecting unpaid debts.
So, we will need to introduce:
Cheap compulsory national identity cards
Universal, paper-based proof of address
Safer waiting areas
Additional finance assistants and possibly additional outpatient staff
Safeguards for people fleeing violence or who otherwise cannot provide paperwork
And we need to tolerate:
Rising queues and costs for appointments, both in the hospital and in terms of waiting lists
Turning people away at the door for the wrong ID, even where this will delay care or lead to aggression
All this, just to avoid sharing 0.3% of our budget with sick, vulnerable people.
This is not about turning away people who have nothing wrong – we are talking about consultations and treatment that have been offered by a GP for someone who needs them. These people are sick, they're in pain, and they need help. We are one of the wealthiest nations in the world. But we are being asked to believe that it's better to turn away a proportion of sick Britons for having the wrong paperwork, to avoid treating a few sick foreigners.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not reflect the official policy or view of Manchester Global Foundation.
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WCSO NEWS RELEASES FOR 12 JUL 18
July 12, 2018 Marian Forshey
On 8 Jul 18 Deputy Parks began an investigation in Warren Township in reference to damage done to a vehicle. This case remains under investigation.
On 9 Jul 18 Deputy Martin received two warrants from the Magistrate Court of Wood County, WV, for the arrest of Robert Patrick Dennis, age 23, 200 Ash Street, Williamstown, WV. Information received in the warrants was checked with information given by Dennis upon being booked into the Washington County Jail. These identifiers were found to match. Dennis was given a copy of his warrant and charges of fugitive from justice were filed on Dennis through Marietta Municipal Court.
On 9 Jul 18 Deputy Jones along with the Beverly Waterford Volunteer Fire Department responded to 91 Riverview Drive, Beverly, Ohio. The fire was quickly extinguished by the fire personnel.
On 9 Jul 18 Deputy Hall responded to Lowell Duke, 100 Main Street, Lowell, to recover a counterfeit bill that was passed at that location. This case remains under investigation.
The following warrants have recently been processed at the Washington County Sheriff's Office:
Eric T. Kendall, 220 E. Spring Street, Marietta, Ohio, for failure to appear. Original charge was theft.
Miranda A. Bonfini, 51225 Twp Road 9, Woodsfield, Ohio, for failure to appear.
Kayla D. Fry, 208 Upper Fifteen Mile Creek Road, Wingett Run, Ohio, for disorderly conduct.
Christine M. Griffon, 1308 Williamson Avenue, New Matamoras, Ohio, for disorderly conduct.
Megan A. Treadway, 30 Hanover Road, Cutler, Ohio, for failure to appear. Original charge was failure to confine or restrain a dog.
Christopher Vandergrift, 30 Hanover Road, Cutler, Ohio, for failure to appear. Original charge was failure to confine or restrain a dog.
David E. Griffon, 49507 Dangel Lane, Sardis, Ohio, for disorderly conduct.
Eric D. Wright, 80 Little Eight Mile Run Road, Marietta, Ohio, for failure to confine or restrain a dog.
Amanda J. Resecker, 54366 Pike Creek Road, Jacobsburg, Ohio, for probation violation. Original charge was theft.
Sony C. Love, 9552 SR, Vincent, Ohio, for failure to appear. Original charge was driving while under OVI suspension.
Michael S. Williams, 240 Hillcrest Drive, Marietta, Ohio, for failure to appear.
Natasha Salyer, 3569 Veto Road, Vincent, Ohio, for failure to appear.
Hunter D. Brandt, 585 Browns Road, Lot 9, Marietta, Ohio, for probation violation. Original charge was criminal damaging.
Casey Carpenter, 212 Maple Street, Marietta, Ohio, for loose dog.
Bryanna Roberts, 817 Masonic Road, Park Lot 10, Marietta, Ohio, for OVI.
Amanda A. Wallace, 11121 Veto Road, Marietta, Ohio, for possession of a controlled substance.
Jerod S. Williams, 1605 Farson Street, Belpre, Ohio, for probation violation. Original charge was receiving stolen property.
The following subjects were processed into the Washington County Jail between Wednesday 11 Jul 18 and Thursday 12 Jul 18:
Belinda Gena Scott, age 33, 634 Sixth Street, Marietta, Ohio, for no seatbelt, a misdemeanor.
Ashley Nicole Davis, age 30, 810 ½ Center Street, Parkersburg, WV, for two counts of possession of drugs and breach of recognizance, all felonies.
Justin Tyler Gibbs, age 26, 516 Smith Street, Marietta, Ohio, for probation violation and possession of drugs, both felonies.
Jerry Eugene Ball, age 62, 1420 Milner Road, Waterford, Ohio, for domestic violence, a misdemeanor.
Aaron Wesley Cain, age 37, 16687 Crooked Tree Road, Dexter City, Ohio, for disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.
There are currently 20 female inmates and 84 male inmates being housed in the Washington County Jail.
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Herta Lindnerová (3. prosince 1920, Bohosudov – 29. března 1943, věznice Plötzensee) byla odpůrkyně nacismu a účastnice protinacistického hnutí odporu.

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Pocházela z manželství Němce a Češky. Působila jako členka Komunistického svazu mládeže. Po obsazení českého pohraničí Němci pomáhala v Drážďanech formovat odbojovou organizaci Lindenbrüder, která se maskovala jako horolezecké sdružení. V listopadu 1941 byla spolu s dalšími odbojáři organizace zatčena a následně vězněna rok v Berlíně. Roku 1943 ji nacisté nechali popravit.

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Je po ní pojmenován park v Krupce, kde je instalována její busta od místního sochaře Pavla Kartáka.

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#BookReview The Lost Girl in Paris by Jina Bacarr @BoldwoodBooks
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'I will never forget what the Nazi did to me. Never'
Paris, 1940. As Nazis patrol the streets of the French capital, Tiena is alone, desperate and on the run. After defending herself against the force of an officer, she must find a new identity in order to survive.
An accidental meeting with members of the Resistance gives her a lifeline, as she is offered the chance to reinvent herself as perfumer Angéline De Cadieux. However Angéline will never forget what happened to her, and will do everything she can to seek revenge.
But vengeance can be a dangerous game, and Angeline can only hide her true identity for so long before her past catches up with her, with some devastating consequences…
Paris, 2003. When the opportunity arises for aspiring journalist Emma Keane to interview world renowned perfumer Madame De Cadieux about her life during World War Two, she is determined to take it. There are secrets from her own family history that she hopes Angéline may be able to help unlock.
But nothing can prepare Emma for Angéline's story, and one thing is for certain – it will change her own life forever…
Format: Paperback (390 pages) Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publication date: 30th November 2021 Genre: Historical Fiction
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The book alternates between two timelines. The first, set in 2003, features ambitious journalist Emma Keane who manages to gain the agreement of famous parfumier Angéline De Cadieux to tell the story of her life and wartime experiences, a story Angéline has carefully guarded up to that point. As well as promising to be a career-enhancing scoop, Emma has reasons of her own for wanting to delve into the secrets of Angéline's past and the secrets of the parfumier's art.
In the second timeline, set in wartime France, the reader learns about the traumatic events Angéline experienced as a young woman, experiences that put her in fear of capture by the Nazis – and by one Nazi in particular – and that resulted in her transformation from Tiena Cordova to Angéline de Cadieux. We also learn about her time working as a parfumier and as a member of the nascent French Resistance, risking discovery at any moment. As Angéline's subsequent experiences show, the consequences of discovery are degradation, inhuman treatment and almost certain death.
I wasn't completely won over by the dual timeline structure in which Angéline's reminiscences are sometimes related to Emma and at other times direct to the reader in chapters contemporaneous with the events being described. I preferred the style of writing in the latter and I was always glad to immerse myself again in Angeline's story. However, I appreciate the book's structure enabled the author to draw interesting parallels between the two women. One thing the two women share is the presence of two handsome men in their lives. For Angéline this is a much-lamented past love whilst for Emma it is an enticing future prospect (although in true Pride & Prejudice style initially she intensely dislikes the man in question). Eventually the two women's stories come together by which time the bond between them has grown deeper.
Although many of us will know about the persecution of Jewish people by the Nazis, the plight of the Roma people under the regime is probably less well-known, although what they suffered was equally horrific. Angéline's first-hand experience of this, although difficult to read at times, was the most compelling part of the book for me, showing the courage of those who endured the worst that human beings can do to one another. As Emma observes at one point, it's a story that needs to be told.
I received an advance review copy courtesy of Boldwood Books via NetGalley.
In three words: Emotional, dramatic, intense
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Welcome to today's stop on the blog tour for The Lost Girl in Paris by Jina Bacarr. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me to take part in the tour and to Boldwood Books for my review copy via NetGalley. Do check out the posts by my tour buddies for today Frankie at Chicks, Rogues and Scandals and Laura at loopyloulaura.
Before I tell you a little bit more about The Lost Girl in Paris, here are the thoughts of some of the book bloggers who've taken part in the tour so far.
'Believably crafted characters and vivid historical details bring the story to life' Jane Hunt Writer
'Utterly stunning… a perfect read for me' Jera's Jamboree
'A haunting, atmospheric and enthralling dual timeline novel' Bookish Jottings
'Stories like this need to be read' Honestmamreader
'I was quickly drawn into the book by the wonderful writing' My Reading Getaway
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'I will never forget what the Nazis did to me. Never'


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Tag: Gian Galeazzo Visconti
130 – The father of the father of the nation: the rise of the Medici (1402 – 1428)
We follow the life and times of Giovanni di Bicci De Medici, shrewd banker and able politician as he navigates the complicated waters of early 15th century Florentine politics as the republic prepares to kick of an age of unprecedented cultural renewal: the Renaissance
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127 – Milan vs Florence: fight to the death (1395 – 1402)
Florence searches desperately to find support to resit the seemingly unstoppable expansion of the newly formed Duchy of Milan. Will they manage? Or will Gian Galeazzo Visconti complete his vision of including Florence in his dominions.
December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 Alberigo Da Barbiano, Assisi, Braccio da Montone, Da Carrara, Ferrara, Florence, France, Genoa, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gonzaga, Jacopo del Verme, Lucca, Mantova, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Padova, Perugia, Pisa, Podcast, Tuscany, VeniceLeave a comment
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114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)
We follow the joint rule of Galeazzo and Bernabò Visconti as they continue to struggle to expand and consolidate the power of Milan and they set the foundation of a dynasty and a Duchy.
We also see how, following the death of Pope Gregory XI, the election of two rival popes, Urban VI and Clement VII gives rise to the Great Western Schism.
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113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)
After spending so much time gallivanting around town in the kingdom of Naples and the Papal states, it's time to head back up north to Milan to see what's going on. We get there in time to see the passing of Azzone visconti and the new role of Archbishop Giovanni and his brother Luchino, under whom the remains of communal Milan are definitively eliminated and the dynastic Signoria of the Visconti is consolidated, ready to become a great Duchy.
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Home Topics Social Policy and National Integration Digital surveillance: Privacy, data ecosystem and effectiveness
Digital surveillance: Privacy, data ecosystem and effectiveness
Moonyati Yatid
Contact Tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Digital, Legal, Privacy, Public Health, Surveillance, Technology and Security
By Dr Moonyati Yatid, Farlina Said and Tengku NurQistina
The role of technology in aiding our daily lives has grown rapidly since the imposition of lockdowns in many countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
In adapting to the new normal, e-commerce, e-learning and teleconferencing are flourishing.
Technology is also utilised by governments to manage the spread of the novel coronavirus, with increasing attention focused on digital surveillance.
Surveillance in the time of Covid-19
Surveillance has often been tied to the prickly topic of privacy invasion.
Edward Snowden's 2013 expose of the US government's PRISM programme, which monitored and obtained information of people in the US en masse without their consent or knowledge and invaded the citizen's privacy, has become a cautionary tale on government's ability to conduct disproportionate surveillance.
Recently, various countries have chosen different methods for digital contact tracing to manage the spread of Covid-19 — some are less respectful of privacy than others.
Currently, countries like Ecuador utilise GPS location tracking while Singapore and Finland opt for "proximity tracking" using Bluetooth — a less invasive method.
In Malaysia, as many as 92 drones were active as the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM)'s eyes in the sky during the movement control order (MCO).
In the conditional MCO (CMCO), the non-geolocation Bluetooth-enabled MyTrace app exists alongside MySejahtera. The app was developed in co-operation with the National Security Council (NSC), Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to manage any outbreak.
In addition to these is Gerak Malaysia, associated with PDRM and developed by MCMC to deliver a digital ID that verifies motivations for travel.
Gerak Malaysia utilises geolocation data to track and control traffic in their version of contact tracing efforts.
There are also private-sector initiatives such as a web-based check-in platform CovCT developed by Madison Technologies (an idea similar to Selangor's SElangkah app).
The options available raise questions on our personal information's collection methods and storage. To manage a pandemic, it is essential to conduct contact tracing but we need to acknowledge data collection as an industry where information can be shared but also exploited.
As tracking and surveillance technology appears to be an essential part of managing the pandemic, the question then is how to protect all this data?
Dealing with the challenges of surveillance
The role of the private sector in developing the ecosystem provides a layer of innovation but also adds complexities to regulation.
The parties handling data of citizens would have to comply with regulations by the government. However, regulations require enforcement, which is challenging when data breaches are neither disclosed nor reported.
Another challenge is the rapidly changing digital environment which complicates terminology and can introduce grey areas.
In addition to privacy and security concerns, many question if such surveillance tools are effective enough to combat Covid-19 linked issues.
A study in Shenzhen, China showed that contact tracing to rapidly isolate people who could be infected with Covid-19 reduced the length of time people were infectious in the community, compared to cases identified through symptomatic observations.
Manual contact tracing is not only time-consuming, but also lacks accuracy and is limited in coverage — hence needs to be complemented by digital contact tracing.
Upon announcing the CMCO, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin advised that both manual and digital contact tracing methods for citizens be implemented.
As part of the SOP, shops need to record the name, phone number and date of visit for all customers as part of contact tracing measures.
However, with digital contact tracing, identification of contact tracing is more precise as Bluetooth records users' encounters and distance between them.
Further, it could also trace beyond manual tracking by shops that citizens visit, for instance at train stations, petrol stations, parking spots and other public areas.
Some of the applications rolled-out by the government have announced that data would be kept for a certain timeframe such as MyTrace (21 days) and Gerak Malaysia (six months after the end of the MCO).
MyTrace and CovCT are said to anonymise their data through logging practices with MyTrace keeping data in the clients' device.
These are steps that could ensure good industry practices as data is only used as and when intended. However, in a weak regulatory environment and should the threat of Covid-19 ease, such systems can be abandoned, leaving legacy issues that could be exploited.
There can be fewer security updates or mismanagement of private and public systems which could introduce vulnerabilities, exploit personal information and weaken trust in the digital ecosystem.
Further, while the digital tracking design opted are less intrusive, security risks still exist as malicious actors could still hack the anonymised location and time-stamped user data.
Moreover, a drawback of Bluetooth is its potential to turn up a large number of false positives. Moreover, in order for the app to be effective, a substantial number of people will need to install the app.
In Malaysia, downloading MyTrace app is voluntary with adoption expected to be low, unlike the mandatory approach in China. Thus, while digital surveillance allows faster and wider coverage to contact-trace, there are still various concerns that are yet to be solved.
Proposed solutions
To manage potential privacy red flags, governments should limit mass gathering of data when it comes to contract tracing.
The danger lies in the vulnerability of sensitive and private information like a person's name, address, sexual orientation, healthcare issues and political beliefs.
A precautionary step to consider is the anonymisation of such data. Further, governments need a strict set of criteria to maintain their responsibility and commitment to citizens' right to privacy.
They also prove and earn the trust of its citizens by doing so. This is on top of proportionate, time-bound and transparent surveillance.
Lessons from the Snowden leak altered the way data is gathered and processed by governments. The US Freedom Act was inserted as a response to the NSA's mass data collection and saw more targeted surveillance contingent on stringent permission.
For responses to private sector data collection, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU-enacted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) pave the way for individuals to seek damages for privacy violations, particularly violations on rights accorded to consumers.
Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) requires users to be notified of the information obtained, its purpose and the destination.
It is also the responsibility of operators to ensure the security of the data. However, the Act could use an update particularly in areas that would define SOPs, a scaled form of monetary penalties, mandatory breach disclosures and mechanisms for enforcement.
It should be noted that PDPA does not apply in the case of government collection and would not obligate federal and state agencies to be transparent in their data management.
This ought to be rectified. A public consultation paper on PDPA had made its rounds in February and would hopefully reflect the updates needed, particularly at this crucial moment.
As Malaysia and the world begin to ease their lockdowns and reopen their economies, citizens will inevitably be more exposed to the virus, to which a vaccine has yet to be found.
While there is no definitive proof that the digital surveillance itself is the reason for success in curbing the spread of Covid-19, technology has played an enormous role in this pandemic and will likely continue to do so in many aspects of governance and social life.
Nevertheless, it is pivotal that governments ensure it is used appropriately without endangering citizens to security and privacy vulnerabilities.
This article first appeared in the Malay Mail on 17 May 2020
Dr Moonyati is a Senior Analyst in the Technology, Innovation, Environment and Sustainability (TIES) Programme of ISIS Malaysia. Previously, she worked in the oil and gas industry, driving Organisational Improvements for the Technology and Engineering division. She holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from University of Sydney, Australia. Her research works focused on human's mental, physical and social behaviours and their interactions with collaborative software and hardware tools. She obtained a bachelor degree of Engineering in Design and Information Sciences, with a dissertation on integrating culture in designing groupware, from Wakayama University, Japan. Her research interests include technology and innovation, culture and identity, organisational psychology as well as nation-building.
By: Moonyati Yatid, Tengku Qistina and Farlina Said


We are proud to announce that Windward has officially ventured into NASCAR! Never in a million years could we have envisioned seeing our logo on a racecar. However, thanks to Dollar Shave Club and their #DSC500 promotion, we were 1 of 500 businesses picked to be featured on Matt Tifft's No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. The DSC500 was Dollar Shave Club's way to pay it forward and celebrate small businesses by giving 500 companies a chance to be a NASCAR sponsor for one day on Saturday March 10th, 2018 at ISM Raceway in Phoenix.
"We definitely appreciate [Dollar Shave Club] letting these small business owners have a chance to have their logo on a NASCAR," said Matt just before the start of the race.
With our logo on the hood of the car and jerky in hand, we eagerly tuned in to cheer Matt on. After a long day and a rare rain delay in the desert, Matt was able to power through the wet conditions and finish strong in 7th place overall. It was his first top 10 finish this racing season and we are sure there will be many more to come.
We can't say enough how proud we are to have partnered up with Dollar Shave Club and Matt Tifft. On this day, Windward was just 1 of 500 logos represented on a NASCAR but it got us thinking about how cool it would be to have one to ourselves…Stay tuned for any future Windward racing updates, in the meantime we will soak this one in and focus on making great jerky.