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America's Greatest Designs
May 1, 2014 By Jeff Caldwell
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One of America's most notable characteristics is the architecture that dots its landscape. Like all aesthetically appealing designs, successful American architecture works with the environment around it in a harmonious fashion. This makes it easy to distinguish the truly great architecture from the well-intentioned executions that didn't quite succeed. Here are some of the greatest American designs and what makes them noteworthy.
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At the time of its construction, this curvy edifice in New York City by Frank Lloyd Wright stood apart from its contemporaries, and it continues to defy convention to this day. As a result, it still features prominently in films, syndicated television and on the covers of popular American publications, like The New Yorker.
One of the most cited examples of Art Deco in the United States, the Chrysler Building in Midtown Manhattan works because of the way it bucked the trends. Although it was built during the Great Depression era that later gave way to structures like 40 Wall Street and the Empire State Building, it stands apart in that it's not as formulaic as these others.
John Hancock Center
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As economist Ajay Shah noted, architectural arms races often contribute to the development of great works, especially in instances where the rich struggle to compete with one another via ostentatious displays of wealth. The Chrysler Building didn't keep the title of "world's tallest building" for long — just 11 months. Nonetheless, its curves and metal cladding make it more unique than its competitors by far.
This Chicago skyscraper is exemplary of Fazlur Khan's method of creating tubular high-rise designs. The X-bracing that crosses the building's exterior marks a major architectural change in which the key structural elements of tall American buildings became more visible, and engineering professors like C.M. Chan note that this concept would later be used in other tall buildings around the world.
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Another example of Khan's tubular architecture in Chicago, America's second-highest edifice draws 1 million visitors each year. Unlike most of the other examples on this list, it presents a stepped profile that makes it easy to distinguish the different columnar elements that comprise the structure as a whole. This staggered design breaks up Chicago's skyline of largely rectangular, single-height towers without deviating too far from the norm.
David S. Ingalls Rink
This hockey rink in Yale University's hometown of New Haven, Conn., is so uniquely iconic that it sports the moniker "The Whale," and it's easy to see where the name comes from. While not as popular or well known as some other American designs, it still sets itself apart as an uncommon exercise in organic form that somehow remains harmoniously integrated with its surroundings.
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Filed Under: Chicago, Design, Feature Posts Tagged With: Architecture, Chicago, design, urban design
About Jeff Caldwell
Jeff Caldwell is Brand Manager of Superior Shelter in Carrollton, Georgia — a division of Superior Recreational Products. Caldwell has more than 30 years experience in sales and marketing in both the public- and private-sector markets. With a love for the outdoors, Caldwell has been involved in the outdoor design world and parks and recreation community since 1993. Caldwell attended Florida State University.
Superior Shelter accepts shelter design challenges from designers, landscape architects and architects around the world. The company creates custom shelters, such as gazebos and pergolas, specific to your commercial outdoor needs.
Website: http://srpshelter.com/
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Michael-Leonard says
If "successful American architecture works with the environment around it in a harmonious fashion," then by your own definition, the great Guggenheim would not be considered successful.
Way to contradict yourself on the very first example.


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"""
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GSP (Generalized Sequential Pattern) algorithm
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GSP algorithm made with Python3 to deal with arrays as transactions.

Example:

transactions = [
                ['Bread', 'Milk'],
                ['Bread', 'Diaper', 'Beer', 'Eggs'],
                ['Milk', 'Diaper', 'Beer', 'Coke'],
                ['Bread', 'Milk', 'Diaper', 'Beer'],
                ['Bread', 'Milk', 'Diaper', 'Coke']
            ]
"""

import logging
import multiprocessing as mp
from collections import Counter
from itertools import chain
from itertools import product

import numpy as np

__author__ = "Jackson Antonio do Prado Lima"
__email__ = "jacksonpradolima@gmail.com"
__license__ = "GPL"
__version__ = "1.0"

class GSP:

    def __init__(self, raw_transactions):
        self.freq_patterns = []
        self._pre_processing(raw_transactions)

    def _pre_processing(self, raw_transactions):
        '''
        Prepare the data

        Parameters:
                raw_transactions: the data that it will be analysed
        '''
        self.max_size = max([len(item) for item in raw_transactions])
        self.transactions = [tuple(list(i)) for i in raw_transactions]
        counts = Counter(chain.from_iterable(raw_transactions))
        self.unique_candidates = [tuple([k]) for k, c in counts.items()]

    def _is_slice_in_list(self, s, l):
        len_s = len(s)  # so we don't recompute length of s on every iteration
        return any(s == l[i:len_s + i] for i in range(len(l) - len_s + 1))

    def _calc_frequency(self, results, item, minsup):
        # The number of times the item appears in the transactions
        frequency = len(
            [t for t in self.transactions if self._is_slice_in_list(item, t)])
        if frequency >= minsup:
            results[item] = frequency
        return results

    def _support(self, items, minsup=0):
        '''
        The support count (or simply support) for a sequence is defined as
        the fraction of total data-sequences that "contain" this sequence.
        (Although the word "contains" is not strictly accurate once we
        incorporate taxonomies, it captures the spirt of when a data-sequence
        contributes to the support of a sequential pattern.)

        Parameters
                items: set of items that will be evaluated
                minsup: minimum support
        '''
        results = mp.Manager().dict()
        pool = mp.Pool(processes=mp.cpu_count())

        for item in items:
            pool.apply_async(self._calc_frequency,
                             args=(results, item, minsup))
        pool.close()
        pool.join()

        return dict(results)

    def _print_status(self, run, candidates):
        logging.debug("""
        Run {}
        There are {} candidates.
        The candidates have been filtered down to {}.\n"""
                      .format(run,
                              len(candidates),
                              len(self.freq_patterns[run - 1])))

    def search(self, minsup=0.2):
        '''
        Run GSP mining algorithm

        Parameters
                minsup: minimum support
        '''
        assert (0.0 < minsup) and (minsup <= 1.0)
        minsup = len(self.transactions) * minsup

        # the set of frequent 1-sequence: all singleton sequences
        # (k-itemsets/k-sequence = 1) - Initially, every item in DB is a
        # candidate
        candidates = self.unique_candidates

        # scan transactions to collect support count for each candidate
        # sequence & filter
        self.freq_patterns.append(self._support(candidates, minsup))

        # (k-itemsets/k-sequence = 1)
        k_items = 1

        self._print_status(k_items, candidates)

        # repeat until no frequent sequence or no candidate can be found
        while len(self.freq_patterns[k_items - 1]) and (k_items + 1 <= self.max_size):
            k_items += 1

            # Generate candidate sets Ck (set of candidate k-sequences) -
            # generate new candidates from the last "best" candidates filtered
            # by minimum support
            items = np.unique(
                list(set(self.freq_patterns[k_items - 2].keys())))

            candidates = list(product(items, repeat=k_items))

            # candidate pruning - eliminates candidates who are not potentially
            # frequent (using support as threshold)
            self.freq_patterns.append(self._support(candidates, minsup))

            self._print_status(k_items, candidates)
        return self.freq_patterns[:-1]

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Phoenix members (from left) Thomas Mars, Laurent Brancowitz, Deck d'Arcy, Chris Mazzalai.
America is no stranger to French culture. From Monet to Camus, Bardot to Brie cheese, the list of artists, philosophers, authors, filmmakers and culinary delights whose influence is felt here in the U.S. is long. Rock stars, however, weren't on that list until Phoenix burst onto the scene in 2009 with their smash hit album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. With hits including "1901" (best known for its "Falling, falling, falling," chorus) and "Lisztomania," the four members of Phoenix are breaking new ground as the first French rock band to conquer U.S. charts, and their star keeps on rising.
Vocalist Thomas Mars, bassist Deck d'Arcy, and guitarist Chris Mazzalai started out as teenagers in a garage band playing out of Mars' basement in the suburbs of Paris, France. Later on, Laurent Brancowitz, Mazzalai's older brother, permanently joined the band on guitar after the end of Darlin', a band that Brancowitz had formed with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (best known for creating another French group, the duo Daft Punk). Little did the Phoenix fellows know then that they would go from practicing in a basement to hitting number one on Billboard charts in the States. D'Arcy, who started playing bass when he was 14, says early on he and his fellow band members had big ambitions.
"Back then we wanted to become like Iggy Pop, like a cool guy, like cool American guys," he recalls. "We wanted to be a big band and tour the U.S. and tour the whole world but when you get into it, you realize it's going to be a bit more complicated than that."
Complicated, perhaps, but it's safe to say Phoenix can be described now as "cool guys." This year at Coachella they performed live with R. Kelly, who came on stage as a surprise guest. They did a mash-up of R. Kelly's "Ignition" and their own hit "1901." Later, R. Kelly did a remix of "Trying To Be Cool" from the band's newest album, Bankrupt!
Even though the band members grew up in France and are more comfortable speaking in their native tongue, their music is written and sung in English. D'Arcy attributes that to their early musical influences— bands from the U.S. and the UK like My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain. The French music they listened to at the time, says d'Arcy, seemed "cheesy."
"We try to come up with songs in French, but we never manage to finish it. Maybe one day we'll do it, I don't know. It's easier to write in English because there's a language barrier that makes things more cryptic," he says. "Because it's finite, it's cryptic and poetic."
Sudden fame can be disorienting, but d'Arcy says the band's progressive rise feels natural: "The biggest step was that we went from just being a band in a basement to a band with an album. But after that, it was just like growing up."
Staying focused on performances, d'Arcy notes, keeps them grounded.
"We try to make it not just a better rock show," he says, "we try to add something new and have surprises as much as possible. It's a lot of work, but we're almost reaching it."
"The Bloody Angle", title track on The Bloody Angle's debut album The Bloody Angle is unmistakably influenced by Neil Young. The rest of the album maintains a distinct and unique quality, however. Their use of lap-steel guitars and gritty vocals makes you think you're running through the muck in the backwoods of the south. According to Matt Singleton, songwriter-producer, it was recorded onto tape using no edits, no grid, and no auto-tune. When it was done recording, the album was cut onto vinyl directly from the analog tape. Carl Rowatti, at Trutone Mastering Labs in New York, was the only person they knew of who still cuts like that.
The band wanted this eponymous album to have an overall theme that called back to the southern countryside during an older and more wild time. Their name comes from a section of the Confederate line at the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse during the Civil War, and the title track is an illustration of that battle, from a Confederate soldier's point of view.
Performing at The Southern with The Bloody Angle is The Deadmen, a rock and roll band from Washington D.C., who will be featuring their fellow Washingtonian Justin Jones.
Labor Day is everyone's last chance to celebrate the summer with a bang, spending time in the sun with family and friends. And, Wintergreen Resort is making sure you don't get away without doing all this season's activities. If you couldn't go on that big vacation or missed out on some of the fun in the sun, just go to Wintergreen this weekend and you'll have no regrets about your summer.
The festivities kick off Friday night with a bonfire at Discovery Ridge and live bands at The Edge. Then there's a wine festival, an arts and crafts showcase, scenic chairlift rides, movie night and an international music festival. The last day wraps up at Monocan Lake with a blindfold beach relay, swim/climb challenge, blindfolded sand wedge chipping and a hula hoop contest. There's going to be a wide array of kids activities scheduled like a Build-A-Bear station, tie-dye t-shirt making, and face painting.
August 30-Sept 1, Wintergreen Resort, All day.
Keller Williams is a one-man jam band of unlimited layers, using his Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro looping unit and his custom-made ten-string guitar to weave and build upon eccentric, quirky, half-improvised medleys. His tenor singing voice is familiar and inviting, combined with his music, makes for an uplifting and surreal performance. After the Pre-Party show at The Jefferson, his band Keller and the Keels will be performing the next day at Lockn' Festival.
Pegi Young, wife of the famous Neil Young, got her start in the music business as her husband's backup singer on stage and on record. She debuted as a solo artist in 2007 with a self-titled album that Allmusic.com described as, "Loose, relaxed, and flows from beginning to end." The album features guest appearances from Neil Young, Marty Stuart, The Jordinaires, and includes songs by Joe Sample, Jimmy Buffet, and Will Jennings. Pegi Young & The Survivors are performing at the Lockn' Festival on Friday, September 6.
Stuff to do with kids..
It's been a productive year for First Colony Winery, the grapes are harvested and they're ready to celebrate. Ever see that episode of I Love Lucy when they stomp grapes in Italy? You'll get a chance to experience that for yourself at First Colony this Labor Day weekend. They're serving a hearty harvest lunch with live music, wine tasting, grape stomping, tractor rides, winery tours, and a souvenir wine glass. But, space is limited, so get your tickets today.
Madison Chamber of Commerce is bringing you live entertainment, shopping, food vendors, pony rides, antique cars and a re-enactment of Civil War camp life. The event started in 1992 as a heritage festival that celebrated the traditional mountain cultures of the 18th and 19th centuries in America and in 1999, it was named one of the top 20 festivals in the southeastern region.
Saturday, August 31 at 9am at Main Street Madison. 540-948-4455. Free.
This is Virginia's largest all-women's event with 3,500 ladies participating. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to join in. The race is routed through a four-mile scenic course in western Albemarle— be sure to cheer on your family and friends from the sidelines. For the 21st straight year, proceeds will benefit the UVA Cancer Center Breast Care Program. Race registration is full, but you can still make a donation to help them reach their $400,000 goal.
Saturday, August 31 at 8am at Garth Road. 434-293-6115. Free to attend.
Art: Final Friday. UVA Arts Grounds. All day. Free.
Theater: Return to the Forbidden Planet. Blackfriars Playhouse.
Agriculture: Meet Yer Eats Farm Tour. Charlottesville and surrounding counties. 10am. $15 per car.
Beleza Duo at Keswick Vineyards.
Sept 14th, McIntire Plaza Fall Festival & Open House, McIntire Plaza (Allied St), 2p-6p, Free.
Carmellos Italian restaurant has reopened in a new location. You can have Momma Stella's delicious Italian Cuisine at: 400 Shopper's World Court right next to Homegoods!
For additional information, contact Michelle Diana Busby, at: 434-882-8300 or mdianabusby@gmail.com.


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Q: Toy almost everywhere flat metric I was looking into this paper from 2003 by Krasnikov - "The quantum inequalities do not forbid spacetime shortcuts" - and apart from the fact that I find it very scetchy without many details and hard to follow - because I feel it is unstructured and not quite clear what follows from what - I just have a question about a specific metric he introduces in the beginning i.e. which is depicted in FIG1 and I state here for the 2 dimensional case. I however find his notation somewhat unintuitively so maybe I understand something wrong. Anyway...
$$
{\rm d}s^2 = {\rm d}t^2 - {\rm d}r^2 - R^2(r) {\rm d}\phi^2
$$
where
$$
R(r)=\begin{cases} r \qquad D_a + \delta < r \\ ? \qquad D_a<r<D_a+\delta \\ r-(D_a-d) \qquad D_a-d<r<D_a \\ 0 \qquad r<D_a-d\end{cases}
$$
that's how I at least read it. In the slice $D_a < r < D_a + \delta$ it is not specified is that right? And for $r<D_a - d$ it vanishes?
He then argues that null cones are "more open" inside the cylinder.
How is that? Null cones are
$${\rm d}s^2 = 0$$
that is for the choice $\phi={\rm const}$ these are the lines $t=\pm r$ which are just the flat null cones also inside. What am I missing here?

A: In OP's notation the actual definition of function $R(r)$ should be
$$R(r)=\begin{cases} r  &r\ge D_a + \delta, \\ ? & D_a<r<D_a+\delta , \\ r-(D_a-d) & D_a-d\le r \le D_a. \end{cases}$$
In other words no last branch, because radial variable $r$ is defined only on the half-line $r\ge D_a -d$. At $r=D_a-d$ there is a coordinate singularity but it is easy to see that it is the same coordinate singularity that is at z-axis of a usual cylindrical coordinates of the 3D flat space.
So the manifold of 2+1 "shortcut" example consists of three parts, glued along their boundaries:

*

*Flat interior cylinder of the radius $d$. It we introduce auxiliary radial variable $\rho= r-(D_a - d)$ the metric in this region takes the form
$$
ds^2=dt^2-d\rho^2-\rho^2 d\phi^2,\qquad 0\le \rho \le d,
$$
in other words, Minkowski metric inside the timelike cylinder.

*Curved region.   Its spacelike section is an aunnulus $D_a<r<D_a+\delta $. The function $R(r)$ for this region, though not defined explicitly must be chosen to smoothly interpolate between the boundary values of $d$ and $D_a+\delta$. So, while the radial variable changes by $\delta$ the circumference of circles $r=\rm const$ varies from  $2\pi d$ for the inner circle to $2\pi (D_a+\delta)$ for the outer circle.

*The outer region is a flat Minkowski spacetime outside the timelike cylinder given by $r\ge D_a + \delta $.
To visualize the spacetime one could draw the lightcones on the crossection by the plane passing through the $t$-axis. For visualization we could make of two choices:

*

*We could isometrically embed both flat regions in the diagram.  This means that the curved region would be stretched along the radial direction. This is illustrated by the following image:

Curved (shaded) region is stretched but its proper radial thickness is only $\delta$. Therefore the slant of null geodesics in it is small.

*

*Alternatively, we could keep the radial thickness of the curved region. This means that the interior region must be stretched along the spatial direction:

This visualization would indeed make the lightcones of the interior region more "open" as the slant of null geodesic is smaller due to the stretching. But of course, this is only effect of this particular visualization choice of coordinates.

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Learning from Life: Just because we can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't real!
Just because we can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't real!
Great example of how to truly have compassion for things we have never gone through. Understanding and support are vital in these situations!
Great article, hope you take the time to read it!
Jadi Wright, 14, poses for her mother during a recent photo shoot in Berryville, Va. She is successfully coping with anxiety.
One year ago, if a friend had told me he was suffering from anxiety so debilitating it prevented him from working, studying, speaking in public or even being alone, I might have suggested it was a figment of his imagination.
Panic attacks? Please. Take a deep breath, pal.
Can't sleep? Come on. Count more sheep. Better yet, count more unicorns, since they have a lot in common with your little imagined problem.
To that hypothetical friend suffering from anxiety-related disorders, I owe you an apology. Because so much has changed in the past year, I hardly recognize my own naive, inconsiderate memories. Anxiety didn't just knock on our front door — it joined the family.
My new understanding began last fall when, without obvious trigger or explanation, my 14-year-old daughter, Jadi, began experiencing anxiety about being away from home or being away from a parent. Unless Mom or Dad accompanied her, it was difficult to attend school, church, etc. By the time Christmas break ended, she was unable to walk back into the building without panic attacks so serious they brought tears to her eyes — and ours.
While I began to research the world of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and panic disorders, and even post-traumatic stress, my wife did the only thing she could think of to help our daughter continue progressing.
My wife enrolled in the eighth grade.
For the second semester of the school year, Jadi was never in the building without her mother. At first, Mom sat in the classroom. Later, she moved to a desk in the hallway where Jadi could see her. Finally, she set up shop in the library and spent the entire school day there as Jadi moved from class to class, occasionally stopping by to check in.
They walked into the building together at 8 a.m. and walked out at 3 p.m. — a seven-hour day. The axiom "parenting is a full-time job" had a whole new meaning in our home.
My wife's willingness to sacrifice her time, friends, responsibilities, work and hobbies from January to June is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. If our acts of kindness are truly recorded in heaven, the angels have gone to volumes II, III and IV on my wife's edition.
As the two of them adjusted to their new reality and Jadi began receiving professional help to better understand her trials, I dove into researching this world that previously seemed as fictional as one of my books.
The view on the other side of my foggy ignorance was staggering.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders affect roughly 40 million adults each year. That's approximately 18 percent of all American adults, nearly one in five.
Obviously, fear and uncertainly chase our teens, too. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that about 8 percent of teens ages 13 to 18 have an anxiety disorder. Of these, only 18 percent receive health care.
Though the numbers were a surprise, nothing pried my eyes open more than meeting so many faces of anxiety. The more I opened up and sought counsel, the more I discovered that among those 40 million sufferers are many of the people I love most in this world: family members, neighbors and people I both work and worship with.
A conversation with the woman who edits most of my articles at the Deseret News, Brooke Porter, revealed that she, too, suffers and seeks regular care. She's been open about her challenges and shared her trial with the world in a popular, praiseworthy KSL column.
One young friend of mine preparing to serve a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was diagnosed with a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder that has remapped his life in ways he couldn't have imagined. I'm certain that by leaning on professional and heavenly wisdom, he'll overcome.
Those aware of our daughter's struggles often ask how she's doing. After an anxious summer, Jadi walked into high school with all the other terrified freshmen. With the love of a supportive older sister, as well as good friends who share her values and believe in her, she's found a place for herself in an institution that has humbled millions.
Perhaps the greatest evidence of her growth and healing is this very column. She is willing to go on record with her challenges with the hope and prayer that someone might benefit from knowing they are not alone.
One year ago, if my daughter told me she would suffer from anxiety so debilitating it would prevent her from working, studying, speaking in public or even being alone, and that she was willing to share her struggles with the world, I might have suggested it was a figment of her imagination.
I've learned a lot at the feet of anxiety this year. I've learned anxiety and its related illnesses are as real as broken bones and ear infections. I've learned that many around me are suffering with things I cannot always see and almost always do not understand. But my failure to understand doesn't make their suffering any less painful.
Finally, I've learned I don't owe an apology to my hypothetical friend — I owe it to a real one.


Joel Roby was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and is very familiar with the Columbus area and surrounding suburbs. He attended Ohio University where he earned his Engineering Degree in Aviation. Joel began working in the family business at age 16 and returned full time upon his graduation from college. He has extensive real estate experience in buying, selling, and leasing commercial and residential properties. During his free time, Joel enjoys golfing, recreational flying, and spending time with friends and family.


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Facebook to shut down use of facial recognition technology – PostBulletin.com
The social media giant has used facial recognition since 2010 to encourage people to tag friends or family members in photos and videos, and to alert people if another user uploads a picture that they're in. It eventually added some privacy constraints, and in 2017 it let people opt out of facial recognition. In 2019 Facebook turned off the feature by default, though users could choose to turn it on.
Facebook on Monday said it will shut down this system for privacy reasons, and will delete more than 1 billion "facial recognition templates" it has collected over the years. More than a third of Facebook's daily active users are currently using the feature, the company wrote in a blog post.
Artificial intelligence-based facial recognition is controversial industrywide — not just at Facebook — though the social network's use of the technology led to a legal settlement that cost the company $650 million in 2020. In that case, Facebook was accused of illegally collecting biometric data about users without their consent.
"Every new technology brings with it potential for both benefit and concern, and we want to find the right balance," Meta wrote in the post. "In the case of facial recognition, its long-term role in society needs to be debated in the open, and among those who will be most impacted by it."
Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have also been sued for their use of facial recognition software. Amazon, which sells Ring security cameras and other consumer products for home surveillance, has paused use of its cloud-computing unit's facial recognition technology for law-enforcement purposes after claims that the system struggles with identifying people of color.
Clearview AI Inc., another purveyor of facial recognition technology, has been the subject of complaints by privacy organizations in the U.S. and Europe. Watchdog groups have accused Clearview of scraping images from social media profiles and the internet, potentially against some websites' terms of use.
Meta's move comes after years of intense scrutiny from regulators and privacy advocates, who say the company has been reckless with user data. Meta has developed a reputation as a company that doesn't take user data protection seriously enough, an image that was highlighted by a $5 billion privacy settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2019 after an investigation into its privacy practices. Company executives are routinely called before lawmakers to answer questions about its business practices and data collection.
But Meta is now also trying to build a new …….
Source: https://www.postbulletin.com/business/technology/7266765-Facebook-to-shut-down-use-of-facial-recognition-technology
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Kenya-GAP Successfully Re-benchmarked for GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard Version 4
Kenya-GAP, the Kenya Good Agricultural Practice scheme, is now officially recognized as equivalent to the GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Standard Version 4 for both Fruit & Vegetables and Flowers & Ornamentals under the category Approved Modified Checklist.
Kenya-GAP was the first quality assurance scheme to be benchmarked against GLOBALG.A.P. in Africa, and has demonstrated how it is possible to incorporate smallholder needs into GLOBALG.A.P. developed by the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) and launched in 1996, Kenya-GAP came as a response to demands for practical orientation to the farming conditions and practical realties in terms of practices, process and techniques that uniquely characterize community farming in most parts of the country and the region. As a result, the scheme strongly incorporates small-scale farming methods and concerns.
Kenya-GAP is used by the FPEAK's members to promote and ensure the implementation of socially and environmentally sound production and marketing practices of their fresh produce. The scheme covers the entire spectrum of production, food handling, transportation, packaging and waste management and meets standards of environmental management, product food safety, quality, traceability and occupational health & safety of workers.
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Driver Ed provides the opportunity to experience the performance potential of your Porsche in a safe, controlled environment. You will receive classroom instruction in safety and high-performance driving techniques, and drive your own car on a road racecourse . This is not a racing school, but you get instruction from an experienced instructor, who rides with you. You learn proper braking, cornering, and track-reading skills in these two-day events. Safety, medical, and technical requirements must be met.
A typical event is two days long (Saturday & Sunday). In addition to the classroom instruction and on-track driving, you will have opportunities to ride on the track with your instructor, meet a bunch of great people during the day and at a Saturday night dinner if you choose.
Coupes/Targas: A helmet with a 2010 or newer Snell SA, K, or M safety rating. All natural-fiber clothing, fully enclosed shoes (no sandals). Plus your car, of course, in good mechanical condition, which will be verified by a technical inspection performed by a local mechanic or dealer and double-checked at the track.
Cabriolets: All of the above, plus a roll bar.
Boxsters: All of the above. Boxsters have a built-in roll bar. Be sure that the top of your head with helmet on is below the roll bar when in a normal seating position. We use the "broomstick" test. Place a broomstick across the roll bar & top of the windshield. If you sit below that you will be allowed on-track. If you don't fit, Boxster roll-bar extensions are available that may solve the problem.


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Purpose, vision, mission, and values — here's how they all work together
An organization's guiding principles provide the foundation for how the organization behaves — from how it acts to how it speaks to how it makes decisions.
Needless to say, that makes these principles critically important. Yet the majority of the iterations of these principles that I have seen are convoluted at best. Too often, they are some crazy mash-up — a little bit of vision, a dash of mission, and a few values sprinkled throughout for good measure.
This is why, when asked, most will say, "Sure we have a mission. It's in a frame in the conference room. I can't remember exactly what it says."
Again, these are the principles that are intended to inform our every move. Yet, most of them fail to stick. And only a rare few go on to actually inspire us.
We have the opportunity to get these right. To create something that actually inspires everyone. The first step is to understand the role of each of these guiding principles. Here is something that will help.
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Vision and mission statements are an important part of how organizations articulate what they're all about. They act as inward-facing guideposts, providing the 'what' and 'how' to steer our efforts.
But understand the mission's role in relation to the purpose. Here is the hierarchy:
The Big Audacious Meaning (purpose) — this is why we exist. It is the impact we will have on a life, a community, or even the world.
The vision — this is what we hope to achieve that will help create that Big Audacious Meaning
The mission — this is how we will achieve our vision
The values — these are the principles that will guide us as we pursue our mission.
It's important to note that the Big Audacious Meaning sits above our vision, mission, and values.
If we treat it this way, we'll energize everyone from our team members to our prospects. We'll turn the mildly interested into the rabidly passionate. But we have to understand the dynamic. It's as simple as this: a mission statement is how we aspire. A Big Audacious Meaning is how we inspire.
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If you are looking for a powerful business tool that will take your business from one level to another, then the tool is project management. Regardless of the size of your business, project management will help in getting your business from one level to another. It will give you the techniques and guidelines and repeatable processes that will help you to manage the work and individuals involved.
Your chances of success will be significantly increased, and you will be able to deliver your projects efficiently and consistently and within the required timelines. The smartsheet alternative will help you in manage your project. Let us explore some of the benefits of project management.
One of the advantages of project management is that it leads to better efficiency in delivery. One of the characteristics of the project management is that it provides a plan which should be followed when undertaking a specific project.
When the road plan is followed to the letter, it will lead to the completion of the project within the specified timeframe. It points out the potholes and bumps which you are likely to face. This, therefore, makes you wiser as you put measures in place to counter the challenges that you are likely to face.
In any business model, the customers are of utmost importance. It is the customers who determine how profitable a business venture is. The customers' satisfaction is, therefore, critical since it will determine whether the customers will return to do business with you or not.
Project management will help you to deliver quality work within the specified timeframe. This will help in keeping your customers happy. It also has the relevant tools that help in enhancing the manager's and client's relationships.
One of the reasons as to why individuals and businesses outsource different services is because they cannot correctly do the assigned task. Project management allows company to implement various strategies that help it complete the given assignment in the required time and manner.
Project management also makes it possible to grow and develop your team. Research has shown that the most successful companies are those that invest in the development of their employees.
This is critical because of the constant change in the market. Project management will help them to grow and learn the required skills that will help them to adapt to the ever-changing dynamics in the workplace quickly. The video below talks about the processes of project management.


In accordance with the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals (2010), a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) preliminary scan was conducted for the CanCode Program. The Preliminary Scan indicated that the proposal is unlikely to result in important environmental effects but may indirectly help to achieve over the long term some of the goals and targets of the 2016–2019 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS).
The CanCode program will invest $50 million over two years, starting in 2017–18, to support initiatives providing educational opportunities for coding and digital skills development to Canadian youth from kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12). The program aims to equip youth, including traditionally underrepresented groups, with the skills and study incentives they need to be prepared for the jobs of today and the future.
The global economy is increasingly digital, and the world is moving towards the adoption of more environmentally sustainable growth strategies, energy production methods, clean resources and green technology. While Canada is already home to one of the best-educated workforces in the world, programs such as CanCode will develop the skills and talents needed for Canadians to participate in the innovative industries that are helping the world shift to a low-carbon economy.
Growing the domestic talent pool available to clean industries is essential for their continued success, international competitiveness, and innovative potential. The long term environmental impact of CanCode is likely to be positive as more Canadians become equipped with the skills and experiences required for success in a knowledge-based, low carbon economy, where clean industries are increasingly important.


On behalf of Brown, PC posted in Offshore Accounts/International Tax Disputes on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
Staying abreast of changes in reporting requirements on foreign accounts has been a significant agenda item for anyone who works in the banking field. The signature authority rules have even resulted in overlapping requirements.
Proposed regulations would clarify some of the rules for filing Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs). The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) would expand filing requirements by eliminating the 25-or-more rule, but simplify the rules for some employees with signature authority over accounts.
U.S. persons (broadly defined as U.S. citizens and green card holders) need to disclose all their income from foreign bank and security accounts as well as foreign trusts. This goes on Form 1040 Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends. Depending on the value of the account, a taxpayer may need to file several other forms.
Form 8938 may be necessary depending on the aggregate value of foreign financial assets. The thresholds vary based on filing status.
Then there is the FBAR now known as FinCEN Form 114. This is not a tax form. It is filed directly with a Treasury department if a foreign financial account had a balance of $10,000 or more at any time in the previous year. It is important to note the FBAR reporting deadline has moved to April 15.
Some officers and employees have overlapping signature authority (although no financial interest) in foreign financial accounts owned by a parent entity and its controlled subsidiary. The proposed regs would eliminate the need for employees to report these accounts if the employer already reports them.
Currently, separate FBARs are not required when a U.S. person has a financial interest (including signature authority) over 25 or more foreign accounts. The proposed regulations eliminate this so called "25-or-more rule." This change is designed to provide FinCEN with more detailed foreign account information.
Does your diversified investment portfolio include foreign accounts? Do you have signature authority over foreign accounts through your job? Learn more about current FBAR filing requirements by speaking with an attorney well versed in this complicated area of the law.


Main floor living in this well maintained home in the beautiful Lake Tahuyeh Community with private lake and boat launch for swimming, fishing and boating!. Roomy and comfortable home with cozy wood stove in the living room to enjoy. Updated kitchen will bring cheer to any chef. Functional floor plan that has good sized secondary bedrooms and a master with a bathroom and soaking tub. Great corner lot for privacy and to enjoy the outdoors as well. Value priced and ready for a new owner!
I would like more information on 369 W Tahuyeh Dr, Bremerton, WA 98312.


Now I'm not normally one for painted furniture and the retro look but I would totally make an exception for this. Along with wanting a black kitchen (something it turns out that many of you desire too) I would like to have only freestanding units.
It's hideously impractical I know. I have enough trouble retrieving the bits of paper and carrot peelings that fall down between the side of the worktop and the fridge. Mind you, given that Enid Cat chased a frog under the fridge the other day and I have yet to see it emerge perhaps it's living on the carrot shavings.
Anyway, I digress. When don't I? There's something very sunshine and holiday home about a freestanding kitchen. It's all a bit more relaxed and bohemian than those serried ranks of units all clinging to each one another with a seamless worktop binding them together.
So in my fantasy kitchen, there will be black walls, freestanding units, a big built-in bench – made from concrete with cushions on and, naturally, brass pendant lights. Anyone coming for supper?
Cabin Kitchen Armoire from west elm £999.
By the way, this can never go in a dining room. No, it can't. It's for the kitchen only.
This is my kitchen dream also ! I came across a three door armoire with beautiful leafy mouldings (some a little broken and aged). I picked it up in the second hand shop for €50 because of the damage. I think I'll paint it a moody charcoal or maybe a scandi white. Sadly there isn't room for it in our rented house but we are in the midst of planning our own home. I can't wait to be reunited with it. Really love your blog.


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Q: COPY ... FROM STDIN command failing on null values exported as "\N" I initiated a table dump and wherever the NULL value comes, the dump file has \N for that.
During the restore I'm getting this error.

invalid command \N

The database encoding is UTF8.
I took the dump and tried to restore on the same server but the different database. There are some workaround for this. But still I'm trying to fix it without do any further changes on the database encoding.
Table Stucture:
CREATE TABLE person.person (
    businessentityid integer NOT NULL,
    persontype character(2) NOT NULL,
    namestyle public."NameStyle" DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
    title character varying(8),
    firstname public."Name" NOT NULL,
    middlename public."Name",
    lastname public."Name" NOT NULL,
    suffix character varying(10),
    emailpromotion integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
    additionalcontactinfo xml,
    demographics xml,
    rowguid uuid DEFAULT public.uuid_generate_v1() NOT NULL,
    modifieddate timestamp without time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT "CK_Person_EmailPromotion" CHECK (((emailpromotion >= 0) AND (emailpromotion <= 2))),
    CONSTRAINT "CK_Person_PersonType" CHECK (((persontype IS NULL) OR (upper((persontype)::text) = ANY (ARRAY['SC'::text, 'VC'::text, 'IN'::text, 'EM'::text, 'SP'::text, 'GC'::text]))))
);

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COPY person.person (businessentityid, persontype, namestyle, title, firstname, middlename, lastname, suffix, emailpromotion, additionalcontactinfo, demographics, rowguid, modifieddate) FROM stdin;
1       EM      f       \N      Ken     J       Sánchez \N      0       \N      <IndividualSurvey xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/IndividualSurvey"><TotalPurchaseYTD>0</TotalPurchaseYTD></IndividualSurvey>     92c4279f-1207-48a3-8448-4636514eb7e2    2009-01-07 00:00:00

A: The most plausible root cause is that the person.person table was not created because some of these reasons:

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*it refers to public.uuid_generate_v1() which requires the uuid-ossp extension that may not be installed, especially if it's a table dump, not a database dump (so it wouldn't have the CREATE EXTENSION statement)

*it refers to custom types public."NameStyle"  and public."Name" that also may not exist.
By default, psql doesn't stop at the first error, so in this case it would continue to the COPY command, which would fail and leave the input stream at the next line.
This line and others below it contain inline data, but psql doesn't know that and interprets them as commands, which typically leads to invalid command \N errors.
Solution: use psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=on -f script.sql and solve the errors as they appear in chronological order.


Geith is a world leader for quick couplers, recognized for its safe, compliant, proven and robust design trusted for generations. Geith offers a quick coupler solution for all brands of excavator from 1t to 85t. Customers can choose among mechanical (1), hydraulic (2) or tilting couplers (3) to best suit their needs. Gain time and efficiency using a Geith safe coupler during the attachment changeover.
Geith offers a wide range of hydraulic quick couplers to best fit any OEM excavators from 1t to 85t. Operate the attachment changeover quickly and safely with Geith compliant, proven robust couplers. Mechanical couplers are available for machines from 1 to 30t.
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';

import { RegisterComponent } from './register/register.component';

import { SignInComponent } from './sign-in/sign-in.component';

const publicRoutes: Routes = [
    {
        path: 'register',
        component: RegisterComponent,
        data: {
            title: 'Inscription'
        }
    },
    {
        path: 'signin',
        component: SignInComponent,
        data: {
            title: 'Connexion'
        }
    }
];

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        RouterModule.forChild(publicRoutes)
    ],
    exports: [
        RouterModule
    ]
})
export class PublicRoutingModule { }


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Hunter Mountain bezeichnet mehrere Berge:

in Kanada:
 Hunter Mountain (Kanada)

in den Vereinigten Staaten:
 Hunter Mountain (Arkansas)
 Hunter Mountain (Kalifornien)
 Hunter Mountain (Maine)
 Hunter Mountain (New York)
 Hunter Mountain (Oregon)
 Hunter Mountain (Texas)
 Hunter Mountain (Washington)

Sonstiges:
 Hunter Mountains, Bergkette in Neuseeland
 Hunter Valley Mountain, Berg in Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten
 Bill Hunter Mountain, Berg in Georgia, Vereinigte Staaten

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The Benefits of Having a Career in Engineering Engineering has stood out as a very viable and productive professional field that anyone can possibly venture into. In regard to what you like, there are different branches of engineering that you can join. The high ranking feature in the engineering career can surely not be underrated. It is necessary to note that your path as an engineer begins when you enroll in a school licensed and allowed to teach engineering by the relevant regulating bodies. The best thing about engineering is that you can study both in a physical class as well as virtually on the online platforms. The learning incorporates the aspect of theoretical teachings as well as the paramount practical bits. Just like it is in technical courses, becoming an engineer has difficulties along the way but it is definitely worth and rewarding in itself. The experience and expertise that the field of engineering offers places you at a better position when it comes to pay and time advantages in your line of work. By being an engineer, you can choose to work for someone or solely go your own way as a self-employed engineer.
It is very necessary that you look into the gains that you receive after the study of a course for you to actively be able to choose right. It is very important that you assess whether you have the traits that a career needs both on papers as well as the non-study traits.
If you choose engineering as a career, you are able to have a wide range of jobs that you can engage in after you graduate. With the engineering career having branches in mechanical, chemical, medical and environmental fields, one is able to have a viable choice in line with the major inspiration. By having the right attitude and drive in the engineering career, you are guaranteed of a viable specialization in the overall engineering career. By venturing into the engineering career, you can start off from the humble level of a degree all the way to a doctorate level with ease. It is important to note that those in high ranks of careers get to enjoy great allowances such as greater pays and better working conditions. There is an advantage in the fact that you can grow and increase your career opportunities in the engineering field. The engineering jobs and services are in very high demand which absolutely creates the feature of competitive salary provisions by different companies and organizations. It is not a job that requires you to be seated behind your desk on a daily basis hence very exciting for you. By being an engineer you become a productive and very useful person in the society at all times.


O'Rourke Petroleum stocks and distributes premium fuel products to serve a variety of projects and industries, including turnarounds, heavy construction projects, drilling sites, and more. We carry quality, competitively-priced fuels, with transport and bobtail quantities readily available.
In addition to providing the fuel products you need, O'Rourke also provides the full spectrum of fuel management services that will help you manage, store, and replenish your bulk inventory and fuel your on-road and onsite fleet. To learn more, call 1.800.683.1331 or contact us and talk to one of our fuel specialists today.


Lemon Foundation currently has a core team of 5 developers and is looking for someone to take on the role of Technical Director and help steer & manage this team. This person will be both a hands-on multi-skilled back end and front end developer, as well as someone who can help support the business by managing this largely self-sufficient team, maintaining quality control, ensuring the company stays at the forefront of technology adoption, and helping support the sales team with proposals and specifications.
This person will have experience in both core business logic & database design and development, whilst appreciating creativity and having enthusiasm for front end technologies.
Currently the Managing Director fills the role of Technical Director, and this person should effectively help remove the requirement for the Managing Director to get involved in technical specifications and delivery of projects so that he can focus on business development, sales & strategic issues. The Technical Director must have commercial experience, understand the workings of a small company and be driven to support the commercial objectives.


MLS Cup — CASSCLES DESIGN, INC.
The 2009 identity for the MLS Championship game marked a visual departure from previous MLS event logos. Since then, this classic style that is traditionally associated with the beautiful game has helped to place Major League Soccer on the global stage.


Autonomous cars may be just around the corner but the CEO of one taxi company thinks his fleet of drivers will still have a job in the car.
Jens Wohltorf, CEO of Berlin-headquartered Blacklane, told Business Insider in Berlin last week that passengers like having someone else in the car with them.
As a result, he believes that drivers will become more like cabin crew when the vehicles figure out how to drive themselves.
Driverless cars are already being trialled on public roads around the world and they could be rolled out more widely within the next five years.
One of Blacklane's biggest investors is German automotive giant Daimler, which is developing the technology to support driverless vehicles. Elsewhere, rival taxi-hailing company Uber is also developing driverless car technology.


2.2. How to Configure API Settings and Activation on Gloria Food Website.
SambaPOS 5.2.3 or above version. Should be started with these configurations.
If you don't have SambaPOS – OnlineOrder Integration License, you have to purchase a license by using SambaPOS CP website.
To Download Online Order application click here.
Your Online Order Integration Module License and SambaPOS V5 Pro license have to be defined under the same e-mail address on our CP website.
If you don't have an account on Gloria Food (www.gloriafood.com) website, you need to start by creating a new account. After creating the account, go to Other section from left side of Gloria Food menu. (1). Click on Enabled integrations section. (2) Click on Enable custom integration button. (3).
2.2. How to Configure API Settings and Activation on Gloria Food Website?
After clicking on Enable custom integration button, API creation page will be seen. In the screen from Template (1) section, select Poll Accepted Orders v2 option. From Order type field select Pickup and Delivery (2) and click on Enable button (3).
After clicing on Enable button the screen will be refreshed automatically and created API Key (1) will be seen as "Restaurant Key". This created Key will be used for configuring the SambaPOS Online Order Module on further steps.
Check the SambaPOS Main License status.
Online Order Module uses SambaPOS Message Server for communication. You might be using SambaPOS Message Server with default settings. If you don't use Message Server or if using it with different settings than default in this case you have to configure necessary settings by following below explanations.
To configure Message Server Settings, execute "Samba.MessagingServerServiceTool.exe" file which is located in the directory that SambaPOS is installed.
Note: Port has to be 9000+ By checking image below you can see how it is supposed to be simply configured and also notice that it has to be on Start status.
Message Server settings are supposed to be configured also in SambaPOS by following the settings above. Go to Manage > Settings > Local Settings > Message Server, in here perform the mentioned settings and click on SAVE button.
After completing pre settings, it is necessary to prepare the screens which will be used in SambaPOS and the needed procedures automatically by installing Configuration Task.
Go to Manage > Settings > Configuration Tasks from here click on Advanced Delivery Screen Setup link and perform the installation. This installation automatically creates all the necessary SambaPOS definitions and the screens.
In here there are some unnecessary parts, (Unconfirmed Label Widget Window) so that you need to remove them from entity screen. Open the design menu by right clicking of mouse and remove those 3 parts one by one.
To be able to display the orders as soon as they are received, you need to change Auto Refresh Interval from 0 to 1 for both Waiting Orders and Pickup Orders fields.
Once you finished configurations close design menu by right clicking mouse so that changes will be saved.
Note 1: After completing necessary editings, go to Manage> Entities > Entities from this menu, add as many as needed Delivery Service Staff.
Note 2: Manage > Tickets >Ticket Types from here click on Delivery Ticket link and check the Tax Included box is selected or not, if not then select it.
After completing necessary editings, click on Save button.
Go to Manage > Entities > Entities > from here click on Batch Create Entities link, in the window put # symbol and create your Deliverers. After completing necessary editings, click on Ok button.
In Permissions section click on Enable Default Functions button and save the Application by clicking on Save button.
It is necessary to create a new User for Online Order. This User will be used for only communication between SambaPOS API and Online Order Integration. It must not be used for daily working periods.
Go to Main Menu > Manage > Tickets > Ticket Types > here click on Add Ticket Type.
After completing SambaPOS definitions, install the Online Order Integration Module which can be downloaded from here.
When the Online Order application executed for the first time, settings page will be appeared automatically. Configure the SambaPOS settings section like in the image below.
When you clicked on Save button, if you got the license and if your settings are correctly done, SambaPOS Settings Section will be covered by a Green Frame.
COPY the Restaurant Key which is explained in article 2.2 of this document, (API Activation on Online Order ) paste it into the Online Order Appkey section. Click on Save button, when connection established Online Order Settings section will be covered by a Green Frame.
When you click on Fetch Menu button, all the menu categories and products that you created on Gloria Food, will be automatically added into SambaPOS.
In order to savethe changes, click on Save button.
Go to Main Menu > Manage > Products > Menu List > here double click on Menu, click on Add Missing Categories button and then select Yes in the confirmation window.
In the Other Settings section, when you select Logging option, system will be saving errros to the logs.
The orders which confirmed through GloriaFood Mobile application, will be start displaying on the Orders table automatically.
Received Pickup Orders will be coming to Pickup Orders Field, Delivery Orders will be coming to Waiting Orders field.
For the Pickup Orders, when the ticket selected and payment received, it will dissapper from the window. For the Delivery Orders, when the ticket selected and assigned to a deliverer, it will be transferred to Delivered Orders section.


The idea of 'Media Studies 2.0' has been the subject of intense debate since it was proposed by David Gauntlett in 2007. For the first time, Media Studies 2.0, and Other Battles around the Future of Media Research brings together the original essay alongside more recent responses and rejoinders. This Kindle book includes brand new introduction and conclusion chapters, and other previously unpublished material, as well as a lively interview where Gauntlett tackles a range of issues around creativity, participation, and social media.
David Gauntlett is Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster, UK. He is the author of several books, including Creative Explorations (2007) and Making is Connecting: The social meaning of creativity, from DIY and knitting to YouTube and Web 2.0 (2011).
Introduction to this Kindle book (new, 2011).
Media Studies 2.0 (2007), with a new introduction and new updates (2011).
Media Studies 2.0: A response (2009) from Interactions, vol. 1, no. 1.
Creativity, Participation, and Connectedness: An interview with David Gauntlett from Mashup Cultures (2010) – revised, with four new questions (2011).
Six Principles for Media Education (2011) from A Manifesto for Media Education.
Good and Bad Times for Making and Thinking (2011).
The material which is all-new for this Kindle book is: Chapter 1; the new updates in Chapter 2; four additional questions and answers in Chapter 4; and Chapter 7.
This is a short Kindle book (equivalent to about 104 pages of printed book), available at a special price.


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Cross-border Committee
Assembly of young researchers of Macedonia
Call for Solidarity with Macedonia's Protesters
Appel à la solidarité avec les manifestants en Macédoine
Appello a solidarizzare coi manifestanti della Macedonia
Forderung nach Solidarität mit den mazedonischen Demonstranten
Apel o solidarność z protestującymi w Macedonii
Makedonya'daki Eylemcilerle Dayanışma Çağrısı
Oproep voor solidariteit met de Macedonische protesterende burgers
Призив за солидарност с македонските протести
"From May 5, until the end"
July 23, 2015 Resistancebiljana_ginova, democratisation, protests, resistanceAdmin
Part of the ad-hoc assembly "Civil resistance: cohesion, growth, representation". Author: Biljana Ginova
On May 5th, the leader of the opposition publicly presented the 29th set of leaked materials, or the 29th 'bomb', in which we heard a confirmation of all that we suspected regarding the murder of Neshkoski and against which we protested for days in 2011. That was the trigger to get out on the streets, but the revolt of the citizens gathered there was much older than Zaev's 'bombs'. The anger that we swallowed for years, condensed like a big lump in the throat that will not let you utter a word without your whole body twitching in pain erupted in jumping the barricades and occupying the government yard.
Thousands of people, crossing the fence were crossing their own expected boundaries and by occupying the government yard they were taking the political responsibility back into their own hands. That day, every inch of anger amassed through the oppressive history of independent Macedonia was released: from the Bucharest disappointment and the pain from the blows on the architecture students, through the hunger strike of the workers laid off due to bankruptcy in front of the Parliament and the anger of the murder of Martin Neshkoski, to the oppression with one after another bad laws for protection against discrimination, for abortion, for honoraria, for higher education, for everything to culminate with the meaningless of the human life for the ruling elite.
The protests that started on May 5th united thousands of citizens in the movement which was both individual and universal at the same time – #Protestiram. The people in this movement, each with their own story, came to the fore as politically responsible subjects, dedicated to the changes we want to see in this country. As the movement came into being, the demands were defined at a street plenum and united all the personal struggles and aspirations in the given context. Even though the natural partner in the realisation of those demands was the party opposition, a big part of the citizens were skeptical of their methods and their dedication to a complete revision and democratisation of the society.
Just like for many others, May 5th was also a surprise for the opposition. It turned out that they wanted people on the streets, but people who would give them bargaining power and would follow their plan and pace, not self-organised citizens who will finally demand a substantial change. As a result, even though understandable, instead of joining the self-organised civi resistance, after May 17th the opposition attempted to place the revolt under one umbrella and to direct it towards the partisan resistance in the form of a camp in front of the government building. In addition to that came the ad hominem attacks and labelling by the activists gravitating towards this resistance in an attempt to delegitimise #Protestiram and the activists who criticised the (lack of) influence of the negotiations that started in the meantime.
The negotiations among the four leaders of the biggest political parties took place far from the public eye, without any civic participation and without guarantee that the citizens' demands will be represented in the talks. Having no insight into the negotiations, the only source of information were the leaders' statements following the meetings which were often different, and sometimes opposite to each other. The June 2 agreement, on the other hand, which was expected to provide the framework for further negotiations, left many questions unanswered. What was also noticeable in the agreement was the absence of the key citizens' demands. With the start of the negotiations, the sense of resistance on the streets was lost and the panic among the ruling elite that we witnesses with the very announcement of Zaev's 'bombs' was gone. The negotiations were concluded by all negotiating parties claiming victory. At the negotiations, however, at no moment in time, in no way was there an involvement of the citizens who were not represented by the political parties whose leaders negotiated until the very end.
Despite the challenges and the suffocation of the protest, I consider them successful. They made the street a place for political articulation of the citizens, but they also showed that in the current context of the country, the resistance should separate from the party opposition and should evolve in a different form of political participation. We will see in the coming days what form that will take, but I will certainly like to see a positioning of as many citizens in the country as possible as independent political subjects, offering a personal vision without or regardless of party affiliation.
Biljana Ginova
← The citizens in the midst of politics – old struggle for new values	The urban protest: Waging an ecological war →


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Q: Query to get list of result? I have a table with single row and 6 columns. How can i query the db so that i can store all the values in an arraylist and display them using for each?
My code :
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
          Cursor cursor = this.db.query(TABLE_NAME_MY_DETAILS, new String[] { "policy_number","policy_exp_date","last_name","first_name","DOB","emergency_contact" },
        null, null, null, null, null);
          if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
             do {
                list.add(cursor.getString(0));
                list.add(cursor.getString(1));
                list.add(cursor.getString(2));
                list.add(cursor.getString(3));
                list.add(cursor.getString(4));
                list.add(cursor.getString(5));
             } while (cursor.moveToNext());
          }
          if (cursor != null && !cursor.isClosed()) {
            cursor.close();
          }
          return list;


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Q: Random margin direction by Javascript I want randomly generate a margin direction using JS but nothing works. Whats wrong?
Here is my code
$('.portfolio-img').hover(function(event){
    var str = '';
    var myPos = ['marginLeft', 'marginTop', 'marginBottom', 'marginRight'];
    var thisRand = Math.floor(Math.random() * myPos.length);
    var str = String(myPos[thisRand]);

    $(this).find('img').animate({
        str: '-60px',
    }, 300);
}, function(){
    $(this).find('img').animate({
        str: '0px',
    }, 300);
});

A: Change
$(this).find('img').animate({
    str: '-60px',
}, 300);

to
var o = {};
o[str] = '-60px';
$(this).find('img').animate(o, 300);

As an aside, you can also replace
var str = String(myPos[thisRand]);

with
var str = myPos[thisRand];

A: Try this.
   var animOption = {};
   animOption[str] = '-60px';

   $(this).find('img').animate(animOptions, 300);

You will have to cache str in .data and retrieve that in 2nd callback.


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Simone Biles and monetizing outrage
August 4, 2021 | by Rob Port
MINOT, N.D. — I'll admit to not caring much about the Olympics.
I have a passing interest in watching the American athletes do well, and every once in a while a particular team or athlete will be possessed of a story that intrigues me, but beyond that my attention is usually elsewhere.
The Simone Biles story has been hard to avoid, though, if only because so many people have a take on her decision to forego competing in some of the events she qualified for. As I write this, Biles is back, saying she'll compete in the balance beam event, but the opprobrium her decision to sit out engendered still lingers.
Particularly from conservative media, bizarrely.
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk called Biles a "selfish sociopath" and a "shame to the country." Right-wing sports commentator Clay Travis said Biles should "apologize to her teammates for quitting on them at the moment they needed her the most."


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Q: juju doesn't bootstrap due to "ERROR command failed: no tools available" error I've seen other posts (e.g. this link), but I'm still struggling to install juju on my openstack cluster.
I have swift working, but juju doesn't seem to want to bootstrap. I created the bucket (I tried without the bucket existing and had the same problem):
zestrada@cloud1:~$ swift list
juju-44c885823005ec6033e09c81f99980a6

zestrada@cloud1:~$ juju bootstrap -e openstack -v
2013/04/24 01:46:36 INFO environs/openstack: opening environment "openstack"
2013/04/24 01:46:36 INFO environs/openstack: bootstrapping environment "openstack"
2013/04/24 01:46:46 INFO environs: reading tools with major version 1
2013/04/24 01:46:46 INFO environs: falling back to public bucket
2013/04/24 01:46:46 ERROR command failed: no tools available
error: no tools available

I've tried with and without the -e openstack switch, yielding identical results. Trying with juju-origin: ppa resulted in ERROR command failed: juju-origin: expected nothing, got "ppa"
I also tried manually specifying the auth-url - but again, no change.
Here are the relevant parts of my environments.yaml:
zestrada@cloud1:~$ grep -A25 openstack: .juju/environments.yaml  | grep -vP "\s+#"
  openstack:
    type: openstack
    admin-secret: SECRET
    control-bucket: juju-44c885823005ec6033e09c81f99980a6
    default-image-id: "119295c7-2afc-4eda-bd64-2f8bef894b0d"
    default-instance-type: "1.small"
    auth-mode: userpass

My environment variables are correct since I can access all installed services (nova, swift, cinder, glance, keystone) with no trouble.

A: See my answer here. How can I copy Juju tools for use in my deployment?
nutshell use $ juju sync-tools to copy from a globally available release to your private cloud.

A: If your juju version is 1.10.0 then I think you just ran in to what I did; which in turn I believe is explained by the following:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1172973
Basically, when juju attempts to access the public bucket (where the charms are downloaded for local storage) it uses credentials stored within code. These hard-coded credentials do not include an access-key or secret-key. But before a connection is made, there is an assertion which requires these credentials - thus the sync-tools attempt is failing (and I'm guessing this is what is causing the ERROR after it falls back to the public bucket on bootstrap).


Whether you are a die-hard Trekky, or are just a fan of the Star Trek franchise, you may want to consider naming your puppy or dog along this theme. There are so many Star Trek episodes and movies dating all the way back to the 1960's. Plenty of fodder for coming up with an other-worldly cool name for your new dog or puppy.


Black chickpeas have long been grown in the Murgia Carsica, the southern part of the Murgia around Bari, characterized by karst formations and caves. The sandy soil is particularly suited to growing onions and legumes. The chickpea is small and very dark, with a wrinkled and a hooked shape. It was already being cultivated in the 19th century, when it was consumed especially by rural families, serving as an excellent supplement to a diet that was otherwise low in protein. The chickpeas were particularly recommended for women who were about to give birth.
Until the 1950s, the black chickpeas were still commonly eaten, but then their cultivation fell following the introduction of more profitable crops, like olives and grapes. Many agricultural areas were built up and legumes with much shorter cooking times arrived on the market.
The chickpeas are harvested in August and are available dried year-round.
Over time the cultivation of the Murgia chickpeas is slowly disappearing, allowing industrialized production to take an ever-larger share of the market: the farmers become specialized factory workers, and all the local, traditional varieties are at risk. The only ones remaining are those which are profitable: the olive groves and vineyards. In recent years, however, small productions like lentils, onions and chickpeas have shown signs of a comeback. Six farmers in the Slow Food Presidium have started producing the Murgia Carscia black chickpeas again, using techniques of integrated farming.


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Joe Hill: Sing a new song on the centennial of a labor union activist
July 18, 2014 by Stephanie Fenton Leave a Comment
A portrait of Joe Hill. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
FRIDAY, JULY 18: One hundred years after the conviction of Joe Hill—the presence of the famed union activist, songwriter and miner is as strong as ever. It was said of Hill, "it takes more than guns to kill a man." Though he was executed at a youthful 36, the legend of Joe Hill lives far beyond his years—in movements reflecting Hill's sense of justice.
Often portrayed as a political martyr, Joe Hill secured his place in history when he gave his life in the name of his cause. Yet any true follower of Hill would starkly recognize the request left before his execution: "Don't waste time mourning—organize." In other words—remember him best by putting into action what he fought for. (Interest in Hill's story was renewed in 2011, with a new biography—read reviews from the New York Times and Newcity.)
Hill's immortal words have since been shortened into the union catchphrase, "Don't Mourn, Organize."
JOE HILL:
FROM SWEDEN TO AMERICA
A Swedish immigrant, Joel Hagglund came to America with high hopes, changing his name to Joseph Hillstrom and, later, Joe Hill.
He had high hopes, but the reality of American life soon hit: Hill had trouble finding work and wound up in the lower working class in New York, then later found himself living in a hobo jungle. Hill moved with the immigrant masses, bouncing from job to job. For that reason, few details exist about the majority of Hill's life. Only when Hill became a Wobbly—a member of the Industrial Workers of the World—did he become renowned for the music and revolutionary spirit that inspired thousands of laborers. (Wikipedia has details.)
Hill's labor tunes urged workers to quit thinking of themselves as a dispirited crowd of immigrants—and, instead, to take heart and show confidence through singing and organized efforts to improve their lot in life. As one writer commented, during a strike, "There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit, a religious spirit if you will—that I never felt before in any strike." Nationalities and differing languages came together to sing Hill's tunes in unison. Even if jailed for their protests, the workers would sing piercingly until their release.
Brought up in the Lutheran Church, Hill borrowed the tunes for many of his labor songs from popular hymns.
A JURY AND EXECUTION IN SALT LAKE CITY
In January of 1914, during a labor action involving Hill, a Salt Lake City shopkeeper and his son were killed in their store. There was no clear evidence of a connection, but Hill was suspected in the crime because he had suffered a gunshot wound the same night. Though evidence has since come forth that Hill had been engaged in conflict elsewhere, in a fight over his love, the Utah jury found him guilty of the murders in the store. Uproar from around the world erupted, with President Woodrow Wilson writing twice to Utah's governor—and unions as distant as Australia protesting his conviction. Yet Hill refused to give an alibi or release the name of his sweetheart, and he was executed by a firing squad on November 19, 1915.
Interested in memorializing the mission of Joe Hill? Check out the Facebook page dedicated to Joe Hill's Centennial Celebration, on September 5, 2015.
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vagrant-grav is a fork of the excellent
[vagrantpress](https://github.com/vagrantpress/vagrantpress/). It aims to
provide a lightweight Vagrant box for developing with
[Grav](https://getgrav.org/) and its admin plugin.

## What do I get?

- Ubuntu Trusty 16.04
- Grav 1.1.3, including admin plugin
- PHP 7

## Prerequisites

- [Vagrant](http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html)
- [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)

## Getting Started

Getting vagrant-grav up and running is simple! Firstly, make sure you've got the
prerequisites installed. Then follow these steps:

1. Download the project, extract it and place it somewhere appropriate.
2. Run `vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater` from command line
3. Edit `Vagrantfile` and make sure you've linked your development theme.
There's a blueprint in there so you don't have to remember the syntax.
4. `cd` into this directory and run `vagrant up`
5. Open http://grav.dev in your browser

## Optimizing performance

Slow disk access can be an issue with Vagrant in general, and this is
particularly noticeable when running Grav because of the nature of flat file
CMS's (all the content is stored in files). The most common way to remedy this
is to adjust the synced folders to be [NFS
shares](https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs.html) instead of
[VirtualBox shared
folders](https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/virtualbox.html).

NFS shares are faster, but they can sometimes be a bit tricky to configure, and
we can't specify file permissions manually in our `Vagrantfile`. But fear not,
the setup *should* work more or less out of the box and file permissions isn't
an issue if you don't use the admin panel to edit content.

To set up NFS shares, simply append `type: "nfs"` to your synced_folder lines,
and remove the other named arguments.

```rb
config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"
```


The Home Builders Association of Mississippi (HBAM) annually selects Mississippi state legislators to be recognized as the Legislator of the Year.
This award honors legislators who demonstrate their dedication to the housing industry and local businesses, serving as an advocate for the HBAM legislative agenda.
These honorees are selected by the HBAM Executive Vice President and Board of Directors, they are recognized during the Winter Conference.
Senator Rita Parks of District 4 and Representative Randy Boyd of District 19 ware continued partners of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi legislative efforts. Their continued support of small business and the housing industry makes their friendship essential as we continue to advocate in Jackson.
We recognize and honor Senator Parks and Representative Boyd at the 2016 Legislators of the Year.