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Civic religion by categorizing it as a sign not of continued vitality but of an historical interest from a romantic and sentimental background characteristic of an age "weary of its culture" (1964, 295). S. Ferguson 1928, 4; cf. Nilsson 1964, 282–83, 287; Farnell 1912, 137, 140–41, 147–50, who speaks of the rise of a spirit of individualism and a corresponding waning in the old religion; Guthrie 1950, 256, 334). Tarn and Griffith state: "Man as a political animal, a fraction of the polis or self-governing city state, had ended with Aristotle; with Alexander begins man as an individual" (1952, 79).


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Mzyki – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie śląskim, w powiecie myszkowskim, w gminie Koziegłowy.

Historia
Miejscowość jako osiedle włościańskie leżące w powiecie będzińskim w gminie Rudnik Wielki pod koniec XIX wieku wymienia Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego. W 1885 roku miało ono 4 domy, w których mieszkało 26 mieszkańców oraz liczyło 56 morg powierzchni.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa częstochowskiego.

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STRATEGY FOR THE NEW WORLD
Understanding CBDCs
Central Banking Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are receiving increasing attention, initiating debate and innovation by both public and private sectors worldwide. While it falls under the broader category of digital currency, CBDCs are a complex innovation. This post will dissect the fundamental aspects of CBDCs, including its stipulations, types of CBDCs, challenges in issuing CBDCs, and a brief examination of some CBDCs that have been piloted.
What are CBDCs
At its core, CBDCs are central-bank issued electronic money.
The exact parameters as to what constitutes a CBDC differ from definition to definition. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), in its seminal 2018 report on CBDCs, has defined a CBDC as a digital form of central bank money that is different from balances in traditional reserve or settlement accounts that held between banks and central banks. The Bank of England (BoE) has defined CBDCs as an electronic form of central bank money that could be used by households and businesses to make payments and store value.
How they're different from cash and bank deposits
While CBDCs sound much like bank deposits, they differ from bank deposits, other forms of digital money, and cash.
CBDCs are digital money that is not included in central bank-issued digital money in the form of reserves. Reserves constitute broader money, whereas CBDCs generally replace narrow money, namely cash.
The difference between CBDCs and cash depends on whether the CBDC is being issued to enable retail or wholesale transactions.
Payments are commonly divided into retail and wholesale segments, with retail payments constituting relatively low-value transactions such as cheque and card payments, and wholesale payments constituting high-value transactions such as interbank transfers.
Similarly, retail CBDCs are used as a digital replacement of cash by individuals and entities, and wholesale CBDCs are used by commercial banks and other permitted institutions to settle transactions in the interbank market. Uruguay and Sweden have issued retail CBDCs, China is issuing hybrid CBDC, where both retail and wholesale elements are present.
Where they have been issued
According to data from the BIS, 80% of the world's central banks are engaging in CBDC-related research, with around 70-80 countries conducting research on CBDCs and some even piloting CBDCs. Uruguay, Sweden, and China, among others, have piloted their CBDCs.
Uruguay's Banco Central del Uruguay (BDC) was one of the first to successfully pilot their CBDC, the e-Peso, in November 2017 as part of a country-wide financial inclusion program.
Early 2020 saw a renewed interest in CBDCs, with the proposed launch of Facebook's privately-issued cryptocurrency Libra instigating central banks to look into issuing CBDCs.
Sweden's Riksbank piloted the e-Krona in February 2020, with Sweden's predominantly cashless society driving its successful trial. China is the most recent to pilot its CBDC, with the People's Bank of China launching Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP), beginning in April 2020 in select Chinese cities.
Issuing CBDCs is a long-drawn process replete with challenges, as examined below.
Why they're not easy to design and launch
Central banks are faced with a unique set of challenges in issuing CBDCs, namely, privacy and anonymity of users' and transactions, regulatory compliances, cybersecurity risks and disintermediation risks.
Privacy of users and anonymity of transactions are significant concerns, with different CBDC designs determining different degrees of privacy and anonymity. A CBDC designed with greater anonymity and privacy would alleviate users' fears about the safety of CBDC-related transactions but in turn, increase Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) risks and simplify the violation of AML/CFT regulations.
Cyber-security is another major challenge, with a highly scaled project prone to greater security risks with many points of attack. Disintermediation of existing financial institutions is perhaps the toughest challenge for CBDCs, with financial institutions' current business models at risk of being disintermediated by the arrival of central bank deposits creating imbalances in bank funding, liquidity and competition. The aspect of disintermediation will be explored in a future post, and coming posts will explore China's digital currency in greater detail.
In conclusion, CBDCs have arisen as central banks adapt to a globally evolving payments landscape. Design choices surrounding CBDCs are pivotal to its impact on technologies and various aspects of domestic and global economies and financial systems, with these implications being steadily unpacked as more countries experiment and launch CBDCs.
Leave us a comment telling us what you think! And keep on the lookout for our next blog post coming soon.
4 thoughts on "Understanding CBDCs"
"At its core, CBDCs are central-bank issued electronic money." Not exactly. Leading financial and economic organisations as the BIS, WEF and FATF define CBDC as digital form (representation) of physical cash (banknotes and coins) thus financial digital bearer asset and legal tender with legal finality of CBDC payments. In other words CBDC is "money M0 in digital form".
"The difference between CBDCs and cash depends on whether the CBDC is being issued to enable retail or wholesale transactions. " – No. This is implementation-dependent. Some CBDC implementation have no such difference. Thus, all existing RTGS systems will be obsolete.
"Why they're not easy to design and launch" – Yes. It is not easy. For this reason, there is a commercial off-the-shelf CBDC solution which is operational and available for Proof-of-Concept testing. Some features of this solution are listed in https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/agreed-cbdc-properties-first-step-interoperability-alexander-samarin/
"In conclusion, CBDCs have arisen as central banks adapt to a globally evolving payments landscape." Not only payments. This is a way to make public digital currency which is better than private digital currencies.
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Hello, thank you for your comment!
"CBDC is 'money M0 in digital form'" is absolutely correct! We have also alluded to the same, when we have said "CBDCs generally replace narrow money, namely cash".
RTGS rails could possibly be phased out, as the disintermediation of a party is dependent on the retail vs wholesale vs hybrid design choice. We have also examined the interesting aspects of China's new CBDC, including how it avoids disintermediation of some parties, so do stay on the lookout for our report coming soon.
With respect to commercial off-the shelf CBDC solutions, there are significant tradeoffs with such solutions, which we are also looking into.
We fully agree that implications pf CBDC go well beyond cash and payments. China's digital currency, which we've examined in depth, facilitates capabilities that far outstretch those enabled by merely currency, whether cash or private digital currencies. We have also examined this in our upcoming report.
Thank you for your response, and we hope to continue engaging with you! Please do share any other interesting notes on CBDCs.
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Le vignoble du Médoc est une région du vignoble de Bordeaux. Le vaste vignoble du Médoc est délimité de la Jalle de Blanquefort (au nord de l'agglomération bordelaise) jusqu'à la Pointe de Grave, et de l'estuaire de la Gironde à la forêt des Landes.

Cet ensemble homogène produit exclusivement des vins rouges et regroupe un grand nombre de crus classés prestigieux et de crus bourgeois plus abordables pour le consommateur.

Histoire

Étymologie
Les Romains baptisèrent cette zone in medio aquæ, « au milieu des eaux », entre l'océan Atlantique et l'estuaire de la Gironde. Le nom a évolué en « Médoc ».

De l'Antiquité à la Renaissance
Cette zone de marécages était vraisemblablement dévolue à la forêt et à l'élevage.

Henri IV fait venir des techniciens des Pays-Bas pour drainer la région. Elle est destinée à accroître la surface agricole (le même travail, à la même époque est entrepris à plus grande échelle dans le marais poitevin).

La période moderne
L'assèchement des terres crée une agriculture vivrière d'abord, mais rapidement, les négociants bordelais y découvrent un terroir qui leur rappelle celui des croupes de graves où se produit le vin de bordeaux d'alors. Le financement de la suite des travaux d'assèchement est assuré par les plus fortunés des marchands de vin, certains venant même d'Angleterre ou d'Irlande. Le vignoble du médoc compte toujours de nombreux châteaux dont les noms rappellent l'origine anglo-saxonne ou celtique de leurs créateurs : Cantenac-Brown, Clarke, Dillon, Kirwan, Léoville-Barton, Lynch-Bages, Mac-Carthy, Palmer...

À cette époque apparait le cabernet sauvignon N. Ce cépage est planté au cours du . Il est formellement identifié en tant que tel en 1783 à Pauillac. Des tests génétiques menés par l'équipe de Carole Meredith de l'Université de Californie à Davis ont trouvé un métissage datant de moins de 600 ans entre le cabernet franc N et le sauvignon B. Le métissage a vraisemblablement eut lieu en Médoc où ses qualités ont encouragé les viticulteurs à le planter. Cependant, ce n'est qu'avec la replantation après l'anéantissement du vignoble par le phylloxera que le cabernet sauvignon devient prépondérant.

Appellations

Hiérarchisation des AOC

Le vignoble du Médoc correspond à une appellation régionale, le médoc. Dans cette zone, une zone limitée à la partie sud produit une AOC plus restrictive, le haut-médoc.

La hiérarchisation comprend ensuite six AOC communales ou locales, ici du sud vers le nord :
le margaux ;
le moulis-en-médoc ;
le listrac-médoc ;
le saint-julien ;
le pauillac ;
le saint-estèphe.

Classements
Deux classements officiels existent pour les vins du Médoc : d'une part le classement historique établi en 1855, qui regroupe les vins rouges et les moelleux de Sauternes et Barsac ; et d'autre part un classement plus récent, datant initialement de 1932 mais révisé ponctuellement, des crus bourgeois du Médoc consacré aux vins rouges uniquement.

Géographie

Situation
Le vignoble de Médoc est planté sur une bande de terre entre la Jalle de Blanquefort (au nord de l'agglomération bordelaise) jusqu'à la Pointe de Grave, et de l'estuaire de la Gironde à la forêt des Landes. Il couvre une zone de  du nord au sud et de  dans sa plus grande largeur.

Sols et orographie

Le vignoble du Médoc est planté sur des alluvions détritiques du quaternaire amenés par la Garonne. Déposés au cours des millénaires sur le même substrat sableux que la forêt des Landes, cette roche détritique a complètement changé la nature du sol. Il s'agit de couches plus ou moins épaisses (supérieures à dix mètres) de sables et graviers mêlés d'un peu d'argile appelées graves, comme dans l'AOC graves, amenés des reliefs pyrénéens et auvergnat. Les zones les plus épaisses sont situées sur les communes ayant donné lieu aux AOC locales. (Margaux, Moulis-en-médoc, Listrac-médoc, Saint-julien, Pauillac et Saint-estèphe) Au nord, sur l'AOC Médoc, les dépôts sont moins épais et de plus faible granulométrie.

Ces alluvions forment des collines localement appelées « croupes de graves » séparées par des ruisseaux de drainage, les « jalles ». Ces ruisseaux évacuent l'eau excédentaire. Ainsi, une croupe contient peu d'eau, est peu fertile et oblige les racines de la vigne à descendre dans les profondeur chercher l'eau. Ce terroir est très qualitatif, ne craignant ni excès d'eau, ni sècheresse, une fois que les vignes sont assez vieilles pour avoir colonisé leur espace racinaire.

Climatologie
Le climat est le même que pour la station météorologique de Bordeaux-Mérignac, c'est un climat océanique tempéré. La pluviométrie est répartie de manière assez homogène tout au long de l'année avec des automnes plutôt pluvieux. L'arrivée plus précoce des perturbations entraine une année difficile. Au contraire, les années à belle arrière-saison assurent de bons millésimes. Les températures donnent des hivers doux et des étés chauds sans sècheresse. Le bon ensoleillement assure une bonne maturité au raisin.

Vignoble
Le vignoble du Médoc produit essentiellement des vins rouges. Il reste encore quelques plantations en blanc, au Château Loudenne (au nord) auquel il faut rajouter le Pavillon blanc du Château Margaux, et d'autres productions plus modernes répondant à un souci de marketing, le blanc de Lynch Bages par exemple. Autrefois, les deux productions coexistaient, les vendanges mêlant tous les cépages pour produire une sorte de vin rosé " Le claret" cher aux anglais.
Ces vins blancs ne peuvent prétendre qu'à l'appellation "Bordeaux" et sont à base du cépage sauvignon.

Encépagement

Cépages principaux
Ils représentent plus de 90 % de l'encépagement. Ce sont :
 le cabernet sauvignon N apporte charpente et structure au vin et capacité de garde.
 le merlot N rondeur, souplesse, complexité et capacité à apprécier le vin plus jeune.
 le cabernet franc N apporte rondeur, fruité, complexité au vin.

Cépages complémentaires
 le malbec ou côt apporte souplesse, rondeur et structure, mais demande que le rendement soit bien maîtrisé.
 le petit verdot apporte arôme, charpente et structure, mais nécessite une bonne maturité.
 la carménère est un cépage relique quasi absent.

La taille
Les cépages et le climat nécessitent une taille spécifique. C'est donc essentiellement la taille médocaine qui est utilisée. C'est comme le guyot double avec un ou deux coursons (cot), en fonction de son utilité. Quelques parcelles conduites en gobelet existent toutefois. Un palissage est quasi généralisé, permettant d'obtenir une hauteur de feuillage propice à une bonne maturité.

Le travail en vert
Les années de grosse sortie de fleurs, une vendange en vert est pratiquée. Elle consiste à faire tomber du raisin en trop avant sa maturité. La vigne peut ainsi mieux nourrir le raisin restant qui donne un vin plus riche et concentré.

La récolte
La récolte mécanique a majoritairement conquis le vignoble, mais de nombreux domaines et châteaux classés continuent à vendanger à la main pour pouvoir trier le raisin et éliminer les grappes attaquées par une maladie ou insuffisamment mûres.

Le vin

Vinification

Le raisin est éraflé ou pas selon le cépage, le millésime, le degré de maturité et le type de vin à élaborer. En effet, la rafle (grappe) donne de l'acidité et des tanins herbacés et diminue le degré final du vin, mais peut apporter vivacité en bouche et structure à un vin.

Ensuite, le raisin est mis à macérer en cuve (en inox ou en béton). La fermentation se déroule avec des remontages et délestages destinés à faire migrer la couleur (anthocyanes) et les tanins (polyphénols) de la pellicule du raisin dans le moût. Cette phase dure de quinze à trente jours avant que le jus soit écoulé et le marc pressuré. Une partie du vin de presse peut être ajouté au vin de goutte pour amener de la complexité. C'est à ce stade qu'a lieu la fermentation malolactique (opération naturelle de désacidification).

Élevage
Le vin est gardé en cuve pleine de 6 à 24 mois. Certaines cuvées les plus structurées, comme le vin des châteaux classés, sont élevés en fût de chêne. Le vin est soutiré environ tous les trois mois afin de retirer les lies qui peuvent communiquer des mauvais goûts. En fin d'élevage, le vin est collé et filtré pour éliminer les dernières particules solides encore en suspension. Le vin est alors prêt pour la mise en bouteille

Vins

Caractères

Les vins du Médoc sont des vins rouges de moyenne ou longue garde. Ils demandent de deux à plus de dix ans de cave pour arriver à leur qualité optimale. Ils conservent ensuite ces qualités quelques années.

De robe rouge rubis sombre, voire presque noire dans leur jeunesse, ils prennent avec l'âge une teinte « bordeaux ». La palette aromatique va des fruits rouges (fraise, groseille) aux fruits noirs (mûre, myrtille) en passant par les arômes épicés, (poivre, réglisse, eucalyptus, menthol) empyreumatiques, (caramel, café, cacao, chocolat, tabac blond...) ou balsamiques (boisé, pain grillé, brûlé, toasté...).

En bouche, ce sont des vins structurés et charpentés. Leurs tannins jeunes peuvent être un peu agressifs mais après le temps de garde adéquat, leur rondeur et leur longueur en bouche sont remarquables.

Commercialisation
Traditionnellement, les vins du Médoc étaient commercialisés en vrac par le négoce bordelais du quartier des Chartrons. Depuis quelques décennies, la mise en bouteille au château s'est généralisée et de nombreux domaines commercialisent leurs vins par leurs propres moyens, en vente directe à la propriété, sur les foires ou par le réseau des cavistes.

Tourisme

Route des vins

La départementale 2 parcourt le vignoble du sud au nord en passant par les vignobles les plus prestigieux. Depuis Blanquefort, elle traverse la plupart des appellations médocaines. D'abord l'appellation haut-médoc, puis celle de margaux ; elle flirte ensuite avec l'appellation moulis, avant de traverser à nouveau les terroirs d'appellation haut-médoc. Ce sont ensuite les châteaux des appellations saint-julien, pauillac et saint-estèphe qui sont bordés par cet itinéraire. Avant de passer par les terres d'appellation médoc jusqu'à la fin de la RD2 à Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc, la « Route des Châteaux du Médoc », sillonne une nouvelle fois, à Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, l'appellation haut-médoc.

Un dépliant édité par la maison des vins de Bordeaux guide l'amateur de promenade. Y figurent les adresses des « maisons des vins » des AOC médocaines, une petite carte et une brève description de l'itinéraire avec les détours à faire pour déguster et visiter villes, plages, châteaux...

Enfin, le Conseil des vins du Médoc édite chaque année un guide gratuit (environ 90 pages), Destination Vignobles en Médoc, qui présente le terroir et le territoire, et toute l'offre œnotouristique du Médoc. Les châteaux du Médoc sont présentés, et leurs offres de découverte sont spécifiées. Ce guide est distribué par les offices de tourisme et les maisons des vins.

Gastronomie

Les vins du Médoc supportent d'accompagner des plats riches en goût qu'ils doivent sublimer.

Les pièces de bœuf rôties ou grillées (entrecôte à la bordelaise par exemple), le gibier (daubes de chevreuil ou de sanglier), palombes, bécasses ou grives, l'agneau de Pauillac (gigot, carré d'agneau) servi grillé sur des sarments de vigne.

Côté plateau à fromage, ils supportent des fromages riches en goût (bleu d'Auvergne, cantal affiné).

Les vins du Médoc sont également la base de quelques produits dérivés, dont la gelée de vin du Médoc, traditionnellement servie pour accompagner des fromages ou agrémenter un jus de viande.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Vignoble de Bordeaux
 Vin rouge

Lien externe
 Site du conseil des vins du Médoc

Vignoble de Bordeaux


Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are beginning to change the retail world, with AR changing rooms in shops, and apps that let us place furniture in our homes before we buy, or take cars for a test drive from the comfort of our beds. Is this technology going to shake up banking and payments? And, crucially, will it positively impact the customer experience?
Virtual retail means virtual payments?
We'll start with payments because, as many commentators have noted, the retail world will probably be the first (after entertainment) to fully embrace the potential of virtual reality.
And what about banking? As physical branches disappear – and customers enjoy using a range of methods to contact and engage with their bank – could a virtual approach offer an efficient and effective way to delight customers, and offer excellent help and support? Whether you are a bank or a merchant, virtual reality will be (or ought to be) cheaper than running physical branches or stores. This could mean smaller locations where people use VR tools provided by the bank or, ideally, people visiting 'branches' virtually from the comfort of their home (or office, or wherever).
BNP Paribas released a VR-based retail banking app this month, the first example of VR being used by a big bank beyond marketing efforts.
As Finextra reported, Wells Fargo has a massive 'Digital Labs' facility in San Francisco where VR is being used all over the place. Whether that means it will reach customers soon is another question, but it's known that employees are using VR to showcase new technologies to customers, executives and other members of staff.
Could VR improve customer experience? Perhaps. By providing a completely immersive experience, for example, banks could realise their ambitions of a totally self-service and automated digital banking platform – and, for customers, this means a digital experience that properly emulates the sadly-gone-forever in-branch experience. It combines a tactile branch experience with the self-service goodness of a desktop or mobile banking platform. As well as letting customers move around a virtual branch, brands could use avatars to almost entirely replicate the old banking experience – at far less cost.
Moreover, VR offers up the possibility of pure segmentation. Whole virtual environments can be conjured up that are completely bespoke to the individual using the technology. And it doesn't just have to be simulated bank branches – utilising the big data that we know big banks have access to, the environment can reflect a segment or user's hobbies and interests, life stage and more.
You could argue that approaches like chatbots, and banking via voice, already support this enhanced 1:1 experience – that placing a customer in a virtual 'branch' is a step too far, and doesn't drive the value that, for example, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant on a mobile phone could deliver.
However, reports – such as this one from Bank of America – suggest that people expect augmented, virtual and mixed reality (MR) to become the norm, or 'the "form factor" for nextgen computing as a universal, smart, and intuitive interface for the internet of things (IoT) ecosystem. It could be the technology that disrupts the rules – bridging the digital and physical worlds.' Their analysis suggests that peak adoption will occur around 2019.
In other words, when the software and hardware improves – and the tech is backed up by artificial intelligence and big data, of course – everyone will be loving it.
As virtual reality takes off in other sectors, consumers will not only become more familiar and comfortable with the technology, they will come to expect it – if it works well – from other apps they interact with. As application journeys more closely resemble slick ecommerce checkouts, help and support uses the chat-based approach you'd see in social media, and PFM offers up recommendations and insights a la fitness trackers, so too will VR banking stem from good examples in (most likely) retail and travel.
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Posted on August 30, 2017 by Portsmouth Daily Times
Harvey reveals the better side of a divided America
Jonah Goldberg - Tribune News Service
Even hurricanes have a silver lining: The downpour washes away a lot of bull.
Don't get me wrong. This is a tragedy for untold thousands of people. And no upside could possibly balance the scale against the downside. The full human toll of Harvey, now a tropical storm, remains to be determined, but it's already steep. As of this writing, the official count of fatalities was up to 14, and that number will probably rise. The economic cost will take a long time to calculate. And the emotional price — lost homes, heirlooms, pictures, worry, stress — can never be calculated.
And yet, I couldn't help but notice that there is a "feel good" aspect to the whole catastrophe. The best example is the hyper-viral story of two men loading up their boat and driving into the storm. CNN'sEd Lavandera found them under a highway overpass readying the vessel.
"You guys just jumping in to help out?" Lavandera asked.
"Yes, sir," says one of the men.
"What are you going to do?" Lavandera asks him.
"Go try to save some lives."
That man was African-American. His partner appeared to be Caucasian or maybe Latino. But it doesn't matter at all. We don't know if they're Republican or Democrat, pro-Trump or anti-Trump, NRA members or fans of gun control. (Though let's be honest: This is Texas, so we can guess on that one.) All they wanted to do was help. While it was a journalistic faux pas not to get the men's names, it almost made the story more endearing that we didn't get them, because it reinforced the idea that they were just normal Americans.
All weekend, TV and social media highlighted stories like this. Granted, there were plenty of attempts to politicize the storm. Some had superficial legitimacy. Did Texas officials — particularly the Democratic mayor of Houston and the Republican governor of Texas — drop the ball in not ordering a mandatory evacuation? But even these debates lacked the bitter vitriol that marked coverage of Hurricane Katrina or even Hurricane Sandy.
Other attempts to bend an apolitical event to a preferred political narrative were more desperate and despicable. The Twitter account for an outfit called Charitable Humans unleashed a Cat-5 gale of schadenfreude at Houston's woes. Over a satellite image of Harvey: "Texas has been bitten by Karma, but they still have a huge debt to the bank of Karma." "I just can't bring myself to even consider providing aid to any red state, let them clean up their own mess."
To its credit, the organization later deleted its account and released an apologetic statement saying its leaders were "horrified" by their social media coordinator's actions.
But the point was already made. We live in an ugly, tribal moment in American history. Indeed, the more representative story of the weekend came out of Berkeley, where "antifa" goons beat up nonviolent protesters they unilaterally deemed to be fascist.
By comparison, despite the terrible plight of its victims, Harvey was the happy story, at least in one narrow respect. Politics is becoming a substitute for identity, even religion, for millions of Americans. How you vote, what team you root for on the cable shout shows, is becoming a signifier of who you are. The media fuel this attitude, in large ways and small, by turning the news into "narratives" of good people and bad people. This is an unhealthy development, regardless of which ideological uniform you wear.
But politics and ideology are, or should be, downstream from all of the most important things in life, at least in America. (It's a different matter in places like Venezuela or North Korea.) Under normal circumstances this can be hard to see, never mind appreciate, because we are lucky to live in a fabulously rich and free society where people can afford to make politics into a sport or fashion statement.
Most of us can see this within our own networks of friends and family, where political differences rarely trump more meaningful bonds. But on a mass scale, it becomes apparent only in dire circumstances, like when floodwaters wash away the nonsense and reveal the decency of the American people.
Jonah Goldberg is an editor-at-large of National Review Online and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. You can write to him in care of this newspaper or by email at JonahsColumn@aol.com.
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Winds in the Wilderness
August 5, 2013 NoAuthor
Teams of FSPW volunteers have been engaged in subalpine community reconnaissance over the last few weeks, traversing extreme terrain at times to reach areas with high potential for whitebark pine community establishment. So far, teams have been into Scotchman Peak, Goat Mountain, East Fork Peak, and Moose Mountain assessing the forest communities.
Subalpine communities exist throughout the high mountains of the Pacific Northwest into the Rocky Mountains, in landscapes above mixed montane conifer forests and below alpine shrublands and grassland. The climate here can be ferocious, with extremely frigid temperatures, severe wind speeds and in several areas heavy, seasonal snowpack. For a community to establish itself in the first place is a feat in its own right. Inhospitable bedrock peaks in glacially carved ridges and basins, where steep aspects discourage soil development. I always find it stunning, how these relatively delicate bits of plant life can reach down into rock crags and twist and turn themselves safe into minute folds of micro-climates… life finds a way. Once a tree seedling first makes it into one of these areas, whether by water, wind, mammalian host, etc, finding itself a suitable bed of nutrients for growth, its strength is tested time and time again as the nature of alpine environments continue to sculpt the landscape and its inhabitants. When a tree has sufficient provisions, it has the chance to develop and engender the beginnings of a larger community, through seed production (or branch layering) and niche creation. The size and composition of the community that then develops often has as its limiting factors severity and intensity of natural disturbance regimes.
On July 8th, a crew of 6 members set out to conduct multiple surveys during a three day backpacking endeavor into the Scotchman Peak and Goat Mountain drainages. These specific areas are notorious for their extreme slopes and pitches, making backpacking these regions a rather strenuous event. Under the weight of heavy gear, the climb up to where small pockets of level ground may exist for sleeping is a challenge. Of course, the rewards of succeeding come easily once surrounded by the serene, untouched scenery and the gentle flow of life in the wilderness. Once the crew set up basecamp, several surveys were conducted as day trips. Whitebark Pine community history/potential were assessed in headwater drainages of Cascade creek and Mosquito creek. The area proved to contain individuals suitable for cone collection, which will aid production of genetically resilient individuals in a controlled environment.
Whitebark pine, Pinus lasiocarpus, is a pioneering tree in these subalpine habitats. Historical fire regimes encourage its presence in these landscapes, creating broad openings for insolation where more shade tolerant subalpine associates, like Western Hemlock, Subalpine Fir, and Englemann Spruce, are incapable of establishing. Whitebark Pine persists on drier southerly aspects and ridgetops, and often remains as the climax species in these sites as well as those with reoccurring wind and fire disturbance. In almost all of these environments, Whitebark Pine is a slow-growing tree. Seeds are large and relatively heavy, born out of large, purplish-brown cones clustered at the tips of the tree. Most of these seeds are harvested by animals, including the Clark's nutcracker and grizzly bears, valued for their high protein content. The remaining seeds fall to the ground below the parent tree, are stirred around a bit by snow or running water, and may either regenerate or simply fall into decomposition. Seedlings develop a deep and spreading root system to anchor themselves securely in defense of relentlessly violent windstorms. On amicable forest line areas, the tree may chance to develop into a large, single-trunked tree with a diameter ranging from 11-20inches and attaining heights of 40 to 75 feet. These trees have a life span of 500 or more years. On cool, dry sites, the most ancient individuals of this species may be 1,000 years old! These old growth members have large boles and several thick, ascending branches. Nearer to timberline, individuals are thinner, shorter, and even exist in a gnarled, krummholz condition, performing some branch layering. Because seeds in these areas often sprout from the caches of animals, the trees may also appear to grow in a clumped, multi-stemmed manner.
A five-member crew assembled the morning of July 12, headed for southerly aspects surrounding East Fork Peak. The floods plaguing the Lightening Creek and associated East Fork Lightening Creek drainages have taken their toll on the trail the crew had intended to travel in accessing the higher elevation forests. Luckily, experience, good topographical maps, and modern-day GPS technology came well enough to their aid and after a short but brutally steep bushwhack they were on the trail and heading up, searching for Whitebark Pine habitat components. Habitats are dynamic, and a lot of variables come together at times creating unique micro-sites, making field identification not as cut and dry as one may suppose. Nonetheless, community patterns exist and have been identified through much of our regional mountain ranges. The community aggregation in which whitebark pine is the major tree species is called the Pinus lasiocarpus/Vaccinium scoparium/Luzula hitchcockii habitat type. Plants indicating these communities include grouse whortleberry, red mountain heath, rustyleaf menziesia, mountain arnica, beargrass, elk sedge, smooth woodrush, Parry rush, Ross's sedge, and Idaho fescue. Beargrass was consistently present along the hike, as well as isolated patches of grouse whortleberry, but the most indicative associate, the smooth woodrush, failed to make an appearance as the crew reached prime growth elevations. Whitebark Pine was present as a minor component of the overstory, and old growth snags were identified along the ridgeline heading to East Fork Peak. However, the lack of Whitebark regeneration here presently, along with absence of strong habitat indicator species, makes this area undesirable for restoration management at the current time.
Two main threats exist to the Whitebark Pine in our region, aside from the already extreme environment the species endures. These include the Mountain Pine Beetle and Western Blister Rust fungus. Mountain Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a type of bark beetle, about 5mm long with a tough, black exoskeleton. They lay their eggs in the bark of host trees, including Lodgepole, Whitebark, Ponderosa, Scotch, and Limber Pines. Under normal conditions, these insects have a role in ecosystem cycling and seral dynamics. However, the changing climate conditions, fire supression, and a symbiotic relationship with blue stain tree fungus proves to be more than several Rocky Mountain landscapes can cope with, and it has caused one of the worst insect infestations in the recent history. In our region, damage from the beetle is currently a secondary concern to the introduced blister rust pathogen, Cronartium ribicola, which attacks Whitebark and Western White Pine in our area. This fungus is exotic, likely arriving from Asia. It has a complicated life cycle which relies on both 5-needled pine trees as well as shrubs in the genus Ribes, commonly known as Gooseberry, and sustained, moist conditions. In our region, these conditions are common and readily available for this pathogen, and outbreaks have become widespread.
Southwesterly aspects around Moose Mountain were the latest target for FSPW crews. With its proximity to several alpine lakes and boggy environments, the most apparent disease carrier here -at least to us humans- were thick swaths of mosquito colonies (Oy vey!). With a little nerve and a lot of bug netting, members persevered and were greeted with some beautiful views of Moose and Blacktail Lakes. The assessment of the Whitebark Pine communities again found the species to be a minor component of the ecosystem. Blister Rust was present in many individuals. Again, this area seems unlikely to benefit from current restoration efforts.
Thank you to our all volunteers who sweated through the hard work and enjoyed time collecting data in the field: Jim Dubisson, Kate Walker, Bonnie Jakubos, Phil Degens, Jeff Kuhns, and Molly O'Reilly. It was a pleasure working alongside you!
Check back with the Winds in a couple of weeks for findings regarding our rare plant research in our native floating bogs! Thank you to all our volunteers for all that you do to keep restoration work possible!!!
Jenn VanVolkinburg
Dear Kristen,
What a great article. You are a treat to work with out in the field. I hope to do more of it with you. Thank you for showing up in Idaho.
Kristen Nowicki
Nice Jenn! Thank you! I am glad you could join the crew! I am honored to be here. I look forward to working with you in the future!


I am back with another book review, today it is But Then I Came Back by Estelle Laure. Thanks so much to NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC for an honest review. As always, all opinions are my own.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book. I liked it, but I don't know if I understood it.
Basically, the story follows a girl named Eden. After slipping and almost drowning, Eden was left in a coma. But she eventually wakes up. While she is in something she calls the In Between, she sees another girl with her. She awakens to find that that girl, named Jaz, is with her in the hospital, also in a coma. She can't figure out why they are linked or why she keeps seeing these black flowers all over the place. As Eden tries to re-integrate herself into the world, she struggles to open up and figure out what is really going on.
Like I said, I did enjoy this book. Eden's character and backstory become well-developed and I found myself invested in her story. I read the book in one sitting, so there must have been something to grab me.
I also liked the romance between Eden and Jaz's friend Joe. I thought it was a good, slow burn that was complicated enough to keep things interesting. I can't put my finger on it, but something about Joe felt off. I don't know if that's just me or what.
Now comes the part where I get a little unclear in my idea of the story. Part of me wants to say that this is all a delusion of comatose-Eden. The other part of me wants to say that Joe and Jaz didn't exist, but then how would you explain the hospital staff talking about them? For a while, I thought maybe Jaz was a dissociative personality of Eden, but I'm not sure on the logistics about that either.
Something about this story just screamed unreliable narrator (she does, after all, have a brain injury). But I couldn't tell you I have any real proof of that. All I know is that things felt off.
Laure's writing style is brilliant, it drew me in right away and I didn't put it down until I was done.
I was not aware this was the companion novel to This Raging Light, so maybe some of my concerns are cleared up in book one. I think this book stands alone fine on its own, not having read TRL, I can't say if it would be better to read them "in order" but I think this one is complete by itself.
Overall, I enjoyed this book, but I just felt like there was something a little deeper I was missing.


This classic JACK IN THE BOX is a great addition to every child's toy chest. Play Peek-a-Boo with the funny Clown plush jump-up character. It is are sure to bring a smile to every child's face. Each tin box is a little over 5" tall and has a plush puppet and Plays Pop Goes the Weasel Ages over 18 months & Up.


What's New in Attendee Acquisition?
I recently asked the following question on LinkedIn: Hi exhibition industry friends. Out of curiosity, what other attendee promotion/recruitment tools are you doing besides print, death by email and digital-based outreach?
The reason I asked the question was two-fold: It seems many show organizers are over-dependent on emails to get the job done for recruiting quality visitors; and wanted to know what else industry colleagues are doing.
Snail Mail, otherwise known as using The Post. Printed materials sent to an attendee prospect means they will be physically touched and looked at, or even read – not simply deleted without opening. Depending on how efficient your country's post is, it may be worth to look at incorporating interesting printed materials back into your marketing mix. One of the best printed pieces I saw recently was fairly small, but offered the top 10 solutions for a huge industry problem. They offered the #1 solution on the piece, and then directed the reader to the other nine solutions available on the website.
Offer real content. There is a lot of knowledge produced at every exhibition. Share it! Be very careful not to "Bait and Switch" (lure someone in with promised content, then deliver an ad for your show or a sponsor) as you will forever lose trust with your audience. If you are offering a white paper, make sure it is the best content possible.
Phone calls. Talk to attendees. See what their needs are. New technology? Ways to streamline their manufacturing processes? Help navigating the new world of retail? Not only will the knowledge help determine educational offerings; it can help you sell exhibitors!
This includes retargeting, influencer marketing, social media, exhibitor invitations and/or referrals, data mining and more. Of course, it will be interesting to see what will happen after GDPR goes into effect.


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Political Eats Dec. 7, 2009
Manhattan Borough President Wants YOU to Eat Local Legumes
By Daniel Maurer
Photo: Patrick McMullan
While Christine Quinn announces a new food policy to the City Council this morning, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer is asking his e-mail list to sign an NYC Food Pledge and Charter. Each signee vows to "eat in a manner guided by the environmental, economic, and health consequences of my food consumption," and to "create a food system consistent with the principles set forth in the NYC Sustainable Food Charter." Hmmm — a politician asking his constituents to sign a food pledge? That's a reversal of the trend! So what are those ten principles you should keep in mind when deciding what's safe/healthy/ethical to eat?
NYC FOOD CHARTER:
10 PRINCIPLES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM
Food has a profound effect on the health and well-being of a community. The purpose of the NYC Sustainable Food Charter is to set forth the values and principles essential to a just, vibrant, and sustainable food system, and to spur the creation of such a food system for all New Yorkers.
1. Human Right
Access to nutritious, affordable, and culturally appropriate food is recognized internationally to be a basic human right. New York City should fully develop its foodshed and improve distribution systems in order to ensure easy access to healthy, sustainable food in all communities, particularly those with limited resources or at high risk for diet-related illnesses.
2. Equality
The harmful environmental, economic, and health consequences of the existing food system fall disproportionately on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. New York City should erase this disparity and should combat hunger, obesity, and diabetes.
3. Health
It is indisputable that diet affects health. New York City should be committed to a food system that promotes increased preparation and consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and tap water. New York City should encourage moderation in the consumption of food, such as sweetened beverages, high fat animal products, and highly-processed food, which contributes to obesity, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.
The food system, largely due to the livestock industry, is estimated to cause one-third of the world's global warming. To lessen environmental harm, New York City should reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the production, distribution, storage, preparation, sale and disposal of food, and should increase the amount of food produced and processed regionally by farmers using sustainable practices.
5. Economy
Strong local food economies lead to prosperous and healthy communities and are the key to building truly sustainable food systems. While national and international food systems will continue to co-exist alongside local systems, New York City should support the creation of a robust regional foodshed by working with farmers, processors, distributors, and retailers to harness our urban buying power.
6. Labor
The food industry is one of New York City's largest employers. New York City should invest in improving and creating new local and regional employment opportunities in food production, processing, sales, distribution, and disposal. Employees in sustainable food systems should work under safe conditions, be paid a living wage, and be exposed to opportunities for entrepreneurship.
Education regarding nutrition, agriculture, cooking, and the environmental impact of food choices, leads to healthier communities. New York City should provide to all residents the skills, training, and knowledge necessary to participate in the creation of a sustainable food system.
New York City's food culture is as diverse as its population, and the region possesses a rich agricultural history. New York City should support farming, food preparation, and distribution practices that preserve community traditions, cultural diversity, and cherished diets, within a food system that fosters personal and public health, and local agriculture.
9. Collaboration
To advance the development of a sustainable food system and thereby improve the health of residents, communities, and the environment, New York City should encourage open and vigorous dialogue among government agencies, community organizations, educators, healthcare providers, food industry representatives, local and national businesses, non-profit advocates, faith communities, and residents.
10. Food Policy
New York City's government institutions at all levels should engage in ongoing development of food policy aimed at ensuring individual and community health, climate change mitigation, economic development, and equal access to healthy food. These policies should be grounded in core principles refined and adopted through democratic debate
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Home > India News > India, China hold strategic dialogue
India, China hold strategic dialogue
China and India today held their upgraded strategic dialogue to shore up bilateral ties amid hectic parleys to resolve differences over Beijing's reluctance to support India's NSG bid as well as a UN ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar. Just before the dialogue, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Welcoming Jaishankar, co-chair of the dialogue, Wang said China and India are two major developing countries and emerging markets besides important nations in the world.
"We have to have frequent meetings," he said, referring to high-level talks held by officials from both sides on critical issues before today's dialogue. The official-level meetings made very good foundation for the "successful strategic dialogue", he said, adding that the Chinese side attaches importance to "this reconstituted dialogue". "I am certain by raising the level of this strategic dialogue the two sides will be able to enhance their strategic communication, reduce misunderstanding and build more trust and deepen our strategic cooperation," Wang said.
"This way we can better tap into the potential of our bilateral relations and live up to our responsibilities" for the regional stability. In his response, Jaishankar said, "This is the first time that the restructured strategic dialogue is taking place". "This shows that our relationship today has gone well beyond bilateral manifestations," he said.
Stating that the two countries are members of G20, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), BRICS and the East Asia Summit, he said this will "allow us to find more common ground on more issues". Later, Jaishankar along with China's Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui held the strategic dialogue.
In his opening remarks at the dialogue, Jaishankar said, "We have truly transcended the bilateral dimension of our relations. What happens between India and China has both great global and regional significance.
"Our assessment coming in is that our bilateral relations have really acquired a very steady momentum over many years. Our leadership-level meetings have been taking place regularly and our economic engagement is growing. We are seeing cooperation on many international issues and our border areas have maintained peace and tranquility," he said.
"Overall the closer development partnership has been unfolding," he said. Apparently referring to differences, Jaishankar said, "there are natural issues which neighbours have" and it is the responsibility of both the countries to address them. Zhang said "I expect that we discuss the full range of issues that are important to our countries".
Several top officials from both sides, including those in-charge of nuclear disarmament issues, were present at the talks indicating that both sides will be discussing India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) besides other issues.
The talks were being held in the backdrop of vocal differences between the two countries on a host of issues including India's concern over the USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Beijing's reluctance to back India's application to join the NSG and the UN ban on Azhar.
The strategic dialogue was upgraded during Chinese Foreign Minister Yi's visit to New Delhi last year. China has deputed Zhang, also the head of the influential Communist Party of China (CPC) committee of the Chinese Foreign Ministry to co-chair the talks.
Ahead of today's talks Jaishankar, who formerly worked as India's Ambassador to China, met China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi yesterday and held talks with him on the critical issues bedevilling the bilateral ties. During their talks, both Yang and Jaishankar expressed strong commitment to develop positive relations despite differences.
Yang, who is the State Councillor and Beijing's Special Representative for border talks between India and China, had said despite differences, relations between the two sides had a positive growth last year.
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If the fiddler was a giant spider robot it's no wonder calling for his friend didn't work.
But this is just assuming he was a giant spider robot. It's one possible explanation, in that if he was an illegal knockoff it would explain why his friend was on the lamb with him.
Not following you at all there; either you know something i don't or you're mixing up fiddler crabs with spiders.


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Data Protection under SARS-CoV-2
(Redirected from Data Protection under COVID-19)
1 General Comments
1.1 Principles of Article 5 GDPR
1.2 Legal Basis under Article 6 GDPR
1.4 Other elements of GDPR
2 DPA Guidelines
2.1 EDPB
2.5 Czech Republic
2.6 Denmark
2.7 Estonia
2.25 United Kingdom
3 Other sources
General Comments[edit | edit source]
The sudden outbreak of cases of COVID-19-afflictions ("Corona-Virus"), which was declared a pandemic by the WHO affects data protection in various ways. Different data protection authorities published guidelines for employers and other parties involved in the processing of data related to the Corona-Virus (read more below).
The Corona-Virus has also given cause to the use of different technologies based on data collection and other data processing activities by the EU/EEA member states and private companies. These processing activities mostly focus on preventing and slowing the further spreading of the Corona-Virus and on monitoring the citizens' abidance with governmental measures such as quarantine. Some of them are based on anonymous or anonymized data (like for statistics or movement patterns), but some proposals also revolved around personalized tracking.
At the moment, it is not easy to figure out, which processing activities are actually supposed to be conducted and which are only rumors. This page will therefore be adapted once certain processing activities have been confirmed. For now, this article does not assess the lawfulness of particular processing activities, but rather outlines the general conditions for data processing in connection with the Corona-Virus.
It must be noted that several activities - such as monitoring, if citizens comply with quarantine and stay indoors by watching at mobile phone locations - can be done without having to use personal data under Article 4(1) GDPR, if all necessary information can be derived from anonymised data. The GDPR does not apply to activities that only rely on anonymised data.
Principles of Article 5 GDPR[edit | edit source]
Regardless of the exceptional situation, data processing activities in connection with measures against the Corona-Virus that rely on personal data (Article 4(1) GDPR) have to comply with the principles of data processing as lined out in Article 5 GDPR (read more). As a situation like the Corona-Outbreak will often allow processing under different legal basis (see below), the main element to contain disproportionate processing, are the principles in Article 5:
Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: Data processing must be lawful under Article 6 GDPR and/or Article 9 GDPR. Some member states have already passed laws that deal with the Corona-Virus which must be taken into consideration when assessing the lawfulness of processing. See below for more information. Furthermore, processing must be fair and transparent. This includes i.e. that data subjects whose data is being processed for purposes of fighting the Corona-Virus must be informed under Article 13 GDPR or Article 14 GDPR once their data has been obtained.
Purpose limitation: Personal data collected for specific purposes, like preventing/slowing the further spreading of the Corona-Virus within a company, monitoring the citizens' abidance with governmental measures, medial research or tracking of interactions with infected persons shall only be processed for these purposes. The purpose must be in line with the legal basis chosen by the controller or defined by national legislation.
Data minimisation: Only personal data that is truly necessary for these purposes may be collected and processed. It is not possible to process data that is not crucially necessary to fulfill the choose purpose.
Accuracy: Personal data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. Especially "big data" and "quick and dirty" approaches that may be though of at times of crisis, may conflict with this principle. In cases where personal consequences may rely on data (e.g. limitation of movement, access to health care or saving people from infections) the accuracy of personal data is of utmost importance.
Storage limitation: Once the purposes for processing are fulfilled, the data must be deleted or anonymised. When processing data about individual persons, the currently established timelines (e.g. the now common 14 days of quarantine) also form the basis for any storage limitation. Data may be anonymized, to be further used for statistics or research purposes.
Integrity and confidentiality: Appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage must be ensured with the implementation of technical or organisational measures (Article 32 GDPR). Taking security measures seriously is especially crucial when processing operations are stated under short timelines and pressure and the wider populations should trust these measures.
Legal Basis under Article 6 GDPR[edit | edit source]
Insofar data processing concerns only personal data, that does not qualify as special categories of personal data (such as health data under Article 9(1) GDPR (see below)), processing activities can realistically be based on:
Article 6(1)(d) GDPR, if processing is necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. Recital 46 of the GDPR, explicitly names the "monitoring of epidemics" as a vital interest. As the Corona-Virus is considered to be highly virulent, data can be processed in order to protect both infected people and others, to prevent them from being infected.
Article 6(1)(e) GDPR, if processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; this legal basis can be invoked by public authorities pursuing the mentioned purpose. Such a measure may be based on a national implementing law (Article 6(2) GDPR).
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party; this legal basis may also be invoked by private controllers, since there will not always be vital interest of the data subject or of other persons at stake, but processing is only necessary for "less severe" reasons, e.g. if certain goods and services are limited due to difficulties of supply and it must be ensured that these goods and services are equally distributed among customers. Article 6(1)(f) GDPR does not apply to processing carried out by public authorities in the performance of their tasks; these authorities have to rely on Article 6(1)(e) GDPR.
Article 9(1) GDPR lines out the conditions under which special categories of personal data may be processed. With regards to the Corona-Virus this mostly concerns health data, genetic data and biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person (e.g. at airports or state borders).
Article 9(2)(i) GDPR deals with scenarios such as the current Corona-Virus, which qualifies as a "serius cross-border threat to health":
"[...] processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of health care and of medicinal products or medical devices, on the basis of Union or Member State law which provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject, in particular professional secrecy."
Furthermore, the recent Latvian DPA (the DVI)'s guidelines highlight that Article 9(2)(j) GDPR could be a legal basis for scientific research purporses or statistical purposes.
Lastly, Recital 46 of the GDPR specifically mentions epidemic scenarios:
"The processing of personal data should also be regarded to be lawful where it is necessary to protect an interest which is essential for the life of the data subject or that of another natural person. Processing of personal data based on the vital interest of another natural person should in principle take place only where the processing cannot be manifestly based on another legal basis. Some types of processing may serve both important grounds of public interest and the vital interests of the data subject as for instance when processing is necessary for humanitarian purposes, including for monitoring epidemics and their spread or in situations of humanitarian emergencies, in particular in situations of natural and man-made disasters."
Other elements of GDPR[edit | edit source]
Obviously, all other elements of GDPR also apply to processing of personal data, when fighting the Corona-Virus. Notably the rights of the data subject (Article 12 to 23 GDPR) including the rights to information ("Privacy Policy"), access, rectification and alike are highly relevant to any Corona related processing.
The concept of "privacy by design" Article 25 GDPR seems crucial in designing larger scale systems. As many processing operations will relate to sensitive health data, special precautions from a data security standpoint Article 32 GDPR should be observed.
In addition, data protection impact assessments under Article 35 GDPR will be mandatory regarding a lot of these processing activities, especially in cases of large scale processing of special categories of personal data (Article 35(3)(b) GDPR) or the systematic large scale monitoring of publicly accessible areas (Article 35(3)(c) GDPR).
DPA Guidelines[edit | edit source]
In the context of the Corona Virus, the EU/EEA data protection authorities released guidelines on the processing of personal data and also on the continuity of their tasks in times of the Corona-Virus:
EDPB[edit | edit source]
The EDPB issued a statement on 16 March 2020 here. Mainly, the EDPB focused on the processing necessary for reasons of public interest or to protect vital interest or to comply with another legal obligation (Articles 6 and 9 GDPR). Also, the EDPB mentioned that additional rules for the processing of electronic communications apply, in the light of the ePrivacy Directive.
On 19 March 2020, the EDPB adopted a full statement here, explaining the lawfulness of processing, processing in the employment context as well as processing of location data.
Austria[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the DSB) issued guidelines here. The DSB explained the existing legal basis for the collection and processing of health data by employers, in particular the transfer of sensitive data to health authorities. In addition, the DSB provided a sample form for the collection of private contact details of employees in order to warn about an infection in the company. An information sheet about data security and home office can also be found on the webpage.
Bulgaria[edit | edit source]
The Bulgarian Parliament adopted Law on Measures and Actions during the the state of emergency. One of the measures requires the establishment of checkpoints at the regional cities so that law enforcement authorities can check people.
The Bulgarian DPA (CPDP) issued an opinion regarding the legality of the the processing of personal data by the Ministry of Interior by collecting declarations from citizens passing through the checkpoint.
Croatia[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the AZOP) issued guidelines here. It focused on the health data of employees and stressed that a valid legal basis would be either Article 6(1)(c) GDPR, or Article 6(1)(d) GDPR or Article 9(2)(b) GDPR.
Czech Republic[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the UOOU) issued FAQS (Frequently asked questions) here. The FAQs focused on the acknowlegment of the state of emergency under Article 9(2)(i) GDPR and its the consequences on data subjects' rights.
Denmark[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (Datatilsynet) issued guidelines on working from home here. It contains advice to the employers and employees. Datatilsynet emphasized the importance of internal guidelines for working at home and related security measures, which shall be taken on company and personal devices.
Datatilsynet also issued guidelines for employers on handling information about employees who are infected with COVID-19 or who have traveled in risk areas here.
Estonia[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the AKI) issued guidelines here. The AKI explained whether the employer is entitled to request medical records from employees.
France[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the CNIL) issued guidelines here. The CNIL addressed the numerous requests from businesses about the collection and sharing of employees' health data. Moreover, the CNIL released guidelines on the good practices for home office regarding the security of the processing here.
Germany[edit | edit source]
The Federal Data protection authority (the BfDi) issued guidelines here, as well as the DPA of Bradenburg, see here. The BfDI emphasized the sensitivity of personal data in the context of COVID-19 and the continuing responsibility to comply with the data protection principles. The Datenschutzkonferenz (DSK) also issued a resolution on Coronavirus here. The DSK focusing on the data protection law principles, as foreseen in Article 5 GDPR, which ensure to protect fundamental rights and to process lawfully personal data during the pandemic. The authority also highlighted that the measures took to fight against the virus should be designed and implemented to be reversible to ensure that the personal data which are no necessary collected after the pandemic crisis, are no longer processed.
Greece[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the HDPA) issued guidelines here. The DPA stressed that the right to the protection of personal data is not absolute and that its application should be balanced against other fundamental rights, taking into consideration the principle of proportionality. However, it emphasised that any communication of personal data (and particularly health data) to third parties shall not be allowed if it can lead to discrimination and stigmatisation.
Hungary[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the NAIH) issued guidelines here. The NAIH listed the data protection measures that are expected from the employers arising from the responsibility for ensuring the conditions for the safe performance of work. It also addressed the fact that health care providers and doctors shall still comply with data protection.
Iceland[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the Persónuvernd) issued guidelines here. The guidelines refer to the general data protection principles that need to be followed. It further contains recommendations for employers and schools.
Italy[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) issued guidelines "No do-it-yourself (DIY) data collection" here. The Garante mainly recommended that private and public bodies must refrain from collecting, in advance and in a systematic and generalised manner, the employees' and workers' personal data and must follow the instructions from the Ministry of Health and the competent institutions.
Ireland[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the DPC) issued guidelines here. The DPC elaborated on the application and meaning of the general data protection principles in the context of processing of personal data related to the virus. The DPC further focused on the existing rights of employers and the time to answer the requests of data subjects. The DPC issued also guidance on how to deal with data subjects access requests during this period.
Latvia[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the DVI) issued guidelines here. The DVI clarified that the processing of sensitive data in such circumstances is lawful if necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or other natural person (eg surveillance of an epidemic) and for reasons of public interest in public health serious cross-border threats to health, pursuant to Article 9 (2) (i) and (j) GDPR.
Luxembourg[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the CNPD) issued guidelines here. The CNPD wrote some recommendations addressed both to private and public sphere and concerning the measures which have to be implemented for the prevention, information, and safety of all the stakeholders'.
The Netherlands[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the AP) issued guidelines here and here. The AP focused on the measures the employer has to take to and process sensitive data and further explains which information the employer is allowed to request and collect when an employee is ill. Both employers and employees has to follow the guidelines of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. The AP also offers guidelines how to work save at home and protect sensitive data here.
Norway[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the Datatilsynet) issued guidelines here. Datatilsynet answered questions regarding the use of video services for communications and webcams for schools. Further recommendations relate to the data processing from health authorities, hospitals and companies in their role as controller or processors and as employers.
Poland[edit | edit source]
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) issued a statement here. The President of UODO informed that the issues related to the processing of health data as a result of activities aimed at preventing spread of COVID-19 virus are regulated in the specific legal provisions, in particular in the so called "Special Law" of 2 March 2020. The President of UODO stated that the provisions on the protection of personal data cannot be considered as an obstacle to conducting activities with regard to fighting the virus. The adopted provisions of the Special Law do not conflict with the principles of data processing and do not infringe the GDPR.
Romania[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the ANSPDCP) issued guidelines here. The ANSPDCP focused on the processing of health data under exceptional circumstances and it underlined the importance of data controllers complying with their obligations for information and transparency and for maintaining security of processing.
Slovakia[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the UOOUSR) issued information with FAQs (Frequently asked questions) here and here. The FAQs focused on the processing of health data under exceptional circumstances and on the importance of information security measure while working from home. The UOOUSR also issued information on processing of data concerning quarantined persons by municipalities here, unofficial Slovak translation of EDPB's Statement on the processing of personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak here, as well as small communication on the Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and the Data Protection Commissioner of the Council of Europe recalling the principles of data protection in these times of fight against the COVID-19 pandemic here (the original is available in English here).
Slovenia[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the IP) issued guidelines here. The IP focuses on the disclosure and processing of personal data from medical institutions and others working in the health sector. It also elaborates on the processing of statistical data in this context.
Spain[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the AEPD) issued guidelines here (also available in English here). Additionally, it has also published a FAQ document, a press release on public and private webs and apps offering self-evaluation and tips, a small communication on illicit webs and apps offering self-evaluation and tips, a small communication regarding phishing campaigns, a small communication on temperature taking at stores, work centres and other establishments, a small communication on the no-legitimacy of providing or requesting any information on job candidates' COVID-19 antibodies when offering or applying for a job, and a study on different technologies used to fight coronavirus and their privacy risks.
Sweden[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the Datainspektionen) issued guidelines here. Datainspektionen answered questions relating to the responsibilities of the employer and the processing of personal data in connection with the virus.
United Kingdom[edit | edit source]
The Data protection authority (the ICO) issued guidelines here. The ICO mainly focused on the processing of personal data in the employment context, i.e the security measures which have to be implemented during homeworking, collection and sharing of the employees' health data.
Other sources[edit | edit source]
The European Union Agency for fundamental rights ('FRA') issued a report on the fundamental rights implications during the Corona pandemic, it includes a short analysis on the data processing by employers and by the media.
Retrieved from "https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Data_Protection_under_SARS-CoV-2&oldid=10586"


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Thoughts on PS Burn This Letter Please (2020) Tribeca 2020
In 2014, in a storage locker in LA, a trove of letter to "Reno Martin" from his friends in New York. The letters opened the door to the drag scene in the city in the years before Stonewall in a way that no one who hadn't lived it could ever know. Taking the letters as a starting point directors Michael Seligman and Jennifer Tiexiera then spent five years trying to find the men who wrote the letters and piecing together the stories told in the letters. The result is a story that will make you smile and cry (sometimes at the same time) as we are allowed to spend time with some wonderful people.
PS BURN THIS is a magnificent film in so many ways. First and foremost it is full of so many great people you will not only want to go out and track them down so you can talk to them, but more importantly you will regret this isn't able to screen at a physical Tribeca Film Festival. I mean can you imagine what the premiere would have been like? Do you have any idea what post screening Q&As could have been? The mind boggles.
As for the stories I'll just say that the title of the film comes from the story of the theft of wigs from the Metropolitan Opera. The plea was not because it involved being gay, but because it revealed who stole the wigs.
The film is also an opening up of history. It kicks open the door to a part of LGBTQ history that many people were not aware of. It reveals how the drag queens quietly helped to open the doors for gay rights simply by being.
One of the things I like about the film is that it shows us a lot of the good as well as the bad. Since the letters that form the spine are friends dishing to friends we get to see all of life not just one extreme or the other. Everyone is sharing good news, the romances, the balls and the bad, such the arrests and the time in the psyche ward. It's all there, told to us not in cold distant narration, but through the words of a friend and confidant. The letters don't hide anything, nor do the letter writers who fill in details all through the film.
It is glorious.
One of the things that is magical is the sense of community. Yes, the letters were all between friends, but you get a sense through the stories of a bigger world. We come to understand how these people found a place - and how the balls like Phil Black's Ball in Harlem gave them a place to be where there was no prejudice, there was only a sense of belonging.
Forgive me if I stumble but I am having trouble finding words to express what I feel about the film- which is a great deal of love.
PS BURN THIS made me cry a couple of times. Watching the men in their 80's and 90's tell it like it was moved me, often when they were moved by their memories. I also cried when we find out what happened to some of the letter writers. I felt so bad losing these friends I had just made there was nothing else I could do.
But lest you think the film ends on a down beat note- the final fade out is a belly laugh that made me laugh so hard that I hope to meet Daphne one day to thank him.
A must see film. Highly recommended....
...and if you don't mind I am going to go watch it again while I am still able.
Labels: biography, documentary, history, social issues


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Alaimus primitivus är en rundmaskart som beskrevs av De Man 1880. Alaimus primitivus ingår i släktet Alaimus och familjen Alaimidae. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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I am thrilled to announce my first book signing at Helen Thomas in Andover on Tuesday, July 24 from 6-9 pm. Joining me are Lysa Pelletier-Gibbs, fashion stylist extraordinaire, who will talk travel fashion and Lisa DiAntonio, décor coach, who will discuss decorating with travel photos.
Also – tune in today at 1:00 pm to Valley Girls on WCCM Eagle Radio 1110 AM Facebook Live when Lysa Pelletier-Gibbs and I talk Musing Mediterranean and book signing details.
We hope to see you at the book signing!
I bought this little bit of inspiring art for Julia.
Book signing at Helen Thomas in Andover on TUESDAY, JULY 24th from 6-9.
I am happy to say that Musing Mediterranean falls into a relatively new category of books called Up Lit. Short for uplifting literature, this new trend focuses on positivity, humor, kindness and compassion. Thank God! I don't think I could bear one more violent, depressing, tragic or hyper-sexualized story. The inundation of these types of books is exactly what prompted me to write something entirely different. I just needed a break from all of the darkness.
In fact, I surround myself with little tchotchkes, like the one pictured, just to remind myself that the world is not a bad place. You'll also find engraved trays and whimsical magnets that read Live Love Laugh scattered about my house. I have wall hangings that boast the values of friendship. I even have water bottles with sayings to inspire. She Believed She Could So She Did is one of my favorites.
If my home décor is any indication, good things are happening right here on Mother Earth even if tuning into your daily news makes you think otherwise.
It's nice to know I am not alone in my quest for positivity. Up Lit is gaining in popularity and maybe, just maybe, the reading population is getting back in touch with their softer side. Let's hope this extends to the entire human population as well.
Here are a couple of great articles on Up Lit.
Now available at Amazon! Purchase my debut travel book, Musing Mediterranean, today.


Eric C. Shoaf has written an excellent (and lengthy) review of my Iron Maiden book in the US mag Vintage Guitar. It's almost a full page review with the heading 'Beast Of A Book'.
The magazine hits news stands and subscribers this month!


The ECPHM examination in 2016 will take place at the University of Utrecht (NL). The dates of examination are 19th to 22nd April 2016.
The deadline for application is 1st December 2015.
Please note that applicants will not receive any further reminder regarding the payment of the credential fee and the examination fee. Applicants have to visit the website of the college and have to actively purchase the corresponding items according to the instructions in the application form!


I just ran across a very interesting presentation on Tumba Francesa. It was given by Mirta Gomez at the beginning of the year for the Library of Congress. It was from the beginning of 2012 and I don't know how I missed it.
I have to say, I only know a little about Tumba Francesa and am glad to know more.
Tumba Francesa is a musical style as well as a mutual aid societies created for the influx of Haitian refugees to Cuba after the Haitian revolution in 1791. It derives from slaves originally from the Congo, but also other influences including Western classical music. This is the transculturation that Don Fernando Ortiz, the famous Cuban ethnomusicologist.
It is a secular dance and music, that Gomez says is from the slaves watching the landowners dance minuets. It is thought that the slaves were making fun of the landowners and were playing the minuet parts not on Western instruments, but on tumbas (congas).
It must also be noted that this is the first known link from Haitians who fled to Cuba during the late 1700's and Africa. This is not Afro-Cuban music, it is Afro-Haitian music blended with Afro-Cuban music.
Gomez states in the presentation, "When we talk about Tumbas Francesa, we think that most people think that it's French. Tumba Francesa is not French; Tumba Francesa is Africa -- is Congo, okay? And it is French because where it was developed, which actually developed in Cuba when these people had was the dances, they're rhythms of when they came to Cuba, that's when they really gave the name of 'Tumba Francesas'; so they developed this in Cuba, not in Haiti. So Tumbas Francesas is actually what they call to the French 'drums,' but if not that is from France, if I show it from Africa; but if the circumstances in the situation of the time because there were the slave for French people, and because they're dancing to the music of the minuet and the French court."


Assess the situation. Ask yourself: How likely is it that someone could hurt me?
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Talk to the police. If you feel you are in imminent danger, call the police.
Believe in yourself. If someone is threatening to hurt you or harming you in any way, it can be hard to maintain your self-confidence. Remember: It's never O.K. for someone to hurt or threaten to hurt you.
Prevent access to your internet activity. If someone is hurting you and you are searching for help on the internet, you may not want that person to have access to this information. The Nemours Foundation offers several suggestions for internet safety. Check out the Safe online chat fact sheet for more information on this topic.
Stop and think about the consequences of taking unnecessary risks. Some things that jeopardize your safety are things you can control. It's particularly tempting when you first get out on your own and are not under your family's eye to experiment and try things that you might not have tried before. That's natural. But you can still be independent without making unsafe choices.
Remember: There are many people and services that can help. Just talking to someone you trust about your concerns can help you see your options more clearly. The Get Help section of Reachout has information about counselors, social workers, police and other professionals who can help you keep safe.
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Inspired by my own yoga and meditation practice, I created this pattern to reflect the feeling of serenity when I embrace the moment as it is. My intention is to inspire people to engage in their own practice. Influenced by 19th century French scenic wallpaper, I painted the design with gouache. Sold by the roll Roll size: 50" by 9' long (comes in 54" wide untrimmed rolls) Pattern repeat: 50" by 29.5" long Pattern match: Straight Paper is printed to order.
MERENDA WALLPAPER is a New York-based contemporary wallpaper design, manufacturing and installation studio inspired by near and far away lands, graffiti, tattoo art, abandoned buildings, underground history and the impermanence of all things. The design process ranges from photography to rubbings, illustration and painting, sparking viewers' imaginations of what came before, what will come after, what is beneath, and perhaps to catch a glimpse of how Nature always prevails. SARAH MERENDA fell in love with textiles at a young age, collecting vintage clothing from a local auction house on the eastern shore of Maryland and later working at a vintage clothing shop in Baltimore. She grew up in old farm houses, surrounded by wallpaper. Relocating to Atlanta, GA in 1996, she followed her six uncles into the trade of hanging wallpaper. Moving to New York City in 1999, Sarah continued her education at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she received her BFA in Textile Surface Design and spent a semester abroad at the Chelsea College of Art in Design in London. The Queens design studio was opened in 2015. MERENDA WALLPAPER'S mission is to create wallpapers that are contemporary and beautiful, sometimes quirky, inspired by nature, sensuality and the urban environment. With 20 years of experience installing wallpaper, their substrates are chosen for their ease of installation and eco friendly quality.


I'm lucky to call Kelly (@kmktaylor) my neighbor*, and not only because she is a talented baker who likes to share treats. Kelly and her husband (who is also Mark's running partner) have 2 of the most adorable girls (with a 3rd on the way) and she is always in the know about what is going on for kids and families in our neighborhood and beyond. When Kelly asked if she could guest-post about her experience at Goldfish I was happy to oblige. We've been fans and members of Goldfish since they opened and I think it's good to hear another perspective – especially from a parent of younger kids.
Disclaimer: Kelly's family was given a month of free lessons in exchange for a review of their experiences at Goldfish Swim School, where they were already long-time paying members. As always, all thoughts are 100% personal.
It has been a year and a half since we began at Goldfish Swim School. Not really knowing what to expect from a swimming pool dug into an office building, we were pleasantly surprised with our initial experience and have been singing Goldfish praises to our friends and neighbors ever since.
The first thing you notice at Goldfish are the facilities. Hands down, they are the cleanest pool facility catering to little ones we have ever seen. No details were spared, from the immaculate changing rooms to the hair drying station, to the Bumbo seats, a spare bucket of diapers (yes, we have borrowed from this!) and high chairs. There are books, chalkboards and a fish and turtle tank to keep kids occupied while waiting on their lesson. They truly thought of everything when designing the facility.
One of our favorite aspects of Goldfish are the perpetual lessons – all year round, same day, same time. When trying to juggle the lives of young children, having a consistent routine makes things that much easier. At Goldfish, you do not have to worry about signing up for sessions, because unless you request a time change, the lesson time will never change. Not to mention, our kids are excited and look forward to their lessons each and every week. If for any reason you have to reschedule a lesson, it is very easy to call and multiple times are offered for each level every week. We have never had a problem completing a make-up class.
Having weekly lessons has also allowed us to witness firsthand the progress our daughters have made in terms of developing certain skills and overall confidence in the water. It is amazing to watch your child master a skill they have been working toward! The entire staff in the pool is extremely supportive and constantly encouraging the children to do the best they can. Not to mention, when out of the pool, the staff is friendly, smiling and always ready with a high five! It may not seem like much, but we also value the fact that almost every staff member, not just their teachers, greets our children by their name. It shows they care, pay attention and respect our family.
Admittedly, the cost of lessons can seem daunting, but we feel that learning how to swim and be safe around water is an important lesson our girls need to know. A weekly lesson, and not just a few classes taken over the summer, along with family open swim times at Goldfish have proven to be well worth it for our family. Our experience at Goldfish Swim School has been great, and we hope to continue it going forward.
*Funny story about how Kelly and I met: we were connected on Twitter and both knew we lived in the same town. One night she and I both tweeted about a loud party with a live band going well into the night. A few direct messages later and we learned that we live about 12 houses apart! Note: I got nothing for posting this. I was happy to give Kelly a place to show her love for Goldfish since we're always getting questions about why we love it, too.


I had never heard of 'bleeding the breaks'...I wonder if it's something I need to do. When it comes to car stuff...I'm hopeless!
Happy to support Lallie! The work that St Jude does is so amazing, life saving,life changing and sadly very necessary work...a great organization!
You are woman, hear you roar! I love it...best lookin' Ms. Machanic evah! Lilly and pearls just make every little old job extraordinary! I am sure Lallie will hit her mark! What a girly!!!
Way to go! I have never learned more than putting gas & washer fluid in mine.
Ha! Bleeding brakes in PEARLS, no less!!!! Love it!


Our print explores softened interpretations of meadow flowers in the height of activity and would complement any kitchen.
Delicate seed heads, grasses and scatterings of colourful micro flora decorate our cotton tea towel.
Our tea towels are printed and produced all under one roof by a small family run business in rural Lincolnshire. Great as a gift this season with matching items available.


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